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Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
conEressman MshOn From Penn

| ConEressman Mahon From Penn
syIvnnia.
Congressman Thsd. NJ. Mahon, OF
Chambersburg. Pa, writes;
II take pleasure in recommending
your Peruna as a substantial tonic
and a good catarrh remedy"
THAD. NJ. MAHON.
Congressman Barhnm From Call
fornIa.
Congressman j. A Barham, of
Santa Rosa, California. writes:
AT the solicitation OF a friend
used your Peruna, and can cheer
fully recommend II as an excellent
remedy for all catarrhal troubles.
1t is indeed a wonderful medicine"
]. A. BARHAM.
Congressman BrookshiPe From
Indiana.
! Congressman +. V. Brookshire, from
Indiana, in a recent letter from
Washington, ID. c., says;
From what my friends say. Pc
runa is a good tonic and a safe ca
tarrh cure"
e. V. BROOKSHIRE.
Congressman SpnrISman ErOm
Florida.
Congressman S. NJ. Sparkman, from
Tampa, Florida, writes:
81 can endorse Peruna as a first
rate tonic and a very effective cure
for catarrh." S. NJ. SPARKMAN.
lien of prominence all over the
United States are recommending
Peruna. Over fifty members of
Congress have written their en-
dOrsement of It. Scores of other
government officials speak In high
praise of It. Thousands of peOpl
In the humber walks of life rely
upon 1t as a family medicine. Send
for free book of testimonials.
II you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa write at once TO DIR. Hartman.
giving a full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you
his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.
| Ohio.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
Largest Glass in History.

SHELBY. Neb.. May 1s-(Special.)-The
class OF 1903. which held its graduating ex-
ercises at the opera house last night was
the largest class turned out by the Shelby
school. The graduates were Margaret
E. Leibee. Vyretta Stilwell, Myrtle Leard.
Ernest Thelen, Winifred Merrick. Irwin
McClung, Minnie Petteys and Olive Nc
Beth. Deputy Superintendent OBrien was
to have delivered an address and presented
the diplomas, but the train was so late
that he arrived after the exercises were
through.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20

Minor Bros. and appropriated $500 worth Of
silks and satins. The loss was not dis
covered until about 8 o'clock Monday aft
ernoon. That the thieves we're profes-
sionals is known by the fact that they
picked two locks on the door to gain en-
trance to the store. A revolver was also
unloaded that was in the cash drawer
and blank cartridges put in the places Of
the loaded shells. A reward Of $500 has
been offered for the capture and conviction
OF the burglars and the return Of the goods
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
Examining Nail Carriers.

TABLE ROCK. Neb.. May l9.-(special)
&C. Z. Llewellyn, special agent and ex-
aminer Of the rural free delivery service,
will hold a civil service examination in
Table Rock on Thursday next for the
carriers on the proposed rural route run
ming out of Table Rock There are about
half dozen applicants. who expect TO be
on hand to take the examination.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
BAD boy. pIsturb school.

PLATTsMOUTH. Neb., May ls-(sps-
cial)-Mrs. Nettie Turner OF Union, who
teaches a district school southwest OF this
city. has been preparing for a school enter
tainment, and during the past week at
rehearsals she has been annoyed by young
men who used rough language and shot
on their revolvers nearby. Len Crawford
Bert Crawford and Clint Leech were ar
rested and taken before Justice LaRue and
fined IS and costs each.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
YounE woman a Candidate.

BEATRICE, Neb., May lg-(speclaL)-
Miss Anna Day, a popular young Seacher
in the Beatrice public schools. is a candi-
date for the nomination of county super
intendent OF school at the hands OF the
republican party. She is at present
principal OF the East school.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
Lectures for Epworth League.

FALLS CITY. Neb.. May ls.-(speciaI.)- >
Rev Duke slavens. former pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal church here. but now
pastor at Adams Neb., delivered a lecture
in the interest OF the Epworth league Mon
day evening, II being the anniversary Of
the organization. After the lecture a re-
ception was rendered Rev. Slavens.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
j Killed in railroad Wreck.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., May ls-(spe-
ciaL)-A telegram has been received TO
the effect that John w. Beebee was killed
in a railroad wreck near Spokane, Wash.
Mrs Martha Beebee, mother OF the de-
ceased. and two daughters have arrived
from Harrison, No, 10 attend the funeral
here The remains arrived over the Bur
lington this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
Poisoned by Rusty Nail.

FALLS CITY, Neb.. May ls.-(special.) y
A few days ago as Ike Beauliere was de-
scending a ladder he stepped on a rusty
nail which went through the she Of his
shoe and into the bottom OF his foot He
is laid up now In a very bad condition.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
LIGHTNING STOPS SCHOOL
Strikes Small Building in Which Were
Twenty-Five Pupils
SEVERAL ARE RENDERED UNcoNsclOU;
Others Are Knocked Down and Build
ing IL Badly Shattered by
the Force of the
Bolt.

SUTTON, Neb, May l9-(Special) AT
2:3O yesterday afternoon lightning struck
the school house in District 81 in Fillmore
county, three miles east of here. The
lightning tore the chimney to pieces from
top to bottom. The shingles we're torn Off
and the rafters shatterd A hole as large
as a wagon box was torn in the ceiling
The lightning then ran down the
stove pipe tearing 1t and the stove badly
A chunk of the stove weighing thirty
pounds was thrown a distance OF fifteen
feet in the school room. Bricks were
found eighty feet from the building
School was in session at the time with
twenty-five pupils. Some of them were
knocked out of their seats. Lucy Cries
age s, was rendered unconscious and
burned on the right arm. Reinold Urmer,
age s, was also rendered unconscious,
but was not burned. The teacher, T. E.
Stewart, was hurled from his chair and
received a slight shock. He carried the
unconscious children out of the building
and did what he could to restore them.
It was not raining at the time and did
not rain for half an hour after. The
building was insured against loss by fire
and lightning.
wAHoo, Neb., May 1s-(special)-A
western part of Saunders county last even
ing. Wahoo creek raised about eight feet
in two hours and covered the low lands
completely. The Jones mill dam was
washed away about a. m. The B. & M.
Northwestern and Union Pacific bridges
were under water and the trains on the
Union Pacific have been delayed here all
morning The fair ground is one huge
lake. At noon today the creeks had gone
down about six inches but are still rage
ing.
Heavy Rain Mt York.
YORK. Neb., May 1s-(Special)-A very
heavy rainstorm accompanied by some
hail visited York last evening in which
nearly two inches of rain fell in a very
few minutes. But slight damage was
done. The recent rains during the last
seven or eight days amounting to between
six and seven inches have greatly i'm
peded the planting of corn and will make
much of the planting very late. All other
crops are doing fine.
DAVID. CITY, Neb., May 1s-(Speclal)-
There was a heavy rain and hail storm
here yesterday afternoon, and another hail
storm last night. One and one half inches
of rain fell. The rain was not needed and
will delay corn planting for two or three
days. West of town it is reported the hail
did considerable damage to growing crops
and gardens. Some fields of wheat are
said to be entirely destroyed.
BEATRICE, Neb., May 19-(Special)-
| Quite heavy rain visited this section last
night. The ground is very wet and for
the past week farmers have been unable tc
get in their fields to plant corn. The
crop is back at least ten days and some
dry weather is needed badly.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20

RED CLOUD. Neb.. May ls-CspeciaI
Telegram. )-During Sunday night burglars
entered the general merchandise store OF
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
New CORPORATION.


Randolph in Cedar county is to have
quite a business concern there, working
under the name Of Blenkiron Brothers. OF
whom Leonard s. is one and Joseph e. is
the other. These two today filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary OF state
to do a general real estate loan and all
kinds Of business that comes under that
head. The capital stock Of the new COM
pany is $4,000 divided into 1000 shares.
Gordon After salary.
Samuel 1. Gordon once. henceforth and
forevermore police Judge OF the city OF
Omaha Is at II again at the supreme court
and today Judge Eller argued in answer to
the brief Of City Attorney Connell to show
why he is entitled to a salary earned as
Judge of the "Misquot Court"
In beginning his annual Judge Eller. at
torney for Judge Gordon. states that the
proceeding is not an ordinary action to re-
cover salary, but that It is a mendamus
proceedings to require the mayor and coun-
ell to furnish relator his voucher for a
part of his salary covering a period Of his
term" The lifetime attorney for lifetime
Judge holds that Judge Berka, who is now
earning the salary, has no legal title to the
office and that no person has been erected
or qualified as a successor TO Judge Gordon
The attorney holds that there is no statute
authorizing the election OF a police judge
for the city OF Omaha at the general elec-
ton and that the ordinance is void and car
give no such authority.
The brief OF the respondents argues that
Louis Berka was elected FOR police judge
of the district OF Omaha" That the "gen.
eral election was held in the district OF
Omaha" That the district covers the
whole territory" In answer to that Judge
EIler said: IF II is true as contended by
respondents in their brief that Berka II
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
TIGERS
In India Are AFRAID OF bells.

In IndIh Are AIr"Iu OF beIIs'
simple device to protect human beings
from the attacks of tigers has just been
introduced in India. IL is a COW bell OF
slightly larger size and louder tone than
of those used In America. The sudden
changing of this bell sends the tiger sour
rying back 20 the Jungle In all civilized
countries DR.. Burkharts Vegetable Com
pound is acknowledged to be the greatest
remedy drives disease from the system,
cures Rheumatism, Constipat ton, Catarrh
and Nervous Troubles and nils the veins
with pure rich red, healthy blood. 30
days treatment 25c. All druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20

And 10000 mothers happy thereby Remember Munyon's Witch
Hazel Soap quickly baby of hives ehang and
cures skin disorders old well
tat high as g.
Sal6 V0VwAyss g 0ay "a
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
Eclectic Medical society.

The annual meeting OF the State Eclectic
Medical society is being held in the city, at
the Lincoln Medical college. The first ses-
sion was held at 10 o'clock this morning,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
Seriously Injured by Fail.

J. E. Halterman, while sitting on the
railing around an area way at Eleventh
and N streets tonight. fell backward to
the ground, a distance of twelve feet and
received injuries which make his recovery
doubtful He was rendered unconscious
by the fall. No bones were broken,
though It is believed he was injured in
ternally. At midnight Halterman's con-
dition was reported extremely dangerous.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
Second Day of Carnival.

The second day of the Eagles carnival
was much better attended than on the
opening day. Tonight all the electric
lights were in place and many hundreds
of people thronged the streets. All the
attractions drew immense crowds and a
thriving business was done. Tomorrow
is fraternal day and big time is antici-
pated. A program of much interest has
been arranged.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Why the Woman Succeeds.

Women make the best and most
successful poultry raisers. though per
haps not always the most keen trad
ers when 1t comes to the buying and
selling of poultry and poultry prod
ucts. But for the mere raising of birds
and bringing them to maturity she is
success. 1t Is partly because she
has the instincts of a mother and
see things that the man poultry rails
er does not. In the first place she
makes a continual war on dirt and
lice. She abhors them in the poultry
house as she would in her own family.
She wages on these two public enc
mics such warfare that she conquers
them, and when she has won that vic
tory she has gone good way toward
success. For the most disastrous
things in the line of poultry pests are
dirt or lice. Some years ago the
Farmers Review sent out large
number of inquiries to poultry raisers
asking what was the greatest cause
of losses in the poultry business. The
replies that came back said lice, more
chicks being lost from lice than from
any other one cause. So we see that
the woman, in getting rid of the lice,
has removed the first great cause of
failure with chicks. The woman sue
ceeds also because she takes infinite
pains with what she is trying to do.
She does not feel that she has to do
everything on a wholesale scale-that
she has to have the houses cleaned
out once a month, when they have
become dirty enough to make it an
object to clean them" She has
enough care about their cleanly con-
dition to have them cleaned several
times week, and sometimes she has
the work done every day. She watch
es for the coming of the lice and does
not wait till there are a million or
more before discovering them. Under
such condition it is not easy for
yermin to get start, and without get
ting a good start they cannot become
formidable. The woman also sue
ceeds because she has an interest in
the appearance of the premises. She
objects to delapidation in every form.
The old fence is whitewashed, the net
ting is mended as soon as it gets
hole in it, and the rat hole is stopped
up as soon as it is made. The win
dows are SO arranged that they will
dry the floors as well as give light
to the poultry. These are some Of the
reasons why the woman succeeds ad-
mirably in the care of fowls.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
GOT THE BRIDES CARRIERS.
Eight Fair Ones GIaddened by tho
Lucky Talisman.

The fashionable Riverside Drive
district is tittering over the original
ity of young bride last week, whose
gifts to her eight bridesmaids were
garters. Each girl received single
garter. The bride was deep in ar.
rangements before the wedding, when
one of the Danish servants told her Of
a popular superstition in her native
land The maid said the very essence
of good luck, both for bride and
briesmaid, might be accomplished by
the bride giving the left garter to her
attendant after the Wedding cere-
mony. The Riverside Drive belle
thought the superstition delightful,
and being somewhat "faddish," she
decided to try the Danish talisman,
But cried the girl, 81 have eight
bridesmaids and only one left garter"
This predicament she confided to her
fiance. blushing prettily as she spoke
the unmentionable word. The man
solved the problem in a moment. He
told her to wear eight pairs of garters
for eight days, and on the wedding
day to wear all left eight garters. In
this way each bridesmaid might re-
ceive an acclimated garter, teeming
with good luck. The ceremony was
fourishing. and before the white
robed bride slipped into her going
awaY gown she called her faithful
bridesmaids to retiring room.
Girls" she said. here is your gift I"
Then sha unclasped eight left garters
that encircled her silk hose and each
girl received her talisman. A still
worse dilemma was when the ushers
asked the bridesmaids what their
bridal gifts were. They answered.
Something lucky"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
In Milk 7estino.

No test, whether the Babcock or
some other will run itself 1t must be
handled by man not only honest, but
also competent. The test is acurate,
If everything connected with its max
ing Is right There are numerous
things that need to be looked after.
The milk, before the sample is taken,
must be thoroughly mixed. This can
not be done by merely stirring it
around. Such stirring may still leave
most of the cream in the upper part.
1t must be mixed by pouring the milk
back and forth from one pail to an
other. The temperature of the milk
being tested should be the same for
each sample. The acid must be exact
in quantity and uniform in strength
A failure at this point may give only
unreliable results. Then the speed of
the machine should be that given in
the directions for making the test.
too low speed may give results below
the truth. When the bottles are taken
from the machine it is we'll to put
them into water at $50 degrees Fahr-
enheit, so that the fat will remain
liquid till read.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Get Ready to Cover Plants.

In the summer is the time to get
ready to cover the plants in the fall
The strawberries will need covering
in the more northerly of the latitudes
In which they are grown. II the mat
ter is given no consideration till the
ground freezes, the culturist may not
be able to obtain the necessary cov-
ering except at considerable expense
There is much marsh grass growing
in localities where it Is Of no value,
which can be moved if taken at the
right season for moving and curing.
After it is beaten down by the winds
and rain or the trampling of cattle,
it is practically out of the reach Of
the farmer. Straw is fairly good for
this purpose, but may as well be
placed where it will be easily avail
able at the time it is wanted. Be-
sides the strawberries there are many
other plants that will need protec.
tion-the blackberry bushes, grape
vines. raspberry canes, rose bushes,
and SO forth.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24

somewhere npon the banks of tNrs
beautiful river. A hundred years af 4
this. your descendants shall wanEs,
among the treillages and cut he'd
and boxed walks, and say. What
sweet taste our dear great, gro
grandmother had"
And Katherine laughed at his me-
talk and touched his sword. and ask
is it the old sword, my Richard?
The old sword, Kate, my swe
With il | won my wife. Oh, inde h..
yes" He drew it partially from
sheath. and mused a moment tt
he slowly untwisted the ribbon a..
tassel of bullion at the hilt. and ga
it into her hand Il have a bel
hiltribbon than that" he said. IA
when we go into the house, l will j.
trim my sword
She thought little OF the remark
the time. though she carefully put
tarn:shed tassel away among
dearest treasures: but it acquired
new meaning in the morning 7.
troops were to leave very early, an
soon after dawn, she heard the clat
of galloping horses, and the calls
the men as they reined up at tn
commanders door.
They rose from the breakfast tai.
and looked at their wives. Lysh.,
gave a little sob, and laid her head Il
moment upon her husbands brea
Katherine lifted her white face az
whispered, with kisses, Beloved OF.
go. Night and day l will pray 1lr
you. and long for you. My love. d.
dear onei"
Katherine held her husbands han
till they stood at the'open door. Thfu
he looked into her face. and down lO
his sword, with meaning smi r.
And her eyes dlated, and a viz u
blush spread over her cheeks an
throat, and she drew him back a NJ
ment, and passionately kissed him
again; and all her grief was lost n
love and triumph. For, wound tight s.
around his sword-hilt, she saw
though it was brown and faded-hp pr
first, fateful love-token-the Bow Ui
Orange Ribbon.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Strawberry Beds.

1t is a very good plan for the farm
er, or the farmers wife, to see that a
new strawberry bed is planted each
year. This is by all means the surest
way of getting a good strawberry
crop each year. A number of beds
will then be in existence at the same
time, and from some of them at least
good supply Of berries will be Sc
cured. The old beds can be kept pro-
ductive for several years, but the
farmer is very likely to let them go to
weeds. or, what is just as bad, get
too thick. When the old bed only is
to be retained, it should receive at
tention Immediately after fruiting
time. The hoe should be put into use
and the rows narrowed up to a foot,
and some advise six inches. The
space between the rows should be
turned over and pulverized. The
plants themselves should be thinned,
to permit the development of COM
paratively few plants. 1t will also
pay to put on some manure each year
If the plants do not show an inclina-
tion to grow rank. OF course, too
much manure will produce great
plants at the expense of berries.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Manipulating the Udder.

d. w. Howe says: Some people are
opposed to socalled wet milking.
can see no objection to this style, pro-
viding the mixer keeps his hands
clean. In fact, think that dry strip
ping is one of the causes of warts l.
the teats. My plan is to milk dry al
strip wet. Manipulation of the udot
comes under the head of milking.
Danish veterinarian has devised s.
ries Of squeezing of the udder whic
are to take place after the mike,
thinks he has finished. The manipu-
lations are supposed to be the means
of extracting every last particle OF
milk, this of course being the richest.
The operation takes two minutes and
the results gained are claimed to more
than pay for the extra time consumed
This gentleman certainly cannot claim
to be the originator of manipulation
of the udder. You can all prove this
by bringing to your minds the num-
erous times you have watched litter
of pigs taking their nourishment. It
is there you see true manipulation
The calf, and this is more to the point,
also knows how to manipulate. 1t
simply gives its mother bunt that
jars he- to the backbone and in this
way secured creamy milk 1t may be
all right in the old country, where
labor Is only worth twenty dollars and
suit Of clothes per year, to spend
two minutes extra to the cow in get
ting this surplus milk, but in this
country I do not think it will become
very popular. Especially as you can
accomplish the same results by sim
ply initiating the calf giving the sep
arate quarters of the udder several
chugs with the hand when you are
stripping.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Drains in Orchards.

1t is surprising to find so large a
lumber of orchards practically with
out drainage of any kind. Too often
holes are dug in the sod and trees
stuck into them, the planter hoping
that kind Nature will make up for his
shortcomings. Sometimes she does,
but often she does not The lack of
drainage at the time of setting out
the trees often results in the almost
complete failure of the orchard II it
be on heavy land, and such land Is
preferable for orchards if it be well
drained. In the putting out of or
chards the drainage of the land
should have the first consideration.
This will be all the more necessary
if the land be level and with small
fall. Water then will run of very
slowly even with good drains. With
out such drains water will remain
about the roots of the trees for days,
sometimes for weeks. preventing the
approach of air to the roots.
There are thousands of ull-grown
orchards that it would pay to drain
uoWp IuOuSH lle ullSul nave W
be put closer together than would
have been the case had they been
put in in the first place, for the rea-
son that it will be difficult to pulver-
ize the soil Immediately around and
under the trees. The orchard that is
drained gets to growing earlier in the
spring than otherwise, and this time
of growth counts for much when a
dry season follows it. II a tree has
water logged roots 1t cannot grow till
that condition is changed. If that
change comes late in the spring, the
work of growth is shortened, espe-
cially If long dry time follows it.
The results may be very apparent in
both wood and fruit, though the
grower may not realize the cause.