Nebraska Newspapers

    Tells of Witnessing
Volcano in Eruption
Joseph H, Sinclair, representing
the American Geographic society, has
returned to this country from a hard
trip of exploration through Ecuador,
where he had a terrific experience in
an endeavor to reach a smoking vol
cano which had erupted, the whole
country for miles around being del
uged with a flow of lava. The na
tives had a wholesome superstitious
fear of the great pile and could not
be induced to guide the explorer as
near as he wanted to go, but by his
own efforts and alone he managed to
get within seven miles of the cone
and tills was near enough for him to
witness a number of explosions which
repeatedly changed the contour of the
crater's rim. Little or nothing had
been known about the volcano and he
secured valULble data concerning its
character and location.
Mr. Sinclair pointed out that he was
not the first white man to see the vol
cano—a mountain which the natives
call Ueventador. meaning “Eruptor."'
.Near the place the explorers came on
a lone white man who could not teil
them how long he had been there nor
wby he had penetrated so far from
civilized association. Nor would he
go with them to the mountain. He,
too, had been infected by tbe supersti
tion of the natives, which holds that
whenever a human sets foot on the
side of the tall volcano Reventador
becomes “tnuy bra\ a " or very brave.
Immunity to Poisons
Not Yet Understood
One of the most fascinating chap
tens in animal poisons is the subject
of natural Immunity, the fact that
some animals are immune to the poi
.--ons of others and remain unhurt !1
stung or bitten by the poisonous ani
mals. whereas all other sorts of beasts
succumb.
A case In point is that ol desert ani
mats, which are unharmed by a scot
pion’s sting. The desert fox, the kan
garou rat and other inhabitants of
deserts where scorpions abound are In
ibis happy position. Their cousins,
living tar away from the desert, would
at once be seriously injured by a scor
pion's sting, whereas the desert breeds
remain unhurt. It is to be supposed
that in the far distant past, before
the desert animals tiad this complete
immunity to scorpion venom, those
which were stung and could not resist
died, leaving no offspring. Their
luckier brothers, wiio happened to have
a hardier constitution, survived and
left behind them a resistant race of
descendants.—The Forum.
Created Cinderella
It was just three centuries since
Charles f’errault. creator of On
derella and fled Riding Hood, was
born. Rerrault, a Frenchman, never
dreamed that the fairy children ol
his brain would become immortal. He
wrote poetry of an exceedingly dull
order, and it was by his poems and
not by his fairy stories that be hoped
to win fame. Ferrault conceived and
wrote his stories, which be called
“Tules of Mother Goose," to please
his little son, just as Lewis Carroll, a
mathematician, told the tale of Alice
in Wonderland to amuse two little
girls. Cinderella and her glass slip
per was one of I’errauit’s favorite
heroines. Some people have tried to
insist that Cinderella’s slipper of
“verre,” or glass, was meant to be a
slipper of “vair," or fur, but one can
not imagine Cinderella in anything but
a crystal slipper.
What Is a Peddler?
The word peddler Is derived from
an old English word, “ped.” as in
Spencer’s “Shepheard’s Calendar ’ “A
bask is a wicker ped wherein they use
to carry fish.” It has no connection
with the Latin pedis, a foot, as often
reported. A peddler Is. therefore, one
with a ped, basket, or pack, and it has
been held in law. one who has the
identical article he sells in his “ped."
It Is, simply speaking. Incorrect, there
fore, to call an itinerant merchant
who simply takes orders for goods
bought from seeing samples he car
ries, a peddler.
Airplanes Cut Journey
An airplane service for gold dig
gers and others concerned with the
newly discovered fields in New Gui
nea is the latest aerial development.
The new fields are on a 2,000-foot high
plateau. 60 miles from the coast, a
cross-country journey of six days,
and a fleet of airplanes has reduced
the trail to one of IVO minutes. All
supplies for the fields are now car
ried by air, the machines returning
to the coast with cargoes of gold and
passengers.
Waterproof Glue
Casein glues are exceedingly resist
ant to the action of water and retain
a very high percentage of their orig
inal strength, even after long immer
sion under water They are compara
tively inexpensive, and the materials
from which they are made are readily
available in the market They are ap
plied cold and will set without the
application of heat.
The Biggest Crater
Two young Swedish students of ge
ology named Wadell and Ygberg, after
an expedition in Iceland, have dis
covered what is believed to be the
largest crater in the world, measur
ing five miles long and a quarter mile
wide, and further claim to have dis
covered warm springs.
I Fxcellent Work Done
by the Navy Station«
There Is a constant increase In the
number of compass stations main
tained by the Navy department along
the various coasts. The latest statis
tics available show that 15.374 ship
captains were shown their location
during heavy fogs last year, and It is
fair to assume that at least 10 per
cent of them might have been ground
ed or wrecked had it not been for the
assistance given by radio.
A compass station is a wireless plant
where speeial apparatus is used for
telling the definite location of a vessel.
A ship is lost in the fog; the wireless
operator flashes out the signal, “Q. T.
E." The station receiving the mes
sage adjusts the radio compass to
meet the direction from which the
message comes. This is the ‘'mechan
ical ear" of the station and the oper
ator can tell exactly the direction
down to a point of the compass Each
station getting the message re|M>rts to
a central station, where calculations
are made as to the location of the ship.
The distance from shore is told by
tlie strength of the signals. Then
within five minutes of the time the
vessel sends out the inquiry the reply
comes back and the ship’s master
knows just where lie is and pilots his
craft accordingly.
Too Much Pessimism
Takes Joy From Life
People that are always looking for
alt ttie hardships and difficulties that
they may meet travel a bard road If
their speech is in line with their think
ing. I know farmers that start In with
spring work and see their crops ruined
by coining disaster, until It has been
stored away. A snow and cold spell
coming after the oats are in is certain
to kill the seed, and all must be done
over. A two days’ rain is evidence
that it is going to be so wet that noth
ing will mature. If the surface oi the
ground is dry we are in the start of
a dry spell that will ruin everything.
Thus it goes daily to the finish. 1
claim that a man that really thinks
that way lives a mighty poor life. We
have to take about everything on faith
in this old world and on the whole
our faith is justified. A happy philoso
phy of life is a tiling that can be eul
livated and is worth while. It is an
added treasure to the joy of llviDg,
not for one but for many.—George
Godfrey in Successful Farming.
Dear Girls
Amelia Gingham, the noted actress,
was bright and gay to the end. She
said one evening at a dinner In her
Uiverside drive fiat:
“The girl of today is dear—dear in
tlie monetary’ sense.
"A millionaire’s son was drinking
lea in a girl sculptor’s studio iu
Greenwich Village. He said, as be
poured a little more Bacardi into his
<up:
j “ T got my month's allowance this
I morning.’
“Tiid you? What are you going to
! do with it?’ asked the girl sculptor.
“ ‘Well.’ said the young man, T
! haven't made up my mind whether to
buy another racing car or to ask you
out for the evening.'”
Interesting Old Organ
Count Georg Friedrich Solms l.au
Much, flying mate and financial hackei
of Otto Koennecke. devotes many uo
evening hour to playing the organ
Count Sol ms boasts of having one of
the oldest anti most interesting or
j gans in Germany. It is so rare a
specimen of the art of organ building
! in the Seventeenth century that th«
management of the Frankfurt expos!
lion on “Music in the Life of the Na
thins” requested Its loan for the dura
tion of the fair. Count Solms readily
assented. The ancient organ has only
five stops and one manual.
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Diligence
Our word, diligence. Is from thf
Latin, “diligenola.” It means the qual
i ity of being diligent; interested ant
persevering application; devoted ant
painstaking effort to acomplish wha’
is undertaken; assiduous Industry:
careful attention. Industry has tin
wider sense of the two words, imply
ing an habitual devotion to labor foi
some valuable end, as knowledge 01
property Diligence denotes earnes1
1 application to some specific object 01
; pursuit which more or less direetlj
has a strong hold on one'B interest in
j feelings.
Hairy Elephanta
Historians tell us that, in prehis
torie times, mighty mastodons anc
mammoths were covered from head t»
| tail with a very course hair which
iu many cases, grew long. So the ele
pliant’s forefathers had long hair but
us the world changed with regard t<
weather conditions, from the bittei
frosty glaciers that were encounterei
to the modern climate of extreme hea
and cold, the elephant gradually dofTei
his overcoat. The hair sometime:
seen on the top of his head alone re
muins as a reminder.
Moderation
There Is a wide difference betweei
the confidence which becomes a mai
and the weakness which disgraces i
fool. He who never trusts, is a nig
gard of Ids soul, who starves himsell
and by whom no other is enriched; bu
he who gives to every one his confl
deuce, and every one his praise, squan
; ders the fruit which should serve fo
the encouragement of Integrity am
• i. reward of excellence.—Soptil
: s.m, in “Gems foi the Toilet”
| Large Sam* of Money
Forwarded by Wire
Money orders to the number of 3.
708,548 and calling for the payment
of more than $250,000,000 were
handled last year by the Western
Union Telegraph company In its
money transfer service, according to
Dots and Dashes, a monthly publica
tion of the company. The largest
single sum handled was $250,000. while
the smallest was 1 cent- The $250,
000 order was in connection with a
motion picture contract.
The 1-cent transaction grew out of
! a difference arising when a person in
New York sent an acquaintance in
Chicago a postcard bearing a 1-cent
stamp. The latter, in a sarcastic
mood, complained that the commu
nication had been received with post
age due. Upon receipt of tbis letter,
the man in New York went to the tele
graph office, sent the cent with a
caustic message and went off less $1.
the cost of transmission. Instances
of 2-cent money orders are said to be
quite frequent, involving In practical
ly every case valuable mail held for
postage due.
The three greatest sources of money
order business are listed by the com
pany publication as workmen em
ployed on jobs away from their home
town out-of-town visitors and tour
ists caught short of funds on their
travels, and traveling salesmen. Many
firms encourage their representatives
to ask for expense money by wire.
They regard that as more economical
than to have salesmen waiting for
money while hotel bills accrue.
Remodeled Barn Made
Into Camp for Girls
How an old gray barn In the coun
try near New York dty was remodeled
into a girls camp by the New York
Association for improving the (’ond)
tion of tile Poor is told by VV H Mat
thews in Hygeia Magazine.
It was an enormous barn, with nu
morons stalls, three doors, a silo, har
ness rooms and a magnificent view of
the Cafskill mountains. Extensive re
modeling was necessary, but It proved
less expensive than the original plan
to build a group of cottages, and the
| result was a unique camp.
fifty five girls were accommodated
for five weeks at a time. The time
was a radical departure from the
usual plan of keeping children for two
weeks Congenial counselors, oppor
tunity for wholesome outdoor play and
substantial gains in health made the
visit at “Ureybarns" a strong influ
ence for good in the lives of girls who
had never bad such an opportunity
before.
Ol’ Dobbin
O horse, you an- a wonderful thing;
rio buttons to push, no horns to honk;
you start yourself, no clutch to slip;
no spark to miss, no gears to strip;
no license-buying every year, with
plates to screw on front and rear; no
! gas bills climbing up each day, steal
ing tlie joy of mot ring away; no speed
cops chugging in your rear, yelling
summons In your ear. Your Inner
tuties are all O. K. and. bless your
heart, they stay that way; your spark
[ilugs never miss and fuss, the way
1 they do in some old bus. Your frame
is good for many a mile; your body
never changes style Your wants are
few and easy met; you’ve something
on tlie auto yet.— American forests
i and forest Life.
For State Builders
They who preach patience to the
[leoples as the sole remedy for the tils
by which they are oppressed or who
while they admit the necessity of a
contest, would yet leave the Initiative
’ to be taken by their rulers, do not, to
my thinking, understand the state of
tilings coming upon us It ts
not enough to precipitate a monarch,',
into a gulf; the gulf must be dosed
up. and a durable edifice erected on
Its site—From "Faith and the Fu
lure," by Mazzini.
Bobwhites and Quails
Many people think that the bob
white ami the quail are distinct species
of birds. “Bobwhite' is merely the
common name for the native Amerl
can quail, particularly the "Colinus
Virginiunus” or Virginia quail. The
quail Is called “bobwhite” from the
uote of the male, which Is accented on
the second syllable and sounds like
j “bobwhite.” Id the Southern states
the suuie bird is called “partridge,” a
j name used in the North for tiie ruffed
j grouse or pheasant
—
Forged Cameos
Hundreds of treasured cameos and
Intaglios, for which large sums have
been paid, are spurious, although
many of them are masterpieces of art
i To such an extent have cameos been
■ forged that, after a certain French
I count had spent *2.r>.0(H) in forming a
collection, so many forgeries were
I found among them that, in despair of
i separating the false from the true, he
parted with the lot for a fraction of
wtiat they had cost him.
Eased His Conscience
t In 1882 David Nightingale bought
i a pair of shoes in John Dickman’s
i store at i'eeksklll. N. Y„ and then
left for California without paying for
them. Ilecently Nlri ngale returnee
i to settle his forty year-old debt
He found the shoe ,n had retired
from business, but was still living
• Nightingale counted out $4. Hie orig
I Inal price of tiie shoes, and then
i more, which he estimated was il
Interest to dale.
Wrong Beliefs About
Exerc'.sc anJ Heart
The old belief that the benrl in
creased in size according to the in
creased amount of work It is culled
upon to perform is a myth. l>r. Ma
thias J. Seifert, t'hleago. says In a
study of the effect of exercise ti|M>n the
heart, prepared for the (Jorcas Met*
rial institute at Kansas City.
If an athlete's heart increases In
size it is not because of the exe'else
tie lias performed, but because there
was something fundamentally wrong
with it to begin with Doctor Seifert
declares.
"It is now found,” he says, "that
! the predisposition of the heart to en
largement Is the result of Infectious
diseases, such as scarlet fever, pneu
monia, rheumatism and too strenuous
exercise iu youth, as well as to physic
. traumas.
"Exercise for pleasure causes no
enlargement of the heart, hut on the
contrary produces a strengthening of
ilie whole body and. normally, even a
smaller heart."
Cubans Cling to Old
Instrument of Death
The one machine that the Spaniards
are credited with having Imported into
Cuba 134 years ago is still In use.
It is the "garrote." instrument of
death, which greatly resembles an old
picture of an inquisition machine of
torture l-'or many years the garrote
served ttie Spaniards, dealing death to
Cuban rebels Since the expulsion of
the old world rulers it has been used
Ht the Havana penitentiary as the of
ficial instrument of execution.
No place but in Cuba is the garrote
used officially in executions. A pris
oner ojM-rales tile beheading device
and gets money and a time decrease
in compensation for his services.
The Havana garrote is said to have
taken 184 lives since it has been in
Cuban use. Before that it was used
in executing Spaniards accused of
high treason.—Kansas City Star.
On Molding Character
Now, it is better than nothing for a
had man to have one virtuous im
pulse; if is better than nothing for a
man in a rocky field to find one place
where there is soil and wThere a hand
Tul of corn will grow and wave like
the trees of l.ehanon; It is a glorious
tiling for a man to know that tl ere
is something In the world besides
himself, and that he is not omnipo
ent. omniscient, or omnipresent; it
is a good tiling for a man once in his
life lo feel little, and to know himself
as lie is: but how much lietler it
would be if he could tlx the vision and
turn it into character!—Henry War-1
Beecher.
Too Rough
She didn't understand football
"Why did they knock that man down
as soon as he touched the ball?" she
asked.
“Because he was trying to get a
goal.” her brother explained.
“But isn't the object of the game
to get goals?”
"Yes; but he was—you see, he's on
the other side. He was going the
wrong way—that is. toward the wr ing
goal.”
' Well. I don’t see why they should
knock him down to tell him that
livery body makes mistakes.”—Mou
treal Star.
Rejecting a Compliment
A well-known member of the stock
exchange, who is now giving up the
close of a strenuous life to pliltun
tliroplc efforts, was in his bey-day a
tremendous gambler in slocks, and in
cidentally. lie and Ids partner were
rather exjiert in the gentle art of milk
ing enemies One of these accosted
him with tile pleasant remark: “Book
here you are the biggest thief on the
stock exchange ” “Ait." was tile an
swer. “it is evident you do not know
my partner " — Bondon Tit Bits.
Jail Bird
If was one of those tittle parties at
which an out-of-town girl was a guest
of honor In the course of the eve
ning she was introduced to a young
inan from the prep school After the
introdti'-tlon. she avoided him with the
most deliberate intent. When het
tiostess asked for an explanation, the
young visitor replied that he was from
tin- prep school. The hostess looked
lierplexed.
“Hut isn't It a sort of a peulten
Clary Y" tin* girl ventured.
English Tongue in France
English In eleven lessons so equipiied
twenty Paris policemen that they an
swered 350 questions In the new Ian
guage. This encouraging result caused
the prefect, Jean Chlappe, to order
250 more of the force to go to the
school. Frenchmen who have adveu
lured abroad suggest that a notebook
and pencil will help out the officers,
for they huve found it simpler In Eng
land and America to write their qeus
tlons rather than wrestle with the
foreign accent.
Snow Storm Formation
Potentially enow storms form in
general region of warmth, strange as
It may seem. The area of low baro
metric pressure, or storm sea, comes
whirling eastward across the Gulf
states and thPu generally takes a
twist northward along the Atlantic
seaboard. When sufficiently far north
these warm air currents are chilled
and the moisture becomes snow, very
often being borne to the earth by tbe
back draft of east wind.
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LINCOLN MARKET
is still drawing crowds. Thors ia a
r so son. Grocoriss and rr.oata which
please.
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■C them for 50 years or more. Buy a 4*
: % jar of my DREAM REMEDY and use aB
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£ 2414 No. 24th St. Web. 6323 Ij
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(PHARMACY
FREE DELIVERY ’’
Phone Web. 0609
24th and Lake Street*
and 24th and Cuming
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HOTELS
PATTON HOTEL, 1014, 1016, 10U
South 11th St. Known from eoas*
to coast. Terms reasonable N. P
Patton, proprietor.
DRUG STORES
ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th
Street. Two phones, WEbster 2770
and 2771. Well equipped to supply
your needs. Prompt service.
THE PEOPLES’ DRUG STORE^th
and Erskine Streets. We carry a
full line. Prescriptions promptly
tilled. WEbeter 6322
Classified l
FOR RENT—Furnished room is
strictly modern home. One block
from Dodge carline. Call during
business hours, WE. 71M, eves
ings, WE. 2480. tf-12-10-26.
FOR RENT—Neatly furnished room.
Modern home. With kitchen priv
ilege. Call Web. 6498. —tf.
FOR RENT—Furnished rooms, 22nd
and Grant. Webster 0257.
NICELY furnished rooms. All mod
em. WE. 3960.
FOR RENT—Nearly furnished room
in modern home, kitchen privileges.
WE. 8308. 4-T.
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FOR RENT—Nearly furnished rooms.
Strictly modern.. Kitchen privi
leges. Harney car line. Web. 6618.
FOR RENT—One three-room apart
ment. Neatly furnished. Webstac
6018. 2614 N. 81st street.
FOR RENT — Furnished apartmeat
or furnished room in strictly mod
ern home. Webster 4162. 2810
North Twenty-Second Street.
FOR RENT—Furnished er unfurnish
ed rooms. Near carline. Reason
able. WEbster 1068.
FOR RENT — Homelike furnished
rooms. 919 North 26th street. J
Tel. Harney 1904. 1
FOR RENT—Two rooms, furnished
or unfurnished. Heat. Electric
light. Web. 7089.
SHOE REPAIRING
BENJAMIN & THOMAS always give
satisfaction. Best material, reason
able prices. All work guaranteed.
1415 North 24th St., Webster 5666.
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C. H HALL, stand, 1403 No. 24th.
Baggage and express hauilng to ail
parts of the city. Phones, stead,
WE 7100; Res.. WE. 1056.
HEAUTY PARLORS
MADAM Z. C SNOWDEN. Scientific
scalp treatment. Hair dressing and
manufacturing 1154 No. 20th St.
WEbster 6194
UNDERTAKERS t
JONES & COMPANY, Undertakers /
24th and Grant Sts WEbster 1100 /
Satisfactory service always
LAWYERS
W. B BRYANT, Attorney and Conn
selor-at-Law. Practices in all
courts. Suite 19, Patterson Block
17th and Farnam Sts. AT 9344
or Kea. 4072.
H. J. PINKETT, Attorney and Ceun
»el*r-at-Law. Twenty years’ ex
perience. Practices in all courts.
Suite 19, Patterson Block, 17th and
Famams Sts. AT. 9844 or WE. 81*0.
INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CO.
810 World-Herald Bldg.
Salary loans, $10 to $50, on individ
ual note; steady employment the
only requirement. Also larger
loans made on autos, furniture,
etc. No financial statement, no in
dorsement; strictly confidential
service. Lowest convenient terms.
Under state supervision. JA. 3077.
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\i 1»«1 No. 24th St. Web. 0820 X
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I 1801 No. 24th St.
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