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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Senators having aspirations in the direc-
tion of oratory had better keep their
weather eye on that man Cummins, SEN
ator from Iowa, relates a correspondent OF
the Brooklyn Eagle. He has not had an
opportunity to get off an article of the real
oratDry sort IN the United States senate
as yet, but when ne does the young. old,
and middle-aged Demostheneses will wake
up.
The senator has a strong, penetrating
voice, his enunciation is particularly clear,
and his English is of the brand that even
Senator Lodge cannot take exceptions to.
And his gestures-they are all right. When
his audience applauds too long he raises
ness relgns supreme. Senator Cumins has
been before the public for a long time as
a speaker. He recites a story of his first
offense before a gathering Of old soldiers.
He had prepared his speech, but in the
excitement of the reception preceding the
banquet he left the manucript In his over
coat pocket. When the time came for him
TO address the old vets he felt for his
papers. They were outside. He was EN-
barrassed, but started in boldly with:
II am not a veteran of the civil war.
Unfortunately, / was born too late to have
shared with you the hardships Of the strife,
the sorrows Of defeat. and the joys OF vic
tory In that great battle waged for human
kind"
There he stuck. Three times he got that
far. but the next sentence was not forth
coming. Things began to look hazy when
a vet seated in the rear OF the hall, in a
whisper loud enough to be heard over the
room, said:
IT'S a On pity he was ever born at
ALL"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Colonel Hayward is stepping up the
ladder of fame quite rapidly. but no
more speedily than he deserves. 1t is
a good time for big Bills to get in
circulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

"In bad electrical storms there lie one
thing which is general, even including peo-
pie not at all curious
What is that
Everybody is inclined to rubber. "-Balti-
more American. a ~
Mr.. Jawback-Mr. Braneigh gets $4,000 a
year Just for furnishing his firm with
ideas. I'd like to have a job like that.
death.-Cleveland Leader.
The Pastor-what! You want to be mar
ried to this man? Why, woman, he's as
drunk as he can be-!
The Bride-Well, hurry, or he might
sober up.-St. Louis Times.
why have you thrown over Mr.. Pitcoe?'
oh. I could never marry a man with a
crooked leg"
what made his leg crookedy'
IT ran over IT with my motor car
Success.
Jane-That d~eceitful Gimble girl poses as
a perfect angel. To hear her talk to the
men you'd think that the maids up in
Name think It more likely they are
fireproofing hem.-C1eveland Plain Dealer.
Queen Gertrude-Isn't It errible Ophelis
raving out here and Hamlet soliloduizing
all over the place. What q trial.
King Claudius-Yes, but. thank heaven!
there won't be any expert testimony in II,
or any unwritten law.-Puck.
''Binks is very much run down. 7 hear"
"Well. he of all men ought to be able to
build himself up"
Great Scott, man. isn't he an architect
Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Another war Is scheduled in Central
America, although we we're under the
impression that the elections down
there we're not held until next fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

President Taft will have to remain
at home more than the usual. Con-
gress has allowed him but $500 a
year for travelling expenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

How to Avoid Pneumonia is the
title Of an editorial in the Chicago
Tribune. One way is to keep away
from Washington inaugural week.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11
The house committee on appropria-

The house committee on appropria-
tions is doing some good work, but
has plenty of room for further efforts
in the way of killing bills. Nebras-
kans do not expect cheese pairing in
the legislature, but money APP
propriated should be devoted to useful
purposes and not to mere experiments.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

We trust that Mr.. Roosevelt will
make known before he leaves for AT
RIGA who will attend to the hay crop
at Sycamore Hill this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

After the Salome dance-what?"
asks the St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
Usually a little supper and a meeting
of the Knockers club. az
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
state Of Nebraska, Douglas County. ss.:
George Y. Tzschuck. treasurer Of The Bee
Publishing company. being duly sworn, says
that the actual number Of full and complete
copies OF The Daily. Morning. Evening and
Sunday Bee printed during the month OF
February. 1909. was as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

When a girl is told that she has a
fortune in her voice she promptly be-
gins trying to share it with her neigh
bors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

IL appears that Arkansas can have
a big wind, even with JEFF" Davis II
Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin
forces the inference that he did not
seek the position on account of the
salary attached thereto.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Servia is still making a noise like a
long distance prize fighter. ?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

President Taft will now be be-
sieged by the army of the unemployed
oficeseekers. u
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Mr.. Bryan has apparently over
looked the opportunity to blame Pres
ident Taft for the drop in the price OF
wheat.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

"Will the American people forget
Mr.. ROOSEVELT" asks a New York pa
per. He won't let EN-.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

The cut in the price of steel will not
be of much advantage to the paper
q. railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Strange that nothing has been heard
from Jake Rais since March 8.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

In the meantime, New York is rep
resented in the United States senate
by Elihu Root and one other.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

OF course, spring is coming. but II
is not safe to leave the potted plants
on the porch over night.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Illinois now has but one United
States senator, but Uncle Shelby
Cullom feels equal to the occasion.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Tom Plat may now devote all his
energies to looking after the interests
of his express company say an east
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

The Dingley tariff may as we'll be
gin sending &c. @. D." signals.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11
LINES TO A LAUGH.

THAT fellow has all kinds OF money"
remarked the worshiper Of wealth.
yes" was the reply. but he's mighty
careful not TO spoil his collection by losing
any specimens. Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

General Weyler of Cuban fame is to
be made captain-general Of Catolinis.
American sympathIes will be extended
TO Catolinia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Charleston News and Courier.
One OF the troubles with the democratic
party appears to be ~ 1t has no fixed
principles upon any public question.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Even the city dweller foes o kick
at the March snowstorm, which means
so much for crops during the summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

WHEN OUT OF TowN.
subscribers leaving the city tenn
porariIy should have The Bee
mailed TO them. address Will be
changed as often rs requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

ern paper. Has he ever done any
thing else?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Colonel Fugar was first sergeant OF Bat
terry A on the memorable day at Gettys-
burg, and 1t was into his arms that the
heroic Gushing, already torn with bullets
in the arm and shoulder. fell and died when
he received his mortal wound. The com
mand then devolved upon Fugar; and I'm
the engagement eighty-three out OF ninety
horses, forty-five out OF ninety men and two
officers, composing the little troop. were
killed. Only at Gravelotte, according TO
military historians, was the loss OF life
greater in a single command. Sergeant
Fugar was knocked down by a shell, which
ploughed up the ground under him. but
was not injured The division OF which
Battery A was a part was commanded by
General Alexander s. Webb afterward
president Of the City college OF New York.
and IL was part OF Hancock's corps.
For his services on this day. in the ac-
ton which marked the turning point OF
the war. Sergeant Fugar was given a COM
mission; and he continued In the army until
nine years ago. He had seen five years
service among the Indians before the civil
war opened. and was n years old at the
time OF Gettysburg. The Confederate Gen
eTal Armistead, who commanded one Of the
divisions OF Pickett's CORPS. was killed
within a rod OF where Cushing fell. Both
spots are now marked with monuments.
Some years after the war, the Seventy
second Eouaves were trying through the
courts to establish their right 10 a mem
oial OF the field OF Gettysburg. and in the
course a the proceedings FugaT was called
to testify as to the relative positions &C.
cupied by several commands. He was kept
on the stand from 8 o'clock In the morning
until 5 o'clock at night, and cross-examined
to the limit OF his patience by the young
lawyers who were trying the case OF the
zouayes Finally. sfter an unusually Sc
we're grilling as TO feet, yards and inches.
the old soldier let himself loose with one
angry outburst:
Gentlemen. I did not carry a tape meas
ure with M that day" he shouted.
No more questions were asked him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Living quietly in Washington is a retired
army officer, whose association with one
OF the greatest events in the civil war rem
ders him conspicuous among hundreds OF
brave men. This is Colonel Fred Fugar.
United States army, who, for the remark
able period of forty-five years, served in
one command OF the United States army,
Battery A, OF tho Fourth artillery.
This was the famous troop of Lieutenant
Alonzo Gushing, which lay in the Bloody
Angle" at Gettysburg and repulsed the
great ~"pickett's charge which marked
the high water mark of the rebellion"
AlonZo Gushing. a descendent of the cele-
brated Colonel Job Cushing OF Massa-
chusetts OF revolutionary fame. and son OF
the New York woman noted as Mary,
the Mother of Cushings." was one of the
four sons whose wonderful record during
the civil was has added the brightest tuster
to the Cushing name.
Ahonzo was a West Pointer, while his
brother William, who sank the Albermarie
and lived to retire in peace, was the hero
OF one of the greatest exploits of the war.
Another brother, Howard. was with Law
ton when that great Indian fighter ran
down Geronimo In Arizona. and finally
captured him and his band by the simple,
but hitherto impossible. expedient of firing
him out. A fourth brother had an honor
able career in the navy during the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

Daily average ss,4es
GEO. b. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this list day OF March. 1903.
M. p. WALKER,
(seaD Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

ON bad electrical storms there lie one
thing which is general, even including peo-
pie not at all curious"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11
break IL Gently,


OnICaBO ITIDUnt.
4 farmers whea trust? And in Nebraska?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

everybody is inclined to rubber."-Balti-
more American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-11

why have you thrown over Mr.. Pitcoe?"
"Oh. I could never marry a man with a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
WOMEN AND EDUCATION.
Comment Upon the Appointment of
Three Women in New York

The appointment of three gentlewomen
of the highest character to membership
in the board of education should be re-
garded not only as a signal victory for
'feministS." but also as bright prom
Use of Improvement in the schools. There
is something so entirely natural and
sensible in the idea that women should
bear a leading part in the educa ton of
children that the wonder is that women
are not always and everywhere to be
found on school boards In small towns
and villages throughout the country
women have for a long time had good
deal TO do with public education. But
it has been falsely supposed that the
vast school systems of the great cities
involve so much bargaining and finance
that the feminine mind is inadequate to
deal with their problems. The truth is,
of course that school teaching is one
ana the same thing, whether done on Il
large or a small scale, and big school
houses us well as little ones need the
housekeeper's eye and the deft feminine
hand. 1t is to be expected also that
the science and art of public pedagogy
will get more fruitful suggestions out
of the instincts of motherhood than
from any other source. OF the great
cities Chicago has pioneered the way
toward the predominance of feminine in
fiuence in the management of public
schools. Miss Jane Adams, DIR. Cornelia
De Bey and Mrs. Emmons Blaine have
stirred the stagnant waters of routine on
the Chicago school board And a Chicago
woman has in the current year been
made superintendent of education
charged with all the detailed administra-
tive tasks of that eXacting office. With
three women CT good sense and educa-
tional experience on the school board of
New York city, we may confidently ex-
nn 10 of ino
our school system-including the abate-
ment of some masculine absurdities. The
women are hkely-among other things
to make fewer speculative investments
in school sites. and to build more school
houses inStead.-New York American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
BLACK HAND CHIEFS.
Revelations in Connection with the Ar
rest of Italian COunterfeiters.

The real heart of the BLACK Hand
organization i'll this country was reached
by United States secret service agents
III raid on counterfeiters III New York.
The object of the raid was to eXtermi-
nate an organization which has been cir
culating spurious bills made in Italy and
shipped to this country in sealed cans as
vegetable products.
1t was discovered last April that 50
and 50 bills were being circulated by the
thousands in New York particularly in
the Hudson river valley. Washington
was appealed to. and secret service men
took up the case They came to New
York and lived in dingy rooms on the
east side while they collected their evil
dence. month ago they arrested fif-
teen counterfeiters and accomplices who
circulated the spurious bills From the
prisoners they learned that the plates
from which the bills were printed were
made III Palermo, and that the counter
felt money was shipped to this country
TO the store of MilOne came cans la
beled olive oil. Several cans in each
shipment contained counterfeit bills
Each can was of the proper weight. and
the suspicious Of the customs officials
were not aroused Sometimes a box
containing macaroni or spaghetti would
contain n consignment of the bills.
When the secret service men went to
iiNAiiC VI ~ uicIIlJl IlOIEllb. ZUt East
10th street, they found him in bed with
Nicolo TerranOva. Each had a reyoI-
yer under his pillow and every cartridge
contained scatter-shot, such as is used in
sporting Shotguns. IN addition to the reg
ular bullet. As the agents entered they
saw eight letters piled on a rough ia BILE
Mrs. MOrello, carrying an infant. di-
ymed what was about to occur and
thrust them beneath the shawl Of the
child. But the secret service men saw
the move and got the missives.
Then a revelation to BLACK Hand
operations in New York came For
every one of the letters was directed TO
some wealthy Italian. demanding sums
| from $1,000 up. Evidently the house
was the headquarters for the Black
Hand" organization and Morello was the
leader. or at least the literary agent
None of the So notes was found at the
Alllone store, where the principal raid
occurred. A valise, which LeoIaca Vas
ST. one of the captured men, said was
left in his care week ago by stran-
ger bore his brothers name 1t CON
tanned 1900 bogus 81 bills
Fourteen prisoners were taken by the
secret service men, all charged with
counterfeiting or passing the bogus bills
Eight of them We're caught in the gro
Gerry store of Dominica Milone The
secret service men separated after the
raid. and with the aid of ten detectives
from the Italian bureau captured the
six other suspects they wanted.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS.

Through days of sorrow and days of mirth,
Through days of death and days of BIRTH
Through every yicissitude of changpfnl time.
unchanged it has stood
In that mansion used to be
Free-hearted hospitality;
Great fires up the chimney rOGred
The stranger Toasted at the board:
There groups of merry children played
There youths and maiden dreaming strayed
From that chamber clothed Ia white
The bride came forth on her wedding night
There in that silent room below
The dead lay in his shroud of snow.
All are scattered now and fed;
Some are married. some are dead;
And when / ask with throbs of pain.
"Ah! When shall they all meet again
AS in the days long since gone by.
The ancient timepiece makes reply
'FOreyer-never-neyer-fO forever.
Never here, forever there,
Where all parting pain and care,
And death and time shall disappear
Forever there but never here.
The horologue of eternity
Sayeth this necessarily,
Forever never-never-foreyer
-Lougfellow.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
To Put Out the Red Light.

Ten thousand religious workers who
dare anything" are wanted by the White
Cross Midnight mission, in Chicago, as
volunteers in an army to wage a war
of determination on the south side red
light district. Mrs. X. l.. Wolfe, fifty
odd years of age. is the author of the
plan and will lead the army. If the plans
of the mission workers succeed the army
will advance against the district, in re-
lays of COO, on succeeding nights, and
every resort will have its doors blockaded
by two % three workers, who will try to
keep any one from entering. Everything
but actual fighting will be resOrted to in
the work
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
Rather Quaint.

Apropos of divorce, Judge Simon
L. Hughes Of Denver said at a re-
cent dinner;
"A marriage likely to end in di-
vorce was celebrated last week in Cir
cleville. A minister told me about it.
IAN oldish man--70 or so-was led
rather unwillingly to the altar by a
widow of about As.
He was a slow-witted old fellow,
and the minister couldn't get him to
repeat the responses properly. Final
ly, in despair, the minister said
Look here, my friend, / really
can't marry you unless you do what
you are told
But the aged bridegroom still re-
manned stupid and silent, and the
bride, losing all patience with him,
shook him roughly by the arm and
Kissed:
Go on. you old foot! Say it after
him just as if you were hooking
him"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10

The Secret of the Bronze Door; or,
Why the Gamblers Escaped" was the
title of a new chapter written around
the celebrated gambling house at 80
West Thirty-third street, formerly con
Quoted by Frank Farrell and Fred Wal
baum. The author of the story is the
press agent of The Bronze Door"
which is now a restaurant conducted by
the Amrons, brothers and cousin. Albert
Amrom. manager of the place, uufolded
the chapter to an American reporter
last night He took the reporter on the
elevator, which is operated by electric
buttons, and ran him up and down the
shaft. Suddenly the elevator stopped, and
the manager-guide pulled a bunch of
keys from his pocket. He put one small
key into what looked like small slit
in the side panel of the elevator where
no thought of an exit existed. The
panel sprang back. Then he pushed
upon the freshly kalsomined wall, and.
presto, section of the wall flew inward
on noiseless hinges. The wall was an iron
door which opened on an unventiIated
interior about 6 feet square. Here is
where we found stacks of poker chips
and dozens of packs of cards." said the
manager, impressively. That's why the
police could never find evidence of
gambling when they raided the place,
he eXplained.-New York American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
IN, Science
ESR 49, ND
|>s : 11VentiOn

The slipping of earbons in are lamDs
which the subjected to the EARRING o,
buildings may be prevented by sus-
pending the lamps from coil springs.
An English woman has patented a
jeweled sunburst in which one set Of
rays is made to revolve over another
by clock-work inserted in the setting.
Every building in Kobe, Japan. is
thoroughly cleaned, both inside and
out, twice year, under the super.
vision of the city's sanitary authori,
ties.
A device that turns the lamps of au.
tomobiles with the wheels, so as to H.
Illuminate the path when rounding
curves, has been patented by an Ohio
man.
European engineers are said to be
very appreciative of the value of &C.
ment grouting for repairing defective
masonry, lining wells, and for making
tunnel roofs water-tight In Germany
well polluted by infiltrations was
put into satisfactory condition by low
ering into it a sheet-iron drum, filling
the space between the drum and the
walls of the we'll with Portland ce-
ment, and withdrawing the drum after
the cement had set The damaged ma
sonry of tunnel was repaired by in
jecting liquid cement under pressure.
Air at a pressure of seventy-eight
pounds per square inch suficed to
force the cement into place.
A substitute for the kitchen range
as a source Of supply for hot water
has recently been introduced in Eng
land. An iron block, cast round coil
of pipe, is heated by small electric
heater placed in chamber in its cen
ter Outside the block is circular
tank containing the water, which in
its course through the coil is heated.
The electric current for the heater
comes from the regular house supply
for lighting AS the apparatus stores
considerable heat it may be cut of
when the current is required for light
without seriously affecting the supply
of hot water. On the other hand, the
heaters may be permanently connected
with the electric main, independent of
the light current.
A great deal of admiration has been
| expressed for the feat of the veteran
Italian balloonist, Captain Spelterini,
who has again crossed the range of the
Alps with his balloon, Sirius. On this
occasion, early in August, he started
from Chamouni with four companions,
hoping to pass directly over Mont
Blanc But the wind bore the balloon
eastward, across the Mer de Glace,
round the Aiguille du Dru, over the
Tour Noir, past the FINAL Rothorn,
and by a sudden leap over the Weiss
horn and above the valley of Zermatt.
Then 1t passed over the gigantic Dom,
skirted the towering Matterhorn, and
descending on the Italian side, ap-
preached the Pizzo di Ruscada- Night
was at hand and storm approaching,
so Captain Spelterini landed on the
edge of a precipice, and the party,
after passing the night on the noun
tain, made the best Of their way down
to Locarno. The balloon was saved.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
a Logicnl Deduction.

The tailor whose philosophy is re-
corded in Tit-Bits gave voice to con
clusion compounded equally of hui
NOR and wisdom
Mr.. P, how is it you have not cali
ed on me for your ACCOUNT"
"Oh, I never ask a gentleman Tor
money"
Indeed! How, then, do you get on
if he doesn't pay?"
why, after a certain time / con-
clude he is not gentleman, and then
ask him"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-12-10
Stick to the Farm!

"Stick to the farm" says the President
70 the wide eyed farmer boy,
Then he HES him back to his White House
home,
With its air of rustic joy.
'Stick to the farm" says the railroad king
To the lad who looks afar,
Then hikes him back on the double quick
To his rustic private car.
"Stick to the farm" says the clergyman
TO the youth on the worm fence perch,
Then lays his ear to the ground to hear
A call to a city church.
"Stick to the farm" says the doctor wise
To those who would break the rut,
Then HES him where the appendix grows
In bountiful crops to cut
-McLandburgh Wilson, In New York Sun.