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Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26
WELCOME THE COMING ROAD.
CaIifOrnians Rejoice over the Ex-
tension of, the Burlington.
San Francisco Chronicle.


San Francisco Chronicle.
The REPORTS that the Burlington railroad
is heading westward and will parallel the
Union Pacific to join the Western Pacific
at Salt Lake City have been revived in
Omaha through the assembling there of
a large surveying outfit. Burlington on
cials are reticent as to its purpose, but
the conviction is gaining ground that the
corporation has matured large plans of
future development. One of its officials is
represented to have dropped the remark.
however, that the new construction work
of the company in the immediate future
will astonish the west. 1t is well known
that the corporation has an enormous sur
plus in its treasury, which will enable 1t
to extend its system immensely without
borrowing a dollar through a new bond
issue. The new line, which It Is credited
with the intention of Immediately pro-
ceeding to build, will add 500 miles of track
to the system. 1.-The surveying party is
said to have received instructions to fol-
low. the line of survey laid across Wyom-
ing about four years ago.
The activity oe the Burlington and it's
apparently hurried desire to reach the Pa
cific coast are proof positive that the sue
cessful development of one transcontinental
scheme to obtain a western outlet acts
like a stimulant on others. The rivalry
for a share of the transpacihc business is
growing intenser every day between the
big railway systems of the country. The
strenuous efforts they are making 20 reach
the coast at as early a day as possible
show conclusively that they are fully alive
TO the Importance of the commercial devel-
opment which is taking place on these
shores, and that the time is near at hand
when ali the commerce OF the Orient will
be carried across the Pacific and landed
here, and that 1t is essential for their
greatest prosperity that they should extend
their lines here as soon as possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

When 1t comes to welding the veto
pen, Mayor Moores takes second place
to none.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26
Misguided FinancIer
baltimore American.

baIUulOIe AIntIICdn.
The express thief who stole 10000 in
cash has been captured, as might have
been expected. and will be punished. which
is only right A man who simply takes
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

Herman Beal will be the next county
surveyor just the same.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

In the light of developments at New
York the old saw may have to be re.
vised to read, save money for windy
day"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

MOscow's water system has been dam
aged, but as long as the vodka holds out
the administration cannot feel totally
defeated.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

While Cuba is preparing its first home.
stead law 1t should make it thlef-tight
and grafter-proof.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

Omaha should go after a few more
conventions Of state and national or
Eanixations.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

Colorado has resumed its mining strike
just as though it were not securing bet
ter advertising by sending dishonest
bankers 20 prison.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

Every voter In Omaha and South
Omaha should familiarize himself with
the voting machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOPartIy shopld have The Bee
mailed to them. IL is better than
b . daily letter from home. Adj
dresn will he changed ne often rs
requested
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

money out OF somebody's cash box is too
crude in his methods TO be allowed at large
In these days OF artistic finance.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

Bids for asphalt paving have gotten
down below bids for brick. 1t looks as
IL the paving combine had been really
broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26
RorNp Anour New HoRK.
nipples on the Current OF Life In th'
Metropolis.

| HtnpleH ON the Current OF Life In the
Metropolis.
An extraordinary case Is reported by the
| doctors OF a Brooklyn hospital being the
transformation OF woman into man.
! For thirty-four years Miss May Best Of
| Brooklyn lived the life OF her sex. Now
she is a woman in experience and IDEAS
but man IN form and physical attributes
From childhood Miss Best was a strong,
robust girl, with an abnormal fondness
for the sports Of boys AS she grew older
she would have liked to play base ball
and done other mannish things. but was
restrained by a sense OF delicacy.
AS a young woman she wass tall broad
shouldered and very handsome, with Jet
black hair and blue eyes She was strong
had rather large hands and feet for
woman and walked with a mannish stride.
In spite OF these things, a slight harshness
of voice and the increasing growth Of hair
on her face, she never had the slightest
suspicion OF the change in life she was
undergoing. Her ideals remained feminine:
her tastes were feminine; she chose girl
companions. She painted, sewed and did
all the other things that women do. She
had men friends and girl friends and was
popular with both.
Miss Best devoted herself to several
women's clubs to which she belonged, to
her church and to her charitable work,
living a life of usefulness and endearing
herself more and more to her friends.
Miss Best was always aware OF the
streak of msnnishness in her, but did not
think It was any greater than had mani
Tested itself in many other women whom
she had seen. She did not think seriously
of the matter until few years ago. when
her beard began to grow so fast that It
was necessary for her to shave every day.
In spite of this growth she kept her Sc
cret from every one save those who lived
with her. The beard Inundated her to
some extent but never gave her the slight
est suspicion that she was undergoing any
sexual change.
II was a little over two weeks ago that
Miss Best was brought TO a sudden Tealiza-
ton of her condition. She knew then for
the first time that she was not a woman,
but O man. She was Frustrated by the
blow and consulted her physician. She
was told. however, that outside of the
shock she had nothing to fear, that she
could assume the sex of a man freely and
without embarrassment, but that It was
obviously impossible for her to continue
to live as a woman.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

The campaign would indeed be worse
than apathetic il it did not fructuate al
least one growing" question.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

Registration day Friday-mark il
down.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

mo matter what you undertake. you
have to begin at the bottom"
'G'wan! I don't"
What is your business?"
I'm a sailor. cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

II, and she's good and knows IL. What
has she to be conscious of?"-Puck.
Priscilla had just asked John to speak for
himself.
You see" she explained. II won't give
him a chance after we are married"
Wishing poetry instead of fact. however,
Longfellow wrote up a different version
New York Tribune.
"In the midst of life" said the profess
sor, rejecting on the general uncertainty
of things, there is always an If "-Chi-
cage Tribune.
How do you pronounce the name of
Peorias defaulting banker"
I'D call IL Dougherty-wth a strong
accent on the dough!'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
We'll" demanded Mrs Starvem, at the
back door, what do you want7"
why" replied the tramp, Il seen you
advertised table board in this mornings
paper"
'Wen?"
well. fought, mebbe. yer wus given out
some samples. philadelphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

she's the most unconscious girl ever
saw"
well, why shouldn't she be-. She's
pretty and knows it, she's clever and knows
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

A thief sees policeman behind every
bush and the Fink -o-fobiacs profess to
see Rosewater at every turn of the po-
litIcal crossroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

The so-called anti-tipping law which bears
the name of Senator Martin SAKE has been
I'm effect in New York for two months. 1t
is dead letter. The SAKE law belongs to
that considerable pile of legislative fancy
work which bedzens the robe of justice to
the embarrassment of that respectable
blindfold lady and the modification Of her
friends. The purpose of the statute is
doubtless excellent. It is aimed to eliminate
graft. BY liberal construction It applies
to tipping waiters-waiters, that Is who
render Indifferent service. When you dine
hold out your little pourboire from James
Edward. and II he gives you black look
call in the police and have him arrested.
Or swear out warrant for attempted
blackmail-under the SAKE law. You may
win, but the law has been in effect for
two months and the same prices prevail
for tips. You are a dead one II you don't
give UP.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

An interesting IL not novel method OF
attracting trade has been adopted by one
OF the city's large department stores. This
store announces that it will distribute $4,000
among religious and charitable institutions
according to the number of votes cast for
each by the customers.
The customers use, their purchase slips for
voting, simply writing the name Of the insti
tuition which they favor on the back OF
the slip and depositing 1t in the ballot-box
placed conviently for that purpose Every
dime OF the purchase represents one vote.
and the Institution receiving the largest
vote on that basis will receive 5000 while
the balance will he divided according to the
place occupied in the list in amount of
votes cast among the other institution.
There is no restriction as to the institu-
ton 70 be named, and every customer is
allowed TO vote for any institution he may
select.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26
arArrMrNr or crRcrIATtoN.

ABATEMENT on CIRCULATION.
stete Of Nebraska, Douglas County, ssi
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month OF September, 1905, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

But" said the Judge, you provoked the
night"
mo. OF didn't" replied the prisoner,
But YOU struck the first blow. Why did
you do that?'
''Bekase ne said to me: II Ol'm one,
ye're another. and so soaked him, Phil
adelphia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

In these days the visitor to the metropolis
who stays at one OF the new hotels,
whether his bill is $500 a day of SO, breathes
filtered and tempered air, sleeps in steril-
ized linen and drinks filtered water cooled
by hygienically manufactured ice. 1t is
largely because of such precautions as these
that American hotels, which were once the
butt OF foreign comment, are today ac-
knowledged to be the finest in the world
In no kings palace In any land has living
been made so safe. comfortable and con-
venient as in these metropolitan caravan
saries.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

There are two forms OF growth at work
swelling the power and Importance OF New
York City, one the actual growth and
the other the growth that comes from It's
reaching out and drawing to itself people
Of other states. who have all their inter-
ests, save their homes, within its borders
who depend on It for their income. their
supplies and their amusement. This con-
dition is strongly illustrated by a glance
over the Hudson river TO the Ave adjoin-
ing New Jersey counties that are in effect
a part OF the city. These Ave codntles,
with their population OF 1,247,475, as shown
by a count just completed, added TO the
Ave boroughs OF the city make IL grand
total number OF 5,4O7,475. This means about
the same huber OF persons as are now in
all the six New England states and a
little more than the entire population of
the United States in 1900, when the state
OF New York had 5s9,051. In the last five
years the increase in population In these
five New Jersey counties has been about
10000, and more than half OF 1t mas come
in the last two years. 1t is mostly the
overflow from New York City.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

II, and she's good and knows it, What
has she to be conscious of?"-Puck.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
THAT DISTANT HILL.
Do Not Attempt to Climb 1t Until Yo,
Come to 1t.

DO Not Attempt 10 Cb1mD III Until You
Come to 1t.
Never climb hill until you get to 1t,
advises q writer in Medical Talk For
the Home. We remember as children
that In riding through the country we
had dread of high hills. How often
we saw far ahead Of us Oh the road a
formidable looking hill. How high and
rough and steep 1t looked and how we
feared iti How hard it would be for
the horse to carry us up such hill?
We were sure he would slip and fall
and maybe upset the carriage, and so,
with the greatest apprehension, we
would approach the dreadful hill. But
how surprised we were as we came
nearer to find the hill receding, growing
fiatter and really not hill at all when
we reached the point that seemed 80
high and craggy and dangerous?
So it is with many Of life's perplexi-
ties. How darkly they loom up before
us! What a black pail they spread
around us? But when we get close up
to them they have vanished entirely.
We spoil 80 much of life in fear and
foreboding. We let slip the beautiful
moments that are ours and spoil them
by dreading the moments Of the fu-
ture with which we have nothing to do
We ride over the nice, level country,
forgetting its beauty, unmindful of its
delight, dreading the hill that never
comes
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
"a Secret

One great secret of youth and beauty for
the young woman or the mother is the
proper understanding of her womanly sys-
tenn and well-being. Every woman, young
or old, should knosO herself and her phys
ical make up A good way to arrive at
this knowledge is to get good doctor
book, such, for instance, as the peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" by r. v.
Pierce, M. D., which can readily be pro-
cured by sending twenty. one cents in one
cent stamps for paper-bound volume, or
thirty-one cents for cloth bound copy, adj
dressing DIR. X. v. Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y.
The change from maidenhood to woman
hood is one that involves the whole body.
The strain at this time upon the blood
forming structures may be too great Dis
orders of the functions peculiarly feminine
are nearly always dependent upon de-
fective nutrition. In all such cases DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription 10 just the
vegetable tonic for the female system.
NJ cannot express my thanks for the benefit
have received from DR.. Pierce's medicines"
writes Mrs. Julius wehriy, of Cambridge. Dor
chester Co.. Md. ~ took Favorite Prescrip-
ton and feel that perfect cure has been
effected. feel like thanking you for the kind
and fatherly letters which you wrote"
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was
the first exclusively woman's tonic on the
market. 1t has sold more largely in the
past third of a century than any other
medicine for women. Do not let the drug
gist persuade you to try some compound
that has not had the test of 30 many years
success.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
used with "Favorite Prescription when
ever laxative is required.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
LONDON'S OLD CLOTHES.

The Way They Change Owners
Adown the Social Scale.
In those parts Of London In which
the penny is the standard Of value
there is a traffic in secondhand materi-
ais Of q sort that Is unheard Of In any
city Of America.
For example, a dress costing 100
guineas and worn by a woman Of fash
ion on one Of the days Of the Ascot
meeting will be seen perhaps twice
thereafter, once at garden party
and again at some function remote
from town, after which 1t becomes the
perQuisite Of the ladys maid, from
whom it is bought by an oily woman
who maintains what is called "ladies
wardrobe" in Brixton or Bayswater.
To the dingy parlor in which this oily
hammered woman transacts her busi-
ness come the wives Of struggling at
torneys, medical men and city clerks,
intent on bargains, and to one Of these
the Ascot dress, Positively worn by
Lady G. In the royal inclosure," as the
oily woman informs her in an awed
whisper. is knocked down at the low
price Of 10 guineas.
Its new owner wears 1t until 1t is too
shabby to be worn again, after which
1t Is sold to a second rate wardrobe
and becomes the property Of green
grocers wife, who takes 1t to pieces,
retrims 1t and wears 1t out Of the shop
until it is once more shabby. Then 1t
is sold to third rate wardrobe, where
it catches the eye Of some coster lady
and is sold for shillings.-Saturday
Evening Post.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
PSORIASIS
AND ECZEMA
Milk Crust, letter, Ringworm, and
Scaled Head, and Every Form Of
Torturlng, Dis6gurlng Humors
from Infancy to Age.
CURED BY THE
CUTICURA REMEDIES

The agonizing itching and burning
of the skin, as in eczema; the fright
full scaling, as IN psoriasis; the loss
of hair and crusting of the scalp, as
in SCALED head the facial disfigure-
ment, as in pimples and ringworm;
the awful suffering of infants, and
anxiety of WORKOUT parents, as in
milk crust, letter, and salt rheum
all demand remedy of almost super
human virtues to successfully cope
with them. That Cuticura Soap,
Ointment, and Pills are such stands
proven beyond all doubt. No state
ment is made regarding them that is
not justified by the strongest evidence.
The purity and sweetness, the power
to afford immediate relief, the GER
tainty of speedy and permanent cure,
the absolute safety and great economy
have made them the standard skin
cures and humour remedies of the
civilized world.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05

On Sable Island. off the coast of Nova
Scotia. cats We're introduced about 1880
and rapidly exterininated the rabbits,
which had been in possession for at
least half century. In one of the har-
pors of Kerguelen Land, barren and
desolate bit of antarctic terra firma to
the southeast Of the Cape Of Good
Hope. cats escaped from ships have
made themselves at home on little
islet known as Cat island, which has
long been used as wlntering place
for sealers. Here they live in holes In
the ground, preying upon sea birds and
their young. and are said to have de-
veloped such extraordinary ferocity
that it is almost impossible to tame
them even when captured young.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
------------
tedecm Your Past Failures

You may say that you have failed toe
often, that there Is no use I'm trying
that 1t is impossible for you to sue
coed and that you have fallen too Of
ten even to attempt to get on your feet
again. Nonsense! There is no failure
for q man whose spirit Is unconquered.
No matter how late the hour or how
many and repeated his failures sue
cess is still possible. The evolution
Of Scrooge, the miser, in the closing
years of his life, from a hard, narrow,
heartless money grubber, whose soul
was imprisoned in his shining heap
Of boarded gold, to generous, genial
lover Of his kind, is no mere myth
Of Dickens brain. Time and again, in
the history Of our daily lives, chron-
icled in our newspapers, recorded In
biographies or exhibited before our
eyes, we see men and women redeem
ing pnst failures. rising up out Of the
stupor Of encouragement and boldly
turning face forward once more.-O.
s. Marden In Success.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
0whisky. Always the Same, p

Another Of the numberless crimes to
be placed at the door of the licensed
saloon occurred In st. Joseph, Mo-,
when John Ganey, aged slxty-two, kill
ed his niece. wife Of Nit Slgler, and
her brother, Grover Foster. Ganey
had assaulted his wife so that she had
to steal away to the home Of her niece.
Her niece and nephew on going to their
suffering aunt's home for a feather bed
were shot and killed by their drink
crazed uncle, who next fred at his own
brain. 1t was Ganey's custom to go on
q drunk whenever his pension money
came. No other cause than drink is
given for the crime.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
WHY SHE COULDN'T FIND 1T.

inquiry Into Early History OF Ger.
many Developed "a Puzzle.
In the state department. where q
fair knowledge Of history is the one
requisite above others, information
concerning the earlier history of Ger
many was desired. The employee upon
whom this task of finding this devolved
Is young woman who passed the civil
service examination with an Al grade,
She went to the bookshelves and looked
In that section where the historical
data Of this country are kept.
That's funny" she murmured after
rummaging through the volume. Here
is Germany, but these books don't go
back far enough"
After another desultory search through
the volumes she came and stood beside
an elder woman whose early. education,
though by no means as comprehensive
as that Of today, consisted In learning
what she did learn well.
do you know where the rest Of Ger
many ISL" the girl asked.
Its all there" was the answer.
But it can't be, because 1t doesn't
go back as far as / want" The elder
woman looked at the slip Of paper in
the girls hand on which date prior
to the time Of Frederick the Great was
written.
There was no Germany as early as
that" she said promptly.
Then how can l find itT the girl
helplessly asked.
Look under Prussia, Of course" the
elder woman answered.
ooh" said the girl. - Washington
Post
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
A Restricted Essay.

The puzzle department Of London
Truth called for competition in &c
counts Of a round Of golf containing
no letter "a or "u." Here is q good
specimen from the many replies re,
ceived:
II know nothing Of golf. Some peo.
pie do. or pretend to- However, visit
the links, for l like to look on. Slow
work, yet good for the liver. They hit
some kind Of sphere into holes on the
green, then seek for 1t. Some find It In
them, some do not. Men who win grin.
Men who lose bless everybody, soto
voce, being too polite to do so before
people. Women who lose despise the
she winners Their verdict Is, Ill
dressed Objects, 'wizened things no
chicken Men do differently, for when
finished they drink together In good
fellowship, then mlzzle-to dine, not
repine."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
Rat FoxvIfur In England.

Bat fowling used to be a merry and
innocent pastime for boys. perhaps one
of its greatest attractions being that
1t was carried out during the night.
There was all the preliminary excite
ment about getting the net ready and
preparing the torch, for the torch, mark
you, is a most important part Of the
outfit. How patiently have we In the
old days upraveled heavy farm rope,
which, dipped In barrel full of tar, will
blaze like an electric light! OF course
one had to know the country thor
oughly to go bat fowling in those lone
ly places In the dead dark Of q Deem
Der night The blaze Of the torch only
seemed to make the darkness visible.
1t lay like a great thick wall around
one. and the birds when beaten out Of
the hedges came fiuttering In the most
unsteady manner toward the light
London Country Life.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-05
Strange Myths of the Tibetans

The Tibetans have numberlcSs strange
myths, one the most curious, pertain
Ing to the sun. moon and stars. The
sun Is believed to be an immense ball
of yak meat and fat. whereon the spir-
Its Of departed ancestors are supposed
to feast, the light being caused by its
heated condition. The stars are por.
tions Of this immense yeast. which.
dropping to earth, give birth to AMI
mails for the sustenance of suffering
humanity. The moon Is a lesser ball
Of similar texture as The sun, in use
while the larger one Is being replen-
ished for the morrow. When sun or
moon fails to appear in cloudy days
and nights 1t means that the deities
are undergoing a period of fasting and
religious abnegation, And the parched
and sterile condition Of bleak regions is
ascribed to the fact that many thou
sand years ago the sun ball slipped
from the hands Of It's keepers, de-
scended too near the earth and before
being recaptured scorched those parts
with which 1t came In contact-Book-
lovers Magazine.