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DISCIPLINE FOE TO ACCIDENTS!
Vormrr Omaha Man Recounts Inci
dents to Prove Assertion.
HUMAN IS NOT INFALLIBLE
Bat that Discipline la Inf
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Tlclpln In the fne of fHllilillty In th
human. " Th- words fnrtn th- fxt of an
Instructive artlrle In Hip 'pvplnf1 Tlaln
ra!r written by Voter 1'aul Shelhv. a
former reHdrnt of Ornahn, a prominent
Vnlnn Tarlflr offMnl thirty years ar,
later manr of tlii Montana Central,
triors re-nt1v a ranclp.-r In Idaho and nnm
a resident of slnK lllo. o . Mr. Shelby
relates a number of Inxtan'TM rominK
within his experience and observation
reeving the life saving value of eeif-ron-trol
and obedience In a crisis. He Fays
.In part:
On the 27th of February. 1!I. In the
darkness of night the good ship Queen
speeding through a strni from San I'ran
rlaco to Seattle, van discovered to be on
fir, then thirty miles off the coast of
Oregon. Passengers ere awakened w ith
.mart. The commander, t'apt.iln N. K.
t'eiialna. derided to put nil of the women
anil other of the weaker feopln In the life
boats, because It was doubtful If he could
aava tha ship. There were many heart
rending, parting scenes, because the able
bodied men remained on the ship, and If
they failed to save It. they mere to take
lo tha rafta. but much to the credit of the
American character ifor moat all were
Americana), every able bodied man vol
unteered to stay with the captain and aid
Mm and hla crew In extinguishing the
flames.
They were not long In reeling out the
hose and manning the no.zles. The whole
after end of the superstructure of the
hip waa on fire. The men fought the
flamea as only those struggling for life
can contand. All worked like Trojans; not
a voice waa heard aava the stentorian,
commanding voice of the captain. Some
time the flames were the master and
enmetlmee Captain Cousins and hla men
were masters. The men In the bowels of
tha ahlp. tha stokers and th englnoera.
knew full well that If the men above did
not extinguish the flames, cremation was
thalr doom. The captain placed guards
around tha ahlp at the bulwarks to prevent
excited people from Jumping overboard
during tha fire, which often occurs In such
cases,
Ionia that Cheer.
Meanwhile, the people In the lifeboats
became excited and one craft max cap
Blied; after a brief, silent struggle In the
vortai of the waves, nine went down to
rjaa no more. In the darkness, many of
ha women commenced weeping and wall
ing and alnglng mournful songs "Nearer
itf Ood to Thee," and similar depreslng
hymns, when all of a sudden a young
lady, 20 years of age. Miss I'eckenbaugh,
atood up In ona of tha boats and called:
"Please atop this nonsense. We are not
going to die," and struck up a song of In
spiration, a humorous Irish aong. 8oon
. after, another girl, 16 years of age, In
another tossing boat, unknown to Miss
Pec kenbaugh. Joined In the song, her sweet
voice penetrating the darkness, and after
a while many others joined, and It had a
ery tranqulllslng effect.
Tha fire waa extinguished after a struggle
of four hours. The hull of the ahlp was
uninjured and the vitals the machinery
were also uninjured, but the superstruc
ture waa badly burned and acorched. In a
eouple of hours the crippled ship overtook
tha drifting boats and took the joyful occu
pants aboard.
T Joy mt Safety.
Very few people can comprehend tha
passengers after they had re-embarked.'
No one but those who
have escaped the knee-weakentng and
aloksnlng sensation of an earthquake, or
the deafening roar of a great battle, or
the distressing silence of one or two eec-
ends following the awful crash of a rall-
w wrwifc. juni prrceuina me screams oi
the wounded, or the sensation of the oper
ating table, can fully appreciate the pro
found sense of gratitude to their Creator
and Protector that those passengers, cap
tain and crew felt; ordinary gratitude
comprehend It. Nearly everybody over
forty yeara of age has experienced the
converse of this; the stupid, selfish breath
of ingratitude.
In due time thih Oluien llmnul Inln 4 ha
harbor of Seattle. The paasengers declared
those two girls heroines of the fire, water
and storm. The captain's bravery and In
telligence were suitably rewarded by the
officials of the Paciflo Coast company aa
well as the harbor officials of San Francisco.
The suoress of Captain Cousins, his crew
and the passengers. In aavlng the Queen,
was the wonder and admiration of the time
of all the people on the Paciflo coast, but
1 verily believe It waa due to one word:
"Discipline."
accidents on the railroads were due to de
fective materials, broken mils, car heels,
axel trees, ilra wharka, links, pins. etc..
but the chemist and metallurgist have
eliminated nearly all of these raui-pa and
now it la the fallibility of the humand mind
that causes nine-tenths of the accidents
and loss of life, so we must come to mili
tary discipline, military exactness and mil
itary training to avoid constant murder by
automohile drivers, electric motormen and '
the like. Kong before the days of Napoleon
the armies of the world eliminated the
word "excuse" from their military vocabu
lary. Hecaupo a soldier who did his dut
and obeyed orders had no use for It. So
did Loyola. Thlh has made the Jesuits as
educators, the wonder of the world for
&) years.
Hulking after corrective advice is con
sidered by these officers and educators as
reprehensible. You very seldom bear of a
locomotive engineer on one of the great
roads of the country, who goes through
a crucial test and Is approved by the ex
perienced men, ever causing an accident
by the fallibility of his mind, but some
switchman, or man of the lower class, who
Is not trained, leaves a switch own and
causes the deatti of the engineer.
When 1 returned to railroading after the
civil war I honestly thought that a man
who wouud make a mistake, causing the
loss of life, ought to be shot. Mexico
adopted the Napoleonic code after It broke
loose from the yoke of Ppaln. That code
provides that a man who kills another ac
cidentally Is treated just aa same as though
he killed him Intentionally. This seems
harsh, almost brutal, but what la the dif
ference to you or to your family, which
nay you are killed, accidentally or Inten
tionally; you are killed Just the same. They
scarcely ever run over anyone In Mexico
with automobiles. They have more deer In
Mexico than we have up here, but they
don't kill men for deer by mistake In Mex
ico, although forty or fifty are killed here
each year In that way.
Self-preservation Is the basis of all
natural law the first law of nature and
since every man has a dtity to preserve his
own. life, It necessarily follows that he haa
a strict right to all the means conducive
to this end.
Any man who trespasses against the
speed laws falls In his duty to his fellow
man by disregarding the latter s rights.
Hence it follows that the airbrake of the
law should be applied to such Individuals.
At the Base of Safety.
About twenty-four years ago I waa t
pointed general manager of tha Montana
Central railroad, now part ot the Great
Northern. My headquarters were In
Helena. The road was new and ran
through a mountainous country. Llke all
new roads we were troubled with slides
of earth and rock on the tracks. I made
friends with the section foremen, talked en
couragingly to them, and they all became
faithful, proud and Important. One of these
section foremen, by the name of Patrick
Moriarity, called at my office one day with
liU wife and raid he wanted to get a po
sition as office boy for his son, who was
clever lad. He thought If he commenced
with me In my office he could sweep out
the office and after a while he might get
position as a minor clerk, finally becom
ing chief clerk. . Then, after he showed
hlmse.f to be a man of clever ability, Mr.
James J. Hill might put him in my place
when I would be away. My vanity waa
hurt. I writhed for a moment and said:
Mr. Moriarity, how would it do for you
to appoint the boy yourself aa water boss.
He might gTOW to be a section man and
then, after he showed his ability, which
he no doubt has inherited from yourself.
the roadmaster might put him in your
place." He said: "Me and my old woman
have talked that over many's the time, but
we both concluded that he didn't have
head enough for that She said that I was
the base of all sa'ety."
These remarks caused me a great deal
of serious thought He felt hla importance
and that Is Just what la required of all
men In the position of safety to Uvea. Men
like Moriarity never forget their duty.
Over half of the millions of passengers
never give a thought te these men that are
the base ot all safety.
The Montana Central never killed or In
jured a passenger during ray connection
with It, although It crosses two vast moun
tain ranges the main range of the Rockies
and the Boulder range, the latter having
no place In the anatomy of nature, but the
grades were the same on, both.
LEAGUES OF GERMAN FARMERS!
Two Million tarlcnlnrlsts llrcanlrrtl
In Tun Mnillcs tor Mo
lnl ll--ncrlt.
More th-.in "V fH'incs In Ucrinatiyj
hnve iiKnly."l for nint'itl benefit and pro
tection. Such an ot ttani'-ittion, If it existed,
In th" 1 tiltid States, ami were directly
t-olltli-itl'v. would hold the lisiimce of power, j
The ilormnn ,'tirMtTM aie In two great
leagues, known as the lmpc'lal .ktIcuI- 1
tuial union. Together they loaned in the j
last year mure than J. 'i OK) non to their'
niembeis. The chief activities of the lira
lentiiic are In uidiim tlietr menihei ship j
financially, lu inimovinij crop cultures j
through traveli'iii experts. In selling farm I
products and in pun nasinn supplied
The Imperial Agricultural union has I
sixty-seven circuit unions, made up of H.SM
local societies, vv I ; 1 1 a to;al membership of j
l.two.tut. It has .:;.t.0vi.l in assets. The j
local societies arc divided as follows: j
Twelve thousand five hundred and cliihty- I
four savlnvs and loan, J IJ' co-operative
purchasing, l.imu dairying and l.ft.l mlscel- j
laneoiis. The Imperial last year sold tin.- i
OOO.tXm in dairy products, and paid j
W'.0"4 for milk. Some of the groups in the :
Imperial exclusively buy and sell spirits ,
dlstlllf d mostly from potatoes. Oiher i
groups look after the cultivation and sale
of starch and Its products, the cultivation
and consei vat ion of fruits atid vegetables,
and the handling of eggs and poultry.
There are In the Imperial also ISO grape
and nine growers' societies, 100 societies of
fock and cattle raisers and a numher of
beet and beet sugar groups. The entrance
fee Into the Imperial is less than $3. The
sverage working capital of each member Is
$il.700.
The second great farmers' alliance Is the
Oenera.1 Agricultural union, which has
6.712 local societies, with a total member
ship of 40o.8lS. It has $117.000.(KW In assets.
Nearly 4,400 of the 'ocalg In the General
are sa vines snd loan groups. The sverage
capital of an Individual member Is I.WM. I
The functions of these two great organ- !
lzatlons are much broader than collective
bargaining. ' In each division thee are
scientific expert" who visit the farms of
the members anil advise nlth them con-
c rnlng crops, liv e stock, soli, wodiacd. ,
examining and sucestlng remedies, etc. j
There are label stories for testing the soil (
for members.
A third great national' body of German !
farmers is known as the Co-operative Pur- !
chasing society. It lias twenty-seven clr- i
cult unions, LOSS local societies and 21S.674
menhcrs. It buys fertilizers, feedstuff.',
S'eds. roal snd agricultural machinery.
The annual average purchase by each
farmer was 104. The Co-operative has a
working capital of $10,700,000.
Outside of these three national farmers'
organizations there are local dairyman so
cieties scattered all through the empire
i.H'l In all, with an aggregate membership
of 17S.0O0 and a total assets of $1?.iX).i0.
There Is a fourth national agricultural
body the Deutsche I Jtndwlrtschaf tan
Important society for the technical ad
vancement of agriculture. There Is In
Germany only one political organisation of
farmers. It is called tha Hun der I.and
wlrte. An eminent German economist says the
significance of agricultural unions In Ger
many lies in their successful advocacy of
honest business dealing. 1n their Insistence
on each payment and on economy In op
erating expenses. In their struggle against
usury and deception In the business and
moral training whlrh they give to the
middle arid lower classes, and In the happy
combination of progressive principles and
brotherly feeling which taey stimulate. '
There are In France two national co
operative societies of farmers the Central
I'nlon Farmers' Syndicate and the Cen
tral Syndicate of French Farmers, the
former with R0O.000 members, the latter
with 3Ot0. They buy mostly agricultural
machinery'- There are S.OnO Individual so
cieties. The French government last year
loaned the farmers S.ono.t francs and now
I as n.oo:. onn francs Invested in agricultural
loans The growth of a heat and cattle
Is Increasing. Chicago Journal.
WAR ON LOAN COMPANIES
atlonnlde .PIa ot t lmplltn 1
aaanrated by the ae Foundation.
Arthur II. Ham. special agent of the Bage
foundation, who has charge of the cam
paign against usurious loan companies,
started In New York last week, has entered
Into necotiatlons with boards of trade In al
most every large city in the countrv, and
has received pledges of support from all
sections. It Is plannrd to put the prelected
reforms Into operation In all parts of the
country at the same time.
What Mr. Ham considers a most Impor
tant victory was won when he secured
from the managers of all the large depart
ment stores, who are members of the Re
tall I'ry Goods association, pledges that
they will discontinue -the practice of dis
missing those employes found to be In the
grip of. the loan sharks.
"The one firm hold of the money lender
on his victim." said Mr. Ham. "Is from the
victim's fear that exposure means loss of
hs position. Knowing this, the losn shark
makes threat after threat.-and then never
hesitates to apply at Inst to the victim's
employer. He does It often after the loan
end Interest much above the legal rate have
been paid. ' His purpose Is often to exact
the large sums known ss bonuses, the pay
ment of which the victim of the system
often resents and neglects to ettlo for.
"TTnder the new plan the large depart
ment stores have agreed to give no more
attention to the demands of loan com
panies made through attorneys. If suit
Is filed, the employes who sre victims will
be furnished legal assistance If their case
turn out to be meritorious. Several large
employers promised to take up the matter J
of starting co-operative loan associations
so that those temporarily in trouble may
be helped at a fair rate of Interest snd
reasonable conditions of repayment. The
employers psrtlclpstlng In the agreement
have on their payro'ls over 60.000 em
ployes." There sre V'.i loan companies In New
York that advertise stendlly. he said, snd
about 300 that do not advertise. They are
capitalised at an average of I10.WX) each,
turning over their $3,000,000 capital shout
ten times a year at 10 per cent a rtionth.
thus making their gross annual business
$30,000,000.
The model loan companies it Is proposed
to start In this city and elsewhere will
llrr.lt the dividends to per rent on money
Invested and will loan money at that rate
plus enough to cover the cost of office
maintenance. Twenty-five such companies
are now established In different sections of
the country. New York Times.
Prescription for Bad Breath
and Chronic Indigestion
Foul Tieath Is one of many dis.iereeabli
nnd distressing afflictions that come with
Indigestion - Ktiow Is given the formula for
the treatment that is producing such re
markable results lu hospital work for slom
rich trouh'e. It Is said to relieve almost
immediately sour slouiach. belching, dim
ness. be: dach(S and misery after eatlnu.
and If used tor sufficient time will cure th
worst dyspepsia. "Two ounces essence of
l'epiin; three ounces v rup of Glnerr; on
ounce Cstandir compound Mix ?ind taks
one to two teaspoonsful ifter each mesl
and at bod time " Catundir alwavs comet
put up in ounce seated packages. Anv
druggist should have It in stock bv this
time or be will uuioklv net It from his
wholesale house. For best results mix the
Pepsin and the Ginger, then let stand about
an hour before adding the Catandlr. H
will be more convenient to get the Ingredi
ents from the druKirlst nnd mix them st
home. Persons suffering from stomsch
trouble should get this without delay. Adv.
Mothers
The greatest crisis in a woman's life
Is when first she becomes a mother.
All the physical strength of her
nature Is demanded at such times,
snd it Is necessary that her system
he thoroughly prepared for the erent.
In order that her health he preserved
for future years. Mother's Friend
Is woman's safest reliance; it is a medicine for external nso, composed of oils
and other Ingredients which assist nature In all necessary physical changes of
the system. Its regular use before the coming of baby prepares the muscles
and tendons for tha unusual strain, aids in expanding tha skin and flesh fibres,
and strengthens all the membranes and tissues. Mother's Friend lossens the pain
and danger at the crisis, and leaves
the mother In such healthful con
dition that her recovery is always
rapid and natural. Mother's Friend
Is sold at drug stores. Write for our
free book for expectant mothers.
BJULD FIELD BXQULATOE CO.,
Atlanta, Oa.
Mother's
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Am Atlaatle Iarldeat.
in mi monin or August, ikssv, i was cross
ing the Atlantic on La, Bourgoyne from
Frame to New York. A great hurricane
vertook the ship In mldocean. About day.
light In the morning we discovered a large
four-masted German bark wtlh a flag of
dlatreaa, also a (lag signifying that the
hip waa sinking, also another flag signify
ing that the crew wanted to desert the
nip. ne stopped sdoui one-els nth or a
mils of the bark because it was dangerous
te go nearer. Ia Bourgoyne lowered three
J'febosts. They were large ones, requiring
ten or twelve oarsmen to man them. In
the excitement and lack of discipline of the
french sailors, they lowered one end of
one boat faster than the other end and
spilt all the oarsmen into the ocean. They
unk and we never supposed they would
rise, but they did, and were rescued by
the men In the other two lifeboats. This
reused a delay of at least thirty minutes,
and the German bark with the twenty
seven sailors near the bulwarks, wilting to
be rescued, was sinking at the same time,
right before the eyes of every one on I.a
Bourgoyne. The lifeboats then proceeded
to wtlhln about 0 feet of the bark and
then the sailors Jurniped Into the sea and
ere thrown lines and pulled Into the life
boats. After the rescuers had them all
tboard the lifeboats, they rowed alongside
of Ijl Bourgoyne and the sailors and the
men they rescued were all pulled up with
block and tackle.
loon after this occurrence La Bourgoyne
went down off the cosst of Newfoundland
sn Its return from New York to Havre.
Kjght hundred and fifty lives were lost
tad many csn now remember the sickening
accounts of the conduct of the French
allots who used knives ,n f lihtlng with
the passengers for places in the lifeboats.
Who would think of an American sailor
oing thlsT He would simply sink to bis
leath before he would use a knife against
a woman or child or any one else to save
la ewn life.
I draw these two parallel lllustrstioni.
e a disaster on the Pacific and the oiher
en the Atlantic, to show hat discipline
eneans. Discipline Is tie foe of fallibility
in the hqman.
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Tale of Temperance Worker.
A young woman rushed up to a young
n.an on Superior avenue the other day and
shook hands with him cordially. "I have
a confession to make to you," she gurgled.
"You won't believe it, but I always thought
you drank.
The young roan tigered for a clove and
tried not to blush.
And now." she pursued, "I, find that
you are actually a temperance worker.
Now I see you are trying to be modest and
deny it. but you can never fool me again.
overheard my brother aaying. in nia
slangy way that you were a great boose-
fls titer! Oh. lie was In earnest, wny, he
said that you had punished more of the
stuff than any other ten men in Cleveland.
1 m proud to know you; will you ever
pardon me for misjudging you?''
rthe was gone before lie got tnrougn
choking. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
mmwM MAGIC
Ladj Will Send Free to Any Sufferer
The Secret Which Cared Her
From childhood I was dlstreaed and hu
miliated bv an unwelcome growth of hatr
on my face and anna. I tried all the de
pilatories, powders, liquids, creams and
other rub-on preparations I ever heard of.
only to make It worse. 1 suffered the tor
ture of the eiectrlo needle without being rid
of my blemish. 1 spent a great deal of
money on various things In vain, until a
friend recommended a simple, soluable.
ll'iuld preparation which succeeded for ma
where all else failed, and haa woo great
praise from many others as well.
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This simple remedy enabled me perman
ently to find entire relief from all trace of
unwelcome hair, and forever end all em
barrassment. It is simple, safe and sure
snd can be used privately at home, with
out fer of pain or blemish. It makes the
electric neile entirely unnecessary. It is
absolutely harmless, and your uwq doctor
would endorse It.
1 will tell In detail full particulars, quite
without charge, to enable any other auf
trrer to achieve the same happy rrsjHj as
1 did. All 1 ask Is two-cent stamp for
reply. Address Carolina Osgood. O T. Old
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8PZOIAX. ESSOSSinm As
Biethod above rwCrred to haa beea
oreed cy decters, trae specialists
naay etner pabusaara, we advise all
r thus afflicted, te take e4vaatae of
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For 28 years tha firm of F. H. Peterson& CoM of Minneapolis, Mlnn was wall and favorably known throughout the en
tire Northwest. It was one of the oldest established homefurnlshlng concerns In Minneapolis. The firm retired from busi
ness and turned over their entire remaining stock to us at Just 45c on the dollar. And we're now putting; the goods
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For the Parlor
PARLOR SUITS A magnificent display, in
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genuine leather and fabrics, Peterson 9100.00 suits
at $45.00; their 178,00 suits at $35.00; very
elegant suits that Peterson
sold at 555.00 we now offer JPI SO
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ODD PARLOR PIECES-Rockers and chain
upholstered in genuine leather and also in fabrics
very handsome parlor pieces, also davenports,
music cabinets, parlor cabinets, parlor tables, par
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For the Bedroom
BEDROOM SUITS also odd dressers, chiffon,
iers and dressing tables in Circassian walnut, genu
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There are complete dining room suits, in new and
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but they are all offered now at the same cut In
price received when we bought the stock, which
was 45c on the dollar. You save
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Some of the greatest bargains in library furniture
that were ever offered in the State of Nebraska.
These are massive tables of exquisite finish and
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Rugs of all sixes and every weave, Wilton velvet.
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Draperies
There are lace curtains in white and ecru, Not
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for parlor, bedroom, dining room and library.
Then there are portieres in tapestry and many
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Steel ranges and heating stoves, all sizes, famous
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