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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-15

Advertiser.
Young Folks Should be suspicious-Rev-
erend Sheldon was compelled to remind
some Of our young folks that the house of
God was not the place to have fun Sunday
night. Boys you are big enough that you
might have suspicioned that you ought to
characterization Leader
Dangers OF the Farm 81 Clark is laid up
with a severe bruise and cut on his left
hand. He was in pursuit of a loose hog
when his foot caught in a wire, throwing
him on an empty beer bottle He will be
unable to go to work for sometlme.-Powell
Correspondent Fairbury Journal
Vileness Rebuked-Dr. Ream was called
to Macy Tuesday to dress the bumps and
bruises OF William p. Cox, who had suf-
fered a pretty severe beating. administered
Sunday by several young men of that VIC
Unity. Cox had conducted himself too vilely
for the youth Of the neighborhood and they
arose and smote him in a body There is
more to the story. but it is no doubt billed
for suppression. Cox was not seriously in
tured.-walthill Times.
stock train pulled out last evening the
shippers kidnapped Dine Tatum and ]. E.
Shaw. They howled and kicked and threat
ened all kinds OF dire calam y g. but the
boys held onto them and would have landed
them In the South Omaha stock yards all
right II the stock train hadn't taken a sid
ing for the passenger at Laurel While the
boys were out punching up the stock their
capuves made dash and boarded the
back end of the passenger train Just as It
pulled out OF the yards. II was their last
chance to get home and they had Just
about given up.-Crofton Journal
Girls Are Disappointed-A flip young guy
from Omaha by the name of Brown got a
job in a Talmage barber shop He was a
winner" from the word go. being able to
saw the fiddle and sing like a lark. He
made goo-goo eyes at some of the fair
damsels Of our neghborlng town and-he
was 30 cunnlng-they could not help but
return the advances. Everything was sail
ing along smoothly until a week ago when
a sedate looking little woman with three
children arrived from the states metrop-
oils. She straightway sought Mr.. Brown,
her husband. and the family left town
without much demonstration. And now the
girls who were fooled are consolIng each
other with the suggestion that they always
thought he was "a mean old thing any
way."-Tecumseh ChieftAin.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-15
DRY AND PIE TAKE UP TINE
Two tubisOts fer COrvsrSatiOn Among the
CitiSsns at Lincoln.
PLACE HUNTERS THE BUSIEST OF THE LOT
p=E People C== &c &c HsvssSsk, hst
the Pie People Have TO wait for
the rurninE OF Omoial
wheels.
lion a 500 correspondsnt.l

AAANAA q 9NAAA wi NekeAANNANft
LINCOLN, April 14.-(Spscial) around
the hotels and at the state house every
body is now alternating dry" talk with
pie" talk, though the latter IL causing
the most concern. as the anti-dry people
have discovered they can get relief at
Havelocls, and the street car ride there Is
most delightful. but they can only guess
on the pie" matter, and no one has been
able to say whether the guess il worth
anything The serious illness OF his
mother has kept Governor Sheldon away
from his once great portion Of The last
few days and when no IL there he is too
busy with other matters TO pay any atten-
ton to callers after pie" while the two
plums to be distributed by the two senS-
tors is causing a whole lot of people TO
lose a lot Of sleep.
Rose Nay Get the Place.
Senator Norris Brown 10 unanimous for
w b. Rose, chairman of the republican
state committee, for Elmer stephensons
place and II Senator Burkett becomes Of
the same opinion. Mr.. Rose viii get the
place and he will accept II II rendered
him. But this being Senator Burketts
home, it is understood his wishes Will
have more weight than will the desires
Of the Junior senator in this particular
matter. Bud Lindssy's 500 shoes have
been offered to two Lincoln people and
both declined them. One Of the men to
whom the ONCE was offered IL not on
speaking terms with Postmaster Slzer
and for that reason he declined while the
other would have to give up q more luora-
tive Job to take the ono soon to he va
cant. This leaves this position open for
all kinds Of guesses and practically every
body in the county has been suggested
for tho place, but not word has been
given out by those who really know to
whom the place IL finally going.
Changes at state House.
Governor Sheldon lie equally silent re-
EardinE his appointments, many OF which
probably will be made during the next
two weeksy Il IL In the air that several
changes are 20 be made in the heads OF
state institutions, and the rumors are
that the changes are almost certain TO
occur at the Grand Island soldiers home
and at the Kearney industrial school, but
the chief executive is not talking about
the appointments at all. The heads OF
departments in the state house will have
completed their terms May l, and It Is
likely several changes will occur in some
OF these departments. In the state house
an adjutant general is to be appointed. a
labor commissioner, a game warden, an
oil inspector, a food commissioner and a
veterinarian. Bert Bush, the labor com
missioner. is not breaking his neck to
hang on and neither Is Edward A. Church,
the Oh inspector.
Nebraska Insurance Business.
According to the report Of Insurance
Deputy Pierce. which has just been re-
ceived from the printer, Nebraska insur-
ance companies did a good business last
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-15

According to the report OF Insurance
Deputy Pierce. which has Just been re-
ceived from the printer, Nebraska insur-
ance companies did good business last
year. only one writing less amount of
risks than the year before The following
tables give the business OF the various
companies for 1905 and 1906
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-15
GAMES IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE

disappeared and he had no further use for
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

ment When so big an institu-
ton as the Bank of Commerce
fails and no one is badly hurt,
the country banks must be in a
condition to withstand a great
deal. All of the other large
banks of Kansas City are flour
ishing, which shows clearly that
the cause of the run was not dis
trust of banks in general, out of
the National Bank of Commerce
Most of the accounts which were
withdrawn we're promptly de-
posted in other banks.
1t is undoubtedly foolish for
any one to take his money out Of
a bank and hoard it. Happily a
sermon along this line is not
much needed in Lexington. Our
banks are in excellent condition
and their customers know it.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

The closing of the National
Bank Of Commerce has benefit
ted several people. Last week a
young gentleman had an engage
ment to take a young lady to the
theater, but the night before he
had sat up in a poker game to
his financial embarrassment.
The next day he called up his
lady friend and begged off on
the grounds that all his money
was tied up in the Commerce
And the excuse went.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14
COUNTRY BANKS.

1t was feared at the time the
National Bank Of Commerce in
Kansas City closed its doors
that a series of failures all over
the middle western territory
would follow Immediately. There
was real ground for this fear,
too, for a great many banks in
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas we're correspondents with
the Bank of Commerce and some
Of them were almost branches
Of the big institution. 1t was,
then, surprising to almost every
one when only a half dozen
smaller banks stopped payment,
and still more surprising when
every one of these half dozen re-
opened.
The financial condition Of this
territory thus shown is highly
gratifying and It is evident that
II any small bank fails in the
near future IL win be through
seme fault Of its own manage
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

The Milwaukee State Bank
of Chicago, which Paul o. Stems
land put of the running, has been
found solvent and all the de-
positors have received their
money in full. This is another
case which shows that most Of
the runs on banks are absolutely
nncalled for.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

Senator Tillman is limbering
up. After a good summers
workout on the Chautauqua cir
cult he is expected to show ex.
eeIent form this season.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

things, however. Frequently
the roads are almost impossible,
and then it is long after New
Years before the carrier gets
the last of his gifts safely home;
and besides the gifts received
which have to be carried twenty
five miles, there are the gifts to
be delivered from all over the
world. And such queer things
as are sent through the mall
Stuffed birds from Brazil,
Australia, or other foreign parts,
mechanical toys, pet snakes in
boxes, bundles weighing as much
as the law allows, and tiny boxes
so small that the two-cent stamp
covers all one side. These are
some of the things for which the
r. f. D. carrier is responsible,
and when it is remembered that
he has anywhere from seventy
five to two hundred boxes on his
route it will be seen that his
Christmas work is no sinecure.
Usually it takes a carrier from
six To EIGHT hnnrs To cnver his
route, but during the holiday
season he rises early and retires
late, being on the go all day.
The service has its picturesque
side, and carries the investigator
back to the early days Of our
country when we'll mounted
carriers galloped over the land
with mail bags and brought the
eagerly-waited-fo billet.doux tc
impatient lovers, and important
documents to the founders of
American history. In those
days, however, the recipient of a
letter was obliged to pay a certain
sum to the carrier, and was only
too glad to hand over the tax in
exchange for the precious news
from sweetheart, conspirator, or
parent. This rural-delivery
system now being established
throughout the United States is
absolutely free after the first
small cost of the subscribers
private box.
The ways of the rural carriers
lie, as did those of the mail-car
rlers OF the seventies, through
rugged mountain passes, dowr
leafy lanes, and over picturesque
streams in summer, and dowr
icy mountains, snow-coyereC
drives, and across frozen pond,
in winter. Uncle Sam has pro
! vided for the comfort Of his car
riers in all seasons, however
When the snow is deep and til.
roads almost impossible for
wagon, a sleigh is used; skee
are strapped on for snow,
weather in the mountains an,
/, skates are used to cross froze-
streams. In summer there
the bicycle for the good bu
narrow roads, and the deliver.
wagon for the broad lane, tn,
horse for the wood and mountai
trail, and for the stream there il
the Indians friend, the canoe
For the Government leaves eac
!. individual his own method o
!. travel.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

Judge Wallace if he sue
eeeds will make Kansas City a
poor railroad center. Sunday
traffic, which is generally larger
than that of any other day in the
week, will be almost discon-
tinued.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14
Kind. Hearted Country Folks Remember
Uncle Sans Servants on Christmas.
BY NJ. GLEN FLING

In every isolated district
where floats Old Glory, the man
in the blue-gray uniform wear
ing a cap with the insignia R. F..
D. is a prince to be feted and
made much of at all seasons of
the year, but as Christmas draws
nearshe is king supreme.
just how welcome the Rural
Free Delivery carrier is, what a
glow he brings to the hearts of
the homesick, lonely fortune
seekers, and to the pioneer.
church builders in isolated, ice
locked sections of our country,
cannot be estimated by dwellers
in cities and suburbs.
Too much cannot be said in
praise Of these workers in Uncle
Sans wonderful mail system;
they bring education, happiness,
prosperity, and a knowledge of
the worlds march, at the risk of
their own lives, to sections of our
land that would be barren wastes
without them.
Fighting for a livelihood on the
edge of the prairies, seeking to
wrest health from the glacier
regions, hewing out a future
among the bleak, danger beset
mountains, and speaking the
gospel throughout bleak, lonely
stretches Of our unsettled land,
are men, and women, too, whose
brave hearts and high courage
falter as the great holiday sea.
son-Christmas, with it's mem.
cries Of cosy home life, the glow
of good fellowship, and all the
many touches Of culture and
civilization which were theirs
once-draws near, homesicA
for the love and the good cheer
which belong so rightly to this
one season at least, lonely fol-
the touch Of vanished hands anc
for the sound of a voice that is
only a dear memory in the grear
solitude, these pioneers would
sink beneath their burden 0.
loneliness were it not for the
hope Of what those men in gray
with their r. f. D. halo will
bring.
These men have no real Christ
mas of their own, but they are
} made right welcome at every
, stopping-place, and they ar,
often forced to leave behind then
for collection at less busy times
/ all kinds of tokens of the love o
those whom they serve.
The hardships and the humor.
of the delivery of the Christina
mail are felt not only by tn.
carriers in these extremely isola
ted sections, however, for the R
! F. D. men throughout the rura
districts Of the States find tn
r holiday season full of courage
testing as well as mirth produc
ing incidents.
, Most Of the r. f. d. me
/ spend Christmas Day in storinl
| away potatoes, jam, apples, pies
4 ETC., and in trying on an odr
3 assortment Of overcoats, trous
5 ers and vests, and in admirinI
dozens of rainbow-hued neckties
or they may be endeavoring t
a push No. s feet into 6 "a boot
or to keep mittens No, 9 o.
4 hands No. z. Each and all Wi
heaye a sigh Of relief whe
christmas Eve is past, for durin.
$ the week preceding the grea
holiday every Rural Fire
{ Delivery carrier is forced to d
e double work, not by Uucle San
: but by the appreeiatiye folks
whom he delivers mail, and thi
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

j One Of the best things the
President has done in his term
'ipf office has been to shut up this
G third term foohshness.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

.'This is no Jim Grow state"
emphatically states the Column
bia Herald. Evidently Walter
Williams never took a Sunday
ride on the Lexington branch
of the Missouri Pacific.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

in the anne rooms all winter without
new wall paper. New spring pat
terms for 1908 received daily. At
DOME weber's. WEBER BROS.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

The weather during the past
week has been so beautiful that
few have realized that Christmas
is so near at hand. The moral
is obvious.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

Lexington being a one night
stand, we are unable to tell
whether a show is good or bad
until we have seen it.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

AT the end Of Senator Davis
speech Wednesday, Senators
Tillman and LaFollette had
assumed on olive tint.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

j Senator Davis might give his
B light children Teddy bears for
christmas presents.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

Some membe rs of the Okla
IONA assembly are acting very
nuch like spoiled children.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

Now will those third termers
Seep still?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

Santa Claus seems to be I'M
Effected by the financial panic.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

DO your Christmas shopping
bow.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

veritable Santa Claus vehicles,
with boxes and bundles bullying
from every opening.
twenty-five miles is the ex-
tent of the route of every r. F..
D. carrier in the country, and all
along the road he is hailed with
Merry Christmas" and a
shower of gifts so queer and
bulky and heavy that he is
obliged either to make a special
trip for them Or TO hire a man
with a cart or an express wagon
to carry them home for him.
In the east and middle west,
where the districts run through
farm lands, the carriers find
waiting for them out by the
mail boxes all sorts of strange
things. 1t is not unusual for a
carrier to gather up from six to
a dozen barrels of apples along
his route. Bushel upon bushel
of potatoes are urged upon him
and all sorts of fruits and yege-
tables are boxed and marked,
For R. F. D. Carrier No.
Merry Christmas"
Occasionally a farmer will
come out to the box himself tc
extend greetings, and win re-
mark jovially, Il reckon you
can't be carrying a load of hay
for the horse this trip? No,
thought not Well, come up fol
it some evening, and I'll lend you
g heesEssee ttee help help h Aaaaal Il. . AS I
carriers salary is not large anC
out of it he has to feed his horse,
this is a gift which appeals tc
him very strongly.
Then come the women folks
with their gifts of pies, cakes
doughnuts, jams, and all thing!
eatable. The younger folk
present neckties, handkerchiefs
watchfobs of home manufacture
and various articles the use 0
which often puzzles the recipient
The 'aunties'' knit dozens 0
socks and mittens, and YER,
welcome indeed are these gift
to the r. F! d. carrier VIII.
keeps bachelors hall and is no
blessed with aunts of his own O
sisters who cast a watchful ey,
over his wardrobe.
Chickens and turkeys, som
alive and some ready for tn
oven, are also tied upand mad
ready for these rural pCstmer
Some receive oyercoats an.
whole suits of clothes, which
alas do not always fit. A pal
of boots is not an unusual gif'
and if the donor knows the col
rect size they are a much-apprt
ciated remembrance by the ma
in uniform.
4 Out in the ore-mining district
and in the coal regions and up j
{ the lumber lands the tokens {
appreciation and we'll wishes az
!, still more peculiar. Shares
mines, carloads of coal, enoug
lumber to build a post.ofice, al
some of the gifts which IL
carrier finds in his stocking ;
he makes his rounds on the da
/, before Christmas.
In Maine and Wisconsin IL
gifts are given weeks before IL
: 25th, for there are grown IL
trees with which the country
9 supplied at this festive seaso
J Very often a carrier is given Sc
eral carloads of these pines an
frs, and the growers volunte'
to see them to market for hi
/ and see that they are sold at Il
! best possible figure.
So it goes all over the circu
from ocean to ocean, from ii
Lakes to the Gulf, in every di
fr;ot mbaro +bo Dr,o1 H.,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

catered at the Lexington Post ONCE as
second class mail matter.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-14

SuBscRRrloN sI.OO PER YEAR
n ADVANCE
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-11

that they be allowed one week, to in
vestigate, before taking action on the
petition. On motion the time re-
quested was granted.
A motion was then passed that
the chair appoint committee OF
three to invite the directors to the
water users meeting, for the purpose
of hearing the reasons why they
should discharge Mr.. Hedges. The
chair appointed Mr.. Doore and two
other gentlemen, who soon returned
with the members of the board and
then the fur began to fly but no one
was hurt; nothing but hot air was
used, but there was plenty of that
and then some After all who de-
sired to speak had done so, the meet
ing adjourned to meet at the city
hall next Wednesday, at 10 A. M,
at which time the directors will be
ready to dispose of the petition. In
the mean time, petitions will be cir
culated all over the district, so that
the directors may be thoroughly
posted as to the wishes Of the people.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-11

cover, IL possible, why there was not
more water in the main canal. 1t
had been reported that dredge 80
feet wide and 20 feet long was in the
canal and the water could not get
past the dredge; as the canal is but
80 feet wide on the bottom and the
only passage for the water was the
slope of the bank from the side of
the dredge. BY the time the crowd
had congregated on the bank to ex-
press their indignation at not getting
water for their crops the volume had
increased to fully 5000 inches and
many of them believed that their
troubles were over. So after view
ing the big dredge and seeing it lift
the sand from the bottom OF the
canal and deposit it on either bank
the farmers scattered to their homes
feeling that the directors and super
intendent were doing everything
possible for them.
The principal trouble, as near as
the Tribune can learn, has been that
the water was not turned into the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-05-11
A Case of Suicide.

Early Thursday morning Coroner
Lang was notified by f. E. Fisk that
a case of suicide had occurred in the
saloon of r. E. Servoss. Mr.. Long
hurried to the spot, and found the
news only too true. The victim had
hung herself with a picture cord,
and life was extinct when found.
The tragedy occurred In one OF the
back rooms of the saloon. The
name of the victim was "Topsy," the
coyote pup recently presented to
Mr.. Servoss by one OF his friends.
Coroner Lang didn't say much when
i he saw the remains, but We refuse
to print even that.-Parma Herald.