THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 9, 1917.
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-INDUSTRY MARKS
: LIVES OF BEAVERS
;F. J. Bill, jScoutmaster of Troop
No. 31, Writes Interesting
Accoun of Busy Little
Animals.
- F. J. Hill, scoutmaster of troop No.
31, lived many years in Canada, where
-'he knew the beavers and bears and
' Indians, as well as he kr.ew his A. B.
ilC.'s. He can speak two Indjan lan
guages and was a friend of the bcav
"crs. He wrote the following sketch of
Itr.e busy beavers for the Boy Scouts.
I How many scouts have seen a bcav
cer in his native haunts? For the bene-
"fit of those who have not seen this
' wonderful animal I will describe him
briefly, chestnut in color, weight from
MO to 55 pounds, his distinguishing
mark beintr a broad, flat, hairless tail
Lives wherever he can obtain three
or four feetof water and plenty of
'voting poplar or willow trees for
- tood and for the construction of dams
"and houses. The beaver is one of the
; wisest -and most industrious of all
-wild animals and fortunate is the
.scout of whom it may be said, "11 f
Vworks like a beaver.
All beavers belong to the Beaver
patrol and they live up to all the
,'cout oath that they know about and
most of the scout law. He is loyal, obe
dient, cheerful, thrifty, brave and
-clean. He could easily obtain merit
;badges in diving, swimming, engineer
ing, woodmanship, and observation,
hich is far more than most scouts
can do.
Running Water Needed.
In order to exist and raise his fam
ily the beaver must have water, so
if he builds his house in a running
stream which cannot be depended
upon to give him all the water he
needs he builds a dam to back up
the water and form a pool of the
required depth.
He frequently selects a piece of low
land at some distance from a stream,
then proceeds to dig an irrigation
ditch to carry water to the low point
Jie has selected for his colony.
The fall or grade of these , ditches
is figured out as well and carefully
its any civil engineer could do it and
there is a ditch dug by beavers in
Colorado over 2,000 feet in length and
there are a number of ditches still
carrying water.
The beaver in felling timber for his
flams and houses cuts a V shaped
notch, selecting his tree so that it
will always fall clear of other timber,
ivhich is usin better judgr tent than
ome woodsmen. The beaver then
"pushes and rolls the tree to the stream
and floats it down to the point where
fie wishes to use it, building tip his
'dams and houses with the addition
of rocks and mud which latter he
"lound down with,his .big flat .tail.
Only One Entrance. V
Beavers build the floors of their
louses just above their established
vater line, the only entrance being
via the water and up through a hole
jn the floor". Like the Spartans of old
the beaver has no use for the physical;
:ly unfit so when a beaver can no
longer take care of himself he is left
to do the best he can until some
Very Te,v men and fewer boys have
ver seen beavers at work, for they
ire very shy and when at work or
play they always throw out several
guards or lookouts who at the first
strange noise or movement on shore
strike the 'water with their tails mak
ing a loud clap, which is the danger
Call of the Beaver patrol and in less
than a second every beaver Is out
Of sight. ' , ,
- Although very peaceful, when at
tacked in the' water the beaver will
put up a very vicious fight, and his
method of combating the mink, the
most vicious and murderous of all
vild animals, is to drag him under
water and hold him there, the greater
lung capacity ofthe beaver enabling
him to drown the mink. '
Beavers Always Migrate.
; Beavers also migrate for various
reasons, such as lack of food, poor
water, reduction of their tribe, etc.,
those unable to travel being left be
hind, this trait being one that we sure
ly cannot admire in these wise little
animals, -and it is the only bad one
that I know of.
When a boy I recall the case of
an old beaver we had named Flat-tail,
who was left behind, in the late fall,
to shift for himself, either because he
couldn't travel or becausA for reasons
lestknown to himself he preferred to
remain. Being a wise and industrious
member of the Beaver patrol he pro
ceeded to put his house in order and
Jay in his supply of food for the win
ter. Owing to an unusual spell of
very low temperature his pond froze
solid and he was caught.
Running across his pond one day,
on snow shoes, with some playmates,
we Noticed the unusual condition of
the pond, and through idle curiosity
started digging into the' houses. In
one of them we discovered the old
beaver half dead. Pushing a lot of
small branches through the hole in
his roof and then re-covering the hole
we left him. After a few days he
was running about as lively as ever,
and in the spring, for some unknown
reason, the whole tribe returned. Per
haps they were ashamed of them
selves who knows?
Embargo on Grain Shipments
To the Atlantic Ports
The railroad war board has noti
fied Omaha railroad freight officials
that witty the close of the Saturday
business and until further notice an
embargo has been laid upon the ship
ment through Atlantic ports of grain
tor export.
The embargo on grain shipments
and applied by the railroad war board
includes all that territory north of
the Ohio river and west of a line
drawn north and south between Illi
'nois and Indiana.
Until the embargo is raised grain
tor export originating in the terri
tory embargoed will gog through gulf
ports. lo handle these shipments
the government has designated a line
of steamers that will sail from New
Orleans, Galveston and Houston. It
is understood that the embargo is
laid in order that the congestion of
freight at Atlantic ports may be
cleared up. "
Child Overcome by Cold:
Father Deserted, Say Police
Fern McFarland. 13 years old. was
overcome by the cold while helping
her mother move their furniture from
1258 South Sixteenth street. She
was taken to the home of Mrs. L. L.
Lohr, next door. Police Surgeon Ro
manak said the child was weak from
lack of nourishment. The family,
consisting ot the mother, Mrs. L. L.
McFarland, and five children, all
younger than Fern, have been in
straightened circumstances since last
May, when they were deserted by the
tathcr, accorqijngto police,
Low Cash Prices and Superior Assortment Make Holiday Shopping Here PleasuraBIe and Profitable.
Have a Complexion
of Real Beauty
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Let Stuart's Calcium Wafers Drive
Away Pimples, Blackheads, end
. Those Yellow, Muddy
Disfigurements.
PROVE THIS WITH FREE TRIAL.
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Blue Bird
Luncheon
Seta
Seven
pieces
Cash Price,
$3.50.
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LLinens
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Table and
Decorative
Suggestions for Gift Offerings, That Will Win
Certain Appreciation.
Table Cloths with 1 dozen napkins to match,
pure linen, size of cloth, 2x2 yards; napkins,
22 inches; this beautiful linen set $8.25
Table Cloths, pure linen, 72 inches wide and 3
yards long; at, each $4.50
Table Cloths, 72-inch, hemstitched or scalloped;
the best quality American-made, mercerized cot
ton; at, each $2.00
Napkins, All Linen, 22-inch satin damask; splen
did pattern assortment, dozen $3.75
Napkins, Luncheon Site, Pure Linen, dainty em
broidery, scalloped edges; dozen $3.75
Luncheon Sets, 13 pieces, all linen, scalloped
edges; set $3.50
Guest ToweUj hemstitched, union linen; each,
at '. 35c
Guest Towel Sets, embroidered Terry clothj'the
3-pieee set $1.15
Fine Bath Towels, embroidered on end ; new and
dainty; each '. $1.25
Dresser Scarfs, manufacturers sample line;
choice, each 50c
Pillow Cases in bo pairs, scalloped and embroid
ered; pair t.$1.00
Madeira Scarfs, Table Covers, Napkins, Center
Pieces) the beautiful hand made linens in ex
cellent variety at Tery moderate cost.
A Lovely Complexion Lends Life
and Vivacity to All Occasions. -
There are scientific reasons why
the calcium sulfide in Stuart's Cal
cium Wafers is a most 'wonderful
skin beaotifier. It works in the blood,
enriches it, purifies it, gives to the
skin a power to convert impurities
into a harmless substance that is car
ried off invisibly. But best of all is
the host of pretty girls and matrons
who have rid their complexions of
pimples, boils, eczema, acne and
other eruptions by simply using
Stuart's Calcium Wafers. You will
find them on sale in almost every
drug store in the' United States or
Canada at 50 cents a box. Get a box
today or send the coupon below for
a free trial package. ,
Free Trial Coupon
T. A. Stuart Co., 468 Stuart Bldf.,
Marshall, Mich. 8nd ma at once, by
return mail, a free trial package of
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Trade in that old furniture of
yours, on some new pieces, by
turning it into cash through
a Bee Want-Ad. '
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Phone Tyler 1000
Between 8 A. M. and 10 P. M. Today
5fou are as close to
THE BEE WANT AD DEPT.
as your phone is to you
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THE CASH STORE
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Special Cash Mill Purchase
Wool Dress Patterns for Gifts
The price of w6ol goods is constantly soaring up
ward. Here's an opportunity which may not again
present itself for years. . .
Take Advantage of These Bargains.
$1.75 French
Serge, $1.00
42 Inches Wide
100 pieces of All
Wool French Serge
and French Taffe
ta in a good line
of the new f alL col
ors and1 black.
Worth today $1.75
Monday, Cash
Price
$1 00
$2.00 French
Epingle, $1.25
50 pieces of 44-in.,
All -Wool French
Epingle, a beauti
ful high luster
cloth, in a full line
of colors including
navy and black:
Worth today $2.00.
Monday, Gash
Prjce
$1 25
$2.50 Wool
Poplin, $1.50
100 pieces of 50
and 52-inch ' All
Wool French Pop
lin and Imperial
Serge, every new
and wanted color,
including plenty of
navy and black.
Worth today $2.50
and $2.98, Monday,
Cash Price
$1 50
50 pieces of 54-inch All-Wool Coatings, in plain and fancy
weaves; odd pieces to close out that formerly 1 7c
sold at $3.00 and $3.50; Monday, Cash Price. . . ? A 0
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Practical.
Acceptable Gi
Here are Monday specials which will
prove of great economical interest.
Best' Wiltons, 36x63, worth $12.00,
Cash Price .....$8.50
Best Wiltons, 27x54, worth $8.50,
Cash Price $5.50"
Best Axminster, 36x72, worth $8.00,
Cash Price $5.50
Best Axminster, 27x60, worth $5.00.
Cash Price $3.25
Best Axminster, 18x36, worth $1.50,
Cash Price i 98c
Best Colonial, 27x54, worth $3.98,
Cash Price .'$2.75
A large assortment of Rag Rugs,
50c, 95c, $1.50 up to $3.00
Best Oil Opaque Window Shades, 36x84,
complete, each . . .65c
Why not give a Carpet Sweeper? Some
thing that will be long remembered.
The Bissel Vacuum Sweeper is the
sweeper that will keep your carpets free
from dust. We have all the latest im
proved vacuum sweepers, $9-50, $8, $7
All the latest models in Bissel Carpet
sweepers, at ...$3.25, $3.75, $4.25 Up
Cocoa Mats, all sizes, 80c, $1, $1.25 to $6
Attractive Holiday Offerings in Women's Apparel
375 Handsome Coats Beautiful New Dresses
in Pom-Poms, Velours,
Friezes, Kerseys, ' Plushes
and Broadcloths; many
fur trimmed; 25 choice
designs; made to sell at
$35, great Cl AHX
bargains at P4-' &
Cash Price.... ' '
L Other Gift Suggestions
Bath Robes for Xmas,
good values; for Monday,
$2.95, $3.95 and $4.95
Women's Knit Hug-Me-Tghu,
$2.50 values; Mon
day,, special ...... .$1.45
Petticoats for Xmas, in all
the wanted shades, beau
ties; at $3.95, $5.95 and
$7.95
Women's Long Silk Kimo
nos, worth $7.50 ; Monday,
at $3.95
Just received, hundreds of
classy designs for street,
afternoon and evening
wear., Wonderful values
at our own special Cash
Prices $OC and CQC
0f yuu you
Why Not Give Furs?
Nothing will please her better.
We show immense assortments
for selection, guaranteeing quali
ty. Four Interesting Specials
JVlonday: ' . ' '
Coney Fur Muff, very good value, Monday. $5.95
Hudson Seal Scarfs and Stoles, special Monday at $25.00
jap i-ong .voiinsiqr ocarrs, Deaunes; Monday at. . .$39.00
Fine Taupe Fox' Scarfs, Monday at .$45.00
See our elegant line of fur sets Monday, at $35,N $45, $65
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Mill Cash Purchases
Beautiful New, Silks
Greatly Underpriced in
Monday's Big' Sale
The wonderful values we are of
fering in new, stylish and depend
able ilks will surely solve the gift
problem. We note a few special
items for Monday:
$1.75 Tub Silk, $1.25
25 pieces just received for the holi
day business. Newest styles in
handsome satin striped silk shirt
ings, strictly all silk, just right for
ladies' blouses or men's shirts. A
wonderful bargain, fM OC
Cash Price, at. y . v.
$2.50 Qual. Satiii Charmeuse, $1.75
50 piece's of 40-inch Satin 'Charme
use, every thread pure silk, closely
Voven satin face and good weight,
in a complete assortment of colors
for afternoon and street wear. Old
rose, prime gray, taupe, green,
brown, burgundy, navy, gold, delft,
midnight blue and black. , Sold
I elsewhere at $2.50; here, I1 7lt I
$2.00 Crepe de Chine, at $1.50
Just 10 pieces in this little lot, all we
have of this quality A splendid
heavy all-silk Crepe de Chine, real
ly worth today $2.50. 40. inches
wide. Colors are two shades of navy,
brown, Alice blue, burgundy" and
plum. While' they last, M CQ
Cash Price T Y
$1.50 Dress Silk, 98c '
2,000 yards of Novelty Dress Silks,
including all-silk Foulards. Mii''v
Striped Satins, Satin Striped Taf
feta. All good styles and colors.
Good values at $1.50, Mon- QQr
day. Cash Price TOU
$1.75 Crepe de Chine, $1.25
30 pieces of 40-inch all-s41k Crepe
de Chine, in a good line of street and
evening shades ; a good, serviceable
Quality. Sold everywhere at $1.50
and $1.75.x Monday, Cash Jl '25 J
$1.75 Dress Satins, at $1.28
20 pieces of 36-inch all-silk Dress
Satins, in navy, green, taupe, brown,
plum and black. Easily worth $1.75,
Monday, Cash Price, $ 1" 2 8
. Extra Special
100 piecespf 36-inch Striped Satins,
in the smart, military effects, me
dium colorings, splepdid qualities
that yve recommend to give satisfac
tion. The former prices were $2.00
and $2.50. See them M AQ
Monday, at .......... . 1 70
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Christmas Suggestions
from Our
Furniture Department
Bedroom Rockers and Chairs, in a variety of woods and fin
ishes, worth $7.50 tjo $9.00, your choice $5.00
$25.00 and $30.00 Dressing Tables, in mahogany, walnut,
oak, ivory, very special, at '.m ... .$20.00
Dressing Table Chairs, to match the tables listed above,
worth to $9.00, splendid v'alues,t., $5.00
Cedar Chests,' 40, 45 and 48 inches in length, at prices
ranging from.... $8.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 Up
Magazine Stands, finished in mahogany, golden and fumed
oak, $5.00 values, at $3.75
$4.00 and $5.00 Pedestals, in all the different woods and fin
ishes, reduced to $3.50
Sectional Bookcases, can be added to as the library in
creases; our line is complete. Prices are very low. Book
cases in the popular Colonial and Mission styles; also ladies'
Desks.
$15.00 Nested Tables, in solid mahogany $12.00
Folding Ca"rd Tables, felt and imitation leather tops, $3.50
values, special, at $2.00
Foot Stools, upholstered in Spanish Leather and Tapestry,
at $3.00 and $3.50
Ladies Desks, in the popular William and Mary and Queen
Anne periods, at .$15.00 Up
Spinet Desks, in walnut and mahogany,
regular price $35.00, very special, Mon
day, at ., ..$27.50
A splendid variety of Library Tables,
at . . . , $15.00, $18.50, $19.50
and some as low as .. . .$10.00
Home Decoration
Gift Suggestions
Drapery Section, Main Floor Annex
Couch Covers, all full size
I $3.98, $2.98 and $2.25
Table Runners, Sylked Velour, 27x
54, each ...... . $6.50
20x54, each . $3.50
Marquisette, Lace Trimmed Cur
tains, pair.. $1.75, $2.00 and $2.25
Net Curtains, trimmed in domestic
cluny lace, pair $2.95 4
Filet Net Curtains, lace trimmed, 1
at, pair . . . .$1.25, $1.45 and $1.65
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TO REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING
BUY FOR CASH
48-lb. Sacks Best High Grade Dia
mond H Flour, made from the best
" selected No. 1 wheat, per 48-lb
sack, :....$2.8S
No. 1 Hand-picked Navy Beans,
lb 12c
4-lb. Best White or Yellow Corn
meal v.25c
4-lb.-Best Rolled White Breakfast
Oatmeal 25c
The Best Domestic Mararoni or
Spaghetti, pkg 7c
No. 2 Cans Fancy Sweet Sugar Corn,
Early June Peas, Wax or String
Beans, can 12
3 lbs. fancy Carolina Rice....25
38-oe. jar pure Apple Butter.. 25
16-os. can Condensed Milk..l2i4'
Jello or Advo Jell, pktr .10
No. 1 can Pork and Beans! .. .7?d
No. 2 can Pork and Beans 15
6 bars Beat-'em-AU or Diamond C
Soap, for 25
5 bara Pearl White Toilet Soap, 28
16-ois. can Assorted Soups.. 12 H
No. 3 can Tomatoes ....15
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DRIED FRUIT AND NUTS
3-Crown Muscatel Raisins, lb. 12 t &
Choice California Prunes, lb. 12J
Choice California Cooking Figs, per
lb. 3.
New Crop Apples, per lb. . . . . .15
Seedless Sultana Raisins, lb 1
Choree Muir Peaches, lb 15d $
Fancy Crop Apricots, lb 25 J
Seeded Raisins, pkg...lO, 1.7'Ht J
New Walnuts, per lb..... 2Sr jf
New Almonds, per lb 30 $
New Filberts, per lb 224 1
New Shell Bark Hickory Nuts, per
lb . .10 J
New Black Walnuts, lb. ....... -5c -4
Buy Box of Apple Now for Xmat "3
WhiU They Lat ; J
Monday we wilF put on sile a carload .1
of fancy Yakima Jonathan Apples J
from the -famous Yakima Valley,; !
' at, per box -SJ .75 J
15 lbs. best Ohio Potatoes. .. .35c
Fresh Spinach, per peck. . . ... . .25
Fresh Radishes, Carrots, Beets, Tur
nips, Shallots, per bunch. .... .5
A Splendid Gift
Motor Weave Auto Robes
This nationally advertised robe in all the
best colorings and patterns. Truly repre
sentative of all that makes for practical
serviceability. On sale in the Blanket De
partment, Cash Price, tC 7C
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" Headquarters for
Holiday Hardware
' All copper and copper nickel plated Cof
fee Machines, up from. . . .$4.25 to $15.00
All copper and copper nickel plated Chaf
ing Dishes, from .'$8.00 to $12.50
Copper nickel plated Casseroles, from
$1.50 to $2.25
Electric Irons, fully warranted, from $4.75
to $6.00
Ever-Ready Flashlights, from 75c to $2.50
Gillette Safety Razors, Cash Price.. $4.79
Ever-Ready. Safety Razors, Cash Price,
at 89c
Gem Safety Razors, Cash Price ,89c
Copper nickel piated, 6-cup Percolators,
Cash Price $2.35
Copper nickel plated, 9-cup Percolators,
Cash Price $3.25
1-Quart Aluminum Rice or Cereal Cooker,
Cash Price ... ..$1.29
Lunch Kits with Thermos bottle, Cash
Price $3.00
Lanterns, full size, Cash Price 65c
Lanterns, large size, Cold Blast, Cash
Price $1.25
Men's and Boys' Ice Skates, nickel plated,
from 98c to $3.25
Ladies' Ice Skates, nickel plated, from
$1.50 to ....$3.00
Pearl Handled Pocket Knives, from 65c
tOv r ... $1.50
Stag Handle Carving Set, up from , .$4.00
No. l-Lisk Roaster, a 3-piece set, enameled,
sMf-basting, Cash Price .......... $2.40
No. 2 Lisk Roaster, a 3-piece set, enameled,
self -basting, Cash Price ......... .$2.60
No. 3 Lisk Roaster, a 3-piece set, enameled,
self -basting, Cash Price $2.90
Savory Roasters, self -basting,, from 98c
to $2.29
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