THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 0, 1010.
.OBSERVATION Of lilt SOIL
Experts Will Preach This Gospel
Along Burlington in Iowa.
TRIP OCCUPIES TWO WEEKS
F. D. obara, llenrr Wallace and
Foar rnl'ra from ate tolle
at Amri III Drllvrr
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PES MOINICS, la., (n r. 8 I pp. A
upei liil train which whall prpai-Ji th K"P'l
of will conservation will traverse the lint'
of the liurllnglon railroad In Iowa the
next two weeks, letups will be made at
over 100 towns and forty-mlnnte lecture
will be delivered In each one by noil ex
perts from the lows State Agricultural col
lege at Ames and elsewhere. Secretary F.
V. Couurn of the Knniwis State Hoard ol
Agriculture and' Henry Wallace, president
of the National Conservation congress, have
been Invited to accompany the train and are
expected to make ahort addresses at almutt
every stop, notation of crops and the ap
plication of fertilizers to rextoro the dw
j Wed elements of fertility will be the prin
cipal things preached by the experts on the
train.
The need of some such crusado has been
shown In one Iowa county, where the mime
patch of ground has been planted contin
uounly to corn for the 1b yt twenty years
with the result thut It yields only twelve
buxhela to tho acre, while the statu average
Is thirty-two bushels and yields of forty
to aeventy bushels are by no means un
common. The agricultural experts of the
lata believe that other farmers may make
the same mistake us this man, unless they
Lie aroused to the necessity of treating the
oil scientifically and saving It up for fu
ture emergencies.
. The special train bearing a crowd of ex
port lecturers has been successfully uned to
accomplish farm reforms along other tines.
Tha doctrine of selecting and teHtlng seed
corn, of building up better dairy herds and
of using the King drags oil the roads hus
been preached in audience coaches and
from the rear end of special trains with
splendid results. The success of these farm
trains has led to the soli special which the
Uurlingtoii will send out this coming week.
Forty M Inula l.oe tares.
At each town visited during the two
weeks the train is out over the Uurllngton
lines forty-minute lectures will be delivered
In two large audience coaches attached to
the train, with a sufficient number of
speakers to address overflow crowds.
Furmers and all Interested persons are re
quested by the lSurllngton officials to be
on hand and to enter the audience coaches
promptly. In case there Is too large a,
crowd the meetings will be held In the pas
senger depots or freight houses. There
will be plenty of speakers so that everyone
can hear the doctrlnea.
The lectures will be under the dl rection of
Prof. A. II. Snyder of the extension depart
ment of the Iowa State college of Agricul
ture at Ames, assisted by I'rof. K. L. Stew
art and Prof. M. A. Ilauser, both of the
extension department of the state college.
W. II, Stevenson, professor of soils at
Ames, will be with '.he train. Other men
fnll'iws will al.o nrrumiany:
Henry Wallnce, St., president of the Na
tional Conservation congress; James Atkin
son, edltnr of the luwa. Homestead; Alton
Semr. editor of Successful Farming; How
ard N. Whitney, editor of Register and
Farmer; K. It. Schoemaker, editor of the
luwa Weather and Crop Service; Hon. J. C.
Simpson, secretary of the Iowa State Hoard
of Agriculture and Hon. F. P. Coburn, sec
retary of. the Kansas State Hoard of Agri
culture. I'rof. I. O. Holden, the famous
feed corn man, is expected to be with the
train at le.ist part of the time.
WHERE DEATH ENTERS NOT
Paradise ear Madrid. Where Sword
llaa Been Ilea ten Into Plowshare
and All la serene.
MADRID, Oct. 8 (Special to The Hee.)
There is a territorial paradise not far from
Madrid where death and disease are un
known. It Is the village of Cobena, where
figuratively the sword has been beaten
Into the ploughshare. The local chemist
gave up the sale of drugs In despair two
years ago, and now he Is a purveyor of
sweetmeats and confectionary. Half the
cemetery has been turned Into a pleasure
garden there has not been a single death
for eight years-and the undertakers
have fled from a spot where death refuses
to give him a living. The doctor who has
lived for years In the village on his capi
tal, hoping against hope, has now decided
to emigrate.
EX-CROWN PRINCE TAKES CURE
Returns to Belgrade After a Two
Months' Ktay at Vicar
a ad Ostnd.
BELGRADE, Oct. 8. (Special to Tho
Bee.) The ex-Crown Prince George has
returned to Belgrade after a two months'
cure at Vichy .and Ostend. Though no offi
cial reception awaited him the second
equerry alone being present at the station
he waa repeatedly and enthusiastically
cheered by the great masses of people.
Prince Weorge r as been described as the
"hotspur" of Servla, and his youthful es
capades have caused great anxiety to the
king, who early this year sent him Into
exile. A large section of the people, how
ever, are In his favor and sharply criticise
the king for dealing so severely with a
"high spirited young broncho."
Some Things You Want to Know
Government at Work-Postoffice Department
PLAGUE OF SNAILS IN CEYLON
Millions of Creepera Throat Const,
Some of Them Weighing? aa
Much aa a Pound Each.
COLOMBO, Oct. 8. (Special to The Bee.)
A plague of snails on the foast of Ceylon
Is assuming a serious proportion. Millions
of snails are to be found, and some of
thera weigh as much as one pound each.
The snails have begun feeding on the
young cocoanut trees, and it Is feared that
they may attack the young rubber trees.
The government is taking measures to
check the devastation.
A Ton of Unld
could buy. nothing better for female weak
nesses, lame back and kidney trouble than
Electric Bitters. 60c. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
The Postofflce department, with Its
.V.V0O0 employes. Is the largest single gov
ernment establishment In the world. It
annually handles more than 14.000,000.000
pieces of mall at a cost of more than t-W,-000.000.
More than half of all the em
ployes of the government are at work
under the direction of the postmaster gen
eral. Some Idea of the Immensity of Its
business may be gleaned from the state
ment that the stamps of all kinds used
In a single year would plaster J.300 acres of
land, or make six belts of stamps around
the fearth. Counting those on stamped en
velopes, newspaper wrappers and postal
cards, the aggregate number used annually
Is usvard of ll.OOO.OOO.OTO.
When the revenues of the government
began to fall off two years ago the Post
office department started to look for op
portunities to retrench. It was found that
In the money order business the labor In
volved In handling the advice clips mailed
from the Issuing to the paying office In
volved an expenditure of 8600.000 a year.
So It was decided by the poptmaster gen
eral to issue a new form of order, In which
the advice slip was Incorporated with the
order Itself and carried to the paying
office by the person In whose favor the
order waa Issued. This single economy,
Involving no Impairment of the service, re
sults In an annual saving of more than
8000,000. Another opportunity for retrench
ment waa found In the handling of regis
tered matter. It had been the custom to
Issue a return card for each registered
letter or parcel sent. This required the
handling of more than 30,000,000 cards a
year by the employes of the postal service.
The postmaster general asked congress to
authorlxe him' to return cards to the
senders only when requested. The result
of this small economy will be a saving of
several hundred thousand dollars.
The growth of the mall business of the
United States has been one of the marvels
of American progress. In 1837 the average
individual spent 32 cents a year for
postage. In 1D0B he spent $2.29 a year on
mail sent out. The receipts of the Chicago
postofflce today are larger than those of
the entire country at the time of Abraham
Lincoln's accession to the presidency. No
part of the service has enjoyed such a
remarkable development as the rural free
delivery. Fourteen years ago there were
only eighty-two rural routes In operation,
and they Involved an annual expenditure
of only 815,000. Today there are more than
40,000 in operation, and they Involve an
annual outlay of some $36,000,000. This
service Is the most expensive that the
government renders. The entire receipts
of the rural letter carriers are less than
88.000,000 a year and the government spends
more than four times as much on the
service.
The postmaster general is assisted in his
work by four assistant postmasters gen
eral. The first assistant has charge of
the appointment of postmasters, of whom
there are more than 60.000. lender present
regulations the aim Is to appoint men of
recognized efficiency, and to keep them In
office as long as they satisfactorily dis
charge their duties. He also has charge
of salaries and allowances for tho postal
service. Every few years the salaries of
all presidential postoffloes throughout the
country are adjusted, the basis of adjust
ment being the receipts of the office. Like
wise, he has charge of the expense ac
counts of the various offices throughout
the country, and as these aggregate many
millions of dollars, they must be watched
carefully. The city delivery service Is also
under his jurisdiction. The law provides
that whenever a city office shows a certain
amount of receipts or the city has a popu
lation of 10.000, city free delivery Is es
tablished. Nearly 1.B00 cities and towns
now have city delivery service.
The second assistant postmaster general
has charge of the transportation of the
malls. It costs about $!0,OUO,000 a year for
the operation of mall service on the rail
road trains of the country, and the total
expense of mall transportation amounts to
more than $s0.ono.OnO. Thoro are star routes
to be looked after, steamboat routes, mall
passenger routes, wagon routes, street car
routes, and pneumatic tube routes.
There are about 15.000 railway postal
clerks who handle the mail carried In the
railway mall service. These men constitute
the backbone of the American postal sys
tem. They must be familiar with the lo
cation of from 6,000 to 10,000 postoffices.
Each clerk must be able to tell instantly
on what road a given postofflce in the
state he works Is located, must know
through what junction points a letter dis
patched by him to that office may pass,
and a multitude of other details that can
be mastered only by very retentive minds.
A letter addressed to the little village of
Mount Crawford, Va., mailed In Washing
ton any evening, will reach Its destination
quickest by one route. Mailed on Satur
day evening It will reach its destination
quickest by another route. Even such
small details as this must be perfectly
familiar to the men who constitute the
working force of tho railway mall service.
There are thirteen divisions In the rail
way mall service, each presided over by a
superintendent. It has been said by postal
authorities that the railway mall service
Is the only properly organized division of
the postal service. Every postmaster In
the country must transact his business
direct with the department at Washing
ton. This involves long delays In the pass
In of correspondence between the depart
ment and the remote postmasters. It Is
probable that In the near future the post
masters of the principal cities of the coun
try will be given oversight of the smaller
cfflces In contlnguous territory, thus over
coming the disadvantages of managing the
entire service directly from Washington.
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libel's Great October Bargain Sale
Home Outfits and Home Comforts are subjects that are interesting thousands of people.
What is best to purchase tliat will give -the 'best results and is the best value for the money?
Whcrc-togo to find the best a t THESE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED,
stock and where the prices ct3K We carry the largest stock of good serviceable
and goods are reliable? At VaassnEEZS furniture in the citr. We make a specialty of
fitting up homes. Our prices are marked in plain figures on each article and are cut to the lowest notch. "We aim to
please and satisfy customers. The present week we hold a special October Bargain Sale and quote following values:
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A Room Full of Good Furniture, $25.75
XITCHEW CABIXET If ICIA X.
This Kitchen Cabinet has two large,
flour bins, with ball-bearing rollers,
two drawers for cutlery, two work
hoards; the top is conveniently fitted
as shown in lllustrution; has lure
glass door compartment for dishes.
These t'ahlnets are sv jmT Z
lieautlfullv flxluli- L m W J
ed In Satin Wal- alj
nut. Rubel's price.
This beautiful library or living room
suite consists of five pieces, which we
will sell separately if desired. They
are mode, of selected solid oak, finished
in rich early Kngllsh, very massive and
veil made. The upholstering is of the
best grade chase leather, over a full
steel spring constructed seat. Have
neatly carved backs.
Settee S 7.73
Arm Chair 5.00
Arm Rocker 9 5.00
Parlor Chair $ 8.50
I Library Table $ 4.50
Total 5 Pieces.
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These Htdetoarda are made
of selected iiiuirtrr-sawed
oak throughout, finished In
a rl h golden. They have
beautiful curved ornamen
tations, are fitted with
Krenvh bevel plate mirror.
This Sl(leboud has lartce
linen draper and lined
drawers for silverware.
Bubal's
palal
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This Universal Heater I
made of the beat selected
gray Iron castings. It la ex
ceptionally beautiful In ap
pearance, having more nick
el trimming than any other
move, made at anywhere
near the price. It la fitted
with duplex grate; large
feeder. It Is of the double
flue construction; has awing
top ami automatic cover.
A thoroughly modern, up-to-date,
well-known heater
at lesa than others aak for
cheap pirate nixkea. Hubel's
Special bale Price
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DXEB6XKS A large, well-made
Dresser, exactly like illustration, has
large French bevel plate mirror and
neatly carved mirror frame and
standards. It has two drawers at
top and easy rolling castors. We
have these Dressers made of solid
oak and finished in rich , av7'
hand Doilahed mahoa- 5n w
any. Kubsl'a Spa- iuf
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KISSIOaT CX.OCXB
These Clocks are
made of solid oak;
they stand five foot
high. II a v raised
brass numerals; a
guaranteed time
keeper, well made and
finished. Rubel's
8ale Price, only
$28.05
35.G5
OAK SZATBB.8
A heavy, serviceable
Oak Heater at an un
beatable price. This
Oak Heater is made
of heavy gauge, cold
rolled steel. The
caatlngs are heavy
and well fitted. This
stove haa full nickel
trimmings. Including
nickel rim, foot rest,
crew drafts, swing
top and urn; is fit
ted with draw grat.
check draft and ash
pan. Rubel's Special
hale Price only
$G.15
CHA8X LI1TIIB KOCXEKI We
offer for thle week's special an ex
ceptionally handsome rocker, made
of selected quarter-sawed oak, fin
ished in rich hand polished F.aily
English. These r Jokers are unusu
ally artistic In design, upholstered in
tha best grade, of genuine chase
leather. They have full C 7c
mirhiK seat. Hubel'a H XS ' J
Special Sale
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There is a division of foreign mall. I
which has oversight of all mall business
between the Tnlted States and other coun
tries. The sea postoffices are presided
over by foreign clerks on ships coming
to the Vnlted States and by American
clerks on ships going from the I'nltcd
States. The I'nlted States pays out a
quarter of a million dollars In freight
rhargee for the transiKirtatlon of empty
mall bags, postal cards, stamped envel
opes and newspaper wrappers. Although
It Is generally recognized that the express
business of the country Is greater in vol
ume than the mall business, it costs Uncle
Bam several million dollars more to trans
port the mall than It costs the express
companies to handle their business over
the, railroads. There are more than 13.W0
star routes in operation In the United
States. They carry the mall to points not
reached by he railroads. The number of
such routes has been greatly cut down by
the rise of rural free delivery.
It costs the United States half a million
dollars a year to kep Its mall bag equip
ment in proper condition. There are
nearly KOO.OwJ locks required In the service,
&0,000 of them being rotary register locks.
The pouches carrying the latter are filled
by two clerks, who keep a record of the
number of registered letters placed In
them. The locks have a registering equip
ment like that of a cyclometer, which reg
isters each time it is locked. When filled
the pouch Is locked, a record made of the
register number and the pouch dispatched
to Its destination. If. when It arrives at
Its destination, the number corresponds
with the records the clerks know that It
has come through safely. If it does not
correspond with the registered number
they know that the pouch has been
opened by an unauthorized person.
The assistant attorney general of the
Postofflce department looks after lottery
schemes, fraud orders and such other mut
ters as require legal attention. Since the
first fraud orders were issued there have
been 3,100 persons and firms denied the
use of the mails. There have been only
about thirty appeals from the decisions
of the department and not a single decision
has been reversed on the merits of tho
case. The department has a purchasing
agent who buys supplies valued at t3,500,
000 a year. More than 200,000 cases are
considered by the postofflce Inspectors
during the course of a year. There are
more than 90,000 cases under process of in
vestigation on any given day, and W.OoO
cases being considered by the departmont.
The dead letter office receives about
12,000,000 pieces of undellverable mall and
8,000,000 post cards and postals every year.
Ten million letters and parcels are opened
and 62 per cent of the dead mail is re
turned or forwarded. The postals and pot
cards are always destroyed.
By FBESXBIO J. HAXKIIT.
Tomorrow The Oovernment at Work.
VII. The Kavy Department.
MIGHTY REACH OF HATPIN
I'nndrr I'nff and Mirror at One Knd
and Hoostrr at the
Other.
Hatpins large enovign to bold girls'
powder puffs are the latest novelty pro
duced by manufacturing Jewelers In Maiden
lane, reports the New York Sun. This Is
said to be the greatest hatpin season In
the history of the trade.
So huge are some of the new designs In
these pins that the ornamental heads have
hinged lids. When the lid is lifted the
powder puff Is disclosed. In addition the
inside surface of the lid la a tiny mirror.
Some cf the guards now made for the
dangerous point of the hatpin match the
heads of the pin. Other guards are made
even larger and more elaborately orna
mented than the heads. The same guards
may be. used Interchangeably for many
pins.
Both heads and guards are represented
as roosters, pheasants, owls' heads or other
bird heads made In gold, silver and gems,
or rhlnestones and Imitations. In some de
signs the rooster from comh to claws Is
three Inches long. Sometimes only a side
view of the bird Is given and In other 8ec
lmens ho seems to be strutting out as If for
his morning crow.
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and features is greatly en
hanced by lustrous, healthy
hair.
ED.PINAUD'S
HAIR TONIC
(Ean da Quinine)
imparts brilliancy and elasticity
to the hair, prevents it falling out,
keeps the scalp wholesome, ana
it delightfully refreshing. Refined
fragrance and quality. 50c and
$1.00 per bottle. A liberal testing ,
sample is sent by our American
office on receipt cf 10c
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I'rof. H. von Starck's new honk, "Thirty
Tears observations of Ki'ietim," contains
much that will Interest the lay man as
well as the scientific reader.
"In June. 108." he, writes, "there ap
peared at the Institute a woman, :'3 years
old. with hair unusually Interesting. It,
was abundant and lona, but upon close
examination two distinct growths of hair
were seen.
"Hhe said that up to four months pre
vious her hair was thin, straggling and
brittle, with a tendency to fail out. dan
druff and ecrema of the scalp had devel
oped, which sho treated with a simple
solution made by dissolving 2 ounces of
qulntoue In Vt pint of hot water lot cool.
"The result of the treatmnet was that
the eczema and dandruff were eradicated,
and apparently tho hair follicles were
revivified, for new hair appeared.
"Kor years I recommended qulntone
In any case of ecrema on any part of the
body." Adv.
Relief for tired, nehiug
feet for a woman there is
nothing better than our
Foot Comfort
Shoes
They are a boon to womankind,
and we have had more commend
ation on thenu shoog than any we
sell.
They are especially constructed
made one size smaller in the In
step and two sites wider In the
sole, letting the foot rest comfort
ably on thu Bole as It should, at
the same time giving a snug fit
over the Instep.
The ideal shoe for women suf
fering with bunions. The stock Is
fine, soft kid and the sole soft and
flexible.
Turned soles
$3.50
Welt soles, button or lace,
dress and commonsense toe,
at .. $4.50
Drexel Shoe Co.
1419 Farnam Street.
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Corset
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FOR THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT
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NEW YORK, OCTOBER 9, 1910
No. 5
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Dear Madam:
There is no reason why you should
buy an ordinary corset, when the
BEST costs you no more.
No reason why you should risk
your health to improve your form,
when a Nemo Corset will give you
an ULTRA-FASHIONABLE FIG
URE with absolute SAFETY and
the greatest COMFORT you have
ever enjoyed.
Please think this over. '
The Famous Nemo No. 522
With "Lastikops Bandlet"
The most 6ucceu cornet fever
made. A marvel of figure-control,
yet so perfectly
hygienic that it is
endorsed by even
the most conserv"
stive physicians.
Produces ultra
fashionable Blen
derness, with eom
plets ease. Sup
plants all other ab
dominal support
era. For tall stout
figures; but, be
cause of its perfect
support, is worn
by thousands of
slender women
Pina mutil rizpa
20 in afi.-S5.on flti2
Our new No. wLTJT
523 is a similar Bakout
model, lower bust and under arm,
for short stout women $5.00.
Favorite $3.00 Nemos
Nemo Self-
Reducing Cor
set No. 320 is
by far the best
reducing corset
made at the
price. F'r tall
or medium stout
figures. Long
skirt great
reduction, and
perfect ease.
Sizes 19 to 36
$3.00.
No. 318
O" is a similar
jUmtSL ioTrlust anJ
JtU IMilUUNU under arm( for
short-waisted women $3.00.
News of Importance to Every Woman
Our Lastikops Webbing is not merely an improvement it is really a
new kind of a fabric. It produces results always desired but never before
possible. It opens a new era in corset-construction. It promises correct
style with increased comfort to every woman stout, slender or mediura.
Lastikops Webbing HAS NO RlVAIy you will find that all imitations are
simply the old, unreliable elastics. Just for a comparison:
LASTIKOPS WEBBING
1. NvT oscs its original elasticity
lasts for months unchanged.
2. OUTWEARS ANY CORSET.
3. .Is NOT weakened or damaged
hy the msdls.
4, Can be ma4m VERY elastic; or
only PARTLY elastic, to provide
strong SUPPORT with perfect EASE.
ALL OTHER ELASTICS
1. An likely to "give out" and
get "stringy" in a week,
t. Will wear out quickly and ren
der the corset useless.
S. Are weakened when the needle
outs the unsecured rubber strands.
4. Are elastic all through the
elasticity cannot be adjusted.
Lastikops Webbing is the most important fabric-invention of this
century. It places Nemo Corsets still more clearly in a cla?s alone, secure
from competition. It will bring comfort and CORRECT STYLE to millions.
FOR SLENDER WOMEN
Nearly every woman knows that
Nemo Self-Reducing Corsets re-mold
a fleshy figure into graceful lines,
insuring comfort and health.
Our newest invention, Lastikops
Corset No. 330, does just as great a
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The two broad bands of semi
elastic Lastikops Webbing curve
snugly over the abdomen, baniuh all
dangers of tight lacing, prevent that
perilous "bearing down" feeling
every woman knows what that means.
This is an entirely new effect,
which was impossible before we in
vented Lastikops Webbing.
Nemo No. 330 is made of fine
white coutil; high bust, long skirt;
sizes 18 to 26 $3.00.
THE NEW
Corset
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service for women of slight build
who desire extreme slenderness.
Nemos with Relief Bands
Nemo Self-Reducing Corsets are
made in many different models to suit
all forms -tall and stout, short and
stout, or justat. For stall stout fig
ure, Nemo No.
405 comes next
to Nemo No. 622
in figure-reducing
power.
Has the famous
Relief Bands,
which give
much support
from under
neath; perfect
figure-control
with absolute
comfort and
safety. Sizes
20 to 36-$4.00.
No. 403 is a
similar model,
for short stout
figures $4.00.
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