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Tilt SEMI WE! KLY IRlBUMt IRA U BARB, Eubllaher. TERMS, IMS IN ADVANCJ8 NORTH PLATTB NEBRASKA COAL VS. OEMS. I From tlmo Immemorial India has been noted for precious stones. For thousands of years It has been a land of much display of gctna and jewelry. The averngo European or American can hardly think of India without some glint of diamonds In his mind's eye. In n moro modern and less cele brated way, nrazll, likewise, has been a country of diamonds nnd gold A few famous stones and many smaller ones bavo made a vast land of forest and plain, plantation and wilderness, sparkle beforo the world. Last year India produced diamonds worth JJ.67G and coal valued at $16,332,091. In tho name year tho amber mined In India was worth $1,771. Tho yield of ru bles and sapphires was mdro Impor tant Tbelr value was officially report ed as $233.3G8. Tho petroleum pro duced In tho samo year was estimated at $3,410,327. In Brazil tho value or tho coffee crop of ono year Is greater than tho market prlco of nil tho dia monds found In that country In a cen tury. So tho practical dwarfs tho ornamental In this ago of business, It Is a period which belongs to Iron rather than to gold, to coal far more than to all tho precious stones and gems of tho earth. Why should Spnnlsh bo taught In the Doston schools? Doston has ono school cntlroly filled with Italian chil dren who nro learning to speak Eng lish, and Instruction In that tonguo Is moro or less required In tho majority of other Doston schools, says Lowoll Courlor-Cltizcn. Tho great need of In struction at present Is to save tho Eng lish languago from being so corrupted by slang and mispronunciation that future generations will hardly know the spcoch of tho forefathers of the country. Qlvo tho child at least ono language fully understood and proporly spoken, and let that bo English by all means. The high school pupil has troubles enough today with mastering sufficient French nnd German to mako himself understood on his first trip abroad, and ono hcsltatos to contem plate what might happen with a work ing knowledge of Spanish. In a recent dispatch to the otato de partment at Washington tho American charge d'affaires" . at Poking, China, cave an account ot a proposed railroad to bo built trom the scacoast west through tho Yellow river valloy, tho ultimate purpose bolng to mnke con- nccUon with Chinese Turkestan. Thoro Ms great hope for China In such proJ ccts. 'ino moro or them that aro carried tb completion, opening up the country to trade and providing more expeditious transportation, tho less likelihood will thoro be ot famine and antl-forolgn outbreaks such as those In Hunan province. Increasing use or electric currents In the country should alter tho attitude or tho careful toward the wire fenco. which has almost completely supplant ed the old worm fenco of wood. This is mauo clear by tho fatality near Dodgovlllo, Wis., through contact with a wlro fenco over which an olectrlo conductor had drnnnful whnn illnlnitirml by a storm. A man who trinrt to killed, and threo men who found tho uoay ana tried to extrlcato It wore so badly shocked by tho current that they wero saved only by prompt nnd vigorous medical attention The American hen Is doing her part toward reducing the hjgb cost of liv ing, and. with tho nrrlval of spring she comes to the front nobly. New York city reports that April was a record month ror eggs, tho rocelpt being 648.- 000,000. Or course "a very large pro portion or these eggs waa or tho strict ly fresh variety, for In tho spring tho eater's fancy lightly turns trom the cold storage sort Egg prices were high during April, but teuded steadily downward, and the recent rush Is like ly to force a still greater reduction, In some directions tho problem ot high coBt or living Is adjusting Iteolf, and much silly talk about the tariff Is losing Its effect Ballonnlng will novor bo perfectly sare until each aeronaut carries his -own feather-bed for landing purposes, and porhajm not oven then. A Chicago professor advises people to work kard .and eat no meat. Show. -ing how esy as well us unnecessary Jt Is to advise. Bizarre bathing costumes aro to be barred by the Chicago police thit, bum mer, and the heart of many a fair maiden will weigh heavy when sho learns that she may no longer poso on lho beach. A Manhattan girl tried to board a street car, but her hat was too wide for the door. Then the lid camo oft. A New Jersey, horticulturist has pr duced a blue rose. Nature, however. knows a better color for roses. PRESIDENT Yl f?ESoeriT r-fxrT going to church fllM W 1 ASMINUTON. Tho congregation of All Souls' church, where President Tnft worships, has decided to erect a larger church and a parish house, tho present accommodations having been outgrown. The church Is within llvo blocks of tho White Houso, and a now otto In an equally central location Is now being sought. All Souls' was established In 1S21 and Its congregation has grown to about 800 mem bers. Air. Taft Is not the first president numbered am one Its congregation, Unitarian nnd worshiped there. John .ttcr.dcd All Souls'. Tho proposed YANKEE HORSE BEST Pick of American Stables to Compete at British Show. Walter Vlnant, Weil-Known American Millionaire Sportsman, Gives Private Exhibition of Ani mals to Friends. London.. Tho keenest possible icnso of rivalry has been awakened among llrltish borso owners by tho fact that horses representing the pick of Amerlcu's private stublos aro to compete at tho forthcoming interna tional borso show at Olympla. Howard Prank, ono ot tho English directors at tho show said moro horses aro en tered from tho United States tor this year's show than tor any of its prede cessors. Walter Wlnans, tho well known American nillllonnlro Bportsman, who lives over hero, carries off tho palm for no fewer than 147, which consti tutes a record. Ho gave a sort of pre liminary International horse show ot his own at his palatial seat, Surrcndcn Park, Kent, recently when a largo company of his frlonda were given a private view of the animate which nro entered to represent him at Olympia. Judging by tho performances ot these horses, the representatives ot the, Surrenden Park stud will stand a good chance of winning an even larger share of tho prizes than has been the caso during tho lust threo years. First tho company was given an exhibition In tho Bpaclous riding school of the methods adopted to break and train harness horses, backs and show jum pers. Tho horses woro subjected to tho terrifying ortectB or having scaf fold poles hitched to cither side or thom' -to hllv,nB ""B nnd ploces of boating of drums and other noises. Interesting specimens ot tho effect or crossing tho hacknoy with tbo American trotter wero also paraded, whllo later on two anlmuls or this cross showed tholr capabilities In har ness, both being possessed or much or tho action or tho hacknoy, with tho speed or tho trotter. Mr. Wlnans' old favorites, Barney F aged twenty-two years, and Fide Stanton, a year older. caused qulto n sensation by -trotting a mllo In dotiblo harness in the good time of 2:25 Aviator to Get Insurance Companies Take Note of New Mode of Travel New Policies Exclude Accidents In Air. London, Insurance companies are recogulzlng that aviation has to bo rockonod with In framing policies both wim rvMpect to death and accident "Up to tho present." said the actu ary of cno of the loading companies In London, "wo havo not made any sne- clal provision tor aviators. Our froo policies t proe.nt In existence would cover any accident arising from a mis hap to au aeroplane, But new insur ers are tpoclnlly excluded trom any uenciit when au aerial Journoy Is con-' corned. "We nro, howovor, considering tho possibility of Issuing special aerial policies, as thoro will doubtless bo plenty of pecplo traveling In aorc ptanos nnd airships In tho near fu ture. At present tho propor medium for tho Ibbuo ot an aeroplanlst's policy is Lloyd's, where risks ot all Imag Innble kinds are undertaken. I havo heard of such a policy elng Issued ut 16 por cent, por annum." Another largo company has sent out the following footnote with Its re uowol notices: TAFT'S CHURCH TOO C. Calhoun and many other men prominent in public llfo also have now parish hall will bo a memorial to A Russian troika, to which threo horses were harnessed, was another rcaturo or Interest, the center horso trotting and tho wheelers galloping. Silver-mounted harness, with bells, nnd tho costume or tho driver com bined to render tho display attractive Little Tobe, which holds tho world's record ror a mile, was put through his paces alone, and r.lso in company with Topsy, n rnst 14-hand pony, Maralo 11., MIrza, Rip, Bonny View, Kent nnd Rainstorm wero othor famous animals shown. Perhaps tho most novel exhibit was Tiny, a dlmlnutlvo Shetland pony not moro than two feet six Inches In height, which was harnessed to a small wagon to suit and driven by a lit tle child. A puny footman, not much taller than the pony itself, completed 'tho equipment This turnout should go right to tho hearts ot the women who visit Olympla. It is a distinct novelty. A highly Interesting program was brought to n conclusion when some of tho best jumpers In tho stud woro put through their paces. Ono of them, a Speech Comes Back Nonagenarian Regains Sense Lost Over Five Years Ago. Pennsylvania County's Oldest Man's Wonderful Experience Even for a Youno Person Treatment Was Unavailing. Reading, Pa.: Just outsldo of tho, city limits, on a 14-acro farm In Al saco township, lives tho oldest farm or In Berks county. Ho Is u man or tho "old school," and 1 his rather having reached tho century mark ot llfo, many or his .friends predict thai Amos Dellart himself, now ovor ninety-six, will also reach the one-hundred-year mark. This kind old man Is a wonderful poroonago. Somo years ago, while ap parently In good hoalth, a singular thing happened to him one night When ho arose In tho morning ho bad lost lila spoech, nnd not n murmur could ho utter. Ho was 'treated by "Tho directors nro not prepared to cover accidents of aeronautics and re nowr.l of tblB policy will only bo grant ed subject to tho exclusion of such risks trom tho .insurance" The wholo subject will probably bo the chlof topic of discussion at tho ho tho noxt meet nrz of the conforonrn nt "tariff" companies, a body which reg ulates tho premiums on policies rela ting to deaths and accidents. Hen Is Militant. Prospcot Park, Pa. A hen owned by Mrs. T. J. Bailey of Prospect Park has demonstrated that she Is a strong exponent of equal rights. During tho last week sho has ably set forth hor right to supremacy over any male fowl In tho borough. This belligerent hen has fought with every rooster in tho community ovor which she reigns with queenly power. Bo badly did sho whip one aggro Blvo-.cUnnUoloer that the fowl died from tho effects of tho Injuries In flicted by tho plucky hon, who uses her bill and wings in tho flghta. So powerful a blow does sho deal with her Itgs und wings that fow roosters can withstand her onslaughts. SMALL for John Qulncy Adams was a Dr. Edward Everett Hale. magnificent horso called Gray Hawk, carried his rider over p. wall of flame.; A fenco was set on flro and the llnmes roso at least eight foct Four times Gray Hawk took his rider over thet blaze as quietly as If It were tho most usual thing in tho world. COOKING AN ART, SAYS WILEY American Woman Must Learn It Not Drudgery, Declares Head of Chemistry Bureau. Is Chicago. "American womon must bo mado to understand that tho prepa ration of n meal Is an art not a drudg ery. When this Is accomplished wo shall llvo both cheaper and better." This assertion wan made by Doctor Wiley, head or tho chemistry bureau or the. department- agriculture, who camo to Chicago the othor day to at tend a reunion or tho Harvard club. Dr. Wiley called fatness In persons of sedentary occupations a modern, curso, and described with indignation how peoplo get "stung" on many kinds of edibles put up in packages, These, ho declared, aro often short weight or diluted canned goods In cluded. Ho attucked vegetarians, de claring that a one-sided diet would! ultimately result In a complete! physical chango. specialists for a number of years, but) no ono could help him. For llvo years this condition remained, when, just aa suddenly and unexpectedly as tba malady camo, so It left tho grand old) man of Berks county. Ab ho arose, from his bod one morning recently hu found that ho could talk as loud aa ever, and now that his speech la again restored, Mr. Dollart, with men. tal poworB like a man of fifty, except) a Ilttlo dlfllculty In henrlng, Is qttractt Ing attention not only of his neighbors) and friends, but of many others who. havo been Interested In the wonderful, return of his speech. Mr. Dellart was born at Stoncra- vlllo. Berks county, August 1, 1813. and when a lad ho went to school in that well-known section of tho country where the early Lincoln, Boone and Leo families lived, and had for his teacher James Lee. a well-known; Quaker. School then consisted of only throo months In tho winter, and "a good education" waa very limited. When ho was still a boy bis rather, John Dellart, moved to Alsace towm ship, and died there a little more than ono hundred years old. When Amos was old enough be be came a cabinet .makcr-And also learn cd to roako boats, constructing somo or tbo craft used on the Scbuyklll, canal. Then ho becamo a mlllwrU'bt, and ror years hclpod to erect mills In Berks county. Atter all thoso years ot work with the piano and chlsot he bought himself a farm, and has fol lowed farm life even to this day. He I uegau ip -reap iiia-gruin-wiuiuno bil-m1 4 t t 111. At 1 lo and cradle, and In bis day was considered an expert at swinging el ther of them. For CO years ho swung tho scythe to and fro at tho bead ot his laborers. Sixty-seven years ago ho wob mar ried to Mary Lease, who shared life's tolls with him until threo years ago. Twelve children were born to them soven ot whom survlvo and who chief ly llvo In Reading, though one lives In Illinois nnd another In California. Four-generation groups aro found in nearly every town In Berks county but there Is none o'.hor In good "Alt Berks." whero tho head Is a great. grandfather nearly one hundred "years old. as In tho Dellart family, and where tho four generations llvo under ono roof. Girts nover could throw straight so It a girl tbrowB herself nt a fel low and misses him eh? immorally hits another. r'ROM BAKERY TO CONGRESS Representative Foelker Tells How Y. M. C. A. Gava'Hlm Hlo First Real Start Washington. The general secretary or tho Washington Y. M. C. A. was recently surprised by a call trom Con gressman Otto G. Foolker, who asked him ir lie recognized In him a Ger man boy who was a ntomber or tho association or which ho then served ns gcnernl secretary in Brooklyn 15 years before.. This brought to light, tho story ot tho study and dovolopmont of a sturdy Gorman baker boy, who started on his upward climb with $1.19 In his pocket nnd was helped by tho friend ship of this secretary nnd the educa tional classes to a career. Tho gam- Congressman Otto G, Foelker. biers will not forget that It was Sena tor Foolker's voto that blocked tho raco track bills In tho famous contest In 1908 in tho senate of tho stato of Now York, although ho-lind to bo car ried to tho senate chamber on a cot to, cast his voto. "I lnndcd In Brooklyn with $1.19 In my pocket and without a friend or ac quaintance so tar as I knew within. 300 miles," said Mr. Foelker. "I had struck out for myself and In tho great city of Now York I thought I would find my best opportunity. "Sunday was a lonesome day for mo until I happened Into tho Calvary Episcopal church, where tho good roc tor, Dr. Twing, at onco commandod my esteem and afterward becamo my friend. Ho took mo to tho Young Men's Christian association and tho general secretary, William Knowles Cooper, won mo by his friendly Inter est and hlo Bturdy, friendly hand was a positive help In keeping mo nt It In thoso days of poverty and or struggle "I pumped tho orgau on Sundays and lived In a lodging houso at ton cents a night I worked at my trado part time.- Finally I got steady em ployment In tho German Legal Aid society In the early part or 1890 and that Is what led me into tho law, into tho legislature- and into public" llfo." "I studied law at nights in a law ofllco and got my first start In tho le gal aid society. I had ono year In a Troy business school, but It was only a small part of my real training. "After making up all or tbo elemen tary training I nocded In .tho associa tion Bcnooi anu Having mastered a good deal or tho secondary work, In 1902 1 attended tho New York Law school, nnd In 1908 I was admitted to tho bar, atter having secured my aca demic certlflcato through tho years ot supplementary study." In 1904 Mr. Foelker was elected to tho New York stato assembly. His early training in the Young Men's Christian association in tho formation of friendships, ho says, jrave him training for that first election. Soon Mr. Foelker becamo the most bitterly hated man In tho entire stato of New York In certain quarters and ho was not better loved by tho race-track gamblers for risking his llfo In casting tho vote against thom. HEADS MOTHERS' CONGRESS Mrs. Louise K. Glllson of Wllmette Is Elected President by Illinois Women. Rockford, 111. Mrs. Loulso K. Gill- son, who wsb chosen president by the Illinois Congress of Mothers at Its con vcntlon In Rockford, has been for many years actlvo In club nnd chari table work In Chicago and vicinity, Sho Is now finishing her second term of threo years as treasurer of tho Na- Mrs. Louise K. Glllson. tlonni congress or momcrs, mio is a resident of Wllmette and a prominent member of several women s organiza tions of the town. Beforo moving to the suburb Mrs. Gibson for a time Woman's club. AT A CRITICAL PERIOD Of Peculiar Interest to Women. t Mrs. Mary I. Remington, Elgloberry St, Gllroy, Cnl., Bays: "I suffered so severely from pain and soreness ovor tbo kidneys that it was a task formo. to turn over in Ded.. My kidney no tod vory frequently, but tho secretions wero retarded and tho pas-, sages scalded. I was weak and, run down.' Atter taking other remedies without beni cflt, I began using Doan's Kidney Pllla and vns permanently cured. I was! going through tho critical period of a woman's llfo at that tlmo and after using Doan's Kidney Pills thcro was n miraculous chango for tho better In my health." Romomber tho namo Donn'B. For snlo by all dealers. CO cents a, box. Foater-MUburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y A Practical Discourse. One stormy day tho children woro, nmuslng themselves Indoors, playing) church. "Now, Florence," said Theo dore, "I'll bo the minister nnd tell you; what you must do, and you'll bo thoj people, and you must listen nnd do what I tell you." Climbing up on n chnlr, he began bis sermon. "Flor-j enco, you must bo a vory good girl, nnd do whatevor your brother wants! you to. If ho wants your playthings, you must let him have thom, and if you want nny ot uis, you just lot 'cm alone." Christian Herald. Try This, This Summer. Tho very next tlmo you'ro hot. tired or thirsty, step up to a soda fountain and get a glass of Coca-Cola. It will cool you off, relieve your bodily and, mental fatlguo and quonch your thirst delightfully. At soda fountains or, carbonated in bottles Bo everywhere, Delicious, refreshing and wholesome. Send to tho Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, Ga., for their free booklet "Tho Truth' About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca- Cola is and why It is so dollclous. rei freshing and thlrBt-qucnchlng. And, send 2c stamp for tho Coca-Cola Baso. ball Record Book for 1910 contains tho famous poem "Casey At Tho Bat," records, schedules for both leagues and other valuablo baseball informa. tlon compiled by authorities. Tho Rude Visitor. There is a story about the secretary. of a golf club who was a man ot dl-j mlnutive stature. It was summer time, nnd tho grass had been allowed to grow rather long. Tho secretary was playing in front ot a visitor who was a very long driver, and kept dropping his ball In tho neighborhood of thq secretary all the way round. At last the little man could stand It no longer and walked back and remonstrated with tho visitor on his 'conduct, but tho only reply he got was,- "If you would cut the grass, ono might bo ablo to see you." Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Alcrcury, u mercury will surely destroy th sense ot imes and completely deranire Ui whole system nhea enterlnf It through tha mucous surlaeea. Such articles shout! never be used except on preecrlp- tloaa Irora rcputaoie puysicians, as toe aamaire wcy will do u ten ioiu u uj goon you no iimuir ut rive trom them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manulactured hv p. J. Chenev A Co- Toledo. O... contains no mer cury, and Is taken Ihltnuniy,. acting directly upos the blood and mnrbiu surfaces or the 'ayitem. In burlnc Hall's catarrh cure 'U sura; you e . w senulne. -It Is taken Internally and made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials tree. Bold by uruttuTs. rnee, ice. per iu TaXe llall's Family PUIS (or constipation. Results All That Count. Who asks whether tho enemy woro defeated by Btratcgy or by valor? Virgil. A pessimist believes it a waste ot tlmo to argue with tho Iceman, as he's bound to have his own weigh. When Rubbers Bccome-Necessarv And your allocs plnnli, shake- Jnto your (hoes Allen's Koot-Eaao, the nntlseptlo powder for the feet. Cures tired, itching I anu taxes me sting qui ui v-orna ana nlnns. Always use It for Jlrcaklnr In New shoes and for danclne parties. Sold everywhere 25c. Bnmplo moiled FIIEB. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Rejected by Hobcs Weary It's n poor rule that doesn't work both ways. Willie G'wanI It's n poor rule to work at all. As soon nB wo divorce lovo from the occupations of life, we And that labor degenerates Into drudgory. Whipple. ii. rHorAA-iTCeiiiAnt reliefs rrcnlata and IriTlc arato atoinaeli, liter and bowela. Hiir-coaUl liny, granules, easy tataia. Honotgripa. A grass widow caif give roforonce but she hardly ever docs. Rmnlrnra find Lewis'. Siitirla Hinder St cigar better quality than tiicmt lOo cigars Nothing makoa us rlchor that does not make us moro thankful, answnmiii nisjin, , inn.nnr.i.i.tajsi sssssssssswffiufl -ffl ynliTtEMl