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Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-02
The Guarantee d Cold Cure
The Druggist VIII Refund Your Money
If BROMO-LAX Fails

Every box of BROMO-LAX is sold with
the positive understanding that II 1t does
not cure your cold you can go to your
druggist and get your money.
BROMO-LAX is compounded on a new
and scientific basis, which accounts for
the wonderful success IL Is meeting with;
1t is not lot Of drugs thrown together
hut each ingredient is put in for a sps-
ciic purpose; each ingredient helps the
other ingredients do their work.
BROMO-LAX leaves the head free and
clear after a few doses have been taken;
does not leave II stuffy and achey like
uuinine preparations, because
THERE Is NO oUMINE IN IT.
If you have a cold in the head get a box
of BROMO-LAX today from your drug
gist; IL comes in "a little ORANGE COL
ORED BOX and costs Csc II IL does you
good and nothing n IL doesn't
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-02
A Lost Girl,

An Indian territory ranchman went to the
nearest town on business, and shortly after
his departure, Bessie, his five-year-old child,
wandered away from home in an attempt
to follow him. The mother missed her two
hours later and instituted a search. When
the father returned, the neighborhood
turned out in force. and searched for two
days and nights. Finally an Indian found
Bessie on an abandoned trail. She was
fast asleep, and across her body stood a
Newfoundland dog. The dog was torn and
bleeding, and nearby lay the bodies Of two
wolves. The girl was unframed, and she
and her protector were taken back to her
home, a distance OF twelve miles Sad to
relate the dog died that night Of his
wounds. The ranchman gave him decent
burial, at which all the nelghbors attended,
and marble headstone was erected over
his grave
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-02

The dandelion. with its parachute. has
gone with Peary within the Arctic circle,
and has also made its appearance in the
southern hemisphere. The Rose of Jericho
curls up in a ball. with the seed-pod in
side, and the wind rolls It all over the
deserts Of Syria and Egypt. The seed
pods Of the furze and broom are like little
guns. In August and September you may
hear them crack! crack! as they burst,
scattering the seeds like bullets.
The cranesbill or wild geranium has Its
seeds arranged so that I'VE arms are
thrown out like a sling. throwing the seeds
with considerable force. The mangrove
SLOWS In salt water swamps and shallow
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-02

%
Home.
Sometimes, In dreams, I see a room
With massive walls and fair;
Rose-shaded lights shut out the gloom,
The air is sweet with flowers in bloom
And you are there.
Sometimes, the room I see in dreams
Is homely, small and bare;
The table waits, the kettle steams,
Ger all the CHEEKY freight streams,
And you are there.
What matter, dear, which dream come
true:
The mansion rich and rare,
The little cottage hid from view
In Gods own sunshine, wind and dew,
If you are there?
Alice E. Allen in Good Housekeeping.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-02
Little Stories for Little People

tame from absolute ignorance OF and I'M
familiarity with human beings.
Not only are small birds seen out at sea,
but even insects often come aboard, and
this particularly in warmer ATTITUDES.
These must certainly be carried out by wind.
for their own feeble powers Of flight could
never serve unaided such exerions.
The whole subject is a very interesting
one, and the further research which is now
going on into curious air currents in the
higher regions Of the atmosphere dobtless
tend to throw more light on this long-stand-
ing puzzle to naturalists.
Two Little Girls.
Nell is the sweetest little maid.
With lips and merry eyes;
All trustful, blithe and unafraid,
winsome fairy In disguise.
Belle is the sourest little lass,
With frowning brow and pouting lips;
Her longings never come to pass,
Her sun is always in eclipse.
And yet, these little girls are twins,
As near alike as any pins
Origin of Nursery Rhymes.
Slang phrases, in course of time, become
absorbed into the vernacular, just in the
same way that nonsense rhymes and nur-
sery verses become institutions. Take the
following examples. The famous lines:
Mother may go out to swim?
Yes, my darling daughter;
Hang your clothes on q hickory limb,
And don't go near the water"
are at least l 800 years old. being found in
book of jests of the sixth century, COM
piled by Hierocles.
'Humpty Dumpty sat OF wall" etc,
has come down to us from the days Of King
John. 1.-The babes In the Wood" dates from
the fifteenth century, being founded on
facts an old house near Wayland Wood,
Norfolk. having the whole story in carvings
on a mantlepiece. Little Jack Horner,"
Little Miss Moffott," "Old Mother Hub
bard" Mother Goose" and "Goosey,
Goosey, Camden" are each traceable TO the
sixteenth century.
PUSSY Cat, Pussy Cat, Where Have You
Been?" belongs to the reign of Queen Eliza
beth. ''Three Blind Mice" first appeared
in a music book dated 1909. "a Froggie
Would a-Wooing Go" was licensed to be
sung as far back as 1850. Boys and Girls,
Come Out to Play and Lucy Locket Lost
Her Pocket" both hail from the period of
Charles II. And last OF all, cinderella"
Jack the Giant Killer" ''Bluebeard" and
tom Thumb" were published by their
author. Charles Perrault. in the year 1857
London Chronicle.
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Old Zeb White.
The POSsun Hunter
He Tells Of the Old Woman. Who
Fought a Wildcat to
Death.

copyright. 1906. by Ruby Douglas.l
"'OR five years arter we was
- married it was a question
whether I was gwine to run
the old woman or she was
gwine to run me-" said Zeb White, the
old possum hunter Of Tennessee, one
evening as we sat on the doorstep Of
his cabin smoking our pipes. II was
twenty-five and she was twenty when
we jined up. and we both thought we
knew a heap. We soon began to differ
about this and that 1t wasn't quar-
relin', but jest differin', which isn't ex-
actly the same, but bad huff. The mo-
we differed the mo- we wanted to, and
it finally came about that we couldn't
see nothin' with the same eyes. amt
allowin' that it was my fault at all,
but that it come about through the
perversity of woman. She was tryin'
to be boss when the Lawd never in
tended that she should be.
"As said, this went on for five
years, and then 1t had a mighty sud-
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that varmint armed with the best knife
In all Tennessee for anybody's thou
sand dollars. I'd heap sooner tackled
a bar with cabbage stock.
"The perversity Of woman was
mighty plain yere. Because I had twit-
ted the old woman of bein' afraid of
coons and chipmunks she was gwine to
tackle the wickedest varmint Of the
forest and that almost barehanded.
Upon my honah, sab. she walks right
up and gives the cat a whack with the
club, and next instant the fOut was on.
1t was club ag'in teeth and claws. OF
co'se I started to mix in, but when
Tilda saw me there she says:
"'Zeb White, this hain't any of your
fuss, and you keep OUT
"'But he'll chaw ye to DEATH
shouts.
keep away, and give me a fair
show
There was the durndest mixup you
ever saw. The boldness Of the attack
sorter ratified the cat, but she wasn't
runnin' away by any means. She claw
ed and spit and yeowled and bit, and.
though tried my hardest to get my
knife into her, l couldn't do it. She
and the old woman was too much
mixed up. I'm a-tellin' you that that
was the awfulest fight that ever took
place in this yere state. A woman
with only club was fightin' thirty
five pound wildcat and standin' right
up to her work! Her clothes was bein'
torn to fragments, and she was bein'
clawed and bit, but she never wavered.
Folks have said that I ought to have
helped her mo-, but every time I mixed
In 1t seemed to mo that she'd get the
knife instead Of the cat If struck.
How did it end? WAL, sab, that
fout lasted fifteen minits, and then Of
sudden the cat rolled over and lay
still. ran and put my knife into her,
knowin' she was only stunned, and
then looked round for the old woman.
She stood there with the club drawn
back over her shoulder and her eyes
blazin'. It was not till took the club
out O. her hands and told her that the
cat was dead that she tainted away.
hadn't skeercely q rag left on her, and
she was all bite and claw marks. Them
four marks on her face was made by
claws, and they hain't only about four
out of a hundred. The cat used her
teeth eighteen times.
20 - 40
on the other side found that the cat
had two ribs broken, an eye put out,
one Of her legs broken and her jaw
fractured. That last blow had landed
fair on her head and knocked the
senses out of her. When the news of
the fout got round more'n a hundred
people called to hear the particulars,
and the folks in this county made up
purse of $50 in cash for Mrs. White.
She was in bed for two months and
limpin' round for two more, but mebbe
her sufferin's was with it. Folks hain't
got through praisin' of her yet, and
about every two years the papers pub
lish her picture and tell all about the
fout Besides
Besides what? l asked as the old
man paused and hitched around I'M
easily.
WAL, to tell you the dogs truth, the
old woman has sorter been best man
round yere since that fout, and things
look as if she meant to keep it up to
the end"
I'm co'se 1 does+in co'se," observed
Mrs. White as she appeared in the door
at that moment NJ. QUAD.
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Shocking the Earth.

Experiments In electrical farming
which have been held by Professor
Lemstroem Of Helsingfors have DEM
onstrated some very interesting facts.
In one experiment with carrots the
yield was increased 80 per cent the
first year and 80 per cent the second
year over plants that were not treated
electrically. In another experiment
with potatoes where the current was
generated galvanically in the earth by
means of copper plates connected by
insulated wires strung above the grow
ing vines an increased yield of from
60 to 100 per cent was recorded. Some
scientists now claim that the large
harvests Of Spitzbergen and Finland
are due to the electrical influence OF
the aurora Notwithstanding.
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FIGHT OVER PATIENTS CORPSE
Wife and Brother Both Claim Remains
From an AsvIunn

WIZ anu 0totU0T 0oeH SIoII1 n0t10Ius
From an Asylum.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Nov. 19.-The
death Of Charles w. Nonnemacher at
the Norristown Insane asylue was the
cause of considerable trouble at his
former nome in Salisbury. Both his
wife and his brother claim the re-
mains. 1t is alleged that Nonnemacher
and his wife separated shortly before
he became insane.
A short time after his death the
authorities notified both his wife and
his brother. Both of them claimed
the body and both engaged lawyers
and Mrs. Nonnemacher telephoned to
an alderman for a constable to assist
in securing the remains as soon as
they arrived.
The latter arrived and the under
taker took possession of them. The
wife and constable demanded that the
body be turned over to them. This
the undertaken refused to do, and will
mold it until the legal fight is settled
one way or the other.
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"Just after I had won the billiard
championship several years ago." said
Jake Schaefer, the Chicago ex-cham-
pion, recently, II stopped over at st.
Louis on my way home. I called on q
friend who kept a billiard room, and
as was tired he allowed me the use
Of his room to take nap.
"While / was asleep a local billiard
player came In looking for a game, but
couldn't find 1t. The proprietor then
woke me up and asked me to quietly
slip in the billiard room and sit down.
Nobody knew me by sight. had been
there about ten minutes when I was
challenged for a game. I accepted and
beat the fellow two points.
"Let's play another for the drinks
he said, and accepted. Again I beat
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CAT WHACK WITH THE CLUB"
den endin'. l hain't gwine to admit
that I caved in and took a back seat,
but I reckon the old woman has had
her way mostly since that date. We
was sittin' in the cabin doah one even
in when we heard the report of rifle
on the mountings. and the old woman
speaks up and says:
"T reckon that's Bill Shafter shoot
in at wildcat
cts mo- likely to be Joe Sellin'
shootin' at bar says I.
"T consider to reckon you are
wrong
"'And I consider to reckon I'm
right
"'Pears to me I heard wildcat
scream about half an hour ago.
"'And it pears to me heard bar
growlin' Jest afore the shot was fired
"'Zeb, what's the use O your hangin'
to the bar like a mewlY
"'Ain't you hangin' to the wildcat
jest the sameT
"You see how silly and senseless it
all was" said the old man, with a
smile. II might have known that the
Lawd made woman to have the last
word and that the thing for me to do
was to shet my head, but in them days
I couldn't see it. I kept talkin' back.
and bimeby we got purity mad at each
other. don't reckon nuthin' much
would have come Of it II she hadn't
flung out about a wildcat chasin' me
into the cabin one night. It was
fact. I had been out In the woods
huntin' our COW and didn't have so
much as a knife with me, and when
I heard that catawaulin' I picked up
my feet and travelled. It allus made
me mad to think Of it, and when the
old woman softly smiled and limited
that some wildcats was too much for
some men I frOthed up and answered
back that had seen chipmunk make
her turn pale and tremble and that
half grown coon could run her out O
the cabin any day.
'Just then what should show up
down there by the hogpen but a pow
erful big wildcat. It was between
shutdown and dark, and l could see
every hair on her body. reckon she'd
been hunted off the mountings, for she
looked mad all over. She wouldn't
have come a-nigh us if left alone, but
she wasn't to be left alone.
"'Befo' the Lawd, but look at that
cat and my rifle not loaded and not
grain of powder in the house!
groaned.
eyes, purity fair sized cat, as cats
co. says the old woman as keerless as
you please.
"'Her pelt is with 81, and we can't
git itr
"'We mought if there was a man
around the house,
"'Hain't yereY
"'Reckon so, but you hain't tacklin
cats, you know
"'And mebbe you are! shouts, mad
huff to box her ears.
ayes, mebbe I are Zeb White, you
was sayin' that 1 turned pale at the
sight Of a chipmunk. I'm gwine to
show you that it takes a heap bigger
thing to skeer Tilda White. You kin
light up your pipe and look on
"'What you gwine to do, TildaE i
says.
"'Git that cats petit she says as she
rises up and walks over that way.
81 stands up and calls to her to come
back, but she laughs and keeps rlgn1
on. ran into the cabin for my knlfe'
and while was gittin' it she picks up
q club and walks straight for that cat.
Lawd, stranger, but was nigh skeereo
to death. l wouldn't have attacked
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Queer Piece of MOdernity.

ut has become a common thing,
said the talking machine man, Tor eld-
erly people to come here, have records
made and take these records off with
them to the safe deposit vaults to be
given to their children after death.
ct is pathetic to hear a man OF mid
die age saying into a photograph the
speech that he wants his children to
remember him by. Sometimes he has
the speech all written out and reads 1t
of. Sometimes he has few notes, q
few headings, on a card and Celebrates
his speech from these The speeches,
as rule, are little moral lectures ad-
vice on how to live. They are always
beautiful, they are so simple and SIN
cere."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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Isle of Diamonds.

Where is the mysterious island full
of diamonds for which the English ao'
yenturers in the ship Xema are searcn-
ing? A correspondent of the LONDON
Times says that il is Seal island, the
largest of the guano islands, near An
era Pequena, a. bay on the coast OF
German Southwest Africa "F1fty-iout
wears ago." he writes, Il was on tnis
island in company with Captain
Parker. From the interstices OF the
rocks we picked up some stones which
Captain Parker thought at INST were
diamonds. He afterward came 10 tne
conclusion that they were only rocs
crystals"
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him a point or two, and he wanted to
play for IS this time. l accepted. Of
course, and again purposely beat him
by a narrow margin.
"'What is your nameY he asked
You play fair game Of billiards.'
"'My name is Slosson,' replied to
see what he would say.
"'Well, you have nothing ON me-
was his quick rejoinder. My name IL
Schaefer'
Il then ran out the game, and when
he found out that was Schaefer he
bought SO worth Of wine, and my
friend who ran the billiard room lost e
good customer. He never came back"
One Of the oldest things that ever
happened on a ball field took place on
the west side grounds in Chicago ir
game against New York years ago.
Anson's men were playing the Giants,
and the victory hung in the balance
until in the ninth inning, with the
score even, Bill LANCE faced Jouett
Meekin and raped a certain double
to center. There were two out, and
the crowd rose with yelp Of delight
when LANCE smote the ball, which roll.
ed past Van Haltren.
That ball rolled on and finally disap.
peared. Van Haltren was on top Of it,
but instead Of picking 1t up he sudden.
~ threw himself fiat on the ground,
rammed his right arm into the earth
and commenced reaching. LANCE mean
time kept on. He turned second, raced
on to third, gave look outward and
then sprinted for home, scoring the
winning run.
The ball had rolled into a hole in the
ground from which a post had been
pulled that morning, and Van HaltreD
had been able only to reach it with the
tips of his fingers. The next day the
hole was filled in.
Mr.. Yost of Michigan, the great and
successful exponent Of straight" foot.
ball, placed himself in the hands Of a
lion tanner Immediately after reading
the new rules and hopes to be docile
enough soon to teach the game as she
is to be played.
The man who has an end in view nat
urally sees his finish. w. WEST.
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Dramatic Notes.

Thomas Jefferson recently made his
first appearance in Chicago as a star
presenting RIP Van Wrinkle" Next
fall he will add the role of Caleb Plum
mer in 1.-The Cricket ON the Hearth" t.
his repertory.
When Tragedian John Griffith plays
be seen for the first time as Rich
ard III. and Macbeth.
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Difference Of Opinion.

Difference Of Opinion.
us his new play serious or Is It a
comedy"
"There's a difference Of opinion"
FLOWS thatY
HE told me it was serious, and a
manager who read it said it was a
Joke Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ONCE Boy IL Our Boss.

ONCE Boy II Our Boss.
From errand boy to vice president
Of the company-wonderful career,
ehr'
mot at all. See those kids out
thereT'
"Yes."
'They are respectively our eighth
and ninth vice presidents" -Pittsburg
Post.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE
CLOSE IN.
,,r1I. FINISHED HOUSE.
Lot 56x115.
rooms, bath pantry, basement.
h1' fruit, and shade. Hot and
ia water; front and rear porch.
Wv IA for $4,000. Now offered for
i n DAVIS at $4,000. Terms,
O.o cash, balance at per cent in
terest. ao,,,.>1
INSURE WITH BAXTER"
As
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The Roundup
By Willie West
Tells Hon. Jake Scbaefe,
Played a Cruel
Joke.

I have seen many conflicting state
ments regarding the weight and meas
urements Of Joe Cans, the champion
lightweight, and to settle these contro
versies so far as our readers are con-
cerned append the champs" correct
physical statistics" OF course the
weight 1 give, 1873 pounds, is the fight
ing weight at which he won the title.
Cans best fighting weight is 137
pounds, and when not in active train
ing he averages about las pounds.
Cans measurements, ETC., are as fol-
lows.
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Q R!aN.
d|||||b s$ $s;sIGs '.,
AND UNl0NpACIEIC
ONLY LINE EAST VIA
eALT LAKE AND DENVER
TWO TRAINS DAILY
No. Arrives from Spokane
and departs for Pen
dleton and the east. 1915 p. m.
No Arrives from Pendleton
and the east, departs
at ..................10 :50 q. m.
No. 43 Leaves for Portland
and Spoken ..........9:30p p. m.
No. "A Arrives from Port
land and Spokane. .3:45 q. m.
No. 45 Leaves for Pendleton
and way points. con-
Meeting for Portland at 1900 q. m
No. 46 Arrives from Pendle-
ton and way points
with connections from
Portland at .......... 1855 p m.
No. 81 Arrives from Dayton
and way points at -. $3.50 p. m.
No. So Leaves for Dayton
and way points at $500 a.
Steamer Lines.
Daily boat service between Portland.
Astoria. oregon City, Dayton, Oregon.
Salem independence, Corvallis, and all
Columbia and Willamette river points.
Sleeping cars daily to Omaha, Chica.
60; Tourist Sleeping cars daily to
Kansas City; Pullman tourist sleeping
cars personally conducted) weekly to
Chicago: reclining chair cars (seats
free) to the East daily.
Snake River Route.
Leave Riparia daily except Satur.
day, $40 a. m.
Leave Lewiston daily, except Fri
day, 7:0- a. m.
r. BURNS,
District Freight and Passenger Agent.
c. S. HAYNES,
City Ticket Agent,
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Poor Mary.

Poor Mary.
Nell l. Mary Jones Is spelling her
name Mae" now.
Belle Let her. That's the only
chance she'll ever have to change her
name.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Two Loves.

I love them both, for both are sweet
And beautiful to me.
Each evening both of them meet,
And strangely both agree.
Both form a portion Of my life,
Both drive my cares away
Nv meerschaum pipe, my loving wife.
Two idols-made Of clay!
La Touche Hancock in New York Press.
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Tommy-Wot's the good O. tellin' me
The bees is carryin' 'oney 'ome? This
one warn't Boo-hoo! E was carryin'
mustard. I knows-Pve swallered it.
Pick-Me-Up.
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PROFESSIONAL.

DRlGHAM, NJ. D., OCCULIST
n, Aurlst. Eye, Ear, Nose and
:, Postoffice building, Phone
Main 2ss
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Ex'House Surgeon. State College.
DIR. M. c. COON. osTEOPATHIC
physician. Examination free at your
nome All diseases treated success
FULLY, both acute and chronic, es-
pecially nerve, heart and female
troubles. Phone F. L. 1853, College
Place.
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WHEN WANTING A LOAD OF HAY
Phone 1872. sc
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UNDERTAKERS.

-oohERLY & HOLLOWAY LII
censed embalmers and undertakers.
Babcock block, IN First street. Tel.
Main 379.
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DIX. J. G. MACK, PHYSICIAN AND
surgeon. Special attention given to
diseases Of women ana electrical
treatments. Once. rooms II and %,
Fostoffice building. Phone. Omces,
Main. 40: Residence, Main $50.
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SUITS PRESSED.

w. w. CLEANING & EYEING
"orhs' Ladies' and gentlemen's
eio'nes cleaned and pressed. 81 w.
Alder St. Phone 1888.
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SUITS sPONGED AND PRESSED
~ ~ Second st. Phone Main TIC.
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The best local advertisers say that
they get the best results when they
advertise. in The Statesman. A hint
to the wise Is sufficient.