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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
PERSONAL NOTES.

The biggest watermelon shown at Quit
man, Ca, so far this season weighed
%thirty-nine pounds and was raised by
Alfred C. MCLEOD.
II Peary really is now at the north pole,
as his friends hope, he is doubtless free
from the attentions Of the "ls-it-hot-
enough-for-youY" fiend.
A woman has Just died In Pennsylvania
at the age of 102 who has smoked a pipe
clay, corncob or briar not stated-three
hours a day for the last seventy-five years,
Martin summers of Basirop county
Texas, drilled a well expecting to strike a
vein Of cold water, but the well spouted
hot water for four days and has since been
spouting hot oil.
Miss Henrietta Kuyper, daughter OF DR..
Abraham Kuyper, ex premier of Neither
lands, has written the story Of Henry
Hudson and his voyage in the Half Moon
in 1903. She has written her book In
Dutch, and It will be published in this
year Of the Hudson celebrations.
The city council of Philadelphia has ven
tured to express the official hope" that
the street railways will restore those re-
Gently withdrawn six-for-a-quarter tickets.
Beyond all reasonable dispute, that hon
orable body is entitled to the hope cham
pionship Of this country.
Broadway is poorer by one character
since last Tuesday, when Charley" Mil
Ter, the Astor house sandwich man, re-
signed his place in the rotunda restaurant
which he a held for thirty-thre years.
In that time he was seldom absent from
his post, and he became acquainted with
the preferences as TO ongue ham,, beef
or chicken sandwiches OF hundreds of New
York's public men.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Voting itself dry has evidently not
ended Lincoln's troubles and it is now
trying to devise some means of stop
ping the wicked liquor dealers in
Havelock from filling telephone orders
for bottled goods to be delivered in
Lincoln. There is only one sure way
open: Wall in the town after the
pattern of the medieval cities and
make everything brought in or taken
out go across a bridge and moat and
through one gate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

II sarpy county gets a windfall from
the inheritance a which must be Used
for permanent Improvement Of it's
country roads it is to be hoped 1t will
plan and execute it's road-making so
as to connect up eventually with the
country roads which Douglas county
is paving. The value of the paved
country road is almost destroyed If it
is built OF the patchwork order, lead
ing from nowhere to nowhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Mr.. Bryan's Commoner prints his
recent statement explaining his atti-
tude toward the s~enatorship under the
caption, "Mr. Bryan Not a Candidate"
But here again we have an example of
a newspaper heading hat Toes not ht
precisely on the body of the article.
To have been more correct it should
have read, "Mr. Bryan Not Yet a
Candidate"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

After being quiescent for some
time the house Of representatives
gives notice that It is still on deck
by passing an emergency a%ppropria-
tion bill for the census bureau. The
senate Is making all the thunder. but
If what the house members are saying
privately could get into the Congress
sional Record 1t would cause a sensa-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
Tamn Jim is Not n Gutter.

~ IVuEN IF'TNIEFN'
Stories to the effect hat Secretary Jane
Wilson OF the Department OF Agriculture
would shortly resign probably originated
In a superstition or tradition hat a mar
ought to get out OF the abine after being
in It as long as ne has. But Mr.. Wilson
Is not going to get out unless his reslgna-
ton is asked for. He has served through
three full presidential terms and has started
on his fourth, a record made by no other
cabinet officer. Secretary Wilson is not a
cutter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Mayor Jim wants to make his recep-
ton in the city hall a municipal
Walhalla by decorating 1t with the por-
traits of the men who have filled the
city's executive ONCE. Mayor Jim
doubtless wants to remind himself that
n OF his predecessors became gov
ernor of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

New .York's Committee OF One Hun
bred is making an organised effort
to exterminAte the Tammany tiger.
They have not yet decided. however,
who will be the Bwana Tumbo Of the
hunt.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
Immune 20 Roasta.
New York Sun.

Nowhere il the thermometer being
watched with more concern than in
Washington. A hot wave should be a
great harmonizer OF conflicting interests.
Nevertheless It must be remembered that
Senators are younger and harder than
they used to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

A correspondent of the New York
Herald wants pie prohibited by law.
That may be all right in New York,
but 1t will not do out here. We must
stand 8 o'clock closing and a whole
lot of things. but we will never give
up "the pie like mother used to
make"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Senator Depew bought a ticket the
other day to ride from New York to
New Haven and said 1t was the first
one he had purchased in fOrty-sisht
years. That is one new joke to the
credit Of the senator.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

The report Of an instruction In
Albania does not create much excite
ment. because these instructions
break out about as regularly as hives
on a small boy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

st. Louis has organized a $1,000
900 company to put a line OF boats on
the Mississippi river. II the company
will follow 1t up by putting on the
boats and operating them 1t will tend
to secure appropriations for river i'm
provement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

The eastbound transatlantic record
has been broken by fifty minutes.
Just think how much more time that
will give you to tour Europe.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
LOCAL CONSIDERATIONS GOVERN
L~OEroIIInE Methods in Framing the
Tariff Bill.

Chicago Tribune.
The vote by which hides were taken OFT
the free list, where the Payne bill put
them, shows how senators are governed
by local, selfish considerations in franz
ing a tariff bill. Ten democrats ~repudiated
the party doctrine Of free raw materials
because they believed their constituents,
mostly democrats. approved of a duty on
hides. New England senators who have
been standing by the finance committee
while It was bestowing excessive protec-
ton on the cotton and wooden industries
of their section. broke away from II In
the matter Of hides because the great
shoe manufacturer Of New England
asked for free raw material. Some of the
'insurgent" senators who have been strug-
Cling to get cheaper cotton and wooden
clothing for the people voted against CIV
ing them cheaper shoes. They were afraid
their farming constituents would be Of
ended IL they voted against the duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

e. H. Hartman is reported to have
said that he will outlive some people
who wished he were dead. Mr.. Harri-
man Is still TO be accounted among the
live ones.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

The disclosures OF price manipula-
tion by the Chicago Butter and Egg
exchange is an unanswersble Argu-
mem for the establishment Of an ex-
change in Omaha, where producers
and dealers can be sure Of a square
deal
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

A German professor says he has
discovered smoke in the o Per-
haps the man In the moon ia smoking
to relieve insomnia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

II John d. Rockefeller does not
know what to do with his money he
might buy a few pounds OF radium at
the current rate OF ~$s.OOO.00O a
pound.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Nebraska as a state is out OF debt.
and the people Of Nebraska are like
wise more free from debt burdens
than ever before. II the people who
pay the taxes were not enjoying q
good Of prosperity the state
could not pay on its obligations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

The house naval committee is going
70 Hawaii to inspect Pearl harbor.
The abolition Of the free pass is tenn
pered by the survival Of the junkst.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
An Incomplete Career.

ShANuEO
What a pity that Colonel Roosevelt didn'i
go deep-sea fishing! He might then have
shipped a few crates OF salt water octopI
as tokens OF esteem and remembrance "a
the "malefactors of great wealth."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

stances which form bones and teeth, and
which nourish the brain, nerves and It's
sues, thar from a similar weight Of fine
white flour"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Just as Omaha gets a new bank two
Of the old mes consolidate, so the to-
tai number remains stationary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Gum chewers will have to work
overtime to pay dividends On the
~$6.7OO,0oO capitalization of the chew
ing gum trust.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

What's become Of tina pretty young
actress I saw last YEAR,"
She's starring"
And the young fellow who seemed to be
SO devoted to herr"
"He's still incoming. "-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

"sure. It's Mike, the boy. that's the
lucky man."
"How was he lucky7"
''Why. mum. he got inshUred fer five
thousand dollars. and the very next day
he fell off the ladder, paintin', and broke
his nick. - Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
exhibitions from the family skeletons point
Of view2-ChicaRo Tribune

or Tribune.
HE has what might be called an aero
plane voice." remarked the professor.
A a~reoplane," said the doctor, wrink-
ling his brows. rs a flying machine. and
his voice Is a deep bass"
"Well, that's heavier than air, isn't III"
frowned the professor.-Chicago Tribune.
"A man must be a hero to marry me"
said the unattractive but romantic young
girl.
And everyone said that was the right
way to feel about it.-Princeton Tiger.
THAT young fellow has q thousand dol
lars saved up."
Maybe we could interest him In our
scheme"
II think not. He's already interested in
a scheme. He's going to be married.
Washington Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Governor Deneen Of Illinois seems
to think the people r encoring the
late legislature, but It Is possible he
mistakes the meaning OF the sound.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

The weather bureau predicts three
more days of hot weather, but 1t will
take time to make Emerson Hough
believe II. O.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

The family skeleton complained.
IT wouldn't mind being exhibited once n
a while" said the skeleton, articulating
with difficulty through its set steeth." but
they air me so frequently In the courtroom,
where the air Is ways VIGOROUSLY bad"
But who ever thinks of looking at such
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Recruiting serReant-Do you know any
thing about the drill?
Recruit-Av coorse. Didn't OF fist tell
We OF wurked in a quarry these foive year
past2-Philadelphia Record.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

August Belmont is financing the
Cape Cod canal. If he will put the
water behind the locks and keep II out
OF the stocks It will be all right.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Mayor Jim is again learning the
truth of the old adage. that an APP
pointment to once too often makes
nine enemies and one migrate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
A Desirable Reform.
Washington Herald

Hereafter. party conventions should
adopt for platform purposes the motto the
railroads invariably attach to the time
table ads; Subject to change without no
ties."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

The New York City telephone d.
rectOry contains 100000 names. Here
is a talking machine that beats the
United States senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

The weather man Is trying 10 re-
mind us that the corn belt and the tor
nado belt are one and the same.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Father-Do I understand you to say 70,
wish to he my son-in-law7
Suitor-Eo. sir; I want to marry you
daughter.-New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Chancellor o Buelow should get
some pointers from Senator Aldrich
about how to put a bill through.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Subscribers leaving the city teH-
UOraFily shOuId have TIE Zee
mailed 10 them Address Will be
changed ~ OftsA ~ veausstsd.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

King Corn likes this kind Of
weather, anyhow.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

amended. but a denial of the right to
pass such a law. however. would be
a backward step.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
In Other Lands

side Eights on what L. Trans
pirinG Among the Nsar and
Far Nations 81 ths Earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26
arArrMrNr on cnRCuIATToN.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
state OF Nebraska, Douglas County. s.
0eorGe 3 Tzsehuck. treasurer OF Ine
bee Publishing Company. being autH
sworn. says that the actual number q auiI
IND completes copies of The Daily, MORN
ing. evening and Sunday Bee printed OUT
ing the month Of May. 1903, was as toi-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

GEORGE B. TzsCHuCK.
Treasurer.
subseTibed in my presence and gwoTn to
before me this siSt day OF Nay. 1909
NJ p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-26

Complaints have recently been rife in
China as to the failure OF the authorities
TO provide proper protection to passengers
on the Shanghai Marking railway. II APP
pears, says the Railway Magazine of Lon
don, that when some irresponsible China
man meets with an accident through tres
passing on the line, or not exercising
proper caution at a grade crossing, It is
customary for his fellow villagers to stop
the next train. lombard II with stones, and
extort compensation from the unlucky
travellers. The willy celestial who worships
his ancestors is not above making a pc
cuniAry profit out of his dead. and It is
said that In more than one case a corpse
has been placed upon the rails so that
Il might be run over and compensation
claimed from the railway authorities for
the alleged fatality.
The rouncil OF the Bread and Food Re
form league Of England has issued a
manifesto directing attention to the impor-
lance OF using more nourishing bread than
ordinary fine wheat bread, especially as
food for children. Chemistry proves"
says the council, that the whole Of the
wheat grain contains more nutriment than
the part usually made into fine white
flour. Experiments made on the human
digestion in America confirm the state
ments Of the Bread and Food Reform
league that more Notwithstanding
material-can be Assimilated from whole
wheat meal when Il is ground TO a uni
form fineness than when coarsely ground.
while experiments In Germany show that
from 600 grammes OF finely ground wheat
meal the body assimiIated nearly two and
a half mes more Of the mineral sub
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
Tn. m.sn.. a. . Detective.

Yn America the magnet has come
rather extensively into use in the han
ding of iron and steel castings. Sus-
pended from locomotive cane, 1t
can also be used for ccllectiLH scraps
Of metal from floors and yards. Large
amounts are said to be saved In this
way. And as the magnet moves over
the ground 1t may bring to light pieces
which have mysteriously disappeared
concealed, it may be, by employees
to hide blurdcrs in their work. Some
years ago in England the magnet was
found useful In a somewhat similar
way in the detection of fraud. Manu-
facturers Of bone manure found that
they were buying old iron GlOng with
the bones. Collectors found that it
was profitable to insert bits Of old
metal in the larger bones and thus in
crease the weight. So the manufac-.
turers provided themselves with a
powerful magnetic apparatus under
which all the bones were passed be-
fore being weighed AS the bones
were slid along broad groove large
one would suddenly jump up and
cling to the wall where the magnet
was concealed. On examination It
would be found to contain perhaps
rusty old poker in place Of narrow
London Globe.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
HICCOUGHS.

A Simple Treatment by Which They
May Be Cured.
Did you ever take nine swallows of
water to cure the hiccoughs? Do you
remember the time some one scared
the hiccoughs away by telling you of
a whipping due for some meanness?
Well, science has been studying hic-
coughs and caught the hiccoughs by
the ''nape of the neck" The nine
swallows of water had little science
in it, and so did the scare cure. The
scientific hiccough cure consists in
pressing down to numbness the nerve
that connects the stomach, heart, lungs
and brain. the pneumogastric nerve.
The pressure partially and locally
paralyzes this nerve and Of necessity
the hiccoughing must cease.
Have the hiccoughing patient sit
down and be at ease. with the muscles
Of the neck relaxed as much us posi-
BILE. Grasp both sides Of the neck
somewhat toward the back part and
press down steadily and as hard as the
subject may permit for about one min
ute, having the patient work the head
from side to SIDE Within about one
minute the nerve will be numbed and
rested. and the spasmodic motion will
cease. 1t may require longer pressure
in some cases, but the result Is sure If
patience is maintained. - Ohio State
Journal.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
Carvina a Hippopotamus.


To cut up Il hippopotamus is no easy
task. In some places the hide is al
most two and Salf inches thick, and
before you have got through Il hand s
breadth your knife has completely lost
its edge and requires to be resharp-
eneG. The head and the feet are pur
on one side to be preserved as trophies
of the chase. while the remainder of
the flesh is cut into long. thin strips,
which, after they have been dried by
hanging them on the tree branches,
will keep good for a very long time.
The ivory of the teeth and tusks,
which is of very fine quality. used to
be employed almost exclusively in the
manufacture of false teeth Nova
days, says the Wide World Magazine.
it is turned to all the purposes of ordi-
nary ivory. AS for the hide. cut into
strips it is made into sticks, which are
as good defensive weapons as one
could wish to possess. Treated with
oil, they become transparent as tortoise
shell and look quite pretty. Out Of
hippopotamus hide bullock drivers
likewise make thongs for their whips
which are positively everlasting and
fetch relatively speaking quite a good
price.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
A Saudi In Hawaii.

In discovering the failings or eccen.
tricities Of person Hawaiians not
only show perspicacity. but an aptness
In applying a nickname to the one
possessing such characteristics. The
politician who changes his faith too
often is called squid (octopus). One
species of this animal is caught by the
aid Of torchlight in shallow water.
While bag net is held some distance
In front of it. so that it can conven-
'ently run into it and be caught, Ii is
prodded behind by the fsherman's
foot. Sometimes the squid will go d.
rectly into the trap, but often it will
run forward, with every indication Of
being enmeshed, to a point within two
feet of the net, when 1t will suddenly
turn about ard go back to its starting
place. Then it is likely to describe a
right, left or oblique angle, always
contrary to the fisherman's desire. So
in Hawaiian metaphor the politician
or candidate who switches from the
straight track is a squid.-"Paradise of
the Pacific"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
THE sHIPWREcKER.
His Life Made Up Of Hsrdships, Ad
ventures and Accidents.

ventures and Accidento.
The career of the shipwrecker con-
sists Of series of hardships and ad-
ventures end accidents and narrow es.
capes from the first day he enlists
with n big wrecking company up to
the time he Is brought ashore from
the grim ship he calls "home" crippled
or fatally injured. OF all the profes-
sions that demand heavy toll of hu-
man life uonc, not even mining or
powder making, is as dangerous as
the one of these wreckerS. Every year
these daring men, who brave storm and
wave and tempest to save the stranded
liner, to raise the sunken ocean grey
hound, to rescue the ship impaled upon
rocks and, If nothing else, to salve
what valuable cargo may be removed
from helpless wrecks. meet death by
the score. Many of them. exposed Of
ten for days and nights to the icy
blasts Of winter seas, to driving bliz-
yards and to drenching storms that
bite to the marrow, succumb to pneu-
monia. Others at work on the pitch
ing, tossing barges have legs or arms
shattered during the risky operations
Of removing masts or Of singing
wrecking pumps or other castings that
weigh tons. Others have hands or
feet so dreadfully frozen that these
must be amputated, and still others
are wiped out of existence after suf
fering hours Of untold agony and ex-
posure before the eyes of their helpless
comrades.-Appleton's Magazine.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
EYE EXERCISE.
One Method by Which Poor Vision
May Be Improved.

One Method by Which Poor Vision
May Be Improved.
"Have you a high roof?" was the ap-
parently irrelevant question put by
the distinguished oculist to the woman
who had complained Of having bad
eyes. Higher than the roofs of the
surrounding hOuses|
"Oh, yes" said the woman, "a good
deal higher"
'Then what ! want you to do" said
he, sis to 20 up thore every day and
look around for half an hour That
viii do you more good than glasses
One trouble with your eyes, and with
many pairs of eyes in New York. is
that you exercise them so little At long
range. They are used to looking at
short distances only. Long distance
looking is good for eyes. Persons who
habitually have a wide expanse of
sea or plain TO gaze upon very seldom
have weak eyes. OF course you can.
not move out to the plains, neither
can you spend a life on the ocean
wave, but you can let your sight travel
across the Hudson river every day,
and advise you to do it."-New York
Press.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
boA4Sh hNS
Journal.

Children are not the only holders of
the precious key of the imagination.
The finest minds often keep the power
Of make believe" much to their own
and the worlds benefit. That such a
possession coupled with ardent enthu.
siasm makes demands on the nerves
and strength is shown in the oll<wing
anecdote, related by the late Moncure
Daniel Conway in his autobiography.
He was at one time a pupil of that fa-
nous man Of science, Louis Agassiz.
One particular lecture Agassiz de-
voted to displaying some fossils of sau-
rians newly come into his collection.
He made the subject text for a gen.
eral review of the chain Of reptilian
life.
AS he proceeded, darting off to the
blackboard to illustrate, comparing the
extinct with the contemporary fauna.
he became more and more animated.
His face redeemed with excitement
until at last he said:
Gentlemen, I ask you to forgive me
If today end the lecture at this point,
although the hour is not out. ! assure
you l have been describing these ex-
tinct creatures until they have taken
on a sort Of life. They have been
crawling, kissing, darting about me.
have heard the crawling and kissing
until am really exhausted. I regret
it. gentlemen, but 1 trust you will ex-
cuse me-"
Our admiration for the grand teach
er was such as to make US break
through all rules, aid we gave him
hearty cheer. He bowed low to US
and quickly disappeared.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
Glacial Wonders.

The grandeur Of natures forces may
be understood when one Of the gla-
ciers of Disco bay, Greenland, is stud
led Holland estimated that it had a
thickness of 92O feet, with breadth
of 1S,4OO feet, and was found to be
moving at the rate Of fortyseven feet
per diem. And this Disco bay glacier
was only one Of the many. Rink esti-
mates that on the west coast of Green
land there are 10000 square miles Of
territory, all contributing their supply
of icebergS.