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Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-26

BOSTON. Feb. &l-Money. call loans. sa
a. per cent: time loans, 384 per cent
OFFICIAL quotations on stocks and bonds:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
TEMPERANCE IN SWEDEN.
Importance Movement Has Assumed
In That Country

In That Country.
"They still drink in Sweden, but
they likely will not do 1t long," remark
ed o. L. Nelson of Stockholm.
Already one-tenth of the whole
population belongs to temperance So
cieties, among them the w. C. T. u,
to accommodate the membership Of
this one-tenth, and there are many
total abstainers outside. There are g.
900 members Of the Womans Chris
tian Temperance Union in Sweden, and
there doubtless would be many more
If so many women had not become
members of other temperance societies
before the advent Of the w. c. T. U.
Sweden has a students total alb
stinence association with a member
ship Of 1000. This remarkable in
stitution appears to give a hopeful
promise for the future. The w. c. T.
U. and other societies in Sweden have
successfully handled the government,
for last month the Swedish parliament
gave a large grant toward courses of
temperance instruction for teachers
this year and next, and the city Of
Stockholm grants 1000 kroner yearly
to permanent temperance exhibition.
The local veto bill has been thrown
out, however, by the first chamber,
though it passed the second.
1.-TWO large towns in Sweden are dry
and in the Villages of the whole coun-
trT' there are not a hundred saloons.
TIC temperance question has assumed
SO much Importance in Sweden that
every political party must take ac-
count of 1t ant have it in its platform"
Washington Post
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
HOW ENGLIsHWoMEN SHOP.
An American Woman Prefers British
SalespeopIe to Ours.

SaIespeopIe to Ours.
When the Englishwoman slarts out
to shop in London, as 1 am watching
her this spring, she has a definite
idea in her mind of something she in
tends to buy. She goes into a drap-
er's shop in precisely the same way
that she visits her greengrocer. On
entering the diapers shop she knows
she goes for a pair Of gloves, just as
on confronting the greengrocer she is
convinced that she is requiring head
of lettuce or some nice fresh toma-
toes, says a writer in the London
Daily Mail.
The American woman is not nearly
so definite when she would a-shop-
ping go. Mother says to daughter,
sister to sister, friend to friend, Lets
go out shopping!" in the manner Of
saying, Let's go for a walk" In New
York "going shopping" more fire.
quently than not means going out to
look around" I have one delight
full New York friend who often calls
to me over the telephone, Nothing
to do for the next two hours, so let's
go out and steal styles!" That is her
own original expression for going
shopping. 1t so happens that her A.
nancial position makes it necessary
for her to manufacture many Of her
own gowns and hats, to say nothing
of the lingerie she needs, so she
goes out shopping to see what are
the latest styles, to stand admiringly
before them, to have a dozen gowns
paraded before her, to try on seven
or eight hats, in order to discover
which particular fashion Is most be-
coming to her, and then she goes
home to copy the styles In remodel
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
Wonderful Wealth of the United States.

we nave tOQdy oU,UUU,UUU OI peOple,
occupying 100000 square miles of
territory and they own 100000, 100000
Of wealth. On farms valued at $685.
OO0,OOO,O00 we produce annually agri-
cultural products valued at $S,000,000,-
900. 1t Is nothing that we produce an
nually 2,5O0,000,000 bushels of corn
and 100000 bales Of cotton, If there
is no demand for the corn and cotton
and If the demand Is not at fair re-
turn. But we have the market. Our
5,50O,O00 of people who produce $15.-
000,000,O00 Of manufactured products
annually, and receive in wages $780,
ures apply only to finished product.
We get the products to the consumer
by 250,000 miles of railroad, which Is
three times the railroad mileage Of
Great Britain, France and Germany
combined. When side tracks are TAX
en- into account, we have more rail-
road mileage than all the rest Of the
world. On these railroads we have
cars and hauling 2,000,000,000 tons of
freight This practically equals ail
the tonnage carried by all the rail-
roads and all the ships Of all the rest
of the world. This monstrous task is
performed by 100000 of employees,
who are yearly paid $4,000, 100000, and
this vast business is conducted by
$3.50, ZOO, 100000 O? bank clearances. Do
We prosper? Griy two decades ago we
were second to Great Britain in the
output of iron and steel. Today our
output equals all the rest Of the world.
We live well and have happy homes
filled with comforts and luxuries. Yet
We are a saving people. We have in
savings banks $3,500,000,C00, in nation
al banks $4,5O0,0O0,0O0 and in state
banks $5,000,0 900. .000-in all, $13.000,-
100000. The per capita of money in
the country is larger than in any other
save one, France and amounts to $35
for each of our 100000 people. The
business of the country amounts to
over $3,000,000,000 annually. How do
we do such a monstrous business
which is also profitable? 1t is because
We have confidence In ourselves and
the other nations of the globe have
confidence in us.-Lessie's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16

South Sea SweIls.-Readers Of old
narratives Of exploration in the South
Seas will recall the frequent refer
ences to the heavy swells Of the ocean.
which impressed the navigators with
the idea Of their remoteness from land.
DR.. Vaughan Cornish explains the
great size Of the sea waves in high
southern latitudes by the fact that
south Of the Cape Of Good Hope and
Cape Horn there is neither windward
nor leeward shore and the prevailing
wind in all longitudes is westerly.
Thus when a west wind springs up II
finds a long westerly swell. the effect
Of a previous wind, still running. The
newborn wind increases the steepness
Of this swell and so forms majestic
storm waves which sometimes attain
a length Of 1900 feet from crest to
crest. The average height attained by
sea waves in feet Is about half the
velocity Of the wind In miles per
hour.-Youth's Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16

Manners Is how you act In street
car.
Gentlemen are called so because
they have good manners.
wonder why more gentlemen do
not ride in the street cars. It may be
that they have automobiles.
The other day person known as q
street car hog was choked so bad that
he got real black in the face. This
happened in New York The man who
choked him was trying to teach him
to be polite. But you can't teach a
hog much.
II every street car hog got choked
the right Of way would be clogged with
pork.
In this town I never saw a man take
a woman and pull her out Of a seat
and take the seat himself So man
ners might be worse here than they
are.
Men get into seats, though, and stay
there, while tired old women with
baskets swing from the strap. The
men do not pretend to be reading.
That used to be the way. and It was q
sign that the men were ashamed. It
is out Of date now.
But perhaps the women are partly
to blame. They do not teach their
little boys to give up seats to other
women. They used to forget to thank
the men, too, for giving them seats.
For men did do this once.
When a woman brings sturdy lad
into a crowded car she puts him into
the only vacant seat and then glares
around for another.
Lots of times when she comes in
there are three or four vacant seats,
but she does not look around for them,
but grabs a strap right of. Then men
come In and take the seats, and she
looks just as mad, but you can't blame
them much.
Sometimes women spread their
skirts over two or three seats and get
real naughty when requested to oon-
dense.
But this Ia not to defend the man
who crowds women aside and beats
them to seat. No. 1t is not in favor
Of the man who stands in the aisles
and when a seat becomes vacant jams
into 1t and leaves women still stand
ing.
or course. to call him a hog is to
use a figure Of speech. But he was
trained when only q pig. This is an
other figure Of speech.
There are some gentlemen who trav-
ell on the street cars, and ladies do. too.
but they have 80 many painful expe-
riences that they wish they might
walk
So this is all I know about street car
-Porker, in Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16

Misinterpreted.-The boss entered
the Office, his face clouded, his brow
wrinkled in angry thought. He called
the office boy. Regarding the youth
sternly, he said:
Johnny, do you smoke cigarettes?'
II d-d-do a l-l-little. sir" stammered
Johnny, paling beneath the tan OF the
baseball field.
The boss fixed him with his eagle
eye.
"Then gimme one." he said. II left
mine on the bureau.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16

of sixty hours the lad threw up his
hands and cried out Historically: II
did it! 1 did 1t! For Gods sake let
me sleep!'
He slept for about a day. When he
awoke he gave all the details Of the
deed.
Harry Orchard. the man who mur-
dered friend and foe alike for small
sums of money, confessed at the Hay
ward trial In Boise City to over twen-
ty felonies. The famous foe of the
Molly Maguires, Detective MCFARLAND
was responsible for much of Orchards 8
confession-that Is, MCFARLAND made
Orchard go through with the whole
story Of his atrocities when his incli-
nation at first was to tell but a frag-
mentary part. MCFARLAND used anoth-
er branch Of the third degree system.
He threw the fear Of Almighty God
into Orchard. He talked to him for
hours about the tortures Of hell fires.
He made Orchard sob convulsively
because he would never see his wife
and little child again. both of whom
he had wantonly deserted and forgot
ten years before. In his authenticated
confession Orchard said:
"My mind was in an awful condition
about this time. 1 felt that I did not
want to live, and 1 was afraid to die.
would not go through such remorse
and torment again for all the world
felt that ;he only thing to do was to
confess ell and pray God fo~ forgive
ness"
The head hoofkeeper Of a constrlic-
ton company ling business In Penn
sylvania was arrested as involved in
certain gross frauds in public con-
tracts in large Pennsylvania city.
Three detectives took him into a room
in the police station and questioned
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16

,14 If tiny pinch Of carbonate Of soda
ss put into the saucepan in which fruit
is being stewei, less sugar will be need
ed 10 sweetef 1t.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16


ago as I tried on blouse.
Leaving out OF the question the
very wealthy women, New York wo-
men all take the street cars for shop
ping. They prefer them to the sub
way or the elevated trains, because
they may lock out or the windows Of
the cars into the windows Of the shops
to note what is being shown. The
woman who In London requires a
hanson or a taxicab for shopping is
always 6 puzzle to her New York Sis
ter of the same class. 1t brings one
back to the proposition that was stat
ed in the beginning, that the London
woman goes out with definite thing
in mind. She knows that definite
thing is to be procured at definite
shop, and she takes a hanson for that
particular shop. The New York wo-
man shops all over the shopping d.
trict, and 1t would cost her fortune
did she aspire to hansoms. Your Lon
don woman usually has her own Ia
vorite shop for buying goods 1 know
London women who visit only one
draper's shop from one years end to
the other. 1t Is not often one finds
New York women faithful to any par
ticular shop. Do they desire belts?
All, yes. the belts exhibited at Messrs.
Sales and Bales are very pretty and
very cheap, indeed, but they may be
selling them still prettier and more
cheaply round the corner at Wales
and Hales, so off they go to see.
In a word, the New York woman
is a flighty shopper, a creature of
whims and caprices.
The London woman shops with
forethought, good judgment and In
a businesslike way. Most thoroughly
does she know what she wants and
with practical straightforwardness
she gets 1t.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

Readers Of The Republican this morning will be pardoned if they should rest under the misapprehension that the. bridge controversy is ap- preaching the point of real earnest ness.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09
PHOENIX. ARIZONA, MAY g, 1909
MOTHERS DAY.

This is Mothers Day, a period of celebration in the churches of PhOe- nix as well as all over the land. There will be in evidence everywhere a simple white flower, preferably the carnation wherever that beautiful flower is obtainable. It is the official symbol, for it typifies according to the ritual, purity; its form, beauty; its fragrance, love; its wide field of growth, charity; its lasting qualities, faithfulness," all virtues of a true motherhood.
 Mothers Day is of eastern origin, of Philadelphia, we believe, but it is per haps more enthusiastically observed in the west, where women's move ments make more rapid progress than in the more conservative east. In some states this day has been set apart by gubernatorial proclama- ton, notably in South Dakota, whose governor has signified to the mothers that he is with them. for he has set apart and designated The second Sabbath of May as Mothers Day, in grateful and loving remembrance of the one who in our infancy watched over us with tender care, in our youth gently guided us to higher ideals. the counsellor of our maturer years"
 It is also set forth in the proclama- tion that the fitness of the observ- ance of this day appeals to all social, fraternal, civil, military and religious organizations alike"
 Thus, in the opinion of the gover- nor, unless he is bidding for the wo- man vote, the mother isn't such a slouch after all.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

ning's got a Worser wun in his pocket which pervides at Citizens at wants to Drink'll haf to ware a Brass Tag which looks like a Dog License an is payable fer in tn same way, wunst a yeer. We better take this here Ordr- ance an thatll Passify Mister Canning fer awhile"
 Anuthern he sez, This here Ordi'- ance II be a Crate Time Saver. If a feller wants a Drink, he won't be all day gittin' it. Before he starts to tn S'loon he'll Tellyfone to tn Bartender to have it Reddy settin' on the Bar. an then he'll make a Run fer tn S'loon an out ag'in, sos at tn crowd ats waitin' on tn Outside to give him a Ovashun won't be able to Identyfy only as Something at Looked like a Streek Thus many preshus Ours I'll be Saved"
 When tn Ordiance was Finely pass ed, they was Rejoicin' in Menny Homes. Parence gethered their Proj iny about 'em an sez, Now, my Deer Childern. tn City Council has pervid- ed fer you a Objeck Lesson in Vice. somethin' that has always been Need ed to Compleat your Eddycashun. As soon as tn Ordi'ance goes into Eff feck, you can put on your Best Cloes an take your StashunS in frunt of any of tn Sloons an Watch Fokes in tn Process of goin' to Hell. You can foller 'em up as fur as tn Drunkard's Grave. That's as fur as you can see anything, unless you go Inside an join tn Hap py Throng an make tn Jurney Your self. Mebbe if you are reg'ler in your Attendance at tn S'loon Keepers Skool an overcome your first Repug- nants, you'll get to be GrajOoates Your self. fer tn Pote sez:
 "'Vice is a Monster ats so Dretfle
 Mean
 At to be Hated Needs but to be Seen.
 an'-By
 If you Hang Round awhile an only
 Try
 "We offen Wondered at tn Council didn't think of this here Meens of Youthfle Culcher before. It beets Pro 'bishun fer, if we had Pro'bishun. we wuddent have these here Meens of Ed dyficashun an Morle Upliftin'. which is now Brot within tn Beech of all"
 Tn S'loon Keepers they was asst what they thought about tn ordi'ance. Wun of 'em he sez, Publicity is a Jool in it's Place, but it can be put in a form sos it ain't no longer Enterprise. I look onto this here Ackshun of tn Council as a step Back'ards an darn long Step, Cleer back to tn Frunteer daze, when tn opener tn S'lOon was tn Better, but this is a Erie of Enliten- ment an a Chrischun age, and us Sloon Keepers has been tryin' to hang onto tn Taleboard of Relijous an SO- shul Progrous. but this here Ordfance Jars us off some''
 LITTLE JAMES.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

POST CARDS, PHOENIX VIEWS, 1c. EACH. PHOENIX VIEW BOOKS, 15c. EACH. AT THE BIG CURlO, ON ADAMS ST.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

Concerning the Policy of Publicity Which Has Been Provided for the Sa- loons)
 Tn Retirin' City Council. they sez. Les take wun more Swipe at tn s'loons. Les Pulverize tn Rum Power wunst more. Les give tn Licker Traf- flick a Finle Baste with this here Wee pin which Mister Canning has been a-tryin' to put into our Hans fer tn last ? Yeers. Then we can go out of offs with tn PlOddits of all tn Enc mics of tn Deemin Rum, which will see at Our Plitticle Graves Is Rep Green fer some time to come Our Trends will come around an Plant F1OW'rs ovver our Remanes an tn S'lOOn Keepers Fl come around an Waiter them with their Teers. When ever Posterity thinks of us, they'll think of Reform in Large Red Let ters"
 Who's a-goin' to give 'em tn Finle blo'; or, as we say in French, tn 'Coody Grass? 9" asts wun.
 Mister Camel. of coarse" seZ anuth ern, fer ain't it Rote at Camel can go without Drink fer Days? He don't care if they ain't no Sloons from wun Weeks end to Anuthern."
 Mister Camel, he interdoosed a Ordiance which pervides at Hearto fore they's been too much Secresy about tn S'loon bizness an at Hear after tn Liker Traffick has got to take tn Public more into its Confidents. Tn Ordfance sez at if the S'loon is a goin' to Keep on a Roonin' Mems Soles, tn Populaces which pays tn Tacks has a Rite to stand around on tn Sidewalk an watch tn Show to see how it's Done Therefore all tn frunts has got to be Knocked out of Sloons an tn Reers has got to be Boarded up sos at none of tn Victims of tI' Rum Pow'r can make his Escape that way.
 Tn Ordfance also pervides at they shan't be no cheers in tn Sloons so at tn Victims I'll haf to Stand up. for it's a S'ientific Pack at stands to Rec son at man can Drink more an Hold more when he Stands up.
 All tn Councilmen wasn't agreed about this here Ordiance an they was many Argumince fer an ag'inst it. Wun member he sez, q don't sist like it, but I Understand at Mister Can
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

UNEEDA BISCUIT, Sc. PER PACKAGE. AT WETZlER'S, 35 w. WASHINGTON ST.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

POO NEW OAK KEG MISSOURI PICKLES $1.10 EACH. McKEE'S CASH STORE.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

Concerning the Policy of Publicity Which Has Been Provided for the Sa- loonS)
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

Abdul Hamid, less wise than Cas- trO, must be wondering in the castle which overlooks Salonika, what doth it profit a man to send his money out of his country unless he can get out after it.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-09

We mention it merely as an inter esting physiological fact that our esteemed friend, Hon. James c. Good win, is the first gourmand we ever heard of who suffered from indiges- tion consequent upon a banquet at which he was not present.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-02
TYR EASON

President Taft's action in dismissing the seven cadets at the West Point Military Academy, recently, met with the unanimous approval of every fair minded citizen of the republic. The students in question, after swearing to obey the regulations of our military school, deliberately engaged in hazing. They promised Uncle Sam that they would be loyal to him and then broke their promise. Benedict Arnold did no more than this, back in 1780, and because of his treason he became an out cast of society. These West Point cadets were traitors to the stars and stripes and, inasmuch as it is customary to shoot traitors, they should consider that they are lucky to escape with their lives. Let us hope that they may profit by their serious error; it is quite probable that the other students were benefited by the incident, for the order of dismis- sal was read before the corps of cadets at the afternoon parade, giving them an excellent object lesson in discipline.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-02
CUES FROM FATE

Although the peaceful little college town of Ithaca. Y, boasts of fourteen clergymen, they were all out of the city. recently, when man and woman wanted to "get spliced." After visiting every parsonage in vain, the couple hied them selves to the office of a justice of the peace, and yet another, only to find that they, too, were enjoying vacations. What did the man and woman do then? Why, bless you, get married they would; and so persistent were they that they succeeded ill digging up superan- nuated clergyman, who happened to be sojourning in the city. We are glad the retired minister was given the job, for he probably needed the money. but we are indeed sorry that the knot was pulled together for it seems to us that the couple were not made for each other. Fate, doesn't often give even one hint to the man about to plunge into the sea of matrimony-much less sixteen And it does seem that a person with the most, infinitesimal speck of common sense would have taken the proper cue and desisted. But then, they do say that Glove is blind" Which, if true, explains it all.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-02
PROSPERITY ANDTAE FARMER
fOf heaven away off yonder.

With the waning of summer and an exceptionally bright outlook for abun- dant harvests of large money value, the .jobbing trade and manufacturing indus try of the country have taken on new life and everybody is rejoicing.
 It is predicted that the 1909 yield of .our farms will exceed $8,0OO, 100000. A great many thoughtless persons in the ~oities will give the farmer no credit for the healthy revival of business which has begun; but he is back of it all. And, after such q long period of general busi- ness depression throughout the country the retailer, the wholesaler, the manu- facturer. the worker in each and every branch of industry, as well as the law yer, the doctor, the artist and the man of each and every profession and art, should be thankful that they live in a land of such extensive farms and intelh- gent farmers. Truly may we all be grateful to the Creator, when Thanks giving day rolls around; for out of the abundance of his love hath God blessed ms as people.
Connecticut western news., 1909-09-02

Franklin had something to draw from the electricity was already there; the airshlp was more phenomenal discov- cry, for here man had nothing from which to draw; but instead, he conceived and built machine which conquered the air and flew like bird.
 There can be no question as to whether the airship has come to stay-last week s exhibition at Rheims clearly demon strated that. We are entering an age of aerial flight. The development of the airship, to date, has been nothing short of phenomenal. Its infancy was sooner outgrown than that of the locomotive, the trolley car, or the automobile. It took time to develop these. It will take time to develop the airshlp; but, at its present rate of evolution, we are safe in predicting that it will reach high state of perfection in less time, by far, than did the steam engine, the electric car, or the automobile. Yes, we are at the threshold of an age of flight, and within very few years monoplanes, biplanes and similar machines will be so common that any mortal will be able to literally fly on the wings of the wind-yes, and even against the wind,