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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
GENERAL BARN
PBB SIMLL FARM
Design Such That Dairy Herd
and Horses May Be Handled
Under One Roof.
ABSOLUTELY NO WASTE SPACE
Trussed Roof Provides for Utilization
of Entire Upper Part of the Struc
ture Doors of Modern Build
Ventilation and Feeding
Arrangements Perfect.
By WILLIAMfA. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Hartford Wit answer
questions and Klvo advice KHKK OF
COST an all subjects pertaining to tho
subject of building work oft the farm, for
the renders of this papr On account of
his wldo experience aa Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, ho is, without doubt, the
hlKhest authority on all these subject.
Address all Inquiries to William A lUd
forfl, No. 1627 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
111., and only Inclose two-cunt stamp for
reply.
Thoro aro thousands of farms all
over tho country tlint nra not large
enough to support n complete sot of
barns of all the vnrloiia klndn that are
In uso, so the solution of tholr problem
lias In tho combination barn. The
combination barn 1b duslgnud to han
dle a dairy herd, and the horses that
aro needed, under tho samo roof. A
heavy door separates tho two parts of
tho barn.
Combination barns are made In
many different sizes, but as a general
rule only the smaller sizes are built.
If a large combination barn Is to be
built It is better to -earrange the plans
all of tho most modorn construction.
Doublo sliding doors aro usod In tho
gablo for placing hay In tho mow.
Those doors aro placed on slanting
tracks closo up under tho oaves, where
they will bo protoctod. Being on tho
outside of th barn they aro notr In
tho way and do not tako up valuable
space in tho mow.
All the other doors into tho stablo
Rro Dutch doors, Tho upper and tho
lowor halt opon soparatoly. The ad
vantage of this type of door is mora
pronounced In tho summer than in tho
wlntor. In tho summer tho upper door
can be left opon so as to Insuro a
Rood circulation of air through tho
barn, and tho cattle or horses can be
kopt Insltlo without tying thorn up or
placing thorn In tho stanchions.
Tho ventilation is takon caro of In
tho usual way for a barn that Is ar
ranged with tho dairy cattlo facing In.
Intake flues for tho fresh air nro i
brought In with openings abovo and in
front of the cows. In back of each
row of cattlo Is an outtako lluo that
passes up tho wall and along undor
tho roof to tho ventilator. '
A Utter carrier track is placed bick
of each row of cows, and tho track for
this passes out through tho back of
tho barn to a manuro pit. Tho cntlro
floor of tho cow stablo is of concrete,
but often the horso part is made with
a wood block or cork floor In tho stalls
whoro tho horsos liavo to stand. Ei
ther typo of floor Is easy to clean, as
It can bo washed out with a hoso after
the cattle havo gono out.
Tho feeding arrangement In this
barn Is compact and easily handled.
The silo is placed up closo to tho
back part of tho barn and has a chuto
which empties the silage directly into
tho feeding alloy. From hore It can
readily be placed In the mangers, which
are built of concreto tho samo as tho
floor itsolf.
The horso stablo is separated from
the dairy barn part by a wall with
three doors placed In it. Two of tho
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T IS announcod that tho territorial
government of Hawaii will rcstoro
to their formor grandeur tho an
cient tomplos upon tho islands.
Several impressive qxamples of theso
twolfth century edlflcos aro said to be
in such a state of preservation that
work upon thom may bo undertaken
with certainty as to tho correctness ot
tho restoration. Tho Mooklul temple,
one of tho most striking, Is described
as having walls aggregating ovor 800
feet, with a breadth of eight feet and
a height of 20 foot.
Tho Hawallans aro an Interesting
people doomod, seemingly, to early ex
tinction as a result of their contact
with tho Invading and appropriating
whlto man who brought them, along
with tho consolations of his religion,
doclmatlng disease, devastating vices
to which tho Kanakas took like
ducks to water and advice upon tho
importanco of abstemiousness and
six days work a week which has been
neglected by tho natives, as. It Is
usually in balmy cllmatos.
Primitive Conditions Changed.
Tho Hawalians, when their Eden
was discovered, woro as a raco wholly
unconvontlonal, In tho sonso In which
tho term 1b UBcd against what
agitators of a sort term tho nnr
rowmlndedness of tho conventions
Saxon vindicate his moral conquest of
tho peoplo and his appropriation of
tho land unless ho sticks to "In splto
of"?
Dressed In European Garb.
As a result ot civilization tho halt
million has shrunk to 40,000 or so. Tho
mon who survive still are, in many
cases, well proportioned, strong and
athletic. But tho women, onco prolific,
aro, In two cases In three, Bterllo.
Those who havo children havo few.
The mon who wore, In pagan days,
nothing moro than a loin cloth, wear
European trousers and shirts. Tho
womon whoso only clothing was a
"tapa" petticoat, raado from mulberry
bark and reaching from tho waist to
tho knee, wear tho enveloping "holo
ka," counterpart of "mother hubbard,"
which Christian modecty dictated.
Nearly overyono understands tho Eu
ropean moral code. Hut tho raco Is
dying! In n little while tho "Sand
wich Islandors" who wore in many
ways on unusual peoplo, and who, bo
causo of tho benign climate and thotr
oxceptlonal health, enjoyed a llfo of
much Blnging, dancing ai'd surf bath
ing with fow difficulties and little dolo
will have gono tho way of tho Carlb
Indians undor Spanish rule.
A people whoso kings and great
chieftains wore flaming robes made of
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THE 3CST PLACE. I ety Is commonly understood as slm
ply another word for ccttis. with-or
without tho wiiipcup
it Is a significant fact that our groat
morel" 'it princes, our men of prodl
gious Intollee., our famous dlscoviv
ors and scientists, our men ol mark
lrv every walk of life, rare raoro tor
sociability than for society, and not
one In a hundred of them Is In 'b
clety" Thov llvo natural lives, mala'
friends among their kind, and onjov
social Intercourse. They don t "care
a fig" whether Mrs Tono Invites them
to her most exelusivo ball, or whether
Mr. Highbrow Includes them In bis
list of dinner. guests
Winy men of wealth, and moro men
who haven't any. sacrifice tho vitality
of life to get Into "Booloty," a,nd when
thoy get in they spend uiif of their
timo keeping In. When they become
old enough to know better, thoy go
out Into Naturo's out-of-doors, breathe
the fresh air, and montally, and somo
times physically, kick themselves for
tho folly of their silly ambition.
Don't worry about finding your "so
ciety" level. Your level will como to
you, and any lovel you try to reach
which is either above or bolow your
proper sphero, Is disastrous
Hear In mind, young man and young
woman, that moro money, the ability
to danco tho tango, and tho capacity
for small talk, aro not keys which
will unlock tho door of good society
If your ancestors camo here In the
overcrowded Mayflower, or your sev
eral times removed grandfather
chased Indians, remembor that you
may not bo any better than other peo
pie with a hazy past, for tho whole
world feeds on the sumo kind of meat,
sleeps in similar beds and wears
much-alike clothes, If It can get them
"Society," as It runs, starts from
nowhere and ends In tho Land of
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and divido tho animals so that tho
horses and tho dairy cattlo como under
separate rOofs. This Is especially
truo If tho ownor intends to handlo
qulto a fow horsos. Thoro aro, of
course, no real objections to combina
tion designs as long as tho two parts
of the barn are kopt Boparate by tho
use of a wall and carefully built doorB.
The combination barn shown hero Is
about tho right sizo for a 40-acro farm.
Spaco is provided tor 12 or 14 cows
and from 5 to 7 horses.
Tho roof is of tho solf-supportlng
typo. Tho lowor raftor or gambrol
root is G Inches by 0 Inches by 14
feet long, whllo tho upper raftor Is 0 by
6 by 12 foot long. Tho bracing is takon
caro ot by the timbers 1 inch by 8
lnchos. Two of theso braces aro uBod
by each of tho upper rafters and ono
for each of tho lowor raftors, Tho
lookout raftors aro made from 2 by 4's.
Tho truosod roof for barns has ono
of die greatest factors for utilizing all
the space in tho barn for various pur-
doors aro in tho litter alloys and tho
other Is In tho feed alloy. Threo slnglo
slnlls aro placed on ono sldo in this
part of tho barn, and across from theso
aro two wldo stalls that can bo usod
olthor for two horses or can bo fin
ished oft as box stalls.
Tho ontlro arrangement of this barn
presents an attractlvo doslgn for tho
man wIiq wants a compact barn for
somo dairy cattlo, with room for tho
horses that aro used around tho form.
Russia Hiding Gold In Siberia.
In tho Amorican Magazlno a well
known American banker wrltoB an ar
ticlo entltlod, "Tho Money Sldo of tho
War," in which ho presonts many in
sldo facts about tho financial situation
of tho nations at war. In tho follow
ing extract ho tells whero Russia Is
hiding somo of her gold:
"Curiously onough, tho Russians
havo placed ono of tholr gold mints at
Irkutsk, In tho heart of Siberia, whoro
a hostile army Invading from oltlfor
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Tho mountain top Is small. There
I' hazily room enough there for the
fnv who reach Its height; and, unless
HiGHP who do keep a firm foothold.
Ihey may be pushod off and dashed
to pieces
The way to the mountain top Is
Ktcpp and riigxod, the rorks arr slip
pi ry nnd the path Is full of landslides
Tho valley Is broad and tertile, and
thrro Is room enough thoro for plant
in" and for harvesting. ..
The ordinary man can earn his liv
ing fn tho valloV; the extraordinary
man mav bo able to attach himself
to the mountain top
1 am not asking yon. young mm
not to travel upward, nor am I sug
gesting that you forever remain on the
plains, but 1 am attempting to pic
ture the dangers of ctcop climbing,
ai'tt tho liability of not being ablo to
find a foothold at. the top
Hotter, far bettor, bo a good filler
of tho soil down In tho green valley
than starvo among tho mountain's
rocks
In theso days of strenuous bud
ness, of liberal education, and of op
portunity, tho old adage that "thcro
is always room at tho top" Is not as
truo as It used to bo, for, oven though
there may b-o room at tho verv top,
one must tako fearful chances In
climbing, nnd he will moot strenuous
mon en route, ready and anxious to
win. not only by advancing them
selves, but by pushing others down.
Tho tendency to go beyond one's
ability, to occupy positions unnatural
and difficult to hold, is responsible for
many a failure, and has ruined many
men who would have been successful
had they been contented and Indus
trious, with good prospect of prosper
Ity-
Ambition should be mado of sterner
stuff than that which drives a man out
of himself Into unknown regions, or
into places too high for him to gain a
foothold, a fooling which, even if ho
does gain It, ho may bo unablo to
keep.
It Is your duty to do your best, to
mako tho most of yourself, to encour
age rather than to cramp nmbition.
to uso common sense in the making
of yourself, that brand of good senso
I which doos not allow you to stay bo
low your level and which will prevent
you from striving to go beyond it
Thousands of mon move from whoro
thoy aro, dissatisfied and disgruntled,
and enter now and unknown fields,
when, if they had remained nt homo,
making tho best of their opportuni
ties, thoy would havo been worth
moro to themselves and to tho world
Where you aro, unless It Is below
I ho surfaco, may bo the best placo in
I whicli for ou to work and to stay.
certainly, you should not allow your
solf to leave your base of operations
l until you aro sure that where you aro
i Is not tho placo for you to bo In, and
until you know of a location within
tho probable scope of your capacity.
Dowaro at tho top. unless thero is
a Eufo road leading to It.
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jjoscs. The Jiracod gambrol roof, such
as Is shown in tho Illustration, Is tho
commonest type, but round'barns nro
froquontly built with a braced root.
Elthor typo loaves tho ontlro uppor
part of tho barn entirely freo from all
obstructions, so that it can bo moat
readily utilized as a haymow, Tho
unobatructod spaco also allows tho in
stallation of tho hay track In tho poak
ot the roof. Tho track is fastened to
a collar beam, which is a short beam
jitaced botwoon tho upper raftors, and
drves tho do'ublo purposo ot support
ing tho track and bracing tho raftors.
Many manufacturers of tho equipment
usod furnish apodal hanging ironB that
aro easily attached to tho collar boams
and which support tho track down bo
low. If this Btylo of oqulpraont Is usod it
will Bavo considerable tlmo and trou
bio to havo tho collar beams all oven
and truo. Tho collar boams are sot as
high as posslblo bo ai to bring the
track well up into tho poak.
Tho change In tho appoaranco of
barn door's la a foaturo of modorn
barns as coroparod with tho old shoda
that formerly nerved aB barns. Any
thing would do for a door in tho old
days. Tho sliding doorB always had
at least ono roller off tho track and
hung dawn with a mournful droop.
Tho hinged doorB woro broken bo that
their only valuo was to bang up against
tho eldo of tho barn in tho wind;. Tho
excuse wob ofton mado that tho doora
didn't lit very voll. but tho cracks
around thom helped In ventilating tho
barn. Now that wo havo a regular
ventilating Byatom, broken-down doorB
have no reason for existing.
fhe doors shown in this bam aroj
tho wost or tho east would havo to
travel about two thousand miles ovor
tho Russian steppes to get at that
gold."
American Woman's Good Work.
Woman as an invontor has not como
boforo tho publlo vory ofton, but in
tho last year MIbb draco Gassetto Wua
"made her Inventions invaluable to tho
Amorican hospital In Ncullly. Miss
Qassotto's homo was in Chicago bo
foro sho went to Paris, whoro she was
tor years a painter and sculptor. At
the beginning of tho war Bho offered
her services to tho Amorican hospital
at Neullly and soon hor work becamo
lndlsponsablo. Hero sho found uso for
hor knowledgo of anatomy In invent
ing apparatus for drosslng wounds.
Whonover a Boldlor who Is seriously
wounded Is brought to tho hospital tho
doctor sonda for Miss Qassetto, who
makes a detailed sketch ot tho kind
ot Instrumout noodod. From this tho
worKmon construct tno aoucato ap
paratus Hulted to each pooullar wound.
Couldn't Break Himself.
lUvora Tho follow aoroas tho street
always dodges mo.
Bridges Why?
Rivers Forco of habit, I suppose,
Ho onco owed mo 2 for nearly Uvo
years. Judgo.
Still Possible,
Because a man walks along tho
street without his overcoat It does not
nocossarlly follow that you aro right
in assuming that ho has put it in
hock. Collior'8.
which govern tho relations ot the
sexes in nearly all civilized countries;
conventions dHTorlng In detail, but
based In common upon the roqulro
mont of chastity In womon and fixing
for folluro to meet that requirement
sundry social ponaltlos. Thoro was no
word In tho Hnwallan lnnguago for
chastity. Children boro tlio names of
tholr mothers becauso that method of
naming them was tho only practical
ono whore tho question of paternity
was so froquontly unanswerable.
"Tho habits of tho peoplo were ox
tromely HcontlouB," writes a chron
icler, Imbued with tho spirit of tho
spiritual conquest of tho pagans by
tho Anglo-Saxon with his sturdy vir
tues of honesty, thrift nnd Industry
and his moral austerity, "but this stato
ot things waB greatly altorcd by tho
missionaries."
How greatly tho stato of things was
altered Is indlcatod by flguroB loss
hopoful than tho roports ot tho mis
sionaries. A half million light-hearted,
ploasuro-lovlng, sport-loving, singing,
garland weaving, athletic, aquatic,
shockingly idle nnd caro-froo Kanakas
soon bogan to disappear undor tho
curse ot European dlsoaso llko mist
boforo a burning sun.
"In splto ot moral nnd material
progross," says tho chronlclor, "In
spite of better food, bettor clothing,
better houses and many other advan
tages ot civilization, tho raco is dying
out." "In aplto ot" should havo boon
"becauso of," but bow shall tho Anglo-
FAVORITE WORK OF AUTHOR
"Treasure Island," Stevenson Himself
Said, "Seemed to Mo Like My
Right Eye."
Bteveneon'o "Treasure Island" has
boon chosen by Louis Rhead for this
year's contribution to his illustrated
edition of children's classics. It has
boon dramatized for tho Dandbox tho
ator, relates tho Now York Telograin.
All this recalls what Stevenson hlm
solf thought ot his famous atory. "It
scorned to me," be said, "as original
as sin; it soemad to ma llko my right
oye."
He relateB how ho road It aloud to
his own fathor, who '.'caught flro nt
onoo with all tho romance and child
ishness of his original nature
"HIa stories, that every night ot his
llfo ho put hlmsolt to sloop with, dealt
perpetually with ships, roadsldo Inns
robbers, old sailors aud commercial
travolors betoro tho era ot stoam.
"Ho novor tlulshod ono ot theso
romances: the lucky man did not ro
qulro tol Hut in "Troasuro Island"
he rocogulzod something kindred to
tho feathors of tropical birds ot rc
splondont plumngo, somewhat outdo
ing In effulgence tho rajahs and sul
tans of "Ormuz nnd of Ind;" a peoplo
who bulldcd majestic temples to ob
scur" Insular gods; a peoplo whoso
sons wore warriors and whoso daugh
ters woro tho mothors of many war
riors' sons until whlto mon camo to
toll them that tholr way of llfo was
wholly wrong, that tlmlr moral char
acter was ntroclous, and taught them
a hotter way of life which proved to bo
racial death, mako an interesting
study. It Is Interesting nt least to per
sons who nro not of "missionary fami
lies" resident In Hawaii and under an
everlasting moral obligation to vlndl
cato tho whlto man's occupancy of the
sugar lands
Tho restoration of tholr ancient tom
plos would bo commendable. It would
give Hawaii an addod attraction for
tourists That is a matter In which
the Honolulu promotion committee
cannot fall to bo Interested.
SOCIETY.
Fighters Who Never See a Battle.
During a sea fight the engine-room
men tend tho great engines of a battle
ship with all the care that they would
bestow upon tho samo delicate yet
mighty mechanism In tlmo of peace,
roaming listlessly, yet with a doflnlto
purposo. around tho engine room with
oil cans in hand, bestowing drops of
lubricant here and thero as required.
Theirs and tho stokers' Is almost not
quite the hardest part of tho wholo
grim drama of a naval battle, for they
are absolutely cut off from tho fight,
and aro only cognizant of It by tho
quivering of their ship as the great
turrets ovor their heads lire, or as
tho enemy's shells thud against the
armor, or when somo stray shot finds
its way through tho stell wall nnd tho
bunkers to the boilers. Such an event
blends a wholo stokehold in one fren
zied orgy ot death death by explod
ing shell and scattering fragments of
steel; death by awful wounds from
flying, burning coals, or death by
scalding, hissing, blinding steam as
tho water tubes burst all around them.
Not Neutral.
Patriotic Belligerent How are you
going to doscrlbo and comment ou this
affair?
Press Writer I am going to toll all
Important tacts and put tho blamo
whoro It belongs.
Patriotic Belligerent Thoro; I
know all tho tlmo that you woro bit
terly prejudiced against us! Long
vlllq Leader.
his imagination;
plcturcsqueness."
it was his kind ot
Through the Solid Rock.
Ogdcn canyon, a doop clott through
tho towering Wasatch mountains,
overlooking tho Groat Salt lake, is ono
ot naturo's show places, cut lu tho
solid rock by tho rlvor which runa
through It, tho rushing water, from
prehistoric ttmos, carrying quantities
of sand and gravol which simply filed
out tho present wonderful canyon. Og
don river was flowing woat along Its
present courao boforo tho lofty Wa
satch mountains camo into oxlstonco.
The raising ot tho mountains wont on
slowly for ages, so slowly that tho rlv
or kept Its placo by cutting down its
over-rising bod. In no other way can
sclontlBts rationally account for a riv
er rising on ono side ot tho rango and
flowing dlroctly across it.
"I am not in socioty this wlntor,"
says a young society woman. "1 am
too busy to go Into society," remarks
a young man.
What la "society" anyway, tho so
ciety about which tho foregoing wa3
spokon? Really, I don't know, and
tho throo big dictionaries refuse to
enlighten me. At a guess, 1 should
say that probably tho young peoplo
quoted rcfor to tho collection of por
sons they meot when thoy go out,
when thoy aro away from homo, at
balls, parties, and other invitation
functions, nnd not necessarily to tho
Individuals whom thoy visit. Porhaps
thoy aro unfortunato enough to bo
long to somo alleged exclusive form
or society, or to somo cllquo or col
lection of conceited people, who, bo
causo thoy don't know whero thoy
stand, nssurao to stand for something
about which they know nothtng.
Thousands, yes, hundreds ot thou
sands, of young peoplo havo Injured
tholr presents and discounted tholr
futures by going Into what thoy call
"society." Yes, many men aud wom
on havo sacrificed tholr souls upon
tho altar of "society."
Young peoplo should havo friends,
they should not bo bookworms or
room hermits. Thoy should Intermin
gle, they should oxchango experi
ences, play games of conversation,
and other games; but all this does not
moan "going into socioty," for "socl-
WHERE THE MOVIE SCORES
Boy Critics.
For many years the boys of Trinity
college, Dublin, mado and unmade tho
reputation of operatic stars. They al
ways sat in the highest gallery, and
woro recognized ns tho real critics
of an opera "I remembor," says Bar
ton McGuckin, tho well-known English
tonor, "thero was a fellow. Thomasi
or somo such name, whoso career was
blasted by a witty gallery boy.
Thomasi was anything but graceful.
Ho had but mo gesture, which con
sisted in bringing first ono, then tho
other hand to his heart and letting It
fly back straight boforo him. It was
very much like tho sort of motion a
man would make Ii. doop water. Ho
sang an Kali' lovo song, working his
arms as described. When he finished
a voico from tho gallery hroko tho si
lenco: "Ah, MIsthor Toomasl, you
ain t mooch of a singer, but I'll wager
yo'd mako a folno swimmer." The au
dience screamed with delight. Thom
asl had to leave tho stage.
Not a Myth but an Actuality
Shown in tho Returns of Ag
ricultural Statistics and f
Every Department of
Trade and Com
merce. Tho trade rovlval In Manitoba, Sno
katchownn and Alberta Is an actuality
and not a myth. Thero is today a
spirit of optimism in tho air, just as
two years ago thoro provallod tho op
poslto spirit of pessimism.
A general trado rovlval has boon
felt In every department of buslnoss In
tho Pralrlo Provinces. Th6 agricul
turists aro in hotter shapo than they
have ever been beforo in their lives.
No formers of any country aro In bet
ter financial condition and in a moro
general stato of prosperity than aro
tho farmers of Manitoba, Saskatche
wan and Alberta. Tho farmors havo
harvested a record crop a crop which
enriches them to tho extent of some
thing over $400,000,000.
In tho cities the prosperity ot the
country has been reflected. Every
where business is on tho hustle. The
wholesalers and tho retailors and the
implement dealers find business good.
Tho banks and other collection houses
find collections satisfactory, and flnan-)v
clal men declare that westerners aroV"
paying up their debts. In Winnipeg
tho bank clearings havo been tho larg
est In history, exceeding somo weeks
tho figures of Montreal and Toronto.
Tho grain shipments havo been the
biggest In tho history of Winnipeg nnd
In the history of the twin ports, Fort
William and Port Arthur. Tho mall
order houses havo had a big year, tho
rush of fall orders exceeding all previ
ous years and taxing the capacity ofi
theso establishments, whoso most san--gulno
expectations have been exceeded
by the actual business dono.
Tho tide has turned In western Can
ada. The peoplo of the West aro
rorglng ahead, forging ahead In actual
production and In creation of woalth,
giving generously to charltnhlo and
other funds, paying up their back
debts, whllo going along carefully as
regards any creation of now debts.
They aro economizing but not scrimp
ing, acting cautiously but not miserly.
Tho financial heads of eastern Canada,
of tho United States and of Europe aro
no longer criticizing western Canada:
rather they aro unstintedly offering
tholr praise and their mpllments.
Tho financial press recognizes that
tho tide has turned In western Canada,
and it has been published to the world.
The condition of western Canada at
tho closo of 1915 Is one of optimistic
prosperity, backed by tho samo deter
mination of wostern people to go on
increasing their productiveness and
maintaining the records which thoy
havo already established. ,
Tho trado revival of westorn Ctuia'da
is tho happiest featuro in the buslnoT
survey of tho wholo Dominion for lltr
and in tho outlook for 1916. Adver
tisement. Tit for Tat.
The young couple were dawdling
over a late breakfast after a night at
an ultra smart party.
"Was It you I kissed In tho con
servatory last night?" hubby In
quired. She lookod at him remlniscently:
"About what time was It!"
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid
Which Clogs tho Kidneys and
Irritates the Bladder.
What Bothered Jay.
AUnor Well, Jay, how d'yo llko if.
up t' the city?" Jay "Aw, it was nil
right onough most ways, but whai
bothered mo most was tryin' to look
at everybody I met on the itreot,"
cits in With the Spirit of tho Times,
and So, of Course, Is Given
a Welcome.
It Is tho fashion to attribute to the
automobile and the motion plctuie all
social phenomena not otherwise ac
counted for Tho formor has undoubt
edly Incroased our national restless
ness, and it has robbed tho ovoning
lamp ot its cozy bookish Intimacy. The
screen drama makos possible the "read
ing" of a story with tho minimum
amount of effort. A generation bred
upon tho movies will bo impntlont of
tho tedious mothods of writers who
cannot transform charactor by a click
of tho camora, but roqulro at least
400 pages to turn tho trick. It is doubt
ful whothor any of the quasi historical
novels that flourished IB or 20 years
ago and broke a succession of best
selling records would meot with any
thing approximating the same amiable
reception If launched today A tralued
sconario writer, unembarrassed hy lit-
Icrury uiHiiuuiun nuu iiut-ut ui mii iiuui
lnc but act on can beat tbt molodra
Narcotics In Egypt.
Tho limited Held In Egypt for the
alo of manufactured tobacco other
than cigarettes would hardly warrant
Its manufacture there on a largo scalo
Tho native smokos cigarettes and
tombac. Tombac Is a mlxturo of to
bacco and other Ingredients, and Is
smoked In tho water pipe. The local
GreokB and Italians, of whom thero
aro large colonies, sraoko cigarettes
and tho cheaper grades of cigarB. The
higher grades of cigars and pipe to
bacco are smoked by tho better class
of Europeans,
matlc novelist at hl3 own gamo every
tlmo. A copyright novel ot adventure
cannot competo with tho samo story
ot five or ten cents as presented In the
epileptic drama, whoro It lays no bur
dou upon the beholder's visualizing
sense Tho recourses of tho screen
drama for creating thrills aro Inex
haustible; It draws upon the heavens
above, tho earth beneath, and the wn
ters under tho earth; nnd as nothing
that can be pictured can bo untrue
the screen has also tho great advan
tngo of plausibility. Meredith Nlcbol
son, In Atlantic Monthly
Most folks forgot hat tho kidneys,
llko tho bowels, get sluggish and clog
gcd and need a flushing occasionally,
olso wo havo backacho and dull misery
In the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
actlvo and clean, and tho moment you
feel an ache or pain In tho kldnoy
region, got about four ounces of iad
Salts from any good drug store hero,
take a tablcspoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a fow days
and your kidneys will then act flno.
This famous salts Is mado from tho
acid of grapeB and lemon juice, com
bined with llthla, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
thom to normal activity. It also neu
tralizes tho acids in the urino so it
no longer Irritates, thus ending blad
der disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent llthla
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding Bcrlous com
plications. A well-known local druggist says ha
sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be
llovo in overcoming kidney trouble
while It is only trouble. Adv.
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Scientific Improvement.
A chemical hygrometer, said, to be
much superior to tho psychrometor for
measuring relatlvo humidity, provides
moans of determining tho moisturo
content of the air by volume measure
ments beforo and after contact with
sulphuric acid, which completely ab
sorbs tho water vapor present in one
contact. A reading can bo mado Ir
less' than two minutes.
Familiar Surroundings.
Grace 1'vo been trying for years to'
get my brother to tako a vocation.
Harry And ho won't do It, eh 7
Graco No; says ho'd bo lonesome
away from hjs work. He's a chiropo
dist, you know.
Harry A chiropodist? Why don't
you suggest his spending a fow daya
at tho foot of a mountain?
For a really flno coffoo at a mod
erate prlco, drink Denlson's Semlnolo
Brand, 35c tho lb., in sealed canB.
Only ono merchant In each town
sells Semlnolo. If your grocer isn'li
tho ono, write tho Denlson Coffoo Co.,
Chicago, for a souvenir and tho namo
ot your Semlnolo dealer.
Buy tho 3 lb. Canister Con for $1.00.
Adv.
After a man haB had occasion to em
ploy a first-class lawyer you can't toll
him that talk Is choap.
Make it your i.ablt not to bo critical Missouri's law codo Is to bo rovlBed
out small tUins8.-St.ti.ua. ' a commission of 15 persons.
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