THE BEE: OMATTA. SATURDAY. JANITAUY 8, 1910.
Price Reductions in the January Clearance ot Winter : Merchandise
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Winter Underwearat AboutHalf
Ladies' Golf Gloves, worth to 75c,
at, pair 15 and 25
Ladies' Outing Flauurl Oowuh:
white and fancies, in all sizes,
choice 9S
Misses' and Hoys' Outing Flannel
Gowns: 76c values, at . ...39f
Sweeping lrire Ilcductions In All
Iilnet) of Kurnlvlilnn".
Ladles' Finest Kid Gloves
All newest shades, very beat
brands, on special sale, 1.00
Sweeping lleduc
lions In all Winter
Furnishing Goods.
Ladles' Union Suits
in white or grey;
regular $2 values,
on sale . . . . t)8
Ladies' Fleeced
Union Suits; $1.00
value, Sat. . .50
Ladies' Wool Unlou
Suits; 2.60 values
regular and ex
tra sizes . .$1.50
Ladiei' Lamb's
. Wool Vesta and
Pants; regular $2
values, Sat., 98
Ladies' all wool
Vests and Pants;
values to $1.60, on
sale, at .... 752
Ladies' Black Wool
Tights; $1.60 val
ues, at 08t
Ladles' Vests and
Pants, worth $1;
Jersey ribbed or
fleeced, at . . 50
Ludies 60c Fleeted
Under wear; all
sizes, at, per gar
ment 25
1'nrtf.rwear. in fleece
lined and Jersey ribbed; regular
50c values, at jiOC
Ladles' Wool Knit Skirts; black,
blue and fancies; regular $2.60
values, at 980
$t Wool Knit Shawls; blacK,
white and colors 49
$2.50 Wool Knit Shawls ...980
Children's 19c Stockings, on sale,
at, pair - 100
Ladies' and Children's Stockings,
to 25c values, at 150
HAVDEGS
THE RELIABLE STORK
Big January Shoe Sale
MEN'S, WOMEN'S, MISSES, CHILDS'
and BOYS' shoes at less than the cost to make.
All good shoes and this season's goods but odd
lots that showed up during inventory and lines
that will be discontinued.
Men's Brt. Colt, Box Calf and Patent Shoes, worth up to
$5.00, now at ; .-. 82.50
Women's Gun Metal. Vlcl Kid, Patent Colt and Storm
Calf Shoes, worth up to $4.00 a pair, at $2.50
Misses' and Childs' Shoes; button and lace, box calf, kid
and tan calf bluchers, worth up to $2.50, at. . . .$1.25
Women's Box Calf Bluchers, regular $2 sellers . .$1.25
Childs' brown, black and red button or lace Shoes, worth
$1.15, now at : 750
All the $1 Crocheted Slippers, always sold for $1. .500
Baby, Gents' and Childs' warm lined Shoes, worth up
to $1.50, now at . ..$1.00
We have a combination last for ladies who are bothered
with bunions; made by Grover; that will gyive absolute
comfort and satisfaction to the wearer of it . . . $4.00
HEADQUARTERS FOIt RUBBERS AND OVERSHOES
SU-tHon and Crossctt for men drover and Queen
Quality for women.
Men's Winter Underwear and
Furnishings tXT
It will pay you to buy now even for next season; there's
50 saving in nearly every item
Men's All Wool Union Suits;
regular $3.50 values; on sale
Saturday; choice. ...$2.00
Men's Union Suits, that sold
to $2.50; on sale. . .'.$1.50
Men's $4.50 Union Suits; silk
and wool, garment, $2.50
Men's all wool and wool fleeced
Shirts and Drawers, to $1.60 val
ues, at 750
75c quality Fleeced Underwear;
all riJies, on sale, at 390
UbO Lined Kid Gloves ..$1.00
50c Suspenders, pair 250
Men's blue flannel Overshirts, $2
values, on sale, at $1.50
Men's 25c Linen Handker
chiefs 10c All linen and
mercerized, in white and
fancies.
Men's 25c Sox at 12o-
Wool, fleeced and in fancy
cotton, great bargains.
,Wool and Leather Gloves and Mit
tens, big bargains, at 500 250
Men's Outing Flannel Gowns and
Pajamas; values to $2.00, on
sale, at 980
Men's Laundered Shirts; white
and colors, $1.50 and $2.00 val
ues; all new styles, on sale 980
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Garment Bargains in Our January Clearance
Surpassing Any Previously Known in Omaha
It's simply a matter of disposing of our
winter stock in the shortest possible length
of time, and we're sacrificing all lines in
order to accomplish it.
300 Stylish Coats, that sold
regularly up to $25.00
black and colors, 46 and 54
inch length, satin and taffe-
' ta lined, at. $5.00
Russian Pony Fur Coats 52 ins.
long, sold at $75.00; Saturday,
at . . $39.00
, Don't miss them.
125 Fur Coats, that sold regular
ly at $50.00; on sale at $25.00
500 Handsome Coats, in Kersey,
broadcloth, plush and fancy
mixed fabrics, satin lined $30
and $35 values; on sale, choice,
at $12.50
Elegant Aleutian Seal Coats,
'M and 42-inch length, that
sold to $180.00, at $89.00
Genuine Beaver Coats $1K).00
values, biggest bargains ever,
at $50.00
THE BEST ASSORTMENT AND VALUES IN LADIES'
TAILORED SUITS AND DRESSES EVER SHOWN
Extra Specials on Clearance
in Our
High Grade
Linen Department
Saturday
Mercerized Table Linen
good width, worth 55c; Sat
urday 39c
Imported mercerized satin
damask, 64 inches wide
worth 75c; Saturday, 59c
Large size hemmed I luck
Towels, well worth 15c; Sat
urday, each 10c
Extra large, heavy and absorbent,
hemmed huck towels, well worth
19c, Saturday, each ....12H0
Heavy 6eamless Sheets, size 81x90
value $1.25, Saturday, each,
now at 750
Grand olearance on Pillow Cases,
slze-42x3fl inctjesj 18c "values,
Saturday, each 12 HO
Extra Specials
Saturday
Ladies' All Linen Hand
kerchiefs Fine lines for
selection; Saturday at 5c
each six forT . . . . ..25c
Very Sheer All Linen
Handkerchief; on sale at,
each . . j .... 7VaC
EOc Fancy Neckwear ....250
$1 Fancy Neckwear 490
$2 Hand Bags, at ......980
Embroidered Linen Collars
20c values,' Saturday, at,
2 for .. , . .. .250
16c Fancy Ruchings ... .70
A full line of fancy ruchings
for your selection, regular IBe
to 20c yd. valueB . . . . -7W0
SOLE OMAHA SELLING
AGENTS FOR
Zloli City Laces and Hall
Ilorchert Dresn Forms. -
January Sale of Muslin Underwear Begins Monday.
Watch Sunday Ads. ' ' .
One-Piece Dresses, in clever new
designs, best colors, silk or
wool fabrics; values to $25.00
choice '. $10.00
Silk and Net Waists, that sold to
$6.00; Saturday at $2.95
$30.00 Tailor Suits $12.50300
of them in the lot, newest styles
not a suit worth less than
$20.00, at $12.50
Long Flannelette Kimonos, $2.00
values; on sale, choice 98c
MANY SPLENDID BARGAINS IN CHILDREN'S WEAR
Children's Coats, worth to $6.00,
sizes from 6 to 14 years; choice,
at $1.89
Children's Bearskin Coats worth
up to $5.00 on sale, choice,
at S1.89
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Children's Coats of Finest Quality Would sell regularly up to
$10.00 and $12.50; all sizes, at .$4.95
Extra Specials for Saturday in
Our Famous Domestic Room
One case of fringed Table Cloths, some plain white
and some white with red border, worth $1.75 and
$2.00 each. 10x4, worth $2.00. $1.25
8xi, worth $1.75 96c
8x10, all pure linen hemstitched Pattern Goth,
worth $2.50, at $1.69
8x10 also, worth $1.90, at $1.59
8x4 also, worth $1.65, at $1.26
8x4 all pure linen bleached pattern Table Cloth, worth $2.50
each, on sale, at $1.75
Extra specials on napkins; odd lots to close.
Be sure and attend our famous time sales in our
Famous Domestic Room
From 2:30 to 3 P. M. One case of 10c lilenched
Muslin' worth 10c a yard teu yard limit at,
a yard 6M:C
From 3 to 4 P. M. One case of Arnold's fine
flannelettes, fine patterns; regular 10c goods
12 yards limit at, yard 5c
From 8 to 8:80 P. M. One Case of 11x4 fine, heavy
Dlankets, worth $1.50 and $1.59; 3 pairs limit, pair,
now at 940
From 8:80 to 9 P. M. Odo case of 11x4 fine wool Blan
kets; Majestic, worth $6.00 a pair, 2 pairs limit, pair,
now at $3.19
China Dept.
Clearance Specials
Several matchless special
offerings for Saturday's
sales. Come early and get
first choice.
Fine China Bread and Butter
Flutes, worth to 50c each, on
sale, at . . 100
Fine China Cups and Saucers;
also Salad and Berry Bowls,
worth to 50c, on sale, at 100
One big counter of fine Brlc-a-Brac,
Salads, Vases, Plates, Plac
quos; some worth to $4.50, and
none worth less than $2.00, on
sale, at -980
Deep Cut in Hardware
Every item is a real bargain for
one day only." ,
Large Japanese Coal Hods, worth
30c, only 15c
Galvanized Tubs, No. 2, worth 76c,
at, only 3WJ
Frisco Lantern, worth 69c, at 20c
Frisco Lantern, worth $1, at BOc
25c Savory Corn Poppers, at 15c
Barney & Berry $1.65 Skates
nickel plated, hardened steel
best quality made, at ....$1.05
Barney & Berry Skates, 75c qual
ity, for 40c
Ladies' Nickel Plated $1.75 Skates
for $1.10
Ladles' Barney & Berry $1.50
Skates, for OOc
Men's $1 Handled Axes, only 50c
50c Solid Cast Steel Warranted
Hatchets, only .25c
30c Solid Cast Steel Hatchets 10c
$1.25 No. 8 Enameled blue and
white Tea Kettle 50c
No. 8 Solid Copper Wash Boiler,
worth $4.75, at . $2.40
Family Scales, weighs 24 lbs., OOc
17-qt. Enameled Dish Pans ..10c
14-qt. Enameled Dish Pans . .45c
Boys' Iron Wagons, worth $2.75,
only $1.40
Boys' Tricycles or Velocipedes, at,
only $1.10
50c Steel Snow Shovels, only 25c
76c Furnace Shovel, only . . ,25c
Zinc Wash Board, worth 40c . .25c
10-qt blue and white Pudding Pan
now at 10c
No. 3 Western Washers, only $2.08
dig Clearance Bargains
Men's Boys', and Children's;.
Winter Caps
Men's and Boys' Caps, that sold to
$1.00, all styles, big assortment
at 25c
Girls 1 Bearskin Tams, in all colors,
.worth to $1.25, at 50c
Girls' Wool Tarns scarlet and blue;
values to 75c, at. 25c
Big Special Sale of Suit Cases and
Grips See Saturday's offerings.
Fo&t Try Hayden's First Eays
READ THIS FOR SATURDAY IN GROCERIES.
It Means a Big Saving to You on Your Housekeeping Expenses.
48-lb. sack beat High Patent Flour,
per bhcK - 11.40
8 lbs. beiit Rolled Breakfast Oatmeal
for 23o
24-lb. sack best liye Flour 75c
6 lbs. best Pearl Tapioca, Sago, Fa
rina or Barley 26c
6 lbs. choice Japan Rice 25o
4 lbs. fancy Japan Head Rice.... 26c
Majestic and On Time Cold Water
.Starch, pkg S'-iiO
Champion L.ye 20-oz. can 7 '.40
Bromangelon, Jellyjon or Jello, 7'iC
Campbell's assorted Soups, can, 7 Vic
Peanut Butter, per lb l&o
Large bottles French or German Mus
tard 7tto
Large bottles fancy aasorted pickle,
pure Tomato Catsup, Worcester
Sauce or Olives, per bottle... 8Ho
Lavallne Scouring Soap, per can.. 3c
Corn Flakes Breakfast Food, pk. 7 Ho
2-lb. pkg. Self Rising Pancake Flake
for 8MiC
Tall cans choice Alaska Salmon.. 10c
Choice California Prunes, per lb. ..4c
Fancy Italian Prunes, per lb 7tyc
Fancy Muscatel Baking Raisins. 8Vkc
Fancy yellow Crawford Peaches. 8Vc
Fancy Imported Sultana Raisins, per
lb 12Hc
The best Tea Sittings, per lb.... 16c
Grand Opening- Sal of Highland
. Vavt Oranges Saturday.
Our first car of Highland Navels
for the season will go .on sale Sat
urday. Tile Highland LN'avclB ara the
sweetest, Juclest nnd ncliest flavored
oranges grown in California and
excel all others. Svery one of them
huvo been nun kissed by the sun,
moon and stars anil are recognized
as the "Orange of Quality "
Saturday opening sale prices:
Regular 20c per duzon alze, doc, 16c
Regular 25c per dozen size, doz., 2Uc
Regular 35c per dozen size, doz., 25c
Regular 45c per dozen size, doz., 30c
Tha Greatest Market In Omaha for
rreaa Vegetables
Fresh Spinach, per peck , ..20c
Fresh Cauliflower, per lb...'. ..10c
Fresh Beeta, Carrots and Turnips,
per bunch 4c
Fresh Shallots, per bunch ........4c
Fresh Brussels Sprouts, lb 16c
Fancy Wax Beans, lb . 12 He
Fancy Ripe Tomatoes, lb 20c
Fancy Celery, two for So
Fancy Cape Cod Cranberries, qt. 7 He
Large Orape Fruit, each bc
Fresh Cabbage, lb .'....2c
Fancy Jersey Sweet Potatoes, lb. 2 Ho
Fresh Parsley, per bunch ........ 4x.
Five Big Specials
; In the Furniture and Rug
Department Saturday.
$1.25 Reversible Jute Rugs
30.G3 size oriental patterns
sale price 79c
Axminster Carpet Samples
48 ins. long bound for rug;
$1.50 values 75c
$18.00 Brussels Rugs, 3x12 size
seamless, at $13.75
65c Printed Linoleums, on sale,
square yard 49
BED HIMUXO SPECIAL
A small lot of slightly damaged
. Springs; values to .J2.50,, choice,
at, . ..... -45S
CUTTING A JUNGLE TRAIL)
Adventures of American Engineers in
Western Brazil.
LE DARK AND VERY HOT
i MoUe, Tapirs, Jaohous ud Other
, Queer Foods to Kat Indians
' W a I tins About to Pick Off
stray Whlto Men.
NEW TOUK, Jan. 5. Throuah the Jun
elos of western Brazil, not far from the
Uollvfau border, American engineers and
constructors are driving a railroad. It will
be only 2C0 milts long when completed, but
It will be of importance to the whole north
ern part of Kollvia and western Brazil, for
It will open up v.ist regions to commerce
and permit the development of the rubber
Industry, which has been backward there
because of the difficulty of transportation.
This railroad, the Madeira & Maniore, Is
being built to connect two. parts of a river.
Th Madeira Is navigable for boats ot 10,000
tons all the way up to Porto Velho, which
'it almost 2.600 miles from the mouth of the
Amazon. Five mllis sbovu Porto Velho
lire the falls of Kan Antonio, and for more
than 210 miles, as you to up, there are falls
find rapids which make the river unnaviga
b4 except for1 mall craft, and In short
tactions. Then you come to deep water
again, and for 750 miles up the Madeira and
Alamora rivers you have enough water
float a ship drawing twenty-five feet, until
Indeed you almost reach the base of the
Andes.
1 ator- of Heturued Man.
A. W. Chester, a civil engineer hwt
ome is In Nashville, Tonn., but who has
spent years In railroad work In th tropics,
.returned from the Madeira region the other
Any after working almost a year with the
(urvey corps ot the Madeira A Ma-more
Vallway. Sickress blackwater fever was
h cause ot his quitting, and he cannot go
back there because the American doctors
la charge ot the hospital the railroad com
'Moy has built tuld him that to return
-would be fatal. Mr. Chester say tbat If It
war not for the fever and other diseases
fct on Is likely to run inui working there
uld be delightful.
t "Tha pay U good," . . Mr. Chester.
"Salaries for chiefs of . ..iveylng parlies
'are M a month, and camp foremen get
from t4 to C6 a month-two or three
time the pay in this count ry. Then In the
engineering department a man has no ex
penses of any kind.
"The best of every kind of food obtain
able Is furnished, the best grade of Cali
fornia fruits and vegetables, canned, of
course, are served. Many steers are Im
ported and slaughtered at Porto Velho, so
that there is an abundance of fresh meat
it you do not get too far away from head
quarters, and there is an Ice plant with
a capacity of two tons a day.
"Only the men higher up In rank are
allowed to have their families there, and
there are few of these. They don't want
women down there. The country is bad
enough for white men.
It's a Hard Job,
"Surveying down there Is a pretty hard
job. The line follows tha river bank, never
going more than 'ten or fifteen miles away
from it. There ure store-houses on the
river at every fifty miles. From these we
would take mules and provisions. Horses
don't stand the climate.
"The surveying parties are kept supplied
by pack trains from these store-houses.
We might have to cut lines out twenty
thirty or forty miles from the river, but
all provisions are carried out from the
store-house as a base.
"In a party ere usually ten or twelve
Americans, two men for each Job, so that
the work Is not likely to be held up by
slikmsa, and about fifty natives. It Is not
possible to use more than that number of
natives, for tlK-lr business 1b cutting away
Jungle, and any more would ba superfluous.
Sometimes the supplies are not forth
coming. I have been up there for a month
t a time with no supplies coming up, and
we had to live on bean and crushed man!
oca root, which looks something like a
adish and dried makes a sort of meal.
Then you can shoot monkeys, which make
good food, especially the Utile fellows a
trifle smaller than rabbits. If they are.
not cooked whole you can eat them, other
wise you get the feeling that you are a
sort ot cannibal. Monkey meat tastes
something like squirrel.
"Then you have wild pig and deer, and
there Is the tapir, or ant eater, which la
edible. They also have a beast about the
six ot cow, but which swims In the
water, and which they call the anter down
time. - lis meat la like beef.
"Then there is a wild turkey that Is
absolutely black, with red comb, which haa
an excellent flavor. There la another bird
that they-call tire jachoo, which Is about
the site ot a hen, Is the color of a part
ridge and hus a big bill, but' la rather
tough.
Work la the Jaasl.
"Vell, when the trail la cut the next
thing is to make a camp and then you cut
trails around in different directions. Ex
ploring the country down there Is like
feeling in the dark. You cannot get on a
hilltop and look around.
"The heat Is so Intense In tho Jungle.
There la no sun and the fellows come out
of tha woods after a few weeks aa white
as a sheet. The long walks are the worst
feature about that work. v
"One great annoyance In the Jungle Is
that you are apt to run out ot tobacco.
You can drink a little liquor, in tact the
doctors tell you it is beneficial If not in
dulged In to excess, but if you drink much
it is far worse than In this country. In
these surveying parties you have to wear
a heavy flannel shirt all the time; if you
don't you will catch a very hard cold.
"None ot tb camps is ever attacked by
Indians, though there have been cases In
which one or two men have gone from
camp and never been heard of. Sometimes
they find their bones long afterward with
an arrow beside them.
"The Indians are afraid ot anything that
will shoot, consequently no white man
ever goes about without a revolver. If
you carry one the probability is that you
will never have to use it; but if you don't
carry one the Carapamas will get you
sure, though they never ttack a party of
more than two white men If the latter are
armed.
Features of Local Life.
"Usually the only thing seen of the
Carapunas Is when they come out of the
river bank to meet the rubber batiiloaa com
ing down tha river. They sell skins, mostly
In exchange for cartridges. These they
string about their necks, not to have ready
tor use, because they don't use firearms,
out as ornaments.
"Thoso bataloas are big boats und can
ba taken all the way from Hollvta down
within fifteen miles of Porto Velho, where
are the falls ot San Antonio and then you
have to get out and shove or pull the boat
through the stones on one side. Uolng
up there are lots ot thse places whoie
you have to get out and walk, but you
can shoot moat of tha rapids coming down.
"Aa to tha difficulty of transportation
up . the river under the present circum
stances, you may get some Idea from the
cost of thlngl up tha river. For Instance,
at Jaol Parana, about flfiy-alx miles above
Porto Velho. a bale of hay costs fM. A
bottle of dollar w hisky brings pi.
"Tha contractors get all the money that
la mad from the sale of things, except
S per cent that goes to the company. Kven
at Porto Velho, a pair of f boots fetch VK
I Chickens bring the tidy little sum of 17
apiece. Kggs are tt cents apiece, and cheap
at tbat. When you cannot get food like
that you go almost crazy for it, and are
willing to pay any price.
"The first house they built down there
was an ordinary four-room pine building,
but It cost the company I1S.00O to put it
up. The lumber was imported from the
states, and this Is much cheaper ' than
to try to use the timber down there. There
are all sorts of beautiful hardwood trees
about, and they have put up one saw
mill, but they can do better importing
lumber and paying duly, owing to the cost
of getting that hardwood timber ready to
use."
DREAM OF FAIR THINGS
Editor Sbantrd from Paradise to
Eartb by Composing! Honn
Traced y.
"I had a dream the other night," said
Bert Walker, editor of the Osborne (Kan.)
Farmer.
"Unburden your soul," was the invitation
extended.
"I sut in my chair 'and closed my eyes,"
replied Bert. "It had been a hard day and
the poor editor had gotten his 'a hundred
fold.' 1 prayed for that land Over Yonder,
where the surges cease to roll. An unac
countable calmness came over my nerves
and the work appeared to grow brighter
and people actually smiled upon mo. Jn
walked a man to pay his subscription.
My dear editor,' lie exclaimed, on being
told how much it was, 'you are certalnl,
mistaken. I know 1 owe twice that much.
Take it, anyway. Your paper Is worli.
three times what you charge for it. It i
thj Ust paptir 1 know of In tho world. M.
family couldn't get along without It. Tin
children . ci y for it and we always believi
every otd we see in It. You are so fail
and so honest, and so charitable. Tha.
Jo') work you did for me was perfect. Here,
smoke a 10-cent cigar on It. Any time 1
can do you a favor, let me know. I will
send ou big turkey for your Christmas
dinner. This community could not get along
without you Guod-by, my honet friend.'
There was a crash, and a gruff voice
shouted: 'Hell again.' I awoke. The fore
man had dropped a page ot type of the
conference m'nutes on the floor and the
work had to be done all over again." Kan
sas City Journal.
Invoking; tha Law.
Hyker Where are you going In such a
hurry, old man?
Pyker I'm going to consult a lawyer
about having my wife Indicted for making
Incendiary speeches.
Ilyker You don't mean It'
Pyker Yea. i do. hhe luiials on my get
ting up and starling a fire every morning.
Cnicago New.
MEXICO HAS HUMOROUS BEANS
Peculiar Vegetable Growths that
Have Made "later Republic
Famous.
Common enough in some store windows
In New York are the Mexican Jumping
beans, and those who ask are told that a
little worm Inside the bean makes it Jump
so oddly, but that is about as far as any
one gets who seeks for knowledge. Really,
however, tha Jumping bean Is one ot the
wonders of the vegetable kingdom.
In the Yaqul river country of western
and northern Mexico there grows a bush
which looks very much like the ordinary
coffee bush. It ranges from three to four
feet in height and bears hundreds of blos
soms that are a soft olive Kreen tint before
they ripen, when they turn a buff gray.
Each blosiicm holds two fertile serds, and
a third, or living seed, which Is the home
ot a small, exceedingly active worm,
which becomes a beautifully colored moth
when It escapes from Its prison cell.
The seed of tho "Carpo-Capsa Saltitans"
(Jumping bean) are planted in January and
as the climate Is nluays mild In tho low
lands of the Yaqul country they blossom
In lay. Then the female moth deposits one
egg on the pollen of the flower. As the
flower d-'velops It forms u triangular
shaped shell on two sides, with a convex
shape on the other sldo. Within tills the
chrysalis develops Into a grayish brown
uonn about one tenth of an inch In dlam
iler and a half Inch lono. This worm
ives on the inside of Its prison ci'll of shell
or six months, or until the month of Nov
mber. Then, if the climatic conditions are
lavorablo and warm, It bores a hole
.hrough the end of Its slvil and flies away
as a beaut'ful moth, to mate In its turn
and perpetuate its species.
If, however, it is brought in the bean to
a colder climate the worm will die In the
shell. If one cuts a tiny hole in the end of
a Jumping bean about an eighth of an Inch
In diumeter in 1 ss than one hour the w orm
will cover tne bi.ak with a white fiberlike
exudation frcm lis stomach, working the
mouth round and round the opening until
the hole In tho shell Is completely closed.
The Yaqul Indians use the Jumping beans
to cure insomnia. Placed in a piece of dried
palm leaf or baik they ma'ke a noise not
unlike the patter ng of rain on a tin roof,
which they eiy Is very conducive to sleep.
Put In a wooden r paper box and placed
on a table or chair n ar one afflicted with
Insomnia and the soothing effect of a dosen
of these living beans Jumping about In the
box will be truly marvelous, say the
Yaquls. The t.ade In them Is increasing
yearly. During tho last six months 60,000
have been sold In the United Stales, and
of this amount 20,000 were sold by one
fil m alone down in the business '.district
of New York. t. ' ....
If kept in a moderately wa,rm room and
not packed too tlshtly together, the dan
cing bears will live for five or six months
to mystify the okl"r folks and afford no
end of amusement to the children. The
Jumping is caused by the worm curling
himself up In a jail and then springing
out to full length against the side of the
shell, making the bean Jump from the hand
Into the air. If kept in a moderately warm
place and put for half an hour In the
sunlight once a day they will continue to
Jump and dance indefinitely.
Tho little hoi ma usually sleep in the
morning. To wako them up move them
about In the pulm of the hand briskly.
S.ion you will find tne worm kicking vig
orously, showing that he has heard your
summons and is ready to perform his
tricks.
The old Yaqul Indians and their squaws
tie a half dozen ot these living beano in a
small skin Lag hung around the neck fur
medicinal purposes, and to produce sleep,
the constant rat-a-tap-tap ot the beans
against the breast producing a rather pl a.i
aul sanitation. The premature death of one
or all of the living beans forebodes inpenU
ing evil to the weaier, they say. New Yoih
U orld.
NEW THOUGHT SHOWS WA
Huston Ulnars a Trail by Dls
urnslugs "Mental Christmas
Ultts."
m
It has remained for a body of believer
In the power of mind to evolve a new and
interesting method of celebrating Christ
mas. It is this way: The Church of Ap
plied Thought in Uoston had a Christmas
tree, but no material gifts were handed
out, for none hung from its branches,
or rested on the floor beneath It. It was
adorned with candies and streamers of
tinsel, hut its uses were purely sym
bolical, its service perhaps being that
of suggestive point upon which the think
ers, meaning, of course, all the members
of the church, may concentrate their
mlndK. The gifts were made mental and
spiritual, yet, as the faithful piously, but
somewhat obscurely observe, none the le'.s
real.
The public Is left In doubt us to the
exact character of the mental donation
to be conferred. Whether the persons ap
plying their thoughts for the benefit of
their associates will undertake to confer
on the latter such gifts as good 'temper,
Increased Intelligence, patience, cheerful
ness, hope, and other such graces and
qualities, and stop there, or whether they
will instill into their friends financial
shrewdness and the money-making ability
that will enable them to supply Hie ma
terial objects that the tree lacks remains
to bo seen. Since It Is oi)e of the teach
ings of "new ' thoughters," mental scien
tists and others thut to think a thing is
true brings thut thing to pass, it is possi
ble that the applied thought concerns It
self with concrete matters, and tiiat pres
ently tho beneficiaries will find 1 them
selves possessed in some s.-emlngly occult
but, as the thinkers would answer, per
fectly natural way of the articles their
friends would hav'e hung on the tree for
them If they had the pi Ice.
However this may be, the new plan
opens a delightful vista to the tired and
distracted shopper for objects by no means
Invisible or ethereal. Tti think gifts to
one's friends and relatives at Christmas
time would save an Incredible amount ot
mental and physical wear and tear, for
tiie strain of trying to buy ul,h Z, gift
worth at least V- each for ten persons is
necessarily vastly gi eater than that ot
calmly applying ore'M mind to the gift l
be bestowed, und letting that settle It.
Moreover, another thlnic thai lends to
peace and comfort Is the fact that this
method costs a lot less money (his, even
when one has "thought," say for his best
i;lii, a diamond ring or a siring of pearls
when he would otherwise have hud to con
fine himself to a box of candy or a $1 JJ
book. Of course, the articles will have to
he paid for by some one, hut the thinker
has no concern with that; all he has to do
Is to put mental wires In motion that will
bring the specified object somehow. Natur
ally, too, merchants will suffer no loss by
the mental gift-giving plan, and their busi
ness may even be increased, sines the
things thought of will be more contly ami
more numerous tl'an the thinkers would
have bought. Indianapolis Htur.
May Have Hera Cured.
A colored man complHined to the store
keeper that a ham which hu had purchased
there was not good. '
"The ham Is all right, Z. ph," Insisted tho
storekeeper.
"No. it ain't, boss," insisted U"J negio.
"Tint ham's shore hud!" V
"How can that be," continued the slop -keeM-r.
"when it was cured only last
week?"
The colored man scratched his head re
flectively, and flnully suggested. "Well,
sih. then It must havu hud a ielaps;."
Cosmopolitan.
The liee for all the sporting S'ewa. '
