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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

But said I, I feel that my mechanical
knowledge is weak. There are many diff
culties to be overcome and 1 fear have
not the knowledge of electricity required
Well. then, you better get It,, said
Prof. Henry.
Those words spurred mo to action. /
cannot tell you how much they encouraged
me. / did go to work again and it was
the result of that work which enabled me
to bring about my final success. My pat
ent for the telephone was granted just
about two years before Prof. Henry died"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

The importance Of a permanent location
for a state fair did not come to the people
of Nebraska until six years ago, when,
after failures, disappointments and great
sacrifices of money had been made in tenn
porary locations, without getting satisfac-
tory results, there was an effort put forth
which resulted in harmonizing the agricul-
tural sentiment of the state for a perma-
nent location where a fixed system of ex-
hibition Improvements could be con-
structed.
The present state fair grounds since be-
coming the property OF the state has had
centralized around 1t a strong feeling OF
interest and endorsement in making this
the exhibition home of the agricultural and
live stock industries Of the state.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
Chat with Inventor Alexander Graham Bell His WASHINGTON Home

In an adjoining room through the wall into
hall and to throw it on q screen before
a delighted audience. The dispatch chron-
Icling the discovery was full of technical
electric terms and it also contained several
proper names, founded like that of the al
legged inventor, DIR. II. f. Liz (helix), or
some such scientific word.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

GlASHINGTON, Aug. SO.-(Special
I~I Correspondence of The Bee)-
1t was a still, small voice
RfSyAl that reached my ears the other
uc>S night, when called up DIR. Alex
ander Graham Bell and asked him for a
chat about some of his recent scientific
experiments. The voice was that of DR..
Bell himself. AS 1t came over the wire
IL was not louder than a whisper, but it's
every syllable was articulate and distinct
and l could hear it as plainly as though
stood before the famous inventor face to
face. AS l listened my mind went back to
the time when that same voice made its
first successful communication of this kind
and my heart thrilled at the thought OF
what its owner has given the human race.
1t is scarcely generation since DR.. Bell
invented the means of sending articuats
sounds over a wire, and today by that in
vention the voices of all the world pass to
and fro without regard to distance. Last
year on the Bell telephone lines alone there
were more than 100000, 900 conversations,
or enough TO give three talks to every man,
woman and child upon earth and leave
some to spare. Those conversations took
place in the United States and 1t is fair
to presume that an equal number were
oNteISu III EuNOpSB ASIA 0OutH AIleTlCd anu
Australia.
Our Mig Telephone Business.
I hcve before me the last report of the
American Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany. 1t gives no statistics outside Its
own business, and 1t practically includes
only the progress of the Bell lines in the
United States. The figures are astound-
ing and they should be multiplied by two
or more to give an adequate idea of the
telephoning of the world. The total mile
age OF the Bell lines is now more than
100000. 1t has in use enough wire 10
reach 30 times around the earth; more
than enough to bind two girdles around the
sun and still leave plenty over for waist
bands for Mars and the moon. Indeed
II wire could be stretched through space
the Bell wires alone are enough to make
twenty private lines 10 the moon and leave
a million odd miles TO spare. The wires
which were stretched by that company
during last year would go fifty-four times
around the earth. and they use so much
copper to make them that some of our
greatest mines are kept busy furnishing
It, II would take big forest to supply
the 100000 poles to which those lines are
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

a.. ) mat Mr. Meeker left Seattle and on
August IS he was at Lexington, Neb., 1000
miles from his starting point and almost a
thousand miles from his destination. He
expects to finish his journey at Indianapo-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
Growth of the Fair.

The Nebraska state fair, from its little
beginning in 1859, has steadily grown
into one of the most prominent and in
fiuential agricultural exhibition associa-
lions In the United States. Each decade
has shown great progress in the exhibition
interests at the state fair. In all lines of
agricultural industry the disposition has
been to Improvement and a higher stand
ard of perfection in the exhibition art.
In addition to the great natural resources
of a state rich in the inexhaustible fer
tility of it's soil, there has been a sys-
7tematic training of exhibition skill in
the, various counties, prompted by the in
centive of contest which the county col
lective exhibition of farm products at
the state fe r has created.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

hung. and the underground conduits in
which they lie are so many that IL placed
end to end they would girdle the world =
AS to the money invested in the tele-
phone business it's amount is uncomfortable.
The Bell companies alone have, a capital
ization Of more than sSoo. 0o0.o 900, and the
capitalization of the Independent companies
here and of the other companies belonging
to government and individuals in Europe
and the rest of the world is probably much
greater.
These figures give some idea OF what that
still. small voice meant when II first sent
articulate sounds over the wires and there
by began the conversations which have so
revolutionized the world of society. business
and trade.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
A Midnight Chat.

the interview. The time fixed was mid
night, for the inventor Of the, telephone Is
a night worker. He has always done the
greater part of his experimenting and think
ing after dark, finding that his mind works
more clearly as the world grows quiet, and
that II is at its hes. between II and in the
morning. During the summer months he
seldom goes to sleep before dawn and his
usual hours for rest are from UNITY II a. m.
DIR. Bells afternoons are devoted to busi-
ness and social engagements, and has nights
to reading and scientific experiments.
During our talk I asked lin v1sether his
arrangement of the hours was net Injurious
TO health. He replied that he hsd not found
II so, and that he far preferEed 1t to that
of other men who work by day. Indeed,
night and day are much the same to him.
and when he is especially interested In somo
OF his experiments goes, many hours with
out sleep, working on far into the day. and
then sleeping for hours at stretch to
make up. 1t is by this means that he
does an enormous amount of work, carrying
on studies and experiments along many
lines, and. at the same time, keeping him
self thoroughly abreast of the scientific
world. He is now within a year or so OF
the age at which DR.. Osler said the working
man should be chloroformed. but his eye is
as bright, his step as firm and his mind as
active as when he made his great discovery
as to the telephone thirty odd years ago.
He tells me that he never felt better than
he does now. and doubt whether he has
ever enjoyed his life or work more.
-
Joseph Henry and the Telephone.
Our conversation covered a wide range.
In response to my questions II was at times
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

ST January the newspapers an
nouneed that T-zra Aseexer had
started from Seattle, Wash, to
mark with monuments the old
Oregon Trail. 1t was on Janu-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
New Head of Iowa Knights of Pythias

FERRIS. Of Sioux City, was
| elected without opposition to the
office of Grand Chancellor OF the
tExS653I Knights of Pythias, Domain OF
>S Iowa, at the Grand Lodge ses-
sion. The new chancellor has been promi-
nent in Pythian circles for twelve years.
He was a member OF the judiciary com.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

today that did at the beginning. thirty
nine years ago, when this organization
was crested. The representation for the
state, of twenty-nine/ members on the
State Board of Agriculture remains the
same. the same system of electing the
board, the same delegate representation
from the county agricultural societies. the
same form of county reports, the same
system of publication.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
Copyright, 1906. by Frar

yht, 1906. by Frank G. Carpenter)
Aug. SO.-(Special
Correspondence of The Bee.)-
1t was still, small voice
that reached my ears the other
night, when l called un DIR. Alex
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02

Joseph Henry and the Telephone.
Our conversation covered a wide range
In response TO my questions II was at times
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
Set Fashion in Surgery.

Confined at st. Luke's hospital, Den
yer, having recently undergone an
operation on one of her fingers, which
had become deformed from a break
and which was Strengthened, is Miss
Mary H. Gartside, who, according to
the Times of that city, has the dis
tinction of being the first person on
record to have the vermiform appen-
dix removed.
1t was because of this operation,
which was purely experimental and
which was resorted to in the last ex-
tremity, that the possibility OF remov-
ing the appendix was discovered.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
Ram and Dog in Combat.

A prize ram, belonging to John w.
Larrick, of Charlottesville, this coun-
ty, the other day defended a flock of
sheep attacked by dogs, and lost his
life after a desperate battle with a
fierce Great Dane.
The ram and the dog fought for
three-quarters of an hour, deep holes
being torn in the sod where the en-
counter took place, but the superior
size and strength of the dog proved
too much for his weaker adversary,
and the ram was finally killed. Four
ewes were killed before the dogs were
beaten off,
After chase of nearly five miles,
Mr.. Larrick and his sons killed the
dogs, six shots from a revolver being
required to put an end to the Great
Dane. - Winchester correspondence
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18

The University of Notre Dame, 1t
appears, has some features that can
not be duplicated in any other school
1t is one of the old, well-established
colleges, with settled traditions reach
ing back sixty-four years, with a dis
tinguished staff of professors and ex.
cellent library and laboratory equip
ment. Its discipline is Of the paternal
kind-strong without being oppres-
sive; and as it embraces in its scope
the grammar school. high school and
college work, it's appeal is as broad as
it is potent. Perhaps the most remark.
able feature of the famous Indiana
University, however, is the fact that it
has arrived at its present marvellous
development absolutely without en-
dowment. An announcement Of the
courses provided at Notre Dame ap.
pears on another page.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
About the Care
of Finger Nails.
A Little Daily Care and Precaution
All That Is Necessary.

Nothing responds more readily to
treatment than the finger nails; just
a little daily care and precaution in
tending them and a woman may keep
her nails neat and prettily shaped.
The first thing. where they are brit
tie, is to harden them; teaspoonful
Of warm olive oil, heated over any
convenient flame, and the nails of
each hand soaked five minutes in it.
# this is done every night for a
month, the change will be most sat-
lsfying, and then the nails may be
kept short for awhile until entirely
cured of the tendency to split and
break.
Two months give an entire new
nail; that is, it takes two months for
the base of the nail to become the
tip projecting just beyond the tip of
the finger itself. In addition to the
oil, the nails should be filled with
plain yellow vaseline, well rubbed in
at night and any good cold cream at
any time through the day; this makes
them supple and prevents the edges
from roughening.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
"AN OLD PAINTERS IDEAS"

The autumn season is coming more
and more to be recognized as most
suitable time for housepainting. There
is no frost deep in the wood to make
trouble for even the best job or paint
ing, and the general seasoning or the
summer has put the wood into good
condition in every way. The weather.
moreover, is more likely to be settled
for the necessary length of time to
allow all the coats to thoroughly dry. a
very important precaution. An old
and successful painter said to the
whittier the other day: House owners
would get more for their money IL they
would allow their painters to take
more time, especially between coats
Instead Of allowing barely time for the
surface to get dry enough not to be
'tacky,' several days (weeks would
not be too much) should be allowed
SO that the coat might set through
and through. It is inconvenient, Of
course, but, If one would suffer this
slight Inconvenience, it would add two
Or three years to the life of the paint. :"
the paint used is the very best to
be had. The purest of white lead and
the purest of linseed oil unmixed with
any cheaper of the cheap mixtures,
often known as white Lead" and oil
which has been doctored with fish oil,
benzine, corn oil or other of the
adulterants known to the trade are
used, all the precautions of the skilled
painter are useless to prevent the
cracking and peeling which make
houses unsightly in a year or SO and
therefore, make painting bills too fire.
Quent and costly. House owner
should have his painter bring the In
gradients to the premises separately,
white lead of some well known relia-
bic brand and linseed oil of equal quail
ity and mix the paint just before ap-
plying it. Painting need not be ex-
pensive and unsatisfactory if the old
painters suggestions are followed.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
For Eczema.

For a child who is afflicted with. &C.
zema you will find nothing more sooth-
ing and harmless than this cosmetic
jelly, which is inexpensive and most
easily made: Seven ounces of rose
water and 80 grains of gum traga-
canth; let soak over night, strain
through fine muslin and add one-half
ounce of glycerine and pinch of
boric acid. This may be applied to
the entire body of the child, and when
the skin is rough or the little face
smarting from the wind it will be
found the greatest comfort.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
Dripping Pan on Tombstone.

One frequently comes across curious
epitaphs, but we have never before
heard Of that useful and necessary
kitchen requisite the dripping pam
figuring upon a tombstone. The fol-
lowing curious lines, however, are to
be found in Wooditton churchyard,
near Newmarket, England, and let into
the head of the stone is dripping
pan:
To the memory of William Simonds,
who died March 1, 1853, aged so years.
Here lies my corpse who was the man
That loved a sop in dripping pan
But now believe me / am dead
See here the pan stands at my head
Still for sop to the last cried
But could not eat and so l died
My neighbors they perhaps may laugh
Now they do read my epitaph.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
SORES ON HANDS.

Suffered for a Long Time Without Re-
Iief-Doctor Was Afraid to Touch
Them-Cured by Cuticura.
For a long time | suffered with
sores on the hands which were itch
Ing, painful and disagreeable. | had
three doctors, and derived no benefit
from any of them. One doctor said
he was afraid to touch my hands, so
you must know how bad they were;
another said l never could be cured;
and the third said the sores were
caused by the dipping of my hands
in water in the dye-house where |
work I saw In the papers about the
wonderful cures of the Cuticura Rene
dies and procured some of the Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. In
three days after the application Of the
Cuticura Ointment my hands began
to peel and were better. The sore
ness disappeared, and they are now
smooth and clean, and | am still
working in the dye-house. Mrs. A. E..
Maurer, 2340 State ST., Chicago, I'LL,
July 1. 1905"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
HAD WORKED HARD
APPLICANTS REFERENCES SAT-
ISFIED THE HOUSEWIFE
Better Than Any Documentary Evil
dence She Might Have Car
ried Was Mute Testimony
Offered by Cook.

she was gaunt, middle-aged wom-
an, In clean but faded calico dress
her hair drawn into tight knot at
the crown of her head left her rugged
features and furrowed cheeks unre-
ileVed and her little black straw hat
cooked at a humorous angle ON top
or her head transformed her into a
living caricature.
Mrs. Torrance opened the door to
her with sigh. All day long she had
Deen answering the doorbel1 and ex-
aiming specimens from the intelli-
gence office, and her nerves had about
reached the raw edge of endurance and
were ready to jump over. Such speci-
mems! Mrs. Terrence shuddered at
the thought of letting one of them into
her dainty, well-ordered little fat.
Yet you can't do your own homework
and have time to make yourself lovely
and charming for young and dis
eliminating husband, too. Mrs. Tor
rance simply had to have a maid.
At sight of the latest conner her
heart sank. The big Irish woman i'm
pressed her more unfavorably than any
Of her predecessors. Mrs. Torrance
was almost beginning to tell her that
she hau been suited already and to
turn her away, when a wistful look in
the womans eyes made her ask her to
step in.
II was stint by the intelligence,
num- said the woman, briefly.
Have you a reference?" Mrs. Tor
rance nut that nnestinn first. because
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
What Scared Her.

Alvah Whittier, a few years since,
was the manager of the c. c. Morse
& Son auction house at Haverhin.
One afternoon while appraising a lot
girl, four or five years of age, was
rather noisy, and irritated Mr.. Whit
tier. He finally said to her: my lit
tie girl, what does your mother do to
punish you when you are naughty?"
The little girl turned to her mother
and said:
Mother, take out your upper and
lower teeth and show Mr.. Whittier
how you scare me when / am bad
girl"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
A Question of Accommodation

Senator Hoar used to tell the story
of an incident he witnessed on Bos-
ton street car 1t was about II o'clock
p. m, the mystic hour when all law
abiding Bostonians lose their thirsts.
The senator happened to notice man
running after the car and vainly try
ing to attract the conductors atten-
ton. The senator notified the con-
ductor, who stopped the car. The be-
lated passenger, who was somewhat
under the influence of liquor, had no
sooner climbed aboard then he deliv-
cred himself of the following remarks,
"Shay, Mr.. Conductor, does thish road
run to 'commodate the passengers, or
the passengers run to 'commodate the
road?"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18

veloped into chronic case. At one
time I had to use a crutch and cane
to get about. My back was lame and
weak, and besides the aching, there
was a distressing retention OF the
kidney secretions. I was in bad
way when began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills in 1901, but the remedy
cured me, and I have been well ever
since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box,
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
A WINNING START.
A Perfectly Digested Breakfast Makes
Nerve Force for the Day.

Everything goes wrong if the break
fast lies in your stomach like mud
pie. What you eat does harm if you
can't digest tit turns to poison.
A bright lady teacher found this to
be true, even of an ordinary light
breakfast of eggs and toast. She
says:
1.-TWO years ago contracted very
annoying form of indigestion. My
stomach was in such condition that
a simple breakfast Of fruit, toast and
egg gave me great distress.
Il was slow to believe that trouble
could come from such simple diet
but finally had to give it up, and
found great change upon cup Of
hot Postum and Grape Nuts with
cream, for my morning meal For
more than year have held to this
course and have not suffered except
when injudiciously varying my diet.
Il have been teacher for several
years and find that my easily digested
breakfast means a saving of nervous
force for the entire day. My gain Of
ten pounds in weight also causes me
to want to testify to the value Of
Grape-Nuts.
Grape Nuts holds first rank at our
table"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason" Read the little
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellvi1le," in
pkgs.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18

she had determined that she would
take no one until she had looked her
up and found her we'll recommended.
The Irish woman looked taken back
for a moment Then she stretched out
two big, hard, rough, red, knotted
hands. The veins stood up upon them
in purple lines and the finger nails
were worn to the quick. The skin was
calloused and chapped until it looked
ready to peel.
:, There, num- she said, quickly,
"thim's me riferince."
'I'll take you," said Mrs. Torrance,
impulsively.
That night, as Mr.. Torrance sat
down to the best dinner he had eaten
for months, he looked his congratula-
lions across the table to his wife
We'll, you have a jewell" he ex-
claimed. How did you find herr"
"Oh, William" said Mrs. Torrance,
II don't know where she comes from
nor anything about her. I just took
her on circumstantial evidence"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
The Rules Of Golf.

An Irishman was walking along by
a golf link and was suddenly struck
between the shoulders by golf ball.
The player hurried up, saying: Are
you hurt? Why didn't you get out OF
the way?"
"And why should get out Of the
way?" asked Pat. How did know
there were murderers around here?"
"But called FORE" said the play
er, "and when say FORE that is a
signal for you to get out Of the way"
.+s"Oh, it is, is it? Well, then, whin
say 1foive' it is sign you're going
to get hit on the nose. 'Foive!"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
The Websters.

A member of the Nebraska legisla-
ture was making a speech on some
momentous question, and in conclud-
ing said:
SIN the words Of Daniel Webster,
who wrote the dictionary. Give me-
liberty or give me death!'"
One Of the colleagues pulled at his
coat and whispered: Daniel Web
ster did not write the dictionary; 1t
was Noah,
Noah, nothing!" replied the speak
er. Noah built the ark"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
A Convenient Case
to Hold TaUine Ball.
A Pretty Little Crocheted Case
How to Make and Use.

Make strip IA stitches wide (using
treble-stitch) and four and a half
inches long. Break the Irvine and
fasten to foundation chain; work an
equal number OF rows, working in an
opposite direction from the foundation.
Break the Irvine, join to side OF, strip,
and work (seven stitches each side
the foundation chain) enough rows to
make it measure four and half
inches from the center of first strip.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18
Chicken Pox Marks.

Marks left by chicken 'pox' can best
be smoothed out by electricity and
facial massage. At night sponge the
skin with a weak solution Of boric
acid. Every morning battle the face
with cold salt water. afterward apply
ing cold cream and rubbing it in we'll
with the finger tips.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-18

Repeat on the opposite side, and the
result will be cross with the four
arms Of equal length. Fold each end
over to form point. From each
point, crochet a cord about eight
inches long and finish with little
tassel.
To use the cover, start the Irvine
from a ball so that it unwinds from
the inside, and thread the end through
the center of the cover. Bring the four
parts up and tie them together on top
of the ball. Hang by loops of the
knot.