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Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-29
HOLDING GUT HOPE TO POOR
Social Settlement Workers Explain
Program at Mass Meeting.
NUMBER OF PLEDGES RECEIVED
sixteen of the Eighteen Directors OF
Social Settlement Organization
sre Named at the
Meeting.

George l.. McNutt the "dinner-pail man. p
and Miss Dunlap Of the Roadside social
settlement at Des Moines, addressed a
mass meeting at the First Congregational
church Friday evening, the purpose of the
meeting being to acquaint the whole people
with the plan of the proposed social settle
ment for Omaha and the work It hopes
TO do among the poorer classes Subscrip-
tion cards were handed the people as they
entered the church, and following the ad-
dresses these cards were collected. the
cards showing a considerable amount sub.
scribed foI the work 1t is the hope of the
directors to begin work room.
Mr.. McNutt, the first speaker, in the
course of his address, said that the city
OF Omaha takes from every washerwomar
and girl and boy clerk in the stores OF the
city percentage OF his daily wage with
which to build and equip the high school
that a few favored ones might secure ar
education, he-poorer people not being able
to pursue their studies in the high school
The high school is made possible he said
by the democracy OF the whole people ant
therefore, the people OF Omaha are under
bonds TO pay back their debt TO this de
mocraey or they win violate the bonds OF
peace"
Lift Tn the Masses.
"The problem OF social life is the prob
lem Of social relationship" said DR. Nc
Mutt, 'and the message sent out by tn,
social settlement is the message OF hop,
to political life. Social settlement hal
shown us that we can lift up the masses
and It has proven democracy not an i'm
possible thing to deal with When the re
hgion OF humanity, the religion Of democ
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-29
KITCHEN SUED FOR ASSAULT
Hotel Man Made Defendant in Fiji
teen Thousa In
Jurics Case,

George j. Crane, ranchman of Loup
county. has filed suit in the district court
against Ralph Kitchen for $4,000 for in
juries he alleged he received at the hands
OF the defendant. In his petition Crane
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-29
FrIrhffuI snnnmn

OF the stomach, liver torpor, lame back
and weak kidneys are overcome by Elec-
trio Bitters. Guaranteed SOC. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-29
A Household Remedy.

Peruna is household remedy Of great
merit and Is useful in a great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds
sore throat. bronchitis, and catarrhal dis
eases, generally. Thousands of families
have learned the use of Peruna and its
value In the treatment of these ailments.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-29
Now Eats and sIeeps WelI.

Mrs Annie. Fesch, 331 Twenty N
third avenue, Milwaukee, Wis, NJ.
writes: When wrote to you for H#
advice. my health was q total HE
wreck. l could not sleep and rs:
thought l would die. as there #
seemed to be no help for me. But $$
I followed your advice and took lI#
Peruna and Manalin. NE
II am now cured. l eat and N;
sleep we'll and enjoy life. N
"T never will be without Psruna, Y
should any Of us be sick"
Catarrh of Worst Form.
Mrs. Amanda Long, 7231 seeley
avenue, Chicago. ILL.,. writes:
Il believe that / am cured of catarrh Of
the worst form and of long standing.
IL was almost a total wreck. tried
almost everything and doctored with a
number OF doctors, but they did me nc
good.
Il tried Peruna as a last resort, and by
the time | had taken one bottle l could
see that II was helping me, and so l con
tinued taking II. | can say now that
have not felt the slightest symptoms foI
three months. and l think there is nothing
like Peruna. l still keep 1t in the house
and think there is no medicine like IL. I
cannot praise it too highly, and bless the
day that learned of IT,"
Mrs. Judge j. T.. Boyer, 1921 Sherman
avenue Evanston, ILL.,, writes that several
complications united in pulling her down,
and she thanks Peruna for new life and
strength.
Peruna Tablets.
For two years DR.. Hartman and his
assistants have incessantx labored to
create Peruna in tablet form, and their
strenuous labors have just been crowned
with success. People who object to liquid
medicines can now secure Peruna tablets.
Each tablet is equivalent to one average
dose Of Peruna.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-29
Gained Thirty
Pounds.

thirty pounds.
I'VE are never out of Peruna. When the
children or 1 have a cold we take some of
mammals Peruna. / find II has cut my
doctor bills down to almost nothing"
Pe-ru-na for Her Children.
Mrs. Alice Boyle, S03 Clinton street.
Circlevllle, O., writes:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-29

II gave her a dose
repeating It in a
half hour, and her
pains passed away.
Since that time my
wife has gained
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04
may FLY BY SOUND
Or. OWEN HAS NEW THEORY FOR
AERIAL NAVIGATION.
First AIrshIp Smashed by Vibrations,
He 10 Busy Constructing An
other-says Principle Was
Used by the Anclents.

Detroit.-Dr. Orville w. owen IL eL-
periencing the troubled life Of an In.
ventor. Years ago he got an idea.
Months ago he was on the point OF
realizing It. To-day he is mournfully
watching the repeated deferment OF
the hour when the idea will be en-
bodied in practical form.
Owen Is the man who believes he
can make noise like top and ny
to the uttermost parts OF the world.
Flying is nothing but applied harmony.
according to his theory, and II he can
produce the correct tones he can go
anywhere and do most anything.
The vibratory theory is his pet
hobby just now. He knows all the old
school book stories about the effect
Of vibrations, and lot more that have
been printed In books that few peo-
pie read. The phenomenon that
bridge can be thrown down by sound.
ing the proper note on violin Is mere
kindergarten talk to Owen. He tells
you that Joshua threw down the walls
OF Jericho that way. when he ordered
the blast from the rams horns. fol-
lowed by a mighty shout.
Also the doctor is sure that this
same vibratory theory was put to prac-
teal use by the ancients. The pyr-
amids were built in this way. he says.
and the sphinx was moved into its
present position by the same agency.
"The Moabite stone tells OF an
ariel which the Israelites possessed"
says the doctor, land which gave them
victories until the Assyrians took 1t
away from them. The ariel was a n.y.
ing machine, worked by vibrations.
and It could move any weight"
This ancient knowledge Of the
earth's inhabitants has been redis-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04

covered, DR.. Owen believes, and he Ii
the re-discoverer. He has invented
and patented a flying machine. con-
trolled by vibratory action. produced
by means of revolving tops on the
siren principle. the tops being placed
under metal bells. Once the doctor
was near success with the machine, he
says, but It went to pieces from the
force of its vibrations. Now he Is con-
structing another.
His first delay came from the de-
ferred shipment Of q consignment OF
holly from the south. The holly was
for the tops and, because no other
wood has the requisite cohesive pow
ers, he was obliged to walt until 1t
came before he could begin operations.
Il arrived after some months on the
road.
Casting the metal bells ID Just now
the difficulty. There are to be seven
Of these, each with Q different note,
and to get the exact dimensions Of the
patterns has been task Of great pre-
cision. After the patterns were ready,
Il was found that the molders here
were bothered in getting q perfect
casting, several efforts In the last two
or three days having gone wrons.
After we get the FIRST bell prop
erly cast, there will be no further dif.
ficulty," the doctor said. I'VE can
build the rest Of the machine easily
and will soon have II ready for flight
Then I will show the students OF
aeronautics that they have all been
on the wrong track Man cannot ny
by balloons or aeroplanes. Their prin,
cipie 10 wrong. Migratory action will
enable me not only to fly but to per
form the apparent miracles OF olden
times. With It I viii be able to lit
any weight. II win revolutionise mo
chanics."
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04

proper part OF the body about which
to tie the rope. II was fortunate for
a party OF four innocents being con-
voyed across a much crevassed snow
covered glacier In the Alps that they
met q party of experienced climbers
They were being led by o Swiss who
was ignorant OF the business OF guide.
having undertaken the task In the abb
sence OF his father, who was expert
enced. He had directed the members
Of his party to tie the rope about their
necks. The expert climbers got the
lnnocents right before mischief had
been done.
The expert climber 10 % fnicky
over the choice Of his Toe Ak as Q
cricketer over his bat or bowler over
Mia ball Il Is used for cutting steps
IN the snow and ice. and, when re-
versed, to assist In climbing BY means
OF the spiked handle. II Ia also used
for testing the depth Of the snow and
the safety of ice bridges. It Is the leo
ak that the novice doctors up" to
give the impression that he ID noun.
tairieer Of long experience. All OF the
smsarlng with muddy soil or other
mixture to destroy the glazing bright
ness Of the metal will not avail to con-
ceal his inexperleace u ne Goes not
know how 10 carry the implemsnL
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04

The Alpine spirit Is growing In
America. and there Is constantly In
creasing number Of people In the
United States who annually seek the
lofty mountains and strive to scale
difficult and sometimes impossible
heights. These people drawn together
by their enthusiasm and devotion TO
a common sport have organized the
American Alpine club, and include IN
their numbers some OF the most dis
tinguished Alpinists in the world.
There is also q Canadian Alpine
club. and these two clubs mingle IRA
ternally in the summer assaults upon
the lofty peaks of the Canadian
Rockies. Just at the present time
plans are being laid for the outing
arranged for early in July, when tne
Canadian Alpine club will assemble
at Glacier. British Columbia, for It's
annual outing, and the mountain
climbers of both the United States
and Canada who respond to the call
of the mountain peak will attempt to
obtain fresh thrills and furnish new
oratorical SMILES by essaying the con-
uuest of at least two of the uncon'
uuered monarchs of the Selkirks. The
knowledge that there are unattainsd
heights, whose whitened, jagged
heights rival those Of the Swiss Alps
In every respect, close to the border
IF the United States, will be fresh to
many an American who has almost
come to believe that only the SUBMITS
If the Himalayas, rising into the
rarefied air of Central Asia, as bleak
as the mountains OF the moon. remain
% be surmounted.
Four very prominent peaks, among
, multitude of lesser ones in this re-
zion, are still virgin SUBMITS, al
though they have been attacked. They
are Mount Pinnacle, which was at
tempted three times in one season, but
without success: the north tower OF
Mount Goodsire, Mount Douglas and
Mount Sanford. discovered two years
AGO by trlaiie ulation to be the high
sst OF the SeIkifks and the Mont Blanc
II this section. All are worthy OF the
ambition Of the most skillful climbers.
The base of Mount Sanford has
never been approached nearer than
az miles. This mountain will be es'
sayed by BENJAMIN 8. Comstock OF
New York city, veteran Alpine
climber. who has visited this region
for six years. He will be accompanied
by a companion and two Swiss guides.
The start for the summit Of the 1880
foot peak will be made on July ~.
| Il Is believed that 1t will take at least
ten days to perform the feat. II 1t Is
accomplished. To reach the base the
party will drop down the Columbia
river Is miles In a canoe to the mouth
of Green river, 40 miles from the
mountains base.
Properly nailed boots are considered
IN be the most important detail OF q
climbers outfit. They must be water.
proof to their very tops. Every nan
must be driven with a nicely and In
alyiduaiity that. amounts TO an art.
Care must be taken TO see that the
leather is firm enough TO hold the
nails after they have been driven. for
n would be inconvenient to have
them come out when the Wearer was
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04
M N[- -...-..-..zs~
E1ET ZOZZISE NJ Z3zZNCA7N4LlzzN ROCAaFS.

part way up a rock face which con-
tanned only two-inch footholds. Nails
are very important when they lie be.
tween the conquest of mountain and
precipitation into a glorious panorama
spread out a few hundred feet below.
The rope is considered of the next
Importance by the expert. The
pseudo-mountaineer, ambitious to be
able to say that he has reached the
summit of some well-known peak.
and dependent upon the pushing and
pulling powers Of guides in the accom-.
plishment of his ambition. is likely to
think 1t superior in rank to his foot
gear.
The amateur often has to be
initiated intn such a detail as the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04
Cure for Noseb,eed.

n tobacco smoke In blown an .
chIlds nose It win cure nose bleed
Have some man who smokes a clay
pipe al his mouth with smoke and
blow gently NJ the noss.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04

A farmer who has had considerable
experience with kicking cows tells US
his method Of handling them. He takes
a piece Of inch rope seven or more feet
long. He makes o hoop In one end,
and through this loop runs the rope
after passing II around both legs
above the Joint Of the middle Of the
leg. the rope being crossed between
the legs. This arrangement will pre-
vent the rope or loop from slipping
down over the legs OF the cow. The
loop through which the end Of the rope
Is passed should be on the side OF the
leg and near the mixer. as this brings
the loose end OF the rope In his lap.
This end he holds between the pail
and his left leg. When the COW kicks
she will DO able TO push her foot for
ward but q few incheA
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Thanks: I'm Off,

"A good story is told OF a well known
British journalist who, while i'm Berlin.
had the misfortune TO offend the kaiser
by publishing information about the
emperor OF a ra-her intimate nature.
He was ordered to leave GERMANY.
He secured a respite c. two weeks dur
ing which he could wind up his affairs:
but he was q marked man the police
Swallowed him night and day, and he
determined TO escape the continual es-
pionage.
At last he hit upon the expedient of
placing a stuffed dummy of himself be-
fore a window, with it's back towards
the street. and while the police jealous
ly watched the dummy he was daily
slipping out by a side door and going
unmolested about his business. dis
guiscd in a pair of blue goggles and an
old SLOUGH hat.
The dummy sat in a chair, with oc-
casional Interruptions. from . in the
morning till 10 at night, and was pulled
inside by a string at bed time.
on the morning OF the Journalists
departure the figure was turned with
its wooden face toward the street. dis
playing a small placard for the edi.
fication OF the police, reading;
Thanks: I'm Off"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Ready Answers.

There We're two Irishmen who recent
ly came over to seek employment in
America. Pat secured a position here,
but because of some misunderstanding
between his employer n himself he
was to be discharged on the following
Monday il he could not answer three
questions.
Pat came home with a heavy heart
that night, and told his twin brother,
Mike, the questions, which were: How
much o the moon weigh? How
many stars are there? What am
thinking about? AS the brothers look ed
very much alike, Mike said hat he
would go in Pats place and answer
the three questions, for he considered
himself brighter than Pat.
AS soon as Mike entered the office
Monday morning his brothers employ
er said: Pat are you ready for the
questions? ="
Yes, SIR" said Mike.
Very well, how much does the moon
weigh?" Hundred pounds"
How dye know" There's four
quarters"
How many stars are there?" "A
million"
How dye know" Go count EN-"
What am i thinking about?" You're
thinkin' that I'm Pat, but I'm not. I'm
Mike"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Atchison Globe Siahts.

When a man has an opinion or a
theory that happens to turn out right,
how he loves to hear about it,
When a man boasts that his life is
an open book, he had better scratch
wood: Some one might look into it.
Men are possessed of two great fears;
that they will become old, and tina
they will never live to be old.
If we were sure we could get an
original love letter in reply, we believe
that, as old as we are, we would write
one.
The man who uses a f]alsehood for
policy is like the woman who powders.
oon gets into II habit of putting on
too much.
When a man is always in a hurry,
it is an evidence that he lacks the ca
paCity to dispose Of his business in the
ordinary way.
The louder a child bawls the less it
is hurt. Same way with grown peo-
pie: The more fuss they make the less
they have TO fuss over.
a girls idea of the most dreadful i'm
politeness is to allow her girl company
TO carry a dress suit case through the
depot waiting room.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
He Got Around Il.

The difficulty of saying q suitable
thing about an unprepossessing person
was once c~leverly surmounted by the
great Duke of Wellington. AT a man
sion house dinner he was called on TO
propose the health of the lady mayor
ess, whom he had never seem The
duke got UP and proposed the toast,
describing the subject as the model
OF her sex"
Now. the lady happened to be q
very plain, wizened little omar SO
the then Lord Peterborough afterward
asked the duke how he could describe
that ugly little creature as the model
of her sex.
Why" said the duke. II thought I
did very we'll. l had never seen her
before. and didn't know what she wal
llke-.and some models are blamed
uglyl"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
THE MARATHON MYSTERY
A STORY OF
BY BURTON e. STEVENSON
Author Of THE Holiday Case" Cadets Of oaseony," Etc.

We don't need it," declared God
frey confidently, as he arose to go.
We've got a chain about Tremaine,
Lester, that he can't break-and We'll
compel Miss Croydon to forge the last
rivet."
But in my dreams hat night / saw
him breaking the chains, trampling up
on them, hurting them from him. /
tried to hold them fast with all my
puny strength. for / fancied that, once
free, he would sweep over the earth like
a pestilence. Then, suddenly. it was
not Tremaine but Cecily l was holding;
she turned to loo at me with a u
tenance so terrible that 1t palsied me;
her eyes scorched me with a white heat.
burnt me through and through. Then
she raised her hand and struck me a
heavy blow upon the he~ad-again-
again-till, blindly, in agony, / loosed
my hold of her and fell, fell.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
CHEERING Her Up.

A young lady living in Atlanta Wis,
tied the home of her fiance In New
Orleans. On her return home an ole
negro nanny" long in the service
of the family and consequently privil-
eyed to put the question. asked:
Honey, when is you goin' to git mar
ried?"
The engagement not having been an
nounced, the Atlanta girl smilingly re-
piled:
Indeed, l can't say, auntie. Per
hans | shall never marry"
The old woman's jaw fell.
Amt dat a pity, now!' she said, and
after reflection she added, consolingly,
'Dey do say dat ole maids is de hap
piest critters dey is, once dey quits
strugglin'."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Tom OchiItree's Moon.

After Tom Ochiltree, that able con-
gress ]racOrteur and laugh generator
for the afflicted rich, settled in New
York as the of the John w.
Mackay family, he efferVesced in a
thousand different directions, and was
as good in some ways as San Ward.
One night he escorted John Mackay's
friend, the Count de Discount, down to
the Battery to show the sights of New
York. The moon was grand, and the
count went into raptures as her maid
en- reflection rippled over the pearly
waters"
He cried: "Eet ISIS grand! Eet iss
grand! Dair ISIS no such moon in all
Italy,"
Count" said Ochiltree, solemnly as
befttted the occasion, you just ought
to see the moon in Texas"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03

From the Philadelphia Record.
Beauty isn't even skin deep. Lots
of it rubs off.
Some people would even like to Dor
row experience.
The pugilist can't complain that a
left handed punch isn't right.
Women's troubles can't always be
measured by their signs.
The money stringency doesn't inter-
fere with the wages Of sin.
If you wan to know how TO manage
a wife ask a man who never had one.
The man who tries to collect his out
standing bills duns in order not to be
done.
The man who is under a cloud takes
little consolation from the silver lining
theory.
No, Maude, dear, the man with a
heavy beard doesn't always have a
strong face.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chicago News.
Among the fatal diseases is old ag

from Ile NhiCd5O NS""
Among the fatal diseases is old age.
Women are as changeable as men
are mOnotonouS.
1t takes a dry goods box philosopher
to make a set speech.
A man who is able to keep his face
closed saves a lot of time.
Learning to be content with what we
have read is what jOlts most Of us.
Inability TO obtain a seat at the po-
litical pie counter begets reform.
How anxious people are to help you
when you are in a position to help
yourself,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Red Ridina Hood to Date.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
With jeff Davis in the role of the
wolf and the trust confidingly enacting
Little Red Riding Hood. the dialog of
the story becomes perfectly perspic-
"Oh, grandma, how big your eyes
are!"
THE better to see you, my dear"
"Oh, grandma. how long your ears
are!"
The better to hear you, my dear"
"Oh, grandma, how sharp your teeth
are!"
The better TO eat you up, my dear"
Gobble, gobble, and a crunching Of
bones. The trusts are annihilated.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03

the Kidney secretIons were badly dis
ordered. | was completely worn out
and discouraged when l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work well. l have been feel
ing well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
No Smoker.

The bishop of London, at a dinner in
Washington, told a story. as the cigars
came on, about one of his predecessors.
"When Or. Creighton was bishop or
London" he said. "he rode on a train
one day with a small, meek curate.
"Dr. Creighton, an ardent lover of to-
bacCo, soon took out his cigarcase, ana,
with a smile. he said:
You don't mind my smoking, ]
suppose
THE meek, pale little curate bowed
and answered humbly:
Not if your lordship doesn't mind
my being sick.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03

five months in a
hospital, | was dis
charged as incura-
bic, and given only
six months to live.
My heart was af-
fected, / had smoth-
ering spells and
sometimes fell I'M
conscious. l got so
I couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
was IMPAIRED and
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03
Tr3u, Yopkers Statesman.

Patience-Brazil will sOon be able to
raise all the rice needed for home con-
sumption.
PatriCe-What's the matter? Mar
riages falling off oven there?
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-03

Syrs. WinElow's sooTHTSd SYRUP Tor Children
teething; softens the gums, reduces al
AyE pain. cures wind collie. IS cent q bottle