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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD: DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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II RESERVE BOH
FIVE NAMES ARE SENT TO
THE SENATE BY PRESI
DENT WILSON.
HAMLIN MAY BE GOVERNOR
Others Are T. B. Jones, of Chicago;
W. Harding, of Birmingham; Paul
Warburg, of New York, and A. C.
Miller, of San Francisco.
Waters tfntftttt Union New Smlcs.
"Washington, D. C Nominations of
Charles S. Hamlin, of Los ton; T. B.
"JonoB, of Chicago; W. P. 0. Harding,
of Birmingham, Ala.; Paul Warburg,
of Now York, and A. C. Miller, of San
Francisco, to bo mobors of tbo fed
eral rcBervo board, woro sent to tho
eenato by President Wilson.
Tho members of tho federal resrevo
board wcro nominated to Bcrvo tho
following terras: Hamlin, two years;
Warburg, four years; Harding, eight
years, and Mlllor, ten ycarB.
IS. C. Simons, of St. Louis, do
cllned apolntment to tho federal ro
Bervo board.
Wilson sent in tho nomination of
tho fivo members without designating
a governor, nnd it was said ho would
chooBo that officer lator. Thomas B.
Jones, a Chicago lawyer, had been se
lected for tho governorship, but with
tho coming of Mr. Hamlin to the
board it was thought that tho plan
might bo changed and tho governor
ship might go to tbo Boston man.
Mr. Hamlin is nn oxpert in finance,
who served as assistant secretary of
tho treasury under President Cleve
land and returned soon after Presi
dent Wilson took pfflco as tho assist
ant oecretnry In charga of customs.
President Wilson, It Is said, has
been reluctant to appoint Mr. Ham
lin to tho rcsarvo board because ho
felt ho was needed in bis present po
sition. It was said that Assltant Secretary
W. P.,Malbur, who now has charge
or customs tn tho treasury depart
ment, probably would bo ndvanced to
succeed Mr. Hamlin.
WILSON UNC0VER8 "PLOT."
Certain Interests Would Delay Leg
islation. Washington, D. C President Wil
son has como out with tho flat decla
ration that, desplto what ho charac
terized as n dellbcrato campaign by
certain Interests to bring about an
adjournment of congress and post
pone tho trust legislation program, he
would uso all the Influence at lit8
comand to get all tho pending bills
through tho Benato at this session,
Choosing his words carefully, the
president disclosed his belief that tho
organized distribution of crcular let
ters and telegrams, among business
men, members of congress nnd other
public officials, calling for an adjourn
ment of congress, a halt In tho trust
bills, tin Increase in freight rates for
tho railroads and a rest for business
was responsible for what, ho recently
described ts & physchofogfeal depres
sion? In support of that viow tho White
Houso made public copies of such let
ters and telegrams which havo been
brought in by friends of tho adminis
tration. Tho president's declaration and the
publication of tho lotters created a
mild sensation.
Storm Envelops Paris.
"Paris. Eleven persons are believed
to have been killed, an unknown num
ber injured and heavy damage to
property resulted from a thunder and
rain storm of phenomenal violonco
which raged over Paris for three
hours. Several Btroets caved in, on
gulfing passersby, and Immense pits
roplaco aomo of tbo finest boulovarda
in tho "city. Dangof from further
cavelns prevents policemen and fire
men from making a thorough investi
gation of tho' damago done, and from
rescuing tho dead, and Injured. The
darkness also wns a handicap.
Fear Further Riots.
Washington', D. C Gov. Stewart, of
Montana, has' telegraphed President
Wilson asking that federal troops be
hold in readiness to restore order in
tho ovent of further rioting in tho
Buttu copper mine district. Tho gov
ernor sent messages to tho Montana
senators and representatives in con
gress urging them to cull at the
Whlto House and support his rcquost
Torch Applied to Churches.
Bologna, Italy. Rioters set fire to
tho cathedral, tho Church of Peace
and the Church of tho Holy CroBu In
Senlgallla, on tho Adriatic, after
sprinkling tho doors with petroleum.
Cavalry arrived In tlmo to prevent tho
destruction of tho cathedral, but tho
interior of the churches wns devasta
ted una only tho walls remain stand
ing of the Church of tho Holy Cross,
Cr'sls In Pece Program.
Washington, D. C Officials of the
Washington government had no hesi
tancy in admitting thoro wnH a crisis
in tho Mexican mediation conference
at Niagara Falls over tho selection of
men to represent tho proposed provi
sional government to succeed tho Hu
erta regime. While admitting the
crisis, administration offlcinls, how
over, seemed t'ontldont that tho con
dltlons presented would bo mot and
that hope for peace In Moxlco was by
no means abandoned.
Statement by Simmons'.
St. Louis. On account of his health
and not financial conditions, led E.
C, Simmons, or thin city, to decline
h placo on the federal reserve board,
according to a statement Issuod her9
by Mr. Simmons,
Thaw Denied Release.
Washington, D. C.Harry IC. Thaw
was denied release ou ball ponding
exaggeration by the supreme court of
JM extradition from Now Hampshire
" Kw York,
MORE
HARDTACK
Army
Bakers Sound Death Knell
of Famous Food.
U. 8. Soldiers No Longer Have
Break Their Teeth on "Cast
Iron" Bread Dreadmakero
Carry Outfit for Troops.
to
Vera Cruz, Mox. Modern field or
ganization has' shattered another pic
turcsquo feature of war. Hardtack,
which In every campflro story swap
ping contest has figured prominently
as ono of tho privations which heroes
must onduro, is not used. No longer
can it be tho leading stugo prop in
sontlmontal romances of tho sacrificing
comrade who gavo up his last crumb
to a famished brother, of tho dutiful
son who used his last cako to write
homo to mother and went hungry for
a week in consequonco, or of profano
O'Brlon, who mndo a now vocal record
whon ho bioko an eyo tooth on tho
durablo army ration.
Fresh bread in big, soft rolls, as
palatnblo as can be turned out by the
most modern bakery, takes tho placo
of tho hardtack of other campaigns. It
Is all bakod Jn tho army ovens. Twenty-four
hours aftor tho troops landed
in Mexico 0,000 pounds of bread had
been baked and was being delivered,
warm, to tho different camps. Capt.
E. S. Wheeler, who had charge of tho
field bakory, says that it Is the most
notablo advanco which has been made
In army equipment in tho last ten
years.
formerly an army in camp lived on
hardtack for several months while tho
quartermaster's department was either
erecting brick ovona and a bako shop
or negotiating with somo local baker
for a bread supply. Now a real bakory
1b a part of tho quartermaster's depart
ment of ovory division.
Tho bakory which went into opera
tion over night in Moxlco is turning
out between 6,000 and 8,000 pounds of
bread a day, which feeds somo 10,000
soldlors and marines on shore duty.
Tho equipment can bo tripled In slzo
and its capacity Increased to 38,000
pounds dally. Four ovenB are In uso,
while a full cquipmont for 12 ovens,
enough for an entlro army division,
was brought on tho transports.
Thero is no experimenting necessary
to got tho field bakory in working or
der. To tho bakory crow conditions
hero aro tho samo as they havo been
for months In tho various army camps
In tho states. It w'iU'bo tho samo from
day to day, If tho army Is on tho movo.
A bakory crow consists of a captain
and 65 men, enlisted as bakers. Cap
tain Whoolor, who has chargo of tho
field bakery at Vra Cruz Is an artil
lery captain, detailed for four years In
tho quartermaster's department and
assigned to tho bakery.
Each oven 1b tho nucleus of a sep
arate unit in an army field bakery. Ono
or twolvo can bo set up, each complete
In itself. First is a sleeping tent for
tho crow working that particular oven.
Noxt comes Uio mixing tout. In It aro
two mixing troughs, a corner for tho
Backs of flour, a bako table on which'
aro scales for weighing tho loaves and
Women in Political Murder
Members of Fair Sex Seldom Flguro
as Assassins In World of Politics
Mms. Calllaux's Crime.
Iondon In tho history of politics
thoro is no parallel to tho Paris trag
edy which has resulted, in tho death
of M. Calmette, -who was ehot by tho
wifo of M. Calllaux, tho minister of
finance, who sought to avenge her
husband's honor, says London Tit
Bits. Women, happily, flguro little in po
litical murdors, although about threo
years ago an attempt was made by a
Mme. Calllaux.
woman of Los Angeles, Cal., to shoot
a congressman who alio considered
had insulted her husband, who was
ill, by making disparaging remarks
about him in public. Fortunately, tho
wound Inflicted proved but a slight
ono and tho woman escaped with a
short term of Imprisonment
Franco, porhaps, has not boon bo
TREATS HIS OWN SNAKE BITE
Alabama Boy of Twelve Years Knew
What to Do When Bitten by
a Moccasin.
Mobile, Ala. Chnrloy Dunn, tho
tw el vo-y ear-old son of C. M. Dunn of
Park avenue, Crlchton, probably owes
hia llfo to his presence of mind whon
bitten on tho finger by a moccasin.
Ho quickly took out his pocket knife,
slashed his linger in crisscross shape,
ctuck the digit in his mouth and bogan
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America during tho remarkable exploring expedition recently ended.
anotlier on which tho pans aro stacked.
Next comes the oven. On tho other
side of tho ovon Is tho storo tent It Is
Inclosed in an outer tent of mosquito
netting and flllod with racks of wire
and steel which will hold 6,000 pounds
of bread in orderly rows.
Tho oven was designed in 1911 by
Capt. Luclen Holbrook and Sergt. Pat
rick Dunn It is of iron and steel,
fastened at tho corners and edges by
clamps. Tents, ovens and all equip
ment are collapsible and can be folded
and packed into a slngjo escort wagon.
Twelve wagons will carry the bakery
for 30,000 men, or 19,000 loaves.
War has not startod and tho army
is not on tho march. Tho bakery is
turning out what Is known as "issue"
bread. It is different from "war"
bread. Six loaves of "Issue" bread are
baked at ono time. Four of tho loaves
consequently do not havo any crust on
their Bides. What Is known as "war"
bread is baked In separate loaves, has
crust all over and will keo'p longer.
Thero aro other differences inter
esting to the housewlfo or baker. "Is
suo" bread has 2 pounds of dough to
tho loaf, rlBos flvo hours, is baked ono
hour and weighs two pounds when
coolod. "Wnr" bread weighs two
pounds when cooled, is raised for eight
hours, has moro sugar and no lard in
tho dough, Is baked 'for 1 hours and
will keep for a considerable length of
time. ,
At 6 p. m. tho bakers start mixing
their dough. Beforo noon tho store
tents nro stocked with fresh bread At
daylight tho next day tho regimental
commissary wagons aro loaded with
tho supply to bo taken to tho camp.
It Is very different from tho days of
hardtack, which it is said by veterans,
was as hard as, tho boxes in which it
was shipped,
-
stirred slnco tho Breton heroine,
Carlotto Corday, stabbed that mon
ster of tho revolution, Marat, in
his bath. But tho modern history of
Russian revolutionaries provldos some
equally remarkable stories of heroines
of tho peoplo who havo taken upon
themselves tho task of killing thoso
whom they considered tho enemies of
progress nnd liberty.
Tho most recent case was that of
Zlnalda Konopllnnnlkova, a Russian
school mistress, who on August 13,
1900, shot dead Major General Min,
commander of tho famous regiment of
tho Somonoff guards, at Peterhof rail
way station. She wns arrested on tho
spot and ultimately condemned to
death by hanging, this being tho first
death 8ontenco passed on a woman
slnco tho execution of Sophlo Porov
skaya, who was practically tho chief
organizer of tho nihilist conspiracy
which resulted In Czar Alexander II
being blown to pIoceB on his waV to
tho military riding school In St. Po
tersburg on March 1, 1881.
TIiIb femalo assassin was only twenty-seven
years of ago at the time of
her execution, but even she was Blx
years older than Mario Splrldonova.
who, fired with tho wrongs of tho Rub
slan peasant, shot tho brutal Governor
Dujonoovsky. Horrlblo tortures were
Inflicted upon her In order to force
her to confess tho names of her ac
complices and ultimately sho wbb
tried by court-martial behind closed
doors and sent to Siberia a physical
wreck.
$2,000 Wallet Returned.
Now York. A wallet containing
2,000, lost by a Colorado miner, was
ruiumou iniaci to us owner after
dancers in a Conoy Island "tango pal-
v uu m ii arouna ror an
hour.
Take Fifty Needles From Girl's Body
Boston. Dr. Harry II. Germain re
moved 60 needles from the body of
Miss Marlon Glbbs, twonty, who de
clared sho swallowed them to produce
suffering. Her mental condition Is
being Investigated.
Shot 8elf to Avoid Going to 8chool.
Danville, III. Dalo Delanoy, twolve.
shot himself In tho leg with a revolver
to koop from going to school.
to suck out tho poison. Then he
wrapped a cord around his arm aa
tightly as ho could between elbow
and shoulder to prevent tho poison
from getting Into his systora and
made tracks for tho house as fast as
ho could.
A doctor was summoned, but mean
while Master Dunn was pouring porox
Ida into tho wound and was tho calm
est member of tho family.
There Is In the houso a family mod
Ictno book that has held a great fasci
nation for Charley. After ho had cut
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FAM0.US TRIO MEET AGAIN
Earl 'Grey, John Hays Hammond and
Major Burnham Greet Each
Other In San Francisco.
San Francisco. Thero was a briot
reunion here ono day recently of threo
men who have become famous through
out tho world. They were tho British
statesman, Earl Grey, John Hays Ham
mond, noted mining engineer, and Moj.
Fred IL Burnham, famous scout and
soldier of fortune.
Tho threo parted company last in
Rhodesia in 1896. Then Earl Grey
was tho administrator of Rhodesia,
Hammond was consulting engineer for
John Hays Hammond.
Cecil Rhodes and tho Goldfleld Consol
idated Mines of South America, Major,
Burnham was a scout for Lord Rob
erts and ho had just killed tho noted
Mntabclo outlaw, M'Llmo, frustrating,
a projected massacro of tho British;
settlers. '
Major Burnham, hearing that Earl
Grey was In San Francisco, camo to
tho city from Threo Forks to meet
him. He brought a little gold nugget
that ho has carried as a talisman
through all his adventures in differ
ent parts of the world, and tho treasn
ured letter Lord Roberts wroto to him,
when he was invalided home. The
report by Burnham to Earl Grey, tho
administrator, of the killing of
M'Llmo is a noteworthy pago in Brit
ish history. '
Tho threo talked affectionately of
the stirring South African times foo
halt an hour.
MAN CALLS THIS FISHING
Nevada Ranch Owner Drains a Ditch
and Catches Mountain Trout
With His Hands.
San Francisco. W. H. Davenport
of the Western Paclflo railway says:'
"I was back In Nevada recently, and
a friend of mlno who owns what ho
calls 'Just a little ranch' of 9,000 acres
aBked mo It I would like to fish for
mountain trout. I said I would; It's
ray favorite sport
" 'Como on,' said ho, and ho took mo
to a stream across which ho has built
a dam for tbo purpose of irrigating
his alfalfa.
"Instead of producing fish poles ho
suddenly turned on the water and let
it run full force through tho irrigating
ditches tor just a half minute. Then
ho turned it off, and, beckoning to me,'
led mo to tbo irrigating ditch.
"By this tlmo tho water which he
had let In had run out into the fields,
and on tho bottom of tho ditch were
about a hundred mountain trout left
high and dry and flapping about at a
groat rate.
"My friend gathered about twenty
nto a basket and threw the rest back
alive into tho etream. Wo had tho
ones ho caught for suppor, and they
woro delicious."
"Movies" Make Church People Gasp.
Chicago. Members of the Joyco
Mothodlst church gaspca whon
"movies" showing murders and other
acts of violence with no connecting
link were exhibited. Alderman Pretzel
later explalnod the pictures were tho
"cutouts" mndo by tho consors, but ho
had forgotten to announce to the audi
enco what tho films were.
thtf wound and lot tho poison out ho
got tho book down and began study
ing It whllo waiting for tho doctor to
arrlvo to aeo If ho had dono tho right
thing. Tho doctor said ho had.
Beyond somo swelling and somo
nuusoa no bad effects nro oxpectod
from tho bite.
Child's Coffin by Parcel Post.
Lufkln, Tex. A coflln. to bo used
for tho burial of an Infant, waB sent
from Whlto City to this town, via par
col post. Postage cost 21 cents.
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(Copyright, 1914. by A. S. Gray)
NEURASTHENIA (BRAIN FAG)
ITS CAUSE AND CORRECTION
Of all tho Ills with which humanity
is afflicted, undoubtedly tho most prev
alent, certainly that ono most effectu
ally destroying the happiness and tho
general efficiency of the American peo
plo, Is what has come of bo universal
ly known as "Tho Creat American Dis
ease," popularity called brain-fag or
nervous prostration, and moro spe
cifically known as neurasthenia.
Neurasthenia Is a condition induced
by severo shock or serious Illness; or
by the cumulative effects of slight but
long continued and persistent Irrita
tion of ono particular set of nerves;
or as tho result of a general physical
and moral softening from tho lack of
normal body functioning. All these
several causes may bring about a cen
tral nerve cell exhaustion Identical in
results. Just as too frequent or too
long holding of tho finger on the push
button will quickly run down and ex
haust the primary battery cells of an
electric call boll circuit, so tho too
frequent or too long continued work
ing of our nervo cells will produce ex
haustion. With reasonable care and uso pri
mary battery cells have a long life, be
cause they recuperate between dis
charges; but if tho signals follow too
closely or they are operated too con
tinuously the battery plates lose this
recuperatlvo power and tend to polar
ize, and even disintegrate; and with
tho samo treatment tho very samo
thing happens to our nervo cells for
the same reason. Nerve cells may bo
worked beyond tho point of possible
recuperation; hence, to maintain nor
mal physical, mental and moral
health our cells must bo glvon nor
mal physiological uso with time to
recuperate between discharges.
Tho symptoms of the disease of
neurasthenia are multitudinous, and to
attempt to enumerate them would take
us far beyond tho scope of this short
nrtlcld. Sufflco it to say that begin
ning with slmplo (?) nervous Indiges
tion, insomnia, and an occasional touch
of "tho blues," the symptoms rango
through disturbances involving all the
special senses and most of tho ab
dominal organs in nlmost endless com
bination and degrees of severity.
"Functional diseases" abound, a new
ono usually breaking out about as rap
idly as tho old one is controlled, so
that the victim endures practically a
continuous round of HI health, Pos
sibly tho ono general universlal symp
tom is "a tired feeling." The sufferer
wakes In the morning tired and is apt
to rcmnln tired all day Until evening,
when the average neurasthenic wakes
up and wants to start something.
Besides that "tired feeling" so char
acteristic in the neurasthenic tho chief
symptom is worry. A neurasthenic is
busy most of the time worrying about
something: either worrying about
what has happened, "what is now hap
pening, or what is likely to happen
somo day. It Is a proved and accepted
physiological truth that tho adult is
moro gravely Injured by worry than
by fatigue, the effect of worry on the
brain cells being exactly the samo as
that resulting from hard physical la
bor. .But hard physical labor accomplishes
something presumably worth while,
and thero is a certain tonic and rest
ful effect In contemplating the product
of labor; but worry produces nothing,
can nevor reach a conclusion because It
te absolutely illogical in origin nnd In
application, and can only servo to de
stroy tho most valuablo thing man pos
sesses, the very foundation of all
wealth thought, the creative concept
To think 1b to exercise the faculties
of judgment; to worry Ib to harass
with caro and anxiety. No two things
can occupy tho same 'space at the
same tlmo, and no man can ahlnk or
do two things at tho samo time. There
fore we cannot think when wo worry,
nnd conversely we cannot worry when
we think: cither one absolutely de
stroys tho other. Hence neurasthenics
aro only worrying when they think
that they are thinking. That they aro
adrift on a mental sea without com
pass, chart or rudder is what dis
tresses and makes them weary, for,
when they can think clearly and
definitely to a conclusion and then
follow it, they aro no longer neuras
thenics. All that we possess that tho animals
do not we havo developed out of tho
material wealth of the earth by tho
Drink and the Navy.
Apropos of tho secretary of the
navy's establishment of a teetotal
navy, Dr. Hiram Corson Wilson, tho
noted economist, said In an address in
Pittsburgh:
"Well, speaking as an economist, I
think tho new order will do good.
Thoy don't get any too much pay, you
know, In tho navy.
"Thoy tell a story about a young
fellow who wanted to enlist. Ho made
inquiries at tho naval recruiting of
lice, and learned that tho work was
hard and the recompense slight Tho
recruiting sergoant then asked him
sternly:
"'Do you drink, young follow?'
"'If I'm supposed to drink,' tho re
cruit replied, 'I'll have to got more
pay.'"
Land of Long Words.
Humboldt onqo std that nothing tn
Mexico strikes Europeans moro forci
bly than tho excesslvo length of tho
words. This length, moreover, does
not always depund ou thulr being com
pounded, as in tho Greek, thr Ger
i wan, or tho Sanskrit Thus tbo Mexi-
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power of our thoughts, nnd without
thought this world would still bo a
wilderness and wo remain nothing but
animals. Without thought man Js a
weak, helpless and hopeless creature;
but by using thought ho has seized
dominion 'over all tho earth, oxcopt
hlmsolf, and now boldly reaches out
to conquer tho air. Obviously vo
should ubo nnd guard tho sourco of
our greatest power most Jealously
But do we 7
Observers of universal phenomena
note tho operation of n general law,
which is that ovcrythlng contains
within ltBolf the elements for its own
destruction. Man himself, of course,
as n part of tho universe, is subject
to all these laws, and thcroforo, bb
might be oxpected, tho elomonts for
our own self-destruction aro to bo
found In tho very Instincts and facul
ties that ralso us superior to tho bruto.
Wrongfully used memory, Imagination
nnd tho allied faculties would, If per
sisted In, Burely annihilate our civili
zation. Tho history of tho past. 10,000 years
as Indelibly written in the substance
of tho earth Itself proves civilization
to bo nn intermittent and recurrent
phenomena.
When weary it is very easy and very
pleasant to relax and sink into that
delightfully dreamy state; but hero
lies the dangor, for it Is in that state
one so readily become Introspective
and by Imperceptible stages drifts
Into self-sympathy and solf-plty and
quickly becomes solf-consclous nnd
self-centered.
A self-centered mind is llko a root
bound plant: unless tho roots aro
shaken out and freed so they may con
tinuously reach out Into new soil that
plant will surely sicken and die. Smash
the pot and tho roots will shoot out
Into now solf and the plant Mil grow
and thrlvo. Just so tho self-centered,
mind muBt break out of its sholl of
3lf and forget Itself in working, fight
ing, striving lor sometning worm
while.
Tho dominating instinct in man is
fear and this is why self-contemplation
Is dangerous. There aro many
store rooms in the basement of man's
consciousness, commonly known as
the sub-conscious mind, and in these
dark and forgotten corners many
strange things are stored, only wait
ing for tho opportunity when they
may como forth to puzzle and con
found us.
Thero Is nothing mysterious or ter
rible about tho subconscious phenom
ena If, with a full knowledge of tho
laws of the universe, of which wo aro
a part, we frankly consider ourselves
n link in the chain of life extending
from an incomprehensibly remote paBt
to an equally Incomprehensible and re
mote future.
Wo deem It not at all strange, more
ly because wo happen to bo familiar
with the fact, that there aro handed
down to us strong memories out of tho
remote past in the form of Btrlking re
semblances to a grandparent, or to
a great-grandparent, or to ono even
still moro. remote. All Inherited traits
aro but cell memories; then why
strange or mysterious that thero should
be handed down to us In the same way
and from the samo source out of that
misty past, dim memories, vaguo and
nebular, but nono the less memories,
of a past long left behind in tho ad
vancing consciousness of the race?
In tlieso latent impressions will bo
found the key to tho very pitiful truth
that the dominant Impression in tho
mind of man is that of fear, and that
this 1b undoubtedly the source of those
so-called causeless terrors of early
childhood coming at a period beforo
terror should be known, and In later
years coming to us so furtively in the
night and in all weakened conditions
due to illness, to sudden surprise, or
to relaxation from any cause, a fear
impossible to overcome by any reason
ing because it was burned into our
sympathetic nervous systems back in
tho paBt when devils lurked behind
every leaf and man was in constant
terror of tho unknown.
With the dawn of a more intelligent
comprehension of tho unlverso there
has como nn appreciation that nature's
movements aro bo vast and contain so
many complex and never to bo under
stood forces that balance and counter
balance each other, that ono's confi
dence in one's self is always in inverse
proportion to ono's knowledge of tho
laws involved. Hence, tho most intel
ligent physician uses tho least medi
cine because ho realizes moro keenly
than any ono elso tho complexity of
tho phenomena with which bo has to
deal and the extont to which conclu
sions aro likely t6 be vitiated by un
known factors In tno problem. And
today, throughout tho world, tho issue
is being reverently but boldly met
The remedy for our ills? To Investi
gate; to think; to become personali
ties; to lay aside all fads and fancies,
nil nrniuritrn. nil sunerstltlon and tra
dition, and take such stops for tho re- I
a . m aann nn A ftlinfl I
moval or me Known tuo "v uuuu
to bo necessary lp the light of the
truth derived from modern methods
of scientific Investigation all the
while remembering that, tho only
strong individuals are thoso whowprk,
and that work alono gives courago
and faith.
can word for that simple thing, a kiss,
is tetennamlqulllztll.
But that Is nothing, says Mr.
Charles W. Domvllle-Flfo in his book
on Guatemala, to what tho Central
American can do. His best efforts
eclipse even Shakcspearo's often
quoted "Honoriflcabllitudlnltatlbus,"
In "Love's Labor's LoBt;" for if you
wish to call the boy who carries news
papers, you have but to murmur,"
"Amatlacuilolltqultcatlaxlahujle," and
ho may possibly como. Youth's Com
panion. Springtime Diplomacy.
"What's the matter here?" asked tho
policeman who had been hanging on
tho front door.
"Nothing serious," answered tho
man with a dusty faco and no collar.
"It sounds like "a drunk smashing
up furniture."
"1 have been doing a littlo furniture
smashing. You see, wo'ro going to
move, and there's some of our stuff
that my wifo would rather burn up
or send out with tho trash than let the
neighbors seo It standing on tho side
walk." Washington Star.
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EASY TO BEAUTIFY THE YARD-
Plot of Ground May Be Small, But'
There Are Always Possibilities
of Improvement.
No matter how small a yard you
have, thero aro possibilities for mak
ing It a joy to yourself and to others.
In tho congosted parts of a city Im
agine tho pleasuro of thoso who live
on tho third and fourth floors of n
houso or apartment whon thoy may
look down upon a tiny spot of greenl
It tells thom of tho changing seasons;
It rests them after a hard dayjB work;
It stimulates thom with hope; It re
freshes them as nothing but a touch.
of beauty can.
Occasionally one comes upon Bitch
n yard, oven when tho ownor has
neither much timo or money to expend
upon it, but much may bo done whero
thero 1b an inherent love for growing
things. t)ne particular garden had for
its nucleus a great wistaria vine,
which was strong and fine with
age, and it glorified the backs of un
sightly houses and shielded an alley
from vlow.
No passer-by on tho street could'
suspect the wealth of beauty that lay
hidden behind tho house. The little
back yard was aglow with the huge
purple flowers In full bloom, making
tho rickety fence look picturesque.
But this vine had been lovingly tended,
elso it would have long slnco fallen
Into decay, as had its neighbors. An
other fence was mado attractive by
vines that clambered from boxes
which woro placed at measured dis
tances along tho yard. There was a.
narrow flower bed In the centor of
the tiny grass plot. Surely not a pre
tentious garden, but ono that soothed
tho nerves at evening, and made
known to all the world that spring
had come.
HOUSE SET IN SHRUBBERY"
Mistake to Allow Even the' Smallest
Abode to Have a Bare and Unat
tractive Appearance.
"I have Invested $4,000 In my hprne,""
a man remarked to a friend the other
day as they reached his house. "It's
a comfortable little house and I will
always bo able to get my money out
if I want to. Don't you think it was
a good investment?"
"Fine," the friend replied. "You
have a mighty attractive house. But
you have neglected just ono thing to
make It a place that would capture
everybody that saw It The house
looks bare. By spending a few dollars
for shrubbery around it you would
give it a setting that would be great"
There aro several thousand houses
in Kansas City that might have been
tho subject of such a conversation.
Men will make a large Investment in a
house and then will fall to make the
small additional Investment in plant
ing that would make the big invest
ment really effective.
Thero is a charm, a sense of home
Itkeness about a house set in shrub
bery and trees that aro lacking in the
house without such a setting. Bare,
unbroken lines are hard and forbid
ding. Green leaves and branches
about a building make It part of the
landscape. They "tie" It to the ground
and mako it Beem to grow out of the
soil.
A house isn't really a home until
nature is called Into co-operation with
It Kansas City Star.
ONLY NEED ONE GOOD IDEA
Proflta- of Po6t, Johnson, Wright,
Howe, De Long and the Lloyds
So Made.
Post put Battle Creek on the map
with one idea prepared breakfast
foods remarks "Girard" in the Phila
delphia Ledger.
Mr. Johnson took the scratch out of
the phonograph and bo gave not only
Camden and New Jersey the Victor,
but the country ono of its most amaz
ing business successes.
Pulverizing charcoal to mako it a
more economic fuel was so good an
idea that Walter S. Wright is the '
fourth generation of his family to con
tinue that century old family in Cam
den county.
The thought that a needle could sew
with the eye in the point Instead of
the other end was what made Howe
and his sowing machine.
Bending a piece of wire to glvo it a
"hump" the whole world knows the
story of the Do Long hook and eye.
Half a dozen men sitting in a little
coffee house Bald to another: "Wo'U
guarantee you against losing your ship
arid cargo," and bo started the world's'
most celebrated insurance concern,
which in known as Lloyds.
In this ago of enormous business,
the fellow who gets just one good idea
for bettering any one of a thousand
things can at onco order his steam
yacht ,
Higher Mathematics,
"How many have I taken?"
"I dunno."
"You call yourself a caddlo and don't
know how many strokes I've had."
"Look 'ere, guv'nor, I can only count
up to ten." Tatlor (London).
Easily Settled.
Hlckvillo Postmaster (discussing af
fairs of state) "Now, what do you,
think of our foreign relations, Ezry?"
Prominent Lounger (warmly) "I
think they should be barred out ur
this here country it they can't read
an' wrlto!" Judge.
Sad Sound.
First Working Girl "Say, Mame, I
heard an awful sad thing this morn
ing." Second Working Girl (wear
ily) fgo did I tho alarm clock."
Life.
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