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ENERGY IS CAPITAL
A LAKE cnnnot turn n turbine,
than a cntnrnct.
All the knowledge you can nccumu
latc In n lifetime will do you no good
unless It enn bo trnnslntcd Into energy.
Tbo difference between doers nnd
wishers In this lifo Ib a dllTerenco of
energy.
Tho wishers wnnt things. Tho doers
get them. It Is hard work getting
them, but energy Is the force that enn
accomplish hard work.
Tho reason you seo so many men
succeed whom you know to be no bet
ter fitted mentally than failures of
your acquaintance Is because the suc
cessful men arc energetic.
' Energy Is the driving force behind
everything that is done.
1 All of us hnvQ some of It, or we
(could not live.
ally get along, unless they constantly
misdirect It.
There arc, of course, energetic peo
plo who never get very far. Hut oven
they get farther than they would If
thoy were content to sit still.
If tho maxim, "Everything comes to
him who waits," were amended to
rend "Nothing comes to him who
waits" It would be true.
Ah It stands It Is one of the most
misleading and dangerous falsehoods
In existence.
Your energy Is your capital. Use!
It wisely and economically and It will
pay you an almost usurious rate of
Interest.
Half use It, or waste It on things
that are of no value, and you will Just
about make a living, which Is a thing
no mnn of ambition wants to do.
Education teaches us to use our en
ergy profitably. An educated tnnn
can, or should, get more out of tho
enino amount of energy than an un
educated man, exactly as a turbine
gets moro out of a column of falling
water than the old-fashioned ovcrsluit
wheel.
Yet tho energy must bo there, or tho
education must be useless. There
must be driving force which will ap
ply what you havo learned to your
problems. Nothing Important was
ever accomplished by education alone.
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If you haven't got energy, cultivate
It. Tut your health In go.d condition
and your physical energy" will Im
prove, and with physical energy you
will gain mental energy.
He careful how you use both. You
can't settle a business tangle If you
have been playing tennis ull the morn
ing. Tho exercise will use up the en
ergy that ought to bo expended on the
Job. Your brains enn't use what
your muscles have used alroa'dy.
Energy Is always cnnltal. but It
must bo well and prudenrfj- Invested.
Take care of yours. Add to It by
care of your health, and by abundant
mental exercise. Then expend It on
Important matters, and don't, be afraid
to expend It liberally. It Is one thing
of which tho moro you spend the
more you will have, provided, of
course, It Is not foolishly wasted.
(Copyright, by John niako.)
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HEMS
iNows of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
, Nebraska.
TAX REDUCTIONS BY COUNTIES.
Ships Have Chaperons.
Mlstress-nt-nrms Is the ofllclal title
bestowed on the ofllclal chaperons who
have been added to tho working per
sonnel of nil vcssols operated by the
United States lines. Their especial
duty Is to look after tho comfort and
welfare of all girls who are traveling
unattended.
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IDDIES SIX
(By
Will M.Maupin
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A HUNCH of four four happy kids
Chock full, of fun and pleasure.
All four a mighty big oxpense,
Hut ov'ry ono a treasure.
And when I want It quiet like
So I can do my writing,
Tho nolso that bunch begins to make'
Bounds like two urniles fighting.
Ono clumbers over my mnchlno;
Ono nsks for help with "numbers" ;
Ono for my pencil makes demand;
Ono my tired kneo encumbers.
"A dozen eggs cost forty cents,
What will three dozen cost?"
And by tho tlmo I work It out
My thread of thought Is lost.
Ono sticky hand Is reaching but
To grasp my thinning locks.
Ono piercing volco makes loud demand
For holp with building blocks.
"My pencil's broke; plenso sharpen It
So I can wrlto tho rest "
And then tho thoughts I'vo garnered In
Aro all knocked gaily west.
Ilut when, at last, the sandman coiiicb
And all four llttlo heads
(Aro resting on tho pillows white
Of two boft, downy beds;
tAnd alt Is quiet 'round tho houso
Whoro onco tho nolso did ring,
.;! stnrt to wrlto and then can't think
Of n dodgastcd thing I
(Copyright by Will M. Maupln.)
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Something to Think About
ByF. A. TPALKER
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FAIt-OFF TOMORROW
'"PlIOSIO hoppy-go-lucky Individuals
who manifest ho llttlo Interest In
the stirring ovents of life, which nro
buzzing like bees all around them, aro
often lnsenslblo to their lamentable de
linquencies. Occasionally, howevor, their con
sciousness flutters a moment, but,
seemingly changing Its benumbed
mind, yawns, nods and falls asleep to
dream.
Hut they aro going to wake up and
do something tomorrow.
They will ynnk tho old world from
Its easy chair and wuko Its billion In
habitants with an earthquake.
Hitherto they havo been shaping a
brilliant course, not qulto matured yet,
or In a fit stute to bo presented In Its
entirety to their Intimates, who havo
wept over them, prayed for them, and
done their utmost to arouse them to
action.
Thero Is, however, no declaration on
tho part of these habituated drones of
making undue haste.
Tho months and years stretch nhead
In long rows on either sldo of tomor
row's path. Why fuss, fluster and
worry?
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!mHUiiiiiiiiiiiii!!iiinai!iini mintiiom
with butter. Servo hot with broWh
sauce.'
Bcarlet tuft are growlne In tho grcon
Uk Hakes of nre; tho wanderers ot tho
jr!rlo know tham well, and call that
flowor the "painted cup."
EVERY DAY GOOD THINGS
TtHKItB nlways will bo In most fnnv
llles Homo wnsto bread. Not a
email bit should bo wnstcd for thero
are countless ways of using It.
Nut Loaf.
Tnko ono cupful of chopped nuts,
two cunfuls of bread crumbs, one-half
cupful of hot water, tho sumo of melt
ed butter, ono egg well benten, ono ten
spoonful of mushroom catsup, one-half
toaspoonful of onion Juice, ono and
one-half tcaspoonfula of salt and one
fourth of u toaspoonful of pepper. Mix
tho ingredients In tho order given,
form In a roll and bake In a moderate
oven oo hour, basting occasionally
Madeira Cake.
Put tho yolks of, two eggs Into a
mixing bowl, then with n wooden spocra
beat In ono cupful of sugar and on
half cupful of butter. Add two cupful
of sifted Hour, with a tenspoonful !f
baking powder, then one-half cupful
of cream ami a grating of nutmef,
beating all tho tlmo. Lust of all, folft
In tho well-beaten whites of tho eggt.
Lino a round cake tin with greased
paper and pour In tho batter. Pluc
a largo sllco of candled citron on top.
Bake an hour and n quarter In u mod
crate ovon, lowering tho v heat after
tho cake Is well risen.
(, 1022, WUrn Nvwtptptr Unlou.)
Why should they bother themselves
whllo youth is so full of delightful ex
poctancles and time so abundant.
They org not seeking tho dull, com
mon roads In life, but tho magnificent
avenues that take direct to fame and
wealth In tho glare of sunlight and
amid tho plaudits of an admiring
world, swept suddenly oft its feet by
the daring work of genius.
So tho years drift by, and In their
drifting thero comes sometimes to
these disciples of tho god of futurists
a petrifying fear that makes them sick
at heart.
With an odd mixture of humility and
pride stirring In their Ill-nVranged
brnln they aro prompted to exertion.
But they hnvo unconsciously lost the
skill which wns theirs when life was
vibrant with power. They reach out
but they touch not. And now, all of
a sudden, a terrible realization over
whelms them.
Whllo they wcro loitering, putting
off until tomorrow, their plodding us-
Hoclates were Improving their time,
gaining respect and an assured com
petcheo for tho bare days of winter,
sighting Its nppearanco In the naked
brnnches of tho trees and drifts ot
snow-flakes.
Tomorrow is man's most terrible
trouble maker, luring by promises
which aro seldom redeemed nnd leav
ing him rngged nnd alone nt tho cross
roads, where youth and opportunity
Ho burled In tho plied up henps of
dust and Ill-spent years.
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These Efficiency Courses.
"Thnt now cmployeo of ours doesn't
seem to accomplish much."
"No, ho hnsn't time, llo's too busy
being efllclent." Lifo.
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ON THE JOB
Some men shirk
From sun to sun
The collector's work
la always aim.
A new elevntor of 30,000 bushels
capacity has Just been completed at
Nora by the farmers' unlou associa
tion. James S. Meek of Ll coin, Is dead
,as tho result of a hept stroke suffered
while at a dining hall on the state
fair grounds.
A shutdown forced through lack of
coal has been remedied at Uie Super
ior' Cement company plant and the
mills are again running.
Attendance nt tho Nebraska state
fair which closed Friday was 1223,03(1
for the six days or only 1,381 below
the mark of Inst year.
Twelve sacks of sugar consigned
to the Stevens Wholesale company
were stolen from n Itock Island car j
In the yards at Beutrlce.
The geographical center of the state
Is announced by the geodetic survey
as being ten miles northwest of Brok
en Bow, In Custer county.
Overeating of fruit nnd watermelon
was thc-causo of the death of Vernon
Tlchy, son of Alvln Tichy of Niobrara,
according to physicians' decision.
Miss Agnes 1'Ierco of Seward has
been appointed to tho olllco of county
trensurer to fill the vacancy caused
by tho death of C. E. Morelleld, who
was holding that oflicc nt the time he
expired. Miss Plerco Is the present
nominee for the plnco.
A huge thigh bone and five teeth
believed to be those ot n mnst.odon
were found In the bank of Elm creek
near Fremont by lloward Paul, 10,
son of Robert Paul, of Cedar Bluffs.
The largest tooth measured seven
Inches In diameter.
Dr. Wllllnm Tnylor was elected
president, Dr. .7. Preston, of Fremont,
vice president, nnd Dr. George B. Pot
ter wns re-elected secretary, by
nlumnl of Nebraskn university's medi
cal college who held their thlrtenth
annual reunion in Omnha last week.
Mrs. Pat Convey, 102, who suffered
a fracture of her hip m a fall five
weeks ago, Is getting along nicely at
an Omnha hospital, where she be
moans the. fate that keeps her from
getting up dally to go to chapel.
The annual pow wow of tho Omaha
Indians on the reservation at Macy
drew a big attendance from the en
tire reservation nnd from neighboring
reservations. Unllko old time days,
most of them came In automobiles in
stead of on tho old fashioned Indian
pony.
Tho Pawnee Public Service club,
tho local business men's organization,
and tho American Legion post nre
working together for a home-coming
celebration to be held In Pawnee City
this full. It will probnbly last three
days, one of which will be November
11, Armistice dny.
Trumnn Boston, eighteen months
old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Jesse Boston
of Blue Springs, while playing near
tho electric washer crept beneath tho
machine and got uls tight hand caught
in the mnchlnery. The first finger was
cut and mnshed so badly it Is feared
it will have to be amputated at the
second Joint.
When Irvln Schulzc, six years old,
ran down the streets of Spencer with
his clothing on fire, a group of by
standers caught the lad, stood him
on his head to keep him ironi Inhaling
the flames, and then put out the fire.
A physIcIntF claims tho men saved the
boy's life. lie caught flro when a
gasoline tank In front of a filling
station exploded.
A brick made In Nebraska nearly
a century ago hns been received by
Governor McKelvlc with a suggestion
thnt at least n dozen more of the
same make might be laid in some
conspicuous plnce In tho new capitol
now being constructed. The brick
came from what was onco known as
Fort Atkinson, now the vlllngo of
Fort Calhoun In Washington county.
The chamber of commerce of All
nnco has requested tho state railway
commission to do something to help
potato growers. A reduction In freight
rates is suggested. The comlsslou
will tnko tho matter up with tho Bur
lington road with a view to obtolnlug
a voluntnry reduction. The price of
potatoes Is so low that It Is doubtful
If a lower freight rato will be of much
aid to potato growers, but It may help
; some.
j The display of tho agricultural ex
tension service of the state university,
fenturlng tho work of more than 0,000
boys nnd girls in Nebraska, belonging
to 015 clubs embracing every form
of agricultural activity, was tho chief
attraction of tho state fair.
Suit for $5,000 has boon filed at
Falls City by Dr. Georgo W. Renekcr
In behalf of his daughter, Helen Kuth,
ngalnst Philip Hermes for alleged In
Juries received whllo skating In tho
latter's rink Inst December. The girl
claims that she was given n defective
pair of skates, causing her to trip
and fracture a leg In falling.
Nebraska can boast of having In her
domain ilvo generations, nil women,
three of whom woro I orn In tho state.
Tho oldest Is 04 nnd tho youngest
two nnd one-half years. In Crete,
where Mrs. Martin Kupka, 0 home
steaded 50 years ago, a celebration
was held last week in her honor. All
five generations nnd other relatives
and friends gathered from all parts
of the state.
Mrs. J. P. Gorgen, living near
Geneva, who was struck by lightning
While in bed at her homo during a
violent storm and lost her power of
speech, Is now nblo to whisper.
Stat? Commissioner Shows Result of
Decrease Id State Levy
from 1921 Tax.
Lincoln. W. II. Osborne, state tax
commissioner, hns prepared a statis
tical table showing reductions in
state taxes In every county of Ne
braska as n result of the 33 1-3 per
cent decrease In the stato levy. Tho
tnblo showing the amount raised by
the 1021 levy and the amount of tho
1022 levy follows:
Counties. 1922.
Adam 144,774 $
Antelono 86.471
Hannor 8,820
Blalno 8,672
13 oo no 99,868
Hox Uutto 8,572
Boyd 44,263
Drown 24,385
Buffalo 119,802
Burt 10.1,391
Butler 116,052
Cass 130,015
Codnr 134,92 1
Chaso 22,622
Cherry 71,062
Chnyenno 70,632
Clnjv 97,067
Colfax 91,689
Cuming 128,890
Custer 115,063
Dakota 03,512
Dawes 45,315
Dawson , 98,428
Deuel x 29,764
Dixon 74,491
DodRu 147,945
DoubI.is 816,883
Dundy 28,125
Flllmoro 103,234
Franklin 48,875
Frontier 36,246
Furnas 59,953
Gage 161,931
Garden 30,638
Garfleld 14.237
Gosper 27,280
Grant 13,491
Greeloy . 45,750
Hall 106,110
Hamilton 99,138
Harlan 44,755
Hayes 16,362
Hitchcock 34,396
Holt 74,898
Ho6ker 9,814
Howard 59,602
Jefferson 97,218
Johnson 65,537
Kcarnoy 67,460
Keith 89,636
Keya Paha 13,835
Kimball 43,108
Knox 107,871
Lancaster 391,781
Lincoln
Logan ....
Loup
Madison ...
McPherson
Merrick . .
Morrill ....
Nance ....
Nemaha ...
Nuckolls ..
Otoo
Pawnee . . .
Perkins ...
Phelps ....
Plerco
80,275
11,238
6,961
121,922
5,570
71.511
38,502
58,127
77,969
78,489
133,284
61,397
31,221
G2.120
81.957
PlattO 141,915
Polk
Kert Willow
Richardson ,
Rock
Saline
Sarpy
Saunders ..,
Scotts Bluff
Seward
Sheridan ....
Sherman ....
Sioux
Stanton
Thayer ,
Thomas
Thurston . . ,
Valley
Washington
Way no
Webster .....
Wheeler . . . .
York ,
Arthur ,
82,465
46,726
106,109
17,850
117,501
62,200
159,873
71,624
110,388
46.896
45,365
28,039
73,320
80,561
8,686
59,512
51,219
92,213
90,514
69,364
12,496
115,894
5,973
1921.
168,475
130,959
16,863
12,763
146,189
50,892
65,459
38,217
177.957
166,433
172,711
194,658
207,579
34,618
112.081
102.735
144,035
139,857
193,177
168,637
79,584
66,337
142,499
44,906
117,432
223,644
1,180,981
41,379
152,976
74,076
55,940
85,640
242,135
44,768
25,592
41,240
20,811
71,546
154,606
146,633
71,301
24,152
61,854
114,069
16,065
89,154
148,469
93,885
86,605
60,687
23,168
63,250
166,222
568,043
117.453
16,795
11,863
182,239
10,135
105,272
62,499
86,224
117,881
119,648
188,903
97,342
45,452
93.900
131,209
208,094
122,687
76,034
158,399
28,466
174,497
88,759
236,361
106,154
163,706
73,715
67.012
43,483
113,228
120,889
14,788
87,196
76,049
139,164
133,130
89,660
19,624
172,420
8,755
POSES AS BOY
EIGHT YEAR
Florence Gray of Philadelphia
Fought, Swaggered and Made
Love to Girls.
Total , $7,339,253 $10,930,607
. The state board of control Is now
working '205 prisoners In tho peni
tentiary shirt factory.
The Postofllce department announces
there are now 1,130 rural routes in
Nebraska with a mileage of 31,928.
Tho dlscjvery of oil on the Rudolph
Itaduechel farm, near Bloomfleld, has
caused considerable interest in that
vicinity.
Philip Lewien, 13, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Lowlen of' Clay Center, hnd
his leg broken while playing football
at school.
Tho Midwest Manufacturing com
pnny, Incorporated for $100,000, is tho
latest addition to Fremont's list of
Industries.
Two carloads of Chinese pheasants
have been shipped out In tho stato
by George Koster, state game and
fish warden.
Tho Custer county tax levy for 1922
Is one-third less than that of 1921,
which means a saving to the taxpayers
of moro than $80,000.
Tho Ignition by the exhaust gaso
line from a leaky tank stnrted a blazo
which completely destroyed the uuto
mobile belonging to Joe Miller at
Mnywood. The occupants of the car
escaped uninjured.
Miss Frnnces L. Robinson of Lincoln
has been appointed supremo receiver
of the Royal Neighbors of Americn to
fill the unexpired term made vacant
by tiro death of Dr. Elnorr. G. Whit,
more, Topeka, Kans.
A carload of Duroc Jersey bogs,
selected from leading herds of south
eastern Nebraska, has Just been ship
ped from Tecumsch to California. .
A hundred nnd forty-live new models
of nutomoblles, worth ?350,000, took
part In an automobile parade at Lin
coln ns u feature of tho state fair,
Tho average age of Nobraskans at
death is 43 years, 3 months and 21
days, according to statistics in tho
ofllce of the state bureau cf health.
A threshing mnchlnp and threo
stacks of grain on the farm of Cbnrlcs
Roedcr, near Kenesaw, were destroyed
by fire while the crew was at dinner.
A stalk of cotton growing on tho
Delbert Brabham farm west of Calla
way Is attracting considerable atten
tion. The cotton is growing In tho
garden and hns been In bloom for
over a week.
Several hundred dollars worth of
goods wcro stolen from tho general
store of IQ. R. Llnewebor at Kinney
by burglars, who carried it off In an
auto.
Tho Wymoro schools opened last
week with the great st attendance In
the history of the schoo 3, 750 pupils
being enrolled, 130 In senior high, 150
In Junior high and 470 In grades.
LED GANG OF TOUGHS
Divided Her Time between Driving
Truck, Fighting and Jail Sentences
Sex Revealed by Fight
With Gangster.
Philadelphia. Florence Gray, known
for the Inst eight years ns "Battling
Kid" McConnell, and "Whistling Jack,"
Is an out-and-out, self-confessed seeker
of publicity in order tluit sho may
enter the "movies" and thus gratify
a life-long nmbltlon. For eight years
she masqueraded In man's clothing and
was "as tough as they make them."
When Chnrlle Weaver, a member of
her "gang," broke her noso during a
fight, he didn't dream that ho was
"spilling tho benus" for Florence. But
when, on her complaint, Weaver was
arrested, Florence was taken to tho
police station also and there her sex
was discovered, although it had been
known to some police ofllclnls and Jus
tice Brown for thelast two years.
"Skirts for Life."
Left motherless soon after her birth,
Florence went to live with her grand
father, James Gray, who, sho claims,
is a retired lawyer. Because lie found
It hard to travel around with a llttlo
girl he dressed her in boy's clothing.
Sho liked them so well she hns worn
them ever since, until Judge Brown
sentenced her to "skirts for life." Sho
Is now twenty-one years old.
As John McConnell sho was tho
leader of tho "Iron gang," end spent
her spare time In pool rooms, or In
Jnll, as sa wns sent there frequently
for fighting. In fact, she gained a
reputation ns a boxer, gave exhibition
bouts, and enjoyed many fistic battles
in which she uas usually victorious.
John McConnell could break- heart?
as well as jaws. Three times she
wooed nnd won' the (lowers of the ten
derloin district, each time to break the
engagement. She wns engaged "for
keeps" to twenty-one-year-old Lettle
Harrison when the denouement cnnio
nnd shattered her last romance. Let
tie bemoans the loss of her lover, but
has been consoled by the sale of her
photographs to various papers, a prac
tice which has also netted "Jack" con
siderable money.
Judge Kept Secret.
Judge Brown wns holding court two
years ago when a woman appeared
and chnrged "John McConnell" with
being the father of a child recently
born to her young daughter. She said
the girl and "John" had been keeplna
company and that the pair had been
away on several over-night trips,
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"As Tough as They Made Them."
"John" was ubout to bo sentenced on
circumstantial evidence when the
grandfather told tho Judge of the pris
oner's sex.
Judge Brown hnd tho girl examined
by physicians, who found thatshe was
not feeble-minded, but of subnormal
mind. The Judge took pity on her nnd
sent' her to her father and step-mother
in Baltimore, N. G hoping thnt, away
from Philadelphia's tenderloin, she
would regain her womanhood. It was
but a few weeks, however, until sho
wns back in Philadelphia working as a
teamster, and soon arrested for fighting.
Airman Dazed by Lightning In Air.
Montreal, Can. While flying 4,000
feet above mountains near here, Capt.
J. n. Tudhope, of the Canadian air
force, was struck by lightning and
knocked unconscious. Tho plane glided
swiftly down to earth while tho airman
was unconscious. Tudhope awoke
when the machine wns 300 feet from
tbo ground and alighted safely.
Stuck In Laundry Chute.
Chicago. Nine-year-old Ruth Wicker
tried to shoot the chutes in her home,
and It took Capt. George Carlson nnd
his men of engine company No. 3 to
rescue her. The little girl fell through
a clothes chute, lodging midway be
twecn lloors. She was pulled out, un
harmed, by the flro captalti.