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TJIK BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. MARCH 23, 1914. OLD MEMBERSWANT CHANGE ew Constitution Sought by Nc braskans in Early Legislature. OPPOSE REDUCING THE NUMBERS SrnOmrnt UUt Ajfalnnt Any More TaUna" IiiiiTmnklnir 11 oily Aivnjr from Pnlm- of Pnhllc Opinion. tProin a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 3&-(8peolal. Dis ctwaion nf propowd methods for conduct ing legislature! .of thi future, prepared by tho legislative committee nnd reported o the Jnectlng of the Legislative league, diMoscd opposition In somo Instances dc ildcdly strong against somo of tho lianges propowsd. The plnn to cut- down tho membership or "both houses to about 'one-halt wr leu will, of rourse, takp a constitutional intendment to adopt. Opposition to such s, change mndo by some of tho members was based on tho Idea that to cut th'i membership would bo to toko tho making if laws away from tlio people,' heaping them from coming dourly In contact with tho body. It seemed to bo tho Idea of those opposed to the plan that 'tho mem bership should itcop an olose to the peo ple ns posslblo and that tho present plan, enabled tho pcopld lo linow their reprc-' tentative personally to n. great extent and therefore tho latter could mora In telligently ..represent tho wishes ot hid constituency. Pop C'on1ltutlniinl ' Chntiice. The strong feeling that a constitutional "cohCftitlori 'DhiJliid' "be -held wn -ovIOontl - This", too. In spite of the facl that a HKo proposition was voted down by tin tost legislature.' It was noteworthy that nearly all tho oller members, men who S "had worked under tho cqnstltution of WA and In the legislature immediately follow- ing tho adoption of trie present constltu S.tlon in 1873, wero strong for a constltu ?.tloual onvcntlpn. Among theso wero Martin Langdon of 'Omaha, vho served in tho tcWlor'laricRlslaturo' of lfiS,' rep resenting5 Sarpy county, llo thought It a foolish idea that n constitution adopted when tho state waB unsettled 'should bo expected to .servo nfter tho state had be "como one of the richest tn tho west. Mnr ,'t.hall Harrison, who nerved sevoral years ,ago, also favoved ft constitutional con st Ventlon. Tat noddy, Hill Dcch. Orlando j'Tcfft, and, In fact, nearly all of tho older 5 members, favored' tlio conventlon-and tho 2 'vote of 3f to 8 agtfinst, though taken after 5 'many had left tho foom, probably repre sented the feeling among tho member ' of the league. ; . Tho proposition to cut the legislature to one body was not brought up early 'enough to recelvo much discussion, but J It did not appear to bo wry popular, j l.eplnlRtlvc Procedure. 1 In preparing the report to bo mado I A. E. STjctdon said that a great deal of S tlmo had Jccn apnnt in attempting to got, , tho methovls used 'by other legislatures, ' especially in tho Introduction of bills and ' that other stale as welf a Nebraska had st!i0 Biinio proWem to face in leaping tho number down. - . . . . . . . . , . ....i.n Tlio state wnicn hi ino kbiuu introduced tho anoiit' bills 'was North Carolina. The rtato showed a record of S,(ft5 hills fntrodticcd ,ln tho senate arid 2,263 In tho .ho'uso. ' a (o.fal of , 4,808 "bill. The, senato of that atata ha fifty mem bcr while, Ihw libiiso ha lw- toebrasKh, haJ lntrtMicel''lri? Its senate tho.'las't scaslon 457 pill In thp sonata and m la tha liouso. A tqtc4 of 1,318, Nebraska has 100 members of tho house and thlrty-threo in tho senate. To take care of tho work of tho North BCftrplliiot legislature thoroi wore thirty-two' employes' In 'tho Bonato ond slty In thejtus.c, an average of ono employe to cuch two momuer. an ntr UsaUn thero -were, seventy-five employes Jn tho. senate and nlnqty-threo In the.. fOiouso or three mploys to each two mem ( ber. Wyoming' Ittcor. , AVyom'ng, with twenty-seven members In ths ncnato end flfty-aaven la tlio liotu'c, handled ."BJ bills. 1M being In the senato and 200 in tho house It . took, twcnty-flvfe employes to wait .on tho i twcnty-seVen senators and twonty-olght , employes to look after tho fifty-seven inembcrs of thd house. This Is the onmll- est number, of bills introduced in- any stato at the 1911 sessions.. Aa un indication of- how tho new party runs things In California, supposed, to be tho stato which Is jnoro undor.the pro gressive policy than any other, there wero 1,73 bills Introduced In the senate of that stato at the last session and 2.133 ' In the house, a total of 3,9:2 bills. Tho California legislature Is composed of forty member In tho. senato .with sixty employes' jinj lghty ia the house with " 100 employes. Kansas another very pro gressive state ha 163 members, and 1 employes. Tho largest salary paid to members of the legislature is 'paid In Illinois, where members receive W.000 for the session. The smallest amount is paid in Kansas, Missouri and Oregon, whero members ro- -celvo iS per -day, LraUtntlvr Expense. The expenses of Tunning a legislature Is the highest In New York of any stato given. The last legislature cost ' that state $!,3T6,19f for ' legislative expenses, Members of tha legtflature there. gt , tl&b) per annum. There aro forty-five senator, who have 1J8 employes, and ISO representatives, who have 173 employe to wxlt upon them. It cost the state of New York' JJOO.SM for pay and mileage of xnembcr alone the last session. Thero It A gfl HIm -Huuiir n rill wore 1,958 bills Introduced In the "senata and 2,338 In the house. It only cost I45..1M to run tho Inst ses sion of the legislature In Wyoming, the leaat of any state In the union. The members get ti per day and the session Js limited totfqrty.days. It is Interesting to note that of this amount J30.JSS went for pay of members and mileage. For fear that somo might lay "tho low cost of legislatures to woman sctiffrago In that state, It might lc well to stato that Colorado, another place whero tho women voto and hold office, with only sixteen more members and twenty-flvo more employes, the cost of running their last legislature was $16,933, of which 1109,914 was for salaries of members nnd mileage. Mombera get paid 11,000 for the term. This Is !1",4M more than It cost to run the Nebraska legislature, although tho latter has thlrty-threo moro mem bers than Colorado and eighty moro employes. GOVERNOR CALLS UPON PEOPLE TO ATTEND OHURCH (tom a fitaff Correspondent.) IJNC'OLN, March, !2.-(8n!clal.)-Oov-ernor MOrehead'a "ao-to-ChUrch" proc lamation, issued yt-stcrday. Is as follows. Thoc Is, In this -country 'iMay, a wide spread movement to call our citizenship back to. the gpot old .custom C attend ing 'church each flunday tn the. year. Without suggesting tho form of worship to any person, I deslro to" point out the advantngo to tho Individual and there fore' tho good to tho stato of a Hearty cooperation- Ih this movement. In tha early days of our country our Pcoplo generally attended divine worship every Sunday morning, although churches wero. not ao accessible nor tho mean of travel so good ns now. Hut with the easo and luxury of tho present day. has como apparent Indifference to our obliga tions as citizens of n Chrlstlun nation. Perhaps all of us can look back to tho days of our childhood when our parents look u to church and nont us to Kunduy school, and these wern tho happiest days of our lives. With tho cares that como with advancing years, wo aro prone to forget the lessons we learned in child hood and tlio example set by our good parent nnd It Is that wo may acnln be reminded of these, that I Issuo this cftll to the peonlo of Nebraska, and ask that Kunday, March 29, 1014. bo set asldo as "(Jo-to-Church day," and permit me to tirgo that each adult citizen In the state, make a special effort to attend divine service on that day. Whllo our stato Is growing by leaps and bounds and we are piling up material wealth, let us not for get that It doth not profit a man to gain the whole world if he loso his own soul. Hy designating tho aboVe date, I do not wish to bo understood a suggesting that our attendance at dlvlno worship bo limited to one day In the year, but I merely suggest this as the day to begin a regular attendance in tho hopo that It may be continued from Sunday to Bun day while life does last. qiven under my hand and the great sesl of tho state, this 21st day of March, 1914. JOHN H. MOIUSHlfAD, Governor. Two Cnocu-PK In Knlrbury. rAinnOHY. Neb., March 22,-(Bpeclal.) Two caiicusps ,wro held In Falrbury Friday night and candidates for tho school board and city council wero put In tho field by tho socialists ami tho citi zens' party, A warm discussion took place at tha cltltenV caucus over tho management. of Fatrhury' school affairs. 8. H. Dlllcr and J. A. Axtell wero nomi nated for the school board;-J.- Hutch ison and Lester Chtldcrs, councllmen,. First ward; r. M, Ione, Second ward;, K, W. Mason, Thltdwanl; A. M. Hunger ford, ;FoUrtli ward, Tjhet socialists nomi nated Jud Clttrko.aruOV. 'Qulnn for school jlrustee: for . councllmen, J. J. Mulkey,. Leo Keoliummel.n. Z. Mllllkane J. W. JdcCrlgnt ana CimrcVC!bb,, - . ViKi.i ,) ., .t t , li'nrmnrn' Union nt ,Un'l,tn. IIAVKIN., Ncb March 2l-(lpcclal.)-A mas meeting of farmer was held In, tha Ancient Order or United Workmen hall here. U. F. Walton of deneva was the principal speaker". IIe reported that at Geneva, where.' the fanner' are or ganised, they received "600 mora per car for wheat than local dealer offered. They had also made a big Having On coal, lumber, sugar, flour and feed. A local union of the Farmers' Society of Equity was formed with about twenty , charter member, The. following officer wern elected: President, O, C, Mullnlx; vice president, 15, P. Forney; secretary-treas urer, Charles Forney. Dnntnerntia Cnuonn nt North l'lntte. NOItTH rtiATTB, Nob.. March 23.- ( Special.) A called meeting of tho demo cratic party in this city was held In the. court Jiouso Friday evening, p. T. Tramp arid Edmund Dickey wero nominated tut candidates for member of tho schooV board and T. M. Cohagen as candidate f6r councilman in tho First ward, Dr. L. urosi as councilman for the Second ward. Harry Porter as councilman for the" Third ward and U 0. Basklns as councilman for the Fourth ward. CONSTRUCTION ON NEW ELECTRIC LINE TO START BY JUNE (Continued from Page One.) try cross roads to take on produce, milk and cream that tho farmer may desire to bring to tho platforms and ship to market. ' Coming Into Omaha, the Niobrara, Sioux City & Omaha road will use thojwhlch wtta ,ttter raUfled "ft ut mo iwm circci railway, inua enabling tho first named company to get right Into the. retail and Jobbing districts, landing passenger from outside right at tho door ot tho big stores. Or, It they deslro. they may continue on to tho terminal depots. PiiCf-a xn steel and other equipment have been secured and orders will be nave oeen secured and orders will bo placed as soon as tho railway commls- inn Isttiui. It. nr4lflfMM .f .iiilkAjiu ell bonds and stock. . The power plant ot the Nlovrara. Bloux , uuy fit umaha road is located at Nlobraba, in Knox county. Construe tion ia now going on and not later than April 1, machinery built especially for carrying on the work wilt be on tho ground. The water that will furnish tho power will bo taken from the Niobrara Tlver and will necessitate tho removal of 1,000,000 cubic yards ot earth In the con-, makes Paoo'j JDiapepaln tha largest sell ttructlon of a canal. Ing tomci riculator in tho world. If At tho Niobrara head works SS.000 horjo power will be dovelopod at tho start with 47,000 held in an available reserve. Trans - mission lines for carrying power for com- merciai purposes will bp constructed to your ImUde filled with bile and indlgeat Norfolk and thence to Omaha, Lincoln Ibla waste, remember the moment "Pape's and other points in the state. There will Dlapepaln" cornea In contact with the also likely be a transmission line Into stomach all such distress vanish, it's Sioux City. , truly astonlshlng-almoat marvelous, and With the opening of spring, the work at the Joy Is its harmleasneao. tho power plant has been pushed and the """'""r uvu$m ik.i season ana ae- livered on the ground in September 'a being Installed. This machinery consists of dredges, power graders and shovels and motors for power. Wonderful Coach Ilemedy. Mr. D. P. Lwon of Edison. Tenn., writes: "Dr. Klrufa New Discovery Is a most wonderful cough, cold, and lung medicine. 60c and U All druggists -Advertisement RATE HEAKJJP TUESDAY Railroads Will Then Be Ready to Oo to the Finish, i JOBBERS NOT PUSHING CASE Womnii lieteellve Arrested In I,ln coin Declnrrn Nhr In IlcliiK I'nlil to Do "Work nnd 4hnt Iter Fine Will He 1'arnUhed. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 2!.-(Spcclal.)-Tho freight rate hearing will occupy the at tention of the railway" commission Tues day. At tho last hearing the railroad asked moro tlmo' In order to prepare an HWers to tho rates proposed by the com mission and tho tlmo was allowed them on the understanding that thero should bo no moro delay and that the hearing should continue to tho end. It Is expected that tho Jobbers will not object materially to the rules proposed by tha commission, but tho main fight wilt bo made by the railroads, who ob ject to any reduction whatever. Womnii Detective' Cnr. Alleging Hlio wo sent to Lincoln by nn Omaha detective to work up evidence In a certain caso pending In district court, Mrs. Fanny Brooks of Omaha Is In Jail In this city. Mrs. Hrooka admitted that she had broken tho law of tho state, but said that she was being paid to do it and' had been assured by tho Omaha de tective that Chief ' Malono of Lincoln would stand for It, having consented to have her sent here. She said that she expected to ' be arrested, but was told. that here flno would bo paid for her. An investigation is being mndo and tho nuturd- of somo of tho case Is such that prosecution may bo started by tho county attorney, Wnrrniits Hecltrrd. After UBlng 1106,000 of tho apeclal levy for university extension tho stato treas urer was compelled again to begin tho work of registering warrants yesterday. Among tho warrants which failed "to get In on tho fund yesterday wcr two largo ones for 12.S0O for coal at one of the state Institutions. More JVitmeM nn Petition. About 1,000 now name camo Into uf frogo headquarters at tho Llndcll hotel Jast week on petitions, which will be added to -tho names filed a short tlmo ago. A delegation connlstlrig of Mi. F. M. Hall, Mr. H. H. Wheeler and Mr. J.'El Dark ley, all of Lincoln, will represent the Ne braska organization' at tho Mississippi valley, conference ut Des Molnca begin ning March 29, Flic lor Ilrnomlnntlon. Doth of Lancaster county's senators who served in tho last session of tho legislature, John T. Marshall of Panama, u bunker, and II. V. lloagland of Lin coln, formerly sheriff, havo filed for ro nomlnatlon on tho ropuullcan ticket In this county. DISSOLUTION PLANS FOR NEW HAYEN ROAD (Continued from Page One.) and aro understood. Their vorblage re main to bo worked out, but no difficulty Is anticipated In that respect. This statement has tho approval of both tho attorney ganeral and -tho repre sentatives ot the 'railroads . Tonight' agreement, marks the second victory which" Attorney Ocnoral Money- nod has won in his effort to havo big business adjust Itself to tho Hherman anti-trust act' without litigation. The complexities In untangling the' New Haven wero said to bo vastly greater than In any previous negotiations pf the mmo kind and the process ha taken months of careful work by (he lawyer repre senting both sides. Tho government shows that within tho last foV hoilr 'tho Now Haven ' was granted certain concessions for which It made a strenuous fight. Length of ths trusteeship for the Boston & Maine stock owned by tho Nw Haven was held to bo one such concession, the decision to leave tho disposition of tho so-called sound lines of the New Haven to tho In terstate Commerce commlslon another. The department, however, it was pointed out, has arrived at an understanding for tho dissolution ot an alleged monopoly, which has been under flro nnd under in vestigation for years and which was once In tho court as a violator of the Bho.' man act, hut which never before, has been brought to the point whoro such demands were mado upon It and accepted. Tho negotiations were conducted by T, W. Gregory, special assistant to the at torney general; Jesse. C.Adklns, assistint attorney general; F. M. Swackcr, expert of tho Interstate Commerce commission, representing the. government; Mo-jr-field Storey, Walker Hlnea and John W. H. Crlm, representing tho New Haven. Uoth Mr. Mclteynolds and Chairman Elliott participated from time to tlmo In the conferences. lief ore the announcement was mada public tonight the attorney general had a talk with President Wilson and, it was understood, outlined to him the p'an Granted Dividend. BOSTON, March 22. Unsecured credit or of tho Henry Siegel company of this city today were granted a 10 per cent dividend by Tlufereo James M. Olmstead of the bankruptcy court. The unsecured creditors number 2.0CO. I T l , - JJlQlgGStlOn, Kj&S OT ' ' i Si PIT SnilVNrnmQPh Time itl "Fapo's Dinpcpsln" mnlcea your upset, bloated stomach feel fine In five minutes. Tleally does" put bad stomachs tn order "really doea" overcome indiges tlon, dyspepala, gas. heartburn and sour- , ness In five minutee that Just that what you eat fcrmsnU Into stubborn j lumps, you 1 elch gas and eructate sour, , undigested food and add; head is dlziy i and aehea; breath foul; tongue coated,' J A large fifty-cent case of Pape't Dla- ; join win give you a nunarea dollar worth of satisfaction or your druggist hands you your money bade It's worth Its weight in gold to ratn and women who can't get their stom achs regulated, It belongs In your horn -hould always be kept handy In case of a rick, sour, upset stomach during tha day er at night It's the quickest. sures( and most harmleea stomach doctor j In tue world. Advertisement MONARCH SEEKS TO AVEET CIVIL WAEINBRITAIN (Continued from Pago One.) ahat. drove directly to the war office, whero ho had a long talk with tho sec retary for war. Tho army council held an extended conference at tho war of fice, generals and lesser officers of the staff coming and going throughout tho day. Crlsln Precipitated. The frnvernmenfn mllltarv tirrantlnn to Drcservn order In Ulster Uam nrnrlnl. tated a crisis without parallel In the history or the British army. Bather than be Placed in a nnMtlnn wher 4hv might be called upon to act against tho Ulster covenanters, number of officer nave resigned their commission. , While tha war nfflen rfna In , how many havo resigned, popular belief, based on reports from tho different regi ment, is that the number of withdrawals lias Crippled the Wholn mllltnrv nrirnnlro. tlon in Ireland and prevented carrying our tho orders for moving several largo bodies of troops. Tho marnuls of rinfinnrtnv n.. n tho Ulster leaders, ald tonight that nothing of the sort had occurred In tho British armv since ihn tn v nf v. n American revolution. Public Curiosity nt Fever Heat. Publlo curiosity is at fever heat over tho question of how the government I to deal with tho resignation. Tho lib oral entJment Is that tho seceding offi cers should bo court. ninrtlnlwl It.,,. conservatives argue that tho situation amount w civil War nnd that the offi cer snouia havo liberty to choose which faction they should ally themselves with. The movement of. troops continued In Ireland. The center of interest shifted to Curragh. twentv-five ml1v tmm ni,. lln, whero the Third cavalry brigade, un- uer uencrai uough, and tho Fourteenth Infantry brigade, under Colonel Bolt, aro stationed. Genera! sir Arthur Paget, commanding tho forces In Ireland, spent the day la camp. He held a conference with fifty officers of the Curragh( Dublin, Klldare nnd Newbridge garrisons. It wa said that orders nnd arrived for tho dispatch of the Third brigade to Ulster, but that theso could not be carried Into execution because practically all the offi cers had resigned.. . Orders for the illnnalrh nt (h niiliunih Lancer also failed of execution by rea son of tho same wholesale retirements of officers. A Dublin dispatch says the resignations from the Curragh forces number forty. Other advices place the number at 100. Tho government I embarrassed by tho disaffection, which oven exist among tho officer whq continue on duty, for tho army is officered, from tho arlstocratla families and the great majority of tho aristocratic .class sympathize; with tho covenanters. Many rumors were afloat throughout The proper drinking of v ft, V ' ,'' ji ' . -i-ii , -,v.-.' '' V ''..." i' . .. . iX tt .;;.. 4m ths Drink Schlitz in Brown Bottles That Made Milwaukee Famous. I. the day. Among those published and denied, were report that tho government had Issued an ultimatum to the officers, giving them twelve hour to decide whether to obey orders, and that two companies of the Dorsetshire regiment In Belfast had thrown down their arms. Will lie Arrested, Asuertod, A Dublin message to a London press association says that the officers who re fused to obey orders will bo arrested and that many of those who have undertaken to go to Ulster .have done so on condition that they are 'not to carry arms against tho unionists. Throughout the two days' crisis lrclai.d ha not witnessed a breach of tho peaco anywhere. If Sunday passes without rioting the officials will draw a sigh nf relief. The, nationalists, acting on John Kedmond's advice, have abandoned their parade In Londonderry, whlcji would have been almost certain to result In fighting with tho Orangemen. Delfust Unlet. BELFAST, Ireland, March 22. Details of the disaffection among- the troops at Curragh, which were published fully In tho evening paper here, created no dem onstrations of excitement. Belfast to night 1 wearing a normal nupect, save that the Saturday shopping crowds were Increased. A council of war was held this after noon at Cralgavon between Hlr Edward Carson, the Ulster unionist leader; Gen eral Sir George Richardson, commander-In-chief ot tho Ulster troops, and forty officers comprising the regimental com rnandcrs of the forces at which mobiliz ation details were perfected. Tho head quarters at Cralgavon aro maintaining constant communication with tho mobil ization centers by motorcycle dispatch carriers. Cnrso'n Mnken Statement. Blr" Edward Carson mado a statement after tho conferenco regarding tho mili tary situation. Ho said: "Tho government Is attempting to cowo Ulster by Intimidation' and provocation, but both will fall." A dispatch from Dublin announces tho swearing' in of special magistrates for Ulster. This and tho forwarding of de tachments of specldl constables from Dublin and Belfast arc regarded here as an' attempt to Incite riots, as, it Is urged, no constables would accept such a mis sion except nationalists. All tho regular troops In Bolfast wero confined to tho barracks today, causing great discontent among the men. Thirty five hundred volunteers, comprising six battalions of the north Belfast regiment, spent tho, afternoon In drilling on tho estato of Lord Shaftsbury, which Is Bel fast castle. Other volunteers spent tho day In target practice. Ammunition Missing. DUBLIN, March 22. Stock taking at the Current magazine today disclosed that thousands ot round of ammunition wen missing. The stock la being replenished from the Newbrldgo and Klldare store. Notice from War Office. ALDEHSHOT, England, March 22.-The London & Southwestern railway received pure Beer but not the abuse of it, is good for everyone. It flushes the system of waste. Most people drink too little liquid. Their systems become clogged with waste, thus impairing the efficiency of the nervous and digestive organism. and get all tjie good without the harm. It is not enough to make pure beer it must be kept pure. "Beer exposed to light for five min utes becomes undrinkable." The Brown Bottle keeps Schlitz pure from the brewery to your glass. See that crown or cork is branded 1 ' SchlitZ. ' ' Phones: Doug. i597: A. A a6aa ;.Vilit Hcttled Beer Deoot notice today from the war office to have rolling stock m readiness to move any number of troops up to 10,000 with horses,' fwagons and supplies at short notice. ,ote from West Point. WEST POINT. Neb.. March 2t.-(8pe-clal.) F. 0. Peterson, a wcll-knokn pio neer farmer of the Oakland neighbor hood, Is" lying In a hospital at Omaha ye'y Ijl .from a complication ot diseases, ills recovery Is extremely doubtful. Itev. Henry Kell of West Point, who wis recently ordained. a priest by Bishop .Duffy of the Kearney diocese, has been assigned to the assistant pastorate at Sidney, Cheyenne county, where a new 120,000 church Is nearly ready for oc cupancy. j Miss Cecilia Foster, principal of tho : West Point High school, has been elected principal ot tho Madison High school at a substantial advance in salary. Miss Foster was exceedingly popular here. Mrs. Joseph Kre'kemeler, an aged In mate of the St. Joseph's Heme for the Aged at West Point, suffered a vory se vere stroko of apoplexy on Tuesday last, from which she Is not expected to re cover. t'ltlsen Mns Meetlnsr. NOB.TH PLATTE. Neb., Macrh 22. (Speclal.) A cltlxcn's mass meeting was held In this city last evening for tho pur poso of nominating candidate (or coun cllmen and school board for the spring election. Tho gathering was nonpartlsm in character and more than 500 were in attendance, It was one of tho largest mass meetings held here. E. T. Tramp and Edgar Schiller were nominated as membcrn ot tho school board and L,. F. Duke was nominated, fpr councilman In the First ward; E. W. Mann, councilman In the Second ward; Harry Porter, coun cilman In the Third ward, and A. E. Bell, councilman In the Fourth ward. Sore Throat neglected, may develop Into seri ous ailments. litmovs the Inflam mation with .SLOANS LINIMENT which easily conquers croup, asthma, tonsllftls, and other troubles of tho throat and chest. 'h.'i' Brasdon, Sorrento, Me., writes: Enclosed find f5 cents, for which send bottle of Sloan's Liniment, which Is the only thing I can get to stop sore throat for me. It aim works wonderfully on my flesh, stopping pains of all kinds." At alt dMlert. Pries 2Sc, 60c. I $1.00 Dr. Earl S. Sloi, tat, Boston, Mass. 733 S. 9th Street. Omaha, Nebe. Phone 424 Hy. Gerber, lot S. Main St Council Bluffs Mother! is Child's Stomach Sour, Sick If tonguo Is contl or If cross, fever" isli, constipated give "California Syrup of Figs." Dort't scold your fretful, peevish child. See if tongue lo coated: this Is a sure sign Its little stomach, liver and bowels ara clogged with sour waste. When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has a stomach ache. Indigestion, diarrhoea, give a tea spoonful of "California Syrup of; Figs," and In a few hours all the foul'( waste, the sour bile and fermenting food .passes out of the bowels' and you have ' a WeYl and playful child again. Children' love this harmless "fruit laxative," and moth era can rest easy after giving It because It never falls to make their llttlo "in sides" clean and sweet. Keep It handy, Mother! A little given today saves a sick child tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a EO-cent bottlo of "California Syrup of Figs." which has directions- for bablec, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle: Itemember there are counterfeits sold here, so surely look and see that yours Is made by the "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company" Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup. Advertisement A Tub of Oats Yes sir, a tub of oats, and the brisk use of a curry comb now and then will make a horse look like a new animal. When you fatten him up a little you can sell him through the ' ' Live Stock" columns of The- Bee at a good profit. People are making good trades, too, every day in this way. It will pay you to watch this column in The Bee every day. The BEST offers are ALWAYS advertised in The Bee. v Colds. WeakLunga. Coughs. WeakTttroata Aycrs pctoi Sold for 70 years. Ask Your Doctor. i&flTuZz AMUSEJIK.VTS. DtToted to Strictly Clean. OUisy TWICE DAILY wjjaUj ANOTHER NEW ONE One of tha Bright Spot Dortnir Omaha' rst 'Annual Merchants' Market Week A Morry-Oo-Bonnd of Pun. Sonc and gutter. B THE EAUTY PARADE In a Two-Act Musical Paroe, "LOCAL COLOR" Come&thl8ry of The Clock. BIG BEAUTY CHORUS DEMI HEADER: . It's a monl crrUlstr that everr. body attracted to Omiha by the Mer. chant' Market Week doing will date UemMlvFi up fof ono or moro lenalnni Ht this temple ot Joy, became they know' that'a all we deal lu. K. JOHNSON. Mkt. Qtyety. Evsnlngs. Sunday is Holiday Mats, iu t 5' MATS. 15c and 25c :a r.w - ... 7 , .-as oc at boo ceew cvnx u ru iiae, oat bo imoktag. X.ABXX2S1 -ffer al AHT TICKETS DAT MATXtfKjj dj LaiiiaKP unite mi ini XjQDDJ, JPSOKB SOtTO. 4S4. Mat. Every Oa7. 9:18. Every Night, 0:15. ADVANCED VATJDEVH.I.E This week: Horace Ooldip, Bert Levy, McMahon, Diamond & n -erio ia'n8 M, Cull en. the Five Suliys. Sharp St TureJc, Kelll Duo, and Hearst-Selig Pic torial News Ttevletr. 1'rices Matinee1: Gallery. 10c; best seats (except Saturday and Sunday) 25c. Nights: 10c, 25c, 50c and. 75c. THE OMAHA BEE T0ENiRAVlNGDEP1, Prico of Drawing like thta SS.fo. cost of 7i"c Etchlnir 00 rv.ntm l'V V -V--svasaBBB. I s