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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
OLD HUMIDITY IN ACTION
Feature of Hot weather Most
ResJOnsibIe for Human
omfO

There is in every human organism a
complicated heat-rcgulatinE function-a sort
Of automatic thermostat-the location OF
the brain. It is due TO the activity of this
force that a man may so from the equator,
where the mean temperature is well above
the 100 mark, to the region Of eternal snow
where again the temperature is as far
the other way. and yet the internal heat
register Of his body will not vary a
fraction Of a degree, II he is in good
health II is the healthy working of this
regulator that insures the health Of the
individual, within practical limitations
This force acts chiefly through millions
OF sweat glands, that are located in every
part Of the body. and by a well arranged
scheme Of nature they are so situated that
the most profuse action takes place.
These glands are extremely small in some
areas; as many as 5000 may be found IN
a square inch Of the palm of the hand, vet
from these there Is constantly escaping
an invisible perspiratlon. They furnish one
Iof the main avenues for the escape Of tho
fluids and products Of bodily activity. The
average amount Of this liquid Precipitation
from an adult is about a quart in twenty
-four hours.
Humidity, practically speaking, is the
relative amount of moisture suspended in
the atmosphere. This may vary widely
from 40 per cent or less in cold, dry areas,
TO S. per cent in warm, wet areas. and II
is the existence Of these various degrees
Of saturation that affects the health and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

The feud between the Mount Auburn
boys and the Taylortown crowd expressed
itself in the pleasing form Of rock fights.
Pretty fierce ones they were, too. No one
knew just why he fought. 1t was a case
of Theirs not to reason why: theirs but
to do or die" Once, indeed, VIII Tafts
father called his son to him and said:
What is all this fighting about, any
way?'
"Oh," said young Taft, we've always
fought those boys"
But why?" persisted his father. "Why
do you fight them?"
We'll" said the boy, Charles and Peter
always fought EN- and we're fightin' 'em
now
Charles and Peter were his older half
brothers. The Taylortown rock fights we're
simply a legacy from them. There was
nothing personal about that kind Of enemy.
Indeed. the Taylortown survivors Of the
encounters probably feel as II there was
a rather special tie between them and the
next president.
According to the stories you hear in
Cincinnati Taft can't even keep an enemy
when he has done his best to get one.
Take the case of the man Rose, whom he
| thrashed soundly for having printed a
SANDER on the good name of Alphonso
! Taft.
The story is a good one. Everybody
felt a Jingle of pleasure in reading it. One
likes to know that a man can fight when
it is the time for fighting.
But there is a sequel to that story. 1t
will be that having knocked
! Rose down, bumped Roses head upon the
walk. rubbed Roses nose in the dirt and
sat down hard upon Roses general anat.
omy young Taft gave the Rose remnant a
limited period in which t. lie removed
from Cincinnati.
The removal was duly accomplished anC
anybody would think that wherever tbs
Rose remnant betook itself there certainly
would be an enemy of TAFT, not a bit o
IL. Several years after the encounter dc
Iscrihed above a rehabiitated and chasteneC
Rose, temporarily returned TO the scene o
This. former exploits, seized the opportunity
TO call on the man who had threshed anC
loXilod him-tO call. not for the purpose o.
taking revenge or Of breathing threats, bu
lof offering admiring good wishes and CRATE
lful thanks
When Rose came back 10 say what
pleasure It had been TO be damned by VII
TAFT he also gave The aforesaid lammeI
ia few sidelights on the lot Of the Hammer.
"N hen you came up and asked my
name said Rose, II knew that trouble wa.
coming and was all ready for you, or
Thought l was. 1 was waiting for you 4
strike.
But you struck with your left hand
An smateur alwayF strikes out first witt
his right hand and that was Whist l ex
ipected you TO do. You hit with your lef
INSTEAD, down ! Went-and Il was all Owe
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

the school Willie Taft entered at the age
Of G. Later, in Woodward High school,
Prof. Pabody taught him Greek and Latin
for three years. The seeker after truth
asked how the boy had ranked as a stu
dent.
"A number one!' came the prompt and
emphatic reply. He led a class of eleven
boys. And let me tell you that 1t was no
mean honor to lead that particular class
for it contained some Of the brightest boys
it has ever been my privilege TO teach
Didn't he ever give you any troubls?'
In school? Hardly. He seemed to real
ize, as most boys do not, that work is work
and play is play and that there's a time
for each.
His father, Judge Alphonso Taft, was
a trustee of the school; the only one. by
the way, whoever paid it any personal Wis
its. Alphonso came around every two or
three weeks and would follow an entire
recitation; especially to see, l suppose, how
his own boys were doing.
81 guess WIN Taft found out early that
il really paid to work when there was
work to be done. He told me later that
when he went to Yale he was so well pre-
! pared that he had to loaf along the first
ear, waiting for the rest 10 catch un.
From that time to this he has always
been ahead OF his work. He has never
been one Of the men who are harassed
and pushed by their duties. AS a boy he
got ahead of his work and lie has kept
ahead of it ever since
Another proof of this forehandednes on
the part Of young Taft was recalled by
J Charles G. Comegys, a classmate both in
Woodward High school and in the Gin
cinnati Law school
1t seems that Taft, ahead Of his work
as usual, went up to Columbus before the
close OF his second year at the law school,
took the state examination and was ad-
mitted to the bar. He went back 10 Gin
cinnati then. finished the course, was ex-
amined again with his class and divided
first honoTs on that examination.
Most youngsters are willing to worry
along with one examination, without
skirmishlng around. hunting for trouble
But that wasn't Tafts way. He seemed
TO thrive on work.
And he had 1t 10 do. He was not the
facile learner who acquires an easy II
somewhat evanescent mastery over his
books. He was not dull or slow, but hy
worked for knowledge as a mechanic works
over a new machine. lie took IL to pieces
put It together. made himself it's master.
Il taught Win Taft mathematics for fiy,
years" said Prof. George w. Harper, land
l know the way he works. He gets hole
of knowledge in a virile, powerful way
He has a logical mind and when he know.
a thing he knows It thoroughly and tn,
knowledge Is his for keeps."
"Wha sort OF boy was hep
Just a fine. straight fellow whom every,
body liked. who worked hard, played hard
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
THE TAFT CINCINNATI KNOWS
Only Good Words Heard of Him as
Boy and Man.
FRIEND OF ALL THEN AND NOW
Ia school lie Gets the Habit of Keep
Ing Ahead of His WOrk--RemI-
niscences of His Teachers
and Fellow Pupils.

CINCINNATI, July docs anybody
hate Bill Taft? Has anybody mean things
~ say about him? Lives there a man,
with soul OF any complexion, whoever to
himself hath said: mo Bill Taft in mine!"
II there is such a person he certainly
doesn't live in Cincinnati, TIL Bee re-
porter is willing to give odds on that. He
has been gulng over Cincinnati with a fine
tooth comb for u week, hunting for some
body, anybody, who might be exhibited
as the enemy OF Taft.
In what must have been an evil moment
Il occurred to the reporter that a man was
20 be judged by his enemies as clearly as
by his friends, Taft. having been born
and bred In Cincinnati one might reason
ably expect to find here the usual grist of
enemies which fifty years grinds out for
a man.
Now Cincinnati is a queer town. II you
were going 10 make a good imitation of Il
the first thing would be to tax a large,
large prairie and ACCORDION plat 1t. Next
you would bolster some houses along the
edges Of the precipices thus formed.
You would string some streets along the
ridges and others along the valleys, and
put up some scalp-raising inclines which
boost you up 10 the heights or let you
drop into smoky depths, Then If you
erumpled the whole thing up, threw II
ACROSS the Ohio river and let It lie as II
fai you Wouldn't know It from the real
Cincinnati until you tasted the beer.
That's the kim OF place the reporter
undertook 10 SCOUT for an enemy of Taft
IL proved TO be the hardest job OF a Ions
and laborious career. Possibly the undis
covered enemy may Turk in some unpene
trated ravine or perch on some u~nscalet
ACCORDION plat. But the reporter viii
stake the membership which he has earned
IN the Alpine club that the dodo bird itsei
S. not more %infrequent in Cincinnati thar
are the enemies of VIII Taft.
That's what they call hin here. His OLD
teachers, his old classmates. his old pal
in the hin gang. his old dancing partners
ne Is VIII TAFT to them all. And not on
of them has anything to say of him that 4
not complimentary.
William II. Peabody was principal o
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

never forgot a friend and never appar-
emily made an enemy. The last time 1
saw him was two or three years ago.
Il was walking along Fourth street and
he was on the opposite side. He caught
sight of me in the crowd, came all the way
across and stopped me. Said he couldn't
let his old teacher go by without a hand
shake and a greeting"
Prof. Pabodie tells the same story. He
was going east u few years ago when VIII
Taft was on the same train. The boy,
grown up and grown famous, sat and
talked for an hour or more with his old
teacher.
He's loyal through and through" sand
the professor. And another thing, when
VIII Taft gives his word he never goes
back on it,"
Evidently his old teachers were not a
promising field to a person who was hunt
ing for Taft enemies. His old classmates
proved to be just as barren ground.
The man who shared first honors in the
law school with Taft is Alfred b. Benedict,
now practicing in Cincinnati. 1t was the
custom at that time to give a prize to the
student who passed the best final exam
nations. But the examiners Of the class
OF 1871 IOulu II 80 ulllltull 70 utClut DC-
tween the two, Taft and Benedict, that
they gave each of them 800 and equal
honor.
Taft had an capacity for
work" said Mr.. Benedict, land he has
never been afraid Of overtaxing that ca
pacity. He is a big man in every way.
He is not a mere fat man. He has a big
! frame"
sNIFt,, he MAJ q hoy h, mos O uplurard -
said another classmate, "as any overgrown
boy is. All three of the younger Taft boys
were great big fellows, viii was called
by his school friends Lub Taft, Harry was
Little Lub and Horace was Young Lub.
There was nothing more in that than the
customary propensity OK boys to nickname
one another.
LAS VIII grew older he lost any awk
wardness he may have had and became
quite. the reverse. He was decidedly pop
lular as a dancer. All the girls said h,
was very light on his feet.
And l know he was as hard as mails
even when he was a youngster. l used &C
play l~eapfrog with him, and l know he
was no softIe."
But now about his enemies2" demanded
1.-THE reporter o course he had some
Who were they?'
"Enemios?' was the somewhat blank re-
Isponse. 4 never heard that he had any
Every body liked him"
The nearest approach 70 spotting a gen
"uine TAFT enemy was when the reporteI
tackled judge Rufus b.. Smith. Not tina.
Judge Smith fills the bill himself. Why
lRufe Smith and VIII Taft were croniei
when the Mount Auburn boys used L
raise particular Ned for the TaylortowI
gang down below their hill.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

comfort Of the individual. The reason for
this is that the temperature of the body
is regulated practically by this Precipitation,
as ii cvapOrates from the surface of the
skin. Tn condition Of the surrounding air
which has to receive this perspiration is,
therefore,. of the utmost consequence.
If the air is alread saturated with water
from other sources it docs not readily take
up the moisture from the body, and the
water, instead of passing away In vapOr,
remains on the surface Of the skin, With all
Of its solid constituents, to clog up the
pores and produce many disComforting con-
ditions. on the other hand, il the air is
not saturated, it readily takes up the
evaporated moisture and a feeling of re-
freshing GOODNESS prevails.
Many conditions arise which affect this
humidity. The locality in which one
lives may be dry and the humidity low,
but variable winds may bring moisture
into the area in large amounts and SC
raise the saturation point to an uncoIn-
Portable degree. or moist areas may as
cffcctually be changed by winds from a
dry source. Warm air is much more
easily saturated than cold, but may moi
be as acceptable, on account Of it's su,
persaturation, which interfcres with the
free absorption OF perspiration, while Oh
the other hand cold air may be super
saturated, but never to such a degree as
the former.
one may modify the uncomfortable ef,
fects Of too much humidity by proper
clothing worn next the skin. For thi,
purpose lightweight wooden or silk is tn,
best material, as it retains the moisture
in a suspended form, away from the
body, allowing circulation between, while
cotton does rot do this. Applied to health
humidity is Of great importance. Excess.
stve evaporation from the body means
stimulation, in just ratio, and persons
suffering from nervous conditions, whether
they go for health or pleasure, should
seek conditions where the degree Of hu.
nudity is at a fair average, such as q
sea trip, OF near the water.
On the ether hand, those who are suf
fering from muscle tire" and fatigue
from too much bodily exertion, SHOULD
seek dHcr areas, as muscle energy doe,
mot radiate from the body as freely II
dry air as il does under moist humid con.
%Iditions. Moist air favors all germ dis
eases and therefore those suffering from
most Of the diseases Of the air passage,
will improve much faster In high DR.,
lareas.-Boston Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12
REVIvING OLD COMMANDMENT
Bankrupt Street Railway Pleads bI
Placnrds for Goodness in
Others,

Many persons who are compelled to use
trolley cars-and there are a few In New
fork-will believe that the millennium has
arrived IL orders just Issued by Frederick
w. Whitridge, receiver Of the Third ave-
nue. line, should by any extraordinary cir-
cumstance be obeyed. Mr.. Whitridge has
not only framed n circular-letter OF in
struction and council to his conductors.
but prepared placards to be conspicuously
/ displayed in the cars. One Of these is a
gentle reminder that a conductor who fails
to turn in fares Is a thief. while another
Is a suggestion to passengers 20 do their
share in making surface transportation
comfortable.
Il have received far too many complaints
Of the bad manners Of conductors on the
roads of this system," says Mr.. Whit
ridges letter. 1t is just as easy 20 be
civil as to be insolent. 1t is the duty OF
every public servant, whether conductor,
president, director or receiver. to endeRvOF
to be more polite to the public than the
public is to him. Conductors will taks
notice and act accordingly. An. Just COM
plant against any conductor for bad man
ners will result In immediate discharge"
The cards read IN this fashion:
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
fare-stcals.
Every conductor who does not turn In
fares Co~llectcd-steals.
+ Thou shalt not steal.
The address to the public reads:
HELP US TO KEEP THESE CARS
CLEAN.
Do not spit on the floor.
DO not throw rubbish or fifth on the
floor.
DO not let anybody else do these things.
We wish 70 please the public.
We ask the public to help us.
INFORM US of everything wrong.
BE sure your complaints will be attended
to.
The warning should save many a COM
promise Of conscience on the part Of con-
Iductor and passenger. But the crusade to
become wholly effective should be carried
into all departments OF the traction system.
The following notices are suggestive for
framing and hanging on the walls OF the
general offices:
Thou shalt not charge twice for clectrify-
ing the Second Avenue road.
Thou shalt not abstract 1896. 600 for a void
paper franchise.
Thou shalt not charge 100000 for a sec
Ition Of track on Thirty-fourth street which
cost less than S3l0.OOO.
Thou shalt not sell watered securities 10
widows and orphans.
The injunction Thou shalt not steal" OF
course, should he omitted, For these prac-
,tiocs are not stealing. They ara high
lfnance.-New York World.
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

The mischievous urch'E tagging the train
with his fathers red flannel shirt.
Whats the natter asked the engineer.
"Washout down the line, replied the boy.
"WheTe?' anXiOusly inquired the engineer.
as the frightened passengers gathered
In mothers back yard" yelled the boy.
and then he fled far from the maddened
lcrovd-BaltimOre American
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-12

Use Bee want ads to boost xOur business.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-29

SO inch brown sheet
Ing we sold for TIC
now
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-05-29
Bleaching

SO in. bleached domes-
tic the kind you paid
10c for a while back,
now
The Alaska prospector., 1908-06-04
MISSISSIPPI Is
 0N B|G RAMPAGE
St. Louis Threatened With Destruction and Many
 Towns Inundated.

St. Louis, Mo-, June 4-Death and destruction are threatening the cities and towns along the Mississippi and never in years has the river been so high as at present. Many cellars here are inundated and if the river rises two feet more it will have reached the destructive flood stage.
 From many cities along the river come reports that the Mississippi is on a rampage and hundreds of men are at work strengthning the levec. At Hannibal armed posses are guard ing the houses from which the resi- dents have been driven by the rising waters, boat patrols having been cs- tablished.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-06-04
H|NDUS ATTEMPT
 AWFUL REVENGE
Enraged at Foreman Mill Crew Tries to Sever Him
 on Circular Saw.

Vancouver, B. c. June Held helplessly across saw carnage that was slowly travelling toward the whirling steel disk potent with death, only to be saved just as the serrated edge was about to eat into his vitals is the experience passed through yes terday afternoon by James Bolton, foreman of sawmill owned by the Columbia River Mill Company and located twenty miles from this city. Bolton was in charge of crew of Hindus and he had aroused the anger of the men by reprimanding them and they attempted to be revenged by saving him in twain.
 Bolton was taken completely un. aWares, for he believed that the Hin dus would content themselves with jabbering in their own tongue and casting sullen glances whenever he chanced in their direction. His mis- taken appraisement of the Hindus' disposition was soon emphasized, however, for he was suddenly seized from behind and forced face down across the saw carriage.
 Two facts contributed toward the defeat of the Hindu's plan for ven- geance, one being their ignorance of how to increase the speed of the car riage which at the time was travell- ing on q slow gear. The other was the presence of the engineer.
 Bolton was only able to utter one cry before the fingers clutching his throat renewed the grip momentarily broken, but this cry was enough to save his life for 1t was heard by the engineer who hastened to the scene of the trouble. The engineer at once realized that it would be futile for him to try and rescue Bolton from the grasp of the Hindus and he rushed back to the engine room and shut off the steam, He was just in time for as the saw was about to stop, Bolton reached 1t and the last revolution sent the teeth through his clothing.
 By this time the engineer was again on the scene, armed, and the Hindus retreated before the menace of his revolver. He helped Bolton from the saw carriage and the latter soon re. covered from his fright and ordered the men who would have killed him to go back to work, which they did.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-06-04
Maj. Richardson Announces Expenditure of $1O0,-
 900 During Summer.
APPROPRIATION IS $3SO,OOO
Road Commission Officials Now on Way North to Institute
 Seasons Work

Seattle, June 3-One hundred thou sand dollars is to be expended by the government road commission on the trail between Valdez and Fairbanks this year. This amount is more than one-quarter the total appropriation for road work ill Alaska. It is plann- ed to do work all along the trail but that portion along the Delta is said to be particularly in need of improve ment.
 Major Richardson and Lieut.. Orch ard, of the road commission, departed for Haines today. At that place a road will be constructed into Pleasant valley.
 Before departure Major Richardson said that the commission has $3sO, ,OOO available for immediate expenditure on road work and that as soon as pos sible after his arrival the work now planned will be begun. Other work will be laid out in short time.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-06-04
MAN CONFESSES
 GUINNESS CRIME
Self Charged Murderer, How. ever, Turns Out to Be h.
 nocent and Crazy.

La Porte, Ind, June 2--Just when the officers, baffled in every other direction, believed that they had a clue that at least partly solved the Guinness murders, Julius G. Truelson, who yesterday afternoon confessed to being an accomplice of Mrs. Guinness, this morning repudiated this confes- sion. At first the officers accepted Truelson's confession as the truth but now they see the flaws in it and are inclined to the belief that he is crazy.
 In his confession the man gave har- rowing details of the manner in which the murders were committed, and he exhonerated Ray Lamphere from any complicity in the crime. Lamphere Is still in jail awaiting trial on the inc dictments brought by the grand jury but there is a general expressed be- lief that the evidence against him is insufficient to obtain conviction.
 Truelson is to be examined by a lunacy commission 1t is believed that his mind became deranged by reading accounts of the crimes to which he confessed
The Alaska prospector., 1908-06-04
PRESIDENT HAS
 NARROW ESCAPE
Fractions Horse Throws Head of Nation Who Gets
 Severe Shaking Up.

Washington, June, 4Rresdent Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt had narrow escapes from injury while out horseback riding this forenoon. As if was neither suffered anything more than severe shaking up for the pres ident and slight fright for Mrs. Roosevelt.
 According to the statement issued from the White House, the president and Mrs. Roosevelt were riding in Rock Creek Park, the president being astride a new horse. The president tried to force his mount to climb steep bank and during the struggle that followed he was thrown by req son of the saddle slipping.
 While this was going ol Mrs. Roose- volDs mount became excited and as her saddle began to ship she would have received fall had not the pres ident come to her assistance. Their difficulties adjusted both rode back to the White House.