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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-26

A decreplt individual, displaying many
scars, applied for a pension.
Cannon wounds" he remarked, briefly.
What war were you in?" he was asked.
The war of 'Ga. 1 was an i%nsureent."
Why man." they told him, you were
lucky to escape alive" - Philadelphia
Ledger. - e. as,i
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-26

VICTOR RosEwATER. EDITOR
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-26

Entered at Omaha postorncs as second
class matter.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
EvELYN'S SNAKE
CAUSES A PANIC
PET OF MRS. THAW iNvApEs
BROKERS' OFFICE AND sENDs
FOLKS scURRYlNo.
SOUTHERN COLONEL FAInTs
sIx.Foot Reptile Leaves Homo In
search Of Food and Wandsrs
Into WaIdorf-Astoria-ls
Rescued by Maid.

New York.-When pet king snakes
fail to get their newly Matched chick
ems, their toad frogs and their baby
mice regularly every Ave weeks they
are apt to take matters into their
own hands and leave the best home
In the world to go forth and forage
for food. This fact was brought to
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's personal
attention the other day when she dis
covered that her six-foot reptile, Kara,
had slipped the coop. SO to speak, and
was wandering, alone and unattended
somewhere in the heart Of this great
city.
The tickers and telegraph instru.
ments were clicking away in brok.
erage ONCE in the Waldorf-Astoria
and the clerks were droning quota
lions and putting up the little card.
board figures. when there was sud
denly blood-curdling shout from Col
Hiram Marshall of Tennessee. who
had Just returned from attending the
reunion of confederate veterans In
Memphis. He. had been in half doze
when he bounded from his chair and
pointed to the bottom of the wainscot.
ing.
do you see it," he cried. to nobody
in particular. Don't tell me yu don't
see it,"
They all saw at" and there was
the widest kind Of scramble In that
ONCE. ut" was Kara. placidly glid
ing along. and ever and anon shooting
out his little forked tongue after q
ny. Clerks and porters and bellboys
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09

to think, II q dog can think, that he
was needed to aid in protecting the
little one. whose cries were SO dis.
tressing.
With a seeming determination to be
come the baby's protector, the dog
took up a place on the front porch Of
the Hildebrant house. August Hide
brant came home to dinner and no.
ticed the presence Of the stranger. He
made an effort to coax the dog away,
but the dog did not move. Mr.. Hide
brant thought the dog would tire Of
his vigil and went into the house.
When he came out he was surprised
to md him still on the front porch.
He remained there all night long, and
the next day Mr. Hildebrant made an
effort to drive him away. The dog
was obstinate, however, and refused
to move. Finally, out Of pity, Mr.
Hildebrant gave him his dinner.
Day after day the dog made Mr.
Hildebrants front porch his RESTING
place. When the dog heard the babys
cry he pricked up his ears and wagsed
his tail. The first time the baby was
taken out of the house the dog fol-
lowed 1t down the street. All efforts
of Dick Kilborn to induce him to re-
turn home were unavailing.
The dogs strange attachment for
the baby became the talk Of Crown
Point. Hundreds Of people walked
around In Main street to see Dick
Kilborn's Newfoundland dog on guard
at the Hildebrant house. People even
heard of the strange case in the sur.
rounding towns of Hammond. Gary
and Lowell, and whoever went to
Crownpoint made 1t point to go
around and see the dog which had
taken on himself the protection of a
little one in time Of its greatest
weakness.
Never in the history of Lake county
has a dog attained such notoriety nor
has dumb animal come to be SO gen.
orally loved. not only because Of his
immense proportions, but because Of
his love for the little baby girl.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
Paintings
Appeal
Most Tempting
Art for the
Dilettant
By MARCEL PROVOST.


? thing There infinite numbers Of Them The
painters reunes hundreds Of guests
nQI exposition modern paintings large OF
space honor to these volunteers of art Is
u6 the financial bait induces the greater part OF
these follow this vocation
The majority people who do paint themselves value
picture noted MASTER only by the worth
imagination weak conceive what dark
abyss engufs rolls painted which
human beings flowers Where did they froma Whence
are they going? possible these hide themselves die
However, destiny of their works does not discourage
Ever numbers Of interchangeable
mixing paints and putting them would
seem that painting irresistible attraction for them.
Where does this tempting quality which painting has for these
neophyes possible that they all take this vocation
call from God? No amateur who
this perhaps himself If he think OF all
admit that people cannot be necessary
lists by definition Of exception One has proof
of consider the and begins
to value the egaces of the past
seeing them confidently state that out of the
1000 paintings which exhibits annually the
really great decidedly small The rest less
than less chimera musicians
many hang their in salons from time
they paint for the pleasure of painting only
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
TAKE HOME COMFORTS ALONG
A Little Forethouoht viii Add Greatly
to the Pleasure Of the Sum-
msr's Outing.

Don't be uncomfortable all summer
in an ugly room, whether you stay by
the sea or in some mountain cottage.
There are many honey touches you
can take with you, and few others
to be got upon your arrival, that Will
save your feelings on the rainy days
when you would really enjoy being
alone If you were not housed In
bare, barn-lIke room. with nothing to
take OF the raw edges.
When you leave home take with you
a chintz trunk cover made In that
very most useful way. Its lower part
il the simplest of ruffles, strung on to
a tape and fastened around the trunk
proper while its lid Is lifted. The top
cover Is separate and fitted ana1r,
boxed at the corners. so that 1t will
remain in place when you lift the lid.
After you arrive at your destination
get an empty packing box to use for a
writing desk. There is really nothing
to equal 1t for convenience. Cover it
with chintz or denim, stain the inside.
II you like, but always remember to
leave the front open, SO you can keep
knees and feet in 1t while you write.
You can not hurt it; you may even
kick 1t II you feel SO disposed or i'll at
ease.
Don't carry away from home framed
pictures, and do avoid valuable toilet
silver; but II there is place where
you will want your unframed family
near you 1t is in just this same noun
tain home.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
HousEwoRk AND THE HANDS
With Proper Care, UnsiohtIy Rednsss
and Rou0hness Can Easily
Be Prevented.

Do not be afraid to give lift with
the family work for fear your lily
white hands will suffer. The secret
Of smooth hands is not idleness and
never putting them in dish water.
One can be almost household drudge
and yet not be ashamed to deal =
deck Of cards or let your best young
man hold your hand.
The secret of good-looking hands IL
thorough washing, pure soap, careful
drying and frequent amounting with
soothing lotions and oils. II you must
wash dishes insist upon having a tot.
let soap rather than the kitchen vari.
ETY. and your skin will not suffer.
Scrubbfng is the worst feature Of
housekeeping in its action on the
hands, and loose rubber gloves should
be used as often as possible. The
girl who must do rough work should
never forget the value of lemon In
keeping the skin smooth. A piece
on the sink will do wonders in over.
coming the bad effect of Homework.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
"skEETERs" OBSCURE SUN.
Millions Of Pests Put Workman to
Flight In a New Jersey
City.

Millville, N. J.-MosQuitoes are SO
numerous here that business practical
ly has been suspended. They invaded
one Of the largest glass factories.
where 200 men were at work blowing
glass, and drove the men out. Freight
brakemen on the Maurice river rail-
road also were put to flight by the
yoracious insects, which flew by mil
lions from the adjoining swamps.
There were times when the pests
were SO thick in this town that the
sun was obscured. "Smudges" or
smoke fires are going in all sections.
Horses and cows have been corralled
in the barnyards, and "smudges" are
kept burning on the windward side
of the Enclosures SO the smoke will
prevent the insects eating the ami
mails alive.
The local supply Of netting has
been exhausted, and hurry orders for
more have been sent. Not in years
have the mosquitoes been SO numer-
Gus or SO bloodthirsty. For two hours
after the swarm invaded the glass
factory the 200 men tried to fight 1t
of. Finally the mosquitoes became
so thick the tortured men could not
see the melting pots or the glass at
the end of the blowpipes. 1t also was
discovered that much Of the glass
blown was 10 full of the insects hat
It was unmarketable. The chief trou-
BILE however, was the torture to which
the men were subjected, ~ they wsrs
o,1v nartlv clad.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09

came and everybody took a hand In
shooting Kara out-that is. everybody
who wasn't tanning Col Marshall and
givinS him Ice water.
With the aid of walking canes and
feather busters they got Kara out into
one of the Thirty-third street vesti-
bules, and from there into the street.
By this time he was excited, and, al
though generally a lethargic creature,
the noise and the poking aroused him
to action. He began to lop and wrig-
the sidewalk, sending folks scurrying
out onto the asphalt.
Somebody started cry of mad
dog" and cabs and automobiles began
to clatter and hurry away while the
crowds fed toward Fifth avenue Po-
liceman Conway found out what was
the matter after little investigating.
gave him q rap on the back of the
neck and stopped his flight.
He was Just about to finish Kara
when a large and indignant woman
broke through the crowd.
Don't you hit him." she said.
"Lemme have him and I'll take him
home. He amt going to hurt no
body. He's Just Mis- Thaw's itty bitty
petty-ain't 90. Kara-and he lief.
home because he was hungry. toll
Mrs. Thaw she ought to feed him
every three weeks. I'm Mrs. Thaw's
maid"
You'll have to kill him." said the
policeman. This weather is too hot
for snakes to be wandering about"
But the maid had Kara in her arms
by this time, while the crowd gasped
at her nerve. and it would have taken
a better man than the policeman to
have made her kill Kara.
Kara. it seems, had slipped out
when his mistress left to go shopping
this morning. but how he had go,
into the Waldorf Astoria. which is jus,
q few blocks from Mrs. Thaw's fat
will probably never be known.
Mis- Thaw'u be mighty pervoked
to hear how you mistreated this
Make" said the maid. as she left with
ara, and maybe you'll hear more
It"
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09

The only garment that is at all stiff
and crisp in the wardrobe is the tall
ored shirtwaist, which the girls cling
to. This is unstarched but the mad
rases and percales Of which 1t Is
made have a certain body which the
manufacturer gives them.
The white shirtwaist striped with
color matching the suits with which
they are worn are in great favor with
the girls Just now.
There are lovely Scotch madrases
with narrow lines of any color at all
that girl may want. They are worn
with embroidered collars and silk
bows that match in tone.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
Tho Couture Very voIumInous.

Under the hats the couture is more
than ever voluminous. The ears are
hidden under the soft bands, loosely
arranged over and under structure Of
curled hair or wire; 1t drops low over
the temples and puffs out in the back.
cnchantingly framing faces with deli
cate features. but rendering rather
grotesque those with large coarse
ones. For evening one sees the hair
dressed with more simplicity. often
softly folded about the head and held
in Roman fashion with filets Of RIB
bon, or plain gold and silver bands.
It is dropped low over the temples
and lightly shades the saSs.-Tfon Q
Paris Letter to Vogue
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09

n veil
| i In IN q
- side with buttons
muslin
fried underseeves being the The as
outlined
folds form the
Hat Of PALE green straw
wide, buttons
yard silk muslin inches
of Ia
fastening braid;
buttonhoes
sleeves are o
tuscan hat trimmed a white chine
46 inches 81 buttons
lace,a braid
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
uoe y !elF.lppolm1ED
GUARD FOR tiny alk
HEARS CRY or NgW.DoRN GIRL
AND 0oEo ON DUTY ON
PORCH or HOUSE.

Hammond, Ind.-A big Newfsuad'
land dog named Major. and owned ~
Dick Kilborn heard the helpless CRY
of q newborn baby girl in the resi-
dence Of Mr.. and Mrs. August Hide
brant Of Crownpoint. Major was pass
ing the house at the time and at the
sound Of the baby's cry he stopped.
The weakness Of the little infants cry
seemed to make an irresistible appeal
to the big, numbering dog. He seemed
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09

The new jackets are long. with any
number of pockets, and covered with
passementeries; some have little
gathers under the pockets. This looks
funny. The general impression left
after patient inspection is that we
shall see nothing decidedly new this
season-nothing striking. as was fore
told. The slight tendency toward
Louis XIV. or toward the modes of
1850 will be followed only as a caprice
here and there, fancy trial of &C.
centricity, but not lead"
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
For Harsh Skin.

When the skin feels dry and harsh
and is beginning to look wrinkled,
change your soap or abstain from
using 1t entirely for a time. Nothing
takes the oil from the skin more
quickly than = soap that does not
agree with 1t. As what suits one
woman will not suit another. it IL
well to experiment until a soothing
soap II found.
An excellent substitute . almond
3Asts.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
Personal
Feeling
Should Be
Guide
D. Dr.. THOMAS DARLINGTON
BsslfA csaaissssasr Il Nsv TEX City

vegetarian history aferwad found to be crazy eat
have told with
of diet that it enables to work 10
Perhaps might that others should be glad do not
be scientifically balanced dietary for as mat
able speech lasting two hours and half What
happen really kept in form by
eating? that spoke for two hours and rs minutes
finished half hearers rushed
while the other half said that they tired
wanted to hear the word alcohol again.
But seriously should that whatever find expedent in
himself properly should consult
family physician whether not he yet sufferer from indigestion
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09

What l eat myself is not what 1 would
recommend as the diet for anybody else.
Perhaps this is because follow no theory
in my eating and take what is set before
me. My only care is that the food shall
be fresh, condition which l am glad to
say is usually evident. Therefore the only
question l ask as to my menu is: "Does
it agree with me?"
Naturally l do not set up my own fare
as model, since in that case find buck
wheat cakes and sausage, for example, an
excellent breakfast food. That l am not a
vegetarian is not because Nebuchadnezzar,
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09
Reading
Maketh
a Full
Man:
D. REV. THOMAS r. AlcER

ideals If the world him. and his outlook
author NAV be to just the inspiration that he needs
seller the world the Bible and happily it is cheap not
IN the nonuar sense So kind
the inquiry eventually Even the excitement that from
reading books in kind the books themselves The spirit
of the by good book Stevenon rea
be compared with the dreadtus
monty represented by he Pink Robbers of the Blue Mountains The
Bully the Calico h Poisoned aumdrop or The Candy
Womans Revenge suppose St far excitement out
Of being day night the deep than vusarmnded
hss secured from the perusa Of ""Three Weeks"
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09

The pleasure of painting is complex. While CIV
ing an occupation for the painters fingers painting is
not exactly thing to stir the soul of the amateur.
The amateur is not required to undertake number OF
compositions and to pick out the most difficult
faithful reproduction of house at the edge Of
stream and the amateur has gained the name of an art
st Painting within the limits in which the dilettant
exercises it is one of those arts where invention and
originality have been greatly reduced successful
copy of picture of great master with them passes
for a work of art.
1t is for these reasons that canvas and brush
stand in no danger Of remaining idle.
The Meeker herald., 1909-10-09

No hard and fast rule as to ethics can
be based upon commercial success in litera-
ture. The ''best seller" is not necessarily a
bad book, but, unfortunately, bad book
is apt to be one of the ''best sellers" There
are four reasons for reading book: In
formation, inspiration, entertainment and
excitement. As Lord Bacon says, "Read-
ing maketh full man." but - is common
observation that it makes difference what
a man is "full" of. If man be tagged
and need entertainment he has right to
any entertainment that restores his work.
ing power without lowering his moral
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
LoNDoN's WEALTH AND POVERTY
Sad Extremes That Prevail In the
Worlds Richest City.

The London county council. accord
Ing 10 yearly custom. has Just pub
lished some suggestive statistics. In
them the British capital is put down
as probably the wealthiest city in the
world. Its property is insured against
FIRE for about sir billions of dollars.
II takes about 4lS.037 tons Of killed
meat and 5s735 live cattle. 375.950
sheep, 1882 tons OF FISH and sO.s26.-
800 gallons Of milk to feed the popula-
ton. which uses s2,l52, PAS. 900 gallons
OF water for drinking and other pur.
poses.
But besides being the "wealthiest,"
London Is also, to use a word made
famous by Bernard Shaw. the Ill
thiest" OF the 4795.7s9 human be.
ings that live on It's 1876 acres Of
land and water. 1863 PCS, or one in
every 80. are paupers. But more ap'
pslling still is the fact that 20 per
sons in every 100 die in an almshouse
or almshouse inirmary. No wonder
the city is obliged to distribute
through Its charities more than $50
900 900 annually.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
Zig wages Must Be Earned.

group Of feminine wage carriers
was discussing news item the other
day. one which told the public that The
private secretary Of the greatest imam
cier Of his time II woman who re
celyes $40 .O0C a year There was envy
IN their voices and bitterness IN their
words. and nobody seemed 10 grasp
the pith Of the story. which waA a re.
citAl Of the secretsry'G duties There
was a S0maz who had to be on duty
many hours. and possess not only d
marvellous memory. but infinite tact
and patience More than that she had
10 posse8s marked executive ability
She has probably been In training
for year,. and undoubtedly earns
everT penny OF her salary The girls
who envied her could not do the work
because they were not fitted for it
probably they would not under any
circumstances. because they were not
the hard working kind All they could
SEE in the story was the salary. and
that made them enyiOus.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
EnoLAsp's MANY DEER PARKS.
-Four Hundred Of Them Are Said 10
Dot the Little island.

"A park without a deer" wrote
Richard JeffrieE. is like a wall with
out a picture" and Il Is something TO
know that in England th"re are 400
parks containing deer; that they aver
axe hundreds and some Of them thou
sands Of acres. and that Yorkshire,
Glouces,ershire. SirafIOFdshire. Nor
thants and Sussex have more inclosed
land given ~ 20 deer than any other
counties
There Is something peculiarly NJ.
'ional about our deer parks. for soon
after the Conquest the barons began 10
iuciose parks within the forests and
20 include within them all the wild
animals that could then be secured
or these the $500 acres 81 park at
Fridge is the only one mentioned IN
Domesday book as containing deer
then az II does now
In that now scarce book. Shirley =
English Deer Parks" IS parks AZ
mentioned which no longer contain
deer, bu' slace that book was pub
llsicd IN 1861 several paris have been
stocked which did not then contain
deer. and there are others in which
the deer have been given up.-Londou
Daily Graphic
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
Attitude in Face Of Death.

4 British medical man thus tells his
experience Of how men and women
face death: Tell the man of higher
type and greater intelligence. he says.
that he is facing death, and he begins
to fight. demands a consultation. talks
about going 20 specialists and fights
grlmly to the finish Tell a woman
the same facts. and she lies back to
await her fate All women are fatal.
lists On the other hand tell a man
that he has one chance In thousand
70 recover II he will undergo an op
GRAFTON. and he will trust to his OVID
strength and endurance rather than
undergo the knife. The woman will
choose the thoEsandth chance. and
submit 10 the operation with astound.
ing calmness
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
supsrIoritY 70 Al Law.

There ~ something seryiie in the
habit OF seeking after law which we
may obey. We may study laws Of
matter AZ and for our convenience. but
a successful life knows no law. II is
an unfortunate discovery certainly.
that Of law which binds Us where we
did not know before we were bound
Live free. child Of the mist-and with
respect 70 knowledge We are all child.
rem Of the mist The man who takes
the liberty TO live 10 superior TO all the
laws. by virtue Of his relation TO the
lawmaker That is active duty" says
the Vishnu Purana. which IL not for
our bondage. that ls knowiecge which
IL for our liberation; all other duty Is
good only unto WEAKNESS. all other
knowledge Ia only the cleverness Of an
artiBt"-Henry ID. ThoTeau.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
Year Without a Summer.

The year 1916 has a remarkable
cold weather record and is known as
the year without a summer" In
that year there was a sharp frost in
every month. and the people all over
the world began to believe that some
great and definite change In the earth
was taking place. The farmers used
TO refer TO II as eighteen hundred and
starve-to-death." Frost. ice and snow
we're common In Jdne. Almost every
green thing was killed and the fruit
was nearly all destroyed. During the
month snow fell TO the depth Of three
inches in New York and Massachu'
sets and ten inches In Maine. There
were frost and ice in July in New
York, New England and Pennsylvania
and corn was nearly all destroyed In
certain sections. Ice half an Inch
thick formed in August. A cold north
wind prevailed all summer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-15
uggTLE AZ a SCENT sAcHET.
insect Of Borneo That EJnsles host
Powerful Perfume.

The beau1 and bellies Of Borneo do
not have 70 dlstil perfume for their
hair or handkerchief They have
Ouly 10 faa, o % a. ua.H tA.' AEl
nimosa IL U,ysp1n CAHE4r 10 tA-
fover.balis b. found q magnificent
beetle q bIlliiauf emerald .a-a rAa-
dag 70 g 0Igut U-JLL. On zoe wing
cases anG touched ~iff gold on the
head This living iewei eIi's pow
arfG' scent o.; a,far Of rDzes. prr.Imihs
the air FOR many yards around a. 4
number of then placed 10 q house vii
nj q from '9p o. bottom With delight
ful fragrance Young girls roll the
inE-cr IN BIZ Of cotton cloth and
braid g. 10 'h.s black i"css and
young men g4spsnd IL around their
necks like Al amulet or a. Egyptian
scarab The fragrance gradually
groGs fainter as ~" Dee,s loser Its
vitality, and dies alth q
The beetle ..ea b. captivity only q
few hour and 40 the seen, expires
si'h o., 10 gay has ~ ia' been found
20 extract as preserve ih" 'rqHlsit"
odor The scented Dceile appaa-s only
when the u.iu.psa Do 10 H8a"r Neither
birds nor lizards will des'Iog b. and
" g. protected even from 'A@ ygra
clous wy0dpsrseT b. 10 powerful pr
fIme