! I ii , i.-Ts3 , W 4'i Bluo Balloons. In cnso you ever fool tempted to buy a balloon don't buy a bluo one Red ohm ato tho best Thoro Is a Bclcntlflc reason why. According to tho re searches of M. Keynaud, caoutchouc la strongly attracted by tho ultra violet rays from tho mercury vapor lamp with a quartz tube, which Is a power ful Bourco of such rays. This fact has a practical bearing in connection with balloon envolopes, which nro treated with caoutchouc. Aeronauts nro fa miliar with the discovery that tho en velopes suffer during nscouslons, .nud this Is explained by tho greater effect of ultra violet rays nt high nltltudes. Experiment had nlready led to using yellow coloring matter on tho envel opes nnd red balloons nro sometimes seen, but never blue or violet M. Iteynnud considers that red Is tho best color to use, as It not only absorbs tho ultra violet rays, but also tho blue rays, nnd theso last nro likely to share In tho bad action of the sun's rays upon balloons. Now York "World. He's Still Running, A gontlomnn In n Manchester restau rant tho other day thought bo would hnvo n Joko with tho waiter and asked him if ho had ever seen a snusago roll. "Say," said tho waiter, "I havo not only seen n snusago roll, but I havo seen a biscuit box, n tnblo spoon, a chimney sweep, n chain link, a noso gay, a camera slide, a garden fence, a sword flsb, a wall flower." But when ho got to a "flro escape," tho gentleman thought It was high tiino for him to escnpo too. As ho wont tho waiter wont with him, saying, "A trap turn, a cako walk, n mountain climb, a sky lark, a Honey comb, a hnlf crown" But by this timo tho gentleman Joker was half way down tho street in a dazed condition. London Ideas. Rook Salt Discovered by Accident. The great rock salt deposits of Louis iana were discovered by accident in May, 18G2. Salt was very scarco at that time, and tho proprietor of tho Island's salt works, John Marsh Avery, determined to' profit by it With this end in view ho commenced to deepen his wells. lOno negro workmnn, after going down Bixteen feel, cawo to Mr. Avery with tho new3 that ho had struck a sunken log, and could pro ceed no further. Mr. Avery investigat ed and found, not a log, but tho great rock salt dopbslt that has made Louis iana famous throughout tho country. Tho discovery did not como altogether as n surprise, as Thomassy had pre dicted that a great rock salt deposit would ono day bo discovered in eaoh of tho flvo Gulf Islands, nnd perhaps in other portions of tho state. Since tho closo of tho wnr, rock salt has been nn Important contributing factor in tho mineral wealth of the state. Nationnl Magazine. Tho Wagon Wheel Paradox. A very interesting paradox is tho ono concerning nn ordinary wagon wheel, .which is Bolld nnd rigid, yet, when fas 'tened on its nxlo on a wagon, when tho wagon moves part of tho circumfer ence of tho wheel which is in contact with the ground is for an instant nt absolute rest, while tho point directly perpendicular to it is flying along at a high rato of speed. Tho two points horizontal with tho center of the wheel are traveling pretty fast, but only half as fast as tho topmost point, nnd as tho up going horizontal point Increases in speed tho down going ono slows up until it is at rest for a moment when In contact with tho ground. Yet the wheel is one solid piece and there are only two points going at tho same rato of speed at the same time. Yet if tho wheel is taken off tho axle and rolled down an Incline every point of the cir cumference moves at tho same rato of epeed. Notice. The county board of equalization will be in session twenty days commencing Tuesday, Juno 11th, 1912, for the pur pose of equalizing the valuations of real and personal property. 29-8 Marriage. "Don't sneer at tho Ghlneso literati nnd tho ancient Chlncso literature." Tho speaker was the Ohlneso consul general in San Francisco. Ho contin ued: "Our ancient Chinese literature Is wise. Take, for example, ouo of Its epigrams on marriage. Could anything .bo wiser than this: " 'Marriage Is liko a besieged city those without nil want to get in, nnd thoso within all want to get out.' " A Mean Insinuation. It was at ono of tho famous "frol ics" given by tho Lambs. Mr. Charles Frohmau had inodo an extremely neat and npproprlato speech. Thero was loud applause nt Us finish, and then, "Author, author!" cried Mr. Augustus Thomas, standing up on his chair. Money. Bacon Money will do almost any thing. Egbert It won't tako a blot from your escutcheon. "Perhaps not, but It will buy a lot more escutcheons." Yonkers Statesman. Waves and Surf, Long and oscillatory waves run by gravity, tho first agitating tho water to nearly tho same amount nt all depths, whilo tho chief disturbance duo to tho latter confines itself to tho upper lay ers of tho water. Theso oscillatory waves, tho most typical cxainplo of which is perhaps furnished by tho "swell," or regular rolling waves which continue to run in deep water after a storm, will break on n shelving shoro when their height is nbout equal to the depth of water. When tho depth Is sufficient to nllow tho oscillations to proceed unimpeded no progressive mo tion uuies pmco, cucu cumiim uuiuk kept in its place by tho pressure of surrounding columns. If, however free oscillation Is prevented, ns by tho interposition of n rock or by tho shelv ing of tho shore, the columns in tho deep wntor nro not balanced by thoso in tho shallower, nnd thus they ncqulro a progressive motlou and form "break ers." For this reason waves always break against tho shore, whatever is tho direction of tho wind. One Was Enough. Hub You say I'vo only ono fault Well, if that's all, I can't be such a bad husband. Wife William, a quar ter with a hole in it has only ono fnnlt, but what uso is it? Boston Transcript Repression and Suppression. Mnud-ack Rawkins sang up at our house last night. Alice Did he let himself out? Maud No; father show ed him tho door quick. Boston Tran script. A Game Loser, "He's a game loser, isn't he?' "I should say he Is I Ho doesn't seem to care what his wlfo and children havo to go without." Detroit Freo Press. For Sale or Trade for farm land, young cattle, milch cows or sheep on a dollar basis. Two of the finest and best bred trotting stallions in Illlinois, a few brood mares, young colts and sucking colts. Any one interested can get any information wanted by ad dressing me through tho editor of this psper. D. J. McDonald. Aurora, 111. r Short Orders a Specialty With Us. Drop in the next time and have a trial of the most up-to-date place in the city OPEN AJjTj NIGHT.' Opposite Depot PALACE CAFE iiiiiMiwiiiiiBiinasMiiiiMMiwnnmn cs5v 5at eX?A "brAtt-Aj . Jj-rr-'Vw 3 a:w H X-TOL7 When a New Perfection Comes in at the Door Heat and Dirt Fly Out at the Window. What would it mean to you to have heat and dirt banished from your kitchen this Bummer to be free from the blazing range, free from ashes and soot? jfflew IferSction. rj i -i ?m irnr.n h w.i.'. i m Oil Cook-stove With the New Perfection Oven, the New Perfection Store i the most complete cooking device on the market. It is jutt m quick end handy, too, for washing and ironing. This Stove saves Time It saves Labor It saves Fuel It saves YOU Madr with 1 , 2 and 3 bum era,, with long, enameled, tur. quoiiebluechimneTi, Hand. naitlr finished throughout. The 2- and 3-burner atore can be had with or without a cabinet top, which ii fitted with drop thtrrf , towel racks, etc All dealers carry the New Perfection Stove. Free Cool Rook with ererjritove. Cook. Book abo given to anyone arndua 5 cents tp cover mail, ing cost, STANDARD OIL COMPANY NEBRASKA Omalta Tho' Influence of Flowers, Centuries ago grcnt, elitbornto books wero written nbout flowers, nnd the kinds oven then were many nud some of tho forms were marvelous. Wor ship nnd pralso hnvo centered nbout flowers nnd gnrlnnds rntlicr than nbout tho fruits thnt wo eat This marks them to hnvo been considered ns of tho higher things. All holy nud great occasions need them If tho occasions nro complete. Not n soul but responds to blossoms oven though he knows It not. No soul passes a Illy In blow, nn npplo orchard In May, a clover field swept with red or n good gnrden lying nt his feet, but thnt some mere reflec tion of It enters into his mind nnd lodges Itself In somo nexus of tho brain. It would bo difficult for nny man to Imagine a flowerless world, nnd If ho conjured It In his drenm ho would find himself sitting In oomo onsls of greenery nnd bloom. Flower Maga zine. No Parallels In Nature. Tho wise men say thero nro no paral lels In nature, thnt no ono thing In tho wide universe exactly mates nnd matches nny other one thing, thnt each cloud has differed from ovcry other cloud form iiUnny hour of the day nnd night or day or yesterday, nnd so on bnck through tho forgotten centuries, and no two leaves In form, color or texturo lift the snnie faces to tho sun on nny day of tho millions of" years; that no wnvo on nny bench curves nnd falls as1 any wnvo hns curved and fal len before, not slnco tills plnnet cooled. And so It is with tho whirls nnd tho crystals of driving snow, with tho sand ;ind splash of rain nud so, too, with tho flight of birds, tho dash and tumble of tho restless brook nnd tho ronr of law less thunder and tho cry of birds. P. Ilopklnson Smith. Trying a Joke. Somo years ago In a North Carolina court, Judgo Bhlpp presiding, tho trial of n causo had been protracted till near midnight. Tho Jury wero tired nnd sleepy nnd showed flagging attention. WHIIo Murchlson, who was addressing tho Jury, thought to nrouso them, so ho said, "Gentlemen, I will tell you an anecdote." Instantly tho Judgo, tho Jury nud tho fow spectntors pricked up their cars and wero all attention, ns Murchlson was ndmlrablo in that line, hnd a fund of anecdotes nnd no ono could tell them better. But ho soon proceeded to toll ono of tho dullest, prosiest and most pointless Jokes pos sible. Everybody looked disappointed. Tho Judgo, leaning over, snld In nn un mtstakablo tono of disappointment, "Mr. Murchlson, I don't soo tho point of that Joke." "Nor I either," replied tho witty counsel. "But your honor told It to mo on our way down hcrt and ns I thought tho lack of npprecla tlon must bo duo to my obtusencss I concluded to glvo tho Joko n trial by Jury." Remarkable Feats of Strength. Louis do' Boufllors, who lived In tho sixteenth century, could break n bar of Iron with his hands. Tho strong est man could not tnko from him n ball which ho hold between hts thumb and first finger. Whllo standing up, with no support whatever, four strong sol diers could not tnovo him. Ho remain ed ns firm as n rock. Sometimes ho amused himself by taking on his shoul ders his own horse, fully hnrncBsed, nnd with thnt heavy load ho prome naded tho public squnro, to tho great delight of tho inhabitants. At about tho snmo timo Ihoro lived a Spnnlnrd nnmod riedro, who could break tho strongest handcuffs that could bo put around his wrists. ITo folded his arms on his chest, nnd ten men pulling in different directions with ropos could not unfold them. Augustus II., elector of Saxony, was n man of great strength. Ho could carry a man in his open hand. The Puppy's Fault. An enthusiastic feminist is enter taining friends by reading tho lines which Sheridan Indited to tho puppy with a cnnlster tied to Its tall. Lord Ersklue, It appears, had likened wives to thnt same cnulstcr, nnd, Lady Ers kino being Justly nnnoyed by tho re mark, Sheridan dashed off tho follow ing Impromptu: Lord Ersklnc, rtt woman presutnlns to rail. Called a wlfo a tin canister tied to one's tall, And fair Lady Ann whllo tho subject he carries on Seems hurt at his lordshlp'B degrading comparison. But whoreforo degrading, considered aright? A canister's polished and useful and bright, And should dirt Us original purity hide, That's tho fault of tho puppy to whom It Is tied. An Expensive Luxury. Richard Harding Davis, who knows South Amerlcn intimately, told nt n luncheon tit tho Philadelphia clubJa South American story. "Tho Florida In Buenos Aires," ho snld, "Is very elegnnt nnd chnrmlng, but in tho past tho young men were too prone to nccost tho beautiful wom en shopping nnd promenudlng there. Accordingly n lnw was passed which imposed a flno of $50 on any ono who should dnro tb accost or annoy in tho slightest degree any lady in Buenos Aires." Mr. Dnvls pnused. "Slnco tho passage of that law," ho said solemnly, "tho Florida hns become (luito safe, but when n beautiful wo man walks In it tho young men hover near her, murmuring In low nnd ardent tones, 'I wish I hnd $50.' " A Happy Paraphraso. Tho retort courteous In the para phrase ingenious 1ms seldom had better Illustration than In tho story that after tho signing of the trenty of Berlin llerr von KIderlcn-Wacchter presented M. Jules Carabori, with whom ho had ne gotiated tho treaty, n photograph bear ing tho Inscription, To my amiable friend and terrible enemy." To which M. Cambou responded by presenting hl3 photograph Inscribed, "To my tcrrl blo friend and mumble enemy." Not the Right Kind. A young bachelor who was besot by n sewing mnchlno agent told tho latter thnt his machine would not answer his purpose. "Why," said tho agent, with voluhlo praise, "It Is tho best on tho market In every respect." "That may bo," replied tho supposed customer, "but tho, sewing machine I am looking for. must i hnvo flaxen hair nnd bluo eyes."-New York Journal. Might Do Worse. "What's tho trouble, old mnn? You look worried." "I nm. My son wnnts to start a chicken farm." "Ob, well, try to throwlt off! no tntght bo wanting to buy or sell stuff on margins." Chicago Record-Herald. . Improving. ' "She went crazy over bridge." "Sad, very end!" "Oh, no grent hnrm dono. Her fam ily placed her in a fashlonnblo sani tarium, nnd she's playing a bettor game than over now.' Washington Herald. Hard to Choose. Walkor Hike Do lady glmmo a ploco of angel cako and a pair of shoes. Toddlo AwnWhich aro ycr going" t eat Chicago News. Instead of "wishing" for a million dollars to give a friend give him tho $5 you havo. Howe's Monthly. Flying Pow.ers of Birds. The rato nt which somo birds enn migrate under favorable conditions Is extraordinary, and as ono listens to their plaintive cries coming from tho darkness overhead It Is difficult to "re alize that In a few hours theso snmo birds may bo within tho arctic circlo nnd n little later mny bo even crossing tho polo itself. Less Is known of tho actual dates of tho departure of tho migratory birds In autumn than of thoso of their nrrlval earlier In tho year, and this for obvious reasons. Tho way In which our most charming songsters silently skull: out o tho country In tho autumn Is very differ ent from that In which thoy mnko their triumphal entry In the spring', when every wood nnd copso resounds with their melodies. Windsor Magazine. Mrs, Washington's Gowns. General Washington woro'nt his in auguration n full suit of fine cloth, tho handiwork of his own household. At n ball glvon In Now Jersey In honor of Mrs. Washington sho wore n "slm plo russet gown" nnd white hnndkor chlef nbout her neck. On ono occnslon she gnvo tho best proof of her success In domestic manufactures by tho ex hibition of two of her dresses, which wero composed of cotton, Htrlped with silk and entirely homemade. Tho silk stripes In the fnbrlc wero woven from tho ravellngs of brown silk stockings and old crimson chair covers. Musical Note. "What's tho matter over thero In tho horn part?" asked Dr. Strauss nt n re hearsal. "I'm sorry, Dr. Strauss," replied tho horn player, "but I can not play tJfils passago on tho horn. It mny bo all right on tho plnno, but" "Don't worry yourself," nnswered tho composer-conductor. "It Is equally Impossible on tho piano." Musical Courier. Business Courtesy, Llttlo Willie Say, pa, what Is busi ness courtesy? Pa Thero nro two kinds of business courtesy, my son. Ono Is tho kind extended to peoplo who pay ensh, nnd tho othor Is extend ed to peoplo who don't. London An swers. Observant Youngster, "Oracle, did you learn auythlng new it school today?" "Sure! I found out how I could eat an npplo without tho teacher secln' mo do It" Chlcngo Tribune- Delicate Flattery. SIUcub Wbnt do you consider tho most delicate form of flattery? Cynl cub Telling a married man ho doesn't look it Philadelphia Jtocord. Ho who wishes to eocuro the good of others has Already secured his own. Confucius. Minor Hinman Docs not pay commissions to in fluence trade; therefore, should you be recommended to buy at Hinman's, you may depend upon this recommendation as being en tirely disinterested. We handle quality goods at right prices and recommend CHALMERS CARS GENERAL! 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If you'll cover one of your buildings with Peerless Prepared Roofing, you'll find yourself tejling Brown, Smith, Robinson and the rest of 'cm, how little it cost in the first place compared to other roofs you've used how w t was to lay nnd how, from tho day you put Peer less on, right up to tho minute you'ro telling about It, you've never ...... ... ppuu uuo ICU ten , repairs, inat's wjint wo menn when wo auy, ro salesmen needed." Uurt sell Peerless Pr Prepared Roofing fiilto because it recommend itself. You can t go wrong when you see the Peerless mark on a roll of roofing. There's n ,'doubh guarantee, the manu facturers, and our own, on every roll that leaves our door. When you buy Peerless Roofing, you're purchasing years of wear and absolute freedom from repair expense. Tho mlnuto you foel as U vnuv. rmt settlns: moneys worth, say so and wo glvv . youjEur money bkik to a j&. Come in and ask us why you should use Peerless Roofing. We'll Mow you. For Sale by W. W. Birge. j v. "