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.
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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.”
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