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Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17
SMILING LINES.

Wife-Here's a passage in the Bible about
the lean years" Singular expression,
Hull don't know, my dear; we often talk
script.
Miss Dibley-She was braEging about how
successful her dinner party was. She said
"eclaw" anyway?
Miss Mugley-Why. / guess that was
the dessert; Didn't you never eat a choco-
late e~claw ?-Catholic Standard and Times.
II know more about that woman than
she knows about herself"
How, can that be possibleT'
Easily; / know she isn't pretty, but She
doesn't '-Houston Post.
Eye-Why do you lug that broken UNI.
brella about with your
ADAM sympathize with it. Since It
Cleveland Leader.
speaking about the slat style of figure
have you seen the six Skimpton girls?"
YES. They look like a picket fence out
walking. cleveland Plain Dealer.
I'm troubled a great deal with head
aches in the morning" said Luschman.
Perhaps It's my eyes; do you think l need
NO" replied DIR. Wise, meaningly, what
you need Ia not stronger glasses, but
fewer,"-Catholic Standard and Times.
Uncle Nose said the drummer, adj
dressing an aged colored man who was
holding down a dry goods box In front of
the village store, they tell me that YOU re-
member seeing General Washington. Is it
true?"
mo, sah." replied the old man, "Ah ulster
'membah SEEM him. but All don't no mon
since All done Jin'd church, sab. Judge,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

The War department will shortly publish
to the service a circular setting forth
briefly the various decisions which have
been rendered concerning the employment
of army bands in consideration OF the
prohibition imposed by. or restrictive
clauses incorporated in, the army appro-
priation act of May II. There has been
much doubt on the part of the military au-
t~horities as to the application of the law,
especially in those places where the en-
ployment of the army band was desired
and where II that were impossible no
other band would be employed. 1t is still
a question whether this situation could be
regarded as furnishing the conditions Of
competition with civilian musicians, which
is a factor in the employment of the gov
eminent band.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Mr.. Bryan is to try his hand at duck
shooting when he goes to Mexico. This
is lese majestic on the memory of the
late Grover Cleveland.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Democratic editors are now protest.
ing against putting Frank II. Hitch
Geek in the cabinet. However. there
is a suspicion that the democratic
editors will o have the last word in
tia ss.setion OF ny. Tat.'S cabinet.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

The statement is made that Mrs.
Taft buys her Christmas presents
months in advance. Women every
where will make Il pleasanter all
around by emulating Mrs. Taft's ex-
ample.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

No question about the return of
prosperity. Two Connecticut mills
that manufacture alarm clocks have
resumed work on full time.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17
A Large Opportunity.

The efforts'Ufh well meaning men to in
duce Mr.. Bryan 20 become a revivalist con-
tinue. Whether, successful or not, some
other man must be found to revive the
democratic party.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

When the duke of the AbrusEi fin
ally gets to the point Of proposing
Mics Elkins will not be able to retort
chat this is SO sudden"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

The last Howell-Ransom city char
ter legislated all the republican city
officials out of office. And then the
people of Omaha filled them up with
a new set of republican city officials.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

A prominent actress declines to tell
how she will dress for Salome. An
impression prevails that 1t is not neces-
sary to dress for the part.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

"Russia's naval chief is to retire
under fire. say a cable from St.
Petersburg. Most of the Russian navy
has been retiring under water.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

An Oklahoma inventor has asked
for a patent on a flying machine that
is built like a bird. Probably modelled
along the g, n. Haskell lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

The president OF the New York
Academy of Medicine says alcohol is a
Sluable food. Perhaps, but a nan
Sould not eat too much of It.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Nebraska moves up to third place
in corn production for 1908, with I'LL
nois and Iowa leading by but a small
margin.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Mrs. Howard Gould says # costs
$4,000 a yea to keep in society. 1t
costs about that many heartaches for
the average New York woman to keep
out.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

The reported consolidation of the
big telephone companies has been de-
clared off. 1t appears they could not
get connection.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

There Will be another election"
says the COmmoner, "in 1912. The
patient mar will wait for 1912" He'll
have to.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17
ARMY eossIr IN WASHINGTON.
Current Events Cleaned from the
Army and Navy Register.

TIL chief signal officer OF the army has
under consideration the disposition Of Com
pany l Of the signal corps, when It returns
from Cuba with the Army OF Cuban Pacifi-
cation in February. 1t will probably be as
signed to either Fort Riley. Kansas, or
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. It's present strength
Is ninety men. but II win be reduced to
about seventy-flve men on arrival in the
United states. This company Is organ
lied as a field company, and It is the In
tention to maintain this organization intact,
on the same basis as the other signal corps
field companies, Company A at Fort Leav-
enworth. Company Z at the preside of
San Francisco and one OF the companies
at Fort Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Russian officials profess to see war
in the Balkans. 1t is easier to hear
OF wer in the Balkans than to see 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Thanksgiving day will be celebrated
in the proper spirit by the 500, 900
mill hands who have returned to work
since November 8.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

1t is not too early to renew the agi-
tation in favor OF asbestos whiskers
for the 1908 Santa Claus.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Maryland lie the only member OF
the electoral college team that will do
a split trick in the rush.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Philadelphia is being robbed u
says the North American. That hardly
comes underi the head of news.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

At last accounts Morse, the "ice
king" was still in the cooler.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17
WHEN OUT OF TOWN

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porariIy should have The Bee mailed
10 them. Address viii be changed as
often Rs requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

That extra session of the legislature
may be SO slow in coming that it will
never get here.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

The real explanation comes from
the democratic Charleston News and
Courier, which says that 1.-The demo-
Gratis lost last weeks election at Chi
cago in 1896"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Germany is anxious for Balkan
peace. while Russia is seeking Balkan
pieces.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

opposed the work Of the present ad-
ministration.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

speaking about the slat style of figure
have you seen the six Skimpton girls?"
Yes. They look like a picket fence out
walking cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

Entered at Omaha pOstofies a. second
lass matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-17

VICTOR RosEwATER EDITOR
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
Happy ignorance.

Francis Wilson. the noted comedian,
apropos of certain curios wherein he
believed he had been duped. said with
light laugh:
THE collector. as he pursues his
hobby, grows in knowledge. Then, re-
viewing his collection, he sadly finds
many an instance where he has been
duped.
The one drawback to knowledge Is
that 1t reveals so many dupes and
swindles to us. One summer, for In
stance, was doing Switzerland.
I'm the neighborhood of Geneva,
where the Swiss talk French, climbed
little peak one fine morning, and on
my arrival at the chalet at the top
heard the pretty handmaiden call in
to the kitchen in excellent French:
"Quick, mother, quick! Here's a
tourist. Put some milk on the fire,
You know they always like it warm
from the cow"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
Improved Electric Heating.

The ordinary parlor stove is used
by Herr Gutzah Of Berlin as q re.
ceptacle for an electric radiator, con-
sisting of wire or carbon of suitable
resistance, and In this way is con-
verted into an electric heater more
satisfactory than those hitherto tried
Too great local drying of the air is a
usual fault of electric heating. With
the new arrangement the air circula-
ton produced by the stove rapidly
distributes the heat and at the same
time gives ventilation and prevents
excessive drying. The ordinary cur
rent consumption warns an average
room In about an hour With the large
tile stoves so common in Germany the
heat is retained long time, and the
cost OF keeping the room comfortable
is moderate.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
Future Of the Chinese

Sir Robert Hart, directorgeneral OF
Chinese customs, declares that the
Chinese are destined to become pow
erful nation; but with such an i'm
mense mass the work must go slow,
and by the time they are organized
along modern lines, even II they were
aggressive, which they are not, they
will know how to temper their
strength with wisdom. As to the
yellow peril" Sir Robert said he
thought that, though the Chinese are
likely to become formidable competi.
tors in Industrial and trading matters,
they will not cause the world any
special trouble.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Social dance tonight, Foresters'
hall.
Mrs Charles Kennon is visiting her
son in Greenfield, Mass.
William Fisher and wife of Dewey
street extension are spending the day
in Troy.
Robert B. Pike of School street is
spending a few days camping in Glas'
tenbnry.
Miss Maggie Dalton Of Pittsfield is
guest of Mrs. Joseph Pellerin of
Cage street.
A. Buel Sibley Of Union street left
this morning for Boston TO remain
over Sunday.
Miss Frances Ward of Albany, N. Y.
is visiting Miss Vera Bull at her home
on Pleasant street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Barton and
children of SALISBURY were in town
Friday calling on friends.
Miss Hermina' Gagnon from North
Adams, Mass. was the guest of Miss
Emma Lamarre- circus day.
VIM. Clark and two nephews, lie.
Roy and Raymond, of Ticonderoga
are visiting G. S. Clark of Main st.
Cole Brothers circus which played
on Morgans lot Friday left this morn
ing at l2:4S for Saratoga where they
are to show today,
The big mill will start running Oh
full time next week For several
months it has been running only four
or FIVE days week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Boehanker
and son of New York are guests oi
Mr., and Mrs. George Hummer of the
west part o. the town.
Joseph Pellerin of Gage street has
returned from Greylock mountain
near North Adams where he has been
camping for several days.
Lost:-On Circus grounds Friday
a ladies gold watch. The finder will
be suitably rewarded on returning
the same to 3O2 Pleasant street,
H c. Wilson, state deputy of the
Independent oredr of Foresters, was
in town today on his way to Walling
ford where he is at work institutint
lodge of this order.
Bert North of Valentine street ageC
Z years fell from hammock few
days ago and splihtered a bone in hi
arm. The injury was very painful a
first but is now nearly all better,
Services in st. Peters chapel tent
Sunday after Trinity. Holy Commun
ion 1880 a. m. Morning prayer 10: 81
a m. Evening prayer 1880. All ar,
cordially invited to these services.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
The Worlds Greatest Fleet.

While Great Britain may claim the
chief distinctions of the maritime
world, the largest single fleet carries
the red, white and black, and Its
house flag is the neutrality-suspicious..
Its 6S distinct services carry the
worlds commerce into and out Of
nearly every important port of all
continents, II the entire fleet were
assembled in one. harbor, 1t would pre-.
sent an imposing array OF 100 ocean
steamers, eight others under construc.
ton, and 2l5 river steamers and har.
Dor craft--a total of 1888 vessels, with
a gross tonnage Of nearly million.
If this feet were welded into one
mammoth steamer, It would be nearly
five miles long, more than a mile wide
and about mile deep To load II
with bales of cotton would require the
average yield of 100000 acres; 1t
could take the wheat crop OF 3,OO0,O 900
acres, and half billion feet of lumber
would not I'll It. This is the CONNER.
cial hyphen that has connected Ham.
burg and America for 81 years
Worlds Work.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
SHE HAD PLAN ALL HER OWN.
Mrs. schmidt's Method Of Solving the
Servant Question"

We'll, Mrs. Rosenberg, you should
have seen me-" said one out-getting
the-air woman to another last even
ing on West 'Callowhill street. There
was all my lovely dishes and my cut
glass punch bowl broken, broken In q
thousand pieces. She had dropped
the whole tray. There she was, look
ing at me, with all my lovely china on
the floor Ach, Colt, It was awful! |
could hardly get my breath. was so
mad and so excited. | just looked at
her. and what do you think said,
Mrs. Rosenberg, what do you think
said to herr"
"oh, oh, oh, can't imagine, Mrs,
Schmidt. What did you say? What
did you say"
mot one word. Not one single word.
She thought l was going to scold her;
but never opened my mouth. And
| never do, Mrs. Rosenberg, no matter
what she breaks or what she does.
Why, she has broken more than $40
worth of china, cut glass and furni.
ture and burned up some of my best
underclothes when she irons. Every
washday she let's some Of my fine
things blow off the roof or forgets to
bring them down and they are stolen;
but | never say one word to her That
is the way keep her All my friends
have trouble with their maids and are
always changing, but Minna stays
with us. If let her see | was mad
and scolded her all the time, would
be sitting on a chair in an employ
ment agency trying to get maids. No.
ma'am, keep your mouth shut is my
plan, and you can keep your serv-
ants"
Amt II the TRUTH" said Mrs.
| Rosenberg, Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
FOR cuRrAlNEp BARBER SHOP.
Woman Deeries the Common Practice
Of Publicity.

Queer, isn't IT," said the observ-
ant woman, that though American
men are modest individuals, they have
been content all these years to be
shaver and shorn and massaged in full
view Of any one who happens to be
passing. mean that all the barber
shops are on the street level or below
It, and with a wealth of uncurtained
glass front that allows a mans toilet
to be regarded as a matter OF public
interest. You might think this expos
ure was tolerated by the customer
only because 1t insures a good. strong
light for the delicate operation Of
shaving; but not so, for even at night
when the electric lights are glazing
down the shades remain up, and pedes-
TRANS may gaze upon unlovely lath-
cred faces in any barber shop they
pass. Going over comparatively
small area last week | counted 200
tonsorial parlors and not one of them
attempted even the gauziest screen
ing between its customers and the
public gaze. Personally don't con-
slider that man is at his handsomest
under the BARRIERS hands, do your
New York Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
TRUE MONUMENT TO DICKENS,
Found In His Immortal Writings, Says
London journal.

Whether a statue should be erected
to Dickens is the subject of an inter-
esting article in the London Spectator
The writer in the course OF his brows-
ing quotes from Micawber and says:
Every reader OF Dickens, of course,
will be able to match his favorite pas
sages against ours. The enthusiasm
with which such competitions are oft
en- conducted is the truest proof of the
solace-we do not use too strong a
word-which such memories bring in
time of vexation, dullness or grief. And
in them-whicheve they may be--de-
tached as they are and properly should
be. but complete and memorable In
themselves, the true monument to
Dickens is to be found"
The monument to Dickens was
erected by himself. His characters
live forever, for they are human in
their nature, and we have all seen
them. One remembers more OF David
Copperheld, or Little Nell, or Barkis,
or Little Dorrit, or Pegotty, or Sam
uel Weller, than Of the others, perhaps.
but where Is there a reader of Dickens
who has not fixed in his memory at
least one Of his characters?
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
MANCHESTER CENTER

The report that DIR. Marsh was mar.
ried is untrue.
Mr.. Bebee is repairing and greatly
improving his MILL
Mrs. Lewis Combs of Albany is Wis
iting friends In town.
Mrs Bessie Whitman is visiting
friends in Londonderry.
Mrs c. H. Palmater and son are
visiting friends in town.
Miss Ida Dwelly Of Schenectady is
the guest of Mrs. A. Kohler
Mr.. Oliver Harwood of Winhall is
spending a few days in town.
Mr. Benson is greatly improving
his residence with a coat of paint.
Frank Wyman and mother are Wis
iting Mr.. Garfield of Londonderry.
II. II. Hurd of Raymond, Nebraska,
has been the guest of A. H. Botsford
Mrs. Clarence Curtis has returned
from visiting friends in Bennington
Miss Mayo of Brooklyn, N. Y, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Bar
rett.
MIR. Seargeants, an attorney OF Ltd.
low was in town Thursday on bus!
ness.
Mrs. F. C. Dunton of Portland, Ore
gon has been the guest of Mrs.
Thompson.
Mrs. Thompson and daughters Of
Pittsfield, Mass, are guests of Mrs
Clarence Curtis.
Ormsby Chapter D. A. R. were very
pleasantly entertained at Mrs. Jennie
billiards. on Tuesday.
The fresh air children who have
been in town two weeks will return
to their homes Monday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
RorHscAILDs ONE LARGE CLAN
Remarkable Number Of Unions Be-
tween Cousins Belonging to Family.

The founder Of the Rothschild fam.
fly, Mayer Amschel of the Red Shield,
dying in 1912, exhorted his five sons,
engaged as loanmongers under him in
Frankfort, Vienna, London, Paris and
Naples, not only to remain faithful to
the law of Moses and stand ever
united, but to undertake nothing of
Importance without first consulting
their mother.
Nathan. founder of the London
branch, also was so convinced of the
business capacities of his wife, a
Cohen, that he not only left the huge
residue of his fortune at her disposal,
but, says the Ladies' Realm, added
instructions that his sons were to en-
gage In no undertaking OF moment
without her consent.
How far the instruction was OBJ
served one Is not in position to say,
but 1t is certain the Rothschilds have
done their best to live in family
unity, for from the Gentle point Of
view the number that have married
cousins is appalling. OF the five chill
dren OF the great Nathan each mar
ried cousin.
And, coming to contemporaries,
Lord Rothschild is the son of cousins
and the husband of a cousin. Re
turning to Nathan, the Sidonia of
"Coningsby," though his offspring
married cousins, a reaction followed
in the next generation, for three Of his
granddaughter, two Of whom have
been already named, married not only
out of the family, but out of the
faith.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
Scene Of Deadly struaulss.

It is doubtful II there is any portion
Of the earth upon which there are so
many deadly struggles as upon the
earth around the trunk of tree. Up
on this small arena there are struggles
fierce and wild; here nature is red
in tooth and claw" When a tree is
small and tender, countless insects
come to feed upon It. Birds come to
1t to devour these insects. Around
the tree daily are almost merciless
struggles for existence. These death
struggles occur not only In the day
time, but in the night. Mice, rats and
rabbits destroy millions Of young
trees. While at their deadly feast,
many time have they been surprised
by hawks, and then they are at a
banquet where they themselves are
eaten. The owl, the faithful night.
Waterman of trees, often swoops down
at night, and as result some little
tree is splashed with the blood of the
animal that came to feed upon it,
Worlds Work
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
THEIR FREEDOM OF THE FARM
Uncle Charlie seaver's Welcome to 9
Large Picnic Party.

Il hope you don't mind II we tramp
o%er your farm this afternoon and pic
mic awhile in your woods?" cheerfully
asked the spokesman of large picnic
party az they walked into the gates of
the yard, says Puck.
Not at all! Not at ALL" laughed
Uncle Charlie Seaver as he dropped
his stockinged feet from the veranda
post and showed up his specs Just
mosy right along and have good
time. The farm is yours for the day
Take that road near the corncrib and
help yourself. Step little light
though, In going through those med
ders along tn crick, as l have never
been able to 'sterminate that bed OF
rattlesnakes in there. But there's only
a couple O. dozen Of the pesky crit
tiers left. I'll get 'em all soon. Better
walk around the north pasture where
old Joshua Is a-pawin' and a-bellerin'
fer he's q powerful bad varmint, and
when he commands tn sun to rise you
bet he gifts. That little ravine back
o. the woods is fine place fer pic
mic even II Hank Hawkins does say
tibet tn ice dam at the head O. tn
gully is weak and liable to bust any
minute. took some O. tn braces out
o. tn dam yesterday jiss to prove
Hank Is a liar.
IT that buck sheep over in the or
chard gifts funny one O. you grab him
by tn horns and kick tn wool of him
He's been a mite too frisky since he
nearly killed one O. the hired men
Don't let tn young 'uns get too friend
ly with those hornets nests in the Der
ry patch below tn grain fields. What!
Coin up tn road piece? Why, yes
reckon Wall Weaver'll let we In his
big woods. Better stay right here.
give ye tn freedom O. tn farml"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
BURGLAR lad TO MAKE CHANGE.
Bankers Business Instincts Asserted
Themselves In Emergency.

A group of his friends were discus
sing William Winslow Sherman, the
old banker who died not long ago. "He
had the coolest nerve of any man
know" said one. Three or four
years ago when Sherman was an old
man and partially crippled by reason
OF fall from horse, he entered his
bedroom late at night to find masked
burglar ransacking it, The thief had
big gun trained on Sherman In a
minuete. The banker just waived it
aside with a tired hand. Put that
away, he said, irritably Let us dis
cuss this matter like gentlemen The
burglar was so surprised he laughed.
Now, you could hurt me If you wanted
to. and might get away with some
little knicks-knacks,' said Sherman
But you might be caught, and there's
a slight probability that you could dis
pose Of my toilet articles profitably
What would you consider a fair cash
proposition to go away? They talked
It over in all peace. The burglar
thought he ought to have $40, but
Sherman, after inquiring into the
mans habits, said IS was enough
You see,' he said, you're a known
thief. II this were your first offense
I'd pay your price, but now the police
have your picture you ought to be glad
TO accept any fair compromise and
run no risk The burglar finally
agreed to take IS. Sherman pulled
out $40 bill. Give me 81 change.
said he. And he got it, before he
paid. From a New York Letter,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-08-22
Inventor Of Portland Cement.

Isaac Charles Johnson, the inventor
of Portland cement. is still living in
Gravesend, Eng and active, at the
age Of 9S. He was born In the year
1910, when George III. was king and
Jefferson was president, and when Ma
poleon was at the zenith of his power.
Mr.. Johnson won an education under
many difficulties, as his parents were
poor. In early manhood he became
an architect, and a house which he
built in the Elizabethan style rs still
standing at Swanscourt in Kent. 1t
was at this time that he first invented
Portland cement, which was first in.
troduced into this country by Levi P.
Morton.