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in Women's Suits, Coats and Dresses
This is a display unlike any other ever given in Omaha so far in advance of the season. It is a complete review of the genuinely authentic models in women's wear for fall.
The New 1911 Ideas in the Suits for Fall are More Attractive Than They Have
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Messaline Silk Sale
Monday we place on special rale on bargain
square t he biggest bargain in all silk yarn
dyed messaline ever offered. They are
made from pure Italian silk, highly finished
and come in 37 different colorings, includ
ing the evening tints and Ofg
cream and black, half mJjC
price, per yard
$1.25 Fancy Dress Silks at 49c a Yard .
Twenty or 3(5 mchrs wide In over 50 different styles,
twills, cblffon taffetas, peau de Sapho,' also Qp
fancy dress sllkb, poplins, etc., at, per yard. . .Tx
36-inch Soie de Panne Messaline
AW the light tints and street shadea, CI fH
at. per yard P.WL-
Advance Showing of Fall Silks
New arrivals by every express. An as
semblage of imported extreme novelties 48
inch double faced satins, 24 to 3G-inch Surah
Twills, 48-inch bordered marquisette and
chiffon cloth, 46-inch bordered Soie Radium
and bordered Sapho silks, at
per yard .98c and up to $5.00
New Fall Dress Goods
The tendency for autumn is rough weave
suitings, Scotch cheviots, peau de souris,
Velours Royal, chiffon broadcloth, reversible
' serge and semi-rough suitings. See our 16th
street window, 48 to 56 inch fabrics, at,
per yard $100 to $3.50
Special Sale Fine All Wool Dress Goods
Mostly all sample pieces which we secured at
a big reduction. These fabrics are all new
pattern serges, Ottomans, novelty suitings,
broadcloths, fancy diagonals, $1.00 to $2.00
values, at, per yard 69c and $1.00
Broadhead Worsted Mills Dress Goods
2 SO pieces of early fall 40 to 46-inch wide fine dress
goods, splendid patterns and a wide range of fall
colorings; 75c and 85c values, at, per yard. . . .49?
Ever Before Been
You'll be delighted with the new features in tailored apparel, which are so distinctly different from the models of last sea
son. The new large lapels, the new lines in the coats, the panel features in the skirt, the new trimmings and the new colors
all give evidence that the fall suits will be more popular this season than ever before. The late models are priced
at ; ." $25, $29, $35, $39, $49 and up to $89
CLEVER NEW STREET FROCKS AND WALKING DRESSES FOR FALL
One of their chief charms Is their practical character. Black and nary satins and the plain
color serges are popular. All brand new features at. . -815. 817.50. 810. 822.50. 825
5n SMART NEW SKIRTS T)R autumn
lue miBBi meat in wonsieus, mixtures, panamas ana Tones vue uew
front and side panels and all the other autumn features
85. 87.50. up to 812.50
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. New Goods in our
DRAPERY DEPARTMENT
We are receiving daily new tall,
goods for our drapery depart
ment. Lace curtains, 60 inclvs
wide, very special, at, per pair
only $1.50
Filet curtains, white and Arab
color, at, per pair 81.98
Bungalow and Filet Net Curtains
in this season's very latest
novelties, at, per pair, $4.50,
$3.98 and 82.98
Plaid Etamine, 40 Inches wide;
white cream and Arabian colors,
worth up to 40c, at, per yard,
only 25
Plain Scrim and Etamine, 40
inches wide, worth up to 25c, at,
yard 12 H
Printed Etamine in new stencil de
signs, 40 inches wide, at, per
.vard ; 2
Bungalow Nets An endless va
riety of beautiful pattters, at,
per yard 25c to 81.25
Couch covers, extra heavy, 60
Inches wide, worth up to $3, at,
each 81.98
Cretonnes Hundreds of early fall
patterns, at 89c, 25c, 19c and
only 15,
Final Clearing' Sale of
SUMMER FABRICS
on Main Floor
We have made big reduc
tions, in our summer fabrics
which means one-half and
less than half the regular
price; formerly selling at
" 50c, 69c, $1, and $1.50, main
floor bargain, square, per
yard
15c, 25c, 35c, and 50c
For Monday only Forty pieces of
our soc r-rincess sateen. 8 inches
wide in all colors ami black
lining' department, at, per
yara
22c
at ,
Jjfev. 11 I S MlWvl
I Brandeis St
In Our Basement
18c terpentine
Crepes at 10c
Most popular fabric for long
or short kimonos, waists,
etc, because the beautiful
styles and colorings ' appeal
to the woman of taste. Tho
prettiest stripes, dots,
floral and Japanese effects
will be placed on sale in
every desirable length.
Serpentine crepe is made
by the Pacific mills and is
sold the world over by the
leading retail stores. The
colorings are warranted
fast, the crinkle will not
wash out and ironing is
not necessary. In - r
the basement I I 10
Monday, per yard
New White Goods at 10c a yard.
Mill remnants, very large assort
ment checked, striped and barred
fancy white goods for waists.
dresses, and children's wear, the
15c and 18c grades, at,
per yard
10c
Beautiful Persian lawn and sheer
India linon, a quality you would
expect to find on sale at 1 f
19c, at, per yard lUC
Yard wide bleached muslin, soft
finish for making underwear,
petticoats, etc,; also the heavy
and more .firmly woven muslin
for making sheets and pillow
cases. There has never before
been a better lot of finest
bleached muslins sold so 7 I
cheaply, at, per yard 2 C
EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF
Embroideries
All New Lots From a Remarkable
Purchase by Our New York Buyer
Season's Biggest Em
broidery Bargain
18 and 27-inch fine Swiss, Nainsook and Cam
bric Embroidered Flouneings, Skirtings,
Corset Coverings; choice designs in English
eyelet blind relief, crochet and combination
effects. The window display has fx r
attracted thousands. Worth up to S jf"
50c a yard; bargain square, yard,"
Thousands of Yards of Wide Nainsook and
CAMBRIC EMBROIDERY EDGINGS
Excellent needlework, very effective designs
in English eyelet, blind effects, etc., hun
dreds of pretty patterns to select from; up
to 12 inches wide; worth up to 20c Qr
a yard, at, yard O ,
45-in. Sheer Swiss Embroidered Skirtings
Choice eyelet, floral and blind effects, worth I
up to $1.25 a yard, bargain square, yd. 75C
Swiss Batiste Embroidered Flouneings
27-inch crochet, filet and hexagon combina
tion effects; also English eyelet and Japan
ese effects, etc., worth $1.25 a yard, at 59c
75c Wide Embroideries at 39c Yard
27-inch fine Swiss and Batiste Embroidered
Flouneings, fine wide Swiss Embroidered
Bandings for skirt bands, waist frontings,
etc., up to 14 inches wide, worth up to 75c
a yard big bargain, at, yard 39c
VERSATILE YOUNG RICH MAN
A. J, Drezel BiddJe, Crack with
Glove and Bible.
BOXES WITH REAL PUGILISTS
Multimillionaire Quaker Alao Teaches
the Script area to Youi Mem and
W lei da "plrttaal aa Well a
Flatlo Wvls-Bt.
Millionaire society man, Rtar pugilist, suo
caasful Bible clans leader. It is not usual
to And those three Qualifications In the
person of one man at the same time, nays
the New York Tribune. In fact. It Is highly
probable that a search of the entire con
tinent, or possibly of the world, would
reveal only one solitary individual who
oould qualify for all three. Tet such a
person Is to be found, and only the other
day he Increased his claims to distinction
by ponins as an amateur dermatologist
at least he spread the report In Atlantic
City that a heavy coat of sunburn on his
bald spot had produced a growth of hair.
The perpetrator of this hoax Is A. J.
Drexel Blddle of Philadelphia, and since
ha made his announcement a small army
of baldheads with scorched pstea and fiery
eyes bave been seeking blm In vain.
At this time, when the religious world Is
almost In despair over the dlffloulty of
getting men to attend church service, It
might be well to Invite all religious leaders
to give careful consideration to the Blddle
philosophy, for his Bible class In Phila
delphia Is one of the largest and most suc
cessful in that town and Its leader among
the moat popular exponents of sacred writ
to be found In the country.
It has frequently been advanced that the
reason men with good red blood in their
veins stay away from church Is that the
church doea not afford them the kind of
manly association that Is essential to the
existence of such men. In striving to bridge
over this gulf between the church and the
non-going ohurch male element, daring
clergymen have in some Instances barred
women from the services and have had
tobaoco, pipe and free tobacco handed
around. They have Invited the men to
shed their coats In hot weather and be
comfortable. They have added vaudeville
entertainments to the church program, and
have gone the limit in banishing the at
mosphere that tends to make a man think
ha Is present at a mother's meeting.
Soma suooees tiaa attended these radical
efforts, but the objection has always been
raised and with reason that they make
a churoa anything but a plana of religious
senrtoa. The secular features supplant the
religious ones, and although the men' have
en)oyed themselves little good results along
the linos that the minister Is chiefly work
ing for.
Now, Drexel Blddle' s plan is different
Ha has made the features that appeal to
men aa adjunct to the religious side of the
ohurch work. They have been kept sepa
rata, and yet made to dovetail so cleverly
that man who have coma to the manly ex
ercises have found themselves listening to
Ltible teachings, while scarcely realising
that thai experience Is one at which it
would be natural for them to shy.
The result of the work dons by Mr. Bld
dle Is most Interesting, both to laymen and
.to religions workers. To go back a little
' aad tell the story consecutively. Mr. Blddle
was at one time a newspaper reporter,
; Belonging as he did to the exclusive Drexel
; family, ho doubtless had hopes of one day
coming Into money, but at that time he
had to get a living, and he chose the news
paper profession as the means of obtain
. Ing It.
At the age of D be was an athletic
young fellow, with a perfect passion for
boxing. He would box with any one and at
any time. He was In great demand at the
festivities of the Pen and Pencil club in
Philadelphia, where he would appear In the
boxing ring with any local celebrity with
whom he could arrange a bout. Ha be
came an unbeatable amateur champion in
his clans, and there are many lucky labor
era nd longshoremen who could claim the
distinction of . having been lickd by a
milllonalre-in-embryo, did they but know
who their antagonist of those days really
was.
BiddJe went abroad and met amateur
fighters In Europe. He fought for the pure
love of fighting and to keep In condition.
When he came back to America he went
Into the publishing business and became
the firm friend and patron of some of the
leading pugilists of the day, notably "Bob"
Fltxnlmmons, whose book, "Physical Cul
ture and Self-Defense," he published.
But Blddle's real chance to devote him
self to his favorite sport came when his
grandfather, A. J. Drexel, died, '.In 1893,
leaving "Tony" $1,000,000. Some might think
that with this undoubted position In the
front rank of Philadelphia society and
with V,000,OUO to enable him to support
that position fittingly, young Bluclie ..,.
drop the company of prise ring bruisers
and become a dignified and exclusive per
sonage. But nothing of the sort happened.
Blddle merely dropped what little reserve
he might have had and went In heart and
soul for the fighting game.
He startled the Quaker City bluebloods
by announcing that he would appear In the
ring as the second of "Jack" O'Brien In the
bout the latter celebrity was scheduled to
pull off with one "Jack" Blackburn. And
Blddle actually did It. Doffing his dress
coat and waistcoat, he climbed Into the
ring on the night of the fight, and sponged
and towelled O'Brien between the rounds,
while the sports howled themselves black
In the face with approval.
Strange to say, the pugilist lo tendencies
of Kiddle caused him to grow more and
more popular with "the bluebloods of the
Quaker City. With bloods of other colors
he was, of course, tremendously popular.
He appeared In the ring to fight "Jack"
O'Brien, and Philadelphia gasped, while
sporting writers made merry over what
they regarded aa a farcical bout. But any
one who knows Blddle and knows what he
can do and has done all his life with the
gloves knows that he can give any pugilist
a fairly good run for his money.
This is the man who has for years been
giving his time to philanthropic work in
Philadelphia, He Is a member of the fash
ionable Church of the Holy Trinity, In Rlt
tenhouse Square. In the parish house of
the church, which ts equipped with a com
modious gymnasium. Mr. Blddle has found
ample room for the furtherance of his ideas
of what up-to-date Christianity should be.
Bible in hand, he leads the large Bible
class on the days set apart for such teach
ing, and with those same able hands hidden
In padded gloves he teaches the members
of his class how to take their own part
and give a good account of themselves In
any troubles that mar come to them in the
world without the peaceful portals of the
pariah house.
In telling the story of his fist efforts
to combine ougilism with Christian teach
ing Mr. Blddle said to the writer the other
dav:
"I am satisfied I am doing a good work
and am on the rlsrht lines. The combina
tion of reunion and athletics seems to
work well. We began with Plain athletics
and basket ball. I couldn't bo at It vary
long without bringing boxlns Into tho pro
gram, and I was surprised at tho first
tentative effort to find that tho members
of my class wero aulte apt with the fists
and entered with deiliht on the plan to
Introduce boxing In the exerclsea.
"Some night we had eight men at It,
occasionally as many as twenty war
punching away at one another. I had to
keep In good condition, for there were
from half a dozen to a score of boxers
waiting to meet me twlve a week, and
soma of tbs bouts were prettv stiff, espe
cially when I ran up against a good man
well along In the evening after I had al
ready taken on a doxen and was tiring.
Mr. Blddle Is a member of one of Phila
delphia's oldest families. His clubs in
clude the Philadelphia, the Rltten house,
the Philadelphia Country and the Radnor
Hunt His private gymnasium la in the
stable at the rear of his home, 2104 Walnut
street. On ' the second floor, in a neatly
boarded room. Is a regulation "squared
circle," with shower adlolnlnr. Around the
ring hang Mr. Blddle's trophies, boxing
gloves, photographs of his bouts and pic
tures of numerous fighters who have
trained in his quarters.
THIS SPELLS TROUBLE AHEAD
STORY OF A NERYY FIGHTER
What One American Consul Had to
Do in South America.
FREQUENT ATTACKS ON HIS LIFE
Ill.Wlll of Colombia Over Secession
of Panama Manifested In Riots
and Fights Typical lactase's.
"Safe and Sane" He formers
Threatening; to Move on
Christmas.
Are
Encouraged by the success achieved ' by
the advocates of a "safe and sane" Fourth
of July In what seemed at first a hope
less effort to reform the celebration of
that anniversary, certain even more boldly
ambitious persons out in Indianapolis an
nounce with what seriousness of purpose
lme will tell that they have started the
organisation of a "World's League" to in
troduce a like safety and sanity In the
observance of Christmas. Bach member ot
tho new league, according to report, ' will
"be required to sign an agreement neither to
give nor to receive Christmas presents out
side of his or her immediate household,
and to do a!l he or she can to discharge
the Indiscriminate giving of them.
evidently tho scheme, as such, wfll not
fall for lack of sixe or the extent of ref
ormation proposed, but after the Indlan
apolltans had gone so far In their minds
they might lust as well have extended
the mental Journey and Included In their
pledge a promise to abstain from the plum
puddings and other heavy viands that do
almost aa much to create post-Christmas
gloom as does weak yielding to do - Im
agined or asserted compulsion to givs
mors presents, and more expensive pres
ents, than financial resouroes warrant.
That an enormous number of people do
yield to that compulsion that they look
forward to Christmas with dread, . and
back upon It with resentment, aa an orgy
of blackmail and extravagance, Is un
doubtedly true. That a good many ot
these people would like the moral sup
port of an organisation and an agreement
In defying the charge of meanness If they
do not follow custom and spend more
than they can afford that Is probably
true. But nobody not really mean Is
ever going to promise not to give any
presents at all outside of the family, and
only meddlesome Matties, mala and fe
male, are going to do much discouraging
of friends and acquaintances with more
generous or more extravagant Christmas
Impulses than themselves. As for refus
ing offered gifts, that would Indeed take
courage and a hard heart in all but a
few exceptional cases.
Ths fact Is that already wo all belong
to the proposed league, somewhat miti
gated, throughout most of the year, and
then resign or suspend ourselves from It
soon after the Impassioned exhortations
to do our Christmas buying early begin.
And the chances are that our holiday ex
cesses are rather more foolish than harm
ful. New York Times.
What Ailed Hlsa.
"I think the doctor Is about through with
me. Told me my ailment Is practically
cured." "What did you have?" "Throe
hundred dollars, originally." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Use Bee Want Alls and get results.
Consular life Is not all beer and skittles.
The personal experiences of the consular
officers are rarely recorded In the official
documents which find their way to the pub
lic eye, but occasionally a story comes to
light which Illustrates with vivid force the
perils which some of Uncle Sam's repre-
sentatves abroad are compelled to face In
the course of then duties. Hon. Charles
I Latham, United States consul at Carta
gena, Colombia, has Just returned to Wash
ington on leave after successfully carrying
through the local courts the prosecution
and conviction of the assailants of Vice
Consul William B. McMasters. For two
years this exciting case has absorbed much
of the time and attention of the consular,
and until the defendants were finally
escorted to prison under sentences of fifteen
and six years respectively Mr. Latham was
unable to leave his post.
The McMasters episode was an outcome
of the strorv7 anti-American feeling exist
ing in. Colombia ever since the secession of
Panama. The Colombians probably never
will forgive the United States for the
Roosevelt coup of 1908 whereby the great
Isthmian canal was made to wend Its way
through foreign territory, nor has any act
of consideration subsequently shown the
people of Colombia been able to soften
materially the hatred of the angry Colom
bians for everything American.
Who McMasters Is.
Mr. McMasters became tho unfortunate
victim of patriotic wrath not through any
speolal offence of his own but because of
his long personal and official identification
with American Interests. His father, also
named William B. McMasters, was long
United States consul at Cartagena, where
the present vice consul was born. The
family la American and an uncle was voted
a medal of honor for distinguished services
to the union cause In the civil war.
Young McMasters came to the United
States to secure an education, going to Au
burn, N. T., where he became a protege
of Thomas M. Osborne, now local . repre
sentative of the . International Harvester
company. Having received his schooling,
McMasters entered the employ of the com
pany and returned to his native country aa
Its representative for the purpose of Intro
ducing American agricultural Implements
In the neighborhood of Bogota, the capital.
A long revolution was In progress, bow
ever, and McMasters was compelled to re
turn to the protection of his family In
Cartagena; and, the business outlook being
unpromising, about ten years ago he ac
cepted the position of vice consul of. the
United States at that port
How He Backed Vw Igaboo,
McMasters Is a virile character, phy
slcially very powerful and mentally alert,
but with his Intimate knowledge of the Co
lombian people he had married a Colom
bian girl he has been a most acceptable
representative of his government and
might have continued high In popularity
with all classes had not ths Panama epi
sode taken plaos. He was vice consul at
that time and later figured prominently
when Admiral Blgsbeo was sent to demand
an apology of the government for the be
smirching of ths United tales coat-of-arms
over the office of ths consul at Carta
gena. Ths coat-of-arma bad been befouled
once and the consul had succeeded In hav
ing a file of soldiers sent around the next
day to clean up ths debris. The Incident
was repeated and Blgsbeo wss sent down
to secure an apology from the national
government .The admiral secured an au
dience with the governor, to whom he made
vigorous representations of what the
United States demanded in reparation of
the Indignity. The official Interpreter con
siderably softened the emphatic language
Slgsbee employed and, turning to Mc
Masters, Slgsbee demanded to know if his
words were being translated correctly.
"They are not" replied McMasters;
whereupon at the urgent demand of Slgs
bee, Vies Consul McMasters proceeded to
hand to the governor an accurate Interpre
tation of the American demand. . Due apol
ogy was made.
Tho Attack on Bis Mfe.
Occurrences like these had made the
faithful McMasters a target for the riot
ous element of the community and finally
a deliberate attempt on his life was made.
He was shooting birds one day on a piece
of ground owned by him, using a shotgun,
when he beard a bullet whis by his head.
Looking up, he saw on the other side of
the fence Mario Lara Cordoba, editor of
El Padre Cobos, a local political sheet of
a scurrious character.
"You had better watch out; that shot
came pretty close to my head," sang out
McMasters.
"Yes; that Is what it was for," returned
Cordoba. A colloquy followed in which
Cordoba, who was accompanied by Abelar
do Barrera of the . famous razor, wielding
province of Antloqula, demanded admission
to the premises for the purpose, he said, of
proving that ha had no revolver. McMas
ters refused to let him come over the fence,
and the two men went off. "We know
where you live," shouted Cordoba as he
disappeared. Barrera, by the way, did not
know McMasters, and was a stranger in
Cartagena.
McMasters went home, taking tho pre
caution on the way to leave his shotgun at
the house of a friend. He changed from
his hunting suit to one of whits, and was
passing from one room to another when
Cordoba, who had come onto the sidewalk
outside the bouse, called to him to come
out McMasters, unarmed, stepped out to
remonstrate with Cordoba, when the editor
struck him over the bead with a heavy
stick. McMasters grabbed the stick and
was wrestling with Cordoba when Barrera,
whom he had not seen before, came up
behind him and gashed him with a razor.
Inflicting serious wounds on his stomach
and face. McMasters knocked Barrera
down and got the stick away from Cordoba.
During this last scuffle he looked back and
Barrera - was trying to rise and come at
him again wtth the razor. MoMasters
promptly quieted Barrera with the club,
and as he did so Cordoba pulled a revolver
and fired, but not before the vice consul
was able to strike up his hand and send
the bullet Into tho air. Cordoba then
seemed to lose his nerve and turned and
ran, with McMasters after him;, but the
blinded vice consul soon grew weak from
loss of blood and gave up the chase. Mo
Masters was taken to his home, where h
remained two months bandaged In bod.
If Lawyer Would Take Can.
This was on Sunday. Ths asms evening
ths police called and took his deposition,
which he was too weak to. sign, and listed
ths statements of a great many witnesses,
who had calmly looked on without attempt
ing to Interfere. The excited witnesses
then told a straight story of tho assault
although later soms of them reversed
themselves during ths trials. Monday
morning Consul Latham promptly laid ths
facts before Governor Joss Osorio, who
was able to Inform him that both ths as
sailants had been arrested and who prom
ised tho consul that both would be punished
In accordance with the laws of the country.
Prosecution- was begun at once, but no
lawyer could be found In Cartegena who
dared to take the case of McMasters, so
strong was the anti-American sentiment.
Consul Latham, who fortunately is a law
yer, finally was compelled to conduct the
prosecution himself. He succeeded In hav
ing the trial before a Judge Instead of a
Jury and the case went before several
Judges In the course of hearings covering
the period from July 25. 1909. when the
assault oocurred, until June 10, 1911. when
ths defendants were convicted and Cordoba
sentenced to fifteen years and Barrera to
six years In prison.
A Typical McMasters Incident.
The foregoing Is only one of many affairs
In which Mr. McMasters has been in
danger of his life, although some of them
.took place before he became an official of.
the government. During one of the period
ical revolutions he was asked to take
charge of a cocoanut plantation In the
absence of Its owner, who had discreetly
gone somewhere else, doing to a nearby
village ono day he cautiously Inquired
whether any of the other faction were In
town. He was assured they were not and
proceeded to take his siesta In a hammock
slung In one of the bamboo huts. He was
awakened by the sound of bullets tripping
through the flimsy walls. They were still
aimed high, but finally, when one shot cut
away the hammock rope and let him down,
he decided to seek safer territory. He ran
into a street and plumped directly Into a
band of marauding negroes who were firing
on the house. Addressing the commander,
he declared himself an American, but saw
that be was not believed and that the
others were preparing to shoot him. Mc
Masters broke through and ran like a deer,
up a little hill and down ths other side,
thus shielding himself, but falling over a
bluff into the midst of a dozen women who
had run In terror from the assault upon
the town. They shrieked and scattered
and the frightened McMasters came to his
senses and resolved to, go back and find
his horse. Ho Journeyed bark Into town
and, meeting the negroes, finally Identified
himself. The commander assigned him a
man to help him hunt his horse, but after
making a few Inquiries McMasters saw It
meant death should he claim the animal,
so he gave up tho quest. The marauders
were Just preparing to leave and one of
them, as a parting remembrance, raised h.
rifle to put a hole in McMasters, when ths
commander struck up the weapon and the
band rode off.
How He taught a Doies Negroes.
McMasters is absolutely fearless. On
day he was sitting In his office on the
plantation when, hearing a noise behind,
he turned and saw a dozen n.
pllfted machetes. They demanded money.
"I have some and will get It for you,"
said the quick-witted McMasters. He
stepped Into another room, followed by two
of the negroes, and. reaching his hand Into
a satchel, whirled about and covered the
men with a revolver. Frightened, the
whole band ran from the place.
"They will corns back," said McMasters
to his assistant," when they realize tbat
they are twelve and I only one. When
they come tall them at first there is no
rum on the premises, and after a little de
lay show them the barrels. I will attend
to them after that"
McMasters fled to a short distance and
after a suitable time returned to the
plantation. He found the negroes all dead
drunk and bound them and put them I;
the stocks Boston Transcript.
In Oae leas Oaly.
Friend So your nephew refuses to work?
Maybe he Is what they call "gifted."
Uncle I should say he was. I've g'tan
him everything he has and more, too.
Exchange,
Land So Many Fish
They Tire of Sport
E. P. Hennessy, Omaha commercial agent
of the Rock Island, ts home from the Leech
lake country of Minnesota, where, with I.
S. Hunter and Ted Nelll of this city and
rrsnK i'owers oi urana jsiana, ne spent,
his vacation. He comes home loaded with
fish stories and a heavy coat of tan. In
addition to angling in Leech lake, the Hen
nessy party fished in Dorsett and a dozen
other lakes In the vicinity, each day and
in each lake, catching t! e limit allowed by
the Minnesota laws.
HenneHsy caught scores of "muskles"
two and one-half Inches long, all of which
were promptly returned to the lakes, the
state laws providing that none of theae
fish less than thirty-six Inches In length
can De retained, in some oi ine taxes tn
fishermen caught bass until they were sick
of the sight of them, in other lakes thoy
found wall-eyed pike as plentiful as min
nows, many of them weighing fifteen and
twenty pounds.
Up where Mr. Hennessy and party fished
there are hundreds of miles of virgin pine
forest that has never felt the axe of the)
lumberman. This is on an Indian reserva
tion. Here the members of the party found
deer that were almost as tame as cattle,
seeming to realize that they were pro
tected by law. in many localities there
were numerous bears and several times
members of the party were chased for
miles and driven Into camp by the animals,
some of them seemingly being ferocious
and anxious to taste blood.
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