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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1913)
-. -tWl.VUiw r-rt Pi 171a yi a m a riiyu irvtJBiu'a LiYi ri n i v t n j pM 2SE Bn Xl wTzaX II ZTi'V sm. S222. X ft --'l i g &r &WPtCRARD fJ-r s Wf .W XS.. X.Si Colon, C. Z. I am going to take you through tho completed Panama canal on tho first vesaol to pnss acroBs tho Isthmus from tho Atlantic ocean to tho Pacific. True, tho canal 13 not yet completed, and will not bo for a year or bo, but that shall not prevent our making tho trip now on paper. Lot us Imagine ourselves, then, on an ocean liner approaching the Atlan tic or northern entranco of tho great canal, prepared to enjoy this Initial trip ntid to wonder at tho Bights in Btoro for us. In that word "northern" lies tho first surprise for many of tho passengers who did not know that tho canal runs not from cast to west, but from northwest to southeast. This seomlng anonmly Is due to tho fact that tho Isthmus of Panama hero trends almost oast and west. It Is still early morning when a watchful passenger shouts "Land," and all who aro up rush to tho port rail to gnzo upon tho hilly, jungly coast of tho Isthmus between Porto Bollo and Colon. As tho steamship plows swiftly through tho waters as dIuo as ever wero thoso of tho Medi terranean a cheer goes up from tho deck, for wo have caught a glimpse or the Stars and Stripes fluttering abovo a fringo of cocoanut palms. That marks tho location of one of tho big forts built to protect tho canal in time of war and Is on Margarita Island, virtually a part of tho mainland. Colon, flat and unplcturcsque, now comes Into vlow, and directly ahead of us an Immense breakwater stretches a mile out from tho shoro on tho right. At Its land end, on Toro point, Is another fort whoso great guns aro masked by tho tropical follago. Now wo have virtually entered tho canal, for tho GOO-foot channel extends far out from tho shore line. At re duced speed wo enter Colon harbor and the Bay of LImon and steam past tho pretentious Washington hotel, Un cle Sam, proprietor; tho docks ot CJolon, crowded with Bhlpplug from the United States, Europe and many a port of Latin America, and tho American town of Cristobal on whoso water front stands tho statue of Co lumbus Bent over long years ago by tho EmpresB Eugenic. Skipping nbout tho bay, looking like long, black water "beetles, aro tho cayukaB or natlvo dug outs, and moving lazily before tho sea breeze are tho little, sailing craft In which tho queer San Bias Indians aro cringing their products to market. Four miles and a half wo Bteam through LImon bay and tho shores narrow in on our 500-foot channel, still at tldo level. Now look ahead thrco miles and get a gllmpso of tho Catun locks, that tremendous flight of three water steps up which wo aro to, he lifted. In a few minute wo reach tho towering dividing wall cf concrete, our own powor is shut off and tho electric locomotives on tho lock walls tako us In tow. Four of these power ful machines attach their hawsers to our ship, two in front to pull it and two astern to keep It steady and to bring It to a stop when entirely within the lock chamber. Tho immenso gates close silently behind us and at once the water begins to flow into the chamber through culverts that havo their openings In tho concreto floor. Slowly tho vessel rises until It 1b on a Ipvel with the second chamber, 28 1-3 feet abovo sea level, when the gate ahead 1b opened and tho electric J mules move forward, this time up a heavy grade by means of tho centor racks In the tracks. Twice this opera tion Is repeated, and now wo are at the summit, 85 feet above tho sea. Tho last gate opens and tho locomo tives pull ub into Gatun lake. I Ao our propellers begin to turn again and wo Bteam out Into this lm znenso artificial lake, a'marvelously beautiful landscape Is spread before .us. The surface of tho lako Is plotted with islets, onco tho summits of Tiger "hill. Lion hill and a dozen other emi nences; on both sides aro steep pro montories, lovely little peninsulas and 'deep bays and inlets whore tho water vihas spread Into the 'onco junglo-flllod .valleys. I Before we get too far from tho locks, let us step to tho starboard rail and have a look at tho Gatun dam, enormous stretch of rock, sand and clay that has formed Gatun lako by Impounding tho waters of tho Chagres river. It Is In reality n low rldgo, one and a half miles long, built ncross tho valley, and when wo aro told that it Is nearly half a mile wldo at its base, 400 feot wldo at tho wnter surface and 100 foot wldo at Its creat, which Is twenty feet nb6vo tho lovel of tho lake, how utterly ridiculous seom tho fearB of thoso alarmists who predicted the dam would be pushed over by the Chagres In time of flood! 0- : 1 Nearly In tho, center of tho dam wo can see tho famous spllhvny through which pass tho surplus waters of tho Chagres. It Is a concreto lined chan nel 2S5 feet wldo cut through a hill of rock and across It Ib built a curved dam of concrete on top of which is a row of regulating gates. Just below tho spillway, out of our sight, Is tho hydroelectric Btatlon which Buppllos power for tho operation of tho entlro canal nnd tho lighting of tho wholo zone. Our channel through the lake for wo still must follow a path Indicated by raugo towers on the shores Is now a thousand feet wido and loads us somewhat tortuously through a mazo of Islands. Look down as wo near somo of them and you will Beo below tho surface tho tops of giant trees. For we aro Balling over what but a few months ngo was tho valloy of tho Chagres, dense with tropic vegetation and dotted with natlvo vil lages surrounded by banana and co coanut plantations. Closo to tho shores tho stoutest of tho trees still stretch their naked, dead limbs abovo tho water, but beforo long these, too, will have rotted and fallen, leaving tho luxuriant landscape unmarrcd. Passing over the sites of Bohlo, Frljolea nnd Chngresito, wo now come to tho placo whero Tabcrnllla once stood, and hero both lake and channel nnrrow down, tho latter bolng llrst 800, then 700 and flnnlly 500 feet wldo. On tho hillsides to tho right stand a few abandoned houses, all that re mains of Mainel, Juan Grando, Gor Bona and Mntnchln, busy places while tho canal was building, now covered by tho spreading waters. Along the left shoro of tho channel runs tho re located Panama railway and hero nt Gamboa It crosseo the Chagres rlveri which our vessel now leaves to enter the far famed Culebra cut. This great gash through tho spine of the conti nent Is 300 feet wldo nt the bottom, but, becauso of tho tremendous earth slides which cost Undo Sam so much money nnd time, its width at tho top is astonishing, being halt n mllo just hero opposite tho town of Culebra. Beyond, on our left, towers Gold hill, 195 feet abovo tho bottom of tho ca nal. Far up on Us rocky slopo wo dis cern a streak of white paint which marks tho level to which tho French company carried its excavations. Nearly opposite Is Contractor's hill, 304 feot high. As wo move between theso, tho loftiest hills along tho route, and pass the location of that notorious "cockroach," tho Cucnracha slide, tho Pedro Miguel lock stands before us, white in tho noonday sun. This, n Binglo flight lock, is 30 feet high, tho highest on tho canal. Again wo aro taken in tow by electric mules and in less than half an hour wo havo been lowered thoso 30 feot and steam Into another artificial body of wator, Mlraflorcs lake, only a mllo lon,g. At Its southern end wo pass the town ot Mlraflorcs and enter tho locks ot tho samo namo, a doublo flight that lots us down once more to sea level. The exciting part of the passage Is over, but there 1b yot much of interest to seo. Down tho broad channel wo look clear out onto tho glittering waters of tho Pacific ocean. Nearer at hand, on tho left, Ancon hill raises Its verdure-clad summit, and clustered on its slopes wo seo tho many struc tures of the big hospital, the new administration buildings of tho canal and tho barracks of tho marines. And now, steaming botwoen llllcd-ln swamp lands, wo come to Balboa, which tho government has mado Into a flno naval station, with nn Immense dry dock and extenslvo machine shops. Stretching out from Balboa Into tho Pacific is a breakwater, two miles long, which protects tho harbor from storms. At its outer end Is a cluster of little Islands, Naos, Pcrlco, Culebra and Flamenco, and here wo pass under tho powerful guns that guard tho Pacific end of tho canal. Thoy aro mounted high up on tho summits of theso rock islotB, rifled cannon, ow shot from which would sink a battle Bhlp, and huge mortars whoso Bholls can bo dropped behind Tobago island 12 miles away In tho direction ot Japan. In ten hours wo hnvo crossed through tho continent and now float on tho broad Pacific. As wo look back tho picturesque city of Panama Hcb bathed In tho light of tho wester ing Bun and on tho Bide of Ancon hill shlni'B tho big whlto Tivoli hotel. The sudden night ot tho tropics Is soon to fall, and already, as far back as we can seo along our route and beside the ocean channel, aro twinkling the lights that Uncle Snm has Dot up to guldo tho .world's commorco through this most wonderful of canals which he has built. WANTS HIS LIBERTY CLAIMS HE IS UNLAWFULLY DE. PRIVED OF HIS LIBERTY. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Renders. Tho Biiprome court took tho case of John O. Walker under advisement. Walker 1b an Indian convict. He al leges that his Bcntenco expired Inst April and that ho Is unlawfully de prived of his liberty. Ho was serving 11 Kcntcnco of thirty years for murder in the second degree. Governor Aid rich commuted this to ten years' full time, no good allowance to bo In cluded. Walter 1-eoso, attorney for the prisoner, argued beforo tho court that the governor has no authority to deprive a convict of good tlmo earned ha this allowance Is ouo ot tho ele ments ot tho sentence, being provided for by law. Under the terms of tho commutation by tho governor, tho sentence will not termlnato until April or May, lft 10. Assistant Attor ney General F.dgerton contended that the governor had a right to cut oft any portion of 11 sentence, nnd if ho did not have that right tho order of commutation Issued by Governor Aid rjch is void, and tho prisoner will bo obliged to remain to servo his thirty year sentence unless somo other gov ernor shortens tho term. Live Stock Breeder' Directory. Tho Nebraska Improved Uvo Btock breeders' association has recently published a directory of tho breeders of fancy llvo stock In tho stnte of Nebraska who belong to this associa tion. It contains, besides tho breed er's name and the kind of Btock which ho handles, tho approximate number which he generally Iiob on hand and also tho number which aro for sale. Practically every breed of llvo Btock is represented in this little book. Tho experiment station at Lincoln Ib con stantly receiving Inquiries as to who has stock for salo of "such aud such a breed." Doubtless tho agricultural press of the state also receive many inquiries. This little directory should bo a very helpful guldo to any pros pective purchasor or others Interested In llvo Btock. Any one desirous of securing a copy mny write to Val Keyscr, secretary of tho live Btock improvers' association, Falrbury, Nebraska. Opposes Sale and Use of Fireworks. Stato Fire Commissioner W. S. Hid gell, who opposes tho uso of fireworks on tho Fourth of July nnd who has advocated a state law prohibiting tho sale of fireworks, will not wait for tho next legislature to act, but will try to induco towns nnd cities to pass ordi nances against such sales. "Before Tho Fourth of July next yenr," said Mr. Rldgcll, "I hopo to havo the salo of flroworks prohibited in most ot tho cities nnd villages In Nebraska. In my opinion It Is useless to mourn tho loss of llfo nnd property resulting from tho use of fireworks when wholesalers and retailers aro pormltted to Bell such works of destruction. Cities and towns ought to tako tho matter up nnd pass ordinances prohibiting tho sale or uso of fireworks." Two hundred and forty-seven par eels ot lnnd comprising 27,905 acres In three western Nebraska counties, havo never been certified to tho proper authorities for taxation purposes ac cording to information just laid before tho stato board Tho matter Is being given attention Just now and acts of tho federal government with regard to final entry on the land In question are bolng investigated. In tho case at hand Morrlell county haa thirty-two entries, with a total acreage thoreln of 3,953; SoottB Bluff county,' 149 en tries, with 17, 482 acres, and Sioux county, sixty-six entries, with 6,560 acres. Under the law the land Is sub ject to taxation as Boon as tho holder obtains full and legal possession thoro to. ., Adjutant General Hall baa added an other company to tho national guard by mustering In sixty-eight Broken Bow men who wnnt to undergo mili tary training during tho coming thrco years. Tunis T. Lapp of Lincoln has been appointed state hotel Inspector undci Commissioner Ackcrman. lie will take thf placo Just vacated through the res ignation of F. W. Brown, Jr. State Treasurer George Is dicker Ing with tho Btato of Tenncsseo In re gard to ?628,000 of Tennessee state bonds which Nebraska owns nnd which becomo duo July 1. Ho desires at least $200,000 cash and Is willing to accept tho rest In bonds which will net Nebraska 5 '.4 per cent. Tho orig inal bonds draw 3 per cent. One hundred' and thlrty-ono thous and men can bo mustered In by the stato for war service, according to an elaborate computation mado by Ad Jutnnt General Hall. Tho greater shnro of this number havo had somo mllltnry training nnd would bo avail able under reserve mllltlu provisions. There aro Boventy-flvo commissioned officers availnblo for two regiments, which could bo gathered up within a short time, all of these having served lu tho university cadet regiment. Tho present organized guard of the Btato consists ot 1,200 men and 152 com missioned officers. OF NEDRASKA. Hall dnmagtd considerable wheal between Avhgrove and Upland. The pos olllco at Anhby, Nob., has becomo u domestic money order ollloo A strong wind blew down part of tho $10,000 Methodist church at Macon. Farm Demonstrator Llebors Is urg ing Gago county farmers to ralso more alfalfa. Omnhn's truant olncor says mothers should bo trained, and suggests u special school. Grand Island has been selected for tho next mooting of tho stato drug gists' association. The at my worm haa Invaded York county nnd Is playing havoc with boiiio ot tho alfalfa Holds. Fremont will spare no pains to make tho fall festival In September tho best rIio has yet pulled off. George 1). Henolds, a prominent resident of Fremont since 1S75, Is dead at his homo In that place. Tho Bwlno exhibits at tho stato fair this fall will break all records, accord ing to present Indications. Fred Hubs, southeast of Hlldreth, lost seven head of milk cows by light ning, lie had no Insurance. Wheat harvest has begun In York county and the shocks stand pretty thick where tho gialn has been cut. About 100 horses havo boon entered for tho elt cult races which will be held In Ueatrlco. July IB, 16 and 17. While engaged In loading a piano at Tecutnsoh, M. B. Smith, a freight handler, had his leg and foot crushed. Tho stato tennis tournament will ho held nt Lincoln, August 5 to 0. Some of tho hrst players In tho stato will bo present It. O. Allen of York has purchased tho Bradsliaw Monitor. L. I). Boltzer, tho former owner, was forced by HI health to rot lie. Dogs have becomo so numerous in Albion that the mayor has served no tlco that the ordinance against dogs will bo enforced. Tho wheat harvest In Jefferson county Is nt a standstill owing to the heavy rain that visited that county tho Hrst of the week. Tho Deshler Light nnd Power com pany, Is arranging to enlnrgo Its plant and extend transmission Hues to other towns In Thayer county. Fishermen nt Falrbury aro catching channel cat weighing bb high as twen ty-eight pounds, nt least Falrbury pa pers give them that credit. An open-air meeting will bo held at Ilnstlngs, July 16, in celebration of tho Inauguration of the ututo-wldo campaign for woman suffrage. Tho schools uu tho lnstltuto for feeble minded youths nt Ueatrlco closed Fililay evening with a program of music und recitations by the pupils. Ellert Cramer, tlw three-year-old Bon of Hlchard Cramer, living near Fllley, had his right leg cut off by a mowing machine when ho tell In front of It. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Iloltus cele brated their fiftieth wedding anniver sary laBt week, on tho farm on which they havo lived for forty-flvo years near Johnson, Thirteen months old Donald Burko of Clay Center died at a Lincoln hos pital Inst week, after suffering for ten days from a chicken bono which had lodged in his trachea. A coroner's inquest found that Har ry Hcllman who met his death in nn auto smash-up near Gretna, was killed accidentally and no blame Is attached to anyone connected with tho affair. While repairing a well In Kenesaw a big plpo wrench which ho was using clipped from its hold breaking Hlch ard Deal's right leg just ubovo the "ankle. Ho hopped to a doctor several blocka distant, unassisted, and tlfe fractured limb was reduced. Tuesday's tralllc. Is to be freo over tho Burlington brldgo ncross tho river at Nebraska City. Tho morchantB hnvo perfected an organization and will pny tho faros of all persons who cross the brldgo that day, coming to do their trading. Three-year-old Paul Prettygrove started a bonfire In a closet at his parents' homo nt Oxford, but tho united efforts of the neighbors finally saved It from destruction. "Tho Mlsspurl river Is cutting away the honks both abovo and below Ne braska City. In several instances It has cut twenty and forty acres off of tho farms on either side of tho river. Tho Beatrice Tennis club defeated tho Falrbury club Wednesday after noon on tho Bcatrlco courts, winning flvo singles out of Blx, nnd two doubles out of thrco. This was a soclnble tourn ment. Small grain around Callaway la showing tho effects ot tho cohtinuod cxtremo heat. A count kept by the carriers of the postofflco of York for tho tho week ending Juno 14, shows thnt there wore 17,391 pieces of mall delivered and nn average of 1,083 places at which mall was delivered. , Robert Rulston was badly Injured Wednesday evening at tho Beatrice driving park when ho ran his motor nyclo Into tho renr of a ninchino ridden by Hoy Hcrmlc. His collar bono was broken nnd he was severely bruised nbout tho body. Tho wheat harvest Is on full blast l'i Otoo county and boiiio of tho fields nro yielding no high ub sixty to soven ty-flvo bushels to tho acre. Thoro la ri shortage ot help and tho farmers of each neighborhood nro Joining their holp o aid In taring for tho crop. Mm. Zach Shrnder, living near PlattBinouth, while operating a wring ing maehlno impelled by a gasollno onglne, got her hand botween tho roll ors of tho wringer, which toro the flesh nnd skin from her fingers and mangled and 'lacerated her hand In such a manner that It was thought she would lose It, BRIEF NSWS sraiEsg; tr AR CREDIT GIVEN TO 7TH CONN. Wnt First Regiment Into Battle Oolustee nnd Lnat Out, Says Comrade Henry Rowley. of Henry II. Rowley, Seventh Connecti cut, Krlo Pn., kciuIh tho following clip ping of an article In the Whittled (Conn.) Herald, which he wrote Im mediately after the battle of Oolustee. It Is Interesting as a contemporaneous account of tho battle of Oolustco aud reads as follows: Camp of the Seventh Connecticut Camp of tho Seventh Connecticut Volunteers, Near Jacksonville, Fla March 18, 1864. T. M. Clark Dear sir: In readtiifi the Inst Issuo of tho Herald I notice lu thu account given of the battle ot Oolusteo that tho Fifty-fourth Massa chusetts nnd First North Carolina (colored regiments) covered the re treat. Now, for the benefit of tho people of thu state from which wo hall 1 wish to correct this, for 1 do believe that thoy wish to havo all tho credit that Is duo them, through their foiis who aro lighting for their honor, as well as that of our common coun try. Wo have no special correspond ent to speak a truthful word for uh; therefore, It Is seldom that wo got much If any credit for tho part taken by us In the engagements lu which Connecticut troops havo borne as con iiplciious a part as tho troops from other stntes. Such Ih tho case with tho battlo of Oolustee. Tho Seventh Connecticut was tho Hrst Into It and tho last out. I know no better way of proving my statement concerning tho matter than to glvo you tho words of our commanding general. Colonel Hnwloy's brigade, composed of tho Seventh Now Hampshire, Eighth Unit ed States Colored Infantry nnd Sov cnth Connecticut, was second In tho advance, Colonel Henry's Light Hrl gado being tho Hrst. Threo tnllcH be yond Sanderson, by order of General Seymour, tho Seventh wns brought to the front nnd into position ns skir mishers, aud moved on, driving beforo them a squadron of rebel cavalry. This was kept up until wo came up with tho main body, exchanging shots with a force of rebels posted In rlllo pltB and In a dense wood. At this plnce, and In position as skirmishers, tlio force of tho enemy was kept at bay for about 20 minutes, after which wo retired to tho rear In regular skir mishing order, unmnsklug our advanc ing column to tho enemy. When to tho rear tho regiment formed, took' a new supply of ammunition, and ad vanced ngnln, filling n gup In tho ccn- .tor, whero they fought with it will. After tho light was over, boforo the rotreat was ordered, tho regiment wns in lino of battle. Colonel J lawloy wns sitting near us upon his horso. Gen eral Seymour rodo up and said: "Colo nel, I wish to havo your regiment net ns roar guard; thoro will bo a com pany of cavalry still lu your renr." Aftor telling how ho wished It conduct ed ho nld: "I hato to ask UiIb of you, colonel, but thero Is not a regiment that I havo tho confidence In that I hnvo In tho Seventh Connecticut." ThlB was enough. They took their po sition nnd conducted tho retreat through to Barber'B Ford, arriving thereabout three o'clock on tho morn ing of tho twenty-first. After resting until seven o'clock tho retreat was agnln commenced. By General Sey mour's order tho Sovcnth was again J retained for rear guard. Whllo tho regiment was In line, waiting for nil oilier troops to pass, General Soymour rodo up In front of tho lino, took off his hat, nnd said: "Men of the Sev enth Connecticut, I am happy to say to you that I am satisfied with what you have done; you have dono nil I could ask; you have dono your duty and dono It well." Tho regiment for a second tlmo took Its position ns rear guard, and marched to Baldwin's. Here they had a grand tlmo rummag ing tho knapsacks which had been loft by other regiments. Although tired, hungry and footsore, they wero not allowed to sleep. Details were made for fatigue duty, to load cars with pro visions, etc., one company volunteer ing to push u train of six cars to Jack sonville, a distance of 20 miles. Tho rest destroyed such provisions, ammu nition, etc., as could not ho got away, burning railroad bridges, cutting down trees to Impede tho progress of tho enemy, nnd In tho morning started for Jacksonville, passing Henry's Battery and Massachusetts cavalry at Camp Flnegnn, whero they were on picket, arriving at Jacksonville on the twenty second at 9:00 p. ra. Thus ended tho battlo of Oolustee, alias "Flnogan'a Ball." Since our arrival at Jacksonville ev erything hns boon quiet except an oc casional Bcaro, tho result of a few picket shots. Tho boys have had no tents since leaving St. Helena. H. H. R. Won tho Bet. Some now recruits had gathered at tho Sutler's. "I'll bet anyone $5," said one, "thnt I've got tho hardest namo of anyone hero." "Yo will, will ye?" drawled a com rade. "Well, I'll tako yo on. I'll bet $10 ag'iu your $5 that my nnmo'll beat your'n." "Done," said he. "I've got the hard est name In the country. It Is Stone." Tho comrade took a pull at bis pipe. "An' mine," tald he, "Is Harder." VKMY vs BACKACHE IS DISCOURAGINQ Backache mnkes llfo n huidcu. Head aches, dizzy spells nnd dis tressing url nnry disorders nro a conntnnt trial. Tako warning! Sus pect kidney trouble. Look about for a good kidney romedy. Learn from ono who hns "Awyfii llclur TtlH Stoiy" found relief from thu samo suffering Get Donn's Kidney Pills tho samo thnt Mr. Harris had. An OHIo Case Tt W. lUrrli. Utttnnn, Ohio. njf'TfiT tan yri I iilTrrril from kldnfy trunlil. I bi run. Mill l(krhr. tlmo! ymiitntnl of (tnitj, nd NYim tn lit I IM up In 11. 'Atlor tlwtnr li.l fnlli'il I l(ait tkln botn'I Kids l'im. Thjr cured in comilrtljr." Gal Doan't t Any Stora, BOe a Bos DOAN'SWAV roSTER-MIUIURN CO., BUFFALO. N. Y. Your Liver Is Clogged Up That's Why You're Tired-Out of Sorts Have No Appatite. CARTER'S LITTLE. LIVER PILLS will put you right In a few clays. They do. their duty." Cure Con- etln.iltnn. I Biliousness, Indigestion and Sick I Icadachs SMAU. rim SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICK. Genuine must bear Signature Mean Hint "Thnt was a strong Bceno, my dear; It nearly took my breath away." ' "I noticed your 'breath was stIU stronger, my dear." Mra.Wlnaloir'a Boothtng Rrup for ChlMra taalblnf, aoftena tka guma, reiluera Inflaming tlon.allara paln.curaa wind eolle,J5oa boUUJSt To Get Father's Consent. - "Sir," began tho young man nerr ously, "I wish to ask your consent for my marriage with your daughter." "Eli?" quickly rejoined tho parent "What ot your Income? Is it sufficient to support n wife?" "It is," boldly returned tho sllghtl nettled aspirant; "and, what Is more. It's nufllclent to stand an occasional touch from my wife's father I" "Then she's yours, my son!" Let Them Wear Themt It Is observed that ono or two taste ful advocates ot embellishment of the male dress aro writing to the papers declaring that ho should bo allowed by custom to wear not only bracelets, but earrings, too, If they desire. Well, who prevents them 7 Thoy can wear both It thoy wlak. Thoy can also do better nnd wear nose rings, which would be a mors truly American adorn ment, Inherited from tho real natives of this country. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Skyscraper Cities. Opposite tho postoftlco, In lower Broadway, Now York city, there has Just been completed a building 780 feet high, which will provldo working quarters for 10,000 pcoplo. If all tho men and women employed In this ont "skyscraper" should attempt to ga uptown by tho subway at the end of tho day It would take the ton-car ex press trains, running at the intervals now established, 15 minutes to haul them away. Though this happens to bo tho highest structure In the city, there aro others nearly as large; It Is one of tho dozens that accommo date" 4,000 or G.000 people each, and ono ot hundreds that accommodate more than a thousand each. The num ber of these great buildings Is steadily growing. World Work. CUBS' FOOD Thsy Thrive on Grape-Nuts. Healthybables -don't cry and the Well-nourished baby that Is fed oa Grape-Nuts Is never a crying baby. Many babies who cannot take any other food relish the perfect food, Grape-Nuts, aud get well. "My baby was given up by three doctors who said that the condensed milk on which I bad fed her bad ruined the child's stomach. One ot the doctors told me that the only thing to do would bo to try Grape Nuts, so I got some and prepared It as follows: I soaked lVs tablcspoonfuls In one pint of cold water for halt an hour, then I strained off tho liquid and mixed 12 teaapoonfuls of this strained Grape-Nuts Juice with six teaapoonfuls of rich milk, put In a pinch of salt nnd a little sugar, warmed It and gave It to baby every two hours. "In this slmplo, ensy way r saved baby's llfo and havo built her up to a strong, healthy child, rosy and laugh ing. Tho food must certainly be por ted to have such n wonderful effect as this. I can truthfully say I think it Is tho best food in tho world to ralso dollcato babies on and Is also a delicious henlthful food for grown-ups as tfo havo discovered In our family." Grapo-Nuts Ib equally valuable to tho strong, healthy man or woman. It Btands for tho truo theory of health. 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