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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

been possible 20 reach these men within
few hours their lives might have been
saved. The helmets proved their worth at
the Inflated cherry mine, when the res
Cucrs succeeded in getting twenty men out
alive after they had been eutombcd seven
days. In number OF other Instances
miners have been saved ~ terrible
deaths by the prompt arrival OF the hell
melted rescucrs.
Cars cover Miuiug Fields,
Car No. 1. in charge Of Charles Enzian,
mining engineer, left Pittsburg the morn
ing OF October 81. for Mouongahela CITY,
Pa, where the first demonstration Of res
cue apparatus and lecture was given. This
car viii cover the eastern field
Car No. started its work at Bureau
OF Mines Rescue station at Urbara, Ill,
where it was fully equipped with rescue
and other apparatus aud placed In charge
OF r. y Williams, mining engineer, "a
lecturer and J. NJ. Webb, as trainer in
mine rescue work. There will be with 1t a
miner skilled In hospital corps work and
first aid to the injured. From Urbana this
car proceeded to Danvile, H., Terre Haute,
Ind. and on through southern Indiana TO
Evansville.
The car will stop few days or week
at each mining town where miners will
be trained without cost In rescue work.
The men who take the full course Of in
strucuon in mine rescue and first aid
work will be given certificates OF compe-
tency. record will be-kept Of these
men as being available Cor emergency
calls i'm the event Of a disaster
-Four other cars similarly equipped viii
make their headquarters at Rock Springs,
Wyo. Billings, Mont. salt Lake city, Utah
and Knoxville, Tenn. These cars will
travel through the mining territory In
their districts, the mining engineers giving
lectures on greater safety in mining, the
Red Cross representatives giving demon
strauons in first aid to the injured, and
the Rescue corps men training the miners
in the use OF the oxygen helmets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06
Nebraska Minister Answers an Argument

Irish minister Rev Joseph Corkey. and
his Scotch wife lie attended MCGEE coli
Icgc in Londonderry. and came to America
in 1889, stll a college student lie was
seven years in business in Kalamazoo.
Mich. and later finished his theological
rdt cation i'm Mccormick seminary, chicago,
winning a fellowship there and going to
edinburgh university a year.
lie began the ministry iu Malvern. Ia.
in 1900. also serving at Fairfield, and came
to Nebraska. to Cedar Bluffs. in 1905. TAX
ing his present church at Wayne i'm the
spring Of 1910 He tells how the idea OF
writing his views Of the church life first
came to him on a hint from Henry IIieser.
manager Of the book department Of Ben
nctt's store i'm Omaha. The Victory Of
Alan Rutledge" is not his first book, a
short history Of the conditions of life in
ireland having been put out by him a
short time ago.
MY next book, If this one is successful,
as 1t appears to be from the reports OK
the critics. will be on the race question.
consider that one OF the vital questions
Of the day and one that is little under
stood.
My idea Is that the negro should be
educated as highly as possible, when he
will not wish 20 mix with the white man
i'm marriage, but will be a self-respecUng
citizen and a credit to this country. Have
the good white men OF the country COM
bine with the good colored men and work
ing against these bad lnfluneces Of the
two races which we see at present they
will in the course Of time settle the qucs-
ton. The negro does not want TO ANAL
gamate with the white man, but he wants
a square deal from him"
Speaking on the liquor question, Rev.
Corkey said. TT is the business of the
church to create public sentiment about
such thing and not to try to form laws
on it. The dme for argument on the sub
ject and it's good and bad points is past
The thing for the church to do is to
create the proper sentiment against it and
the laws will follow"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

Written In answer TO the proposition that
The modern church is fraud and built on
hypocrisy that was advanced by Harold
Bell Wright in his Tho Calling Of Dan
Matthews" a Nebraska minister presents
TO The world The Victory Of Alan Rut-
ledge"
The book OF Harold Bell Wright tells OF
The entering into the church Of young
man. Dan Matthews and his struggles
ayans, the falsity he finds there. Finally
he witndraws In disgust and goes into
other fields. proclaiming the true Christian
and VIII not ally himself with the evil
forces to DE found IN the church OF today.
The Interesting part OF the book is that it
purports TO be the experience Of Harold
Bell Wright himself i'm the ministry. and
his Withdrawal The scene Is laid I'm a
small town Of the west Clarion. Ia. away
from the usual scenes Of New York and
the east. and is a tale OF poor people Il
was a popular book, having a circulation
Of over 2OOOCO
Rev. Alexander Corkoy a Presbyterian
minister Of Wayne, Neb., took great ex-
cepton 20 the principles advanced bv
Wright and has written an answer that
the critics sa- will far eclipse the first
book In making the people of the country
think. In his book, also a novel with a love
story. he shows the opposite Of the case.
and it is also the story, fictional somewhat.
Of his own Tfe
The book is essentially Of the middle
west, the scene being in Cedar Bluffs
Neb.. where Rev. Corkey was before he
went TO Wayne last spring Nebraska
and Iowa characters figure prominently
among them being w. j. Bryan a Wahoo
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06
sunnnmer PhiIo.nnhr.

There is nothing quite 50 ugly as a naked
man.
Men who have married wives with money
say they are hard 10 manage.
Did you ever know two men friends "a
write TO each other oftener than once a
year?
II must be nice 20 be a baby and howl
when things 90 wrong, regardless of APP
pearances.
This is going the rounds: The woman
who keeps on going TO the doctor will be
operated on at last.
The trouble with women" a Crouch
says, is that they would rather have dia-
mOnds and silks than babies"
What would satisfy the people In the way
OF good times % Nothing to do for any
body, and all the money everybody wants
might do it.-Atchison Globe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

"Silence Is golden" is the motto OF the
blaCkmailcr.
Nothing pleaaes the average man more
than to find a button off when his wife
hasn't time to sew Il on.
Art Is long and time is fleeting, es-
pecially whom a mans time Is more val
liable than his art.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06
More towns Win Ambitions.

Harding county. which was formed a
couple OF years ago I'm the extreme north
western part OF the stale, is the scene OF a
county seat fght, the eontesting towns be-
ing Buffalo, the present county seat, and
Camp Crook, a rival town near the Mon
tana boundary line As Buffalo is situated
near the center OF the county and Camp
Crook nearer the western boundary line, the
residents Of Buffalo are said TO be not
losing any sleep over the fear that the
county seat will be moved from their town,
Stanley and Lyman counties, both OF
which are situated west OF the Missouri
river, in western South Dakota, are the
scene OF proposed county division move
ments Both counties are as large as some
OF the eastern states. The voters Of
Stanley county az the election on Tuesday.
November s, will have submitted TO them
the proposition Of dividing their county into
three parts. while the voters OF Lyman
county win vote upon the proposition OF
dividing their county into two counties.
" The residents OF the counties do not APP
pear to be unanimous In regard 20 the
proposition IN either county. IL 10 charged
that towns which aspire 20 become the
county seats OF the proposed new counties
are responsible for having inaugurated the
movements for county division
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

emergency feature Of general campaign
Of educational work among the miners
who viii not only be taught the use OF
the rescue apparatus. but also the proper
way TO take care Of an injured miner
There will also bc lectures ON many
phases Of the mining problem looking TO.
ward greater safety. There viii he little
excuse for the miner not beneftIns him
self, FOR the nine rescue cars Will 90 Co
the miner in his own town or camp. Each
car has been given "a specified territory
and Il is expected that every mining com
munity Of any Importance will be visited.
a mining engineer and surgeon Of the
American Red Cross will accompany each
car and deliver illustrated lectures on the
use OF explosives. electrical equipment, fire
prevention. sanitation and first aid surgi-
cal treatment These lectures will be given
in the cars wherever a suitable meeting
place cannot he procured. The cars will
remain long enough at each place so that
miners may so through the training in
rescue work. which will bc in charge Of
the foreman Of the car. a practical miner.
Every effort will be made to encourage
the miners to form rescue corps at the
mines where they are employed and to
havo the operators equip them with rescue
. appaI
Equipment Is Complete.
The cars will each contain eight so-cslled
oxygen helmets, a supply OF oxygen in
tanks. one dozen safety lamps, one field
telephone with 1000 feet of wire, resusci-
toting outfits and small outfit for use
In demonstration. one end Of the cars will
be fitted up as an air-tight room to be used
i'm training the men in the use OF the So
called oxygen helmets, This room will be
filled with noNlous fumes, and the miners,
wearing the helmets will remain inside FOR
two hours in an atmosphere that would
kill without the helmets. These are the
helmets that permit one to enter mine
Immediately following an explosion, while
/ IL is stll filled with poisonous gases and
breathe artficially. The absence Of the
helmets at great Catastrophes in the United
States has, it is believed, resulted in a
greater loss OF life than necessary. Ere
quently miners who have not suffered phys
ical injury by an explosion have been en-
tombed in the mine to die slowly from the
inhalation of the poisonous gases Had II
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

ALEXANDER CORKEY, u. a.
auctioneer, just as he is In life, is also
placed in the book. AS Mr. Corkey himself
expressed t. the book is a real story Of
the real middle west
Alexander Corkey was born in Ireland
n 1871 near Londonderry, the son OF an
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-27

dozen different materials close Al
hand when sue cvrnc. 10 get 20 work
There arc many varieties OF John
Chinamsn. but the simplest ono q
made orincipaily Of peanuts. The
body part = rolled RAGS. and the arms
and les the same. with selected pes
nuts FOR hand ana feet. The right
angied double ones make excellent
feet and smaller ones for the haads.
Csc a large single one for the head
end paiat the slanting eyes and fee-
lures with pen and ink Braid few
threads Of coarse black cotton for the
queue. and secure II and the acorn
cup hat with glue or paste. The
ciofhssg should nc medc of DARK biuc
cotton. For the string doll bail OF
Dexter COTTON. No. >. and some bits Of
ribbon. with two shoe buttons. arc al
isc usferiai necessary. Take piccc
Of CARDBOARD about Eve inches long and
Wind she co,tcn o~cr Il WITT you have
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so 900 sslasa7 4 1s7zs pe1ves@st ore csgg2zeS,

going to Alaska. partly because It's
resources have not been called to
their attention. Every Ameslcag cit;-
zen should know siiv truth about Alas
ke AMI stop thinking of Il as barren
ipaS oessible country. Il is true u Is
our last frontier. that the summers
are short and the winters are cold,
but. X * eoldness that is considered
wonderful in its health giving proper
ties. There Is one Hot Springs Win
a hotel built Of logs and sanatorirm
that cost $250.c0e Eleven million
dollars worth OF gold was shipped out
of Fairbanks In one year. IN tpite OK
a strike. and almost as much was
shipped orf OF Nome. The people OF
the States save only hint OF the pos
s:bilities there ~ not the slightsst
doubt ns he country ear support an
immense population. and IL |; once
becomes a state II viii be better
known. Its faraway aspect will sink
into the background. and its immens-
ity become better understood. As an
instance OF this las. the Island OF
Attn. which belongs tc Naska, IL rs
far from the coast sas Tn Francisco
Is from maine. This ma'r7s- rs some
senators jokingly said. So" Francisco
the middle town of the Up'ird States
The real Alaska is a lane Of con-
slant marvels. contradictions a. sur.
prises. II cost US not fracti = OF
what the salmon fisheries alone aTs
worth. and one mine has more than
earned enough TO COMPENSATE the out
lay. II is a vast store house of unde-
veioped products, and 1t Is gettirs
more and more into communication
with the United States. The first two
successful wireless stations In the
world were the ST. Michsels aud PORT
safety stafIors. nov. there are wire
less stations at .Sk Michae's. Tanaua,
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,ropois of the Upper yukon and II Is
a stirring town. bet us population has
decreased since, thi surrounding
u.ints Fave worked oat. Fairbanks
is the large town Of the middle valley
II Is surrrieiugly cosmopolitan, has
nearly 1000 people. three hanks.
hotels. a .thr.e-story Office building,
three churches. two newspapers. hos.
pitai. telephones. electric lights and
many comforts. Nome e larger tban
either OF these towns. Is population
is about 10000. J, Is on i'eriug Sea
and more easy Of access, and from
1900 has held It's own az a sort of cap
iiai Of the coast OF Alaska. THE Gu
tire population of Alaska Is composes,
OF whites, natives. Chinese. Japanese
and a few negrocs. The whites pre-
dominate and rule. and are scattered
along the coast and interior what
an immense district lies ready for oc-
,,ipancy can be realized when II Is
known IL IL 2.000 miles from Skagusy
on the coast 10 the Yukon gold field.
and that Il takes IL days 10 go from
Seattle TO Nome by steamer. The
Yukon country Ii reached by boat
from otttttt 10 Shabhnt. 'hch
railrail where was once wagon road,
and over passes where many pros
pec;or In the early days lost his pack
and horses. From the railroad station
at White Horse q steamer connects
with the Yukon River. and a good
share OF this journey I'd along.e coast
and through country whose scenic
grandeur Is incompatible In COM
bination OF ocean. snow clad noun
,ains and stupenjous walled channels.
The real truth is that Alaska IL an
empire. and It wants a larger pouia-
ton. II it were doomed half as much
as Alberta. Saskatchewan aud other
Canadian provinces IL would have. one
The farmers from the States who are
going 20 these districts never think OF
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more rnan the sum paid to Russia for
the entire country.
At ne time of this purchase the i'm
n.ense valley of the Yukon, which
emptie3 13 times more water than the
Mississippi and is IN some places ~
miies wide, was inhabited by Men OF
the Yukon" tribe Of Indians. To-Day
IL IL pcoplcd by brave pioneers, who
are building towns and settling val
leys. They have started many cities.
large and small, "a the direct result
OF the working of mines. The Alas
kan waterways are used extensively
In summer for passenger and freight
service and provisions are shipped not
alone for the short summer hut for
the long winter also. IL Is probable
these waterways will never be aosn-
doned. but railroads will help in reach
ing places not touched by the big riy-
ers and their tributarteA
Dawson proudly calls yself the me-
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the fashion OF the people Of that land
The American doll speaks for her
self She Is pretty fair specimen.
made after pattern bought az the
pattern shop and like the utiic girl
who made her. The pattern Is seved
together and stuffed with cotton aud
the features painted 10 oil
Rolled rags are the foundations OF
ell The smaller dolls. Dinsf and Tn
Gle Joe are made OF black wool rses
rolled. First good-sized ron is made
for the tody. then the top h fatiencj
out for the head and the features pu,
in with needle and thread Smaller
rolls are arranged for arms srd legs
each fatfened al the euds for hands
and feet. These must be atfsched TO
the body with needle snd yery strong
thread The rolls may be made more
flexible ~ q piece Of bonnet or other
sire Is placed ia the center and the
rag rolled about That TIE csothing
Is arranged and sevcd on 70 the
body.
Sponge seems a curious rlaterisl
for doll making out Il WIN 10 found
10 lend itself 10 the forming n Queer
little bodies very readily The Nus
trstions s.vsn are IN reality pen
pipcrs and make excellent little
christuaF gifts. a pair Of SHARP scis-
sors and n coarse and { nne sponge
with q few rags arc all the material
needed. Cut The oodI1s Of the ccsrsc
fponye and the heads ard arms o. the
nne orc. SERVING t6o i5irt rcry frsriy
Reads 81 diGsrcnt co,ors are Used for
eyes. and -hi;e ores- Tor teeth: o.
small. white h>sfed pias nay b used
sor fccta: indeed. IRE crfator wili ind
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fill the need of railroads and trails.
There ar few goo wagon roads. a
marked contrast to the Canadian side
where roads were built as soon as
paying gold was discovered in any
place. Alaska is calling aloud for
these things for her people and pro-
ties ting that people with money to
back them get what the average citi-
zen does not. Those that know say
there is $4,000 miles of dredging
ground in Alaska and great fields of
anthracite and other coal. As for az
ricultare, though the season for crops
is short, the many hours OF sunshine
each day make fair returns Hay. pc
tatoes, melons, squash. tomatoes.
sweet corn, are raised. whit cranber-
ries. strawberries and other fruits
grow wild in certain parts. where the
climate is sseditied- by the Japan cur
rent.
This wonderful region, large as al
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ToDsy ~Erowcd- down South IKE
her predecc. sor. She - made Of rob
cd rag. ana her features rIt IN with
white paint she carries bundles %
n,asch.-s. aud a BIT u emery board for
scratching f. riued 10 her skirt
A homemade rag doll or small
cclluIoid ono from tho shop may serve
a a Foundation for the c-ochctcd
frOck ard hat a. shown ~ illustration.
Anyone accustomed 10 the use Of the
crochet look wiz b. able 20 judge Of
the number % stitches gecdcc n ~
the neck: ihc body t. done n Ions
crochet With a shell border. There
- 81 iranitc variety Of ihcfe. some Of
fhcu very artistic.
Pruscs. dried appl1s. raisirs-in
rat. al Sorts OF dried fruit--insy D.
rxcd Cor heads II doll. The bodies
arc made Of rolled rags. with rrsichts
foofhofcis. hairpins Or any cid piece
o. sire for Tlns and icTs Ino
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the United States east of the Missis-
sippi and north OF Alabama, Georgia,
end NortL Carolina has vast stretches
nf~ceGar. pine ard other forests, al
waiting for the AK There are elk.
deer. moose and caribou aud beeu'i-
full white mountain goats on the ma
jestic mountains. The Indians have
long held Mount Mckinley sacred and
call it "The Home of the Great Cher
But this Is only one of a group like
Mt ST. Elias and Mount Fairweather,
all averaging over $4,000 feet. The
white goats can be seen on these
mountains In bands of a dozen or
more and thousands OF caribou are
In the valleys. II is to be hoped they
win remain undisturbed. When this
country was purchased Secretary
Seward was laughed at and defjded,
but now people are gradually conpre-
hending that the Seal Islands alone
have turned into our revenue mach
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cur7.esasaz2n 1wnaaz,lS

begun 20 be developed People who
do not know Alaska think of II as a
faraway country. at which vessels
touch occasionally. In reality both
American and Canadian boats carry
There are over thirty American yes
sells that cali at Ais kan ports and
foreign vessels frequently stop there.
Last year nearly 500 vessels cleared
from Alaskan coast towns.
But there is a vast interior that
needs reader means OF communication
with the coast and these vessels.
Alaska needs two things imperatisely
TO further commercial interests and to
make the country better known. These
are railroads, good wagon roads and
trails. With these development will
increase with leaps and hounds. Al
present there are only a few hundred
miles OF railroads besides the White
Pass and Yukon. which runs from
Skagu7y into the interior and Is tnan-
ced by Canadian and English capital.
There are short stretches that have
been constructed to facilitate ship
ments from mines, but the need OF
complete railroad systems Ia yearly
becoming more apparent. Every gov
ernor that has been in Alaska has
said that proper transportation facili-
ties were one of the country's prob
lens. this In spite of the fact that
there are tremendous and wonderful
waterways.
The Yukon. which is extensively
ueod for trans norfafi Is over $500
miles long and navigsble for 1000
miles. This immense river is 30
miles wide at its shallow mouth.
Other streams are narigable for from
300 TO 1000 miles, but these do not
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uarer napkins SIC rscs sssry frr her
wardrobe. Thrust ,hc stem of the
pipe through the center OF two nap
tins. arranging them so the points do
not Ian over each other. but Stand out
well 10 form the skirt Tie these Sc
ssrely close 10 the bowl Of the pipe
Fold the third napkin three-cofner
wise and arrange the hood according
20 illustration and finish with bow
OF ribbon around the neck To make
Miss piper stand the small end Of thr
Pipe ftcm must be stuck into isrEc
spool or apple
The wishborc or Taerry thought OF
fowls s. susceptible OF treatment 70
variety Of ways: the Different s'zrs
offer uafssiai for an assorted fairly.
The v.shbope Of large turkey VIII
rake Z father deli ard a smaller one
the mother. while chicken rishbo1cs
are safficicurly varied 10 make lar<e
fairly. The heaTs are rscs Of seal
inS vax-black, white or yellow &C
cnr6ing 20 nationality There : IA
the monldinE Of The heads az oppor-
funity 10 develop any latent artis nc
talent. Cut TWO Slices Of cork one
eixss II an inch thick for the cat feet
Dig a little hole IN he center and mn
with clue OF paste. and thrust the Two
ends ~ the wfskbone into then foss
win hsre TO hold them until hey are
81 Which viii require only . fc<
minutes. and then BE dol sfsrdf Ga
is own feet and IS ready % be dress-
Cd
A coachman's cape. cap and iroas'
crs may be made q channels. A o'sc
dress. ~hise aDror and CD are ne
uniform of trained nurses monks 81
tiers Of Mercy. cicsus-in fat, m m
ante variety Of people u1rtse m>1c
bv cserrr Gnyc-E The fezrurrs nav
h luke,i on aal piece Of c1~k n ss.'-
irx wax - not ~ h,sd. b'rrs 49,
hrres -.ev Be- dressed - scs.h c,1frf
and csficrcn.
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n Cd half the bah. Thread the darn
ing needle with piece aud run Il IN
der the cotton a. the top and draw
" up as tight as possible and tic Sc
curyly.
Nov Gu; the s,raads AZ 'kc bottom:
leave out few for thc two hTaids O.
hair aud then tie 9 thread ar5gnd for
the neck: separate fcs more strands
for tho arms snd sie TIC waist line
With strong bread before usias the
ribbon. Braid the hair and tic ~ith
narrow. pink ribbon. Twist thc arm
strands ana tie the wrists with ribbon
ana make the belt OF the sane with a
biz bow IN front. The shoe buttons
arr put IN with aecdlo and thread aad
the features arc arranged ~i.h pen
aud ink. The size 81 the doll j. rcxu-
lated hy the height q the cardboard
washable ribbon should be used Sc
hat the dolls nag ~ washed ~ often
- necessary.