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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
NOW WATCH GHOSTS WALK
VIII BequeathinK Half Million for
spiritualistic Propaganda
Upheld.

The will of ]. T, Crumoaugh OF Leroy,
H., bequeathing 10000 for the propaga-
ton OF spirituslism has been upheld by the
Illinois supreme court. His only child, a
son. died an infant. He became a convert
to spiritualIsm and imagined that the dead
babe. having grown to manhood in the
s2irit world, was always near him to ad-
wise and protect him.
C~rumbaugh named this son Bright Eyes
and engaged an artist to paint a life-siEe
portrait in oil OF him and as he would
appear had he lived and grown to adult
size. This fanciful picture was hung In
the room OF the banke and he was very
fond OF II. The relatives contended this
action Indicated a dlsOrdered mind.
Crumbaugh always maintained the spirit
son was by his side. sleeping and waking;
had saved his life on several occasions by
a timely warning OF danger and that the
sons good advice about Investments had
enabled him to amass his fortune, Crum-
bauSh became so infatuated with spiritual
ism that he believed implicitly in what he
heard at seances.
The will left nearly the entire fortune to
found a church for spiritualists and to dis
seminate the tenets OF the cult. An an
nual income is provided by which the
cause CT s%pirituallsm will be promoted and
its beliefs sxplsined.-chieaso journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
80 Them That Hath,
A o SERMON To
FAT L

"ro them that hath shall be given" is a
sentence that applies TO fat people very
neatly. II is common knowledge that once
a human being begins to fatten up. to what
they have already is added more than they
want until finally a stage is reached where
reduction must be made OF decided disad-
vantage results.
Then comes forward the ages-old query,
"Rsduce-but how?" To the uniformed
nothing suggests itself but the Ito them)
twin eYils-less eating-more activity. They
contemplate a more or less lengthy Siege
OF dieting and exercising. so II may be said
safely that every man or woman In the
land now undergoing the fattening-up pro-
cess has his or her mental eye fixed du-
biously on that not TAR distant day when
he or she will have to don the ashes and
sackcloth" OF reduction.
This Is not an enlivening prospect, and so
Il IL with considerable satisfaction that we
announce the emancipation OF the fat.
Nowadays one may reduce much or little,
a pound a day il desired. or hold their fat
in check, absolutely stationary, without
doing a tap OF exercise. missing a single
meal doing a particle OF harm OF causing
a solitary wrinkle. All that's required. as
hundred testify. is the taking after meals
and at bedtime OF one Marmol Prescrip-
tion Tablet, which tablets are sold by the
MArmOla Company, Detroit. Mich, or any
Eood druggist at the uniforni price OF Is
cents, this sum being accepted for a case
Of tablets 90 well and generously filled
tSat even n produces Desirable results
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
BUSINESS AFTER PLEASURE
Eject of Regulation HandOut ON
the Wealth Of n "POOF
OLD BeggRr."

The prosperous Wholesale grocery dealer
had sold out his business. preparatory to
departing for the west TO live. He was re-
fleeing the next morning on the prospect
OF getting a good price for his house,
which the day before he had advertised
for sale, when the doorbell jingled mer-
rily.
Sir" said the maid, putting her head in
at the library door a moment later, ITS
the old beggar from the corner near your
store, SIR
''Old 10, the beggar. eh?" rejoined the
retired business man, taking from his
pocket a coin. II presume the wretched
old fellow missed my customary contrlbu-
ton this morning and has CONF for It.
Here, give him this dollar"
The maid went away with the money
and again returned.
II gave the dollar. sir" seid she. land
he seemed very thankful for It. but he says
he'd like to speak a moment with you on
business. SIR"
what business can that old beggar have
with me?'
He says that 81 you can bring the price
Of this house down 70 $4,000 cash he'd bus
It, strr'(udSs's Library.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

and chased and bears some appropriate de-
sign, which changes from year to year, and
which is suited to the profession or line OF
work for which the recipient Is distin-
guished.. Surrounding the design appears
in Latin the motto. Truth is mighty and
shall prevail" The address Of award which
accompanies the medal is a beautiful piece
OF ert work dore In water colors on silk.
First Time In south.
This is the first time in it's history that
the medal will go to the south. 1t was
first given in 1888 to John Culinary Shea,
the historian. Then followed for this dis
tinction Patrick j. Kelley. architect; Eliza
Allen Starr. art critic; Genera John New
ton, civil engineer; Patrick v. Hickey, ed
itor; Anna Hanson Dorsey. author; William
]. Onahan. publicist; Daniel Dougherty,
orator and publicist; Major Henry F.
Brownson. soldier and scholar; Patrick
Donahoe. editor and publicist; Augustin
DAILY, theatrical manager; Anna t. Sadlier.
author; General William Starke Rosecrans,
soldier; Thomas Adds Emmett. physician:
Timothy f. Howard, jurist; John A. Crelgh-
ton, philanthropist; William Bourke Cock
ran. lawyer and statesman; DR.. John b,
Murphy. surgeon; Charles ]. Bonaparte,
lawyer and statesman: Thomas B. F1tzpat-
rick. merchant and philanthropist: Richard
C. Kerens, publicist and philanthropist; DIR.
Francis Quinlan, surgeon; Katherine
Eleanor Conway. author and editor; James
C. Monaghan. publicist and educator.
The recipient OF the medal this year was
born In Salisbury. N, c.. where she now
lives, In ls4G. She is the eldest daughter OF
Colonel Charles Frederic Fisher. who was
killed In the battle OF Bull Run. She was
married to James Marquis Tlernan OF Mary
land in 1887. Her first novel. valerie Ayi-
mer." was published in New York by d.
Appleton & Co. In 1871. and was 50 emil
nently successful that It was shortly fol-
lowed by Morton House." q story Of south
ern life OF thirty years ago, Her novels
now number nearly forty. By literary crit.
les her style is pronounced as singularly
pure. The award Of the medal will meet
appreciation everywhere. especially in the
south, where Mrs, Herman is admired and
beloved.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

II be expected to be, for nothing worth hav-
ing is to be obtained without taking trouble.
Friends or servants may carry men over
rough country, but then they never learn
to walk or jump. and the self-reliance that
will be wanted at a critical moment will
not come at a whistle.
Another proof that golf is a science, and
one designed for mans Improvement, is the
readiness with which its demands may be
adapted to the human frame at all ages.
1 was 50 years of age before I touched a
golf club. At first l found 1t quite i'm
possible with any accuracy to make more
than a half-swing. Had l been contented
with this till the habit OF preferring accu-
racy to distance was established, l would
had saved myself a great deal OF disappoint-
ment and going back. Like every duffer,
l was eager to get on, but, unaware OF the
pitfalls In the way. 60 floundered about in
the darkness of attempting too much at
first. BY trying TO improve every way,
both good and bad, at last l manage to
Increase the swing till / could bring the
clubhead over the ball in the back-swing,
then could come forward in the long flat
swing which had been my ambition from
the first. No wonder! For all the parts
| OF the body had TO contribute their own
special share of movement, that in a new
and unwonted manner. and only at one
regular moment for each.
Harmony slowly Achieved.
These movements had TO be carefully
and slowly adapted to each other by prao-
t!ee, until they began TO work in harmony,
which was very gradual. But, whenever l
expected them to adapt themselves without
waking up and directing the laggard
energy, naught but confusion occurred. The
skill which is wanted by a proficient in
golf is of a high order, must always be
available, ana takes just as much time,
thought and trouble TO master as the
hardness OF the craftsmen, or the ooolness
of the surgeon; therefore, It il neither TO
be despised nor grudged Its cost of requi-
sition. But let none despair; for, after my
experience, l may confidently say, we shall
reap II we faint not. The constant drop
ping OF frequent practice will make supple
the stiffest joints. put muscles on the
weakest arms, and gladden. at least the
| feebiest heart"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

The wise man will try experiments, in
which sacrifices of his own and others
theories will have to be made. He will
have to follow the tedious windings Of a
current he annot account for; but at
every turn he becomes conscious of a
force moving onward, and perhaps bring
now and then, he conceives an impression
of what he ought to do, he applies 1t to
some stroke he wishes to make, letting
theory and practice Influence each other
till some distinct effect Is produced indi-
eating Improvement or the reverse. II this
scrt of practice be kept up, bad habits will
be corrected and good ones formed; but
not without some of the attention and
discipline which is needed to produce these
happy changes in any other pursuit or re-
creation.
often MIsunderstOod.
ITO think that because golf is a diver.
sion It should need no laws or study OF its
secrets, or that all restrictions are tire
some, is to misconceive the nature of the
game, and to underestimate the advantages
10 confers. Its chief attraction to an ective
mind is the feeling that 1t has an assured
order Of progress. that it provides an
interesting and productive channel for the
absorption of thought, and that where this
channel is kept deep and wide the worries
OF life sink to the bottom and are forgot
in the onward rush Of the new and prom.
Using possibilities lying around every golr
links.
This order and uniformity OF play in.
fluences nine-tenths of the style OF every
good golfer. and may be taken as a help
to those who are learning the game, as
we'll as a warning to those who transgress
1t. All will agree that those who wish to
reach and use it will best do so by their
own exertions. Successful men are always
self-made. Professionals and most good
amateurs are self-trains d-that is, while
carefully che-ishing up into principles the
methods which produce their best results,
they continued practicing what they found
useful as Ions as it answered, and tried
something else when It did not. To follow
this course always is not easy. nor should
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
SOME OF Tue CROPS OF
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Grown On This Land and What
II Yields 70 the Owners.

Bsnanas-Planting bananas 10 feet
apart, as the trees are small, and getting
only one bunch from each hill, the owner
would have on each acre 400 punches.
which, at s1.00 a bunch would pay $500
per acre. per annum
Observation-Disclosures yield from seven
to ten crops without replanting. The first
and principal cost is for the land. The in
come from the second, third, fourth, fifth
and sixth crops is profit. From nearby
lands one acre Of pineapples containing
10000 plants yielded 900 crates, averaging
80 TO the crate, or 5000 apples. They
netted over transportation and commission
$500 per crate, or 5000 per acre. From
this same acre $4,000 planting slips were
secured, which sold at 5000 per 1000,
adding to the profit of this same acre $192,
or a total or S792.
Ricc-Two crops of rice can be raised
annually and one may conservatory count
upon so bushels to the acre from zach
crop. Independent of this revenue there
is profit in the volunteer rice for fodder
crops and grazing.
The price Of the rice at the plantation
averages 75c per bushel, or an annual per
acre yield value of $500.
Peaches-Peaches yield a profit of from
500 to $3.50 per acre.
On these lands this crop could be har-
vested and sold from the middle of April
to the middle of May, or about one month
earliert than the maturing of peaches in
the northern part of the state.
CeIery-Celery will yield from $500 to
$1,000 per acre, for the reason that on
these lands the plant would mature when
all Northern celery was out of the market.
But 1t is needless to further illustrate
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
A Picture of Our Homes

a level tract within a golden section of our country, swept by ocean
breezes. Where the bees underide wild geese and honeysuckles bloom per
petual. Where no frost falls and where the perfume of the orange bios
som is a continual reminder to gallant old gentlemen, and gentle old
ladies of the beautiful days when they pighted their troths. .
Such a country. If you re old or young, mar o. woman, business or
professional, master or servant, attend:
Here is the opportunity of your life. The possession of one acre in
Florida land now may be worth more to you than all the rest of your
efforts in this life. And now or never, viii you possess if
Now you can buy a farm on our tract for $1,000 a month, and begin
to improve it. You can put out your orange groves, plant your grape
fruit and cocoanut groves and pineapple farms, while your patches of
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
Omaha to Be
Making Up Point
Groups of Young Women Workers
Going to Y. W. C. A. Convention
Will Assemble Here.

Omaha is to be one Of the .making-up
points for delegations that will attend the
biennial convention OF the National Young
Women's Christian association to be held
at st. Paul. MINI, next month. One car
and others II necessary, will be made up
here and it is expected that most of the
delegates and visitors from Nebraska and
Iowa viii Join this train.
Several OF the larger delegations from
the south and west are arranging a stop
over IN ornaha for the purpose Of inspect
ing the new association building. Okla
homa is among those that have completed
such arrangement. The opening of the new
building next week win attract visitors
from several OF the city and college as
sociations near by. lincoln, Des Moines
n Sioux City associations will send Of
flcers and secretaries.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

Strawberries, lettuce, celery, beans, tomatoes and potatoes begin to yield
returns right away. You need not give up your position here to carry on
this work there. You will be entitled to a TOWNSHIP tract upon which you
may erect a home, where you may spend your winter The Atlantic ocean
is within a few miles of you. The cluster of picturesque cities, Palm
Beach, Miami, Fl. Lauderdale and others are in sight, while the streams
which empty into the ocean abound in fish and crustacean food. You may
have your launch and traverse every section near you, fishing and hunting
and drinking in the life giving breeze of the ocean.
Adjoining this tract are hundreds of the prettiest groves and farms
that the eye ever beheld. Huyler, the candy man, owns a tract here, and
his land cannot be bought at all. An. Iowan owns a farm adjoining which
is recently improved and could be bought for $500 an acre.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
G(LF IS A REAL SCIENCE
Veteran Player Insists Game Will De.
velop Brain.
REQUIRES PLENTY OF STUDY
One May Not Engage in 1t Lightly
IL He VIII Get All Benefits
which May he Derived
from the Sport.

That golf is a real science n a game
which may not be engaged in lightly by
one who wishes to attain proficiency is
shown by an article written for the Gcld-
ers Magazine by Veteran" who insists
that mental development will follow close
attention to the game as we'll as corporal
benefit.
Discrepancy Of style" he says, rs
sometimes adduced as q proof that there
is no order o. nc system in the game OF
golf. that, like most other games, any one
can play IL without taking much trouble.
that It must come sooner or later 10 all
who try It, II they will only practice a
little. Such notions soon get brushed
away by a little familiarity with
| the game. Then, the belief that to play
It we'll ia not easy. while it is a useful and
invigorating stimulant 20 the body and
mind. grows apace.
when at last the fact is fully realized
that golf is more than a pastime, and is
really worth taking up, IL comes TO be
carefully examined, its cost in time and
self-surrender is counted, its WAYS and
means begin to be considered; and personal
| fitness Is put TO the test. Every one can
swing a club. and we are told that we
have only to hit the BAH fairly to make
II go. 50 every one who has received some
education can read and write; but Il Is
not well done until the habit OF forming
and ~pronouncing the letters and words
distinctly Is acquired. There is a system
which has grown by use, enabling these
arts to he performed, and without which
every attempt would fall short OF its in
tention.
Formation of style.
I'm golf we may trundle a ball from
hole to hole. but there are ways Of doing
this, founded on lite nature and traditions
which make tkeir study as necessary a:
Is the trouble taken about acquiring Tho
rudimeuts OF knowledge. No doubt Their,
are great differences In the styles Of th'
best players. which are equalled and
caused by difference In stature, build, tenn
per ami exercise; but all can be moulded
to produce the very similar results which
are seen in great matches. We come theI
to the conclusion that to form a gooS
style we must follow the method by which
a river collects It's waters from the sur
rounding country. The springs lie far ant
near, the ground Is hilly and broken, blu
the water finds its level by the force o
gravity. streams, once running in c%ontrarl
directions. uniue. barriers cannot resis
the onward flow. the river is formed, an
sweeps along its course irresistibly. Il
this nature has It's way: but it Is checke,
and limited by conditions which We canno
remove. yet may overpass and obliterat
at every turn.
"The man who has determined to lear
the game must start from the point of hi
own aptitude. II that point lies along tn
beaten track OF general advance. all tn
/ better for him; but II net, II has to b
proved = useful departure or given W
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
GROWN in FLORIDA
The Enormous Yield TO Those
Who Own Farms Adjoining
Our Tract.

Tomatoes-On "a acres there average
420 crates of tomatoes to the acre. The
cost was so cents per crate. From the
1,117 crates there vas netted, after de-
Quoting commission, freight, etc.,
$1,849.s9; from this amount the cost OF
growing, picking and packing is deducted,
$5bS.50, leaving 4 profit of t1.a9I.3S. for
four month work on only "a acres of
land. Suppose the owner had farmed 10
acres, the smallest farms in the division
suggested? He would have had over
$4,000 for part Of his years work.
strawberries-FrOm one acre OF straw
berries $500 was realized. Considering the
small capital invested, this is one of the
most profitable crops Of the section.
Potatoes-Potatoes yield about $500
per acre per crop. we crops a year may
be grown.
The profits from grape fruit, cocoa,
mangoes, oranges, lemons. lines and all
garden truck are now matters OF record
in Dade county.
The officia ! statistics of Dade county
show 2,410 acres In tomatoes, valued at
about t~hree-quarters of a million dollars;
acres of beans valued at $4,000; 81 acres
OF elephants, valued at $1,000; 20 acres
of cucumbers, valued at $1,000; "a acres
of peppers, valued at over $40, 900; 81
acres in white potatoes, valued at about
$4,000, and some small acreage devoted to
raising cabbage, English peas, etc.
The shipments from this section come
into market when highest prices prevail
and good produce always brings good
prices.
Parties having sugar mills in the neigh
porhood of this company's land will be able
70 contract at $500 a ton for the cane.
At 80 tons to the acre this would give
1850 per acre.
Sugar cane needs little or no ~cultiva-
ton. 1t is cheaply planted and only re-
ilaced once in saven or eight years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
MAYOR SAYSPARTY BETRAYED
Dahlman Admits Democratic Legis.
lature Ignored Platform Pledges
AFF1RMs HE'S NOT DOWN AND OUT
Refuses to Surrender because Char
ter Bill Passed with the EIec-
tive Fire and Police
Beard Clause.

81 don't figure II that we are down and
out, nor do I consider that In the passage
OF the charter bill with an elective fire
and police board the legislature has said,
Hurrah for the Jacks and to hell with the
Jims,' as some OF the Jacks claim. But
two things / do know: The people have
not been given what the party pledged,
and the next time we will have everything
down in black and white before election.
Experience is the best teacher always, and
l, for ono. have learned something"
This is Mayor Dahlman's ommen on the
Omaha charter bill, which has passed the
house ana which took no notice Of the
protest against the elective fire and police
board filed by himself and other chiefs of
the Dahlman Democracy club. as against
the endorsement of the Jacksonian club.
He says all that can be done now Is to
swallow the 6Dss and look sweet and
amiable'' and remember 10 be more careful
next time, not only in the preparation or
the platform, but in the choice OF legisla"
tive candidates.
VIII Cripple Department.
In the opinion OF Chief OF Police Donahue
the new charter will prevent placing more
men on his department and may necessitate
ldylnB OH bOilt, as IL lnCIedSeb tue pdy VI
policemen more than the appropriation for
the department.
"Our appropriation ia 3l5O,OeO, of which
about SIS5, 900 will be available" said the
chief. 'The pay of all policemen will be
raised on the average OF 80 a month per
man. We have fourteen detectives and ten
sergeants who will receive a raise on the
average OF $50 q month. We can readily
figure out where we will be al the end of
the year. and l will advise the board not to
examine more applicants for police duty.
According to Assistant City Attorney Rine
the new charter will not allow placing on
the ballots in the primary election tho
names OF candidates for city engineer or
for police commissioners He Says these
candidates must file by petition after the
primary and run in the regular spring cleo
ton without designation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
TAFT AMBITIOUS FOR CANAL
President Expresses wish that Il
May he Finished by July
q, 1913.

WASHINGTON, March So-It developed
today that during a recent conversation be-
tween President Taft and Chairman
Goethals Of the sthmian canal commits
sion. the president expressed his desire
that the Panama canal be completed by
the Fourth OF July, 1913. Colonel Goethals,
however, Is not at all sanguine OF accom-
rlisiing any such result, holding TO his
heretofore expressed opinion that January
I, 1915, will see the canal open to naviga-
ton. .9
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
SAILORS LIFE IS THE LIFE
Fer Me-" SINGS BENNIE
And Judge EstelIe VIII Try to Land
the hoy In the United
states NAVY.

Bsnnie Thomas reported in Juvenile court
Saturday morning TO satisfy the court off
GERS that he was all right and was doing
his Rest TO make n man OF himself. Bonnie
is working now and has a yearning to go
into the navy Judge Estelle said of him;
Benny IL not delinquent, He is just one
of the boys of the world who has not had a
chance. We are golns to give It to him.
We hope that the rigid rules of the navy
may be relaxed enough to let Bonnie sea
the benefit OF disciplinary training"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21
S24O
Payable $40 q Month
Buy a Farm and n Lot.

Buy q Farm and q lot
SUBDIVISION
2 farms of $40 acres each,
8 farms of $40 acres each.
20 farms of 100 acres each.
400 farms of 60 acres each.
$50 farms of 40 acres each.
$500 farms Of. 20 aces each.
5000 farms of 1O-acres each.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-21

INVESTMENT
he company anticipates being permanently interested In these Florida lands,
mainly from the standpoint of sugar culture md manufacture Such bdngt the case,
1t is vitality concerned in the formation of desirable communities sTroundin its W
holdings
People who form conditions Of health or age desire a climate equable all the year
and free free from extremes or heato or cold, should secure at least a small home
farm in Florida
REPORTS OF EXPERTS
of Agriculture says
There practically no other bdy of land in the world, which presents such
remarksb possibilities of development. as the muck lands bordering the southern
shores of Lake okeehoee With a depth of soil averaging perhaps 8 feet and with
a surface almost absolutely level it affords promise of development which reaches be-
yond the limits OF prophecy" ..
FLORIDA FRUIT LANDS CO.,
Northern Branch Office, 10 Board Of Trade Building.
M. Manager.