TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: MARCH 29. 1908.
Nebraska People Who Are Entitled to the Spot Light for the Moment
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ItlDAY, March 30, wu a great
day t th Nebraska Wesley an
university. For tlia last few
weeks a campaign liaa been on
to raise an endowment fund of
$100,0(10. The special effort at
till urn.' was to secure $28,000 that had
been offered by Andrew Carnegie, providing
the balance of the proposed sum was
raised by the achool. Additional lntereat
waa aroused over the proposition of Mrs.
When a social meeting Is planned or any,
meeting that any member thlnka advisable
she calls up two memtwrs by 'phone o
otherwise and they each call, up two, ana
o on In turn until It fs learned !f there !
anything to Interfere with a meeting at a
certain time. Thua ft Is a dub In whlcli
everyone has an equal voice, and for two
years the experiment has proven to be a
society wherein perfect harmony has ever
prevailed with no stens of evar a break.
C. C. White and A. I Johnson to rive the When word reaches the husbands 'that thai
laat $10,000, and $20,000 on the second $100,000, women are to attend a party and take with;
provided the entire amount was raised by them for exchange the most useless m title
March 15. It was generally understood that about her house, they know there Is a
the subscription list had reached the mark, equare.'meal in sight, to le enjoyed by th
but! no offlclnl notice had been made to the "'do of some other man's beqer half. 9
student body. At the convocation nnrioil '
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rmajr, vnanceuor Huntington an
nounced that the full amount had been se
cured. He then Introduced Rev. J. R.
Gettys, erlucntlnnal secretary, who ex
plained the real meaning and Importance
of this fund to the university, and closed
with a rousing speech on the right type
of college spirit.
At the suggestion of Prof. Alabaster, the
students gathered In front of the auditor
ium, and, headed by the faculty and mem
bers of the band, for an hour marched
and countermarched through the streets. A
largo blackboard bearing the figures
"11,000" waa carried by four students.
This was heartily cheered by citizens all
along the line of march. College yells, col
lege songs and the cheors of citizens
mingled In the enthusiastic demonstration.
Attention will at once bo riven to Increase
the endowment until It reaches ISOO.OnO.
Securing this fund Is the cap-aheaf to
many recent Wesley an victories. A large
attendiince, securing a professor of physical
education, success In athletics, debating and
oratory, have combined to make this year
a memorable one In the history of the Institution.
1'nlqae Woman's Club.
One of the most unique women's clubs
organized anywhere must be accredited to
the little town of Pierce. Neb. For origin
ality in Ideas as to Ha organization and
how to do charity, entertain and avoid any
friction whatsoever, the club la entitled to
serious consideration by women's clubs
generally.
The Idea of forming this up-to-date club
originated amorrfe a coterie of women at
tendlns n church sewing society at which
they had Just experienced a Jar over the
election of officers, which almost rent the
society asunder. When one of the society
of a peaoe-loving disposition exclaimed.
i "Oh, for an organization without officers
to elect," the remark proved to be the germ
that has brought Into existence a most suc
cessful organization. That same night a
number of women met and Ideas were ex
changed. While discussing pla is, one of the ladles
suggested refreshments. Ther vas con
fusion of an amusing nature, for notwith
standing the meeting was being held In
one of the most fashionable, residences of
Pierce, the culinary department of the
household was decidedly at low ebb. Not
to be daunted, the ladlea repaired to the
kitchen, and there happened to be a large
sack of prunes, sufficient to provide a dlrh
for each one. and they were hastily pre
pared, and from this Incident tho club Is
known a the Pierce Prune club!
Among the features that have been ma
terial In keeping perfect harmony in the
club, as well as being the cause of much
good, there Is to be mentioned that there
are no officers and no specified day or
evening for meetings! Anyone con spend
as much or little on entertaining and char
ity as In her judgment hor purse will allow.
No new members can be elected, nor can
any member be dropped, except by death.
No meet'nga are allowed to be held at a
time to Interfere with meals at homes and
here the club waa foreslghted enongh to
avoid friction between wives and husbands.
I.leatennnt Commander KsTaasia,
Lieutenant Commander Arthur O. Kav
anagh, a Nebraska product, who Is a great
credit to the state, la visiting for a short
time at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mr. John Kavanagh, In Tecumseh. Lieu
tenant Kavanagh waa born on a Johnson
county farm. He graduated from the Te
cumseh High school and received an ap
pointment to Annapolis. He graduated from
that Institution, standing at the head of
his class. For two years he was at the
head of the foot ball squad of Annapolis,
being a great athlete. At the close of
school the lieutenant entered navy life.
His advancement waa rapid, and he enjoys
the distinction of having been an ensign
on Dewejr'i ship in the famous engage
ment of Manila bay. He received a medal
for valiant service rendered during that
engagement. A few months following the
Manila engagement and after the fle"t
had returned to America, Lieutenant Kav
anagh came to visit his old home town. A
crowd of admiring friends met him at the
depot with a band, and, being escorted up
town, he was presented with a handsome
sword. Lieutenant Commander Kavanagh
has Just enjoyed a trip from the east,
around Cape Horn to Paciflo waters, sail
ing on the Tennessee with a fleet In com
mand of Admiral Slgsbee. This fleet pre
ceded the great fleet now in Pacific waters
under command of Rear Admiral Evans.,
For a short time the lieutenant engaged.
In target practice from the Tennessee tm
Magdelena bay. He has been ordered to)
report at Washington, D. C, for a new
assignment of work and secured a few
days' furlough to visit his parents et
route. He will go on to Washington In
few days.
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INO TITE3 ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HUNDRED THOUSAND POLIAR ENDOWMENT FUND.
Sidney Woman ' Milker.
While inventors In different states are
perfecting their various milking machines,
Mrs. Do a Rains of Sidney, la., has onsj
on exhibition which Is a brilliant and un
qualified tmccess. It Is shown In the ac
companying out. The advantages of this)
"milker" are manifest and manifold. 1$
saves the expense of buying pails. If the
cow kicks she cannot spill the milk. II
does away with the labor of milking am)
also of feeding the pig. It compiles wltbj
all the requirements of the pure food law,
and Is good for the pig.
I Weds en Time.
Deserted by one man three days bofore)
the data set for their naarlage. Miss Iva L,
IKudd, of Merlden, not to disappoint the)
ceremony guests, went through the cere
mony with the deserter's rival and ap
parently Is a happy leap-year bride.
! I.IIhs Rudd was to be the wife of Harold
Church. Her trousseau waa complete and '
the wedding preparations made, when Mrs,
C. A. Rudd, mother of the bride-elect, un
dertook to advise Church on husbandly
duties. He left town the next day, saying
he could not get along with his prospective,
mother-in-law.
Mlaa Rudd sent for George I Stone and
gave to him the hand which he had sought
long and persistently. The wedding wag
held Saturday evening of laat week.
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LIEUTENANT COMMAND TOR KAVANAGH. U. S. N
Recent and Progressiye Events in Field of Electricity
The Trolley ud tfca Farsua. machine and the motors are so simple that In these 'days of the later '60s. however, the diftorent colored lights and make the
HE lnteruban trolley, which has anyone can run them. electric anaesthesia was clumsy and un- whole the nearest substitute for sunlight.
done so much for the farmer ? workable, it gave no good results while The fact that most of the luminosity cornea
from the crater explains why the llgh
does not appear - equal in all direction
It Is brightest from that point of view
which shows the largest portion of thai
crater.
It Is often noticed that when Inueeta
I I flurrying his produce to mar- itswumi ivtuty, ohloroform appeared so perfect a drug that
i in ni.Aim him in a toe iTouoy exDresa oecomes me coi- ... A . h. ..i..
communication with the cltie leotor -nd distributer of freight for the cipi. that underlies the new method em
and larger towns, now volun.- iong-o.isianca ateam lines, tiandllng not ployed by Dr. Leduc The doctor Is tho
teers to furnish the residents of the coun- onljr Product ot the factory and the firsit to admit that his "electric sleep" is
trv livina. inno- it. lin with nr. uht "00u of wholesaler, but also the farm- little more than in Its Infancy, and though
and heat. It Is true that this movement n nas suojeccea nimaeir to tne process ,,utter about Brc ip, attracted by tha
has but Just started In this country but tha r16! t"Tejr wlH b mnr with complete success, and without any brllllant 11(fhti their ihadow, on the ground
posMlbllitles are such as cannot fall to ap
peal to every trolley road in the country
which passes through a farming section
and has the necessary current to spare.
And the farmers, recognizing the value of
electricity In their work and home lives,
will welcome with one accord the chanoe
of tha eleotrio express line.
The trackless trolley In appearance Is
a combination of a motor truck and a
trolley car, says the American Magaslne.
It has 'wheels tha tread of which la un
usually wide and with Just sufficient con-
evil results he does not as yet feel in a
position to recommend .Its use for hospital
or private practice. In detail, the expori
ment Is as follows: Tho electric current is
furnished by accumulutori, and Is led off
through measuring and controlling lnstru-
and neighboring walla appear gigantic dls
pite the fact that they are very near th
light. The reason for this is that the llg'it
of the crater is concentrated in a point
smaller than the bodies of the Insects and
the shadows consequently grow larger as
the distance Increases.
As the carbon in the arc lamp burns away
cavity to hold them on the rails, so that ments to an lnterruptor, which renders the
while thev can be ODerated on the ordinal flow of the current intermittent. It Is then
to substitute tha. mystlo powers Of alec- track thev can be run also on navementa taken to a natch of skin above the anl-
triclty for the grumbling and . uncertain unloved highways without Injury. The mal's spine, from which the hair has been carbon rods becomes shorter. After a
hired tnan. 1 trkl... tmii. r. h. .av. carefuUv shaved. It nassea throurh the while the distance between the two elec-
The Aurora, Elgin Sc Chicago railway tags of being 'able to run out along the spinal cord and brain, and emerges by a
was one of the first to start a campaign tracks .in any Industrial community, gath- similar patch on the animal's forehead,
for new business among the farmers and erlng power Into Its storage batteries from In th experiment I saw the animal se
small consumers along its line. This road the feed wire as It .runs, and at any lected was a rabbit. It was In no way
runs through some of the best farm land point it can turn off Into th highway to fastened, but was seated on the table. A
In the country and the farmers in that run alongside the loading platform of a verlr feebla current was at first applied,
section have proven the value of electricity manufacturing plant or down an alley to Ther w slight tremor, a look, of sur
as applied to farm work and many of them collect freight direct from th doors of a P',S8- twitching of the ears and
are now using motors for threshing, grind- warehouse, returning In th same way to cratchlng of th feet. Gradually the cur
ing feed. DiimDlng water and a dozen and th central freight station. Th storara rent w increased, until eventually It ap-
one other Jobs. So successful has this batteries, when fully charged, will carry
company been In disposing of its surplus the car twenty-five miles, so that It can
current at a fair price that other railways cover a considerable range of territory
Independently of tracks and wires.
From this point It will be but a step
to the handling of all trucking business
trary to the prophesies of many an en- ' r'u"" one. stood on and a. soon aa the aooaratu.
the farmer proved such an excellent th. consolidated transportation system, as wag Mmoved u walkln)f about tlla
trodes would become too great for the aro
and the light would go out. To remedy
this defect the rods are governed by a
magnetlo duvlce which keeps them always
the proncr distance apart until the carbons
are burned away so they have to be replaced.
are rapidly following Its example.
Trolley lines were first extended Into the
country district in New England and con
trary I
glneer
customer that the electric lines of every
city began to reach out for the rural trade.
proached the six-hundredth part of that
used for an electric light, and the animal
fell over on Its side. It was passive and
powerless. Incapable of feeling pleasure or
pain. In a state similar to that of patients
prepared for operation In a hospital. The
current was switched oft'. The rabbit at
Working the IJot Air Pipe
Is now done In England. There Is no
question that with the mechanical Im-
lahoratory floor, apparently in no way
inconvenienced or distressed by the experl-
In the middle-west, where the trolley finds provements certain to be realized within enc H had underKone-
Its greatest field for lnterurban activity, tompanu.i i- umuuiii mo
electric roads were rapidly constructed until ceneral use of motor trucks. It will be Productloa of As Light,
today the middle states are a net work of P",bl tor th transportation companies a great deal has been said and written
trolley lines. The benefits of this movement to P1-0 this eervlc more cheaply than about the lights but In almost every in
to the farmers and residents of small coun. lt now ion by eParate trucking con- stance such articles were couched In lan-
"Fln day," observed the sallow passen
ger with the eye glasses.
"Huh?"
"I say It's a fine day."
"O, yes," answered the man who was try
ing to read a newspaper.
"Be a lot of trouble with the fruit,
though, when the cold weafheh comes
along next month
"Huh?"
"I say there'll be a lot of trouble Willi the
fruit when the cold weather"
"O, yes."
'It's all right, thotiKh, I guess. What-
try villages were legion. With th coming or th manufacturers themselves. -,ua(,e whlch couM onlj be understood by ever ,iappens is all right.
of the trolley tha farmer had a ready
market to the nearest city for his small
produce. As If by roaglo ha could order
things from town by telephone or letter
and the 'trolley brought them to his door
a few hours later. With his family ha could
Elrtre A.aehe.ta. m P""' loemcian. in one arc ligm "i'h-huh."
At Pr Ledue's laboratory at Nantea a brllIlttnt Illumination Is formed by the oId Jak. Bchaefer beat the young
rertes of striking experiments hav taken eIectrl current v the gap be- fMlow ,aat n,sht ...
rlace recently, which should have a far- tween two crbon rod- n9 of these car-, ..p.8t j.im?"
rmehinr lmoortance to medicine, com
merce. and the world of science. A rab- ther the negaUve electrode, and the cur-
visit th city snd distant friends and rela- bit was anaesthetized by a weak electrio Knt passes from the former to the latter,
tives at will without at long and irksom current, a dog was killed absolutely pain- When the current Is turned on the carbons
Journey behind th "team." It bettered lesaly by a similar method, and the electrio are together and current passes through
the mall survlc; made him Independent of current was used for the administration of a little magnet coil in the lamp which draws
tha "nearest" railroad station, except for a drug. In the light of these experiments, them apart. The current hold across the
the shipment of large produce, and for the one can look forward to a time when the gap between th two carbons. Tills arc
first time In his lif th resident of the administration of anaesthetics will be a consumes energy; this energy takes the
country felt as though he was not Isolated nechanical process, when th slaughtering form of heat so Intense as to make th
entirely from th busy world. of ,ne nl'"' required for food will be air or gases between the ends of the car-
Thls disposal of electrical current Is. per- accomplished entirely without pain, and bon, incandescent, producing a bri'llant
hats. the greatest helD to the farmer, in ,n" . - usht. Particle of carbon are carrle,' from
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Reading From Left to Right: Btandlngt-Mrs. M. Inhelder, Mrs. Georg Storey, Mrs. T. A. Pohlmann, Mrs. IT. M. Wellmann,
Mrs. H. H. Mohr. Mrs. L). R. Duff, Mm. A. L. Brande. Mrs. Douglass Cones, Mrs. U R. Pheasant. Bltting-Mrs. Ed Jen'.
Mrs. A. O. Brnnrle, Mrs. S. D Berg, Mrs. J. B. Davis, Mrs. J. H. Van Wogenen. Mrs. C. E. Staley, Mrs. Fred Btorey. Mrs.
John Leo, Mrs. C. E. Hutton.
PRUNE CLUB OF PIERCE, NEB.
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IOWA MAN'S DUPLEX MILKER.
Gossip and Stories About Noted People
tlu-s days of trouble to seour aompetent monPlacf dJu"c' dmlnl8,rUoI of the positive alectrod unUl IU end Incomes president T
"Yes; playing billiarda, you know."
"I'h-huh."
"I don't know anything about billiards
myself, but I am told it's a finu game."
"So?"
"Yes. But I'd rather sue a good gunie of
base ball. Wouldn't you?"
"I'h-huh."
"Don't you think Tatt stands a good
chanoe of getting the nomination next June
on the first ballytT"
"Uh-huh."
"Who do you think will be put up for vice
fium labor, sine th Invention of th
harvesting maohtn. Electricity Is th
most flexible power tn th world and there
for th bust adapted for th multitudinous
Job about th farm, ti will run th dip
pers for clipping th horses or press th
hay with equal facility. The new Induction
drugs. And what Is. perhaps, mora Inter- cupBhap,a. This littl cup is called th
ung 10 me my reaaer, n same laoor- orat-r ad (rom th,, cnUer fouI flfth, f th(J
atory animals have been restored to life w,w, emitte(L y. n61faUv, elec,
by electric mean. " o minutes trod doei othr
after they have ceased to breathe. Around ... ., . ..... , . .
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the laboratory were the results of other , . . , .
work vaporized carbon Is formed from the crater
Th Idea of electric anaesthesia is not a whlch U L,Mktkd to brUllant Inoandsnc
motors, which on of th many geniuses ntw ona ,ay, th, Boston Transcript. It an4 lv toT vHd11 y,Ikw Bgnt, Th
of th aneral Electrlq company recently wa, suggested, and even tried In th early "ht from th oraUr proper has a violet
developed ar spark less and therefore ab- days of electricity, but the discovery of tinge owing to th lncandssosat partloles
solutely saf about th farm buildlnga th anaesthetic properties of laughing gas, ' Mlla carbon. Tb are of light Heading
They ar made In all slsea from a twn- chloroform, and ether attracted the atten- from one electrode to th other has an
tloth of a horsepower to $.000 horsepower, tion of the medical world, so that th very axels of violet color which I Its most bril-
Electrlc powsc la easily attached te any Idea of electrio anawathesla waa forgotten. Uaut part Ail this balsa t Bu trails
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"Vb-huh."
"Think It'll be Hughes?"
"I-'h-huh."
"Or mayb It'll be La Follette'''
"Uh-huh."
"An j Uilng new In tho paper this morn
IngT" "Yea. Man killed In an elevated train."
"How?"
"II was talked to death."
Th sallow faued pasngr with the eye
glasses gulped one or twice and breathed
hard, but had nothing further to offer.
Chicago Trlbun.
ICdTrln llooth In London.
N HER story of life on the
stage, now running In Mc
Clure's Magazine, Mlaa Ellen
Terry tells the following inci
dent of Edwin Booth's appear
ance In London: "The grtat
American actor, through much domes lo
trouble and bereavement, had more or lets
'given up things' and his upirit could not
'combat such treatment as he received at
the I'rinccsa, where the pieces in which
he appeared were 'thrown' on the stage
with every mark of assumption . that he
was not going to be a success.
. "Yet. although ho accepted with grati
tude Henry Irving s suggestion that he
should ' migrate from the Princess to the
Lyceum and appear there three times a
week as Othello, with thq Lyceum company
and its marage.-' to support him, I cannot
be sure that Booth's pride was not mire
hurt by this magnificent hospitality than
lt ever could have been by disaster. It is
always more difficult to receive than to
give.
"Few people thought of this, I suppoo.
I did, becauso 1 could Imagine Henry
Irving In America tn the same situation
accepting the hospitality of Booth. Would
not he, too, have been melancholy, quiol,
unassertive, almost uninteresting and un
interested, a Booth waa?
"1 saw him first at a benefit performance
att Drury Lane. I came to the dour of
the room where Henry was dressing, and
Booth was sitting there with his buck to
me.
" 'Here's Miss Terry,' said Henry, as I
came 'round the door.
"Booth looked up at me swiftly. I have
never, In any face. In any country, seen
such wonderful eyes. There was a mys
tery about his appearance and his man
ner a sort of pride which seemed to say:
'Don't try to know me, for I am not what
I have been.' He seemed broken and de
void of ambition."
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Espial uln: Ills Lead.
While Henry Labouchere was an attach
at Frankfort, relates th Rambler, he was)
once playing whist against a very high
Oe r man functionary, sitting on his luff.
Mr. Labouchere led a small card. Th lead
turned out so wall that b won th rest of
the tricks. The minister said: "Weil, Mr.
Labouchere, you won the game by leading
that card, but there was no earthly reason,
according to the rules of the game, why
you should have done so. You have, there
fore, won the rubber by accident." -
Mr. Labouchere said: "I had a very good
reason for leading that card." The min
ister asked what it was. "We will have a
bet," said Mr. Labouchere, "that my rea
son was a good one." The bet was, there
fore, made.
"Now, Mr, Labouchere, what was your
reason?"
He replied: "I had seen your hand.'1
Gladstone's Chars.
Of all the statesmen I have met, relates
Idy Randolph Churchill in the Century,
I think the lute Lord Salisbury and Mr.
Oladstone were the pleasanlest comiwnloris
at dinner. Both had the happy knack of
seeming vastly Interested In one's conver
sation, whatever the subject, or however
frivolous. There, was no condescension or
"tempering of the wind to the shorn lamb"
about it. At the same time, I must own
that any feeling of elation for having had,
as one considered, a success was speedily
destroyed; for the next woman, whoever
she might be, who had tha privilege of
sitting beside either of these great men,
would receive exactly the same corteoua
attention. As for Mr. Gladstone, having
once started him on his subject, an Intelli
gent "Yes" or "No" was all that was le
quired. But If you ventured a remark
Ho' which he listened in grave alienee), he
had a disconcerting way of turning sharply
round, bis piercing eye fixed inquiringly
upon you, and his hand to his ear, with
th gesture so well known to the House
of Commons. His old world manner was
very attractive, and his urbanity outside
the house remarkable. On the one occasion
I had been at the houae hearing Randolph
make one of his fiery attacks on him.
which he answered with equal heat and
Indignation. The hour was late and Ran
dolph and I bad Just time to rush home
and dress to dine at Bpencer house with
Lord and Lady Spencer. The first person
I met as I went in was Mr. Gladstone, who
at once cam up and said: "I hope Lord
Randolph is not too tired after his mag
nlfioent effort. " What an ,bjut lsa
to those foreign politicians who would look
upon It as an Insult to be asked to meet
In the same house!
Bout Champ Clark Starles.
One of tho most popular speakers In
ongregs Is Champ Clark of Missouri. '
Whether It be to address his party on po
litical subjects or a swing around the Chau
tauqua circle or Just a plain after-dinner
speech or a speech on the floor of th
house, Mr. Clark always commands atten
tion by his witty application of th princi
ples of common sense in getting at th root
of things. Speaking of some of his expert,
ences In spec-chmukliig recently, Mr. Clark
suld:
' "This grip epidemic reminds m of a
speech 1 once made In Philadelphia. Tha
day before the speechmaking cam off I
caught a heavy cold and could not speak
above a whisper. My doctor suggested a ,
red-hot mustard plaster for my chest and
1 put it on. W ben I Tot on that stag In
Philadelphia I think I displayed th great
est range of voice ever Inflicted on a long
suffering public. In spite of all I could da
1 would begin words of more than on
syllable in a basso profundo and finish in
an operatic soprano.
"Another funny experience I had speach
making out In Missouri, although this n
came near having a serious ending. It
went to show, however, that even a plat
form cannot always stand th strain of
heavy forensic artillery. William Jennings
Bryan, Senator Stone and I were booked
to address a great democratic gathering
and when w reached the spot th stand
was surrounded by a crowd of 30,000 per
sons. Bo restless did they become at their
liability to hear th speaker that w de
termined we would all speak at one. Mr.
Bryan took the center of the stage on on
aide, while Benator Htone and I took oppo
site tornirs on the other side of th plat
form and all begun. Just as each of us
had reached the climax of our speeches
and 'were sawing the air for dear lif th
platform collapsed In the middle and all '
of us. Including the local committea, fell
Into th hopper. It was a grand finale, all
right, and you can Imagin th consterna
tion of th crowd when, ail Uks ra.Urrt Ais
appeased at aaaaV.
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