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Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
A Trip to Chicago

BY Maurice johnson, Age 10 Years. 1627
Locust Street, Omaha.
We started about 1870 in the morn
ing and rode all day, arriving in Chi
cago about II o'clock in the night.
depot and taken to one of my aunt's
home. The people do not ride around
the city in street cars as much as in
Omaha. They generally take the &C.
waited road it goes much faster than
the cars below, stopping only at sta
tons where the people get off and
on. This goes nearly all over the
principal part of the city. Our aunt
took us to Lincoln park. where we
saw many varieties of animals and
birds from all parts of the world.
We also went through a museum in
the park which had many stuffed ami
mails and birds and other rare speci-
mems.
We also went to the top of the Ma
sonic temple, one of the highest build
ings in the country. 1t being about
twenty-three stories high. From
there we could see far out into the
harbor, which was dotted all over with
ships of all sizes. We could not see
much of the city on account of 80
much smoke.
We were to have gone bathing in
Lake Michigan, but the water was not
warm enough. We had quite pleas
ant visit and a nice return trip.
Wishing success TO the Busy Bee
League" | will close.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

the stora room. But" she added, with
a happy l!tile laugh, my room is pretty
enough as it is. and never do l want to
see those old candlesticks again. They got
me into prison, so they did-and on my
bi thday, too "
But half an hour later, when all the
happy little guests were assembled Flos-
sic took great pleasure in telling of her
late imprisonment even going into de-
tails about her weeping and wailing and
pounding with her shoe on the door. But
It's an experience l do not want to re-
peat-unless l am quite sure mamma is
within sound of my voice." she added,
lEughingly.
And all the little friends laughed also,
thinking, however. that Flossic mad SUI
fered terrible orde 2l-and on her birth
day, too, which made 1t much worse, Of
course.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
The Mask

BY Alice Temple, Age s'Years Lexington,
Neb.
The other day papa brought very
ugly looking mask home. My sister
Mary and | were in bed and mamma
said Philip, my little brother, could
get into our bed, too. Papa called me
to come out where he was. Philip got
out of bed before me and got there
FIRST and when got there ne was be-
ginning to cry. And what do you
think! There was my big brother,
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
A Trip to Valparaiso, Neb.
BY Jennie Hansen. Age 70 Years, 1904

BY Jennie Hansen, Age 10 Years, 1904
Patrick Avenue, Omaha
We left Omaha the I'd of August
and it was raining very hard. Every
thing went all right till we were just
one mile from Elkhorn. when the train
stopped. Then the brakeman passed
through the car and we asked him why
the train stopped, and he said the
tracks were washed away. There were
FIVE other trains besides ours. After
we had waited for some hours the train
pulled out and we did not reach VAL
paraiso until 1890, and was very
tired, but had had a nice time.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

NJ
IkTl was full OF excitement Mamma
kAkA was preparing things for great
I0RRN0I party which would be given at
tS o'clock In the afternoon About
twenty little guests were invited to at
tend, and all would be sure to be there
on tme for Flossie's comrades knew that
a party at her house meant more than the
usual good cheer enjoyed at the regular
birthday party.
While mamma was busy decorating the
pRrlors and dining room Flosse decided
10 make her own little room more at
traetive by adding some odd bits of
furniture and bric-a-b rac from the store
room in the attic. She did not say
word to her mamma about II, but de-
cided to surprise her when the little guests
should be taken into her room to lay OFF
their hats. hoods and wraps, The room
was already pretty enough to suit the taste
Of any little miss, for 1t was all in blue,
white and gold, with the daintiest OF cur
tains and the softest of rugs. But on
special occasion like ones birthday Flosse
felt that some extra touches were needed
here and there. She had seen in the store
room a great gray fur rug which mamma
had said was shedding" and unfit to longer
hold its place in front of the library CRATE
1t could not do any harm for one after
noon lying on the floor of her room, just
In front of the little white iron bed on
which her small guests would put their
wraps. Then there were a pair of huge
old candlestcks which her papa had picked
up at a curio shop, but which her mamma
always laughed at and had relegated to the
attic as unslghtly things. But to Flossie
they we're perfectly elegant" with their
gilt bands and gay red flowers twinins
up their narrow stems. on her white man
telpiece thsy would look most artistic. so
thought the little Flossie.
After running on some errands for her
mamma, Flossie slipped from the dining
room, where mamma was still busy with
the table, and went up to the attic store
room. II was cold and dusty and dark, for
seldom did anyone save the servants go
up there. old carpets. broken pieces OF
furniture, battered boxes and trunks and
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
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Omaha Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

the sth Of September, 1899, Marguerite Of
France was married TO Edward l. OF
England
To quote from record OF the times:
On Tuesday. the day OF our .Lady's
nativity In the twenty-seventh year OF
the king. arrived ia me MeregTett the
daughter Of HinE Philip. at Dover and
proceeded the following day 10 Cauter-
bury; and the present Thursday after
came Edward: King Of ENGLAND into the
church Of the Trinity o. Canterbury,
ard espoused the aforesaid MeTgevctt,
Queen OF England OF the age Xxx years.
II Is a fact worth mentioning that Mar
Fuerite Of France is the first queen
since tho Conquest not 10 enjoy the honor
OF a coronation; but the royal cxchequer
Wa in such distress from continuous
varfn re that the cost ~ such c-re-
mony was not 10 bo irdulgca in. however
much Edward migot have wished 4.
To quote:
Marguerite. queen-consort Of Edward
]. Of England is the Mst queen since the
Conquest who was not 5olennly crowned
and anointed.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27
(Second Prize.)
Trim to the Canneries

By Sievers w. Susmann, Age u Years, l3S
North Thirty-First Avenue, Omaha.
Last summer | took trip in Iowa
and visited five canneries. Four OF
these were corn canneries and the fifth
one canned tomatoes.
The sugar corn is brought in by
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

had other and higher plans for the dis
pCsal OF his sister p anche.
The misunderstanding between the two
kings seems to have been rishted, for on
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

Harold, another
him brought
Philip good
al
o the
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

WAS\ Flossie's birthday and she
was full Of excitement. Mamma
was preparing things for a great
party which would be given at
> o'clock In the afternoon. About
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

the sth Of September, 1899 Marguerite Of
France was married TO Edward !. OF
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

Queen-cOnsOrt Of Edward
Is the uIst queen since the
was not 5olemnly crowned
Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-27

ANNIE JAMES.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
WILL BE HEADED DEE.

1t is reported that plans are being
made in Denver to elect Ruth Bryan
Leavitt, daughter of William Jennings
Bryan, delegate to the national con-
vention at Denver that will almost
surely nominate her father for the
presidency of the United States We
are told that:
Friends OF Mrs. Leavitt desire that
she shall have the distinction of being
the first woman TO have a speaking
part in the national convention halls.
They are actively engaged in a cam
paign to have her elected as one of the
Colorado delegates to the convention
that she may be officially recognized.
If she is not elected she will be allowed
a proxy"
The dispatch says. further:
Milton Smith, chairman of the Dem
ocratic state central committee, will
call together the executive committee
next month TO fix a time for the hold
ing of the state convention and to per-
feet arrangements. Mrs. Leavitt's
name has been practically agreed upon.
The state convention will be held the
last week in May or early in June. and
Colorado's full quota of delegates will
be elected at that time"
Mr.. Bryan is man of good deal
more than ordinary intelligence, and it
is, therefore, impossible for us to be-
lieve he will permit his daughter TO
become a delegate TO the Democratic
convention for the purpose of second
ing his nomination, or for any other
purpose. 1t would be difficult to imag-
inc worse example of bad taste. Mrs.
Leavitt will recognize this fact also,
and will undoubtedly refuse TO permit
the use of her name.
And while we are on the subject, just
for the purpose of keeping the record
straight, il may be as well to say that
if Mrs. Leavitt does have speaking
part in the next Democratic national
convention, she will not be the first
woman TO have such a part. In 1900
the Utah Democrats elected Mrs. EIiz-
abeth NJ. Cohen as an alternate and,
by reason of the fact that r. c. Cham
bers. an elected delegate, was prevent
ed from attending the convention, Mrs
Cohen became a delegate. She sec
Onded for Utah the nomination of Mr..
Bryan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
A VIGIL.
Bonneville Journal

Bonneville Journal)
How still it isl The noise of day is
hUshed,
To give place to the silence of the
night.
A death-like quiet now pervades the
room,
But half-illumined by the lowered
light
Propped up with pillows. every sense
alert.
Awake, expectant, listening for a
sound.
She half-reclines upon her wakeful
couch,
Attention tense on everything
ground.
The slightest noise would shock her
with a thrill.
How still il is-hoW still
How still it is! The midnight long is
past
How long. how long the weary wait
ing seems,
How envy fills her soul now. as she
thinks
Of other women. happy in their
dreams!
How still it is, And still she waits and
waits.
And still her watchful waiting is in
vain.
The hours pass on-can she endure 1t
more?
Will not the nervous stress drive her
insane?
She hears her husband fumbling at the
door
And then it's still no more!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
pAODiNG THE RECORD.

A dispatch from Washington 10 the
Chicago Record-HeraId gives an idea
Of the manner in which that patient
beast of burden, the Congressional Rec
ord, is overworked. The story is so
well told that we quote it in full, as
follows:
"A record in speech-making marked
tCday's session of the house when Rep
resentative Wallace of Arkansas deliv-
cred under the rules three long speeches
in less than one minute. His constit-
uents when they read the Congression-
al Record, where they will find the
speeches printed in full. will be aston
ished if not dumfOunded over Mr.. Wal
lace's demonstration of ability in the
line Of rapid talking.
During the tendency of bill Rep
resentative Tawney of Minnesota, who
had it in charge, yielded one minute
to Mr.. Wallace. The Arkansas mem
Der arose, in a half-dozen words re-
peated an appropriate quotation on the
tariff, and asked leave to extend his
remarks in the Record.
IAN audible smile spread over the
house when, without drawing his
breath, Mr.. Wallace with another quo
tation made a request for permission
to extend his remarks on the inherit
ance tax. When, for the third time, he
grabbed from his desk bulky bundle
of manuscript and commenced a third
quotation, the house, realizing what
was happening. broke into uproarious
laughter, and the enterprising mem
ber's request for permission to print
his speech on good roads in the Record
was not audible at the speakers desk.
Like many mystifying tricks in leg
erdemain this explanation makes plain
how Mr.. Wallace did perform what to
his constituents may appear an impos-
sible task"
The representatives seemed to get
good deal Of fun out of Mr.. Wallace's
achievement, but it wasn't so funny
after all, when you come to think the
proceeding over. The three speeches
VIII pIODdDiy occupy many pages OI
type in the record. The bill for COM
position will be considerable. Add to
this the cost of paper and printing, and
we find that Wallaces alleged joke be-
comes expensive. And the poor old
government foots the bill.
Yet this is only the beginning. Next
year a new congress is TO be elected.
1t is altogether probable that the gem
tleman from Arkansas will be a candi-
date for reelection. His speeches,
which were probably compiled by an
underpaid clerk, were inserted in the
record for home consumption. Wallace
expects his Arkansas constituents to
believe he actually arose in his place
in the house OF representatives and de-
livered them. So he will send out, also
at government expense, thousands of
copies of his speeches.
Isn't the fraud so transparent. so
glazing that it ceases to be amusing?
And doesn't it seem as if congress
ought to have courage enough to take
some action toward heading off similar
procedures in the future?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
ARE YOU GETTING ANYWHERE?

Is. E. Kiser in Minneapolis Tribune)
You are rushing. you are straining, with
a grim look on your face;
You are turning from all pleasures; in
your breast peace has no place;
You have ceased to find contentment in
the hooks you used 10 know;
You have ceased to care for others whom
you chung to long ago:
You are straining, you are striving
through the dark days and the fair.
But, oh, mirthless, eager brothers. are you
getting anywhere?
In your haste you have forgotten how to
linger or TO smile
When child looks up and greets you or
would claim your care awhile;
Though the wild rose sheds its petals in
the lonely pasture still,
And glad breeZes sway the blossoms in
the orchard on the hill,
You are too much in a hurry, and too &C.
cupied to care,
But with all your grim endeavors are You
getting anywhere?
You have fled from sweet contentment;
trouble haunts you in your dreams;
II is long since you have lOitered on the
banks of shaded streams
That go singing to the pebbles they have
made so clean and white
And have polished at their leisure and
their pleasure day and night:
You no longer know the solace that is in
a sweet old air
But with all your ceaseless moiling, are
you getting anywhere?
You have given up old fancies. you have
left old friends behind;
You are getting rich in pocket, but are
poor in heart and mind
You have lost your sense of beauty in
your haste to push ahead,
And along the waysNyou travel bitterness
and grief are spread;
You have ceased to care how others bend
beneath the woes they bear,
But with all your cruel striving are you
getting anywhere?
Out beyond you there is silence that no
man may ever wake;
In the distance there is darkness that no
mornings light may break;
At the journeys end dishonor is for those
who day by day
Cheat their souls and dull their senses as
they rush upon the way
You are passing many pleasures which
you have the right to share,
As you rush to fill the hollow men will
dig for you somewhere.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

5645-Hyrum Williams, West Jordan
Enid Anderson, Salt Lake.
5646-Lee Fields, Salt Lake.
Sarah Ann Taylor, salt Lake.
5647-Albert W. Krouse, Brooklyn, n. Y
Josephine Peterson, Salt Lake.
564s-F'red J. Larsen. Salt Lake.
Cora V. Booth, West Jordan.
5549-Artie r. Smith, Salt Lake.
Almira Worthen. Salt Lake.
5650-Victor B. Dods. Salt Lake.
Kate Ashley, Salt Lake
565l-J. A Benson, Salt Lake.
Maggie w. Young. Salt Lake.
5652-Mathew J. Rode, Washoe, Mont.
Melba Brimhall, Salt Lake.
565S-George Butcher, Salt Lake.
Vera Goddard, Salt Lake
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
NHRISTMAS.

And she brought forth her first-born
son. and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes. and laid him in a manger. be-
cause there was no room for them in
the inn.
And there were in the same coun-
try shepherds abiding in the field, keep
ing watch over their flock by night
And 10. the angel of the Lord came
upon them. and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them; and they
were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them: Fear
not; for behold, bring you good It'd
ings OF great joy which shall be to all
the people.
For unto you is born this day in the
city Of David Savior which is Christ
the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you;
We shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in Manager.
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude Of the heavenly host
praising God and saying:
GLORY to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, coed will toward men"
The greatest story the world has
ever known, told in just 16S words. And
of the total number of words used by
ST. Luke, 1877 are words of one syllable.
Nineteen hundred and seven years ago
The events described in this simplest
nj 0f to
And in all the literature Of the nineteen
centuries that have passed down the
corridors Of time and been filed away
in eternity's archives, there is nothing
that for directness. for compelling
force. for heart interest, that ap-
proaches il.
And just as certainly there has been
no event since the world began as far
reaching in its impress upon the affairs
Of men, as potent for good as the birth
of the Christ child. The babe who lay
in q manger in Bethlehem Of Judea
nineteen centuries ago grew to young
manhood and passed from the earth
forever. Whether he was raised again
on the third day or not, whether he was
the Son Of God or not, there can be no
and his being to all peoples and all
classes of people.
The teachings OF Christ, literally fol-
lowed, from the time his parents found
him as a boy in the temple TO the last.
he2rt-rending scene on Calvary, can
not fail to make men and women bet
ter, they cannot fail TO make them
worthier to live and to give them cour-
age TO approach the grave without
faItering and without despair In the
ing paid today TO the living memory of
the Christ, the Prince of Peace. His
praises are being sung wherever Chris
tians are gathered together. in cities
and villages and hamlets, and in Gods
open country.
No child OF the purple was he, but
one OF the plain people. His earthly
father a carpenter. his mother a wo-
man who knew what it was to toll. His
first bed was truss Of hay in a man
ger, about which the patient oxen
stood in wide-eyed wonder; the first to
know of his coming. aside from the
mother who bore him. humble shep-
herds who watched their fiocks by
night on a hillside in Judea.
Let us not, in our Christmas merry
making, in our feasting, our giving
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25

and receiving of presents, forget the
story of the Christ child who made all
these wonders possible. Let us find
room in our hearts for honor to and
love for him. And may God send to
every one of you the happiest Christ
mas in all your lives.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
THE NASTY THING.
(Philadelphia Inauirer.l

Sweeting Thing-What was the most
remarkable thing you met with in your
travels in Egypt?
Major Grump-The mummies of their
queens. Who'd ever think a woman
could DRY up" and stay quiet so
long?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
a WAY OUT OF TRoUsLE.
CFIegende Blatter.l

tfhegende Battery
Are you not afraid TO have such bad
reports at school. Karl?"
"Oh. no. / call papa up on the teIe-
phone first, and give him the figures.
and then before | get home he is all
over his anger"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
WORD FROM sR'ER WILLIAMS
ATLANTA constitutional

Oars enough charity in dis worl'
ter kiver a multitude err sinners" said
Brother Williams, but ter do 'um any
good hereafter, de kiverin' should be
fireproof."
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Total Copies of The Herald
Printed November. 1907.
THEATRES TO-DAY.

Salt Lake-Matinee and night, "The Girl
Who Has Everything
orpheum-Matinee and night, vaude-
vile.
Grand-''A wife's Secret.
IIyric-'sFoul Play"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
y Possibly rain or snow.
THE M ETALS.

Silver. 5741c per ounce
Copper (casting). 123sc per pound
Copper (cathodes). y n-16c per pound.
Lead. s3.50 per 100 pounds
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-03

book, and slowly advanced to the very
spot upon which he was seated. Nervous
ly, and with heightened color, he rose to
his feet.
She was utterly unconscious Of his
presence until he announced it by slight
cough. She started back with a terrified
look, which, upon recognition, changed in
stantly to scarlet blush.
Pardon me, Miss Grierson," he said,
in low, agitated tone. 81 fear that
have terrified YOU"
"Mr. Stafford" she murmured, casting
down her eyes.
Il can scarcely believe my senses Is
it indeed you? What strange meeting
in such place"
Il am staying with Mrs. Butler, at
Lindon Grange. This is on the estate.
| often stroll here; the spot is so soli-
tary and so very beautiful" replied the
lady. But it is yet stranger to meet
you so far away from London"
"0h, l left town with the rest of the
fashionable people" answered Stafford.
Il am on g sketching tour--going right
down into Cornwall" He spoke the last
word with marked emphasis, and a glance
to watch the effect.
A shadow crossed her face for mo-
ment, but quickly disappeared. Il see
you are making a water color sketch Of
this place may look at it?'
Miss Grierson was herself clever anna
teur artist, and expressed great admira-
tion of what were really very charming
drawings. Both endeavored to assume an
easiness of demeanor which neither felt.
Are you staying in this neighborhood
for any length of timer? inquired Staf-
ford.
NO l return home tomorrow"
"You are going to the volunteer ball,
are you notP
YES" she answered, the shadow again
crossing her face; where did you hear
of it?"
From a gentleman-Mr Arthur Penr-
hyddyn. Do you know him?' he asked,
looking fixedly at her. II am to visit
his father soon."
This time the shadow deepened into a
blush. II have heard the name, but
have not yet been introduced to the the
gentleman"
But you will be at this ball." he said,
in a low, earnest voice; introduced to
him as your future husband"
She did not answer, but her lips quiv-
cred, and she stopped her head over a
leaf she was dissecting, to conceal the
tears that were yelling up into her eyes.
"Would to heaven we had never met :"
he exclaimed passionately.
II would, at least, for your sake, we
never had," she murmured.
How easy it is to utter such plati-
tudes!' he went on, in the same bitter
voice. "Why has our dream been so mad
so impossible? Why should my love
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-05-03

Certain lizards are remarkable for
the fragility of their tails, although
this weakness is not always the draw
back that may be imagined. The dia-
mond tailed gecko, for instance, fire.
quently owes it's existence to the readi-
ness with which its caudal appendage
can be snapped off. This reptile, which
will perch upon a rock head downward
and tail in the air, is liable to be preyed
upon by hawks. One of these for'mid-
able birds will swoop down upon a
lizard and seize what it takes to be the
head, but is really the tail. The brittle
tail snaps off, and the gecko wriggles
away, not much the worse, to grow an
other