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NORTH PLATTE,
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FARMING CAMPAIGN.
Fow IdoriB have taken root more
rapidly, when onco germinated, than
that of tho farm Improvement commit,
teo, with Its expert adviser Riving
demonstrations nmong tho farmers
In tho west this plan Is being promot
ed energetically by tho council of
grain exchanges, lnudo up of 17 grain
organization In different centers, says
tho Springfield Union. According to
Secrotary Hall of tho council's crop
Improvement commlttco no less than
102 counties have already employed
men to glvo export advlco on farming,
while 120 other counties have nearly
completed arrangements for organiz
ing on this lino. Ho added that ho
was In correspondence with nearly
700 counties, and that his organization
was cc-opcratlng with tho national and
stato departments of agriculture tho
bnnkorB' associations nnd two great
corporations that havo offered prlzos
to promoto Improvement In raising
crops. Tho seed-testing fcaturo Is re
ceiving attention, and the question of
marketing crops Is treated as no less
important than crop production. It
Is surprising to note tho great num
bor nnd varloty of Interests that havo
becomo actively Interested In tho cam
palgn for better farming. If tho Pago-Lover-Smith
legislation, now pending
In congress, should bo enacted as pro-,
posed, tho federal government would
expend 13,000,000 annually In precise
ly tho kind of work proposed to ba
carrlod on In Hampden county, and al
ready under way In many other coun
ties. One of tho sayings of an old Persian
wlso man Is: "All unuttorod truths bo.
como poisonous." Wonder if that Is
tt ot tho matter with us all wo do not
say tho real things that Ho close to
tho heart. For It is suroly tho fact, if
n man suppresses tho truth ho will
break out somewhere in a Ho or deceit.
But supposo tho truths aro nil uttered,
what would bucomo of politics,
religion, society, buolnossl Thoro
would certainly bo n frightful holo
caust Sometimes ono docs meet a
man or morehaps a woman, who will
toll tho truth tho heart holds, not In
vanity or boasting, but In candor and
lovo what a clear sky breaks all
about such a person, how sweet tho air
Ib, how green tho grass grows t Ono
lives' In a new world. Ono takes on
higher alms. Hut supposo everybody
would utter his truth! Tho theory of
humanity is that It would bo well. Dut
wo would prefer to wait a fow con
turios for tho spirit to got a hotter
headway In human shrdlu Bhrdlu u
it would bo well to ponder over tho
wino Persian's aphorism: "All un
utterod truths becomo poisonous." And
Its corollary, too: All lies becomo
poisonous, too.
Although tho practlco of making
plaintiff and defendant kneel down bo
foro tho Judge in tho courso of a law
emit and tho application of corporal
punishment to extract confession from
tho suspected offender havo been pro
hibltPd by law, still In ootuo rural dis
tricts and. cities tho authorities of tho
court havo not yet completely aban
doned theso practices, says tho Pe
kin Daily Nows. President Yuan,
wishing tho authorities to respect the
rights of tho people and thereby to
show them tho real slgulllcanco ot
a Republican form of government, has
telographod Instructions to tho Tutuhs
to Investigate the practice ot tho local
courts.
A doctor in Pittsburgh has beon
talking to schoolgirls about tho "bird
cage" disease ot high society women,
meaning tho undermining Ill-health
proceeding from tho undermining ot
tholr constitutions by too much indo
lence, social indulgences, lack ot prop
er exorcise and too much rich food.
The term is a good ono, and the pro
cess it Implies desorvoB to bo hold up
as a warning to tho Intelligent girl
hood of tho country.
Tho loss j)t n woman's handbag con
taining over 40,000 should not doludo
tho llght-flngorod gontry Into picking
up all tho handbags they see. Tho
avcrago valuo ot tho women's hand
bags that are left lying around looso
would t probably bo omewhoro about
40 cents.
Germany has passed a law forbid
ding whistling on tho streot. Our ob
Borvatoi leads us to beliovo that tho
favorite placo for whistling Is tho of
Deo, nnd by tho ofllco boy.
"Is tho American woman an auto
crat In hor own homo?" asks Nlxola
Qrooloy Smith. Sho Is It sho stays
homo long enough to get In touch with
O-ingB.
This popular outcry ' against adul
terated shoes Is not no yet causing
acuto distress to paper manufactur
ers. History repeats itself. Maybe it
floes It for the benefit of the moving
plcturo men.
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This photograph Bhows two sections of tho new scats which havo been Installed In the house of repre
sentatives In order to accommodate tho Increased number of congressmen. Tho seats are planned after thoso
In tho British houso of commons. Temporary tables will bo placed In front of members who aro speaking on
subjects that rcquiro frequent referenco to books and documents.
CONVICTS
;Y-
Booth Tells Plan to Men In Joliet
Penitentiary.
Tells Convicts That They Regard Dis
covery, Not Crime, as Reprehen
sibleWife of Official of Vol
unteer Leaguo Reads.
Joliet, 111 "Tho big trouble with
you men Is that you beliovo crime
conBistB not In breaking tho law, but
in gutting caught at it," said Adjutant
Charles Brandon Hooth, son ot Ocn.
Halllnglou Booth, in an uddresB re
cently to 1,000 prisoners in tho Jpliot
penitentiary.
As secretary general of the Volun
teers' Prison league Adjutant Booth,
accompanied by his wife, Naomi
Hooth, visited tho prison In an offort
to broaden tho work of tho lenguo and
to hold out to tho Imprisonod men tho
offor of parolo under tho Volunteers'
system.
"When you got out of prison you
should remember that crime consists
in breaking tho law of man," ho con
tinued, "whether you nro caught at It
or not, and sin consists in breaking
tho law of God. Tho difference Is
that you may break mnn-mndo lawn
homotimca without punishment, but
whon you break tho laws of heaven
thoro Is no hope for oscnpo. Your
sin will always find you out."
Mrs. Hooth, who is an elocutionist,
gavo soveral readings to tho- prison
ers, Adjutant Hooth spoko In tho audi
torium of tho Voluntoers nt Ann street
Mrs. Bramwell Booth.
and Washington boulovard. His sub
ject was, "A New llopo for tho Pris
oners." Ho told of an experience In a prison
at Columbus, O., whoro tho singing of
"Hock of Ages" brought many of tho
prisoners to tho turning point In their
lives.
MrB. Hooth gavo a reading entitled
"Tho Lost Word."
At tho Joliet meeting, Mayor M. A.
Messleln, In charge of Hope hall, G0.1G
Hnvonswood Park, the headquarters of
tho prison leaguo for Chicago, offer
ed to bo responsible for any of tho
prlsonors who could obtain a parolo.
DIVORCE PROCTOR TO WED
Court Wlfo After Marriage, Bring Her
Flowers and Candy, Stay Home
Nights, Experience Teaches.
Kansas City, Mo. Profiting by his
two yours' experience as dhorco proc
tor, W. W. Wright, who is to bo mar
ried soon, will follow theso rules to
Insuro a happy married lite:
Continue to court his wife after
marrlago.
Occasionally tnko hor flowers and
candy.
Ilemembor that tho llttlo things,
which tho ordinary man thinks of
slight Importance, mean much to a
woman's happiness.
Spend all his evenings nt home, and
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never lenve his wlfo nlono unless busi
ness necessity requires It.
Start the lire in tho morning.
Never talk in Jest about other wo
men caring for him.
Try not to arouso his wlfo's Jeal
ousy; In fact, convince her that overy
bit of his affection !b centered In her.
"My observation has boon that
clothes nnd food count for little with
tho right kind of woman If a husband
displays the proper amount of affec
tion nnd Is considerate of her feelings
nnd wishes," Mr. Wright said recently.
"A man who thinks of tho llttlo things
that women prize so much In every
day llfo, need havo no fear ot marital
troubles. Of course, tho woman must
bo of tho right kind, or else any
amount of husbandry affection and
consideration will not hold them to
gether." DOGS SCORNED BY COYOTES
Show No Hesitancy In Visiting Chicken
Coops; Five of the Raiders
Are Trapped.
Grass Valley, Cnl. Plvo coyotes and
two wildcats wore trapped within a
fow days In Ponn valley by Will Tish
or. During the past soveral months
tho dogs nil over tho country bnvo
been muzzled nnd tho coyotes seem to
havo realized that their privileges In
tho foraging line were increased.
They vontured closo to the houses,
nnd appeared to havo no fear ot tho
muzzled dogs.
But now that tho fonr of rable3 has
passed, tho farmers havo removed tho
muzzles, and for a night or two tho
dogs brought down several coyotes, al
though it required n stiff fight In bomo
Instances,
Othor fnrmers In that section have
bpen successful in trapping tho nnl
mnls, and In ndditlon to ridding them,
solvoB of these chlckon thieves nnd
posts they will receive a bounty of
?2.G0 each for tho coyoto scalps.
WINS BY PEN;
Plumbar Refused License When Ho
Can Not Remember What
a "8ump" Is.
Now York. Harry Segal of 107
East 116th street, Is living proof of
the accepted theory that moat men
who wield a facllo pen do not express
their views bo well orally and that
tho extemporaneous spoakor Is not
always a lltorary success.
Segal Ib a plumber, and ho did woll
In tho written examination before tho
examining board of plumbers for his
cortiflcato of competency. But there
wore soven other candidates who did
exactly us well as Segal; in fact, In
tho Bamo languago, which caused the
board to Investigate. Tho result was
thnt they and tho commissioners ot
accountB, who took part In the inves
tigation, believed fraud had been per
petrated by tho eight wIiobo answorp
to tho questions were tho Bamo.
It was decided that elthor some ono
had impersonated Segal or elso ho
had a list of the questions asked him
beforo tho examination. Tho certifi
cate granted to Segal was revoked.
Ho applied to tho supreme court for
a writ of mandamus directing tho ex
amining board of plumbors to roturn
tho certificate to him. JubMco Hen
drlck denlod tho application.
Begal was called on when tho board
first becamo suspicious to repeat
orally some of tho things he wrote In
his llrst oxnmlnatlon. First ho was
askod about certain words that ap
poarod on his examination puper.
Dlamotor appeared as "dlamotar" In
tho original examination, nnd on tho
oral try Segal spelled it "dlamoto."
Friction, which ho got right tho first
tlmo, appeared tho second tlmo ns
"frlckson." Circulation ho spelled
"corkoolson."
Segal explained that his answers to
questions wore basod on hla readlns
books on tho subject. An examiner
of tho examining board of plumbers
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MADE TORCH OF HIS WIFE?
Boy Says Father Poured Gasoline on
Her and Lighted It Woman
Dies of Injuries.
Nutloy, N. J. A neighbor who heard
screams in tho home of Peter Desko
wltz In South Center street ran into
the house and found Mrs. Deskowltz
lying on tho floor enveloped in flames
and Deskowltz trying to save a burn
ing tablecloth. The woman died In tho
Passaic hospital. Deskowltz fled.
Tho Deskowitzes' nine-year-old son
Michael told tho police that his father
held the woman, poured tho contents
of two big bottles of gasoline over her
and lighted it with a match.
Mrs. Deskowltz was forty years old
and Deskowltz Is twenty-eight. Desko
wltz had been out lato tho night be
fore. When his wlfo was preparing
breakfast this morning she complained
of his conduct and they quarreled. Des
kowltz has been a lineman In tho em
ploy of the New York Telcphono com
pany. EACH FOUR TIMES WEDDED
Man of Seventy-Three Hobbles to Al
tar to Marry Woman Ten
Years His Junior.
Belleville. 111. When J. H. Scott,
seventy-three years old, and Mrs. An
na V. Brim, slxty-threo years old,
were married here, Scott took his
fourth bride and Mrs. Brim for tho
fourth tlmo became tho wlfo of a Civil
war veteran. Scott hobbled to the
court houso on crutches, the result of
a bullet wound received at tho battle
of Shiloh.
Statue of Virgin In Tree.
Paris. While cutting up n century
old fir treo on tho Slmplon foresters
found In tho heart of the trunk a
bronze statuo of the Virgin Mary. It
was about a foot tall and perfectly
preserved. It Is supposed that the
stntuotto was placed In a niche
carved in the treo and that tho wood
gradually grew all around It
VOICE LOSES
looked over tho books, but could find
uothlng that related to tho subjoct on
which Segal waB examined.
Hore aro some of tho questions put
to Segal by tho commissioners of ac
counts and his answers,
"What Is tho action of a suction
pump?"
"It Is known as a pump that takes
water from tho cellar to the top
floor."
"What is a receptacle?"
"It Is Ilka a rcceptlc."
"What doos' impedes mean?"
"Impedos la a thing Hko I can't re
membor." "What Is a sump?"
"I don't remember."
WOULD STAY WITH FRIENDS
Girl's Desire Carries No Weight With
the Court She Must Stay
With Parent.
Los Angeles. After repudiating her
mother, Mrs. Eva Peterson, and telling
tho court that sho preferred to live
with Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Hltley, neigh
bors, ten-year-old Dorothea Stygals
was forced to go with her mother by
Judge Monroe in the superior court
Bitter feeling was displayed In rourt
by tho Bltleys and Petersons, Bltley
and tho girl's stepfather nearly coming
to blows several times during the hear
ing. The two women are said to have
engaged In a fight over tho custody of
the child prior to tho invoking of tho
law by tho Petersons.
Tho Bltleys, who aro childless, al
leged thnt the Petersons did not sup
port tho child, who had lived with thnm
'for several years.
Surplus Flesh Causes Death.
Savannah, Qa. Melissa Cooper, a col
ored woman of Guyetto county, this
stato, IncrouBod In wolght In ilvo
months from 150 pounds to 613 pounds
and died when her surplus flesh stop
ped hor heart from beating.
WASTE IN THE DITCH
Development in Irrigation Has
Been Marvclously Rapid.
Some of Works Recently Constructed
Should Bo In Service Thousand
Years From Now Many Ca
nals Being Lined With
Concrete.
At tho time most of our canals wero
built no bettor construction as a rule
was possible or Justified by existing
conditions. The prime object was to
get water to tho land. So long as
thero was an abundance lp tho stream,
a loss of fifty per cent, or moro by
seopngo from Uio ditches was a matter
of small concern and to have consider
ed structures of masouary or concrete;
or lining canals with cement ut $10
a barrel, would havo been ridiculous.
Tho history of this Btnto has been re
peated in most othor districts, and the
pioneers in canal building nnd Irriga
tion did well and desorvo groat credit
for what they did, says the Denver
Field and Farm. Hut conditions aro
tow not what they wero twenty-flvo
years ago, or oven live years ago.
General development has been mar
vclously rapid; almost beyond our
power to realize. The old, leaky and
temporary wooden Humes and other
structures havo served their purposo
nnd about had their day. Wo aro now
In tho beginning of a new epoch In ir
rigation development, ono in which tho
mothods and practices of tho earlier
day will havo little part. Wo are
ready to build for tho ages and a start
has already been made. Somo of tho
works that have gone In during tho
last five years should bo In service n
thousand years from now. In somo
places tho open ditches havo been
abandoned and pipe lines substituted
at great expense, thus eliminating
seepage losses altogether.
Several Irrigation companies havo
begun to line their canals with con
crete and moro of It will bo done each
year until finally a large percentage
of tho Irrigation ditches all over the
west will be doubtless rendered water
tight In this way and tho present waste
from seepage stopped or reduced to
tho minimum. Besides the saving of
wator there would bo othor important
benefits and objects in lining tho chan
nels. Tho danger from disastrous
breaks would be reduced; less inspec
tion and fewer ditch walkers would
bo required; tho common trouble and
expense duo to the growth and neces
sary removal of aquatic plants would
bo eliminated and the growth of sweot
clover, willows, thistles and other nox
ious weeds usually found a nuisance
along canal banks would bo largely
proven tod; all tending to materially
reduce tho cost of maintenance and
operation.
In building the more important sys
tems concrete lining will be generally
considered as a necessity, but the im
provement of existing canals is going
to be a matter more difficult of ac
complishment especially where all the
land under them Is dovelopod and
there Is no opportunity for tho owners
to make uso of water on other land.
Although the lining would save thirty
to fifty per cent, of tho wator diverted
from the streams and make it avail
able for other landB, tho owners will
not voluntarily go to the expense ot
making tho Improvement, and thero
Ib now no means of compelling It.
Future legislation will doubtless pre
vent tho acquirement of rights so
largo that the appropriator can afford
to waste It In transit and it would
seem only fair to make provision also
whereby water which has already beon
acquired materially In excess of rea
sonable need can bo condemned and
UBed where it will do most good. In
many plnces a much better use of wa
ter would obtain by abandoning small
parallel ditches and combining tho
flow ot all in one well built canal un
der a single management. By im
provement also in systems of ditch
management groat savings of water
are possible
IRRIGATION OF THE GARDENS
Practice In Eastern Part of Country
Will Be Adopted Mainly for
Truck and Orchards.
A fow people havo been Irrigating
In the eastern part of the country for
a number of years. It has paid them
and they continue. A Wisconsin grow
er produced $200 worth of strawber
ries per aero after tho unlrrlgatod
part had quit bearing, due to drouth.
A southern gardener grows lato cel
ery every year by tho aid of Irriga
tion. He also uses tho water for lato
cabbage, beans and tomatoes, but
consldors It essential for his celery
Thus by means of this rogular water
supply this gardenor Is able to grow
celery for a good homo trade
Statistics surprise ub by Bhowlng
that thero is a considerable total pe
riod In each year when Irrigation
would bo beneficial. It Is considered
that when a 15-day period passes
without as much as ono Inch of rain,
Irrigation would bo beneficial. By this
standard it Is found that somo parts
of tho south havo more than two
months of each year when Irrigation
would be beneficial.
Irrigation In tho eastern part of the
country will bo adopted, of courso,
mainly for truck and orchard crops.
3omo tests havo shown, howovor.
that It gives results on field crops
In ono Instance It increased tho yield
3f corn three times. In anothor case
it made luxuriant alfalfa where con
ditions otherwise wero not very favorable
A HIDDEN DANGER
It Is a duty ot
tho kidneys to rid
tho blood of uric
acid, an Irritating
poison that is con
stantly forming In
side. Whon tho kid
neys tall, uric acid
causes rheumatic
attacks, headaches,
dizziness, gravol,
urinary troubles,
weak oyes, dropsy
or heart disenso.
Doan'a Kidnoy
Pills help tho kid
neys fight off urio
acid bringing now
strength to weak kidneys nnd re
lief from backacho and urinary ills.
A. Montana Coso
Mrs. It. B. Andrews, 1(31 Rlfthth Arnnne. Great
Falls, Mont., sarin ''Mr limbs, hands nnd feet
became so swollen I couldn't stand. 1 was In
astoaj with the pain. I was so reduced In weight
mjr itarmentx Just hung on mo, and I had rItod
tip In despair. Dorm's Kidney Tills cured me
completely, and uTorn. year has elapsed without
tho sUghtest roturn of tho trouble."
Get Doan'a at Bay Store, SOe a Box
DOAN'S KP?JL!V
FOSTER-MILBURNCO.. Buffalo. Now YotU
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief Permanent Cur
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS never
fail. Purely vegeta
ble act surely
buc gently on
the liver.
Stop after
dinner dis
tress-cure
indigestion.
Improve the complexion, brighten the eyes.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
It is easy for a pretty girl to man
age a husband during tho courtship.
Dr. Pierce's Pellots, small, sugar-coated,
easy to tnko as candy, regulate and In vlgorate
itomach, liver and botfsls. Qonotgrlpe. Adv.
An open confession may bo good
for tho soul, but it's apt to disfigure
a reputation.
Mm. Wlonlow'a Boothlnp Syrnp for Children
teething-, Boftens tho rums, reduces Inflummn
llonUluya palu.cure wind collc,25o ,i boltleJUst
Many a man saves money by not
using tobacco, but it is doubtful if tho
money has tho same soothing effect
Muat Be.
"Is ho making good?"
"No question of It. Ho can get coal
on credit." Detroit Free Press.
Explained.
He Look at Blinks able to retire
from business, and I am still in har
ness. Sho Yes, but Blinks Isn't a mulet "
Not Much.
"Do you believe In auto hypno
tism?" "Well, I've nevor seen one hypno
tized yet." " ,
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Better Give Up Fish.
Soma people are always prepared
for trouble which may not material
ize, like tho man who carries a raw
tgg wherever he went.
"Why must you always carry about
a raw egg?" askod a friend one day.
"Because It Ib such an excellent
remedy for flshbono In tho throat." j
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Costly City Improvements.
If all the bulldlngB torn down an
nually in the borough of Manhattan,
in New York city could bo assem
bled they would mako a good-sized
town. Last year tho number of build
ings demolished was 819, and a gas
tank brought the total demolitions to
820. Tho front feet measurement of
tho houses pulled down was 24,875,
or approximately four and three-quarter
miles. Nino houses out of ten de
stroyed wero four Btorles high. '
Solves the
Breakfast
Problem
A bowl of crisp, sweet
Post
Toasties
makes a most delicious
meal.
These crinkly bits of
toasted white com, ready
to serve direct from pack
age, are a tempting break
fast when served with
cream or milk, or fruit.
The Toasties flavour is
a pleasant surprise at first;
then a happy, healthful
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