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Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-23

The Careful Observer has been watching
the dog catcher recently in Omaha, and
from the mouths of babes and boys had
heard harsh things about this collector Of
unlicensed CANNES. He has seen little chill
dren in such anguish over the loss of their
dogs that their hearts would be in the
condition referred to by some writer's as
rent in twain" He has seen the strong
arm of the law In the form of a dog
catcher come between little children and
their dogs. That is why he asked the Old
est Inhabitant If he would care to be the
dog catcher Continuing, the Careful OBJ
server said in part:
THE dog catcher IS a necessary evil. He
is in the great drama of everyday life akin
to the villain in the melodrama. The vii
lain in the stage drama gets his pictures
on bilboards, has train rides and some
times breaks bread at the same table with
the villainess. The dog catcher leads a
logged life and catches the mischief when
he meets the gang on the corner. You
will note that logged life and catches
the mischief rhyme with dog catcher
The dog catcher rushes down the street
and grabs up a little pet dog with his
cruel wire The dog is the pet Of a little
girl who Is at the time tossing in a de-
lirium Of fever on a sanitary couch. The
little girls father, who travels for a soap
factory, neglected 20 get a license tag for
the dog He loves his daughter but forgot
girl sees the man take her dog.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-23
CnIIs for NInmmn.

she calls, Mamma"
THE dog is taken to the pound and held
for ransom. The dog catcher. who is al
most human and working for hire, has no
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-23

Now is the time to make your wants
Gnown through The Bee Want Ad page.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-23

Oelock-Nocal solo, "Chanson Proven
Valentine; harp, Miss Hughes; pipe organ
Mrs Ray. Art session; committee, Mrs
Marian McTredway, Mrs. ]. p WhitneV
Mrs. Parker X. HOlbrook. Report OF chair,
man. Address. Music; (a), Bridal Chorus
SCowen)i lb), Rose Waltz (TetuchicJ. Os-
kAloosa Woman's club chorus. Report on
resolutions committee. Presentation ~
new olicers. AdiournmanL W
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-23

Rural Clubs" Mrs. w.
rshalltown; Mrs. Roma
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12

L~ondon.--It seems a curious thing
that a man should choose one OF Lon.
don't largest and busiest hotels for a
hermitage. Yet for years a man lived
in IN Of those famous hostelries alb.
solutely secluded from the world
without and within. He occupied the
same rooms for 20 years, and the
only time that he V g left them was
at each midnight, when he went out
for air and recreation. which he took
In the open square near by. He
never spoke to anyone in the hotel
except to . d the ~proprietors and
his waiter, who served him faithfully
for the Of years he spent IN.
der the same roof with them. None
OF the hotel patrons ever saw him
He never received visitors and no Ia.
ter or communication was delivered q
him during his sojoarn there. d.
spite all the mystery surrounding MIN
and his remarkable silence. the nm
went through life In an otherwise
sane way. He had plenty or money
apparently. = his bills were paid
promptly. but no one knew whore ne
money cana eypmr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
PHONE MARRIAGES ILLEGAL,
Texas Estate Tied Up by contestlng
Heirs.

Galveston, Text the higher courts
OF Texas affirm the decision of the
Nolan county court that a telephone
marriage is not a legal marriage there
viii be 3 rush or remarriages IN Texas,
where the telephone fad has been
quite popular.
The $3.50, Goo estate of the late
Thomas Wemberley, ranchman, is tied
up on this legal point. Upon his death,
some months ago, a contest of the
VIII was made by certain relatives,
and the question of the legality Of the
marriage was raised by counsel for
relatives of the dead ranchman. This
question was fought upon every
ground. The court held that a mar.
rlage ceremony to be legal must be
sotcmnized by a minister or Judge or
other authority in the presence of the
contracting parties and witnesses, all
OF whom shall attest the ceremony,
The Wemberleys were united by a
telephone ceremony, in which the
bride and bridegroom responded to
the justice, who married them over a
telephone when they were 20 miles
apart There have been several hun.
dred telephone marriages in Texas,
and a few years ago an east Texas
judge refused to recognize a man and
woman as man and wife in a court
proceeding because they had been
married in this way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
WATER FOR NEW YORK.

Corinth canal. which the Roman em.
pire under Nero undertook but did
not finish.
1t is estimated that 1t will take be-
tween Is and 20 years to complete
the aqueduct. When finished 1t will
Increase the water supply of the
metropolis by 500, OOO, 900 gallons every
"a hours, led under the Hudson river
more than 100 miles away from the
seven artificial lakes to be constructed
in the Catskills, and of these sources
that at Ashokan alone will contain
more water than all three Of the lakes
of Killarney.
The building of the aqueduct.
which will have the capacity of a
small river, beneath the Hudson river
and the irregular country adjacent
known as the Highlands is an ex.
tremely difficult problem. An enor.
nous territory must be drained, whose
northern boundary is 1870 miles from
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
BEER DRIVES OUT ABsINTHE.
France Takes More Of the Former and
Less Of the Latter.

Paris.-The consumption of beer in
France has increased by more than
10 per cent. during the last five years.
In 1906 1t reached the imposing total
of 81, 100000 gallons.
1t does not appear that the increased
use of beer has diminished in the
slightest degree the consumption of
wine and cider. But Consul Mason is
quoted as saying that, as the consump-
ton of beer increases, that of alcohol,
especially in the p~erilous form of alb.
sinthe, is slowly but steadily decreas-
ing.
The statistics of 1904 show that
during that year the amount OF abb
sinthe sold for drinking purposes in
France fell off more than 3 10000 gal
Ions, or 2.8 per cent. This is not
a sweeping or conclusive reform, but
statistics seem to show that the max.
imum danger point has been passed.
Much of the beer is imported Cor
purports to be sol from Pilsen and
Munich, though most of the leading
brewerles in other German cities have
Paris agencies and distribute their
beer to retailers. This entails high
prices to customers, as there Is a
heavy import duty. Under the stimu-
lus of this protection the brewing in
dustry of France has developed rap,
idly both in respect to quantity and
quality of its product.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
FOR OLD FRIENDS SAKE.
Old Gentleman Was Willing to Make
Slight Concession.

Miss sallie Miller, the acknowledged
belle Of the town, had fewer beaux
than were her due. This was owing
to her fathers peculiar aversion to all
Young men who called on his daugh.
ter. He had a disconcerting way Of
taking possession of the porch and
snubbing her callers while they were
waiting for her to come down.
One evening Newton Brown. 4 hash.
ful young swain. came q tribe too
early for Miss Sallie. MI. Miller and
Newton's father were close friends.
but the boy had grown % rapidly that
the old gentleman did not recognize
little Newton Brown In this tai.
gawky youth. 1T looks a. II IL might
rain" the young fellow ventured tim.
Idly.
faint agcin' to rain" was the
gruff response.
For about q quarter 81 u hour they
sat IN silence. Finally tho Old man's
curiosity got he better * lin.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
seSsrs Of the Doul

4 wealthy gentleman recently had
b parry Of his men friends at his homo
aud elte'tained them by having a Gift.
90 lsctufer deliver d ~siereoptieon talk
- Tie tropics which he had Just visit.
90 The sides were very beautiful.
Eue So ergt0rssd did the entire audi.
"nte become 10 The lecture that every
one isli.s 70 notice the entrance of a
pct aor belDrEnR 10 the host.
Nesuuims me dog--a most well.be.
httoc aniAasi-sst 7uietly down In a
remote qruei Snd watched the bic.
tarss sttb TIE greatest interest. He
Followed ubs advent and disappear,
aAot ~ @&eh Glide 4" wonder. cranine
has p'St - the u,mps, as each picture
was slppee cut snd replaced by an.
Otter A. lasi the lecturer presented
q tropical glsds with several nne ducks
skimnipe grs II and was enlarging
% the sartins there. when suddenly
he d2g made u mad rnsh for the
ducks ana disappeared through the
sheei,
The lecture came to an abrupt close.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
Produces Vegetable Novelties.

Washington,-One of the agents OF
the department of agriculture working
on his New Jersey farm has produced
a new vegetable novelty in the shane
of n seedless tomato, The variety has
been called the Giant, because of the
large size that the plant attains.
Six years of experiments was neces.
sary to produce the seedless tomato.
Each ordinary tomato contains hun.
dreds of seeds, while the form now de.
veloped seldom contains more than 50
seeds, and often none.
Before attaining success in his ex.
periments the government scientist
produced large crops of freak toma.
toes. Some plants included clusters
no larger than peas. In one instance
the fruit had the flavor of a straw.
berry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
Law to Stop Taking Of Photographs
Without Obtaining Consent.

Berlin--The snapshot photographer
In Germany 10 threatened with extinc.
ton owins t the risk he will run OF
being mt, ted in heavy fines under
the g at which goes into force
soon.
The right Of all persons to the e
elusive reproduction Of their por-
traits or those OF their houses or be.
longings Is made absolute by the new
enactment. The law. however. permits
the granting OF permission by anyone
TO n photographer to take HIS photo
graph or that OF his landscape or Of
his cattle or horses. But there Is
danger ahead for the amateur or pro-
fessional who takes snapshots of some
one or something without previously
arming himself with the necessary au-
thorization. Prosecution and punish
ment may quickly follow.
Even when requested By a friend to
take a photograph Of d room with 10
contents. which the cwner mar a.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12

New York city. In an area d oseE
several hundred square miles entire
towns must be destroyed TO make
room for the reservoirs. II has been
decided to carry the tunnel beneath
the famous headland of the Hudson
known as Storm King. AT this point
the yIaduct viii be built more than
500 feet below the surface OF the
river.
The aqueduct viii be covered
throughout its entire length. Much
Of 1t will pass far below the surface,
where II will be necessary to tunnel
In places where the %aqueduct viii be
above or near the surface 1t will be
built in the form Of a trench and later
arched over. In such cases even the
roof will not be left exposed, but viii
be covered with earth and stone to
strengthen 1t against all possible at
tacks of time and weather.
The aqueduct will carry 80 times as
much water as did all the famous
aqueducts of Rome combined. Twelve
reservoirs which must be constructed
to hold the enormous flow OF water
from the various watersheds of the
Catskills and adjacent hills will far ex-
coed In size anything Of the kind In
the world. One OF these reservoirs
Will be ~ miles long, with an average
width of one and a half miles. The
Ashokan reservoir alone will have q
capacity of 100000, 900 gallons, or
double the present water supply OF
New York city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
THE STORY.

CAuL the king OF Israel. returned to
~ bis home at Gibeah not Ike a con.
qDering hero, bat rs one who has
met some great rebur and disap
pOintment, In guilen silence he 70.
celVed the praise Of the people az they
shouted tbH tryvtpRhs Of the battle
With The A~maiekiles xpc seiold "a pue
another hOR the s1eui7 had been VI.
te'1y oFeithfoSH, King AFas taken
sne tbe seas Of Tire spoil carried bses
for orefisg 70 their G9a IL tso,
S2eh sA& tie Oppression q tbs fuk
THAT uhs ps9pie Egkss gne s.9tta,
SA2t s5tstb Exuiy Han be ros
soh Z Erf& Hieto'y frr a, Lar1~a
arc ebAs he ding sought ,t,s es,Ig
ss9s - taf gRY b9abe ssul7ue himself
- even tls cipseat friends tbe pes
Is sisouBseG ibe gituenor-
They 81 spy uaia Que 81 a yroy,
faa2 SEQUEL the prophet had ~.
bgtea ian
Yea 'etpantsd another yith mn
All - superior knowledge one wins,
vas present ~ Gligal When samusf
catht deere " tnd the king told m,
Vsat thS pfpit.et wa urundod with
ssHl beeapss be toak King AGAR at,c
sad beeapbe fhe soldiers took ~ ths
spoil IL ssstns tisai Samuel had
given commend thss ths Emstekites
were 10 b. utterly destroyed .oseth
ef with their goods"
Bu, Old not the people uS,k uf uhe
spoil 70 make Offering 70 the Lofa.
aud surely TIE bringing Of Agsx bach
was but the rghtfUl trophy u a cor.
queror," exclaimed another OF the
group.
But Samuel did not think 80, eyi.
IDENTITY, for In great anger he slew
Agag aud would take no part In the
offerings which King Saul had caused
10 be made to the Lord"
various EXPLANATIONS followed this
piece q news, and the speaker went
on to say:
IN fact, Samuel hath returned 10
ms abode AZ Ramah ia high dudgeon.
refusing to hold converse with ans
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
A joke writer said Of his trade;

A Joke writer said Of his trade:
"cne OF the first things we teach
u apprentices is neve tc use in
jokes common names. such rs John
Smith, Jones, Brown, Robinson, and
so on.
why? Because the owners Of such
names are oddly sensitive. John Jones
hates to pick up a paper and seq .
Joke about his getting drunk. or beat
ing his wife. or kissing his typewriter
and being found out. Furthermore,
when such q Joke appears. John Jones
friends clip II out and send It " him.
Hence the Jones and browns CON
tinunlly write to editors 70 remon-
strate against the W. os their naxnes
in the Joke columns, and hence many
editors. have d rule excsUding there
names from their ssokeas
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
"GodIvs's cityn in ENGLAND.

Coventry Is the Industrious appren.
lice among English cities. When an
Ill wind blew upon one enterprise the
citizens gaily turned to another. In
the time OF that Leofric who, for love
OF Godiva, made "Coventre toll Free"
bonnets and caps Of cloth were the
staple. By the sixteenth century vast
quantities of blue thread were being
turned out, of such sterling quality
that all England was familiar with
the phrase "as true as Coventry blue"
Then came, in the eighteenth century,
ribands, and the dainty fabrics Of
women's wear. Now she makes stern
er stuff and keeps abreast of the age
with sewing machines, cycles and mo.
tor cars. A century ago Godiva's city
had barely 10000 Inhabitants, anyone
sent to Coventry to-day will find
10000 companions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
WILL SEEK REVENGE ON STAGE.
Ex.convict VIII Appear in Own Play
to Exploit Alleged Wrongs.

Middlebury, Nt.--Declaring his In.
teution of going on the stage and APP
p~earlng in the star part of a drama of
his own production to right his al.
legged wrongs. John Keteham, who has
been serving a sentence for completely
in the wrecking of the Farmers Ma.
tional bank of Vergennes, was re.
leased recently from the Addison
county Jail. Ketcham was a teller in
the bank and assistant to the cashier,
David II. Lewis, who, like Ketcham,
was sentenced to prison following the
discovery Of a shortage of about $780,
900 in 1902. Ketcham has served Ave
years and two months.
Ketcham, by mail correspondence
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12

and by telephone, has conducted un.
dauntedly a campaign against political
interests which he asserts were re-
sponsible for his downfall. He has
busted himself with efforts to prove
that his conviction was a miscarriage
of justice.
In addition he has written a book
giving his version of affairs which
brought about the failure Of the bank,
and attacking prominent persons Of
the state.
ketcham was n of the younger
men in Vermont politics and had
served two terms in the state legisla,
ture.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
WORK ON WORLDS GREATEST
AcoUEDUcT is BEGUN.
Tremendous Engineering Project viii
Cost st6t,ooo goo and Is Estimated
viii Take From IS to 20 Years
to Complete.

Peekskill, N. with impressive
ceremonies work was formally In.
auguratcd the other day on one of the
greatest engineering undertakings in
the worlds history--the aqueduct
which Is to supply New York city
with water from the Catsklll mountain
region,
The %aqueduct will be the greatest of
ancient or modern times. 1t will cost
1851, O00, 000-$2O,0 600, 900 in excess of
the estimated cost of the Panama
canal and 30 times the cost of the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
Sc RMoNETTE.

, There is peril In desiring
! what God has told US utterly to
I destroy.
} SauI's war orders were to de,
/ stroy utterly the Amslekites
! and all they had, but In the pre-.
I sumption and pride Of his will
, fui heart he modified these Or,
ders TO meet the desire Of him
self and the people with him.
Tn victorious kings Of the ma.
tons about brought back their
!, captives Of war as token OF their
Valor and why should not he7
They took Of the spoil Of the
enemy and made votive offer.
!, inss to their gods; why should
not her
Why should not her Be.
cause Gods orders were plain
and explicit, and TO disobey
was soul madness
"The soul that doeth aught
presumptuously Tor, with an
high hand, as the margin has
~. the same reproaeheth the
Lord; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his PEG
pie.-
David cried, having in mind
perhaps the shipWreck which
Saul had made Of his HE, Keep
back thy servant also from pre-.
sumptuous aims, let them not
have dominion over me-"
There 10 a tendency to-day,
and a fatal one, too. OF qualify.
Ing Gods Word to the level OF
human standards II is no long.
err, "thus saith the Lord" and |
must needs obey, nay, ! dare not
disobey. II 10 a getting away
from the spirit and the letter
Of the law and the perform, !
ancc Of such portion OF the pE !
vlne Word as Is convenient ard !
consistent with the other de. ,
mands Of the life and heart. +,
Peter, In the tenth verse OF ]
the second chapter OF his sec ,
ond epistie draws the picture {
Of the presumptuous man Of
the Saul stripe, He says he
walks latter the flesh In the
lust Of uneIeanlIncss, and de-
splscs government" other than !
that OF his own self will.
~ have performed the com
mandment OF the Lord."-"i
have sinned,' Il is hard to rec.
oneiie these two statements Of !
Saul. In the blindness Of his Z
willful heart he will not see 1
his wronc-doins, He belongs to {
that class who "hayins eyes J
sees not, and having ears. hear Z
not" The unrepentant sinner J
ever seeks to Justify himself. I
But as Samuel presses home y
his accusation, and uneovers the /
enormity Of his sin by throwing !
the bright light OF Gods word (
upon II Saul hears and trem. =
hles, and ~faiterlnely admits: 81 !
Fave slnned" II Is a confession J
OF guilt which brings with II no {
sense OF repentance. Il Is that Z
confession Of guilt which comes s
from a ds~ning sense Of loss Of Z
human friendship and material !
gain. II was not so much a Z
concern with Saul as TO how he )
stood In the sight Of God as Z
It Was how he stood with the !
prophet Samuel. His cry IL Z
not n OF forgiveness, but 5
honor me now pray thee, be. !
fore the elders Of my people, !
and before Israel, and turn I
again with me, that may wor. :
ship the Lord" Z
Let 10 be watchful that we y
fall not into presumptuous sin, {
-. - " q
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12

Who are you, anyway he
growled.
Newton Brown, sir"
What Not old Jake Browns
SOM"
Yes, sir" : I
Well, we'll" said Mr.. Miller more
kindly, II may rain. It may RAIN
Everybodyss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
Germany Bars Camera Fiends.

sire, the danger is still great, for the
room may contain pictures, and II
these are recognizable in the photo
graph the photographer is liable to
prosecution by the artist.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12
Returns with Rare Books.

William Putnam, the librarian of
congress, has reached London after
an extended tour Of the continent, in
which he picked up a number OF rare
books for the congressional library.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12

New York city. with twice tho popu-
lation OF Chicago. has current expense,
nearly four times an great.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-12

Chiefly the mold Of . mans for
tune is in his own hAnds.-Bacon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-28
sAvAeERY OF A CENTURY AGO.
Poor Woman's Execution Then a Mat
ter of Little Moment.

The hanging of a woman, which In
these days calls forth public protests.
was apparently a matter of indiffer-
ence to our grandfathers and grand
mothers, says the London Chronicle. 1t
was in tina nineteenth century that
woman found guilty of some trifling
offense was sentenced to death. By
chance the warrant for her execution
was not sent to the high sheriff, and
she remained in prison for about three
years, acting as Jail washerwoman,
and occasionally, as favor in ac-
acknowledgement of her good behavior,
going out, as was then the custom, as
washerwoman to private houses. But
a clerk looking through the home Of
flee records found the warrant that
had never been dispatched, and it was
thereupon promptly forwarded to the
sheriff for due process. The woman
was found by the turf key at the wash
tub in house in the town-Aylesbury
We'll, missus," said he, you are to
be hanged. The warrant has come at
last, and we must carry the sentence
out tomorrow morning at the latest"
VERY well, then" the wretched
woman submissively replied, Il sup
pose l must CO." and having washed
the soapsuds off her arms departed
with the official. She was duly hanged
next morning. From all which it would
seem that barely a century separates
us from a condition of primitive bar
barism
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-28
Missed the ToWpath.

There was little girl, five years old
or so, living in an inland town up the
state, according to the Philadelphia
Ledger Near her home there was No
river nor, in fact, any water but the
Erie canal.
The childs mother made visit to
New York, and on her return was tell
ing of her trip down the bay, and OF
how wonderful the sea had looked to
her. Her little girl was listening
eagerly.
Tell me just what the sea is like,
mamma" she said
Her mother made an effort.
There's the beach," she said, "all
smooth, white sand You stand on it
and look out upon the ocean, and all
you can see is water just moving wa.
ter, waves coming in and breaking
nothing but water and sky"
The child sat trying to picture 1t,
then, in an awed little whisper asked:
ooh, mamma, isn't there a tow
PATH"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-28
MODERN DEMAND FOR SILENCE.
German Newspapers Protest 1t Is Be.
ing Carried to Extremes.

How the times change!" says
writer in the Frankfurter Zeitung. In
the days of our fathers no description
of a homelike, cosy room was COM
plete without reference to the tick
ing clock. 1t was this gentle sound
which emphasized the quiet of the
place. People had no nerves in those
days. To-day the thought of ma
chine ticking off the seconds and strik-
ing the hours is source of worry and
distress. Time is going, but they do
not wish to be reminded Of it continu-
ally; no clock is better than the tick
ing machine And now to meet the re-
quirements of the nervous people,
factory at Schramburg is making
noiseless clock" In an article on the
same subject another paper says:
"The anti-noise craze has made disa-
greeable and uncomfortable some of the
noises which once were music to US,
and soon we will find way to silence
the birds and to muff1e the sound OF
the rustling leaves"