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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

He watched his mother cut them out
Those trousers Of his dreams,
Then sat right by her side to see
Her sew the tiny seams.
At nine and ten and twelve o'clock,
And then again at one,
With happy, anxious face he asked
IL they were almost done.
And when at last he had them on,
His young heart swelled with pride,
Just see that pocket in the back,
the Omaha" was bought and In 1863 an
Said he. land on each side.
81 wouldn't be an angel now,
Not II l had a chance,
j don't believe the boys up there
Have pockets in their pants!
Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
story of hobby and Beth.

Girls don't have to do anything de-
clared Bobby, as he sat down with thump
on the shoe box in grandmother's room.
Girls don't have to feed the hens or fill
the wood box. l wish l was a girl, so
1 do"
Girls don't have TO do anything!" ex-
claimed Grandmother Stone in surprise.
well. WELL well! You come, with me a
minute. Bobby, and Wen see II you are
right"
Bobby followed grandmother into the
sitting room But when they got there
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
An Anxious Mother.

I'm worried bout my dolly,
I'm afraid she isn't well;
But exactly what the matter Is
It's very hard TO tell.
She seems 10 have a fever,
Tho of pain she never speaks;
And her symphonies so peculiar,
For it's settled in her cheeks!
She hasn't any appetite,
She never eats a thing
No matter what feast you spread
Or tempting dainty bring.
And then it's very curious
Why, day and night and ALL
She sits and stares before her,
And TO sleep she'll never fall
Unless / take her in my arms,
or lay her on her bed,
With her toes so high she's nearly
Standing straight upon her headl
think I'll call the doctor
Like my mamma does for me;
I'm getting very anxious,
And I'd like for him TO see
II he hasn't got medicine
To make my dolly grow
AS strong and plump and hearty
AS her mother is, you know.
kansas City Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

blue error postage stamp at re-
IR&4I cent sale in London, much to the
SD surprise OF the majority of stamp
collectors. Thus one more rarity Is added
to the constantly growing list Of errors.
The newcomer was issued with an in
verted surcharge. surcharged stamp, 1t
may be explained for the benefit OF those
not up in philately. is one on which new
value or use has been set by simply stamp
ing or printing another value or name than
that originally engraved upon the stamp in
black letters across its face. In the case
of the Transvaal error the surcharge was
printed upside down
Stamp errors, or postage stamps defective
through mistakes in printing or a wrong
use OF colors, are everywhere highly priced
by collectors, and the premium upon them
often exceeds that commanded by some Of
the rarest specimens Of the regular issues.
The principal reason for their high value Is
due to the scarcity of the errors, as in every
case the government Issuing them puts
forth every effort for their recall, and thus
very few. as a rule, come into the posses
sion OF the general public.
There are many OF these errors all Of
them commanding high premiums. In some
cases they have sold for as much as 1850.
but II is not easy to set an exact valuation
upon all Of them, as they are not on the
market, the known specimens being closely
held by their owners. 1t is not improbable
that II some of the rarest of the errors
were for sale they, would bring a higher
price than the one mentioned.
This stamp is the South Australian 4
penny blue, issued in 1870 with the sur
charge omitted. 1t is worth $500 in un-
used condition. while even the used copies
fetch $3.50
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Test of the wireless.

Tests of a transatlantic wireless telegraph
system have been in progress for several
weeks, IL is said. between stations on the
coasts of Scotland and Massachusetts,
While the results SO far have not borne out
the success promised for the system by its
projectors, sufficient encouragement has
been derived to have high hopes built upon
their outcome. In his speech before the
Yale Law School Political club in New
Haven Melville T. Stone general manager
OF the Associated Press. made a reference
to the experiments when he said: As
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Use of Storage Batteries.

Use of Storage Batteries.
In a paper read before the British As
ISOLATION of Engineers-in-Charge, r.
Crawter gave a series of useful hints on
storage batteries and their application to
public institutions. Amongst other COM
mon practices to which he raises obJec-
ton is that of 1ischarging batteries in
parallel. This he says, whilst reprehensi-
BILE at any time, on account of the diff
Guilty of apportioning the load, becomes
markedly more when the further error
is committed of discharging an entirely
new battery in parallel with one or more
sets which have been at work, may be,
for a period during which their capacity
has been appreclably reduced. Under such
circumstances the willing horse" in the
shape of the new battery, takes many times
more than its fair share of the work. In
instance of this he cited case in which
a new battery was placed in parallel with
two others of the same make and size,
which had been at work for several years
Here, out of a total discharge of 200 am
peres, the new set gave no less than 1S0
with the result that being overworked, it's
capacity soon fell off, and from the point
OF work to be got out OF It, II became a
bad investment. Hence he contends, that
the battery to deal with given load
should be considered as one unit-that Is
to say, II the requirements OF the plant
call for a 2,OOO-ampere battery, one set Of
1900 ampere-hour cells should be put down
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Electric Power In Germany.

In the Prussian department of public
works monograph has been prepared
with reference to the utilization of the
water power created through the canal "a
ton of the rivers Moselle and Saar. 1t
states that at the dams of the Moselle in
Prussan territory about 5000 horse power
and In the territory of Lorraine about 5000
horsepower. and at the dams of the Saar
about 1000 horsepower will be avallabl
a total of about $1,000 horsepower This
power will not at once be utilized at all
the dams, and II so not to the full extent.
For supplying larger amounts of power to
the existing iron furnaces in Lorraine and
in the Saar district 1t is unfavorable that
the furnace gases developed In the process
are already used for generating power. For
the larger cities, as Coblenz, Trier and
Metz, however, the power OF the dams In
the vicinity could be proitably used and
the existing steam-electricity work could
be utilized as a reserve and supplement for
the water power created by the new dams.
This water power could also be made use
full in running short railroad lines as for
instance, the recently constructed Moselle
Valley railroad from Trier to Bullay for
the navigation OF the canal in operating
the sluices and guards, and could be sup
piled to the villages Of the Eifel and Huns
rueck mountains, whereby home industries
could be created In these poor districts
The expenses for a water-power station
consist Of the cost of the turbine plant and
that OF the creation sending and dis
tributing OF the electric current. No ex-
pense is incurred by the construction of a
dam in the river as 1t already exists In
the interest of navigation. 1t is evident
that the utilization OF the water powers
which in Germany has not received mucl
consideration, will serve the public welfare
on the one hand and on the other help ma,
tefially to raise revenue for the purposes Of
canalization.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

with the city authorities and its patrons,
exacting excessive tolls and doing about as
1t pleased It's plan of operation was to
add new improvements and increase the
tolls with each Improvement The maxi
mum rate fixed In It's charter was $125 per
arnum for unlimited. The company ran
the cost up to $175 per annum under various
pretexts, and charged extra for service in
the various towns annexed to the city.
Suits were instituted against the company
by the city two years ago to secure a tu-
dicial Interpretation OF the company's
rights. The lower courts sustained the
contentious Of the plaintiff and this de-
cision has been affirmed by the supreme
court of the state. In effect the decision
abolshes toll rates within the city limits
makes the maximum rate s125 a year and
requires the company to reimburse the city
to the amount OF $4,000
In addition to deciding these points, the
highest tribunal of the state declared in
misunderstanding to the construction
placed upon its language by attorneys In
the case-that the present franchise of the
telephone company had been nullified be-
cause of the corporations abuse of the
powers granted to 1t by the terms of the
ordinance The decision is said by counsel
for the city to be one of the greatest vic
tories that has been won by the public in
the supreme court in years. and is declared
to solve practically all of the knotty prob
lens involved in the prolonged controversy
that has been carried on between the tele-
phone company, the city and the Illinois
Manufacturers association. Under the
terms of the decision, 1t is said, claims for
excessive telephone charges amounting to
$00.000 which now are pending In the
courts, can be collected from the company
and the reduction In it's rates, it is esti-
mated. will mean a loss in revenue amount
ing approximately to $1,000 a week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

wind-made electricity holds out the prom
Use of becoming a great boon to rural dis
tricts, and the day is near at hand when
every farmer who has a windmill on his
grounds can enjoy electric lights and the
many other services which electric power
is capable of yielding For many years,
men have been trying to convert wind
power into electricity. r. W. Wilson Of
westfeld, Ind, has worked out practical
BILE method of accomplishing 1t.
In producing wind-made electricity, says
the Technical World. Wilson calls upon
the windmill to perform its customary
function OF pumping water. He leads the
water into a hydraulic regulator built on
the principle of a water lift, in which the
pressure is controlled by weights, and from
which it is released by means of automatic
valves.
This regulator is the means of maintain
ing an even pressure under all conditions,
whether the windmill is revolving fast or
slow.
Under the uniform pressure. the water is
passed from the hydraulic chamber
through a water motor to which dynamo
is attached.
Mr.. Wilson demonstrates the success OF
the invention at his own shop I'm West
field which is brightly lighted with wind
made electricity, and to all appearances
It equals the steam-made product that city
folk enjoy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Courts Hit Phone Monopoly.

he Chicago Telephone company
has at last reached the end of its
rope and must obey the law
which created it. For years past
It has been in constant turmoil
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Keeping n Contract.

T the "Old Cummins Jackson mill"
on the West Fork river, in what
is now West Virginia, was living
many years ago a healthy boy,
who had very definite ideas of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

,CUPPOSE you knew a man who had
been Deaf for twenty yearsf
~ Suppose you met him today,
and found he could hear every
whisper you spoke to himf
Suppose you enquired about him.
and found that he was one of the most
reliable, and responsible, citizens of
Louisville, whose word could be abso-
lutely trusted.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

A test of the traction power OF steam
and electric locomotives was made in Nor
way recently. On the wide railway. which
runs from Sannesund up to Halfslund sta
tion, there are run both electric and steam
locomotives. and the company operating
the railway has had the following ex-
perience: A steam locomotive Of ninety
tons weight pulls only with the greatest
difficulty two cars loaded with ten tons
up he hills. on the other hand, the cleo
trio locomotive. of only twenty-five tons
weight, pulls six such loaded freight cars
easily up the hills even when the rails
are wet. and on a side track with q rise OF
1.2s meters the electric locomotive pulls
four loaded cars When the steam locomo-
tive with its cars has come TO a stop, its
ability to get a new Start ceases, as the
wheels slide on the rails; but the electric
locomotive. after such a stop. has no
difhcultv in getting fresh start with it's
full-loaded freight cars The experience OBJ
tanned on this road confirms the superior
ity OF electric locomotives on steep grad
tents.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

usually good results were attained; the
other five days were not so successful on
account Of atmospheric and at times Of
unavoidable mechanical difficulties.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

Awe hundred dollars was the price
brought by a Transvaal 6-penny
blue error postage stamp at a re-
al cent sale in London. much to the
= surprise Of the majority of stamp
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Dollar Package
FIR Z: 9
Man Medicine Free

You can now obtain large dollar size
rec package of Man Medieine-free on re-
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-03-08

ways in rest for a tilt with the Stand
ard Oil company. A year ago he Of
fered a resolution in the house to in
vestigate the production and price of
petroleum, which was directly aimed at
the Standard Oil company and its
operations in the state of Kansas.
Recently in his speech on the railway
rate bill Mr.. Campbell took occasion
to further attack this corporation and
introduced an amendment to the bill
which would prevent railroads from
carrying the Standard Oil company's
tank cars.
Mr. Campbell does not impress one
as being a crank or a demagogue, and
he is not. He is one of the Dest
dressed men in the house and looks
like the prosperous lawyer that he is.
He has a good strong face, with clear
cut features, prominent nose, deter
mined jaw, but withal a pleasant,
genial expression of countenance.
The record of this Kansas congress-
man is one that was more common so
years ago, when frontiersmen rose by
their own exertions from humble sur
roundings to a high place in states
manship, than in the present day. At
the age of ten years, owing to the
death of his father, he was compelled
to help support his mother and six
brothers and sisters. He piloted a
yoke of oxen that broke up most of the
land on their prairie farm in Kansas
and for several years he was a hired
man among the neighboring farmers
in order that his wages might help out
his mother and family. Under the
most adverse circumstances he secured
a college education, read law and built
up a practice. He is a little over 40
years of age and is row talked of for
United States senator, a position he
scarcely dreamed of when driving his
oxen across the Kansas prairies 30
years ago.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-03-08

great struggle. Lieut.. Gen. Chaffee
has just retired, and has been succeed
ed as lieutenant general by Maj. Gen.
John G. Bates. The latter will be sue
ceeded in few months by Mai. Gen.
Henry @. Corbin, and he will retire
and be succeeded by Maj. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur, all within the next IL
months. The lieutenant generalship
will then go to member of the
younger generation, one whose mill
tary record has been made on tho west
ern plains, In Cuba, the Philippines
and China.
When Gen. Chaffee retired one of
the best soldiers ever In the American
army went out OF service. He was
born with the instinct of soldier and
worked himself up from the lowest
rank to the highest. At the outbreak
OF the war he enlisted from Chic IN
the Sixth cavalry of the regular army.
He said that he wanted to have real
lighting and to be a real soldier and
thought he could accomplish his desire
better In the regular than in the vol
unteer service. He served. In thisj
command as a private and as a nom
commissioned oflcer and was then
made second lieutenant, reaching tbe
grade Of first lieutenant in 1866. He
was an ideal trooper and in love with
the cavalry service During tina civil
war he was In so pitched engagements.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-03-08

the hardest worked men In public
life"
Mr.. Knox does not know whether he
wants to continue as a United States
senator or not. There is no question
about his doing full days work every
day the senate is In session. With the
possible exception of Mr.. Pettus, or
Alabama, Mr.. Knox is the earliest riser
in official Washing.o on. He gets up
before six o'clock every morning, and
after a light breakfast sits down, no
later than seven o'clock, to his work.
He goes through his mail hastily, Sc
lecting a letter here and there that
looks as though 1t were from some one
In whom he was particularly Interest,"
ed, and after reading this part OF his
correspondence he gets down to the
work of studying legislation and other
matters that his senatorial duties inn
pose upon him. About nine o'clock
his secretary and stenographer put in
their appearance, and then the sem
ator dictates his correspondence, which
averages over 100 letters a day.
His time is fully occupied with his
correspondence and an occasional call
at the White House until the senate
meets, where he is very prompt and
conscientious in his attendance He is
member of three very important
committees, those on Judiciary, inter-
oceanic canals and privileges and cleo
tions. They all have big questions be-
fore them, and Mr.. Knox will not
slight any Of the subjects. His prom
inence as a great corporation and con-
stitutional lawyer carries with it the
penalty of being appealed to by his
colleagues on all great questions that
come before the senate.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-03-08

NssW. Now the people speak OF che
Equitable site" The building erected
to last forever so far as construction
goes in junk, So short a time does
the limit" last in Gotham. As a site
it is superb, one of the two finest
downtown, the other being the old
custom house, bought by the National
City bank. That is it was bought, but
never IS quite bought when thu tax
man comes around. Upon this site
'then, the Equitable proposes to erect
a modern Office building to cost $27,-
100000. 1t would be the costliest in
the world and it would ray.
There is an additional reason for
going into land development on a
colossal scale. Paul Morton, the hust.
Ter from Nebraska and Kansas, 1;
cutting out the dead wood in the so.
ciety and greatly reducing the amount
of money tied up in cats and dogs.
The Equitable finds itself in shape
where It can build no investment
would pay better, the incidental ad.
vertising would be frst-class. do not
doubt that the proposition is thrown
out as a feeler; but there is one thing
not to be forgotten. In some shape
the Equitable must rebuild. Nobody
can afford to let a big lot of lower
Broadway land 90 in these days with
only ten stories of tax-and-interest.
paying Offices stacked on top of it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-03-08

need Of q hotel where self-supp)rt.ne
women might find residence and whe'e
transient visitors would feel no need
of chaperOnage was obvious long be-
fore the Mother of her Country fur
nished a name TO this comfortable
house with its blue and yellow colonial
decorations. But the memory OF A. I.
Stewards attempt to subject grown
women to boarding school restrictions
in what is now the Park Avenue hotel
was slow to die and the advent Of the
Martha less than three years ago was
chiefly important to the funny men as
furnishing a chance to picture it's lob
by inhabited by amiable elderly wOm-
en- exchanging knitting patterns.
Yet from the first the Martha has
had a waiting list of applicants for
the rooms it sets aside for dodgers,
and of late reading rooms, writing
rooms-half the little attractions it Of
fered as bait-have been swept away
by the pressure for bedrooms, the
same pressure that keeps all New
York hotels over-full.
The first hotel for women has sue
ceeded and a second has now been es-
tablished uptown on tue west side. It
is in charge of the widow of south
ern United States senator, thus going
the Martha Washington one better, the
first hotel for women having a man as
manager.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-03-08

encouraged to do their own washing,
too, thing which no hotel permits
women to do. The Mills hotels recruit
their guests to some extent from
young men just beginning work and
in much larger part from older men
who have missed success and need a
respectable hating place before start
ing again.
Mills hotels for women would OCCUPY
different field. New York has more
than a quarter of a million working
women, few of whom earn wages that
would permit them to live at the Mar
tina or its rival. The average wages
of the $4,000 saleswomen Is reckoned
at about five dollars per week. Many
OF these women live at home. The
many who do not are pinched tighter
by poverty every year as the cost of
living increases. To pay for a fur
nished room and to get wholesome
meals and such neat dress as is re-
quired in the modern shop out of the
average salesgirls salary is next to
impossible. There is moral menace
here as well as the physical danger of
| starvation.
Paris, of all places, has already Mills
hotels for women with rooms at %
cents night for transients. New York
needs two grades of them, one for
women whose earnings enable them IN
pay from 81 to $40 per week and the
other providing for women who earn
from IS to 81. A part of the money
needed for hotel of the first grade Is
Professionally subscribed, and it MAJ
not be long before such house. e.
opened.
But where in New York is the cir
to live who does not and cannot gel
more than SIS a week?
OWEN LANGDON.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-03-08

he set his price at two cents and estab-
lished his own delivery system. He
dropped half a million there. But
what is one the result of the cut rate
war? The World is making big money
at one cent. The Times is doing we'll
at the same price. The Sun stays at
two The Tribune went to three cents
with an apology. Bennett went to
three cents without an apology; just
went. Figure the difference between
three cents and one every day except
Sunday on an edition of say $4,000,
and you have only the beginning of
Benefits income.
Even Benefits fads pay. He took
UP the cause of the automobiles when
everybody else was swearing at them.
He likes motor cars himself ana offers
prizes for road contests which are
worldrenowned. Now he has an enor-
nous amount of auto advertising and
a position as the daily organ of the
trade, of course unofficial. Again al
most alone among American papers
he eSpoused the Russian side in the
late unpleasantness with Japan, and
his Paris paper won valuable support
from French sympathizers with Rus
STA. Once in a mood of impatience and
inebrity Mr.. Bennett cabled orders to
stop the Telegram, his evening paper
1t was stopped, with the editorial an.
nouncement cabled for the purpose
When Bennett had recovered from his
suills, lie cabled to start the Telegram
going again. The town laughed at the
performance but the shock to it's sys.
TEN did the Telegram good.
Mr.. Benefits desk in the Herald
building is always ready for him, tn,
papers at his hand, the summoninl
bells In working order. With the Ly
sistrata on this side of the Atlanti,
1t will be strange If he does not droI
in unannounced to take a look at thu
business that pays him an easy mil
lion or more a year.