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Thursday, August 21st, 1910
THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD
England
By "Scott"
We were highly pleased with the
reception we got la Liverpool.
Women and children welcomed us
joyfuly, the children running to the
ooors of their homes, as we marched
by, crying, "Moter. mother, the
Yanks, the Yanks." As we rested on
our icnc: hike to caufp, the happy
brm.o brought us tieeh Mater to
drink, whitii v. s very welcome after
drinking for thi.vetu days the so
called water on the boat. O.i wom
an brought out a bundle ui hot
French fried potatoes done up in a
newsppaer. We were Indeed grate
ful to her, and three of us made
quick work of the spuds.
We saw many curious sights in
Liverpool. The pretty tram conduc
toresses very quickly caught our eye.
They wore the emblem of the stork
on their shoulders, and we joshed
them about It. They said, however,
that the stork (or liver bird) was
the emblem of the tram company.
There are all kinds of saloons In
England. - Instead of barber shops,
there are shaving and hair-cutting
saloons. In the liquor saloons, men
and women drank their ale and
stout along the tame bar.
Most English girls are not noted
for their beauty, but I shall never
forget the china doll I met in a store
out near our camp at Knotty Ash.
She was the cashier at a little up-to-date
grocery and liquor store and sat
near the entrance in a glass cage
something like our ticket sellers in
the movies here in America. We
had an idea then that the French
were the nrettlest ttrla in the world.
mo we asaea ner u sne wasn i
French. She emphatically denied It,
and we then Insisted that she must
be American, though we knew from
her brogue that she had never seen
America. We were finally convinced
that she was English, and we knew
she was pretty. Things equal to the
came thing are equal to each other.
Therefore, she was an exception. '
Of course we had quite a time with
English money at first. At one store
I bought a can of salmon, 60c, 30c
worth of cookies, unsweetened, and
ome candy also unsweetened. A
small boy in the store, a very bright
sort of chap, -helped us out wonder
folly in the purchase of these , ar
ticles. He knew American money,
but we didn't know English money.
He acted as interpreter, translating
our English into English as spoken
bought fro us: a tin of fish, 2 shilling
sixpence; a half pound of biscuit, a
hilling thrlppence; the candy
(sweets) was very highly flavored
with peppermint, what other ingred
ients there were in it I do not know
except that K contained no sugar.
Slut few men were to be seen in
the English cities, and ' these few
were old, sick and crippled. A very
few soldiers were home on "permis
sion" or leave. The unusual number
of small children quickly -attracted
my attention, most of them seem
ingly just large enough to walk.
The grief-stricken faces of the wives
and mothers showed the inexpressi
ble longing for their loved ones far
from "Blighty", hundreds of thou
sands of whom already lay on the
fields of northern France and Bel
glum. , So many of the older women
with tears in their eyes thanked us
again and again for coming over to
help them. -And a great many in
their conversation would talk of
wanting to go to America after the
war. The women an i girls made so
much over us that naturally their
husbands and sweethearts were a
"bloody bit Jealous". But no serious
clashes occurred to mar our record
while there. Our only enemies werei
the M. r.'s, and we soon managed to
avoid them very skillfully. In fact,
this training at Liverpool helped us
afterward, to a great extent, to see
what we did of France and Germany.
The English climate is as wet as
their hum').' js dry. mr 's an o'd
English saying that the sun never
sets on British possessions. And
they are right at that, for I don't be
lieve it ever rises. At least, 1 saw
the sun but once from English soil,
and thatrwas the day I. crossed from
Liverpool to Southampton. It came
out bright for. a few hours, and It
was then I saw why tourists spend
thousands of dollars to visit the pic
turesque villages and' country dis
tricts of beautiful 'England. We
passed the thatched homes of farm
ers; we traversed streams so lovely
and beheld mountains and roads and
fields and villages of such beauty
that artists go there from all nations
to paint them; and we find their
finished product, true to nature, In
some of the finest collections of art.
Many of the beautiful scenes on post
cards, especially Christmas cards, are
but poor reproductions of the orlg
nlal English scenes.
The English breed pure blooded
stock. I saw no scrawny cattle,
horses or sheep. But I did see a
large number of bb fine looking
horses and cattle in the fields as
there are raised anywhere. And
upon the large estates, of which
there are many, sheep, much smaller
than the kind we raise In America,
may be seen by the hundreds. .
We crossed England in the regu
lar narrow-guage cross-country
trains. All railway bridges are made
of stone or iron, or both. All cross
ing signs, "Beware of the Trains",
and station signs are made of iron.
Everything is built to stay, and stay
it does if it takes ten years to build
It. s
A few of the ctiles at which we
stopped were: Manchester, Derby,
Birmingham and Worcester. At
Derby we got oft the train and the
American Red Cross served us with
coffee, and I can taste it yet. It was
hot and sweet, and. oh,. so refreshing.
There were no "seconds" but we
surely appreciated the "firsts". This
was the first we had seen of the Am
erican Red -Cross in Europe, but it
was not the last by any means.
At Birmingham I asked one of the
pretty female ratlway employees
what city that was. She replied,
"Birming-um." I said. "WhatT"
And she answered, "Well, Birmlng
HAM, then;. that's what you Ameri
cans call It." Incidentally, she
picked a flower from a beautiful
flower bed near the station and gave
It to ma.
When we reached Southampton
that evening, we were through for
the day, except to hike a few miles
out to a "rest" camp. (They call
them "rest camps" because they are
always so far out you need a good
rest when you get there). They say,
too, that there is "no rest for the
wicked". It that is true, we must
have been shamefully sinful. At
any rate, the time went quickly
enough then, though we were In a
dreadful hurry to get to France, lick
the kaiser and get back home before
our service stripes made our arms
look like centipedes. And when we
finally did get several service stripes,
many of us would look in a mirror
and imagine we had wound stripes,
for they showed on the right arm,
and then we'd think how brave we
were or might have been had we
really received that many wounds.
HAROLD S. THOMAS .
LIVESTOCKPRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Beef Steers and Cows Slow
to 25c Lower
HOGS MOSTLY 25c OFF
Haavy Run of Sheep and Lambs But
Demand Broad and Trading Active
and Steady on Feeder Grades But
1525e Off On Killer Grades.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Aug. 19. Cattle arrivals yesterday
amounted to 780 cars or about 20,000
bead, one of the largest runs of the
season. Corn feds were not very plen
tiful but the' market was alow and
generally 25c lower, heavy cattle show
ing even greater declines than that
Prime steers were bought at $18.00.
Westerns made up the big end of the
run and while best grass beeves were
nearly steady K was a big 25c lower
market on medium to plain kinds with
movement ""very slow at be 'decline.
Butcher stock was uneven and gener
ally 25."0c lower. Outlet was broad
for desirable stackers1 and feeders and
values were about steady. ,
Quotations on Cattle : Choice t
prime beeves. $17.25 018.00; good to
choice beeves. $15.75017.00; fair to
food beeves, $14.00015.50; common to
fair beeves, $11.00014.00; choice to
prime yearlings, $17.00017.75; good to
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
BRINGS URETOELIEF
aules are- the rmdy you d. Take
thr or four vry da.?. The healing
oil soaks into the calls n lining ml
th kldnaya and drive out th pottona.
Naw Ufa and heJth will surely follow.
Whan your normal vlsror ha baa r
atorad continue treatment for a while
to keep youraelf In condition and pre
vent a return of th disease. ,
Don't wait until you Sr tneapafel fef
flfChtlnr. Start taking OOUD MED AX,
Haarlem OH Capeule today. Tour dru
flat will cheerfully refund your money
f you are not aatlaAed with remit.
But b aure to get the original Import
ed GOLD MEDAL, and accept no aub
etitute. In three el tea. Sealed pack
asea. At all drug tor.
For iS years GOLD MEDAL Haarlem
Oil ha enabled suffering humanity to
wlthatand attack of kidney, llrer,
bladder and atomacb trouble and all
disease connected with .th urinary
arcana and to build up and restore t
health organs weakened by disease.
These most important erg-ana must be
watched, because they alter and purify
th blood; unlea they do their work
you are doomed.
Weartnesa. sleeplessness, nervousness,
despondency, backache, etomach trou
ble, pain In th loin and lower ab
domen, gravel, difficulty when urinat
ing, rheumatlam. aciatlca and lumbago
all warn you of trouble with your kid
a era GOLD MEDAL. Haarlem Oil Cap-
LUCKY
STRIKE
cigarette
It's toasted to in
crease the good,
wholesome flavor
of the Kentucky
Burley tobacco.
A regular man's
smoke and deli-tcioust
Country Wants Bigness.
The bigger the man the more room
there Is for htm out In the country.
Not much room there for the small
rholce yearling, f UVOOgtlCfiO ; fair to
good yearling", 12..Viffl14.riO; common
to fair yearling, $I0.0(112.50; good
to prime heifers, f 1 0.50(11 14 00; good
to choice town, ttl.oofli 13.00; fair to
food cows. $7.50$' 8.75; cutters. S0.50t
50; eaimcrs, $5.7riW7.50; veul calves,
18.00014.50; bologna bull's $7,000
S.25; l.eef bulls, 8.5O012.O(; good to
Choice feeder, $12.25014.00; medium
to good feeders, $10.5(1012.00: good to
eholce stoiker, $10.00 iff 11.50; fair to
good stn kern, $8.0000.50; common to
fair grades, $0.5007.50; stock heifer.
$7.0008.50; stork cows. $0.5007.50;
stock calves. $7.50010.00; choice to
prime grass beeves, $14.00015.25; good
to choice grass beeves, $12.00013.50;
fair to good grass beeves. $10,000
1.50; common to fair grafts steers,
$8.0000.50; Mexicans, $7.0000.00.
Hogs Mostly 25c Lower.
Hogs sold unevenly lower again yes
terday, the decline amounting to large
ly 25c. Itecelpts were moderate, only
about 5,000 head being on sale. The
best price paid was $20.00 while the
bulk sold at $10.00010.40.
Another Heavy 8hp Run.
The week opens out with continued
heavy receipts of sheep and lomba
55,000 head being on sale yesterday.
Feeder lamb demand continued broad
and prices held steady, best selling at
$15.00015.00. Killers were lurgely 18
25c lower with the best lambs at
$17.00.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs, good to choice, $16.75017.00;
lambs, fair to good, $10.00010,75; gooO
to choice feeder lambs, $15.00015.60;
medium feeder larubs, $14.00014.75;
heavy and common feeders, $12,500
14.00; yearlings, $11.00012.00; weth
ers, 9io.uu0ii.uu; ewes, goou u
choice, $8.2509.25; ewes fair to good
$7.0008.00 ; good feeding ewes, $6,000
7.00; ewes, culls and canners, $4,000
ft.00; breeding ewes, $3.00012.75.
Unkind Thrust
Mies rnny "Children nowadays
do not pay the proper respect to sge."
Miss Pert "And 1 suppose that an
noys you a great deal." Boston Tran
script. .
Earliest Guide Book.
The earliest guide book printed la
English Is. "Instructions for Forrslne
Travel published In 1642 by James
Howell, a famous traveler of that
day.
Naval Names Perpetuated.
Few of the famous British regi
ments still bear the names under
which their early buttle honors were
won, but the navy whose record of
fame dates from n mu h earlier pe
riod than the army hah consistently
followed the policy of perpetuating:
her famous names. The name of a
famous battleship' Is handed down to
a capital ship, while a famous frlgat
or sloop Is perpetuated In a modern
gunboat or light cruiser.
Live Stock Cuts
Also of
Ranch Views, Buildings,
Herds, Etc.
As Well As People
.1 "Why not own one or more cuts to ue on your letterheads
and stationery and to have printed in the newspapers
By specializing on this work it enables us to do YOUR
WORK in the most satisfactory manner.
Bee Engraving Go.
104 Bee Bldg.
0MAIIA, NEBRASKA
Tyler 1,000
Six I
mat
In order to provide the very best that money could
buy the specifications for this modern vehicle were plac
ed in the hands of the makers last February.
. . .. . , .. , .
To the uninitiated this length of time might seem
immaterial.
A glance at the vehicle together with actual knowl
edge of the details of construction and finish would
bring doubt to some minds as to ability to construct it in
twelve months' time. Consider also, the amount of hand
carved work; for instance, the four body corner posts
are carved down from solid timbers eight inches square.
The Buda motor, made by the Westinghouse Electric
and Mfg. Co., insures plenty of power to tale the car
through mud, sand or snow.
The ignition and lighting systems are also of West
inghouse make. Dome lights and a heater system are
parts of the equipment.
Interior is upholstered in genuine gray leather.
The adjustable invalid cliair cot we use is most con
venient, assuring the easy handling of invalids.
All this has been purchased in order to give Alliance
the finest
Motor Ambulance
Service
that money will provide. "I
"""Competent attendants are always at your service.
Phone or telegraph direct to i
George D. Darling
Phones
Day 139
Night 8-299-933.
Alliance,
Nebraska