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Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
London Has Only
One Woman Cabby

LONDON. Aug. 1.-England, according
TO census returns just published has but
one woman cab driver. She has held a
license for twenty-six years and can be
seen every day outside Bembridge sta
ton, Isle OF Wight. The holder of this
license bears the truly British name OF
Mrs. John Bull. Her uniform consists
of a neat blue skirt and coat and hard
bowler hat. For funerals and weddings
she assumes the added dignity OF TOP
hat.
Mrs. Bull started with a pony and gig.
and from the earnings of that provided
herself with horse and smart landau
II lie her boast that she grooms her own
horse and can harness him and be in at.
tendance at any residence in the parish
within ten minutes OF receiving orders
Mrs. Bull gained her knowledge OF horses
while in the service of Sir Donald Currie
and afterwards on a ranch in Texas.
With the business Of cab driver she com,
bines that of pig breeding and may fire.
quently be seen taking stock to Newport
market. She attends market personally
and strikes her own bargains with the
dealers.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

but, although she had lost her flesh.
her bones we're sound and her teeth we're
as white as snow and in far better
state than my own, / carried her out
of the darkness and sat her down gently
on the steps beside me. in the full light
OF the sun. ! then laid my hand caress-
ingly upon her head, and as the doctor
photographed us repeated the soliloquy
of the hero in Tennyson's Vision OF
Sin" as he dances the tango with his
skeleton partner:
You are bones, and what OF that7
Every face, however full.
Padded round with flesh and fat,
Is but modelled on a skull
Death is king. and ViVat Rex,
Tread a measure on the stones,
Madanl-if 1 know your sex,
From the fashion Of your bones.
No, cannot praise the fire
In your eye-nor vet your lip;
All the more do admire
Joints of cunning workmanship
Older Than Incas.
The Inhabitants about the region OF
Tiahuanacu are Aymaras, the race that
includes most Of the red men OF Bolivia.
1t is different from the Inca and is sup
posed to be much older. II Is by no
means certain, however, that the Ayma-
ras were the original inhabitants of the
country. and I am told that the shape of
their skulls proves that they were not so.
The Aymaras have their own stories as
to their origin. One OF these is that the
first people upon earth became so wicked
that the gods turned them into stone. and
the Idols of Tiahuanecu were the result.
| According TO their tradition of tho
creation. the world was made by the
great god Pachacamac, and at first II
was beautiful TO look upon and filled
with comforts for man. 1t was ruled
however. by one Khunu. who seems &c
have been an angel of darkness rather
than OF light. II was he who brought
| drouths and cold and other troubles, in.
creaslng them from time to time until
man became little more than a beast
! Then Pachacamac fought the devil
Khunu. He spread rains over the earth
causing the deserts to bloom, and ht
brought forth the sun to warm It. There.
upon the Khunu added TO the rains and
the flood came, during which the earth
was covered with darkness The fight
went on. but Pachacamac finally con.
quercd appearing as the sun god, and
covering the world with light. He created
another god TO aid him., and this god cut
down the mountains and made the pla.
] teaus. He wiped out the deserts and
caused springs &c flow forth from the
rocks. 1t was under these gods that man
/ got fresh start and eventually rose to
be the lords OF creation.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
No Progress with
Mohamedans Unless
Women Are Educated

ST, PETERSBURG. Aus. The Mo-
hsmmedan woman in the light OF today
was discussed AZ the Mohammedan con
gress which has been in session here, and
her couse applouded when Akmud Kuram-
shin, member Of the first Duma de-
clared that without tho education OF
women It would he quite impossible TO
effect progress among Mohammedans.
Ii certain old mulahs continue TO pro-
claim from In the mosques that women
have no need Of education he said, they
simply speak Ignorance"
Tho Akmud went 80 far as 70 say every
woman over q years of age should have
a vote on questions affecting the COM
munjty at large. In regard 10 matrimony
he coutended that both parties should he
asked before the marriage ceremony
whether they were voluntarily entering
into the contract. This he said, would
eventually put a stop to the idea that
Mohammedan women we're SO many chat
tells.
Tho congress has been attended by over
forty delegates from European and
Asiatic Russia. and has been sitting In
st. Petersburg with the authorization Of
the minister OF the interior. The meet
ings have reflected strong determination
rmong tho Moslem subjects OF Emperor
Nicholas 10 uphold their religious, social
and educational rights The establish.
ment in st, Petersburg Of centralized
authority which should look after the in
terests Of the Mohemmedan religion
throughout the Russian empire was re-
garded by many speakers as an urgent
need
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
DOMESTIC SERVICE is
BIG INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN

LONDON August 1,-There are more
people engaged in domestic service in
England and Wales than in any other
industry or service in the two countries.
Domestic indoor servants. according to
the census returns. number 1,3o2,4S OF
whom 4l,765 are men. Exclusive OF
domestic service. agriculture affords en-
ployment to more persons than any other
? ngle industry or service, there being
/. 22s. 566 farm workers. of whom 94sN are
women. In coal mining 971,2S6 persons
are engaged. including S7.1S women. who
nowadays are employed in the tighter
work on the surface, such as sorting
Figures for other industries are: build
ing sl7.sl2 cotton manufacturing 623,SS,
OF whom more than half are woman;
railway services 5000; engineering and
machine making, iron-founding and
boilermaking 6l0s26. while there are
bss,S5i persons engaged in local govern
ment services, including the police.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

Among the implements are spoons Of
terra Gotta and OF bone There are knives
Of bone, some Of which are sharp; and
also narrow points Of ohsidsn. There are
also bone rings and bone needles of va
rious kinds. There are stone pipes drilled
out OF a rock as hard as quartz How
the people were able 10 drill the holes
without steel or other metal Is unknown.
All OF these finds have come from
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
Simple Home Remedy
for WrinkLed Faces

Thousands are spending fortunes IN
frantic efforts 10 remove the signs of
premature age from IN cir faces Such
women willingly pay almost any amount
of money for worthless wrinkle remov-
ers. of which there are many.
IL they only knew H. the most effec-
tive remedy imaginable Is a simple,
harmless face wash which can be made
up at home in less than a minute. They
have only TO get an ounce OF powdered
saxolite and half a pint of witch hazel
at the drug store and mix the two. APP
effect Is almost magical. Even after the
first treatment marked Improvement
Is noticed and the face has a SNUG, firm
feeling that Is most pleasing. Adver-
tisement
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
English Strikers
Returning to Work

LONDON. Aug. 1.-The big lockout OF
builders. which has held up. building oper-
ations in London for months. Is slowly
crumbling without any definite settle
ment. and the army OF ironworkers. ma
sons. carpenters and other men are re-
turning to their work.
The lockout arose from a number OF
sectional strikes, the men demanding bet
ter wages and shorter hours. NeEotia-
tions went on for week after week with.
cut any result, except for the members
OF the big and wealthy trades unions, who
secured better terms and have now re-
turned TO work, leaving the smaller
unions. which refused all terms offered
by the contractors. 10 shift for them
selves. As these smaller unions are
nearly bankrupt, the members are ex-
peeted TO follow the example OF the more
wealthy unions
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
In sittInE Posture

The mummies were buried in sitting
posture. with their legs so doubled that
the heels kicked the thighs and the knees
met the chin The arms were clasped
back OF the neck. ] saw scores of these
mummies, and upon my asking the doc
tor to be allowed 10 make some photo
graphs, he aided me in carrying several
out into the court The one that most
tenderly handled was that of a young
womaA she was at least 100 years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
Recent Excavations on Andean Plateau
ccopyrIrhted. 1914 by Frank G csrrentsr,.

PAz. Bolivis-Am able 60 /
give you the story OF some
wonderful discoveries Just
made in the heart Of the Boz
hvian Andes. You may have
read Of the ruined CITY of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
ITCHING TERRIBLE ON LIMB

r. F. D. No. 3, Clarified, Mimi
my trouble was Of long standing. It
started with some small red and vel
low spots about the size of a pin head
on my leg and every morning there
was a dry scale IN top covering the
affected part and when those scales
were falling off the itching was more
than could stand at times. The first
year l did not mind it so much as it
was only itching very badly at times,
but the second year it advanced all
around my leg and the itching was
terrible. l had to be very careful to
have my clothing around the affected
part very loose. At night time often
happened to scratch the sore in my
sleep. Then l had to stand up, get out
Of bed and walk the floor till the spell
was over.
81 bought lots of salves and tried
many different kinds of medicine but
Without n success. l got a cake of
Cuticura Soap and a fifty-cent box OF
Cuticura Ointment and when I had
used them l was nearly over the itch
ing. But l kept on with the Cuticura
Soap for six weeks and the cure was
complete" (Signed) s.. o. Gordon,
Nov. 20, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13

leaf. Either nail or screw these cross
pieces to the boards, using nails or
screws short enough SO they will not
go all the way through the two thick
nesses of wood. Hinge the drop-leaf
to the inside of the desk bottom with
a pair OF Pinch hinges, as shown In
Fig. 2. Fasten a small hook to each
end of the desk, and screw a small
screw-eye into each end of the drop
leaf in the proper position for it to
hook into, as a a for hooking the
dropleaf when closed. A pair of very
small hook-and-eyes can be bought at
the hardware store for a few cents.
A parcel handle will make a salts
factory handle for carrying the desk
by Gig. y.
1t would not be safe to keep an ink
bottle in your portable desk without
fastening 1t. There would be too
many chances of upsetting it. A good
way of securing it is that shown in
Fig. 6. Get a long. heavy rubber
band, or a piece Of elastic, and tack
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13

inches high. Fasten piece B across
the center of board A, with nails driv-
en- through A into the edge of B. Then
fasten the nailed together pieces in
the upper part of the box, as shown
in Fig. 3, to form ~pigeon-holes. Nail
through the ends of the O into the
ends OF board A, and down through
the top into the edge OF board B, to
hold the pieces in place.
Strip c Gig. 81 forms the front to
a rack for stationery and loose papers
Gigs. 2 and 81, and has four screw
hooks screwed int it Gig. 81 for pen
and pencil racks. Cut this strip Of a
length equal to the inside length of
the box, and about 2 inches wide, and
fasten It. between the ends of the box,
about 1 inch out from the box bot.
tom, by driving nails through the box
ends into it's ends.
The ~box-cover boards should be
fastened together with two strips
placed across them near the ends as
shown in Fig. 1, for the front drop
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
4 PORTABLE WRITING DESK.

Every boy needs a writing desk,
and the plans below show an entirely
new idea for a desk. 1t has no legs,
but is made to stand upon a table.
The front drops down to write upon,
just like a drop-leaf of any desk.
When the front is closed and hooked,
the desk is in a compact form, II it
may be lifted from the table by
means of the handle attached to the
top and stood in some out Of the way
corner until wanted for use again.
A grocery box, together with its
cover or some additional box boards,
is needed for working material. The
box shown in the illustrations is one
in which cans of preserved fruit had
been packed. and it measures 81
inches long, 1872 inches wide and III
inches deep. Very likely you can get
a box OF approximately the same di-
mansions by going to your grocer.
Pick out as perfect a box as you can
find. The fewer cracks, knots and
joints that there are in the boards,
the less purifying 0 will have to do
when finishing.
After renailing IN boards that
may be loose, cut the board A of a
length equal to the inside length of
the box, and of a width equal to the
inside depth of the Don Gig. ~, and
the piece j of equal width and 2h
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
UNCLE DAWES BELATED LUCK
Twenty Years Of Improbable Time
Was What Worried the Old
Gentleman.

Charley Sessions, secretary of state,
says that while he was taking his
summer vacation up in Minnesota .
couple of years G he met a charac-
ter at the little village up IN the
woods, known as Uncle Dave" says
the Topeka (Kansas) Capital. The
old mans only occupation was carry
ing the sack OF mail over from the
depot to the postoffice once a day. It
was all he could do to subsist and It
was g mighty lean subsistence at
that. Last year, when Secretary SEES
sions went back again on his vacation
he did not see Uncle Dave" and
asked where he was. He raj in
formed that Uncle Dave" had gone
to Minneapolis to have a blowout
Charley was surprised that Uncle
Dave" had been able to gather enough
money to go to Minneapolis. "'Uncle
Dave has had a streak of luck" said
his informant. "He ven " here to
a neighboring town and fell through
a hole in the sidewalk. He sued the
town and they compromised by agree
ing to pay Uncle Dave a pension Of
SIS a month" Some days after that
Charley met Uncle Dave" who told
him all about his good fortune. yes,
SIR" said Uncle Dave" II am in
big luck, but think what a time /
might have had If l had found that
hole 20 years ago."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
Activities of Women.

Governor Johnston of California re-
Gently appointed a board of women to
assume direct control of one of the
o important reformatory institu.
tions.
MISS Florence Sanville and FANNY
C~ochrane, two Philadelphia women
are taking a course in agricultural
economics at the University of Wis.
consin.
The Countess de la Gueriviere, who
was the first cab driver in
Paris, has gone into a new venture
that OF a nurse in a Paris hospital for
dogs, cats and birds.
There are only s 5000, 900 married
women in the United States who could
be divorced, and during the past ear
10000 couples have found that thew
were mismated.
A California woman has erected a
remarkable residence for herself at
the age of seventy-three. With the
exception of the roof, frame and
floors, the house was built entirely nv
her.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13

It has now been six months since l took
any medicine at all. l hope my little
note will assist you in helping other wo-
men. l now feel perfectly we'll and in
the best Of health Mrs. AUGUST
W. KoNDNER, 1882 Hollins Street, Bal
timore, Md.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record OF
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know Of, and thousands
of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact
For thirty years it has been b stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands Of women
who have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, inflammation,
liberation, tumors, irregularities, etc
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
scine Co. (confidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13

City. 1t was in the spring Of 1869
that he purchased from Mahlon Gore
(now living at Orlando, Fla.) the
Journal. which Mr.. Gore had operated
for several years with Indifferent sue
cess as a Republican paper. The first
number under Mr.. Perkins manage
ment was issued May l, 1869. The
Journal at that time was a weekly
paner. Sioux CITY was hut a frontier
village, most of the business houses
being on or in the vicinity of the Mis-
souri, river bank.
Henry A. followed to Sioux City in
the same year and joined in the en-
terprise. He looked after the bust
ness end of the paper up to the time
of his death in 1884, Geo. D. paying
special attention to the editorial end.
Mrs. Elizabeth II. Boehmler. a sister,
for many years was society editor but
lent her assistance in getting out the
paper long before it attained to the
dignity of a society department. She
now lives at Alpine, Calf.
The Journal started issuing daily on
April 10, 1870. Up to his last illness
Mr.. Perkins continued to do six full
days work a week Ito say nothing
of a half day on Sunday. In spite OF
his advanced years he was spoken of
as, the hardest working man about the
plant. He kept in close touch with
all the departments of the paper, was
a stickler for accuracy and attractive
makeup and found his chief delight
in rummaging through the exchanges
day after day, carrying on a battle OF
wit with brothers in the profession.
He wrote all his articles on the type
writer, generally putting a pipe as
he pounded them out, and his letter
perfect copy was the delight of the
printers and the envy of the reporters
and under editors.
Mr.. Perkins was prominent in Re
publican politics. He became state
senator in 1873 and secured an ar
preparation Of $4,000 for northwest
Iowa sufferers from the grasshopper
plague. Gov. Gear appointed him com
missioner Of immigration in 1880. and
he served until 1882. Under appoint
ment by President Arthur, on Senator
Allison's recommendation, he served
as United States marshal from 1882
to 1885. He was in congress from
1890 to 1898. being a member of that
historic Iowa delegation which includ-
ed Dolliver, Cousins, Hepburn, Lacey,
Henderson and other notables.
Five times he was a delegate-at-
large from Iowa to Republican Ia
tionaI ccnventions-in 1876, 1880, 1888,
1905 and 1912. In 1901 he was d can.
didate for governor and withdrew
from the race. In 1906 he made a
memorable contest for the Republican
gubernatorial denomination against AL
bert B. Cummins, but was defeated.
On July 2, 1869, he married Louise
E. Julian. He is survived by her and
the following daughters and sons:
Mrs. Florence Ludlum, Samuel J. Per-
kins, Mrs. Clara Sammons. VIII Per-
kins and Thomas j.. Perkins, all of
Sioux City.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13

the dolls feet when the doll Is stood
upon its broomstraw standard.
To dress the doll, cut a strip Of
tissue-paper three and one-half inches
wide and 25 inches long, pleat or gath
er it, and sew it around the dolls
waist for a skirt. Then make a waist
out of the same material and sew 1t
in place. Cut a pretty head of the
right size from a magazine, and paste
it to the dolls head.
When the doll is finished. place her
on a piece of cardboard with the end
of the cardboard extending over the
edge of the table, tap the cardboard
with your fingers, and you will be de
lighted upon discovering how grace
fully she can dance.
The dolls should not be made to
look alike, for the dolls party, but as
different as possible. This will be
quite easy to do. A variety of pretty
heads will be found by a careful
search among fashion pictures and
magazine Illustrations, and with tbs.
sue-papers of different colors to
work with, there will be no limit to
the number of styles of pretty party
dresses that you will be able to de
wise. Tissue-paper doll dressing is
fun, and just the right kind of fun 70
an afternoon when The weather. is /,
disaeree BILE fer YOU "a 4i-y outd"C
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13

thread and needle, some pink water.
color paint or a pink crayon pencil,
four broom straws, and a piece or
tissue-paper.
The first thing to do is to prepare
the different parts of the doll, and as
these are shown natural size in Figs.
4, 5, 6 and Z, they can be cut right
out of this page. Only n arm and
one leg is shown, however, and you
will nave to use these parts as pat
terms for marking out the second arm
m leg. Paste the paper parts upon
lightweight cardboard to give them
stiffness. To fasten the parts tosoth-
er, pierce holes through them with a
pencil point or a hat-pin. at the points
A, B and c Gigs. 4. 5, 6 and y, and
join the correspondingly lettered holes
with thread, tying a knot on each end
Of each thread enough larger than
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13

ping off. Figure 2 shows the doll
assembled complete. The circular
piece with the center cut out OF 1t.
shown in Fig. 3, fits down over the
dolls body, resting upon it's hips, as
shown in Fig. 2. 1t is cut through on
m side to make it easier to slip it
over the dolls body. This piece forms
the top of the standard which sup
ports the doll while dancing. Pierce
foul holes through it, nea the outer
edge, and at equal distances apart;
insert a broom straw in each hole,
bend over the top, and glue it to the
cardboard SO it will not slip out. Cut
on the lower ends of the s:ra"s Sc
they will extend Just a trife below
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
Evolution of Billiards.

The development of the billiard ia
BILE has been interesting. In those far
back days when billiards seem first to
have become an indoor game, a bill
liarG table vas about the size of a big
room. The average table was 80 feet
long and 10 feet wide. The size was
gradually and irregularly decreased,
until the present standard carom table
was introduced at a billiard tourna-
ment held in Samson hall, Philadel-
phia, in 1864.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
Sweetest Words.

"Are there any sweeter words In
the English language" musingly in
quired Professor Swiggs, than I love
your" well" grimly remarked the
pessimistfc nearer. 81 understand that
some authorities regard There's that
1 owe YOU as about the epit-
ONE Of satisfactory sentences"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
Romance in Gibbons Life.

Edward Gibbon, author of the De
cline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
had his engagement with the Swiss
Miss Murchod broken off by his IA
Their, mainly or account of his sons
health. On his return to England Glib
bon wrote: "After a painful strug-
gle I yielded to my fate: / sighed as a
lover, but I obeyed as a son." The
disappointment made Gibbon a sad
and sour man all his life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
MeItino Aluminium.

While charcoal should be invariably
used in melting brass and bronze,
states the Brass World, 1t. is not only
useless in melting aluminium, but lam
gerous. Aluminium is SO light that tho
charcoal is apt to become interminr
gled with it, and the castings made
from it will have small specks and
pieces in them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-02-13
Located Him.

One evening, when a water inspector
was going his round. he stopped at ono
of the mains in a busy street to turn
off the water owing to some repairs.
He had just put the handle on the tap
and begun turning when a hand was
placed On his shoulder by a tipsy gem
tleman. who said, in a drunken tone:
$50 l have found you at last, have
1? It's you that's turning the street
round, is it?'