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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

always certain OF success. Your pieces have
all been tried before"
He was sorely disappointed with a GER
tain book written by one OF his friends.
This friend heard tina JerTold had ex-
pressed his disappointment and questioned
him: Il hear you said - was the worst
book l ever wrote"
mo l didn't" came the answer. Il said
1t was this worst book anybody ever wrote. o.
OF a mistaken philanthropist Jerrold said
he was 80 benevolent, so merciful a man
he would have held an umbrella over a
duck in a shove of rain. "-Argonaut.
As RoebOttOm worked.
N. w. Aver, the advertising agent, at the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

and fined. All of the gentry, in addition
to not shaving their heads, braided blue
and white cords into their queues, and
most Of the government clerks went about
with sack-cloth gowns over their ordinary
dress, the same being tied with white
sashes. Indeed, for the last year the most
common costume worn by the officials has
been white. Many have left off their pea
cock feathers, and those who wish TO ac-
quire merit have covered up their en-
broidery, removed every bit Of red from
their gowns and have even donned sack
cloth.
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$500 for PIayYng the banjo.

For a certain time after weddings were
resumed 1t was prohibited to use music in
connection with them, and during the
period of deep mourning all noisy festlvity
was punished. A high Chinese scholar OF
Picking who played the banjo was fined
$500 and given twenty-five lashes.
In the city of Wuchang a Greek had
been granted the right to open a blograph
show for a month. He had just begun tc
exhibit his motion pictures when the i'm,
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sack cloth about them. and I asked who
they might be. They were the servants
Immediately connected with the baby EN-
peror, who had Just come to the throne;
and It hence was improper for them to
wear emblems OF grief upon such an event.
At the time OF the browning of the en-
peror all the officials suspended their
mourning and came out in gay clothing
while the celebration took place. Immedi-
ately thereafter they put on mourning
again.
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when he was on the active list. by urging
IN a report to the War department that
army officers be forbidden to marry before
they reached the rank OF captain. unless
they could show either that they had snnle
means aside from their salaries or that
their prospective brides were well provided
with worldly goods.
General Corbin was severely criticised
Tor his recommendation, but he summarized
II oy strong arguments, chief OF which was
that Heutenants found il very difficult 10
support themselves alone in the position
they occupy, and that to undertake the
support OF a wife and family on that in
come meant financial worry which de-
tracted from their military efficiency and
some times brought discredit to the service
through the Inability Of some youngsters to
pay their bills.
Roger q. Mills, a Texas Builder.
Down In the Lone Star state. relates
Human Life, II you should mention the
name Mills" In an Offhand way. any
native would take II for granted that you
meant General Roger Quarles Mills. ex-
member Of the state legislature. ex-
United states representative and ex-
Jhlted states senator. He is the one Mills
known 10 everyone from the Rio Grande
to the Arkansas line, for he is the grand
old man Of Texas. To the country at
large he is remembered as a wheel-horse
Of the democratic party, through the lean
years and the fat for more than a quarter
OF a century OF service at Washington, and
as the Legislator whose name has been EN-
balmed IN the Mills bill, But first, last
and all the time he is. In everything but
the matter Of birthplace, a Texan product.
When he was a thin, wiry Lad OF seven
teen his parents moved from their back
woods home in Todd count Kentucky.
down TO Palestine, Texas. That was the
gold-fraught year OF ~. and Texas.
scarcely four years = member Of the
union, was bubbling over with political
plot n counteTploL Young MulA took
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disregarded the law and started out to
call, wearing a pair Of red slippers. A
policeman saw her as she crossed a muddy
place in the street. He stopped her and
pulled off her shoes. She begged to be al
lowed to wear them back home, saying
that she would put on white slippers there
after. He refused, and she tramped back
in her foot w~rappings. although the tenn
persture was then about freezing. An
other regulation prohibited the painting
and powderins OF the face. This was Sc
we're on the Manchu girls, who plaster
their compilations with white and tint them
with rouge. as well as upon the Chinese,
most Of whom do likewise.
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That Are Being Peddled Through the Public Prints

heard OF The Trumptown Sentinel. Where
does It c'rculate?" he asked.
And, in his Illuminating way, Sweeney
wrote back:
Tile Trumptown Sentinel circulates in
Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South
America, and it's just about all l can do
to Keep it from going to hell"-Philadel-
phia Record. .
Not n Bird to Initiate.
Much has been said Of the modesty and
retioence of the Wright brothers, of aero
plane fame. That they are able to give a
clever reason for their reserve is indi-
Gated by this story, told by Macmillan
Foster in outing:
You see," said the financial agent Of
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a Nation In Mourning.

1t is now almost a year since the deaths
Of these monarehs, but the period OF
mourning is just at its beginning. 1t will
last for three years, and during that time
the highest Of the imperial clan will keep
on their sackcloth and will have their
regular periods Of wailing. Many Of the
high officials still wear mourning buttons,
and Pu VI, the baby emperor, is fire.
quently reported as giving a wall for his
grandma, the dowager, in fillal style.
The death Of a monarch means much to
the great Chinese empire. No one who
does not understand the reverence these
people have for their rulers and their holy
feeling for ancestral worship can apprecl-
ate what has been going on here during the
last nine or ten months. l was in Muk-
den, Manchurla, at the time OF the i'm
perial deaths, and when l reached Picking
the capital was still undergoing its twenty
seven days Of deep mourning. / can de-
scribe 1t best by supposing similar condi-
lions to exist In the United States.
What would our people think IL the gov
eminent at Washington should send out
an edict that for 100 days every man in our
whole country should go about unshaved
that every woman should take off her
finger rings, earrings and all other jewelry,
and every man. woman and child should
lay away all bright colors. Suppose the
proclamation should provide that during
that time not a face should be touched by
the razor, not a lock of hair cut, not a
finger nail pared. Suppose all f~easting and
love making should be forbidden, and mar
riRges absolutely prohibited within twenty
seven days. This was the condition Of
China at the first Of the year, and the
police were instructed to see that the regu-
lations were kept They did so; and all
who broke the new laws were fined or
sent to the prisons.
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Douglas JeTroId,s VIII,

On the first night of the presentation Of
one of Jerrold's pieces a successful adapter
from the French rallied him on his 'nerv-
BUSINESS.
T." said the adapter, never feel nervous
on the first night OF my pieces"
"Ah, my boy" Jerrold replied, you are
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

the two Dayton sky-flyers, the Wrights
are what you might call too shy and too
modest. l said so once to Wilbur. and do
you know what he answered.
Mr.. flint paused long enough to chuckle.
Wilbur said to me: Mr.. Flint. the
best talker and the worst filler among the
BIRDS is the parrot.,"
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Discovered

Discovered.
TIL Rev. Father Morrissey, for years in
charge OF a Catholic church in Highland
Park. Chicago, but now stationed at a
parish in the West Side, told this story
to a group OF Glidden tour autoists, but
he did not say whether Il was a personal
experience.
Quoted by one OF his Irish parishioners to
get a shave. He observed the barber was
suffering from a recent celebration, but
decided to take a chance. In a few mo-
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Preferred Army bachelors.

General Henry G. Corbin. who died in
York recently, created something like
a furors in army circles a few years ago.
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rn.h

2OO,OOO,OOO UnshRved Heads.
The mourning was especially hard on the
BARRIERS. Supposlng China to have a popu-
latlon Of 900, 900, coo. there are half that num-
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The FIghtInE McCool1s.

MOTHER n Of the famous
fighting McCooks" OF Ohio has
been mustered out, reports the
Chicago Tribune. The death in
a Chicago hospital recalls again
this famous family. whose mill
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itary record is unparalleled in American
history. The two sons OF a Scotch-Irish
immigrant who came to Pennsylvania Just
as the revolutionary war closed, Daniel n
John McCook, saw fourteen boys grow up
in their two homes to become stanch de-
tenders OF the union in the civil war. Their
patriotic enthusiasm was accompanied by
executive skill which brought them shoulder
straps, nearly every one In the two fam
lilies, the fathers included, becoming Off
GERS in the union army and winning fame
by their deeds OF bravery.
The Lincoln centennial celebration made
familiar a touching letter written by the
tender-hearted wal president to a Mrs.
BiNby OF Massachusetts when the adiutant
general told him that she was the mother
OF five sons who had died in battle as they
were fighting for their country. Hers was
not the only family where the boys all
went to war. Some OF the records show
astonishing devotion on the part OF Amer
lean youth. But there is no family whose
military distinction reached that OF the
McCooks. The sure march OF time Is again
indicated by the announcement OF the death
Of another OF the boys at the age Of 76.
Nearly all have heard the last ~rollcall.
How CoFbin Did His work.
One %peculiarity Of the late General Corbin
as an administrator. relates a Washington
correspondent, was his unvarying accessi-
bility. This is often a sign OF greatness.
in all the strain and stress OF the Spanish
war, with seekers for patronage pursuing
him r%elenuessly day and night, and with n
mass Of details which can hardly be over
estimated. there was never a ~doorkeeper
at the adjutant generals office. Anybody
could walk In. There was no ante-room,
his own desk stood In what would ordi-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

1900, by Frank @. CaTpenterD
king, China.-(Speclal Cor
respondence OF The Bee)-The
Chinese are still mourning the
emperor and the great en-
press dowager. The emperor
has already had two funerals,
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Hara 20 HoIa d Down.

There lives an editor In interior Penn
sylvania, Jim" Sweeney by name. who
has a keen sense OF humor. Seeking 10
Increase his fortune. Sweeney once wrote
10 a prospective advertiser, setting forth In
attractive fashion the value OF his paper
as a medium OF publicity.
The advertiser was e~aptvated by swee-
ney's letter. but DESTROYS Of more specific
assurances before he invested his money.
he WTots " Sweeney. saying thai he hadn't
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and he will have a third before he Is
finally laid away in the great western
tombs. His monument there Is now build
ing, and It will cost $1,000. 900 before It is
completed, two years from now. The re-
mains Of the great dowager lie in q lac
quered coffin here in Picking, and prepara-
lions are making to carry her to her last
resting place. Her tombs will cost more
than that Of KwanR Su, and her funeral
expenses will run high into the millions.
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Just in Time.

shoemaker left the gas
turned on in his shop one nigh,
aud upon arriving in the morn.
ing struck a match to light Il.
There was a terrific explosion
and the shoemaker was blown
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g, IN the door almost to the middle
Of the street.
A passerby rushed to his assistance, and
after helping him to arise inquired II he
was injured.
The little German gazed in at his place
of business, which was now burning quite
briskly, and said:
mo. l aindt hurt. But l got out shust in
time, Eh2'-Lippincott's.
.
why the Bishop Played Marbles.
Many interesting stories are told Of tho
late Bishop Wilmer Of Alabama, who was
noted for mis- wit and sharp repartee, - said
Robert W. Kennedy OF Birmingham. Ala.
"A story which is considered cnaracterisuc
of the man was told by a Virginia minister,
at a private dinner IN Richmond not so
very long ago.
When Bishop Wilmer was rector OF thu
little Protestant Episcopal church at Upper.
VILE, Va said he, he was much worried
by the nOnattendance at service on sundays
Of the majority Of the yCung men OF the
community. on inquiry he found that in
stead OF going 10 church they were in the
habit OF playing marbles for stakes.
marbles in those days, It must be remem-
bered. was a much more serious game than
It Is now, occupying much the same posi-
tnn in the realm OF sports as do billiards
49, pool in these days.
" Bishop Wilmer, then a person not well
known, determined to break up this prac-
lice. He himself had been an expert marble
player In his boyhood. Accordingly one
Saturday he came across a number Of the
young men engaged In a game. The good
bishop asked several questions and finally
challenged the lot to play him for keeps"
Tney readily consented.
Much to their establishment the young
minister won steadily. and soon they had
TO so to the stores 70 replenish their stock.
Toward the close OF the afternoon Mr.. Vii
mer had won every marble in the town OF
Upperville. Putting his winnings" in a
bag ne remarked, as he walked away,
Now, gentlemen. since you can't play
marbles tomorrow. I hope TO see you all al
church. And he did Washington Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-19

VIEV a VUTVVT8
What! In my dinner hour?' yelled Roe
bottom, reproachfully. philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
but we expect to get more pleas
ure than profit out of it. -Ex.
Plates on COffins Causes Mix Up.

A few days ago John A. Smith
and Alonzo Wells, residents of
Fordsville, Davis county, were
killed in a sawmill accident in
Tennessee. Their bodies were
shipped there for burial. At Mem
phis, for some reason, the UNDER
taker opened the cofins, and in
replacing the lids made a mis-
take, the name plate of Wells
being put on Smiths coffin and
Smiths name on Wells coffin.
The mistake was not learned un-
til Wells wife stopped the funer-
al procession two miles from the
grave and had the coffin opened.
The first time she viewed the
remains she did not believe them
to be those of her husband. The
second look convinced her. Then
it was found that her husband
had been buried by Smiths
friends, and she was carrying
Smiths body to the grave. The
mistake was corrected and the
funerals were properly held.
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Lands to be Opened.

1t is now announced that the
Standing Rock and Cheyenne
River Indian lands in North and
South Dakota are to be opened
for settlement. This land is
mostly in South Dakota. It en-
braces $500, 900 acres, but a large
! amount of it is to be apportioned
among the Indians. This will
leave about 1000 quarter Sec
tions to be allotted by drawing
to settlers. October 4th, has been
named as the date for registra-
tion and the places of registra-
tion are Aberdeen, Mobridge and
Lennon, all in South Dakota.
Most of these lands are said to
be fertile, we'll wooded and wa
tered. The entire tract is ira
versed by railroad, an advan-
tage not possessed by any of the
restorations heretofore thrown
open to homesteads.
Evidently there will be a big
rush for the Dakotas, for Uncle
Sans lotteries always are
heralded widely. The newspa-
pers tell about as a matter of
news. T he railroads nearest
the vicinity Of the drawing ad-
vertise it strongly as a matter
of business. 1t is probable there
will be no fewer than 100000
applications for the 1000 home
steads; possibly the number may
be even larger. The chances of
drawing quarter section are
small, but that will deter no ap-
plicants and many will travel
hundreds Of miles to be in at
the distribution.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
day; also provide grit two or
three times week.
Chronology Of DR.. Cooks Dash to
the North Pole.

July 4, 19O7-Left New York.
Aug. 2, 1907 Sailed from
Sydney, C. B.
Feb. 10, 1908 Parted with sole
white companion at Etah, Green
land, and with only Eskimos as
companions started for the pole.
Mch. 3, 1903 Completed per-
manent camp and food cache at
Annatoaka, twenty miles north
of Etah, and proceeded north
ward.
April 18, 1908 Took observa-
tions showing the little party to
have reached latitude Sc degrees
36 minutes north.
April 21, 1903 Stood at the
top of the world, where the foot
of man has never trod before.
April %, 1908 Started on re-
turn march southwark.
May "a, 1908 08-Reached eighty
fourth parallel, and began to run
short of food.
July, O8-Reached Jones S
Sound, with food all gone, and
subsisted on the little game to
be found,
September, 1908, to February
18, 1909-Existed in an under
ground den at Cape Sparbo, liv-
ing on musk OK and bear.
April Is, 19O9-Reached shores
of Greenland.
May 21, 1909 Reached Upper
navik, a Danish settlement.
! Sept. 1, Reached Ler
wick, Shetland Islands, and es
tablished first communication
with the world.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
Fattening The Fowls.

When putting young birds on a
fattening ration starve them for
about 20 hours to begin with;
then begin to feed sparingly,
gradually increasing the amount
until they have been on feed for
a week; after this feed all they
will eat, but never allow feed to
be left before them more than
one-half hour at a time. Some
feed three times a day, others
only twice. During the first
three weeks of the feeding
period it is better probably to
feed three times a day, but
during the last week twice a dav
is sufficient. Take care to sup
ply plenty of pure water. Give
+he chickens a chance to get all
kant Of this at least twice
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
Respons o, Jasper Beard.

Respons o, Jasper Beard.
The Teachers calling. (a) It's
Importance, w. L. Sinclair. (b)
Difficulties and drawbacks, Frona
Christie. (c) Compensations.
Cortez Sanders, Oscar Sinclair.
(0 Why teachers fail, Bruce
White, Pearl Breeding.
NOON
Nature Study. (a) Should It
betaug ht in all grades, time de-
voted to it, Mont Biggs. (b)
Preparation of the teacher, En-
mes Sanders. (c) Correlation of
nature study and geography, and
end to be gained by nature study.
Wallace Beard.
The teachers preparation for
work. (a) Desirable ouali6.a-
tions, V. G. Hovious, Lula Knit
ley. (b) General preparation.
Mamie Smith, Minnie KniAev'
(c) Professional training. Nancy
Willis, Annie Royse. Cd Daily
preparation, Bertha BREEDING.
Robert Williams.
Good order defined, and means
OF securing same, ]. o. White.
Joe Knifey.
Mrs. Shelton, Pres.
Nolon White, Vice Pres.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
Guineas as a Burglar Alarm.

Guineas are we'll known for
giving loud voice to their disap-
proval Of intruding strangers,
but it is not always that this
propensity is of such service to
their owners as was. the case at
Norwalk, Conn.,, recently when
burglars entered the barn of
Alfred Hartog, a New Yorker,
who has a summer home there.
He looked over his barn and
horses and realized that what
electric burglar alarms failed to
do his guinea hens did. Expert
burglars visited the stable at 2
o'clock, and after cutting all the
electric telephone wires, they
had Mr.. Hartog's best team on
the barn floor and were hitching
the animals to a wagon loaded
with harness when half a dozen
gunner hens set up a cackel, for
which this fowl is famous.
The din awoke not only the
household, but the neighbors for
several blocks. The burglars,
apparently badly frightened, fled,
leaving all their booty.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
Short Stops.

Lots of children are scolded by
men with the scent Of cloves on
their breath.
A pessimist is a man who be-
lieves that there is deceit in the
Wagging of a dogs tail.
Ezra Timms has an ambition
10 go down to fame as the best
dressed man in town. Ezra will
wake up when he tries to think
who had that job five years ago.
After long and thoughtful
consideration, have arrived at
the conclusion that money doesn't
care who spends it.
While many rose is born to
blush unseen, let us realize that
even the dollar-apiece ones with
er unseen.
When man sneezes between
sentences while telling you of a
sure cure for cold in the head,
you must fall back on your own
judgment.
Don't think your chronic in
valid friend is better when he
smiles. He may have discover
ed new symptom to talk about.
1t is smart child that can
recognize its own smartneSs
after it's parents have told it a
few times.
Optimism is what leads us to
refer glowingly to the political
career" of man who has been
mentioned for assessor.
A girl with small feet always
has the hammock swung where
it can be seen from the street.
Probably even a deaf anG
dumb pugilist would hire some
one to do his talking for him.
Never swap horses when cross
ing a stream unless you know
that the other fellow doesn'
know much about horses.
Some people are like turtles
The Turtle family has been rest
ing for years on the laurels o.
the ancestor who outran tht
hare,
What can women think of me1
who profess to relish these little
sandwiches made of thin breal
and a lettuce leaf.
The girl who thinks she is
some young mans guiding star
never stops to think that men
usually stay several million miles
from the star.
Temple mutantur, as the fel-
says. Nowadays you can go to a
picnic and not see some young
man put on the girls hats and
get a reputation as a comic.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
Farm For Sale.

In eastern part of Adair county, Ky,
II miles northeast of Tarter post office,
100 acres, 65 in cultivation, good con-
dition, balance in timber, lies well, five
room house, barn and other outbuild-
ings, good springs, orchard and good
out side range. Price $1,000. For in.
formation call on or address
Marcus Tarter,
Tarter Post office, Adair county KY.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
What Cost.

The cost of running country
newspaper is not confined to that
which is actually paid out in
money.
1t costs a lot more brains and
energy than any other line of
business requires its owner to
The Adair County news., 1909-09-15
Music.
Invocation.

Invocation.
Roll call-to which all teachers
in Educational Division No. 4,
are expected to respond.
Welcome Address, Nolo n
White.
ington was revoked and a new
order of party management in
Kentucky was put into effect.
At the Lexington meeting Thorn
as A. Combs was made chairman
of the Campaign Committee and
a Campaign Commit e was
named. The last resolution adopt
ed is as follows: Be it resolved by
the Democratic tate Central
Committee, that the following
named gentlemen be and are
hereby designated and appointed
to couduct the State campaign
for the year 1909: Henry R.
Prewitt, Thomas A. Combs, AL
lie W. Young, Ollie M. James,
VIM. Adams, J. A. Sullivan, w.
A. Berry J. G. G Mayo, Be