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Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

sweeping the occupants of the several
tables, was riveted for a moment on the
two girls. He vanished as suddenly as he
appeared. and the girls finished their din
ner in peace Returning to the drawing
room car, they were assigned to other
chairs than those first occupied and
scarcely had they settled themselves com
fortably for the remainder of the journey
to Poughkeepsie than the same elderly gen.
tleman approached and said: I beg your
pardon, but may l ask If you are the sis
ters of the young man whom you saw in
conversation with me a few minutes be-
fore the train started?"
why, we never saw him in our lives
before replied both the girls.
Then replied the elderly gentleman,
impressively, that young man is a thief
He told me that he had driven with you,
his sisters. to the station in an automo-
bile. and had forgotten, in handing you out
of the car, to bring his overcoat, which
was lying on the seat. In the coat were
his railway tickets and pocketbook, and
he was left without a dollar to pay your
fares and his own to Albany. He was in
terrible plight. He asked If would ad-
vance the money to pay the fares and
suggested that he give me his card. He
told me his cards were In the forgotten
pocketbook, but that, perhaps one of his
sisters might have one. Thereupon he
went over TO where you were sitting, and
saw this young woman shake her head in
response TO his question. The alleged re-
lationship with you seemed to me genuine
You don't mean to say that you gave
him the money. cried both girls in one
breath The elderly gentleman laid the
index finger Of his right hand impressively
on his lips. Hush he murmured, the
less we say about that the better New
York Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29
CompetItIon in ChrI.,IanI,r.

Many good stories have been told by
Methodist ministers gathered in conference,
and one Of the best is that related by the
Rev. Joseph b. Hinglcy of Chicago Ii
tells OF the race between ministers of rival
denominations 10 esla~,isi. a enurci. ia one
OF the growing Montana towns
"A Baptist clergyman was headed that
way" said the Rev. Mr. Hingley, and
was discovered by friend in one of the
forward seats OF the smoker as the train
sped westward.
Hush" said the Baptist to his friend.
Don't mention me. There's a Congrega-
uonal preacher three seats behind me and
I'm afraid he'll beat me 10 Montana. / am
determined 10 get there first and establish
my church
But the man was doomed to disappoint-
ment. for a Methodist preacher rode west
on the COW catcher and was digging the
cellar by the time the Baptist emerged
from the train. Philadelphia Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29
BOY LIFE JoYLESs IN INDIA
General Poverty Causes Many Hard
ships, but Conditions Are
IMPROVING.

Improving
Life at home is no easter than school life
: Tor the boys of India. For the most part
the natives OF the land are as poor as Jobs
turkey. The average income of an East
Indian is about 80 cents a month. Out OF
this he must feed and clothe and educate
his family, and pay government taxes and
Brahmanical fees. The Indian boy lives
in a shanty made Of bamboo plastered
with mud and matched with straw. There
are no glass windows in It; not even wooden
shutters cover the holes about a foot wide
and a foot and half long, which have
been left open for light and air. In the
winter these holes in the wall are stuffed
with dirty rags The East Indian man is
too poor TO buy hinges for rhe door, and
il swings open and shut on a wooden pivot
which works in hole bored in the ground
The home of the boy in India contains al
most no furniture. There is no calcimine
on the wall, nor paper covering for the mud
plaster; no pictures. no decorations Of any
sort, lend a charm TO the place. The dirt
floor is uncovered by carpet or rug, or
even by rough boards, The house con-
tains no chairs; everybody squats on the
floor or on a mat OF straw or gunnysack,
or sits on cots. These cots are homemade
the bamboo framework is laced across
with coarse strings, and often the family
Is too poor 10 afford even a sheet to throw
over this Toping Not infrequently ta-re f.
no bedstead at ALL the inmates OF the house
sleeping on the hard dirt floor. As a rule
the shanty contains only one room, and
everyone sleeps in this room which
also serves as parlor. sitting room, dining
room, kitchen and dairy. Here. also are
stored the household supplies and vege
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

CHINA's STORY. BY William Elliott
Griffis. 2SS PIP. $125. Houghton Mifflin
Company.
An outline history of China from the
earliest times; who the Tartars were. what
the Mongols did for the empire and the
modern development of China and it's peo-
pie. In the latter part of the book the
author gives an account Of the Tai Ping
rebellion, the wars with Korea and Japan
and the Boxer riots, and also has much to
say about the religion, art and literature
of the people. Although written especially
for children, it viii be interesting to
readers of all ages.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29
sunnOwer Philosophy.

SO many people think their rghts should
be special privileges.
Things you ought TO do are the things
you find hardest TO do.
Ii costs more 20 cultivate a thirst than Il
does TO maintain a motor car.
On the other hand, Lent won't help you
much II YOU try TO make up for lost time
after IL Is over
II never occurred to US that the pictures
IN the front part Of dictionary fill any
long felt want.
Why wasn't the human animal con
strueted with a disposition to go 70 bed
early and get up early, as he should7-
Atchison Globe
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29
Father Carried 1t.

MY father, says the host, carried that
sword"
The guest examines the blade with in
terest and discovers a stamped statement
thereon 10 the effect that the sword was
made I'm 1899.
What war was your father imp he asks.
WAR; Oh, father wasn't In any war!
He was a travelling salesman for a regalia
house. Judge
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

THE RANGE RIDERS. BY Charles AL
den SETTER $40 PIP. S12s. Outing Pub
fishing company.
The boys of the bar Cross" and Lazy
j" shoot as straight as they ride, ana
talk as nimhly as they twirl their ropes,
II Is the figures of romantic yesterday
that rise before us-to ride and shoot, to
work and gamble, to love and hate-human.
virilo and compelling on paper as they
were in the flesh
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

Stuart cause; the heroes and heroines OF
the great war, the men of Worcester ana
the women of the Flight the martyrs OF
Boyne Water, the faithful and fated OF
the Fifteen" The story covers a portion
of this period.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29
miscellaneous.

SCHAFF- HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE 900 Pp. S..
Funk d Wagnalls Company.
This is the ninth volume Of a work which
is to compromise twelve volumes when
complete. and embraces Biblical. historical
doctrinal and practical theology; and Bib
lical theological and ecclesiastical biog
raphy from the earliest times to the pres
ent day.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29
New Books
EictIon.

THE GRAIN OF DUST. BY David
Graham Phillips. AS PIP $3.50. ID. Apple
ton a Co
The two chief characters in this story
are Frederick Norman, the most aggres
sive member of a powerful firm of cor
poration lawyers in New York City, and
Dorothea Hallowell, whom he first meets
while she is a stenographer in his office.
Norman Is a man of tremendous brain
power, who has forced his way, to the top
of the ladder; while the girl is shy, diff
dent and retiring but battling and allur-
ing in high degree. Love is the keynote
of this story--love which wrecks mems
careers and then rejuvenates them and
spurs them on to greater achievements,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

IN THE EARLY DAYS. BY Adelaide
Hickox. 800 PIP. $3.50. Broadway Publish
ing Company.
The author endeavors to give the life and
work of the Savior in an attractive and
simple story.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

the ethical relations between employer and
employe, and is an interesting contribution
to sociological data.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

COUNTRY TOWN SAYINGS BY e. w.
Howe. 1913 PIP. Crane and Company.
A collection of paragraphs from the
Atchison Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

CYCLOPEDIA OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS. S43 PIP. s.
Funk & Wagnells Company.
This work contains more than $500 H.
Illustrations for the use Of those who may
wish to Illustrate their public addresses.
Tho material is drawn from many sources,
chiefly recent books and periodical liter
allure.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

A BOOK OF DEAR DEAD WOMEN.
BY Edna w. Underwood S21 PIP. SIS.
Little, Brown q Co.
Beautiful and brave are the women
whom Mrs. Underwood has created u.
these tales. Piquant they are in their old
world settings and their atmosphere OF
romance and unreality. Whether she tells
OF Napoleon's love. OF Sister setaphlne or
OF the various other seductive women who
wend their way through her pages. She
invests them all with eager, throbblag
life and makes them apostles Of the creed
that Life Is love and love is life"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ELL
MORE WOOD. BY Florence S. Morrow.
S21 PIP. 1850 Broadway Publishing com
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

The author of this book is a physician,
who, in the practice of her profession,
meets many persons who are far more
troubled in spirit than III in body. The
results of her experience she has put into
this interesting tale.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES. BY Delos
+. WllcoN. S1 PIP S. Eng neering News
Publishing Company.
This volume includes a description OF
the terms and conditions upon which pri-
waite corporations enjoy special privileges
in the streets of American cities. Public
interest in franchises is yearly growing
more intense and widespread, and this
book is especially timely. The main part
OF the work is devoted TO local transpor-
tation franchises, but all public service
franchises and taxation and control OF
public utilities are considered.
THE CHURCH IN MODERN SOCIETY
BY William Jewett Tucker 10 PIP. $3.50
HOughtOn Mifflin Company.
In this little volume the author points
out how the church can adapt itself L
the varying tendencies OF society and in
fuence them for the best.
INDUSTRY AND PROGRESS. By
Norman Hapgood. ira PIP. S.25. Yal,
| University Press.
A collection OF addresses delivered befor,
the Scientific School OF Yale university
The book deals with the development o
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

AN OLD MAIDS VENGEANCE Tn.
Frances Powell. $50 PIP. sl.25. Charles
Scribner's sons.
The scene of this story Is laid in an ole
villa in the Riviera ana concerns the for
tunes of Elinor Ladoon. a charming
American girl. who has gone abroad after
an unfortunate love affair TO visit an OLE
maid aunt, The pursuit oS the girl by a.
fortune-hunting nohleman and the result,
ing adventures are all invested with an
atmosphere Of mystery, which is one of the
strongest holds on the attention OF the
reader.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

THE KING OVER THE WATER BY
Justin Hunuey Mccarthy. SIS PIP. $3.50.
Harper & Bros
Here we have vision OF all the gal
liant men and good women that had given
life and love. goods and gore for the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

PROHIBITION AND ANTI PRoHIBI-
TON. BY G. A. Ziegler, w. f. Rommell
and George Herr. LAG PIP, 81. Broadway
Publishing Company.
The authors present articles and various
facts for consideration OF both prohibi-
tionists and those opposed to prohibition.
and endeaver TO give the reader broader
idea OF alcohol and It's PREPARATION
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

THREE WEEKS IN THE BRITISH
ISLES. BY John u Hinginbotham S2S PIP
$50 Reilly Britton Company
This Is not a guide. but just full OF the
necessary information and pertinent sug-
gestions--all told in clear and readable
form. The authors sense Of humor en-
ables him 10 intersperse his story with
many laughs. Illustrated.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

INDUSTRY AND PROGRESS. BY
Norman HapgOod. lRs PIP. SIS. Yale
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-29

THE CHURCH IN MODERN SOCIETY.
BY William Jewett Tucker. 10 PIP. $3.50.
I.ll.-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03
Postal Thieves Reported Plentiful

picion of theft, to see If he is spending
more money than his salary will al
low.
It is wonderful that there are az
few thieves among the many thou.
sands of clerks who handle the mails.
for great temptations surround them.
as they handle millions Of valuable
parcels. These clerks soon learn to
tell by the very touch of letter
whether 1t contains money. 1t would
be an easy matter for the dishonest
clerk to slip letters into his pocket
and open them in some private place.
But the cases Of dishonesty are CON-
paratively few.
There are but two successful ways
to catch postof1ce thief and these
are by constant watch and by decoy
letters. With these and large sup
ply OF patience the game will be-
caught. It often requires months and
sometimes years to accomplish this.
1t is one of the most annoying and
difficult lines of detective work man
ever engaged in and requires the most
earnest labor. Not a single thing
must be overlooked.
But few arrests have been made in
Washington where there is a powerful
army of postofflce employees. They
seldom go wrong. yet inspectors are
no more numerous there than in other
cities.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03
Senatorial Trifles Cost Much Money!

ty-four dozen whisk brooms aggre-
gated $50.
One bag Of ground alum salt cost
81; two ounces of ounce seed, 20
cents; one quart of castor oil, 40
cents; one drahm oil rose, 81, and two
bottles of salhepatica, 80 cents. Two.
thousand quinine pills were bought.
The small items of the pharmacy and
toilet cost $215.47. One pound Of
snuff, to replenish the two boxes just
within the senate chamber cost 80
cents.
When senator wants to look real
~ dressed up he must have a pair Of
white gloves, and ten dozen of these,
costing $3.50, is one senatorial ex-
pense item. Some senators like their
Offices to look nice and coy for old
home visitors, so twenty-three velour
sofa pillows figure in the list.
The items In the report, printed in
fine type, cover over more than 700
pages. Any one who has lurking
suspicion that senators don't imbibe
water freely should glance at the
record of 1884 spent for apollinaris
water. More than $4,000 was expend-
ed for other mineral waters.
A number of senators drew practi-
cally nothing against their annual al
lowance of $125 for stationery, and
they are given refund of the amount.
Others were heavy stationery users,
the amount of their communication &C.
count being small.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03
Crop of Capital Rumors Is Abundant

passed by the house, replacing the
canal commission by a director gen.
eral at the head of civil govern
ment, the details of which are being
worked out by the president.
Moreover, there is the question of
canal tolls, which on the recommended
tion of the president, is being worked
out in a bill by Chairman Mann of the
house committee on interstate COM
merce He is also anxious that the
tolls to be charged be decided on at
this session, so that there will be time
for the worlds commerce to adjust it.
self to the proposed rates.
In order to embody some of tho
presidents recommendations in the
pending bill Senator Flint has secured
the recommitment of the bill in the
senate, so that the committees can in
sert such changes as the president
decides. 1t is likely that at every
stage Of the legislation bearing on the
canal there will be opposition. The
transcontinental railroads opposed the
canal at the outset, and they are ex-
pected to fight vigorously against tolls
SO low as to make the ocean liners
real competitors OF the railroads.
On the subject Of fortifying tho
canal there has already developed op-
position, and though both houses can
be counted on to vote for fortifica-
tons. many long speeches will BE-
roodo m tho other aide oithor nv ncac
advocates or by congressman general.
ly hostile to the expenditure Of money
on the canal. The election of United
States senators by popular vote is
also looming un
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03
Stray Letters Puzzle "Nixie" Clerk

matter that otherwise would be lost
lands where it should.
For explanation we will say that a
railway postal clerk find a letter ad.
dressed to John Smith, Chestnut
street., Illinois. That letter, incom,
pletely addressed. is thrown into the
NIKE pile in the postal mail car and
finds its way to the NIKE department,
in this case, say, in Chicago. The
nike clerk consults a tabulation,
which lists the various Chestnut
streets In Illinois and tells in what
towns they will be found. He then
consults the directory OF each of those
towns-a supply of directories is kept
on hand-until he finds John Smith
living in Chestnut street Then the
letter is readdressed and sent. Should
this chance to be the wrong John Smith
and the letter is returned a similar
process is followed Before every
method is exhausted you may feel
reasonably sure that the right person
has received the letter.
YES, sir, laughed MI. Mallory" the
fellow who called the NIKE depart,
ment haven for wayward epistles
struck It about right.
Approximately how many mikes
do you receive in Chicago a day." Mr..
Mallory was asked.
"Oh, from 300 to 400, should say"
was the reply.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03
Gigantic Smuggling Scheme Exposed

Two Of these alleged smugglers. who
were In charge Of the last bunch on
the underground railway" are await
ing trials in the United States district
court. Two Of their tools. Mexicans.
are in Jail here.
At the head of the band of snug
glers are Chinese of high caste who
reside in Hong Kong. They are said
to be enjoying royal revenues from
the traffic and the pleasant feature Of
their occupation is that they are i'm
mune from arrest Others members
OF the gang rely on protection from
American laws on the soil of Mexico
The coolies are procured from the
interior Of China. They are gathered
easily there and shipped across the
Pacific to Mazatlan, Mexico, where
they are unloaded. They are marched
through Mexico to Mexicali, Just
across the border from Calexico. Here
Mug Fun and Wong Chin Dock have
pretended to carry on a store but It
has really been a resort for contra
band Chinese, the point at which they
were sneaked into the United States.
Fun was taken in custody several
months ago while in company with
several coolies. Dock did not take
heed from the fate of his partner and
he was recently taken in custody in
Imperial valley.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03
Living Expense Doesn't Effect Army

sale of commodities not used, sufi-
cient to keep the mess table supplied
with Injuries.
A few years ago at western posts
the commissary could easily contract
for beef at cents pound, half the
price now demanded. The skyward
tendency of life's necessities is of
merely passing interest to the enlist
ed men, though it is real tragedy to
the young officers. Those of the ju-
nior grades draw very low pay con.
sidering the Incidental expenses their
position requires. For second lieu
tenant the salary Of SIG month,
particularly If he be stationed at some
eastern post, is forever falling short
These young officers live In a mess
a real mess-these. days, when the
cost Of living is twice as much as it
used to be. and it never did fit the
salary.
Friends of young army officers
sometimes exert themselves to have
them detailed for duty in Washing
ton. If he has money outSide his pay
account this may not ruin him. If he
is dependent on his pay, such a detail
is tragedy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03

Z THE legislative season is dull,
the rumor crop is very large, and
1t has been what might be called a
season of denials in the capitol. Re-
cantly whisperings of changes in the
presidents cabinet were afloat, and
they multiplied so rapidly and as
Eumed such distorted shapes that they
led to vigorous denials from the white
house authorities. The two in parti-
| cular that were whispered around
were the resignation Of Secretary Of
the Treasury MacVeagh and the ele-
walton Of Mr.. Taft's secretary, Charles
D. Norton, to the place, and the ele-
walton Of Congressman James A..
Tawney to the position now occupied
by Secretary of the Interior Richard
| A. Ballinger. Both called forth the
most vigorous denials.
| Aside from denying rumors, Presi-
dent Taft's chief work has been along
| the lines of the Panama canal zone,
which he intends bringing to the at
tcntion of congress very soon. The
president has recommended and is
preparing to urge legislation appro-
priating large sums for the fortifca-
| ton Of both entrances to the canal
zone, and this in itself will cause a
! struggle. In addition there is pend
Ing before the senate bill, already
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03
Judge DEGREES That Wives Must Obev

woman, and she must submit IN hor
husbands authority. She agrees tn
submit to his dictation and she must
submit to it so long as it is not arbi.
trary and tyrannical
whenever a wife works for mono1
she is bound to give part Of it tn
help support the family. So long "a
she does not work for money, she has
a right to demand that her husband
support her properly. But when she
does work outside her own household
for gain, she forfeits that right and
must, in the discretion of her hne.
band, help pay the way of the family
1t makes no difference if her hus.
band stays at home, does the COOKING
and the homework and she makes
the living. Under the law, the hus-
band is still the master of that house.
hold and she must submit to his an.
thority."
1.-THE evidence shows that one time
Mrs. MCGEE went to her husbands
superior and asked that a certain d.
vision of her husbands salary be
made. She had no right to do that.
That was none Of her business. A
wife has no right to say how much of
his money husband shall give to
her and how much he shall spend
for himself. Although he is compelled
to support her by law, the law makes
him the Judge as to what part of his
income shall go for that purpose"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-02-03

NEW YORK.-A we'll dressed young
~ man with downcast eyes has re.
Gently been visiting homes on the
East Side that have been visited by
death. exchanging sympathy for a
square meal. In most cases he left
the houses richer not alone by food
but by substantial gifts of money and
clothing. His last experience, though.
sent him away somewhat less sympa-
thetlc than when he approached the
mourners.
1t Is customary in Jewish homes for
the husband or wife and the children
OF dead person to observe a period
OF seven days mourning, in which
they sit constantly together in ono
room. In these seven days, called the
"shiva," the mourners' grief is unre-
strained save for such comfort as
they can draw from their religion.
In the midst Of this period Of
mourning there recently appeared at
one house q rather good looking
young man with infinite pity in his
sad brown eyes. Like all other CON-
ers at such time, he was ushered
directly into the room Of mourning.
where the widow and orphans sat-
Il am so sorry, dear madam" he
said, with slight German accent. to
the widow. Il read about your dear
husbands death in the newspapers.
1t may seem strange to you that l
have come here, for you probably do
not know me. but l feel almost as If