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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

A snow FrOIie.
One cold morning, when Father Sun was
hidden behind a curtain Of gray, Jack Frost
said to his little Snowflake children: Little
Snow children, you have had such a good
rest while Mrs Summer has been doing
good on the earth. Now she has returned,
and your Uncle Winter is there, and you
may all go down to earth and have as much
fun as you please. If you can help Mother
Earth in any way. I know you WILL and
if ever. little snowfiakes. you feel too
warm, just bid Uncle Winter goodbye and
hurry home"
But how do you think they came? Well,
I will tell you.
Everyone jumped on the Wind, whom
they knew so well, and had the jolliest
slide that you ever saw. oh, they whirled
so merrily. and when they reached the tops
of the houses the fun began again. Over
they fell, turning somersaults one after
another; then running very fast. one, two
and three together.
Sometimes one would dance all alone
slowly, to the music OF the Wind again.
others more rough would come just as fast
as they could, and what do you think they
would do? With baby snowballs they would
hit the little children in the eyes, and
make them laugh and try to catch them.
Others would come to large fields, where
there were no children or houses, and they
would play tag all over the field until they
were so tired they would rest on the
ground. Shall tell you what they would
sometimes cover? Why, a wee daisy plant.
sound asleep. They would nestle down and
keep It warm
Do you know some of the Snowflake chill
dren like TO sit right on the edge OF the
roof of the kindergarten-all in a row, and
push each other down. / am sure you can
guess where they would sometimes fall.
Yes, right on the caps and coat sleeves
of the little boys and girls as they went In
the door, often they would try to kiss them.
This is the way the Snowflake children
played when they came down 10 the earth
so gently and always so happily.
wonder If you can tell me how they helped
Mother Earth? BY keeping her flowers
that We love so much, nice and warm with
pure white blanket.-Enlilie A. Allen, In
Child Garden
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

Detroit followers of athletics contend
that if the sprinting records held by Arthur
Duffey are eliminated from the records of
the Amateur Athletic union John J. owen
of that city should be recognized as tho
champion 1oO-yard runner, he having orig
inally established the record of 0:0es. owen
made his record at the Amateur Athletic
union championships held at Analostan
Island. Washington, in 1890 The record
stood until Duffey ran 100 yards in oO9% in
1902 Many others, including schick, wefers
and Hahn, have since run in o:o94S, but as
owen was the first to get below O:lO his
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10
Grnndna,a Pocket.

Grandpa's Pocket.
HREE small boys sat in a row on
the fence.
Six dirty hands rubbed the
tears away from six teary eyes.
Three small hearts were full Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

A kicking game at foot ball is what many
have advocated for some time and here is
q chance to make a kicking game out of
the present college game. The cry formerly
was that on mass plays the spectators were
not given a show to see what was going
on and il the ball is kept in the afr more
of the time the game will surely be more
open. 1t is a pretty sight to see the long
spiral twisters go sailing down the field
and the ends hustling down, ready to swoop
upon the opposing full back IL he should
attempt to advance the ball. Under the
present rules the stronger team was en-
abled to keep possession of the ball too
much of the time. Often when the weaker
team would kick off to the stronger that
would be the last time that they would
have possession of the ball at all until
after a touchdown had been made. II a
team was much superior to another II
was no trouble to carry the ball right down
the field for a touchdown. And even in
games where the teams are evenly matched
At will make the game more open. How
often could Michigan or Wisconsin gain
ten yards against Stages cohorts? 1t will
force the teams to practice more fake and
open plays where they take a chance all
the time to get away for long run. How
the spectators stand up and howl when an
Eckersall or Norcross or a Bender starts
around the end on one OF those sensational
plays.
With ten yards to gain the teams will
have to devote more time to these trick
and end plays, which will be tried for two
I downs before kick is resorted to. On
these trick or quarterback plays the ball
will be run across the field and the game
will require more sprinters than 1t will
heavy men. Some writer is now claiming
that foot ball is not a representative col
lege game because the average weight of
the players on the teams is about $50
pounds. whereas the average weight Of col
lege men is about 14O pounds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10


Two now games have been introduced
at the Young Mems Christian association
this winter by Athletic Director Pentland
which are becoming quite popular. One
of these games is stand ball. 1t is played
with a basket ball and lined up something
like base ball pitcher losses the ball
below the knee of the batter who must
kick 1t and then run to first base. If
player catches the ball the runner is out
or If he Is hit by the ball while of the
bases he is out. The game is fast and
furnishes plenty of exercise, for all are
on the go most OF the time. The other
game is Roko. A striking bag is suspended
by a rope sixteen feet long in a field 15x2O
feet and is so arranged that It will run to
and fro over that space. Two ropes are
strung across the sides Of the field and
the game is for the offensive side to try
to knock the ball against the ropes and
for the defensive side to keep the ball
from striking the rope. This is a most
excellent form of exercise, for the players
must keep on the move The ropes are
seven feet in the air, so that the players
are continuously with their hands in the
air so that the lungs are constantly ex-
banded. Bells are attached to the ropes
which ring every time that the ball hits
the rope or when a player hits the rope
and every time the bell rings counts a
point and twenty-one points make a game.
These two games are taking the place Of
basket ball when a few are gathered to-
gether for little exercise. Some of the
Young Mems Christian association classes
are smaller than last year and some are
larger so the number taking exerices at
the gymnasium is practically the same as
last year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

far-on times when food was the elusive
ideal, the thing that came as a personal
compliment from the Deity. There is an
echo of that custom among the students
Of Leipsic, whose intimate greeting, at all
times Of the day, is simply "MahlzeitW
An English writer says: Seldom do rise
from the table without the passing flash
Of remembered sentence: THANK you,
papa and mamma, for my nice dinner;
please may little boy get DOWN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

Ralph Glaze, Dartmouth's crack end and
pitcher, will enter professional ranks next
spring. After two years effort Manager
Collins OF the Boston Americans has signed
him to play with the former champions.
Until this winter Glaze has refused to leave
amateur ranks, but Collins finally was able
to persuade him that base ball is good
profession. Glaze has had a great deal Of
base ball experience. He will report in the
spring and go south with the team.
Negotiations have been opened with the
University of Pennsylvania for a foot ball
game between the team of that university
and the University of Minnesota eleven, to
be played next season. The officers of the
athletic association refuse to make any
statement regarding the negotiations, but it
is known that several of them had long
conference over the advisability Of playing
an eastern game in 1906.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-10

Drawings have been made for the squash
ball tournament at the Omaha Racquet
club and the tournament will be started at
once. Squash ball has superseded racket
ball as game at this popular club. for the
reason that the squash ball is better suited
TO the courts. A longer court than those at
the Racquet club is necessary for the game
of racket. In the drawings r. E. sunder-
land and Arthur Rogers drew a bye, w.
Roberts and w. ]. C. Kenyon bye. Charles
shiverick and Thomas Davis a bye, j. N,
Haskell and F. J. Haskell a bye. L. l..
Kountze and Sam Burns, jr., c bye, f. II.
Sprague and Ben Cotton bye. Those play
ing in the first round are Harry Wilkins
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23

full advancement made in the chr.
riculum Of high schools throughout
the country. A few years ago. be-
fore entering a college, it was alb
solutely necessary to attend a pre-
paratory school for a year or two in
order to prepare in the high studies.
Today we find this knowledge given
in our public schools. 1t is nothing
new for local high school graduates
to enter Rutgers, Lafayette and col
leges of similar standing, but to
get into Princeton is a new record
1t is not pretended that the local
high school prepares direct for Prin-
ceton. 1t is necessary to study hard
all summer to attain the require
ments, but wen to do this shows that
the advance leaEling of the high
school is in a high plane and Perth
Amboy is to be congratulated on her
excellent educational system.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
SUCCESS.

The best Introduction to the per
sonal side of Thimas T.. Ryan, who
controls the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society, that we have yet had
is given by Henry Harrison Lewis
in Success Magazine" for October.
Mr.. Lewis takes us into the private
office of the financier, and allows us
to observe his comings and goings
through the course of a busy day. We
find him at work early, easily APP
preached by those who have bust
ness with him, but dispatching mat
tiers with great expedition. He
works by a system, and little time
is lost, and he plays his cards sc as
to stay in his Office and make others
come to him.
In 1.-THE Yankee Drummer
Abroad H. d. Varnum contributes
an account of some. of the trials that
confront a salesman trying to push
American goods in foreign countries.
The manner in which these Difficult
ties are overcome testifies to the in
telligence and fertility of resource
the American drummer" Montrose
]. Moses, in How Their First Books
Were Written" describes the strug-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23

this great addition to the available
power of Niagara River" writes Mr..
Adams, sufficient perhaps to meet
all demands during at least another
century, it Msgld not be necessary
to divert one drop from the volume
or detract one inch from the height
OF the Great Cataract. Neither would
the existing power plants or those
under construction suffer injury by
back water from the dam at Lew
iston, for it is not proposed to raise
the water level in that part of the
Gorge which is just below the Falls"
I'm the lower Gorge, between the
Whirlpool and Lewiston, the rapids
would no doubt be reduced to smooth
water by a dam that raised the riy-
er level 100 feet at the latter point.
AS the estimated depth OF the Whirl-
pool is now 400 feet, the approxim-
ately so feet of rise in the water lew
ell there would be caused by such a
dam would probably change its APP
pearance but little. In the rapids
above the Whirlpool, where the es-
timated depth is nov only 40 feet,
there might still be some rough wa
ter after the dam was erected, but
their grandeur would certainly be
buried. Having in view the deter
mined efforts that are being made
to divert more and more water from
the upper river, it is not perhaps too
much to say that a surrender of the
rapids for Industrial purposes is the
price that must be paid in order to
save the Falls. With the great pow
er development suggested at Lew
iston, there could be offered no fur
Their divrsion of water above the
Falls" gen
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
MAGAZINES
FOR OCTOBER.
PEARsoN's.

The October number of P~earson,s
Magazine opens with an interesting
article on the Austrian Emperor,
Franz Josef, the grand old man
among roylties of today. How the
giat trees of California are cut down
is another article, profusely illstrat-
ed. The "Slave Dogs of the Frozen
North" is IN animal article, illustrate
ed with photograph taken by the ill
fated explorer, Hubbard, which teels
of the wonderful race of half-wolves
with which Perry hopes to make his
dash for the Pole. "The Lost Child
rem of Greater New York; is an IT.
ticle illustrated by a newly famous
young artist, Miss Bessie Collins
Pease, who is making u speciality
of kid pictures"
Besides Mrs. Kate st. Maur's us
ual "Self-Supporting Home" article,
there are a rafting fine newspaper
story,t wo funny stores, two love
stories and eigh adventure stories,
including an "A. "" story, a Don
O." story and an instalment of Al
bert Bigelow Paine's "a Sailor of
Fortune"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
A CANINE MESSENGER.
Carries Newspapers from the Black
Diamond Express to the Farmers.

Government Rural Free Delivery in
Schuyfer-county, New York, has a
strong competitor. A handsome collie
dog awaits the arrival of the Black
Diamond Express from New York and
Philadelphia. at a point on the Lee
highF Valley Railroad neal Watkins
Glen On Seneca Lake, and carries
home to his master on a farm nearby,
a handle 'eofsa newspapers, obligingly
thrown from the train by the Pullman
conductor, who makes up the package
of newspapers that have been aban-
doned by the passengers on his car.
Thus the farmers around that point in
central western New York state get
their afternoon New York and Phila-
delphia papers about twelve hours
ahead OF the government delivery,
anGsfEeg7iq the bargain.
The good fortune of the farmers has
resulted from what might be called
canine Curiosity Several months
ago the Pullman conductor noticed a
collie waiting at the tracks every
ting the Black Diamond Express
passed Zone day he threw OIL a bun
die of newspapers, which the dog
eagerly took in his mouth, aud gal
loDed away with, AS this seemed to
be what the dog had been waiting
for, the conductor and others on the
run of the Black Diamond Express
have continued the practice, and it is
now Il daily occurrence, although the
speed Of the Black Diamond Express
at this particular point is above sixty
miles al hour, and the papers have to
be made up in strong packages to pre-
vent being scattered when the bundle
reaches the ground. The interest of
The trainmen in the matter has spread
20 the passengers, who eagerly look
out for the canine rural delivery
messenger when passing that point.
A peculiar proof of canine intelli-
gence lies in the fact that the dog
at the point where he meets
,he train, a half hour before train
line each day, starting from home, SO
the farmers say, without being
coached to do so.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
NC

The October McClure's is devited
peculiarly to American life and act
ivities. Not a story in it, nor a special
article, but concerns the real and
immediate things that move this
county at large. Pastor Charles
Wagner, the French clergyman-auth-
or of The Simple Life writes of
his visit at the White House, and
with simple directness tells of the
children and the household life of
the president as he saw them. He
writes an interesting and important
estimate of President Roosevelt as
a man.
What Kansas Did to Standard
Oil' concludes Miss Tarbell's story
OF the wal in Kansas, and tells eX-
actly of how the Kansans rushed in
and won.
Pioneer Transportation in AM
erica" is the truthful a of
traffic. an absorbing interesting
story full of curious information. In
this first paper Charles T. Lummis,
foremost authority on the subject,
SdllISS IldlliC uIOuSn Aluti lSol .
heroic age up to the beginnings of
the great days on the plains.
Eugene Wood contributes THE
Couty Fair" the best of his remin-
iscent stories of Back Home"
Mrs. Mary Stewart Cutting appears
again with another little story of
married life" Lloyd Osbourne, Jean
Webster. Guy Wetmore Carryl,
Henry c. Rowland, Albert Kinross
and f. II. Lancaster are among the
other contributors of fiction.
Not the least interesting feature
of tho magazine is the editorial an
nouncement of a great historical
series, to begin in November, Carl
Schurz's "Reminiscences of a Long
Life" and Ray Stannard Kaker's in
vcstigation of the Railroad Prob
lem, of which publication will be-
gin before Congress meets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23

sles of modern authors with their
irst productions. "Roosevelt's Ger
nan Days." by Louis V~iereck, pre-
sents a hitherto unwritten chapter OF
the time when the president spent
rs a boy in Dresden while seeking
relief from asthmatic troubles. In
The Bankrupt. Institution OF Roy
atty" Vance Thompson describes the
tendency of modern industrial prog
ress to undermine some of the deep
est foundation stones Of the ancient
monarchies of Europe. Business
letter Writing as a Profession" by
Seherwin Cody, fiction by Charles r..
Martin, Alfred Henry Lewis and Will
nam r. Lighton, poems by Wallace
irwin and others, and the usual de-
partments devoted to self-help,
health and the home make up this
months issue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
Advertised Letters.

james A. Brett, Mrs. RUNE,
Gaorge Dillon, Jr., Thomas Langhan,
James FL. Lindley, John Owens,
Leon W.. Redfroth, Mrs. J. a. Bell,
Louie David, Atakrando Meskeinu,
Capt. John j. Peterson, Klemens
Waitaswski, Adam Zmieinzki, Maya
Muszczyk, Hefan Szyika. Franciszka
Hopa, Kriba Pal, Jan Macierewski,
Josef M~aioresak, Janos Matulak,
Lesio Lalka, Janeczek Klemens,
Michel Konopka, Andras Gandena,
Hefan Runiewz, Miss Jozet Kinrak-
ewcz, Karnel Razoe, Mike Kavacs,
Janos Krezwiskiego, Andrzei Maize
ski, Jan Norebersh, Jan Padyhuta,
Diobr Tynniet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
Whether Die reader Of the october

WnclUOI inc IeuuCT Ol Inc OClOucl
Century turns first TO this feature,
or to the first chapters of Katharine
A. Carl's record of her experiences
with the Empress Dowager," or to
Dir. Thomas w. Eyans's THE En-
press Eugcnie's Flight From Paris"
or to the Unknown Portraits of
Shelley,' here first brought to light,
or to Russell II. C~hittenden's discus
sion of Economy in Food" or to
Mr.. Richard Watson elders essay
on the Brownings, or to the color
reproduction of the 1.-THE Sandman
by Maxficld Parrish, or to the fiction
of the number, will depend upon the
individual-the range is varied
enough to appeal to every taste.
The fiction number includes THE
Cat Coquette," another story of New
York's Egyptian colony by Margher-
tia Arlina Hamm; "The Turbulents,"
a tale of coons, scoon-dogs and their
owners, by w. A. Fraser; "Pauly
c." the story of a weak father and
q manly son by G. w. Ogden; an
other of Edwin l.. Sabin's studies of
boy life, "How. Snoopie Broke Up
the Circus" and a laughablc story
of ''Hhe Conqueror of Barney the
Balky,' by Elizabeth Hyer Neff.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
CENTURY MAGAZINE.

The Century celebrates the one
hundred and twenty-sixth anniver-
sary of the battle between the Ser
apis and the Bonhomme Ricbard,
September 23rd, with the issue of
It's October number containing Gen
aral Horace Porter's account of Tho
Recovery of the Body of John Paul
Jones'" General Horace Porter, viii
gave of himself and his means so
literally to recover the remains of
our first naval hero and to found a
national shrine, here tells his own
modest story of the difficult search
md its success and of the ceremonies
in Paris attending the transfer Of the
body-a chapter Of our history to
thrill the heart of every American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23

corrupt bargains with contractors, al
dermen grant franchises with pur-
chased votes, mayors allow the dis
honest use of municipal funds, states
stand ready to nominate for theiI
governors the men who will pay the
most for the position. In slang parl-
ance, the graft problem is up to us
for solution
The extract is from an address OF
Mrs. Isabelle Ii. Demarest, of Closter,
before the Woman's Temperance
Union at Rutherford. 1t is right
straight to the point.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
FIRE ALARM BOXES.

q RarItan Copper Works
20 High and Lewis
y Madison ave and Paterson %
rs Market and First SITS.
IS Smith and High st
81 State and Smith SITS
49 Buckingham ave and Hartf
db and Front SITS
AZ High and Washington str
81 State st and Buckingham ave
b6 Hall ave and Charles st
81 Railroad ave and Wayne
OF Washington and First SITS
~ Turnpike and Elm sc
81 Smith st and Watson Rvo
Gb and State -
a Front and Smith SITS
79 Water and Gordon SITS
"A Kearny ave and Gordon 1t
80 Smith and Herbert St
81 Woodbridge road and Washington st
81 Lehigh ave . y Stanford st
10 send In an alarm, open the door of the boz
and pull down the lever and let 20 once only.
EtAy at box until fremen arrive.
SPECIAL CALLS.
1 tnp-Break In circuit. Q taps-Drin and fire
alarm test. Hydrant at corner Of Jefferson and
High street alwayst to be used for this trial. 8
taps Fire out. 5~taps-Police call. i2-Call for
Lincoln Hose. I3-Cail for Washington Hose
i4-Qal for Mcclellan Hose i6-Cali for Pro-
tartiou ". and L.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Trenton Times:
Hopewell has settled the municipal
ownership question so far as it affects
the borough water system, and has
settled it right. The existing plant
Is to be bought and improved. and the
people will be assured Of re reasonable
rates, with the knowledge that such
profit as may be made will 60 to their
benefit. Princeton should be encour-
aged to keep up the fight for munich
pal ownership, which mean SO much
to them in the way of lower rates and
a liberal supply. BY either a trick or
a huke the Princeton water bill was
defeated in the senate last winter
after it had been fairly passed If it
was a trick the friends of municipal
ownership will be able to guard
against a repetition of it next winter.
Plainield Courier,News:
In the presidential campaign a year
ago the New Jersey democratic state
committee discussed more than $780,
900 in cash to county leaders a few
days before election day. ---
1t certainly was not raised by pop-
ular subscription.
If non of the great insurance COM
panies contributed to the democratic
campaign fund, from whence came
the contributions that permitted the
national committee of that party to
unload SO much coin in New Jersey
the--week preceding election day?,
Plainfield Press:
Judge Lanning,~Will receive the
support of every decent man in the
state in his Stand against filthy SOU
venir (?) POSTAL cards. Many of these
cards arr shocking to the moral sense
of Christian people and every means
should be used in supprcssing them.
The average person will wonder why
the prosecuting authorities in many
cities, where they are placed on sale,
have done nothing to bring the per-
sons responsible for them to the pun
ishment they richly deserve. But
then there's lot of things that the
prosecuting authorities fail to do and
so it has remained for tire court to set
the wheels of justice in motion.
Hoboken Observer.
1t has taken a woman to embody in
one terse paragraph tho real meaning
and injurious effects upon the body
polite of that significant word
graft. This is the expressive way
she puts it:
In these later days an old word
has assumed for us C meaning.
We formerly talked of theft, stealing.
Now graft is the word, and the act
is found in all classes. 1t is no longer
the low and disreputablc who are
thieves, but men who would scorn to
pick an individual pocket will accom-
plish the same purpose through COR
porate transactions. Supervisors make