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Wmother by No Means Matter of Latitude Weather Is not a matter of latitude except so far as the equatorial re gions and the poles are concerned. Such a temperature as ten below zero at sea level is much more devilish than thirty below in Minnesota, be cause the air at the seaboard is prac tically always moving and wind at so low a figure is torture. Again, such a temperature as 103 in the shade at Boston is less tolerable than a like or even higher figure in the wide-open spaces where men are.,jmen, and mostly politicians, talking through ten-gailon hats. New York is in the latitude of Lisbon, Naples and Con stantinople. It is far colder in the winter than any of these, and colder than any part of Great Britain, which is in the latitude of Labrador. That country Is not “warmed" by the Gulf stream, which Is indistinguishable in point of heat half way across the At lantic. Three-fourths of the possible points of the compass account for rea sonably mild sea winds so far as Great Britain is concerned. In winter in New York more than half of the pos sible winter winds have come over thousands of miles of snow.—Barron's Financial Weekly. - Pictures for Benefit of Future Historians A collection of photographs, show ing scenes from all the wars in which the United States has been engaged since 1S60, has been placed on file in the War college, says Popular Me chanics Magazine. It comprises be tween 275,000 and 300.000 prints and includes important records of the Civil, Indian, Spanish-American and World wars. One of the most inter esting of the entire collection is of the battlefield of Wounded Knee, scene of Custer’s last stand, taken im mediately after the battle. The Brady collection of the Civil war period, numbering about 6.()00 photographs, is also filed. The World war section in cludes all pictures made by a signal corps, the army, the only British col lection of World war pictures in this country and an Austrian section. Ne gotiations were made with the Ger man government for approximately L 200 pictures. Payment of Alimony Alimony is an old word. The first and oldest meaning of it is "main tenance; means of living: aliment.” It comes from the Latin word mean ing nourishment, as also does aliment and the first word in "alimentary canal.” Basically, alimony means liv ing expenses. After legal divorce or separation of a wife from her husband, then, if she receives alimony it is an allowance from the Income or estate of her hus band for her sustenance or support. It Is, In other words, a perpetuation or continuation of support from her husband or the man who was her hus band, which, in the eyes of the law, is due the woman if the separation from her husband is for cause. Knew What Ailed Him “Mamma, I’ve got a stomach ache,” said Peggy, aged five. “That’s because you haven't had any lunch yet,” answered Peggy’s mother. “Your stomach is empty. You would feel better if you had something in It.” That afternoon the minister called, , and in the course of conversation re marked that he had been suffering all day with a severe headache. “That’s because it’s empty," said Peggy brightly. “You’d feel better if you had something in it.”—Children, the Magazine for Parents. ",Jerked” Beef “Jerked” in the phrase “jerked beef or meat” is not the regular past par ticipial form of the verb “Jerk.” It is a corruption of the Peruvian Indian word “charqul.” Jerked meat is meat that has been cut into thin sheets and strips and hung upon a framework of poles to dry in the wind and sun. This was a favorite method of curing buffalo meat among the Indians of the Great plains. When the meat was fully “jerked” it was folded up and put into rawhide bags and kept for use in the winter.—Pathfinder Maga zine. Magoway Bobby and Tom lived next door to each other. Bobby was outside rid ing his scooter when Tom came out doors. “Did you see my ma go ’way?” he asked. “No," answered Bobby, hesitatingly. Tom went on and Bobby ran Into the house. “Mother,” he called, “what’s a magoway?” Could Leave Out Gumption Winnie went to visit Aunt Lois. “Oh, auntie,” said the child, “please make some cookies.” “Oh, I can’t,” replied Aunt Lola, “I haven’t the gumption." Winnie, after a few minutes' thought, retorted disgustedly: “Well, grandma doesn’t need any gumption, she uses baking powder.”—Children, the Magazine for Parents. Investment Called For The world gladly pays the living it •“owes to every man,” providing you give value received In return. You must make an investment in thought, in work, and in service before you can expect dividends of peace, and happi ness, and contentment.—Grit. Life in Middle Agee Miserable for Most The average expectation of life— today 58—was probably between 25 and 30 In the Middle ages. We have no idea today what a vast luxury then was a bit of food, tire and drink, shel ter and a bed, even such poor things as they were. The pathetic masses of humans were so indescribably miser able that we have almost no perspec tive on them today. Picture them, liv ing in low thatched huts without ven tilation, the earth for a floor. When this floor got too filthy a new layer of rushes was laid down on the top of the old filth, until the layers of twenty years festered there, alive with ver min, foul with refuse. Those who could afford it wore leather clothes; the lower masses wrapped themselves with straw. For food they ate peas, black bread, fern roots and the bark of trees. Only one-half of them ever tasted fresh meat, and the other half ate meat only once a week. A hole In the roof drained off some of the smoke. The house servants—miser able creatures, earning 30 shillings a year and shoes—went about nearly naked, such garments as they had be ing utterly filthy, and slept on the vile rush floor at night. Men were old at forty and women even earlier.—,i. George Frederick, in the New Age Illustrated. Sacrifice Ever Part of World’s Progress Progress is the result of experiment and sacrifice, and all submarine and air disasters are courageous efforts to overcome the obstacles which hinder scientific development, explains an ed torial in Liberty. “If a disaster is big enough it anes thetizes the mind. ’ continues the edi torial. “We understand one death bet ter than six. or six hundred. So. when a dirigible falls, a transatlantic flyer Is lost, or a submarine is wrecked, there comes the protest that all this must be stopped. “We venture another point of view When these pioneers are killed, much as we regret their death, we are proud that such men have lived. Without their courage progress would stop, for progress is nearly always dangerous “The voice of the defeatists," con dudes the editorial, “should not be the governing voice. There were defeat ists in Paris at the turning point of the war. There were defeatists in Co lumbus’ crews, and in Magellan’s They all wanted to turn back. What if they had had their way?” Pride in His Job The workman Is putting something of tiis personality into every Job on which he works, lie does this uncon sciously, whether he wills it or not. Tlie individuality of the draftsman is seen in the blueprint, even before one recognizes his signature. The person ality of the machinist is seen in the tile marks and the chisel prints. Ev ery worker in wood, iron or stone or leather or clotb puts something of himself into his task. You may have rules regarding spaces and margins, hut the personality of the stenogra pher is seen in the typewritten sheet. All of which should Induce every worker to take pride In his particular craft or job. whatever it may be. And the way in which a man works—what ever may be the tool marks of his pro fession—will also reveal his spiritual qualities.—Charles Stelzle in Forbes Magazine. Selfish Wife Miss Ellen Glasgow, noted novelist, had come from her Virginia home to sail for Europe, and at the Cosmopoli tan club in New York she talked about divorce. “Selfishness Is the cause of dl vorce,” ehe said. “A beautiful Rich mond girl rnarri l a young cotton broker—they’re divorced now—and one day the poor fellow had to say to her: " ‘Do you know that your dress makers' bills and beauty parlor bills eat up three-quarters of my Income? “ ‘My goodness me!’ she answered ‘What do you do with ail the rest of j your money?”’ Better Yet Two boys were discussing sport. “How high can you Jump?” asked one. “About four feet,” replied the other. “What can you do?” “Five feet,” came the prompt reply. 'How about the long jump?” “Ten feet. What can you do?” “Eleven feet. What’s your time for the hundred?” But the other lad was a bit sus picious by now, so he replied: “Four seconds better than yours.” Another Way to Do it A minister preaching his Sunday morning sermon was aware that a large number of his congregation were not listening to his talk. During this hour the Janitor stepped to the platform and said, "Dr. Van Cleve. the church is on the.” The minister deliberately closed his Bible, saying, “Very well, William, thank you. Perhaps you can wake up the congregation.” Not Much Attraction “We shall be changed in form per haps," our favorite radio preacher re cently declared, "but otherwise Im mortality will find us as we are." t'omforting to many, no doubt; but don’t tell that to a man with hay fever and expect him to cheer.—Farm and Fireside. Chinese Show Little Regard for Shrines Public religion appears to be in a more heaitby condition in Japan than In China. Japanese temples are far better kept up than are Chinese tem ples. One sees many splendid places of Shinto worship. Apparently Shin toism is closely connected with wor ship of the emperor. A magnificent Shinto shrine has recently been con structed on a hilltop overlooking Seoul, the capital of what used to be called Korea, but is now known as Chosen. The Japanese on entering a temple inclosure are respectful and seem to be in a worshipful mood. Their shoes are left outside and they walk either in their stocking feet or in soft san dals provided by the tempie authori ties. In China, on the other hand, the temples are usually in bad repair. Fre quently they are occupied by soldiers. In a Buddhist temple I saw one of the celebrated shrines railed off as a can teen where the soldiers bought their cigarettes and sweetmeats. The sa cred image itself was partly concealed by merchandise. No one thinks of taking off his shoes in a Chinese temple. One sees few Chinese worshiping. Apparently the principle religion Is ancestor wor ship, and that takes place behind the scones in the home, where the family altar represents the place for the highest type of aspiration. There Is a sanctity about home life in China that one does not find elsewhere.— Senator Hiram Bingham, in World's Work. Great French Writer Had Odd Superstition Emile Zola, the French writer, had a mania for counting, Pierre Van Poisson relates, in the New York Evening World. He was estremely restless and his nerves completely dominated him, so he could not have a minute without some mental oecu pmion. Even when he was strolling iihout the streets his nerves forced him to count his steps and to count everything he saw, the trees he pu-sed. the dogs he encountered on a walk, the number of carriages that passed him, the windows in the house opposite his own, the street lamps, the number of men and the number of women. Curiously enough, Zola, who is gen erally taken as one of the most en lightened spirits of his time, noted down all these figures, divided them muiiipl:"d them and added them to discover if h.v chance they would re veal some number that he considered lucky. /.■ la was as happy as a child if he discovered a figure that he thought would bring him luck, and after a morning’s stroll over the Paris boul evards set to work with gusto. The other way around, if his calculations did not produce a lucky number, he grew morose and mournful and could nut write a line the rest of the day. Daddy on Fire Little Mi'dred ran Into tbe house the other day and screamed: “Oh. mother. 1 just saw daddy on fire!" “On fire!’’ the startled mother cried and Mildred vigorously nodded her head. After a maternal cross-examination It turned out that Mildred had passed the barber shop and saw a barber applying matches to her father’s hair She had run all tbe way home to tell mother and save daddy’s life. When father came home a few min utes later he was surprised at the af fectionate greeting of his little daugh ter, who was delighted to see that he had escaped from the fire fiend alive. —Philadelphia Record. Eat Eels for Long Life Eat eels and live long is the Hogan of those in Japan who enjoy the dish and claim that it is nourishing and healthful, although somewhat of a lux ury for many poor people. During the recent “eel day" festival many In stances of old persons who were fond of the elongated fish were cited. Among these is Kihachlro Okura, the ninety-year-old retired financier and business man of Tokyo, who Is called an eel epicurean. Another champion of the eel is Matsusuke Onoye. aged eighty-five, an actor of the Imperial theater. Tokyo. Reason for Insect’s Name The Praying Mantis is an insect be longing to the order Orthoptera. Its name is derived from the attitude it assumes when at rest or waiting to grasp another insect. The knees are bent and the front legs are held as though supporting a prayer book. Among the ancient Greeks the Pray ing Mantis was used in soothsaying. It was also revered by the Hindus. In southern France it is believed to point out a lost way. The Hottentots re gard its lighting upon any person both as a token of saintliness and an omen of good fortune. At the Enemy’s Mercy There are now more than six hun dred thousand known species of In sects trying to drive the human race off the earth and moge are being found each year. — Woman’s Home Companion . Just Change Diet “How s a man going to live in peace with a lieu on his property?” asks an editorial writer. The lien never was nourishing; the thing to do is to live on the fat of the land.—Farm and Fireside. Bread of Guetersloh Boosted by Bismarck Guetersloh was a town of some 1,500 Inhabitants some years ago, when one day during the maneuvers a young lieutenant took up his quarters there. This lieutenant came from Pomerania, where they also make black bread of fine quality, but he liked the peculiar flavor of the West phalia article, tils name was Bis marck. In the year 1870 Bismarck was again traveling through Guetersloh, this time as chancellor. King William was with him. and when the train stopped the prime minister called out genially to the crowd that had come to meet them: “Is there anyone who can get us some pumpernickel with butter?” As a number of reporters were pres ent when this query was made, the fortune of the Guetersloh black bread was made and it speedily became the fashion all over Germany. The craze for Westphalian pumpernickel spread far and wide, cunningly furthered by the bakers, who now baked for ex port only small one-pound loaves, for the purpose of making it look ‘‘more like a delicatessen.” as they say. The bakers of Guetersloh were worldly wise, for from the sam# kneading troughs there go Into the oven first the huge loaves (certain of these going to the farmhouses often weigh ha* a hundredweight) and then, shaped of what was left, the tiny loaves that are wrapped in paper and exported to all parts of the world to be sold ns a delicatessen. Carillon Playing at Its Best in Belgium Belgium is the classic land of bells. To the Belgians belongs the honor of having first felt and used bell tones as truly musical sounds, and, accord ingly, they devised that colossal mu sical instrument and tower and belfry known us the carillon. The carillon is a set of from 15 to 50 or more bells, cast in sizes that sound each its own scale tone. This buttery of bells is played from a keyboard placed In a room below the open or latticed bel fry, by a earilloneur, us the French call him, I>r. Henry Fames, president of the Society of American Musicians, writes, in Child Fife Magazine. The keyboard is not unlike an electric switchboard, with its handles replac ing the keys on an ordinary piano keyboard, and another set of pedal keys, like that on i pipe organ, to be played upon by the player’s feet. This carillon keyboard stands today practi cally the same as it did in the Six teenth century, when the most famous of all bell-easting and carillon-playing families—the Van den Giteyns of Bel gium—brought the art of belfry play ing to Its highest point. The Ant werp cathedral carillon has 65 bells St. rtombold's singing tower in Ma lines has 44. Bruges 41, Ghent 39 and Louvain 40. High Aspirations Robert Louis Stevenson, while liv ing at Skerryrnore. had the idea of adopting a boy in whom he was in terested, as his “body servant,” and giving him such education as he could assimilate. Before doing so, relates it. L. S.'s great friend, dear little old Miss Adelaide Boodle, he put it to the boy point blank whether any other walk in life held for him more power ful attraction. The answer came with out a moment's hesitation: “Please, sir, I wish I could be Mr Townsend’s boy." Mr. Townsend was the local fish moDger. Arbor Day Tree-planting festivals are probably as old as civilization. Sacred trees and groves, planted avenues and road sides, shaded academic walks and me morial trees were common long be fore America was discovered. Arbor day, as such, however, is purely Amer ican in origin and grew out of condi tions peculiar to the great plains of the West, a country practically tree less over much of Its area, but sup porting a flourishing agriculture and with a soil and climate well able to nourish tree growth. Arbor day orlg Inated and was first observed In Ne braska in 1872. Waking Dreamt “Asleep” and “awake” are relative terms. All persons do not sleep with equal soundness. Frequently one will dream most when he Is merely dozing. He may then be partly conscious of what is taking place around him. A person wide awake does not dream In the strict sense of the word. In “day dreaming" the term is used in another sense; namely, a reverie or Idle ex ercise of the fancy. Alligator Market Alligators, measuring from two feet to seven feet are the choice ones for the hide market, an alligator hunter explained, stating that no matter how long an alligator 1? the markets pay only for a seven-foot length. The skin is not taken off the backs of the larger alligators, but the full skin back and all, Is taken from the small er ones. “Buttonholer Coming>> Mother had told Marjorie, age four, that when grandmother came she would sew some buttons on her dress and work some buttonholes. A few days later when she was in formed that her grandmother would arrive that day she said, “Oh, goodie. Div button and buttonholer U coming.’ PROBATE NOTICE Ed F. Morearly, Attorney IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE of PETER CHRISTENSEN, also known as PETER .tOHN CHRIST ENSON, deceased. Notice is Hereby Given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, be fore me, county judge of Douglas county, Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 6th day of April, 1928, and on the 6th day of June, 1928, ac 9 o’clock A. M., 1 each day, for the purpose of present ing their claims for examination, adjustment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 3rd day of March, 1928. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4t-2-3-28 County Judge. PROBATE NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE of JOHN Q. GREER, deceased. Notice is Hereby Given: That the creditors of said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, be fore me, county judge of Douglas county, Nebraska, at the county court room, in said county, on the 28th day of March, 1928, and on the 28th day of May, 1928. at 9 o’clock, A. M., each day, for the purpose of present ing their claims for examination, ad justment and allowance. Three months are allowed for the creditors to present their claims, from the 25th day of February, 1928. BRYCE CRAWFORD, 4t-l-27-28 County Judge. — “The bigger you are the farther you can reach up and help the other fellow.” . V r r ♦ • • • • r * I C. P. WES IN | Grocery Company y Now one of the y Red and White f Chain Stores | | Same Prompt and X Courteous Service ? !j.’ Better Prices. % ^ 2001 Cuming Ja. 1248 a .V.V.V.V.VW.VWAf/W.V.V f THE f J RITE-WAY SYSTEM J I'" At £ 24th and Patrick ^ Are still selling GROCERIES f and MEATS at the LOWEST £ prices in Omaha. J “Trade the RITE-WAY and 5 Bank the Difference” % AWJVWWWWWAWWWW v <• y Phone ATlantic 9344 y y Re*. 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