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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25


good enough for him. IT, Sna'd shH''
never approve OF me, but l cant
now, and what shall do?
Do. little sister? There's Just ont thing
TO do. and d. this very day! Stop every
one you know, in the very streets II you
have to take them by the coat 10 do IT,
and tell them the foolish, honest, awk-
ward truth.
Tell them you are married, tell It as II
YOU thought, Of course, they had known
IL all along, and then II thefe's any
doubt about 1.-THE least lingering
particle OF doubt-proye II, and be done
with all this folly of secret and suoter-
fuge. .-... .sts Rad
Saws he'll run away and never see you
again II you tell. does he? Tell quick and
let him run: the farther the better What
do YOU want with such a man as that
anyhow?
How In the world did you ever hap
pen TO consent to a secret marriage In
the first place? Thought II was romantic
and mysterious, didn't you?
Wen, It is mysterious enough In the
name OF all that's fair and square and
honest and unafraid. but romantic? ASK
the first police court attache you meet
what he thinks about it, and he'll tell
YOU there's very little romance in most
Of the secret marriages that come to his
notice.
Secretly married! What a story Of
petty deceit, small fibs and mean sub
terfnges the very phrase tells If l
couldn't be proud of the man l married
and the fact that / was married to him,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

whirl carrying matter from below out
ward"
The friction Of their motion gives rise
TO electrical charges, which produce the
effect Of currents OF electricity, and Gre
ate tremendous fields. which Professor
Hale has found TO be characteristic OF
sun spots.
In this way they react upon the earth.
causing widespread magnetic storms,
which produce magnificent displays Of
the aurora borealis. or northern lights,
and sometimes make jets Of flame leap
from telegrsphic Instruments. and inter-
rupt the working Of telegraph lines and
ocean cables, all over the world.
Sun spots might also be likened to tor
nadoes, In which there Is a similar trum-
pet-shaped whirl or funnel through which
heavy objects such as fragments OF
houses. barns ami trees. and sometimes
human beings are sucked up toward the
clouds that gyrate round the brosdened
top Of the funnel But while great tor
nado on the earth has path only
few yards wide. the solar t0rnadoes are
] thousands Of miles wide and probably
| thousands Of miles deep.
II the earth we're caught in one Of these
gigantic whlrls on the sun it would b
spun about Ike a boat in the Niagara
eddies But II would not last long. fol
the intense heat would quickly dissoivs
the solid rocks into fiery liquid anC
sspor.
1t is a curious fact that our tornsdoe'
-fometines occur in groups as do SUI
spots. A dozen tornadoes will occasion
airy break out simultaneously, a hundred
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
Fables of the Wise Da me
by DOROTHY DIX.

entry In the matrimonial stakes before
the books closed.
We opine." they said. that this is too
easy. for No. is too heavily Handicapped
by his record to win. No female would
be fool enough to let a good thing like
No. get by her As a matrimonial prop
ositon he Is a cinch."
Being discreet young woman who was
onto her business. the maid dealt out
large chunks OF solid encouragement to
both OF her suitors while she played for
time. ......5..
''Beauteous creature" cried No. I. as
he knelt at a respectable distance from
her. be mine. In me you viii find
husband who is an unabridged edition OF
all the virtues. and one TO whom you can
always look up. ] apprehend that the
female character 10 weak and Tightly.
hut / will assist you TO correct your
faults, and In time you will become wor-
thy Of even me. Marry me and We will
give a double team exhibition OF the
higher life that cannot fail 10 attract at
tontion and get reading notices In the
papers"
Alas" cried No. az he got a double
nelson around the maiden's lissome
waist and snuEgled her pompadour down
into his collar, Il am In no way worthy
! OF such an angel. for / have spent my
days butting into fun instead Of roofing
for the true. the beautiful and the good.
but since l have known you am
caanged creature. II could but hold your
little hand In mine should never yearn
TO finger full house, or thirst for
cocktail more. only need your influences
to lead me away from the cinder path
to the elevated road"
These words greatly affected the mad.
Il perceive" she said. that No. ! IL
full OF noble impulses and that nobody
but me understands him and appre-
bend tnat II Is my sacred duty TO use my
influence over him for good"
Thereupon she constituted herself an
amateur reformation society and Kesley
cure for him, and her guardian angel
who was watching the proceedings. threw
up his hands and resigned his Job on
the spot. for he saw her finish.
Now IL CHANGED that while the maiden
was still trying TO work the faith cure
on No. he appeared in her presence
carrying the remnants OF a load that
should have been sent by freight. 3D.
serving which No. / arose and swatted
him and threw him out.
DO not fear, sweet creature" he cx-
claimed to the maiden, Il am here to
protect you" and with that he struck
an attitude and waited for her TO throw
bouquets at him rs her preservsr. But
nary a flower did she pass across the
footllghts.
Brute! Coward she Kissed. thus
would you beat your helpless wife. and
cannot be thankful enough that na7s
found you out in time to save myself
from the awful fate OF marrying you. /"
and with that she manned the ambulance
and went to the assistance Of No. 9.
and when she had nursed him well she
married him. and he spent the balances Of
his life In opening real wine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

would stay an old maid TO the eno OF
my days.
Afraid Of his mother, is he? Well, II
he tried to make me compromise my
good name with his secret business very
much longer there'd be some one else
that he'd be afraid OF. let me tell you
and he'd have reason to afraid OF me.
too.
No. II isn't Just for yourself you must
think; you must think OF him, too. You're
wife now. and you must have discov-
cred by this time that the woman must
set the standard Of a mans behavior In
these things.
IL IL were not for the fact that some
woman is watching, there would be very
few heroes in this world at all. Many
live up to what the women they love ex-
pect Of them. Expect this young husband
Of yours to be a man, and ten chances
TO one he'll be a man.
Let him be q sneaking coward for even
a little while. and the first thing you
know you'n put the brand on him and
hen be a coward all OF his life.
Afraid of his mother? Nonsense! His
mother will doubtless wonder why he
insulted her with deceit; but she won't
eat him up for Il. at that. II he won't
tell her himself you do It. Go straight
to her: go with your head up and your
eyes sweet and innocent and unafra.d.
walk right into the room where she is
and tell her the whole story. Ten chances
TO one yoh'll be in her arms before
you've half begun 1t.
Stern. maybe; but she's human. too,
or there wouldn't be any son at all. She
isn't Mrs. Methuselah-dead TO all hu-
man feeling Just because she's forty and
over.
Maybe she cried herself this very morn
ing thinking OF some silly quarrel she
had with the husband she loved when
she was your age, the man who has
been dead for years, but not forgotten
for one single moment.
Maybe she will wonder why on earth
he ever married you. Every mother on
earth does that. no matter who her son
marries; but before you know II you'll
realize that she's something more than
his mother-that she's q woman, too; Just
a plain. loving. foolish, sorry woman Ike
you, and then the trouble will be all
over.
hope she'll take that son of hers over
her lap and give him a good spanking
before the thing is done with for good
and all. He deserves one.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

az was to a pretty party last night
George" said the manicure lady.
have never saw such a good crowd IN All
the time that have been attending them
society functions. There was long tinns'
George. that was thinking OF cutting
out them party calls and them teas
etc, but the way was treated last nishl
makes me feel that there is a lot OF
good left IN the world. There wasn't
lot Of talk about aigrettes and how many
thousand dollars the latest Paris beauty
had spent for single frook' or how
many diamond heels some girl could go
clicking along Broadway with II was
Just one OF them little home affairs.
where everything went on the even
baritone Of It's way. or whatever It was
that the poet said.
brother Wilfred was the only dis
cordant feature IN what would otherwise
have been a perfect evening. The poor
Kid has gone so batty lately about
poetry that he can't talk about anything
else, and when l heard that one OF the
young ladies present was a girl poefess,
1 began to fear for the worst. Me ana
sister Mayrne done our best to keep VIII
fred away from the poetress, but
guess water on the brain seeks its own
level because, sure enough, the first
thing we knew there was Wiifred and
Miss Imogene Isiuglass over in eosey
corner talking about Walt Whitman and
Elizabeth Barrett Poe and George Cor
don Longfeiiow. and a lot Of other poets
Of which / have never heard OF. don't
think any Of the rest Of US folks would
. have cared how long they stayed there,
but most Of Us was young couples. and
that was the only eosey corner in the
place that had any palms near it, 90 II
seemed more like Rockefeller monopoly
than poetry talk.
The rest Of the company was hdgety
only because they wanted one Of then
tee-a-teets for themselves. but / was
struck with a greater and more deadly
fear. was afraid that Wilfred would
begin the old reciting game. and. sure
enough. after be had given few last In
gerinz looks into the eyes OF the lads
poet. the kind Of looks that some Of then
college boys gives to me when they arr
having their nails did. up springs M
dear brother. leading Miss INNOCENT
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
STAho BACK eoYI
StuE IN AR.
The Roaring Sun Spots

You will see on this page a photograph
made at the Yerkes observatory OF a
titanic group Of sun spots. Such groups
which look as II the sun had been pep
pered with projectiles thousands Of miles
in diameter. sometimes extend over a
length OF a hundred thousand miles.
single sun spot has occasionally been
seen 5000 miles In diameter, with an ap-
parently black center 25,OOO miles across!
They frequently cover areas Of many
millions Of square miles.
II is now believed that sun spots are
caused by gigantic whirls in what may
be called, for lack OF better terms. the
atmosphere OF the sun. As Director c.
G. Abbot, OF the Smithsonian Astrophys-
lcsl Observatory says We may imagine
that these vortexes are similar in form
to waterspouts seen at sea. with the
trumpet-shaped part at the top, and the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

Gates and had
much maEuma salt
ed down In govern
ment bonds.
The first youth
was one of those
admirable creatures
who are always
touted as the real
thing by elderly fe-
males. and who
furnish a working
model Of industry
and correct habits.
He ala SUNDAY
school stunts with
great asslduity, and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

fest that such changes must have son.s
effect upon the climates Of the eartn.
They, together with the sun spots. are
also, probably, Indications that the sun
is slowly dying out as graf center Of
light and heat In other words the sun
Is a variable star. and the fate Of the
earth IS directly dependent upon :.
Astronomers find In the sky many ctsser
variable stars. some many times greater
than the sun. and hundreds Of than are
farther advanced toward extinction than
the sun L. How long the sun viii last
we do not know. but It Is believed that
It will continue to shine for ron 10000
to 100000 years-so was are not per
sonally concerned with its approaching
end. But II humanity continues to exist
on the earth the time will come when tire
failure Of the sun will be the greatest
and most fata, fact confronting the de-
scendants Of Adam.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

s a Us the letter,
and tn en- he
makes me wait
and wait. and /
don't know wha
70 do.
II know people
talk about me. I'D
talk about any girl
that acted the way
! do, but he says
II I tell he'll run
away and never
see me again.
II think he's
afraid of his
mother. Hes her
only son and she
thinks nobody Is
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
doral: What's the use?
Fatal Kindness.

Assistant Postmaster Hannum. accord
ing to the story he tells, was standing in
front Of the Denver postoffice the other
evening. when he was approached by q
tall Individual who was laborins heavily
under the influence Of dining not wisely
but too well. He lurched in Hannum's
direction and. making a brave effort TO
put the brakes on, said:
"Pleash tell me whersh the Union
s-s-sh-station ish?'
Il directed him." said Mr.. Hannum.
and wound UP my remarks by saying:
Its only about ten minutes walk from
here
THE stranger Strengthened up after
desperate effort and. between hiccoughs.
exclaimed:
For you or for met denver Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
The Manicure Lady

by the hands and taking the center OF the
stage he says: Ladies and gents. want
to have you ali cease your festivities
long enough to hear Miss Isinglass recite
"a Winter in Vermont"
Why didn't somebody give him the
hook?" asked the practical Head Barber.
They didn't have the heart" said the
Manicure Lady. They just looked the
poor boob in the eyes once. and then
they knew that he is struck with De-
mentia Pietrina, so they look for the
nearest exit and say nothing. Then up
gets this Miss Isingiass and hands 1t to
US Ike this:
1T is winter in Vermont. -.
Meath the snowflakes lies the earth,
Every stream and every font
Is froze for all It's worth.
Winter Is an awful thing!
Think OF all the summer dust
Buried BY the snow that's king
With it's awful crust!
she has an awful crust herself" said
the Head Barber.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

Women will suppiant men as wireless
operators on the steamships In the North
Panhc II the plans Of r. II. Armstrong.
manager Of a wireless teiepragh company
that has contracts with many liners. are
followed. Mr. Armstrong. who says
men are not always satisfactory, has en-
gagged Miss Mabel Kelso and Miss S.
Through for his first women operator
and turned them over 10 chief operst~
C. B. Cooper for instructions. Tha youag
women VIII be taught tn rsnsi".
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

The second youth was . artist
who had devoted himself to painting
things bright vermilion hue and whose
industry had exhausted itself In sowing
a record breaking wild oat crop.
When the maids friends observed these
two youths they made a wild scramble
10 get their money down on tho No. !
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

onS upon a Smc there were two
youths who were rival suitors for the
heart and pocketbook Of a young maid
who. besides being beautiful and good.
owned stacks Of gilt-edged trust certifi-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
Autographs.

Autographs.
The autograph l prize the most.
Is not a stztesman's name.
Nor yet a hero's signature.
Nor poets crowned with fame,
Nor kings's nor queens, nor great d.
vines.
Philosophers nor sageis.
Nor wise physicians noted for
The learning Of the ages.
Il is a common cognomen
And known to very few,
But with what unexcelled delight
It's flourishes / view!
love its ornate capitals
Which curly-cues bedeck;
lis my employers autograph
Upon my weekly check.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
A Secret Marriage
BY wINIFRED BLACK.

She's secretly married. and she writes
me a poor, little tear.stained letter tell
ing me all about it and asking what she
ought TO do.
He keeps telling me / mustn't tell"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

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me SREN MAN. 5Toppep,
ne -ooEEo Acso men asTuRHa
NE HoNsT TRkea NHtJpepsD.
IF A TRACER ON me yrser
WsM pAFFH OVER S7oekl
~ooIo YOU CALL HIM A WALL NM
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
ohrAoAR SANS r4s SvnsnES GIRL TrttS SeNs
Will ee JurT AS ENSASfhS As ESEe~
cerrrght. SO National N-w. Assn.

JaeWeorE HIM ANIME
LEAP TEAp HINT
OK MAURICE MAURICE, hAkUelG p6AF
pshfi Why kE,aAHSA BoAansI7
On WHY NOT SET A 1.-the 2Gr
TO KEEP I'M HoUJE ~ oRpEp:
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W'~H eovIo Be coAsp 10 Mhaay
"A E SoowJH DeHoN Her NAME
u. wh5pEa II. rs cAsa,e
mex Ne eeAssEo me PARCHMENT
HSp JcRieBLGp
IF FLOWERS DROP ntas PETALS
W4Al poE1 pas COAL $3.50?
HEY, CATH DIAr JoFr Bo'Lsp
EGG T3tAIS SLpiNG DOWN.
SoUa NEST DO Vou WANT
10 LOSE IT.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25
A Great Sun Spot Group.

Obsevatory October ~ covers mHOI
garing clouds Of calcium vapor
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-25

ties l would stay an old maid to the end Of
ell my days.
she Afraid Of his mother. is he? Well, II
he tried to make me compromise my
ILL.," good name with his secret business very
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-05
QUALITIES OF FUSED SILICA
Latest Material to Be Ueed for Any
Original Standard Of Length
Light In Weight.

Fused silica Is the latest material to
be used for an original standard Of
length. Such standard must con.
tinue accurate and invariable for q
long period under all conditions of the
air, and the metals tried-copper al.
Toys. platinum. iridio platinum, nickel
and invar-feil short of perfection.
Fused silica claims rare combination
OF good qualities. It Ia light In weight,
cheap. and has small expansion; and
its disadvantages-such as easy break
age. lack Of elasticity. and slight
solubtlity In water-are not important.
The first meter Of the kind, as describ-
ed to the London Royal society, Ia q
tube of silica with horizontal slabs Of
the same material fused into the ends.
The slabs are accurately ground, with
plane and parallel sides. The under
sides are coated with platinum, and
the lines of the standard are ruled
through this Aim with diamond. The
annealing Of the meter-by slowly
heating to $50 degrees, maintaining at
this temperature for eight days, and
slowly cooling IA days-cause q
shrinkage of about one 50,000th of an
inch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-05
STRONG WOOD FOR CARRIAGES
count Of Llghtness Without Los
Ing Any Of lts Strength.

The most important kind of wood
which the carriage maker uses is hick-
CRY. The lightness, without loss of
strength, for which American made
vehicles are famous. is largely due
TO the use of hickory. 1t has great
strength and elasticity. There Is no
other wood that equals 1t in these re-
spects, and all kinds have been used.
For one thing, the light wheels used
on some kinds of pleasure vehicles
would have to be fitted with very thick
tires II hickory was not employed.
Ash and elm have been tried In place
of hickory, but these woods split too
easily to be successful substitutes.
Many millions of feet of hickory are
used every year In the carriage and
wagon industry. 1t is feared that its
rate of production may not keep pace
with the demands of the trade, for
hickory springeth not up in the night.
Nevertheless, It does grow rapidly
enough to hold out some hope that
with careful supervision of the forests
the hickory tree may be made to yield
a sufficient crop.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-05
"CANADIUM" is A NEW METAL
Discovered by MetaIIurgIcaI Chemist
While Investigating Gold Mine
In British Columbia.


"Canadium" is the name given q
new metal discovered by A G. French,
metallurgical chemist of Nelson B. c.,
when investigating a large gold mine
in that province. While examining n
deposit Of platinum metals, he dis
covered, sometimes isolated and some
times in combination, another metal
which was quite different from other
members Of the group Il has since
been found In many other igneous
dikes in the vicinity of Nelson.
Canadium is beautiful white metal
but ittles softer than gold or silver
and melting at q somewhat lower tenn
perature. It Is not furnished by damp
atmosphere nor blackened or affected
by sulphureted hydrogen, alkaline sui
'phides or tincture of iodine, which
blacken both silver and palladium.
When FURNISHED, it Is much more
brilliant than either silver or pal
ladium.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-05

A traveleri BY my faith. you
have great reason to be sad. fear
you have sold your own lands to see
other men's.-"As You Like IT,"
The grapes one does not see In 9TH
er lands need not be sour. To travel
is fine. But think how much finer 1t
is to read and to have imagination.
How much finer than to travel with
out imagination
You may know the pyramids with
out having seen them. II seeing were
all, then the past would be blank,
for no globe trotter has seen more of
the Middle Ages or the ancient world
than the stay-at-home. In their ruins.
yes. But 80 has the stay-at-home his
pictures and books and museums.
How little the wise ancients trav-
eled by contrast with the Cooks tour
list. Photography and magazines and
newspapers and moving pictures have
made the world do the travelling. The
impressions gained by meeting the
world this way may be superficial,
but hardly more superficial than the
impressions gained by swift passing
through q country Kansas City Stan
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-05

PreES.l
Little Nell Adams, as most Of her
friends called her, had been invited
to spend a couple of weeks with her
old nurse In the country, and she had
arrived In the midst of trouble and
lamentation. Mrs. Culver, the old
nurse, was laid up with sprained
ankle; one of the pigs had just gone
crazy and would surely die; hawk
had descended on the big rooster and
borne him away, and the suburban
telephone company was getting ready
to plant one OF its poles in front of
the gate. Mr. Culver was a quiet,
humble man, and they had bluffed
him. 1t was while she was out in the
company that the wife turned her
ankle.
Little Nell listened to the tale Of
trouble, and then y It'll her chin In the
air and her eyes flashing she asked
of the husband:
Are you man or 6 mouse"
But they've got the law on their
side," he protested
And Aunt Joe has got me on her
side It's good thing / came. They
don't plant pole in front of this
gate! How many of the company's
men are there?"
"A big DOZEN
"Humph! Only that many? Why,
l can sass twenty at once!"
"Of course she can, the little DEAR"
observed the wife. Look how her
brown eyes are turning black and the
color coming to cheeks! Oh, l needed
her! I've got husband that dasn't
speak above a whisper, but wait till
the dear child gets to talking! Why,
she was scarcely an hour old when
she was telling the doctor what was
what! She'll never let 'em put that
pole up"
II saw that they had dug the hole
for IT,
And this afternoon the pole will
be up" added the husband.
Well see about that" said the
girl as she tossed her head you
leave it to me and don't mix In. Uncle
Jim. you simply keep watch and let