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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

Senator Depew enjoys not only the
distinction Of occupying a greater
amount Of space for the recital of his
life work and public service in the new
edition of the Congressional Directory,
but also the privilege Of having his
biography brought strictly up t. date
by the Official chronicllng of his recent
marriage, which took place scarcely a
month ago. With this exhibition of the
modern news-gathering mania on the
part Of the compiler Of that ornate yet
useful document, no one can truthfully
charge that publication with dealing
solely in ancient and putrid history. A
new edition of the Congressional Di-
rectory will be amply justified at what
ever draft on the contingent expense
fund every time Cupid captures a dis
tinguished senator.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

According to Washington dispatches
the Department OF Agriculture is being
torn up from center to circumference by
the question whether the inspectors Of
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03
srArEMENr on SPECULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.t
George b. Txschuok, secretary Of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn;
complete copies OF The Daily. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month OF January. 1900, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03
This Il So suaasn.

Minneapolis Journal
General Bell says that one woman is more
efhcisnt In pseifyiBS the Ftlipinos than .
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

live mutton are to be stationed in the
sky parlor on the Nebraska state boun-
dairy line or allowed to do their inspect
ing OF sheep scab under shelter this side
Of the line. The decision OF this COM
pick problem depends, we are told, on
the ability of the department to buy
railroad tickets for the inspectors or to
allow the inspectors to procure paste
boards on credit and have them charged
up to Uncle Sam. The more agreeable,
II not more practical, way would be to
let the inspectors travel on passes and
have them charged up to the govern
ment. What the sheep breeders, mutton
packers and mutton eaters think about
this subject has not as yet beer d.
vulged, but The Bee ventures to remark
that they are not very particular.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

Puck: The Amateur-Sometimes I think
/ have artistic talent and sometimes I think
Her Friend-well-er-you can't be mis-
taken all the timel
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

washington Star: ode man dat IL sus.
picious OF ev'ybody may be wise" said
he must OF KEEP mighty po' company
at some time or anotherP 81 f0eoef J
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

Detroit Free Press: she-Let me see. the
last time / played bridge with you, didn't ]
He-Why, no. Don't you remember there
were two other women in the party7
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-03

somerviile Journal: Phiiosopher-Every
young man should nave a high Ideal.
Gilded ~Youth-That's what / say. The
girl I'm engaged to is 8 feet 8 inches tall.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16

are taken out when the creased paint
is washed off. When used as perma'
nent beautifiers bumpers sometimes
turn back the clock twenty years.
A great deal of care has to be taken
in making teeth for public speakers,
actors and singers. 1t is necessary to
have them filled in so there can be no
escape of air between them. The clear
enunciation can only be had when
there is no air space nor chance for
Kissing.
Electricity has made dentistry adj
vance as it has advanced. There is an
electric oven for baking porcelain that
is capable Of heat Of $500 degrees.
An electric lathe and an electric en-
CINE are used for all the work in the
mouth. 1t works so much quicker that
One-third of the time is employed that
was formerly required, and so two
thirds of the pain and nervous strain is
eliminated. Formerly it took half a
day to make filling. Now an expert,
working with electricity, may fill a
tooth in ten minutes. An electric root
dryer heats up the cavity after it is
cleaned and dries it out almost in
stantly. That is a modern invention
and time-saver. An English modelling
wax has taken the place of plaster of
paris, which was a heat-producer. be-
sides being ill-tasting.
Very few first-class dentists now adj
minister chloroform or ether. and
raerly Is nitrous-oxide gas given. Any
thing that reduces to Inconsistencies
has a bad effect. Local anesthetics are
down to fine point now. Probably
the most popular is ethol-chloride. This
is sprayed on the part to be treated
for sensitive IDENTIFIES and aching teeth.
Among the local anesthetics. injected
hypodermically, is cocaine, Odontunder,
alvatunder and the many formulas of
tunder.
The most common disease that the
dentist has to treat is pyorrhea alveo-
laris, or gradual absorption of the pro-
cess below the gums. The gums re-
cede and the teeth become loose and
drop out. This disease is due to neg
lect of the teeth. 1t can be arrested If
taken in time.
There are specialties in dentistry.
Two st. Louis men get 500 for
Strengthening children's teeth.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16

The use of porcelain crowns for
teeth has enabled modern dentistry to
do a great deal for art. 1t has made
it possible to improve the voices or GER
tain singers by giving their artificial
teeth crowns with an outer curve. their
natural teeth did not have. The re-
suit is to increase the acoustic effects
Of the mouths bony structure. The
mouth of Trilby was like the dome OF
the Salt Lake tabernacle. Some sing
ers have this mouth, but their front
teeth, instead of being a continuation
of the curve of the roof of the mouth,
bend inwardly. They break the flow
Of the sound. By saving off these nat
ural teeth and mounting them with
porcelain or crowns with an outward
curve, a great improvement is made in
tone.
Porcelain crowns are used in making
great cornet players as we'll as in max
ing singers, and in the same way. The
out-curving front teeth are best for the
cornetist, because the tongue can be
used in triple-tonguing the mouthpiece
In the fancy work.
One of the little devices of modern
dentistry is the plumper. This is a
combination of gold and hard rubber
for making the face take on rounded
appearance. Elderly ladies, whose skin
has begun to set loosely, sometimes
have bumpers put in. In cases like
this they are permanently fixed to the
side teeth by gold crowns. Plumpers
are also made for actresses and actors
for use in making up the face for the
character they wish to portray. They
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16
HumOr the Peacemaker.

If the old-time duels were always dis.
graceful and sometimes fatal. they had
the merit, like all other human things
full of human error. of being fruitful
in good jokes. Michael MacDonaugh,
in his book on Irish Life and Charac-
ter" gives some cases in which humor.
from within or from without, came to
the rescue of would-be-duelists
A witty Dublin barrister was con-
suited by physician as to calling out
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16
a man who had insulted him.

a man who had insulted him.
"Take my advice" said the lawyer
land instead of calling him out, get
him to call you in, and have your re-
venge that way. 1t will be more Sc
cure and certain"
An upstart squire went to an old
squire for advice as to sending chal-
lenge.
"Healy of Loughlinstown," said he
"has threatened to pull me by the nose
whenever he meets me. What would
you advise me to dO?"
HAS he really used that threatT
asked the squire.
HE has"
"Well," said the squire, "I'll tell you
what to do. Soap your nose WE'LL and
it will slip through his fingers"
Perhaps the most contemptuous de-
clination of challenge was that OF an
Irish gentleman Of the old school.
Eight with him." he exclaimed. i
would rather go to my grave without
fightw
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16
PROGRESS OF MODERN DENTISTRY.
It Makes Plump Lean Of Face and Is Invaluable Ia
crease Power of Singers and Cornetists.

$1,0OO.OOO worth Of tropical and sinh
tropical foodstuffs and raw mater,oI.
every day in the year. The increa cod
reliance upon the tropics is probablv
greater. proportionately, In the Unitad
States than in most other countries
since much larger share Of our sugar
is drawn from the tropics than ia tha
case with other. and especially the En-.
ropean countries, which in most cases
now produce their own sugar from
beets.
The United States has during recent
years consumed nearly one-half of the
cane sugar of the world which enters
into international commerce, and more
than one-half of the coffee of the world
In the year 1901 the importations of
goods usually considered as of tropical
or subtropical production amounted to
$400.OOO,00O, or considerably more
than $1,OOO,OOO for every day in the
year. including Sundays and holidays.
while thirty years ago they amounted
to but $143,OOO,OOO, or less than S4OO..
900 per day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16
Hen-Pecked SparrOws.

Female sparrows are especially tyr-
annical toward their partners. especiai-
ly at nest-building time, when they
frequently attack their husbands fierce
ly ON account of their laziness. AT
such times the female voice can always
be detected, both louder and shrlller
than that of her mate, as she pecKs
and tousles him, until he beats an lg'
nominious retreat. Hen blackblrds
and thrushes are often very overDear'
ing and even spiteful toward their
mates when their houses are In course
Of construction.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16

MISS MILNE AND |.


"Really, doctor, do you suppose he.
strong and powerful as he was, or is,
could dream of swimming ashore with
that weight on him? Besides, he could
not separate his legs widely enough to
swim. We don't know, CT course. but
the doctor on board has, from Warren g
manner and mutterings, no doubt as to
what has happened" Shortly after
ward went home.
Through the broken roof the placid
moon, fashioned for happier world, "
peeped indifferently. By the light of
my one candle succeeded in finding
the whisky bottle, and for safety
sake, mixed q good, strong glass.
Then, az l undressed, thought of War
rem. felt most desperately sorry sfor
him. He had, not only from his own
point of view, but from every humane
mans, been treated most shamefully.
At the same time l could not help feel
ing touch of relief. The man was a
desperate character and undoubtedly
meant me mischief. And then his
threats could have been so easily car
ried out. had no protection of any
kind, not even bolt on the door, and
there was no other house within ear
shot. He would have had but to swim
ashore at night, walk up and into my
honse, and undisturbed work his will.
However, it was all over now, l
thought, though the thought was not
very consoling, considering the circum-
stances, and pulling up over me the
coal SO blanket, marked in each corner
with big G.. A. B., which, being in
terpreted, means Government Aborig-
inal Blanket" I prepared to 60 to
sleep.
But sleep was out of the question,
and so l lay awake and listened to the
iguanas and bandicoots; then l listened
to something else, something very like
a footfall-it could be nothing else, and
it was getting nearer and nearer to the
house. In moment l was out of bed
and had my boots and trousers on, and,
stick in hand, was standing at the front
door.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16
intoxicating Beans.

Among the peasants of Southern
Italy. Sicily and Sardinia a curious
malady has been noticed by physicians
which is caused by eating beans one
of the most remarkable effects or Tue
malady is a species of intoxication re,
sembling that produced by alcononc
drink. In some cases persons preais'
posed to the malady are seized WIFI
symptoms Of intoxication If they pass
a field where the bean plant Is In now.
er, the odor alone sufiicing to anec'
them.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16
CHAPTER XIII,
door.

The step comes nearer and nearer,
and then pauses in front If the door
then there is hurried, impatient
knock, followed quickly by antoher.
"Who's there?" l asked.
ga friend. Open quickly"
In moment the door is thrown
open, and all l can distinguish in the
darkness is the figure of a woman
dressed in black waterproof, with the
hood of it pulled over her head.
81 am the nurse" she said, "from
the inclosure," and in her intense ex-
element her words came turriedly and
were sometimes barely audible. 81
have come to tell you that you must
leave this place at once this very
moment"
leave! Why should II"
"Don't stop to ask why" she said,
alternately approaching and receding
from me, as though tempting me to fol-
low. Don't stop to ask why. l will
tell You all that presently; only come
come at once. Your lie depends on
it!''
otis very good of you, nurse, but
won't you give me some reason why l
should leave this placer"
Haven't promised to do that after?
You must-you shall come! You have
friends to live for; for their sake do
do as ask you!'
During this last desperate entreaty
she drew close up to me, an then ex-
claiming in hoarse whisper, "My
God; it's too late!" she came close up
to me, and taking my sleeve in her
hand, with the strength of desperation
dragged me from where was standing
across the path to some scrub not six
yards from the door.
"Down. Down." she whispered i'm
perative1y, and l obeyed her as I had
obeyed but one woman before in my
life, and she was sixteen thousand
miles away We were not second too
soon. We were barely out of sight
she and together so close that her
heart, throbbing now wildly, was dis
tinctly audible to me-when round the
corner OF my house man came steal
ing furtively. In the light of the
moon could distinctly catch the CLEAN
of an axe in his hand, and as he paused
in front of the bedroom window to ex-
anime it and its fastenings, could see
that it was none other than Warren.
And, my God, how mad, how desperate
he appeared! A pair of ragged trousers
was all the clothing of his own that
covered him; his feet were bare and
blood-stained from the cruel mon rings
he still wore. One link only had been
filed through, and the rest of the chain
was suspended to his trousers by piece
of string. Around his body was thrown
an old skirt of his wife's, that left one
his right arm and shoulder bare
his hair was long, wet and matted and
without covering.
He stood for a moment with his bach
to the house. facing Us, as though un.
decided as to his next movement.
Then he crept toward the door and, t.
his evident astonishment, found i
open. With one look at his AK, his
clothing and the string that held hi
chain suspended, he went on all tours
and so into the house, and was lost t.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16
TROPICS ARE AT OUR DOOR.

Americans Are Large Consumers of
Products of Warmer Chimes.
Americans live better, perhaps, than
the people Of any other part of the
world. They are not content with the
products Of their own country, but
draw largely upon the tropics for con-
diments and delicacies that add to the
pleasures of the table. The increase
In the contributions of the tropics to
the daily life of man has been general
throughout the countries where pros
perity or an activity In manufacturing
and commerce is the rule, but it seems
to be especially marked in the United
States, which now imports more than
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16
What English VIII Do.

A report In Missouri paper Is q'o'
ed by the Chicago Chronicle as an eA'
ample of what queer tricks the Eng
lish language will play on one WIN
does not master 1t.
At a recent church entertainment 'n'
master of ceremonies announcer. =,
miss Bates will sing. oh! mat
had wings like dove. Tor tnen
would l fly away and be at rest a.
companied by the minister"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16

If you are sincere In your desire "
avoid crowds, why don't you go oi'eAN
to prayer meeting?
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-10-16

Some people can defend friena -
such a manner as to start a Ne" ''
on him.
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(To be conunued.l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-30
SLEW GRANDDAUGHTER
THEN CALVIN CARSON COM
 MITTED SUICIDE. .
Old Confederate Became Despondent Because He Was Out of Work and Had Crippled Grandchlld
 Dependent on Him.

Florence, Dec. 29.-(Special )-Driven to despair by want, without work and with a granddaughter who is a helpless cripple dependent on him. Calvin Carson at [ O clock yesterday morning took the girls life and committed suicide by giving her carbolic acid and cutting his own throat.
 The old man and his granddaughter oc- cupied the second floor of an old bakery on Tennessee Street. Mrs. Smith, who occupies the first floor, went up at 5 o'clock this morning to look after them and found Carson writhing in his own blood with a slit in his throat about two Inches and a half long. He had laid the girl out with her hands folded across her breast and she was still warm. Carson had purchased A two ounce bottle of car bonc acid from a druggist Friday and the empty bottle was on the floor beside her. Doctors were called and the old man B wound dressed
 The case IS very pitiful one and noth- ing but pity is expressed for him. He was as brave a Confederate soldier as went out of Florence and was devoted to his granddaughter. An effort was being made to get her liilo d chai iuaple msulu- ton in Memphis which would probably have been successful had the tfagedy been deferred.
 Carson died Iast night at a hospital.
 Captain Carson was well knowL here having served four years as Sheriff of this County and five as Clerk of the Cir cult Court. He made a splendid record as a Confederate soldier. rising from a private to the rank of captain, He left $50 which he had saved for funeral ex- penses. They were buried together at 2 O clock today by Camp o'Neal Confed- crate veterans,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-30
SMUGGLING CASES.
kIearing Before United States Com.
 missioner in Porto Rico.

kIearing Before United States Com missioner in Porto Rico. San Juan, P. R., Dec. 29.-The hearing of the smuggling cases before United States Commissioner Anderson was re- stunned today. The session was devoted to the charges against Lieutenant Com mander c. w. Mentz. U. s. N., Super visor of Elections Benjamin Butler and James Brennan, an employe of the Coun- try Club.
 Several teamsters testified to having re- moved fifteen or sixteen boxes from the naval station here to the barracks. and thence to the home of Robert Giles, a government road contractor. also under charges of smuggling. The teamsters testified that they were working under the orders of Lieutenant Stewart McC. Decker. commissary of the Porto Rico regiment. who was present at the station when the boxes were removed.
 Captain Jose T. Crabbs of the Quarter masters Department. his chief clerk and Lieutenant Decker testified that Captain Crabbs had said he was complying with requests from the naval station for con veyances, but that the captain was not present at the time of the occurrence In question and had no record of the orders relating to 1t. Lieutenant Decker re- fused to testify concerning the loading of the wagons at the naval station and was ordered by the commissioner to ap- near before a fudge and show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court.
 The hearing then adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-30
MIR. WRIGHT SPEAKS
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LABOR
 QUESTION"
Prof. Asa P. Hall Also Makes an Address Before the American
 Association for the Advance ment of Science.

Washington Dec. 29-The feature of to- nights session of the American Associa- ton for the Advancement of Science was an address before the section Of social and economic science by Hon. Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor and vice | President of the section, on the "Psy- choloRy of the Labor Question" The en- tire association also listened tonight to the annual address of the retiring Presi- dent, Asa P. Hall.
 There were ten sectional meetings Mir. Wrights address in part was as follows
 Conservation and experience covering many years of investigation of various elements of the labor question have con vinced me that there are underlying fea- lures which cannot be reached by the statistical method; that the mental atti- tude of parties has very much to do with the labor question whatever standpoint IL Is considered. This Is well illustrated by the statistics relaeive to mortgages. At the seventh census an attempt was made to classify the causes or the req sons for mortgaging homes and farms. It was shown that nearly go per cent or the mortgages indicated prosperity rather than the reverse. The oesire to add to the original holding or to raise money for business operations. or to educate children or for the improvement of ex- isting property, was the motive.
 "All these indicate something entirely different from the prevailing impression that a mortgage represents disaster or failure or some i'll condition. The balance, per cent, represented the lack of busl- ness capacity, some form of failure, or disaster coming to the proprietor. So, in the labor problem, one can ascertain the total number of strikes and the apparent causes, losses, etc, but the real motive of the strike cannot be disclosed by the point of view must be studied and the apprehensions and fears of the strikers considered.
 Modern tendencies in the utilization of power" was the topic of the address of Prof J. J. Flather, Vice President of the section of mechanical science and en- gineering. In the course of his speech he said the outlook for oil fuel in gen. eral competition with coal for long dis tance electric transmission. is not encour- aging, It Is hardly probable. he said, that liquid fuel will be a serious competitor of coal. notwithstanding its many ad- vantages. On account of the great cost of labor, he thought the use of any pow CT by which the price of labor would be reduced appreciably would be justified even though the efficiency of the agent itself be low.
 The American Chemical Society also held its Initial session today. The prin- cipal address was made by Dr. E. A. Deschweinitz. chief of the bio-ohemic d. vision of the Department of Agriculture. He announced that virulent tuberculosis germs obtained from a human would cause the disease in cattle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-30
BOLD ROBBERS WORK
SMASHED WINDOW AND STOLE
 $1,OOO IN DIAMONDS.
Paving Block Used to Open Way to Jewels in New York Pawn shop-Part of the Booty
 Recovered.

New York, Dec. 29.-In full view of the passing crowds a window in the pawnshor of R. simpson and Company, on West 42nd Street was smashed with a stone paving black tonight and s1.OOO worth of diamonds were stolen.
 Only three of the gems were recovered after the capture of the robber. It is be- lived by the police that several men were in the job and that the man who broke the window passed the jewels to confed- crates.
 After an exciting chase which was en- tered into by hundreds of men. the rob Der. who drew a pistol and fought des- perately for his liberty, was captured. He was more dead than alive when the po- lice rescued him from the crowd of pur- suers. He Is l9 years old and calls him. self William Madison. of Boston.
 1t was one ot the most daring robberies heard of In New York for long time. The shop was about to close when pay ing block covered with paper, crashed through the window and in an instant a tray of diamond rings and pins disap- peared One of the clerks jumped over the counter and pursued the man who broke the window. A great crowd fol- lowed and when the man was overtaken he as buried under a score of men and so badly battered that physicians ser vices were required.
 Madison said he came here week ago and was prompted to commit the deed by cold and hunger. It is said at the store at the time the window was broken there was on show about $l5O,OO0 worth Of jew als