Wt StMl-WEIKLY IR1BIM
IRA U BARS. Publtihtr.
THRU8, U-W IK ADVANCE
MONUMENT TO MEMORY OF AN ARMY AVIATOR
THE ERRORS OF
MODERN TIMES
ptftflTH PLATTK
NBBRASKA
By REV. FATHER CAMPBELL
YOUNGSTER WAS ALL RIGHT
Putor of Church of Ceiu, Montreal
Canada
Tlm&iy Work of Dentist Mado All the
Difference In Friendless Little
Orphan.
When the family of a certain west
am Pennsylvania farmer read in the
gazette Tlraon the pathotlo story of a
little mothorless boy who was left
alono In the world, their hearts
Warmed to U lonely waif, Tho artlclo
told how tht Children's Aid society
had taken tho Tad under Its wing and
was aoeklng a aultnblo homo for Lira,
and they determined to adopt him if
ho shpuld prove sultablo.
When Mrs. Farmer visited tho so
ciety's building In Federal street, to
nee tho llttlo chap ho wan certainly not
In condition to "put bis boat foot for
ward," for he had an aching tooth,
and bis oyco woro bodlmmod with
tears. Ab Mrs. Farmor glanced at his
flaxen hair, big blue eyes, and tear
atalncd chocks, sho was filled with
misgivings. She know that above all
lso Mr. Farmor, who la a railroad
engineer by profession, admired the
aturdy, manly typo of boy, and disliked
an effeminate or "sissy" ono.
"I am nfrald," sho began, but nt this
moment tho arrival of the dentist was
announced from tho Infirmary, and
right hero, though ho know it not,
was a turning point In tho boy's llfo.
Without a whimper ho aroso and fol
lowed Miss Chalfant, tho society's sec
retary, to faco that droad ogro of
childhood, tho dentist In a fow min
utes he was back. Tho tooth was
gopo, tho tears wore gone, and the
pink cboeks were expanded In a broad
rln."
"Well, wolll" said Mrs. Fanpor, In
quite an altered tone, "and what Is
your namo?"
"William," ho replied.
"Do you like that name?" askod Mrs.
(Farmor.
"Yoth'm," replied tho lad, "my moth
or liked It. An' besides," ho addod
with a touch of prldo, "tho kids call
tne "Switchllght Dill."
That Bottled it Switchllght Dill now
lias a new papa and mamma and a
good homo in tho country. Pittsburg
Gazette-Times.
Couldn't Pool the Farmer.
During some maneuvers of thp Eng.
Hart Afln1ttf Hlttlolnn nr o rrvlmtl rtitIaf I
SQU VU f UH Ul t'Vi Ull 'WUI IUI till
was very angry to una a group 01 oui'
fcors calmly sitting upon a half-cut
stack of hay that ho was carting away
lor chaff cutting purposes. Ho ox-
pressed his indignation at tho Bight
and ordered them oft his land In lan
kuhko that wob distinctly moro vlcor-
ous than polite.
Ono of the offlcors tried to nrguo
with him, and pointed out that ono
of those nresonthannened to ba Prlnca
Arthur of Connaught and nephow of
the king. The old farmer was frankly
(Incredulous, and peralsted in his or-
QQfB,
"Prince or no prlnco," ho declared,
"off ho goes from my stack! Judging
from tho look of you, tho next thing
you will do with my stack will bo to
. it!
Prlnco Arthur htiffolv nnloved tho
Situation, and eventually led the ro-
treat that took place. It was in vain
for tho omcors to offer tho Irato farm-
r any monetary oomnensntlon.
Til 'nrlnco' tho lot of you if I find
you horo again. Bo off and get somo-
thlnir useful dono you nro nald
enough for it!" was tho parting shot
as tho officers rodo away.
P-I-. I
Whan . Vn.ih f..mnn ,ln
' I
von nroorflfttlnntfl. whnn von crnt nnrv.
'mm. nxeltod. when von nrn hlnn find
" - - i
disappointed, whon you worry, you
loso much of vour enorttv. vour effl.
'cloncv: you cannot brine tho wholo.
complote, positive man to your task.
A discordant, troubled, unbalanced
mind 1b In no condition to create, pro-
duce. It la netrntlve. And a necntlvo
mind cannot produce.
Nevor m nd what others do: run
your own machine, think your own
ithought, live your own llfo. Lot others
frot nml worry. If thov will; koon vour
' . ' ' .
nolao. vour seronltv. Do not lmltato.
follow, pretend or pose. Do fearless,
Beli-rouant, independent. no your
self. From Success Magazine.
Watering Plants.
Wrong Watering All plants liko to
have tholr leaves sprinkled, but to
bprluklo the soil nbout them as a
ixneans of giving tho roots a drink
does very llttlo good, and a thorough
soaking onco a week Is Infinitely bob
Iter than a slight dally wetting. When
'houso they aro In ospoclal danger of
suffering from lack of water and
Bhould have much moro than In othor
situations. Among tho plants which
.
)iro heuvy drlnkors aro dahlias, helio
trope forgot-mo-nots, Japaneso Iris,
Nasturtiums And popples both will
atarvo and go thirsty contontedly,
only blooming tho hotter. Ilnrpor'a
Uazur
Inopportune.
Mrs. Tightwad Qlt a doctor, qulckl
Mr. tightwad What's th' matter
nowT
Mrs. Tightwad Tho baby's
awallercd a pint o' kerosenol
Mr, Tightwad Gosh ding Itl
oil's just went up a centl
Jest
An'
A Natural Surmise,
"You must think I am fickle, How
many keys do you suppose I have to
my heart?
"I aunnoM a manv aa vow enn riv.
Ilrlf with locks onelr heads."
"QtiUMEHT IN tlOMOe OF
OPERATE ON ANIMALS
Hospital In The Hague Where
Dogs and Cats Are Treated.
8 Q tlon 8ucceMfuy Per,
formed by AIH of Anaesthetics
Fellno and Canine Strays
Given Good Quarters.
Tho Hague. Tho Haguo Is tho first
town in Holland to possess a clinic
or animals, whero operations aro por
lorraea unuor anaestiiotics. somo tlmo
n ia0T0 waB I""0 a discussion in
tno Dr0BB whether it. was possiblo to
nominiBmr anacsmoucs to animals.
Several BpeclallatB nvorred that In
evcry .cas 11 hnd boon trlod tho crea-
lurcs lmd d,ed- At Th0 "ague threo
uiuwuuijr BurKl'UllB WUrU, llOWUVLT,
ropoatedly successful in their at-
0UI"8 wuu lu,s yenr a Bvecmi cunio
, bocn Pnod uero ,n connection
wth tho homo for wn,fB nnd strays,"
whoro dogs and cats find shelter and
cnro'
Bucu n hospital for household pots
waB Greatly needed hero. Many a dog
ni"l cat had been Buffering with tumors
ind othor ailments for which tho sur-
goon's knifo was tho only romedy;
vot hecause of tho Intonso suffering
mvoivea, meir owners nesitatea to in
trust them to tho ordinary practitioner
to bo operated upon whllo fully con-
scloua. At tho new clinic tho special
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u"",u '"" uumu buvurm m.uu
Patients had Just boon discharged as
cured. Thero waB a brown dachshund
inai unu D00n oporaiea on tor rupture
inro unyB oororo, out now tno
oanuagCB Mad been removed and whon
Konnoi wbb oponoa mo inenaiy in
uo croaiure sprang gauy out. no ono
wouia ovor nve guesseu mai u naa
uocn 80 A cat was uoing
"oaioa ror oar irouuio ana it. too,
was won on mo way m recovery, l no
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KUM" " muuiuui ucunueui, uumu
Find Ruins of
Ostta, Once Seaport of Rome, Existed
Long After It Was Thought to
Be Destroyed.
Rome. Systematic excavations on
n largo scalo at Ostla, tho ancient har-
Knt rt Tinny n nt ti wiAiitV sf w
Tiber river, have had successful re
suits, Extensive remains of a largo
city dating from tho Imperial times
and probably built by Emperor Hadrl
an over tho ruins of tho old republi
can town, havo been uncovered
ArchaeologlBts comparo it in impor
tance to Pompeii.
Hitherto It tins boon believed that
Ostla wob founded by Ancus Martlus,
tho fourth king of Rome, destroyed
by Mnriua during tho ctyll wars, re
built during tho republic, and, sunk
to Insignificance, wns burled In
the sand deposited by tho Tiber whon
Trajan built a now port and tho city
of Portus. Now, instead, It Is certain
that Ostta not only continued to flour
ish under Hadrian, but that tho old
lovel was rnlsod six foot Tho repub
lican town served Ka a foundation for
tho later city.
Thero are rectangular wldo stroets
lompiea, squares, ana iora mere
aro two nunrtors, one aristocratic nnd
' 0De for tho morchunts ttnd sh,P ow,
LIEUTENANT &ELFRIDQE.
and lodging Is 50 conts Dutch (20
ccntH) a day for every animal in tho
hospital, but aa this prlco Is prohibi
tive for many peoplo tho tecs aro to
bo reduced noxt summer.
Tho operating room looks much liko
that In a hospital for "humans," only
on a much smaller scale, There aro
tho operating tablo and tho surgical
instruments neatly laid away on glass
shelves behind glass doors. Thero aro
hot and cold water, packages of ster
ilized cotton wool, bandages, medica
ments, and, last but not least, tho ap
pliance for tho administration of an
aesthetics. Noar the operating room
Is tho consulting and waiting room.
Then thero Is tho hospital proper; a
largo, well-warmed room with largo,
comfortable arranged cages and ken
nels all around It Next comes a small
kitchen. Thon thero Id a spacious
yard, In and around which are built
"apartment housos" for tho paying
guests. Needless to say, all tho board-
Pellagra Due
Dr. 8ambon Will Try to Provo His
Theory as to Origin of Dread
Disease.
Atlanta, Ga. Medical men of tho
south aro sorlously Interested In the
coming lnvestlgalon by a committee of
European medical and scientific ex
perts Into tho case of pellagra. It
was originally assumed that ono of its
prlmo causes was to be found in tho
consumption of corn, especially when
tho grain was In a damaged condition.
Under the direction of this commit
teo Dr. L. W. Sambon, who now con
tends that tho dlseaBO Is communicated
to man probably by sand files, just as
It ts with the tsotso fly, with his assist
ants will proceed to a pellagrous area
in order to carefully and extensively
Investigate every phase of tho dread
disease and seek to find Us euro.
For a considerable timo, it Is stated,
pellagra has provailed extensively In
Ancient Town
era. Tho old town has yloldod such
barvestB of statues, sarcophagi, tab-
lots, Inscriptions, and terra cotta that
flvo largo rooms of Ostia's modern
castlo has been converted Into a mu
seum. GIVES AUTO FOR REPAIR BILL
Horse Dealer Is Satisfied to Use
Man's Best Friend Again
Leaves Machine.
Wilmington, Del. The story of the
man who gave htb house to tho plumb
er to satisfy a bill for ropalrs has n
revised version horo.
John F. O'Neal, n horso doaler of
Mount Cuba, has been coming to Wil
mington for eight months In a big au
tomobile. With tho approach of sum
mor hu sent tho enr to a shop for an
overhauling. Whon ho received tho
bill It staggered him. Ho wont to tho
shop to romonstrnto, but could not
have tho amount reduced. Thon ho
proposed a Bottlomont on the bnsls of
a receipted bill covering the costs of
ropnlrB In exchnngo for the automo
bile This was accepted by the repalr
man, and now O'Neal swcara' he will
' have no nu" nutomobrea In "hU'n."
ASHINOTON. Just comploted
at tho national cemetery at Ar
lington Is a monument to
Lieut ThomaB E. Sclfrldge,
U S. A who was killed In tho fall of
tho Wright aeroplano nt Fort Myor,
September 17, 1008. Tho memorial Is
a monolith of granlto of tho same
shapo and proportions as tho Washing
ton monument. - The wholo monument
Is 40 feet high and is tho largest In
Arlington. It stands Just within tho
cemetery grounds.
ers aro dogs and cats. On tho ground
floor aro tho dog kennels, arranged
much like the animal cages In tho
zoological gardens, having an Inner
kennel with "straw nest" within tho
building, and an outer kennel or llttlo
sand-strewn garden patch. About 950
dogs are cared for In a year.
About 481 stray dogs aro brought
In annually. Thero were but very fow
stray cats, ns this waB not quite tho
"season" for them. About 425 stray
cats aro brought In every year.
Sleepers for Street Cars.
Cleveland, O. Councilman Spooner
will present to the city council n res
olution asking street railway officials
to put into operation a dozen or so
cars equipped "with Bleeping facilities,
to be run from 10 p. m. to 7 a. m.
"Pity for tho youth Incited this
Idea," Bald Spoonor. "You see, our
town Is getting so big it takes moro
than an hour to travel from ono end
to tho other.
"Young men after visiting tholr
girls could take the sleeper and Bleep
until time to go to work. Six cents
an hour would be a fair price."
to Sand Fly
Lombardy and othor parts of northern
Italy, In tho AuBtrlas, in Gascony,
Roumanla and Corfu. It Is common In
lower Egypt, whero in cortaln villages
Dr. Sandwlth found as many as 3G
per cent of tho Inhabitants to be af
fected. Dr. Lavinder found it still
more common in upper Egypt. Doc
tors Cuthbert, Drown and G. C. Low
havo recognized it In Barbados, and
several other authors havo mentioned
its occurrence among tho Zulus and
Basutos of South Africa, whllo Dr. U.
Ilay observed sovoral case during
a brief stay In North Behar, In India.
All exchange of vlows of these men
who form tho Investigation committee
tended to tho conclusion that tho mal
ady is essentially of a chronic charac
ter und chiefly affects cultivators of
tho soli. A largo number of pellagrous
peasants end tholr days In lunatic asy
lums, whllo many moro drag out a mis
erable existence In their natlvo vll
lages. The changos discovered aftor
death havo been of such a character
as to indicate a general tissue degen
eratlon, moro especially of the brain
and norvous system.
Tho tendency to melancholy, imbecll
Ity or mania and tho curiously muraml
fled state of tho body are qulto pe
cullar to tho dlscnse, and point to some
special cause for tho group of aymp
toms with which tboy aro associated,
For nmnv years It war iirkhtthuI thnt
this cause waB ono to bo found In tho
oxtenslvo use of maize, often of dam
agou, maize, as a stuplo artlclo of
diet among tho populations chiefly uf
fectcd. and this viow derived nlmmihll
lty from the conditions existing In
Lombardy, whero tho food of the pens
antry has consisted of this grain of
tholr own growing, tho product of poor
ly cultivated ground, sown late, har
vested before maturity, stored care
lesaly In Its wet state and either made
Into a sort of porridge or Into loaves
which wero baked hastily on the sur
faco and left wet within, largo enough
for a week's consumption, and apt to
turn sour and moldy beforo tho week
had expired.
Preserving the Unities.
"How do you liko this now novel?'
"It opens all right. The author men
Hons a million dollars In tho first para
graph and follows It with nlno pages
of automobllo talk." Kansas City
Journal
mm Hn
Can a man bo a free-thinker? Hard
ly, becauso his mind Is not his own.
Tho mind was only lont to man, and
ho might lose It, nt any moment. Nor
waB It always available. Ho could
not ubo It whon carried away by pas
sion, or under tho pressure of physical
pain. Only after somo yeard waB ho
regarded as at tho ngo of reason, and
ho thon begins n career In which ho
frequently refused tho commonest dic
tates of reason, and often arrived nt
the end to find that his sonses woro
deadened by drugs or disease, and his
mind crazed by suffering.
Thus tho amount of time which tho
nverngo man could dovoto to froo
thought was to Bay the loast, very
Inconsiderable. When he did think,
he found his liberty restricted by
many laws. If ho wero a moral man,
thero woro many things on which ho
could not mcdltate, unless at heart a
criminal; If ho were nn Intellectual
man ho would observe tho rules of cor
rect thinking, If ho did not want to.
land In tho fire; and If ho woro n
modest man he would not claim omni
science In anything at tho risk of be
ing absurd.
Man could not manufacture now
truths by imagining or desiring
them; nor could ho set OBldo old ones
becauso they were Irksome and Imply
moral obligations. Tho unlverso did
not depend upon what ho thought of
It, and his Intellect was always under
tho necessity of fitting Itself to tho
eternal realities. A froo thinker pro
fessedly Ignored spiritual things
which wore nevertheless tho greatest
factors In tho development of the
human race, and ho restricted himself
to memorizing and repeating what ho
read or heard about tho material uni
verse. Ho rarely examined for him
self, but pinned his faith to systoms
and theories which wero continually
shown to bo falso and wero mostly
what a conspicuous atheist said of
Darwinism "fictions;" poetical accum
ulations of probabilities without,
proofs, aud of attractive descriptions
without demonstration.
Tho free thinker denounced all sub
mission to authority ob derogatory to
the dignity of tho human mind, al
though the ndmlBsIon of testimony
whoso truth was vouched for was a
most rational' act, without which hu
man society could not subsist for a
moment Ho was particularly antago
nistic to tho testimony of Christ,
though no reasonable man could pos
sibly reject it Ho thus restricted his
field of knowledge within tho narrow
est limits and built a fence around It
over which he refused to look.
Faith, tho free thinker regarded
as intellectual stagnation, though
nothing had so fostered Intellectual
growth as Christianity. Tho blind
man who had recovered his Bight did
not shut his eyes and go- to sleep;
nor did tho cripple who was carried
to the summit of a mountain avert
his gaze from the scene beforo him.
Tho rejection of Christ was tho re
jection of the eternal and inflnlto
truth which the flnlto Intellect of man
waB Intended in Its own limited wny
to reflect Tho mind that did not do
so was defective. '
MADE STRONGER BY SORROW
Lesson to Be Learned in the Song of
the Psalmist: "My Heart Is
Fixed, O God!"
"My benrt Is fixed, O God, my heart
1b fixed. I will sing and glvo praise."
Psalm 67:7.
It Is easy to say such things whon
llfo goes smoothly, but this psalmist
said nnd meant them when things
were dark with him. He sang himself
into confidence and good cheer. In
tho dark he believed In tho dawn.
Liko flowers that glvo their perfume
after sunset and aro sweetest when
the night dews are falling, this sing
er's religion became moro fragrant
and stronger In the night of Borrow,
The repetition of tho phrase, "My
heart is fixed" with Its direct address
to God, adds emphasis and leads up
to tho unalterable determination, "I
will sing nnd glvo praise," in splto of
everything that might causo sobs and
tears to choice tho song.
For fixed hearts wo must havo fixed
determination, not fluctuating and
soon broken intentions. Wo must
havo steadfast affections and not flut
tering lovo that like a butterfly alights
now ou this, now on that blossom, but
which files straight as a carrier
pigeon to his coto and bears us direct
to God. Wo must also have continu
ous realization of our dependence on
God and of God's sweet sufficiency,
going with us through all tho day,
Fixed determination, steadfast love,
constant thought theso, at least, aro
elements making up tho fixed heart of
tho psalmlBt.
Wo should not trouble ourselves
with tho question whother the ldenl of
tho psalmist can ovor bo completely
realized. Wo aro a long way on this
sldo of bucIi a realization and need
not bo Inquisitive as to the final
Btaccs which may or may not be pos.
slble, until wo have advanced at least
n fow stages further. Let us pray.
"Unlto my heart to fear thy namo;"
make the resolve, "My heart is fixed
I will Blng and give pralso," and listen
obediently to tho command, "Ho ex.
hortcd them all that with purpose of
heart they should cleave unto the
r.ord "Alexander Maclaren, D. D.
A Pleasing Sense of Health and
Strength Renewed and of
Ease and Comfort
follows tho rise of Syrup of Eigs aniS
Elixir of Senna, as it acts gently on
tho kidneys, liver and bowels, cleans
ing tho system effectually, when con
stipated, or bilious, and dispels colds
and headaches.
To got its beneficial effects, always
buy tho genuine, manufactured bjj
tho California Pig Syrup Co.
FITTED TO BE 8TARS.
Wiggins Say, Ragsy, It's a wonder
Boy hasn't started up do baseball game
In Russia long ago.
Ragsy What put dat in yor head?
Wiggins 'Causo doy nro such good
runnors.
HELP FOR THE AGED.
No Need to Longer Suffer from Kidney
Trouble.
Mrs. Cathorino Sullivan, 1712 Mot
tatt St, Joplln, Mo., says: "Like most
eldorly peoplo, I suffered from kidney
rouble for years. My back ached in
tensely and thor
was a fe'ollng of
numbness in my
splno. My hand
cramped and th
urinary passages
wero profuso. Doc
tors prescribed for
mo but I was not
benefited. At last I
began taking Doan's Kidney Pills.
They drovo my troubles away, arid 1
now enjoy excellent health."
Remember tho namo Doan's.
For salo by all doalerB. 50 cents ft
box. Foster-MUburn Co.. Buffalo, N. T.
Importation of Leeches.
Leeches aro enumerated by the bu
reau of statistics under ltn general
head of animals Imported, the total
value of tho Imports of this species
In 1908 having been $5,341; in 1907.
16,922; in 190G, $4,494; in 1905, $3,862;
In 1904, $3,589; in 1903, $3,240, and La
1902, $2,412 the commerco In leechos
bolng thus of a growing character.
Thp total value of the leeches im
ported into tho United States in th
decado ending with 1908, is about $40,
000. Leeches aro Imported froo of
duty. Snails wore at one tlmo enu
merated as an artlclo of Importation,
the records from 1891 to 1898 showing
snails Imported to tho oxtent of about
$5,000; but tho snail trade so dwin
dled, showing only $24 of Imports in
1898, that the bureau discontinued It
statements of this artlclo.
The Simple Shepherd!
A Cockney, whllo spending his holi
days In tho Highlands, mot an old
shepherd driving a flock of sheep.
Wishing to show off n bit, ho said:
"Now, If I woro a shepherd I would
teach tho sheep to follow mo."
"Oh, aye," said the shepherd, "an
I hiv nae doot yo wld manage, for
if thoy saw anlther snoop In front
they wid be sure to follow." Tit-Bits.
Something Visible.
"Show mo somo tiaras, please. I
want one for my wife."
"Yes, sir. About what prlco?"
"Well, at such a prlco that I can
say 'Do you see mat woman witn me
tiara? Sho Is my wlfo.'"
Odd Fellows' Paper?
Wright He'B going to call his new
paper tho Sausage Links.
Pbiimon Bo In threo sections, I
suppose Yonkors Statesman.
A dear brain and
Steady, dependable nerves
Can win wealth and fame
For their owner.
Clear hcadedness and a
Strong, healthy body
Depend largely on the
Right elements in
Regular food and drink.
Coffee contains caffeine
r poisonous drug.
Postum is rich in the
Gluten and phosphates that
Furnish the vital energy
That puts "ginger" and
"hustle"
Into body and brain.
"There's a Reason"