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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITV, NEBRASKA, . MHUHfeMM I i i ! ALFALFA AS A REFRIGERATOR Planted Around Farm Houses It Hat Been Found lo Reduce the Tern. perature Materially. Refrigerators Indoors arc common enough, but It took the farmers In ttie Southwest to devise one for outdoor use. A farmer who happened to plant a large Hold of alfalfa south of the farmhouse noticed during the hot sum mers that followed that his family did not suffer from the heut us did the neighbors. The thermometer showed a t$ujperuture five to ten degrees In his fuvor. Someone suggested that It might tie due to the ulfulfu, tried the tempera ture Just north of other ulfulfu He hi 8 ttud found the snme marked difference. N'qw the farmers of that region aie planting ulfulfu around their dwell ings and enjoy summer temperatures that make u trip to the seashore need less, according to the Golden Age. The cause of the coolness of winds passing over alfalfa fields Is that the plant absorbs much moisture, the evaporation of which reduces the tem perature of the air and lessens the summer heat In the adjoining land over which It blow". 'Jlie suggestion now Is for farmers that wish fo profit from the presence and the board money of summer va cationists to combine the profit and utility of alfalfa with higher rates from hot-weather boarders attracted by the coolness of be ten-acre refrig erator around the house. Little by little men are beginning to' learn how to utilize the means pro vided by a good Creator for their com fort mid well-being. HE HAD LEARNED SOMETHING Christmas Incident That Shows the Way of a Modern Maid With Her Victim. He was a very nervous young man, but he was rather nice, und Klsle thought he was worth encouraging. She ullowed him to tuke her to tea, she deliberately chucked the slipper In his eye at "Hunt the Slipper," and she gave him u dunce or two. Once or twice she sat down under the mis tletoe, but he didn't seem to notice that. At last when they were alone in a corner of u room, nliu stood long and Insistently under' the mistletoe hugging from u curtuln pole of the bay window. Then, very nervously, he pecked her face. She, of course, protested mild- Ijf ; but as they seated themselves once more, most respectably on a couple of chhlrs, she kept the couversutlou on nllstletoe. At length he ventured: "It Is er a nice Christmas custom, bunging up mistletoe, but I wonder why they al ways hung It over doors, windows or ctiUidellers7" '"Ueeuuse It's not necessary to have nuy out on the stairs or In any other dltrk pluces," she murmured softly. "r . , Ecuador. , It was one hundred years ago that Kouador liberated Itself from Spanish nie. To coluinemorutc the miniver Miry, Ecuador has Issued a series with Nineteen denominations one centavo torone sucrc eaeli beurlng u portrait of, .some matt who won renown In lie.uudnr'8 history. The dates 1820 und 1)20 are u part of the design. (Ircntly o the surprise of collectors, no 20 eVntuvo denomination appeared as jm'rt of the set, for Kcuador's setH for forty years have Included one of that vVlue. Inquiry brought the disclosure that 02,000 copies of u 20-ccntuvo were printed, but the vulue 'description, v'elute, inclining "twenty," wits through aty error spelled viente Instead. The postal authorities destroyed the entire lot', und u 20-centavo will appear us soon us u new plate has been made. Youth's Companion, , Comment "Sarkastlc. Now the vacuum subway express liny been Invented. Working some what ufter the fashion of the pneu matic cush carriers that have long been In use In department stores, the t ruins proceed from one tunnel station to another, according to prospectus, ut the rate of 150 miles nu hour. This speed Is attained with slight expendi ture of power, because the vacuum system removes all air resistance from the front of the train und applies ex panding air to the rear. The Inven tor presumably got his Idea for the vacuum ' subwuy while truvellng by tube, und noting whut a small uuiin tlty "of ulr the curs could get ulong with. Chrlstlun Science Monitor. Czechoslovak Forests. A. novel feuture of Czchoslovak for est development Is the principle that tle unnuul growth must eipial or ex ceed the annul cut. This Is a wise and furslghtcd policy. It is estimated thut 0,000,000 cubic meters of lire wood and 9,400,000 cubic meters of couuner clul timber ure cut yeurly. The iiunn tlty used for fuel during und since the war will be greatly reduced, In the vvry near future, through stimulated production of bituminous coal, lignite und oil. At the prevailing prices for lumber competent authorities estlmute the vulue of the unnuul timber cut to be about $120,000,000. Blind Piano. Fixer. The plauos of the schools of Phila delphia are tuned und cured for by u blind muu whose time Is entirely tkeu up by Jds visits to one school building ufter unother. He nut only tunes the Instruments, but tie goes over the exterior und polishes the cases ad keeps tbtm looking llkt nw. CALLS FOR MANY QUALITIES Archeologist Must De Scholar, Lingu ist, Engineer and Artist, and Expert Handler of Men. The modern archeologist In Kgypt must he more limn u scholar. He must have studied history, It Is true; he must be familiar with what Is known of (he art and life of Old Egypt and he must have mastered the ancient language so that he can read the hieroglyphs carved on temple and tomb. Hut scholarship Is only part of his equipment. He must know something of engineering und something of draw ing; he must have u sense of organi zation ; lie must himself he ready to turn to with pick and shovel, should occasion arise. The task of disinterring ancient structures and their precious contents uninjured is u delicate one, not to be done hastily or haphazardly. In addition to being scholar und engineer, linguist and artist, the mod ern archeologist must understand how lo handle men. The men employed In nrcheologlcal excavation In Egypt are usually boys from 10 to 20 years of age. Older than that, In a country where men and women age tragically fast, they are likely to be stupid. L'sually they are Irresponsible and, spurred on by the light-fingered "an tlka" dealers In neighboring villages. The wise nrcheolojrlst puts them on piece-work so much for every cubic foot of earth removed, with bakshish, carefuly calculated on the basis of the "nntika" dealers' current rates, for mery 'object unearthed. Since the bakshish varies with the condition of the object, it Is to the Interest of the worker to get each "find" out entire, If possible, or, If breakage Is Inevitable, with no pnrt missing. Half of the minor objects discovered go to the Egyptian government und half are retulned by the Institution conducting the wplorntlon. SHOWED ENMITY IN BOYHOOD Encounter Between Youthful Crom well and King Charles I Might Be Called Prophetic. Cromwell und Charles 1 of Englund first met when they were children ut Hluchlnbrook house, the home of a mutuul friend of hoth the king und Oliver's father. The boys were told to pluy together while their elders tulked over affairs of state and fash Ion. They got along well enough for a while, and then u dispute arose. The young king was not used to op position to his princely will, and when Oliver stoutly clung to his rights the king struck him. Oliver cared not u hit that the blow wns ulmed by a king's hand. He swung" his somewhat grimy list as hard as he could, and cuught dairies on the noso with the to-be-expected re sult. Wood (lowed In iiuuntltles, und the young prince set up a great howl. Servants cunu; running, and all might have gone III with the careless com moner had not Charles' father taken a hand und declared that the blow wus to be forgiven, as It was given In defense of u right, und his sou must leurn to know that right was greater than kings. Cough May Originate In Stomach. In the Bulletin de la Soclete Medi cal of l'arls, Dr. U. O. Hayen de scribes a patient, a man of llfty-three, who for twenty-live years hud had vague dyspeptic disturbances for which he hud tukeu pounds of sodium bicarbonate and oilier drugs In the, courte of the years. During ihe last six yeurs he hud been tormented whh a cough and spitting of thick mucus from Ihe stomach. Under treatment of the dyspepsia hy lavage of the stomach und dieting, the cough dis appeared. Hayen reiterates the ne cessity for seeking latent stomach dis ease with a puzzling cough, and also the necessity with chronic gastritis to restrict to two meals a day, with u nine-hour Interval. Lovers In the Next World. A marriage ceremony h, unusual clrcumstnnces Is reported fioiu Japan. A young man and a young woman committed slilnju, or double suicide, for love, by throwing themselves Into the sea. Moth bodies wci recovered and cremated with ltuddlRst ceremo nies. The ashes were (hen brought to the home of the girl's father and he performed a marriage ceremony with the ashes of the two lovers. According to the Huddhlst faith, the murrlage tie contracted In this world will carry over to the next. When clrcuuihtances prevent a nnirrlago tu this world, many Japanese men and womeu commit suicide In the hope of a happy married life in the world to come. Monkeys Mourned Comrade. Monkeys are wry human In their desire to help one another, and unite skillful In their rude surgery. An Af rlcun explorer tells a story of a fe male monkey that was shut by one of a campaign party that he was with. Several of the tribe of which she was u member came us close to the tent where her body was lying us they dared, holding out their arms and making mournful cries, as If begging that she should he given buck to ihem. Then a gruy old man monkey, prob ably the chief, came still closer, chat tering und one could Imagine almost weeping. When given the body, he took It In his arms, examined the wound, then wulked uway, the other trailing blui In single tile, thus form taf h' regular funeral urocesjdou, COURAGE OF SAMURAI TESTED Boy of Twelve Forced to Show Ho Was Not Afraid of Death by His Own Hand. Sato told us stories the young man who wnnted the wword that he might disembowel the Russians und not hnve to bite their throats In the hand-to-hand fighting. Then tho story of the samurai boy who must once In his life face death make up his mind that he Is to die. Ills own case, at the age of twelve, coming home from school, to find his greut uncle und his mother all seri ous, u nuked wword on u little wooden ruck, the house till In order. To be told thut he hud disgraced the family, he had dishonored his father's sword und killed u dog. He would be given the privilege of committing hara kiri, for he wus u sumurul's sou. His greut uncle gave him unDbJect lesson, showed him how It wus done und told him to proceed, wrapping- the blade In paper, tluK It might not cut his hand, and telling him that he must do iin he had seen his great uncle do, In earnest. The hoy begged for mercy. Ills kins man and his mother were Immovable. Wns he afraid to die? If so, they might help him, and the uncle put his hand on his sword. The boy's tears stopped. He knew his time had come and bowed. He opened his dress, rubbed his nbdomen three times. He put out his hand and grasped the sword. He knew no more till a cry of "Mate" (Stop) brought him to his senses. The reprieve at last. An Instant more and he would have been dead by his own hand. He waited, dnzed In u death sweat. His courage had been tested. He hud faced deuth. Asia Magazine. ACCORDED PALM FOR BEAUTY Miss Harriet Lane Acknowledged to Have Been the Prettiest Lady of the White House. Historians are inclined to give to Miss Harriet Lane, niece of President Ruchunnn, the palm for being the pret tiest woman that ever ruled the White House soclul life. She was u blond with hair of a rare gold, deep-blue eyes, und her mouth wus suld to be one of the most beautiful ever owned by u Washington belle. Her beuuty wijs so noticeable thut at the dawn of womanhood, when she accompanied her uncle, then America's representa tive lnEnghind, to Oxford, where he was to receive the degree of doctor of civil laws, that the student body greeted her appearance with terrific cheers, Inspired entirely by the smile of her lovely llp as she turned her tlowerllke face toward them. Not only was she beautiful In line and curve, but In addition she whs a picture of perfect health, un uth lete of no mean order, as many u young gullnnt discovered nfter she Had challenged him to n nice and beaten him so badly that spectators of the race unmercifully chuffed him. She played many games with skill and vigor, and there wus not a woman In Washington that could compete with her In any gume call ing for strength nnd great uctlvlty. In spite of this she wns not unwom anly, und excelled us u harpist, wrote poetry, and, as the young people of tho capital reported, "danced like u feather." Look CAit Upon the Desert. Come lo the eastern side of the peak and look out once more upon the des ert while jet there Is time. The after noon sun Is driving Its ra.vs through the passes like the sharp-cut shafts of searchlights, and the shadows of the mountains are lengthening In dis torted silhouette upon the sands be low. Yet still the San llernardlno range, leading off southeust tu the Colorado river, Is glittering with sun light at every peak. You are above It and can see over Its crests In any d. lection. The vast sweep of the Mo Jave lies to the north; the Colo rado with Its old seu-hed lies to the south. Eur away to the east you can see the faint forms of the Art zona mountains melting and mingling with the sky; and In between lie the long pink rifts of the desert val leys and the lilac tracery of thu ties, ert ranges. "The Desert," by C. Van Dyke. A Flying Chariot. . . . All l'arls. I think, myself among the rest, assembled to set; the valiant brothers, Robert and Charles, mount Into the air jesterday, In com pany with a certain l'llatro de Hosier, who conducted them In the newly-ln-vented Hying chariot fastened to an iilr-lmlloon. It was from the middle of the Tiilllerles that they set out, a place wry favorable and well-con-t rived for such public purposes. Hut all was so nicely managed, so cleverly carried on. somehow, thut the order and decorum of us wlio remained on linn ground struck me more than even the very strange ,lght of human crea tures tloutlug In the wlud; but I huve really been witness to ten times us much bustle nnd confusion ut a crowded theater In Loudon, than what these peaceful Parisians make when the whole city was gathered together. . . . Mrs. l'lozl (l"KI) A Half Truth. Silk Sox Did Angellne tell you the truth when )ou asked her whether she wore half hose? Knit Tie Yes. S. S.-i-Whut did she say? K. T. None of my business. Jowu Frivol, li:gal notices First Pub. Dec' !)0, l'Ji!0 -lv Order of Hearing and Notice on I'etl- tition for Sell lenient of Account. In the County Court of Dakota County, Nebraska State of Nebraska, Dakota Count , ss. To Win. Mcsserschnnut, Ailolph Mcsserschmidt, Anna Kruse, Koinurd Messcrschmidt, Mcta 11 nig, Amanda Johnson, Herbert Messerschmidt, and all persons interested In the estate of Augusta Messerschmidt, deceased. On rending the petition of Win. Messerschmidt, praying a final set tlement and allowance of his account filed in this Court on the 2Jth day of December, 1920, and for hU dlscha'.ge as executor of said estate. It is hereby ordered thut you and all persons interested in said matte, may, rnd do, nppear nt the Count Court to be held in nnd for said County, on the 22d day of January, A. I)., 11)21, at 10 o'clock A. M,, to show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted, nnti that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof lie given to nil per sons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in the Dakota County Herald, a weekly newspaper printed in said county, for four successive weeks prior to said clay of hearing. S. V. McKINLEY, (Seal) County Judge. First Pub. Dec. 30, 1920---lw " Order of Hearing and Notice on Pet I- t f t Ion for Settlement of Account. In the County Court of Dakota County, Neoruskn, State of Nebraska, Dakota Coun, ss. To Wm. Messerschmidt, Adolph Messerschmidt, Anna Kruse, Heimird Messerschmidt, Meta H.irg, Aiuumin Johnson, Herbcit Alessersuiin.lut, in a all persons interested in the estate of Gottlieb Messerschmidt, deceased. On reading the petition of Wm. Messerschmidt, praying a final set. t lenient and allowance of his account filed in this Court on the 29th day 1 December, 1920, and for his dischario as executor of said estate. It is hereby ordered that you and all persons interested in said matter may, rnd do, appear at the County Court to bo held in and for said County, on the 22d day of January, A. D., 1921, nt 10 o'clock A. M., to show cause, if any there he, why' the prayer of the petitioner should not he granted, nnd that notice of the pendency of said petition and thu hearing thereof lie given to all per sons interested in said matter by publishing n copy of this order in the Dakota County Herald, a weekly newspaper printed in said county, Icr four successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. S. W. McKINLEY, (Seal) County Judge. First Pub. Jan. G, 1921 lw. Probate Notice to Creditors In tho County Court of Dakota County, Nebraska. In the matter of tho Estate of Michael Farreli, deceased, Notice is hereby given, that thu creditors of the said deceased will meet the administratrix of said es tate, before me, County Judge of Da kota County, Nebraska, at the County Court Room in said County, on ihe 3rd day of March, 1921, and on the 4th day of April, 1921, ut 10 o'clock A. M. each day, lor ihe pur pose of presenting their clainu, 'or examination, adjustment and nilo'v nnee. Three months are nllowou for creditors to present their claims rnd ono year for the administratrix to settle said estate, from the 3rd day of January, 1921. This notice will be published in The Dakota Count v Herald for four , weeks successively prior to the 3rd day of Maich, 1921. Witness my hand, and youl of" .-aid court, this 3rd dny of January. A. D., 1921. ' S. W. McKINLEY, (aenl) County Judge. Have YOU Paid YOUR O Subscription - Webster's New International DICTIONARIES nr In use by busi ness men, engineers, bankers, judges, architects, physicians, larmcrs, teachers, librarians, cler cymen, by succcstful men and women the world over. Are You Equipped to Win? The New International provides the means to success. It is an all knowing teacher, n universul ques tion answerer. 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AlITO-TILVCTOK FOl'It WLLKS COFIISL Opens Monday, November 29, 1920. New class may register every Monday after opening date until March 7 with exception of December 27. Practical instruction and shop work in repair work and operation of Automobiles and Tractors. Registration Fee $20.00. Minimum age 18 years. For further information address, IMUKnrAI, SCHOOL OF AUHKTlYiTKK IWIVLKSITY PAIM, LINCOLN, NL'IULVSKA. Westcott's Undertaking: Parlors AUTO AMBULANCE SIOUX CITY, IOWA Old Phone, 42G ' New Phone, 2067 E. F. Rasmussen Auctioneer Ponca, Neb. Write or phone me early for dates, as I will sell nearly ev ery day this season. 1 am sell ing for tho best farmors and stockmen in Northeu.st Nebras ka, 1 have some good farms and ranches for sale. Yours for Husiness. Everybody Reads the Herald .a . iflt'l V i - fZk.lilll .- : trJlVV', IlsumQcc(bnpaiij i OF tltW lUVIM COHMKTICUT JOHN kwt rtMMW vw I Abstracts of Title j . A $10,000 Surety Bond Guarantees the Accuracy of every Abstract 1 inak-i I if. .1. I !1 31 KKS, Hon. Ifd Abstractor. I J Successor to tho Dakota County Abstract Co.mpuny I Residence Phone AntoSS282 LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS Room 301 Exchange Iildg. SIOUX CITY, IOWA Stock Yards HOUS. CATTLK. SHKIU. Write US Wire US Phone us If you want market information. Ship Us For the High price and good fill. SPECIAL ATTENTION II. REAM, Agent Dakota (.Mly, Nebraska. rwana & .1 '.-.,. JS'-JJ-T.. f J I T