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BCD CLOUD, NEBRASKA. CHIEF
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Blind Man Is
Good Machinist
Operates Lathes, Drill Presses,
Grinders and Other Machines
in Machine Shop.
TAKING UNIVERSITY COURSE
Foreman In Shop Says He Is as Good
as the Best and Better Than Many
Reads Micrometer
Readily.
Ann Arbor, Mich. Wind Gerald
fusing of (iriiud Ituplds Is working
In tlto engineering shops of the Uni
versity of Michigan, and dally op
erates lathes, drill presses, grhnlerB,
Khupers and pinners, and according to
the Hliop foreman, E. M. Sweet, lie Is
doing It as well as the best, and bet
ter than moat of the other students In
the Hliop.
Ensing lint, been blind since he wns
eight years old. lie Is studying In the
unlYoxslty on a Ited Cross scholarship
for the blind, given by the Detroit
chapter of the national organization,
lie has pledged himself to devote him
self to teaching other blind people
how to become self-supporting after
he has completed his work here. For
the past live years he has taught the
blind the art of basketry, which he
himself learned In the Michigan
School for the Wind, and has taught
them other trades also.
Help for Slghtleco.
"I demonstrated to my own satis
faction that blind men cotdd work on
factory machines," he said, "hut I had
ditllculty In getting places for the
blind. Then came the Ited Cross
scholarship offer. I will get to know
Uie men and they to know me and my
work. They will see what n Wind
man can do, and 1 believe they will
help to open the doors of the manu
facturing plants to the sightless. Of
courbc In simps of special production
where the work must lie done from
blue print, the blind man would be
too greatly handicapped, and In shops
where there Is a great deal of noise
there Is a great hazard for him."
Easing came to the university about
Ibc months ngo and was led through
the shops, pnst the whirling ma
thlnery, and told where each piece set,
nd what It wns and where there were
bdtH In which his clothing might get
tangled. After that ho threaded his
tvay among the machines without help,
and operated his own machine with
out accident. Some of the mnchlnery
be operates makes ubove 800 revolu
tions a minute.
Enslng believes drill pressuro mn
chines lend themselves especially well
to blind operators. Metal-working
factories offer greater opportunities
to the sightless than tho wood-working
Industries do. The greatest possibili
ties for the blind operators, he be
Jloves, will be found In tho plant of
quantity production of small articles.
Foreman Sweet says: "Mr. Euslng'a
work Is not performed automatically,
as ono might suppose. It can't he
done that way on some of the ma
chhioH. He reasons, and he sees with
hla sensitive lingers what another man
eees with his eyes. We allow evory
student a limit of 3-1,000 of an Inch
ta the work he does, but Mr. Enslng
nevor uses up that margin. I can't
ay tbc same of most of them."
Provea Hit Efficiency.
Th foreman admitted thnt ho saw
nslng come Into tho shops with dread.
"When he wanted to be put on the
plnatr I rebelled, but nfter the first
day ot tho planer I forgot all about It.
lie rends a micrometer as accurately
and as readily ns any other student.
He bus rigged up a little contrivance
that ho attaches to the Instrument
Just two rubber bauds aud a needle
Red Cross Workers of Japan
These Jupanese Red Cross workers
J train for Siberia and Manchuria, where
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and with the help of his fingers he
reads quicker than some of the men
who have their sight. He uses every
machine In the shop except tho dry
grinder, aud 1 expect every day to hear
him demand that. IIo operates the cy
Jlmlrlcal grinder, milling machines, en
glue mid turret lathes, drill presses,
simpers and planers. Ills work Is a
marvel of neatness, and he Is chain
lightning for speed."
While a student In the state school
for the blind Enslng played guard on
the school's football team.
"There Is no reason why a blind
man with a normal brain can't work
and enjoy himself us well as the man
who can see," Musing says. "True,
we miss Uie great blessing of sight
Cite Lord's Prayer
in Legal Brief
St. Louis. A petition In the
Lord's Prayer was quoted In a
brief tiled by counsel for nine
bakeries who are attempting to
enjoin the enforcement of an or
dinance requiring bakeries to bo
closed after Jl a. m. on Sundays.
"Advocates of this law are
guilty of hypocrisy and lly In
the face of a divine mandate,"
said the brief. "In the Lord's
Prayer we llnd the petition:
'(Jive us this day our dally
bread.' Hrcud Is needed on Sun
day as much as on any other
day, even though legislative
Holy Rollers make that prayer
a mockery and try to prevent
the Lord from acceding to our
request."
The brief also asserts that the
closing ordinance Is In conlllct
with a state law which penults
the Sunday Bale of drills and
provisions.
Mountains Float
Like Icebergs
Interesting Researches Made by
the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.
CHANGES GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Mountain Masses Found to Be Due
to the Presence of Lighter Mate
rial In Earth's Crust Un
der Them.
Washington. Mountains flont. Cu
bic ynrd for cubic yard, mountains
weigh less, not more, than the val
leys. Tho mountains are held up by
the lighter material of tho earth's
crust Mowing under them. This has
been proved by researches conducted
by the division of geodesy of the coast
and geodetic survey, under the direc
tion of Dr. William Howie, chief of the
division, and his predecessor, Prof.
John F. Hayford, now with North
western university.
It has been found that tho earth's
crust Is about sixty miles In thick
ness, and near thut depth, probably
below, the material of the earth Is
yielding to forces which act for long
times.
The earth's crust Moats on this yield
ing material. If the eurth's crust
are lined nn In Tokvo readv to en-
their services are groutl needed.
and none or us but long for or sight,
but I sometimes wonder If the blind
have not a keonc.r sense of enjoyment
of the things they can and do enjoy
than have those who enn sec."
"WALKING" ON WATER
f"' -"t
A. N. Sheldon of Ventura, Cal., a
fifty-two-ycnr-old farmer, Is shown
"walking" across San Francisco bay
on his "water-ski." Two light wood
en pontoons are arranged to slide
back and forth In a strong wooden
frame. Sheldon's feet are slipped In
to straps, and by moving his feet he
"walks" on the water.
Golf Caddy Sues for Loss of Eye.
Fust Orange, N. .!. A suit for $S.",.
000 for the loss of his right eye, blinded
by a blow from a golf ball, was
brought by Cornelius Toohey. fourteen-year-old
caddy, against Franklin
Webster.
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were cut Into blocks by vertical planes,
with the base of each block ut a depth
of sixty miles below sea level, and the
area of the bases of the blocks wero
the same and as lnrge as 100 miles
square, these blocks would have tho
same mass; that Is, they would weigh
tho same.
Weight Is Equal.
Ry means of the geodetic observa
tions bythe United States coast and
geodetic survey, the weight of these
blocks have been found to be approxi
mately equal. This result had been
suspected for decades, but Doctors
Howie and Hayford have proved It.
Geological science will he profound
ly changed by this' discovery, for now
we know the mountain masses are duo
to the presence of Hgnter material In
the earth's crust under them, nnd that
the ocean bottoms are low becauso
the material under them Is denser or
heavier than the average.
Doctor Rowle concludes thnt thero
Is no tendency for tho mountain
masses to break down through tho
earth's crust, ns they are not extra
loads. They are like the portions of
Icebergs projecting out of the water
which are held up by the Ice which
Is below or In the water. The Ice
berg Moats, aud bo does the moun
tain. Doctor Rowle also holds thnt, as
nmuntnln system are In arens which
were once very low In elevation, moun
tains are cnused by a swelling of tho
material In the earth's crust under
them. A lessening of the density of
three per cent In n column 00 miles
long will elevate tho nrea about 0,000
feet. Such a change In density, duo
to physical or chemical changes, Is
within reasonable limits.
Flow Is Below Cruet.
As the mountains, plateaus, valleys
nnd the ocean areas are In equilibrium
there must have been a transference
of material from the column of tho
earth's crust under an area where sedi
ments nre deposited, back to the nreu
from which the material was eroded
by water and wind. Doctor Rowlo
believes that the Mow of material takes
place Just below tho crust, that Is
somewhat below fi() miles. The ex
act depth at which the How from one
column to another takes place may
never he discovered.
Doctor Rowle states that, as ma
terial Is eroded from a mountnln nrea,
the new material pushed In at tho
bottom will tend to keep tho aver
age elevation of the mountnln system
approximately constant. When ma
terial Is pushed Into the column under
a mountain system to counter-halanco
the eroded matter, every partlclo of
the column Is carried upward Into n
colder zone. Under areas of henvy
sedimentation, the material of tho
earth's crust Is pushed down Into hot
ter regions. A piece of material may
thus ho raised up or carried down n'g
much ns six miles and. at times, more.
Tho great changes In temperaturo aro
probably tho cause of tho uplift of
a mountain system In an area of sedi
mentation, aud of the sinking of tho
surface where erosion has been grent.
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings in Nebraska
Given in Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Work has commenced on the Kock
Island Kallroad company's new .fMO,
000 fnlghl depot at Omaha.
At an election held at Curloy bonds
for water work and electric Rights
carried by a large nuijorl.y.
Hlgspring's new uuuiilty hall
built by townspeople and farmers of
the district was dedicated Jiwt the
other daj.
No trace has been loiiud of the bodv
of Henry A. E'he. i.,rnchute Jumper,
who was drowned in the .Missouri river
at Omaha during the Aero Congress.
E cesslve loans which could not
be collected was given as the reason
for the closing of the Guiiey state
bank at (iurloy, Cheyenne county, last
week.
Power Mrnthers of Iliunooldt, e-tensive-
dealers In sheep, hail seven
teen Hue specimens killed by dogs.
In the pens, south of the city one day
last week. The dogs were killed.
The dty council of Falls Clly has
bt en petitioned by voters to call u
special election nbout February 1st to
pass upon a proposition to establish a
city manager form of goveruemeiit In
Falls Clly.
lieport of the Lincoln municipal coal
yard In operation since October 1.
shows L'.Ti:."i ions have been delivered.
The coal has cost tu. t.ty .SVJ0 per
ton. and cost of delivery has been
81.01 per ton.
Coventor McKolvio has Issued a pro
clamation designating the period from
Armistice day to Thanksgiving day
to be observed for the annual lleil
Cross roll call, during which time mem
bership campaign will be carried on.
l.leut. Allan A. Tukey. Omaha: Copt.
Marcus I.. Pot cot. Lincoln; ('apt. Karl
M. CI i i.e. Nebraska City and Carl M.
Lunge, llartlngton, represented Ne
braska asolllclal mourners at the cere
mony of burliig the unknown soldier at
Washington Armistice Day.
The closing of the Farmers State
bank at Wlnslde inaiked the twenty
eighth bank failure In Nebraska in
the past year and a half. Intensive
loans to tenants of laud, the values
of which were wiped away by big de
creases in prices, were direct causes
of failure, it is .said.
Fremont, It is believed, holds the
birth record In Nebraska for triplets
born In a single week. During the
week ending November !" sets were
born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Alfred Porter
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carsh. Only
one of the six babies, born to Mrs.
Carsh, survived. The Infants were all
hoys.
As Indicative of tin situation In some
of the north and northwestern counties
In which there Is considerable stock
feeding, It is reported, that out of 11."
cases Mled for the September term of
court In Loup, Carlield and Wheeler
counties, 75 are mortgage foreclosures,
the total decrees already entered run
ning over $000,000,
With the preliminary survey of the
Plntte Valley Irrigation project un
der way there Is a rumor ulloat that
Gothenburg stands a good chance of
securing a beet sugar factory. The
project It Is said will water an area of
100 miles In length and 15 miles wide
or about 000,000 acres between North
Platte and Kearney on both sides of
the Platte river.
Itepresentatlve John McClellan of
Hall county ha written' Nebraska
solons suggesting n tpcclul session of
the legislature, the members to volun
teer their services and to pay their own
expenses. He declared that his In
terviews with the farming population,
especially, and with taxpayers gener
ally, lead him to believe it Is hi !i
time to retrench In state, county, city,
school and all other public affairs.
Taxpayers of Falls City In a mass
meeting adopted a resolution request
ing Governor McKelvIe to Investigate
the state engineer's olllce, .n so far as
Its work done In the state, especially
Itlchnrdsmi county. The meeting also
passed resolutions requesting the
board of IMchnrdson county to with
draw a suit instituted against J. F.
,Uelf, highway engineer for tho county.
The suit was brought by the county
hoard to recover certain sums of
money alleged to have been paid to
him Illegally.
On November II) a public sale of
poultry will be held in the fair grounds
at TocuniM'h. The sale, which will
be conducted by the .lohnsou County
Live Stock anil Poultry I'.reeders' as
soclatlon, It Is believed, will be the
Mrst of the kind ever held In Nebraska.
Gibbon has a community picture
show, the Community club making a
purchase of equipment and the show
will bo handled by a committee. The
object Is to exhibit a better class of
Minis ami on account of tho fact that
the town was without a picture show.
It Is planned to keep the admission fee
down to the lowest possible Mgure.
State Superintendent Matzen has in
dorsed a proposal of State Compensa
tion Commissioner Kennedy to get all
schools In tho state to teach pupils
the A. II. C. of the compensation law.
Kennedy says tluit tho worst feature
of the law Is the lack of knowledge
by workers of the law.
Every man who escapes from the
Nebraska penitentiary or (be new re
formatory will he prosecuted under tho
act of tho last legislature making
escape n felony, punishable with ono
lo ten years In the penitentiary, says
L. C. Oberlles, member of the state
board of control.
Excavation has been started for the
foundation of North Platte's new .'UO,
OIK) court house.
Citizens of York celebrated the 50th
anniversary of the toundlng of the
city November 0.
A private census Just completed of
McCook developps the city has a pop
ulation lnrexcess of 5,000.
Trial of Mrs. Lucy Neal, charged
I with murdering her husband, Nemahi
! county farmer, will start at Auburn
i November 'Jl.
A public sale or farm products
j live stock and merchandise at Fuller
Ion netted over .si. 000 for the Nancu
i county fair association.
Wyuiore has purchased one of tho
bei road dings on the market, and
j will keep it constantly employed mi
' the streets of the clly.
P.calrice clly coinmslonei's have
i been asked to declare as a miNunco
a skiillug rink located In the resi
dence section or 1 1 1 11 1 clly.
llnhort Ci.rsch, charged wl.h dnylir:
Henry ,Iohiion dtuinir a ouoi-iel nt
Humboldt lust June was found not i
gu'lly by a Jury at twills City.
j Iteiluced i ales to Lincoln from all
'points In Nebraska for the wee!; or or
Igiiuli'.ed agriculture meetings, January
'J lo (!, have been granled by the we-ii-era
passenger nssi clatlftn.
File completely dcstmvod the N. P.
j Allunl iV Son general merchandise and
furniture stoic ut .'Primrose, causing
a ln-s ot s:!0(iH0. The origin of the
lire Is unknown.
Five people, including four women,
were Injured, two seriously, when u
live puss-oilier airplane fell from a
height of 100 feet ami was demolished
ut the air congress Held at Omaha.
A total of :il!"i I!', ,or ''(!.' per cent,
of all tie farms In Nebraska reported
co-oporathe marketing of farm pio-
J ducts In 1!1!, according to a report
Issued by the state depart incut of agii
culture at Lincoln.
Attorney General Davis says his f
llce .will appeal to the .supreme court
from I he decision of the Lancaster
district court, granting a permanent
Injunction against tho slate extending
.$".".000 on the Omnha-Fort Crook ro.nl.
A movement to organize athletics in
American legion circles throughout llio
state has been undertaken by Lincoln
post No. .'I nt Lincoln. A committee
has been appointed t nmunlcato
with other posts and sound out tho
sentiment.
A new booklet of Omaha's manu
fatiiiring advantages, Issued by tho
Chamber of Commerces ..hows' that
manufacturing establishments In the
city employ US.OOO wage earners whoso
total payroll amounts to approximately
.S1S7.000.000 annually.
D. M. Trimble, deputy stnte lire In
spector, and Lee Carroll, cashier at
the Liberty theater. Lincoln, were both
! bound over to the district court lor
! the robbery alleged to have been
stageil by Trimble when he made away
with 81.500 after slugging Carroll In
the box olllce of the theater.
No material reductions In freight
rates will be noted for nine months
or a year as a result of the withdrawal
of the orders calling oM' the threat
ened nation-wide tleup of railroads, In
the opinion of members or the state
railway commission. Their opinion Is
based upon the fact that the railroad
labor board assured the brotherhoods
that no further wage cuts, would be
made until next July.
Sixty-seven per cent of the farmer
who sell their grain to the 00 different
l stations of the Nyo-Schiioidor-.Jonks
1 Co., throughout Nebraska will not sell
j their corn at the present prices, ne
! cording to a query sent out to man
, agers of the various depots. In an
swer to the query, "Will farmers of
your district sell corn at present
prices," 07 replied, "No."
A movement lias been Instituted by
tho Commercial Club of Fremont to
I render financial assistance to tho
farmers of Nebraska by seeming more
liberal credit from the Federal Re
serve Hoard of Kansas. It Is planned
by sponsors of the movement to so
cure the assltance of every chamber
of commerce, commercial club ami
.community dub In the state to bring
about the desired results.
In a letter to Governor McKelvio
C. S. Calwell. Philadelphia banker,
C S. Caldwell, Philadelphia banker
says that placing a tariff on potash of
'IVi cents a pound, as proposed In the I
new taiifr bill, would cost American
farmers .$."1,000,000 a vear. Tin. Inf.
. ter asked the governor lo rupport th'
measure who replied that Nebraska had
potash Interest needing protection,
and the farmers could afford to pay
more to encourage a domestic Industry.
The Heatrlce Chamber of Commerce
has launched a cainnalgn to nrevent
, the removal of the county fair to Wy-
more. The county agricultural society
i will decide the Issu the last or this
' mouth.
An extensive report on farm con-
, dltlons hi Nebraskn I sued by the statu
and federal bureau i.l markets at I. In
coin shows an Improved condition of
I winter wheal, the husking of corn
well advanced In most counties, about
i (iO per cent, of the commercial potato
! crop marketed, siigir beet harvest
practically completed and some Im
provement in the hog cholera situation.
The Omaha Woman's Press dub has
launched a prize contest open to all
women of Nebraska for the best short
story, maximum length -lOtH) words,
poetry, short poems not exceeding IS 1
Hues, essay, Including such iiianu
scripts as nature, travel and chucncicr
sketches, editorials ami Informal es
says, limited to 1000 word. The con
test doses December 10, nnd all who
wish to take part must mall their
manuscript to Mrs. Laura Eunls, -K'.'Jl
Farnam street, Omaha. Handsome
prices will bo awarded the winners.
For further Information write Mrs.
Unul at Omaha.
it's toasted, of
course. To seal
in the flavor
The Grcr.t Obstacle.
"Wife has been pestering at me con
slderahl.v of lute to sell out and move
to town." said Gup Johnson of Kuiupus
Kldge. Ark. ' "The i.hlldren yelled like
catamounts for the change whenever
they happened to think about It. Ami
I was pretty nigh on the p'int of doing
m last mouth, but Just then some fel
ler told me It was almo.st liupo.ssihle
to raise dogs in town." Kansas City
Star.
MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Even n sick child loves the "fruity""
taste of "California Fig Syrup." If the
little tongue Is coated, or If your child
Is listless, cross, feverish, full of cold,
or has colic, jive n teaspoonful to
cleanse the liver and bowels. In u few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly It works all the constipa
tion poison, sour bile nnd waste out of
the bowels, aud you have a well, play
ful child again.
Millions of mothers keep "California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know n tea
spoonful today saves n sick child to
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu
ine "California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
nil ages printed on bottle. Mother I
You must sry "California" or you mny
get nu imitation tig syrup. Advertise
ment. interest Still Large.
Modern style may have interfered)
with tho deposits In woman's favorite
bank, but It has caused no decrease of
Interest. P.oston Transcript.
Every department of housekeeping"
needs Ited Mross P.all Ulue. Equally
good for kitchen towels, table linen,
sheets and pillowcases, etc. Adver
tisement. Education Is life's apprenticeship;
Its chief aim is to teach us how to
think. Watch Your Daughter
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS
ALWAYS A WELL WOMAN
Dixon, Nebr. "For tho young girl
developing into womanhood there i
nothing better than Dr. Pierco's Favor
ite Prescription as a tonic and builder.
At that time of my life I was sadly in.
need of something to strengthen and
build me up and 1 found just tho ton is
I needed in 'Favorite Prescription.' I
would advise its uso by all young girls nt
this critical period of life." Mrs. B.
Long.
Health is most importnnt to every
woman. You cannot afford to neglect
it when your neighborhood druggist can.
supply you with Favorite Prescription
in tablets or liquid, and Dr. Pierce
willing to give von roufidential medical
advice free. H'rito hun today at
InvahJi' Hotel, Iluffalo, N. Y.
fg:iEAjaaiCTSSMagpgfflu;r3gi
WKl'lMIHW
Tlairfyjfeet
of Danger
The Intestines bend and
twist and turn on ihctn
sclvei more than thirty
feet of tlieio and when
food waste clogs llictn tip,
Irritating and dangerous
poisons arc formed and
carried by the blood
through the sstem
Remove thin food waste
regularly with Nujol the
modern method of treat
ing an old complaint.
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