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Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-23
NOTICE,

Rids will be received by the secretary OF
the board of Public Lands and Buildings,
at the Office of the secretary of state, up 70
two (2) dynamos for the Nebraska Hospital
for Insane, at Lincoln, Nebraska, as per
specifications now on file in the office or the
secretary of state.
any and all bids. -.
Secretary Of the Board OF PUBLIC Lands
and Buildings. ~, ...... -JeZzdotM
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-23
Thought ThfEI Had Body.
Another Man Missing.

Walter Irwin, an employe of the White
Line Transfer company, has been missing
since Saturday last and his family are
greatly worried. A capsized boat on the
Raccoon is thought to be a possible solution
of the mystery. His relatives are not will
ing to accept the theory that he committed
suicide.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-23
A HEALTHY OLD AGE
OFTENTHE BESTPARTOFLIFE B
Help for Women Passing Through
Change of Life

Providence has allotted us each at
least seventy years in which to fulfill
our mission in life, and II is generally
our own fault II we die prematurely.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-23
WEBSTER DEPOT-ISth a wEBsTE


win City Passenger. b $3.50 pm b $40 pm
Sioux City Passenger---a "A 200 pm All 70 am
daily b daily except Sunday, d daily
except Saturday. daily except Monday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22
SHE TALKED LIKE A MAN
Distinguishing Characteristic Of the
Daughter of Noted
Novelist.

Miss Florence Marryat, the novelist,
laughter Of Capt. Marryat, had some
mannerisms Of her own. The following
anecdote, says the Chicago Daily News,
ls told by William Downey: Heres a
letter from Florence Marryat,' said Mr..
Tinsley (the publisher, to me one morn
ing. She wants me 10 buy a new, three
volume novel from her. finn out OF the
way when she calls, you can talk TO her.
II asked how was TO recognize her.
You'll recognize her easy enough said
Mr. Tlnsley. She is tall, striking
looking woman, and she'll talk TO you
just like a man! A few days later tall
lady called. fancied she might be Miss
Marryat. She looked round the Office,
and then, addressing me, she said: is
Bill in?'
ITO this replied that Mr.. Tlnsley was
not In. Could ! do anything for her? 4
must see Bill himself she said. TELL
the old bounder called You're Miss
MarryatT yentured. Yes. But stop!
How the dickens do you know I'm Miss
Marryat? 1 never saw you before"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22
DOM sax nrendltinn , for Co.. \
"SEvEN AGES" UP TO DATE
Pessimistic Views Ventilated bv n
Cynical Scribe in Mis-
souri,.

Man Is born into the world. He Is
at once attacked by nettie rash, croup.
measles and the whooping cough. lie
has the collie before his first teeth are
cut and when he is swindled we say
he Ii getting hS eye teeth cut.
IL he escapes, says the Nevada Post,
the scarlet fever and the mumps, he
finds directly In his way scarlet rash
and the seven-year itch. II he is not
carried off In hearse before he is too
large for short pants he still stands
o show OF cutting off one Of his toes.
being kicked by mule or getting shot
with O target rife In the hands OF a
boy that didn't know 1t was loaded. 4"
He gets his feet wet, runs at the
nose and Is scolded by is/parents for
going In swimming on Sunday. lie
goes to the circus, rides on the merry.
So-round and hits the dignIfed old
gentleman In the back OF the head
with a SNOWFALL before he Is well In
his teens.
He now reaches the stage where he
gathers watermelons In the light OF the
moon, eats green apples and lays out
OF nights. The fuzz begins to grow on
his upper lip and he bushes when he
sees a girl, until his hair scorches.
He next develops into smart Alec"
and his parents are undecided whether
TO shoot him for smoking cigarettes or
turn him over TO an asylum manager
as a confirmed lunatic. Man Is sub
ject to typhoid fever, pneumonia,
spinal meningitis, smallpox and his
own intemperance. lie IL beset by dis
ease, indebtedness and breach of prom
ise suits until II is wonder that any
Of US are able to score three score and
ten. II he escapes famine, pestilence
and war, he does his best 10 shorten
his days by keeping his boiler over
loaded with inferior booze. lie 10 sub.
ject to sick headache, lumbago and In
fammatory rheumatism until he cries
aloud that his last stage Is worse than
his first. He wears false hair, false
teeth and goes to jail for getting
money under false pretenses.
Yet when he has finally run the
gantlet and passes off the stage OF
action, the heavy Ananlas for the
country paper says: 1T Is we'll"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22
DONT.S
For Speaker and
Writer

nN EDWARD n wAAMAN. A A.
tAuihor ~ "rtatiital uttbUurs and crit
laue. 'rhe Voice How 70 Train Ill
How 10 care FOR NJ" Etc,l
tcopsrisht ipos BY Joseph y. Bowies)
Autkofs Note IA IL one thing 10 record
errors, quite another 20 avoid them he
who waits Ger the faultlrss one 70 cas-,
the first critical stone waits IN vain.
therefore, a. one o. many working for
the bcttetment ~ the English language,
shall be pleased 10 receive kindly criti.
cism, N, perchance, 4, too. have erred.
ones theory often Is better than ones
practice. This WAS eNemplihed BY the
teacher % language when he said 20 his
class: Never use proposition TO end
a sentence with"
Many years ago began TO be watchful
OF errors, | noted them IN little book /,
the book grew as the years passed /
prohted much; shall profit more. now
record them that | may benefit others as
well as myself Many of them are re-
corded for the first time
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22

Don't say propose" for purpose"
Example: Il propose going to the
theater," should be Il purpose going 10
the theater"
Note.-If this Is said to show ones in
tention, the word should be purpose, II
for the consideration Of others, pro-
pose.
Example: Il purpose walking" or Il
propose that we walk"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22
TWO SONS DROWNED
suPT HoLLINGsWoRTH or THE
ALBA SCHOOLS IS AGAIN
BEREAvED.

Abba, Ia, June 17.--Don and Leigh
Tiollingsworth. aged 10 and Is years,
the sons OF Superintendent Holdings,
worth OF this city, we're drowned at
ottnmwa last evening. Their mother
was killed in a runaway last Thanks
giving day. Their father mas for four
teen years been superintendent OF the
Abba city schools The older boy
was drowned while trying 20 save the
younger
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22
Additional Indncenant

Shell am too much IN love with my
work as q professional nurse to think OF
marrying you, Mr.. Paine.
Mr.. Palne--But you can do your work
light at home. You know my rheuma-
ism Is on about six months In the year.
indianapolis News.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22

Don't say posted" for Informed"
Example: HE is we'll posted" should
be He is we'll informed"
Note.-Things are posted; persons
are informed. All matters of public in
terest are printed now, but there was a
time when such matters were written
and placed on posts of the public build
ing known as the town hall; hence, one
who was familiar with the news was
said to be well posted"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22
Firat Patent a china

China has just granted its first patent.
II is for an electric lamp, the inventor
OF which is an inhabitant OF Nankin, the
Did capital Of the Chinese empire, who
calls his lamp the bright moonlight"
and asserts that 1t is far superior to
foreign glow lights that hitherto have
been sold at Shanghai and other Chinese
cities.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22

Nsampie rae n real entfaelie,H
should hs Ne Il tssg suF ttAllsl ensfs
rtAlc
Note Rsaim nos a. aasstb Hsal AZ.
plles ~ shlnrs NOT psfeahs
Eaamrie "fhas y teal diamond"
boat sAs arcc,ltc," fof remember. =
Example Il ia NOT rscailert saying
Il, should be a DO not rvmemhet nay.
ine a."
To irrolletl requires an eArftlon, le..
10 re-cUilegt iisnve n n correct to sa,,
4 cannot recoilsct o. do not remem.
ber.e
Don't say "recollect Of Tor "rccol.
ect."
Example, a cannot recollert IL see.
Ing anyone should be a cannot recul.
leet seeing anyone"
Don't Say relation" for relative"
Example "He is relation OF milne. /"
should be "He is relative Of mine"
Don't say relative" for relatively"
Example: "rhe lawyer questioned
him relative TO that special scene, =
should be "rhe lawyer questioned him
relatively to that special scene"
Note In the foregoing the word is
used as an adverb Tin relation to- not
IN adjective.
Don't say rendition" for render.
Ing"
Example: "Salvini's rendition OF
othello is superior to that OF any other
actor" should be "Salvini's rendering
Oh othello is superior to that of any
other actor"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-22

The Oldest belfry in America is the
scYen-century-oId fir tree, eight feet
thick, that forms the spire Of St Peters
church. Tacoma. which is used for the
bell Of the church.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
The merest particle of this poison
would DrOdnca instant death tO Such


of our enemies as the toad, bird, etc. I
obtained supply and came back to
America in the summer of 1905, ten
years after my first experiment. This
time l began my warfare in the Allan
tic states. An iceman's tare arm Of
fered an inviting opportunity, and 1
injected into it some of the poison. 1
watched that arm swell to many times
it's original size. l had hoped that
death would ensue; but no. Your wiz
ard doctors baff1ed my designs, and
the victim was saved. L attacked
many others; but to no avail. Yet I
did not become discouraged but con-
tinued my search.
SIN Thibet chanced upon an aged
and learned bug. TO him l told my
story. He sympathized with me and
promised his aid. He knew of a liquid
having the power to return all living
things to their first or primordial state.
Since man was originally smaller than
the most minute insect at once per-
ceived the inestimable aid it would be
to my object. I received a quantity of
the fluid and departed!
"Last night found you slumbering
in your bed and applied the discovery
to your bare breast. Isat by and beheld
you shrink and crumble to your pres
ent size. picked you up and brought
you to this place that might gloat
over your misery. You are the first of
my victims. I shall never rest until
the entire race has been reduced to
your position, and and my brothers
are the masters"
can never depict the look of jubi
liant and fiendish gloating on his savage
face. thought of the awful tor
ment that would be inflicted on the
human beings by this merciless mon
ster.
"Ah," he resumed, "my revenge shall
be sweet and slow! I shall not hurry
but pick them off one by one. 1 shall
see the proud and naughty mortals
creep and grovel before meme, tn,
rece,age bug! And now your time has
come. have great work before me-
and must proceed with it."
He advanced with Outspread claw
and glowing eyes. He opened his ter
rible fangs and
l was awakened by my own scream
1 was trembling as with ague, and m!
body was bathed in cold perspiration
The sun was streaming in through no.
window; and there on the pillow, no
more than an inch from my face, sat
black and evil-looking little bug.
EMERITUS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Why He Never Tired.

He had taken pains when he applied
for work to assure the farmer that he
never got tired. When his new en-
ployer went to the field where he had
put the man to work, he found him
lolling on his back under tree.
"What does this mean ?" asked the
farmer. Il thought you were man
who never got tired?"
81 DON'T" said the young man calmly.
"This doesn't tire MEEK.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

NV ton, regarding what to eat
v v and how to live, is flowing
over the land! We are
fairly inundated with advice and warn
ings concerning the kind of food to be
used and the kind to be avoided; the
number of hours that should be en-
ployed in strenuous work or exercise,
and the time that should be devoted to
quiet and simple methods of living.
If one is inclined to follow advice
and to heed significant warnings, his
preplexities at times must be great
enough to produce confusion sufficient
to 'puzzle the brain and paralyze the
will"
For our own comfort and ell-being
it is meet that we should, so far as cir
cumstances will permit, conform to
the general laws of health, but it
would be sheer folly for most of US to
even attempt to regulate our daily life
in accordance with the many and
varied rules which are gratui-
tously given by q host OF almost icon
oclastic people who seem determined
on shattering old idols and substitute
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Tho First Step.

The children were having writing
lesson.
"Set me copy, too," pleaded little
Ronnie.
"But you can't write, dearl" the gov
erness reminded him.
"Then set me some 'otsp' command
ed Ronnie.
He evidently considered blots step
toward writing Home Chat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
was condemned. Instead Of human
beings, dogs used sometimes to be
thrown into the sea with their legs
bound-EX.
Rube on Peace.

Mr.. EdutOr:
Deer Surf spects that all the reed
ers of that family paper of yourns are
all interested in the doins down at
Portsmouth. You no I imagine I
wood like to meet them big bugs from
Japan and Rushia and see them scrap.
If was bettin' man I wood bet on
the smallest chap Yes wood.
Them fellers have come gul dern
long ways just to show each other how
one feller kin chaw the rag in French
and how the other feller kin nav it off
IN English. Now if the Japa feller
doesn't talk French and Rushia chap
can't understand English, how in
thunder kin one tell when the other
feller calls him liar? You no that a
thing like that don't bother the most
of your reeders, but it's blame hard fer
an old moss back like me to git it
threw my cocanut. Yes it tits.
There is quite difference in the
looks of them to chaps. Yes there is.
In size there's bout as much difference
as there is in the wages Pm gettin' and
the wages wood like to .git. There's
an old sayin' that good things are don
up in small packages. Maybee that's
rite and maybee it haint.
Now that Peace meetin' down in
Portsmouth is doin' lot of good. It
is boomin' a town that wood never
have had an existence if its Uncle
Teddy hadn't helped it out. There's
bin more photograffin' machines bus
ted down there durin' the last few
weeks than the Eastman Kodock kin
turn out in the next five years. The
excessive use of the telligrafin' wire
since the meetin' began has caused
nothin' but thunderin' and lightenin'
out here in Minnesota. 1t has don
many wonderful things since it started.
Even the captains of them big boats
that sails over to JnO. Bull and Billy,
swears up an down that the messages
sent over to Dad Mic has swung the
Gulf Stream bout three hundred miles
out of its course.
Why, Mr.. Scribe, there's no wonder
that there's goin' to be shadow on the
sun on Aug. 30th. Portsmouth is
shinin' so bright thet the sun is bliged
to wear shade to protect its eyesight.
There's bin so many cablegrams sent
to and from Japan thet all the sharks
in the Yellow Sea have bin given the
blind staggers tryin' to keep up with
them. Its bin CRATE boom to them
cablegram companies. Nineteen thou
sand plunks day is pretty good sum
jest to let Rushia and Japan no thet
the recent rains have not effected the
Peace conference.
Well I spose thet peace wont be
eny good if it didn't cost somethin'.
I spose not.
Lovingly yourns,
I. B. A. RUBE.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
che man Wbo's Hfraid.

I'VE paid close heed to the ways of men.
L I've observed what the world calls luck
have silently marveled. now and then,
At the potent power of pluck;
And this is bit of truth hail,
sentence that's worth ones heed
The man who is always afraid he'll fail
Doesn't stand much show to succeed!
Roy Farrell Greene.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Throwing Men Overheard.

In ancient Scotland the barbarous
custom existed which cost Jonah so
much inconvenience. When a ship
became unmanageable, it was usual to
east lots for the purpose of discovering
who was responsible for the. trouble,
and the man, upon whom the lot fell
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Via Trita, Via Tuta.

THAT an ocean of informa-
ton, regarding what to eat
Y and how to live, is flowing
over the landi We are
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-08
LONG BURNING FIRES.
Some In England Which Have Not
Been Ont For Centuries.

Some In England Which Have Not
Been out For Centuries.
There are domestic fires burning in
Yorkshire, England, today which have
never been out for hundreds of years.
At the old fashioned farmhouses in the
dales of Yorkshire peat is still burned.
The fuel is obtained from the moors,
and stacks of it are kept by the farm
ers in their stack garths.
The country round about Is noted for
its "girdle cakes" which are made
from dough baked Ia quaint pans sus-
pended from. the peat fires. These fires
are kept glowing from generation to
generation, and the SOD warns him
self at the FIRE which warmed his sire
and his grandsire and his grandsire's
sire and which will warm his son and
his sons son.
There is a fire at Castleton, in the
Whitby district, which has been burn
Ing for over 200 years. The record
probably Is held by a farmhouse at
Osmotherly, In the same district. The
IRE has been burning for 500 years,
and there are records to show that it
has not been out during the last three
centuries.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-08
WHAT TOTEMIsM is.
Light on an Interesting and Little
Understood Subject.

Light on an Interesting and Little
Understood Subject.
1t is interesting to note that totemiSm
is found not only in Alaska, but among
the North American Indians, the abo-
rhymes Of Australia, the Hottentots of
Africa and even the hill tribes of In
dia. Totems are also common among
the SamoanS.
Broadly the totem is the badge of a
clan or tribe, but it signifies a great
deal more than mere political or social
alliance. 1t is not only a tribal en-
blem, but also a family sign; not mere
ly q symbol of nationality, but also
an expression of religion; not simply
bond of union among primitive peo-
pies, but also a regulator of the mar
riage laws and of other social institu-
tions. A totem has been defined as "a
class Of material objects which a saw
age regards with superstitious respect,
believing that there exists between
him and every member of the class an
intimate and special relation"
Among the Ojlbway Indians there
are no fewer than twenty-three differ
ent totems. Nine Of these are quadru-
peds. marking out the wolf, the bear,
the beaver and other clans, eight are
bird, five are fishes and one is the
snake.
Some extraordinary superstitions re-
garding totems prevail in Samoa. Thus
it Is believed that If turtle man eats
of a turtle he will grow very i'll. and
the voice Of the turtle will be heard in
his inside saying: "He ate me. am
killing him." If a banana man uses q
banana leaf for cap he becomes bald.
If butterfly man catches butterfly
it strikes him dead. If a fowl man
eats fowl dellrium and death results,
and so on, all going to show that the
totem has something of the quality Of
fetch as well as the significance of
family emblem.
Regarding totemism, it Is to be noted
that the relation Of mutual help and
protection includes also the totem it
self-that is to say, if man takes
care of his totem he expects the to-
TEN to return the compliment. If the
totem Is a dangerous animal 1t must
not hurt his clanSmen. The scorpion
men of Senegambia declare that the
most deadly scorpions will run over
their bodies without hurting them
There is a snake clan in Australia
which holds to similar belief Among
the crocodile clan of the Bechuanas IL
a man is bitten by crocodile or even
has water splashed on him by one he is
expelled from the clan as one esteemed
by the totem. -Housekeeper
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-08
sEAWEED AS FOOD.
When Dry IL Is Richer Than Oatmeal
or Indian Corn.

When Dry IL Is Richer Than Oatmeal
or Indian Corn.
Seaweed is eaten on the coasts of
Scotland and Ireland in vast quaint
ties and, though unpalatable and fla
vorless, is at times the chief food of
the poorest.
When dry it is richer than oatmeal or
Indian corn in heterogeneous constituents
and takes rank among the most nutri-
tious Of vegetable foods.
To prepare seaweed for the table it
should be STEPPED in water to get rid of
the salt with which it is impregnated,
and little carbonate of soda removes
the bitter taste, which to some pslates
is most disagreeable. 1t should then be
stewed in milk or water till mucilagi-
nous and is best favored with vinegar
or pepper.
Fungi are almost everywhere largely
eateH, though in England less atten-
ton is paid TO them than they deserve,
and few kinds appear at table.
A curious error is to suppose that
fungi are eatable and toadstools poi
sonOus. No such. line of demarcatiOn
exists nor, strictly speaking, has the
name toadstools any precise meaning.
Very many fungi are edible, and the
common agaric usually eaten in Eng
land is not the most palatable and
wholesome. Few foods are more sa-
worry, and none are greater favorites
than we'll cooked fungi, and the souls
Of vegetarians yearn for them.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-08


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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-07-08
LIVELY MEETING
EXPECTED MONDAY
PLEASANT BAY PARTY
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.

A very pleasant bay trip was en-.
joyed Thursday night by number OF
young folks of the city, Miss Lille VIII
liams being hostess, and Mrs. Geo
Bredt and Mr.. and Mrs. John Kohler,
chaperones. The party boarded the
Rambler for the Lffe-Saying Station
at $3.50 and upon arriving there re
freshments were served and general
good time enjoyed. At 10 O'Clock the
party landed in Pensacola, everyone
praising the hostess on the success OF
the outing.
Among those who enjoyed the even.
ing were: Misses Occie Clubbs. Flossie
and Georgia Boyer, Helen Biggs, Alma
Esmond, Mabel Green, Mae and Min
ME Burton, Phala Keeling, Nell Rich
ards, Florence May Marston, Edith
Lusk. Messrs. Wilbur Robinson, John
Finn, Frank Williams, Walter Now
bray, Walter Bennett, John Jones, Cad
Jones, Howard Burton, Frank Boyer,
Will. and Fred Lusk, Clyde Burton,
Raymond and Will Richards.