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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1898)
TTTE mrATTA DATLV TTTTH nT , SRPTKM'llKH S , 1-SOS. \VOIlliOFTIIEFllOEX \ Thrilling Spectacles Pre'cnfd at the Natlonnl Association s Tonranment. i DENVER SHOWS HOW TO DOUSE A FIRE' ' I I 1'nlil fonipnii ) MnKr * n Hun ( lint v > rim Alinoit IniTrilllili olllli- trfrm Slum Ip SplriiilM 'I line In 'I lU'lr Ciinlrits. The second day of the National Tire- mill' association was an oven moro bill- llant success than wns the opening dn ) . What wlt'.i tiingnlfl. . cut races b ) the volun- tttr companies , exhibitions of fust coupling , a spectacular flro sceneIn which n practical exhlhl'ion of fire fighting wan given , thrillIng - Ing feats upon pompier ladders and the life line on n flve-ston building this was enough to furnish R program to satlsf ) the most fastidious crnvcr after spectacles A bli ; crowd was on hand and testified frc- qucntly to Its appreciation of the program i with cheers liven a more Interesting program Is to bo given dally during thd rest of the tourna ment Tor example , this afternoon two buildings will bo sot on fire anil two com panies will enter Into competition In ex tinguishing them The pompier and life exhibitions are also on the card rinnlly the fpcctntors will be given n chance to flc what Omaha companies can do , for Chief He dell will hnvn a local company on hand every day to give exhibitions Denver monopolized the spectacular portion tion of the program ) tnterday , all the i-x- hlbltlons In this line being given by mem bers of Its eompinles The most Interesting , probably , were the file lighting One of thethHt'story frame buildings , which had been plentifully soaked with oil , was sut afire and at once sprang into n hot blaze At the same moment the alirm sounded In the e-nglno house , the firemen sprang from the bunks and down thu poles , the hordes wore hltchcil nml the tmm dashes out It ran fiOO yarda to a hvdrant. In almost In- credlblo time the hose was attached n coupling made and the- water was plalng on thu blare The whole building was In sheets of llamo and It seemed lo bo doomed but the flro lidilles had the flro out In a moment Altogether , It was nn entertaining nml interesting spectacle 1'rom the tlrmi the gong struck until the water was started from the hdrant ono minute and ten seconds ends elapsed In two minutes and one second end after the gong Btnick the fire was out. The time is almost. Incredible. Mi-no Sliafiiiu'n ' I'nii. The thrilling event of the afternoon was nn exhibition on the life line given b ) Henry Shafnltt of the Denver team This llreman enl ) ten das ago was on n life line when It broke and ho fell flfty-tvo feet , alighting on his head His Jaw and nose were broken nnil for a tlmo It was feared ho would die Nevertheless , al though he Is considerably disfigured , he j J lias engaged In all the pompier work and I cither events In which his team competed j In the life rino exhibition Tlreman Shafnltt did not appear to have been at nil phased by his accident When ho reached the top of the SPV cut ) -two-foot structure on n pom pier ladder , ho hitched himself to the line nml coolly slid down This exhibition did not appear to fully suit him and ho give another. Another of the Interesting features was 11m pomplet climbing contest between the Denver and Kansas City companies The contest took i lace upon a structure sev enty-two feet high , the top of which rep- refuted the top of a fivo-story building Five men were allowed to a team The ladders , llvo in number , were r.id ! upon the ground At the ciack of the pistol a ladder was stuck through the second stor ) window , a Human scrambled up and was lundid a second ladder , which was thrown Into the third stor ) window by the flrbt climber The same performance was gene through nt each story until the last lad der was hanging from the top of the build ing and all five firemen wore clinging to the slender ladders These men tumbled or were pitiful upon the top of the building , 4he arrival of the last man ending the con test. test.The The Kansas City team gave a pretty ex hibition and did It In fast time Tin last man at the top landed exactly ono minute ml five seconds after the first man left the ground The Denver bos were evident 1) nervous and too anxious , occasionally slip ping In their eagerness to reach the top The tlmo they made was ono minute nine nml fou -fifths i socomls The pilzcs wore J7r. and J50 I ho races were no less Interesting than these spectacular events In the 100-nrd dabh , for example , the Judges declared the xv Inner to have made thi > time In n 10 Hat The company races were also elo e and botl ) contested nnil proved to be the pret tiest feature of the day The best was in Uie > platform hose race and the climax was reached In the final licit of this event , which was run to decide a tlo In this race the teims ran 200 ) arils to hdrant laid lf > 0 feet of hose , broke coupling , put on plpo and carried It to the top of the plat form sixteen feet from the giound I'lgh- totn inert were allowed to a company. There were three prizes of $100 , $00 and $40 and tlireo entries Hnrlan , In. , Mount Car roll , III , and Corning , la. 'I hi sight of the teams fivlng down the stretch , the quick work of the men In un reeling and hi ) Ing the hose and of uncoup ling , the quick climb of the man with the plpo up the ladder all this presented a re markably attractive ) spectacle and the run of over ) team was greeted with bursts of applause Harl in had thn first heat and inn do i magnificent run , the man climbing on top of the platform fort ) -five seconds after the Malt from the head of the course Corning did not run so well , but made quicker work at the coupling and climbing , almost making tip for the time the ) lost In running Their time ) was 1325 Mount Carroll , 111 , which Tiid never inn In such n race and was not oxpectcd to do much , proved to bo a dark horse 'Tho team imde n splendid run and completed Its work In 4 This left Harlan and Mt. Carroll tied for first money and the run off was the crack event of the da ) It was decided to tmke It n hub-and-hub heat and this enabled the spectators to ceo the two companies workIng - Ing against each other and also resulted In bolter time The two rivals came down the IpVvWVWV Wirwrv irvw v Nei soap can be ; any better than an absolutely pure soap. The mo t . . - e : toite't soaps arc not better th.in Wool So.ip A soap that won't shrink wool jnustbeab > > o- hitelj pure a bbolutcly free from in- jurioub in- jjredients. THE BEST SOAP FOR ANY PURPOSE - 1 POSE IS i I IT BWIMS "Wool Reap It an rsrellcrt urtlde anil t ry woman will to twin-nun ) l < r uilnz It " IlxiEVM lUltkrn TTMI Ntl\\ I TU ctrrtch ne ck and neck but about half way down the Iow tm commented to forte the front and rwirhwl the platform gevcrnl feet ahrad of thn llllnnl * rom | > ttn > It wm hero tlmt Mt Carroll showed UH mettle' llcaver M-t at work upon the couplln and proved tlmt bin reputation an one of the champion coupler * of the world In founded on good grounds Ho had the nozzle attachr-d before - ' fore the Iowa man although lie- started later and wtis half way up the ladder before the Harlan man was nt the foot. He t cached ( the top In the great tlmo of 10 2Tho lowniiH did not help their man with the hose and he drsl ted when ho saw that he ) was beaten. No time was announced for Harlan , but It would probably Imo reached thu top In 12 The race biotieht out the most tumultuous applause of the day. Mt. Carroll received first money , Harlan second and Corning third. lOUItllllK f'lintPStt Another event on the card was th single men's llfty-foot coupling content The con- I dltion * were Standing stnrt , run fifty feet J j with pipe , break coupling and attach nozzle There were- two prizes , the first a $25 gold , medal nml $20 in canh , and the second $10 t In cdth The entries'wero nine In number The Mount f'arroll team again came out on top in this contest II ri Wllor and i J H Heaver , both of the compati ) , made j ' n pretty run arid ns piclty work , making j I the tlmo of 0 01 1-5 This necessitated an- other contest to settle the tie and In this Heaver won In the time ) of 0 05 Mat , Wller being second with the time of 0 O.'i 1-5 The former consequently secured first prize ami the latter second The other contestants made the following lime C K Crane of tinVennllllon , S I ) , compan ) , 0 01 , C C PlKtnnn of the Marshalltovvn team , 0 05 , C. II Johnston of the Corning team. 0 05 1-5 , J V IIdcr of the Yolk , Neb , team , 0071-5 , Jesse Range of the rarmlngton , III . and H C mtt of Wahpcton , N I ) . both made errors In attaching the pipe Another Individual event was the ladder I climbing contest In this the climber stood i flft ) feit from the ? foot of the ladder At the slgnil ho ran fifty feet , climbed a | twenty-four-fnot ladder and grasped the top round The ladder was held In position 1 by four members of the ? elimb r's company at nn angleof not lebs than 45 degrees There were two prl/es a JITi gold medal and { 20 cash , and another of $10 In cash. There were nine entries Charles Abbott , the Polo , 111 , team representative , made i 1 the best time In this event , 0 03 1-5 and g-ue > .x pretty exhibition of climbing There j i , was a tie for seeond place between T " j | Aldrlch of Princeton and A. Oaber of Den- j I ver , both making 0 055 In the contest to break the tie the Denver man won seo- end money bv making the time of 0 0 > 1-5 I The Prlnrcton boy made the mark of 0061-1 The rem lining contestants made | I tlmo as follows W J Mmont of the Cen- trnl Clt ) , Cole , team , 0 OG 1-5 II Sillsbury of Keel Oak , la , team , 0 00 1- " P HHkc | of the Vermilion S D , team 0 OB 1Dan j j Shook of the Helolt Kan , team , 0 07 'J-r. | An Interesting 100-.irel race for thief * , i of volunteer eompanies was a. fast event , The entries were T II Hrackcn of the I Polo , 111 , company ; William McAllister of tlie > Central Cltv , Cole , compan ) , A. I. Mark-man of the Vermilion team , II K Wller of the Mt Carroll , 111 , team , W h j Dabler of Princeton , III , team , A. H i Turner of Corning , la , team , W. Ilirt of York , Neb , team. U was a hot race , but Hr.icken mode all the rest look like .1 bunch of 30-ccnt pieces Tbe time was antl nounced by the timers ns 0 10 , which Is not The Menzer Drill corps of Marlon , la , re peated Its drill at the eoncluslon of the program. llrnlM tinKioiiillKn. . Mr. A C Thomas of Mar ) vllle Tex , has found a more valuable discovery than hse. > ot be'ivi made In the Klondike Tor ) care Biifferol untold agon ) from consumption , iccompai led b ) hemorrhages , anj was ab- cured b ) Dr KlngH Now Discovery for Consumption , Coughs and Colds He de- "liroi tint gold Is of little value l.n com parison with this marvelous cure , wouid haveIt oven If It cent a hundred dollars a bottle Ahthma Bronchitis and all throat and lung affections are posltlvol ) cured b ) Dr Kings New Discover ) for Co"6tiniptlon I'r-al t-ottlee free at Kuhn it Co H drug store Regular size TOc and il On Guaranteed to DRUGGISTS DULY ORGANIZED TruiiNnilNHl * ! pi > ! \siot-liitloii of Itc- liillt-iM Pormi'il mill OlllcrrN ii < - itil fur I InTlmt' . At the meeting of the transmlsslsslppl diugglsts ) e'Sterday morning the committee nn resolutions reported , criticising the manu facturers of patent medicines , charging -them with having evaded the war revenue tax and forcing the druggists to stand the extra oxncnse , and alleging that In addi tion to thid the ) had raised the price on man ) of their preparations The resolution calls upon the manufacturers to restore the old price , and promises that the druggists attending this meeting will refuse ) to ills- It Ibutc anv 'noro advertising matter for those manufacturers , mid will discourage the use of the remedies prepared b ) those who refuse to compl ) with this request The ) committee' also cites the lack of organization and union among the i-etail druggists and recommends the foi matlon of a national dniRglsts' association , to which nil active letallers are ellglblo to membership It Is recommended tint the first nicotine of this association sb ill beheld held nt St Louis on the second Tuesday in Janinr ) , 1813 The meeting then began the consideration of Biil'iblo constitution and blaws for the new oipnnlzatlon , which was Interrupted by a de-clslon to go In body to visit the white lead works at I3ast Omaha At the afternoon session the druggists finished reading tbe > constitution of the na- tlomil organization and adopted It , after which the time for the first meeting was changed from the second to the fourth Tucs- dav In next Pebrunry. The election of otllccts for the new asso ciation followed with thU result President , N' A Kuhn of Omaha , sccretur ) , N. J. Hentlo ) of Oskaloosi , In , treasurer. Charles S Kllno of Denver , exfcutlvo committee , P H Ulllu of Oklahoma , P A Snow of To- peka. D O'Hrlen of Plattsburg , Mo , C. M Pord of Denver and A A. Hroadle of Wav- < erl ) la The executive committee was Instructed to prepare b-Inws for the association , teleport leport to the meotlng nt St Louis and to provide for such money as la needed for tin' present purposes ol ( he organization After Fame further discussion of the alms aud purpose's of the national association and the outlook for Its success the meotlng ad journed Last evening n largo per cent of the drug- kK'u took a ride up the Missouri river on thn steamboat and those who did not go ac cepted an Invitation ol the National White Lead works to attend freighton theater Toda ) at noon the visiting druggists be come tbo guests of the Omaha diuggists at luncheon nt i-he Mark- ' cafe on the exposi tion grounds and this afternoon the annual list of Kports under vho auspices ot the stiuu satiety will be pulled off on ' .he Grand Plaza > UINIIK | Man. Obedlih Peterson 60 ) ears old Is reported missing b ) his family from IH't Norm Nine teenth dtrtct Peterson went to the stable ) before dav light ) csterday morning to attend to his horse mid did not return at break- fart tune No truce of him was found at the stable und be line not beei stvn since lor broken surfaces , sores , lusi'ct bites , burns skin dlseaMos , and ospeotall ) piles there' is ono reliable remedy , DeWltt s Witch Hazel Salve When ) ou call for UeWltt's don t accept counterfeit or frauds You will not bo disappointed with DeNHtta Witch Hazel Salve. \VOJIAX \ AS AN OCTOPUS Prof. Wm P. Stewart of New York Given a Reception by Omaha Women. HE DELIVERS AN INTERESTING LECTURE " ' nllniMlv tnlH | < - ninrournr onPV I'rolilrin , UN Oppimlloll M oil li ) Mini nml \ \ ninnii III Il - cnurni' In I'till. Mrs. Prances M Ponl. president of the Ilureau ) of IMucatlon of the TranBinlBsls- slppl Imposition , assisted b ) many mcmbirs Of the Hconomlc Science bureau of the Woman's cftib of Omaha , ga\o a reception at her residence last night to the dlstln- gulshcd traveler and a tuar ) . Prof Wil liam P Stexxart of New York. In this re- ceptlon to the professor were ) Included Miss Theodora . C Wadsworth , head of the Woman s department , Mutual Mfe Insur- ancn lompany of New York , for loxxa and Nebraska , Miss Pa ) Puller , the talented > oung Journalist from Taeonm , Wash , rep- reaentatlxe ! of "The State" at the exposl- tlc Minneapolis Prof McWhood. representa- the exposition , and Dr Plckard , I'gptolo- gist , representing the University of Mis- sourl Prof Stewart had been Informed tint ho woul'd be e-xpected to BIIV something Interesting to woman and ho did not ills- appoint this expectation. After the usual Introductions and pleas"u antrles were Indulged In. and thpj were varied and man > , the hostess announced the pleasure of the ladles to hear the professor - fessor in the rromUed role of the ovenltiK lt IH needless lo tell the readers of The Ilee who have already had ampFo evidence- In ' Its columns of the profes or's popular- IIJ and ability , that his Introduction as speaker | ' was enthusiastic ally received and that hla Bpe ch was a revelation and a de- light to all present. Ladles of the Woman's Club of Omaha , Assocl-Uo Ouests and Visitors This H in ) first call be-foro woman as a body distinct ! ) dcilltiK | with the economic problems of life I have known of ) our advancement to tin consideration of all these problems , as b ) ) ourselvcs and of ) otirselves , and In the character of teachers and learneis , but aside from reading newpaper reports of ) our de- llbcritlims and conclusions I have no actual knowledge of ) our existence When the honor of this reception was tendered me j was therefore openl ) and secretly pleased Openl | ) because of the fresh experience that was to be mine in Identity with the great current of this centur ) and secretly because of ( the manner of Its statement Your brll- llant | | hostess , In her gracious endeavor to rcmove > from m ) mind an ) sense of special obligation and to comfort me with a proof of ( the ease with which I might address you , said "You will be received under th auspices \ of the Department of Social Kco- nomlcs of the Woman's club of Omaha which has ] for Its province the entire social ques tion It Is comprised of bright minds , of course , and of earnest and dexoted workers and embraces In Its membership the most thoiotighly womanly representatives of our elt ) Hut .vou need not worr ) over the fact ol ) our invitation or conceive youiself a thus called upon to makei some wpcclally brilliant effort because as under the burden of some specially conferred honor ' 1 his Is the time and circumstance of the Trans- mlssNslppl Exposition IJverybody comes here and wo are. on a watch for every man and woman who can contribute a ray ol light In any direction , for In all directions Is the vvotnin seeking and of all things U she anxious to know. This department ol our club , then , Is simply to bo regarded as u great human octopus , which stretches out Its tentacles In every direction and gathers In all within their reach You happen to be In the city and within reach As others were found you havp been found and ) ou will have to submit with the best grace ) ou imy for from this octopus there Is no escape , because , as jou understand. It Is .1 woman " ( Laughter ) I said in the beginning that I was both openly and seeretly pleased with the tenor of this honor and I will now tell ) ou why "hccretl ) ' The Idfn of n woman octopus was to mo new and delightfully suggestive. Ihe vision of lieliig sought out and gathered in ly her tentacles was the very opposite of that associated with the creature itself is ) et in Its primary stages of evolution , ( daughter ) Hut then came the question of the sub- | ect. for I was expected nfter all to make ) ou something of a timely talk , and herein la ) in ) ical difficult ) In my dilemma , I turned to a lady friend and asked her on what topic I should predicate in ) dlseourse She replied , In the American fashion , "on what lines are ) oii usually most Inspired' " I r'piled , promptly , on those lines I know the least about "Then give us a talk on woman , she said " ( Laughter ) Ladles , of these suggestions Is my theme tonight I shall talk to ) ou about 'Woman as an Octopus " ( Sensation. ) The first vlow of my subject la naturally suggested by Its title , and the popular understanding of the nature and powers of the octopus. It Is not for you , sensible women that ) ou nre , to learn from me that there Is n large element of my sex who without this distinction by title , neverthe less regard ) our present Irruption Into their work domain na of the nature of the oc topus Stand with me. If ) ou will , n fexv moments , and let U8 nee from the point of view of the man what you have done , and what ) ou are seeking to do , and let us see If our title ) has not something of a fact , n significance , playfully assumed though It be You have becomes ministers , plDslclans and lawers , and ) ou aspire to become statesmen You have become ar tists , authors and journalists , and you aspire to become flnanclcis Dentistry , pharmacopla and the applied arts have sue cumbed to ) ou Your sex la already legion in the minor avocations of trade , of In dustry and commerce You preside over the transmission of thought from the telephone to the typewriter You are traders , mer chants and capitalists and nil this as a competitor of man Per ) ou ore not doing this with the thought of him , as your Jective , or goal new planned. You are not seeking to amass a fortune that ) ou may marry a dependent You are not seeking to heroine famous that ) ou ma ) marry a no- bed ) . You are not seeking to Invest ) our self xxlth nil the graces that ) ou may re- tlcct them on the untrained ns a lover. Still , If ) ou love. It must be a man who can command ) our deference If ) ou marry It mus > t bo with an equal of ) our fortune , or with one who can take ) ou from your subjection lo labor and Invest jou with all , at least , that ) 'ou would have won for ) ourself This H where the nature of the octopus would appear Men cry out upon your present agitation and aggression as against the debtroer They say that ) ou are mur dering love , that } ou arc pulling down the walls of home and burying the cradle They say that ) ou are unfair In ) our , method , astray In ) our movement and reek- le-ss of consequences that ) ou nre being supported by them while ) ou plan their undoing that ) ou have been given a larger basis of culture at the cost of their loving elenlal only to employ It aa a gift ungrate- full ) empoe ! > d against the giver. They fay ) ou compete in prices of service while winning preference by ) our beauty of at- ttro and ) our charm of sex and despair ingly they cr ) out "What Is to become of us1 * ' Do > ou think this Is not pa That It Is but of mv tongue onlv ' and not of tin- later and now impending crluls * Think of the rendition of till nun when homos commit nuk-lde , when uitirol families deliberately die In sin h a ell ) as New York becnupo the husband and father thp hitherto recognlied bread wlnne > r cannot win the sutflclcnt support of n home1 as against the competition of the ono who strives but for himself As of the surface , man's arraignment of NOU would apt ear to b" just. Hut let the man now cross over and Judge as from i jour | olnt of view. So much , at least , ho must accord ) ou at the start All of the rights of individuality. \ll the opportunities vouchsafed by na ture. ture.All All the equalities of orde- . It Is useless to consult the past. It Is of no authority here. The Twentieth century Is lo be a closing In of nnothcr cell of the nautilus , from which It xvlll have removed n to Its later-fashioned and larger cbttm- Der Hut , as In the case of the ! ntiultru * . I whoso closed In chamber will have made I J for buoanc ) , the dead last has made for I progress It Is here I turn to the "Woman" [ In my title ? There Is alwns the dead In the path of lircigress There nre nlxxas the dIng nt , the threshold of suceesi Tin * first thought of . existence is war The veiv Irat of the lieart Is strife The contention Is for self The consciousness of Individuality once [ join Is nllvo forever , and the primary nn- turc ; of life Is the eondltlon of an endless struggle. Woman ean no more declare a truce than man , no more surrender her In dividuality than he. no more resignedly ne- ex-pt death Man has no right to deal with her ns the Individuality nxxalloxvcd up In the generality of her seNor Is the Banltv moro apparent of tlu > social throe that would seek the obliteration of the Individual In pome law-bound " ) tcm of sonal rs'exa- tlon and equation It Is not the dead lexe-1 of the sea thaii. otlrs us to the- more of llfe > . but Its currents and tumults It Is not 'he na that reaches of the earth that Inspire ) us the more , but Its dlversit ) Into moun tain ! and valle ) . Thus It Is with the ques tion before us Nature abhors the common place Kvcrjxxhcro she IH bent on the dif ferent i and the something better. She strlxes ! not for the one. but for the man ) , and ) ct It Is nlxxay In the one that she uproars ' , and .though her Ideal Is nlwas a composite mind , a blended soul , It is never is the blur of the nnmy , but nlwas as tbo lUtinctlvc One The tlmo has come when woman Is no longer to be Judge'd b ) her skirt , but by hu Individuality SheIs determined to bo the " 1 am ' of the kingdom of self and to be rccognl7cd as an ontlt ) In this she cannot bo regarded as in the wiong As men , we feel this anil acknowledge the Justice , and ) ot wo know that It Is an admission that mtifct nccessarll ) restate the Industrial , if not thn social , relations of the sexes. Hut lot us look forth from the standpoint of the woman. Horetofoie the goal of her sex has been marriage The hope and 10- nianecof the Individual has been the coming of the disguised prince This condition of things no longer satisfies , because of the more complex relation of life , because of the larger disappointments and vicissitudes ex perienced b ) those who miss the step in the progress of events It has been the law of her sex that the ) oung woman must wait for the lover , and waiting hts not brought him to the arms of all who would have w l- comed him The failure In this respect nab been a growing one , the consequences to the expectant unlden the moro and mom serious with ever ) decade. Tor the ) oung woman to miss marrlago was to miss the freedom of her sex , the proper fullnes' of UH life , and ) et the man who failed to ap pear seemingly missed nothing. Tor the waiting maiden there was alwas the scarecrow - crow of the old maid that cruel butt of , those xx ho had been safely gathered into the marilago circle , or of those who A indered yet in its outljlng gardens of courtship , Tor the old maid , there was simply the iosltlon of the hanger on , but for the b.ich- tor old man there was ahvajrf the inde endenco of the world's recognized breud x Inner. Heroin lies the ( secret of the pres- nt conflict. All the science of our day argues the necessity of building guaran- ccs with respect to the future , and woman ias caught the eue and Is reaching out for icrself. Her stor ) of nce > d Is as pitiable na hat of man's , her light to work IK as old us his , her ability to achieve to equal ' Hides may bo still In doubt , but her right : o climb cannot be gainsaid If she were auro of marriage , she xvould still prefer to jo the genius of the bome > the first to min ster at the cradle , the last to linger at thu ) ler Dut In the present age of literal rela tions she sees the necessity ot a double luallflcatlon that of being able to care for self primarily , and that of so qualifying icr understanding that she may be the truer wife and the happier mother At pres ent , there Is open to her enl ) the avenues to compensation and to competentas laid out by man , and in her rush along these , berne as she is b ) the growing number of her SPX , she Is recklessly and helplessly his competitor. She Is a crowd that begins to flatten him against his own door post , and In the crush surely some will die Hut the old maid xxlll have ) been rescued , and thu hitherto wall-flower of unmarketable beauty will find herself a vigorous and fragrant floxver of successful Industry. Hut of the woman aa an octopus let us Indulge a clon ing word. Of every form In nature there Is the antithesis , or other extreme , and In the human germ there is conserved all that has gone before. Hitherto man has been the octopus , whose tentacles have gathered In the world. In life's earlier history ho luikcd viciously In the depths , like his prototype of ni ) te\t , but of this century he has been only as the broadening spirit of benlgnlt ) , that sought only that he might bless , and of this fact In the present growing enfran chisement of woman. Is woman , then , not her nexv found power to be first the octopus viciously lurking In the depths' Or Is she to be the still farther evolution of the spirit of benignity' ' I should say her present un rest Is the sign of a larger general life- btrth , her present outreachlng but the yearn ing of n grander motherhood that will not enfold to devour but to nurse. Ladles. I thank ) ou. Mrs. Pord and gen tlemen , I have the honor. ( Applause ) AK-SAR-BEN'S COUHT IS OPEN Mi'i-r > - ilomiroli tlrrrlv a % mnl > r of i-rn \fli-r PnttliiK 'I'lle-m tO II I'fU 'I'l'HlH. There are so man ) men who want to bo numbered amonR the Knights of Ak-Sar- Bcn before the autumnal festival begins that It Is necessary to hold two Initiation * a week nowadays The second meeting of the knlghtn this week occurred at the Drn last night and was a marked success. Sir Knight Helmet t had nturnej from a long pilgrimage and was again on hand to see that the ceremonies went nlth a vim and a snapMnong Mnong the Initiates were about fifty visit- Ing county ofllclalB lucre were sheriffs from frontier counties v no learned what n real realistic hanging looked like , and theie were1 a few dozen county commissioners who were shown many new kinds of county roads and bridge * In addition to the visit ors there were about a score of local clt Izcns present to suffer tbo hardships and enjo ) the pleasurable aftermath of the in Itlator ) ceremonies The cool weather only added ze t to the indoot aports on the pro gram and those who complained of feeling , cold bad It made warm for them before leaving tbo Den. The ( Irand court ot tn hxpoiltlon Is wonderfully beautified at night. No picture of It Is so grod ns The Ileo pho togravure Stop at The HOP oBlce- for one cnu tome others. Three for tn cents. AGREES IB A REVENUE BILL' ' Association of County Oommissionera nntl Olerks Adopts n Measure. HAS | | , \ ALREADY BEEN DEFEATED ONCE Sllli-illllltr eifTi-rt-il lit flu * Init M' * lo for tin * I'ltltnul Illll \\lll litVuulii I'rc-it'titvel for l'n - iinili > ( ho * te vt l.fulilitlin i- . The ( .aunty rexenue bill presente-d In the lexlsliture two ) ears ago b ) n committee of the Nebraska Association of Count ) Com missioners and Clerks ns it substitute for hou ) e roll No 217 ( the Pollard hill ) , and ii'ccntl ( ) amended b ) a special committee , was ogree'd upon ) tsterday afternoon by the conxentlnn . of county commissioner ) nn 1 will be . ' . presented at the next session of the leg islature for enactment Into laxv The present legislative committeexxkleh lias been work- Ing ( . on the bill , consisting of Commissioners leckman of Lancaster , Hegiey of Sarpv , Young of Cass , O&trom of Douglas and John- on of Madison , to bo augmented by live I I nore . , Is to look after It and see tint It gets hiough ' j I . When Commissioner William I Klerstcad , of Douglas cotintv cnll"d ilni meetltiK of , I he btnte association to older > esterdiy at 2 p in In court room No. 1 nt the couit | louse . full ) two score of toniinlssionera and clerks ' from various pails of the state were Heated Pollowlug is the list of those msc'iit Supervisors C L Alexander andlll llrookley . of Adams MipeixlMir J A Mers of Untie r , Commlssloiiirs S H Mooiehead 1111 ] ! L I ! Hrl.ui and Clerk II. N Lehr of He one , Commissioners J P. Palter eind coigo \ \ \ening and I ( I llujos and Clerk James Ilobeitson of Cas * Clerk ( Jeorge C Hllle of Dakota. Supeul'ois 13 W Hooker , W H. Mead and S \ \ lloyd and Cleik C A Manx Hie of Dodge Commisslon- crs W 1 Klerstiad Thomas Hoi tor , II K Ostrom. A C Hnrte , Peter llofoldt Cleik D M Hnxerl ) niul ex-Commlsslone I t ! U \\llllnms of Douglas , Commlsfilemir I 11 Sullivan of Oreele ) , Commissioner Pied Hcckman and Clerk A M Tilmlde- Lin- caster , Commissioner Mai Ion Ple of P.ixx- nee , Suicrxisors Peter Hinder and John \\lgglns of Plattc , Supervisors J.icub Dacch- "j , W W Jenno and Joseph Preikilek of Hlchardson , Ccmmlssloneis M J Connor nnel , Dun Hegley of Sarp ) . Commissioners Charles P .loncs nnil John Calllcs of Stanton - CIn ton , Commissioner W C Uceis of Tbavei , InSi Supervisor H Hrrderson of Washington and SiSi SupeivUor James Sturgeon of York. \Vi-lromr anil | ( I'NI IINC. Mayor Moorcs made' oue > of tils charac teristic olf-hand addtecscs of welcome , ex tending cordial ! ) tbo hospitality of the city , to which tbo president of too nssoJntlo i , Pred Ik-ckmun of Lincoln , responded as fol lows On behalf of the association I thank. ) ou ver ) much for the warm Invitation jou have extended to us to enjo ) the hcspltallty of ) our beauliful clt ) , a elty of which you amf all Nebraska ma ) feel piottd T ent-eight ) ears ago when I first erossed the Mlssouil rlxer nt this point Omaha was no moro than a meie village but toda ) It Is one of the1 leading cities west of the Mississippi and Is characterized by Immensu packing bouses , smelters , wholesale hous.es nnel scores of fac tories U Is remaikablo hoxx , In so short a time a city like this could be built up , nntl It certnlnlv speaks well for western push and entcrptlfcc Who u lew ) cars ago would have thought there would bn such a splendid exposition here , such ns the present one , to which people from all over the countiy and even from all parts of the world , come nnil sec Its marvels , learn Its object lesson and note the wonderful progress of the transmls- sisslppl ! countr ) * The TransmlsslBsIppI Ex position but Indicates the stamp of charac ter ' our people of Ne-bfiKkn possess the people ple of Omaha In particular , and shows what pluck and effort can accomplish with the many and varied resources we have In bu- Lalf of the association 1 take pleasure In accepting ) our geniioUH invitation and we expect to respond to It by the business done at our Bothering In nuih o wa ) tbut the best inteicsts of the whole state will be served , and that this meeting will reflect further credit upon jour splendid clt ) An invitation to visit South Omaha and see Its big packing plants was then ex tended b ) Miler Hnsor , who supported South Omaha's claims by a formidable arra ) of business statistics , showing what t Is capable of In Ita particular lines of ndustr ) and trade In a ) e > ir The next Invitation came from Chairman William I Klerstead of the Douglas county boird. In a cordlaf welcome to the county , n which ho extended the glad hand to all .ho visitors. h informed tlinn tint the Knights of Ak-Snr-Rcn expected tholr ap pearance during the evening for a free In- tlatlon. After a brief explanation of the elnracter and purposes of that organiza tion , its main object being the advancement of Omaha , the invitation was accepted by a vote of thanks Uiter It was decided to meet at the court house nt 7 JO p m and , o to the Den In n body. " the lirieiiup Illll , Thn entire ) afternoon was devoted to a reading of the county rcvinue bill The last meeting of the association was In Orand Island In Pebruary last. 1 his Is not the annual gathering That will beheld held at Lincoln In Pebiuar ) next , whllo the legislature Is in session. The part c- uTar reason for the gathering here ut this tlmo was to take advantage of the expo sition and settle upon the revenue bill Secrctar ) Will Hrookley of Hastings was assisted by the county clerks present In the reading of the bill , ono after another , for , though It Is about one-fourth tbo length of the original Pollard bill. ) et It required between txxo and three hours to read it over Other than a fexv questions asked during the course of the reading there was no discussion and , on motion of Commissioner Harto of Douglas , the hilt was adopted without change To epitomize the bill bilefi ) , It provides for The assessment of all property , real mid personal , nt Its cash valuation , the exemp tion of all public propert ) , a. limitation to tbo exemption of church propert ) , which Is not to exceed 1.12x175 feet In tltlep , towns and villages eind tbiee acres elsewhere , the Muting of all real and personal property bn- txxrcn January 10 and May 20 of each ) ear , rallioad prrperty to be assessed ut Its actual value , assessors to actually view iind de termine the- value of nil property If possi ble , count ) boards as boirds of equalisation to meet In June annually and revise assess ments , such boards to modlf ) of tluli own volition an ) assessment considered fiaudu- lent or erroneous without having to xvait for complaint to bo made , property to be equal ized In 11)00 ) , PiOl and every four years there after state board of tax commissioners to consist of the governor , attorney general auditor , treasurer and Huperlntende-nt ef public Instuctlon , its especial duty to see that nil railroads and other corporations are fully taxed , each county in the state to be vlniifd by at least one member of the Btato board as often us once ever ) two ) ears county tax to bo limited to 8 mills on the dollar , state tax to 1 mill , school tate r > mills and municipal tax to 2 mills , seho I tax limitations to bo groeled for cities of tbo different classes according to population The meeting this morning Is to boglu at 8 a m. A paper will be read by Commis sioner Doctor of Douglas on good iciadti and the question of hoxx to gave bridges and minimize the damage caused l trai - tlon engines running over them will betaken taken up and discussed This afternoon and evening the visitors expect to spend at the exposition , tickets having been fur- nlshcd them at the Ak-Fnr-Hen entertain- incut Fast night Ihe state association met for a three session A Missouri farmer flgtire-s that In order to properly cultivate forty acres of iorn he > must walk 700 miles during the Ki > ison , not including the gathering. IICARU ABOUT TOWN. 1 Ilinr > P 1 nib of thin cllv his Ju t re f tumid from nn extended trip through the west In which various parts of the Mite * of W.vomlng. I'tnli. Idaho , Montana Prepo t | and \\ajhtneton were ) visited b ) him. lli < reports ; , Hint bunliccs was never better In these stntrs and Hint times and tnti'e ' nre In i thW > Fhnpe1 There' have bei-n peed crops In I Washington and Oregon and through 'ho valley countries of the on tire west With a coed i price for farm products the farmers will I have an abundance' of money with winch | to pay oil mortgages and debts He ! f.iva that the Omaha exposition bus been thoroiifiMv advertised In the wct and . Is highly appreciated. 'I ho low rate of I eent per mile bronchi many wos-onors to the great fair nil of whom are talking uf Its magnificent success "If the nllroads between Montana and Omaha will innko another cent a mile rate and advottUe the excursion I II bet the Dig Timber Uxpress that we'll bring down three times ( as many people' ns we' did to eele- I brati' Montana da ) " said WnPor AltVen of | HR ) | Timber , Mont , the editor of the Weekl ) I Kxprejs of that place' , when asked If he j thought man ) more people from Montana | would attend the exposition Continuing , he said "The show In slmplv magnificent and far surpasses mv expectations \ \ hen the ' 800 people from Montana now hero got bac k i and ] tell the lest of the folks about the e-x- i HiMtlon the tallroads will be Ima ) hauling | hem here Auv time In September or Oc- ober that the rnllranels will tniKc the rate' A 111 see n crowd of over " ,000 Montana peo- de down here " IViMiiuil I'm n i nplii. Ilor J Sterllnr Morton of Arbor Ledge U i visitor In Omaln Congicssman Ssimtiel Maxwell of riomont iviis In the cltv viMerdn ) C D Ilrnv and C H Cass of Lvnn , Muss , are attending the ) exposition Ml'i cs S ullo liurnbam mid Putnam of . .imoln spent ) cstordav afternoon In Omnhn J } ' Dow of the Clrevnlleld Tninsciuit Jreentt'ld , la. , Is visiting Archibald Aeho nan . , William H Shen , John Carr mid He i ' 'nlie , ' ) of Columbus , Ind , are doing the e . | t- sillon Pi .ink Yntes of Lincoln pissed through Omnba josterda ) nfternoon on his wn ) e is- til lollogo Mis Hello Htitterfield of Knobnoster Mi Is the Miost of Mr J. L. Welshan1' , 1GJ 1 Centei strcvt Miss Iliii.of Lincoln who Ins been vl'lt Ing V.lss luke ) , rotuincd homo on Tins dav aftcinoon Daniel Hattm , Jr , ictuined to Lnfa'ctti college1 Kistiin Pa , )08tcrda ) afternoon to enter hit Junior ) e\ir Ralph L Shcpard son of Dr Shep.it d , of Compan ) f ! , tiocond Nobiask.i volunteers , is sick with fr.ir nt LIs home H II Heardsloy and wifeof Salt Lnko Cltv arrived In Omnh i ) pntutdn ) for u shot I seaicin of exposition sight seeing f.V Studobaler and wife of Orecnvlllo O . tire taking In the exposition ami are * the guests of thill slslei , MIR C A McClnic Mr mid Mis p Iiureklinlti'i and daughter Hlnncbo ofhlto Cloud Kan nni visiting with Mrs Hutmnker nt 2'H2 Charles stieet H H Holes of Waterloo , la , a nephew of the forrnor governor of that stateIs .it- tending the exposition , accompanied b ) Mn | i Holes i | Mrs D C Dunbnr and Miss lennlngi of 1 Silt Like Cltv , Utah will bo the g lest ol Mrs V Lewis on Wilt htieet fet several wee'ks John , Tre-d , IM , W. I and Rn.vmond Hell nro a party of young men from 'labor , la , who came to Omaha ) esterdny to visit the expositor The Mlnsos Lula and Abblo IlTtiam of Rockp rt Mo have returned to their home titter spcndinir a v cck visiting Mis T I" Sanders and the exposition Robert McCord of St loseph , Mo , and Prank McCord of pueblo Cole are visitIng - Ing the exposition with their wives The ) niu brotheiH of Hal McCord of this city W 13 blimp of Aniorn , bend of tinRoval Highlanders in this state , pashcd through Omalne ) osterday on hi" wav to Madison , where he will offlclato tonight In the Initia tion of Son itor Allen into the Hosieries of that o-dci SUIK ilntendent Penise has receiver ! word tint his mother Aitlnr , who w.u left bihind i.t riilckamnuga on account of Illne-s when tno Second Nebraska volunte-cis returned to Omaha , Is doing nlcel ) Ho Is still veiv ill , hut his condition is not seilous Hi' is In the Sternberg hospital Nebrasl ans at the hotelsW R Mno e. Claiks , C Hraeko and r H MiiicU'iili. ! ' Pali bill ) H A Pasennlk , Norfolk T R Ma on Pally City , Ml mid Mr A J Sinniiinn Alliance , P H Janett Ci aw ford John Keith , Sutherland , C C CJoodilihind wife , Cedar Rapids Charles Pierre , Tei'iim sell I * D Craw ford. ( Jeieva Ud llonneai' mid wife , Tokfrnnh , R. P. Potter and J Wright , Red Cloud. Hvrv xxo'Mftn xv can a crown wlte' n HIP mother of liriltliv lubv The motlu r e < f ' ' * baby bc.u u ity vumm to .le- . ili ful b Molf w h v'l d < t .1 mother hc 11 1 > < Tlipvvom.inxvlm t U el the 11 lit can of licrni If il ifii" the iiuuit H juoitditiK ma tctnity nt.iv test conti nt In the ns- turaiico that her bal v will be , i Bluing : , health ) , h > ppv one flu * woman who -uf fir * frotn dim- elcts of the < " > - tlnctly fetn-ii m elnrltti : t'tls ' et't'cil ' period atul fi Is to te ott to the t'j'tit ' tintcelj i" prttU sure to h.ive a puny jKi\ ' h , McUv lubv , burn into the w t rhl \ \ th tin i cd-uif vvi ik ness nml ( IK.f-e air uh imi'liiiitnl I" in littU bmlv 1H I'll rev's i'txoiitc 1're- m.ription is tin be t of all mtillciiu's lor piospretl\e mothirs H hnp.uts lu.ilth. sttinctliior. ! . anil c'a't'clts ' ' to the ill It c.ite anil import-iiit orgiitH that bur tlic btnnt of motherhood It prep ire * u wo mm for the turn of ft 111 .ml elitiRir It strciii'thetHiitiel tnvii < rute" . atul itistinsthe' perfiet willlieiiu " > ! .ibsohitc hialtb of both mother ami cliilil H docs aw u'tu the iip.itami liucs of the fnUtcsttnq ; pc tinil It nukes sure an ample nnpplv of nourishment for the little new conu r It transforms wi.ik sickh , nervous and do sponiknt invalids into health ) , In ] py vvivis > tul mothers Tlionsnmls of bonui toUuU tubitt otur i.imo to tiv but for a btief Hi ) i-id thin die , now bless this won tkrful imiliiini for the fift of happy , health ful lubii" The ilo.ilerwho tr-eh to pcrstmlc von to take semi other medicine than tint jolt ast for insults voi r inti llliji nco "Tin tiri-tdiKlur- Tin isCitv lolil nir Hint linlcsi 1 went to tin timpit il nn I liitd nil i , n tiiin IK i fat mill I i 'nil ii"l bv < - ' writes Mi s Pi nihu.illmuiv Hi \\ililir Jolmwn lei i ; nis "I liul uUcintli n nnilrntloit , nml iaili montli \\oiil I ci-t down in tifil mil mnrr nspuh ( rii t fii'fiir liiniri I our IxittUsof juir 1 .iv in itc I'lf rlpl nn cnrnl me " } -or coilstipitu u lr I'urcc l'cllct . The 1) . S. GOVERNMENT wants alronir ncn In Us serv.ie.ith ono in- cordt'ieAr ) nnel Navy endoiso llAiC-tll N as rjfVl the greiie t k n o w n yt , - " MreiU' ie < r inv foratNt or and rfirullve H e rc iti-s solid 'li.h mus- i lo u ul siren th i > irs the brain , si eiiKt i ns ttio in rvi s n il e lu es the ( 'em n live oririinsto qu'il.lv ' re-tai 11 i lr norm - m il powir-i. 1 or m iv- in s prosli it'nn ' , ovri- wirtc , 1 it ilu 1 vlt il v' In el hi-rifcx , ori'X cso ' use nf o.dutn liquor or ti b i ) U p sitivi Iv i iimot I o i X-1 1 il Ono box will vi nU i n'tis .Six w ll en ' It tlt-lirN is foi sileh > iilldnii'sists , < 1 < > i il > - 1 < is. Bin-rut i. Oi loittom mus'tio.nuieii ! rill out n il null iMtiio eli tgit tlss loi-i Jnoueli liox.u d wo will fcivo vour ci s. clil ntton- tion without exrn elnrgO. 1 AU HI3N Is pro p-in , d b ) IljilnurO H nsnn. Ph I ) , H S , di re t trom tin ) formula ot U K Iliirton , M l > . ' Moluul's m i-t , enl cut specialist. Mailed in closed P iclt rc' "n ri i olpt f prl > a. lRb.lJAK10N ANPiin.V ON. t)1 ) Uir-Uuu lllocU. e lovolnnd. O For Milo b ) Kuhn & Co , 15th and t > oug Ins. J A I'lillei A. Co , 340J Doiml n hi. mid ( Jtalmin imig Co , nth mid lainain. King I'liiiimaev , JTtli nml li nvi iivvu Hi. ' ) riuiiin.il ) "Ith ind I.i iviiiwuih. K J Si > k i.i Smith Dm ill i and nil uilur ( lruMIsts In Omaha , Kouth Oinalm , e. ouiu ll Uluffs I HI tU < il\ i 'i 11 - ntiy MitTi ri r In i plfUn - nli il in li pn I'll I'K < nix rl | II ii vlih ft II ilii 11 lion * I ir u qin K | rl\nlii ir ' r I t Mnnl' * l , v 'it .1. .H NI M , u [ li 11 in umrll Winlcl 1'nrn Wrlrmrt' iMi II Urluli Mnil.- Mi Mlrli For Infants and Children. . ' . . r.R.-.k - : r.s.Mfla fc - dft Mft- iThe Kind You Have . . . S. tTTrHl m - ANtgclnblcPrcparationforAs- I. in. r fr T tTT - Always Bought slmllatlng tkrotxiflnriRcguLi- tiqg tlic Stomadis ondBoweb of Bears the Signature Promotes Digcslion.CheerfuJ- F ncss and Rest Contains neither Onmm.Morphine : nor Mineral. I of Nt NARCOTIC. it sfl * Stnna * JMUtSJti jtiuit Stiff . fiid Suonr Apcrfrcl Hcrnccly forConstipa- lion , Sour Stomach , Diarrhoea , Worms .Convulsions .Fcvcnsh- For Over QCSS and Loss OF Pac Stmltc Signnlurc of c 4 > T & Thirty NEW VORK. i i t EXACT COPT OF WnAPPEB. & Tur ctrir * n COTI ANV nrw ton * CITY y. ttgr 'THE BEST , AYE , THE CHEAPEST. " . AVOID IMITATIONS OF AND SUB- ' SITUTES FOR