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Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16
"Fir.t Catch Your .Hare.D

BdILlTIloTe AIlefIcan.
Uncle Sam has not vet decided positively
what he is going to>do with that s29, OOO, OOC
oil fine when he gets 1t. At present he is
simply devoting all his energies to get
ting IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16
Reviving OId-TIme Honors.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat
With Hughes as governor, Roosevelt and
Root as senators and Sherman as vice
president, the Empire state will not look
to the past for its palmy days in politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

No one should be surprised Mt any
job the Douglas delegation to the next
Legislature may cook up. That dele
cation is going to Lincoln to play poll
tics, and democratic politics at that.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

The indianapolis School board has
decided that each pupil must have his
own drinking cup. In most cities each
pupil is satisfied to have his W mug.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

The pen, may be mightier than the
sword in most places, but 1t takes sec
ond place in Tennessee. with the gun
holding first honors.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

why is the south democratic?"
asks a New York paper. Chiefly be-
cause Il does not vote the republican
ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Mr.. Gompers says that he feels
honored at President Roosevelt's fail
ure to invite him to that labor din
ner" at the White House. II is pleasing
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

A Cincinnati physician refers to the
Ohio river as a thousand miles of
typhoid" 5 The only remedy appears to
be to boil the river.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

The African game law prohibits the
killing of the whale-headed stork. No
matter. Mr.. Roosevelt is a friend of the
stork, anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16
Make a Note of 1t.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
In his future campaigns Mr.. Bryan should
insist that his supporters spend less time
in cheering him and more time in voting
for him. -
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

BY this time Nat Goodwin must have
relatives by marriage in nearly every
city he visits.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

1t would be ~intorestins to know II
Senator Foraker is willing to bury the
Ratchet. ,,t III
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Which one of those foreign countries
was it that used to be ruled by a
William, the Silent?"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Nothing in the returns will discour-
age Mr.. Debs from running again in
1912.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Who will receive the New York
Suns daily scolding while Mr., Roose-
welt is in Africa?
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

The country is showing an eagerness
to meet returning prosperity half way.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

That %coroner's jury at Nashville
found, in effect. that Senator Car
mack's death was due to intolerable
politics and cowardly revenge.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

London wants lessons in getting up
street ~pageants, London should send
to Omaha for Gus RENEE.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16
PASSING ~PLEAsANTRIEs.

husband was working down in the office?
Mrs. Youngbride-I ~telephoned, and Cen
trail said "Busy."-N. Y. Sun,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Speaker Cannon says he is the serv-
ant of the house. Well. the servant
usually bosses the house
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State os Nebraska, Douglas County. ss;
George =. Tzschuek, treasurer OF 1ne
Bee Publishing Company, being ouly SWo.i;
says thar the actual number OF tuh enc
complete copies of The Daily Mornus,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
mnnfh Of Ocfnher ia0a. was AZ folloWRi
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Mr.. Bryan apparently has been too
busy to congratulate Governor John
son of Minnesota upon his reelection.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16
WHEN our OF TOWN.

subscrtbers leaving the city tem~
porarfIy should have n Bee mailed
60 them. address VIII be changed a.
often a. requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Artist Earl, of affinity" fame, asks
to be forgotten, Please record one
more vote in the affirmative.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Mr.. Bryan's Commoner asks it's
readers to help solve the mystery of
1905" That's easy. Not enough
votes,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

to know that the president and Mr..
Gompers are both pleased.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Opinions seem to differ on what con
stitutes an Extraordinary occasion"
demanding a special legislative session.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Dear" whispered the clipping lover,
what shall we do with the rope LADDER
We shouldn't leave 1t hanging there"
oh! that's all right" replied the COY
damsel. PA said he'd pun IL up again so
we couldn't get back."-Catholic STANDARD
and Times,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Shelf a man loves his wife as much
as she loves him, he will stop wasting his
money on cigars II she asks him.
He-Yes; but II his wife loves him as much
as she ought to love a man who loves her
enough to stop It II she asks him, she won't
ask him.-'M. A. p"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Judge-Have you ever been c-rossexamined
before?
Mr.. Trouble-Have I! Didn't I Just tell
you l am m~arried?-St. Louis Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

"The face of that woman who passed us
just now is very familiar. Where nave /
seen herr" y- III
AT my house probably. la
a your house. Do you KNOW herr"
Yes, she's our cook. but she doesn't
lean.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

The architect was explaining the plans for
the proposed new mansion.
Here" he said, will be the inner court. -
Whats the use of that?'' sharply asked
Mr.. Struckoyle. "The girls can do their
sparkin' in the front parlor. same as their
NAV and me did, Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-16

Speaking Of %colors." remarked the con
flrmed punster. have you ever noticed
that sometimes a fellow emorges from a
brown study into a blue funk, develOpes q
ceeds to paint the town red7''
That sort of thing" responded the cynic.
a striped effect. louisville Courier Jour
nal
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
GIRL FOUND SLAIN
ON EVE Of WEDDING
Mysterious Tragedy Occurs at
WadsWorth, Ohio.
ARMS OF BODY WERE FOLDED

Tracks of Horse With One Shoe Miss
ing Lead Police TO Arrest Rich
Young Guy Rasor, Her Fiance,
For the Crime.
Wadsworth, Ohio.-A crime with
singular elements of mystery was
disclosed when the body of Miss Ora
Eta Lee, a girl of twenty, was found
on the highway, two miles from here,
with two bullet holes through her
head.
Guy Rasor, a young man who be-
longs to a wealthy family, is in the
Medina County Jail, held on suspi-
( cion. He was to have married Miss
Lee, and got his license from the
authorities at Wooster.
\ The arrest of Rasor was brought
about by the fact that the footprints
of a horse with one of its shoes lack
ing were noticed in the road near the
body. There were also prints of car
riage wheels, showing that the ami
NAL had been driven to the place of
the tragedy and hitched to the fence
and had then been turned around and
driven back in the direction whence
it came.
The authorities found in Rasor's
stable a horse with one of it's shoes
missing. The young man denies that
he saw his iancee after the night
when he completed the arrangements
for their marriage.
That Miss Lees death was a MUIR
der and not a suicide is proved by the
| fact that her body was found with the
hands folded over the breast, and the
lower limbs Strengthened out, as if
the corpse had been carefully ar
ranged after death. Her dress suit
case was beside her on the ground.
Her handbag was still on her left
wrist, and her left hand clutched a
handkerchief. There was no evidence
of a struggle.
The police hesitate between two
theories; one that the girl was slain
by a rival of Rasor's; the other that
she died as the result of a suicide
pact with Rasor himself. They sus-
pect that he shot Miss Lee and then
lacked nerve to kill himself.
There are some circumstances, the
police say, which point to the fact
that the girl expected to be shot.
Mrs. George Stickler, a sister, asked
Miss Lee to stay with the baby while
she went to a dance.
81 will if I'm not shot" Miss Lee
replied. Earlier in the evening the
girl, who had been historical all day,
said that she wished that she had the
nerve to kill herself. The girl left
the home with a satchel to take the
train for Rittman; where she said she
would stay until morning and then go
to her grandmother's.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
KILLED At GRADE CROSSING
Wagon, With Six Persons. Hit
Near Melrose, N. Y.
Bodies of Four Victims HORRIBLY
Mangled-Driver Deaf and
Failed to Hear Train.

Troy, N. y Four persons were
killed and two were injured at $50
O'Clock p. m. in a grade crossing acci-
dent on the Boston and Maine tracks
about a mile north of Melrose, when
a train from Rutland struck a Wa yon
containing six persons. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Luther, of Sch&ghticoke;
Frank Roberts, of Melrose, and a
two-year-old child of the Luthers
were killed. The injured are James
Luther, five years old, and Alden Luz
Their, six years old. The fatalities
were caused by the deafness of Frank
Roberts, who was driving and failed
to hear the train.
Frank Roberts was a brother of
Mrs. Luther and had been to Schagh-
ticoke visiting his sisters family. He
was driving to his home, in Melrose,
accompanied by the Luthers, who
were going to his home to attend a
family reunion. The train hit the
wagon squarely and four of it's occu-
pants were instantly killed. Two of
the victims were carried along on the
cowcatcher. The other two were
IOSSSu UOWu the OQ0
of the horses was killed. The wagon
was shattered.
The bodies of the victims were hor-
fibly crushed. Coroner Hutton, of
Valley Falls, viewed the bodies, but
reserved decision pending an inquest.
The injured children were brought to
the Troy hospital. DR.. Herrick found
that n had sustained a broken
thigh and both have scalp wounds
: TThheey will cover
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
What Led Him to Jesus.

Dr.. R. A. Torrey tells a beautiful
story of a man in Chicago who had
a sweet little daughter. He loved
her dearly, but God took that little
child away from him. The house
was so lonely, and he was so angry
against God that he went up and
down his room far into the night
cursing God for having robbed him
of his child. At last, thoroughly
worn out, and In great bitterness of
spirit, he threw himse'' on his bed.
He dreamed he stood beside a river.
Across the river in the distance he
heard the singing of such voices as
he had never listened to before. Then
he. saw in the distance beauciful lit
tie girls coming toward him, nearer
and nearer, until at last at the head
of the company he saw his own lit
tie girl. She stood on the brink of
the river and called across, Come
over here, father" That overcame
his bitterness; he accepted Jesus and
prepared to go over yonder where
his sweet child had gone.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Dog Killing Justified.

The suit brought before Justice W.
Howard Jeffrey at Toms River against
former Supreme Court Justice Bennt
Van Syckel, by Mrs. Jasper Lynch,
of Lakewood, president of the Ocean
County S. P. c. A., resulted in a dis
missal after Mr.. Van Syckel had told
his story. Witnesses for the society
told of seeing the aged Judge ham,
mer a dog to death with a golf stick,
and the case seemed to be proven I'M
til he took the stand. He said the
dog had entered his house IN the
night of September 19 and mussed
up the kitchen and dining room, and
when driven out took refuge under
the house. 1t stayed there until
morning, swapping at all who tried
to dislodge it. Then he took a short
golf stick with an iron hook and
went out to drive the dog away, as
he feared from it's action that it was
in the early stages of hydrophobia,
killed it. Mrs. Lynch and her coun-
sci on hearing this story asked leave
to withdraw the complaint, which
was granted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Wreck Victim Dies.

Following the death of Vernon o.
Longstreet, of Matawan, fireman, on
the Pennsylvania freight engine
which was wrecked at Newark, Harry
Traudt, the engineer, was arrested in
his home at EOS Elizabeth avenue,
Newark, on a charge of manslaugh-
ter, Longstreet died in st. James
Hospital, Newark. The engine of
which Traudt was in charge crashed
into a stationary drill engine display
ing no lights on the freight line5traeks
Of the Pennsylvania in the eastern
part of Newark. LongsfreetT was
pinned under the wreckage.1x and it
was an hour before he could be5extri-
Gated and sent to the hospital. One
OF his arpas=and one of his legs were
crushed, and in addition he had Sc
rious internal injuries. Traudt was
paroled upon his promise to appear
when wanted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
The God of the Commonplace,

And the servants of the king OF
Syria said unto him, Their god is a
god of the hills, therefore they were
stronger than vel Kings 1923.
Most people find it easier to believe in
the God Of the height than in the God
of the plain, in the God of miracles
than in the God of the normal. 1t is
the very quietness Win which God
moves around us that makes His
presence unnotfced. 1t is the calm
daily flow of His benevolence that
makes us forget His benefits. If He
came in the thunder and the whirl-
wind, our souls would thrill with
worship, but when He is a still, small
voice, we do not so much as listen.
God is the God of the commonplace.
He is found in the valley as well as
on the height, in the humblest as we'll
as the most heroic environment of life
or nature or duty; and if we do not
meet Him in the valley, we shall not
find Him on the hills. He is with us
in the path of daily duty-a strong
Help and a safe Guide.-Dr. W.. J..
Dawson
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Influence.

Influence is to be measured, not BY
the extent of surface it covers, but
by its kind. A mar may spread his
mind, his feelings. his opinions.
through a sIeat vAtenl, puC - MS
mind be a low one, he manifests no
greatness. A wretched artist M, v
fill a city with daubs, and by a false,
snowy style achieve a reputation;
but the man of genius, who leaves
behind him one great picture, in
which immortal beauty is embodied,
and which is silently to spread a true
taste in art, exerts an incomparably
higher influence.
Now the noblest influence on earth
is that eXerted on character, and he
who puts forth this does a great
work. The father and mother of an
unnoticed family who in their seclu-
sion awaken the mind of onegchi1d to
the idea and love of perfect goodness,
who awaken in him a strength of
will to repel all temptation, and who
send him out prepared to profit by
the conflicts of life, surpass in infu-
ence a Napoleon breaking the world
to his sway.-Channing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Squire Naar Before Governor Fort.

Squire Mar Before Governor Fort.
The agitation by the Automobile
Club of America against Justice of
the Peace Manfred Naar, of Trenton,
who, it is alleged, has used undue Sc
verify toward automobiles for per-
sonal gain, came to.a crisis when, at
the instance of Governor Fort, ,Naar
appeared before him to explain why
he had summoned for alleged speed
violation a friend of the Governors
son, Leslie Fort, to whom young Fort
lent his car. Standish Chard, of
Lakewood, the friend of young Fort,
while driving-the borrowed car from
Lakewood to Trenton, exceeded the
speed limit near Hightstown, accord
ing to Squire Mars c~onstables, and
Naar wrote him a letter, ordering him
to appear before him at a certain date
for hearing. Automobiles from all
parts of the State have opened a cru
SADIE against Squire Mars letter
writing method, they declaring that
it is not legal and not at all a proper
summons, but is INDUCED in by Naar
for the purpose of making money Is
his percentage on the fines. The up
shot of the interview was that this
particular case was dropped, and
while the Governor said the Peace
Justice should enforce the law, he
warned him to be careful about going
beyond it.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
"Old sleuth,s,, Heirs Eight

Vice-Chancellor Howell, at New
ark, made permanent an Injunction
restraining Miss Rena Halsey, of Car
taret, from selling certain property
in Westfeld that forms part of the
estate of her mother, Mrs. Henrietta
A. Halsey, who died in August. The
injunction will continue pending the
outcome of litigation over the estate
between the brother and sister. The
estate, worth about $4,000, repre-
sents the life savings of Harlan Hal
sey, who created "Old Sleuth," and
who wrote many stories of the won
drous adventure of that great detec-
tive. Louis Halsey declares that his
mother died interstate, and he charges
his sister with seeking to appropriate
the entire property. He also seeks TO
compel his sister to render IN ac-
counting of their mothers estate.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Test Ride Fo1 Militia.

Colonel Edwin w. Hine, command
ing the Fifth Regiment, at Paterson,
has emulated the example of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and has directed all
the officers of his field and staff to
take a ffty-mile ride. Colonel Hine
has detailed Lieutenant-Colonel Van
Walraven to arrange a program, map
out a route and prepare accommoda-
tons for horses and men. Two routes
were under consideration, one to
Pompton and Stockholm and another
to Nyack, N. Y. 1t is the intention to
ride out twenty-five miles, spend the
night. and ride back the next day. An
ambulance will accompany the caval-
cade, and a couple of hospital men
may be taken along.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Vanity Spells Everything.

Hezekiah showed them the house
of his precious things, the silver, and
the gold, and the spices, and the
precious ointment, and all the house
of his armour, and all that was found
in his treasures; there was nothing
in his house, nor in all his dominion,
that Hezekiah Showed them not"
Let the spirit of display once get
into YOU. even as a church, n q
may write Ichabob upon the temple
door. The things to be shown in the
church are the Bible, the altar, the
cross-"God forbj that l should
glory, save in the ross of our Lord
Jesus Christ" If pen come to u
churches and see tpe precious things,
the silver, and the gold, and the
spices, and the oiEtment, and see no
cross, they will curse us in the day
of account.-Joseph Parker.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Minister Kills Ian

Athens, Ala.-News has reached
here of the killing of Andrew jack
son, living near the Lauderdale Coun-
ty line, Jy a preacher named Living
ston. Tie men are said to have been
at odds for a long time. When they
met Livingston shot Jackson.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16

years. you
hging for
and
De for a
living you
It you do
|r life to
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Shrewd Shrude.

Ascum-"Why did you recommend
the Wayback house to that rich old
uncle of yours? It's one of the poor
est and cheapest houses at the shore"
Shrude-"Well, I want to save my
money"
Ascum-"Your money? Are YOU
going with him."
Shrude-"No, but I'm his heir
Philadelphia Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
) Smaller Supply of Pickles.

1t is estimated that the 1908 sup
ply of pickles is fully 100000 bushels
less than the stock available last
year. The supply then was 1,00O.-
COOS bushels in excess of require
ments. This gives a total estimated
stock of 100000, bushels ahead of
the normal supply: There is an up
ward trend in the market based on
$3.50 per forty-fiYe-gallon bsrrel OF
1000. pickles. s
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Identifying Himself.

The woman of the house eyed aim
suspiciously.
You've been here before, haven't
you?" she asked.
Not lately. maam,7 answered
Wareham Long. You prob'ly reco'-
nize me clothes. This is an old suit
o yer husbands you WIZ kind enough
to give me when | wuz here swo years
ago.r-Chicago Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Came True,

Short-"Yes, I believe some for
tune tellers are on the level. Not
long ago agreed to tell me some
thing about my future for a dollar"
Long-"Well?"
Short TT gave her the money,
and she told me the time would come
when I would wish l had my dollar
back."-Chicago News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
NeMsy GIeanings.

Naval officials at Washington, D.
c., took the first step toward pur-
chasing a feet of aeroplanes for mill
tary Use
The subway for handling freight
in New York City proposed by Will
lam j.. Wilgus was opposed by irving
T. Bush on the ground that it would
prove too costly.
Enormous mails were sent on the
Lusitania, which sailed from Liver
pool, England, for New York. II Is
expected in England that p~osteffice
business will be doubled in a year
under the new rate.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Farmers to Store Produets.

The Amer can Society of Equity,
having a membership of 100000,
met at Milwaukee, Wis. in annual
convention. The society is made up
of farmers, and its object is to regu-
late the price of farm products by
establishing elevators and ware
houses in different parts of the coun-
try for storing products and placing
them upon the market as there is a
demand.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Falls Into Vat of saltpetre.

Harry Soutar, employed at the Du
Pont Powder Works at Wayne, fell
into a vat of boiling mixture of salt
petre and was fatally burned. 1t is
not known how the accident occurred.
Workmen who responded to Soutar's
cries for help found him in the boiling
mixture on all fours. They pumped
cold water into the vat and thus
saved Soutar from being boiled alive,
but he was unconscious when taken
out. His arms, limbs and breast were
terribly burned, and Dr.. Young, of
Little Falls, says the man cannot re-
cover.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
A Chestnut.

They were returning from the
spelling bee.
Mr.. S~poonamore," she said, why
did you miss that easy word? You
spelled honor with a u
4 know it," he answered. "The
feeling came over me all at once that
1 just couldn't get long without u
Miss Daisy"
With which old, old story he Won
her.-Chicago Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
Cost of Transport.

Cost OF Transport.
New York City.-An expert for the
Metropolitan receivers testified that
it costs 4.26 cents to carry every
street car passenger.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
His Game,

"He always patronizes that one
restaurant"
who? Stinjay? Yes, there are
mattresses there, you know"
But he doesn't care for the girls"
mo, but you don't have to tip
girls."-The Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
FARMER KILLS HIS FAMILY.
Shoots Father-in-Law, SisteP-in-Law
and Himself.

Norfolk, Va.-John Richardson, a
wealthy young farmer of Lambert's
Point, near here, shot and killed Bev-
erley Cromwell, his fat~her-in-law;
Josephine Cromwell, his sister-in-
law, and then fired a charge of bird
shot through his brain. The man
first shot Cromwell's horse, so as to
prevent any chance of the escape Of
Cromwell and his daughter. The old
man and the girl attempted to fee,
but Richardson overlook them and
shot them down without mercy.
Miss Cromwell was leading Rich
aflson's son, five years old, by the
hand when she met death. Rich
ardson blamed the young woman for
having caused his wife to leave him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-16
The other-side of the World.

New South Wales has a surplus of
arly $780, 900 for the year.
Turkey imports nearly 100000
nth of paper of all kinds each year.
A Polish firm is building the first
3et sugar factory in Manchuria, near
arbin.
Switzerland has voted to prohibit
I manufacture, sale and importa-
ton of absinthe.
Since 1886 the allowance for
the support OF the Imperial House
Nnta Japan has remained at ST.
a year, in spite of the great
OF the coultrs.