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Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26
BACK TO BoYHooD STUNTS
Value of Forgetting Present Troubles
and HarISing Back TO Boy
hood scenes.

John Human. LII. D., b. A, attorney at
law, grumbled as he sat down to his break
fast yesterday morning The. food didn't
please him and after taxing. a few mouth
fuls he snatched up his PAPER and left the
table.
Whats the matter?' his wife asked.
Nothing" was the short reply.
my goodness!" exclaimed the wife
"why, you act as If you we're 50 years old
instead of 26."
house. Then the expression on his face
changed
Somehow the irritable fit was leaving
him. The air was warm and soft. A
balmy breeze was blowing-just enough OF
a breeze to make one feel better and more
i satisfied with nfe.
Human started toward the corner to
catch a car. Then he turned and walked
towards the south. He didn't know just
where he was going. But one thing was
certain--he wasn't going to the office
Block after block he walked and soon he
was whstling.
Just like it was when l was lad and
played hockey" he murmured. wonder
! II Brush's creek the same old place it was
when l used to go crawdadding there?"
Farther out on Troost avenue he walked
finding here and there among the many
new buildings some landmark he had
known fifteen years ago A bird was sing
irgNin a large meadow near Fortieth street
and Human tried to initiate It. His law
books were forgotten-John Human was
living
Across lots John went towards Wood
| land avenue Mud and old weeds chung tC
his clothing, but he didn't mind Here
and there the grass was beginning to turr
a brighter green and that breeze was still
blowing
Used to be a big meadow here" Human
unused as he passed Electric park. RE
member when those dogs chased you tina
time?' And Human laughed at his recol
lection. From beyond a few trees came thu
sound of falling water. Human climbed
fence--and then laughed again. He had ar
rived at the Brush creek falls.
wonder If that hiding place Charlie!
and 1 used to, have is still here?" Human
asked himself. Then he hunted for Ger
tain thicket. The hiding place was still
there, but some one else was using it now
/ An old fishing line was there.
| flinders keepers--loosers weepers" Hu
1
search for worms For several hours h
flshed--with the result of his younger day
mo bites Then he amused himself b!
sitting on the muddy banks and watching
the clouds-just like he used TO.
Gee. l wish it'd rain he said. "Huh
wonder what my clients would say IL the!
could see me now? Ding the clients, In
going to cross those falls"
Off came the shoes and hose and trouser
were rolled up. Then John Human, Ii
D., b. A., waded in the cold water o
Brush creek and whistled tunes that ha,
not come to him in fifteen years.
John Human, where on earth have yol
been?" the wife asked, as a dirty, mud be
spattered man walked joyously into tn
Human home late that night.
Been living. girl, I've been living a rea
life for one day. he exclaimed, and kisse'
her.
Supper ready? I'm hungry as wolf
And say, how much did you say you wante
for that new hat2J-Kansas City Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26
The Year 1908
Presidential Year

Every good citizen owes it to himself and to the
CountrytO keep well informed on the political events
which will Culmnate lin the election of president,
who will be charged with the administration of the
national government for four years.
Every good citizen owes it to himself and to-
his country to post himself about the candidates
competing for high political preferment and about
the issues on which the great parties will divide in
order to decide inteligenty how to cast his vote.
The preliminary skirrnishng for the great polit-
Cal battle OF 1908 is already begun and the position
of the principal participants is constantly changing
with developments nearly every day.
The big nominating conventions in prospect,
particularly the republican national convention which
is to meet in Chicago in June, promises to be the
most stirring and interesting gatherings of the kind
in the history of the country.
The moving panorama will be wildly and ac-
curately pictured in The Bee from day to day the
candidates will be presented in their pronounce
ments and speeches the issues will be discussed
and all the current political happenings will be
ChroniCled as they occur.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26
BUILT NEST IN HER HAT
And when the HAPPY Wearer Went 60
Church the Mother Bird
Went. Too

There was an old man with a beard.
Who said, 1T is just as I feared;
-Four larks and a wren.
Three owls and a hen
Have all built their nests I'm my beard "
-Tonsorio ornithologcal sonnet.
This veraeious tale which would have
interested Audobon greatly, describes
another nesting. Mrs Simon Harrison,
pretty and demure, entered the Methodist
church at Swinefield. N. j., Sunday wear
ing brand new and very becoming hat.
over the mass Of flowers. feathers, lace
and jigamarees that adorned the hat a
bluebird circled, and at once engaged the
attention OF the 800 truly good persons in
the church.
Instead OF listening to the Rev. Abner
H. strongs eloquent sermon on the ever
lasting fact that pride leadeth to a fan
everybody kept staring at Mrs. Harrison.
At first she was pleased. but when the
women began to giggle and the men TO
whisper 70 each other and grin. Mrs. Har-
rison, indignant. left the pew AS she
walked down the aisle, the bluebird. emit
tins distressed little cries arose from her
hat and flew around her. almost brushing
her fair face with its wings.
A suspicion OF the truth flashed through
Mrs. Harrison's miQd. Quickly she drew
cut her hatpins, took off her hat and thrus,
her hand into the mass OF decorations
There was hidden a dainty little nest with
four eggs IN il. Mrs. Harrison carefully
placed the hat on a pew seat ana then
carefully tainted beside.
When Mrs. Harrison revived. she ex.
plained to the women who were patting her
hands and tanning her that there are many
hluebirds on her husbands farm; very tame
little creatures because she and her hus.
bard scatter crumbs for them and encour.
axe their presence.
She said she bought the hat three week,
ago and had kept il on a bureau in hel
spare room, which she keep aired by al
ways leaving window In il partly open
Audubon would have been glad TO hear
too, that Mrs. Harrison viii let the mother
eluehlrd hatch the young on her hal-Neu
York world
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26
BROKE HIS LEG DANCING
Victim BeEs for a Crutch TO Com
tinue Struggle for a
Prize.

III I-a-double-r-t gan spells Harrigan.'
sang Peter Harrigan, 81 years old, of East
Fifteenth street yand Avenue X, Sleeps
head Bay. Long Island. when the doctors
at the Reception hospital asked him who
he was. Peter reached the repair shop
early March IS, shortly after his right leg
snapped at the ankle under the strain OF
a long-distance two-step which was to
wind up the Hibernian ball in the Albe-
marie hotel
1t will be next St. Patricks day before
Peters damaged ankle is strong enough
to stand the terpsichore test, but he has
the satisfaction of knowing that an acci-
dent is the only thing which prevented him
and his fair partner. Katherine Kelly. from
winning the platform championship of the
bay.
Things were getting rather dull at the
flag end OF the banquet and ball when some
one suggested a two-step endurance CON
test. Eleven couples volunteered and when
they took their positions for the start
Peter tipped his partner the wink and
whispered that it was just like tickling
a blind man. Peter and Katherine have
had matters pretty much their own way
in the dancing line. The music began
the twenty-five starters got under way and
the spectators stood on the firing line to
cheer their favorites.
One by one the couples dropped out until
Peter and Katherine and James c. Lee
and Agnes Jennings were the only con.
tenders. The four dancers We're showered
with advice from ali parts OF the han and
the place was in an uproar Twenty
twenty-five, thirty minutes were tored Off
on stop watches but none of the four
showed signs Of fatigue. Then Peter began
to get peevish. He accused the other couple
OF cutting third base on the way home. AND
claimed a foul, which was disailowed.
Another five minutes was reeled off and
then sound like the swapping OF a dr.,
sapling shattered the surcharged atmos.
phere Down went Harrigan to the hick.
oy. In making a short turn to avoid 3
collision with the other couple his ankle
gave way. His friends helped him to q
chair, but he insisted on finishing the
frolic
Your leg Is broken" said the doctor
who was brought on the run.
IAN right. said Peter; but i've got Z
good one left. Get me q crutch ana III
finish under wraps.
And he did. but the wraps were part Of
the ambulance equlpment.-New Yorl
World.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26

aisle to meet the bride the flowers must
be shifted before she turns about at the
door OF the church.
The Ushera' ObIiEatIona.
The ushers. to whom the bridegroom has
already given neat gray ties. light gray
gloves and white boutonnieres, 50 that they
resemble each other as nearly as do the
bridesmaids in their dainty gowns Of lace
and chiffon. must arrive at the church
ct least half an hour previous to the time
stated for the wedding to commence As
before the ceremony their duties consist
in seating the various guests in the pews
to which they may or may not have been
previously assigned. so Immediately after
the bride and bridegroom have departed
from the church the ushers must return
to escort the members OF the immediate
familisa to their carriages. and this before
the white ribbons have been removed, per-
mitting the less intimate acauaintances to
leave their pews. Should the ribbons be
omitted. II is the height of discourtesy
for any guest to leave the pew before the
respective families of the bride and BRIDE
groom have made their exit, just as a
decided lack Of breeding Is displayed by
any undue ievity among the audiencs dur
ing the service.
Giving Fees an Ancient Custom.
The custom Of giving fees to the Off
ciating clergyman. the organist and the
sexton is very old one. dating back to
the idea that a man in the fulness of his
JOY at marriage naturally desired to make
some gift to the church. AS regards the
correct fee for the clergyman the amount
rests entirely with the bridegroom, and
! perhaps It would be as wcll for a bride
not to inquire too closely into this detail
OF her marriage, for the question Of just
| how much she is worth in the eyes Of her
| liege lord might be an embarrassing one,
/ particularly were the gold on her side
and his wealth made up more Of ambitions
and good intentions than mere filthy lucre
The fees for sexton and organist are gen.
orally fixed amounts.-Philadelphia Ledger
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26
IOWA

Politics in Iowa are
sure to turn about thecon-
test for the senatorial sue
cession as we'll as about
the presidency. A special
staff correspondent at
Des Moines is charged
with keeping readers Of
the Bee in touch with all
the political currents Of
the HaWkeye state.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26
WASHINGTON

National politics center largely in the national
capitol where the president and his advisers are at
the helm OF the government and where congress is
in session The political focal point is at the seat Of
government where a staff correspondent of The Bee
is the lookout for everything of keen interest to
people of this section of the west
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26

BY using the various departments OF The
Bee Want Ad Pages you SET quick returns
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26
strensth In ID. Ikernel.

sisters OF the field wears tropic garments.
Nor on the shore Of Nilus or OF Ind does
nature dress her forms more splendIdly.
My God TO live again that time when for
me half the world was good and the other
half unknown! And now again the corn.
that In its kernel-holds the. strength thar
shall lin the body OF the man refreshedl
subdue the forest and compel response
from every stubborn field. or shining IN
the eye OF beauty, make blossoms OF her
cheeks and jewels Of her lips and thus
make for man the greatest inspiration 70
well-doipg. the hope OF commandments ~
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26

aisle to meet the bride the flowers must
be shifted before she turns about At the
door Of the church
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-26
auIes Tor the Bridesmaids.

Apart from attending the required fit.
tings for her gowns and hats, the duti a
Incumbent upon a bridesmaid are no, ardu-
GUS and she is selected only because of
close friendship through girihood the bid
desires 20 have her near at this time The
custom Of having the brideSmaids s'ar.
from either side Of the chsrcef and wax
down the center aisle to meet the bride
and escort her TO the altar Is a pretty one
and. furthermore. gives excellent oppor-
tnnity FOR an effective display OF their
costumes which have been selected with
such Infinite care and trouble on the part
OF the bride herself.
In going up the aisle the ushers lead
the procession, the bridesmaids foilou,
while the maid or matron OF honor ,y,,,s-
diately precedes the bride. ,he order hsto.
reversed when returning from the aItar-
that Is. the maid OF honor. fonowea fir.,
BY the bridesmaids and then by The usher
walks down after the bridal pair g.
should be taken BY each BRIDESMAID n -.
that her flowers are rested on the arm
which Is on the outside OF the aisle -.
IN these days Of enormous shower bouons,.
70 carry them stiffly in front OF the gown
II far from attractive. while the effee, 4.
even more awkward should, by anv mis-.
chance. the bouquet be carried towara m
inside Zach bridesmaid should he IN.
structed 70 change her bouquet when shs
turns from the altar 20 80 out OF IN.
church. and also u shs walks down the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
HAD NO GAUGE IN 1908.
Why There Is Discrepancy in Flood
Record.

Why There Is Discrepancy in Flood
Record.
With no established gauge during
the flood of 1903 the height Of the flood
water was secured by taking level read
ings at the City park, using a bench
mark, city datum, which is on top of
the city sewer opening into the river
and SS7.64 feet above sea level.
With this as a zero mark the level
readings were taken from the river wa
ter as it rose in the City park. AS the
water rose the engineers were driven
backward.
This explains the fact that though
the level of high water Of the Kansas
river at its highest point was given in
1903 as 81 feet 6 inches and that of this
years flood as 1928 feet there is yet
more than 5 feet difference.
In 1903 flood point was 32.7 feet by
careful levels taken during the follow
ing year.
Melan bridge by the weather bureau
officials. this bench mark being 1915 feet
above the bottom of the river and Sill
feet above sea level
The high water mark which was left
on the seymour Packing company'S
building at Crane and Kansas avenue
was used for level reading.
The readings since 1903 have been by
established gauges, before that simply
by level readings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
LOCAL MENTION.

Closing out spring wall paper. Good
patterns 2 " cents per roll. Rooms
papered complete for $3.50 per room.
The j. K. Jones Paint company.
There is no 10 cent cigar you can Sc
cure that can equal in any way the
quality of Eagles new premier shaped
Silver Statue. All first-class cigar
stores and druggists sell it.
1t has no equal. The Big Tromp .
cent cigar
At your service day or night, the
Independent telephone. And how
many times a day do you need it.
Why not install one now.
All grocers sell our milk which is
guaranteed pure. Topeka Pure Milk
Co.
Closing out spring, wall paper. Good
patterns " cents per roll. Rooms
papered complete for $3.50 per room.
The J. X. Jones Paint company.
Harry Heinzman, who is secretary of
the Y. NJ. c. A. at Iowa university, is
i'll with smallpox and is reported to
have a serious case
General Wilder s. Metcalf was held
at his home in Lawrence on account of
the high water and has not been able
to reach his Office at the pension agency
this week,
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she'd have an awful headache if she
didn't have tea and a little later she
had procured tea from some source
and was brewing 1t for herself and one
of her Lady Friends.
There are about twenty children at
the auditorium and they are having
the time of their lives scampering
about the big building, and playing
their games on the stage. Up to date
none of them have climbed the organ
pipes. AS between a poultry show and
Provident association house party,
the latter is probably easier on the or
gan, but u - about a stand-off as far
the 6AHs IS concerned. One of the
children md some gr~>n peaches to-
day and generously served refresh
ments, so there will probably be more
work for the Provident association
workers tonight or tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
CHARLIE JONES ISN'T BLUE.
One Man Whose Pluck Is Somethins
Wonderful.

Charlie Jones, negro employee at
the city hall. has had hard run of
lnck as other of his North Topeka
nei0hhors. But his is an interesting
story because it is full Of pluck, en-
durance and optimism. Charlie lives
on North Jefferson
He had a nice little home over
there in 1903, paid for, all fixed up
with a nice garden and a piano tnat
o.hors charlie lost everything he had
IN the world. But when the waters
left, he came back. IT..
He builded anew and raised nus new new
home on a foundation that was '~u va e.
hiaher, He bought new furniture ana "a +
terwards a nice piano. But the Wate so, IS
back in the house this year aDoun ,n ,v
feet deep. Charlie got his piano my ~ ss
and rsised his furniture up, but as II rs
only one story house he could not STACK
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PROSECUTION RESTS.
Little Testimony of Damaging Nature
Against Raymond Hitchcock.

New York June 9.AThe prosecu-
ton rested it's case today in the trial
of Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian,
on indictments growing OUT or charges
made by three young girls. Of the
several witnesses called today the
most important was Miss Elsie Voecks,
one of the defendants alleged victims.
She told of visits made in company
with Helen Won Hagen. who testified
yesterday to visiting Hitchcock's home
at Great Neck. L. l.. and house in
Forty first street, where they met the
actor on several occasions In some
respects her testimony corroborated
that given by Miss Won Hagen. but on
cross exa mination she became badly
confused several times
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BUSY AT AUDITORIUM.
Young Women Are Finding Plenty
to Do.

The Provident association is putting
some of the Tag day money TO
prompt use in caring for flood sur
ferers. AS on the occasion OF former
floods in North Topeka the refugees
who have no other places to go are
being entertained at a house party at
the auditorium. Mrs. Charles BROOKS
Thomas and Miss Kate Gunther were
in charge of this relief station yester-
day and Mrs. Albert T. Reid and Miss
Kate Clough are there today. Young
women with the idea that charity
work is Awfully Romantic and that
they are Perfectly Crazy to live in a
college settlement should go down to
the auditorium and get rid of some
OF their illusions. The young women
who are taking care of the Provident
associations thirty or forty guests
nave been cooking, washing dishes,
making up cots and amusing babies
and the work is hard and unpoetical.
The refugees are both white and
coiored, the former in the majority.
out only one woman an old nanny
oHered to help Mrs. Reid and Miss
Clough with the cooking and dish
washing today. After the lunch of
not soup and bread one of the women
went into the improvised kitchen and
sdio she just must have her tea'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-09
WHO DID NOT DO IT!
Controversy About That Missing
LeVee Continues.

To the Editor Of the State Journal
Mr.. Howard has evidently been mis-
informed as to the city building the
levees in North Topeka. Following the
big flood of 1903 the county commission
ers in 1904 built the present levees. In
1905 the legislature passed an act pro-
viding for the organization of drain
age districts In pursuance Of that act
the people north of the river elected a
drainage board composed Of Thomas
Page, Thomas James, J. w. Skinner,
Merit Forbes and T. E. Cooper and they
have had absolute control of the dis
trlct since that time up to last April,
when a new board was elected. The
directors have to be residents Of the
district.
Chairman Board County Commission
erS.
H. B. Howard, who had in Mon
days issue of the State Journal &C
cused the county commissioners Of
negligence in the matter of extend
ing the North Topeka 1evee, replies to
the above by declaring that the COM
mlssioners had plenty of time be-
fore the law of 1905 creating drain
age boards and districts was passed
to extend the levee past the danger
punt, dIlO goes On TO say IndL the
drainage board, old and new, are just
as liable as the commissioners to a
charge of negligence. Mr.. Howard
makes the following good suggestions
THE North Side should be pro-
tected with a levee that extends west
clear past the bend in the river west
of the tie plant, and it would not be
bad investment to then raise the
whole system to a height of nine feet
and cap the system with a macadam
road bed for a drive. Then the city
would gladly trap all the sewers and
we would then be as well prepared for
nlgh water as any of the little viii
| lages in the Mississippi valley, many
OF which are doing an undisturbed
business today with the flood from 10
| TO rs feet higher than the level OF
| tnelr streets and this should be done
| now, this summer, and we will be
prepared for 1909.
| Few should say now: This much
| water may never come again.. We
| nope not, but the Kaw now has won
three best out of five years. SO we may
as Well be prepared properly anG
then not have this worry and expense
| every Dig rain. Entertainments or
efner bank should be stopped and IL
tract one span each should be added
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morning when he stumbled over this
culvert and fell to the walk in a
sudden and painful manner. The in
jury resulted in an abscess from which
sickness he nearly lost his life, he
says. He did lose his job. He asks
for this sum in damages for the rea-
son that the culvert was defective,
having been torn up by a fire wagon
on its way to fire out near Wash
burn college some days before this
accident and left unrepaired. This
negligence on the part of the city and
Its paid servants was the direct cause
of all Mr.. Knots troubles, he alleges
in his petition
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FLOOD DANGER IS PAST.

CONTINUED from Page SIX
Lindsborg, June 9.-The Smoky Hill
is 20 feet above normal at this place
and has spread out over the lowlands,
but seems to be about stationary.
Rossville, June 9.-The river fell
eight inches during the night and in
dications point to a rapid fall during
the day. The river has spread over
the valley from bluff to bluff and the
damage in the lowland is great. A
light shower fell during the morning
but the precipitation amounted to only
trace.
Down the River.
Valley Falls, June at the high
point last night the river lacked by Is
inches of reaching the depth attained
during the big flood Of 1903. Train
service is demoralized, though plug
train is running between this point
and Atchison. 1t came in last night
and remained until this morning and
started on the return trip. The river
is gradually falling.
Delaware on the Boom.
Valley Falls, June 9.-The Delaware
river began rising at noon MONDAY ana
increased until during the night 1T
reached the high water mark MADE ~
years ago and passing that mace py
the flood of 1903 by several inches. Inc
water spread out over the valley ana
has done much damage to growing
crops and many fields are ruined. me
water has been falling today.