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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
'COming QUIZ Items.

At the coming out" ball Of one de-
butante 800 favors were provided at a cost
Of $40 each. and such cases are by no means
exceptional when ieweled stickpins, jewe.ed
corsage ornaments, opera hoods or real
chiffon, opera glass bags of rare SILK,
parasols of silk, lace and chiffon; fans of
lace or painted gauze, carved ivory, mo-
rocco notebooks mounted in silver, real
ivory and costly porcelsins are among the
articles commonly chosen for distribution
on these occasions,
Cotillion suppers must also be given, one
following an hour OF general dancing be-
fore midnight; another to follow the
c~otiIlion, which does not finish until two
or three hours later, At these, favors Of
gold and silver ornaments for personal
wear, or for table use are regarded as a
matter of course.
AT Marjorie GQuld's coming-out coullion,
baskets of candy trimmed with flowers,
gold-bangled bracelets and satin-embroid-
cred pillows were presented TO the women;
~gold-headed canes, solid-si,ver paper cut
ters, silver cigarette holders, gold knives,
gold key rings, and gold cigarette cutters,
for the men. The flowers alone cost $4,000.
New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
RAILWAY TIME CARD

UNION STATION 10TH a MASON.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
ChicaEo Demnndn Refused.

CHICAGO, Jan. mo increase in pay
will be granted the switchmen In the Chi
cage district unless II should come through
a board of arbitration. The railroad mana
gers submitted their proposition to tho
union committee today and in substance
it refused every demand he union made
The answer was not regarded as final and
further conferences will be held, but, II
is said, that IN the end the entire matter
will be submitted to arbitration.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

The presents, however, far Guido the or
binary expenses. The bridegroom receives
motor cars, sable coats and rich plate;
the popular bride gets enough to stock a
jewelers. shop and furniture enough TO
fill a house.
An American girl marrying a nobleman
cannot expect to approach the altar unless
she has expended on her trousseau SOM
SIS, 900. Her outfit will include:
Wedding gown, $500; five special ball
gowns, set with jewels, $1,000; twelve din
ner gowns, each from S6UO to $500, S,00;
twelve reception and afternoon gowns,
each 500, $6,UVo; six street gowns at $4O1,
y. go; two riding habits At $50. 500; twelve
matinee gowns at $3.50, 5000; twelve negli-
gees at 500, 81. 200; twelve embroidered
linen gowns at 500. $500; two lace gowns
at 81, dO, 5000; two lace coats at $50, $l,6OO;
eight evening wraps at $500, $4,000, three
coats at $500, $500; two driving
coats at SEQ, 800; six picture hats at 2150,
500; six afternoon hats at SIS, $3.50; six
street hats at $50, $500; three special theater
hats at 500. $500; six rough and ready hats
at $40, $40; thiTty-siX sets Of lingerie Of
three pieces, each set 500 to $500; twelve
corsets at $50, $3.50; twelve silk pettlcoats
kerchiefs, $500; silk and cashmere stock
ings, $500; lace and silk muffs, $500; wells,
500; gloves, $500: scarfs, $lOo; parasols, $500;
ribbons, etc. sl,O; miscellaneous lsces,
$1,000; belts, $500; trunks, 800; purses, bags
and cardcases, $1,000.
Such a list does not include fans or sill
yer boxes for gloves and jewelry.
The golden bride Of T. Suffern Taller
received among other presents, an auto
valued at SIS, 900; three checks for S1O0, 900
each. and a diamond chain, about a yard
long, containing $50 selected stones. Her
presents filled three great rooms and num-
bered thousands.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

linton Pacific
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

woven gold that are nov so popular. II
appears both In rings and earrings, Rings
set with pearls cost anywhere from 5000
to $4,000. Earrings frequently cost more. as
they sometimes exceed two inches in length
and may he composed OF several gems Of
great price.
The diamond and the pearl are not the
only costly jewels that appeal to woman's
love OF the beautiful Miss Eleuor Cutting
Hamlin OF Boston has a necklace composed
chiefly OF tourmallne, that is valued at
nearly 5000. Canoes worth thousands Of
dollars are used as pins to hold up draper
les and cbnfine delicate scarfs, while jewels
set with enamel disks, ornamented with
the signs Of the zodiac, OF bizarre oriental
effect, are worn as lucky" stones.
Tiny watches, suspended about the neck
on chains Of antique model, in which
crosses and other designs are traced in
pearls and diamonds, or stll smaller
watches, set in enamel, inerusted with
pearls or small diamonds, worn outside the
glove, help to add to the cost Of the mod
ern woman's attire. In fact, there is
scarcely any portion Of my lady's dress
that is not utilized as a setting for precious
stones. Even in the ankles OF her silken
hose tiny gems glitter as the centers Of
embroidered flowers.
TrouaseRua ana Things.
Next to her ordinary attire the average
women-in whatever walk Of life she may
be-is most interested in her trousseau.
That Of Marian Fish, daughter of Mrs.
stuyvesant Fish, cost $4,000, her wedding
gown alone cost $4,000.
The average society wedding requires
an expenditure Of about $4,000 at least.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
rho b Outfit.

Extravaganza. OF course, also surrounds
baby's outfit. The frocks. which Mrs.
John Ward Jean Reid procured for her
boy, are made OF the finest silk and lawn
and are adorned with French handwork
covered with silk and edged with expen-
sive lace. He already possesses enough
diamonds to make a long necklace IL he
had been a girl. Many OF the pins used
in fastening his clothes are set with dia-
monds, His travelling basket Is of ivory
and ebony, lined with silk; is covered
with gold lace. His initials are set IN sold
on the ivory boxes of his toilet set. His
perambulator is Of ebony, inlaId with
Ivory, and lined with satin. Its black
leather hood is lined with soft white kid.
The go-cart handle is of solid ivory, and
Is attached to silver springs.
When It comes TO the matter of enter
tainments. 1t Is perhaps, the c~otlllion that
first occupies the society woman mind,
for the simple and Inexpensive favors that
once were regarded as sufficient, would
not be thought Of today. Now the nun
bred or more women at a c~otlllion, must
each tie provided with a cluster of pop
pies costing 81 each. and the same num-
per of b~outonnieres Of the same bloom are
provided at the same cost for the men.
AT a fashionable dance It is not uncom-
mon to provide favors hat cost more
than $1,000. To give surprises like but
TEXTILES on the wing, or enough $500 canar-
les in $500 cages to supply 800 or 400 guests
necessarily means quite an appropriation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

George! someone Is standing on my
train"
wait. dear, and IN telephone the ladies'
dressing room on the third floor and tell
them 10 get off at once. Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
HOARD IN A FLOATING LOG

A party of campers from Seattle
were hauling a gigantic cedar log up
on the beach of Lake Washington to
be converted into firewood when what
appeared to be a huge plug attracted
their attention. One ran for the axe
and the log was split into two pieces.
The plug acted as a door of safety
vault where some logger twenty years
ago had hidden his savings. There
were $500 in gold, SOS in silver and
$500 in currency. The name, though,
dim, on the post Office money orders
appears to be Claude Parsons or Par
ker, and they are payable in the post
office at Eau Claire, Wis. The money
orders are dated April. 1891.
Efforts will be made to find the
rightful owner of the hoard. Many sto-
ries are told of the pr0digality with
which loggers handled their money
in the halcyon days of logging. A
favorite bank was to put a boom
augur hole in big stump. Into this
hole was put the gold, silver and pa
per and big plug driven into the
hole. The plug was then sawed off
plumb with the bark and the wealth
left until wanted. Many of these i'm
proyised banks were swept away by
floods or destroyed in forest fires
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
LIGHTNING CAME BY PHONE

While the sun was shining the other
day at Clinton, N. j., and there was no
indication of an electrical st orm, a
bolt of lightning struck liberty pole
in front of a hotel shattering the shaft
and soaring a team of mules so badly
that they ran two miles. The team
was tied to a ring attached to the pole,
which was thirty feet high. After the
animals had been stopped it was found
that the bolt of lightning which had
shattered the pole had also melted the
iron shoes from each of the mules.
Otherwise they were uninjured. The
source of the lightning bolt puzzled all
the local electrical experts and me-
teorologists, but after investigation it
was found that a telephone wire run
ming from Singac passed so close to
the flag pole as to touch it. At the
time the pole was struck fierce thun,
der storm was raging in the vicinity
of Singac and the theory is that
lightning striking the telephone wire
in the storm zone, travelled over the
cable until 1t encountered the unin-
sulated liberty pole, where the full
force of the bolt was spent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
TOO CONSPICUOUS IN COLOR
United States VIII No Longer Have
Gray Horses In Its Cavalry.

United States VIII No Longer Have
Gray Horses In Its Cavalry.
The gray charger, long an inspira-
ton for the poets of chivalry. is now
passe. So say the high officials of the
war department who look after the
purchase of horses for the United
States cavalry.
He may be just as vigorous, intelli-
gent and faithful as his brothers of
another color, but he's too conspicu-
Gus, they tell US, too apt to get his
5000 hide filed with lead So he has
to go. Horsemen of the National
stock yards can no longer sell grays
to the government, which they main
tain is bad business all around.
Uncle Sam formerly owned $240,O0d
worth Of horses of this color. On.
troop in every regiment was known
as the Gray Troop" But on inves-
tigation the department decided that
so much money In living targets was
a bad investment, for In these days
of high-power rifles the gray troop
would be shining mark for the in
fantry Of the enemy before the bays
and blacks and browns and sorrels
could get close enough to be distin.
guished from the scenery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
SCRATCHED so SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP

II write to tell you how thankful
am for the wonderful Cuticura Rem
edies. My little niece had eczema for
five years and when her mother died
l took care of the child. 1t was all
over her face and body, also on her
head. She scratched so that she could
not sleep nights. l used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then ap-
piled Cuticura Ointment. I did not
use quite half the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, together with Cuticura Re-
solvent, when you could see a change
and they cured her nicely. Now she
Is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. My
friends think it is just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuticura.
send you picture taken when she was
about Is months old.
"She was taken with the eczema
when two years old. She was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried all kinds of
salves and medicines without effect
until we used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs.
H Herman, 663 Quincy ST., Brooklyn,
N. Y, Sept. 27, 1909"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
NEEDLE IN GIRL FIVE YEARS

The 13-year-old daughter of Charles
Clayton, a farmer at Pleasant Plains.
half way between Toms River and
Lakewood, \. J., five years ago swal-
lowed a large needle This needle has
just been removed from her body at
the base of the spinal column.
The needle was found and removed
in a peculiar way AS the little girl
went to bed and pulled the quilts up
over herself she gave a scream of
pain. Her mother found the child
crying and saying that her hip hurt
her. The only thing her parents
could think Of was that in some way
she had dislocated the hip, and they
sent five miles to Toms River for DR..
Z. c. Disbnow He found the hip sill
right. The child still complained of
the pain, and at last he found small
projection. Anaesthetics were applied,
an incislon made and by means of
forceps the needle was pulled out.
The child is we'll again. The only
time she was given any trouble with
the needle was the night before II
was taken out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
SNAKE BINDS OWL TO TREE

Charles Allison of Nashville, Ind,
relates a peculiar experience with a
snake and an owl. He was walking
along the creek carrying his gun.
when be noticed large owl sitting in
an old dead tree. He shot three times,
and says he knew he hit the bird each
time, as it would drop its wings when
he discharged the gun. On going
closer to the tree he found why the
owl did not fall A large blacksnake
had wound around the bird, and had
its head hanging down the tree. He
shot the snake, then the owl and rep
tile both fell into the water
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
WHEN THE DEAD RETURN

This is story of mistaken identity
of remarkable character. Mary McGon-
lyle was struck by a trolley car in
New York last April and died shortly
afterwards in a hospital On notidca-
ton from the coroner, her relatives
came to view the body and she was
identified by her son, her sister, her
brother and cousin; burial permit
was issued in the name Of Mary Nc
Gonigle; an insurance company paid
S117 on the life of Mary McGonigle;
the traction company paid $3.50 for the
funeral of Mary McGonigle; the body
of Mary McGonigIe now lies in Cal
vary cemetery
Late one night recently Mary Nc
Gonigle in the flesh walked into her
sisters home.
To say there was surprise at her
visit would understate the emotions Of
the relatives. The sister screamed;
the brother dropped his new clay pipe
and small niece tainted. Mrs. Nc
Gonigle herself was surprised but
placid; she had not read the newspa-
pers, and did not know that she was
supposed to be dead.
Then came explanations. Mary Nc
Gonigle had been buried all right, but
it was the wrong Mary. The living
woman is in private service and her
address 1uctuates with her employ
mept The dead woman who bears
such an extraordinary resemblance to
her was no relative, but had known
her, and had given her address to the
hospital. The undertaken who buried
the late Mary, was summoned to view
the living Mary. Il never saw such a
resemblance, he gasped, "and I've
buried many."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04

real estate with whatever he realized"
That's probably important but not
amusing. / really dropped in to ask
what You were going to give me for
my birthday. I'm almost sorry l came. +"
Your father has sold some of the
of course. You escape lot of trou-
Bile by not having real estate, so father
says-taxes and ell that. But once
more, pardon met"
The color was dying out of her face
and she twisted her fingers nervously.
Her heart was beating fercely. 1t had
come at Iast-this hour in which she
must face an attack upon her father.
She had known that il would come, and
she knew that she should meet it It
angered her that the terms her uncle
used were unfa miliar. Law and busi-
ness were unknown worlds TO her She
again followed her uncle's recital close
"; he was speaking with a sharp pre-.
cisfon that he had never used before
In talking to her.
Your father has sold a great deal of
your property" he repeated; and 1t
appears that through neglect'-he hes
ftated-"or forgetfulness, the courts
approval was not secured in at least
one case. OF course. this can be cor
rected."
Ito be continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
KEPT HIS WIFE'S SKELETON

An extraordinary instance of a hus-
bands devotion to his wife's memory
has just been revealed at Bucharest.
An inventory of property left by
Miklos DenneT. a merchant, was being
made, when the skeleton of a woman
was discovered locked up in a cup
board. 1t was at first thought that
murder had been committed, but
inquiry showed that the skeleton was
that of Denner's wife, who died a
natural death ten years ago, and was
buried in the ordinary way.
The husband was inconsolable till
he secretly exhumed his wife's re-
mains, and hid the skeleton in the
bedroom. The skeleton is to be re-
inferred in De1ner's grave.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
PLANT THAT oUENcHEs THIRST

.Sprfns of the DESERT the Barrel
Cactus, Life-Saver.
Strangers left alone in the desert
often die; native animals and native
races do not. This comes of knowF
edge or the lack Of it. For the native
animals and men know what the stran-
gers know not-that there is water IN
all the deserts, and that the receptacles
for this water are plants which, Ey
means of their roots, absorb water
frc.m the soil when the rains come and
store it up, like reservoirs, for use IN
time of drought, The methods by
which this absorption is carried on are,
in many cases, wonderful. Equally 20
are the methods by which nature
works to make the plants retain water
after it has been absorbed. An eXaml-
nation with the microscope shows how
this is done, but it is enough here TO
say that the interior of plant that
holds water consists of myriad water
storage cells The amount Of water
moreover, which such a plant as the
cactus we are describing holds In Its
interior is extraordinary. determi-
nation of the water in a sample OF the
storage tissue has shown over SO per
cent.
The Strand says the common name
of this veritable spring of the desert
is the barrel cactus, or bisnaga (Echi-
no-cactus Emoryi), one specimen of
which, recently kept in the conserva-
tory of the department OF agriculture
at Washington, weighed 10 pounds.
A specimen weighing one ton and
measuring nine feet high and three In
diameter was once received at Kew,
but soon died owing to injuries in tran
sit.
Some years ago, when Frederick v
Coville of the department Of agricut
ture at Washington. in company with
D. T. MacDougal of the New York Bo-
tanical garden, was in Mexico seeking
a location for a desert botanical la
boratory for the Carnegie Institute Of
Washington, he made a special study
of the barrel cactus. The locality IN
which these investigations took place
was in the State of Sonora, Mexico,
about eight miles from the railway
station Of Torres, region in which the
bisnaga abounds.
Happily for the Investigations, there
was at hand, in the person of Mr.. Co.
ville's guide-an intelligent Papago IN
dfan-one who from old-time practice
was able to show how deity and quick
" the traveller in the desert may
quench his thirst He first picked out
cactus a little over three feet high
and twenty inches in diameter. He
then sliced off the top and exposed the
white interior, raising the top from
the rest of the plant as If ii were a lid
on hinges. Inside could be seen a pulpy
structure, evidently saturated with
water, although 1t was noticeable that
the water did not exude from the pulp
when the cut was made. The guide
then cut a stake about three inches IN
diameter at the blunt end, and began
to mash the flesh of the cactus into A
pulp By this means he made In the
top of the cactus a sort of bowl, and
soon had collected a suitable quantity
Of this pulp Then taking it up hand.
full by handful he squeezed out the
water into the bowl and tossed the use
less pulp away. The flavor of the water
was slightly saltish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
RODENT HAS MONEY TO BURN

A pet red squirrel belonging to Otto
Speltz, farmer, of Bellingham, Wash,
has been under surveillance ever since
he was discovered tearing a SIS Canad-
ian bill to pieces. Speltz rescued the
money and sent it to Ottawa for re-
demption.
He had no more than despatched
the letter containing the shreds of the
five than the squirrel was found play,
ing with piece of a United States
$40 bill.
Speltz garnered this money in be-
fore 1t was too damaged for barter,
and is now watching the movements of
his pet. It is believed the rodent has
discovered a hidden hoard laid away
in past years by miser or cached by
a robber in a hollow tree and found
by the squirrel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
The Dentists Joke.

At recent dinner of the Authors
club in London to Mr.. Owen Seaman,
the editor of Punch, Mr.. Walter
Emanuel, another member of the staff
Of Punch, referred to the fact that the
man with the largest sense of humor
he had ever struck was an Englishman
"a dentist. He went to him after suf-
fering long with a toothache He re-
fused to have gas, and the dentist
pulled out tooth, leaving him with
ing in pain, and took the tooth to the
window, where he laughed quite heart
lily. He groaned: Whats the joke? 2"
Wrong TOOTH" said the dentist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
Wife and Country.

Paul d. Cravath, the noted New
York lawyer, said at luncheon at the
Lawyers club: Vacation time is
here, and already that dreadful song
about the wife gone to the country
is being resurrected But a variant
to the song was furnished by a con
versation I overheard the other night
Hello, Smith, said one man to
another. I'm glad to see you back
at the club again, old fellow. Wife
off to the country, eh?'
No. growled Smith She's got
back"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
CHILD WITH TWO HEADS

A most wonderful child is the six
year-old daughter of John o. Nelson
of Brooklyn Hills, n. Y. She has two
well developed heads; and though I'M
able either to sit up or walk, her gen
eral health is good and she possesses
normal intelligence.
When the child was born the doc
tors said she could not live. but Mr..
Nelson, possessed of considerable
means, engaged the best physicians
and gave the little one the most care
full attention, sparing no expense in
trying to make the delicate infant a
healthy child. According to her ia
ther the child speaks English and Ger
man with equal fiuency, using both
mouths when she speaks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
CAT BRINGING UP ROBINS

A cat on the farm of Fred Schmetto
near Marinette, Wis, is bringing up
two young robins with her litter of
kittens. The f1edglings were found
there one morning and the cat was
caressing them.
1t is believed that she killed the
parent bird and then took the little
ones out of the nest and brought them
to the box in which her kittens are
stored.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
Curing a Cramn.

Is 1t In the leg? Does it come In
the night? 1t may be easily relieved.
Simply have good strong cord. Then
you are ready for the cramp When it
comes wind the cord around the place.
Wind it rather tight, then give each
end a sharp pull. That will relieve the
cramp, which will not come on again
the same night. For permanent cure
of these spasms one should 20 to a
hysician.-Philadelph Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-04
PETRIaRcHAL WEDDING PARTY

veterans at wedding ceremony in
Rome the other week, the happy cou-
pie being Signor Gaspare Finale, the
Oldest member of the Italian senate,
who is ninety-f1ve, and a charming
widow of some eighty-six summers.
The official witnesses at the ceremony
were Senator Grefi, the late ambas-
sador, who Is ninety-three, and Sena-
tor Farani, who is in his ninety-frst
year