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The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Tact

Tact is a wonderful invention. A
man without tact is like an engine
without oil
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

The Nile contains a greater va
riety of fish than any other body OF
water.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

Celluloid is plastic materia
composed of guncotton and cam
phor
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Fish Candles

The fish candles of Alaska are be-
ing sent over the world in quantities
as curiosities.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

In accordance with an old belief,
Charles Miller, a welI-known co..
ored man, is kept busy kissing chill
dren (white) to cure them Of the
whooping cough at Reading, Pa.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Rnnnties fnr Rahhits

Australia in 10 years paid out
s5.888,015 in bOunt;es for rabbits
at the rate Of 25 cents each.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

The Bristol to Padd.ngton Eng
land) express covers 118 II miles in
two hours.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Some PeonIe.

Some people hunt for work in
about the same way that an optimist
hunts for trouble
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07
Too Bad.

Poet-Whatever does his mean?
My publisher sends me a bill for a
new waste basket.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

The average length of life of the
IceIander is a little over 81 years.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

Worry is one of the most fruitful
causes of consumption.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

The average woman carries SO
miles of hair on her head.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

1928 zsth St. NV. Washington, D. C.
Gives Luck to All.
N. B.-No letters answered unieSzg
accompanied by stamp
r. B.-Mention The Bee
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

FlFfI H. HEH III.
The Washington bee., 1908-11-07

Reao The Bee
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
HOLDING UP THE PLATFORM
An Incident of the Late
Campaign with Taft In


Senator William Alden Smith OF Michigan
told a story at the White House when he
visited the president to tell him OF the
great receptions Judge Taft was getting on
his speaking tour. which shows just how
useful Gustave Karger and Judge Taft's
other friends on his special train are to
him. w were at Bristol, Tenn. :" the SEN
ator said, "and were taken from the train
to a hall where Judge Taft was to make
a speech. As we got in, the crowd surged
on the stage behind US, and refused to get
out. The result was that about half OF
the big crowd could not see Mr.. Taft at
all. One OF the local committeeman, I'M
mindful OF Judge Taft's weight, got a
spindle-shanked table and placed It beside
and invited him to get on top OF It
and make his speech. In the confusion
Judge Taft took no notice OF the fraiI
table, hut climbed up and was soon making
his speech. Karger. DR.. Richardson and
the others heard the menacing creaks OF
the table and looked every moment for a
fall. Karger got the chair, and, seating HIM
self at the table, put his knees under one
corner and held that corner up. DR.. Rich-
ardson took the cue and got at another
corner and soon the table was surrounded
by friends, who were holding Judge Taft
up on their knees and with their banda.
The speaker was making a telling address
and he was absolutely unconscious OF the
manner In which he was being supported
until he clambered down and saw Gustave
and the others trying to smooth out the
deep burrows made by the sharp edges OF
the table. Cincinnati Ttmes-Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

of Niles Register, in addition to numerous
indexes. dictionaries and gTammars In
thirty different Languages, and a set of 100
books on Esperanto, the universal Lam
guage. are in the War department library
for reference. Other tones in this collec-
ton are Official g~azettes OF Madrid, Manila,
Havana and Porto Rico in almost COM
plete series for the last thirty years of the
nineteenth century, and t~wenty-three or
derby books of the American revolution,
besides a large number Of printed rosters
and office reports in connection with the
early American wars. There is also a set
If albums OF the Spanish-American war
prepared by the Wal department. which
IRE the only original ones outside Of four
private se~ts.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
Secret of Youth
for Women

Why is it tina so many women remain
young and beautiful in spite of the flight
OF years?
The secret lies i'm the preservation Of
perfect health, which is dependent upon
the regularity OF all bodily functions. OF
vital importance Is the proper regulation
of the monthly periods. No women can
hope TO remain young and attractlVe h
suffers each month from scRnty. profuse,
painful or irregular menstruation.
A simple and inexpensive prescription
which has saved hundreds OF women from
the horrors of monthly ailments IS the
following, which any good druggist will
fiji; Alpen Seal, 2 ounces; Fluid Extract
Black Hew, 1 ounce; Pure Water, s ounces.
A t~easpoonful before each meal and at
bedtime. taken before, during and after
each period. regulates the flow, cures
cramps. soothes the nerves, banlshes
headache. and clears and beauties the
complexion. This is an eminent physi-
clans prescription. which will do away
with all pain and bring permanent relief
from menstrual irregularities.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
Telephone Ill Manners.

Science makes possible new forms of i'm.
politeness, Why should a man. simply
because he has a telephone. be taken ad-
vantage OF by the other man On the out
side, who wants 20 tell him something's; or
bore him, or impoFtune him in some other
way And a way important only to himself.
The man Who has a telephone, Is. in a
large sense, at the mercy of the outside
world. AS II may be OF the utmost Import
ance, he must always answer the call. II
he tries to inaugurate a system whereby
me name and business Of the person who
calls him up first be made known. then he
is bound TO offend someone, and acquire the
disagTeeable reputation of q certain superi
GRITTY and loftiness of which he is by no
means guilty. He is in a sense defenseless.
and all this. OF course, Is duly taken into
confederation by the b-ad-manneFed person
who cells him up; who II his victim were
talking with some one else In the room,
would scarcely have the ~effFontery to walk
up and break into the conversation; or who
wouldn't force himself into private office,
but who makes no bones OF gleefully sit
ting In a neighboriRg booth and Compelling
the unfortunate mar 10 listen to him.
Thus the telephone has brought into ex-
lstenee a new nuisance. Something ought
to be done about neutralizing his perniclous
sctivity. Brooklyn Life.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

49,
N~ has taken place; the presi-
Dental duet has been sung
A and the sweet singer of Salt
sEMNMlNNa Creek has been outsung by the
S@2&Ng1 brilliant baritone of the Buck
eye state.
Musical life hereabouts will now take
on a more pronounced activity, because
election times always keep the people
more or less unsettled, and the pursuit
OF musical study suffers somewhat tenn
porarlly.
This election has caused much discus
/, sion amongst the professional people, and
The Bee musical commentator has had
every question settled and explained TO
his entire satisfaction by other members
Of the profession; I'm fact. some bets were
heard of here and there. 1t is a good
thing to see musicians taking an interest
in politics. 1t gives one relaxation and
enjoyment and It doesn't hurt politics.
The present campaign has started the
writer upon an unusual train Of thought
in connection with political matter as
the subject for opera. Here is a chance
for some musical lights to develop a
new school Of national opera. No charge
win be made for the few suggestions
here laid down, but when the opera has
been written and is a great success, II Is
hoped that The Bee will be mentioned"
Look at the great opportunity: Chorus,
instead of being ranged along both sides
of the stage. singing and looking out to
the front. let II be standing with its
back to the audience when lthe curtain
rises. looking up at a screen upon which
the election returns are being displayed
by aid of lantern slides. A chorus with
such themes as Every little bit added
to what you've got" or. What shall the
harvest be?' would not be ~inappropri-
ate for an opening. Or Kipling could
be invoked for use in paTodied version,
for example, in Danny Deever:-
The scene, same as before. Enter Gen.
eral Bryan and one of his political officers
who shall be called the Colour-Sergeant'
They watch the returns.)
What were the voters votin' for?" said
Bryan-on-Parade.
ITO turn us out, TO turn us OUT the
Colour-Sergeant said.
what makes you look so white, so white?'
said Bryan-on-Parade.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

craving made in 1916 shows a dellneation
of the naval war of the Venetians against
the Turks at the Dardenelies.
In addition to the 5000 engravings and
pictures in the Navy department library
is a collection of 1000 books, which in
cludes some Of the rarest volumes In WASH
ington. JOIN Paul Jones own personal
memoirs, in French. dated 1898, are on the
same shelf with a naval history of Queen
Elizabeth of England. A text book used
In the British navy more than 900 years
ago, known as Sea Dialogues" printed in
London in 1888, tells of the early methods
Of flogging and keelhauling in the kings
navy. Every flag known to navies and
is pictured and described in a
book printed in Dutch in 1886 as a reference
book in the Dutch navy when that nation
was one of the foremost seafaring nations
of the globe. A miniature volume much
treasured by Librarian Stewart is a history
of II. NJ. s.. Royal George, bound in wood
from the remains of that ship. which sank
in the harbor Of Spithead, England. while
being painted. in 1772, Dozens of old books
on naval warfare grace the shelves of Mr..
Stewards office. Anyone interested in an
Client but crude naval manner could spend
weeks looking over such volumes as Man
valetto de Bombesti," printed in Venice In
1850 as a history of ordnance. Volumes on
buccaneers are as numerous as they are in
teresting.
! In the topmost floor of the State. War
and Navy building is the War department
library, comprising more than 5000 vol
umes, not including duplicates. Most Of
these are cumbersome volumes. occupying
much space. This library is older than the
government of Washington 1t was founded
in Philadelphia in the early 'sOs of the
Eighteenth century. before the seat of gov
eminent had been moved TO the District Of
Columbia. This library also has a large
collection OF photographs and en%gravings,
civil War Photographs.
The Brady collection of civil war photo
graphs, for which the government paid
s25, 900, is divided between the Navy and
War libraries. More than $500 large vol
umes of the documents OF the house of rep
resentatives, bound In sheep and marked
with series numbers, are incased here.
They are a library in themselves. More
than $500 volumes on military science can
be referred to here, in addition TO the Off
cial records Of the war Of the rebellion. OF
which there are three sets. two ioanins
sets and one reserve set. which never goes
out of the library. There is also a COM
plete set of the original journals OF the
senate and house OF representatives, which
is a very rare collection OF books. A
unique gathering OF newspaper clippings on
the Spanish-American war. comprising
twenty large folio volumes. TO be found on
the shelves of this library. has the proud
distinction Of being the only set Of its kind
in existence. II cost the government more
than I,0C0. Bound volumes OF Eighteenth
century newspapers, the National Intel
ligencer from 1906 to 1869, the Washington
Globe from 1881 10 1869. and a perfect Sc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
4 Bachelors Renecuons.

The reason the baby is always SO smart
is because It's parents aren't.
Nhen a girl meets a man she likes in
the street by accident II hardly ever Is.
All a woman has to do to be able to
manage a man is not to be married to him.
A woman can deceive everybody about
how she trusts her husband, especially her
self.
II a man didn't waste his money on his
own faVorite fool!shness he would on some
other fellow's.-New York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

MT, Charles Cooke and Miss Lillian WOOL |
stencroft, accompanies. "
Program of the Oratorio society concert
church, Thursday, November T. at SIS
p. m.: ~
PART /.
Chorus-For Unto Us a Child is Born
%SiLT1m me Messiah" to be given in
Iull py the Oratorio society in De.
cember) Handel
Songs OF the Norseland 49,. Hermann Lohr
"a Time Was. ! Royed the Mountains
(b) MY Ships that Went a-Sailing,.,,
tc( Eyes that Used to Gaze in Nine,
(d) Youth Has a Happy Tread ........
n,v w. Mr. Resler'
"a 1--we me Bemberg
CD The Portrait .:..,........... Chaminade
Miss Allen.
() Andante Cantabile. from Seventh
~, GTSomSata l;;c-,."'""',"..... Guilmant
Mr.. Bush.
Hecitative-At Last the Bounteous Sun
Aria-wlth Joy tn impatient Husband
Mr.. Penniman.
FROM the Desert / Gomez. Neidlinger
Mr.. Resler.
az The Hour OF Dreaming .,......... Hahn
W. ScIohaue Strauss
Miss Allen.
and banquet scene
from "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast"
Coleridge-Taylor
The entire Feast" is proposed for tho
wv way cotlNdD.
The oratorio Society.
PART II.
The Cantata, Autumn" part III OF
Inc seasons ............ Joseph Haydn
Characters-Jane soprano, Miss Alien,
Lucas, tenor, Mr.. Resler; Simon, bass, Mr..
Penniman,
Overture
Recitatives Jane, Lucas, Slmon)-What-
ever the Blossom'd Spring ,...,
Irlo ana Quartet-Thus Nature, Ever
hlnu ttsrtts..t
Recitatives (Jane, Simon. Lucas)-Ye
SWANS, Now Hasten ............,.
Duet CLucas, Jane)-Ye Gay and Painted
Rscitative (simon) Lo. Where the
flenteous Harvest Way'd ,....,,.,...
ARA lSlmon)-Behold, Along the Dewy
Recitative-EFe Yet the Orient Sin.
C~horus-Hark, the Mountains Rssound,
hecltatives CJane, Simon: Jane, Lucas)
-ine vineyard Now It's Wealth Dis
rays
Chorus7Joyful, the Liquor Flows 49,.
The Arthur Hartmann program las
sisted by Alfred Calzin, pianist) is as fol-
Arthur Hartmann.
Ballade, G Minor-Op, % .,.....,...F Chopin
Alfred Calzln,
Faust Fantasia .............'.. Wienis wsk,
Arthur Hartmann.
"a MI, Pensee ..,."..,,,,..,,. Arthur NeVin
tD) Mlld Rose ...... MacDowell-Hartmann
Arthur Hartmann.
Va, 1apricho .'''.t''.",.,.., A. Jonas
tpI faplllons .,..",,...-,..-... NJ. ROsentha'
~ SSANSAcu r. List
Alfred Cnlzin.
Grand American Fantasy-In the South
Arthur Hartmann
Arthur Hartmann.
The place, First Baptist church; the date,
November II.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
BOYS and GIRLS

Play the new card game as" Sent
postpaid for use. f L Lee, BeaSon Bldg,
aurora. III
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

the foreground, but there are some an
nouncements to be made in this column and
therefore at this point the plan must be
left for more worthy artificers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08
THOMAS ]. KELLY.
Musical Notes.

The Nakoma Concert club will give a
musical at the United Presbyterian church
on Friday, November 6, under the auspices
Of the young people of the church. The
program has been arranged;
Piano Solo-Rustie OF Spring ,.,,,. Sinding
Miss Esther Holton.
Violin 5olo-Serenade ....,........... Dudla
Miss Essie AArons.
Song-The Two Grenadiers 80. Schumann
s. 9. Hamilton.
Mandolin Solo-Waltz de Concert. %. .SsigSl
z q. Pash.
Song-ll Pscio Arditi
Miss La Costa GOdsey.
Trio violin, mandolin and ~piano)-One
Sweetiy Solemn Thought 500. Ambrose
Miss Asrons, Mr.. Pash and Miss
WooistencToft
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

HE great, quadrennial concert
has taken place; the presi-
Dental duet has been sung
and the sweet singer of Salt
Creek has been outsung by the
brilliant baritone of the Buck
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-08

II 10 an easy matter to secure buinsss
through the Bee Want Ad columns
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-21
Stock Market Seemed lndisposed to
Move in Either Direction
Then Became Weak.

New York, Jan 20.--The stock mar
ket seemed indlsposed to move far
in either direction today, many way
crings of the early part of the day
giving way to marked dullness until
d sudden decline Just at the closing
Conclusive evidence furnished by
Saturdays phenomenal bank state
ment Of rapid progress towards 4
condition OF practical redundancy Of
the money market was clearly an
event to schedule in the list of hopes
realized, American Smelling broke
and again at the close, and it's weak
ness was accompanied by gossip re-
garding the source Of selling calcu-
lated to aggravate the sentimental
effect Of the episode.
The statement of earnings for De-
cembcr Of the Baltimore and Ohio
coming as the first Of the large sys
tens to make a return for that period
was rot a cheerful index Of the gen,
eral showing likely to be made by
Qthcf companies ne statement VI
the president of the company that 50
per cent Of the falling off in gross
earnings was in connection with the
steel industry, touched another phase
Of the present situation ON which
speculative sentiment is always sen
sitive. The market was sluggish in
responding to some Of the factors Of
positive strength. Strong sustaining
influence was offered In the ABSORB
ton Of Southern Pacific on the rising
scale. Some improvement in conf
dence ov er the future of business
was reported owing to easing of the
money situation.
A fall in rates for time loans to 8
per cent for all periods now reported
shows an easier condition of the
money market than has existed at
any time during the whole Of last
year II was not until the last hail
hour o fthe days session that doubt
full fluctuations of stocks gave way
to positive weakness,
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-21
Sul,soiI Of Paris.

A well was some time ago driven
in the Place de l'Flotel de vile in
Paris, for the purpose of ascertain
ing the nature of the sub-soil OF the
French capital. The revelations
throw light on the manner In which
great cities In the course OF CEN
turtles, bury the relics OF their past.
First comes layer OF rubbish,
nearly four and a half feet thick.
dating FROM the sixteenth century to
the nineteenth. A second layer. a
little over two aud half feet thick,
consist of rubbish recognizable by the
character of its fragments as be-
longing to the period from the four
tenth to the sixteenth century
This is separated from the hrst
layer by a thin deposite Of sand, and
second sandy deposit covers the
third layer, which plainly shows re-
lies of the eleventh and twelfth cen
turtles.
At the bottom is clayey deposit
filled with fragments of pottery and
bits of oak timber belonging TO the
Gallo and Gallo Roman periods.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-21
Contagious.

An artist, whose summers. spent
In out-of-the- way places, have
brought him rich reward OF expe-
rience as well as of success. tells
many stories of the unlimited guests
who have gathered about his easel on
different occasions, says the Youths
Companion.
In one little Connecticut village .
freckled faced boy appeared as II by
magic at his side one morning. and
gazed at the artist and at the picture
then In progress with an intentness
which was almost disconcerting.
ibid you ever try to paint?" the
artist asked him at last, and be was
startled at the sudden Illumination
of the sober little face.
II kin paint, some" announced the
boy, with certainty. MY father could
paint and | ketched 1t from him.
But he's dead now, and | thought
perhaps ! could ketch some from
you, mister"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-21
cHANcERY NOTICE.

State OF Illinois. Alexander County,
50. In the Alexander County Circuit
Court February Term, A. d. 1908
In Chancery Sitting.
Elizabeth Jean Thompson, Com
plainant, Vs. II. Nathan Stancil Ma
mic English, John Stancil, Mamie
Stancil and Frances Stancil um.
pleaded with Mary Ann Greenbaum,
George w. Stancil. Yves Smithey
and w. w. Hulen), Defendants. Bill
IN Chancery for Partition
The above named defendants are
hereby notified that said complainant
has this day filed in said Court a GER
tain bill n Chancery for Partition
against them and that Summons has
issued thereon returnabe on the first
day OF the next term OF said court,
to be holden at the court house in
Cairo, Illinois, on the 10th day of
February next.
Cairo, Illinois, November IS, A. ID.
1907 LEE b. DAVIS,
Clerk.
David s. Lansden, Compliments so.
licitor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-21
AS GOLF, APPEARS TO SOME. /,
The Hottentot Thought Ne Had
Mastered the Game. (.

A reporter, tired and warm. COM
planned to Walter Egan on the Eu-
clid links In Cleveland that he
thought golf stupid.
"You find golf stupid, eh?"
With mighty drive the noted
Chicago golfer sent the small ball
flying a tremendous distance towards
the little, faraway red flag. Then,
as he strobe on over the fresh turf.
he said:
You only find golf stupid be-
cause you don't understand IT. You
remind me Of certain Hottentot
1.-TWO white men In Africa laid
out for themselves nine-hoie
course. and here in the wilds, morn
ing after morning they played,
though the sun was hot, and though
the dry and sandy soil left them al
most continually in the bunkers.
We'll, Hottentot watched the
two white men golfing for several
days. Silent and absorbed. he fol-
lowed them indefatigably over the
yellow course Then he disappeared.
Where had he gone? The white
men, missing him, laughingly made
search. They found him at last. far
down In the desert.
THE naked Hottentot stood alone
In the burning desert, whackinG
away at a large stone with great
war club. and shouting flercely:
Hang it. Hang it,"
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-21

UNTIL LAST HOUR STRENGTH IN CORN
Caused Rally in Wheat Which was
Inclined to Be Weak at Opening
Oats Firm.

Chicago, Jan. lnclin-
ed to be weak early because OF selling
by longs and pit traders. Weaker
markets in Europe, and liberal re.
ceipts in the northwest were causes
of the selling movement. During the
latter part of the session the firm
ness in corn, heavy sales of cash
wheats, reports Of small reserves in
the hands OF northwestern farmers
and fresh green bug reports from OK
ahoma caused firm market. May
closed up kMA. No. red $4,000;
No. 8 red 97W99; No. 2 hard 9Sh a
1919. No hard 9GM102. May open
ed 101B@1O2; highest l02ss0a !;
lowest 101$s closing 1925; July
I9S1s.
CORN Market firm all day Re
Iceiying houses claimed that country
acceptances We're small and that farm
ers in iowa are holding their grain
for higher prices. Offerings mainly
from holders. May closed up ~. No.
I3. 531a @54A; No. 3 white 53& m54
": No. yellow 54@55; No. 2 yellow
50. May opened 597s AGO; highest
COY; lowest sos, closing G0A. July
|59b.
OATS Firm all day because Of the
strength in corn. May closed u high,
err; No. 8 white 50@5115. May open.
ed 537s @54; highest 54h lowest;
closing 54A July old AVA.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-21
The Dignity of Labor.

Mark Twain says that all are lazy;
some are able to fight 1t down. while
others fall He knew a non-com-
Blatant of this class when a boy In
Hannibal His name wac Jim Black.
and one summer morning he was ly-
ing under a tree beside the river
listening to the birds aud watching
the steamboats, glide up and down
the great stream.
We'll. what are you here forf'
Mark asked him.
I'm here" said Jim. "for to pile
them bales onto the wharf"
"oh! And now you are resting. are
you?'
NO" said Jim: II amt resting.
because I amt tired. I'm Just wait
ing for the sun to sink down behind
that there hill, SOS can knock Of
work. Kansas City Star.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-01-21
cHANcERY NOTICE,

State Of Illinois, Alexander County,
SIN the Alexander County Circuit
Court, February Term A. d. 1908
In Chancery Sitting.
Milus s. Galbraith. complainant, VS.
Eliza Galbraith. defendant.-Bi Id
Chancery for Divorce.
The above named defendant Is
hereby notified that said complain
ant has this day filed in said Court a
certain bill in Chancery for Divorce
against her and that Summons he's
issued thereon returnable on the first
day Of the next term OF said Court, u
be holden at the court house In Cairo
Illinois, on the tenth day Of February
next.
Cairo Illinois, January End. 1908.
LEE B. DAVIS, Clerk
Iansden & Leek, Complainant's SO
licitori.