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Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-08

who is the bravest man you have ever
known was asked Joseph Warren Keifer.
a representative in congress and once
speaker of the house.
From a private in the ranks to a major
general by brevet is Keifer's record i'm the
rough. He was a soldier four years and
four months, took part in twenty eight
battles and was wounded four times.
"Oh, l couldn't answer your question"
he replied. Brute indifference to danger
is not courage. The brave man makes no
boast but keeps his head and stands to his
work, whatever it may be. 1 have heard
soldiers says they loved to enter a fight.
In my opinion, they lied
AT the siege of Petersburg, in 1854 Cliff
ton X Prentiss, lieutenant colonel OF the
Sixth Maryland infantry, reading a storm
ing party, was the first man over the para
pet of the fort. 1T was a splendidly brave
act As Prentiss leaped the wall a confed-
crate thrust musket against his breast
and fired. The wound was horrible.
"A moment later the commander OF the
fort was shot, and falling. lay on the
ground near Prentiss Confederate and
federal looked at each other and discov-
cred that they were brothers. They were
put in the same hospital, we're cared for by
the same surgeon and nurses, and when
they died were attended by the same
Union chaplain, who, strange to relate
was the third brother in the sad and re-
markable event"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-08
Washington Life

Some Interesting Phases
ana Conditions Observed
81 the Nations Capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-08

While the American congress is wrang-
ling over bestowing fitting honor and
rewards on Commander Peary the north
pole discoverer has received many testi-
monials, among them the following:
The special great gold medal of the Royal
Geographical society of London.
The special great gold medal of the
National Geographical society of Wash
ington.
The special great gold medal Of the
Philadelphia Geographical society.
The Helen Culver medal of the Chicago
Geographical society
The honorary degree Of doctor OF laws
from Bowdoin college.
Honorary member of the New York
Chamber of Commerce.
Honorary member of the Pennsylvania
society.
The Nachtigall gold medal Of the I'm
perial German Geographical society
The King Humbert gold medal OF the
Royal Italian Geographical society.
The Haur medal Of the Imperial Au-
strian Geographical society
The gold medal of the Hungarian Geo
graphical society.
The gold medal OF the ROYAL Belgian
Geographical society
The gold medal of the Royal Geographi-
cal society of Antwerp.
A special trophy from the Royal Scot
fish Geographical society-a replica in
silver Of the ships used by Hudson. Baffin
and Davis.
The honorary degree Of doctor OF laws
from the Edinburg university
Honorary membership in the Royal
Netherlans Geographical society OF Am
sterdam.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-08

VICTOR RosEwATER. EDITOR
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-08
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE

FOUNDED by EDWARD RosEwATER
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novelties. The souvenir post card craze was the
biggest thing the manufacturers ever encountered
and for all that one American factory has prepared
100000 post cards for this years trade it ia
realized that the fad has it's best days and the
manufacturers hunting high and low for
something to take it's place. The most promising
prospect is found in the little Christmas seals"
stamps or stckers) for packages and letters which
have come to have such vogue of late years and
are now being manufactured by the dozens of mil.
lions year.
There are some seven eight main operations
In the manufacture of novelty such as Christ
mas card an ornamental calendar First of all
comes the designing the making of a preliminary
sketch the object of which is to show how the com.
pleted novelty will look This sketch may be paint
ed In water color, made with the aid of an "air
brush" or formed by FASTING together Tin a new
arrangement) details taken from other novelties.
When design is approved it goes to the re-
producing ROOM" where arrangements are made
for manufacture In quantity Next comes the prep
araon OF the printing plates dies etc. and this is
followed by the actual printing In quantity Some
OF the presses are big enough to print GA Christmas
cards at time, but of the more elaborate
cards must be through the presses ten or a
dozen times in order to obtain the desired color
combinations. Cardboard novelties must be cut
and then stamped or pressed into shape The
Christmas seals above mentioned are punched by
hand or by means of machinery The arrangement
of the various pieces that go to make up novelty
the adjustments of silken cords, the tying of rib
bons, ETC.. all come in process known as manu-
facture." Finally the cards novelties are packed
in wooden or pasteboard boxes all ready to be dis
played the counters of the stores as soon as the
holiday spirit in the air proclaims the approach of
the principal holiday of the year.
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August vacation 4he workers In the Christmas card
factory are toiing night and day to get out cares
with pictures of snow scenes and the nAe. VI
course emergency orders are received almost up
to Christmas but the great bulk Of Christmas nov
elites must be in the hands of the dealers four
months in advance of the day they are to De placed
SALE
And Just here it may be added that by no means
all Of the Christmas tokens turned out by THESE
wonder workers are low priced. We are wont. to
think of Christmas novelties as costing no more
than quarter apiece. at the outside and yet
among the hundreds of different designs produced
by big mandatory each year will be found holi
day remembrances that retail at prices ranging all
the way from one cent to $40. Yet the profits of
the manufacturers come principally from the low
price goods and there is ever feverish quest for
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ton IL now being built to meet the everincreasing
demand In this fountain-head Of holiday trophies
there are employed more than 800 persons, many
of them high-salaried designers, ehgravers and
color printers. Fully two-thirds of the force of
workers is made up of girls and young women, for
despite all the wonderful machines which have
been invented of late years to help in the manu-
facture of Christmas novelties, large part of the
work must yet be done by hand and In this deft
feminine fingers are to be preferred to mems
Sandiwork.
1t may surprise some people to learn that
mandatory OF Christmas cards and like novel
ties is busy all the year round. One Christmas
has sooner passed into history than the de-
signers are busy trying to evolve new concelts
and novelties of various kinds for the next De-
cember trade and using the record of sales for
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
RAISING FUEL
FOR HOUSEHOLD
systematic Planting and CuItIva.
ton Of Forest Trees Is Branch
of Agriculture Yet An
Infancy.

(By r. B. BUCKHAM,. Salem, Mass.)
A very small acreage of woodland,
properly handled, can be made to
gield the necessary fuel for the house
hold, from year to year. and yet main
tain an average growth, or even in
:rease In value.
The tree growth of the woodlot
hould be encouraged in every possible
way. All dead wood should be con-
lcientiously removed and added to the
Eoodpile. 1t will serve well as excel
.ent kindling, at least, and does away
with one of the chief sources OF dis
Ease amoag growing wood. It has
been proven that a very large per
,entage OF all the ailments of forest
rees arises from the decaying dead
wood lying about them.
Thinning correctly is a second re-
rlisite to making the woodlot most
profitable. Where the standing growth
s too close, all are compelled to suf-
er for the lack of air and light.
.Ience some can well be removed, to
the benefit of the remainder.
Where an area of any dimensions
nas been laid bare, 1t should be re-
seeded Immediately, II the second
growth does not start satisfactorily.
It is as poor economy to allow parts
If the woodlot to lie idle, as any other
portion of the farm.
The increase of the more valuable
reos should be encouraged, such as
he oak, pine. hickory and ash. Some
trees are of no value, save as stove
rood, and are poor, even at that.
fet, strange enough. at the start they
are the most vigorous, and always sue
iced at making the most rapid growth
1T the start; thus holding their own at
the expense of their competitors
There are weeds among trees, as well
rs among plants.
Forest tracts are indispensable to
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the welfare and best interests of the
community. We cannot we'll do with
out them, because of their salubrious
influence upon the climate, their con-
servation of the supply of moisture.
and their value for purifying the at
mosphere, to say nothing of their COM
mercial value.
We must look to the farmer for
the presence of the necessary amount
of forest. trees. Upon them will fall
the burden of bearing this response
bility.
But that they will profit largely
therefrom is well illustrated by the
fact that the artificial timber tracts
which already exist in what was for
merly the great, bare, wind-swept
western plains. are already of meal
culable value.
Systematic planting and cultivation
of forest trees Is a branch of agricul-
tuTe yet in its infancy, but one which
will prove exceedingly important be-
fore the history of this country shall
have been written.
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Benefit Land and Renter.

The renting of land on short leases,
according to W. J. Spillman, agri.
culturist in charge of farm manage
ment, bureau Of plant industry. Wash
ington, for the purpose of growing
grain for market, is one of the surest
means of reducing the productive
power of the soil; but the domestic
animal, with well-managed pastures
and rational systems of crop rotation.
is prominently adapted to the devel-
opment of permanent systems Of
profitable farming. Landowners must
take steps to improve renting meth
DDS by stocking farms with a full
complement of domestic animals, and
by giving longer leases, whereby the
renter may reap the reward OF intelli.
gent management.
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RUE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT coNvIvIALITY OF CHRIS TMAs

Eyes. your honor said old George.
humbly.
you've been away some time,
haven't your
Eyes, your honor; nigh on to three
months
And how many times, George, did
you got drunk during that period?'
"T don't like to say, your honor,
old George faltered, before all these
here people,
"Well, said the magistrate, take
paper and pencil and write it down
$50 George wrote, and the paper
was passed up to the magistrate, who
looked at 1t and said:
"'Ah, we'll, it's the Christmas sea-
son, and since you were away three
months, George, and only got drunk
16 times, I'll let you or
THANK you, judge. said old
George, as he left the dock. You
looked at the paper upside down
though"
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Kindness Toward Our Fellow Men,
Toward the Needy and the
Lowly 10 its Message.

The old message of good will
toward men is the Christmas spirit,
and the hope Is that all have been
cultivatinB that spirit all the year
long. II some have not, however, this
week is their opportunity. to secure
at least fringe of IT,
The birth Of Jesus Of Nazareth is
the special occasion OF the festival.
but all are agreed that the best way
TO celebrate that moMentous event Is
by keeping the old message OF good
will TO men fresh and active In the
hearts Of all.
To be plain and brief the spirit Of
Christmas is kindness toward our
fellow men--toward the needy. the
lonely. 1.-THE unfortunates In our civt
lization's complex life.
Christmas is the one great festival
of the entire Christian world, and no
one keeps 1t who does not imbibe
that spirit of kindness which was
Christ's. The angels of Bethlehem
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Holiday Season Moves Judge to Be
Lenient Towards Old
Topper.

y At dinner in Denver Judge Ben B.
Lindsey told story about Christmas
conviviality.
There used to be an old fellow of
co." be said, who got arrested about
twice week for conviviality. He was
always hailed before Magistrate Blank,
and as the magistrate was about 60,
too, queer kind of comradeship, al
most friendship, arose between the
two men.
"In the late autumn the topper was
called away from Denver. He did
not return till Christmas time. The
convivial Christmas spirit in the crisp
Denver air was, of course, too much,
for him, and the day after his return
he was hailed before the usual magis-
trate on the usual charge.
THE magistrate, in the green-fes-
TONED court room, felt kindly and for
giving.
"'Well, George he said to the pris-
oner, you are here again at last, chr
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

1s70-1SS1, two volumes, binding by Ri.
Were; John G. Whittier's own copy of
Harriet Martineau's Retrospect of
Western Travel" with his autograph
in FIVE places, and with various correc-
lions and additions; an autograph pre-
sentation copy OF William Words
worths "Yarrow Revisited and Other
Poems" from the poet to Miss Fes-
wick, to whom Wordsworth dedicated
the notes to his poems, and the au-
thor's autograph Japan edition of viii
liam Walton's paris Known and I'm
known"
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BOYS RattIe Wlth Rattlers

Two young boys. sons of w. 8.
Chambers of Cloverdale. had a thrill.
ing fight with rattlesnakes in the pitt
River canyon and escaped safely after
killing 200 of the reptiles.
The boys were hunting squirrels
when they noticed number of rat.
tiers among the rocks. They attacked
these and soon found the rocks were
fairly alive with vast numbers of the
reptiles. For an hour they fought with
rocks and sticks, staying them by
scores. Finding the number seemed
undiminished, the boys retreated.
Chambers viii use dynamite in the
canyon to destroy the snakes-Alturas
Correspondence Ssn francisco Chroni-
Gle.
Z
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

| sufficiently warm they should be out
OF doors as much as possible, es.
pecially when the sun shines Plenty
of sunshine is the greatest distnfectant
and invigorator known.
Some years ago had a couple OF
| filters come early in the winter. The
weather was very cold and for want
OF better place to keep them than
the one in which they were farrowed.
penned up little corner of the COW
stable in which were kept at night
80 head of cattle. The building was
35 by SO feet, and when closed at
night with the cattle In it was quite
comfortable. This proved to be al
most an ideal place for the pigs.
They were given fresh beddina
every night and a fresh supply of bed
ding put in every day. Those pigs
grew exceedingly fast.
Under ordinary farm conditions 1t IN
doubtful proposition to attempt to
raise many winter pigs with good re-
suits, but under special conditions q
few filters may be made profitable.
The greatest obstacle is to provide
enough warm space for the pigs to run
about freely without becoming chilled
for lack Of sufficient sunshine.
Scours and thumps often cause very
serious losses among young pigs. The
former is caused usually by over-feed
ing, by providing badly spoiled feed,
by an abrupt change of ration or by
change In feed that affects the milk
of the dam. The latter is generally
brought about by overlooking and
lack CT exercise.
An illustration Is shown herewith of
a Poland-China SOW, with her litter of
pigs. This breed put on fat rapidly.
are docile and easily handled.
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which are discovered the Labourd Ar
tifces formerly used for the Removal
OF Orlus and the true causes of his
late Restoration. &C. Printed in the
year MDCCX."
Shelley, 1t will be recalled, went
from Keswick to Dublin In 1912. when
the agitation regarding Catholic eman-
clpation was one Of the leading topics
of the day. ,
Other items of interest and value in
the same sales are: A fine copy of the
Nuremberg Chronicle. folio. printed by
Anthony Koburger in that city. in
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

1893, and containing among its remark
able woodcuts portrait of Pope
Joan" with her child in her arms; the
Petit Catechisme, syo., Paris, 1867. the
rare first catechism to be printed in
tho language of Madagascar and dedi-
Gated by It's author, M. de Flacourt, TO
st. Vincent de Paul; the editio prima
Of George Buchanan's "Rerum Scott
carum IIistoria," small folio, Edin-
burgh, 1882, good and rare example
Of early Scotch printing; first editions
of Dante Gabriel Rossettis Poems"
and Ballads and sonnets." London.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
tRy W. H. UNDERWOOD

(By w. H. UNDERWOOD
In raising pigs there are several
Inings, very essential, which are diff
cult to secure in the right degree in
the winter time, and which sometimes
make the winter litter rather costly.
Hogs are great lovers of warmth
and they must have it for their eco
nomical growth. This has been fully
demonstrated by the experiment sta
tons In the different fattening trials.
The cost Of the grain in several in
stances was almost double with out
side feeding as compared with warm
shelter, all other things being as near
ly equal as was possible.
Warmth is even more of a neces-
Sity to the sucking pig, and to OBJ
tain that warmth and give the little
fellow sufficient amount of exercise
is where the difficulty comes in.
1t is an easy matter to make the
bed warm enough, but as soon as the
pig leaves the nest for exercise out in
the open, 1t becomes chilly and soon
returns to the warm bed. Not taking
exercise sufficient to keep 1t from be-
coming too fat, thumps follow and
leath ensues. An abundance of exer-
else is necessary to avoid the thumps
In young pigs when they are getting
III the milk and other foods they can
vat
In raising winter pigs there are
six really very important things to be
taken into consideration: Warmth,
exercise, good feed, ventilated quar-
ters, sunshine and good blood.
In order to have these a warm and
quite roomy building, which will make
ventilation easier and allow the pigs
to play without going out in the open
Is necessary. When the weather is
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
Girls 1T NHORf
/h4XZL<NcZZLPL/YG
HRDS

the holidays just past
to guide them in their
efforts by the evil
denee 1t affords Of
the trend of the ever
changing public taste.
Nor is the busy sea-
son"-the crush peri
cd" of this activity
the interval of a few
weeks before Christ
mas, as many might
suppose. On the con-
trary, 1t Is during the
midsummer. When
most of us are cele-
brating the Fourth OF
July and enjoying an
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

sounded the note Of peace to men, OF
good will, and this note has gone on
gathering strength and university
down through the ages. All the cere-
monials on Christmas day are out
ranked by the general feeling and de-
sire to increase the happiness of
others. For that is what the Christ
mas spirit is 1t is not the cost of
the gift that counts, but the spirit
that goes with 1t.
The world Is growing kndlier and
better, and this is why each succeed
ing Christmas is greater than any
that went before. Christmas and
Santa Claus and the Joy of children
and the Frightening of the lives Of
the less fortunate are all great liv-
ing facts, and II Ia these facts that
constitute the spirit of Christmas
Whoever has that spirit within his
breast has the true key TO Christmas
with all it's Joys and happiness.
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CURIOUS BOOK JUST SOLD
Volume Entitled the Secret History of
Orlus and Adolphus and
Much More.

The autograph ''P. B. Shelley, Ire
land. Dublin (sicj 1872" Is on the half
title Of curious old book which has
been sold at Anderson's, in London.
II is entitled The Secret History of
Drlus and Adolphas, Ministers Of State
e the Empress a. 0handiHsula, in
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

Q8 cry glIt al
and are sent through the
mails by the millions at
the joyous Yuletide season.
by way of indicating
the development which
has been reached in this
business of SUPPLY in g
Christmas and New Year
souvenirs it may be cited
that the largest American
mandatory of tn e S g
trifies occupies a five-story
brick building with more
than 100000 square feet of
floor space and a big addi-
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Sheep Raising.

The sheep business shows more sta
bility in the face of low mutton
prices and dull wool trade than 1t
ever did before. A lot Of people have
found out that sheep are good to
stick to.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12

The men who spend their substance
In riotous living are generally the ones
who look for riots to get 1t back again.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-12
when They Operate.

To remove the Adams apple
Will cure those who are insane.
Say the doctors. Don't these doctors
Always give a man pain7
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-07-27
C0NNEAU W|NNER
OF BIG A|RSHIP
RACE IN ENGLAND
Flies Neck and Neck
with a Fellow
Conntrynnan
TO GET $4,000
Finish of 1,o1o mile Conte
is most Thrilling ever
Recorded

Brooklands, England After the
most thrilling contest in the history
oil aviation. Lieut.. Conneau, racing
under the name of Andre Beaumont,
today won the $4,000 prize offered
by the London Daily Mail for the
most successful flight over a 1,0lO
mile course around England and
Scotland. Verdines, fellow coun-
tryman of the winner, got second.
The two Frenchment at times We're
flying neck and neck and at speed
of more than mile a minute
2OO-Poundcr in Airship.
st. Louis, Mo.-W ID Adams of
Riverton, Wis, an aviator weighing
200 pounds, flew over the residence
district of the city this morning, en-
tertaining big crowds.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-07-27
nine BILLIONS IS
SPENT BY WOMEN
THAT SUM PAID OUT EVERY
YEAR BY THEM FOR HOME
suPPLIEEs- ECONMICs
URGED,

Madison, Wis. ~ That over $l0,-,
900, 0,000,OOO is spent in the United
States annually for food, shelter and
clothing, anH that 80 per cent OF this
vast sum is spent by women who
them to spend this monehrdlumfwy
have had no training which would fit
them to spend this money wisely and
to the best advantage, is stated in
the new bulletin of the course in
home economics at the University OF
Wisconsin, which has just come from
press.
In any other phase of life, It is
pointed out, the persons entrusted
with such expenditures would be re-
quired to pass through rigid train
ing, but the great mass of women
who spend the family incomes in
America have no adequate knowl-
edge of money value, cost of pro-
'siuction, the reasons for selecting
materials of certain kinds, the es-
sentials of sanitary home, and,
above all, know practically nothing
of the nutritive value. of different
foods or of the relative cost of foods.
Can't Determine Values.
They are subject to the skill OF
the advertiser without knowledge
that will enable them to determine
whether a certain advertised COM
modify is worth what is claimed for
it will be of any value in the home.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-07-27
FRIEND KILLED, ne
COMMITS SUIc|DI {
WATERTOWN MAN HANGS HIM
ELF AFTER FRIEND LOSES
LIFE IN JUMPING FROM
AUTOMOBILE.

4 ~ ~
Watertown, s. D.The dead body
of John Cook. the man who was
driving the auto out OF which his.
friend Mort Lewis jumped to his
death last night, was found this.
morning hanging in his barn on his
place 2 miles south of this city. Cook
left the city late last night much
moved by the tragic death of his
friend and evidently ended his life
IN tit of melancholy.
MIR. Lewis was instantly killed on
his way home last night while try
ing to alight from a swiftly moving
auto driven by John Cook The
mans neck was broken and head
cut by wheel, and the
car badly wrecked, as the driver lost
control in trying to hold his pass4n-
ger. Lewis leaves wife and five
children.