DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA'.
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TOWER OF BISCUITS FOR BRITISH
Tho biscuit of the British corresponds to tho "hard tack" of the United
States. Immense quantities of this "staff of life" aro shipped regularly to
all the war fronts. Tho plcturo shows somo Tommies piling up boxes of
biscuits at Salonlkl.
10 STOP LOTTERIES
Foreign Agents Give Post Office
Officials Much Trouble.
Vigilance and Drastic Methods of the
One Almost Matched by the In-
Qenulty of the Other
Fraud Orders Help.
Washington. Tho post offlcc depart
ment is determined to stop tho opera
tion of European lottery agents In the
United States, and so stringent have
bocomo tho department's rulings in
this matter that a nowspaper was
warned by tho department recently
that It must not print again the re
sult of lottery winnings abroad. Tho
samo dispatch was published In many
other papers, but tho postmaster of
tho city In which tho uowspapor re
ferred to is published camo near con
fiscating tho entire mall edition of the
paper in his town.
, Either through lgnoranco of Amerl-
, can laws or through hope of evad-
V Ing those samo statutes, forolgn lot-
' 'a tery concerns annually flood the
i- . -United States with thousands of cir-
' ' fculars advertising forolgn lotteries.
There Is no check on tho mailing of
'these advertisements abroad, as the
foreign postal laws do not prevent the
use of tho malls for such purposes.
Usually tho foreign lottery men will
mail a big batch of circulars to tho
United Statos, addressed to promi
nent business men in various cities.
Tho usual appeal of tho advertise
ments is based on tho statement that
many of tho wealthy families of for
eign countrios aro participating and
that the winnings are so considerable
that a well-to-do business man can
afford to take a small chance.
Tho very volumo of these circulars
is what usually results in their de
tection. When a quantity Is received
at New York or somo other port of
mall entry the post ofllco ofllclals usu
ally suspect their real nature, and
across tho faco of each letter they
stamp a notlco to tho postmaster at
tho letter's destination that It is sup
posed to contain unmailablo matter,
This means that when the postmaster
at Chicago, for Instance or ono of his
employees comes across tho letter It
is hold and tho addressees required
to como to the ofllco and open tho lot
ter In tho presence of a post ofllco offi
cial. In Oils way tho department of
ficials learn tho contents, and In caso
tho letter was mailed by a lottery con
cern abroad tho department issuos a
fraud order against It.
It is impossible of course, to stop
all mall matter coming into tho Uni
ted States from these firms. In fact
a great deal may slip In aftor the
passing of tho fraud order, because
tho lottery concern Is usually wise
enough to keep Its namo off tho out
sldo of the nevolopo, Dut no mattor
how It may Hood tho country with
lltoraturo It Is altogether anothor mat
tor for tho recipient on this sldo to
answer.
Notlco of the fraud order has been
issued meanwhllo to tho postmaster
at Now York and to all othor points
of foreign mail entry and 'egress. Tho
doparimont will not pormlt tho dis
patching of lotters or mall of any
kind to tho concern or Individuals
who have been "posted." A prosecu
tion, however, cannot follow on ovl
denco contained In tho letter ad
dressed to tho lottery concorn. Tho
Amorlcan may bo mailing money for
a lottery tickot and thereby violating
tho law, but the department cannot
open tho lottor. It Is proporly stamped
and roturned to tho sender, with a
notlco that no mall Is carried by tho
government for tho individual or cor
poration to which It is addressed. And
that usually cuds tho efforts of tho
American to get a ticket, unless ho
happens to havo a friend abroad, or
HERO'S NAME IS A MISNOMER
'Froussard" Is Poltroon In Dictionary,
but This Soldier of France
Is Not One.
Paris. Tho chronicles of men whoso
uaraos In themselves signify unworthy
attributes, but who through personal
achlovomonts havo lifted them to now
meanings aro now enriched by the
story of Louis Froussard Louis Is, a
famous namo a saint once wore It
tut froussard" Blgnlfles poltroon, a
unless ho cares to uso tho cables,
which Is a very expensive proposition.
In this country the law Is so gen
erally known that few persons try to
put across an 'actual lottery. They
usually try to rig up a virtual lottery
so disguised as to escape tho detec
tion of tho department. It speaks
well for American lngonulty, how
over, to say that tho variety and
numbor of theso "homo mado"
schemes defy enumeration.
Many of them masquerade as con
tests of skill, and somo aro so skill
fully rigged up from a legal point
of view that it requires tho closest
analysis and study to arrive at their
real nature. Thoso includo so-called
investment schemes, homo-buying
propositions, endless-chain ideas and
tho like. Newspapers aro frequent
offenders In their efforts to lncrcaso
circulation. A warning, howoer,
from tho post ofllco ofllclals Is usually
sufficient to cause an abandonment of
tho schemo.
Ono newspaper, however, appealed
to tho courts from tho decision of
tho post office department not to por
mlt copies of the paper to go through
the malls so long as it published a
schemo, which tho department said
was a lottery. The court refused to
hold for tho publisher.
BOY TRAPS WHITE WEASEL
Pennsylvania Lad Catches Animal m
Rock Pile While Hunting
Rabbits. (
Waynesboro, Pa. Lloyd Carr, fourteen-year-old
sou of Sherman Carr, is
entitled to wear tho belt as the cham
pion weasel hunter. While hunting
rabbits along tho Itoadsido road he
chased a weasel under a rock pllo on
the side of tho hill. Believing that
there was a weasol den under those
rocks the boy camo to town and, se
curing a steel trap, set it in front of
tho hole His efforts were rewarded
when he went to his trap and found
tho next morning a pure whlto weasel
dead in tho trap. Tho animal was
beautifully marked, tho body being a
creamy white, the feet and tip of the
toll light brown, and a light brown
spot on tho head between tho ears. It
measured 17 inches.
IT'S LEAP YEAR, RED HAIRED
Chicago Eugcnist Gives Warning to
Those Who Are Under Matri
monial Handicap.
Denver. "If you havo red hair you'd
better grab tho first matrimonial
chanco which comes your way, bo
causo opportunity to marry are fow
and far bctweon for thoso with tltlan
locks," declared Dr. Edward T. La
zello, tho augonlc export.
"Red hair is ono of tho most pro
nounced matrimonial disqualifica
tions," Dr, Lazollo added. "Girls with
red hair see brown and black and yel
low tressod ones being grabbed up
on all sides whllo they plno away.
"It Is tho samo with rod-headed
men. Red-haired poplo aro tho weak
llngB of tho race, too, provided they
havo tho fair skin which genorally
goes with red hair."
Forty Miles for a Bath.
Oatman, Ariz. How would you llko
to walk forty miles overy tlmo you
took a bath? That's" what tho citi
zens of this placo have to do. Tho
mining boom is making tho town grow
at tho rato of about 100 persons a duy.
Tho local water supply has to bo
teamed from Needles, Cal., forty miles
away.
Has Eight Grandparents.
Eastford, Conn. What other infant
can mako tho claim of Beatrice, the
now daughter of Mr and Mrs. Charles
II. Buoll of this town? Tho baby has
two grandmothers, two grandfathers,
threo great-grandmothers and ono
great-grandfather,
coward, so far as tho dictionary is
concerned. What tho "froussard" with
tho capital "F" did to amend that
meaning Is told as follows In "Tho Or
lor of tho Day" of tho French army:
"Private Louis Froussard, tho truo
typo of courageous soldier, distin
guished himself in a marked degree in
our attack on the German trenches
on Septomber 25."
Tho Figaro romarks that tho French
academy has reached the letter "F" in
preparing its new dictionary of the
French language and that tho learned
ENDS "HOODOO SHIP"
Fated Steamer Goes Up in
Flames at San Juan.
Forest City Never Mndo n Voyage
Without a Mishap Meets Accidents
of Every Variety Known to
Seagoing Vessels.
San Juan, P. It. Tho burning of tho
four-masted American schoonor Fori
est City In San Juan harbor a fow
nights ago marked tho closo of tho ca
reer of a vessel long known nlong tho
Atlantic coast as n "hoodoo ship."
Tho Forost City camo lu hero In
distress from Calabar, on the west
coast of Africa, with a cargo of palm
oil for Now York. At 10 p. m soon
after she was tied up nt a bulkhead,
smoko was seen Issuing from her for
ward hatch. Tho San Juan llro do
partmont hurried to the pier, and thti
coast guard cutter Itasca and steamer
John 10. Borwlnd pumped water into
tho flames In tho schooner's hold.
Tho burning oil, however, spread
rapidly, and after "a three-hour fight
tho Borwlnd and ltascu towed tho
blazing hulk out Into tho harbor near
tho Interned German ships, whore, a
hugo torch, sho llghtod tho heavens,
whllo 20,000 pcoplo on shoro watched
tho spectacle. Spurts of flamo leaped
a hundred fc.ot In air ns tho masts
wont by tho board. Finally tho Itasca
flrod thrco six-pound shells Into tho
schooner, below tho water lino, prac
tically completing hor destruction, al
though part of tho hulk burned until
next day.
Tho entire cargo was lost with tho
ship. It was valued at $125,000, and
was built at Mlllbrldgo, Mo., in 1904.
Bho was owned by Frankol & Co. Her
captain, H. 13. Allen, was making his
first trip as her master.
It Is said that tho Forest City never
mado a voyage without mishap. On
her last trip sho was blown far out
of hor courso, and when sho put into
San Juan sho was leaking badly, with
several spars gone.- Thrco of hor crow
had contracted beriberi during hor 71
days' run from Africa.
Soveral years ago, then being known
as tho Myrtlo Tunnel, sho went fast
on Frying Pan shoals, off North Caro
lina, and it was soveral months boforo
she was pulled off and towed into Sa
vannah, bottom up. Sho was then ro
built and renamed Forest City, but it
did not chango hor run of luck. In
taking her away from tho bulkhead
whllo sho was aflro sho carried away
tho bowsprit and part of tho rigging
of tho schooner Warren Adams,
moored near hor storn, and nearly set
that vossel ablaze.
Sho has been twico watorlogged,
and in tho winter of 1912 sho was so
badly battored in a gale on tho New
England coast that sho put into Nan
tucket with spavs broken off, hor sails
torn away and her captain sick In his
cabin. To add to her misfortunes the
Sound froze and sho was icobound for
a long time.
SUES BRITISH AVIATOR
Mrs. Claudo Grahara-Whlto, who
was, previous to her marrlago in Juno,
1912, to tho British flight commander,
Miss Dorothy Caldwell Taylor of Now
Yprk, has started suit In London for
a divorce.
White Muckrat With Pink Eyes.
Curtice, O. John St. John, Jr., a
boy of ten years, living on tho Cedar
Point road, north of Curtico, caught a
puro whlto muskrat with pink oyos
whllo hunting.
lexicographers ought not to forgot that
"froussard" now signifies Its own anti
thesis. Tho pocket UaBk may bo put out of
business by tho dlscovory of a French
chemist who has devised a process by
which all liquors may bo solidified and
carried in tho form of tablets.
Experiments in Italy seem to Indl
cato that tomatoes planted in vino
yards kill the Insects that ou.i.-u
phylloxera In grasovir
I'll ran n in
New Party Dresses for Little Girls
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Protty drosses for Uttlo girls are
mado of tho llnost of cotton materials
and occasionally chiffon taffeta Is fig
ured In as avallablo for their dressiest
frocks. But tho beautiful refinement
of sheer whlto wash fabrics, coupled
with tho daintiness of laco and tho olo
ganco of handstltchlng makes dresses
llko those shown above always a
happy choice.
Tho party frock shown on tho
pleased Uttlo maid at tho loft Is mado
of flno whlto net flouncing. Its lower
edge is finished with small scallops
and Bprays of Uttlo embroidered flo-v-ors.
A narrow rufllo of tho edging is
sot on to tho plain not underskirt and
tho full "slipover" with baby waist Is
worn over lt Tho sloovcs aro mere
ly Bhort rufflos of tho edging.
A plain slip of pink chiffon taffeta
Is worn under the net, and a pink
sash of Batln messallno ribbon ends
In a butterfly bow at tho back. Of
courso a pink hair bow reminds ono of
a blossom, in tho flaxod curls of its
proud and happy wearer.
For tho older girl a dross of whi',3
organdlo is shown in which narrow
val laco and hand embroidery appear
to best advantage. This Uttlo frock
Is in two pieces, consisting of a short
skirt mado of two flouncos sot on to a
long plain undorbodlco, and a straight
hanging blouso finished with hand em
broidery at tho bottom, which falls
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Just as a suggestion, and by way of
a reminder of tho groat diversity of
styles which have been accepted dur
ing tho present soason, ono of tho
straight bodices Is shown above It is
mado of satin, oxcopt tho sloovcs,
which are of laco, and is worn with a
skirt of net and laco. Although tho
skirt is mado soparato tho effect of
tho frock, with this bodlco, is of n
one-pioco garment.
Thcro is a panel at tho back of this
bodlco which extends almost In a
straight Uno from tho nock to a point
bIx inchos or moro below tho waist
line. At tho front a vestoo, narrow
at tho top, widens as It extends down
ward and merges Into a wldo girdle of
tho satin. Tho glrdlo Is also gradu
ated In width, growing narrower ns It
bocomes a sash, knotted, with hang
ing ends, at tho back.
Tho sides of tho bodlco aro set on
to tho panol at tho back nnd tho vest
at tho front, with a Uttlo fullness gath
ored Into tho Beams. A deep collar
of net is narrowed over tho shoulders
ux.1 bocomes a Uttlo cascado of net at
Coat Hanger Given Modern Beauty.
Tho old-fashlonod coat hanger with
Its plain wlro framo has bocomo a
thing of beauty under modern treat
ment. Thoso old frames aro glldod
and shellacked and narrow baby rib
bon Is wrapped about thorn bo that it
forms a lattlco In tho hollow ends. It
Is also wrapped about tho hook and
head. A big how tied about tho lower
part of tho hook contains In its loops
tho sachet. Plain wooden frames for
mon'o U3o aro covered firmly with
black velvet and havo tho hook
rs.iatxse
n iit.
over tho sash. Tho blouso and tho
undorbodlco both fasten in tho back.
Tho blouso Is mado with a small
squaro yoko of val Insertion, edged
with laco, set Into a dcopor yoko of
tho organdlo, which is covored with
lino tucks. Tho body of tho blouso is
fulled into this yoko at tho back and
front and hangs In oven length all
round. Largo unoven scallops follow
tho outline of tho 1'owcr motifs which
aro ombrolderod at tho bottom edgo.
Tho two flounces on tho undorbodlco
which form tho short skirt aro edged
with narrow val Insortton and edging
In flno quality. Tho Insertion Is lot
Into tho full, throo-qunrtor length
sloovcs, ns shown In tho picture, and
thoy aro flnlshod with a band mado
of tho val insortlon and edging.
This drcsB is worn over a Blip of
whlto oigandio, with rufllo of lino cm
broldory at tho bottom. Tho sash of
taffeta ribbon Is tacked to tho under
skirt nnd fastened with a Hat bow
having Bhort ends at tho back. An
ambitious bow, llko It in color but
edged with a narrow border of black,
rodooms tho braided hair from Its
plain and staid appearance. It Is largo
enough to flaunt a happy frivolity as
tho koynoto of tho toilette.
Slnco tho American occupation of
Hawaii, tho loper population has boon
about halved.
nggiy
each side of tho V-shaped nock in tho
front.
Tho slooves aro merely ilouncoH of
laco over short foundation sleeves of
not, and reach not qulto to tho elbow.
Even thus abbreviated thoy provido
really moro sleovo than falls to tho
lot of ovenlng gowns. A more capo
over tho shoulder, of tullo or wisps of
tullo supported by shoulder straps,
simply suggosts sleeves In these. Thoy
aro worn for no purpose othor than to
enhanco tho beauty of tho arm.
Gowns doslgnod on linos that aro
straight from tho bust to a nnint. hn.
low tho hips aro to bo found among
thoso mado for aftornoon aa woll na
for, ovenlng wear. And it happons that
this idea Is found in garments of much
distinction. For remodeling a frock
of not or laco, or for providing an
oxtra bodlco by way of chango, tho
modol shown in tho plcturo will prove
Its worth.
wrappod and finished with a black
satin bow.
Tip on 8ewlno Snaps.
Wlion sowing tho ball-and-socket
snaps on a garment, always sow tho
ball-snap on tho tsppor ploce Tho
back of tho ball-snap Is fiat and will
lcavo no mark on tho outsldo of tho
cloth, whllo tho Bockot-snap always
loaves a round mark In tho center
which is especially noticeable on anj
smooth or hard finished jnoda, Oood
Ilou-okooplng.
FRUIT LMIE
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"California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.
Every mothor realizes, after giving
hor children "California Syrup of
Figs" that this is tholr Idoal laxative
becauso they lovo Us pleasant tasto
nnd it thoroughly cloansos tho tender
Uttlo stomach, liver and bowels with
out griping.
When cross, irrltablo, foverlsh, or
breath la bad, stomach sour, look at
tho tonguo, mothor! If coated, glvo a
tcaspoonful of this harmloss "fruit
laxative" nnd in a fow hours all the
foul, constipated wasto, sour bllo and
undigested food passes out of tho bow
els, and you havo a wcll,"playful child
again. When Its Uttlo system is full
of cold, throat core, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic remom
bor, a Rood "Instdo cleaning" should
always bo tho first tfoatment glvon.
Millions of mothers kcop "California
Syrup of FIg3" handy; thoy know a
tcaspoonful today savos a sick child
tomorrow. Ask nt tho store for n GO
cent bottlo of "California Syrup of
Figs," which has directions for babies,
children of all nges and grown-ups
printed on tho bottlo. Adv.
HIS BRAVE ACT APPRECIATED
German Sailors Quick In Recognition
of Gallant Deed Performed by
Enemy of Nation.
An Interesting war story that Is
current In England Is told by tho
Now York Sun: Tho Caucasian, nn
Kngllsh merchantman, was ceased by
a German submarine Tho Btoorlng
gear of tho vessel was destroyed by n
shot from tho submarine, and sho had
to Btop. Captain Robinson, hor skip
per, gave n Uttlo Pomeranian dog,
&ovon months old, to his second officer
to put Into the tnat, but in passing tho
dog down, ono of tho men let it fall
Into tho wntor.
Whon tho captain ontorcd tho boat
ho saw tho dog swimming toward tho
submarine. Without hesitation ho
Jumped overboard and swam nlmoBt a
quarter of n mllo before ho could over
lake his Uttlo pot. On reaching him,
he plnccd him on hlo shouldors, anil
fta tho submarine had by this tlmo
drawn up to him, ho laid hold of hor
In order to regain his breath.
Tho commander of tho submarlno,
In broken English, said to him: "I
was about to blow up your ship be
causo you didn't Btop, but I will not
do so for your bravo act In saving tho
Uttlo dog."
The captain swam back to tho boat
with tho dog resting on his shoulder.
For two days ho feared that, owing to
tho exposure tho Uttlo dog would not
recover; but it did get woll at Inst.
Tho National Canlno Dofonao leuguo
has awnrdod a medal to Captain Rob
inson for his humano action.
Old Snlllno Vessel.
Discharging n cargo at West Ilnrtl.v
pool recently vas fhe Danish sailing
vessel Do Tvondo Rrodre which Is tho
oldest ship trading in the North sea.
It was built at Mental and is ono hun
dred and twcnty-nlno years old.
Owing to tho demand for ships of nil
kinds, It Is dohiK a brisk trade. Lon
dpn Chronicle.
Great riches aro no. hard tt lose as
a good namo and Just as msy.
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Stranger Possibly Resented Fact That'
He Had Been Caused Somo In
convenience to Ascertain Tlmo.
On ono of tho rocent stormy nights
a man was hastening homo with his
overcoat buttoned up to his neck. Ho
was rather anxious to know what tlmo
It was, but ho was too lazy to unbut
ton his coat in order to got at hla
watch.
Just then ho saw a man of woll
drossod appoaranco coming, in tho
dlBtanco, and remarked to himself:
"I'll ask this gontloman tho hour of
tho night, and so savo myself tho
trouble of unbuttoning my coat."
Ho perceived that the stranger was
buttoned up just us ho was. When ha
camo up, tho man who wanted to know
the tlmu touched his hat politely and
said:
"Sir, do you know what tlmo It h?"
Tho stranger paused, removed hla
right glovo, unbuttoned his coat from
top to bottom, unbuttoned his under
coat, nnd finally pulled out his watch,
whllo tho cold wind beat against his
unprotected chest.
Holding up tho watch so that the
light would ehlno upon It, ho scrutin
ized it nn inBtant, and said:
"Yes!"
Thou ho passed on without another
word.
Progressive Dampness.
"Young Twobblo first decided that
ho wantod to bo a lawyer."
"Yes."
"Dut ho thought the law was too
dry, so ha decided to become a doc
lor:"
"But oven that was too dry, so ho
opened a drug store In a dry town, and
now it's tho wettost place you can
find in a day's walk."
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"Pa, what aro blood rolatlonst"
"War stories, my Bon." Boston Eve
ning Transcript.
Nebraska's SOS stato banks contain
?114,4S7,G52.98, belonging to 380,222 do-,
posltors.
Workers
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
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