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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
MILTON DAY At BELLEVUE
Tercentenary of Poets Death is CeIe-
brated by the Junior
Glass.

The tercentenary OF Miiton's birth was
celebrated Wednesday morning at Bellevue
college. Many visitors were present Since
the seniors are preparing for q Tennyson
program later, the junior class put on this
program OF Milton.
1t was given under the direction of DR..
Hoyt. professor Of literature: Prof. James
of the department OF elocution and oratory.
and Miss Fawcett. musical director. The
chapel was hung with portraits Of Milton
and sketches OF historic spots drawn by
Elias. a student who does a great deal OF
such work.
This program was given:
Hymn-Joy TO the World. Handel
Outlines Of Milton's Life.....-..........
Mr.. Larson.
The Portraits OF Miron.................
Miss Baird.
Miss Quigley.
Years at Horton.
Mr.. Jones.
Mr. Moh
soIo-Honor and Arms, from Handers
Samson"
Nj. Heartwell Hamblin.
comics
Miss Thomas.
Milton's
Mr.. Primrose.
Milton as a Scho
Mrs. Searns.
Recitation-Satan's Debate. from Para
disc
MI. Adcock.
Milton in Civil
Mr.. Sweetland.
Recitation-Satan and the Lost SPIRIT.
Mr.. Brandt.
Millions Prose Writings and Sonnets....
Miss Waltemath.
Recitation-The Morning Prayer Of
Adam and Eve
Mr.. Stockman.
Solo-He Shall Feed His Flock. from
Handers
Miss Eta Huntsberg.
Solo-come Unto Him. from Handels
Messiah
Miss Gwendolyn Carlow.
Aiilton az q
Miss AtWater.
Recitation-Sonnets Addressed to Milton
by Wordsworth n Tsunyson.........
Mr.. Eweetland.
Milton
Mr.. Brandt.
The program closed with Millions hymn.
a metrical version OF the lSth psalm. COM
posed when the poet was Is years old: Let
Us with a Joyful Mind"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
ScaIded by steam

or scorched by a fire, apply Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve. Cures piles, too. and the worst
sores. Guaranteed. 2sc. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fell. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. B. Langley. Mr.. n Mrs. Baker, Mr.
and Mrs.. Harry Burnham. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rugg, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p. Cooke. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Mckay and Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence A. Rose.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
FOOD FOR
NERVES

FOOD FOR Weak and nervous men
AERVES work and youthful vigor
N6RVES gone as a result OF over
work or mental exertion should take
GRAYS NERVE FOOD PILLS. They Ril
make you eat and sleep and be a
again
u Hox; J boxes $3.50 by NAH
q McCONNELL D3U9 90
Cor. 18th ana Dodge Streets
OWL DEuG CohrPANX
Cor. 1esh ans HAEzsy Sta Omaha ISA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
~ProapectIve PIeasuren.

Mr.. and Mrs. David Baum will give a
dinner and theater party Thursday even
ing in honor OF Miss Brownie Bess Baum
and Miss Jean Cudahy. At dinner the
guests will be seated at one table having
a decoration OF violets and stevia. Covers
will be laid for twelve. Following the
dinner. the guests will attend Boyd's
theater TO see Madam Nazimova.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Hull will entertain
at dinner Monday evening preceding the
military ball at the Rome hotel.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
Class Reunion.

More enterprise on the part of the class
OF 1905 Of the Omaha High school is show1'
union to take place during the Christmas
holidays. Cards have just been sent out
to the last years graduates OF the school
on the hill to request their attendance at
a social meeting to be held at the home
OF Miss Nell Carpenter. 'Os, E5S Lafayette
avenue, Monday evening, December Is. An
interesting program by talented members
Of the class and the election of officers for
the ensuing year are planned.
The Les Hiboux. a club Of High school
students and graduates, viii give a stag
dinner at the Rome Tuesday evening. De-
eember ~. Twenty-one covers will be laid.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
Informal Affairs.

Mrs. J. J. Dickey entertained Informally
at cards Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Page
Of Victor. Colo, who Is the guest Of her
sister. Mrs. Walter Page.
Miss Blanche Rosewater entertained In
formally at bridge Thursday afternoon at
her apartments at the New Hamilton.
Three tables were placed for the game.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11

The Krug theater viii offer an excep-
tionally strong attraction for four nights
and usual matinees starting next Sunday.
in -'strongheart," the college life play
The play is so we'll known in Omaha there
is no necessity Of rehearsing its story at
this date. All theater-goers are familiar
with the fact that it deals with college
life. that its scenes are laid at Columbia
university. and that its central character
is an educated Indian. graduate OF Carlisle.
who comes 70 Columbia TO complete his
education. The character Of the college
bred Indian is original with William C. Dc
Mile, the author. and he has made him a
most interesting parsonage.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11

Have you seen Ben WEIGH this week at
the Orpheum? He is Americas foremost
Hebrew character impersonator. The Trap
nell family offer one Of the neatest aero
bate acts OF the season The weeks bill
OF advanced vaudeville is packing the house
every evening and afternoon. Ideal enter
tainment for National Corn exposition
visitors. Charmion. the worlds perfect
woman. heads the bill beginning Sunday
afternoon. Daily matinees.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
Dinner Parties.

Mrs. George COPELAND. wife Of Regent
COPELAND. and Miss Russell OF Elgin. Neb.,
entertained Mrs. George l. Sheldon. wife
of the governor, at luncheon at the Rome
yesterday.
Mr.. George COPELAND, regent Of the uni
versity OF Nebraska, and Mrs. COPELAND
of Elgin. Neb., entertained Sir Horace
Plunkett of Dublin. Ireland, at dinner at
the Rome YESTERDAY.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
Come ana Go Gossip.

Lieutenant Howell. who has been visit
ing friends In Omaha, has returned to Fort
Leavenworth, where he Is stationed.
Miss Julia Meyer Of Chicago and Miss
Doris Levy OF Lncoln are visiting Miss
Helen Furth.
Mrs. c. S. Lobingier is spending the week
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Belden.
Miss Lois Westbrook. who has been visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. E. 8. westbrook. has re-
turned to her home in O~gdensburg, n. Y.
She was accompanied as far as Chicago
by Mrs. Westbrook. who Is visiting Mrs.
Frank Lynch.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. 8. Cowgirl are spending
a few days In Chicago.
Mr.. Edward Updike left the first Of the
week for a visit with friends in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Magee returned
Thursday from a short visit in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Kountze nave re-
turned from a months stay in New York.
Mrs. Spofford Of Kansas City. who has
been visiting Miss Jeanne Wakefield, left
Wednesday for her home.
Mrs. J. r. Soden arrived Thursday morn
ing to be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Brogan.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11

Mrs. E. NJ. Fairfield entertained in
formally at tea Tuesday afternoon for Mrs.
Grace Guiou. who leaves next week for
the east. Only Intimate friends Of Mrs.
Guiou were present. Including Mesdames
Guiou, c. w. Hull. Wilson Low. F. A. Bro
gan, E. W. Martin. Miss Daisy Doane and
Miss Lynn Curtis.
Mrs. Wilson II. Low entertained IN
formally Thursday at an afternoon tea for
Mrs. Grace GuiouS who leaves next Tues
day. The guests were restricted to the
old friends Of Mrs. Guiou.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-11
For Mrs. LObfnEer.

Mrs. c. c. Belden entertained at luneheo
Thursday at her home in honor of Mrs.
c. 8 Lobingier, who is spending the week
as her guest. Those present were Mrs.
Loblngier. Mrs, Frank w. Carpenter. Mrs.
A. T. Hunt, Mrs. F.. d. Wilson, Miss Lulu
Hunt and Mrs. Belden.
Mrs. Belden will entertain informally
Friday at an afternoon tea, when the
guests will be restricted to old friends Of
Mrs. Lobingier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

(From the Philadelphia Record.)
Even a married woman may be
Miss-quoted.
Time Is money. especially IL you
take 1t by the forelock.
A loud shirt should enable any fell
low to put on a bold front.
Many a man wears his clothes we'll
who doesn't wear we'll himself.
The man who Is forced to eat his
own words soon loses his appetite.
The bowling alley attendant some
times doesn't amount to a row Of pins.
There may be nothing new under the
sun, but lots Of people seem pretty
fresh.
should mix it with q grain of common,
sense.
The man who makes mis- money
dealing in cradles IL naturally out for
the rocks.
In baseball, as in religion. the sue
cessful base-runner shouldn't be
backslider.
"Chance shapes our destinies," quot
ed the Wise Guy. Then some Of us
have mighty poor shapes" commented
the Simple Mug.
Many a girl who IL looking for a
husband will discover that even after
she gets him she viii spend most Of
her time looking for him.
Blobbs-"D'Auber e as poor as Z
church mouse. but he still insists that
he is welded to his art" Slobbs-
'T'n bet he wishes he had married o
rich girl instead"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05
FLYING MACHINES.

Not how fast an aeroplane can go
when once 1T leaves the ground. but
now long 1T can stay up however slow
hts movement. is the test of it's value.
This is made plain by the call of the
United States government for bids for
machines Of this sort.
Henry Farman, the most successful
aeroplanist of the present, as is proved
by his winning of the $1,000 prize in
Paris, says that his vehicle cannot
remain in the air "a minutes unless it
has attained a speed of about so miles
an hour.
That speed is secured and maintain
ed only by the operation of the motor.
and If that operation should suddenly
cease by the breaking of a crank pin
or any other possible accident while
the vehicle was in midair, a broom
would be needed to gather up the re-
mains. Thus far, 1t is true, no aero
plane has ever sailed in midair. %
feet being the highest altitude any of
them has ever reached above ground.
The dirigible balloon, however. is a
safe contrivance, comparatively speak
ing, because it can be sailed above the
tree tops. and perhaps above the noun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05

tain tops. And unless the gas bag
bursts, or the wind IL too strong, 1t
can go up and come down and be steer
ed in any direction at will.
Its one drawback appears to be In
the size Of the gas bag necessary, one
of at least 100 feet in length being re-
quired to keep the machinery part and
two men af1oat- But, as there is no
other gas that has as great a lifting
power as hydrogen. and that is the gas
used in the best, there seems to be no
way to reduce the size Of the balloon
part, which in the Zeppelin airship now
being constructed is to be over 400 feet
long and SO feet broad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05

guise of Moses II. He declares that
the gentleman who posed as John
Alexander Dowie and as Elijah II was
brother of his whose real name was
Herman Alexander Dowie. He de-
clares his brother to have been the
worst kind of an imposter. A good
many people have held the same opin-
ion of the deceased ruler Of Zion but
they did not know he was palming
himself off for brother who claims
to be something more of "healer'
than Elijah II proved to be- We should
think that the real John Alexander
Dowie will have hard time in estab-
fishing himself as a second Moses,
healer" or anything else in view Of
the antics Of his more or less distin-
guished brother, the fmposter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05
EARLY NEGRO CIVILIZATION.

Five tons of archaeological relics,
unearthed in Egypt and Ethiopia dur
ing the past six months, have peen
added to the collections of the Univer-
sfty of Pennsylvania by the expedition
commanded by DR.. David Randall Mac
liver. The specimens are varied in
character and some of them attest a
marked degree Of technical and artis-
tic ability on the part Of the people
who made them. Were they the hand
iwork of negroes? DIR. MacIver says
unhesitatingly and emphatically Eyes,"
If he maintains his position the chap
ter of ethnography relating to the
children of Ham will have to be re-
written.
Sir Samuel Baker, on his voyage up
the Nile in 1868, to discover the
sources of that river, encountered
negroes who knew how to smelt iron
ore, though their blast furnace was
little larger than a tinker's soldering pot
Their spear and arrow heads were the
wonder and envy of the neighboring
tribes. Their knowledge was remark
able for its limitations as well as for
its scope and for it's thoroughness
within narrow range. The MacIver
relics show skill in many directions.
DR.. MacIver declares that they demon
strate the existence of a negro peo-
pie in Africa at the period of the
decline of the Roman Empire, who
| understood the fine arts and produced
original statuary and architecture. All
| the negro works of art brought home
| by the expedition were discovered in
an extensive cemetery, lying about ten
| feet underground, between Wady Hal
| ia and Assuan, in lower Nubia. Num-
erous inscriptions of the period re-
ferred to have been brought home by
| the expedition and the work of de-
| ciphering them is now in progress
with a prospect of results by next
| fall. One hundred of these inscrip-
tons are written in the Ethiopian Ian
guage in a script which presents some
difficulties but is being steadily mas
| tered.
| The statement used to be put forth
without challenge that the black race
was the only race in the world which
never produced a civilization DIR. Mac
liver expects to controvert and demol-
ish this assertion, exhibiting proofs to
support all that he says He thinks
he can convince the world that civil
iizatfon of high order existed among
the negroes in Africa for period of
seven hundred years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05
AYHAWKER .JOTS

Norton county has paid bounty this
year on 377 wolf scalps.
The Winfield council has been both
cred so much by people requesting
that legislation be enacted requiring
that chickens be kept penned up during
the summer, that it passed an ordi-
nance requiring them to be shut up the
entire year.
A Concordia boy, who wanted to be
a real sport, forged check for SIS and
persuaded a girl to run away with him
and follow the Parker show. The
wealth he secured on the check lasted
but two days and. now the reformatOry
is appearing to him in his dreams.
A Goodland druggist was arrested on
ninety-two counts for allowing CUSTOM
ers to sign liquor applications with lead
pencil instead Of with ink as the law
specifies. The maximum penalty which
might be imposed is a 800 fine and
thirty days in Jail on each count.
This warning was sent to the Brown
County World with request that 1t
be published: People in the Asbury
neighborhood be careful of your autos
for there is a certain person in the
neighborhood who is going to dig a
plank in the road with spikes in it to
fix your tires"
Bale Waggener, general attorney for
the Missouri Pacific, defended a dam
age case in Osborne county seventeen
years ago. and he never tires Of telling
about it, says the Osobrne Farmer. 1t
has become quite joke among law
yerS. A woman had sued the railroad
for $4,000 for injuries sustained from
falling off the platform at Beloit. Wag-
gener was the attorney for the COM
pany and Judge Heren for the plaintiff.
Waggener had gotten hold of an al
manac which showed that on the night
the woman was injured the moon was
full and 1t was as light as day. The
company had no lights on the depot
platform. When Waggener came to
Osborne to try the case he forgot his
one Of the same date and thought he
was fixed. When the case was on trial
he got up to introduce the almanac as
evidence. He did not look on the inside
and offered the whole thing as evil
dence. Heren took the almanac and
began his plea. Here" he said, sis d
poor woman asking for the pitiful sum
of ten thousand dollars from this COM
pany and according to its own evidence
its president is worth $50 millions and
has acquired 1t all in a few years In
the railroad business" Waggener OBJ
jected, but Heren simply opened the al
manac and pointed to a picture and
writeup of Jay Gould, which lauded
the magnate to the skies. Waggener
sat down and the jury went out and
brought in a verdict of S., 600 for the
plaintiff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05

There is every indication that the
planks in the Republican national
platform will be rather weighty and
formidable pieces of political timber.
Reports from Washington, where con-
ferences are being held on the plat
form indicate that there is to be no
shilly-shallying over the policies that
have made the Roosevelt administra-
ton popular. These are to be en-
dorsed in. emphatic fashion and the
ones which he has not been able to
accomplish through the unwil1ingness
of congress are to be advocated with
equal strength.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05
HUzAOR OF THE DAY

What forced you to become crookedE
asked the magistrate OF the prisoner De-
Trying to make both ends meet, Your
reply.-Cleveland Leader
Hewitt-Figures won't lie.
Jewett-Thats what I tell the people 7
meet in business. but they won't believe
Hewitt-what is your business?
Jewett-rm collector for gas cona-
pany.-Town and Country.
Citiman-You ought to know something
about flora and that sort OF thing. Tell
ms uSb na5 Is re plece Of string that
your wife ties around your finger when
you go to town on an errand--Phladel-
Now" said the Sunday School teach
er. teach little boy will tell in his own
school. We will begin with Tommy Tun-
nut. Why do you come to Sunday school,
Cause me dad said he'd lick de stuff
fin out O. me II didn't" replied Tommy.
-Philadelphia Record.
That man is simply crazy about me-
thing for # 2" ~
.indeedi what7"
me. "--Nashviile American.
Patient-Do you think raw oysters are
healthy7
Physician-I never knew any to coma
plain.-Judge.
poor little girt!' said the benevolent
old lady There is a lump in your throat.
nom" iisped the little girl IN the big
sunbonnet. Its a lump OF chewing gum.
You like him all right. don't your
Eyes"
We'll; then. Why don't you get toseth-
II owe him too much money."-st. Louis
Times.
"Tm afraid there must be insanity in
your family"
why sop
st hear that your daughter Tilted the
man who runs the elevator in your apart
ment house to marry poet."-Young
Magazine.
James" said Mr. Rakeley. 81 believe
you saw me-er-eaiufing the nurse maid"
swhy, yes SIR, replied the butler.
well, It's best to keep quiet about 1t.
Do you understandf
Eyes, SIR" replied James, with upturn-
ed palms, "silence is golden, sir."-Phfla-
de1phfa Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05
NO LAWNfAKING MACHINE.

much stuff and nonsense Is being
printed about "a do-nothing con-
gress,'" says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
zone would suppose that congress is
merely a lawmaking machine, and the
more laws 1t grinds out the more eff
Client it Is. What tommyrot!
1.-The duty of congress is to provide
for the welfare of the country. In the
discharge of this duty congress has to
reject as well as approve legislative
proposals.
1.-THE truth is that congress often
confers more benefits upon the coun-
try by rejecting foolish bills than by
enacting wise ones.
Congress during its recent session
attended to all the regular business OF
the country. 1t left no great service
without attention and provision. 1t
did not do some things that some of
us think ought to have been done. But
it refused to do many things which
were a menace to the nation.
Congress during it's recent session
rejected every effort to undermine the
established liberties of the people. It
rejected a multitude of proposals for
foolish and destructive legislation. 1t
refused to assail the constitution. to
barter away principles for campaign
funds, or to enact Grass laws for
political effect.
elm the amount of revolutionary,
unconstitutional. and subversive pro-
posals that 1t prevented from becom-
ing burden and a curse to the
American peOple this congress- stands
forth with illustrious distinction.
sit has done what was necessary for
the country in affirmative legislation.
It has served the country magnificent
ly In the proposed legislation that it
refused to enact.
"And no small part of the credit for
this achievement of intelligent pro-
vision for the country's welfare is due
to the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon of
Illinois,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05

for Arthur II you wish q father cons
fessor. He's listened to my ains -
years. and really borne with them vefs
leniently.
But Harriet insisted.
II want you to know that I am ~
clumsy gawk.' the 'straggling mnsuc
who hit your hand today.
Billy beamed
That's not the only place you MT,
he said. ''That'll get well; but y0u
gave my old heart such a blow tnat q
is completely broken In two, Miss daf-
riet, and only you can mend II.
But, Mr.. Burch-" began Harr1et.
"Oh. know what you're going 70
say" interrupted Billy, but don't say
it yet. I'm In love and know Y,
though I don't expect you to tall IN
love with cripple ON sight: but some
day Harriet" he continued In sorteX
and more earnest tones, maybe ys1
can say yes"
Harriet looked once more into his
clear, honest yes. She too was In love
and she knew it. He had none the pest
of her there.
ct haven't said no. have TT she
asked. And Billy felt that In time MS
heart would be mended.-(Copyrigh
1908, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.1

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Ever notice that some mighty fun
ny men ask for office?
Give anyone authority over you and
ne VIII impose upon you.
When man Is afraid of a woman
he cannot be in love with her.
Unless they are good looking, young
people are apt to be hopelessly unin-
teresting.
Haven't you noticed that all popu-
lar men are homely? Men won't ad-
mire good locker.
So many Of the optimists in the
world don't own hundred dollars,
and, because of their optimism, never
will.
A woman's idea of the only safe
way for her boy to go swimming, is
to get religion, and have the minister
dip him.
If you see something that no one
else sees, or hear sounds that no
others hear, that is what it means to
go crazy.
Every time a drunken man is ar
rested, he declares that the policeman
who arrested him was drunken than
he was.
Don't despise the ignorant man: If
1t were not for him the smart people
would not have a chance to show how
| much they know.
AS rule, man who has a nous
| tache he can twist, or whiskers he can
| stroke, is three times as long in max
| ing up his mind as a man who hasn't
You can not make your friends pop
| ular by praising them to your ac-
ouaintances, although you may sue
coed in making your acquaintance
| hate them.
We have noticed that good people
| usually wait until a gossip has re
| peated all the gossip she knows be-
fore admonishing her on the sinful
ness of gossip.
| You don't read about it in the nov
els, but it Is an indication of the right
sort Of affection when the woman is
careful in figuring out what the man
will enjoy for dinner.
very illiterate Atchison woman
who is something of a gossip. had
some rooms to rent and put out 3
| sign, and much to the amusement OF
the neighbors, the sign read: want.
ed, Rumors."
Many people have a foolish idea
| and dread of society" Any man
| who acts naturally and respecta h1v
| need have no fear of society Socief,
asks nothing that is not natural polite
and agreeable Good manners on the
street and at home will pass very wei
tor good manners in society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-05

It's a great testimonial of ability
and good work that DR.. Norman P1ass
leaves behind him on the pages of the
history Of Washburn college. During
} the seven years that he has been
president of that institution it's growth
has been little short of marvellous.
It is doubtful if there is a college in
the entire country that can show a
greater proportionate growth during
a similar space of time. Topekans
will certainly remember DR.. Plass
with the kindliest of feelings. For
the development Of Washburn to its
present large proportions has meant
much in this city in ways too numer-
Gus to mention.