THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAKCII o. 1011.
TIE OF 35 YEARS SETTLED
C. S. Etebbini Defeats Old Rival at
Spelling' Bee.
HONORS REST ABOUT EASY
Tvra Aaed Men Who ( omprlH In I ATS
ettl ( nnrlntloni In ( oitfal
Held at Y. M. r. A. As.
semhly Room.
One spring nlrht In 1"C5 the best spellers
"f Omaha met at the rresby terlan church.
At. last only C. P. Ptebblns and J. B
Bruner remained on the floor. Finally
Mr. Ftebhtna misspelled a word and amid
mnrh excitement Mr. Primer wan ac
claimed the champion speller of the city.
Pome time later In the nmc year the two
spelling giants tuot attain, but this time
Mr. Stebblna was victorious. Thus tho
tie etood until Friday night when Mr.
Stebblna defeated hi old rival.
An old fashioned spelling tie waa held
tn the assembly room of the Young Men'a
Christian axiiorlatlon. David Cole, preal-d-nt
of the Commerrlal club, and C. C.
Belden chose aides. As It happened Mr.
Stebblna and Prof. Primer wre both
choaen by Mr. Cole and pioneers who re
called tha spelling battlea of early tlmea
feared that opportunity would not ba given
to prove who waa tha better man. Slxty
flva men, women girls and boya lined
the walla of the great room, when E. A.
Beraon began propounding tha worda.
Hard worda c.ama and many fell by tha
wayside, but atlll the two .gray haired
veterans, both 7J yeara old, remained.
Mora fell a longer and more Involved
worda were fired at the speller, but the
two old men never faltered. With unerr
ing sureness they clearly enunciated the
letters and Mr. Iienson waa compelled to
ay 'Tight" each time.
( nle's lde Wins.
At length only one young man of the
oppoalng side remained. A peculiar word
came and he, too, retired, giving victory
to Mr. Cole's aide. Tha crowd was for
dividing the prlxe, a large bouquet, but
Mr. Benson continued to fire words. Both
of tha veterans had been long upon their
feet and Mr. Bruner was fatigued. He
also asked that honors be divided. It was
largely because of his weariness that
when tha word, reminiscence, came the
gray haired man faltered, lie pronounced
tha word several tlmea and started to
pell hesitatingly. His caution was his
undoing, for he called an "e" where there
huuld have been an "1." Mr. Stebblna
then spelled the word and the question of
tMrty-flva years' standing waa settled.
However the bouquet waa divided and
Prof. Bruner promised another battle
March 17, when another spelling bee will
be held.
A fiddling bee, when all of tha old fid
dlers of the countryside will be fTrvlted
to compete, will bo held some time later.
Applea furnished by Mr. Cole were dis
tributed among the crowd, though excite
ment was often so Intense that many for
got to munch them.
There were many amusing features.
The greatest laugh was produced when
an elderly man misspelled bachelor and
announcing he knew little about the word,
left for home with his wife and daughter.
Another called upon to spell beverage got
his feet tangled In a chair and fell to
the floor.
Mr. Stebblna waa formerly general pas
senger and ticket agent of tha Union
Pacific railroad. Mr. Bruner for many
years taught In the public schools of
Omaha and was at one time county su
perintendent of schools.
Bonds of Cleveland
Establish Five-Men
Mark, with 2,969 Pins
flew World'i Record Made at National
Bowling- Association Tourna
meut at Buffalo.
BVFFALO, N. Y., March 4.-A new
world's record for a five-men team was
mad at tha National Bowling association
tournament here today by tha Bonds of
Cleveland, who rolled a total of J.W9 In
three games. Sensational bowling marked
their gama from the start and when the
last pin was down and a new world's record
mark had been set the Cleveland men were
given an ovation.
Tha Oxfords of Newark, N. J., and the
Bradchanta of Bradford. Fa., took second
and third places In the tournament, stand
ing with 2.791 and 2.77.
Metcalif of tha O Learys of Chicago
rolled K In his third gama on the flve
oien team, a new high mark for the tourna
ment. LOEW TAKES OVER ACTIVE
CONTROL OF MORRIS CIRCUIT
Vaadevllle War of Klfteea Yeara
Knded Wan Sw York Manager
Bare latere la Houses.
NEW YORK. March 4.-A vaudeville war
of fifteen years" duration was ended today
when Marcus Ixew. a local theatrical man
ager, bought an Interest In and took over
active control of the vaudeville houses
operated or booked by William Morris,
Ine. The theaters include prominent
houeee In New York. Brooklyn, Chicago,
Bt. Louis. Cincinnati and nearly a hundred
theaters which were booked by the Wll
llsm Morris offices In the west and south
west. Mr. Morris will remain with Mr. Loew as
his associate.
ARMY 'PLANE SETS NEW MARK
Two Mea Drlvo Machine Oa Haadred
ad li Miles . Tno
Haa ra.
I.AHKKO, Tex.. March 4.-A worlds
aviation record waa broken today, when
lieutenant Benjamin I. Foulols. III 8. A.,
and Aviator Thllllp C. Pannalee. drove an
army aeroplane 10i miles In two hours
seven minutes.
This Is a world's record In point of time,
and also a record for the I nlted States
for a two-man flight.
Under Ideal weather renditions the
machine arose at Fort Mcintosh at I
o'clock this afternoon and the landing was
made at Kagle Pass at 1:07. A speed of a
mile a minute waa made on several apurts.
Ureat crowds cheered the aviators when
they started and greeted them on landing.
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PERSONALPARAGRAPHS
John J. Tome and wife have returned
from a two months trip in California and
Texas.
Mrs. YVhitelaw Held, wife of the Ameri
can ambassador to K.ngland. will be in
Omaha March 11. passing through here on
her iv from au Francisco to ltacina.
Wis. Mrs. Held la going to attend 'he
wedding of one of her family at Kactne.
Mie Is traveling with a party of friend la
the private car Olympla."
NEXT LAND SHOW
HELD IN OCTOBER
Continued from First rage )
plans for the handling of the I.and show
throngs without congestion.
With preliminary arrangements well In
hand and the home of the show fixed the
work of actual preparation of the show It
self Is already In progress. In ahout a
week representatives of the I.snd show
will begin their excursions over the ter
ritory to be represented at the show. W.
O. Paisley will go Into western Nebraska,
southern Wyoming. Colorado. Utah and
southern Idaho. Louis W. Buckley will
cover California. Oregon, Washington,
southern Nevada, northern Idaho and
Montana.
Dates Most Convealeat.
The necessity for well arranged tours of
exhibits and exhibitors was made manifest
at the recent Omaha I.and show. Coming,
as It did in mid-winter, exhibitors si-nt dis
plays back to their native places or to
Murage, the result being loss of time and
money.
The change of dates to fall for the
Omaha Land show not only permits con
nee ted show action, but enables the ex-,
hlbltors to come from the western com
munities and make a route of ' travel that
divests It of doubling back. The dates on
this tour would be as follows: Omaha Land
show, -which quite properly leads off and
opens the big exhibition season, but comes
first enroute from the west to the east, are
from October 16 to 23, Inclusive. Closing
on a Saturday night, the exhlhlta can be
taken to the Pittsburg Land chow, dates
October 30 to November 8. or to the New
York Land show, November 3 to Decem
ber 12, thence to the Boston show, two
week later. The Chicago Land show's
third season comes from November 18 to
December . giving ample time to come
from the New York or Pltsburg land shows
to the closing event In the city by the
lakes.
With the modern Ideas of carrying
grains and grasses In folding cases all
ready to open out and place on exhibition
and with the newly designed cases for
carrying glass Jars of fruits, vegetables,
etc. It Is practical and feasible to In
stall an exhibit If the booth has been or
dered and built ahead of the opening
day, to move from one show to another
In two to three days and be In f';ie shape
for public Inspection.
Close to Other Dates.
A more extensive exhibit for Nebraska
will be a feature of the second land show.
The only county to make a showing at the
first land products exhibit was Dawes
county. The Dawes county boosters en
thusiastically declare that k the show
brought them results. This county and
many others will be represented In the
coming show.
The success of the first land show Is
making much for the success of the second
show. The direct results of the show are
to be seen In the operations of the rail
road colonization movements.
Homesteaders Are Moving.
"More homesteaders will Invade the
west during the coming season, than dui
Ing any like period of colonization," says
George L. McDonough, colonization agent
of the Union Pacific, "and the great In
crease In this class of transportation comes
as a direct result of the Omaha Land
show. Iter In the month a special rate
to homeseekers will be offered, and al
ready we have a surprisingly large number
of Inquiries."
On March 10 homeseekers from Missouri.
Illinois and Minnesota will mobilize here
for an expedition Into the far went. There
will be a special train out of St. Paul, and
other homeseekers will come on the regu
lar trains from Chicago, St. Louis and
other points east of here.
A special train will be made up In
Omaha early In the morning of the 11th
and all the passengers who have been
mobilized here will board It for Sacra
mento, Cal., near which c'ty they will go
over the Kancho Del .Paso, which was so
effectively advertised at the Lard show
by the Union Pacific
"We have had an unusually large num
ber of Inquiries concerning the spring col
onist fares to the west, which take effect
March 10 and terminate April 10, and in a
number of Instances have traced these In
quiries to Interest stimulated by the Omaha
Land ahow," said Qerrlt Fort, passenger
traffio manager of the Union Pacific.
Busy la the Northwest.
Reports from the northwest show that
the Hill lines are handling an ever In
creasing number of settlers bound for the
west and the Land show territory, over
both the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern.
Western Pacific territory too is receiving
the benefit of advertising through the land
show. Much of the Western Pacific ter
ritory Is suitable for fruit raising.
The Land show management la urging
early preparation of the material for ex
hibits. Specimens gathered In the early
part of the season will be thus available
for dtxpluy at county fairs and similar
affairs, serving a double purpose.
MOVING l.TO THIS HI (J HUIt
Land show Ixltors Taklag l p
Homes Now.
Settlers are beginning to fill up the Big
Horn baxln, Wyo., this spring. D. Clem
Leaver, colonization agent of the Burling
ton railroad, received a letter from one
of his men In the basin stating that on
last Wednesday five carloads of furniture
and other effecta of settlers had arrived
In Graybull that day.
Four, with their families, had attended
the Omaha Land show, Mr. Deaver de
clared, and had bought their land from
agents at the show.
jigulluivrr Philosophy.
It takes a pretty fair mechanic to keep
a pipe tn running order.
About the only thing some men are ever
responsible for Is a delay.
Whenever there Is a beggar oh a corner
people remark: "I'll bet he has more
money than I have." 1
Speaking of excusea. there Is some curi
osity to Know what kind wt a oi. the
guinea hen haa to offer.
Kvery lti-year-old girl congratulates her
aelf every night because she wasn't kid
naped that day.
Cur notion of Ignominious death would
be to choke to death with the bone of a
German carp In one's throat.
As a general proposition, the Terrible
Toothache has the Terrible Turk out
classed as an hmost, hard-working terror.
A young fellow who begins every other
sentence with "Believe ine" Is about as
tlieaume as the girl who Is always saying,
"Don't you know."
Very few of the men who have succeeded
In climbing near enough to the top to
toucli big success have found It necessary
to use the saloon as a toe hold. Atchison
Ulobe.
The Retort t'oarteoae.
"Will you promise to support my daugh
ter In the style to which she Is accustomed
If I consent to your marriage?" demanded
old Skinlunt, when Doboy made his formal
proposal.
"Weil, I I'll promise to be tolerably cloae
wttn ner. ir. riniiuii. taia iouav: 'but
you know, I'm a soft-hearted cuss, and I'm
afraid ana II be able to wheedle a few
things out of me that you were strong
enough to refuse ner.
And. strain to say, from that moment
on Skinflint waa unalterably oppoaed to
the match. -Judge.
Crete Defeats ralrsaaat.
fHETE, Neb, March . Special The
Crete High school basket ball quintette
defeated the boys from Fairmont last
night In a game of baaket ball by a
score of 11 to 24.
Bee Want Ada Produce Results.
DES MOINES TO WEBSTER CITY
Internrban Railway to Be Built Be
tween Important Towns.
PLAN TO REACH FORT DODGE
I. oral Vaffraae lannelatloa to Re
t.iirn a Hearlaa; Before the
tate Senate lorn,
ml (tee.
(From s S aft Correspondent.)
DE9 MOINES. March 4. -(Special Tele
gram.) De Miine Is to be linked to
Lehigh and Webster City by direct Inter
urban lines. The Fort Dodge, Pes Moines
ft Southern announced today that It will
also begin the construction of a new line
from Lu-dgren to Lehigh. From Lehigh
to Webster City the lntnirban cms will
be run over the old Crooks 1 Creek railroad,
which Is now bring electrified.
Purchase of the Crooked Creek line was
made by the Interurban several months
ago and the work of electrifying It has
been In progress for some time. When that
work Is completed and when the new line
from I.undgren to Lehigh Is finished the
Fort Dodge Inlerurbnn will handle traffic
between Webster City, Lehigh and Des
Moines.
The local suffrage association has com
pleted its plans for the public henrlng on
the suffrage amendment before the senate
committee Monday. Ella !. Stewart, re
cording secretary for the National Suffrage
association and president of the Illinois
Suffrage association, will be the main
speaker of the afternoon. Following her
address Major James R. Hanna. K. A.
Nye and Rev. Howland Hanson, pastor of
the First Baptist church, will make a plea
for the suffrage amendment.
Three contributions to the fund from
Iowa for the benefit of the famine stricken
Chinese were received bv State Treasurer
Morrow today, all for small amounts.
Appropriations Hler lasoe.
The fifteen charitable, penal and cor
tectlonal Institutions of Iowa, and the
three educational institutions, need more
money than the state has available for ex
traordinary appropriations, and the bills
now In the legislature call for more than
$:!,500,on0 expenditure from the state funds.
It will be necessary, to cut this to about
tl.SoD.UOO, and this work will be entered
upon now by the legislature. The most
Important of the appropriations Included
In bills pending are:
State educational Institutions 3). ..tl.07s.fl00
State charitable institutions (15) l.OM.OOO
Agricultural extenlon work.- 2'0.0o0
( apitol grounds and building SOO.Kto
proposal epileptic colony 2oli..0
Permanent state fair lmurovementa l'uium
State publicity bureau Go.ooo
Rebuilding old Capitol at university 50.noo
Contingent fund railroad coinmlsslo- 60.000
r'ermanent Ihx commission OO.oOO
Normal school at Shenandoah 60.000
Public service commission , L5.0HO
Public utilities commission 15,000
Special tax commission is
Three new supreme Judges 40,000
increase pay to legislators 70,000
Support library and historical dept. 'M.M
Aid In dairy Instruction iO.Ooi)
Medical law commission SO.ouQ
State geological survey , lrt.OJO
Three new district Judges IO.500
Fish and game warden and supts... 15.IKO
State fire marshal and assistants.. a,ooo
Beef and dairy commission 15.OH0
Poultry commissioner ID.fliiO
Study of wild milnials and birds.... 10,000
Moving soldiers monument 10.000
State historical society..'. H.Ono
uairy and food department lo.OK)
New building at soldiers home 7.oon
Cholera serum laboratory 8,000
Juvenile commissioner 6,000
Roads to state Institutions 6 000
Inspection nursery stock 6,000
A great many smaller bills give an
aggregate of a large sum asked for, and
for almost every Institution there la asked
an Increase In the support fund. Bills to
Increase , the compensation of many state
and county officers are pending .and a
goodly number of bills for special claims.
A pending bill for diverting part of the
automobile tax to the road fund would be
equal to an appropriation of perhaps 1100,000.
The amount appropriated two years ago
was tl.121,000.
Job Hunters Disappointed.
Already a goodly number of appllcnnts
for places on the new game board have
appeared and all are doomed to disap
pointment, at least for the present. The
bill, which provides for a fish and game
wurden, also a fish commissioner, and a
game commissioner, each at $2,000 a year,
was published In the papers as If a legal
publication, but It Is discovered that the
bill has not passed either house. No
body seems to know Just how It came
to be Included in the bills given official
publication.
Time for Fiscal Year.
The time of commencement of the fiscal
year for cities and towns came up as a
matter of legal decision today and At
torney General Cosson Informed the state
auditor that under the Iowa laws the cities
cannot change the period, which com
mences April 1. It appears that some of
the cities of the state desired to chance
to some other date for commencing their
fiscal affairs.
Will Make Antitoxin Departrueat.
bill to make permanent the state anti
toxin department haa Just been prepared
by the secretary of the state board of
health. Tha bill would appropriate $4000
a year for handing the stuff. Last sum
mer the state board commenced handling
antitoxin for diphtheria through depots In
every county, securing the same on com
mission, and it has proved such great suc
cess that there Is desire the system be
made permanent.
Members Are Returning.
Members of the legislature are return
ing to the city for the session next week.
Several have taken occasion to visit some
of the state Institutions and find them In
excellent condition. A great many of the
members will be back by tomorrow.
Calls ou lows for Help.
Governor B. F. Carroll today Issued a
statement In regard to the famine In China
and the duty of Iowa eople, saying:
Aa president or the American Red ('roas
for Iowa, I want to call ine attention of
the people of our stale to tne pruo!atiiaiin
hued oy President Will am it. Tart, a
president of thu American Red Cross, aak
.us aid for the mumtunes In Chins wre
are dying of starvation because of the
lanilne now existing there. The reports
from that far distant country snow thai
the people are In dire distress. Terrible
suffering is resulting from complete crop
kaiiures In the Interior and no call for
charitable aid In recent years la mure de
serving of Immediate response on the part
of our prosperous and generous minded
people.
I'n former occasions, when pestilence and
misfortune have visited other countries and
ctnci voiiimun.ties, the people of Iowa have
responded liberally to trie call for help and
charity. It is hoped that they will again
contribute generously to this urgent call
OI tha American Had Cross.
This organization In Iowa, the officers
of which have been appointed by the na
tional board, will work in conjunction with
tiie boards in other states Hon. W. W,
Morrow, the treasurer of Male, Is tha
treasurer of the Iowa Red Crons. and he
Is authorized tu receive all money and the
contributions of supplies tendered to him
for this purpose. Arrangements have been
made by Preaident Tuft for the use of
army tianspons and with transportation
companies for the delivery of such supples.
1 he Seattle Commercial club has been
named as the distributing agent and all
contributions made by our Iowa peopla
will be Immediately forwarded to them.
I wish to repeat here the proclamation
of President 'lull and to recommend gener
osity and liberality on the part of our
peopla In tne carrying out of the same.
The president'a proclamation Is as follows:
"As presiuent of the American Red Croai,
I appeal to the people of this country to
aid the unfortunate multitudes who are
dying of starvation because of famine In
China, either by money contributions,
which should be sent to the local Red
Cross treasurers, or to the Red Cross,
Washlneton. D. C or bv assisting In rsls
lng a cargo of flour and other suitable
supplies in re sent to th.se epl.
"Congress bus granted the use of an
armv transport to the Ke.l Cross for this
purM.se. The S.attle Commercial club ot
Seattle. Wash.. Is co-operating with thi
Ken Cross and will act as receiving and
forwarding euent for nil supplies. 1 tros
thut our people will respond grnerousl
and that the transportation I nes will air!
.11 the nelter t Htiie.
Victims of Whitecaps
Sue for Damages
Mr. and Mn. Jamea C. Gavlin of
Mason City Ask $35,000 of Ruben.
Frank and .Harry Donnan.
JEFFERSON, March 4 -(Special. .- Mr
and Mrs. .1 nines C. Oavlln. victims of
"white cap" cruelty, has Instituted suit
against l:ihen iHirinan and Frank n'
Harry Dorman. for damages aggregating
$35,000. In the early winter the Oavllns weie
driven out of their home by whltecappcrs
who came with guns, axes and stones and
madfe a savage attack not only on the
afmlly, hut partly tore down the house
Mrs. Clavlln and two of her children es
caped In a corn field where later at night
Mr. Oavlln found them and all crossed the
froxen river In scant attire to a place of
refuge. Mr. Gavlin then retraced his steps
and secured the remaining three children
from the home. One of the men who was
In the crowd, as he tells the story, has
turned state's evidence. F. O. Graham la
the attorney for the plaintiffs. The Dor
mans are wealthy and a great legal fight Is
anticipated.
Woman Horned by Kxploslon.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. March 4. (Special.)
Mrs. Henry Mauch. a prominent resident
of Hetland, was seriously burned as the
result of an explosion, which occurred
when she poured a mixture of kerosene
and gasoline on a slow fire for the pur
pose of making It burn more quickly. The
burning liquid was scattered over her
clothing when the. explosion took place,
and In an Instant she was a mass of flames.
Before the unfortunate woman could be
rescued the greater portion of the cloth
ing on the upper part of her body had
been burned off. Her face and neck are
badly burned. She was rescued Just In time
to save her life.
Sheep (amp Raiders Identified.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. March 4 (Special.)
Joe Lefore, the sheepman's detective, has
returned to Cheyenne from Sheridan and
Johnson counties for a brief visit with his
famlly He sates that the Identity of overy
one of the principals tn the recent raids
near Arvada and on Craxy Woman creek
are known, that two of the cattlemen con
fessed, and gave full details regarding tha
crimes, and. In due time, the cattlemen
will be arrested.
Fortune for Newsboy.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. March 4 (Special.)
Fred Iladley, a newsboy running between
Cheyenne and Denver and who resided at
Laramie, Wyo., for several years, has been
notified that he Is the sole heir to an
estate In Chicago, valued at 100.000. Chl
cage attorneys, who have been searching
for Hartley for severaj months, have asked
him to come to Chicago at once and take
possession of the property.
Btora Famous Book Beer
In bottles. Now ready. A piquant appe
tizer. A delightful tonlo. Phone Charles
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Look Over the Field The successful busi
ness man is the one who advertises wisely.
The experienced advertiser uses The Bee.
Attractions In Omaha.
Miss Fitch's Class at the Brandels.
"Wildfire" at the Boyd.
Vaudeville at the American.
Vaudeville at the Orpheum.
Burlesque at the Uayety.
Mr. H. L. Northrop has been re-engaged
as Wilton Lackaye's leading man In
Charles T. Daxey's new play, "The
Stranger." Mr. Northrop was last seen in
Omaha as leading man in Clyde Fitch's
comedy, "Girls."
"The Zebra" winds up its career at the
Garrlck theater, New York, tonight, adding
another to the already long list of the sea
son's wrecks. It was bull on the entirely
novel theses of two "gentlemen" under
taking to fool their wives, and the women
folks getting even by a little flirtatious
conduct of their own. How sad!
A really clever wife must be a source
of genuine comfort to an author. Think
how often Charlottee Walker has saved
the situation for her talented husband,
Eugene Walter! The last occasion has Just
transpired. "Homeward Bound" waa about
to be produced by the Shuberts, when it
was discovered Just before the rising of
the curtain that Dorothy Tennant was not
suited for the leading feminine role, and
Miss Walker gallantly took up the work
of saving the piece. Noble In her, wasn't
It? And she had only rehearaed the oart a
few weeks and played it the few times the
play was offered Charles Dillingham be
fore the fight between Arnold Daly and the
author.
rtnmthv Mnrtnn couldn't stand It: tha
acting ahe had to do In her scenes In
"Madame Sherry" was entirely too reai
istlo and now Cherldah Simpson Is doing
the part. Cherry Joined on with the
tenons at Lincoln and Dotty will be seen
on the great white way for a while longer
It's nearer the real thing there.
The Forepaugh Stock company of Cin
cinnati, which wag one of the standard
institutions of the country, has yielded
to the Inevitable and Is no more. The
managers announced that lack of support
rendered it impossible to go on with the
undertaking.
The story of "Apres Mot," the Bernstein'
plsy over which a riot ensued at the
Camedle Franca is on the occasion of Us
second performance, concerns the finan
cier of a gigantic petroleum trust. His
daring operations at last wreck his
own fortune and the fortunes of his wife
and friends confided In him. He is on
the point of blowing his brains out with
a revolver before the truth can be dis
covered at night In his study, which Is
also an ante-room to his wife's bed
chamber. Suddenly, Just as the ftnanoler
Is about to pull the trigger, the door
opens and his wife, wtth disheveled hair
and In scant attire, stealthily returns to
her chamber from her first clandestine
meetnig with her lover, a young man who.
aa a ward of the petroleum financier, la
also the victim of his dishonesty. The
financier, who loves his wife, bursts Into
a paroxysm of Jealously. His ferocious
determination to ascertain the Identity ot
bis wife's lorer Is baffled in a frightful
scene by the wife. The young ward and
the lover, having beard of the financial
catastrophe, calls next morning to pardon
his guardian and is adroitly croea-ques
tloned by the later, who thus discovers
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PUTS IT ON COLLAR BUTTON
Asserss Affections of the Throat Is
t harcra Aaalnst Man's
Friend.
The dortor didn't say. "Tour asthma and
bronchitis are caused by your collar but
ton." but after feeling under the collar at
the hack of the patient's neck he did say,
"It's a wonder a person who wears such a
collar button ran breathe at all.
' I suppose for twenty-five years you have
been wearing high, rigid collars." continued
the doctor, "with a collar button half an
Inch long pressing heavily agnlnst the
spinal column near where It enters the
brain where It enlarges Into the medulla
oblongata. The tall, stiff collar, worn as
tight as you wear It, ruts off a good deal
of the blood supply from the head. When
you lean forward over your desk It chokes
the big blood vessels that supply the brain;
then when you lean back it presses hard
against the base of the brain Itself. Rut
the collar button, such as you wear, and
as most men wear. Is worse than the collar,
and together they are certainly a vicious
combination. The medulla contains vital
centera of .automatic action of the body.
The chief of these centers Is that control
ling respiration. If the medulla Is Injured
death ensues by suffocation. In cases of
hanging It Is the Injury to this center that
causes death. The medulla Is also the cen
ter for the vasomoler nerves, regulating the
slxe of the blood vessels A heavy and Con
tinuous pressure on the spinal column such
as Is exerted by a collar button that is so
lcng and so firmly held aa to imbed Itself
deeply In the tissues of the neck cannot
help but affect the nerves leaving the
medulla, causing troubles In breathing and
a long line of distressing symptoms due to
vasomoter nervous disturbances.
"I would not say that a shorter collar
button and a loose and soft collar would
cure your asthma, but they certainly are
among the remedies Indicated. Just think
of the weight of pressure that la put on
thst collar button, with heavy winter
clothing, tight fitting as to collars of vest,
coat and overcoat, forcing the small piece
of metal deeper and deeper down on these
nerves that control the most vital functions
of the body!" New York World.
Two Gentlemen.
A well-known Kansas banker told a story
to the Kansas City Journal the other day
about the statute of limitations.
One day an old southerner walked Into
this banker's office. The southerner was a
typical gentleman of the old school.
"What can 1 do for you?" asked the
banker.
"Well," replied the southerner, "about
thirty-five yeara ago I loaned a man down
south some money not a very big sum. I
told him that whenever I should need it I
would let hlin know, and he couid pay
me the money. I need some monev
now, so I shall let him know, and I would
like to have you transact the business for
me."
"My good friend." replied the banker,
"you have no claim on that money. The
statute of limitations has run against that
loan years and years ago."
"Sir," replied the southerner, "the man
to whom 1 loaned that money Is a gentle
man. The statute of limitations never runs
against a gentleman."
So the banker sent for the money. And
within a reasonable time thereafter the
money came. There was a courtly gentle
man at tne other end ot the transaction
also.
A Bold ftcrlbe.
"Ho. hum!" ejaculated honest Farmer
Hornbeak. who had encountered In the
village newspaper an example of the per
versity which the linotype sometimes dis
plays. "The editor of the Flatndealer ain't
afraid to speak his mind. He comes right
out and says: 'In our opinion, the Hon.
Thomas Rott has lyddaonkzs ounsotttptpt
pn mnwww trahaha haw sw xensklbby.'
And, by golly! he says It as If he means
It, too! "Fort Worth Record.
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the truth. The financier abandons all Idea
of suicide and summons his wife to de
cide in ten minutes whether to elope with
her lover or escape with himself, a crim
inal and fugitive from Justice. The wife
after a terrific scene, dismisses her lover
and follows her criminal and penniless
husband.
It Is now announced that Marie Corel 111
is to appear in a new rote, that of dram
atist. She has written a playlet for a
London music hall at a -price said to be
something enormous. Miss Corslll has
taken the suffragette question aa her
theme and Is said to be outspoken In her
views. The plot has not been revealed.
Miss Corcllll will personally produce her
skit, select the cast and rehearse It.
"Schiller's Robbers," made known on
the English stage by the great Fechter,
gave Ernst Von Poasart his first big
salary 4W0 per year but not until he had
nearly died of hunger, waiting for the part
of Frans Moor.
This he was to create at the Munich
Court theater. He came to Munich from
Hamburg without a change of clothes and
wun a stomacn yearning for food, but the
reception he cot from the royal manager
was more than fleecing.
Poasart told the story the other day at
tha Holland house. New York.
"At that time," he said, "I was ths re
verse of presentable in appearance, yet the
management gave me a ahow aa per con
tract, probably hoping the quicker to aat
rid of me.
"I had not eaten for thirty-six hours
when I stepped upon the stars in th hi
strange house, before an audience that had
never seen me or heard of me.
'Still I won out, as is evident from ths
fact that after the performance a theatrical
reataurant-aeeper hesitated not to nrnvM.
me with food and drink on credit.
"The next day the royal intendant sent
for me. 'I promised you 2.000 guidons,
($1,000), he said, 'but I find that I ran t
make a contract with you at that rate.'
Then my performance did not Dleaas
you?' I faltered.
" 'It pleased me Immensely,' cried the
royal manager. 'Hence 1 ask vou lo ucexor
6,.0 guldens lusted of the promised 2,000.'
'During the next week or two I nriv
killed myself eating to make ud for ths
numerous meals I lost," concluded Herr
i'osssrt.
Paul Armstrong, the playwright, who Is
a tall, muscular and strenuous Individual,
has been sued by James Young, ths actor
and former husband of Hi da Johnson
Young, who is small and delicate, for $50,000
damages, the plaintiff alleging that Arm
strong kicked him In the stomach and dis
abled him for earning his living as an
actor. The violence was committed some
time ago while "Going Some," In which
Armstrong had the collaboration of Rex
beach, was In rehearsal, and the Injury
was inflicted after Young had resented
some insulting remarks about his ability,
which Armstrong voiced In his hearing.
Beach Is also accused of an indirect share
in the assault. Public sympathy Is Isrgely
with Toung on account of the disparity in
the site and strength of the two men.
Henry B. Harris has purchased from
George Broadhurst the rights of the lavter's
new play, "The Price." This piece has been
selected for Helen Ware's starring medium
next season. "The Price" probably will be
the opening attraction of the Hudson the
ater la the fall.
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CORONATION FURS AND FRILLS
Home of the Things that Will Be f or
nered Daring the Cele
bration. The bill for the coronation robes of
George IV was 20.000!
Of this 11.600 fell to the share of the
furrier; and we are told that the feet of
no fewer than 6,n00 Aatrachan lamb's were
required for the black spots on the Inside
of the robes.
No wonder that every coronation has
seen a famine In furs, for not only
Aatrachan lamb, but black fox, sable, and.
above all, ermine, are required In Immense
quantities for the robes of those who are
privileged to attend the coronation service
In Westminster abbey.
For months past agents have been busy
In Siberia and elsewhere buying up ermine,
and the price Is already double the ordi
nary. One hundred and twenty ermine
ttklns are required by each peer for his
coronation cape and collar.
Judging by the coronation of the late
King Kdward VII, no other ceremonial
causes t-.icti a bourn In trade, and lots of
things I Slides furs are going to become
scarce and expensive before June.
For Instance, timber. We should
strongly recommend anyone who means
to put up seats for spectators of the pro
cession to purchase his material at once.
Those who left It to the lust minute ten
years ago found that they had to pay 70
per cent more than the usual prices. In
that year seats were provided for 98.2uO
people In public stands, and the stands
themselves cost U.0U0. It must be re
membered that all tha timber used must
be good, sound stuff. The county council
Inspectors will see to that.
You may also be certain that there will
be a famine In hotel accomodation la June
next, and, therefore, you should take tune
by the forelcck, and If you mean to be In
London for the great event you ahould en
gage your rooms well ahead. Every ho
tel In London will be full from basement
to attlo, and lodgings will be at a pre
mium. Those who come late will be lucky
if they pay less than 6 a night for a bed
even In such localities as Uloomsbury and
the Edgware road.
Houses, too, will be scarce. In the year
of the last coronation Lord Tweed mouth
received ft On) rent for Brook house just
for the season; the Misses Keyser refused
6,000 for their house In Oroevenor Cres-
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cent, and a houne In Chesham place fetched J,
11,000 for four months! 4
Today motors have largely superseded
the horse and carriage, but one almost
ahuddera to think what one will have to
pay for a car during coronation week. Cer
tainly nothing will be procurable under fli
a day, and the prices may run far beyond
this.
If you are thinking of giving a dance In
coronation week, or an outdoor fete, be
sure to secure your band early. Ten years
ago there was an absolute corner In bands.
Certain Interested parties retslned all the
good bands, and people who wanted muslci
had to pay a pretty price.
Bo, too, with fireworks. The demand for
coronation rockets was simply enormous.
All the larger towns spent on sn average
100 apiece on fireworks, and the private
aemana was very large, ji win ue reru.Twi
here that there were hundreds of corona-
lion bonfires, and at each urty rockets were
sent up.
"The bonfires recall the fact that tar bar
rels were not to be had for love or money
fur some days before the laat coronation.
They were all absorbed by early buyers
London Answers.
Agr of thu Looa.
-What Is the ska of a loon? Mors than
ten years ago a yachting party In Itlioclu
Island waters shot and severely wounded
one. It was nursed back to nouiidiie.
nut aa it am not n.Ke Kinmy to oo-
InMitlrBtlnn it mttfl iAluat sftr s Itl'SSS
tag ot Identification Irn-l been aitartied to
Itn leg. itucantly It was shot again in
Florida, this time fatally, and tne tag sent
tli.tMj. iftlm l,u1 tint It tin Aa tilers
was no record of Its age at the time of
its first niiHfortune, or no Indication of
how long It mix lit have lived hud It been
exempt from violence, the conclusion muBt
be that the loon Is a long-lived bird If let
alone. Boston Transcript.
Nst A Single
Headache
In it thousand cupa of
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