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Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28

think twenty states which refuse to
women all other suffrage privileges per-
init them to vote for school officers, either
without restriction or under certain condi-
tions. II is alleged, however, that the
number who avail themselves OF this privi-
lege is commonly very small.
It is said with apparent authority that
at the elections for school officers which
ought to interest all women who in good
faith desire to be really useful by means
of their suffrage, the proportion OF women
who vote in the state OF New York is
estimated at 2 per cent, in Connecticut
at from to ~ per cent, and In Massachu-
setts ordinarily at not more than OF 4
per cent.
The decrease Of their desire to vote on
this question is indicated by such statistics
as these: In the city of Chicago 29,S15
women registered as voters in 1894 But
in 1898 the number was only 1,4ss. In the
year 1895 in the city Of Cleveland 5,ss1
women registered, but in 1898 this number
was reduced to eighty-two.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28

not in some way allowed the idea to gain
a place in their minds that IL the suffrage
were accorded to women 1t would be the
pure, the honest, the intelligent and the
patriotic of the sex who would avail them
selves of 1t? II they are drifting on the
smooth surface of such a pleasing conceit
as this It behooves them to take soundings
and locate landmarks.
They can perhaps thus bring themselves
TO a realization OF the fact that among
women-as is, unfortunately, the case now
among men-it would not be the best and
most responsible that would most diligently
use their voting powers, and that even
II every woman in the land should exercise
the suffrage the votes of the thoughtful
and conscientious would almost certainly
be largely outweighed by those of the dis
reputable, the ignorant the thoughtless,
the purchased and the coerced. 1t is not to
the purpose to say that even with all this
the condition among women with the sun
rage would be no worse than II now is
among men.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28

have sometimes wondered II the really
good women who are inclined 20 approve
this doctrine OF female suffrage are not
deluding Themselves With purely senti-
mental views Of the subject Have they
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28

DohS @fNabe sys..sss...ss......... Ebsu4V
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this Slst day OF August, 1906
BeaD ~. b. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28
CLEVELAND ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Ex-President Tells why women Are
netter or without the BaIlot.

Ex-President Tells why Women Are
BETTER on without the Ballot.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland con-
tributes to the october number Of the La
dies Home Journal an article entitled,
Would Woman Suffrage BE Unwise7" He
holds that It would. Among other things
he says:
II will not do TO suppose that a majority
Of the sensible and responsible women Of
the land desire suffrage and sdmittanoe
to the activities of politics. on the con-
trary, there is now a great preponderance
Of these who either actively oppose all
movements In this direction or are con-
tentedly Indifferent.
A few years ago the question OF allow
ing municipal suffrage in Massachusetts to
women was submitted to all the voters OF
that state who were eligible 20 vote for
school committees. The number OF women
at that time qualified to register and bal
lot on the question was about $4,000 OF
these more than $50 900 declined to vote.
The total womans vote cast in favor OF
the proposition was smaller than had some
times been cast In school elections. There
were forty-seven towns in which not one
womans ballot was cast in the Affirmative
and in each of 1Ss other towns fifteen
women or less voted.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28

I'm taking my riding lessons in strict
privacy"
why not in public?'
so as to avoid the fierce white light that
beats about the throne. "-Pittsburg Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28

The states in which full female suffrage
prevails are Colorado, Utah, Idaho and
Wyoming. In the first two OF these states
the proportion OF female voters is con-
siderably greater than in the others, and
yet the voters OF Utah have lately elected
through their legislature to the United
States senate a man whose fitness is now
the subject of a pending senatorial investi-
CATION, and not long ago they elected to
congress another man whom that body
rejected. These incidents may not go far
toward discrediung woman suffrage, but
they certainly do not indicate its Invariably
refining and elevating tendency.
hope It will not be deemed ungracIous
II refer to another circumstance which
is at least interesting as coincidence
OF the four states permitting full woman
suffrage, Colorado should certainly be re-
garded az affording the best illustration OF
its results as this state is most like the
older states OF the east in point of urban
population, In the variety and extent OF its
business interests and in the proportion OF
women TO men among its residents OF vot-
ing age.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28

Those most active In pushing the demand
for woman suffrage point in its vindication
to what they deem wholesome legislation
accomplished in the few states where such
suffrage has been granted. 1 am afraid,
however, that in dealing with this feature
of the question these advocates occasionally
take a mistaken view of the relationship
between cause and effect
believe IL will be found that IL the wise
and progressive legislation in these woman
suffrage states is weighed against such
legislation in states where woman suffrage
is withheld, the balance will certainly not
be found against the latter. AS bearing
upon the credit due to woman voters for
legislation where full female suffrage has
been adopted, 1t is worth noting that the
male voters exceptionally outnumber the
female voters in all these localities.
1t is sometimes claimed that woman sut-
frage would have the effect of elevating
and refining politics. Neither its short trial
in four states containing in the aggregate
a population very slightly in excess of one
third in population of the city of New
York, nor our political experience or OBJ
servation supports this claim.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-28

1T doesn't take your father long to brush
his hair, does it?'
mo. Mother says his hair reminds her OF
a fool and his money Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
WITHOUT A BRAIN.

Famed Frog that Lived Five Years
Without His and Died of Old Age.
Cornell's decerebrized frog is dead.
The animal lived for more than five
years after the removal Of it's cerebral
hemispheres, and the professors at
Cornell say that it died from the eff
fectS OF ripe old age rather than from
the effects of the operation performed
upon it.
In man the cerebrum constitutes the
chief bulk of the brain and is thought
to be the seat Of thought and will. DIR.
WILDER, head of the physiological de-
partment at Cornell, contended that in
animals the cerebrum was correspond
ingly the seat of consciousness and yo-
lition.
70 prove his theory in 1899 he chose
green frog and by a delicate opera
ton removed both it's cerebral hemis-
pheres. The operation was successful
and the wound healed rapidly. The
|decerebrized frog was put into large
open jar, where it remained for five
years, until its death few days ago.
During all this period the animal
never once showed signs Of any initia-
tive, its only movements being very
slight and attributed to muscular en-
nui, like that Of persons asleep.
The eyes, optic nerves and optic
lobes of the brain We're uninjured. and
the animal could evidently see, but
without understanding. The most at
tractive frog food put before it was
absolutely unnoticed, and it has been
fed every day for five years by an at
tendant, who would open its mouth
and with forceps push a bit Of fresh
meat or fish far enough back into it's
throat to arouse the reflex mechanism
Of swallowing.
If touched, it would move or leap;
if placed in water it would swim until
some support was reached; if turned
upon it's back it would promptly and
vigorously right itself-but it would
never move Of it's own accord.
The decerebrized frog has served to
impress upon many successive classes
in physiology the functions of the
cerebrum, of which it was deprived,
as well as the functions of the other
parts OF the brain which it retained.
The animal was exhibited at the meet
ing of the American Physiological AS
ISOLATION in Washington, and has long
attracted attention among physiolo.
gists-New York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
Not the Kind.

&
Il had an uncle ole up in Vermont
last week." said the Boston man, "and,
though there is nothing so very queer
about an uncle dying, this relative OF
mine didn't have fair show"
''As how?" was asked.
swell, when he was 20 years old a
tin peddler advised him to always car
ry snuff around in his pocket to throw
into mad dogs eyes, in case he met
one. He carried that snuff for forty
years and never used it,"
"Well"
Zone day, after he had carried it for
thirty years, he was crossing field
and an old bull got after him and
gave him a toss. When he came limp
ing into the house and told us about it
l said:
"sWhy didn't you throw snuff in his
eyes, Uncle Jerry?'
"'Why, that peddler told me to use
the snuff on dogs, and that if ever a
bull got after me was to use ground
cinnamon. / hadn't any Of the blamed
stuff with met"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
GREAT CHANGE
From Change in Food.


The brain depends much more on
the stomach than we are apt to sup
pose until we take, thought In the
matter. Feed the stomach on proper
food easy to digest and containing the
proper amount Of phosphates, and the
healthy brain will respond to all de-
mandS. A notable housewife in Bur-
falo writes
The doctor diagnosed my trouble
as nervous affection of the stomach.
| was actually so nervous that could
not sit still for five minutes to read
the newspaper, and to attend to my
household duties was simply impossi-
BILE. | doctored all the time with rem
edies, but medicine did no good.
My physician put me on all sorts
Of diet, and | tried many kinds Of
cereal foods, but none Of them agreed
with me. / was almost discouraged,
and when tried Grape-Nuts I did so
with many misgivings-I had no faith
that it would succeed where every
thing else had failed.
"But it did succeed, and you don't
know how glad 1 am that tried it.
I feel like new person, 1 have
gained in weight, and I don't have
that terrible burning sensation In my
stomach any more l feel so strong
again that I am surprised at myself.
The street noises that used to irritate
me so, never notice now, and my
mind is SO clear that my household
duties are a real pleasure"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Now why was this great change
made in this woman?
The stomach and the brain had not
been supplied with the right kind Of
food to rebuild and strengthen the
nerve centers in these organs. 1t is
absolute folly to try to do this with
medicine. There is but one sure way,
and that is to quit the old food that
has failed and take on Grape-Nuts
food which is more than half digested
in the process Of manufacture and Is
rich in the phosphate Of potash con-
tanned in the natural grain, which
unites with albumen and water-the
only three substances that will make
up the soft gray filing in the thou
sands of delicate nerve centers in the
brain and body. Grape-Nuts food is
a sure road back to health in all such
cases.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31

Of a charitable, benevolent or relig-
ious character. In scarcely less de-
gree this also may be said of the hus-
band and father. The home should be
the best club not only for the woman
but also for the man. 1t should not be
neglected by either for any other club.
But, as Mr.. Cleveland says, If the
club life Of husbands and fathers re-
suits in neglect Of the wives and
mothers, we need not be surprised to
find the neglected ones entering club
life Of their own either as means OF
Furnishing the men or as an escape
from the "humdrum Of their home
life." Both among men and women
there are clubs and clubs. Many Of
them are desirable and serve good
purpose; many of them deserve all the
criticism leveled at them by Mr..
Cleveland. But there is no club life,
however good, that can take the place
Of the home, and this Is particularly
true when the club is sought as an es-
cape from the home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
OIL MAKES ONE FAIR.
Beautiful omp1exions Made by Crude
Petroleum from Wells.

Beautiful Compilations Made by Crude
Petroleum from Wells.
IF you want to see compilations.
come to the oil wells,' remarked the
experienced operator in crude petrole-
um, smiling.
''Not women's compleXions-no they
are not enough in touch with the real
atmosphere that creates the peaches
and cream cheeks and brow and chin
and neck and ear. These compilations
belong to the hairy, bristled men who
work day after day under the pumps
that draw the black or green or amber
fluid, as the case may be, from the
depths.
II don't know whether the skin spe-
cialist has any explanation Of the phe-
nomenon, but it is true, nevertheless,
that a man who works under the
grimy conditions that are inevitable
around the petroleum wells takes on a
skin that the society women might
envy. Where the work is the grimiest
and greasiest, the compilations Of the
men are the fatrest. have seen men,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
DIGNITY FAILS TO COUNT.
Story of Major Merrill, the Bull and
the Farmer.

Story of Major Merrill, the Bull and
the Farmer.
Major George S. Merrill was on duty
at muster in South birmingham, Mass,
One day the heat was so excessive that
he made up his mind to get off the
grounds and remove his regimentals,
which included a bright red coat. He
did not want to leave by the regular
route, for the sake Of discipline, so de-
c1ded to get out across lots by the
back way. To do so it was necessary
for him to go across freshly plowed
field.
When near the end of the field he
heard a tremendous noise, and, looking
around, saw bull coming toward him,
snorting and paving the ground and
throwing the dirt up in heaps The
major decided not to stand upon cere-
mony, but get out as best he might.
He reached a stone wall, which separ-
ated the field from the road, and climb
ed over, none too soon, falling on the
gravel roadway on the other SIDE
Picking himself up, he was brushing
the dirt off his clothes, when farmer
came along and asked il he didn't
know better than to excite the bull In
that way and spoil his plowed ground.
The major didn't know what to say
for an instant, but finally decided to
stand on his dignity, and, drawing
himself to his full height, said:
MY good man, maybe. you don't
know who / am. | would have you
understand / am major Of the regi-
ment. 1 am the editor Of the Law
renee Telegram. 1 have been postmas-
ter of our beautiful city of Lawrence.
I have been commander in-chief Of the
Grand Army of the Republic. | am,
sir, the insurance commissioner Of this
glorious commonwealth of Massachu-
sets. The Hon. George S. Merrill is
my name, sir"
The farmer looked on while he re-
lated his story with mouth opened
wide, and finally said with a laugh:
why don't you tell the bull ?"-Boston
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31

We live in day when the average
man does not get the physical exer-
else of his primordial ancestors. He
Is engaged in sedentary occupations
and he Is not fortified for the work of
digestion as are the field toilers. Some
Of the work Of digestion must be done
for him. Scientists say that the cook
Ing of food, especially of flesh, is a
great aid to making it easily digestible.
If this is true it develops the secret
Of the tenacity with which the seden-
tary worker holds to his cookery. He
realizes that he can more easily digest
food from the fire than from the ice
box Besides, all other objections
waived, eating Is function in which
man takes pleasure. Knocked food
is, as a rule, insipid and lnpalatable.
His appetite must be coaXed. This is
unhygienic, perhaps, but it is true, and
so long as it is true man will be a
worshiper at the shrine Of the kitchen
range.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
WOOING IN FACT AND FANCY
Dialogue in Novels and Real Life Pre-
sents Some Differences.

Dialogue in Novels and Real Life Pre-
sents Some Differences.
The dolly Dialogue" style Of hero
and heroine conduct their wooing in
this sort Of sparkling repartee:
Her-You're just like allother men
you want the earth!
Him. acknowledge FIGURE all
the world to me, and want you!
Her-As piece of real estate may
come higher. than you can afford to CO.
Him-At any price you'd be dirt
cheap.
And in the old-fashioned novels like
this:
Parmela-You must pardon my ig-
norance, sir, If I appear to misappre-
bend the drift Of your expression Of re-
gard; / can not but think, however
that you presume too much in thus adj
dressing me at SO early period Of our
acquaintance.
Leonardo-Believe me, dearest ma
dam, when 1 say that if seem too i'm
petuous it Is only that the depth Of
my feeling overcomes my natural re-
gard for the conventionalities. All! do
not turn aside, fair maid-my heart
and fortune are lying at your feet!
But in real life would not phono-
graph reveal something like this?
why, Jack Peters, how dare your"
cav, now, you're not going to get
mad about it, are you? Honest, SADIE,
| couldn't help itv'
"Well, I'll have you understand that
="
"Now what's the use? You know
how l feel, and you've known it all
along, and you can't bluff me. You
love me, don't you? Cut that talk out
and quit jerkin' away!"-Clevelan
Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
AzfZHHgH!BAI8 RI,
ED'a 5sff 1tf}

Kate Douglas Wiggin, who recently
sailed for England, has been requested
by the directors of the Edinburgh Phil
osophical Institution to deliver a lee
ture on American fiction during the
coming season.
Harry Vardon has written book on
golf, which he plays with so much
skill. It's fullness may be judged by
the fact that the title is 1.-The Com
plete Golfer" 1t treats Of the history
Of the game, of its vogue in recent
years, of it's engaging qualities and Of
the playing it.
II know the steam engine says
Mr.. Carnegie, land have also had re-
tiers that ever graced the earth" He
says this in his life Of James Watt,
which Oliphant Anderson. of Edin-
burgh, has published. When he was
asked by the publisher to write this
book Mr.. Carnegie declined, saying his
thoughts were on other matters. That,
as he then fancied, settled the matter,
''but the subject would not down, and
finally was compelled to write again,
telling them that the idea haunted me,
and If they still desired me to under
take 1t, | should do so with all my
heart in the task"
The subject Of American fiction is
attracting much attention at present.
James Lane Allen, VINO ranks with
Henry James and William Dean How
ellis among the great novelists of the
day, contributes a critical article on
this topic to the New York Times Book
Review. Some strikingly original
views on the possibilities and short
comings Of contemporary fiction and
on the relation of fine literary art to
the art Of story telling are happily ex-
pressed in this paper. Mr.. Allen is
particularly interested in e. U. Valen-
tines recent American novel, "Hecla
Sandwith," which, he says, contains
pages any novelist living or dead
might be glad to claim"
A branch Of the Dickens Fellowship
has recently been established in New
York, with q membership of 100. Tha
aim of the parent society, which was
organized in 1902 by small band Of
Dickens admirers in London, is Ito
bring together in a common bond of
friendship lovers of the work of the
great master of humor and pathos,
Charles Dickens, and by SO doing to
spread the love Of humanity which is
the keynotes Of all his work. The
total fellowship now numbers 5000
men and women in all parts Of the
world. Philip Verrill Mighels, who
wrote "Bruvver Jims Baby" and who
is now at work Oh new book of diff.
ferent character to be published later
by the Harpers, was elected president
Of the New York branch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31

The people who attempt to get rich
quickly by putting their money in wild
cat schemes have been getting some
hard lessons lately. If investors would
stop to consider that If the deceivers
who concoct these schemes and foist
them upon the public had one-tenth
part of the paying investments they
advertise SO literally they would I'M
der no conditions part with the stock
fewer lambs would be shorn. A really
good and profitable business does not
need to advertise the sale Of the stock
to any great extent, as 1t will sell it.
self, and there are always plenty Of
shrewd investors willing and ready to
purchase. 1t is a case of investors
seeking the investment, not of invest
ment seeking the investors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31
Back at Work AraSu

Buffalo, N. Y, May 2e.-(special.)-
Crippled by Kidney Disease till he
could not stand on his feet for tho
hours required at his trade, F. R. Nc
Lean, 80 East Ferry St., this city, had
to quit work entirely. Now he's back
at work again and he does not hesitate
to give the credit to Dodds Kidney
Pills.
Eyes," Mr.. Mclean says, II was too
bad, had to quit. l could not stand
on my feet for the necessary hours.
1t was Kidney Disease had. and a
friend advised me to try Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. | did so and after using six
boxes am completely cured and am
working as steadily as before l was
sick. recommend Dodd's Pills to any
one afflicted with Kidney trouble"
There is no form Of Kidney Disease
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure.
They always cure Bright's Disease the
most advanced and deadly stage OF
Kidney Disease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31

A college president who was adj
dressing the New York alumni Of the
institution told his hearers Of the large
number Of students who "work their
way" and added that assistance for
them was always welcome. He would
be glad, he said, to receive gifts of
clothing, which, although they might
no longer suit the fastidious New
Yorker, would be of service to many
of the students. All this was received
gravely enough, but when the presi-
dent added that he would be especial
ly glad to receive gifts Of outgrown
or discarded "dress SUITS" his audi
ence thought that he was Joking, and
the newspapers have made merry over
the remark. The president was quite
right. He made 1t plain that his col
lege tries to made education include
the social graces and accomplish
ments. The faculty meets the stu
dents in social functions as gentlemen
meet gentlemen in life outside Of col
lege; and although the president did
not put it In these words, he said, in
effect, that persons who wish to play
the game should expect to come pro-
vided with the implements. This
sound advice might well be taken
home by young men outside Of col
lege as we'll as those who are in col
lege. Many young fellow who
thinks he has cultivated his mind to
point which makes it superior to the
social "frivolities' Of his fellows has
really been closing and bricking up
door through which, If he had left it
open, would have come many Of the
most civilizing influences Of life. Odd
ity in dress may be the fruit Of strong
individuality, but it may also be re-
suit Of ignorance, of carelessness, or
of. Indifference to the opinion Of 9th
ers. Whatever the cause, no one
thinks more Of a person because he
dresses badly or shabbily. Clothes do
not make the man, but they help him,
and fitness to the occasion Is always
worth considering The Jacqueminot
rose in tomato-can may be as incon
gruous as Josh Billings 'fifteen-cent
dahlia in two-dollar pot"