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Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

best office buildings in the state. Although
this society is only eleven years old, if Is
now operating in fourteen states and it has
paid in benefits to IT'S heneficiaries Sl50ODO
and has accumulated over S90o,00O OF surplus
which is invested in first mortgage loans
on Nebraska farms.
Aurora received a peculiar impulse
through the conditions Of it's origin which
1t will always feel, just as blood VIII
tell'' through succeeding generations of
men. Tho city is not the result OF natural
selection. 1t did not begin, but was started,
did not grow. but rose. Before the rail
road era God proposed the town site leav-
ing men to dispose as to growth. No inn
portant towns are wholly man made,
Aurora is a pioneer product Of the new
origin. Heretofore Aurora has never thor
oughly understood itself, and never had
been really on its feet. Private hands have
done nearly everything that has been done
to beautify Aurora. But, henceforth, there
will be cooperation, either by the whole
city or by volunteer organization. This of
course will take some money. But the
people of the territory within reach OF
Aurora hold in their hands five winning
cards, and every one of high prize value.
They are corn, beef, pork, wheat and
alfalfa
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

chards with their immense fruitage from
more than 10000 bearing trees. In a single
year Hamilton county farmers marketed
10000 head of fat cattle, 10000 head Of
sheep and over 10000 head of hogs. Then
we found them shipping abroad in a single
year $1,000 pounds of butter, $1,000 dozen
eggs and over 10000 pounds of poultry.
Little wonder that the land values have
been steadily increasing among these splen-
did farmers, with their record of forty
to fifty bushels of wheat and fifty to sixty
bushels of corn produced per acre.
But IL the reader will 30 into the very
heart of Hamilton county and visit the
county seat, the ideal little city Of Aurora,
you will find the model town of Nebraska.
They are building this city about a large
public square, in the center of which they
have erected of Colorado reGstone and
pressed brick, one of the best court
houses in the west. 1t is surrounded by
substantial business blocks. filled with
immense stocks of merchandise and with
its merchants all prosperous. Two national
banks and a state bank with combined
deposits of nearly $4,000 attest the finan-
cial strength of the community, This little
city is located upon the main line of the
Burlington, with its two branches from
this point, making for it good mail and
train service, and with all through trains
stopping here, trips to the larger cities of
Omaha and Lincoln can be made con
veniently and at slight expense. Two tele-
phone lines, with adequate service, connect
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

the city with the business and farming
community. The city is lighted with cleo
tricity, the plant being owned by local
business men. All night service and low
rates make the lighting system entirely
satisfactory to all. The water works be-
long to the city; it's mains reach into
every part of town and the water supply
of pure water is abundant and never fall
ing, besides under the management Of a
we'll equipped hose and ladder company,
ample fire protection Is assured.
While making no pretensions of q manu-
featuring point, Aurora already has a
brick manufacturing plant which employs
during the busy season a large number
of men, and Aurora Touring mills, with
capacity of 100 barrels per day, Besides
these, Aurora has a cigar factory, a broom
factory, an artificial stone factory, and
the Aurora Washing Machine company.
The religious, educational and social fea-
lures are we'll represented when we look
around and note more than ten churches, a
business college and one of the best high
schools in the state. There are three fine
lodge rooms, where strong fraternal lodges
meet; two ladies' clubs, and a strong ag-
gresslve commercial club with nearly $50
members.
Aurora is the home of the Royal High
landers, one of the leading fraternal in
surance societies in the United States. Its
fine home office building erected on one
corner of the public square is one of the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
Frat Aid for Electric shock.

Prompted by the approaching use of cleo
tricity as a motive power in its New York
terminal, the Pennsylvania tas started a
school for the instruction of employees. par
ticulaTly In the line OF giving first aid to
electrically injured persons,
Quiekness is the most desirable factor in
the work OF rescuing one whom the light
ming of the electric rail has hit. Given a
sound heart and a good constitution, 1t
does not follow that contact with the rail
alN avs kills. 1t will kill a weak indiyid-
ual, in all probability, at the first shock,
but a rescue at the right moment and in
tire right way will snatch n any a victim
from the rail as surely as a lifesaYer at
the sea shore, gathering in the drowning
person at the right time, will be able to
bring him back to life.
When a man steps on the electric rail
and falls prone he is extremely likely to
fail right into the jaws Of the monster
that brought him down. II he can fall
away from the rail, and his constitution IL
sufficiently robust 10 Withstand the first
shock, it is probable that he may live to
tell how it feels to be hit by lightning
But the chances are tina he win drop
right across the rail. and 10 that position
will be killed unless some one pulls him
VII Win inc iSdSb PpaHADiS NNiNSs
Now, II is not only necessary TO rescue
the Victim with celebrity, but In the right
way. or there Will be two victims instead
OF one, for reeklessly to pull a man from
the electric rail or from contact with a
live wire gives the would-be rescuer a
powerful shock. too, This is known in a
general way, and few have the temerlty
TO touch a man who is writing in the
grip Of a live wire. Only those who are
educated in the method Of r~escuing such
a victim can be depended on 10 act quickly
and with the confidence that is based on
absolute knowledge. 1t is to train such
rescuers that the sessions are held at the
railroad centers.
The experts who lecture at these sessions
explain that It is possible TO take hold Of a
man who Is lying across the electric rail
by the back Of his coat and Pull him
quickly from the place OF danger, These
instructors also teach the men low to re-
move their own coats, place them care
fully beneath the body ct the man on the
rail- and raise him from the contact of ths
electric current. They show how to use q
wooden lever to lift the body from the raj
and how TO utilize the articles that are
sure to be lyiRg around in q railroad
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the rich valley farming lands and the high
table lands are sprinkled with college
towns. 1t seems almost Impossible that
where massive barns and beautiful farm
houses now stand. only a few years ago
roamed the vast herds OF buffalo, deer and
antelope,
In June 1865, Jarvil Chaffee, the first
settler in Hamilton county, built his l0x12
"dug OUT home and the following year,
James Waddele settled on the Blue. In
1870 the county had a population of 100 peo-
pie, but with the advent of civilization, the
buffalo and deer soon disappeared and in
1863, the last great herd left to be seen no
more, There are several wide-awake towns
in the oounty-Aurora, Hampton, Giltner,
Marquette, Phillips, Stockham and Hord-
vile.
Hamilton county contains $4,000 acres of
land. The soil is a rich dark loan from
one to four feet in depth and of unsur-
passed fertility. This soil is eminently
adapted to nearly all varieties Of cereals
n grasses, especially corn, wheat, oats,
blue grass, clover and alfalfa. Fruits.
such as apples. peaches, cherries and
plun1s, besides all small fruit adapted to
this latitude, are produced to the highest
perfection. Hamilton county farms, with
their SO0,O0 acres under cultivation, pro-
duced last year over 100000 bushels of
corn, over 100000 bushels of wheat, over
10000 bushels OF oats and other grain,
10000 bushels of potatoes, besides their or
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
In the Field of Electrical Experiment

yard to effect a quick rescue. One of the
most essential things in rescuing a man
from contact with a live wire is to re-
move the wire. This is a dangerous thing
to do, and the men are taught how to
do 1t in a simple way. A coat is often
the handiest article available. Two coats
are necessary as a rule, The men are
taught to remove their coats and make a
rope of them. Then standing each side OF
the live wire, holding the coats between
them, the two rescuers catch the wire In
the rope thus made, and drag the dangling
death out of the way OF the senseless per-
son on the ground.
Having broken the contact with the wire.
the next thing is to endeavor to restore life
TO the unconscious form. The men are
taught the necessary to coax
the flutteItng heart back to action. In the
first movement, the patient is placed fla
on his back with a folded coat under his
shoulders, so as to allow his head 10 fall
back, his clothing being loosened at the
neck and waist. and his sleeves and trous-
ers rolled up. Before anything further is
done. the patients mouth Is examined. II
he had a piece Of tobacco or gum In his
mouth at the time of the accident. or IL his
false teeth are OF the plate variety, II Is
well to see that he is not checking 10
death. Ice is then rubbed on the spine ana
the chest tapped with a wet cloth.
While this is being done the arms are
brought in a sweeping motion from the
side Of the chest to a line straight with the
body until they meet over the head, In
the next movement the arms are forclbly
pulled at the same time that the tongue Is
pulled out and own over the lower teeta.
completing fun Inspiration, In the next
movement the arms are brought down in a
straight line to the side OF chest walls. In
the next movement the arms are firmly
pressed over the lower ribs TO expel the
air draWn in by the previous operations.
thus completing the work OF restoring
respiration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

tMN4 are Inree factors involved, One
1GA{ENSI Of these is the pressure express
49, sed in volts which cause the
current to flow; another is the resistance
or opposition offered by the circuit to the
flow, which is expressed as ohms; the
last is the current strength or volume,
expressed as ampheres, which is main
tanned in the circuit as a result of the
pressure overcoming the resistance. The
ohm is named in honor of George Simon
Ohm, a distinguished German electrician.
The volt is named after the Italian scien-'
fist, Volta. The amphere is named after
the French scientist. Amphere.
The unit of current is called amphere.
The unit Of electrical pressure or electro
motive force is called the volt, The unit Of
resistance is called the ohm, The unit OF
electrical power is the yolt-ampere, and
this is called the watt Seven hundred
and forty-six watts per hour, equal one
horsepower. The unit Of energy-the
product of electrical power and tlme-is
called the joule, but this unit is too small
for practical purpose and the kllewatt-
is the work done by a thousand watts
working for one hour,
These electrical terms are as familiar to
electrician engineers as Ieet and inCheS are
to the average boy; the layman does not
understand because he has never been
taught, has never had to use the terms,
has never read about them.
1t is easier to understand these terms II
We consired electricity as a fluid and
likep 1t 10 a current of water flowing
through a pipe. The rate OF flow Of water
in the pipe depends upon g%Fayitstion and
the height Of the reservoir or source above
the outlet. The greater the heighth OF the
source the greater will be the pressure
Of water and the greater the flow in gallons
per minute. II is just the same with
electricity. A current flows from a high
potential TO a low potential whenever the
two are joined by a conducting wire. 1t Is
merely a difference OF level, Watch a
stream OF water from the nozzle Of a gar
den hose striking a bank Of soft earth.
Consider II a stream OF electricity. which
unfortunately cannot be seen, the force OF
the stream or It's pressure represents
voltage; the size Of the stream or flow
the ampherage; the wattage the amount Of
work done In washing away the dirt. Sup.
pose the interior of the nozzle and hose
Is rough, which offers resistance to tbs
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

Mr.. Taft, drew his tape measure and be-
gan his task.
II think you will find me slightly
smaller" said Mr.. Taft, with a twinkle in
his eye.
The man worked on, calling the measure
ments to Mr.. Taft's secretary, who jotted
them down.
"How are they running?" asked the pres
ident-elect-'smaller?"
mo very much smaller disconcertedly
answered the tailor, The measurements are
about the same as last time"
about the same, you sayY" asked Mr..
Taft in some surprise. =.
Yes, SIR replied the tape stretcher,
they are about the same, except, sir, your
chest is a little lower down.'-Harper's
Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

they adopt a shadowy notion that western
men, manners and morals, are somehow
radically distinct from those Of other com-
munitles.
'The west" has always been something OF
a vagabond, possessing a name without a
local habitation. Originally the west"
meant the primitive wilderness. Nine
out of ten eastern folks would find It
inconvenient to explain their understand
ing of where and what the west really
is. The progressive conquest of the prairie
crowded the west westward to the Missouri
river, then to the Rocky mountains, then
TO the shores of the Pacific. Illinois does
not like to be called a western state. Iowa
is almost as sensitive about it, 1t Is only
when you get into Colorado, Wyoming and
Montana, that you hear people say with a
definite frankness, yes, we are decidedly
western" But IL you go on to the Pacific,
new confusion awaits you. Oregonians or
Calkornians speak of Denver as east. and to
the Denverites Omaha Is hopelessly eastern.
Hamilton county is an agriculture county.
IL any part Of Nebraska is able to show
independent of other parts, 1t will be an
industrial independence. II you will look
at the matter without prejudice. you will
discover that the balance Of a law abiding
spirit il decidedly In favor Of Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
Selections from the Story Teller's Pack

came in by the back way, His clothes
were wet and his hair was hanging over
his eyes in strings.
"tJohnr exclaimed his wife, What on
earth
It's all right, Mary he FASTENED to as
sure her. No, l didn't upset. Everything's
all right. But when / had been out on the
water a couple OF hours something went
wrong with the motor and
Yes
"'weI, before I-er-realized IT was
over the side trying to get under the blame
thing to fix It, "-E~verybody's Magazine.
.
The Grafter's Success.
James b. Dill, whose recent speech on
Graft a. operlin college attracted so
much attention, told recently, apropos Of
graft" a story about a swindling tramp.
This tramp" said Mr.. Din, had the
alert, INSCRIPTIONS bold mind that ma/es
grating successful.
"He was wilking in Chicago one day
when he saw a little boy stoop and pick up
something.
HE crossed over TO the boy quickly.
Y have made a find, my lad said he.
" Yes, sir said the innocent boy, I
have found a silver ring
- thought So said the tramp. It's the
one ! Just dropped. Now. amt it lucky |
had my name cut in it2'
What Is your name?' asked the boy,
suspieiously.
Sterling, lad
Take II, then, It's yours said the boy,
handing over the ring with a disappointed
air,"-Judge,
the P~hrenOloEist Fell.
Mayor ReyhuFn Of Philadelphia, the
owner of the record breaking trotter Ed
Bryan, told at a dinner a horse story,
"A farmer visited a nhrenologist," he
said, II had heard that the phrenologist
thought Of buying a horse. Tie had his
head examined and his bumps revealed
surprising things.
Your tastes are the simple. homelS
and pure tastes q a farmer. said tbs
phTenologist, and a farmer ! take you 4
be. Am l not right? Aha, l thought 50
You are unready and faltering In speech
you find il difficult to express the sim
plest Ideas, You are sadly deficient Il
Judgment and have no knowledge of human
nature. Your innocent and t~rustful disp0
sitien renders you an easy dupe 20 de
signing men, and your perfect honesty
prevents you from either suspecting or de
frauding any one
"The phrenol0gist the following weel
bought q horse from the farmer. Tn
horse was knook-kneed. Il was q year
} old. 1t had a bad temper. and It balkeC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
POInteA paragraphs.

A small boy with his first watch has the
time Of his life.
Men who own electric plants are salts
fled with light harvests.
When a woman pretends TO be ignorant
she is playing a deep game.
One secret of success is the early diseoy-
cry that YOU can't do everything.
Get the habit OF saving money before
marriage IL you would save 1t after.
Every woman takes It for granted that
She would be a queen in society II Il wasn't
for the fact that she has more sense than
beauty.-Chicago News.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

Though the farmer had only paid SO for
the animal, he secured without difficulty
$50 from the phrenologlst for it.
It's wonderful said the farmer to
himself, as he FASTENED toward a bank to
deposit the money-it's Jest wonderful that
a man should know so much about men
and not know a thing about hossesl' -
Detroit Free Press.
OVERRIDING 1t.
A young Englishman. after he had been
in Devils valley for a couple OF months.
began to grow thin. Wyoming cooking did
not appeal to him. Besides his squeamish
appetite there was another thing that the
natives held against him-his outlandish
custom of taking a bath every morning,
One day MS landlady was discussing him
with a fTi2nd.
J toll sc what, Sal" said the visitor,
hes Jest a-wastin' away a-grievin' for
some gal back east thar
"NRthin' o. the kind" said the landlady
ecntemDtuously. You mark my words.
now-that young Teller he's Jest a-washin'
hisself away, "-Everyhody's Magazine.
Dressed for Dinner.
William Faversham in "The World and
His Wife, was listening to a discussion
OF a w~ell-known actress ''cutaway'' gown,
English women" contributed Mr., Faver-
sham. never consider themselves dressed
II they are not deeclette. The more
oeremonious the occasion the lower the
gown, and when it's a question O. meeting
the kng-oh, la la!
I'm old woman / knew-a nurse-had g
very pretty daughter. The girl met a ricf
broker. the man proposed and they were
married. II was y great match for tht
sirl. A short time after the wedding
saw the mother.
Molly has done well, hasn't sheY'
said.
she has that, sir said the old woman
Her husband is very rich, isn't hep
Rich! Save US yes. Ye should see
sir. Molrs brougham, her coachman ap'
footman, her motor car and her dtmondI
aud pearlsl Oh, she lives high! Quite Xix,
the nobility and gentry, sir. Why, sh,
strips for dinRerl'~ '-Young's Magazine.
strange Result Of Political sueeess
President-elect Taft had a few moment
to spare the other day and had his seere
tary telephone TO his tailor 20 come "a
and remeasuTe him, as he was afraid tina
he had fallen OFF, within the last fey
months, and he would like TO order som
new clothes.
/. The X Of men hurried pOsthasts I
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
Horrible Example.

A certain bishop was famous as being
the plainest man of England.
One day, as this homely parson sat in
an omnibus. he was amazed by the per-
sistent staring of a fellow-passenger. who
finally said:
"Luok ere, parson, would you mind
comm home with me to see my wife?"
Imagining the wife was sick and needed
assistance, the clergyman, at great in
convenience to himself, went, On arriving
at the house. the man pointed to the as
tonlshed parson, and said, with a grin of
delight;
Look e ere, Sairry. Yer said this
mornin' as ! wus the ugiiest chap in
England, Now. Just look at this bloke!"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
A Famous PhysieIan.

DR.. Zabarin, who has Just died in Mos
COW and left a fortune of over 1900 COO,
was one of the most famous as he was
also the most eccentric Of physicians in
Russia. Even when he was summoned TO
attend Gar Alexander III in his last i'll
ness Or. Zaharin required the same prepa-
ration for his visit to the palace as 10 any
one of his patients homes. That is to say,
all dogs had to be kent out Of the way, ali
clocks stopped and every door thrown wide
open. Following a process of gradual un-
dressing, he left his furs in the hall, his
overcoat in the next roam, his galOshes
in the third, and, continuing, arrived ar
the bedside in ordinary indoor costume.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
Force Of Habit,

Habits are hard 10 break, said Walter
Priehard Eaton the other day. Perhaps
you've heard OF the automobile enthusiast
who bought a mot0TboatI
-He took a days instruction in the art
OF managing Il and keeping the machinery
in running order and then started out on
his first trip alone. IL was late in the
afternoon when he returned home. He
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

ready flow OF the stream; this friction
and resistance is represented by ohms in an
electric circuit.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
He Knew.

They were country people, pure and sim
pie, but they had read the papers and
thought they were educated up TO ell the
improvements Ct q city.
When they went 70 Washington they
went through the Navy department and
saw the models OF cur ships Of war
Pointing to a companion ladder hanging
over the side Of one CT the boats. she asked
her better half wha it was.
"oh that's the fire escape replied the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MagaziIe e.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
a suRay Dispute.

Edgar selwyn, I'm Pierre OF the Plains -
tells a good one of two derkies sprawling in
the sunshine, on a wharf,
George Washington drew a long sigh
and said; A wish All had a hundred
water millions"
Dixie's eyes lighted. "Hum!sD Dat would
suttenly be finel An eff yo' had a hun'ed
watermlllioRs, would yo' Glib me nftyqn
mo. All wouldn't"
Wouldn't you glib me twenty-fiveen
NJ An wouldn't gfb yo' no twenty
five"
Dixie gazed with reproaehful eyes at his
elose-fisted friend. Seems TO me. you's
powahml stingy, George washington" nc
said, and then continued In a heartbrokeu
voice, Wouldn't yo' sih me onsg'
mo. All wouldn't gih yo' one, Look-a-
heah, niggahi Are yo' so good-fer-nuffin'
lazy, dat yo' eahn't Wish TO- yO' own
watermilians? o.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

HEN an electrical current is
flowing in the trolley wire Dr.
electrical lighting circuit there
arc three factors involved. One
Of these is the pressure express
sed in volts which causes the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

say our male supporters are llke-like'-
Miss Coleman smiled.
Like this she said. "A tall. stout
woman seated herself before the haber-
dashery counter of a department store and
said:
II want to get some collars and neck
ties fer my husband
~Yes. madam said the clerk. What
Sly rollars?'
The woman frowned and bit her lip.
Sugar! she said. TO save my life /
a remember
" 'rhlrteen2 Twelve and a half? the
clerk suggested.
why, yes-twelye and a half said the
woman, How did you guess it2'
The clerk smiled.
'Gentlemen who let their wives select
their ties and collars generally take that
size,' he said. New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

ISIS MARY COLEMAN is a New
AR York lawyer and a suffragette.
WE "A man doesn't need to be
- henpecked to support our
sXk4M movement Miss Coleman
zs5 said. eft is wronRinR men to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14

HEN a citizen OF Indiana, Ohio
or even Michigan, decides to
settle in Hamilton county, Me-
braska, his neighbors speak of
him as going away off out
west" Along with the word