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Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
Three Women Loved Lincoln.


There was a wild rose slip Of a girl in a
Slated blue sunbonnet with whom he
walked the lanes OF his homespun days,
relates a writer in the Dslineator. There
was a clever, cultured woman, whose
brilliant intellect lighted his ascending way
in the Illinois legislature. And there was
the belle OF the gay social set at Spring"
field. VIII fluttered across his pathway as
1t led to Washington. on he loved, one he
tried to, and one he married. These we're
the women that he courted. They loved
Lincoln. To them the greatest American
was far nearer than a lofty figure up a
high pedestal. They heard his heart beat!
These were the women that loved Lin
coin. One OF them today lies near the
banks of the sangamon, where he loved
her. To the last there was with him the
long, long sorrow of her loss that cast its
shadow across his heart in youth. AS
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
Rivals of American Girls.

Id day OF the South African
girl has not arrived yet, but
when 1t comes let the Ameri-
can girls o to their laurels,
for they will have dangerous
competition in the field.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
SaEe's Gifts.

Mrs. Russell Sage is the most original Of
givers both in the nature and in the des-
tinatton of her gifts. Where other philan-
thropists give to individuals or private en-
terprises, says the New York Mail. she
gives 10 governments. She made the local
government the present Of a rh~ododendron
plantation in Central park. She made Sag
harbor the greatest present Of a public
school. Now she makes the national gov
eminent the present OF an island OF his
toric memories, nearly 300 acres IN extent.
in the Hudson. near West Point. and II will
be added to the military reservation.
This gift, like the others noted, shows
imagination and sentiment, guided by ex-
cellent judgment; both declare strong social
feeling, So does the 100000 Sage Foun-
dation". for social betterment. Large gifts
for sailors and INDECENT females add 10 the
useful variety of this good woman's bene-
factions.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

formerly worked. Her machine is said to
fairly gobble up the letters put into 1t. No
girl can open more than thirty a minute
by hand.
Miss Sally Word has just been elected
assessor and collector of taxes for Pales-
tine, Texas, and Mrs. 70. 2. Turner and
Mrs. P. p. Tucker have been chosen as
members OF the Dallas Board of EducA-
ton. The election of these three women
is the result of the opinion given the other
day by the attorney general that under
the constitution of Texas women are elig-
ible to municipal office.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney 10 one of the
wealthy American women who likes to do
things herself. and has become a sculptor
OF no mean attainment. Recently she has
been haunting the Bohemian art quarters
of Paris, with, no doubt, the happy inten-
ton Of making life more pleasant for some
of the talented poor people, and has pur-
chased a great amount and given orders
for number of things that will help to
keep the wolf from the door of artists and
sculptors, where he proverbially stalks.
Miss Anna c. Wilson, one OF the -four
women delegates TO the international Typo
graphical union convention In Boston,, is al
the head OF the movement to raise 81. 600,
600 for the endowment OF the printers home
at Colorado Springs. She Is a trustee OF
the home, having been elected over eight
men who were anxious for the place. She
is one OF the expert machine operators IN
the government service at Washington and
has been a member OF the Typographical
union for fifteen years.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

late as 1864 he pushed aside state papers
in the executive mansion at Washington
to talk Of her late one night to a friend
who had come from back home. One rests
peacefully in a little cemetery at Pleasant
Ridge, III. The mother of five children,
her tombstone reads, Mary owens Vine
yard" One lies at his side in the great
mausoleum in Springfield, where the state
keeps her bier and his heaped with fresh.
fragrant flowers. When an assassin's
bullet took his life, the American people
mourned a great president. She mourned
a great husband. He wac the kindest man
in the world" she sobbed.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
Husbands.

OF the raw material grown On ldTHlS anu
outlaying districts, says Brooklyn Life.
There are some few city varieties, but
they are poor in quality. The farm output
is usually taken to the city early in life
and fed on rum. tobacco and business un-
til he becomes fat enough to kill for the
matriouial market. He is then led out to
the slaughter and used thereafter as a basis
for millinery and dress goods.
Husbands form one of our chief assets.
They are patient. docile under treatment,
become enured early in life to hard labor
and are useful at dinner parties and polit-
ical gath rings
The American variety differs from the for
eign breeds in many important particulars
He is more easily domesticated and stands
any amount of abuse without complaint.
There are several instances on record
whore husbands have slept night after
night in pyjamas, made by their wives and
starohed under their personal supervision,
without murmuring. They have even been
known, in rare instances. to attend church
regularly.
There are several kinds of husbands.
The early morning variety is very COM
~panionable, but short lived. In some
households the silent husband is the main
feature. acquiring this great gift by long
practice. The literary husband, as a rule,
is thin, and poor and has his hair rubbed
off in spots and lays his ears well back
The Salt lake husband has a largo, open
heart. is liberal in his views, and many
sided. He is, in fact, all things to all
women.
The best husbands are caught young
when their spirits can be easily broken.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27
Bewitching French Neckwear Of the Season

CIV YORK, Sept. 26-The French
neckwear displayed In the shops
which make a speciality OF such
novelties grows more bewitch-
ing day by day. and one may
spend an appalling amount on
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
FAMILY RUNS IN HARD LUCK.
Philadelphia People Have Good Reason
to Complain Of Fate.

Here Is a real hard-luck story.
Two months ago the six-year-old son
OF Frederick Levy Of GA South Amer
lean street, Philadelphia. fell In front
OF street car and had his left arm
severed at the shoulder Before the
lad was released from the Pennsyl
vania hospital his mother and three
other children were removed to the
Municipal hospital with fever.
Some days later eight-year-old Fred
erick Levy, at home with his father,
ran from the house on an errand.
Within a stones throw OF his home he
slipped and fell In front Of trolley
car. The left foot was taken off at the
ankle.
As he was being hurried to the
Pennsylvania hospital the wagon in
which he had been placed collided
with another wagon at Fifth and
South streets. The driver. Almond
Scherer of 1896 North Eighth street
was thrown to the pavement and his
arm was broken. The injured lad was
also thrown out, and the loss of blood
occasioned by the delay came near
costing his life.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Worship the Cow.

In the Nilgirl hills OF southern India
there dwells race of men, the Todas,
who devote the whole of their career
to the worship Of the COW or, to be
precise, Of the buffalo. Their most
sacred temple is COW house, and
the whole life OF the people is gov
erned by the most rigid observance
OF the routine Of dairy work, every de-
tail Of which Is performed with the
most elaborate ritual. They alone can
perform the duties OF milking and but.
ter making who have been duly conse-
Grated for this work by fasting and
the performance Of mysterious rites.
Representing the only priesthood,
they are compelled after their initia-
tion for the rest of their days to play
the role Of the dairyman. The lesser
priests may marry, but the high priest
must be celibate, at least for given
period of years. Polyandry is the fam
lily rule. but divorce Is unknown.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
ETIQUETTE OF THE PUNCH.
Matter That 10 Sometimes a Difficult
Thing to Decide.

To punch or not to punch Is one OF
the most difficult questions in life.
There is an etiquette Of punching, but
1t does not always help man much
when the contingency arises and he
Is forced to decide on the spur OF the
moment whether he will or not. When
the lie is given or certain opprobious
epithets are personally applied ell
quette calls for a punch. This Is sup
posed to be the irreducible minimum
of punching, without the use Of which
no man can go through life holding his
head erect. Beyond this irreducible
minimum a man may suit his taste.
his disposition and his temper in the
use of his fist, within certain limits,
without violating the pfoprieties or
mourning disapproval as bully. There
are many optional punches, so to
speak, on which the world looks with
approval besides these two compul-
sorry punches. The punch chivalrous,
for instance, the weapon OF modern
knight errantry, in defense of the dis.
tressed maids and matrons is of the
optional but approved sort.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Application for Liquor License.

Bennington, VT, April 3, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
pliance with Section No. 13, Act III,
of the revised laws Of 1904, Edward
Sausville has applied for license of
the first class to sell intoxicating liz
uors at 1874 North street
Public hearing on said application
will be held in the commissioners
rooms at the town clerks office In the
village of Bennington at nine o'clock
p. M, Saturday, April 20, 1908.
S. Fl. lockwood,
f. Il. Battles,
Il. S. Pratt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Price Of Meat Raised In Australia.

Owing to the abundance and cheap
ness of meat in Australia restaurant
keepers have for years been able to
give astonishingly liberal meals for
10 cents. But they are not satisfied
with the margin of profit and they
have decided in conference to raise
the price to IA cents. One OF the rea'
sons assigned for this step is the "ab-
normal appetites' OF their customers.
1t is the hospitable custom in Austria
liam popular restaurants not to charge
for a second helpilSs OF anything, and
you can have as many cups of tea as
you please after having paid for the
first one. 1t is the freedom with which
this privilege-unknown in America
is exercised that cuts down the profits.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
IN OLD KENTUCKY
Sixth Visit OF This Popular Play to
Bennington.


Seldom does a play achieve the rec
ord that has fallen to the lot of that
stirring drama OF the bluegrass state,
in Old Kentucky" shortly to appear
again in this city. Produced origin
ally in 1892, II has held the boards con
tinuously ever since and its hold on
the playgoer is as firm today as ever
in It's history. II is always presented
In capital style by good players and
with splendid scenic equipment, to
which, no doubt, Is due some meas
ure of its wonderful success. but this
does not altogether account for its
unusual long career before the public.
Whatever is the secret OF its stay
ing powers, it certainly has never lost
It's drawing power In the slightest de-
gree. Last season was one OF the
most successful 1t ever enjoyed. All
who have seen in Old Kentucky" re-
member the pickaninnies. They are
an integral part Of the drama, and
their Music, dancing, singing and boy
ish capers have done much to endear
the play in the hearts Of the theatre
goers everywhere In Old Kentucky
It seems, will never grow old. II Is
a spirited entertainment, whether one
has ever sit performance through or
not
After all, the plays the thing with
the masses, and the name In Old
Kentucky" has gone down in theatri-
cal history Miss May Stockton will
this season assume the role Of the
mountain heroine. Madge Briefly The
company will include Bert G. Clark,
Charles X. French, Katherine Raye,
Margaret Lee. and A. II. Wilson and
the celebrated band of juvenile Eth
iopians. the Woodland Wangdoodles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Where Howe Led.

Discussing Washington and his
birthday John Kendrick Bangs said
81 have made study OF ghosts, as
my Household on the Styx' and other
stories show And | once dreamed,
or saw in vision, the ghost of Wash
ington and the ghost of Gen. Howe
conversing.
THE two ghosts seemed on ex-
cellent terms. Howe insisted that
Washington was taking on weight
joked him about it-and finally said:
George, III run you a mile Tor a
shilling
Washington gave Howe mocking
smile.
"'No, thank YOU he said. I was
always behind lou when 1t came 10
running"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Watches for the Blind.

On the face of one Of the latest
watches designed for the use OF blind
people the hours are indicated by NOV
able buttons In relief on the dial. A
strong pointer shows the minutes.
The blind person passes his finger
over the dial; the button indicating
the hour he finds to be depressed.
while the position of the hand gives
the minutes. The buttons are held by
circular plate beneath the dial,
which has at the point on its circumfer'
ence a notch into which the buttons
drop. one after the other, as the plate
revolves with the movement OF the
works. This plate serves instead
OF the ordinary hour hand OF q
watch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
FOR NEEDY WOMEN
Disposition Of the Income From Thorn
as Thompson Fund.

Boston, April 20.--A suggestion that
the income OF the fund OF $5,000,0O0
established in 1901 by the will OF
Thomas Thompson Of New York for
the benefit OF needy seamstresses OF
Rhinebeck, n. Y, and Brattleboro, VT,
be applied to the relief OF such women
I'm all towns and cities In New Eng
land except Boston has been made by
Judge Hammond of the Massachusetts
Supreme court. II was understood
that the trustees of the fund, Law
renee Minot Of Boston and Richard NJ
Bradley intend to adopt this sugges-
ton.
The matter came before the SUI
preme court on petition OF the trus-
tees for instructions as to an inter-
probation of the terms OF the Will. II
was stated that the income from the
fund far exceeded the needs OF seam
stresses of the two towns originally
named. In addition, difference Of
opinion had developed regarding the
distribution Of the money by the trus-
tees some OF the w0uld-be beneiiciar-
les claiming that the trustees had
adopted too narrow a classification in
determining TO whom the money
should go. Judge Hammond decreed
that the trustees should be the sole
judges as TO the beneliciaries under
the fund and he stated that their man
agement of the fund had been praise
worthy. He suggested, however, that
under the terms of the will II was pos
IL h. tnf IN q
throughout New England and said he
thought this would be wise proce'
dure He excepted Boston from this
suggestion, as this city was excepted
by the will.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Real CRATER.

THAT city actor is too pert grum'
bled Jason, the proprietor OF the old
fashioned country store.
I'm what way" asked the starch
salesman.
"Why, he comes In here every night
and tells the crowd Of checker players
the most marvellous yarns you ever
heard of"
"And do the old regulars swallow
the yarns?"
"Yes, and, by hen, while they are
swallowing the yarns he is swallow.
ing a pound or so of dates and rails
ms and dried figs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Tho New Pure Food and Drug Law.

For sale by Windslow Bros.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Vanity and the Drug Habit.

When woman is seized by a de-
sire to better her complexion or her
figure by imbibing medicines, the
quantity OF stuff she will swallow In
a given time is almost incredible
Vanity is the strongest weakness OF
the gentler sex, but the physiological
effects of the course Of drugs, self
prescribed and self.administered, are
calculated in the end to make the
vainest OF women regret her methods
of selfimprovement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
A Caro-.

We, the undersigned. do hereby
agree to refund the money on so
cent bottle OF Greene's Warranted Sy-
rup of Tar II 1t fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee
rs cent bottle to prove satisfactory or
money refunded.
Hyde's Drug Store @. H. Houghton
]. M. Ayres, A. 8. Hathaway,
HARDWOOD Drug Store
G. r. and A. B. Hawkins
D. A. Ward, o. q Adams,
B A. Quinlan, Il. G. Woodwork,
w. Il. Gokay. o. 4. Adams Z Co.
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve. 1t is especially good for piles.
Sold by d A. Ward.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20
Mr.. G. w. Kidder.

Mr.. G. w. Kidder,
Montpelier, VT,
Dear SIR
Your roach exterminator surpassed
any have ever used.
1t Is a clean and effective powder,
and always kills.
/ can recommend 1t highly and !
found 1t did the business In my hotel
better than any other powder l ever
used.
Yours Truly,
G. A. Millar.
For sale by Windslow Bros.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-20

We .re plf ased to announce that Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds.
and lung troubles is not affected by the
National Pure Food and Drug law as
It contains no opiates or other harm
full drugs and We recommend 1t as a
safe remedy for children and adults
Quinlan's Pharmacy.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-13
Dancing and Children.

Every mother breads the "awk-
ward age,' especially for her girls.
Its harm lies more In the fact OF It's
moral effect than its physical, for a
child who knows she is gawky and
ungainly loses all self-confdence In
both work and play.
Gymnastic exercises are the OBJ
vious remedy, but unless they un-
consciously influence the child to
perform better the everyday acts OF
sitting. standing and walking, they
fail of their purpose. For of what
use are five minutes Of chest expan-
sion If the girl goes about the rest
Of the day with slumping shouldersY
More important than this Is to
make the exercises a pleasure-play
instead of work. The child will then
turn to them without urging and for
get to be them Music for even the
simplest movements will give this
pleasure, and natural dancing" will
combine sufficient exercise for every
day part of the body, for natural
dancer" sways the srms, head and
trunk in addition to the foot work.
To really deserve the name. this
kind of dancing should be spontan-
eous, with the spontaneity of the lit
tie street children who dance around
the hurdy-gurdy; but really all IT
amounts to is rhythmic combina-
tlon of the less strenuous of the
gymnastic exercises.
II there is no school of dancing TO
send the daughters to, do exercises
yourself with her. Twenty minutes
a day will be good froic for you
both. Compose the dances yourself,
for there is an infinite number OF
| combinations.
Plain skipping about as though
| waltzing or running very lightly on
, the tips of the toes will be sufficient
for the feet while swaying with arms
! and trunk The only rule is that the
arms flow back gently in the direc-
tion from which you are running
| just as though you had left them
| behind Backward bending, side
bending, whirling, leaping and bow.
| ing are some of the motions that will
! occur 10 you.
A rotary swaying the head may be
taken while kneeling on one knee.
This allows for chest expansion ana
strengthening of the waist muscles.
The arms should generally be slight
ly curved in that palm-downward
position that best conceals a bony
elbow. The head should be held
erect by seeming to stretch the
muscles of the back of the neck rath-
er than by lifting the chin.
Stage or fancy" dancing will also
do much at the awkward age.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-13
The Bread Winner Now

It has been argued that women who
have had business training and
can command good salary should
continue the line of work after mar
riage, providing the husbands do not
Interfere. II would be poor excuse
of a man who would not object, aud
many women today are practically
making the living by first demonstra-
ting the fact they could earn money
too, and little by little the men
have lost their sense of responsible
ity and have shifted the burden to
fragile shoulders. Then these wo-
men are the very ones who are the
most displeased about 1t. A woman
should not be in the business world
u minute longer than necessity COM
pels her to be there. II Is a brave
little woman who will take up the
work II illness comes and the nus
band Is unable to works But she Is
a very silly one to do SO when she
marries him expecting him to be a
provider. During the present finan-
cial trouble many women are prac-
tically keeping up the home by clerk
ing, doing Office work or canyasslng,
while men who have lost good posi-
tlons will accept nothing less exalt-
ed than what they once occupied and
are smoking good cigars, bought
with money they did not earn. and
waiting for good luck to get them a
position. have met quite a few
women in my time. and of late a
gpodly number who are breadwin-
ners, and they certainly have any
thing but an interesting story to-
narrate. II you don't know how to
earn a dollar, you'll never have 1t to
earn for someone else, and women
do not have to learn that. but their
work is to learn how to save 1t
when brought to them. And some
how or other the ones who gather 1t
in have happier time than those
that go after 1t.
Try an ad in The Mirror Want
olumn.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-13
coroner's Inquest Begins.

Piqua, o., Aug. 13-Coroner Costello,
after examining eight witnesses in an
endeavor to ascertain who was re.
sponsible for the wreck on the West
ern Ohio traction road, near here
Monday, adjourned his investigation
at noon Wednesday until to-day. The
nature of the testimony taken was
not divulged. II is understood that
part of the investigation will take
place at Wapakoneta and that the cor
oner will cooperate with the state
railroad commission, the members OF
which arrived Wednesday. All those
injured are said TO be out of danger
excepting two.