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t)AkOTA COUNTY itiRALl3, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. -' s Ll WON POPULARITY BY FEAST How New Hebrides Outcast Chief Contrived to Become the Big Ruler of Vao. Many of the Inhabitants of the island of Vao In the New Hebrides are refugees from the big Island of Mule kiilo, who were vanquished In battle und literally driven off the? Ivrth by their enemies. Soon after our urrlvnl it powerful savage named, U'ethlong, one of the Small Numbers people, arrived on Vao with twenty of his men. All the others had been killed and the women and children had been ttfken captive, Martin Johnson writes In Asia Magazine. The uutlves of Vad received the newcomers nip a wel come addition to their fighting force and, Tethlong set about to Insure 111 position among his new neighbors. He Invited the 'entire population to a feast, nnd at once sent his ..men to neighboring Islands to buy up pigs and chickens for the occasion. The devil d'evlls great, hollowed logs, carved roughly to represent a human face, which are erected everywhere In the Ne.w Hebrides to guard against evil spirits were consulted to flnd'a pro pitious time for the feasting and on the appointed day the celebration be gan, with much shouting and singing ahJ dancing nnd bunting of tointoms. Ut, lasted for several days. Before It", was over, 720 pigs hnd been'jSluugh tered. The Island had never' before seen such n feast. As a' result of his poilflcul strategy, " Tethlong, the refugee, became the big chief of Vao. taking precedence oxer I he chiefs already there. p- FLYING ABOVE THE CLOUDS i- Possible to Experience Every Degree ,: -f Fog and Sunshine Within j a Few Minutes. r.Tiie full majesty of the nerJnl per spective can only be realized when otic Ms above the clouds and the earth ftiihut off from view. In Hying on nn Overcast day, when henvy batiks of Qijululous clouds He at 3000 feet, It Is possible to experience within a minute diytwo every degree of fog and sun shine. When one Is passing Into the eloudsv the lower surfaces of which lire' ulmost perfectly flnt, there Is un Instantaneous transition from shndow to , complete atmospheric opacity, sJnilJur lu nppcarance to a dense fog nt-the ground, but differing somewhat irom It In feeling, for the Interior "f a cloud seems to bo drier, the air less saturated with water vapor, than t)ic fogs which are met with at sea or ashore. If tho climb Is continued n"few hundred feet farther, the air p.lHiie passes again into deoY air, but Into air now of n clarity nnd bright ness worthy of Mediterranean skies and not at all, to be compared with the sky at sea level. Ohio State Jour nal, Preserving Fruit In Transit. Iu an attempt to evolve methods of preventing the spoilage i of fruits und ' vegetables by freezUig while In transit or, fetorugethu Department of Agricul ture Is conducting" thousands of expert--jiiepts nt the Arlington (Vn.) Inborn 'tori oh, to determine ut wjiut tempera . tirt these.produclH freeze, Tho expert jiientnl apparatus, says Popular MYchurilcs Magazine, consists of a large tank In which brine. Is circulated, null thermocouples which possess I hi' .pecullnr property of generating weak ,n,d variable, currents" of electricity ,' viJien they are subjected to changes 'J;i (temperature. These Variations art registered by delicate meters, So Aejidltlve ure the thermocouples (hat kjlfey will deject a difference qf . u-iujteriitiii'p of ,t00t degree, lu ser ..vke, h test specimen of fruit and a thermocouple are placed In one of twelve cups lu the lid of the brine ' tquk. Hy watching the specimen and tjie meter, closely the exuet tempera- ture nt which freezing begins Is de termined wl(b great accuracy. 'j,- People Hard to Reach, i How. much remains to be dope be , .fiire we shull have n complete jenowi I'e'dge of the Inhabitants of our planet Is Indicated by the failure of an ex iU'dltlou from tho American Museum ""'rpf NivturuJ History to get Into com niunlcutlon with (ho Nnskapl Indians (.of Labrador, says the ChrlMlan - Science Monitor, Tlni summer the ex . Edition wiih umjertuken. It was sup posed that these native .could be Reached. by way of the west coast of jjibrador, but It was found to be Im possible In winter they go to Nltch equon, lu the Interior, llfty-tlve days' J6urney by canoe from ltupert House op East Muln river. y Disabled Soldiers Good Students. ,iln a report made by the dean of MwLts University of Wisconsin, special ,'filientlon. Is made of the excellent prog Iress made by the 234 disabled sol diers who are known us federul board students. Owing to their ph steal coudtlou It was antlclpaled that they might prove Indifferent students, but . suuh.-huH.not been the. case. In this instuuce.lt Is sudtlmt their progress compared, very favorably lu every way with that of the regular tudents. fcj Mortland Won. ; ' The Rev. It. I1. Jones, of Franklin. '. was tulkiug rather biliously to h ,i four-jtar-old son, Mortland, Sunday. ,'; on tnlsbehuvlor, when the child In terrupted him by saying: "Daddy, you know . you. wuke me lose my heart, whyu you talk like . that." The father says tho tulkiug stopped. ' . IdlanapLU.Iews. i, -SOME stoles s? Absolutely! "Hereafter there will be ubsoluteJy no smoking lu barracks at any time," bellowed a captain lu Itarltau arsenal, New Jersey, after a Hie caused by a forgotten butt hnd been quelled. "Ab solutely! Not at any time!" Then ho paused and added as an afterthought In a louder bellow even than before: "Kspeclally at night!" American Legion Weekly. The Grand Essential. "What Is the plot of your new play?" "We haven't begun to think about I hat," replied the producing manager.' "Hut you say you hae a sure win ner." "We certainly have. We thought up a risque title that'll bring the peo ple in as soon us they read (ho bill boards." ' Spojllng the Show. "I understand the magician's per formance was broken up In disorder." "Yes. While he was levitating Princess Ooinpnh, a careless stage hnnU left u door open and exposed her to a strong draft." ' "Well?" "She begun to swing, and a rlhuld patron In the gallery shouted: 'Roek-ti-By, baby!'" Birmingham Age-Herald. An Ingenious Thing. Mrs. Mason, who hnd Just had In stalled an electric cooking stove, asked her maid, Noruh, what she thought of It, "To me, mum," said Noruh, "It seems like a great Invlntlon. When you and Mr. Mason were away for over Sunday, mum, I burned It all the time, mum, and there seems to be pllnty of electricity Mill left!" Light-Headed. The lights weru very low, and still ness reigned lu the back parlor. Pres ently n female voice was heard: "Freddie, deurl't "Yes, angel." "Does my head seem heavy on your shoulder?" "No, darling. It Is very light, in deed !" AN IMPOSSIBLE UNDKUTAKINQ. "I hear that you have been laid up with nervous prostration. What's tho cause, overwor or worry?',' "Both. I tried to huve a photo graph, taken that suited my wife." Best Way Out. Wlirn Urncer hints thut he Is short And stnrtH the riiiiiu old huiik. Don't wall to hear how abort he Is, Hut Just rciiiurk, "Ho IomkT' Place to Park Cars. Styles I see that pawnbroker on the next block has started an automo bile department In connection with his business. Myles I understand so. Do you ex pect to park your car there soon?" Saw His Mouth. Belle Did his face express any emo tions while I was singing? Bculuh iteally, 1 don't know. "Why, couldn't you see his fuce from where you sat?" "No; he was yawning." Inevitable Leisure. "Nobody ought to enjoy the bread of Idleness," "And yet you can't expect n man who sells bread these days to avoid getting rich enough to quit work." This Is Mean. "Why don't married men kiss their wives oftener?" "I dunno. I huve noticed, however, that the mouse lu the trap seems to lose all tusle for cheese." Give Him Fits. Jones Clothes don't make the man. Bones How could they be expected to when even a man's own opinion of himself doesn't tit. Cartoons Maga zine. A Touch of Authority. "You clulpi to he an optimist?" "I do," replied the photographer, "When 1 tell a iiinu to smile, he In variably does bis best," A Cynical Woman. Mrs. (ireen My huhuml seems to enjoy life thoroughly. Mrs. We What u lot of bud hab its he must have. Boston Transcript. Going Alone. "There's one lulvnntiiye golf bin over baseball." "What's that?" "You don't hove to take your wife to see It clayed,'; HOW TO RETAIN YOUTH LONG Learn to Employ the Passing Years With Constantly Increasing Wis dom and Discretion. v Youth Is n quality, a spiritual energy, und, properly speaking, there is no "old nge." but spiritual decay. "The foot less prompt to meet the morning dew" is no valid evidence of growing old, any more than to loe a leg In battle. Fussy physical activities ure not tho only tests of youth, writes Itlchnrd I.e Oalllenne In Hurper'n Mag azine. Thut bruin of Sophocles which gnve us the grentost pluy at 00, is more to the point, us also that famous suylng recorded of him, In reference to the coollngtof the passions with the years, thut to grow old was like being set free from sen Ice to n bnnd of madmeu. Because we grow wiser and stronger, less selfish nnd generally more useful to our fellows with the pns'snge of the years Is not to sny that we have lost our youth. It only mentis thut we have learned how to employ It. We do not run In every direction as we did. AVu know a little better wllnt we nre doing, or what we want to dd; hut the motive force thut enables us to do It Is that sumo energy which once drove us to make fools of ourselves at the beginning, nnd still provides the same "swift means to radiant ends." Decay, disillusion, wearlneso; we mean these things when- we speak of "growing old," but we full to realize (hot these are no necessary accompani ments of the yenrs. We may, unfor tunately, Inherit them, or acquire them, like had habits or through neglect of u proper care anil exercise of our spir itual selves. Spiritual and Intellectual Itxlucss makes most ieople "old'before their time." If we lose Interest In life, life will soon lose Interest In us; nnd It Is Just us possible to achieve a preco cious senility lu the twenties as ut any later period of our lives. rlAVE KEEN SENSE OF HOME Abundant Proof That Birds Return Year After Year to Scenes of Familiarity. Bird lovers bave believed for cen turies that migratory birds return to the same home, yeur after year. , Mod-1 ern science has proved this belief to be right. Birds are cuught In traps that do not hurt them, marked with tiny legbauds of aluminum, each bear ing a number, and released. Next year, the same birds are, caught again In the same locality, often when oc cupying the same nest. Evidently, u bird's memory for di rection and location must be- quite as marvelous as the older writers be lieved. The catbird winters as far south as Panumu, yet cutblrds marked In northern Ohio came back . to the same neighborhood, year nfter; year. Sometimes they move a few rods or furlongs, but the frequency.' with which they return to the very spot Is astounding. Cats llud their way back to the old home across it township, horses nqroi a county or two, and dogs have been known to puss through soeyal states In returning to u beloved master, but birds Hnd their way across a conti nent, and sometimes over a teii us well. Very Useful Tree. What Is claimed to be the most innr velous of trees grows In Brazil, it Is the carnahuba palm, and can he em ployed for many useful purposes; Its roots produce the same medicinal effect as sarsaparllla, Its stems afford strong, light fibres, which acquire a beuutlful luster, and serve aNo for Joists, rafters ami other building mate rials, as well ns for stakes for fences. From parts of the tree wliios and vlne gnr ure made. It yields also a saccha rine substance, as well us u bturch resembling sago, its fruit Is used In feeding- cattle. The pulp has an agree able taste, and the nut, which Isoleagl nous und emulsive, Is sometimes' used us u substitute for coffee. Of the wood of the stem muslctil Instruments, witter tubes and pumps lire made. The pith Is an excellent substitute for cork. From the stem u white liquid similar to t lit- milk of the coconut Is obtained and u HnunrVscmhltng nmlzeiui. Teak Wood Highly Valued. Teak, for some purposes the most valuable of all woods. Is Ohleily pro duced commercially by Burma, al though It Is also supplied by India,' Slam and Java. As a plant, teak Is re-1 inarkable for Its large leaves, which reach ten to twenty Inches In length and eight to llfteen In breadth, and are so rough that they are used for sand-1 papering. The trees often grow 80 to ' UK) feet tall, with u circumference of six to ten feet, the largest recorded log cut lu Upper Durum In 1RJKS, having measured 87 . feet lu length ami yielded over twelve tons of timber. The wood varies from yellow or straw color to a rich brown when first cut, darkening ou exposure; sometimes It has dark aqd ulmpst black streaks or veins, it Is hard, and very durable. Mystsry of Egg' Lines. Why are some birds' eggs pure white and unmarked and others va riously and highly colored, with all sorts of murks upup them, from mi nute dot to scruggly Hues? usks the Ameiicuu Forestry Muguzlue. How are these tpots and mnrklqgs pro duced? Nels of birds ruii ull the way f i oiu the female lulng a single egg on the bare rock on the, coast, to those hi) lug ten or niory eggs In u very elaborate nest built In ry'dlf tiKux .lev.lltU'g. I recalled fond memories. A director, who has a reputation for being rather -harsh and overbear ing In bis methods wn giving his leading man n tonpie trailing Hint fairly turned tho atmosphere blue. Through It nil, however, the victim leaned gracefully against the-wall and smiled happily. "What the dcuco are you grinning about?" bnrked the director. "Do you like to be cursed?" "Why," yes. I rather enjoy It," chuckled the actor. "It recalls the good old duys, you know, when I played Uncle Tom und wns beaten to death every night by Simon Le gree.." Film Fun. Modest.- First Manager I'm fed up with these movie stars. Young Cecil Le grund is Just the limit. Second Manager What's the mat ter now? First Manager He -wants me to put On a play he's written In which he's featured as a heavyweight cham pion In the first part and a win ning Jockey In the second. Film Fun. Strange -Passing Strange I The city visitor wua consulting the oldest Inhabitant. "How in any peo ple In this town now?" he usked. "Twentyflves sir." "How many did you have Inst year?" "Twenty-live, sir." "That's strange. Aren't there any babies ever born In this town?" "Yes, sir. But most every time a bnby Is born, somebody leaves town." TWELVE BUO FOWEIL Papa Splder-"-Hey son, run' out and catch a few more fireflies, the light Is getting low. Advice. Here, young man, Is a simple plan. Go to It; If it Is un-Amertcan, Don't do ltl Sympathy. "See that man going Into the office building?" the chauffeur Inquired as he cnsuolly prepured to move nfs cur from the curb. "I feel sorry for him some times helms to work so darned hnrd." "You mean In order to make his liv ing?" the doorman, In response, nsked idly. "No," the chauffeur replied ns he gently let in the clutch, "to mnke mine." Tragic He (during quarrel) Then why did you mnrry me? She Just to get even with thut hateful Maud Brown und to make her cry her eyes out because I took you awtiy from her. He Good heavens, woman, what have you done? Why, I murried you Just becuuse she threw me over, Good Advice. "This ub-glub spaghetti Is awful lob-glob slippery- stuff!" com plained ii customer In the rupld-flre restaurant. $ "Aw, don't try to ent It with your knlfoT' briskly siild Helolse, the wait ress. "Keteh.lt by the tall and reel. It In." Country Oentleiuiiii. Of Course. Nctl Staff Officer (benevolently to little girl) And what Is your nnme, my dear? Modern "Little Dear'' D'you know you shouldn't speak to a lady -without being Introduced. The Unlverseand Us. First StarThey think they know how big we are. Second Star Well, that's nothing; we think we know how small they are. A PEUTINENT QUESTION Monk flay, old chap, what ars ou behind the bars forT In Bctany. "Of what are you ufruld. my child?" Inquired the kindly tracher. "Oh, lr, the flowurHl They ure villdl" Hrpllnl the timid creuture. All Serene. "I notice they're, on very peaceful terms with their next-door neighbors." "Yes; the two families don't speak to each other.'' New York Sun. His Views. "Can the oulju. hoard read the fu ture?" "Well, 1 don't know. Sometimes 1 think the future, Is :U, blunk. page." His Mistake. Tom I tried to open my heart to her, but she stopped .tne coldly. Ned No wonder; she's au.autl-vivl-s.ctiouWt. Boston Transcript. gg?3- 5.. EARTH'S SURFACE IN UNREST Scientists Have Proved That It Is Never a Any Time Without Some Movement. No portion of the enrth's surface Is ever at rent, though all but the great movements of earthquakes escaped at tention until recent yenrs. The minute vibrations nre followcirlfty J. J. Shaw In Nature as an unending train of waves, wnxlng and waning In ampli tude, that are uncenslngly coursing along the earth's crust and reach to unknown depths. The wave period ranges between 4 und 8 seconds; the amplitude is between one 50,000th und one ,000th of nn Inch, but with a wave length of 8 to 10 miles. The speed oC the waves Is believed to be alout two miles per second. Such local causes as air tremors nnd the swaying of build ings and trees were formerly sug gested, but It Is now known that they are wide-spreading enrth movement. Earthquakes are easily followed on tlm recording apparatus by the primary and secondary phases mid the long waves rising to a mnxlmum. The mi nor movements mlcroselsins nre not easily separated from one another, and there has been no means of studying their propugutlon. But recently ccr tuln tremors have been traced on re cording Instruments GO feet apart. Con tinuing the Investigation, the range has been extended to two tulles, nnd'lt has been ninde priictlcnble to pick out Indi vidual tremors on the two sets of rec ords. One result Is the showing that the travel of the iulcroeIsms Is Inde pendent of wind anil weather, though the source and cause of the move ments are still a mystery. SENT FRIEND UNIQUE GIFT When Andrew Johnson Resumed His Needle to Fashion a Mark of Personal Affection. There's alwnys Just one more story about any of Amerlcu's former Presi dents. This time there Is another about Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's tempestu ous successor. Johnson, while governor of Tennes see, once resumed his vocni onal Im plements. He hud formed a strong friendship In the Tennessee legislature for W. W. Pepper of Springfield, a stanch Whig, nnd once a blacksmith, Despite their Irreconcilable political creeds the personal relntlons of John son and Pepper were extremely cordial. Pepper became a Judge In 18."L and after a visit to Johnson, then governor, set about fashioning a ddovel, which he sent with a note explaining It was Intended as a momenta of a friendship proof against nil political differences. Johnson, to show his appreciation, took up his scissors nnd needle and made a handsome beaver cloth coat which he .sent to Pepper. It was a sple'ndld piece of workmanship, prob ably the last of that kind of work Johnson ever did, and exlstw to this "" His Time Was Not Up Yet. A man of mercenary spirit hnd a son whom he kept well under parental charge, allowing him few liberties und making him work hard. It wns with n feeling of considerable sutlsfuctlon that the young man rose on the morning of his twenty-first birthday und began to collect Ids be longings preparatory to starting out In the world. The farmer, seeing his son packing his trunk, which be rightly Judged to he evidence of the curly loss of a od farm hand, stopped nt the door of the '.voting man's room and usked what he was going to do. The boy very promptly reminded his father of the day of the month and the year and declared his Intention of striking out Into the world ou Irs own account. "Not much you won't!" shouted the old man. "At least not for it while yet! -You weren't born until after 1 o'elock, so you can Just lake off lliem good clothes and give me another half day's work down In the potuto patch." Harper's Magazine. It Was a Good One. ' It was our custom In lmglKh class at school to choose a certain person to read his theme aloud before the clrtss, writes u correspondent. On this particular day the girl who sat across the (able from me hud let me see her paper before class started. It was a good one, so when the teacher asked whose theme we would like to hear, I promptly suggested that the girl across from me rend hers. She arose, hut insteud of reading the one I had seen, she took another one from her book. It was a wonderful ode to the president of the senior class, praising blm to the skies und throwing oratori cal bouquets at blm. I was the presi dent. Keeping the Record Straight. "You say you didn't write burning letters," thundered the lawyer for the plaintiff In a divorce suit, "but here Is the proof In black ami white." "Black mill blue," Interrupted the Judge, "If you ure referring to the let ters lu your bund." "Kb?" "The stntlonery Is blue nnd lite Ink, assume, Is bluck." Blnnlni.'iuiD Age Herald. Some Girl, "How about MUs Peueher?" "In what particular?" "Is she pietty?" "She's so eusy on the eyt-s that n 100. percent fun wouldn't mind tuVlug her to' the bull park und explaining every pluy thut wu iui.de." LEGAL NOTICES ,MsW Flrt Pub. April 28, 1921 -4w PR011ATG NOTICE TO CltEDlTOItS In the County Court of Dakota County, Nebraska. In tho Matter of Hie Estate of t. Miles Kilcy, also known ns Miles T. 1 Ueilly, deceased. Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of the said deccsed will meet the Executor of said estate, be fore me, County Judge of Dakota County, Nenrnska, at the County court room in said county, on the 23rd dny of July, 1921, and on tho 23rd day of September, 1921, at 10 i o'clock A. M. each clnv. fm- llin nur.r pose of presenting their claims for examination, adjustment and allow ance. Five months nre allowed for the creditors to present tluir claims nt.d one year for tho Executor to settle said estate, from the 23rd dny of April, 1921. This notice will be published in The Dakota County Ileruld for four weeks successively prior to the 23rd day of July, 11)21. Witness my hand, nnd seal of said court, this 23rd day of Apii!, A. D. 1921. . SHERMAN W. McKINLEY, (Senl) County Judge. First Pub. May 6, 1921 3w. Order of Hearing on Petition Tor Ap pointment of Administrator. Stnte of Nebraska) Dakota County, ) ss' In the County Court. In the Matter of the Estate of Olof F. Mogensen, Deceased. On reading and lTlinir the netition of Chris Mogensen praying that Ad ministration of said Estate may be granted to him as Administrator. Ordered, That May 21, A. D. 1921, at 10 o'clock A. M is assigned for hearing said petition, when all per sons interested in said matter may appear at a County Court to be held in nnd for said County, and show cause why the prayer of petitioner should not be grunted; and that no tice of the pendency of said petition nnd the hearing thereof be given to nil persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in the Dakota County Herald, n week ly newspaper printed in said County, for 3 successive weeks, prior to said day of hearing. Dated April 30th, 1921. SHERMAN W. McKINLEY, (Seal) County Judge. First Pub. May 5, 1921 3w. Order of Hearing and Notice of Pio- hate of Froeign Will. In the County Court of Dakota County, Nebraska. State of Nebraska, County of Da kota ss. t To Peter A. Fosselnumn, John Fos sehnann, Alois Fosselmann, Charles F. Fosselmann, Celin Fosselmann, now Sister M. Bernardino; Irene Sshoen born, now Galloway; Frances Schcen- 'I born, now Sister M. Sylvius; Celia Schoenborn, now Sister M. Evangel ist; Anthony Fosselmann, Joseph Fo selinuiin, EWnhuid Fosselmann, Frank Fosselmann, Leo Fosselmann, Rose Fosselmann, now Sister M. Teresa; Bernardine Fosselmann, Mary Kathsr ino Fosselmann; Father Lundon or his .successor, and to all peirons in terested in the estate of Charles Fos- sclmann, deceased. On rending the petition of Peter Fosselmann praying thut the instru ment filed in this Court on the 30th day of April, 1921, and purporting to be a duly authenticated copy of the last will and testament of Charles Fosselmann, deceased, that said in strument be admitted to probate, and the administration of said estate be grunted to Peter Fosselmann us executor for the State of Nebraska. It is hereby ordered that you and all persons interested in said matter may, and do nppeur at thd C'.unty Court to be held in and for said coun ty on the 21st day of May, A. I). 1921, at ten o'clock A. M., to show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted, and that notice of the pendency of saiu petition nnd the hearing thereof be given to ull persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in the Dakota County Her ald, a weekly newspaper printed in snid county, for three successive1 weeks prior to said day of hearing. Witness 1ny linnd, nnd seal of said court this 30th day of April, A. D., 1921. SHERMAN W. McKINLEY, (Seal) County Judge. LUMBER U1U.WORE sad tDrl bulldlni tntrl.l 25 OR MORE SAVING Sn you. Don't tjtn onldr ba;tn mntll jou hTtMe compute Hit or wb.t jou tiwl -.4 our wUsutl k- Kturn ull. W hlp aultk n- iy tk rlfkt. Favrrs LUMBER CO. ..-.20 itoYD stui:i:t omaha, neb. LET US PRINT IT FOR YOU Have YOU Paid YOUR O Subscription, q ADVERTISING PAYS All Except Tboao Who Co Mot Adv.rtiao. V