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Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Irvinston.

George Freeman spent sunday after
noon at Omaha.
MrrL J., N. Anderson has just returned
home after a short visit.
Miss Florence Richards was the guest
OF Miss Mamie Wood sunday.
Miss Minerva Kratx has returned 10
school again, after half years absence.
William Henry HlmmelreIch OF Irving
ton died sunday after an illness OF eleven
weeks During part OF this time he was
an Inmate Of the swedish Mission hos
pitah where he died. He was born In
Decatur county, Iowa, September "a 1855
Mrs. J. r. Chenaworth OF Florence. who
has been living with her daughter, Mrs.
N. J, Csrnahan. for the last fourteen
years. died Sunday morning. Her maiden
name was Clarissa Foster. She was born
In Campbell county. Kentucky, June IL
1886 she leaves five children-Mrs. NJ.
J. Canadian OF Florence. Mrs. Belle
Lewis Of Shannon City, la; =. 9. Cinema
worth of seco. Mont; 5. r. Dolson Of
Barr. Mont. and A. b. Chenaworth OF
shannon City, Ia
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Revolt in Mexico
Awakens Country
to It's Possibilities

c. w. conkiing. prominent banker Of
Tekaniah. who for the last few months
has been In Mexico near Chihuahua ex-
aiming some OF his mining properties,
vas in Omaha Friday morning visiting
for few hours with Ross l.. Hammond,
and he says that the recent Mexican up
rising has awakened an interest in that
country that could not have been aroused
in any other way.
The trouble has ouieted down and In
most parts OF the country everything Is
at peace. Interest Is reviving in BUSH
ness affairs. and Americans by the hun
dreds are floeking down into the rich
mining regions. The mining resources
are in most cases In the hands OF Amer
leans. and they are making the most OF
them. Agriculture is rapidly developing
and the rich country win be no longer
the land Of lazy seniors and senoritas.
The revolution has done much for the
country, for II has awakened IT. and that
Is what II needed. From what can learn
the present administration is likely to
stay In power. and the confidence Of the
people Is rapidly returning. Mexico Is
such grand place that I often wish it
was part OF our own country"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES TO
JOIN IN NILSSON SERVICES

Ths federation Of the Missionary So
eietiss Of the Christian churches Of
omahs. South Omaha. Council Bluffs and
lrsington VIII meet In the First Christian
church OF South Omaha. January %.
Luncheon VIII be served at L O'Clock.
and the following program pin begin a,
? o'clock
Hymn--Ali Hal the Power Of Jesus
Name. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. +.
kfater ..s.s.-..s........s-..s..- s.s.-.s....s.
Mrs Nathan johnson. South Omaha
Mrs. s. J. Bradford. Council Bluffs.
D4slnces t.-.-..---..-.s-....-...ss.
Reports OF secretary and treasurer.
Roll call and report Of societies.
Ars- J. s. Williams. North side Christian
lynn 49,. .--.-.--.-.. .-e..+.-.....s-.s.
Address-The Supreme Motive for Ser
we -.-....s.-..-- ...-+ .--s..+.--.-...
hrs Lillian r. Hartford. Omaha.
Selected South Omaha High school chorus
Miss Enise N. Ensor. Conductor.
Rev. n ]. Kirschstein.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Willard.

Mrs Ia NJ. Thomrron OF Omaha was a
Willard visitor Monday.
Mrs. Baldwin and laughter, Ruth. Wis
tied In Omaha Saturday
Prot wfckland spent Saturday and sun
day at his home in Valley.
Miss Frieda Holstein. Who attends
school ct Omaha, was home over sunday.
Mira Egvers OF Omaha visited several
days last week with friends and relatives
here.
Mrs Foxsler visited from Thursday "a
Saturday Of last week with friends al
Council Bluffs.
Mr.. Chris Holsssn and daughter. VIII
helrnina. visited -ela.iyes at Pspillion
Sunday afternoon.
Misses Margaret Siert and Hulda Dagger
ma natteaded the dsLee at Papillion
last Friday evening
/ Aessrs. Henry Andrsssa md Hear
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27

p. Jacobsen. ssi7 South Thirty.flfth ave-
nue.. frame dwelling. $3.50 l.. Brown.
1874 Emp~-< cement block garage. 500:
c. n. Bp, m, 2ols South sxteen,a, stone
building. u.so; Grove Wharton construc-
1900. NJ r. Jensen. Fortieth and Ida
name dwelling. 800; j p. shas, sle2 Writ
frame dwelling, 500: Peter Peterson, zsa
south Twentieth avenue. repairs TO frame
dwelling. 500
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Corn Receipts Ample
to Meet Contracts

Omaha grain men state that corn re-
ceipts have been heavy enough this week
TO fili their January contracts ana that
their only trouble now 10 10 get cars
for grain awaiting shipment from the
country. Receipts were light during the
cold weather. ana for a time IL was
feared that the Omaha Interests would
be seriously embarrassed BY inability TO
make January deliveries.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
Boy Scout Founder IN
is Coming to Omaha

Lieutenant General Sir Robert Baden
Powell. founder Of the Boy Scouts will
stap In Omaha on his American tour, and
arrangements are already under way ito
entertain him here. Baden-P Powell ar
rives In America from England on jan
nary 81, and he viii be in Omaha on
Wednesday. February ~ On that day he
win take lunch with the Commercial club.
In the afternoon he will speak TO scouts
and their parents and In the evening a
public address win be given. He comes
under the auspices Of the local scout
council and Commercial club
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-27
From Our Near Neighbors

Leuenenberg attended the dance at Papil-
lion last Friday evening.
Misses Amanda and Augusta Nelson.
who attends business college ut Omaha,
we're at home Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. George Fallon gave a party last
Monday In honor OF her birthday ami
versary. Mrs. Gallagher Of South Omaha
was one OF the guests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12

floor and puts a smaller one on 1t ana
on that a smaller still-and assembled
by a winding balustrated stair to a
shrine on top.
This. according to the theory, was
the ritual equivalent of a mountain.
Into the fat lands between the Tigris
and Euphrates came the ancestors of
the Babyloninns and Assyrians out of
the mountains OF Arabia. There they
had worshipped the storm god. who
dwelt upon the heights among the
clouds. with whom they communed,
like Moses, by climbing up and making
their offerings and saying their pray
ers upon the summit. And because
there were no mountains In their new
country they erected beside every tenn
pie a little mountain In the yard.
Thus the zikkurat, and then the min
aret. and then the campanile and then
the steeple of the parish church.
George Hodges in Atlantic Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12
POSLAM IS
THE PERFECT
SKIN REMEDY

In using Poslam. you are using the
most modern and most successful
remedy ever devised for the quick
eradication of all skin troubles. 1t
Is daily accomplishing astounding
cures with almost incredible rapid
lty. Its pleasant. easy healing pro-
cess, its intense antiseptic properties,
make 1t invaluable in hospital and
household.
Take any case of eczema, ache,
Itch, salt rheum. piles, scalp scale,
etc, however stubborn and Poslam
will stop itching os soon as applied,
bringing immediate relief and com
fort. II any skin difficulty besets
you, write TO the Emergency Labora.
tories. 80 West Twenty-ifth street,
New York. for free sample, and test
before buying, for the sales OF Pos
lam are made through its demon
Jtrated merit.
The. Thomas Drug company and
the Harper House pharmacy and all
druggists sell Poslam (50 cents) and
Poslam soap, the identifying skin
soap (25 cents).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12
BLESSED BEAVER ISLAND

Unknown is the name Of the first
white man who sailed into the harbor
of Beaver Island, in Michigan. I'm
known. also. the date. He might have
been one Of Champlain's followers.
King Strang," the Mormon leader.
thought so. He thought, also. that the
date was as far back as 1850 or far
Their.
One thing is evident when travelling
the island roads-which, by the way,
are the best possible kind of macadam
one can not help but be impressed by
the feeling that the island has been
settled, largely cleared and cultivated
at least once before the present clear
ings were made, and that the timber
which now covers a good three-fourths
of the land is a second, If not third,
growth. Everywhere are to be seen
clumps containing from three TO If
teen trees, which certainly came re-
Gently from seed. Then, too, except on
the southern end of the island. the
trees are small, varying in size from
one 10 fifteen inches in diameter. A
two-foot tree is unusual and the entire
woods have that civilized look, as il
they had been travelled by innumerable
feet.
From 20 to 30 different species OF
trees grow there. Side by side the
cedar. elm, spruce, maple. beech, pine
hemlock, balm, white brier and oak
meath grows no underbrush, and one
may walk unhindered for several miles
breathing that cool, exhilarating all
that is found only in thick woods neal
large bodies of water OF course, as il
all places where woods and clearingi
meet, raspberries and blackberrie!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12

the harbor, distance Of about three
fourths of mile.
BY turning east and south from the
priests home the Trail road" leads
to Sand bay. Sand bay possesses a
real lake shore drive, the water often
covering the horses feet as it does on
the ocean drive at Santa Barbara. On
the shores of the great lakes this is I'M
usual, as the sand is too soft, but
there is just enough gravel along
that shore to make really fine drive.
A little river, which is nothing more
than an estuary Of the lake, reaches
up into the land of Sand bay and in
early spring 1t abounds in fish. Fish,
i'll fact, are found in nearly all of the
inland lakes, and fishing is one of the
principal occupations of the people of
| the harbor.
| The Sand bay drive terminates in
road which leads to the lighthouse
at the head of the island. The largest
inland lake is there. They call it Lit
tie lake to distinguish it from Lake
Michigan. But the Mormons called it
Lake Gennesaret. Its outlet they call
ed the Jordan and a little settlement
which they made at its mouth they
called Galilee. All that has disappear
ed and only the old maps retain the
names. Today but three families live
at the head.
So much for what there is at Beav-
er island, and now one word as to
what is not to be found. There is no
sickness. A Russian with an unpro-
nounceable name, who lives on the is
land, thoroughly understands drugs
and in the absence of a physician he
cures all of the ills of the people free
OF charge. There is no strenuous
strife. All have all they need and nc
one cares to Guido the other. There
is no crime, for criminal can neither
run nor ride away and ere the regular
boat comes he is sure to be caught
There is no drunkenness, for the coun
ty is dry. Neither is there profanity
religious controversies, nor race sui
cide-ten is the regulation number il
the families. There are no electric
lights, no gas, no telephones, no auto
mobiles, no railroads, no street cars
no cripples, no orphan or insane asy
lums. The curses Of overdevelopeC
civilization have not reached ' tha
peaceful spot. Blessed Beaver island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12
TANGIER ISLAND.
Where the People Do Without JaiIs,
Lawyers, Horses and Cows.

Lawyers, Horses and Cows.
There is little island in Chesapeake
bay. 125 miles south OF Baltimore.
where the world has stood still for
more than a hundred years. Tangier
island is five miles long and much less
than a mile wide. but more than 500
people live on it. There is only one
street, nine feet wide, without side
walks, and the houses are all built
along this street with narrow canals of
the deep water of the bay between
each two houses There is only one
church, presided over by a Methodist
minister. and only one doctor, and
there is no cemetery, the dead of each
IA mily being buried in the yard. There
is no newspaper, no jail, no lookup and
no lawyers nor any need for them.
Everybody is deeply religious. and pro-
family is punished with a fine imposed
by the deacon of the church.
The men go fishing and Grabbing in
sailboats early on Monday mornings
and do not come home until Saturdays.
when they have marketed their sea
harvests in towns on the mainland.
There are no gardens. no horses or
cows, but plenty of chickens are rails
ed. Fuel is supplied to the islandeSs
by sloops. which come very month OF
so loaded with wood and anchor of
Tangier. sending small boats piled with
cordwood and kindlings to every house
by means of the little canals. The wo,
men wear sunbonnets and go barefoot
ed. and there is an organ in nearly
every home. Tangier was first settled
by white people in 1866 and before
that time was occupied by the Indians
Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12
CHURCH STEEPLEs.
And the Ancient Mountain Peak
Shrines Of the Storm God.

And the Ancient Mountain Peak
Shrines Of the Storm God.
There Is a theory which finds the
spire Of the New England meeting
house In the mountain peaks Of Ara
bia.
Tracing back the process of evoiu-
ton. we come first to London, where
the clean sweep of the great fire gave
Sir Christopher Wren his opportunity
to experiment In steeples, and then
Venice. where the campanile Is a shin
ing example OF a tower beside a
church. but separate from 1t, and then
to Alexandria. where the famous light
house on the Isle Of Pharos contribut-
ed to the religion of Mohammed both
the form and the name of the mInaret,
and then to the tower OF Babel at
Borsippa and the zikkurats of the
temples Of Babylonia and Assyrfa. A
zikkurat is a huge quadrangular mass
OF brick. rising In diminishing Stories
as a child places q big block on the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12
What's The Matter
With Your Bagsy2

Mrs. Ona Hawkins, Woodlawn, Illinois.
Mrs. Mollie A. Brown. 364O Washington,
Ave. Chicago. ILL.,. the only laxative given
Is DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin. 1t has
been found to answer most perfectly all
the purposes of laxative, and its very
mildness and freedom from gripping
recommend it especially for the use of
children, women, and old folks gener-
ally-people who need a gentle bowel
stimulant Thousands of American
families have been enthusiastic about it
for more than a quarter of a century.
Anyone wishing to make a trial of this
remedy before buying It in the regular
way Of a druggist at fifty cents or one
dollar a large bottle (fami1y size) can
have a sample bottle sent to the home
free of charge by simply addressing DIR.
| w. Z. Caldwell, 405 Washington St,
Monticello, III. Your name and address
| on a postal card Will do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12

The young mother-and many an old
one, tools often puzzled to know the
loudness of it's crying does not neces-
sarily indicate the seriousness of its
trouoie. II may nave noInlng more the
ing of general dullness. 1t cannot, of
course. describe it's feelings, but as a
trying mild laxative.
Nine times out of ten, you will find 1t
is all the child needs, for its restlessnesS
and peevishness are perhaps due to OBJ
struction of the bowels, and once that
has been remedied the headache, the
sluggishness and the many other evil
dences of constipation and indigestion
will quickly disappear.
Don't give the little one salts, cathar-
tic pills or nasty waters, for these will
act as purgatives, and they are too
strong for child. In the families Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12

grow abundantly, also few elderber-
ries.
The shrubs seen along the edges Of
fences and abandoned clearings where
were once Mormon settlements are
principally staghorn sumac, ground
hemlock and mammoth rose bushes,
which were once cultivated but are
now half wild.
Wherever there is a bit of clearing
or neglected field, where the sun is
the Juniper beds, two, three, five. ten
to fifteen feet in diameter, set in un-
cut, INTENDED green grass, for grass is
/ indigenous on Beaver island and grows
everywhere; for that reason and be-
cause of the abundance of ground hem
/ lock, cattle roam at will-fine. fat cat
tie whose only shelter in winter is fire.
quently the thick woods at the head
of the island.
The island is shaped like paddock,
slightly opened at the northeast. 1t
lies 50 miles northwest of Charlevoix,
is is miles long and 10 miles wide. 1t
has the best land-locked harbor along
the entire lakes. Following the shore
line of the nearly circular harbor is the
tiny village of St James, named, some
say. in honor of King James Strang,
but inasmuch as Father Marquette had
previously established there a mission
and a church, the name was probably
given to it before King Strang" was
born.
The village contains lighthouse, an
Anticipated life-saving station, and one
sawmill owned by lumber company
which is cutting timber at the head OF
the island and bringing it down to the
mill by means of a narrow gauge rail
way which extends from the mill along
the west side of the island to the
camps.
There is a little hotel, wholly made
quate to accommodate the people whC
would come fin summer If board anC
room were guaranteed. Added to thii
7 there is a general store, a postoffice, {
pool room, places where soft drinks
are sold-Charlevoix county is dry
2 anu a PUBIC school Taught by Sdl0Oil'
l sisters, as the people are nearly all o
( that faith.
[ South of the village, past the schoo
2 house, past the rear Of the ruins o
: what was the residence Of "Kinl
= Strang" down the Kings highway,
), which was certainly a we'll travelled roaC
d before the king" saw it, past the "um
brella tree" prodigious maple whicl
}, casts a remarkable breadth of shade
;, past Round lake up south about
n mile, are the stone residence of thu
!, priest, the home of the sisters and thu
l. Catholic church.
s These buildings are beautifully sit
/. uated. On all sides are well tillet
|, farms, reached by excellent roads b.
It the sides of which, ever and forever
J. grow buttercups and daisies. A cou
l. pie of miles to the northwest, on a ris
of ground, is Font lake, close to whicl
d is Mount Pisgah, while to the mort
II and west, directly back from the haI
d Dor, is Portage, at which point tn
n Indians from Garden island were az
customed TO land and portage over I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12
trance to walled garden may some
times be found another wall erected
for the same purpose.
Love Matches.

at argued and wrangled about love
matches with Miss Marie Corelli one
whole day in her old fashioned STRAIT
ford home" said a prominent woman
magazine writer. but she rather got
the better OF me at the end with an
epigram:
"'She who marries for love- Miss
CoreIli said, enters heaven with her
eyes shut. She who marries without
love enters hell with them OPEN"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12
B.rrino the Evil Spirits.

The Chinese believe that evil spirits
are able TO move only in straight lines
and that they cannot penetrate through
solid matter; therefore the problem Of
keeping them out of q dwelling or a
garden seems to them a simple matter
On passing through the entrance OF the
ordinary middle class home In China it
is necessary to turn to the right or left
because of a fixed screen. the purpose
Of which. according to Popular Ne
chanics. is to keep evil spirits out
Likewise Just at the back OF the en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-12
PeriIous Comparison.

Now" said the professor of astron-
omy, who was trying to he entertain
ing. the most beautiful star | know
OF is
BE careful, professor" whispered
the hostess. the lady to whom you
are speaking Is prima donna
Washington Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-27
COULD WE BUT KNOW.

 Could we but know could we but knoH what they Promoted to that other woria -, found They who like us were ploddinE sa dull ground And knew no more than we hut yss- terday. Renewed. transformed. trsnshgursd, borne away Far. far beyond this earths unrsst- ing round. Dwell they where peace and love and joy abound Amid the splendor of the Perfect Day? It may be, so sublime a bliss they shars That, did we know 1t, we should rush to die, As troops of early Christians eager ly Welcomed the beasts, the martyr s crown to wear: It may be. Love His gift supreme concealed I'll Ills high purpose here should
 stand revealed.
 William Addison HouRhton.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-27
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Inspecting officer Cgolng through camp kitchen)-Do you call this stuff soup?
 Private-No sir: it's dishwater Ws was emptytng g,-London Opinion.
 'How's your son getting on in col- lege?"
 Great. They put him in as a pinch hitter the other day and he cleared the bases with three -bagger. De troit Free Press.
 sillicus-A woman never knows what she wants.
 Cynicus-Oh. yes, she does: but not till she realizes she can't. get it. Philadelphia Record.
 Mrs. One-They say she's welded to art
 Mrs. Tother-Yes, and art could get a divorce In 8 minute from any com petent court on earth.-Judge.
 sillicus-Do you believe in long en- agreements?
 Cynicus-Sure! The longer a man iS engaged the less time he has 10 bs married.-Philadelphia Record.
 Tommy" said his brother, you're a regular little glutton. How can you eat so much?"
 Don't know; It's Just good luck" replied the Christian In- telligencer.
 Why did't you get 8 younger tur- key?" demanded the husband.
 'I told the dealer was rather green" faltered the young wife. "so hs advised me 10 take an old. experienced bird, ,"--Louisville Courier Journal.
 Young Bilfur and Miss wappie fell out yesterday"
 Do you think they will mako un again2"
 I'm sure Miss wapple will. They ell out of a motor boat"-Bir1ning am Age Herald.
 q dreamed last night that I had 1st made s1,0o0,OOO."
 How did you dream you made 1t DO
 By owning the bar in big hoteI hat had been selected as political headquarters during convention week k"-Chicago Record Herald.
 Well, Binksy. have a good tour ia your new car?" asked Hickenlooper.
 Pretty good" said Binsky. How did you find the roads up iE Maine?" asked Hickenlooper.
 By following the ruts," said BinksI -Harper's Weekly. What a lot of old-fashioned be- l AASAS hdNS DtSh SHdIlSIcu tOiupltlclJ l in these modern days" For instance?" Well, you never hear anybody ad | wise a young couple now that two | can live as cheap as ."-Detroil Free Press What do you mean by laying hands on this young man?" asked the po- l liceman.
 Why, replied Mir Corntossel, them | clothes"
 That's all right. He's a marathon runner"
 Excuse me l thought he was walkln' in his sleep. p."-Washingto Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-27
BREED THEATRE.

The Gun Smugglers of Mexico" one of the peerless Kalem productions, is The feature at the Breed today, and as usual is a marvel of scenic beauty and has an exceptionally strong plot. The story tells of the recent uprising in Mexico and the attempt to snug gls into the country some firearms. The plan is almost 8 success, but a fierce battle takes place upon a steep hill and the smugglers are worsted. Miss Alice Joyce is seen in one of her happiest creations, and as usual Carlyle Blackwell plays opposite her. A strong western drama entitled "Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid, 5 keeps the house in a state of suspense until it's great climax, which is a fit ting ending to SO interesting a picture.
 The Biograph story entitled The Spirit Awakened is one of the live Hest pictures that has ever been seen at the Breed, and includes a marvel ous pursuit on horseback, in which the hero drags the villain from a run away horse. administering justice im- mediately.