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THE SEMl WEtKlY IR1B1M IHA U BARIB. Publtihtr. TERMS, $t.M IN ADVANCE NOrtTH PL ATT K NEBRASKA FACTS ABOUT THE OSTRICH Because of Resemblance to Camel, Said to Be Connecting Link Be l twcen Beasts and Birds. Tho ostrich, becnuso of Its rescm. olanco to tlio cnmcl, lias been said to 60 the connecting link between bensts Mid birds, says a writer on tho den izens of tho bird kingdom. There Is a horny oxcrcBcenco on tho breast of both tho dromedary and tho ostrich, jon which they lean whllo resting; they havo similarly formed feet; tho lamo muscular neck; their food Ib much tho same, and both can go an incredibly long tlmo without water. Moreover an ostrich nevor flies, nor Is It possible for It to lift Itself from tho ground In tho slightest do grco by tho uso of Its wings; but llko tho camol It is very swift-footed. In Its nattvo country tho shells of tho eggs afford nlmost tho only house hold utensils used. An egg will weigh from three to four pounds and Is equal to two dozen hen's eggs. It requires 35 minutes to boll ono, nnd longer If required hard. A fresh egg Is worth $25. Tho kcQper of nn ostrich farm sayB tho birds nro tho only thing ho over tried that ho has not succeeded In taming. Thoy nro known to llvo to bo sovonty-fivo years old, and Bomo think thoy will reach a hundred. Thoy aro about eight feet In height Their hearing and sight nro very acute, and theso seem to bo nbout all tho senso thoy aro blessed with. Their legs nro Tory powerful, and nro tho only weap on of defenso; when thoy attack nn cnomy thoy do so by kicking, but al ways Btrlko forward and novcr back ward. Tho cholco "ostrich fenthorfl" aro found only In tho wings; tho un dressed feathers vary In prlco, having boon ns low as $25 per pound and as high as $200, and thero nro from 70 to 90 fonthers In a pound. A Blnglo bird rnroly furnishes moro thnn n dozen flno feathers, and tho birds themselves, If flno onos, nro valued at $1,000 per pair. Naval Gun Power. There Is a tendency to judgo tho Tiowcr of n ship by tho amount of tnetnl which enn bo thrown If all tho guns woro fired simultaneously and without regard to whether they could bo brought to bear upon an onomy or could bo fired ns fast In war as thoy can bo fired In theory on paper. This method of Judging a ship of. war Is somewhat analogous to tho cannibal's idea of effective music. To an untu tored savage tho most effectives plnno would bo ono In which tho loud pedal wwi always on, and tho player In ordor to produco tho greatest volumo of iDund struck all tho notes at onco. To tho practised enr tho result would not bo music. In tho samo way to tho ex pert gunnery officer tho idea of mounting ob many guns as possiblo In a ship it may bo crovdlng them to gether so closely as to becomo a danger to tho crow rather than tho enemy and firing them nil at onco Is not effective gunnery. Naval shoot ing is no longer a matter of dis charging a numbor of sheila haphazard in tho hopo that n proportion of them win hit tno enemy, it tins becomo a very exact science Casslor's Maga zlne. 1 The Lost Pluo Hat. I "Tho old provorb, 'Findln'8 Is kcop In'a,' usually holds good In tho enso of a silk, hat said tho man. "Persons who loso silk hats aro always roluctant to claim them. I havo found excollont silk hats, and I know othor pooplo who havo found hats Just as good, but no body over tried to got them back Thoy woro well worth advertising for, too. Who can explnin this disregard for stray silk hats? Is it duo to mod esty? Were thoy lost under conditions so incriminating that tho tosor would rather buy another hat than roveal his whereabouts and tho clrcumstancos that caused him to loso his hat? That hypothesis hardly scorns tenable, bo causo most silk hats aro picked up in very roputnblo placca. Still tho fact romalns that any person finding a silk hat is protty suro to bo allowod to ro jolco in Its possession unmolested by tho owner." Now York Sun. Inference Easily Drawn. A man who Bolls vacuum cleaners with a pianola attachment relates tho following bit of a yarn ovcry tlmo he gots a chanco: "I guess that that near-sighted fol low that calU on sister Is getting worse," said a smnll boy, ngod twelve, possibly called Jlmmio. "That Ib enough from you," said tho Indignant sister. "Wbnt makes you think ho Is got. ting worse?" inquired tho father of tho son, possibly called Jlmmio. "Ilccauso I heard sister ask him last night If ho thought sho wns tho blarney stono," replied tho boy, pos ulbly called Jlmmio. Law Would Havp Barred Author, ueau mauleys handwriting was atrocious. Tho lato Lord Lyttloton handed in an amendment to tho tory reform bill of Lord Derby. Tho clork at tho tnblo could not read It, nor could any ono olso, At laBt, Lord Lit 'tloton a raro scholar and an accom plished man of letters was asked to read It hlmsolf. Ho explained that, though ho could not protctad to road tho text, Us purposo was to enact that do man should bo admitted to tho poll 'unless ho could sign his uwu name ia legible handwriting. Perhaps tho most powerful mnn in Abyssinia, during tho crisis through which that country is passing, ts Rns Tos8ama, chief of tho regency. Ho haB identified himself with tho policy of tho sick emperor, nnd It wns ho who carried out tho recent coup d'etat which deposed Empress Taltu from tho regency. He and his colleague, Itas Qlorgls. put In her place as third regent lias Mlkael.son-in-law of Menellk and father of LldJ Jcosbu, heir to tho tbrono. It wns Has Tessama who. In 1898, nt tho Instance of tho French mission under Bon champs, was sent to tho Whlto Nile to cooperate with Marchand In his advance on Fashoda, which nearly brought Franco and England to war. POLICE STUDY DOGS Successful Use of Canines At tracts Attention of British Officers. Great Britain Once More Following Up In Rear of Her' Continental Rivals and Taking Cue From Trjelr Advancement. London. Groat Britain Is onco moro following up In tho rear of her conti nental rivals ond taking a lent from tholr books. At last oho Is thinking nbout It. That Is, in tho adoption of tho dogglo pollcoman. Tho forco num bers only ono at present, and ho. tho dog, is attached to tho Berks constab ulary. It, ts a good many yonra slnco Major Richardson of Harrow boenmo a dog trnlnor, his pack of bloodhounds being a famed loL It was Major Rich ardson who trained tho docs which did bucIi good work by picking up wounded soldiers on tho battleflolds of Manchuria and which helped tho Spaniards at Molllla. Kvon boforo that both Franco and ncrmany ronllzod tho possibilities of trained dogs ns auxiliaries to their gondarmerlo and police forces. In RuBBtn, too, tho dog policeman Is known. A story Just reached horo from Moscow about n dog known ns Tref, which Is becoming a porfoct ter ror to ovil-dnors. A number of bank notes and other valuables liml boon stolon from a Moscow gentlomnn named Pokrofsky, and Trot's sorvlces woro requisitioned. Ho was put on tho scent of tho thtof, and, after taking a circuitous routo, entorod n night shelter, mnklnj; straight for an old coat bolongtng to Dares Death New York Zoo Employee Enters Cages of Diamond Rattlers to Clean, and Has Close Call. Now York. Houscclennlng day In tho deiiB of tho poisonous reptiles nt tho Now York Zoological park, Is fraught with danger to tho keepers. A largo numbor of persons watched tho cleaning of tho rattlesnakes' cagos recently, Slowly tho cage of tho diamond-backed rattlers was opened from tho rear. With a forked stick tho snakes wero gently urged Into a cor ner. Ono went ovor willingly, as if trained. Another started, but half way across tho floor stopped and flung himself into a coll nnd raised his wicked head, and tho humming of his rnttloB wan distinctly heard by tho watchers. Tho keoper backed away till hu wub COMMANDING FIGURE IN ABYSSINIA a houso painter, who was known un der tho namo of Aloxander. Tho sum of 500 rubles, which hnd boon stolen from M. Pokrofsky, was found In ono of tho pockets of tho coat That London Ib evidently thinking about following tho example of Dorks seems likely, as F. S. Bullock, oho of tho chlot constables of tho Metropoli tan police, has bocn ovor in Paris having n look nt tho kcnnols of tho po llco dogs nt Montrougo. London wants to know something about tho uso of thoso dogB beforo getting any of her own. In somo of tho favorlto "burglary" districts, as thoy aro known, such as Hnmpstond, Ealing, Harrow and there abouts, householders havo not waited for tho "swearing In" of any dog con Pie the Key Hale Man of Ninety-Seven Names Best Kind of Food to Eat to Be Centenarian. Bellovlllo, 111. Tho most remark nblo man In Bcllovllle. Benjamin West, who Is nlnoty-sovon yenrs old, straight ns a soldier and spry, has given tho world tho secret of longev ity. Hero It Is: "P i e." Any kind of plo will do n3 a steady diet, from Washington plo to lemon merlnguo, snys Mr. West. All kinds nro equally stimulating and helpful. Mr. West was formerly a merchant In Bellovlllo, but ho rotlred In 1S81", nnd has slnco lived In Minneapolis. Twlco each year ho comes to Belle vlllo to visit his son, Robert. "I'm going to hnvo n contennlnl in thrco years," ho said whllo hero last. Among Snakes boyond tho length of tho snnko's body, when ho gently put his crotch of tho stick over tho roptllo's head, and, ta king him in his hands, just back of tho head, dropped him into a sack, which ho tied up and put in n box. Tho othor snakes, having been urged Into tho corner, a board throe feet wldo was stood up against tho wall, shutting out tho light. This darkening of tho cage genornlly keeps them quiet till tho cage has been cleaned, but tills day It didn't. Whllo tho koeper was scrubbing tho wall n snnko reared Itself back of tho board and looked around tho cage. The keeper pnused, not daring to movo, till tho head slowly lowered again. Thon with n whlto faco tho man backed out of tho cage. A blanket was laid over the top of tho board until tho clcanlug was finished. stables, but havo acquired somo of their own from Major Richardson, with very satisfactory results. "It Is no uso having a dog that won't bite," says Major Richardson, "and theso dogs, If they catch hold of a man, will worry him Just llko a rnb bIL Tho dog Is hold on a chain nnd wears a specially contrived muzzle, which provontB him picking up poison. Thoy can hear a Bound 400 yards further than a policeman, nnd If a man Is hiding In a garden they can scent him out when a pollcoman might pass him by. Their senses are ovon moro acuta nt night than by day." World Champion Milk Producer. ColumblnMo. Chief Josephine, tho Ilolstoln nt tho state farm, gave 98 pounds of milk tho other day, and haB been averaging 90 pounds' a day slnco her tests began. It Is claimed she will provo tho champion milk producer of tho world. to Longevity 'Rules of health? Well, I can't Bay that I havo uny. I hnvo just lived a prudent life. I do not know tho tnsto of whisky or wlno. When I was living hero I tried to drink beer, but I didn't llko the taste of It and I guess 1 never got enough of it In my system to hurt mo. "I never smoked, but I chew tobnc co, not to excess, though just 0 cou plo of small chows a dny. I havo mado It a rulo to eat not moro than ono pound of meat n yenr. "I never miss my thrco big meals n day. Next to plo I llko vegetables best as n steady diet. I am not a vegetarian, but I hnvo proved In my own enso at least that vegetables nro the healthiest food. 1 cat milk and eggs but I llko cabbago, beets, turnips, corn and potatoes much better." Mr. West said thnt ho had not been 111 n dny In yenrs. As a young mnn ho wns sickly nnd It wns predicted that ho would dlo beforo ho was thirty. At ninety-seven his whlto hair Is tho only 'Indication of his extreme ago, Ho takes long walks, every day and carries a enne, not for tho support but tor style. Ho wenrs tho frock coat and tho broad slouch tint ouco typical of tho "southern gentleman.' Ha wns born In Virginia when Uncle Sam was winning tho 1812 pennant tn tho championship series with John Bull. Sickness Causes $55,000,000 Loss. London. About $55,000,000 Ib annu ally lost by tho wago earning class In this country owing to temporary lna bill ty to work through sickness or lunacy, said Stephen Paget at tho Lon don School of Economics recently. ' Capable. "Is your now maid cnpablo?" "Yes, Indeed, Sho can toll callors don't want to soe that I'm out und makothom bellevo It." ASTY LIMA BEAN SALAD Recipe for Making One That win Bo Found Exceptionally Good. Ono tinned vegetable that yields a delicious salad for uso. whllo the fresh green things nro still scarco is lima beans. Uso for this tho contents of a halt or a whole can, according to tho num ber to bo served. Simmer In boiling wntcr until tender, then drnln and chill thoroughly. Servo on lettuce leaves dressed with olthcr mayonnalso or French dressing, according to tnsto, or French dressing made with thick crenm Instead of oil would bo tnsty. sprinkling of pamley, chives nnd celery all flnoly minced and combined, or of any one of tho three used singly, s considered an Improvement by some salad oplcurcs. In tho way of a company dessorl hen tho enrly strawberries flrBt be gin to bo nvntlnblc, crush slight! enough of tho borrtcs to half fill n ring mold. Flu tho mold up afterward with lemon jelly. Tho prepared Jollj will servo for this. Just beforo it ii to be cnton turn out upon a platter nnd fill tho hollow center of tho rlnj with stiffly whipped cream. Pass wllb It lady fingers or nngel food. FOR PACKING AWAY CLOTHES Physician Says Ounce Bottle of Chlor oform Is Better Than Camphor. Better than camphor, according to a physician, In packing away clothes, is an ounce bottlo of chloroform, with a put cork, so that tho fumes may grad ually evaporate. Put tho bottlo in tho bottom of tho trunk. Theso fumes will not only kill moths, but mrfny dlsoaso germs. Caro must be taken not to In hale tho fumes when opening tho trunk. All clothing should bo put away ns clean ns possible If thoro aro pock- ts, turn insldo out nnd brush thor- oughly. Take soiled niching from tho necks of dresses and shields from under tho arms. A few bits of char coal wrapped In tlssuo paper and laid among tho clothing will prevent tho unpleasant odor that is often noticed when tho air has been excluded for somo time. TO SERVE WITH MEAT. With roast veal, tomato sauce, cran berry sauce, horseradish and lemons are good. With roast mutton, currant Jolly, ca per sauce. wun oroiiea mutton, onion sauce and caper sauce. wun oroiiea rowio, Dread sauce, onion snuco, lemon sauce, cranberry sauce, jellies, also cream sauce. With roast Iamb, mint sauco. With roast turkey, .cranberry saucs and currant Jelly. With boiled turkey, oyster Bauco. With venison or wild ducks, cran berry sauco, currant Jelly. With roast goose, applo sauce, cran berry sauce, grapo or currant Jelly. With boiled fresh mackerel, stowed gooseberries. 111111. wuu uonea Diucnsn, cream sauco. lemon sauco. Carving Meat. 10 BUCCCSSIUHV enrvn mont nnn rauft know' how to control tho knlfo, When carving a slice of meat, after tho first Incision has boen mado tho nngla at which tho knlfo is hold must novcr bo altered or a Jagged sllco will bo tho result. Tho cut should bo direct, sharp and Inclslvo. Tho sawliko motion should not enter Into tho operation. As a rulo tho knlfo should bo held firmly but lightly, so that too much Julco will not bo Bqucezed out from tho meat. By using tho point of tho knlfo lightly as a wedgo and tho fork as a lever, even a big fowl mny bo easily Jointed, provided tho carvor Is awaro exactly how tho Joint is situ atcd and held together. Raised Buns. To ono pint of raised broad dough ndd ono cupful of granulated sugar, ono-hnlf cupful of soft butter, ono bent en egg, ono-hnlf cupful of milk nnd one-half lovel teaspoonful of soda When well mixed ndd enough sifted bread flour to mako of tho consistency of, bread dough and so that it can bo kneadod well. Cover nnd let rise in n warm placo until light. Thon work In threo-qunrters of n cupful of cur rants nnd a half teaspoonful of lomon flavoring. Mako small buns, not larger than an egg, nnd set closely In a but tered pan. Let rlso light nnd bnko, Brush tho tops with sugar and water when taken from tho oven. Flower Cake Decorations. If you deslro a beautiful decoration for a whlto cake, securo fresh violets from your garden or tho florist, says the Woman's Homo Companion. Make a sirup of sugar and water. Dip tho violets carefully Into this and put nsldo on n plnttor to harden. If you aro enreful to let tho sirup hair beforo dipping tho flowers, thoy will In a fow moments bo rondy to adorn the enko, Any smnll flowers may bo treated In this way. Arrange In a wreath or garland. Baking-Powder Biscuits. Mix nnd sift twlco two cupfuln of flour, four toaspoonfulB of baking pow der nnd ono-hnlf teaspoonful of salt, Work In two tnblcspoonfuls of butter with tips of fingers nnd add gradually three-fourths of a cupful of milk, mix Ing quickly with n cnsoknlfo. Cut out and bnko In a quick oven, Woman Homo Companion. ON THE COLLEGE NINE. " 'Taln't no' uso talkln. Cyras, thet boy of ourn certainly do lovo th' coun try. Ho writ mo er letter yostorday nn sez ho was overjoyed 'causo thor going ter put him In th' right field next summer." 16 YEARS OF SKIN DISEASE 'For sixteen long years I havo been suffering with a bad caso of Bkin dls easo, Whllo n child thoro broko out n red soro on tho legs just In back of my knees. It waxed from bad to worse, and at last I saw I had a bad skin, disease. I tried many widely known doctors In different cities but to no satisfactory rosult Tho plaguo both ered mo moro In warm weather than In winter nnd being on my leg joints it mado It imposslblo for mo to walk, and I was forced to stay Indoors In tho warmest weather. My hopes of recov ery wero by this tlmo spent Sleepless nights and restless days mado llfo an unbearable burden. At last I was advised to try tho Cutlcura remedies Cutlcurn Soap, Ointment nnd Pills, and I did not need moro than a trial to convinco mo that I was on tho road of success this tlmo. I bought two seta of tho Cutlcura Remedies nnd after theso wero gono I was a differ ent mnn entirely. I am now tho ha; plcst man that thoro is at least ono truo caro for skin diseases. Leonard A. Hawtof, 11 Nostrand Avo., Brook lyn, N. Y., July 30 nnd Aug. 8, '09." The Bald-Headed Man. . "The wife's clothes must match the husband's hair this year." "That's all right; my wife's dresses aro always dccolletto." Important to Mothers Examine carulully ovcry bottlo of CASTORIA, a safe and, suro remedy for Infants and children, and see that it y.yjf "CO? . Signature ol(X In TJso For Ovo'r at) Years. The Kind You Havo Always Bought A Motor Boat. Anybody that likes can havo a mo tor boat of his own. Just mako a thin pleco of wood, or a calling card Into tho shapo of a boat and put n notch In tho stern. Put a pleco of common cam phor gum Into tho notch so that It reaches below tho bottom of tho boat Then put tho boat into a pan of clean water. It will movo steadily forward as tho camphor dissolves. Tho water must bo perfectly clean and thero must bo no greaso of any kind on tho .inside of tho pan or on your flngerr ir tho experiment may bo spoiled. Harvard College. This celebrated Instltootlon Is pleas antly situated In tho barroom of Par ker's, in School street, and has pooplls from nil over tho country. I had a let ter yes'd'y, by the way, from our mootual son, Artemus, Jr., who Is at Bowdoin collego, in Maine. Ho writes mo that ho Ib a Bowdoin Arab. & is It cum to this? Is this boy as I nurtured with a parent's caro into his child hood's hour Is ho goln' to bo a grato American humorist? Alara, I fear It is too troo. Why didn't I bind him out to tho Patent ravelin Vcgetablo Pll Mnn, as was Btruck with his appear ance nt our last county fair, & wanted him to go with him and bo a Pllllst? Ar, theso boys they llttlo know how tho old folks worrit about 'em From Life's Reprint From ArtemusWard. Up to Pa. "Pnpa, sistor's a liar!" "Why, why! Jennie, you mustn't say such things." "I can prove it by your own Belf. Last night I heard her say, 'Charllo, 111 cnll pnpa if you dare to do it again!' And he did it twlco moro. Did you hear her call?" FEED CHILDREN On Properly Selected Food. It Paya Big Dividends. If parents will glvo Just a llttlo In tolllgont thought to tho feeding of tholr children tho difference In tho health of tho llttlo folks will pay, many times ovor, for tho small trouble. A mother writes snylng; "Our chil dren nro all so much better and stronger than they over woro beforo we mndo a change In the character of tho food. Wo havo quit using pota toes threo times a day with coffeo and so much meat "Now wo glvo tho llttlo folks somo fruit, elthor fresh Btewed, or canned, Bonio Grape-Nuts with cream, occa sionally Bomo soft boiled eggs, and somo Postura for breakfast and sup per. Then for dinner they havo some moat and vegetables. "It would bo hard to rcalizo the chango in tho children, they have grown bo sturdy and strong, nnd wo attribute this chango to tho food ele ments thnt, I understand, exist in G'npe-Nuts and Postum. "A short tlmo ago my bnby was toothing nnd had a great deal of stom ach and bowol trouble. Nothing seemed to agree with him until I tried Gropo-Nuts softened and mixed with rich milk, and ho Improved rapidly and got sturdy and well." Read "Tho Road to Wellvllle," found in pkga. "There's a reason." Kvrr remt tlm above Irtterf A new ono nppenrn from time to time. TUey nre Kcnulur, true, and (all of bums I Intercut. , , . t I