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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-06
STAGE Is ALL SET
FOR BOOSTER DAY
Mayor James c. Dahlman Proclaims
Half Holiday So that Everybody
May Attend Game.
JOE sTECHER TO BE ON HAND

Friday is to be Booster day at
Rourke park. Booster days are be-
ing held all over the Western league
in an effort to help revive interest
in base ball and to add few extra
half dollars to the Golfers OF the
Western league fhagnates. so that
the losses financially will not be so
great.
A great deal depends upon the success
Of the various Booster days. Good crowds
in the different cities will signify the
desire of the public for base ball. Poor
crowds will point toward the opposite.
The result Of Booster day will in
large way be taken as the keynote when
plans for 1915 or formulated. The future
Of the Western league is not resting on
any too certain basis and the failure of
Booster day will make the magnates
think twice before they open the gates
for another year.
stores 60 Close.
The game TODAY will be called at
$3.50, instead of 8 o'clock. This is done
as many Of omsha's stores and business
doors at 3 O'Clock in order to enable their
employees to attend tne game. Ordinarily
Friday is ladies' day. but the fair fans
will have to forego the enjoyment of a
free ball game this day.
Following the bail game. Joe Stecher
and his brother. Anton, will give a
wrestling exhibition. A number of Dodge
county residents are coming down for
this event The Stecher exhibition alone
should be we'll worth the admission price.
which will be the same as on regular
days.
The Omaha Musicians association has
contributed a band, which will parade
the streets before the game and then
play at the park during the combat. The
siren whistle will also blow just before
the game is called.
PrOcIaims Half Holiday.
Mayor James c. Dshlman has pro-
claimed a half holiday for this afternoon,
so that everybody can attend the game.
The proclamation is as follows:
Base ball is recognized as a distinctly
American game, finding its origin as a
national sport in the United States. Fri
day, August 6. has been designated as
Field Day" in base ball leagues, for
the purpose of arousinR old-time enthu-
siasm for this great American game, and
since the city of Omaha is to be favored
on that day with a game to be umpired
by that product of Nebraska, Joe Stecher,
the champion wrestler of the United
States.
Now, therefore, I. James c. Dahlman,
mayor, urge upon the citizens of Omaha
that they show their loyalty to their
home team and their appreciation of
clean sport by an enthusiastic and loyal
attendance on Friday afternoon at the
ha IN mark and urge uDon business men of
tie city, so far as possible, the closing Of
their places of business. that their en-
ployes may have the privilege of wit
Messing the game, and to that end / do
proclaim the afternoon of August a
half holiday
Denver the Attraction.
Denver will be the attraction. Denver
is fighting for the lead at present and a
good. snappy ball game is assured.
Denver will also play Saturday and Sun
day. a double bill being carded for the
latter day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-06
Nebraska
HERBERT c. PROBASCO DEAD
Leader of St. Paul's Messiah Chorus
Expires at Lincoln After
Short Illness.
ORCHESTRA LEADER ALSO TAKEN
tFrOm a staff Correspondent

(From a staff Corrcspondentl
LINCOLN, Aug. 5.-(Special For tho
second time within a month death has
invaded the ranks OF Lincoln musical
circles and taken therefrom one OF It's
well known members.
This morning at o'clock after a short
illnesb Of only a few DAYS. with typhoid
fever. Herbert c. Probasco, assistant
cashier OF the Nebraska State bank, died
after lying unconscious since Saturday.
He leaves widow and two small boys.
Mr.. Probasco was best known and his
ability extended the farthest from his
organisation OF tho Messiah chorus at St
Paul Methodist church about twelve
years ago. From a small beginning the
organization has grown TO a membership
Of probably 30 and under his direction
its fame has spread over the entire state,
the chorus many times being called out
OF the city for public gatherings.
Three weeks ago the chorus orchestra
suffered the loss OF its leader, Mrs.
Mabelle Rayner McComb, who was killed
in an automobile accident.
Tho funeral will be held at the church
probably Sunday afternoon.
Asks for ReauisItiOn.
County Attorney Otto Walters OF Platte
county has asked tho governor to request
the governor OF Colorado to return to Ne
braska william Hansen, who is wanted
at Columbus for wife and child desertion.
The county attorney says that he under
stands that the man wanted is in Dem
yer.
Governor Attends Picnic,
Governor Morehead went to Cook today
to speak at an old settlers picnic which
Is being held there The governor is kept
busy attending pionics and is growing
fat on the continuous rations OF spring
chicken. picnic lemonade and watermelon.
OmRhRns Licensed to Marry.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day here to CLANCY l.. Jewell OF Omaha,
aged land Vera NJ Gray OF the same
town, aged 20. The parties were united
in marriage by Acting County Judge
Reid.
Quarantine for DOurine.
Following the action OF the State Live
Stock Sanitary board the state veter-
marian has issued an order quarantining
the counties OF Blaine, Cherry, Grant,
Hooker and Thomas as regards dourine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-06
Governor Attend. picnic.
Omnhnn. Licen.ed to Mnrrr.

NuhFnntIne Tor DOurine.
Following the action OF the State Live
Stock Sanitary board the state veter-
marian has issued an order quarantining
the counties of Blaine. Cherry, Grant,
Hooker and Thomas as regards dourine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-06
Denver the Attraction.

Denver will be the attraction. Denver
is fighting for the lead at present and
good. snappy ball game is assured.
Denver will also play Saturday and Sun
day, a double bill being carded for the
latter day.
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Combination sick. Injury, accident
and death benefit protection u, mini
PUN post. $4,000 death benefit !;
81 900. 90 for loss af limb or eyesight;
iaom 81. 30 to $500 weekly sick or ac-
cident benefit; 100000 Emergency rc'
lief benefit, Cost is $500 per year ;
no other dues or asseasuents. IN THE
insurapce oil men and women are placed
on an equal basis, regardless Of occupa.
ton. Every person makes the same
form OF application. pays tho same
amountof premium and receives the
same amount oi benefit. Men and
Women between the ages OF l6 and 65
are accepted. No restrictions as TO oc.
supatjop, only Railroad men employed
employed on track, train or roound
house, can not be accepted. Claims are
paid within sixty days anywhere in the
u. 8. Canada or Europe. Old reliable
lnsprgnoe Company. sioo, 10000 on
State deposit "A . profession for Policy
holders and to guarantee the payment
bf ciaims For further free Information
address Gpstave L. Werner, Secretary
Anl iencral Manager, Box si3, Buffalo,
n. Y. state age, seq, occupation and
mention Dept. u. l73.
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try TO bear In mind. stands not only
for the fingers themselves, but for all
sorts OF ways In which disease germs
may be exchanged.
In measles and whooping cough and
scarlet fever and diphtheria and tuber-
cuIosis and many other diseases the
germs are present In the nose and
throat aud are spread from perpon 10
person by the fingers, which go too OF
ten TO the mouth and nose, by drink
ing cups aud spoons and other things
which too often are used In common
and by the ane spray thrown out from
the mouth In coughing and sneeSing
I'm typhoid fever and diarrhea aud sim
liar diseases the germs are found in
the intestinal discharges, and here, too,
solled fingers play an important part
In the transmission OF the disease.
The third common way In which dis
ease germs are spread IN by means ol
insects. Flies are perhaps the most
important insect germ carriers In most
states. They often pick up infected
material ON their legs and bodies aud
carry II to food. aud where there 10 no
good system OF sewage disposal they
may play a part In tho spread OF such
diseases as typhoid fever. A certain
kind OF mosquito carries malaria, aud
this, too, Is important In certain dis
tricts. In tropical countries whole
host Of diseases Is carried by insects'-
New York American.
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SHADOW PICTURES.
The sllhoustte 90 the Origin Of Al
Pictorial Art.

In the year 1850. when Etienne de
silhouette wna minister oi hnnu's un.
der Louis ~. n nmn whose name bus
not been preserved Stnrird ~ i'nrIs an
exhibition TINT hp rnlled Chinese
shnd,w AVA iblS consisted II, throwing
upon II sheet the ilnrk outlines ~ men
Or objects ANA niHklnu iin~e shadows
take lHrl IN n plnA II ~ Unopened
TINT NJ thlA tine SilhOIstte was uIipup.
ulni lie hnd spent many years In
England and had returned to his ma.
tive country greatly Impressed with
English methods 0i publr economy.
Undertaking to aplly these principles
to French iinUnct's ne met with decid
ed dlSnpproval by the i'nrisinns Hut
little thanks did lie yet except 10 have
his efforts branded ~ pnrrlinonlous.
Some one recalled TINT NJ. de Sil.
houett. hnd written n book. "a Den
ernl Idea Fec the Government OF the
Chinese" IN which he eSplOited his
economical theories. The popularity
OF the Chinese shadows was rrsponsi.
bic for the Jibe that silhouette hnd In.
sued the book ns an advance Notice for
the show; hence the shadows were
called silhoiettcs, aud the nnnie was
naturally extended to portraits that
were then coming into vogue. IN which
were presented only the outlines VI
fnccs aud figures tilied IN with binck,
Though the fashion nnd the Dniiie Ut
the silhouette are Of comparatively re-
cent origin. the art itself IL uncicnt II
WIS used by Etruscan pvtters eight
centuries before Christ. and u claSsic
lrgcnd, which hns been illustrated ny
lrnlnmlp West w u famous prlurr
rlIrd The origin OF Painting. cmim
ed that all pictorial art originated In
M attempt to paint the hrrtinp Shnd
owa of men aud women ns they fell
upon wall or n blank space. detroit
Free Press.
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lss. than ,oo onills always reaay.

less than 100 Quflls always reauy'
This number was by no means eh'
cessive, for Alexander would never use
tho same pen twice. Even the writins
Of a signature spoiled a pen, In MS
opinion. for subsequent use. the quiz
cutter. who received n salary OF t34V
a year, accompanied the czar on all MS
Journeys, including campaigns against
Napoleon.
writing implements changed consid'
erably for the better during sir wal
ter Oilbey's long spell Of life. Though
quill pens are still 10 use.' he REMARKS
In his "Recoilections Of Seventy Years,
# remember the time when one sell
dom saw any other kind Steel pens
In their early days were eIpensive ana
III made. and few.'people used them
The paper we had }seventy years ago
mny hnve been partly to blame. IL
had neither the substance nor the sur
face we take as q matter OF course
nowadays
Il remember when envelopes came
into uss. and what q boon they were
considered after the old system OF clos
Ing letters with waters or wax. Be
fore envelopes were invented letters
we're always written with an eye to
the position OF the wafer or seat
blank space being left to correspond
with the space where this would be
put on the outside, lest the written
portion should be torn in openlng."-
New York Sun.
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PICTURES OF BATTLES.
Warfare Has Always Been . Pop~isr
Subject For Artists.

From the earliest days OF hlstory-wnr
has given inspiration to the artist, and
the work Of his hands comes down TO
with the passing or thousands VI
years: from the ruined temples VI mn
tiQue Greece, built centuries before tue
Christian era. The picture writing OF
primitive and savage peoptes Describes
exploits OF war; many archaic wac
pictures, brought to view after agea OF
bui.al under desert snnds, bear much
similarity to Indian drawings OF our
own near time aud land.
Once, years ago, away up ON tho
Poplar river. In Montana, | boughtT
bartered for. | suppose should say.
as the purchase was made mainly by
the medium of tea, tobacco aud sugar-
a "palntcd" robe right OF the back OF
the war chief OF u band OF YanktOnnais
Sioux our troops hnd rounded up
and brought into the agency. The akin
was n fne "bnck bull" tanned on the
undersidc to the softness or the nnest
cha mols leather and decorated with
naive pictorial representations VI the
deeds OF war OF old Kili.Themln. Hole
-as the soldiers translated the name
given the chief from some episode In
his murdrrous career which IN color.
In grace nnd hrmncss Of line were Gu
riously like pictures from tile pencil al
some artist uf the Egypt OF old.
The glory of war II the theme; the
exaltntlon OF the sovereign. the con
queror. forms the chief motive Of the
war picture OF antiquity. Tho monarch
was the hero before whose terrible
sword all foes gave way, TO whop VIC
tory came through his personal might
aud pruwess. The warriors of the
Greeks are shown ~ models OF viriie
strength aud grace; their attitudes In
the fury or combat lost nothing of
artistic beauty In the realism OF the
rendering. rhe influence OF the Greek
musters Of their art IL evident in battle
pictures OF n time twoscore aud more
centuries iater.-llufus Fairchild Zog'
baum In Scribner'a
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MEDIEVAL PUNISHMENTS.
Queer Old Laws OF England That hsws
Never Been Revoked.


Queer Old Laws Of England That Have
Never Been Revoked.
Although the stocks. like the piliory
and the duckipg stool. have been done
away with. n lot OF puplshmentr sur
vive IN England which are every hlt "
medieval
The most ludlcrous OF these exist In
the two services-the army and navy
which were renowned In the past Tor
the crueltles practictd In them in the
name Of Justice "Keelbauling" as car
ried out IN the navy used. OF course. to
amount 10 execution by drowning
while In the army running the CANT
let" WIS n pUpulnr way " Furnishing
troublesome soldiers
Here ~ another queer punishment
which never bus Eerp removed from
the stntuu boot, " y0u 1re potprin.
or drivinh ~ EhSlnni brware lesf yop
run over HyyioJt tor u you do no and
cause MS DEAN ,uII nVtor'nr Or car
rinsr eau br rpunScnird Even Y faH
Ing true Ihgl cBIs,d the drntb of Q m
man being can ln' iaGrp from IT. owDrr
The strangest punishment which stiil
survives under modern law IN Engiand
In thnt of "uutlawry Only few
years ago in 1905 to tie exact n Inv
yer charged with forging cheek WI
"outla we'd" IN inr Ginsgow nigh court
by this sentence ibr jpfsun oi the nc
cused IL declared forfeit 10 csppot
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COWBOYS OF SPAIN.
splsndid Horssmsn. but They Use
Spurs Without Mercy.

splendid Horssmsn. but They Use
Spurs without Mercy.
The perfection OF spanish horseman
ship Is to be seen among the ynqueros'
rnnaderos and garrochistas. by which
various names the mounted herdsInen
OF the Andaluslan plains are known
In brief. what we should call COW
boy. Every farm seems to maintain
large number OF these. for each herd
dock or drove has its own herdsmhn
goatherd or swjpeherd. as the ehse
may be. Tho yaqUsros are nne look
ing lot OF men. Iall. thin. light ana
loosely made. they look Ideal horse
men, as. IN point of fact, they ARE
though their mounts are poor
The yuYuero rides very nigh ON u
huge saddle. With y long stirrhp ana
straight ieg. using u slpglc rein hnu
Il very heavy curb. but he bus snch
beautiful hands that. although using
this burbnrous bit. he never cuts Ills
horses mouth about. IL is dinerent
With the animals sides, however. Tor
ne uses his spurs without mercy. ana
the white uoraRs-of which there are
large pumber-all bsye ominous RED
stains behind the girtbs.
All the nerdsmen who look aher
cattle carr! long lance. called gar
rochn. NJ thick and heavy wood. which,
except when Standing still. they al
ways carry In rest" and not ''at the
carry" presumably on sccoDnt Of Its
great length and possibly Its weight
with this weapon. In the use OF which
he acquires amsziDg dexterity. the
gnrrochista u able to control the most
unruly brutes In the herd. not except
ing the savage lighting buil.-Wide
World Magazine
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What l want to try TO do is 20 Judge
my fellow human being as kindly as
DO NV dOg.-Gerald Stanley Lee.
FOOD, FINGERS AND FLIES.
Three Of tho Factors Most Active In
Spreading Disease.

There are three principal ways In
which disease germs are carried from
person to person, and these ways may
be easily remembered by three catch
words-food, fingers and files.
The most important foods which car.
~ disease are those which are enten
raw, since thorough cooking destroys
disease germs and most cooked foods
are only dangerous when they have
been infected In the kitchen after cook
ing. Among raw foods, too, many, IKE
oranges. are safe because they are
peeled before eating.
or all foods the most dangerous are
water and milk, because they are OF.
ten polluted (by sewage In the case OF
water, by human contact In the case
or milk, because they are drunk
promptly without time lOr the disease
germs TO die out and because, usually
In the case OF water and often In the
case OF milk. they are not cooked.
The second way IN which disease
germs are commonly spread Ii by
means OF contact between people them.
selves. Fingers, In the catch phrase.
which all who value their health should
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have read many attempts to do.
scribe shell Ore In battle but not one
20 equal the easy description OF this
young oficer. who does not pretend to
bs q stylist Listen;
"You hear boom miles away. hard.
iy andible In the distance Then a
faint sigb. gradually rising to,a scream
as the shell whiszes toward you. Then
q nash. an immense crash ana the air
is 6lled with thousands OF bullets and
Jagged Jumps OF Iron, each making II
different sort OF shrieking noise. Then
phitphit-phit everywhere NJ they hit
the ground
-rhia h shrapnei. London Sketch.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-17
AERIAL TRAIL BREAKING.

Amazing Speed and Endurance OF the
Wild Swan In Flight.
1t is Impossible for one who has seen
only the common nuts swaps floating
about in the artificial lakes Of city
parks to imagine the grandeur OF a
nock OF the great whistlers In their
wild state. In "Wild Life and the
sight is one of the most impressive in
nature. As the huge birds rise into the
air ID seems an II an aerial regatta
were being sailed overhead. the swans,
each with wing spread Of six or sew.
en- feet, moving like yachts under full
sail.
Once the swans are fairly under way
their speed is amazing. nearly a hun.
dred miles an hour, and that. too. with
no apparent effort. Tor the slow wing
motion Is very deceiving. Their eD'
durance is as surprising a. their speed.
for they are said to travel q thousand
miles without alighnng.
The nocks are usually led BY an old
and experienced swan. and II h said
lhat aa nna haaamaa TRAD NJ leading
y. =, n,.n, hs .s,lsd .sss, Frat, hresS'
Ina h,s o,soa a. ,oLan n. ano,hs,
s' 80 s,.nn.. ., go, q, ,ha ,asI
and 20 ,ha. ra,,,nns nn,,, ,hav ,sach
.ho,. Sos.,.., ,,on ,h. .nn,.arn ,..d,n.
ro ..o,.Ss -, ~. ,.,a,s. 80 ~ ,na oos,harn
s.aa,n. -. 80 'ha samn.. o.
s,onam. ,pav 49,, 40 ,s., ,n On. ,sodon
-, 'na 80. 80. ~, nsn. go
oao Ill nr .hs,r wsv no-,n lace
snD,h'. @ - s,oa,oa -. NJ. ,ans
and moro ,hsn . nnndred vsre NV
son. ay,roord,n.r. m,schsncs carr,..d
"nar ,ha ,o,,s .nd r,I,sd ,n ,bs snro
,na % ,va,o-.
nho,has On. sw.,. ,,.o.,. IN an,
.,o.,", 20 %, ,ha,s .nr,rwsrS ,oar
~ a., y. So. .o,o.a .,os.,no
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On, o, Nav YORK, rloy a.r...s.

New York has some queer strscss.
and Edgar street is one OF them II
has been built up solidly on both sides
from end 10 end for perauops. bpt
Il has no numbers. ana no ops pyes W
H. ana no one does Dusipess tbsyA
rlr rtter cnri1er never stops. u has
nly one door aud that IL kept locked
ind never used Fifteen long steps
luke one along the sidewalk from ons
,nd Ia the other. Queer little thor
Oughrnre IL Edgar street. lying b.
tween broadway and the Hudson. be
low Rector street. In oldest old New
York. New York World.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-17

Sir George Jrevelyun told a curious
little nnecdote regarding nm interview
ne had once nnd with Thackerny The
novelist was engaged at the time In
writing THE Nirginians." aud In the
middle OF the conversation be com
menced 10 nsk each Of the young men
In the coInpany what was the greatest
length they had sgsr jumped. The
greatest jump claimed was twenty two
feet.
Well" snid rhackeray, then viii
make Washington jump twenty four.
So regulations sre made - London
Standard
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A RsuuInr 0addor.

A iadA bought somo furniture at an
auction saie in Glasgow tho other day.
On paying the porter she remarked:
Had known how dirty that furnI.
ture was ! would not have bought II"
"weet, ma'am." replied the porter.
1T wis the dirtiest hoose ever saw;
but. there. whit cud ye expect the mis-.
trees wis only Ht hnme' every Tuesday.
Ah ken IL fer fac. cause rcnd u on
q eaird I gat In that draw there
Glasgow News.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-17

We find that brass. and consequently
tin. existed In Tyre, the great seaport
town OF the Phoenicinns. on the coast
OF Syria, about 1000 q, G. They are
frequently referred to In all works re
iatng to tin or to Cornwall The phoe-
nicians were merchants and carried on
an important trade from the ports Of
Tyre and Sidon. These cities rivaled
each other In magnitude. fame and un
tiaulty
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-17
French Officers msds Thrifty

The French army officer has to be
a thrifty man to make ends meet on
his salary OF a very few francs a day.
and borrowing or running into debt
is an offense against military law. An
officer convicted OF debt Is suspended
by the war office for three years, and
at the end or that time his reinstate-
ment or dismissal from the service is
decided by a kind or court martial
comprising five officers or his corps,
one of them OF his own rank.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-17
The slok Man OF tho East.

The phrase "the sick man or tho
east" originated 10 speech OF Csar
Nicholas to tho British charge DAT.
fairss at st. Petersburg at the time OF
the Crimean war lie said: I'VE have
On our hands sick mnn. very sick
man. u would be great misfortune
n Que Of these days he should slip
away from US before the necessary ar-
rangsmsnts have been made" Argo
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-17

BInkS why where : the breakfastf
Mrs BinkS Hush denr' The cook ate
II lhnE- What! Ate u nllf Ma
BinkS >rs. dear. We mustn't say any.
thing mink cook l. Just the sort VI
woman VINO y0Dld 80 round and say
We starved our help. -Cleveia nj riain
Dealer
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DAY OF THE QUILL PEN.

When Writing Paper Was Poor and
Envelopes Were Unknown.
The constant mending required by
quill pens must have proved severe
trial IN the dnys when no others were
available, says the inpdon Chronicle.
Alexander l. OF Russia thought II nee
essary to employ n man whose sole
duty consisted In cutting pens lie
was required 10 have n supply OF not
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-07-17

At PaiDs~ick churrbyard, n pretty
spot between Stroud and Gloucester.
England. there nre nlnety'nlns ysw
trses. The hundrcdth always dies.
though il has been planted many times,
A local story eays tbgt when the
hundredth lives after II has been
planted the world will end"