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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1909)
TO SEND BACK SHIP'S SOUNDS. Experiments with New Safety D:vice for Fcggy Weather. The United States government is ex- W-Mimenting jn an Francisco hay with a safety device for foggy weather which is remarkable in tbe union-ness of its idea. It Is nothing less 'ban a fog buoy which will make no tnise of Its own, but which will be expected to catch the sound waves of a vessel' whistle and echo them back across tha water. The buoy, or structure, Is construct ed of corrugated Irou sheeting, placed on piles, and built in three wings placed at different angles. Each wins Is 32 feet square. The idea was given birth accidental ly. There has always been much trouble in the upper part of San Fran cIbco bay because the shore lights cannot be seen when the weather la bad. Filots and skippers began to no tice, however, how clearly the corru gated steel warehouses around Benicla returned the sound of their whistles, and for some time have been guidinj their way along by the tchoes. The government is confident that the new buoys will act in the same manner. Too Good a Story to Keep. This woman was ill, or thought she was, which came to the same thing. Accustomed to the ministra tions of the family physician, she sent out a hurry call, but the medico could not be located for tha moment. She grew sick and Bicker with every minute, and as a last resort, another medical man wa sent for, a stranger, but of high repute. Iiefore he could respond, the family physician turned up and cared for his patient. He was not told that another had been called in, and when the second man arrived, the lady was so flustered and nonplused by the false position in which she found her self that she sent down word she was too ill to see the physician would he excuse her? He happened to mention the strange Incident to the family physician, with whom he maintains close relations, and that is how the story leuked out. Misanthropy. "Don't you wish you were a boy again?" "Yes," answered Slrius Barker. "I see a lot of people that make me wish my dignity did not prevent me from laying for them with a few dozen rocks." When She Will Be Man's Equal. Woman can can never hope to be man's equal until, instead of exulting when she hears of the fall of one of her sisters, she honestly says to her self: "Poor thing! It's too bad thai she got found out" i Hotter Than Ever No relief you say? Oh yes there is. Just dr,op in and try one of our delicious Soda Confections. Allow us to suggest one of the following. Root Beer Coco Cola Orangeade 5c t t ? ? t 1, Chocolate Frappe ) Rose Frappe Sundaes, any Flavor, So and 1 0e. Ice Cream Soda with Crushed Fruit, So and 10c. Remember, a 5c purchase is one vote in the diamond ring contest. NEMETZ & CO. Candymaksrs. Next to P. O. "4TV To The Public UILDNOW 13 The prices of lumber and building material of all kinds is lower at the present time than it will be in the future. Large buyers, such as the railroads and similar corporations, have be gun to buy in large quantities, the result is the lumber market has passed the low place and prices are bound to advance. If you are ex pecting to build it will pay you to BUY NOW. Get prices from F. M. RICHLY, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. All Germicides Not Good. Of late mir.y countries have been mn'itn? official tests as to tha value id germicides. As a result it is declared that the ;;;ilillc should be careful in tho j selection of a disinfectant, for there are in tho market many which have I no germicidal nctlua whatever. Frot Hewlett , us a result of his tests, sayi that not only is the public defrauded, but there is also a grave danger intro duced when a person believed he wai using something which would totally destroy germs and w.aa thereby lulled into a sense of security when in reali ty no sense of security was justified. He claims that fcr many years past sanitary authorities have been living in a fool's paradise vainly imagining that the fluids they have been sprtnk ling around have been dealing death and destruction to all germs and bac terial Intruders. His advice is that before buying a germicide the public should insist on receiving with it a copy of a report on Its value by a bac teriologist or properly qualified medi cal man of standing. Improvement In Palestine, Palestine's ancient wells, famous Id history for centuries, are giving way to pumping by modern engines and outfits, particularly for watering gar dens and orchards. There is a larga demand for and import of pumps. To Remove Ink from Brown Boots. Rub well first with a solution of ox alic acid, and then with a solution of chloride of lime. Repeat the operntlon if necessary, and finally polish with any good brown boot polish. New to Him. "Why do you stay out so late every night?" "I'm troubled with insom nia." "What's that?" "Inability to go to sleep." "Say, that's a bully ex- CU30." Kindred Ills. Young Wife (sobbing) "I do have a hard time keeping nouse." Mother "What's the matter, dear?" Youtif; vVlfe "The stove smokes In spite rf all I can do, and so does my husbaifl " Folly of "Touchiness." Touchiness, when it becomes cn it. ri le, is a morbid condition of the Inwt-.rtl disposition. It is self-love inflamed to the acute point. Drummond. Too Serious for Sport. In Canada business dominates .".port Figure it all out, and you will find that Canada's motto is "Sport for boy3, business for men." Canadian Cour'er. London's Coldest Day. December 25, 17!)d, is recorded oi the coldest day ever known in fondon, when the thermometer registered H degrees below zero. r f ? f ? ? ? t l Celery Phosphate - Claret Phosphate ( Fruit Phosphate I Violtt Frappe Caramel Frappe T IH 1.1 Cf 0 01 IIS b b FORTRESS A MARVEL GIBRALTAR IS KIGHTLY CCNSID- ERED IMPREGNABLE. ! Hard to Imagine How Any Attacking Fleet Could Live In the Avalanche ! of Shct That Could Poured en It. Be "An enemy's fleet could be sent to tho bDttoui in ten minutes before get ting within flvo miles of Gibraltar; , not even a torpedo-bout could succeed in entering the bay unobserved ou the ! blackest night!" That sums up the opinions of the most eminent naval experts as to the Impregnability of the worrld'8 greatest fortress. . Dut disappointment awaits the sightseeing visitor. The rock, though barren, is covered with luxuriant veg elation; not a fort prominent; not a gun to be seen even with the most liowerful glasses; no discernible am munition magazines; no strongholds; only a peaceful, prosperous harbor and a sleepy, straggling town. It is night and the maneuvers are on. Swift-playing searchlights trans form the bay into a sheet of shimmer ing silver, upon which are seen ma jestic British warships and elongated flying shadows the torpedoes. Guns answer guns out of every conceivable crevice and corner, blending in one deafening uproar, while scores of shells plow the wr.ter fur miles around. Sentries are everywhere; infantry parties crouch in the shadows; hun dreds of gunners stand ready behind hundreds of guns In these mysterious labyrinths hewn out of the solid rock "the galleries;" the vicious barktng of the Maxim guns gives contrast to the deep-toned baying of these mam moth pieces of ordnance, the mere report of which cracks stone roofs and bursts doors and whole windows. Could any fleet live through the mur derous hall of gigantic shells? Gibraltar never sleeps. Hy day and night two perfectly equipped slgual stations, proudly flaunting Britain's flag of ownership, unceasingly sweep the seas around to a distance of Sf teen miles on a clear day, instantly reporting the coming and going of each vessel. Sentries guard all the prominent forts, magazines and gate ways; gunners sleep beside their guns; engineers are ever ready beside the powerful searchlights. Modern "needle" guns, the finest In Europe, are Installed on all the most prominent points. They are unreach able from the sea, even as they are undiscernlble, owing to the skill with which they are painted and draped to match the surrounding vegetation, while huge screens drop automatically before them as each shell is flred. They have a range of fifteen miles and could drop shells on Ceuta, in Africa, opposite, quite comfortably! One gun weighs 110 tens and is capa ble of throwing a shell weighing three quarters of a ton! In that marvel ol engineering under great difficulties, the galleries, are concealed guns for every day in the year! These galleries are divided into three sections, entry to which Is guarded, while one is closed even to high officers, containing preserved stores, munitions of war, rain water (for Gibraltar has no springs) and a complete condensing plant all calcu lated to outlast a siege of seven years. The firing is the most mathemat ically perfect Imaginable. The sur rounding waters are mapped out into squares, upon which certain guns are kept ready trained, so that It Is al most impossible to miss. During prac tice targets are towed across the bay, the object being to .hit the water a few yards in advance of them. Making Change in New York. A thin little man with a long beard and a big bundle boarded a Second avenue car at Fifth street the other day, and when the conductor came around handed up a $1 bill and asked for a transfer to the Fourteenth street line. The conductor handed the passen ger a half dollar, a quarter and three dimes. The thin little man saw the three dimes and quickly thrust his change in his picket. He didn't wait until the car got to Fourteenth street, but alighted at Eighth street. When he had gone a passenger said to the conductor; "You gave that man three dimes In stead of two." The conductor did not smile, but said: "Did I? Well, he'll have a devil ol a time getting rid of the half dollar." New York Sun. Turkish Women In Uphill Fight. In Constantinople a few better-class women are "feeling their way" In re gard to dress, but, like all pioneers, they suffer for the cause. If the cus tomary heavy black veil is thinner, if the hair has an appearance of being puffed out beneath Its covering, if the rich silk mantle Is cut to show the slender form or more mature curves of Its wearer, she Is Immediately an object of much attention and remark from Turk and Christian. His Definition of Echo. A little, boy was amusing himself by hallooing, then listening for the echo. "What la tho echo; mamma?" he asked. 1 1 is mother attempted to ex plain, foellnc all tho while how inade quate her explanation was. The lUU f. llow trotted along at her bM-. h.ilont for some minutes, .then his eyes Jell upon his shadow. "Oh, I know what echo is," h ex claimed Joyfully; "It's the shadow ol our vcJws." THOSE DEAR GIRLS AND THE RUDE CROWD AT THE . TICKET OFFICE. Age cf Chivalry Surely Dead When Men Cbieet Mi.tina Their J - -" 3 Trains to Accommodate Fair Femininity. It was one of the branch offices of a Dig railroad. As the man ahead of her Iherw down his money, grabbed his ticket and disappeared, she fluttered up to the counter. "I want to get my trunk checked, please." "Let me see your ticket, miss." "0, Clare, we, forgot to get my ticket," turning to the girl with her. "So we did. Now we will have to go all the way back." "You can get your ticket here, miss." "0, Clare, I can get my ticket here. Isn't it lovely?" "Just happened to have a few odd lots on hand," grinned s'me brute be uind her. "It's bargain day, you know. All tickets reduced to fUS!" "What does thut rude creature aiean, Clave?" "I don't know, dear. Don't pay any attention to him." "Where t.i, miss?" Inquired the ticket agent at this point. "New York." "Round trip?" "O, I wait a moment. Clare, 1 never thought atwut that Would you get a round trip? You know the How ards may only be in New York a week, and I may go on with them to Pitts burg. They have been begging me to for weeks, but If Mabel's wedding should come off by the 30th, I'll wunt to go to that. I shouldn't be a bit sur prised though if she postponed It gain, but" "Round trip, miss?" asked the ticket agent again, while the waiting line of men and women stood on tho other foot. "O, Clare, what would you do? I am wild to go to Pittsburg with tho Howards" "And we are wild to have you go," suddenly yelhnl a man at the extromo end of the line, whose train left in 20 minutes. "Try Pittsburg," yelled another voice. "You have to change every thing there every hour or so, and you can Include your mind without any ex tra Inconvenience." "Oh. no," shrieked another frantic Individual, "go to Mabel's wedding. I am dying to have you go. What, Ma bel?" "Clare, did you ever see such dread ful people. I shall report you at the main office," and she glared at the ticket agent. "Yes, miss," returned that individual In an expressionless voice. "Round trip?" "No, single," haughtily. ''What' lime?" The next 'call Is b tween 11 and 12." "Oh, my trunk isn't packed yet. I could never get it ready In that time." "Next call between 3 and 4." "Very well, have the man call for my trunk at 3, thin I can take the 2 o'clock train." "You would not have your check, miss?" "Why not? I can get the check when the man comes for my trunk." "Hut you won't be there if you go on the 2 o'clock train and ho doesn't come until 3." "Oh." A long pause. "Clare, I won't be there. What Bhall I do? Do you think I could get my trunk ready by 12? You know they never come when they say they will." "I think you could, dear. I'll pack one tray for you and we'll phone for Helen to come and help us, and" "Say, look here," shouted an excited person In the rear, whose hair was standing wildly on end and whose eyes appeared to be endeavoring to sever their connecting links with his face. "I've got Just 20 minutes to make my train in, and it's a matter of 140,000 to me if I lose it. Now if 'Clara' and her friend will retire for a few moments and decide these mo mentous questions the rest of us can get our tickets before she has time to change her mind again." "Clare, I'll not stay here another moment and bo Insulted. I shall not get my ticket at this office, and I shall certainly report you, sir, at headquar ters. I will never go on this road .gain and I shall tell all my friends bow I have been treated, and see that they ake their custom elsewhere." and then she and Clare swept haught ily frpm the office, while the crowd cheered. As the two disappeared the ticket agent winked at the crowd, and then began throwing out tickets and mak ing change, as each man yelled his lestination, tossed him his money and matching. his ticket sprinted out of the door with his coat tails standing aut straight and his suit case citting I long Streaks out of the atmosphere. i Puck. Things Undone. Knowing Child Mamma v punched me for something I hadn't done yes terday. Auntie That's rnlher unjust. Are you sure? Knowing Child Yes, she punished me '.lecause I hadn't dono my K's sons. A Soft Answer. '09- -What did you toll your Uiher v.hen lw asked you if you indulged? '12 Told him I took only ginger ale '0D Thought a soft answer would turn away wrath, ch? .... . j Pra.ikk of Politicians. Albany is infested with practical I Jekers who make the telephone the j rhlef Instrument of to;ti;rt At four j o'll 'ck one morning Asse'tildyman ; i!n-, chairman of the assembly com- mlttee on canals, was called out of I b.'d. The conversation was in this or ! der: "This jou. Col ne? Were you asleep?" "No, no; I was plnlng bridge whist out on the lawn tennis court." "Well, we dislike to disturb you, but we have an argument down town. One man says you are tho best authority in these parts on canals. Is that -Ight?" "Well, I consider myself pretty good in the daytime, but I don't care to be pulled out of bed and asked to dlsrusB canals at four o'clock In tho morn ing." "You're a little sensitive, is that U?" "Sensitive nothing; don't you think a man has a right to be a little sensi tive over such a trick as this?" "Hut you're not angry?' "No, I'm delighted." "Well, what we wanted to know la this: Is there any statute prohibiting member of the legislature from tak ing a bath in any portion of tho Kilo canal which Is not used for drinking purposes?" What .Mr. Colne said then will never be printed. New York Herald. Has Many Manufacturing Plants. Few persons ever think of New York being a manufacturing city, but It has about 70,000 manufacturing tablishments. Dally Thought. Take a rest; a field that has rest 4 Elves a beautiful crop. Ovid. Latin Proverb. A common danger produces unan imity. The Japanese Footfall. On? of the odd thing.; which strikes one In Japan Is the footfall, so differ ent from the sound made by shoe leather, filling the ears in say a crowded station In Tokyo with its European looking trains, platforms, ticket offices, bookstalls and other familiar objects! The musical clicking noise of the wooden sandals or clogs, which arc worn out of doors by all classes of Japanese and which are raised above ihe ground nt varying heights, accord Ing to the state of the roads, Is one of the most characteristic bits of detail of the country, and any picture after ward recalled to the mind has this cllj!ety clink, clinkety clink, as a running accompaniment I V ? V V ? f T ? t t ? ? T ? T t ? T t t f ? ? T f ? ? ? -t ? ? t ? ? ? ? IS MONEY We have more "time'' than we really need, so propose to divide it with our readers. We still have on hand nineteen clocks like the illustration above. These little time keepers stand about 9 1-2 inches high, are handsomely finished in oxidized copper, are fitted with alarms, and are excellent timekeepers in every respect. If you want one renew your subscription for a year in advance and send us one new subscriber. Or, if preferable, re new your own subscription and pay r0 cents for the clock. This clock would sell regularly for $1.50 or $1.75. Order early as only a few remain. t T ? ? $ y v y y The Way to Make the Most cf Life. A well regulated mind, a dignified Independence of tho world, and a wis preparation to possess one's soul I a patience whatever clrcumBtancoa may exist. Is in the power of every m-n. and Is greater wealth than that cf th Indies, and greater honor than Cr-esar vcr acquired. Timothy Dwlght. A Y;vng Artist. Two gentlemen meeting onn da ro the street stcod Idly talking wh?n on said to the other: "Say, Ed, I wltti you could sec thit little fiveyeftroM ghl of mlr.e riruw. Say, she dmw fce:i this morning, and It vus so nat'ji' dl thut when rl-.t- threw it It: tho wait, basket, It laid tl:cro.'' JudSe. The First Chlcker.j. It Is gcnei ally understood tUat tl: tncistry of tho (hlckei tribe may h tiacrO t: the Janslo fowl of India. All cf tho various varieties of our domc.v tic fvi.vls have bocn produceiL it l claimed by l ho uuihorltles ou tha sut Ject, from the wild f jwl of India. Feminine Lack cf Logic. Tell a wife that mery are i;elflsb.h wi:i readily acquiesce. Flut tell that t::n.c wom.:n that by spoiling her t. --.vhethcr la (ho nursery or at or university she l-i sowing tho j; -t! of tgr.tl.vn, iho will glvo you aa c mt pl.ii'ic di-ui:; t?ar. Worth cf Adversity. Ho Oiat h:ui never known ndvrslsy Is but half acquainted with Mu neif r.r with ctlu'va. L'i :isl ant succor's tiiov us hut line s!d) of life. T'.ere lu n merit which wo may wlu Ly our nil takes. Thorold. Idle Questions. This mny be an age when time la money, but first reflect on the number of useless quotations which vve sail each other every day, and to whicfc we neither receive nor expect an swei's. Madrid Mundo. Laying Up Treasure. No man" lays up treasure in heaves until ho quits dodging taies on earth. Dallas News. Justice vs. Iniquity. It Is Joy to tho Just to do Judgment; but destruction shall be to the work ers of Iniquity. Proverbs 21:15. Where the Disgrace Lies. Disgrace is not In the punisDmseL. , but In the crime. Alflori. The Greedy Caterpillar. ' The caterpillar each month etafefea weighing 6.000 times Its own weight ? y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y t y y y y y t y y y y y y t y y y y fie News-Herald.
