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MM Breaking In Shoes. Frederick tho Great had tendor fcot nnd used to havo nu old double who foroko 1 nnow boots for him. Hoi weather la a mad thno to break thorn In. Every ono should keep old shoes ou trcca for wet and hot emergencies. False Pretense. Mrs. Hyup "I was so disappointed in Dr. Pulloml" Mrs. Hyer "In what respect?" "Mrs. Hyup "I un dorstood ho was a great brldgo ex port, but ho was only a dentist." 1'uck. Applied Learning. Sco tho man! Oh, yes, tho man Is swearing rap idly. Now ho Is putting his thumb In his mouth. That Is why ho has Btoppcd Bwcnr 4ng; not becauso his thumb has stop jped hurting. . How did ho do so? ' Do you not sco tho book on tho floor? . It 1b entitled "Every Man His Own Carpenter." Yes, tho man was holdlug it In his left hand and reading tho Instructions for driving nails whllo ho tried to fol low them with his right hand. Now ho has removed his thumb from his mouth and is saying somo mora tilings. Ha, ha! Wo should not laugh so heartily had wo not smashed our own thumb once or twice. Wo learn from this that In tho on ward march of tlmo wo often learn that from our misfortunes of today wo glean our joys of tomorrow. Is not that helpful? Let uswatch tho man. Mnybo ho will attempt somo moro hammering and wo will bo helped even moro. Brownies. A small boy's Ideas of brbwnlcs: "They llvjo In very hot countries. They "cat with their fingers and wash their teeth with sand and water. Somo nro llko savages, hunt for their prey and they worship Ideals. Somo boys nnd girls who havo nover scon thoso brownies think they aro fairies, hut of courso they aro not." Tho extraordinary popularity of fins whlto goods this summer makes tho cbolco of Starch a matter of great Im portance. Dcflanco Starch, being frco from all injurious chemicals, is tho only ono which is safo to uso on flno fabrics. It great Btrongth as a stiffen or makes half tho usual quantity of Starch necessary, with tho rosult of perfect finish, equal to that when tho goods wero now. Succinctly Put. "Ho dances beautifully," said tho summor girl, "but ho hadn't been hero a week beforo ho was engaged to bo married. "Ah!" replied Miss Coy enno; "ho two-steps better than ho BWo-steps." Washington Star. A Practical Youngster. "Why do you think your baby Is Buch a clover child?" "Becauso," an' swered tho sensible woman, "ho just laughs and plays and has a good tlmo Instead of thinking up Bmart sayings for us to repeat to tho neighbors." With a smooth Iron and Defiance Starch, you can laundor your shirt waist just as woll at homo as tho steam laundry can; It will havo tho proper stiffness and finish, thoro will bo less wear and tear of tho goods, and It will be a posltlvo plcasuro to uso a Starch that does not stick to tho Iron. YourEyes shnnM htFlttidhraSnaclillst Don't trust vour eves to nedlars and traveling graftors. Call on us and wo will examine your Eyes Free. We sire the I art fl .it.il.-i1 mntlllfnff nrnro ttl till tlllfMlf trpftt. Hutosort optical Co., 213 IOUTH IBIh STRf IT Nebraska Directory KODAK FINISHING attention. All supplies (or the Amateur strictly fresh. Send (or entiilomie nnd finishing prices. ine KUot h r utmpaxtR co uua iicrf wiiiuilUt uuui MARSEILLES GRAIN ELEVATORS are tho best; Insist on hftYlug- them. Ask your local dealer, or JOHN DEERE PLOW CO. OMAHA THE PAXTON Motel European Plan ltooniH irom ci.uu up mnpie. ucrui uji uuuum. CAFE KEASONABLB TvnrmaiTrno all I 0 16. Willi i E.I1U MAKES M to H Mtr a iirtcu. Culiur Urns pay. nianta. ltentKl.rantappIlea. Waalilp iwij"n. ur trv eirainauon KO m mu. nnii .or pn uana n mi aoa ontr Vlnm v rum Candied fold tr th Beat Sealers. We will tend to pupils " teachers on recalpt ot 11 eta. In atarapa, a 15-lnoh, bam napis.traaacagoaruie. JUHii U. WOODWARD cu."Tneu;onay men"counouuiuffa, la n f r- E rt UI iT (ntito Dononn) Dt VW H B-l I BW VI this jMoVcifc all broken parts ot mnclitnery made good as now, Welds cast Iron, cast steel, aluminum, Conner, brassor any oincr wciai. . u.umuMuu , ci..,, nig. BERT8CHY MOTOR CO.. Council Pluffa. DR. Mc GREW GO. SPECIALISTS for MEN & WOMEN Pay Fee Wlion Cured Established In Omaha 27 years. Investigate our success, reliability, lion ftt and honorablo dealing ami off let whore tho sick uro treated and cured 'REE Symptom Rlunk, Exanilnatlot. nd Consultation All ailments, no matter how acquired. 215 S, 14th St., Omaha, Neb, Dfffc NAVAL AIDE TO Mfc " mwiiiiM u P1; Lieutenant Commander Leigh H. Lieut. Wlllnrd 8. Slmms, as naval aide TARS ARE Navy Short 1,500 of Sailors Now Authorized by Statutes. Fcree Will Not Be Large Enough to Man New Warships Unless Old Ones Are Laid Up Injure Young Officers. Washington. Tho navy department Is confronted with n probahlo reduc tion of tho enlisted forco through fail ures to ro-enllst on tho part of sea men and enginemert now in tho serv- lci, as well ns tho pronounced do- crase in tho number of now enlist ments. This condition tho authorities attrlbuto to tho increasing demand for modcrnto as well aa high-priced labor occasioned by tho rising tldo of business activity throughout tho coun try. Tho present authorized strength of the navy's enlisted for:o Is 44.G00. The navnl authorities had contemplat ed urging to congress nn increnso of 5,000 in tho next report of tho depart ment. It iu questioned whether n request for oven half tht number can receive cxccutlvo approval. At tho present rato or" falling, off in enllstmcntB nnd ro-cnllstmcnts it 1b practically certain that there will bo loss than 40,000 sailormen wearing Undo Sam's livery on January 1, 1910. Already tho navy is 1.C00 shy of tho authorized strength and tho reduction continues day by day. According (o tho navnl olllcera, thoro will not bo n sufficient number of mon to man tho now ships now approaching completion without re ducing tho crows of tho minor cruisers or putting several of tho older ships out of commission altogether. Thoy do not approve of laying up tho now ships. As fast aB completed they will go Into commission and Into nctivo service. It Is said that oven tho newest shin when placed "in ordinary" deterior ates much moro rapidly thnn when at sea. This Is particularly true of their engines. Tho only couro open to tho nnvy is to Bond tho vctoran ships back to tho navy yard to bu partially dis mantled nnd laid up until tho stnto of tho national treasury Justifies fur thor increaso in tho cost or maintain ing tho navy and tho projected In crenso In tho enlisted personnel. Thoso most hurt by tho enforced retirement of a part of tho .fighting forco nro tho youngor officers of the grndo of captain nnd cwmmnndcr. Thoro will bo fewer chnnceu lor thorn to exercise tho commnnd rank that has boon tho ultlmato aim cf all tho hard work up through tho grnduB from midshipman to lieutenant commnuder. Tho vessels moat likely to bo ro moved temporarily from tho active list aro tho veterans Oregon, Indiana, Mas sachusetts, and lown. This will re Hovo tho pressuro by reducing tho ne cessities of tho lino of battle fleet In tho matter of Beamon by ovor 2,000. Tho placiug of four or flvo of tho Parrot Gives "Don't Cry," Sings tho Bird After All Danger Is Over Girl Becomes Hysterical. South N'orwalk, Cone. Caliph, a parrot owned by Manuel T. Hatch, not onl"v discovered a lire and sounded an alarm, but later offered consolation to tho peoplo of tho house. "Fire, lire, llro! Pour on water, pour on wutor!" screamed tho parrot. It was u frautic expression of tho bird, but It wbb givon with Buch frau tic appeal that Mrs. Hatch rushed out on tho plazu. "Look, look, look!" said Polly, as ho stood on ono foot and with the other pointed to tho roof of tho homo of Georgo A. Whllploy, next door. A paper balloon bad landed on the roof und sot llro to It. Hatch sum moned the tire department by tele phone und the firemen were nolo to THE PRESIDENT Palmer. U. 8. N., who haa succeeded to President Taft. LACKING smaller crulsors out of commission would glvo opportunity for furthor economizing to tho extent of about 1,800 men. RISKS HIS LIFE FOR GOAT'S Man Jumps In Front of Train to Save the Children's Pet Which Had Wandered on Tracks. Chester, Pa. At tho risk of his own life Chnrlcn Doughorty, n young man of Lelpervlllo, Jumped In front of nn approaching train on tho llnltlmoro & Ohio railroad to snvo tho llfo of a goat belonging to his neighbor, which had wandered on tho tracks. Seeing tho animal's danger, Dougherty grabbed tho goat from tho track ns tho trnln wnB within n fow yarda of him. Tho goat is a genoral pot among tho children of tho neighborhood, and knowing that tho llttlo ones would bo grieved If "Billy" was killed, Dough orty performed tho daring net. Twice Fatlwr of Twins. Cleveland, O. John Rcsolf, 23 yonrs old, caused much Burprlso in Judge Philips' court tho other day when ho said that, although ho had been mar ried but six years, ho was tho father of eight children. "Four of tho children wore born In two Hots of twins," ReBolf explained when tho court expressed surpriso nt tho largo number of children. Itcsolf applied for naturalization pa pers. Tho cxninlnors snld they were proud to mako him n citizen. Pest Spread Experts Discover They Are More Dan nmmtio In .Qnraarl r f n 1 1 Ur n tr Plague Than Rats. Washington. Marino hospital hmv Ico experts who discovered that ground squirrels aro nn agent In tho Hpread of bubonic plague on tho Pa cific coast assert that thoy aro oven moro Insidious nnd difficult to deal with than tho rats that for a tlmo threatened Snn Francisco and tho other largo cities. They seem to have becomo particu larly Infected InContrn Costa county, nnd If given tho chnnce, It Is feared, will spread the Infection throughout tho west. Tho ground squlrrolB havo been long n milsanco on tho Pacific coast and at various times havo caused great dam ago to crops. Tho 'squlrrolB havo been regarded as good eating up till recently, hi tho regloiiB whoro thoy most abound people havo salted thorn down In lnrgo quantities for winter, and havo regarded their meat as u staple article of diet. It was discovered during tho earlier part of tho crusndo against plaguo Infccted rats In San Francisco, that tho ground squlrrol could bo Infected Fire Alarm put tho blazo out after a stubborn fight. In tho oxcltomont Miss Nolllo Trowbridge, a nleco of Mr. Whllploy, became hysterical, whereupon Caliph said: "Don't cry, Nellie, dear; It's all over now." Keeping Chickens Costly. Washington. Of chickens young, aud chickens old, chlckena tondor and chickens tough, chickens hot and chlckons cold, Washlngtonlans havo had enough. Owing to tho enforce ment of tho now health saultury regu lations concerning chlckon coops and barnyards and tho flro regulations, owners of egg producers In tho city havo found It moro profltablo to kill off tholr fowls than to moot tho now roqulrementH. Ab a result chicken dinners havo become a fnd with tbo residents of the national capital. RO 0 I I Shah's Missing Pearl Garment to Go to Miss Anita Stewart. Europe Has Mystery in Announcement That American Girl Is to Receive Mlsolng Troaeure When 8ho Marries Miguel. London. Europe has n mystery in tho announcement thnt Mrs. James Honry Smith has purchased tho miss ing pearl robo of tho former shnh for her daughter Anita. This is a marvel ous garment composed of thousands of pearls, and no traco of it can bo discovered In Persia since tho shah ceased to rule. Tho story goes that Mrs. James Henry Smith heard tho orstwhllo monarch was anxious to din poso of much of his personal property In Jewels rntlier than thnt thoy should go to hts successor, nnd that she promptly sent nn agent to Intorvlow htm on tho subject, ns alio desired Anita to havo some wedding present tho like of which no brldo of this cen tury was ovor able to display. Tho story also Bays that the gem, tho "World of Light," Is also In tho posscsslou of tho mother of tho future princess. This sho proposed to havo set In tho center of tho amazing tiara which Is to bo ono of tho scores of gifts this adoring mother will glvo to her daughter. At Tulloch castle, where tho bride elect and Mrs. Smith nro now enter tnlnlng Dom Mlguol, tho flanco, there Is n host of French artists In frocks nnd millinery designing tho trousseau. Thoy havo brought with thorn from Paris oxqulslto silks, satins nnd bro cades, not to speak of specimens of priceless laces nnd embroideries, hntB and cloaks. Mrs. James Honry Smith nnd her daughter decided thnt they would not break up their house par ties by rushing to nnd from Pnrls for tho trousseau, so thoy nrrnnged to bring Pnrls to Scotland Instead. One wholo wing of Tulloch castle has been set .aside as show rooms. Mother, dnughter and flanco rim through every morning to Inspect tho fresh "creations" which havo arrived, or to glvo an ordor. Several hours each day havo to bo given up to fit ting by tho prospective brldo. Sho says sho la weary of it and will bo thankful when tho wedding Is over, If only to oscapo from tho tyranny of tho dressmakers, whom Bho considers veritablo mnrtlnots. Mrs. Smith Is now moro reconciled to tho mnrrlago thnn bIio wns nt first aud sho Is throwing horsoir heart and soul into tho preparations. According to present arrangements, tho wedding Is to tnko place in London. Although tho rolgnlng house of Portugal haa been at daggers drawn for years with tho family of Dom Miguel of Bragan za, young King Mnnuol nnd tho future bridegroom nro tho beBt of friends, nnd It Is expected that tho ruler will bo present. Tho brldnl dross is being mndo after tho stylo of thoso worn by royal brides with a semi-low cut neck nnd short alcoves. Loco which belonged to Mario Antoinette and was pur chased by tho late James Honry Smith for his wlfo when thoy wore on their honeymoon will composo It. by Squirrels by tho samo ilea which cuusod tho Bpread of the bubonic plnguo among tho rata. Ab early hb 1903 tho caso of ono mnn wnB noted, in Contra Costa county, who died of tho plnguo without having been In any of tho larger towns, but who wuh known to havo been hunting ground squirrels. Sorgt. Rupert llluo of tho marlno hospital Bervlco noted this case, and ns other eases dovoloped, simpleton wiib moro nnd moro directed townrd tho squirrels. First a boy and several other men, who had been hunting them, wore attacked by tho plaguo and flnnlly nn oxamlnutlon wns mndo showing conclusively thnt tho Bqulr rols wero tho hosts of tho plngue-pro-duclng lien. From thlB tlmo on a wnr was waged ugalnst tho ground squirrel and now regular shipments of them uro mndo to the laboratory of tho marlno hcnlth service, In Snn Francisco, whero thoy nro examined ns carefully aa aro tho rats when there Is u hubpIcIoub out break of tho plaguo. Ono hundred and soventy-olght In footed squlrrols havo been diBcovorod, and this nlnno shows tho danger tho hunters run In collecting tho speci mens. Aged Couple Wed In Boat. Masslllon, O. Mrs. Auuu' Dovorc, agod G2, thrlco u widow and for 24 years tho occupant of a canal boat, has married Jacob Eckert, aged 78, who tor tho. past eight yoars has boon an lnmnto of tho Soldiers' and Sailors' homo in Marlon, Ind. Tho couplo know each othor years ago, but then sho would not ontortaln any proposals of marrlago. A second attempt ou tho part of Eckert to win tho woman's love was successful. Tho couplo will resldo In tho brldo's canal boat. Shu gets $20 a month rent and ho draws $20 a month pension from tbo govorn mont. This tho brldo Bays will keep them comfortably. Guards for tho Blind, London. Through tho Intervention of tho board of trado tho Great East ern Railway Company has withdrawn tno uomand that blind passengers should bo nccompanlcd by guardians or required to mako a special con tract. WESTERN During tho early days In tho po rlod of tho growth of tho grain crop In Western Canada, as well ns throughout tho ripening and garnering period, thero Is yearly growing an increasing Interest throughout tho United States, as to tho results when harvest Is com pleted. Thcso mean much to Uie thou sands ot Americans who havo mndo thole homes In somo of tho throo Prov inces thnt form that vast agricultural domaln,nnd aro of considerable Interest to tho friends they havo left behind. Tho year 1000 Is no disappointment Tho crops ot whent, oatB nnd barloy havo been harvested and It Is now snfo to speak of results. Careful es timates placo tho yield of spring wheat A Central Canada Farmer Finishing at 30 bushels per acre, wlntor wheat nt over 40 bushels, and onto oxcocd CO bushels per aero. Parley also has proved an abundant yield. What will attract tho rending public moro than volumes of figures will bo tho fact that thoso who havo boon induced through tho Influence of tho Govornmcnt to ac cept of 1C0 acres of froo grant land; or, by tho persuasion of frlonds to lonvo their homo Stnto of Dakota, Min nesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, In diana, Ohio, Nebraska or tho othor States from which peoplo havo gono, havo done woll. Financially, they nro In a hotter position thnn many of thorn ovor expected to bo, and In tho mat ter of health, In Boclnl conditions, thoy havo lost nothing. Ono person who hns Just returned from a trip through tho Lethbrldgo Dis trict, whoro wlntor wheat has a strong hold with f armors, enys: "Wo saw somo mag nlllcont sights. Tho crops wore, In fact, nil that could bo desired.' In a fow years from now thcso great plains over whoso breadth for years r o v o d hundreds thousands herds of or or cat- Town School House tic, touowlug tho millions of buffalo that onco grazed their grasses, will bo n solid grain Hold covering a torrltory of ovor 30,000 aquaro miles, nnd very llttlo of It but what will yot bo worth from $40 to JC0 per aero. Al ready tho homestead and pre-emption Innda aro bolng woll filled. In tho district ot Cnlgury, south, east and north, which comprises Nnnton, High River nnd other equally Impor tant districts, a correspondent of tho Winnipeg (Manitoba) Froo Press ouys: (Aug. 21) "Tho grain in this district Is going to mako somo monoy for tho fnrmors this year. All the crop In now crowding along and Is good on both Irrigated and unlrrlgntcd lands." Thero nro to bo found thoso who spenk of a "pioneering" Hfo In west ern Cnnnda, but as ono mun said, "It A Specimen Group of Eleva Many Towns In this Is pioneering I don't for tho llfo or mo sco what our forefathers bad to complain of," Ho didn't know, though, for tho pioneering of his fore fathers was discomfort and hardship. Tho opening up nnd development ot western Canada, with its railroad lines to carry ono to nlmost tho uttermost part ot It, tho telegraph line to flash tho news to tho outsldo world, tho tel ephone to talk to ono's nolghbor, tho dally and weekly mall sorvico which brings and carrlos lot tors to tho trlcnda In distant parts; tho schools headed by collegc-brod and highly cer tificated teachers; tho churches manned by brilliant divines; tho clubs; tho social and rostlvo llfo; what 1b thero about any of this to glvo to tho mnn who goes thero to mnko his homo tho credit of being a ploncor? Noth ing! Ho might as well bo In any of tho old middle-west States. In other ,r -BiJEmSSSimmss I City Church fWTlrYWBHPfflk In C""ral :lltilitilfflamftt: 'i! Canada CANADA parts of tho world tho production of whont Is diminishing today; but as It diminishes Canada's will Increaso; therefore, it Is safe to predict that In a fow yenrs from now n lnrgo part of tho world will bo looking to western Can nda for its wheat supply, and espe cially will tho United States. In many parts of western Canada It is posslblo to havo n hundrcd-mllo squnro of wheat, without a break. A wrltor says: "We wero driven west nnd north ot Moose Jnw through 20 miles of dead rlpo wheat, acres of ntoclts and well worked summer-fallows. Ono of thoso fields would yield 40 bushels to tho ncrc, and anothor man had oats that would yield SO or 100 bushels to tho aero. In this district wheat will aver ago 30 to 35 bushels. Tho conditions Cutting Hit 70-Aero Field of Wheat wero nover bettor and throughout tho district tho peoplo aro assured ot n most prosperous yenr." It would bo unfair to closo this ar tlclo without quoting from nn expert crop-corrcapondcnt regarding tho two Dnttlotords in Contrnl Saskatchewan, ou tho lino of tho Canadian Northern Railway. Writing on August 18th of tills year, ho says: "It Is necessary to drivo nbout six or seven miles out of tho town of North Dattlcford In order to sco tho best crops of tho district This morning I was driven about 20 miles to tho north and west of tho town and In all tho drtvo did not sco a poor crop. I caw ono whoat crop which tho ownor estimates will yield 40 bushols per aero, and I bollovo IL" Ho then crossed tho Sas. katchowan rlvor to tho South town, or Dnttleford propor, and continues his report: "Conditions nround tho old town nro as good if not hot ter than thoso to tho north oi tho river. This district has much tho best wheat crop prospect of any I havo Inspected this year, consid ering snmplo nnd ylold. Tho wenth or conditions for tho wholo season havo been Ideal and tho result Is what might easily bo termed n bumper crop. A samplo sheaf brought In from tho farm of Georgo Truscott was shown to mo which spoko for Itself. Thin farmer Is said to havo sixty acres which will yield 4C bushels per aero. In stntlng an nvcrago for tho dis trict ot South Unttloford I would say that tho wheat will ylold 3G bushels per acre. Tho oats will yield about 45 and barloy 3G bushols per aero." A correspondent summing up n trip over tho Canadian Northern Railway, from Dauphin to Ilnttloford, says: "As I inspected tho crops In tho va- tors That May Bo Seen Central Canada rlouB districts 1 found tho farmors and othor citizens without oxcoptlon filled with expectant enthusiasm ovor this year's prospects. No district was round which could not boast of Holds of 35 bushels por aero whoat, or CO to GO bushels por aero oats, and of 40 bushels por aero of barley.' It is not an unusual thing In many parts of western Cunada for a farmer to havo 10,000 to 30,000 bushels ot wheat. In tho Rouleau district it Is said that thoro aro soveral farmers who will havo 20,000 bushels of oats any many fields will roturn ono hun dred bushels to tho acre. It takes an army of mon to handlo thoWostern Ctinada crop, and It Is es timated that 30,000 peoplo havo been brought In this year to asHlst In tho great undertaking; thero bolng excur sions from tho outsldo world nearly oyorv any lor tjip paBt, glj wjjra. In