Nebraska Newspapers

    O M. CHONiW. Pubi.sher
ONeiUL, NC&RaSKA
Despite the long dry gpell, the Manu
facturers' Record estimates the net yt—l«l
•f grain in the United States this year
wUl be 388,000,000 bushels In excess of
What la waa in 1918. The cotton crop,
however, will be the smallest in many
reara The total value of the form prod
acts of the nation, Including live stock,
is wllmated to probably exceed $2S,ft0
•09.000 In value.
a month. Cut now that the scarcity of
physicians is not so great, the city has
reduced the pay of Its six ambulance
physicians to |SE per month. ‘"The chauf
feurs with whom wo work got 81)0 a
month,” comment the physicians.
A Frenchman claims lo have Invented
an aero-bike or "avlette” which can fly
by means of leg power only. The machine
recently lifted its inventor one metre off
the ground, in a flight of 12 metres.
French aviators have ceased to scoff at
the Idea and are taking the aero bike
seriously as a necessary improvement on
the equipment of the motored ai.planes.
The Coal Operators' Association. of Har
lan, Kan., claims that there are many
Idlee care on the railroad tracks which
have bec-n sat ashla for repairs, but In
stead of being sent to the shops, are lying
Wile and valueless and "thousands* 'In ser
vice in crippled eouditioiv. are lengthen
ing the line, wherever storage can be
found.
iu uie u years r.ngianu nas rein
anly ffll automobiles to the United Sin s,
while In the same time the United Stutes
teat to Knglund, 11,162 cars, says the
Hoard of Trade Journal The paper paints
•ut an opportunity to expand the sale
•f British cars In America among the
wealthy people of New York and the
•ewly rich.
In a meeting In New York city last
month, said to be the first In the United
ftates since the war where tho German
language was used, one of the speakers,
in architect from Chicago, said: "All men
sf German descent mus^ do all In their
fewer to bring the German spirit, kultur
ind education to the American people and
m the people of the whole world.”
A member of the 102d Pioneer Infantry
Who was about to embark for home,
(tapped Into a hut and bought a package
ft clgarets. Opening It he found a letter
impressing the hope that the recipient
Would onjoy the smokes. To his surprise
»e found the letter was signed by his own
mother.
A Chicago judge has ruled that packing
firms may not discriminate In reemploy
fag man. so as to give preference to lit
fans, as they adrplt they have been doing.
fl»« Judge says foreigners In this coun
try are entitled to oijual opportunities
With American citizens.
Seventy disabled soldiers are now en
lolled In tho eummero school of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. Thirty-seven are
Kdying farming, 13 mechanical lmlus
m, eight commercial work, two medi
an*. two In chomistry, two In Journalism
and there la one each In law and phar
macy.
Bones of a prehistoric camel were dis
covered in Oregon last week by men from
the University of Chicago. With It were
the bones of a pro historic three toed,
hone. The horse was smaller than prei>
ant day horses, and the camel not much
larger than a Jack rabbit.
William B. Colver, of the federal trade
aonunlaslon, says: "We find that In 31
(English cities, the packers control 63
wholesale meat establishments and over
t,0M> retail shops. They are doing business
under new names and charters, which
allow them to make and sell anything,
build steamers, and carry mails.
The collector of customs In Los Angeles
has ruled that the port and starboard
lights, and whistles prescribed for motor
boats are also required for hydro-planes.
On landing.and etartlng tho planes must
give the usual whistle signals required of
ships.
“We nre Informed that not more than
■ per cent of tho population of any given
community patronizes its public library.
A far greater -percentage of the people
■attend the movies, and even 40 per cent
attend church." sighs tho Los Angeles
Times
ui iu, iui me |iu»i uirve ycctrt*
representative of Mexico in Germany ami
Austria, has returned to Ills country ami
In an Interview with El Universal declares
tlxat great preparations are under way in
Germany for wholesale emigration to
Latin America.
District Attorney Winfred C. Zabel will
resign frohi the socialist party as a re
sult of &u attempt by the executive board
at the party's county central committee
to make him pay 20 per dent of his sal
ary—|t,200—into thc party's campaign fund,
anys a Milwaukee dispatch.
Five of the 27 societies formed to con
trol Germany’s food supply have already
been disbanded, and it is announced that
ethers will follow In tho near future. Th^
central purchasing company which super
intended the buying of all Germany's War
food is n*»w betng used as an employment
bureau.
Bellringers at Windsor have struck
against the frequency of the royal birth
days; and have in consequence been ex
cused from ringing for any but those of
the king and queen, tho queen’s mother
and the Prince of Wales.
Representative Siegel, New Vork, who
claims manufacturers are planning to In
crease tho price of white collars to 35
cents September 1, will ask consideration
at this resolution for a trade commission
Investigation of this industry.
An mland sea. -3,000 acres In extent L
to be fo.-med by damming tho Junctions
at the rivers Murray, Darling and MJtla
Mltta. The cost will be $30,000,000, and
mostly ex-soldiers are to be employed,
nay* a correspondent In Sydney.
A London correspondents says: "Com
paring tbe i>re-war wealth of England,
Germany and the United States, Professor
Stamp computes the respective totals at:
■England $71,500,000,000; Germany. $82,760.
«M00; United States $210,OOO,000,000.
Missing since 1887, the body of a man
wan discovered in a gas reservoir at
Dreax. The man's body and clothing were
wonderfully preserved, and in‘his pocket
waa a Uttar staling he was going to coro
-mM ryjaetde, says a Paris message.
Nine American doughboys in northern
buaix have married Russian women.
SUr A. D. Hall, whose name appears on
*11 orders to romuxxie dogs in England,
Uaa Just been fined for leaving bis own
dog unmuzzled.
Fourteen district offices of the federal
■board of vocational education and nine
branch offices have been opened in dif
1 artist parts of the country.
When an Allentown, Pa , barber, saw a
rat wallet lying In the street hist week.
i«e passed it, supposing It was a Joke.
But, overcome by caution, he returned
am* picked it up. It contained $3,260 and
Me’mged to a grocer.
Charged with being In possession ol
asounerfeit 10 shilling notc3, WllJlar
"Wzrner of London, successfully piendci
th*' tic carried them bra Jok». s'art
fm 2 people b> ueirii- tl!-in In public an
cigt-ret ligntr.-n
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Secretary of Trade and Com
merce Department Would
Prevent Sale of Stock of
Unlicensed Concerns.
Uineoln, .Ncli., Aug. 30.—Secretary
Hurt, of the trade and commerce de
partment lias Issued a notice to the
state beaker* warnings them not *o
purchase notes given for gales of stock
In unlicensed companies. The depart
ment cannot forbid this, but it asks
Tfie bankers not to buy these notes as
this helps to defraud the people of
the state.
Mr. Hart writes that unscrupulous
salesmen are negotiating many such
sales discounting the notes at the local
hanks. Many of these offer to take
such substantial discounts that they
prove a temptation to bankers. Bankers
who value their reputation for Integrity,
says Mr Hart, should not knowingly
lend their Influence to such stock sales
and banks should not buy them at any
prfro. He points out that when the
fraudulent character of the stock, upon
which fabulous dividends are earned, is
discovered, lawsuits follow, and this
will not be good for the banks to be
dragged in. ^
l.cgal assistance will be furnished by
the state where the local officials refuse
to fnvestlagto these sales by unlicensed
person*.
MIDDLEMEN TELL HOW
THEY DO BUSINESS
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 30.—C. C. Whit
nack, oar lot dealer in potatoes and
fruits told the state probers that all lie
made last year on a $20,000 investment
was between $13,000 and $14,000. He
had to borrow $50,000 t<^ $75,000, but
the Interest was charged to expenses,
Mid so his net profit was on the basis of
the $20,000 of his own money he hud
in tho business.
Whltnack declared that the reason he
did not buy Nebraska apples was that
the growers wanted retail prices for
their slock, and he could not see that
value in them. At the present time
they are asking $7.00 and $8.00 a bar
rel, and they are not worth that much,
even in winter time.
The reason he did not buy western
Nebraska potatoes is that the growers
do not take any pride in preparing
their product for market, as do the
growers In Minnesota, and they will
not keep. Inspection he said was a
farce and the $2.00 fee growers had to
pay was a hold up. The Inspectors did
not know their business, being youths
sent out from the agricultural business,
and he quit buying after he had lost
heavily on their inspection instead of
looking at his purchases himself.
When B. Lococo, who operates the
Independent Fruit Company In Lincoln,
was asked if ho belonged to an associa
tion that fixed prices he replied: "No,
no, I keep away from all of them. I
want to be free. I don't want to be a
corporation."
The inquiry so far- has established
the fact that tho jobbers of the city are
making about 3 per cent net on all the
goods they handled. Where the turn
over Is eight to 10 times a year the re
turns are that many times the net. It
has also established a buying pool ex
ists between the two biggest, and now
retailers are to be quizzed us to wheth
er they quote the same prices.
FEARS STREET C^R FARES
MAY CUT ATTENDANCE
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 30.—Secretary E.
It. Danielson of the state hoard of ag
riculture has inquired of the railway
commission whethor the Lincoln Trac
tion Company can legally collect II
cents as tho rate of fare between Lin
coln and the state fair grounds. Ho
thinks this is an excessivo charge and
believes It may cut down the attend
ance of city people at the fair next
week.
Secretary Browne of tho railway
commission finds that the order issued
a year ago permits the traction com
pany to collect "5 cents extra faro" on
the line to the fair grounds, this reve
nue to be applied on the cost of the
new terminals which were Installed at
that time. The regular fare at that
time was 5 cents, making the total 10
cents, but since then the United States
lias raised the city fare to 6 cents, and
that automatically raises the combined
it to to II cents.
Mr. Danielson would be glad to re
fill 1 cent out of each fare from the
ntuto'8 portion if It could be arranged,
so as to hold tho total fare down to 10
chnts.
CARROLL YOUNG MAN
HURT IN AUTO SPILL
Wayne, Neb., Aug. 30.—Floyd Linn,
•on of Charles Linn, or Carroll, suf
fered severe injuries when the auto
which he was driving turned over a
mile and a half from Wayne early
1’hursday morning. He was accompa
nied by Lewis Worthem, of Emerson,
who works at Carroll. Young Linn
was struck In the head by the rear
wheel of the car and knocked uncon
scious. The other boy summoned O,
W. Alberts, near whose farm the acci
dent occurred, and he took the boys to
the Wayne hospital. Worthem war
thrown 10 feet when the car overturned
but was not hurt. Linn was uncon
scious several hours. An examination
showed that his cheek bone was
crushed, but the skull was not frac
tured. as was first feared.
The boys bad been attending the old
settlers' picnic at Winslde and were or
their way to Carroll after bringing two
lady ^friends to their homes in Wayne
MANY NEBRA8KA OLD
8OLDIER8 TO REUNIOM
Lincoln. Neb, Aug. 30.—Adjt. Gen. II
Brows, of the Nebraska G. A. R„ htu
sent out 3.000 certificates for tho pui
chase of low fare tickets to the nations.'
encampment at Columbus, Ohio, new
month, a-U has wired nati nal head
quarters for 500 more. It is now ex
pected that a much larger crowd wil
go r.-oni Nebraska than the one thai
went to Portland a year ago. Tho ’ 1
egation will .aduac Eons of Vctei a
and members of other auxil'ary pr.ii .-B
.
THREE IMPOBTANr
0, S. Attorney For Nebraska
Goes to Denver to Present
Government’s Side In
the Appeals.
Lincoln, Neb,. Sept. 2.—Federal Dis
trict Attorney Allen has gone to Den
ver to argue three noted eases before
tho United States circuit court. Thom
ts H. Matters, an Omaha attorney, who
formerly lived In Clay county, was
convicted of aiding and abetting in the
tnisapplleation of the funds of the First
National Bank of Sutton. Matters,
after his first conviction, appealed, and
tn the second trial was again found
guilty. This is his second appeal to
the higher court. . The Sutton National
Bank failed, and if Is alleged that
many depositors lost their savings.
Day Ammerman, a rich Colorado
ranchman, was sentenced by Federal
Judge Munger to two years in the pen
itentiary for violating the Mann white
(slave act. Ammerman was charged
with transporting a 17-year-old girl
from Colorado to Nebraska. Ammer
man did not deny his relations with the
girl, but claimed that his purpose in
transporting her to Nebraska was to
send her to school, and that the of
fense was merely incidental. The evi
dence showed that the girl Is an or
phan, that her father died when she
was a child, and that the motehr died
while an inmate of a state institution.
She began working for Ammerman on
his ranch when she was 16 years old.
Hiram Chase, jr„ against tho United
States, is a noted Indian land case in
volving the title to 85 pieces of land
on the Omaha Indian reservation in
Thurston county. The gevernment
won in the lower court and the 85
Indians, who each claim a separate
piece of land, arc appealing.
It is claimed by the appellants that,
under the act of congress of 1882, each
Omaha Indian child born prior to the
expiration of a trust period should be
entitled to 80 acres of land, and the 85
who first filed and got all of the land
ire insisting on their right to hold it.
It is contended by the federal govern
ment that congress repealed the act In
1012 and provided another plan for the
disposal of the unallotted lands. There
were about 600 Indian children born
within the trust period, and it is con
tended by the government that it was
the purpose of congress to divide these
lands equally among all the children
and not permit those who first filed to
get i t all to the exclusion of the
others.
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FEAR CANADA WILL
CONFISCATE THEIR LAND
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 2.—A *1,000,000
worth of western Canadian farm land^
owned by Nebraska and Iowa people
arc about to be confiscated by the gov
ernment in British Columbia and giv
en to returning Canadian soldiers. Ne
braska and Iowa owners of property
have rushed an Omaha attorney to
Victoria. B. C„ to confer with provin
cial authorities on the subject and to
make the strongest proteat which can
be put up by Americans. The lands
of thousands of American investors
in British Columbia are threatened
with the same fate.
"I ain going to tell those British Co
tubian officials that when once the peo
ple of the United States learn that a
Canadian province has the power to
take the property of one man and give
it to another, the people of the United
States will let that province severely
alone and will never Invest another
cent therein as long as such laws are
on their statute books," said the at
torney before leaving Omaha for Vic
toria.
SENATOR HITCHCOCK
FIXES POSTMASTERSHIP
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 2.—Unofficial
word has reached Fremont that Sen
ator Hitchcock has recommended thal
Wallace Wilson be named pastmaster
at Fremont. A number of Fremont
business men who wrote to Senator
Hitchcock in support of John Martin
widely known Fremont democrat, have
received a letter from E. B. Gaddis
Hitchcock’s secretary, informing them
that Wilson is the choice of the Nebras
ka senator. It is known that Frank
Fuhlrodt, acting postmaster, scored
highest In his civil service examination
Fuhlrodt Is a republican. Fuhlrodt
Wilson and P. H. Larson, city light
commissioner, are the three applicants
who qualified out of eight candidates
according to Gaddis’ letter.
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McKELVIE SIDESTEPS
SECOND TERM TALK
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 2.—"I have not
said I would not be a candidate for
a second term,” Bald Gov ,S. R. Me
Kelvle, when asked concerning reports
that he had plans for a cabinet posi
tion, should Lowden. of Illinois, become
president. This la not the time to dis
cuss such matters. What I did say was
that a governor should give attention
to the duties of his office rather than
plan to secure the office for a second
term.
YE8, WHERE IS ITT
Milwaukee—"Where’s the island oj
Yap?” nqulred a reported of a passer
by. '*’ see you have the passwortl,’’
was the reply. “It’s the first swing
ing J Jt to the loft and you can get
anything up to 99 per cent.”
WIFE OF CARRANZA
MAY COME TO U. S.
Eagle Paso. Te;; Sept. 1.—Mrs.
Vcnustlano Carranza, wife of the presi
dent of Mexico, with attendants and a
military escort, arrived today at Pie
drus Negros. Max., according to a dis
patch received here. Shi .'.is been it
ill health fO“ >nv time tin ’ may com
to *ht» Uni i £* ;s, jit mu Vi 1.
Farmers of Gage County, Ne
braska, Greatly Angered Be
cause Nonpartisan Meet
ing Was Broken Up.
Pickrell, Neb.. Sept. 1.—Several hun
dred farmers, many of them members
of the nonpartisan league, gathered
here in a protest meeting against the
action of an unruly crowd of men at
Beatrice, the county seat, in preventing
league speakers from addressing a
meeting held there. Speeches were
made by A. E. Sheldon, Judge W. H.
England and A. L. Weatherly, of Lin
coln, and former Lieutenant Governor
Howard, of Columbus. They entered
their protest against throttling free
speech and predicted that democracy
was in danger when such things could
happen and not one of the city or coun
ty officers take any action against the
perpetrators.
A series of red hot resolutions were
presented. One of these provided for
the appointment of a committee to call
upon Governor McKelvie and ask him
to at once begin proceedings to remove
the mayor, chief of police and chief of
the fire department of Beatrice and the
sheriff of Gage county, for their re
fusal to furnish protection and punish
the rioters, and for the assault by the
fire chief on C. A. Sorenson, the league
lawyer.
To Boycott Beatrice.
Another set pledges the farmers pres
ent to stay away from Beatrice until
such time as the authorities of that city
takes steps to bring to the bar the offi
cials who refused protection and the
men who prevented the speechmaking
by a series of assaults. This says that
apparently the business men don't
want them to trade with them and that
they are not welcome there.
Another resolution declares that the
mob was indirectly duo to hate creating
advertisements of the new Nebraska
federation, the business men's organi
zation that was brought into being to
light the league, and by editorials and
articles in the Lincoln paper run by
H. E. Gooch, the state’s biggest miller,
who thinks his business, the league de
clares, is menaced by their program of
state ownership.
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STATE FAIR VISITORS
PAY DOUBLE CAR FARE
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1.—Visitors to
the Nebraska State Fair will again be
compelled to pay double fare to ride on
the street cars to the grounds because
the stute legislature refused to appro
priate sufficient money for the relief
of the state fair board.
According to Secretary E. R. Dan
ielson, of the board, $33,000 was spent
in changing car tracks and building
terminal facilities. In return it re
ceived the proceeds of the added 5
cents last year to help pay for the im
provements.
It was hoped that the legislature
would appropriate enough funds to re
imburse the board, but while it did
give the board $12,000, it was not near
ly enough. Therefore the people must
pay the bill that ought to have been
settled by the lawmakers. The Lin
coln Traction Company, through fed
eral court orders, has Increased its fare
within the city limits from 5 to 6
cents, and therefore it will cost visitors
11 cents each way.
IRRIGATION DITCH 13
CAUSE OF TROUBLE
Gering, Neb,, Sept. 1.—Directors
Morrison, Smith and Currie and Super
intendent Schumacher, of the Mitchell
irrigation district, were arrested and
brought into court at the instigation
of the state board of irrigation charged
with interfering with headgates after
the agents of the state board had closed
them. The Mitchell canal heads just
across the Wyoming state line, and has
no priority appropriation in Nebraska
nor a storage right from the govern
ment reservoir so when there was need
to conserve the water in order to sup
ply the needs of prior users the state
board ordered it to close its gates. The
ofifeers did not comply, and the of
ficials closed them, but they were op
ened again by tho district officers,
wherefore the suit It is not regarded
as a criminal case in any sense, but
as an action which will probably clari
fy the actual standing of the Mitchell
district with regard to its rights to
water. A continuance was taken for
30 days.
TELLS HOW GROCERS’
COMBINE OPERATES
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 1.—John B. Bry
an, vice president of the Basket stores,
testified in the state food handling
probe that a combination of Omaha
food jobbers and retailers exerts strong
and frequently effective pressure to
prevent these stores from buying gro
ceries.
"In other cities," he said, "the basket
stores can buy buy on the market, but
the Missouri Valley wholesale grocers
are so strongly organized that their op
position is quite effective in Omaha."
Forty per cent of the retail grocers of
Omaha lost money last year and 50 per
cent did not make a living, according
to testimony of J. J. Cameron, secre
tary of the Retail Grocers' association.
Cameron said one cause of high prices
is that people have so much money
they don’t know what to do with it. In
many families, he said, everybody
works, including father and the in
comes are greatly Increased.
WEST POINT—Kev.'j. H. Tegeler. who
has been, for many years, pastor of the
Lutheran church at Bctmsr, has accepted
a call to the church at Wlsner.
NO COMPETITION TO
BE FOUND THERE
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. t.—At the state
high cost of living hear..ig local grocers
testified 11. :t prior to two years ago
there was it I conip ' ition between two
'f lb biggest prec ui t firms in the eitv.
but hii.re tliet time theii p. ices hatu
t en nlniust id, ntical for the samt
com .entities.
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A .lew feppellu airship, 0:> Itf niRldtn
trip fi-jm Friodi ■-l:sb fen to Berlin, c v
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hours.
Training Little Children I
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Give Children Toys Which Answer Their Needs — Teach
Them to Care for Their Toys and This Will Tend
^ to Make Them Neat and Orderly.
Runeetlest* by mother* who have been klndorgartners. lanued by the United State# Bureau
of Education. Washington, I>. C., and the National Kindergarten AasoclaUoa, • Wert
Fortieth Street, New York.
"BY MRS. IiENORK R. RAMIS.
MOST children have too many toys;
consequently they are not
stirred to make toys for them
selves, and tlielr powers of Invention
are retarded. There are two classes
of toys, useful and useless. Those
are useful which answer the needs of
child-life. A ball Is a most useful
toy because it is about the first a child
can play with. All mothers know how
a babe, as soon as It Is old enough to
use its hands, loves a soft, bright-col
ored ball. From Infancy practically
through the whole of ITs'e the ball plays
an active part Tennis, golf, baseball,
football—all sports of later life center
around a ball.
Soon comes the building stage,' with
blocks. A ten-cent box of dominoes
is excellent material for building and
for making tables, chairs, beds and
soldiers in a row.
Then comes the imitative stage of
toys. Every child, boy or girl, wants
to do as father or mother does. A ttw
cent sweeper and a ten-cent broom
are always a Joy to a child’s heart
and enable the little one to actually
help mother.
The doll also plays an Important
part In children's lives, for it answers
the instinct for nurture which is in
born in children. Good serviceable
dolls, not too many at once, are most
useful. Children also need sets of
dishes with which to learn to set a
table and to pretend to cook, and
which they can wash and dry, again
Imitating mother. Imitating father,
children can play with toys of con
struction, such as sets of stone blocks
and trains, automobiles and other
tools of man's world.
Toys are useless which are easily
broken, such as expensive mechanical
toys. These are generally more Inter
esting to grown-ups than to children.
Huge hobby-horses, large dolls and
too many toys are useless also. Every
little girl longo for a big doll, which is
right and good, but for babies of two
years or younger such toys are not
oply useless but lead td the bored
i&ild, which of all things Is the most
pitiable—a child to whi m nothing Is
new. nothing interesting I
, Through play the child should bo
i taught tho care of toys. A child who
! Is taught to pick up his toys and put
them away In their proper places be
comes neat and orderly. Often chll- ^
dren are careless with their toys and,
unless carefulness Is instilled la,
them, they become wantonly destruc
tive and have no respect for the prop
erty of others. If a little boy has a
stuffed dog that barks and he is found!
investigating the reason for the bark
ing, he is not destructive so much as
he is curious, and it must bo remem
bered that through investigation the
great discoveries of the world havs
been made. A child with a mechani
cal mind will often take his toys apart,
"to see how they are made.” But cur
iosity is strong in all children; there
fore before punishing a child for de
stroying a toy, be sure^that he has
been guilty of something more than
pure thoughtlessness or curiosity.
Happy and contented—these are
the two words which describe the con
dition of children in the kindergarten
and should describe the condition in
the home, too. You can accomplish
so much more through love than you
can through force. The busy mother
In the home can have just as happy
children as the klndergartner has,
but she must devote a part of every
day to them conscientiously.
Be reasonable with a child and he
will be reasonable also. Remember
that the desired results from child-'
training depend first upon the physical
condition of the child and secondly
upon the time, thought and intelli
gent care which you give to them.
A dear old lady said to me once,
after I had remarked with discourage
ment that all I seemed to accompllihvw*^,^
In a day was to care for my baby’s
needs, "My dear, you are doing a
woman’s greatest work right now—
the training of your child’s mind ar.d
moral*. The time spent may show no
immediate results, but you are laying
the foundation for a character that
will stand as a monument to your work
and wisdom in years to come.”
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BREST FEEDING BEST.
Commissiner Jepson of West Virginia,
gives the mothers of this state sound ad
vice on breast feeding. Not only will a
mother Increase the chance for life and
health of her baby by breast feeding it
but she will save herself a lot of trouble.
It Is troublesome to fix a baby's milk day
and night and get it right. To be careless
and not get It right, and cause an at
tack of diarrhoea is more troublesome
still. .
These are the reasons he gives for
nursing the baby:
Breast milk is always ready and is
never sour.
Breast milk does not have to be pre
pared or measured.
It is nature's method and was intended
for your baby.
It will make your baby strong and
healthy.
It is absolutely free from germs and
dirt.
It protect’s your baby from many in
fant's diseases. (It has been proved that
babies at tho breast are capable of
throwing off several forms of contagion,
for instance, measles.)
It is safer for the baby. Ten bottle
fed babies die to one fed on the breast.
It is the only perfect food for the baby.
It contains the proper elements of food
In the right proportion for the growing
child.
Origin of "Gone West."
From the Tulsa World.
The war gave us many new words and
phrases. It Is none too early to fix defi
nitely their origin so that disputes of the
hiture may be unnecessary. Perhaps none
Is more pathetically expressive than "gone
west," the soldier term that came to
be almost universally adopted to designate
death. From whence came this phrase
and why?
In a book review appearing In the New
York Times recently a very Interesting ex
position Is given. It Is explained that
more than 3,000 years ago the ancient
Egyptians spoke of the dead as "the
westerners,” or those who had "gone1
west.” For the abode of the dead was |
believed to be in the realm of the setting
sun, ln^that Amenti where Osiris reigned.
This belief by the ancients in the soul
going west has at least reflection In the
customs of some of our own North Ameri- 1
can Indian, who cherished the belief that
their "happy hunting grounds” lay in the
west, and who practiced the custom of :
laying their dead away in well provisioned
scaffolds facing the west.
So quickly did the phtfise become a part
of the vocabulary of the soldier in the
trenches that today It would be difficult
to find a reading person In all the earth
that does not Instantly perceive Its affec
tionate pathos.
Their Bad Bargains.
From the Hartford Courant.
There is wailing among the American
helreif.es who have acquired titled hus
band* In central Europe. They and their
husbands get no sympathy at home, and
many of them have found Switzerland a
safer and more comfortable place to live.
To add to their misfortunes, their Ameri
can incomes are cut off by the activities
of the alien property custodian, and they
have been compelled to deprive themselves
of the luxuries to which they have‘been
accustomed. It Is even said that some of
them are in want and that others are liv
ing on borrowed money.
Among the American heiresses men
tioned as having been hard hit by the
war are women well known in New York
and Newport society, and one of them Is
quoted as saying: "It ts hard to under
stand—this, being shamefully treated by
our mother country. And we get no eyro-'
pati\y here nor there." Another says:
"Our position Is pitiable. Let me tell you.
It’s no Tun being princesses, duchesses
and countesses in Germany, Austria and
Hungary these days. Nobody wants us."
It Is probable that many of the women
who forsook America for titles of nobility
will reestablish themselves as American
citizens and make Americans of thtir
husbands, whore titles aia now wores
than emptv honors.
^reoerving tha War.
From the New '"ork I'ost.
Science }v ens.bbd iq to preserve the
a’-ir o* war no 1 .s ia those of jieace.
Th.ni; o le i l.ind's .'■»* hi out a mcin
f. thoso wii ; l ved in her dev and
•'ter* iistnry for oOe-s, Melba's von he
tar. led C'-w'r to sue cod ng ge. era tiros ■
flirour'- , phonogram Of Washington '
ores- ii- i ■. i vwt t *vo S' ■ ve or.lv ..ill I -
lugs. V.f Lee t., Ai'ionol'ev ve lieve Ini
adoihe dSTiur jqtype. 01 the preeel tl
Breast fed babies seldom have bowel
trouble, which is so fatal In bottle led
babies, especially during hot weather.
Practicnlly every mother can nurse hew
baby during the first six months.
If her milk threatens to dry up she can
bring it back to quantity production by
following certain simplo rules.
The most Important Is to get plenty of
sleep and rest.
The second most Important Is to nurse
the Baby at regular Intervals and at no
other time.
Other Instructions of Importance tire.
To eat enough, but to avoid overeat
ing.
To avoid worry.
Dr. Jepaon says: "Don't get discour
aged if you have little milk. Feed the
baby a little more from the. bottle alter
nursing when necessary, but do not give
up. nursing. Be patient. Eat plain, nu
tritious food. Avoid salads, pickles and
spicy foods. Drink plenty or milk and
water. Avoid coffee, tea, and alcoholic
beverages. (Beer docs not improve the
quality-or the quantity of milk.)
"Nur'ac the baby by the clock. Until 4
months old nurse six times between
early morning and nedtime and once at
night. After 4 months do not nurse at
night. After 6 months nurse at four in -
tervals and during the day only. If the
baby cries between nursings give him
cool boiled water."
war, however, we have 47,000 official pho
tographs and no fewer than 160 miles of
motion picture negatives. The worth of
these to tho historian and tactician cannot
be denied. But they will be even more
precious to the great ma3s of veterans
and their friends. The proposal of the
secretary of war to have the photographs
bound in book form, 1-2 In all of 4C0 page
each, and sold to the public at $1.W)
volume, has in It muc-h to be recflTn
mended. Such collections would be a
source of legitimate pride to those pic
tured as trail as to that larger army
that after all made the taking of them
possible.
Hunting Rights on Navigable Waters.
From West’s Docket.
The right of fowling on the waters of
North Bay, Va.. is the main question for
determination by United States circuit
court of appeals In Schermerhorn vs. boi
ler, 261 Federal Reporter, 839. The court,
states that it knows no reason why the
principle relating to fishing rights is not
also applicable to rights of fowling, and
fn reference to the question of trespass
In connection with “mat blind shooting"
says: "It Is true that In following this
method the gunner places h(s boat near
the shore, and by placing around Hie boat ;
a blind made of cqrri. sage or reeds be ' '
creates the appearance of an extension
of the shore. However, 8o long as his
boat does not touch the shore, and la
outside of the low water mark—by which
we mean the line of the water during dry
seasons—he is not trespassing on any ex
clusivi right of the landowner." w_[|
Senor Giolitti Returns.
From the Manchester Guardian.
It Is not surprising tnat something of a
sensation has been caused In Rome by the
reappearance In the political lists of Olo-:
vannl Giolitti. now 77. but still a potential
force. It was said of him before the war
that he was the most Important statesmair
produced by Italy since the generation
of the liberators. Brought up among the
sturdy Piedmontese peasants, he-has manjr
of their race characteristics. In which
courage and. capacity for work rank high.
He has dominated many Italian parlia
ments, and, as an English critic hy
written, his physical and mental energy
give to his erect figure, over six feet h»‘
height, the aspect of a Colossus, and to
his arguments an irresistible power. He
lost, much In prestige at the 1915 erbda, bus
none the less It is doubtful whether any1:
Italian statesman can compare with vim
la domestic politics. He Is one or thul
rare politicians who can make %nd un
make governments—always a great, overt .
shadowing figure, even when In the back\ l
ground His power has owed somethings \
to the advantage of the cold, self-cog
talr.rd north over the e rube rants south,
amt t was really on the fall of CSispk
that lie built his power. Once before he
was overthrown, and he had to spend the
eight years betv ecn the scandals of lttS
and 1!<1# in rebuilding his prest re, but he
emerged triumphant. Creat pat mertjary
skill, a wor-ai ay talent fer sp, ing. and d
a genuine dei ocratic Ins'e’ t i _ive been M
hls qualities, • d if his enemies call him.
politically onoerpi ilous, few hading,
•dr.f i nen of t'.e world huvo escap'd that
imputation.