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Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

ments laid down in the rules Any jeweler
may lend q watch to the railroad man.
provided the same Is of such a standard
as viii meet the time-service requirements.
So solicitous for accuracy are the rail-
road companies that the time-inspection
service Is always ready to indorse any new
feature introduced by watch manufae-
turers and shown TO be beneficial to the
timepiece in some essential particular. No
wonder, therefore. that II has become the
custom Of railroad patrons. no matter how
high-priced their watches may be. to refer
to the railroad men for exact time. reeog-
mixing in the railroad watch the standard
OF accuracy. Such, indeed. Is the fame OF
the Inspection service that II would be a
great shock to many OF those who travel
on our railroads were they to discover that
any OF the lines that they patronize were
stan without this service. and this is one
OF the factors that point to the ultimate
adoption OF time inspection on all roads
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

E OF courses the dry goodsT man and the
jeweiry man keep the windows OF their
stores filled with the goods and gauds
that allure the feminine eye. With an art
and craftfulness they pin their diamond
peacock feather brooches on the back
ground OF regal royal. purple. And the
dowager gazes. Cunningly breadth Of
shadowy chiffon, made for the revelation
OF youths roundnesses. are draped over
wax-faced figure and topped inconse-
quentially with a daisy-trimned hat. And
the lngenue stands breathless at the vision
of herself inserted where, the papier-
mache lady is now established. No wonder
the women and girls window-gazel
| And the love OF pretty things. the revei
In the delicacies OF their making, the orgy
Of JOY IN the thought Of going decorated
with the art OF triumph. the inherent
woman savage who loves to DO lovely to
lure--the birds and the beeA. OF course
all mix and mingle in the ectasy OF win
dow-gazlng.
But why should a pretty girl-or even q
yhomely one-gaze into the plate-glass win
dow OF real estate office2
Looking for the. broker, you say. Not
at all. He thinks that. too. just for one
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

like the features on that wax doll you
were talking about Didn't you ask me to
try TO keep a convicted crook out OF Jail
the other dax7"
Certainly / did," admitted the Hopeful
Housewife, but 1 had the very best rea-
son for that and you know II. Why, that
man gave my brother his first job"
''well, OF course. the Court might con-
slider that tremendous public service q
mitigating circumstance. but it would
hardly procure a complete pardon" teered
the Confirmed Commuter. That's the
trouble with woman; she considets
everything-crime, punishment, Law and
order--in .theIr relation TO her personal
feelings. why, II you were on jury
you'd acaut a murderer because his wife
had once done your washing. That old
dady who started this arrnIment--the one
who eaid mans brain doesn't amount to
anythingl--is just as personal as you are.
She thinks that just because she makes a
good living writing books every other
woman ought to do the same. The whole
trouble is thisIyou women don't spell
woman with a capital w; you spell II with
a capital 4"
The Hopeful Housewife had been looking
rather bewiidered for some time. But she
had one reason left-one unanswerable ar
gument. - tsF
''I'm glad TO know what-you think OF
me" she said in tremulous accents. Now
you call me an egotist-and a little while
ago you said I had the brain Of a wax
doll" s r..
The Confirmed comnuter looked toward
the Erstwhfle Portia in some alarm.
Tears auivered In her voice. hung on her
I
iashes
"weii. you're proving II by beginning TO
melt" he said. but come over here and
melt on me-"
t lcopyright, lsli. by the n, r.. Herald CO.,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14
! where D0the Popular Songs Come From2

- ,frT ~
Omaha verhiflers are continually. en-.
deavorins 10 ''nake. a hit With g song.-
..just as men with a rice town for poetry
ARE doing. In other .cltiess. Very few sue
cesses result from, The many triels;.. and;
a @riter n the st. Louis Republic asserts
there is little. or. mo, .originality in songs
today. This. conclusion ls borne out BY men
who write songs. They claim that Il ia hard
10 get away from the old tunes when they
want TO wife something really catchy"
They affirm that all the music there can
posslbiy % has airsady been written any
way and that 1t is no use 20 try to write
an absolutely new bar :.
The American people like something. that
they Can IeaSe theater humming. rernis
,niscentiy, they do not ike absolutely new
music. IL gives them % headache. to try
40 pick out the melody, However, II you
can take an old faySyIte. twist It around
a bit and change the. time or the pitch
somewhat they 30 away and tell their
friends that the music ,is simply great"
Most OF our music waa, All right when it
was INTELLECTUALLY written. not worked
over. "Yankes Doodle is one Of the many
direct steals.. Rnd Il, wRs stolen before the
Declaration OF !. Independence Musical
critics have, claimed that, this tune was
stolen. ln the piddle ages A melody thief
pllfered 1t. qniekened the. chant time to
a rolIleldpg military, measure and used II
to hasten msrehiRg feet even prior TO the
days .of, our own eonupentals
Felix, Mendelssobn- Rartholdy once wrote
"A Spring sopg"ssA ioverwOrksd COM
poser. got. hold, of 81 awhile back. twisted
IL, turned 1t and ,Feyamped IL ana Il be-
cams THAT. Menaelssohna Strain" Then
another musical adapter consciously or
uncousciohsly 'Nove' "a few notes OF IL into
that once popular ditty. Gee. Wish Thai
i Had n Glrls sssvs a -ai~' "'~"t ," ~
In the dance halls, they used 20 swing
back and forth 10 the knowing strains OF
"waltz. NE Around Again. Willie" II was
a most. popular melody and even yet YOU
viii sometimes hear 10 whistled. % When
A IA traced. back e the original the traeei
viii. find that AZ fWaas most certainly good
music ones negardless-0frv its stand
ing may ba now AZ man named Gounot
who. wrote Q thing called '''Faust," useS
something shat sAoSads- Femaxkably hk'
waltz BE Around Asain. ( through SOM
OF the notes. slus- 1lvs -
Every composer OF popular music In
tends TO turn out a song or so that vii
send them away from the show whistling
fsa sknoWs, what Will happen Il ne goe
ahead ard gives them~sometning as nearl.
new and sriginahaassahe can He see
visions Of empty seats end "busted com
~. n. faafg~ 3 staf'H t e+ft
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

/, It's laughable. and its disgusting! II
there were needed any new proof Of the
supremacy to which vanity can attain, It
would be afforded by the ridiculous con-
trast that the window gazer affords. She
is so serene in her belief that no one seesl
Yet every three feet-7at every new window,
indeed-she is showing off her vanity to an
interested public.
Men settle their ties In front Of the
gum glasses in the stations. Then. they
stop. But a girl window gazer never
seems able to settle anything In any glass
and she keeps on looking.
It's such a silly exhibition Of girls
weak point. It's so unsweetly childish! It's
positively imbecfiicl The short-sIghtedness
Of seeing only the image in the window
and being entirely blind to the verdict
of vanity that is being passed upon hei
is an evidence Of the vacancy and gfddi'
ness OF the mind of the window gazer
She is a walking advertisement. bigger
and more gaudy than. any OF the gilt letters
that obstruct her view OF herself. OF ths
sappy headedness to which vanity car
bring her devotees.. And man with opel
eyes knows that she would be so bus,
feeding her own vanity that she woul'
have no time TO feed him-or his!
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

Railroad watch inspection Is an evolution.
like most other Instruments that are at the
goal OF perfection. To establish an in
spection service is not the work OF q day.
Experience has shown that It takes a
number Of years ana earnest work to bring
the service up 10 the highest standard OF
efficiency, says a writer In the Saturday
Evening Post But the expenditure of~tims
and effort is ultimately rewarded by the
Interest aud pride taken by the men in the
time records OF their watches. II has been
noticed that there develops a personal
rivalry in the matter OF accuracy; 80 much
so, indeed. that the men frequently buy
timspieees OF a grade higher than the regu-
lations call for, This is the spirit eui-
tivated by watch inspection. and It IL most
Gratifying 70 the railroad companies and
their patrons. az we'll as OF unreasonable
material service TO them.
Some idea OF the number and value Of
the watches used on the railroads may be
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

,,paBies" SO he reaches over in the music
case and pulls out an old.tifher and writes
something that makes the old folks recall
the tunest of the nChimes OF NORMANDY
or 'tovet the Garden wall." Every COM
poser OF the lot Is trying to "puteover q
whistler" A whistler 10 song that YOU
catch yourself whistiing Under your breath
the day after you heard II at a show.
Music actually contains but twelve notes.
doubled and trebled, OF course, both above
and below, but after ali there are but
twelve original notes. The number OF pos
sible combinations OF these notes Is limited.
The creation Of absolutely and entirely
new. melodies had to tstop somewhere and
1t happens that We are living at the time
when the composers have exhausted the
possibilities OF new melodies. .s r
That's why II Is that, you so often hear
q tune that you are certain that you have
heard before. Chances are that you airs
right.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14
Watching the Watches

had from the reports furnished by the chief
inspector. For instance, on the New York
Central lines alone a total OF about 5000
watches are regularly inspected. and II
we calculate the value OF these watches at
an average OF s25-which IS somewhat low
II viii be seen that on this railroad alone
the system calls for an Investment Of
t126.poo. +E
An interesting feature Of tho time sys-
tenn Is the ioaning OF watches 70 the men
while their own are being repaired. The
watch thus loaned must. of course. be
similar 10 the one left for repair. as the
companies can take no chances on any
imperfect timekeeper. Under 1.-The system
Of watch inspection that Is generally re-
garded as the most perfect now In use. the
Inspectors are furnished with standard
railroad watches in nickel cases. which
they are free 10 loan 10 the railroad men
while theirs are being repaired. The loaned
watch must be strictly up 10 the require
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14
WOman's Way in the Home

world knows them isebut a veneer certain
to wear off with the years ana the waning
OF egotistic youth. r.- e -t
One man even goes so far as to declare
the appearance Of a girl in her home at
breakfast hour is the true gauge OF her
character and advises all young men con-
templating a proposal to call on the object
OF their affections about rising time before
making a final decision. II the girl is
smiling, cheerful and neat she is the right
one; II she rs bad tempered, frowping and
frowsy. the proposal should remain sealed.
The dainty woman would undoubtedly be
the safest choice as a sweetheart and a
home maker.
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@ 1he Bees Hons Magazine page (
Who's Who in the Home

WHAT Wonf these women say to get
their names IN the paper exclaimed the
CONFIRMED cummuter, disgustedly. Here's
an aathorrss, just returned. from Europe
I~ho greetedsthe shin news reporters with
this 'sWiking, anherism.
e The future belongs to Woman-Man's
brain doesn't amount TO much,"
The Hopeful Housewife smiled mischiev-
ouslv, .-.,s.. 49,.
We'll. there's a good deal In what she
says. she observed judiclously. ''women
are Just trying their wings" she added.
But AEho pays for. the wings. I'd like 10
know, was his brutal interruption,
What would happen II the husbands Of
all thesa ,spouting ladies should let them
try their financial wings alone, Tor a
whileT' They'd ali be living on angel food
In less than . week." ,.s..
Men are 80 sordid,..' rejoined the Hope
full Housewife, You get all arguments
down to basis Of money"
Because that's where all arguments
end her husband answered. II grant
that practically every woman could earn
7 some sort OF II living n she set about It,
but shed have 20 work harder and for less
results than she getss now as her own boss
in her own home Most women have sense
enough TO realize that Emancipation is
just fancy name Tor work.
Yes. but think OF the nobility OF work.
us broadening Tinfiuences the splendid
sense OF responsibility II gives exclaimed
his wife. stili quoting from her club or
acies. say y, q ss-,~as
Il can't thinks offs IT," he answered, Ia
conlcally. syk work. - 1c<
How would you like TO feel that your
thoughts. your work. your whole life had
no particular value except TO one person
who happened 10 fall ip7 love with the
shape OF your ppseT, she asked. bitterly.
The Confirmed cormnter laughed heart
-fty. .,.,..,.e
II I could make the shape OF my nose
work for me- he. said, III resign my job
tomorrow. That's where a pretty woman
has the advantage that none Of these
stuffy' old women orators take into. ac-
count. Besides he added, inconseouent-
tally. ''it wasn't your nose that led to my
capltuiatlon-Ait was"
Never mind what It vast exclaimed
ne Hopeful Housewife, who did not want
her argument sdetracked by sentiment
I'VE began by talking about. brains and
now here We are disclosing noses. IN ad-
Unit MEN have better noses than women
bigger noses-noses with more character
force and discrimination Why. the aver
age woFhhh'a got a snGb nSseAa nose like
that 81 a wax .dbu that has been too close
y to the fire and hasy began TO meit-yes,
mean my sown rose Hut We were talking
about brainssnota noses.'''
you've got that kind 'ef a brain. too
the Confirmed Conrmuter asserted. "Fot
think straight enough I'LL you get warmed
up by anger or sentiment. OF some othei
emotion and then IAN your reasons begin
to melt and run, into each other, exacti,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14
Truths About Tabby

Cats ara capable OF strong = attachment 10
pan. as well as 70 other kinds OF lower
animals reared with them.
Although cats are fond OF flsh they viii
rarely enter water for the purpose OF
catching any Of the finny tribe
Ancient Egyptians had cats Tor house
hold pets. which are represented on thelr
monuments Mummies and skeletons Of
antique tombs Of Egypt.
sAfnohg the attractiYe Varieties OF the
domestic cats are the Maltese, OF blush
gray color; the Persian. with long white
hair; the Angora. with very long silky hair
genersIiy Of 4 'brownish white shade, and
the spanish or tortoise shell. which is con.
adhered by many as the most beautiful
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14
nIerned 1Peacemnker.

Il hope" said the guest. that you and
Mrs. scrappeigh will treat me as one of
the family and behave just exactly as you
would II were not here"
Mot on your life," replied Scrappelgh.
''The fact is. my dear fellow, as long as
you are here. you can depend on our be-
having in fairly peacahle way.''--clevs-
land Plain Dealer. 80 IS $3.50 ~.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14
ONLY solution.

Ted-What do you think OF the agitation
against the dangerous hatpln7
Ned-Women will never give them up
until they're convinced their bats would
look prettier tied under the ehins with rib
bons.-Judge. ~ .-'f rssEf
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14
An nhvinnn Need.

Lawyer-Your Honor have here six
alienists who will swear that my client is
insane .7f
Judge-Well, counsel, where are the ex-.
perts to swear that your alienists are not
crazy PUCK.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

Brownies. I'm acquainted with your
wife. old man. knew her before you mar
ried her.
smith-Ah. that's where you had the ad-
vantage OF me. didn't
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14
Nubs of knowledge

In spanish bull rings s.SB bulls are
killed yearly. and 365i horses
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

Move IN the light OF the moon tor luck,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-14

+ Opening OF the Vatican library at Rome
occurred In llSo.
Base ball was founded on the old English
game Of FOUNDERS" but bears hardly any
resemblance TO Il In its present form The
first regular base ball team. called the
KnickerbOeher club. was formed IN New
York In ls@. Hand ball was the chief ex-
ercise Of the young spartans. and the
Athenians 90 highly esteemed the sport
that they erected q statue In honor or
AristOnious on account OF his skill IN II.
Romans OF all ages and degrees found
much pleasure IN the game In the olden
tina
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-01-05

ter Of Thomas F. Passman Versus
Widow and heirs of L. W. bikes
Decd dated 2sth day of Dec, 1910 and
to me directed for exection, I have
seized and will offer for sale and cell
to the last and highest bidder ct the
principal front door Of the court
house on
Saturday, February 18th, 1911
between the legal sale hours for judi
cial sales the following described
property to.wit:
Seventy eight acres of land more or
less described as follows lying and
being situation in the eastern part Of
Zachsrish Graham H. B. 80, TIP. 3, s.
r. 10. East st Hell. Mer. and outlined
Is commencing at the N. w. corner
Of Sec. 8, In said Up. and Range
thence running West 800 yards,
thence South East course 1850 thence
East 315 yards to Il. R.. line to point
of beginning.
Term Of sale: Cash with benefit OF
appraisement. This 9Th day "f Jan.
uary 1911.
JOE N. MAGG,
SHERIFF
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Hardy H. Smith
Versus

W. P. Fornea s. Others
2eth. judicial District Court, State Of
Louisiana, Parish Of Washington.
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue Of q writ Of fere faciss issued out
Of the above named court In the mat
ter Of Harry H. Smith W. W. P.
Fornea 4 Others dated 2lst day Of
November, 1910 and to me directed
for execution, have seized and will
offer for sale and sell to the last and
highest bidder ct the principal front
door of the court house on
Saturday; January 2lst. l9ll
between the legal sale hours for judic-
ial sales the following described prom.
erty to wit:
50 acres Of land bounded N. by lands
of w. L. Warren, E. by lands running
parallel with Covington and Columbia
road, 8. by r. R., and T. P. Fornea
and Sam Robertson, and. W. by W. l.
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warren in TIPS. RE. being same
land acquired by ". P. Fornes from
". L. wsrren on Jan. 25th. 1910, - re-
corded in Conveyance 4. Folio 313 h
Il of the official Record Of washington
Parish, L.,
Terms of sale: Cash with benefit OF
appraisement. This e day Of Dec.
Joe N. Magee, Sheriff.
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Tina ]. Lea, Wife
VS.. No. 1640


Thomas H. Rainey, Husband.
2eth. Judicial District Court, State Of
Louisiana, Parish Of Washington.
JUDGMENT
This cause came on to be heard
pursuant to previous assignment, and
after hearing the evidence, the case
was submitted to the court and taken
under advisement, to be decided In
chambers, and considering the evil
dence and the law applicable thereto.
and by reason of the law and the evil
dence being in favor Of plaintiff and
against the defendant,
It is therefore ordered, sdjudged
and decreed, that the plaintiff, Mrs.
Tina ]. Lea, wife Of Thomus II. Rainey
do have and recover Judgment
against her said husband, Thomas H.
Rainey, for the full sum Of Five Hun
bred and Ninety Five {6s5.oo) Dollars,
such being the amount Of her par
aphernal funds and property received
by her said husband, and by him con-
verted to his own use and benefit;
It is futher ordered, adjudged and
decreed that the community OF ac'
quets and gains heretofore existing
between plaintiff and defendant be and
the same is hereby dissolved, and that
the plaintiff be d~creed the right to
administer her own affairs seperate
and apart from her husband.
It is futher ordered, .ad,udged and
decreed that the due notice Of the rem.
dition Of this judgment be given by
publication as the law requires, and
that the defendant pay cost.
Thus done and signed ct Chamberl
this December 18th, 1910.
THOMAS NJ. BURNS, Judge
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Ths Farmers ( Merchants Bank
Leeased at Ftsnkinton, Louisiana :
Wsshisston Parish
Report furnished to the State Exami-
|ner OF Banks BY the above Bank at the
close Of business on Dec. Is, 1910.
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Due to other banks and
bankers ............... 1850 90
Individual DEPOSITS subject
to check. ..... go. 29,OS 20
Time certificates Of deposits ID, lOl 81
Demand certificates OF
deposit, ............... 3,27l q
:! Cashier's checks outstanding = 30
Total. 81 1852 SO
STATE Of Louisiana
Psris1 OF Washington.
I, W. w. Warner, President and l,
w. I. Daniel, Cashier Of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that
tho above statement Is true to the best
otmy hacwledge and belief.
,:9ubocr ibed and sworn to before me
this nd day Jsnusty 1911.
F. N. K. ADAMS
Notary Public.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-17

was simply Annie Martus, the
beautiful sister of the keeper of
Tybee light, off the Georgia coast.
It's about this sea-bred girl and
the sea-faring lad who loved her.
There's not much to be said about
it-only that the seafaring lad
used to come to the Tybee light
to see the keepers sister, and that
he loved the keepers sister and
she loved him.
Then the sea-faring lad went to
sea, as sea-faring men must, and
Annie waved good bye to him
from the lighthouse.
CHAPTER TWO
is about Waving Annie" and no.
body else. For the ship that bore
Annie's sailor lover never came to
harbor again. She was never re-
ported anywhere.
But Annie did not forget. Never
a sail or a plume of smoke on the
horizon by day, never a twinkle of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-17
Bryan Wants
Foss to Run
for President

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 17--Com-
ing out strongly for Governor Eu-
gene n. Foss of Massachusetts
as a presidential possibility and
declaring that the political back
ing of Governor Judson Harmon
of Ohio is shifting to Congress-
man Underwood of Alabama,
whose nomination as democratic
candidate would be unfortunate
for the South, William j. Bryan
urges today in the ConsSloner the
endorsement of Foss by the demo-
cratic party as its standard-bear-
err.
1.-THE reelection of Foss as
governor of Massachusetts, on a
radical platform advances his
stock i'm the presidential market, !"
declares Bryan in his editorial.
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Saved Child From Death

after our child had suffered
from severe bronchial trouble for a
year." wrote G. 7. Richardson, Of
Richardson Mills, Ala, 1--WE
feared it had consumption. 1t had
a bad cough all the time. We tried
many remedies without avail, and
doctors medicine seemed as USE
less. Finally we tried DR.. King
New Discovery, and are pleased to
say that one bottle effected a COM
|plete cure, and our child is again
strong and healthy" For coughs,
colds, hoarseness, lagrippe, asth-
ma, Group and sore lungs, its the
most infallible remedy that's
made. Price soc and $1.00. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by Ryuer
Malstrom Drug Co., 93S Pacific av.
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FLEET
CAPTURED
(By United Press Leased Wire. !

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
TOKYO, Nov. 17.-The Japan
ese admiralty has been informed
by sources at Chin Khan that the
entire Chinese fleet has surrend-
cred to the rebels. Twelve cruis-
ers and gunboats are declared to
have gone over TO the revolutions
lists at Chin Klang; three at Tai
Yeh, one at Che Foo and six on
the lower Yangtse Kiang. Follow
ing the surrender, the rebels and
imperialists were banqueted by
the revolutionary governor at
Chin Kiang, $50 naval officers
from the captured fleet participat-
ing in the celebration.