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if b V v iPmnnii DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. J PE-RU-NA Made Mo a Well Man M Mr. Louis Young, 1G52 Clifford St., Rochester, N. Y., writes: "I suftored for thirty years with chronic bowel trouble, tlom neh trouble nnd hemorrhages of the bovreln. Wo bought a bottle of Poruna and I took It faithfully, and I besiin to feel better. t My wife persuaded me to con tinue, and I took tt tor some tlmo as directed, Novr I nm n trell nan." Suffered thirty years with tomach i -i trouble and hemorrhages of the bowels. Uqiild or Tablet Form v i ;. .1 pi M f -TTN i Hw" . sifm a rnnn TPUfif Pffsm-dfc3u m rMwPWt ; Al1- iui-iJ-ii"! 'John DickinstiK3 Iviwftl- AMI taKCtIC Shmpms: . iBBBBsd JbBH i,ii U V Lo -V- v .. 1 r ? tsfta j U M . Sinckoton. uic rnmouB explorer, csmr TOr.-ictiTm .m&& TJ? wtw,: -?' ,;:-, u ,,' -J-; o ,.y. aaar ma ...'iff .!,. hha-jv - - . , aDaB'BK. . - : j ... f s, j i. .. -- j t ,. . i'jj ' .; i ; . r-f f j 00D from tho Antarctic by plrplne freighter I So proplicsles Sir Ernest Slmcklcton, tlie fnmouB explorer, now on lils way for tho third tlmo to tho "Udttotn, of tho Woild." Points which sopm to Indicate tlint Sir Ernest Is at lenst a near prophet, If nothing more, nro these: Tho high prfco of food, cspeclnlly merit, shows no prospect of substan (lnl reduction. Tho 'ivorld Bhortnpo of meat Is Increasing, with erently no chanco of production catcmng up consumption, , Tho likes nnrt dislikes of the clvu- f wl wprld for cortnln kinds of mcav larcelv ns.vcholOKlcnl. Wafnrn lirn nrnvli1((1 edible linlmttlS W cs palatablo and nourishing as tfeosi comnidnly used for food. ' The animal food supply of tho ant- brellc regions Is varied and apparently iMslmustlble. 1 The present progress In ntiT?lnn3 & airships Ih so rapid that It seems hh to set bounds to their future litrclopmenL Sir Ernest says ho Ihiowb. sea ele phant, sea lions, seals, penguins and tMktt animals and birds of ho ant arctic aro edible. Woll, bo should Mwv what ho'a talking nbout Ho ertalnly had a chanco to find out on Iffe second nntarede exploration. Although C5ook, aa far b,ack as 1774, grt'BOuth as far as 71 decrees. 15 mln les, and Wcdd, Itoss, Dorchgrovlnk, wd Do Gcrlacho did vnluablo oxplora w work botween 1823 and 1000, It mm not until Capt. Ilobert F. Scott's llrat expedition In 1002 that tho world wily became Interested In tho south kale. For some reason tho raco for jMecoTcry honors was principally to- KH jhe north polo. Shacklcton fol d Scott In 1909. Then Roald EBdsea reached the south pole In , Scott also readied It a few later. k Shackleton'0 second party loft ptaeaoa, Aires October 27, 1914, aboard Jtftw Endurance,' a small, sturdy ship, laUt ettpeclally to withstand the op Mngbt of the, Ice. In addition to the Wtw, scientists and' explored ths En 'snace carried nearly 40 'dog tarns, iritfch later proved of untold valve la jaMtag the party to cross the U,on IMr historic Joutney back to clvUkw Tho first' stop of tho expedition was )at South Georgia, tho southernmost tpost of tho human race, where ar usagemcntB. had previously been mado tr taking on supplies to last through 'fee winter, Senl-mcnt was n feature !T theso supplies. Tlio Enduranco slnrted again toward 'Hie "Bottom oMbo World." For weeks He ship upheld her namo gallantly, jRltllng her way through tho trcachcr 'm antarctic seas Each day tho pNmmcy hemmo mora dlfllcult mid Mtsre dangwotis. With colder wentber and henvlcv Ico tho members of tho wqtcdltlon camo to rcallzo'that It was? arty a (monition of days until thej weald )mvo to glvo up tho Journey un ' spring should break tho lco again, At Ihrco dogrccs from tholr destlnu 9m, the whlto horror of tho antarctic tuiwed In npbn them. Weeks were !apit In attempts to clear tho way to the open Bca, but nil to no avail. Tho See was relentless. And then tho man art. not to rlsu ngaln till eptlng. ths were spent In preparation for final dash to tho pole. Everything In reodlness. Then, an Shacklcton ate It, "Un littles party lest Its homo M Its hopes." qr&e Endurance was crushed by tho wwro -of tho ?!, which followed tm the heels of a terrific blizzard, ench m could occur oijly In tho polar ro- , ''The Ico tor,e tlio rudderpost the shin and a few moments lator was thrown sideways to au unglo T forty-live degrees. Tha efitlro party was forced to aban Asa the doomed vessel, ,rcmovlug all mcocoary Hupples, A few weeks later mm Ice Kround the ship to pieces at hot mtfullng it to (he bottom. WlUi Ihe powblllty of reaching the Mfe leyoiid all bumnh endeavor, the apwUtiwi atarted on the long und eriliMU r(iif Journey. With the crew fragging the heavy llfo bouts tho dog teams went abend to breuk a pathway. After weeks of traveling It was found imposslblo to move the entire party, so they settled down for a stay on tho Ice. Then tho lco broke. For more than ten months tho expedition float ed about on a great floe, helpless. At last tho huga "ruft" beconno un safe Ono night It broke directly through tho center, dropping several men Into tbo sea. As tho Ico raft grow smaller nnd tho sea became moro perilous It was decided to risk every thing In n desporato attempt to reach civilization In tho small ilfo boats. Later, seeing tho Impossibility of transporting tho entire party at ono tlmo, Shackleton started out with five of his companions for South deorgln, tho nearest point of civilization, nearly 800 miles away. " They landed on tho uninhabited sldo. Leaving threo of his companions, Sir Ernest started for tho Strommness whaling station, 82 miles away, over a rough sea, with hugo Ico cakes threat ening to smash tho little craft He finally reached his destination. As soon as arrangement could bo made Shacklcton with a new ship and supplies started back to rcscuo.hls companions. Following their rescue, the entlro oxpcditlofl, without tho loss of a man, steamed Into Valparaiso har bor, while tho,guns of tho Chilean navy roared welcome. Then camo tho tri umphal return to England. So you soo Sir Ernest had plenty of opportunity to find out that tho ani mal life of tho antarctic was "edible." What he thinks of tho general proposi tion to use the food resources of the .antarctic' In .feeding tho world may bo Bocri from theso extracts from a letter written this summor, to an American friend1, Just as he was starting from Loudon on his third expedition: "My Dear Chap When you receive this I shall probably bo on tho ship on my way to tho frozen south, to clear up ths scientific questions that wero left undQno by tho destruction of tho Enduranco. Ono thing I havQ been forced to overlook through tho pressure of ovents, nnd that Is a question closo to tho henrta or I should say stom achs of humnnlty. It Is tho food question. "It Is apparent that tlio world Is getting short of meat Consumption Is outstripping production, and tho condition Is becoming more serious dally, lloforo long wo shall bo forced to ent meat that today, although It Is good food, Is filling tho skins of Inter esting zoological specimens. "Human nnturo Is peculiar about eating. Pretty nnd ugly, ferocious and kindly nnlmnls of tho zoo, to tho averngo man, nro nat' b creatures for his entertainment a does not rcatlzo that moat of theso animals aro common sights to some of tho earth's Inhabitants and most of thcu nro used as food. "Tho Inhabitants of Soutlv Africa (I mean tho whites, tho Doert), than whom thero aro no more intelligent or physically perfect people, havo been eating most of our zoo animals since their settlement In Africa, near ly 300 years ago. Also In tho vast regions of Ico thoro nro millions of cdlblo animals, whoso flesh, with prop er cooking, Is Just as nourlshnblo ana Just as palatablo as any other meat "On tho great Ico.contlneut at tho bottom of the world sea' elephants, sea llpns, seal, penguin, etc., havo orod unmolested for thousands of yoara. They are edible, I know. c grtD arjfSwzasArrc "In the Robertson Colo" expedition to tho bottom of the world I particularly mado a stuUy of these animals ns a possible food sup ply. I found tho vast lco continent at our south has tho greatest food supply In tho world. It Is tho refrlg crating plant that hu maulty will ultimately turn to with flying freighters and they will como as snro aa tho flying, machine Is hnre cnrrvlnc tnrimr wnoi Tho mnn n i,no nw. tho meat from tho cold south to tho er been famished lltlo Imagines how .iviiiuu uistriuuting centers. "Thero wlll bo no difficulty In tap ping tills great supply from tho great freezer whero ico and storngo will cost nothing. This may seem remote, but In my opinion It Is not Because of the rapid growth of tho automobile, telegraph and flying machine, I expect to sco tho tlmo of great flying freight ers that will solve tho problom of the distribution of foods. "I shall arrange, beforo I return to tho South in a few days, to havo a quantity of tlio' food that wo used in tho south sent to tho United States. Somo of tho medical 'societies here havo eaten sea elephant penguin, seals and sen lions and pronounced tHem first class foods. .. "I would llko you to nrrange with ono iof the big educational Institu tions, such ss.IIarvard, to give a din ner 'to a quuiber of scientific men and students of humanity's needs, using this 'meat oo tho menu. This would bring' before tho people immediately the desirability of Investigating the antarctic food supply and familiarize them with tho Idea of eating the food thnt I know from expcrlcnco can bo recommended. "When I rench Chllo I perhaps shall rend In the paper something that you havo dono nlong this lino; nt least I hope so. "With host wishes, yours, "ElttfEST SHACKLETON." Eating sea elephants Is only n step fnrther than wo havo gono already. Arctic explorers havo lived on seal moat and thrived. Vllhjalmur Stc fanBson nchloved lasting famo by prov ing to tho world that a civilized man can per.otrnto tho polar regions, solug light and living "oft tho country," sub sisting on tho animals ho enn secure by gun and trap. Whalo moat has been tried and found excellent on tho Pncltlc const Tho United States gov ernment Is Introducing many strnngo kinds of fish ns flrst-riUo food includ ing blinrks and stlng-rnys and dogfish. As a matter of fact our present food likes and dislikes are really large ly psychological, Tho flesh of a young dog Is good ineatlnovorysenBoof the word If vou only think so. Veteran blg-gnmo hunters swear thnt tho. most toothsome and most nourlshlngmeat on earth Is that of tho big cats. Those who havo eaten It say that a rattle snako Is as good as an col. Vernon Ballcy, chief Hold naturalist of the United States biological survey, says In "WH1 Animals of Glacier National Tark" that tho mountain rat's flesh Is "as delicate and delicious ma Mint of quail or any of tho ganfo &nluials" gophers aro very good eatlug: All tilings nro relative. The jnan who has never known tlio killing thirst of' the desert bus yet to learnthat he can drink with great pleasure several kinds of water other than bottled I Where is Relief From Blazing Skin Diseases? Must I Endure Forever the Torturous Itching? The skin is fed from the' blood, and upon the condition of the blood depends whether or not your skin will be healthy and free from boils, pimples, scaly irrita tions, red eruptions and other dis figuring and unsightly disorders. Tho sensible treatment that will show real results is a Temady that will cleanso the blood thoroughly and kill the germs that cause the trouble. And for this purpose no remedy ever made can approach tho record of S. S. 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Tho man who has had plenty of beef, mut ton nnd pork nil his llfo would bo sur prised to find how quickly tho pangs of hunger would drive him to almost any substitute to sustnln life. Dr. Owen B. Ames, the Boston psy chologist, declares that likes and dis likes of foods aro "purely psychologi cal." Because wo have been bred for years to regard certain animals as Wlblo, animals without that class have never been thought of as a possi ble supply of, food In South America tho octopus Is used as the base of a particularly appetizing soup. The simple fact that It does not appear disgusting to us until wo know Its Ingredients proves that our taste in foods is purely psychological. In Australia among tho English speaking peoplo, who "are very much like ourselves, tho mutton bird :s tsed as ono of their finest dishes. The mut ton bird Is very much llko tho penguin, of which thero is an enormous supply In the antarctic regions. McMillan, tho explorer, says that seal food Is splendid. Not only Is. It very nourishing, but It Is also sur prisingly palatable. Among tho Eski mo's seals' eyes are considered a real delicacy, but tho fact that they aro eaton by Eskimos or that they aro seals' eyes docs not mnko them any less n food for the whlto man. Tn v.n lnaf four vAnrn mnnv mnn have been forced to realize that food! Is food, no matter what Its special namo might have been. In n country whero a certain nnlmiU Is rare or has been brought merely 'as an enter tainment, tho people of that country would novcr regard that animal as a food. But whero that animal Is plenti ful ho Is always used for consumption. Tous, who dopend mostly upon beef, pork, lnmb nnd tho products of a fow other domesticated animals for our supply of meat, this seems strnngo and unnatural. But considering tho fact that most anlmnls aro for tho most part mado of what they cat, wo find that tho menu of many of tho ani mals wo keep In our parks and cir cuses Is exactly the samo as thnt of onr domestic animals. So, Dr. Amos believes, the question of taslo In food Is purely psychological. At tlio south polar regions thero have been breeding unmolested fof centuries many kinds of food animals and birds with natural environment to keep them always In perfect con dition. To glvo somo Idea of tho al most limitless food supply In tho ant arctic seas, the Enduranco had to liter ally plow through a sea of seals. So much In earnest Is Sir Ernest Shacklcton 6or his project that ho promUes to como to tho United States In Its promotion, upon his return from his expedition to the antarctic. Old Resident Entirely Truthful When Ho Called the Town's Death Rata "Won'erful .Steady." Weary after 12 months' hard work, tho pretty typist songht solitude among the healthy hills of Halehearty. 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Adr, TRULY AN AWFUL THOUGHT Things Apart My little niece was studying her geography and asked me to bound the Btato of Nevada. Her grandmother looked up 'and said: "I am surprised that a little girl that has traveled, as much as you have must ask any ono to help them with their lessons." Caroline said: "Grandma, when I travel, I travel for Joy and not Jogra phy.' "Exchange. Capital punishment. How can you remove the letter "A" from the alphabet? By "B"-hcadlng It. Boys' Life. Boil It Thoroughly fifteen minutes or more ' after boiling begins Long boiling brings out the full, rich flavor of Postum Cereal And while you enjoy your cup of this attractive table drink, remember that it contains no caffeine or other harmful substance. L "There's a Reason" e Made by Postum Cereal Company, Inc Battle 'Creek, Michigan Small Girl Feared She Had Somewhat Overdone Matter of Praying for Baby Brother. The little girl enme home to her mamma very much disturbed because little Susie, her neighbor, had a new baby brother to play with, while she, herself, was very lonely. Her mother comforted her and told her to ask God to send her a little brother, tOo. So the child began to pray for a little brother, and occasionally got Impa tient; but ber mother told her to keep on praying and perhaps her prayer would be answered some day. Ono day she was called Into the mother's room, and her delight knew no bounds when the nurse took a wee thing up from tho mother's sldo and laid it In her arms. But a moment later, when the nurse picked up arr other bit of humanity, tho child al most dropped the one she was holding, and a startled expression came Into her face as she said : "Oh, mama 1 Is God going to answer all those prayers that I prayed?" , Hobbles. "Our friend has expressed himself too emphatically on ono or two sub jects to havo a chance at a candi dacy." "Yes," commented Senator Sorghum. "He Isn't eyen a dark horse. He's a hobby horse." ' r. X -i. -T) "r"' 4 4 tt vt'H- .n , W3 tjfcsdL-JL Jij MOT -i- -pf Wir. i