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The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

little game he went down the uneven
sides OF The stone and washed chicke0
livers, antique bones. scraps vi breal
and everything else I'm that we'll until
one OF the nired hands made how
-me-abouL not-haXin- any drinkin
water on the place-and ne was tire
of guzzling soup every time he Wen
TO the we'll for drink vi water
- stood II for a long time out of al.
miratiOn for the little rascal and tho
way he cverlastingly iamDasted ever
cur dog that came on the place II
was regular man eater M hghtin
but his fool habit OF enforcin his idea
OF CULINARY cleanliness Oh the whois
family was what brought about tn,
big possum supper down IN the qua"
tiers
no. Stree. nam this Billy Possum
cult may gain some circulation in m
informed communities but a Twin
possum as pet Is worse than owniu
aHA -heldip- s-sAaWlatrap full-nf -rattle
snakes. The Teddy brute was q wei
behaved quiet sort Of citizen tor chill
drcn and foolish actor people 20 carr
around out. as | said IN The beginnii'
a real live possum IS only common
dsturber In the brute creation. tie
too alfred smart and set IN hts Wa
to have around a house where white
folks is gOin to Hive
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
SALE ENDS TUESDAY.

March 7th the following explains
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

Billy Postum may be the logical sue
cessor or The Teddy bear, but he Is
not going to be the household pet that
some folks Imagine. says Col VIM.
Godkin, OF this place
No. sir, not with folks who know OF
the peculiar habits and traits of char
aCter OF the William Postum family ."
continued Col Godkin "A Teddy
bear braCed up on a soft pillow will
stay put-will remain right there and
not cause any streak OF misery
through the whole family. That is just
where a Billy Postum is different from
"a Theodore Brain Mr. Possum will
calmly eat all OF the red 'welcometo-
our.happy home thread out OF the
sofa pillow. chew the leg of the grand
piano in the music room. and bite his
initials H. the polished sideboard. lie
is a born THIEF and will give pet
crow cards and spades in stealing
everything that is not red hot or tied
down.
Then his cursed idea OF cleanliness
causes trouble \ 'possum YOU know.
insists on Washing everything he eats
Down az my house near OwensbuTg We
have a big uld-styie well. Ike grand
father used 10 dig and Walf up with
limestone Ny boy got a pet pussum ,
year or two ago and that beast a bur
den insisted on washing everything ne
found in thar well He would slide
down and crawl up the old pole Of tina.
sweep like a circus acrobat and when
we put In a rope 10 beat him at his
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

cial value will now be Judged by the
drawing power OF name.
So Mile. Dietz Monin is creating an
innovation In our tradi-
tlous and opinions For talent To take
prect dence over rank and dignity, and
for the public 20 be called upon as
judge is too novel a doctrine TO be
accepted at frst sight
The Detroit times., 1909-03-19

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The Detroit times., 1909-03-19
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Detroit, Mich. March 1e, 1909.
The John G. Hartz Co.,
City.
ntlsmeu 1T would be impo ssible,
under the terms Of your lease, to allow
any changes to be made, changing the
character Of your occupancy, to the store
occupied by you in the Hi ssndegen Block.
Yours truly,
THE HILSENDEGEN ESTATE,
Per As. A<1.>.-,<.1.-,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
PARENT AND TEACHER.
UFEent Need of Closer Understandina
between 10th.

AoNh
A new school year has begun, and chill
dren ana teachers have settled down 90
the winters work before them. And In
that work lies the supreme task Of mold
ing the citizenship of the future. Moth
ing in our citizenship equals in importance
the education Of the boys and girls Of to-
day, who will be the men and women of
tomorrow.
The people Of the United States are in
advance of those of all the other countries
or the world in the system OF public instruc-
ton that they have adopted. saws the
washington Herald, and they take a ilsti-
fable pride in II. But In the very confidence
that 1t inspires turks a danger that threat
ems to impair the work Of the school teacher
and the education OF the child. That danger
is mat parents are prone to think that
having placed their children in school.
their duty In the matter has been dis
charged, and that henceforth the respon
sibility for the results desired lies with the
teacher. The fatal error of such com
placency is too obvious for
The truth is that the education of chill
dren imperatively requires the unrelaxed
cooperation of parents and teachers. And
to what extent does this take place? Far
less than 1t should, undoubtedly. Enter
tanning these views, IL Is a satisfaction to
note the existence in the district OF the
Home and School Association Of the West
ern High School, an organization that in a
large degrees owes its existence to the
broad vision Of that capable and ever
enthusiastic worker in her profession, Miss
Edith c. Wescott, the principal Of the
school. Such an organization is constructed
upon a sound theory, and contains the
promise of becoming the needed compile
ment Of the rational system of public edu-
cation that we lave adopted in this coun-
try.
Parents particularly should give II their
cordial support, and IL they do, they will
speedily come to know how their closer
relation with the teacher results in a stimu-
lation or zeal on the latters part, which Of
necessity Is felt by the children. In a
word, the education received in the schools.
unless supplemented with educational in
tluences at the homes, almost necessarily
tends to a mechanical ,scheme of culture,
that falls far short of engendering the
broad, liberalizing spirit that should be
the possession Of every really educated man
and woman. aEI
Let us have more home and school asso-
Citations here and elsewhere. They will
promote the kind OF cooperation to which
all thinking persons will yield a ready
assent. .~G
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

Nearly Two and a Half Million
Dollars to Three Institutions,

early Two and a Hall Million
Dollars to Three Institutions.
GIFTS a~ggregating 81 400, s62 were announced
by the trustees of three educational inst.
tutions last week. as follows: Pratt in
%stitute, Brooklyn, 81, 100, 900; Yale college
'ioo,"Ni Columbia university, $2S5, $50.
The donors Of the new endowment trD,
OF Pratt institute are Charles M. Pratt
ana his sister, Mrs. e. b. Dane. children
OF the founder. Mr.. Pratt is president Of
the institute and general --uretary of the
Standard OIL company.
Fratt institute was founded twenty vears
ago by Charles Pratt, father of its present
mead VINO was one Of the most prosperous
OH retlners In the United States and at
the time OF his death, vice president OF
the standard Oil company. Besides many
other large philanthropiscs, including the
uppullding OF the Adelphi academy and the
CONSTRUCTION OF Emmanuel Baptist church
ne planned the Pratt institute along big
llhes as a combined high school, manual
training school and home of the arts and
industries.
The institute occupies a large site in
brooklyn on both sides Of Ryerson avenue
extending through to st. James Place. on.
one side and to Grand avenue and beyond
on the other. In addition TO its schools
and OF fine and applied arts, domestic.
arts, domestic science, science and ,echno-
logy' library science, kindergarten train
ing etc, the institute maintains a splendid
library free to the public and several
centres of social settlement work.
The largest individual gift to Columbia
made by II. w. Carpenter, OF the class
Of '4s, who added sl12,G 100 to the ]. s. Car
penter fund. An unnamed donor gave $780,
VJ toward the cost of Kent hall. William
X, Vanderbilt, Marcellus Hartley Dodge
and e. Augustus Schermerhorh each gave
G'5CO for the special maintenance fund.
fales gifts came from three sources
ta2j'oCo from William d. and Henry T.
Sloane Of New York, for the erection and
equipment Of a university physics labora-
tory; a gift Of $500 from Alfred G. Van
derbilt of New York, toward the general
endowment and a subscription OF $500
from George Hewitt Myers, a graduate
OF the For 81 school, toward the endowment
Of that department.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

a reform in this matter is the health Of
the children.
1t is a well understood fact that a meal
consisting wholly Of cold food is not so
wholesome as one in which one or more
warm dishes appear. Interest and zeal on
the part OF the teacher will In most cases
secure the cooperation Of parents in a
plan for serving at least one warm dish
each day for pupils lunch. The work
necessary in preparing and serving such
lunch nay be correlated with instruction
in cooking, which has been introduced into
many schools.
The simple equipment needed is lnexpen-
sive, and a homemade cupboard viii keep
the utensils from flies and dust. A spoon,
knife and fork may be supplied by each
pupil. and a homemade fireless cooker,
and small alcohol stove or two which may
be obtained for 90 cents each, must not
be omitted from the general equipment,
Each pupil should be encouraged to sup
ply himself with an Individual folding cup
Of aluminium, or simply tin. A lesson on
personal hygiene and health may be intro
duced here. A supply OF inexpensive paper
napkins or large squares Of fresh wrapping
paper may be kept to use for table cloths,
the desks being the tables.
The teacher may see that hot water and
soap are provided for, the pupils bringing
their own clean towels from home. They
may use these Immediately after being dis
missed, afterward returning to their seats
for lunch, In the meantime, the hot dish
may be prepared by others under the direc-
ton OF the teacher, and with her aid II
necessary. The work of passing the lunch
baskets, the napkins and table cloths, and
picnic plates, which may be kept In stock
at slight expense, and Of serving soup, or
chocolate, or whatever it may be, may be
done by the monitors appointed to serve
each a week.
After lunch each child may wash and put
away his own dishes, which are to be
left at the school house, although II seems
advisable to eliminate as far as possible
the task OF dish washing. A monitor, one
OF the larger girls usually, may then at
tend to the dishpan and towels, which we're
provided for the use Of pupils in common.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

fortuntte who IL called to account promptly
and brought face 70 face with the real
character OF what he Is doing than the
upon himself the habit Of mental ire
sponsibility. The practice OF taking ones
ease and going with the crowd may or
may not bring its penalty today. II must
bring its penalty sooner or later.
These temptations which now meet us
are essentially the same In kind as those
which will meet us in our several lines Of
business and professional work. II we
take life easily and shift upon the crowd
the responsibility which each man ought
to assume for himself. we are preparing
to succumb to life's trials. Professional
disgrace is ten times oftener the result Of
carelessness than OF Intentional badness.
Nobody ever intended to go to Jail: no.
body ever Intended to lose his position in
society by FORGETTING the respect Of his
fellow men. The criminal and the outcast
became criminsl and outcsst by following
the lines Of least resistance; by not think
ing of consequences; by not really know
Ing they did. And. conversely, II
we face the consequences Of our acts
as they stand and refuse to delude our
selves by false measurements and false
excuses, we are preparing to overcome
lies tritls, here and hereafter. and put
others in the way OF overcoming them.
The leader OF men becomes a leader of
men by not following the crowd on lines
Of real resistance; by thinking where he
goes and making a path for others to
follow.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
AND COLLEGE WOEE
Steadily Growing Number Of High
Schools in Nebraska.
PROBLEM FOR RURAL TEACHERS
Recent Gifts to Educational Insd-
tutions- Cooperation Between
Parents and Teachers-
Advice to students.

Towns and cities all over Nebraska are
showing commendable public spirit in rear.
ing fine high school buildings, commodious
and up-to-date in material and equipment
a few conspicuous examples are given by
the Nebraska School Review:
Geneva has an enrolment Of only 556 pu.
pills and yet they have a SS5, 900 high school
building, splendidly equipped with gym.
nasium and an assembly room with 2N
desks and aisles wide enough to accommo-
date 500 pupils by adding chairs.
Lexington is one of the progressive edu-
c%ational towns OF the state. On August 81
its people voted on the proposition OF issu-
ing $4,000 for school purposes, $4,000 OF
this Is to go into a high school building and
the balance is to be used in a ward school
and for other school purposes. The total
school enrolment at Lexington is SIS. There
was no opposition to the bonds.
Aurora has a magnificent school prop
erty. This place voted $4S, 200, but have
erected a high school the building and fur
nishing complete to cost $4,000. Aurora
has a total enrolment Of 623 pupils.
Ord, in Valley county, is erecting a splen-
did high school building at a cost OF $4,000
The total school enrolment OF ord is GI
pupils. Their building has a fine gymnas
iuHh anu al hhstLlDly rum WIN u Capacity
OF 300 pupils.
Superior has just completed a high school
building at a cost Of $50, 600. This town has
a total enrolment Of only 57. In connec-
ion with the high school building they have
two other buildings.
Alliance, with a chooltenrollment of $50
has recently erected a $3O,0QO building. This
building has a splendid gymnasium and a
very ~commodlous assembly room.
Crete, with a total enrolment of SO, has
a 5000 high school building. This school
maintains what is said to be the best man
ual training department among the high
schools of Nebraska, excepting Columbus.
Plainview is putting up a $4,000 high
school and has only an enrolment Of pa.
Bloomfield has a So, 900 building and vel
its total enrolment Is only 400.
Sutton, with a school enrolment of 527,
has a $40 1000 school building.
Red Cloud, with an enrolment Of 593, has
a SIS, 900 high school building.
Holdrege has recently built a high school
at a cost of $4,000. The building has one
of the best gymnasiums in the state and a
very large assembly room.
Blair, with a school enrolment of SSl
las a $50, 900 high school building.
While Wayne has a school enrolment OF
only 500, yet this town claims the best high
school building in Nebraska. 1t was built
at a cost of $42,O 900. Has a gymnasium and
a fine assembly room. The building was
built much after the rlan of the Aurora
building and like Aurora it is the pride
of the residents of that place.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
KEARNEY STATE NORMAL.
Domestic Science Instruction Given by
Miss Williams of Omaha.

r. KroegeT and wife Of Grand Island
spent several days at the normal this week.
Mr.. Kroeger was fullback on the university
team last year, and has been rendering as
sistance to the normal squad. Mr.. and
Mrs, Kroeger returned to GraHd Island
Thursday evening. .,
Mrs. Sarah Brindley, p~receptress, has
been I'll during the present week. She is
now rapidly recovering. DURING her alb
senoe from her classes, Miss Eta Brown,
superintendent OF the observation and prac-
tice classes, has conducted her recitations.
Miss Sarah I. Garrett, registrar; Miss E.
Brown, superintendent Of the observation
and practice schools. and President Thomas
attended the banquet at Fremont, Friday
evening. The banquet was given by the
North Nebraska School Folks club.
On Thursday evening Miss Anna Cald-
well entertained the members of the Froe-
bel Kindergarten bund. Twenty-Five women
were present and a delightful evening was
spent. Initiation of new members was one
of the features Of the Entertainment.
The domestic science hall is now ready
for occupancy by that department. Miss
Marion Williams OF Omaha, who is finely
prepared, is director of domestic science.
iASi SioSSSa aIe eACeeulnBly popular ana
the demand is practically up to the limit
at the present time. About forty students
have Joined her classes. A cottage near
the school has been fitted up as a labora-
tory and will be used during the present
year.
At the meeting of the Culture club Thurs
day evening at the dormitory, the girls
were entertained by Prof. C. A. Murch.
who read to them a number OF rigina
poems, Mrs. Steadman was also present
and sang in a charming manner some OF
Prof. Murch's poems, which had been set
to music. The foot ball boys were guests
OF honor, and the entire company was de-
lighted with the evenings entertainment.
Miss Anna Caldwell, director Of the
kindergarten, will have charge of the chill
dren's hour at the city library during the
coming year. Kearney has one of the
most up-to-date Libraries in the state.
The first edition of DR.. Clark's "Sugges-
ton In Education" acknowledged to be
one Of the finest works on the subject vet
published, has been exhausted; a syllabus
prepared by DR.. Clark is being used in its
stead until the second edition can be pub-
lished. DR.. Clark is also preparing for
publication an elementary text book in
psychology, for use I'm normal schools.
Miss Kate Skeede OF the class OF 'O9, spent
Friday visiting the normal. Miss Skeede
is teaching in the Ogallala schools this
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
STRANGER WORKS SWINDLE
MeSsengcr Boys Worked for Money
sent 10 Change Ten-DOIInr
Bills.

An old me,hod Of defrauding people out
OF money has been revived in Omaha.
About 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon the
Myers-Dulon Drug company received
a telephone message to deliver to the
Brandeis building a quantity OF medicine
to a certain room in the building, In
addition to the medicine the message re-
quested the messenger to be trusted with
change for a $40 bill, the medicine amount
ing to ST.. The messenger with the midi
cine and 50 in money nswered the dun
and was met in the lobby of the building
by a maj who stated that he was en-
ployed in the office of the party who or
dered the medicine and offered to deliver
II and return with the money. The mes.
senger boy, being a good fellow, allowed
the stranger to take the medicine and s.
to the office. He waited long and pa
tiently, but the stranger never returned.
H. then returned to the office and re-
pcr,ed the incident.
Al about 6:l0 D.. m. the herman-McCo
noll Drug company received a similar or
der With instruction to deliver to the Muir
laJ hotel. The messenger started to de-
LIVER the medicine and also the change
fer ule, gre HbaGk when he, was4imet in
irons of Tho hotel by n stranger. The
stranger explained that a sick person at
the Krug theater had telephoned the or
der and that he would take the medicine
and 50 In change and would return with
the $40 in a few minutes. The messenger,
not thinking Of fraud, waited long and pa
t,ently, as had his predecessor, but the
S ranger nor the gTeenback was not forth
coming.
Both cases were reported to the police,
but the description Of the strangers who
appeared on the different occasions did not
compare with each other, but it is thought
by the police that the defrauding scheme
was worked by the same party. The po-
lice have been unable to locate the swim
dler.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
Kearney Military Academy.

The enrolment at the academy this year
is considerably larger than last year. All
OF the boys are taking a keen interest In
the school activities.
The prospect for a successful foot ball
season is very encouraging. Several OF last
years players are back on the team and
the coaches are well pleased with the way
the new players are developing. A practice
game was played with the Kearney Normal
team Wednesday afternoon. Coaches of the
two teams were allowed on the field to
point out the weakness and to direct plays.
The Grand Island Business college team
came to Kearney Saturday afternoon for a
game, but owing to the wet ground the
game was called off until a later date.
Captain CoOnes Of Grand River, Wyo., a
former captain OF the school, was a visitor
at the academy last week.
Henry Tienken Of Bonesteel, S. D., en-
rolled Friday.
Captains Christmas, 90; Long, 90; Rogers.
p, 90; Rogers, T., 'Os; and First Sergeant
Smith have entered the State university at
Lincoln.
Captain Stewart, O9, is working with a
surveying crew in Wyoming. Lieutenant
Kruberg, 90, is working on nis ranch in
New Mexico. Harry Vaughan, 90, has a
good position with the electric light CON-
pany at spearfield, s. d.
The band is making rapid progress under
the instruction Of Prof, Holden.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
DOane College.

The end of the third week finds the work
OF the college going on smoothly. Presi-
dent Perry recently gave a chapel talk on
What l Should DO II l Gould Go to Col
lege Again" The three main points OF
his address were that he should do cul-
tural reading in the library, participate IN
debating and public speaking and take
regular athletic exercise. While he advo-
Gated hard. intellectual work, he put espe-
cial emphasis on character building.
A week & last Friday evening the
sophomores entertained the freshmen IN
a most brotherly and sisterly manner and
the senior class had a straw ride out 20
Stephens nursery farm.
Several foot ball rallies were held last
week under the charge OF Head Rooter
Jones to prepare for the Doane-Kearney
game. The attendance. owing to the bad
weather. was not large. but the Doans
students SANG appropriate songs and rooted
with enthusiasm.
The claims OF the Library club were set
forth last Monday in chapel. This is a
club that has for its object to uild up
the library. Alumni ana present students
make up its membership chiefly.
The box in the cornerstone OF the old
First Congregational church was opened
recently. The stone was laid in 1876 The
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

months use Of them. Mrs. s. A.
WILLIAMS, r. f.. d. No. IA Box 80,
Gardiner, Me.
No woman should submit to a surgt-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and remover Of
the female organism Women resid-
ing In almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testi-
mony to the wonderful virtue Of Lydia
+. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
1t cures female ills, and creates radt-
ant, buoyant female health. If you
are i'll, for your W sake as we'll AS
those you love, give il a trial.
Mrs. PtnkhamS at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
herfOr advice. Her advice is free,
.Rnd always helpful.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

box was found to contain a silver 5o-ceut
piece and a quarter OF the year 1875 and
copies OF che Advance for November Is,
1876, Saline County News for November
Is. 1876, tho Saline County Post OF the same
date, minutes OF the State Association OF
Congregational churches for lS7F and 1875.
The papers were In shreds and the tin box
had rusted. The old stone will be put into
the new building and also a new corner
stone will be laid. The exercises will AXE
place Tuesday afternoon Of this week.