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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-18
EVERY OUNCE YOU EAT.

Every ounce of food you eat that
fails to digest does a pound of
harm. 1t turns the entire meal into
poison. This not only depIives the
blood of the necessary tissue-build-
ing material, but it poisous it. Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure is a perfect di-
gestant. 1t digests the food regard
less of the condition of the stomach.
1t allows that organ to rest and get
strong again. Relieves Belching,
Heart Burn, Sour Stomach, Indi-
gestion, PalpitatiOn of the Heart,
etc. Sold by j. W Gayle.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-18
FOR POUNDING
HIS WIFE.

One Charles Moore, cOlored
man, was arrested, on Tuesday,
charged with beating, cutting and
gouging his wife. 1t seems that in
family jar Moore beat his wife,
nearly cut her ear off and gOnged
her eye so that she will probably
lose the sight of that member.
May hem is a felony, punishable by
confinement in the Prison. Officer
Harrod made. the arrest.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-18
BIRD LAW OUT.

On Wednesday last, November 10,
the law foIbidding the killing o
cartridges expired and the season
will be open from now until Janu-
airy l. 1t is lawful now to shoot
rabbits. Heretofore the latter could
only be taken in traps or snares.
1t said that both bob White"
and Molly Cottontail' are very
plentiful this year. They had bet
ter hunt their holes now. however.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-18

we're given a trolley ride to the new
Capitol grounds and other points of
interest about the city.
At noon they were dined at the
Capital Hotel, and spent the after
noon looking over the city.
At 1920 p. m. they left for Licking
ton, expressing themselves as highly
pleased with their trip up to the
present
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-18
TEACHERS OF COMMON
SCHOOLS RECEIVE
PAY.

State Treasurer Bosworth sent
out the checks to pay the salaries
of the common school teachers on
Tuesday. The rest of the allotment
will be paid in January next. This
is glad news for these poorly paid
servants of the public.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1905-11-18
"HOGWALLOW KENTUCK-
IAN"

We are in receipt of humorous
publication known as 1.-The Hog
wallow Kentuckian, printed at
Mayfield, KY. 1t is darling.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

the C,Nisi ~ foreman, directing that func-
tionary to place the bearer with a certain
motorman in regular service for instruc-
ton in the duties of the place. The can
didate takes his position on the front plat
form and for the first day is permitted
to watch the regular motorman in the
performance of his work and 20 ask ques-
lions. On the second day, if he has shown
a fair degree Of intelligence, the old hand
gives him a few minutes with the con-
troller. usually in some quiet suburban
district. Thus theory and practice is
driven into the greenhorn's head at the
same time. Some Of the learners are verit-
able trials TO the experienced operatives
but II the greenhorn is wise he will kow-
tow to the man giving him his instruc-
lions, for on the instructors good opinion
depends a great deal.
From eighteen to thirty days of such
training is given the beginner Meanwhile
he draws no pay. He is serving his ap-
premiership and it behooves him to learn
fast. At the same time at least eighteen
days training is required before he is
put in charge Of a car.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

1t may not generally be believed, but one
OF the most important rules of the COM
pany concerns stopping and starting cars
This is one of three points by which motor
men are Judged. The first is the ability to
avoid and prevent accidents, or briefly,
never to have them. The second Is to keep
on time, whether the travel be light or
heavy and the third is stopping the car
gently and at the right place and starting
It gradually so there is no preceptlble jolt.
Be assured that If the motorman jerks
ahead with force enough to knock you
off your feet, he is doing wrong and break
ing rules, provided the apparatus Of the
car is in good condition. Cars should be
stopped and accelerated gradually in order
to save electric wear and tear.
Getting the habit of responding instantly
and properly to the bell signals and stop
ping and starting right are the hard things
for the greenhorn to get pat He usually
has an Irresistible impulse to handle the
controller on the principle Of a broadaxe
and to jam the brake into the emergency
on a belated stop signal or the sight of a
tardy patron speeding from the distance
The regular motorman does not let his
pupil do much real work until these ideas
have been eliminated. Even a mOtorman's
conscience wouldn't let the student do that
After a while, IL the greenhorn shows a
fair degree of intelligence and capacity to
grasp the salient points of the work he is
turned back 10 the foreman, and by tine
foreman to the superintendent with GER
tihcate that the candidate is familiar with
the rules and regulations. the streets nlonf
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

which is a large and exceedingly we'll built
brick house. A force OF workmen. carpen-
ters, plasterers, plumbers and steamfitters
has within the last six weeks suco eeded in
transforming this place into a most con-
Venient and attractive hospital building.
Altogether the house has been found most
admirably adapted for a hospital on ac-
count Of It's substantial build and of the
large size OF It's rooms. and both the board
OF managers and the doctors who make up
its stan are satisfied that they are going to
have well fitted and comfortable hos
pital as there is in the city. Although the
members OF the stan will have their special
duties To perform, particularly in connoc-
ton with the instruction Of the nurses. etc
their selection does not mean that the use
OF the hospital will be restricted only to
such are on the stan. on the contrary.
IL will be a general hospital and any reput-
able physician in the city is at liberty and
is invited TO send his patients there, with
the assurance that they will receive the
very best OF care. There is also training
school for nurses IN connection with the
hospital. The hospital will be dedicated
this afternoon at o'clock. Hon. John L.
Kennedy will be the principal speaker for
the occasion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

1t will be seen from the certificate that
the instructor has had to interpret the
rules, which the candidate has had to
memorze. Besides this, the instructor is
supposed to impart lot of information
about the mechanism OF the car and the
principles upon which It Is operated. This
part of the motorman's education scarcely
extends beyond the rudiments II has lit
tie or nothing to do with electricity. The
company does not attempt to make an
electrician out of motormen. But It does
try to have them roughly understand the
mechanical parts OF the car and to be in a
position to make small repairs and prevent
untoward injury to themselves or other
persons. To further these intentions the
candidate is sent to the master mechanic
for a talk on the subject and a general
ouizzlng along these lines.
After all this the pupil is sent out in
charge OF car while a road officer watches
his work The officer gives no instruction;
merely observes the efficiency or ineft-
cheney OF the student As a rule. II the
greenhorn wants to run into an open switch
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Motormen and wages.

In the Omaha ands Council Bluffs street
car service are about 300 motormen. or
these two-thirds are what may be called
permanent employees. Many have been in
the service since the grip cars were aban-
doned, and some of them used to drive
the horse cars. These are the backbone
Of the motormen, in the mass. and as
seniority governs as to choices in runs
and hours Of service. the old hands come
pretty close to getting what they want,
within reason. The officers estimate that
from seventy-fve to 100 new motormen are
hired every year, so a third OF the body
is changeable. But this proportion is far
ahead Of most other towns,
To a certain extent wages are adjusted
to make permanent service desirable. The
first year a motorman draws 20 cents an
hour the second year q cents and the third
year %. The last is the maximum. The
choices in runs amount to service during
daylight late to work in the morning oil
off early in the evening; longer or shorter
hours, enabling greater compensation, and
the particular line on which the car is
operated. Motormen usually are assigned
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

for the last twenty-five years at their
present home on Lincoln avenue.
Prior to coming to America Mr.. Solder
was an anchor smith," being engaged in
the handwriting of ships anchors, Arriv-
ing in America he at once engaged in the
trade Of blacksmithing, which he continued
up to about ten years ago when his ad-
vancing years compelled him to relinquish
that arduous work He is yet in excellent
health, though sc years of age, though. as
he said on his anniversary: To-day I am
only Is and can wrestle any OF YOU men OF
that age" Mrs. Sedler bears her ~ years
with the vigor Of a woman Of 30 years her
Junior
Twelve children were born OF this union,
four OF whom are yet living. They are
Mrs. Sophie Schmidt Of Idaho, Albert seid-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

swer to question, stated that he had
never known what It was to have a sick
headache, and vet he was passonately
fond of buckwheat cakes and ham and
cabbage. There is nothing" he said
that Will brace up mans stomach and
destroy all tendency to headaches like a
boiled supper just before bedtime, with
some crabapple jelly. plum pudding and
pumpkin pie thrown In. Personally, 1
think that most OF our troubles are due
to regular habits. There is nothing that
wears so much upon the nerves of the
masses Of our people as the knowledge
that they must be at a certain place at
a certain time to get their meals. have
never lived regularly. although / ought
to say, perhaps, that I have never voted
any but the straight republican ticket. The
principles of that party have helped me
to attain my present venerable age and
to pay all of my just debts"
And now, as we have said, the testimony
OF the late Daniel Kelleher is the latest,
and by no means the least discouraging.
to the modern health uplift. He passed
away at 1O5, but before doing so he de-
clared that he had used tobacco and liquor
all his life, the latter in moderate quaint
ties, but regularly. He smoked three plugs
OF tobacco week, and a local statstican
has figured out that in the course Of his
life he had smoked no less than II, SSS feet
Of the pernicious weed. Another deplor-
able feature of his statement is his asser-
ton that he never swore on.
Something should be done 70 prevent
our centenarians from talking or writing
for publication. They are doing more than
any other class 10 create a lack OF conf
dence in the opinions of the intelligent but
delicate people who are striving to teach
us how to live.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Wedding Celebration in Omaha

Ter OF Idaho. Mrs. Emma Denker OF Lin
coin avenue and Mrs Ida Rice OF so Popp-
Teton avenue, Omaha, There are sixteen
grandchildren and four great-grand chill
dren.
The celebration OF the sixtieth wedding
anniversary OF the venerable and hale
couple was attended by only those OF their
children and grandchildren living in
Omaha. 1t was merely a family gathering,
with a few near friends and neighbors
from Omaha and fapillicn. Dinner was
served at noon, and the afternoon and
evening were given over to a reception TO
friends, with music and refreshments in
the evening A number of valuable pres
ents suitable to the occasion were given
Mr. and Mrs Soldier by their children and
friends.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

or course. the traction companies do not
like this for reasons that are obvious. 1t
is decidedly to the corporations interest
to have well-tralned, reliable and efficient
men in the service. So the struggle has
been to get men, for the wages, who will
be satisfied with their lot and who intend
to follow It as an occupation. In Omaha,
as in the other cities. the trend has been
for the better steadily. both for the COM
panies and in the higher character and
ability Of the trainmen. Everything pos
sibe is done to increase the self-respect
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Family Characteristic.

Rudyard Kipling haunted magazine Of
fees a good while before he succeeded In
breaking into print with the sketches which
have madu him famous. He persisted,
however and the result everybody knows.
This logged characteristic was prominent
I'm his childhood The elder Kipling was
bringing him home from India TO an Eng
lish school \ steward rushed to Mr.. Kip
ling one afternoon in the smoking room
and announced that the boy was out on
the yardarm hanging by his hands. IF
he let's 60" said the steward. hell fall
aud De drowned Mr.. KipIing smiled
quietly and said as he turned tho next
page OF his book, "Oh. never fear; lie won't
let GO"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

mington, Del, an Irishman by
nativity, but an American in his
14Ig habits. aspirations and ideals, was
another OF our centenarians
who seemed to take particular pleasure
toward the end in upsetting the health and
longevity theories OF those who, as a rule.
do not live half as long.
We are not prepared to say that we ap-
prove Of the growing practice among our
centenarians of having themselves quoted
as saying that they owe the good health
and long life they have enjoyed to the
observance OF rules OF living which are
generally condemned by people who, II
they never become centenarans have the
satisfaction OF knowing. at least, that they
have lived, as they believe, correctly.
A man who had reached the very re-
spectacle age OF 40 died in Missouri the
other day. leaving behind him a written
statement whose purpose was to show
that he had overcome dyspepsia when %
by eating raw turnips and drinking black
coffee. II was this mans custom for
seventy-nine years previous to his death
to smoke a cob pipe almost constantly,
and the belief prevails in his neighborhood
that he smoked the same cob pipe he
beg IN on to the end.
Down in Kentucky a man aged lib died
the other day who was fond OF saying
that he attributed the good health with
which he had always been blessed to wet
feet and moonshine whisky 1t was his
apparently honest opinion that we would
all be sounder In body and mind IL we
would make II a practice to get wet feet
daily. Cold feet without moisture he
believed. were carrying many of us away
yearly
A centenarian in West Virginia IN an.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19
Must Have Good Record.

After doing this the applicants refer
ences are looked up, and. II found to be
satisfactory he is given a printed con-
tract to sign. II gilt-edged references are
not forthcoming the mans chance TO be-
come a motorman is lost. Enough men
want the jobs to give the company wide
latitude in discriminating. In the con-
tract the motorman agrees to use the
utmost care and skill IN the performance
of his duties; he will become responsible
for all property in his charge; will keep
a sharp lookout for persons or vehicles
upon or approaching the company's tracks i;
will exercise a general surveillance over
passengers getting on or off the motor
car and will use all means in his power
to avoid accidents from any cause what
ever"
This contract must be backed by the
personal surety OF some man of substance,
a resident freeholder of the city, acceptable
to the officers Of the company.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19


II is thus that a motorman. an Omaha
motorman, gets his start in life In this
decade. What more barriers may be
erected for him in the future no one knows.
The officers say that most Of the men who
quit during the year do so TO go back to
the farm The theory is that being on tbs
street IN the dirt and hurry all the time
they get enough OF the city in year or
two to last them all their lives.
The old motormen have a belief that
standing so much. combined with the strain
and nerve wear they are under or at any
rate something incidental TO their calling,
induces kidney trouble. Some assert that
physicians shatter this view. Since the
legislature passed the law requiring en-
closures on the front end OF cars the old
time vicssitudes I'm rigorous winters have
been avoided and, while a motorman has to
bundle up warmly. he does not have to
face cutting winds, snow. rain and sleet.
In case he is sick a mutual benefit asso-
citation. costing the men 30 cents a month.
will contribute 81 day for his mainten-
ance after he has been Ill a week. Most
OF the men belong to this organization,
which is fostered and encouraged by the
company.
AS for any romance IN the occupation
doubtless Il could be found II one searched
for It, No way that man earns his bread
Is without e. II is noted that one motor
man was penalized the other day for al
lowing women to ride in the vestbule,
which is against the rules Nevertheless
there is always the chance OF a hold-up and
robbery OF the conductors money bags
some dark highland this happens alto
gether too frequently TO please either the
men OF their employers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

Perhaps the public may not think so. par
ticularly after having been iolted into the
lap Of the large scornful woman who Is
carrying home a dozen eggs, but II is true
just the same that the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway company uses up
much thought and time In selecting train
men and seeing that they perform their
duties somewhat in accord with the rules.
There are rules and plenty of them. but II
is safe TO say IL every motorman and con-
ductor carried them out explicitly there
would be complaints still. Doubtless It will
be a long time before street railroading il
reduced TO an exact science; perhaps about
the same year that science Is able to control
sex and the size and shape OF ones nose.
Until then superintendent can only try.
Long before the days Of the electric car,
IN the ages when the horse-drawn con
veyance and the grip car were sources OF
popular amusement and profanity, traction
companies had trouble in getting competent
trainmen who would stick. II has been
recognized by such authority as the United
States government that the street car serv-
ice in the larger cities has for a long time
been a refuge for broken down profess
sional men OF all grades and Sorts the
college graduate who has failed at every
thing else; the business man whose doctor
has declared he cannot live unless he gets
active employment in the open air, and so
on sweepingly along the list of fellows
down on their luck. As a rule the refugees
stay only long enough to move on to bet
ter fortune. The time the company has
spent in making motormen and conductors
out of them, not 10 mention expense bills
has been thrown away
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

the home OF their daughter. Mrs. Emma
Denker, living just across the street from
the Soldier home.
Frederick c. Seidler and Miss Frederick
Reichter were united in marriage at Itze-
hoe, Holstein. Germany, November II. 1916.
The marriage day was also the twentieth
anniversary OF Mrs. Soldiers birth. her
husband being six years her senior. Fifty
four years ago Mr.. and Mrs Soldier came
to America. settling first at Davenport.
Ia, living there about twenty years, when
they moved to Omaha. They have lived
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

Hd Twenty-seventh avenue. about
S-lAAS block and half north of Cunning
street This has been due partly to its re-
tired situation, partly 20 its recent estab-
hshment and partly to the plan on which
unt1 lately it has been conducted. The
hospital was incorporated I'm January. 1913.
and is now under the management of the
Swedish Hospital association, which assoc
citation is made up principally from among
the members OF the Swedish Mission church.
1t mas occupied building at sos North
Twenty-seventh avenue. remodeled to suit
IL 10 hospital purposes and during its two
and a half years OF existence has proved st.
self to be self-sustaining. Encouraged by
the success Of their venture in a small way
the association has concluded to purchase a
building of its own and bring the hospital
before the people as a permanent and sub
stantial undertaking aud one worthy the
support of every member Of the community.
IL has within the last few months pur-
chased q property at sos North Twenty
fourth street, consisting OF plat OF ground
l2sxS50 feet on the northwest corner OF
TweRty-fourth and Pratt streets, upon
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19

Finally, having passed through these
ordeals the student comes back to the
superintendent office. presumably much
wiser than when he went away Formerly
he was put through a long and searching
verbal examination by the superintendent
or assistant superintendent as final test,
Now this verbal examination Is to be sup
plemented by a written one. which will be
carefully devised ana calculated To brine
out all the candidate knows about the
practical work Of motorman, the mechan-
ism OF the car and the rules and reEiilO-
tions and what generally is expected Of
him.
Presenting that the man who wants to
run car receives the required percentage
Rdjudged ut and put on tho extra list. Tho
extra list is arranged so that every man
ON its gets a fair show at whatever work
Is in sight by reason Of other men being
relieved for various causes suspended or
dismissed. The man who stands the first
chance one day will be shifted to the bot
tom the next and so on I'm rotation. No
man gets monopoly on n run because the
man belonging to IL has laid Off for a week
or two. This practice was found unjust
because the man laying OF frequently
would wait until his friend on the extra
list stood to take the place and then ask
for relief. Usually II requires a year or
so for a man TO work from the extra list
on to a regular run
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-19


tl21I tor, last Sunday closed a very suc-
~ cessful pastorate Of more than ten
years at Ottawa, H., where he was recog-
nized as a leader In church work and was
one OF the most popular men in the min
istry He has held a very prominent place
IN CongregatiO nahsm In Illinois, being
registrar and treasurer Of the Fox River
association for ten years and president Of
the Illinois Home Mission society for two
terms Both OF these organizations ac-
cepted his resign ation from Office with very
deep regret and testified 70 the strength
and high quality OF his work. Rev
Baird is an native OF Illinois, his parents
being some OF the strongest members Of the
New England Congregational church Of
Chicago He was graduated from Yale In
1855 and prepared for the practice OF law,
finishing with several months IN Europe
He then returned 10 the Yale divinity col
lege and took his degree In divinity in 1890
With others he organized the Yale Band"
snd went TO the frontiers Of the state OF
Washington. doing valiant missionary work
Mrs. Baird Is SPoksn Of a. . valuable as