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Thrilling Spectacles Pre'cnfd at the Natlonnl
Association s Tonranment. i
DENVER SHOWS HOW TO DOUSE A FIRE' '
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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
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"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
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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
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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.
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K J Si > k i.i Smith Dm ill i and nil uilur
( lruMIsts In Omaha , Kouth Oinalm , e. ouiu ll
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