APRIL 25, 1W7.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
HOW MONKEYS LEARN
Their I'liivn of Ilennonlngr Soine
time 'Very Slow.
It would be a very simply matter for
a 14-months -old child to learn to pull
in, by means or a very light toy wood
en rake,' an object which it could not
reach with its hands, and yet, Jimmie,
a very tame Rhesus monkey of mine,
spent many days in trying to learn
this simple act and had not learned to
manipulate the rake when our patience
ran out. Jlmmle was kefpt moderately
hungry all time of the experiments; he
was ?thered just out of reach of some
very tempting food-'(malaga grapes)
A light top wooden rake was given him
Instinctively, he grasped it, bit it, then
dropped it and began straining at his
tether and reaching out as far as pos
slblo with his .foreleg, making vain ef
forts to scratch in his food. The rake
was then put around one of the grapes
and the handle extended towards Jim
mie. Instantly he grasped the handl:e
as befoje and jerked it, and the grape
rolled within reach of his paw. The
rake was' dropped and forgotten" and
the faithful paw utilized for the com
ptetlon of the act.
Now what happens when the grapn
has been eaten? The rake is still with
in his reach and the grapes- are still
outside the pale. Does he perceive the
relationship existing between food ou
of reach,, rake will lengthen paw; ergo
use ral:e?"J,Not Jimmie.- -And hp I?
the brightest of sex. As" long' as vou
will kindly hook the blade of the rakc
arounJ the. grape and extend the
handle towards him, he will condescend
to pull in th0 rake and consequently
the grape, but he has never vet both
pushed out and then pulled in the rake
of his own initiaive. John B. Watson
in the World Today. -
People who are fully informed on the
manufacture of paints, prefer Brad
ley & 'Vronman Paint because it is safe,
guaranteed, protective and long wear
ing Sold by Western Glass and Paint
Co., Sir South Twelfth street.
.WAV'S !' COOKING FRL4X.
Simple DinlieN Which Are IkII;
l'reimred.
Baked bananas Put one cupful of su
gar and the juice of one-half a lemon
Into a saucepan; cook slowly; add a
small piece of butter. When it begins
to thicken peel six bananas, lay them
In a baking dish and pour over the
syrup. Bake in a moderate oven until
the bananas and syrup are a golden
brown. Serve very hot.
Filled prunes Prepare prunes as
usual; while they are still warm re
move the need from each prune with
a sharp knife; be careful not to mash
the prunes. Put a blanched almond
or a pecan Inside of each prune, lay
in a glass , dish and pour the syrup
over, Serve cold.
Stewed figs Into an enamled sauce
pan put one pound of dried figs; add
one pint of cold water and stew until
the figs are quite tender; then care
fully remove them, and add one-quarter
of a pound of loaf sugar and the
thin rind of a lemon to the juice;
when the syrup Is thick enough add
the juice of one lemon, put the cooked
figs into the syrup again and stew for
ten minutes. Can be served with
cream if desired.
Pineapple trifle One-half can grated
pineapple, two-thirds of a cup of
sugar; cook together; dissolve one-half
package of any flavor jello in one-half
pint of boiling water, then add the
pineapple, sugar and juice of half nn
orange to the jello and set away to
cool. When It begins ao thicken add
one-half pint of cream whipped stiff.
Stir thoroughly and turn into a mold
to harden. .
Tarn, with powdered stone, can cut
a steel bar. Major McClaughry, war
den of the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth, Kas., once found n
prisoner who was supposed to be
pounding stone , working away at one
of tho bars to" an outside window. The
man was Influced to give, a demon
stration. A crating of the samo de
Hcriptlnn was placed in his coll and a
guard stationed over him to watch the
cutting process. With the limestone
dust and silicate from the xtone pile,
the yarn from his sink and a little
water, the man cut the brssemer pteol
bur in eighteen working hour. With
some An emery, a chalk line and two
wooden handholds to save Ids fingers
he made u clean cut of the fit her ben
nciiht bar in iivo hours.
CASTOR I A
' lor Infuiti and Children.
lb Kind Yea Have Always Bought
iunturtor
i
U Why the Small
Charles G. Dawes In Philadelphia Saturday livening Post.
It is little wonder, with the present
growth of values in the country and
the rapid increase in wealth, that the
man with the small savlnss account
feels like using It to secure for hlm-
sejr a greater participation In the pre
vailing prosperity than that afforded
by three per cent interest. That there
is now widely prevalent among our
people of moderate means a mania for
the investment of small sums In haz
ardous and fraudulent enterprises Is
unquestioned. The purpose of this
article is to warn " prospective small
investors against the "get-rich-quick"
plans with which they are beset.
I believe that In the vast majority
,of cases moderate sums of money can
not be invested safely, so as to bring
In more than a reasonable interest re
turn and should not bo Invested in
response to specious newspaper adver
vertisements. The small Investor gen
erally overlooks the advantages which
the capitalist has as compared with
himself.
In the first place, the capitalist, in
making an investment, is generally in
the position of being desirlous of buy
ing from others. The small investor
is in a position where others are de
sirous of selling to him, . The, capital
ist buys wheref he can buy cheap,
whether the seller Is making a profit
or not.
The small investor in answering a
published invitation to buy is always
paying a profit to the seller. One
should remember when he is reading
a newspaper advertisement of stocks
that he is being asked by a stranger
to buy something at the stranger's
price.
There is no reason w:hy. the stranger
should. offer him an -exceptional . bar
gain. Exceptional bargains in these
days of prosperity do not, as. a rule,
go begging. The capitalist, if he buys
at a profit to others, generally knows
what that.profit is and measures it In
its relation to the profit which he
hopes to realize on the purchase. The
small Investor generally knows what
the profit of the seller is. Where the
seller fixes his own profit. It is almost
always larger, other things being
equal, than the amount of profit which
results from negotiation. In the ma
jority of proffers of mining stock
through newspapers, the man who
bays is paying a profit fixed by the
seller for his own benefit. Large cap
ital makes a preliminary Investigation
at Its own expense. The small invest
or either acts upon no investigation,
or upon an investigation pajd for by
the seller. Large ca pi tar . negotiates
for a price with the true value Jnmlnd.
The small investor -generally buys
without knowledge of the true, value.
What chance has tho small Investor?
You know nothing from the advertise
ment as to whether the promotors are
men of past business, success. Many
men who are known business failures
in their own communities are often
long distance millionaires. Often they
are broken plungers whose brief sue- J
cess was widely chronicled, but whose
gradual business relapse has naturally
not been heralded.
Do not put too much faith In what
names seem to mean. Find out, by
inquiry from some one who knows,
just what they do mean. If you have
no way of finding out the character
and past business record of the men
do not Invest.
A banker in one of our great city
banks once asked a man to Invest some
of his personal funds in his own busi
ness. The latter had a business which,
though very successful, was not one
of great magnitude. He had never had
any business relations with the banker
or his bank. Naturally surprised, the
business man tinned the banker why
ho selected hlrn and his business, In
view of his close relations to the great
business leaders of the city. The bank
er replied;
"Ilecaure you are successful, and It
Is your business. I am almost dally
asked by business men to join them
In outside ventures, but they won't
lake my -money in their own business.
.When I join u coterie of men In an
cutr-ide Investment. a an almost tr.
variable rule we all lose; and yet every
one of us may be n nuccess In our
own business. I have had o rnnnv ex
periences of thla nrt ttiHt If oven Mar
hill Field should have awked tue to
join him In u manufacturing business
or a mining venture, I tdiould have de-
dined. Hut If h hud said: . "Put Rome
of money Into my liusdnena, would
l.avo given Itlm nil I hud. Now men,
when they are fir along, In huHine.,
do not want, a rule, to t.ike (.uuide
money In nut h form a to I u ?! nhare
the rexultM of their work with other.
Xiiturttlly, If they n d money, they
Immiow It itnd pay tit,rt on it with-
Investor Loses
out sharing profits beyond that ex
tent." ,
There is a deal of philosophy In this
banker s utatoment. A coterio of busi
ness men who "take a flyer,", as , they
call It, can generally afford to iose, and
generally do.
Out of all this let us deduce ft rule:
Try to invest your money with suc
cessful business men In the business
lnwhlch they have succeeded.
In reading a newspaper advertisement
of stocks, do so always with a skepti
cal spirit, Just as you would regard a
strange individual who would call at
your house claiming to be able to sell
something at less than Its real value.
If you see something in the advertise
ment which tempts you to invest, you
will, unless you are a fool, Investigate
the advertised proposition as you would
the propositloh made by a stranger.
These are some of the proper questions
upon which your mind should be made
clear; Who are you, who offer the
stock? As you ask me to regard your
resentatlons as trustworthy, refer me
to Uhose of whom I know, who will
vouch for your character and trust
worthiness. As , you are offering me
stock in a company,, please tell . me In
percentage how the stock Is allotted.
What per cent of the total stock has
gone to tho people who formerly owned
th0 property bought by the corpora
tion? What per cent of the stock reo
resents good-will? What per cent of
the stock is sold for cash like that you
propose to sell me? To whom does the
cash go to the company's treasuary,
or to buy stock already Issue d for
good-will to others? What is the re
lation of the cash cost or selling value
of the property of the company to Ui
amount of its stock issues? Has it
ample working capital? What is its
indebtedness? - Are its titles or patents
in dispute? What are the salaries of
Its officers?
Now these questions would be only
some of the preliminary questions which
the experienced investor would ask be
fore taking up the equally important ones
relative to the nature, condition and pros
pects of the business itself. How much
of this kind of Information have you,
who, after reading the flamboyant adverr
tisement in the peper, fill In for a few
dollars the cupon application, for mining
or plantation stock printed In the margin
of the advertisement?. Poor fool, the
man who follows off a bunco-steerer Is
more excusable than you. He has at
least hail the opportunity of pasffm,; a
hasty Judgment upon tho personll 'ap
pearance of the scoundrel who Is alter
his money. You the simply biting on a
hook wilh the bait half off, without evem
seeing whether the Hshermun looks ten
evolent. How diary is the fool of d.s
dlaylng his folly? ,
These are tho days when the hankers
listen to the confidences of the unfor
tunates who have been buying stocks on
"straight tips" and who bring in their
remaining sound collaterals to borrow
enougt to pay up their losses to the bro
kers. How quiet they are these same
men who were telling a few months ago
how they bought this or that stock upon
which their pudgnient had been vindicat
ed by this or that profit. We hear of
tho successes; but of the failures which
outnumber them, we seldom hear except
when storm necessity reveals them. Hut
out sympathies are not so much excited
by this class of fools.
I know a poor scrubwoman who inves-
t An old sore or ulcer Is only a symptom, an outlet for the impurities and
poisons which are In the blood, and aa long as this vital fluid remains in
4 o , - m. uiuuu bwiw jb Kiin, ana mus it p;oc3
on, gradually growing worse and slowly affecting the entire health of the
suilcrer. There are many ways in which the blood becomes contaminated
and poisoned. A long spell of sickness breeds disease germs in the system,
the failure of thecliminative members to remove the refuse and waste matter
Of the body the excessive use of mineral medicines in certain diseases, all
Infect the blood with morbid matter and germs wh?.ch sooner or later Is man
ifested by a sore that refuses to heal. Persons with inherited Mrl trit r,.
very apt to be afflicted with sores and ulcers. The taint may lie dormant
during 'young, vigorous life, but when middle age h reached or passed and
the riaturaUnergies begin to grow maker, the tisauca in some weak pejint
7 'V "" " vuiuuw tun: is lormcu ana xept open J.y the constant
....uv. v. nucule muuer irom me dioou. h the cause h not removed the
sore v,iu iui;..nue to grow worse by eating dccjttr Into the flesh, festering
iltscharging, svA slowly undermining the constitution. S. S. 8. heal old
fores by gmng down to the very bottom of Uie trouble, driving out tha
impurities audbuudiuun the f Htiripirrii:1ti.5 um,.,.. o a i.'.; i
the cause the blood liecomm rich and healthy, the sore br;,in.i to hval. new
llesh i inrmed . nnd soon the place h cured. Do not depend on external
application, which do not rtach the blood, but U VM the w w of .H. . 8. and
remove of the cause, and then the sre mutt heal. a .k m Sore n and Ukx r
tad medical advice frvc. THE SWIFT SPJbCIHC CO., ATLANTA, CA
Food Children for
Drain and Husclo
Tin Food May Determine the Succeed of
After Life.
' . -
Many a child grown to maturity can
look back and see. where tender-hearted
parents permanently injured or weakened
it by harmful Indulgence in food.
Irregular fcedlng.meut-eating and un
suitable, heavy food In childhood have
undoubtedly laid the foundation for In
validism and blighted the career of many
who might otherwise have achie ved suc
cess. Children like the sweet, satinylng
nourishment' of wheat, which con'.ains
every element heeded for perfect nutri
tion from infancy to old age. The best of
all eatables for growing children Is Malta
Vita, tho one perfect wheat food which
they eat with genuine reliuli and never
get tired of it.
Malta-Vita combines the delicious taste
of crisp, unt-brown, whole-wheat Hakes
with the natural sweet of grain cdarch
converted Into malt-sugar. by pure, malt
extract: It contains no glucose, clieaff
syrups or other foreign sweetening It
Is ready to eat when you open the hox,
If something U needed between meals
"a snack of Malta-Vila" Is Just tho
thing, because it Is perfectly pure and
easy to digest. Without meat, okb. tea,
coffee of chocolate, puny and thin lo-Hied
children can be made vigorous and
strong in a few monlhs by a simple, sat
isfying diet of Malta-Vita with milk,
cream or fruits. Try it. They will thank
you for It, afterwards. In large, sealed,
air-tight packages at the grocers,- only
1) cents.
ted five clollari In one shore of doubtful
mining stock In answers to a newspaper
advertisement.' The secretary who open
ed the mall in which the letter wan re
ed ved, If he was honest, must have left
like reaching for bis employer's uneaklng
face with a strong right arm and a
doubled fist.
Bloodsuckers, scoundrels these names
sound ho mild for such men. Hefo'-e the
eyes of an honest and experienced busi
ness man they would cringe and whine
like egg-sucking dogs caught In the net.-
. How . far. way seema the (lay , .of the,
millennium when we see such men parad
ALWAYS CHANGING.
' The doctor ordered me to take
a change of climate, so"
"So you stayed right here in
New York, eh?
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HEALS
OLD SORES