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OMAHA
SUNT) AY BEE: AUGUST 4, 1912.
DHCLE SAM 10 CENSOR MAIL
Parties deceiving Mail at Postoffice
Must Pass an Inspection.
BAE ON THE GENERAL DELIVERY
Order from the department Ex
tended to Pot Some of the
Letter Writer Out of
Bailors.
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The Postoffice department and Cupid
have at last crossed swords In earnest
niter many threats, counter threats, and
mutual throwing of Civets Insinuations.
"o longer will correspondence a. al elan
:estlne be carried on vi(a the general
livery between children who have
?tern parents, young people who hap
pen to know each other and whose
homes are served by carriers, and mar
ried adults who are hitchqd to matri
monial posts other than thce Indicated
l-y the signatures to the letters they re-4(l-n
nt the general dcUverjv
Almost from time Immemorial these
"Uilets de amour" have fiur protection
iihder the-great cloak of"ltacla Sam's
cneral delivery which, it , is conceded,
has hidden a multitude of sins. These
patrons of Cupid's clearing, house, how-e-,er,
took no notice of an insignificant
lause tucked securely awny In a re
mote corner of the postal law. This law
says something about "tho improper use
of the general delivery by minors and
by residents served by carriers."
Most Obey the iaw.
The other day the postmaster at Omaha
received an order from Washington di
recting him to obey this liiw jn all its
malevolent literalness. Every postmaster
In the country received a Blmllar order
and in every city it was dfcrled by the
"no-mMl-at-homer" as being horrid,
nasty and malicious.
The general delivery "eMil" which Is
as old as the postoffice itelf, has been
a perplexing question to all large city
postoffices. Up to now, , the various
postmasters have looked in vain for a
remedy and It was not until the of
ficials in Washington called their atten
tion to this dormant and almost forgot
ten law that they woke up and pressed
the claims of this law upon all abusers
of the old, good natured general delivery.
Assistant Postmaster James I. Wood
ward of the Omaha postoffice In speak
ing of local general delivery conditions
had this to say to a representative of
The Bee:
"The abuse of the general delivery here
by persons who ordinarily should receive
their .mall at their homes has not been so
great as one would expect. , We have
not been troubled to the extent other
larger cities have In this respect and I
can give no reason for it. Of course
we have a certain share of the evil, but
It has never become such a nuisance as
to necessitate drastic action."
"Most of these general delivery patrons
or a great many of them," continued
Woodward, "are what . you may call
people of the street What t mean Is
that itilxed In with a great deal of clan
destine correspondence directed to parties
who have residences In Omaha is other
correspondence directed to "floaters."
women of the world, etc. This Is the
most objectionable feature of the situa
tion that the clerks have to deal with.
Children and Callers.
"Minors are to blame for much of the
abuse of the general delivery. Thes9
emmren win iiovk nr in uruva., uuji
and girls alike, and receive mall wliicn
should be addressed to their homes. Un
der the orders from Washington users
of the general devllery must furnish in
writing their names and. addresses and
give statements of their reasons for pre
ferring to be served at the general de
livery. Minors must furnish the names
of their parents In order that they may
be notified and have an opportunity to
control the delivery of' their children a
mall."
According to the assistant postmaster
the labor of the clerks has already been
considerably lightened in 'consequence of
the order. "'
W. E. Deacon, chief clork of the
local postoffice, Is the official in
quisitor of all would-be users of the gen
eral delivery In the future. Nowadays 'f
things look queer to the practiced eye
of the clerk who stands beiore the gen
eral delivery window, 'the queer one 's
ushered into the presence of Deacon, who
cross questions the applicant regarding
his or her name, age, address, reasons
for using the general delivery and other
sundry things that a suspicious man may
ask. '
In consequence of his newly acquired
duties at the postoffice Deacon has been
dubbed "the malted fist."
In the estimation of an experienced
general delivery clerk' the chief culprits
in the order of their transgressions are
about like this: Married men and women,
single men and women,' women of the
world, children, old maids and bachelors.
Waiting for Its Dedication
FIRS' ROORBACK M-i RECORD
Hcvr the Name Caiuw tu Be Giver, to
Political Hoax In Way
back Days.
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.
Ttachcf It Is said that a camel can go
seven days without water.
Small Boy Please, ma'am, how long
can he go If ho has water?
"Minnie," said a mother to her little
daughter who ' had the v telltale habit,
"why Is it you can't keep a secret?" .
"Because, mama," explained' the pre
cocious miss, '"two of my trout teeth are
gone, and the secrets Just slip out."
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Little Kdith was. light-hearted and
merry over everything. 80 one day her
giother decided to Invite a very serious
;oung person to dinner and he was
l-luced next the- light-hearted girl. Every
Ui'-r.a" Went .well until she asked him:
'You1 speak of everybody having a
nihBioii. What Is yours?"
"My mission," said the parson, "is to
ssve young men."
"Coed," replied the jrlH.." "I'm glad to
K-ciit you. I wish you'd save one for
me." , .
A boy was asked by his mother to go to
toe country with her, but the boy re-
Al) the coaxing and : pleading was of
- no avail. :t :.v'-
When the father came Jieme that even
ing be was told by his wife that 'Johnny
(the boy) refused to go to the country!
"Did yon ask htm why ha didn't want
ti go?" said the father.
"No." said the mother. "I didn't think
of that J wiU go up to Johnny and ask
film." i
, Then the mother went up to Johnny
and said: "Johnny, why don't you want
to go to the country?" , ?
Welt,' answered Johnny, "they have
tnrashing machines out . there, and It's
tad enough here when you do it by
hand." . . . ;
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APPEARANCE I OP THB DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS IT STANDS NOW ON
. THE STATE HOUSE GROUNDS AT LINCOLN. ,.
TIMELY REALESTATE GOSSIP
Demand for New Houses Growing
Greater Than Demand for Old.
BUILDING BOOM AT. BELLE VTJE
Village Bnildlns; Pnmplns; Station,
College Structures Being; Over
banled and Several Hel
dencea Going; V'p.
Bellevue is experiencing a small sized
building boom. The McDermot building
presents an Imposing appearance as one
approaches the Bellevue station. It is of
cement blocks and Is 100 feet long with a
sixty-foot front on Washington street.
It will be used as a summer hotel and
residence.
B. R. Stouffer Is building a substantial
modern residence at the corner of Jack
son street and Mission avenue, south of
the college.
E. S.' White, vice president of the newly
organised Omaha Btate bank, Is building
a fine residence on Hancock street, east
of the college.
Prof. W. H. Nichols' new two-story
bungalow overlooks the river and com
mands a lovely view of Elk hill from Its
location on Warren street.
The village of Bellevue is erecting a
cement block building at the corner of
Mission avenue and Jackson street as a
pumping station for the village water
works.
The usually quiet old village has taken
on an air of unwonted life and activity,
which will be further Increased by the
building operations on the college gym
nasium, plans for which are in the hands
of the contractor.
Business Manager Baskerville of the
college Is superintending the renovation
ot the college buildings preparatory to
the opening in September. Considerable
changes are being made in the shower
baths and toilet arrangements of Hamil
ton and Philadelphia hails. The residence
halls are to be repapered and painted and
everything made fresh and sanitary.
President Stookey reports an unusually
good prospect for a large attendance and
is especially gratified that a number ot
additions will be made to the upper
claswjs.
The demand for nw houses instead of
the old is growing greater every year,
according to Byron Hastings of Hastings
& Heyden, a firm which has built nearly
100 houses this year.
"We are not bulking any more houses
than we can sell," he says, "but are
simply supplying the demand. We have
built nearly 100 houses and only a few of
that number are, unsold.
"The demand for new houses this year
1s even greater than last. People are
getting away from the idea that houses
built by real estate men or by anyone for
the purpose of selling are bad ' houses.
A house built for a home Is not always
the best house. There are many Instances
where the house built to sell Is better."
On August 21, 1844, when the presidential
campaign of that year (Polk versus Clay)
was in full blast, there appeared In the
columns of the Chronicle, a weekly news
paper published at Ithaca, N. Y., a com
munlcjtVn signed "An Abolitionist,"
which gave an alleged "extract from
'Roorback's Tour Through the Western
and Southern States in 1S36." This alleged
"extract" from the "Roorback" stated
that in the course of that part of his
travels which embraced the vicinity of
Duck river. Tennessee, he "saw a singu
lar spectacle, the most striking one of
the kind I ever witnessed. It was a camp
of negro slave drivers just packing up to
start. They had about 300 slaves with
them, who had bivouacked the preceding
night In chains in the woods; these they
were conducting to Natchez, upon the
Mississippi river, to work upon the sugar
plantations In Louisiana.
"Forty-three of these unfortunate be
ings had been purchased, I was informed
of Hon. J. K. Folk, the present speaker
of the house of representatives, the mark
of the branding icon, with the initials of
his name on their shoulders, distinguish
ing them from the rest." This alleged
"extract from 'Roorback's Tour' " was
extensively copied into the whig news
papers of the country, ' and constituted
one of the most sensational incidents of
the presidential campaign. As a matter
of fact, however, there was no such
work as ''Roorback's Tour," no person of
that name having, written a work upon
travels in this country. In other words,
the "extract" from such a work which
"An Abolitionist" had pretended to give
In the Ithaca newspaper was a hoax, the
perpetrator of the hoax having copied
the most of the "extract" almost literally
from chapter vlil of George William
Featherstonhaugh's "Excursion Through
the Slave States" (a work which was
published in 1844), but that part of it
which stated . that forty-three of the
drove of 300 slaves seen by "Roorback"
were branded with the initials of Hon.
J. K. Polk, their former owner, being
pure Invention. The whig newspapers,
no; suspecting that the alleged "extract
from 'Roorback's Tour"' was not what
It purported to be, at once fell into the
trap which had been set for them,
eagerly seizing upon the "extract" as
first-clasa material for party capital and
giving it the utmost possible publicity
in their columns. The true nature of
the "extract," however, was soon ex
posed and what the Whigs had so eagerly
seized upon as an effective weapon of
political warfare proved to be a boom
erang. The laugh was on the whigs,
they had been done up with neatness and
dispatch. For the rest of that presi
dential campaign any charge against
Polk was branded by the democrats as
"another Roorback," and from that time
to this the word "roorback" has been a
part of our political nomenclature as
signifying a sensational hoax concocted
for political effect-in other words, a
campaign lie. -
The perpetrator of this hoax was one
William Linn, a democratic lawyer, poli
tician and officeholder of Ithaca, N. Y.
He was born in New York City on Au
gust 31, 1790, and died at Ithaca on Jan'
uary 14, 1867. The sketch of him given
in "Apple ton's Cyclopedia of Amerloan
Biography," says that he was the author
of "the Roorbach Papers," purporting to
be extracts from the travels of 'Baron
Roorbach,' " a statement which, as Is
shown by what has been stated above,
is not in exact accord with the facts. Mr.
Linn was the son of Rev. Dr. William
Linn, and his sister, Elizabeth, was the
wife of Charles Brockden Brown, the
novelist Boston ' Transcript.
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I Monday and
u Tuesday
WULL BE LITTLE FOLKS'
SPECIAL DAYS AT
. JXREXEL'S CLEARANCE
tfALE OF OXX)RDS.
Lessons.
"There are many valuable lessons to be
learned from defeat.
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum; "but
they aren't any good unless you can
teach them to the other fellow." Wash
ington Star.
Vncle Pennywise Says
The good cook generally marries the
man who can't provide tne raw materials
-Courier-Journal.
horn. Mrs. Margaret Powers was the
owner and A. J. Love the purchaser.- The !
deal was made by the Orin S. Merrill 1
company. The consideration was approxi
mately $30,000. The new owner gets pos
session March 1 next.
John Groves, a farmer of Cass county,
has bought the Doney ranch in Boyd
county from Toland & Wiley.. He In
tends to move on It soon and stock it
with cattle, hogs and horses, the present
prices of which are causing the farmers
to seek more pasture land.
Dorsey .brorViers have bought, through
Toland & Wiley, a 221-acre farm two
miles from Ashland. They paid 1SS an
acre for the property. From this It can
be Judged that eastern Nebraska land
has not lost any of its value.
Work on the new medical college of
the state university Is progressing rapidly
now that, the difficulties with the foun
dation have been passed. " "
It Is expected that the building will be
open for Inspection by the incoming legis
lature. ; 'v'
F. L. Haller, regent of the University
of Nebraska, is taking friends there1., to
look it over and has invited all Omaha
to watch the work. The building will
stand at Forty-second street and Dewey
avenue.
One of ihe big sales during the week
was a NSOJacre farm on the West Dodge
street road, three miles southeast of Elk-
Natural Obstacles,
"I feel that I could overcome any ob
stacle for you." he declared.
"There is only one obstacle that -you
will have to overcome to get me," she
replied.
"What Is it? Tell me, and I will over
coma it."
"I have made up my mind that ' I 'will
never marry anyone whose ears , stick
out like the wings on a monoplane. Get
yours to flatten themselves against your
head and the obstacle will be over
come." Ccieago Record-Herald. . "
Of Courne Not.
Jimmy said: "My pa Is a church mem
ber."
"So Is mine," boasted Henry. '
"He ain't neither. My pa says your pa
don't come to church, and even when he
does he doesn't put nothing in the. col
lection box."
"Huh! My pa Is an honorary member,
and honorary members don't have to chip
In!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tonsrh Lack. ,
"What's the matter with Deacon Hard
uppe?" n , ;
"Poor fellow, he's playing in rotten
luck. He had a quarter in his hand for
advertising and a cent for business,"-and
when the plate came along he slipped
the wrong coin." Baltimore Sun. ... -v
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"Safety
Frst"
Need of the Antamattn Signal i
Th recent train wreck 'at Western
Springs, 111., emprasiied anew the
need of automatic eleetrle block sig
nals on all railroads. All agree tbey
are superior to the manual system
to the extant that they eliminate the
human agency and lean upon mechan
ical invention.' The whole object ot
all safety appliance is to accomplish
this elimination and the automatic
signal seems to have done that to a
larger ''degree than any other con
trirance thus far put Into operation
by railroads for the protection of
life and property.
Attesting results, the railroads
equipped with the highest form of
these automatic signals show fewer
wrecks than the others. Of course.
even the automatic 'signal Is' no ab
solute guaranty against accident, but
Its supremacy thus far appears to be
unquestioned because when It errs it
Is. paradoxically, on the side of ad
ditional safety. That Is explainable
by the fact that a disordered signal,
or an obstruction on the track will
short-circuit the current and main
tain the warning signal until repair
la made, as securely as If the device
were In working order.
" (Omaha Bee July 28, 1911)
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The Overland Route lias recognized
that rapid transit is not the first
consideration of railway travel
the first is safety and comfort.
EVERY INCH OF MAIN LINE IS
PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC
ELECTRIC BLOCK SAFETY
SIGNALS.
In addition, two-thirds of the dis
tance to Ogden is double tracked,
which further reduces the' liability.'
of accident. In the last four years
there has been but a single fatal
accident, resulting in the death of
one passenger.
The above features Automatic
Electric Block Safety Signals and
double track, together with its dust
less gravel roadbed, fast and splen
didly equipped electric lighted
trains, direct route and excellent
dining cars have given to the Union
Pacific its title,
Standard Road
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THESE PRICES TELL
THE STORY
This ,is a general cleanup sale of numerous lines of Shoes for men,
women anil children, and among the various lots are some of the most
remarkable values we have ever offered. It is a noteworthy fact that,
these are not "bargain" fhoes, such as are seen in large quantities in
the periodical shoe Bales elsewhere, seemingly made for the purpose.
All are taken from our own regular stock and reduced. This means
that every shoe offered is a safe shoe to buy, and fully guaranteed by
us as good value at the original price.
FOR MEN
Williams, Kneeland & Co.'s gun metal
and tan Russia Oxfords, flj I AC
$4.50 and $5 values, now V I
Howard & Foster's tan Russia and
gun metal Oxfords, $4.00 04 QE
values now
Twenty lines of $4.00 and $3.50 pat
ent, dull and tan low cuts, CO HtL
now 9lM
800 pairs of Men's Oxfords, broken
lines, small sizes, $3.50 O I AC
and $4 values, now V 1 14
' 80 per cent off on aU Boys',
Youths' and Little Gents' tan and
black Oifords.
FOR WOMEN
400 pairs Ladies' Oxfords, on bargain
table, small sizes, $3.50 to $5.00 val
ues, tans, patents and gun QCn
metal, at ww
400 pairs of Pumps, Ties and Strap
effects, worth from $3.00 Q I AC
up, now 01 taw
10 lines of Russia Ties, Colonials,
Pumps and Strap effects, 0 M C
$3.60 values, now Vfc
Laird & Schober's patent, gun metal,
tan and buckskin Ties and Pumps,
$5.60 and $5.00 values, Jg
Wright & Peters' tan Co-ed Pumps,
patent and suede Pumps, AO AC
$4.50 and $4.00 values.. W
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Sixteenth and Douglas Streets
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to St. Paul and
inneapolis
August 4th the Chicago Great Western
shortens its schedules to Ft. Dodge, Mason
City, St. paul and Minneapolis.
No. 16; Twin City Day Express, leaves Omaha
7:40 a. m. and arrives Ft. Dodge 12:16 noon, Mason
City 2:43 p. m., St. Paul 7:40 p. m., Minneapolis 8:10
p. m. Cafe, Parlor Car and coaches Omaha to Hay
field arid Hayfield to St. Paul and Minneapolis.
"No. 12, Twin City Limited, leaves Omaha 8:10
p. m. and arrives Ft. Dodge 12:33 midnight, Mason
City 3:07 a. m., St. Paul 7:30 a. m. and Minneapolis
8:05 a. m. Through electric lighted sleepers and
chair cars. Buffet Club car to Clarion and Hayf ield
to Minneapolis.
Train No. 2, Chicago Express,' leaves Omaha
5 p. m., arrives Ft. Dodge 9:37 p. m., Dubuque 4:14
a. m., arrives Chicago 9:30 a. m. Through electric
lighted sleepers and chair cars Omaha to Chicago.
Buffet club car Omaha to Oelwein, Oelwein to Chi
cago. Dining car serves breakfast. ,
Chicago Great Western
Tickets and Berths: Phone Douglas 200.
F. F. Bonorden, C. P. & T. 1512 Farnam Street, Omaha, Xeb.
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All our Misses', Children's
and '.Voung Ladies' low Ox
fords, Pumps and Roman
SandaL'i, and all Boys',
Youths' and Little Gents'
Oxfords, in
tan and
black . . ,
20 Off
200 pairs of Misses Strap
Sandals anc Pumps
patent and tan, $2.00
and $2.50 val- QKa
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BOY SCOUT SHOES.
The only real Summer Shoe
for the American boy in
cluded in this sale at a big
reduction $2.50 (51 OC
grade for boys ...?''
$2JD0 boys' grade g Jg
$175 little gents' f1 )C
size, 10 to 13y2..y last
Sale Continues
On All Our Men's and Wo
men's Fine Low Cuts.
Our Men's Patent Colt Ox
fords at
$1.45
Are the talk of the town.
DREXEL
1419 Farnam Street.
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WM. J. BOEKHOFF,
SaU DealM.
Prinnps Doug-. 119.
nones rd. a-su9.
OLD THEORY UPSET
Rheumatism Can. Never Be
Cured Is the Verdict of
Many Noted Doctors.
UNITED DOCTORS CURE
United Doctors Have Cured Many
Cases That Ordinary Doctors
rronounced Hopeless.
That rheumatism is an lncurble3ts
ease, that some cases may be helped
temporarily, but that no case can be
permanently cured, is the generally ac
cepted verdict ot a great portion of the
medical profession today, and this con
tention seems to be borne out by the
fact that there are a multitude of peo
ple who are suffering from rheurratism
today who have been suffering for years
past. They have tried every form of a
cure from one end of the list of drugs
to the other; they have treated with
numerous doctors, even used patent
medicines; they have gone to the springs
and health resorts; always with tha
same result They are helped for a lit
tle while, but soon become as bad or
even worse than before. Is it any won
der that they give up hope and expect to
live out their lives In pain and misery?
The United Doctors, who have theii
Omaha Institute located on the second
floor of the Neville block, corner of
Sixteenth and Harney streets, have now
upset this generally accepted theory.
They claim that a great per cent of the
cases of rheumatism are curable. That
rheumatism is a disease of the blood
caused by faulty elimination. That tha
waste products of the body are not
thrown off as they should be by the
kidneys, but are stored up In the blood
and it is these waste products that
cause rheumatic pains.
In treating rheumatism the United
Doctors do not attempt to kill the pain
with optunv morphine, salicylic acid, oil
of wlntergreen and such drugs as are
generally used In treating rheumatism.
The United Doctors claim that the way
to cure rheumatism is to get rid of the
cause by cleansing the system of the
waste product. And that their theory
is correct is abundantly proved by the
many cures they have to their credit.
St Joseph, Mo., July 8, 1912
The many people who are Interested
in my remarkably quick relief from
rheumatism after being laid ud with
that painful affliction for several
months, nay be still further interested
In knowing that I am still at hard work
ten hours every, day in the factory. The
United Doctors had try case only two
or three weeks until I was able to r
surne my work and I have never lost a
day since. PETER FRANK
402 Mitchell Ave.
The United Doctors not only cure
rheumatism, but are remarkably suc
cessful in all chronic diseases of the
stomach, kidneys, liver, blood and
nerves Including dyspepsia, gallstones.
Indigestion, food fermentation, consti
pation, headache, neuralgia, skin dis
eases, irritable bladder, weak back, dis
eases of women and diseases of men.
Consultation with these specialists Is
always free to the interested, and no
incurable cases are taken for cure.
Their offices are located on the sec
ond floor of the Neville block, corner of
Sixteenth and Harney streets.
The Best Farm M.KalIlie.
TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER
Reaches the Live Stock Growers.