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5 Made in Field Of Electricity

German cities. each with more than itO.NlO
population. Add 20 this fact thatit has
long distance connections with over Ss,Ooo
cities and towns In the United States ana
Canada with over 2,5co.ooo telephones. and
an idea IS gained Of how comprehensive
the Bell system OF telephone communica-
ton has become
b. w Crops By Electricity.
BY spreading currents from statical
electrical Machine over a plot OF growing
carrots, Prof. Lemstroem OF Helsingforo,
according to b. Tolksdorf in the Leipsio
Illustrirte Zietung, has increased tthe
yield by 80 per cent during tbs first
year and 90 per cent in succeeding years,
as compared with similar plots not electro
cally treated. On small parcels of land
experiments with potatoes, the currents
being generated in the earth by means
of copper and zinc plates sunk at intervals
and connected by insulated wires above
the growing vines, have recorded an in
creased yield of from so to 100 per cent.
The large harvests of Spitzbergen and
Finland--more bountiful than in districts
lying much farther south-have been at
tributed by many scientists to the electri-
cal influence of the aurora borealls. These
phenomena occasioned the artificial ex-
periments of Prof. Lemstroem, which tend
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
The Land Octopus.

On the shores OF Lake Nicaragua is to be
found an uncanny product OF the vegetable
kingdom known among the natives by the
expressive name of the devils moose. I"
Dunstan, the naturalist. discovered II not
long ago while wandering on the shores
OF the lake. Attracted by cries OF pain and
terror from HIS dog, he found the animal
held by black, sticky bands. which had
chafed' the skin 10 bleeding point These
bands were branches Of newly discovered
carniyerous plant which has been aptIy
named the land octopus" The branches
are flexible. black, polished without leaves
and secrete a viscid huid. ICY
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Hydrocels
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U# - E# M H@ ## W Emissions
~ # HHWf8 #fzB Impotenoy
Ed Ell UI F4K H3~@ Gonorrhoea
r. N ~ k# E# IN BLOOD Poison
LA H. M IN w (syphilis)
V&H&Y VT38 IS" I'm &[lI[eG Rupture
~ ~ - - Nervous
Debility

Men, IL successful treatment and honest deal
ngs why to the reliable State Medical Institute,
where you not deceived by the many misleading
statements, such "threeday cures" mo pay until
cured" mo money to begin treatment" money
funded If not cured etc.. etc. Such statements are
misleading used for the purpose of obtaining
patronage Honest doctors of recognized ability do not
resort to such methods. We do not say that will
you without money in advance for the
of securing patronage and then when call demand
money payments signed far in advance of
three four days knowing it will take longer do
try to patronage by offering to refund money
paid If cure is not effected We do not accept any
CASES cannot We guarantee safe and lasting
in the quickest possible tme without leaving in
furious aereecs In the system and at the lowest cost
possible for honest skllful and successful treatment
Any who is in need of special medical attention will
find the State Medical Institute ready to commence treat
ment without delay. - .-r
If could see and treat all when the first symp-
show themselves there would be little need
for socaed specialists in chronic diseases and there
would be few seeking rejuvenaon of their physi
CAL mental and vital powers, and there would also be
few marked with the stamp of Constitutional Blood
Poison, and the sufferers from STRUCTURE VARICO-
CELE, EMISSIONS, NERVO-SEXUAL DEBILITY, M
POTENCY, RECTAL KIDNEY and URINARY DISEASES
and their complications would be reduced to minimum.
But long continue to disregard the golden
adage, "a stitch in time nine" and continue to
neglect themselves to exercise indifference poor
Judgment in securing the right treatment at the outset
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
shortenins q Mans.

In London the other day a Aiiss zoiie-
mache was married 70 Mr., Hunnesley,
When the clergyman mentioned the brides
name In the course OF the ceremony he
had 20 call her IvonelIa Freasgnnas C,,,hl
berga Bthelswytha Ideth Ysabsl Grace
Monica De oreliana PlAntAseneL
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
san Francisco,s Little Heroes.

There is much work for these homeless
children by the sea. Mothers find It hard
to keep their families clean, and to care
for babies In camp, 80 big sisters must
help tend the little ones and boys must
find wood and keep the camp fires burning.
Indeed there are many children OF tender
years who are earning their own living in
San Francisco. Down amid the ruins where
heaps of bricks and rubbish are strewn
about in confusion, and everybody must
walk in the middle of the street, lodging
the honking automobiles and the teams
hauling brick, and scrap iron, newsboys
are selling papers as busily as ever On
the water front, hard by a camp of
soldiers I found one youngster making a
good living peddling packages Of chocolate
Two urchins were busy tying up little rolls
of copper wire which they were selling and
they proudly informed me that they had
already made 30 cents. Another boy had
a stand on the street curb amid the ruins
where he was selling relics of the fire.
Down at the Ferry building two boys had
started flower stand and had thus
brought touch Of brightness and cheer
into the midst of the scene OF desolation
Out amid the ruined houses on the slope
OF Russian hill, ! found a party of chill
dren working away at digging up a brick
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23

KIDNEY AND URINARY diseases and all diseases and
result neglected,
unskfu improper Diseases which drains
impa the mind Mental Physical
Debility, making obligations hardship
enjoyment of life impossible.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23

pavement. 1 asked them what they were
doing 1t for, and they told me they meant
to have a vegetable garden there. A little
girl carrying a demijohn stood in the ruins
OF her former home. When 1 asked her
what she was about she replied: Packing
water to camp" All their water had to
be carried four blocks up hill, and boys
and girls did their share of this work.
Yes, the children of San Francisco have
been tried and have proved themselves
worthy of their descent from the men
who crossed the plains in the days Of 4s
when gold was discovered in California.
With their cheer and courage they are
helping fathers and mothers to commences
life anew While the rain beats upon the
tents of the homeless, there is the prattle
of child voices and the laughter of merry
rompers within. In lull between showers
] saw two little girls dressed in lady
clothes" tattered old skirts of older sisters
and rags of wells, going from tent to tent
on round of calls. Even in that bitter
cold rain of the first Sunday after the fire,
when tents were few and frail and fathers
stood all night in the storm holding fimsy
shelter over their dear Ones the children
did not complain. In days to come, when
the new city rises strong and beautiful
out of the ruins of the old, when men
point with pride to this broad avenue and
that fine building they will not forget that
in those days of trial It was the mothers
and children who, looking up to the hus-
bands and fathers and brothers in loving
trust, gave them the strength and the
spirit to meet the crisis and to win-
Charles Keller In st. Nicholas.
o. ...
who Took the PapersF
Now children, who took my papers?''
81 don't-know,"- said Nellie, In a very
little voice.
EDick, tell the truth now, If you know
shythtns about II" s.
EBrt, u d1n't.S SAID Dick.
''Did Nellie say anything about coming
to play In the studyP'
''Yes-she did last week."
''Pshawl meant TINS morning"
~ think-not--thisf rnorning."
Charlie, you tell me who came to play
with you. here
s. 'T-don't-know," said poor Charlie, who
was dreadfully frightened
Now, children, you know how hard papa
works with his papers every day. They
must not be taken away. Nobody has been
In the house but you and mamma since /
went out-stopl Did the goat get in hereY'
Perhaps he did," said Nellie, looking
up but now ulu ne get nereG
HE was playing in the yard with u.s."
said Dick, ''and-O, papa, 1 knowl Some
papers blew into the yard and Bully chewed
them"
Just then little breeze sailed through
the window. 1t picked up a leaf from
papa's papers and whirled It around and
carried II out of the window again
Then papa laughed ST was going to
punish the one who stole my papers-now
what shall do with the wind?'
Nellie and Dick laughed then, but little
Charles said. very soberly, "You might
shut It I'D in the closet"
Papa laughed again. Lets go and find
Billy and see what he says" And sure
enough, there was Billy chewing-chewing,
and when papa pulled a piece of paper
from his mouth he found his own writing
upon it.-Golden Rule
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23

other they got into a skin and the man
began rowing down the stream. In silence
they continued for two miles until they
reached Beaver island. On the upper side
of the island stands a great cottonwood
tree, whose branches rise high above the
other foliage on the shore. Straight for
the tree the skin went, and when its bow
touched the gnarled roots, which extend
into the water, father and mother turned
to see the little dress of the baby caught
on Jagged root. Just under the surface
the body lay on the sand.
Hubby Was Comfortable.
Passengers on the ocean liner Etruria,
which reached New York recently, had
lively time IN an Atlantic storm. A woman
missed her husband and hunted In all parts
OF the ship known to her, but she could
not find him. She got the notion that he
had fallen overheard, and eyewitnesses de-
clare that she wanted to go overheard to
see II he was there. Later she found him
in the smoke room sitting up with a tall
glass OF Scotch and soda. One old woman
got In the main saloon and knelt in prayer
One of the officers told her that there was
no Immediate necessity for prayer. Up got
the elderly woman.
"Sir," said she, IT am taking no chances
Before left New York fortune teller
told me that II took an ocean voyage I
would never get back alive. must do
something to counterfeit that prophecy-I
Will continue my prayer"
Then there was rather nervous man.
When he was awakened early in the morn
ing by the rolling OF the vessel he got the
life belt from under his bunk and without
waiting TO put on all OF his clothing ran
on deck. There he ran about until two
stewards assured him that he would be
called in time when the ship began to sink.
Then he went back to his state room.
.I - q ~ Z
Lightning Turns Him BLACK. -
Atlantic City physicians who have been
marveling at the wonderful escape OF WI
liam W. Truck. a blacksmith. who slzs
vived being struck by lightning in his boat
during a storm, are still more mystifed az
the strange turn his case has taken The
lower part Of the victims body. It is SAID.
has turned black The skin below the waist
began TO darken the day after the accident.
and it Is said that It has now become
blacker than the flesh OF an ordinary negro.
1t is not the color of burned flesh. such as
marks the course OF the bolt down tho
victims neck and back. Truck suffers little
-ss-ff's'ftF - - ~ = i - II, - 49,
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Little Stories for Little People

to the very spot on her face where KITTY
had touched her.
Tea is ready" said Kitty
yes, dear, I'm coming. Youth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23

49, this suggestion for a breakfast
naenu:
Arise about $50 on a COOL crisp morn
ing. like last Sunday, after you have
passed the night on the soft side of
Platte river sandbar, with the blue sky for
a quilt; take = nice blue catfish, Weighing
about two pounds, fresh from the river
disrobe the fish Of all superhuities. external
and internal. roll It in cornmeal and fry
to a crisp brown in hot bacon grease, hav-
ing previously rescued the bacon for gar
nishment; take three large ripe tomatoes.
well covered with meal. and fry them also
in the grease; take one loaf OF bread. cut
In slices of about one inch thick and
tost the same over the flames OF the pun
gent campfire; take one certain coffee
boiler half allied with river water, dump
therein the contents from three-ounce
package OF a good brand OF Mocha blend,
and bring TO a boil. II. under the circum-
stances. you cannot eat like horse. your
blood Is too thin for a real sport"
'''- 80 s---Ss>+A s. .s.i
Chinese style. =,
'Tt is 800 years since the failure OF a
bank in China" said a bank examiner
More than 800 years ago. in the reign Of
HI Hung. a bank failed. HI Hung had
the failure investigated. and to his in
dignation found II had been due TO reekF
less and shady conduct on the part OF the
directors and the president. Hi Hung at
once issued an edlet that the next time q
bank failed the heads OF its president and
directors were to be,-cut on. This edict.
which has never been revoked. has made
Chinas banking institutions the safest in
the world"
Strangely Led to Baby's Body.
Guided by some strange power. Mr.. ana
Mrs. James Donohue OF Clinton. Ia. Jour
neyed to a wild spot on the shore Of the
Mississippi river and there found the body
OF their baby daughter. for which parties
OF men had been dragging the river for
several days The child was knocked from
the deck OF their houseboat and drowned
and all efforts 10 recover the body had been
unsuccessful.
The mysterious force led the grief
stricken parents to arise at o'clock In the
morning. although they had made no plans
to do 50. Without saying a word to each
a o. 80 e e. e. q FL = 81 a - - j T. - y
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WE MAKE NO MISLEADING STATEMENTS.

Just long there be muttudes of chronic sufferers.
You should carefully avoid all uncertain experimental
dangerous halfway treatment, for the success
of the first treatment depends whether you will be
promptly restored to health again. with all faint of the
poisonous disease removed from your system, whether
1t will be allowed become chronic and subject you
future OF the disease with the various
sutng complications, etc.
The State Medical Institute does misead the sick
and afflicted into the belief that II going give free
treatment for next to nothing for less than
conscentousy be worth, and in lieu of the Free Treat
ment OFFERS charge exorbitant prices for medicines.
The STATE Medical Institute does resort schemmng
methods. The sick should beware Of and avoid any
doctor medical who holds out false induce
ments In their announcements which appear alluring
and In many deceive the weak SICK suffering man.
who like the drowning man will grasp at straw in
effort to be saved How many weak drowning,
sinking graspng at straws today to get cured
Of their ailments (diseases) which dragging them
down the bottom of the of despair and miseryf
Why not awaken to the realization of the fact today that
boasng promises of quick misleading statements
and unbusinesske propositions to the afflicted but
straws that will sink you deeper deeper into the
of despair. Why grasp at such straws when you can
the substantial treatment of the Honest Skilfu
Reliable Specialists of the State Medical Institute who
will not deceive with any false promises, but viii
you and restore to health strength and vgor
and place you safely within the boundary line of
| perity and enjoyment Of life.
The State Medical Institute desires all to-
any misleading statements by which they may
| be deceived in an effort to regain their health.
Odica Houra. q n m 10 q n m aundava
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
Farmers Fond of ,phones.

The attention OF the telephone world Is
being called to the wonderful progress
which Iowa has made in developing indie
pendent telephone lines and to the extra
ordinary number of rural telephones in
operation over the state. The develop
ment has taken place within the last ten
years.
Tho state of Iowa has 70 per cent of the
rural telephone lines of the United States.
In the 10O2 reports of the United States
census bureau II IL shown that the state
of Iowa had no exchanges, GS Of which are
Bell lines and Gs2 Independent. More farm
ers use telephones, In Iowa than in any
other state.
The figures submitted to the executive
council for taxation purposes for the year
ended July a, 1905. show that there are
1SS ,SlS independent telephones and q, ESQ
Bell telephones The independents report
6.O4640 miles Of copper wire. while the Bell
company reports GIBBS
According to the figures compiled re-
Gently by George It. Hewes. manager of
the Iowa telephone clearing house. Iowa
farmers are among the largest telephone
users IN the state, and 1t was through
their demands for telephones that the
great service developed The twenty-four
companies which are patrons of the Iowa
clearing house have a total number of ia
exchanges and 829 toll line stations. The
population tributary to their lines is 6sl, $50
There are 5S,so1 independent lines, 51.l8
rural lines. and q, $50 Bell lines.
Many Of the rural and independent lines
are doing considerable rebuilding this seq
son. and by fan Iowa will be still further
covered with telephone lines. The old
lines are being put in much better condi-
ton than they have been In many years.
Is PhOne Conversation Privates
Is or is not a telephone conversation pri-
Vate7 This is the question which has been
sgitating Vienna, where high court has
just decided that he who talks over the
TELEPHONE, however secluded he may think
himself In telephone box, carries on a
public conversation. The decision was In
a suit brought by telephone girl against
a subscriber, who had called her a fresh
person." The usual term of obloquy for
operators being. according to the Vienna
newspapers. a "stupid goose" this 'hello
girr' declared herself publicly wronged in
both official and private capacity. The
subscriber produced four persons who had
listened 10 the conversation. and who de-
MED emphatieally that the words fresh
person" had crossed the offenders lips.
The telephone woman then asserted that
Il was a second conversation In which she
was insulted. The suit was actually car
ried up through all the courts until the
highest declared the subscriber guilty, on
the ground that as a telephone conversation
might be overheard. the calling OF names
constituted public Islander. We trust
that the news Of this decision win not
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
Her PoIiteness Conquered.

Caroline was giving a party to her mates
She was very tiny Caroline and could not
reasonably be expected to understand fully
the art of being hostess.
During one of the games she sat quietly
by her mothers side watching the others
why don't you play with them, Caro-
line?" asked her Aunt Emma.
II don't know how to play this game"
Hadn't you better try7" mother sugr
gested.
ITS my party. isn't it?" asked the little
maid.
yes" replied her mother, supposlng this
10 be an excuse for doing as she liked.
Yes. it's your party"
But Caroline slipped down from her chair.
Then guess, mother. ia better play IL
I don't know how" And in a minute she
was in the midst Of the game.
We can look ahead into the years and
foresee that that little girl is going to be a
favorite with her friends, for the reason
that she will always do what seems to her
to be courteous and kindly to others, al
though her own inclinations point in other
directions.--The Girls Companion
what's n Mother Good FerF
what's a mother good fer,
Does any Teller know?
Allus scrubbin' off our legs
Where the dirt don't show.
What's a mother good fer,
Can any Teller say7
Why can't she leave the dirt alone
Fer just one day.
What's a mother good fer7
Little fellers harkl
Asst yerselves the question
Tonight after dark.
When the lightnin' bugs is nashin'
An the bogieman's about
What's a mother good fer?
Yo'll soon find out.
Omaha -BAYOLL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
A Nebraska BreaI.fn.t.

NCLE CLIP" FAIRCHILD OF
Platte county, whose fame as a
fisherman, exceeds county lines
gives TO the Columbus Telegram
this suggestion for a breakfast
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1908
Farnam St.
Between 18th and Nth
Streets
Omaha, Nebraska
DOCTORS FOR MEN


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Tommy's Dream.

)MMY had a curious dream one
night. He had been kept in from
play to help his father. But, in
stead Of being proud to think that
his fathar uya ntad his helm he
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
Her pOrfraff..

My mamma has a watch of gold: "a
1t tells the. time Of day, I'm told
And In the front where jahe cam see
A little picture Is, Of me.
She has more pictures, in a book,
That the photographer-man took,
When !, was two and three ysnd-four;
6 - q 4 a. y. = 4 3 ~ -, -,
But you don't know how was s'prised
When i looked In my papa's eyes
To see as plain as plain could be
Two little pictures there of me-
Lydia Hall, In Good Housekeeping.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
when Hoke smith Was Called.

pain and the paralysis that followed the
shock has almost disappeared
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
GausinE speed OF Electric Trains.


7HAT the engineers Of our modern
electric locomotives will be puz-
zled to know how fast they are
E1NFlN going, and that this will be a
- source of annoyance and possible
danger, IL asserted by writer in the Rail-
way Age. This inability to estimate speed
which is due to the fact that the electric
motor is rotary, not reciprocating. must be
present on the ordinary trolley car, but It
Is Of little importance to the motorrnan
compared with the former steam locomo-
tive engineman who will pilot passenger
trains on steam lines, such as the New
York Central railroad. says the writer
'The man at the throttle, with a throbblng
~ gine under him. has number OF ways
4 knowing unconscioasiy the speed Of his
engine even in the dark He can tell In
stinctively. from the tempo OF the various
rhythmic motions of the engines, almost
with exactitude his rate Of progress with
out glancing at watch or mi1epost. Or in
daylight he knows subconsciousiy from the
very fact OF having had under his eye for
years the revolutions of his driving wheels
or the movement of the reciprocating parts
almost precisely the speed per hour which
their motion represents. It Is a well known
experience with enginemen that when, after
long period with particular engine, they
are given a locomotive with much larger
driving wheels, they are for time some
what at sea In their speed calculations, ow-
ing TO the slower movement Of the drivers.
One OF the officials in charge of the New
York Central electric engines, who has
himself had experience In the steam loco
motive cab thinks that this difficulty may
for a time be source of considerable, cha
grin to steam engineers with electric en-
gines on fast trains The electric engine
has no reciprocating parts; II is rigid.
moves noiselessly and with very little vi
bration Apparently the only way in which
the speed can be judged Is by careful atten-
ton to the rapidity with which the objects
at a given distance from the track are
passed. He says that in n recent run on an
electric engine which his training told him
contained spurts at the rate Of sixty miles
per hour. he was surprised to learn from
others who had closely observed the mile
posts that he had Travelled at the rate of
about eIghty-two miles an hour. In the
change from steam to electricity the craft
of the locomotive enginemen will in vari-
Gus ways, be developed In new channels"