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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
HUMAN MELODY AT ITS CREST
ResIEtIeSs Sweep of the Texas PerOrH-
ton Pictured by Johnny
On-the-SpOt.

The Texas peroration exhausts every pos
sibility OF rhetoric and syntax. 1t takes
from the vocabulary every word that con-
tains a thrill or breathes Of melody. In its
broad and majestic sweep it includes the
ripping music Of the mountain rlll; the
mournful plant OF lost winds straying
through the voiceless solitudes of swaying
pines; the gladstone carols Of the birds OF
spring; the golden peal of evening bells;
the roaring thunder of the mountain storm
and the angry surges on a rocky beach.
There is not a chord Of the human heart
that is not touched in its reslstless sweep;
there is not a nook of the human soul In
which it's echoes do not tremble. II lulls or
wakes or thrills according to the will Of the
perorator who holds under his sway the
consciousness OF his auditors. 1t converts
the loggy tariff argument into an oratorio;
It drapes tho constitution with purple and
gold; It lifts a congressional eulogy to the
inspiring dignity OF a tbrenody; II trans
forms the woes Of the common people into
a burst Of righteous passion that causes
tyrants to tremble; II bursts into poetic
fire and consumes the dross Of human
folly, leaving the pure gold OF an unfair
nished patriotism, on the Fourth OF July,
There Is nothing that can Withstand it's
melody, its poetry, its passion, It's power,
II makes the voice at once the whitening
lame that destroys the enemies OF the
peepul: the soothing balm that heals and
soothes the wounded patriots heart; the
celestial wings upon which wisdom flies
from It's. sanity hover 70 all the sons OF
men. The Texas ~peroration and the Texas
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
THOMAS MAY GET HIS PAY,
BUT LOOKS BAD FOR PATRICK
This is the Decision of the Board of
Trustees of the village of Nnl-
ley on Lawyers Fees.

The Board of Trustees of the village OF
Valley may allow Elmer e. Thomas bill
Of $50 for prosecuting liquor cases, but may
not allow a bill of 500 to w. r, Patrick.
Judge Day in district court has refused
to grant a restraining order against the
trustees.
The petition for the writ comes pre-
maturely at all events said the court,
because the procedure ought to be for the
board to allow the claims and then let It be
sought to enjoin them. AS it Is, the rights
of Mr.. Thomas and Mr.. Patrick would DO
prejudiced now by a writ before the trus-
tees have approved or dlsapproved the
claims"
The court added that if this action shall
be taken and a petition for a restraining
orded then be brought he would refuse TO
grant in Thomas case and issue 1t In the
case Of Patrick.
The difference comes because evidence
shows that Thomas was employed by the
board, but no such showing is made on
behalf of Senator Patrick. That the board
has a right to employ attorneys at all Ia
sustained by the courts ruling.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

congress will adopt it, then the railroads
VIII fight It out in the courts, and after
that will comply with the law as graciously
as defeat is able to do. That has been the
history of all protective legislation. When
the states tried to enforce utomatic
coupler laws tho railroads claimed that
such authority was vested in the federal
government, and when the federal gov
eminent enacted and attempted to enforce
such laws, the railroads declared it the
province Of the states to do these things.
1t was the same way with the airbrake
law, the employers liability law, the hours
OF labor law and the ash pan law. The
latter requires that every locomotive shall
be equipped with an ash pan which can be
dumped without an employee going under
the engine to do 1t,
Experience has demonstrated that epoch
making as was the invention of the air.
brake, its failure to work is sufficiently
frequent to Justify n search for something
better. This search has been successful in
at least one instance. The new idea is
that the power by which the brakes are
controlled shall lie in a number Of power
full coil springs. Air pressure is to hold the
springs in check so long as the brakes are
not used. AS soon as 1t is desired to apply
Inen, the simple release or q valve does
the work. The only fault is thai no method
is offered for holding the brakes off the
wheel when a car is being moved by gray
ity or otherwise switched without connec.
ton with the engine.
One of the things that has most seriously
hindered the work of the commission in
its Investigations Is the lack of accurate
data concerning accidents. The law re-
quires that railroads report all accidents
and their causes, butethe reports that come
in are about as luminous as a black hat
on a dark night. The commission hopes tc
be given the authority to investigate &C,
cidents on its own initiative and thus ascer,
ain real information on the subject.
Some time ago two foreign railroad mer
visited the United States for the purpose Of
studying railroad conditions. After travel
ing about the country they found tina.
only a very small per cent Of the trains are
run on time, and that there are only 500
employees working for the safety Of travel
They figured out that If the United States
had the same proportion of men TO lo0l
after the safety Of its trains that England
has, instead of 10000 it would nave Gl9, OOt
engaged in making train operation safer.
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.
Tomorrow "rhe TreadweI Mine"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
The Bennett Company
perorators have never been equalled, they
can never be equalled.-Houston Post.
DOCTOR SCORES ON LAWYER
Expert Opinion silence
BrOken by Three Melan-
chOIy Words.

chO1y Words.
Medical experts have more thar their
share of trouble on the witness stand.
Sometimes they listen for hours to the
reading Of a hypothetical question which
they are expected to answer in three or
four words and afterward submit to a
cross-fire of questions especially prepared
by five or six attorneys who have been
examining for weeks and are eager to have
them fall into traps laid for them. Few
college presidents, 1t is said, know as
much Greek or Latin as the students in
the junior classes who are fresh from their
books. The expert witness is in the same
fix. Sometimes the lawyers manner
Anglers the witness, and at the first chance
he retaliates with embarrassing conse-
quences for the lawyer.
You are quite sure, are your inquired
the defendant company's counsel in a dam
age suit in Judge Slover's court one day,
quite sure that the swelling above the
ankle was caused by the plaintiffs FAM"
quite sure the doctor replied, firmly.
Now, DOCTOR" said the counsel, 1 wish
you would feel my right ankle, or just
above It; same kind of a, swelling, isn't
it? DO you believe that swelling was the
result of a fall?'
NO, SIR the doctor replied, promptly.
II believe it to be the result Of too much
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
POETS DESCENDANTS TO DINE
Whole Tables Needed for the Shake
sperian Kinship.
CLIMBING OF FAMILY TREES
Many Trying 20 duality for banquet
Of Poetry Recital Society in Lon-
don-Trosperous Descend
ants of Poets.

LONDON, March 1.-The proposal OF the
Poetry Recital society TO give a dinner
in London TO all persons who can show 9
genuine descent from or relationship to
the greater English poets has brought
down upon the secretary OF the society
many applications from persons Of all
classes and ]occupatilS g. 1t soon became
evident that there were more people living
who could show their descent from famous
poets than was supposed.
II was taken for granted that Shake
speare at least would not be represented.
but now it seems that a whole table must
be reserved for the claimants to Shake
spcarean kinship. None Of them can claim
direct descent, as will be seen from this
table:
William Shakespeare-Anne Hathaway.
QJ6i-1G16). Q556-l62S).
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

strong drink"
In the awful silence that followed the
company's counsel was heard, quite dis
tinctly, to say:
That's all, octor."-Kansas City Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

The Key to the sltuation-Ree want Ads.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

Susanna Hammer JUDITH
John Hall Q5S5-96). Thomas Quincy
U5S3-1GiO. u5S5-l66Z).
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
San Francisco Leads in Iron and Steel Manufacture

powers of the California metal trades
ASSOCIATION and its officers. Big, strong,
lorceIul, all powerful, enduring, ju-
uicious, diplomatic through the admins
trations of President Walter N Kelly
IN 1907, President Edward J. Fowler in
1908 and President Robinson in 1909
and their executive officers, it has
progressed tremendously
through home industry, home patron
age, reciprocal patronage, soliciting
trade, improving efficiency, saving ex-
pense. protecting the members, launch
ing new ideas, educating the employee
employer and general public, teaching
to entrench as result of strikes, fires,
earthquakes, GU. prices and panics, and
splendid constructive work, aided by
combination of intelligent individual
units, with iron and steel as a work
ing basis, its rise has been phenome-
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

nal. With characteristic conservative,
creative, consistent and harmonious
perseverance, backed by it's great moral
and financial influence, developing the
defensive forces, advocating better
prices, labor saving machinery and con-
ciliatory industrial labor policy bar
gaining, forging its way to the very
front, it has developed into the largest
of its kind on the coast, the third
largest in the United States and the
largest association representing any
one industry in one city in the world.
Yet its success today, and what it's
principles, economically and financial,
stand for in spite of its mighty achieve
ments and moral development during
the last two years is only the begin
ming of the complete rehabilitation of
the San Francisco iron and steel in
dustry.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04
DropDed Biscuits

At night make up the dough in the
usual way for light bread and let it
rise over night. In the morning, be-
fore kneading 1t, break off a piece of
the dough which you think would be
sufficiently large to supply the neces-
sary wants and roll 1t out the same as
you would for the regular yeast pow
der biscuit, about quarter of an inch
thick. Take a skillet and fiji it two
thirds full Of good lard let it get boil
ing hot. then cut your biscuits out and
drop them in. They will puff up and
turn brown, leaving hollow inside.
Serve while hot and break open, put,
ting the butter on the inside. DO not
cut open.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04
SCRATCHED so SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP

81 write to tell you how thankful I
am for the wonderful Cuticura Rem
edies. My little niece had eczema for
five years and when her mother died
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. | used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then ap-
piled Cuticura Ointment. l 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. 81, 1909"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04
ClnNer .Ioke of KIND

King Edwards great nature was IL
lustrated the other night by a London
correspondent at the Press club IN
New York.
The king" said the correspondent
was visiting Rufford Abbey, and one
morning, In company with his host
Lord Arthur Savllle, he took a walk
over the preserves.
Suddenly Lord Arthur, a big burly
man, rushed forward and seized :
shabby fellow with a dead pheasan
protruding from the breast of his coat
Sir said Lord Arthur to the king
this fellow is bad egg. This is thu
second time I've caught him poaching
But the kings handsome fact
beamed. and he laughed his gay ant
tolerant laugh.
ooh. let him GO he said If h,
really We're bad egg, you know. h,
wouldn't poach.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04

ried. an to the sweetest little woman
that ever trod God A'mighty's foot.
| stool! ! wuz man full grown then
-45 years old-old nuff to know bet,
| ter! ! wuz workin' in the Pennsyl,
vania coal mines. A month after the
| weddin' we had a main bitter quarrel.
| There KEN a strike, an | went out
along o the rest o the boys, Mnna
| didn't like my bein out o work, an
| told me so There wuZ hot words, an
| in blindin' rage | struck her an left
the house, swearin I'd never go back,
| Then, like a fule, went an listed for
Uncle Sam. At the fightin' in tn
| Wilderness my fust battle, ! got hit
| in three or four places, an tn am.
| bylanCes left me on the field for dead.
| But an old farmer picked me up, an
after putting in year o hospital |
| KEN out putty nigh as fit as ever
! Tn war wuz over, an then | heerd
that my wife, my Minna. had died in
| her time o trouble an her girl baby
with her. AS heavens my witness,
| I've niver squared myself with myself
| for leavin her alone at such a time.
tramped west-niver showed my ugly
| face east ag'in-an' you know the
rest"
Forgive me for arousing such pain
full memories, Mr.. Meleen," said Car
! boy, but the inquiry was inevitable ;
we must know where we stand"
Old Andy signified that he heard
and appreciated, The strain OF this
| long recital had come mighty near to
| parting his mortal coil then and there,
| and he lay as one indeed very near to
death. Mr.. Carboy waited few min.
! utes-he was not yet done with his
! probings into the past At length
Meleen opened his eyes once more
and turned them mutely on his in
quisitor, who interpreted that as a
sign for him to proceed
Il presume these matters can be
verified-the time and place of your
marriage and the date of demise of
your wife and child?'
For answer the old miner produced
| d WtII"Olu itdti'i HaliSL iIOHl uHu'l
the blanket which covered him
You'll find tn dates an names
there" he said family "Anythin'
more y want 1 know
"One other point must be settled:
Suppose this nephew of yours is dead
or cannot be fouGd-who is to inherit
in that case
Another spasm contorted Andy
rugged features.
1T goes to the state, spose; that's
the law, amt it,
Carboy nodded.
GRO 1915 Continued
|
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04
To Iron WooIens.

Instead of ironing underwear di-
rectly with the iron on them (which
disintegrates the fiber and puts them
in an early grave), put common
sheet of newspaper between the
clothes and the iron, and note the re
suit. The came applies to woolens
and any other fabric. If goods of deli
cate shades are being ironed, use pa
per without printing on it. The fur
Their advantage of the process is this:
The iron runs smoothly over the pa
per without sticking, and 1t does not
pull the clothes ont of shape, as IS
the case when a cloth IS interposed,
as the paper surface Is fiat, stiff and
smooth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04
MAKING OF CAKES
ART REQUIRES CARE AND JUDO
MENT ON PART OF COOK.
Very Best ingredients Are Essential
Order in Which They Go To-
aether and Exact Care in
Measuring important.

The old fashioned mother taught her
daughter cake making as the climax
of the art of cookery, especially If she
was thrifty. Nowadays girl often
starts in with cake making, perhaps
because the materials for cake do not
seem as expensive as formerly, when
the teacher was so loathe to see them
wasted on experiments that were more
than likely to be failures
1t requires great care and Judgment
to mix and bake cake, greater perhaps
than is needed for preparing any other
one thing that goes upon the table.
The very best ingredients are essen
tial, and the order in which they go
together as we'll as the most exact
care in measuring them is important
And there is more precision needed
In the baking. Though the making be
right all may ga aglee in the baking
Sodden centers, pale sticky surfaces,
charcoal bottoms or tough entirety
are results not uncommon when the
inexperienced make cake.
Some cooks classify cakes as those
with and these without butter, and do
not include in either class ginger
bread, waters and cookies or dough
nuts. There are yet other things that
seem to be neither cake nor pastry,
but are called either according to To-
cality. Those cakes which have but
ter as an ingredient are perhaps the
more difficult to make. though sponge
cakes are not at all the easiest of
things to have turn out right to a T.
Sponge Cake Beat lightly two
eggs, add three-fourths cup of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls of water, three
fourths cup OF -four, with one-third tea,
spoonful of soda. Bake quickly in a
hot oven and serve while fresh.
Sponge Cake Flour eggs, one cup
of sugar, two cups of flour, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, rind of
one-half a lemon, twothirds cup Of
boiling water. Beat eggs light, add
sugar, sift baking powder and -four
and stir with the egg mixture. then
add boiling water and favoring, beat
well and bake in a cake pan In a
moderate oven.
Molasses Sponge Cake.-One egg
beaten light with one-fourth teaspoon
full of salt, one cupful molasses, one
half tablespoonful Of melted lard, one
and one-half teaspoonfuls Of soda dis
solved in one-half cup of boiling wa.
ter, one pint sifted -four, Beat until
light bake in a moderate oven Serve
warm.
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81 q

peared upon the veranda the long -ex-
pected arrival, Phineas Carboy, a we'll
known San Francisco practitioner in
the law, whose firm had transacted
most of Andrew Meleen's affairs since
he had been wealthy enough to afford
the luxury Of eminent legal advice.
Never in his life had he needed it
more than now.
His eyes flashed with feverish i'm
| patience as he responded to the law
yer's formal greetings. Hardly was
he seated. note book in hand, than the
dying man raped out curtly:
Are y ready?'
Quite so, Mr. Meleen," was the
response; knowing his man, Mr.. Car
boy wasted no words on formal con-
dolences or tame Civilities
Understand what ! want done?"
was the next question.
Your telegram intimated that you
desired to give me instructions for
your last will and testament"
"Instructions-yes-ye1l get enough
of them" with a grim smile; but
want the thing fixed up this blessed
night, My times short, as y see. Can
v do twill it stand?"
Mr., Carboy nodded gravely, and
with pen ready poised looked ex-
pectantly at his client But the lat
ter's next words were not exactly
those he anticipated
How much sh'd you say | wuz
with, Carboy, If everything wuz
cleaned up an turned into CASH." in
quired the old man. The legal mind
hesitated, but only for an instant.
twenty-five or thirty million dol
lars at the very least" was the quiet
reply
Il guess that's about It," sighed
Andy Meleen. Now, man, stick a pin
through this: I'm going to leave all
that I'm with to teller I've niver
Scent"
He shot keen glance at Mr.. Car
boy to judge of the effect of this some
what startling announcement, but the
lawyer was too well trained to show
any mark Of surprise beyond a slight
contracting and lifting of the eye.
brows
you know his name. | presume,
! and where he can be found?"
No. ! DON'T was the reply snapped
back that's for you { find out. This
is the way of It, | had an only sister
over there in tn old country named
Matte. She KEN { Ameriky ten year
after / did an ! heard she wuz mar
| ried an had a son. But I've forgotten
her husbands name If liver knew it.
| liant seen her since she WIZ a slim
of a girl Course, she may be dead.
an the boy too, though she wuz
younger'n me by four or five year. but
you've got to try an find en-"
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evidently near his end. There was
no sign of senility when he shot a
curt query at his only servant, an old
pioneer like himself, who sat in the
| doorway stolidly cleaning a rife, out
of sight but within call.
Putty nigh time that lawyer fellow
was here, eh?" said Andy over his
shoulder striving vainly to raise his
head from the high-heaped cushions,
but only succeeding in moving it from
side to side
Evan rose and went to the railing
of the veranda, whence one could see
the winding road, scarcely more than
well-trodden trail, which led from
the town to the house on the hill.
Shading his eyes from the binding
glare of the nearly level sun rays, he
peered downward for some moments
before responding. Then, saying la
conically:
Jest comm up the rise" he re-
turned to his seat and his task.
Shortly there became audible the
soft thud of hoof-beats and the creak-
ing of straining leather, punctured by
the cracking of whip and the en-
couraging "cluck-cluck" of the driver
The road curved behind the house,
and as the sounds drew away Meleen
followed them with a hearkening,
rolling motion of the head infinitely
pathetic in its yearning helplessness
and impotence.
Soon there was the sound of foot.
steps within the house, and there ap-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04

You never saw your sister after
she arrived in this country, and held
no communication whatever" asked
the lawyer, making notes
Meleen shook his head. Il wuz
mighty poor myself in those days, Car.
boy. an'-oh, well, I'd troubles of my
own, an then l drifted west an out
here"
Where was this sister living when
you last heard of herr"
IN York"
How many years ago would that
be-"
Bout 20, reckon"
And her son, if living, is to have
everything"
That's it," was the emphatic reply
Gosh, I'll bet he'll be astonished
wherever and whoever he isl"
"Doubtless!" was Carboys dry com
ment. But had you no other kin, Mr.
Meleen?"
Nary a kim" was the reply. There
was on'y me an Matte. an we wu2
left orphans when l wuz no bigger'n
shovel
NO cousins, for instance?' per
sisted Mr.. Carboy.
Nary a cousin"
Were you ever married yourself?
was the next query. Simple and nee
essary as it was under the circum
stances, and put in a colorless, matter
of-fact manner, its effect on the re
cunbent figure of old Andy Meleer
was like that of a galvanic battery APP
piled to a corpse. His nervous anC
shrunken frame twitched and quiv
ered the once mighty chest heaved
as though it would burst asunder;
great beads Of sweat broke out or
face and forehead, and his strong
mouth and chin trembled with emo
tons entirely apart from causes due
to age and weakness. Mr.. Carboy
was genuinely distressed at the eff
feet he had so unwittingly produced
Something In the question hac
touched Andy on the raw. In haltins
and fragmentary phrases he said:
God forgive me, CarbOy, | wuz mar
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04
Merely a Prevaricator.

A doctor relates the following story.
Il had a patient who was very i'll and
who ought to have gone to a warmer
climate so resolved to try what hyp-
notism would do for him. l had a
large sun painted on the ceiling of his
room and by suggestion induced him
to think it was the sun which would
cure him. The ruse succeeded and
he was getting better rapidly when
enc day on my arrival found he was
dead
Did it fail. after all, them" asked
one of the doctors hearers.
NO" replied the doctor. che died
of sunstroke."