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JOHN H. REAM, Publisher
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA
FATAL ID 3. DOCS
We expect most of the various rec
ords to be broken this year.
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In the present stage of aviation's
development you never can tell.
We gain a minute of daylight every
day but the gas bills go on Just the
name.
la there no way to save the bird
tnn from death except by clipping
their wings?
If Haytl and San Domingo go to
war why not let them emulate tht
Kilkenny cats?
Some men give up at readily to
masked bandits as they do to fake
gold mine promoters.
But Is shooting ducks from an aero
plane true sportsmanship? Why not
give the ducks a chance?
Maybe some people prefer ragMme
and organized cheering because It
drowns the other kind of music.
If those who Indulge In organized
cheering do not enjoy It they think
they do, wbl-h Is much the same
Orvl!' Wright PHy9 ti,at aviation Is
safer than autotnoblling. Undoubted
ly so for the Innocent bystanders.
If the south pole does not receive
visitors it will not be because nobody
Is knocking at the refrigerator door.
An Insane woman hns won a prize
for a magazine poor. That throws
light on a hitherto unanswered ques
tion.
That New York proposition to add
gongs to automobile horns Is calcu
lated to Increase the Jumping record
on Iiroadway.
A Pittsburg man is raising a family
on $1.3." a day. Still we believe that
the family Is entitled to the most
credit for this.
That New York woman who thinks
that the antl-klsslng crusade has
lessened the practice should ask the
small boy under the sofa.
Wonder If the young man who
thinks there Is only one girl In the
world for him realizes that the pop
ulation of the country Is 93,402,101.
It has been discovered that an es
tate which has been In litigation for
42 years has doubled In value. Prob
ably the lawyers' fees have not been
paid yet
The Iowa pedagogue who asserts
that loud clothes make noisy persons
has got the cart before the horse.
Noisy persons are responsible for
loud clothes.
Portland, Ore., expects to have a
million Inhabitants In 25 years. All
right, but Portland should take it to
heart that she cannot get them by
padding the census.
What's the sense In kicking because
you have to take the ashes from un
der the furnace? A man in Iowa has
sued for divorce because his wife
' made him sleep with the cows.
Still there is this much to be said
for those attempts to break the alti
tude record: In case of accident a
few thousand feet more or less makes
no difference, even to' the undertaker.
A machine that measures thought
has been invented. It will not have
to go Tery fast Id measuring the
thought of the young man who pro
poses to reform by first going on a
spree.
In view of the published assertion
that about 30 per cent, of the people
of New York state are Insane, it Is
not surprising that insanity is so fre
quently pleaded there as an excuse
for crime.
American mules are preferred to
all other kinds in South Africa. Prob
ably the native dialects there are the
nearest possible approach in sound
to the language on which the mules
are brought up.
The census bureau reports that
8,739,000 telegraph and telephone
poles were used in 1909. Sixty-five
per cent, of them were of cedar. Here
is one item to explain why timber
is growing scarce.
Every now and then yoi hear some
one discussing the weather, say: "The
paper said" so and so. Now, the pa
pers have enough to answer for with
out being charged with the mistakes
of the weather bureau.
Somebody whose name we have not
taken the trouble to find out is en
deavoring to gain notoriety by an
nouncing his intention of plunging
over the falls of Niagara In a safety
lifeboat If he will wait awhile he
may bo able to slide over on an icicle.
A Los Angeles newspaper is plan
Ding to have copies delivered by aero
plane to its subscribers. It Is hoped
the subscribers will not complain If
the aviators did not at first get off
and slip the papers under the door
mats.
Roughly speaking, the world may
be divided into ' two clashes those
who keep a diary and tboso who on
New Year's day start to keep one.
It has been proposed that "Jehu" be
substituted for the foreign word
"chauffeur." In its origin, however, the
proposed word is equally foreign, and
it is not impossible that the title
"chauffeur," as descriptive of the pro
fewiional expert who manages an auto
mobile, was adopted hastily for feai
Homebody would suggest that be b
culled a Jehu.
ANIMALS OAIN SUCH SPEED II
CIRCLE RACE THEY RUN OFF
ON TANGENT.
BUSTER BUTTS INTO A TREE
Blnks Tails Into the River and Is
Drowned, While Muffet Rips Head
Off en Tree Trunk Tangent
Theory Clearly Demonstrated.
Wcstboro, Mo. In hunting on the
premises of lien D. Hurst, near here,
J. H. Orandln of Omaha, Neb., demon
strated that after running In a circle
and attaining a certain degree of
speed the dogs will go off on a tan
gent and that the going Is likely to
end fatally.
Orandln came down from the city
and for a few days made his home
with Hurst, devoting the greater por
tion of his time to hunting rabbits
and squirrels in the timber along the
Tarklo river. On his expeditions to
the woods he was accompanied by the
Hurst dogs Duster, a spaniel; Pinks,
a rat terrier, arid Muffett, a shepherd
three as fine rabbit dogs as ever
took up the trail In northern Missouri.
For a few days the hunting wsij
good, but on the third day the dogs
were killed, and the tangent theory'
was clearly demonstrated.
Early In the morning Grandln
struck Into the woods and soon had a
half dozen squirrels slung over hlaj
shoulder. Suddenly, close to the river.
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The Fatal Rabbit Chase.
a rabbit, was flushed out of a brush
pile. It struck off through the timber.
following the river, until It came to
a huge hollow log on the ground. Into
the hollow of the log. which was six
feet long, darted the rabbit, closely
followed by the three dogs. ,
The cavity was large enouarh to
admit the dogs single file. Out o( the
uuunr eaa came me raDDlt, followed
by Buster, Blnks and Muffett In a
circle the hunted and the hunters
rushed back Into the lor. This eon-
tlnued for perhaps five minutes, each
lap Increasing in speed, until the nap
became furious. It was easily main
tained by the rabbit, but at last be.
came too fast for the does, and Dus
ter, in the lead, was tho first to run
on on a tangent.
As he was trying to enter the hnia
in tie tog about the fifteenth time ha
missed his bearing and struck the
trunk of a tree, six feet away, and
was killed. He was closely followed
by Blnks. The second dog missed the
tree, but went over the bank Into the
river and drowned before Orandln
could save him. Muffet, the remain
ing dog, made the circle, following the
rabbit a few more times, and then col.
llded with te outer edne of tha hni.
low trunk, ripping off one side of his
bead as completely as If it had been
cut with a knife.
RATTLER AVENGES ITS MATE
Hunter Who Kills 8nake Is Immedi
ately Bitten by Second
t Reptile.
Newburgh, N. Y, Arthur J. Serven-
tl of this city went to Pike county,
Pennsylvania, In quest of deer. When
a short distance from Eld red, while
following deer tracks, he came across
16 rattlesnakes sunning themselves
on a rock. As he approached, the two
largest started up. Serventl shot the
foremost, and In endeavoring to get
away he fell. The snake which was
near him at once struck his right
hand, puncturing his forefinger at
about the second Joint.
Serventl realized the situation, and
as soon as he could get to a safe dis
tance he took his hunting knife, cut
open his finger and sucked out the
poison. He hired a rig, drove to El
dred and had his hand treated by a
physician. By this time the baud and
arm had swlllen to great slse.
A day or two afterward, with his
guide, he visited the rock, found the
snakes In the sun. killed the big snake
that had bitten him and captured the
entire family of 14 small Bnakes.
AN OCTOPUS SEIZES A WOMAN
Tentacle Has to Be Cut to Release
Her From the Monrt:r
Fleh.
Long Beach, Cal. Mrs. Jessie Mc
Donald of Tucson, Arlr., was seized by
an octopus which she landed while
fishing at the pier here.
The fish, which measured two feot
across, Immediately wound a tentaclo
around the woman's ankle. Mrs. Mc
Donald fainted and so firm was the
grip of the young sea monster that
efforts of spectators to remove It were
unsuccessful until a fisherman applUf
a knife.
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HE battleship Ddawnro,
our neweHt, largei-t and
finest sua warrior, Is now
making preparations for
a most notable cruise.
According to present
plans she will pall on this
Jaunt early this month,
and the crulee will con
sume the best pa-t of the
spring. The Itinerary
prepared all of a sudden.
for this cruise was not even contem
plated a few weeks agor calls for a
voyage around the continent of South
America, or, at least around the nvijor
portion of that triangular continent
and it bids fair to be the most notable
undertaking assigned to any single
bnttleshlp since the famous old battle
ship Oregon made the long trip around
South America (over much this same
route) at the time of tho Spanish
American war.
The cruise of the Delaware tckes
on Importance from the fact that it is
the first stunt of the kind attempted
by one of our new battleships of the
Dreadnought class floating fortresses
so much larger and heavier and more
formidably armed than any of our old
time battleships that they might be re
ferred to as the "big brothers" of
these ships that were so awe Inspir
ing a few years, ago. Now, of course,
thee new "alJ-blg-gun" ships are as
yet something of an experiment In our
navy In so far as actual service goes
and consequently naval officials and
shipbuilding experts will await with
no little concern tho outcome of this
prolonged "shaking down" cruise.
Another circumstance that makes
this coming cruise stand out as a not
able achievement la that the Delaware
Is to take hor long "hike" absolutely
unattended. As all readers of tho
newspapers must have noted. It has
not been tho practise of our naval au
fhorltles of late years to assign single
battleships to long crul;.8. They usu
ally go In fleets, or In divisions of
four ships, or at leastln pairs. Why,
It will be remembered that when Pres
ident Taft made his recent trip to Pa
nama a second warship was sent along
with the one that carried the presiden
tial party, not because there was any
real need for It, but simply to have a
companion ship at hand to render as
sistance In the event that the first
craft met with a mishap of any kind,
great or small.
And take that other naval cruise
around South America, with which the
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battleship cannot ascend the com
paratively shallow Potomac river
to Washington to receive the body,
and so the president's yacht May
flower will be used to corvey the
casket from tho capital to Hamp
ton roads, Va., where the transfer
will be made to the big vessel.
When the casket is conveyed from
the receiving vault to the May
flower there will be another mili
tary and naval pageant and guns
will boom in salute and high offi
cials of the government will stand
with uiovered heads whil'i the
casket is fu;,g by means of the
long arm u c.ano inm the cais
son used as a hears t Ui dock of
the vessel. A high ofliclal of the
state department will accompany
the body to Hampton Roads as a
re Tesentatlve of our government
and. In all probability, one or more
Chilean diplomats will go with the
body on the battleship all the way
to Chile.
Captain Gove, who will commaad
the Delaware on this Important
cruise, Is one of the most capable
officers in the United States navy.
He was for years the commandant
of midshipmen at the United States
naval academy and Is thus known
personally to almost every one of
the younger officers of our sea ser
vice. The Delaware, of -vhlch he
is in command, is 510 feet In
length, 85 feet breadth and dis
places 20,000 tons of water, which
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Delaware trip will naturally be compared
that world-astonishing "first leg" of the mem
orable round-the-world cruise when Rear Ad
miral "Bob" Evans led a fleet of 16 battleships
around the lower half of our continent. In that
event conspicuously was there exemplified the
adage that in union there is strength, and
aside from the self-confidence Inspired by the
co-ordinate action of a whole fleet of battle
ships there was the further Insurance against
the unexpected offered by the presence with
the fleet of a repair ship, supply ships and na
val colliers. The Delaware, on the other hand,
must traverse the same sea track figuratively
aa well as literally "on her own bottom," as
the seafaring men say, t
However, without underestimating the pres
tige that will come to the Delaware through
all these unusual attributes of her present trip.
It must be admitted that the greatest signifi
cance of all attaches to this 1911 cruise be
cause of the mission of tho Delaware. The
fleet of battleships that visited South Ameri
can ports a couple of years ago wont solely
on the Initiative of President Roosevelt as a
practise cruise and a sort of object lesson to
othor nations, but the Delaware goes on a
specific mission of condolence, out of respect
to the memory of an International statesman
and In compliment to a friendly nation. She Is
to convey from our shores to his nntlve land
the body of Senor Don Anibal Crux, the late
minister of the republic of Chile to the United
States.
When a foreign diplomat dies at his post of
duty In an alien capital It Is customary for
the officials of the government to which he
had been accredited as envoy and for his fel
low diplomats to accord him every possible
honor In death. Elaborate ceremonials are
prescribed, not merely as a tribute to the
statesman whose work In behalf of Interna
tional good feeling has thus been interrupted
by death, but also as a compliment to the
country and the government whose accredited
agent he was. All the unwritten laws were
carefully observed In tho case of the late Chi
lean minister. HIh funeral at We ihlngton
an madu the occasion of an elaborate mili
tary and naval
display; the pres
ident of the Unit,
ed States and the
members of his
cabinet were in
attendance; and
the chief Justice
of the United
States, foreign
a m b a s s a dors.
United States
senators and oth
er distinguished
men acted as the
honorary pallbearers. But there was one other
courtesy which International etiquette pre
scribes shall be offered under such sad circum
stances. In accordance with the usage of
friendly nations the president of the United
States cabled to the president of Chile offer
ing the use of a United States warship to con
vey on hU last Journey home the body of the
deceased diplomatist. The offer was accepted
and the Delaware has been assigned to act as
a funeral barge on this voyage of thousands of
miles to Valparaiso and return. In accordance,
however, with the wishes of the Cruz family
the battleship did not start on her Journey Im
mediately after the funeral, bfit the trip was
deferred until this month, the flag-draped cas
ket reposing In the meantime In a receiving
vault In a cemetery at Washington.
The United States government has been
called upon twice before, within a comparative
ly few years, to convey home the bodies of emi
nent Pan-American statesmen who have died
in this country. Some years ago tho body of
an ambussador of Mexico was thus conveyed
home in Btnte and only a year ago similar hon
ors were paid to the remains of the late Senor
Nabuco, who was for years the ambassador of
Brazil at our sent of government. On neither
occasion, however, was there employed for the
service so Imposing a vessel as the Delaware.
That the officials and the public of Chile
will appreciate the significance of Uncle Sam's
sending his largest and finest warship Is the
expectation of the American authorities and
there la plain intent to thus create an espe
cially favorable impression possibly the more
so because Chile Is one of those South Ameri
can countries with which the United States
has at times in the pant been on tho verge of
111 feeling, and it Is the desire of our statesmen
to allay any lingering suspicions and cement
frliin'shlp In this quarter. The Delaware was
not, of course, a member of the round-the-world
squadron that visited Chilean ports several
jears ago so that not only will she be a nov
elty to eyes beyond tho Amies but she will af
ford the people of Chile their frst opportunity
to Inspect an example of the world's latest
Ideas In heavy battleship building.
Incidentally, Uncle
Sam's impressive method
of paying tribute to a
worker for Pan-American
unity will be brought to
the attention of the people
of other South American
republics and this will not
be a bad Idea either, for the Latin-Americans
are very Jealous of receiving their due meed of
respect and recognition from their big brother
of the north. This focusing of the attention
of people on the east coast of South America
will come about through the circumstance that
the Delaware, being unattended by coal or sup
ply ships, will find It necessary en route to and
from Chile to put In at ports In Brazil, Argen
tina and other places for fuel, supplies, etc.
Of course the natives at each port cannot fall
to be Impressed by the vessel and the Impor
tance which Uncle Sam attaches to her mis
sion. The placing of the metal casket containing
tho body of the deceased diplomat aboard the
battleship will be made the occasion of another
Impressive ceremonial. The heavy-draught
means that she Is fully one-fourth larger of
heavier than any other vessel now in commis
sion in our navy except her sister ship, the
North Dakota. She Is also the speediest of all
our battleships built or building, being capable
of a gait of 24 or 25 miles per hour, which 1.
dictinctly "going some" for so ponderous - craft,
and which will enable her to make good time
on her round trip beyond Cape Horn if neces
sity should arise.
The Delaware is the heaviest armed of all
our "peacemakers," excepting of course her
twin sister, the North Dakota. She carries ten
of the big 12-lnch guns, four of which were a
few years ago considered ample for any battle
ship, and In addition she has ranged on her
sides 14 of the tremendously effective 5-inch
guns, to say nothing of a whole array of smaller
naval "shooting irons." Some of these latter
the three-pounders, for Instance, will be the only
ones used on the present cruise and then merely
for firing salutes. The Delaware has a ship',
company of record-breaking size 55 officers and
nearly 900 men.
THREE ORDERS OF SOCIETY IN NAPLES
There are three distinct classes In Neapoli
tan society It would be better to call them
castes the nobility and aristocracy, the "gal
antuominl" or middle classes, and the "lax
zaroni" or the "submerged multitude."
The first class it is unnecessary to de
scribe, the other classes live side by side,
and are yet distinct and hostile. They differ
in religious and political convictions, In mor
als. In social customs, in food and clothing.
The galantuomlnl Include the shopkeepers,
the small manufacturers, tradesmen, book
keepers, persons engaged In clerical occupa
tions, and practically all who are compelled
to earn their living, but who are not engaged
In manual labor.
They are generally liberal and often radical
In politics. The men express an open In
difference and often contempt for the church,
but require their wives and daughters to ob
serve all the conventional religious duties,
and they themselves never fall to reach for a
crucifix or call for a priest whenever they
lmaglno their own lives to be In danger.
They are fond of dress and display and In
dulge their taste as far as their means will
permit, but their wives and daughters are
kept In seclusion and are never allowed to
leave the house without duennas to protect
them.
The lazaroni regard with contempt as
well as aversion the families of the galan
tuomlnl, who are not wealthy and have to
struggle to keep up appearances. The laz
zaronl are strongly nttnehed to the nobility,
have often glvea practical evidences of loyal
ty aud on several occasions have been of su
preme service to the crown.
They live cheaply in the open air, with a
room In the basement or the attlo of some
old tenement, to which they can retreat for
shelter In case of 'storm, and when the hour
comes for sleep.
They delight In garlic, shell fish, raw vege
tables and fruit. The women pay little at
tention to their dress and always go bare
headed. There are probably not a dozen hats
or bonnets to the thousand of the women
population of the lazzaronl.
The lazzaronl are so accustomed to fetid
odors, the misery, the loathsome filth of the
"Fondacl," as the slums are called, that it is
difficult for them to be happy under any other
circumstances. They are born In It, they live
in it and they die in it, and yet there are
grades of misery. Just as there are grades of
prosperity.
There are lazzaronl who are rich and com
fortable, compared with others who may oc
cupy the adjoining attic, but it Is said by
those who have studied this class that they
are never reduced to a condition which Is be
yond their philosophy to endure; that they
will always Jest about their hunger and laugh
about their pains.
Sentimentalists who have made a study of
them Insist that the poorer and more loath
some the family the stronger the love and at
tachment. As misfortune comes upon them
they seem to cling more closely together, pa
rents to children, children to parents and
brothers to sisters, and not one Is so low or so
destitute as to be unable now and then to do
an act of charity or express compassion to
neighbors who are even more badly off than
themselves.
A Long Suffering Minister
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When He Resumed Charge After Ex
change of Pulpits He Found
Repairs Made.
A certain purson, well known in
IJverpool, always attended to matters
which he decided were In need of sum
mary treatment- On one or two oc
casions, at least, his action was not
limited to his own parish, One amus
ing Instance of this sort occurred one
Buuday, when he exchanged pulpits
with a friend who presided over a
well-to-do but somewhat careless con
gregation In a neighboring town.
This friend, who was one of the
meekest and most long suffering men
Imaginable, told the parson with much
mortification that there were one or
two things about the church which
sadly needed attention, but that al
though he knew bis parishioners
meant well, these matters seemed to
slip their minds from week to week.
"The window behind the pulpit is
sadly In want of repair," the gentle
minister explained, "and so Is the pul
pit cushion, In which there Is a large
hole. 1 mention these matters to you
so that you may be saved annoyance.
I have learned to stand at one Bide to
avoid the draught from the broken
window, and I refrain from bringing
any force to bear upon the pulpit
cushion."
The parson looked at his friends in
dulgently, but made no rash prom
ises, simply saying that he had no
doubt he should get along all right.
On mounting to the pulpit In his
friend's church the next day, however,
he proceeded to electrify the congre
gation by taking several handfuls of
rags out of a piece-bag which he car
ried ,wlth htm, and deliberately stuf
fing them Into the broken panes of the
unsightly window.
Then he proceeded calmly with the
service, but when be began his ser
mon it soon became evident that the
pulpit cushion was by no means to be
spared at his hands. In some way or
other the largest hole in the cushion
was worked round until it was well
to the front, and after that each of
three emphatic thumps from the par
son's vigorous hands, as he expounded
his Ideas, sent a shower of feathers
floating down over the heads of the
people In the front pews.
The next 8unday, when the gentle
parson resumed his charge, there
were no broken panes in the window
behind him, and the pulpit cushion
had a new cover. London Telegraph,