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BOmfi HOVE 11 A fD OF flBERCULOlti CHILPREn
A woman's club lias been organized
at Dunbar.
Article of incorioration for a now
bank ai Florence have been filed.
Unite Reamer, a deserter from the
regular army, wus arrested at Nebras
ka City.
H. F. Hutching, living In tho eastern
part of Gage county, was found dead
in bed by his wlfo.
Irrigators around Scott's Bluff have
declared agalust the Raymond bill
now :u llie slate legislature.
Henry A. Schrooder, a blind resi
dent of Pouea, dropped dead while
riding- in a wagon with his nephew.
It. Adair lias been elected prcs
blent of the City National bank at
Kearney to succeed tho late Georgo
,Mlsner.
Mrs. Clara C. Coleman of Beatrice
has sued Albert Looper for JlO.Ono,
charging he sold liquor to her hus
band. Tho vlllngo of Hampton, Hamilton
county, is suffering from an epidemic
of smallpox. The town has been
quarantined.
The implement house of Jacob
Srhurk, nt Blue Hill, was totally de
stroyed by fire. The building and
stock were valued at $S,000.
The civic federation of Hastings re
organized after two years of existence
und has changed Its by laws to permit
participation in political campaigns.
O. K. Turner, who was run down
by a Missouri Pacific train In the rail
road yards at Omaha, and killed, re
sided in Fremont until five years ago.
Fruit growers nenr Arlington are
rejoicing over the cold weather, as It
has set back the buds and the crop
Is safe for the present
II. B. Troxol, until recently a resi
dent of Beatrice, died at his homo nt
Lincoln of paralysis from a blood clot
on the brain caused by being kicked
by a horse several weeks ago.
A. Burrows, a prominent farmer
living near Ashland, lost a $2,500 au
tomobile and $1,500 worth of grain
and stock by the burning of his barn.
At the monthly competitive drill of
Company C held In Beatrice, James
A. Shultz won the Colby gold medal
after fifty minutes' of drill In which ho
did not make an error.
The public schools were dismissed
at Nehawka one afternoon recently
to givo tho pupils an opportunity to
witness the discharge of a big "dirt
blast" at tho quarrtos.
The city council has passed reso
lutions submitting to a direct vote of
the people of Ashland at tho spring
election the question of issuing saloon
licenses for the coming year.
Congressman and Mrs. Pollard had
expected to start from Washington
for their home at Nehawaka imme
diately after inauguration, hut will bo
detained probably two weeks.
Kxtenslve preparations are being
mado for the annual meeting of the
Southeastern Nebraska Educational
association, which will bo held in
Beatrice March 31 and April 1 and 2.
Jurgnn Relmers, of Syracuse was
seriously injured while taking a bar
rel Into his cellar, the barrel slipping
and rolling over him, breaking his
collar bone and seriously injuring his
sp'.ne.
By the narrow margin of one vote
Hastings won in the contest with
Lead, S. D.. for the next biennial dis
trict convention of tho Woodmen of
the World, for tho states of Kansas,
Nebraska, and South Dakota.
The parsonage adjoining the Sev
enth Imy Baptist church, a few milcr
northwest of Humboldt, was de
stroyed by Are, which it sup
posed came Irum sparks settling on
the roof.
Mrs. George Ahlschwede of Hebron
had on limb amputated below the
knee In a Lincoln hospital. Treaflng
a corn caused infection resulting In
gangrene and nu immediate amputa
tion was necessary to save her fife.
Two men representing themselves
to be Union Pacific surveyors drove
from Ashland to Lincoln through a
storm. By many It Is though they are
right-of-way men going over tho pro
posed Omaha-Llncolu cut-off of the
Vnlon racille.
J. S. Slarrett, who ws killed dur
ing the tornado at Brlngley, Ark., was
slate mnnager frr Arkansas of the
Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber
Co. of Omaha. He leaves a wife, one
daughter ami two sons, all of whom
escaped from tho fury of the storm.
Stanley D. Img of Huntley, a mail
clerk from Omaha to Frrmont, Buf
fered severe Injuries on hip and side
In the Omaha yards while on duty
with three other clerks, as a result of
the mall car lrfdng switched Into an
other engine with great speed.
The Ice in the Flkhorn broke and
moved down stream carrying with it
the cement dam at tho Nellgh mills.
The dam was completed last summer
and was supposed to be strong ouough
to resist any pressure of Hood or ice
that might be thrown against It
A .1-year-old child of John Fltzsim
mons of Vordel was burned to death
In his farm Kousi.
Prof. J. M. I'll", picsident and
founder of the Nebraska Normal
college of Wayne and cue of the
ablest and best known educators of
the west, died lit his home In that
place last week.
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Great Humorists
Selections from the Writings of the Hcst Knotun
MaKcrs of Mirth.
A Medium-Sized Journey
By Strickland W. Gil! Man.
Open air treatment for tuberculosis
has extended to the public schools, at
least this is so in Boston, which city
Is believed to be the ilrst In this coun
try to establish such open air schools.
This experiment is being carried on
jointly through the winter by tho Bos
ton Association for the Belief and
Control of Tuberculosis, which organ
ized It, and the Boston school board.
Besides furnishing the teacher, the
board has recently issued 200 street
car tickets. These are for the children
who are too poor to pay car fare, and
for those who live a long distance
from the school.
The principal reason for starting the
school, says Walter K. Kruesl, secre
tary of the Boston Association for
the Belief and Control of Tuberculosis,
was that there were many tuberculous
children and nowhere to send them.
The association hasn't money enough
to take care of all the children in the
public schools who are affected.
The school board has signified its
willingness to make an appropriation
to Increase the size of the school when
assured of the permanent, success of
the scheme, and so great has been tho
improvement in the children In this
school that the matter has passed be
yond the experimental stage.
Mr. Kruesi would like to see the en
tire building, of which now only the
roof and the dining hall in the base
ment are occupied, made over Into an
open-air school, accommodating 250
pupils. This could easily be done if
the library which is maintained In the
building at present were abolished.
The progress made by tho pupils in
this open-air school Is the same as
that made by normal scholars In the
same grade in the public schools, but
if these same children were compelled
to remain In the ordinary school they
would not progress nt oil.
Since this school was started, letters
have come from Cleveland, Cincinnati
and Columbus, from men interested
in the experiment, the principal ex
pression from those interested being
surprise that no one had thought of
starting an open air public school be
fore. There have been for a number of
years open air schools for tho children
of tho rich, private schools, and the
one which was established In an aban
doned schoolhousp In Providence, K. I.,
last fall, the first of its kind In Amer
icawhich Is not. however, a public
school another at C.len Gardner, N
while in California Is located the
Marienfeld school for boys.
Dr. James J. Minot made a report
to the school board In which he stated
that there were 2,000 children who
needed outdoor schooling, more than
2T0 of whom should have special nour
ishment and special attention to hy
glene and should be allowed the maxi
mum of fresh air.
"Mayor Hlbbard will be remembered
for one thing." declared Mr. Kruesl
"and that Is because he recommended
to the sehoolhouso commission the ad
visaMlity of providing a fresh air
room for tuberculous children to be
built in the new Abraham Lincoln
school, and In the architect's plans
this provision has been made, although
the plans have not yet been submitted
to tho schoollionse commission.
The superintendent of public
schools, Stratton D. Brooks, heartily
indorses the experiment, but believes
the children affected by tuberculosis
should be divided into three classes,
as follow-
First, '.hose so 111 that their disease
Is Infectious, Such children shouldn't
be allowed in the school room any
more Mian a child with diphtheria or
measles, or any similar disease. Sec
ondly, those who are weak, and in
suet a condition that their diseases
maj become dangerous to other pu
plls; and thirdly, those who are
slightly affected, who mlt-lit never
have been In that condition If they
had not been confined In stuffy moms.
This lust class of children will be the
ones directly benefited by having an
open nlr room built In every school
house,
Miss Helen M. Mead is the teacher
of this Interesting class of fresh nlr
boys and girls, and takes an individual
interest in the little pupils.
The wind was blowing at the rate
of 10 niilt-s an hour when the visitor
recently climbed the four flights of
stairs leading to the airy schoolroom,
whose Hides of white canvas flapped
In the wind like wings of some strange,
bird. This slight protection Is to pre
vent the copy books and papers on
which the children write their lessons
from being whirled away over the
roofs and scattered broadcast about
Franklin park.
There is an Inside school room which
is reserved for tho worst days, but it
has never been pressed into service
notwithstanding the fact that one or
two blizzards have raged here this
winter. The children themselves pre
fer the outdoor room. Possibly it
seems less lik" the typical lesson room
to them.
Kach boy and each girl is provided
with a heavy blue ulster. The girls
wear gray and pink hoods tied secure
ly under their chins. The boys have
skull cups, which they pull snugly
down over their ears. The most in
teresting articles of their attire are
the brown cloth bags into which they
crawl, hooking them around their
waists.
These bags look most complicated
with their ropes, straps and buckles,
but the children have so mastered the
art of getting in and out of them that
It takes only until the teacher counts
four for them to discard them.
For the benefit of the visitors Miss
Mead asked the children various ques
tions and they gave their ideas of the
school in enthusiastic replies
Onco in Greece lived a high brow
named James H. Pericles, I do not
know just when It was he lived, ex
cept that It was lnmmediately preced
ing his demise. But it was so long
ago that I have no personal recollec
tion of him, and have had to depend
largely on gossip and hearsay for my
information on the subject of him.
Pericles was a good man. When he
was dead, or even previously, a vigor
ous search of his desk failed to dis
cover any letters from Archbold, and
oven in those times that was in a
man's favor.
Pericles was a hot advocate of home
Industry and worked hard to keep the
local vote. To do this ho took a strong
stand (which his followers believed to
be a grand stand, though If It hail
mado him any trouble It would have
been only a one-night stand or even
a center tabic) aguinst foreign con
quests, holding that wc Bhould glvetup
the Philippines ns soon as we conld
find anybody who hadn't heard of them
and would take them without making
us too much trouble about it.
Pericles also built a large theater
which was not controljed by tho trust
and Belasco complimented him very
highly on It every timo ho played
there. When "Maid of Athens" was
first sung, the boy who had the song
and lemonade prlvllego of tho theater
went homo with enough coin to fill
his toga or night shirt so heavily that
ho could go not more than a quarter
of a parasang without stopping to
rest. The patrons of the theater
bought tho song freely, although they
to
admitted the words were Greek
them.
Besides the theater, he built a nifty
shack called the Parthenon, that can
bo seen distinctly by every mariner
engaged in that sartorial occupation
known as doubling the capo of Soun-
"Pericles Also Built a Large Theater
Which Was Not Controlled by the
Trust."
ian. This capo hus been doubled
so often that there are largo cracks
In It. where the creases come. It Is
a beautiful cape, trimmed In passe
menterie anil Persian bands.
Pericles was the sort of chap that,
had he lived today, would have stood
Addison Spriggs, Altruist
By S. E
With a long, deep sigh Addison 1
Spriggs laid his paper aside and mado
himself a solemn promise. He had
Just read the beautiful sentiment:
Ar you travel on your way
-llravoly do tlm best you run
Kvery moment of the ilay
To assist your fellow mun.
"There," thought Spriggs, "Is n
great sermon in a few words. If 3
can livo up to that sentiment I slip'
he greater than he that ridoth In n
limousine car. Of course 'fellow m.vV
is not to be taken literally. It cm-
braces woman. Ha, that is good: i.m
traces woman! And why not!
Woman was made to be embraced."
Imbued wlih the spirit of altruism,
Mr. Spriggs sallied forth, and in the
crowded street he presently saw a
poor woman who was wearily carry
The children are given a breakfast ln a cMM thal was li,n'"ral Riz8 to
uiioii their arrival at 8: IT.. It consists larK r nei.
of fruit, bread and butter and hot
cocoa. While one section of the class
is attending to work in the kitchen,
the other section is studying in tho
class room. At 11 comes a recess of
20 minutes, followed by luncheon, con
sisting of some hot meat dish with
vegetables, a dessert of nuts and home
made candy. Then back to the school
room where, od different days, sketch
ing, cutting, painting and manual work
arc taught.
Not all the lime is devoted to study.
The children play games In groups,
and it does one good to hear their hap
py laughter and to watch their cheeks
flush and their eyes grow bright!
Again, before they depart for their
homes, they are given a light lunch.
consisting of hot milk and all the
bread and butter they want. They
also an given all the milk they will
drink, but nt night this is always giv
en to them hot.
There are many more applications
for school attendance than can be ac
cepted, for each case is being careful
ly studied and a record kept of the
progress of each child In order that
the value of this experiment may be
ascertained.
If you will permit me," said he
who had resolved to assist his follow
Kiser.
"May I not aid you?" ho asked,
reaching for the box. "I happen lo
be going your way and It will be a
pleasure, I ur.su ro you."
The lady protested that she could
carry the box herself, but Mr. Spriggs
politely declined to permit her to do
so. Ho deemed it bis duty to bo a
burdon-beaicr, and the fair one hav
ing two oilier bundles that required
her attention, she was able to offer
only a feeble defense when the as
sister of mankind laid hold of the
box and began to pull. Having secured
possession of It, he said In his gen
tlest, tones:
"I trust that you will pajdon the
liberty I take in offering anskstanee
without waiting to be Introduced lo
you. The truth is that I find my
greatest, pleasure in being a help to
others. I have no patience with tinen
who go through tlfe caring not lurw
their brothers and sisters manage to
get along. I regard it as my mission
to"
A sudden gust of wind struck him
In with the administration at all haz
ards. unless he had seen a good
chance to disagree with Roosevelt
and get nway with It, which is a lar
ger order than any present-day states
man has been able to fill.
Pericles was licensed of having Pan
Hellenic theories, for which ho took
hot foot baths, houeset tea and lobe
lia. Three days later the board of
health played formaldehyde und seek
ull kbout the house and pronounced
him entirely well. At the tlmo of go
ing to press there aro no new cases
reported.
When Pericles, after many years
of foxy managenient of affairs, was
taken with pip. bronchitis or what
ever was his final ailment, and when
on account of his prominence too
many doctors had got hold of him to
let him possibly recover, some of the
old women of Alliens hung n bag of
asafetlda. a rabbit's foot or some
other charm around his neck to keep
off the kibosh. Pericles smiled at
this, casually remarking to an attend
ant: "Look how nutty even tho brightest
of us may become, when he's scared
of croaking!"
But tho asafetlda or bunny-hoof was
up against too much handicap, In that
large herd of doctors, so Pericles quit
living, after whirli people were glad
to admit that he was great, and a lot
of Athenian Buttlnskys and Mr. Flxits
found to their sorrow that they could
not fill his place. All they could do
was to make people shake (heir heads
and say: "If Pericles had lived, that
would havo been done differently,"
Than which nothing makes a hard
working statesman sorer toward a
popular favorite.
(I'opyrlKlit, l'ifl. by W. O. Cliupman.)
as they turned n corner nenr a very
high building and, having both arms
around the box, Mr. Spriggs was un
able to keep his hat from being
whisked-from his head. Seeing It
whirled out Into the street, which was
filled with trolley cars, automobiles,
omnibuses und other vehicles, he
ushed after It, dodging, Jumping and
slidiiiR. and nt last falling upon the
box which was flattened under him.
When ho had been dragged from
heneath the hoofs of a pair of pranc
ing horses, Addison Spriggs found
himself surrounded by many people,
and the owner of tho $27 hat which
l.e had ruined was weeping plteously.
As he stood there assuring her that
he would make It right a boy came
with the remnants of what had been
his own hat and offered It to him.
Taking it and flinging It in the face
of the boy, Spriggs broke through tho
crowd and dodged down an alley, fol
lowed by three policemen and a score
of men and boys all yelling:
"Stop the crazy man!"
That night Addison Spriggs solemn
ly decided that poets and altruists
were Irresponsible dreamers.
(Copyright, 1M9, by W. O. Chapman.)
Which College for the Baby?
By Edmund Vance Cooke.
Magpies Eat Live Pigs.
Portland, Ore. Ike Lly, farmer of
Hover, Wash., is battling with a flock
of magpies to keep the birds from de
vouring his pigs. His sty of 100 pork
ers has been repeatedly attacked din
ing the past few days by the birds,
made holder by hunger. Because of
deep snow they cannot get their usual
food. They swoop down on the pigs
and peck their ears, which had been
notched by the owner and still showed
blood. The birds have kept the ears
of all hogs bleeding ever since, an
Fly declares that In some cases half
the ears are gone. The beasts are de
fenseless and Fly has so far been un
able to keep the birds away. He does
not dare use poison for fear the hog.
will eat it.
He Was Willing.
"Yoiiiig man," said the stern parent
"I have been greatly annoyed bv vonr
extravagant habits. Hereafter I shell
expect you to pay your own bills."
"All right, father," rejoined the
vouth. "1 don't expect you to run
about seeking my tailor, hatter, shoe
maker and the rest of the hunch. Just
, band m' a good-sized check each
month and I'll attend to the minor de-
ta'ls myself."
"A Sudden Gust of Wind Struck Them
as They Turned a Corner."
man, I win carry your onsprwiK.
deem it my duly to help wherever I
may. Come to me, dear llMle one,
come to your Fncle Addison,"
He held out his arms and the
woman, compelled by his nu'horltative
manner, handed her darling over to
him. But the child was not Inclined
to join In its mother's acquiescence.
H uttered a wild cry and wriggled re-
bellloiisly.
"Thpre, there," cooed Mr. Spriggs,
'be not afraid. Your Fncle Addison'
will not harm you."
Still the child refused lo be con
vinced and in sudden desperation It
clawed his glasses from his nose, per
mitting them to tumble to the side
walk where li worth of lenses were
Immediately nnd Irreparably wrecked.
"Confound the brat." exclaimed Ad
dlson Spriggs as ho flung the child
back into Its mother's arms, "take It!
People who bring children Into the
world have no right to expect others
to be burdened by them.'
Then he gathered up his nose piece
and a fragment or two of glass and
hurried on his way. Belonging to the
peripatetic school of philosophy, as he
did, ho presently succeeded In walk
ing oft hi anger, and, overtaking a
young woman who carried a large box,
he gallantly decided to proffer assist
ance, huvlng noticed before he spoko
to her tliD she was fair to look upon.
By dint, of their combined exertions,
exercised alternately, tho Honey buds
had finally succeeded in wearing down
the opposition of the heir to all things
Honey budlan, and tho infant was
asleep.
Mr. Honeybud dropped Into n chair
and picked up the evening paper, read
ing mechanically:
"The cumbersome machinery by
which we elect our executives la hope
lessly obsolete and notwithstanding
the "
Here Mrs. Iloiitylmd came back
from Incarcerating the small captive
of Morpheus behind the bars of his
"crlbby-bed" and observed: "Rufus
hasn't he the most wonderful tenacity
of purpose?"
"Ye-es, indeed," responded Mr.
Honeybud, without, skipping a word of
the editorial:
"not withstanding tin dilllciiltles un
der which the country labors "
"He's sure to be a great man, Ru
fus, with such persSsti-nce."
"to obtain a constitutional amend
ment, the Gazelle-Sun Is profoundly
of the opinio!) "
"We must pay particular attention
to las education, don't ou think?"
"of the opliilini that the antiquated
method of prmi'dure established by
our forefathers by which"
"Where shall we send him. Rufus?"
"Send?" said Mr. Honeybud. ab
sently picking a word out of Mrs.
Honeybud s llnw. "What's the uso of
sending'.' Why don't you telephone?"
"Rufus Honeybud, you haven't
heard a word of what I'm saying! I
am talking to you of the necessity of
sending our son to the right college."
"Oh, yes," said Mr. Honeybud. ma
king amends by throwing aside his pa
per. "I Know the very one."
"It must be old nnd well established,
you know," htipulatcd Mrs. Honeybud.
"This one is as old ns our govern
ment." answered Mr. Honeybud. "and
was founded by such men ns Washing
ton, Hamilton, Fran'tlln and others of
their class"
"Is Us curriculum elective or prescribed'.'"
"Wholly elective, but most rigidly
prescribed."
"It Isn't some horrid old business
college?" said Mrs. Honeybud, sus
piciously. "No; but It docs the most Important
piece of business the nation has to
do."
"I hope the sessions aren't too long.
We don't want our son driven to
death with his studies."
"This college has the shortest ses-
"Where Shall We Send Him, Rufus?"
sions of any In tho country. In fact
It has sessions only quadrenlally."
"Rufus Honeybud!"
"It is called the Flectoral college."
"Rufus Honeybud, 1 do think you'rfl
too bad! Here, I'm discussing the se
rious question of the education of out
son and you're Just making fun."
"Making fun!" exclaimed Mr. Hon
eybud. "Is not our son destined to
be president?"
"Of of course," responded Mrs.
Honeybud.
"Well, then," concluded Mr. Honey
bud, triumphantly, "It's hlni for the
Flectoral college!",
(Coiiyilkiht, by W. O. Chapman.)
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