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YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK. MAY'S ROSE GARDEN. 1 1?:-.-4imi'i w re "MAKES BETTER RAILROADS." Western Writer Pays Tribute to Railroad Magnate ai Builder-Up of the Country. Mr. Edward H. IUrriiunn is oa a trip to Europe. Ordinarily ther would need be uothing added to. this SJMEMCANj ft life announcement beyond an exhortation to Emperor William to chain down his railroads and to other monnrchs to put their crowns and other valuables in the safe at night. Hut Mr. Harrl man is going off on a pleasure trip, and so many mean things have been said about him that it will not hurt any to change the tune a moment while ho is out ot the country and not able to take any advantage of the lapse from the cold attitude of se verity that Is usually used in men tioning the name of llarriman. Of all the great railroad men de veloped in this generation, E. H. llar riman is easily the biggest and the best, says a writer in the Hutchinson (Kan.) Dally News., The head of a railroad company, under the rules of the game, must work for his stock holders, whether it is for the advan tage of politicians, shippers or con sumers. It is his job to do tho best he can for the 'Interests entrusted to his care. Harrlman Is not only a financier, but he is a builder and an operator. Lucky Is the town, city or community that has a Harrlman road. He insists on a good roadbed, level track, safe track and the con venience and comfort of the traveler and the shipper. The Harrlman roads are noted as the best in tho coun try. When Harrlman gets hold or a one-horse or played-out track and right of way he proceeds to put it in first class condition. He does not raise the rates of fares, although he doubtless charges "a plenty," but ho insists that enough of tho funds go into real improvements to make a railroad. And that is where lie stands ahead of a good many others and why Harrimanlsiu is not such a bad thing as some people have beeu led to think. He makes better railroads, and there is more need for improvement that way than there is in some others which are being discussed. So far as we can see, he believes in giving every interest along his road a fair deal. He Is a public benefactor from that standpoint. He uses his power fairly, lie is a great man, and as good or better than the ordinary citizen who looks upon him ns the personification of the money power, seeking whom it .y devour. Ho is a strong man In the financial world, but that should not be against him, when the finan cial world is the object which most of us want to reach. He is a good American and he spends his money on American railroads, not on foreign titles, race horses, old editions or other bad habits. If he is not per fectand we don't think he Is he is no exception to the rule and is worthy of the praise of his fellow citizens for the good he dues and has done. Laughter a Series of Barks. Laughing Is barking, say the scl entists. The neck and head are thrown back while a series of short barks are emitted from "the throat However musical the bnrks may be, they aro barks. The laugh begins with a sudden and violent contraction of the muscles of the chest and an domen. Ilufe instead of opening to let tho air pass out of the lungs, the vocal cords approach each other and hold it back. But they are not strong enough to exercise such opposition for more than an instant, and the air, which is under pressure, promptly escapes. As It does so it makes the vocal cords vl brate producing the bark. This obstruction and liberation of the air expelled from the lungs repeats itself again and again at Intervals of a quarter of a second. There are thus In a hearty laugh four barks a second, and if continued, they go on at that rate as long as the air reserve In the lungs holds out. The empty lungs must then fill themselves, and this in terval is marked by a quick gasp for breath, after which the barks are re newed. The barks occur in series with gasps for breath at Intervals. When laughter Is violent, the entire body participates. The upper part of the trunk bends and straightens Itself alternately or sways to right and left, The feet stamp on the floor, while the hands are pressed upon tho loins to moderate the painful spasm. Interviewing the Professor. "So you don't think Mars would re ply, even if we did send signals?" "I am almost convinced that there would bo no response," answered Prof. Thinktum, adjusting his glasses. "Then you don't believe that Mars Is Inhabited?" "On tho contrary, I think it ex tremely probable that life similar to our own exists on the sister planet." "nut you don't give those people credit for intelligence equal to ours?" "Yes. I am inclined to credit them with even greater intelligence than we display. There are many indica tions that they have a civilization old er than ours, In which case they should have too much sense to fool away their time on any such imprac tical proposition." The Way He Did It. Jenkins Well, sir, I gave It to that man straight, I can tell you. I In Is twice as big as I am. too, but. 1 told him exactly what 1 thought of his rus cally conduct right to his face, and I called him all the names in the dic tionary, and a hot. of others as well. Studds And didn't he try to hit you, Jenkins? Jenkins No, sir, he didn't. And when he tried to answer h uk, I just hung up the telephone erelver and walked away. EASTERN LEGEND OF THE TEA First Brought Balm to Man in the Fifth Century, A. D.f on Shores of China. Tea, says an eastern legend, first brought balm to man long ago in tho fifth century, A. I)., when the son of a powerful Indian rajah first stepped from hla bent on to the shores of China. The young man was pos sessed of a desire to live In religious solitude. His food was to be the nuts and roots end herbs of tho forest; his drink, the cool-ruuning water of the streams. Among l is strict vows was one that he would never thereafter close his eyes. Hut so great was his exhaus tion that he fell asleep in spite of himself when h reached the shade of tho row of trees that bordered the coast. And great was his sorrow when ho awoke. To punish himself for having broken the vow, he slashed olT his eyelids with his knife, and cast them on to the ground. The next day he chanced to pass by the spot where ho had succumbed to sleep. What was his surprise to see, in the spot where he had thrown his eyelids down, a strange bush growing. Iladma tasted the leaves, lie found them deliclouMy fragrant. Then, to his joy, he learned that by simply chewing these leaves he could readily keep awake, no matter how great his fatigue. And this quality of stimulation from sleepiness tea ha-, always retained, the legend concludes. LABYRINTH PUZZLE. A boy started from New "York to visit St. Petersburg (in tipper left hand corner), Paris (in upper right hand corner), Peking (lower right hand corner) and Egypt (lower left hand corner). Can you follow his travels and find where he stopped? The black hue Indicates the m;id he followed. EVERY FLAG HAS ITS STORY. Others Talk, as Was Done by Signal ing During the Civil War, by Making Motions. Every flag (hat a country uses tells a little story of Its own. Thus, Old Glory, with its 13 stripes, told of the nation's beginning; when Washington first unfurled it at Cambridge it had the English cross on its blue field, but later it was replaced by a cluster of stars, which keep a tally of the num ber of states of the union. -Corps, di vision and brigade flags also tell a little story of their own. nut the real talking tings are the signal flags. Signal flags talk by motions. A key or code is constructed in accordance with which these motions are made and Interpreted; It is like a long-distance deaf and dumb alphabet. The flags are given bright colors mainly thnt they may bo distinguished against different backgrounds and can easily be distinguished by the person to whom they arp addressed. For in stance, n white flag, even though it had n red center, could not easily bo seen ngainst the sky as a background. In such a situation a black (lag was necessary. These talking flags of the signal corps were much used during the civil war, sometimes In reporting the move ments of troops either of the north or of the south. They were, indeed, the invention, in 1854, of Surgeon Myer, who became first chli'f signal officer of tho United State's army. LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST. In a Canadian horse race recently third place was won by a Jockey 10.'J years old. lie has ridden in more than fi.OOO races. On the west coast of India are found oyster shells six inches In di ameter and so transparent that they can be used as window-glass. As shown by the camera, a flash of lightning is made up of iiMiumerahle small flashes, each one following the other by an almost Imperceptible pe riod of time. When the body of a starving anl nial? including man, loses two fKths of lis substance, the Inevitable result Is death. The flesh of the small shark, com monly known as dogfish, is mid to be extremely palatable and more nutri tious than beef. In Tasmania no person under 13 years of nge. pillowed to smoko in a public place. Camels can carry a load three times as heavy at; can horse;). l.Mnon trees In Sicily bear a.s many as 20,'ion lemons a year. Tho ancestor of tho fox was an aid nml clothed with horny scales. (2? Dear llttl May In the garden stood Anil Hmko to n nisrlMul nrar: "I think you Jut lovclli'Ht tiling, A piifec-lly Nwcrt little clear. "You're only a wee tiny tilt of n bud, lint you'll lie a till? rono nemo day, Anil I'll roino to you illtfi often then, Whemnrr Tin out to play. "lint no one shall pita-It you from oft th' stem. You ttliall live your whole life, you bco, To Its vrry eml anil enjoy yournelf, I'er this garden lielonRs to im" And (lie ro.selnid ninllei) and nndil'd low, And said: "You're a roselmil, ton. And I nil, ill enjoy n tnnK, Ioiir life If it gives any ileanuro to you." MOTHERS FOND OF OFFSPRING Every Animal Gives Proof of a Won derful and Beautiful Love for Her Young. We have all seen Instances of the affection and care which most animals give to their helpless or nearly help less offspring. TJie cnt spends nearly all her day colled up In some quiet, cozy corner with her family of kit tens, and when she leaves them for a few minutes, to stretch her limbs and seek some refreshment for her self, tho least squeak of one of her children will bring her back to Its side. The hen struts about the farm yard surrounded by her chicks, and at the least appearance of danger the brood rutin for shelter under her wings. When the lamb In the field strays from its mother's sido sho is soon alarmed, and bIiows her fear by her anxious bleating, which does not cease until the lamb returns to her. And thus it is with nearly every animal, tame or wild. Each gives proofs, If we could only see and under stail them, of a wonderful and beauti ful love for her young. This motherly care is not quite like the ordinary friendship which one animal may have for another. A cat and a dug may be good friends all their lives. But, though the cat loves her kittens before all things while they are young and weak, later on, when they are sutllclently grown in size and strength to take good care of themselves, her affection gradually dies away, and she becomes indiffer ent to their wants. Sometimes she will even drive them away from her. Another feature of this parent, tl love lr what might almost be called Its unthinking strength. The mother animal feels her affections so strong that she cannot restrain them, and sho often bestows them upon the strangest animals, along with her own young ones, or when she has been deprived of her own offspring. A hen will hatch ducks' eggrt, ami take the srtme care of the ducklings which she would have taken of kn own chickens. A story Is related of a hen taking charge of three young ferrets for a fortnight. They were placed in her nest because their own mother had died, and she took to them at once and nestled down over them just as If they had been chick ens. They were too helpless to fol low her about, as chickens would have done, and she had to sit with them almost the whole time. She combed out their hair with her bill, just ns she would have preened the feathers of chickens. Tho ferrets were fed by their owner, and they were taken away from the nest before they were old enough to do the hen any harm. An even stranger instance of this misplaced affection on the pnrt of a parent has been seen at a railway station recently, according to the newspapers. A cat In the freight shed had three kittens, which she was bringing up in the usual way. Soon after the kittens were born some of the rail waymcn found a young jackdaw anil put it with them. The cat made no objection, but received tho bird kind ly, and gave just as much care to it as to the kittens. The w orkmen fed the bird, whil the cut took every other care of it, iind even washed It, In Its turn, with the kittens. THE ROlUNGMARBLE. . like i junrble nnd pli ce It on a smooth surface, the top of a table will do. Ask some one to cross their first nnd second lingers and place them on the mar hie as shown In the Illustration, says Popular Me chanics. Then have tho person roll the marble about and at the runic time close m Mm mm the eyes or look . The person will arc two tumble In another direction imagine that there Instead of one. Mr. William A. nail ford will nimwer liii-Klloim and give ,mlvi l'KKi: 1K ft 1ST on all Biilijeets pi'rlalnluK to the Bidijcct of liiilUlliiK fur the readers of this paper. On account of Ids wide cxpe rleneo as Killtor, Author nnd Manufae tunr, he Is, without douht, tho highest authority on nil tlies subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Iladford. No. l'.'l I'lflh Ave,. Chli-ngn, III., nnd only cni'loso two-cent stump for reply. The most ecnotnlcal houso to build and to occupy afterward Is nearly square, of medium slte, full two stor ies in height, with a good deep collar and an attic big enough to act ns a buffer against heat in summer and cold in winter. Such houses give more room, according to tho size of the foundation, and roof, than any other design. The houso hero Illustrated is typi cal of this style. It is 31 feet wide by .18 feet from front to rear, pro portions that work to good advan tage. There are certain geometrical combinations that work to a disad vantage in a square houso but are easily overcome when you add a few feet to tho length. One of the difficulties Is tho stair way, which Interferes with tho prop er laying out of tho rooms In every short houso. Stairways In dwelling houses have caused more gray hairs and sent more architects to early graves than any other feature in house building. There was a time when a rough ladder fashioned with an nx answered tho purpose. It was made with tho trunks of two trees for fides nnd sections of smaller trees for rounds. There was a nolo through the upper floor nnd usually an effort was made to place tho opening where the roof was high enough so you could miss hlftlng tho knots on the rafters wiih your head. From that time to this stairways have grown in com- plexlty until wo think wo have them about perfect. This plan provides a projection which holds ubout half of tho stair landings. The projection also offers an excuse to work In four windowB for light and for general effect. The lighting of a modern stairway Is an other recent Improvement on any thing that former generations were familiar with. This arrangement Is a combination affair going up from tho kitchen and from tho front hall and down from tho kitchen to the cellar. On the sec ond floor tho going up to tho attic First Floor. Plan. and downstairs is equally good, stairway looks well and it Is The very convenient nnd satisfactory. A house built In this manner has another advantage and thnt Is In heating. It Is so compact that from one to five tons of coal per year, may bo saved as compared with the amount required in some old fashioned loose-Jointed houses that are no more roomy or offer no more accommodation. Whether you heat with steam, hot air or hot water, you must burn coul enough to gut what heat you need, but tho heat needed varies greatly in different houses. Under this house Is a splendid cel lar that is us light as nunc of the best rooms In houses built a dozen years ago, when small, narrow win dows were In fashion. In a basement like this you can placo a modern I - I lis? ""rA UHMtt Wl l I $ ' ll II tl- , mtmmm mm KITCntM ."1 It ' wmmmwmmmmmwmk&mmmm recn HOME Y-ARADFORD EDITOR healing apparatus that will tako care of tho temperature In tho coldest weather and the attention required will not worry a person more than a few minutes twice a day. Makers of hot water heating plants and hot air furnaces are In very close competition. Improvements are being added every year until both systems seem to be about as near perfect as human Ingenuity enn make them. A hot air furnace big enough to heat this house comfortably In zero weath er can bo Installed for about $125. A Second FlooqjPlan. hot weather heating system will cost more. The difference will depend largely on tho kind of radiators and the extra attachments. Probably $250 would bo the minimum and $500 would be rather extravagant. The hot water plant will use a llttlo less coal because hot water Is a bet ter medium through which to convey .iM:'i-.... heat." While no accurate estimate can bo given without figuring the actual amount of heating surface and cubic air space, on general principles, It may be said that taking five years to gether, the cost of one system Is about the same as the other. The saving of coal by the use of hot water will about offset the Interest on tho In vestment and take rare of tho depre ciation in value of the plant. There are arguments In favor of both systems for houses of this size, With hot nir you can get fresh pure air from outside and send It Into every corner of the house. My belief Is that families using hot air furnnces that are properly Installed enjoy bet ter health than those who use hot water for heating, but unfortunately a great many hot air furnaces aro ar ranged to take the air from Inside tho house. This loses tho most valii' able asset that should ordinarily be placed to the credit of the hot air furnace. However, either system should embrace a thorough plan' for constantly changing the air In the rooms through ventilating (lues. I like to plan house like this be cause they aro so thoroughly com plete when properly built, as they should be. from cellar to attic, with all the essentials carefully worked out. It is Just as Important to balance up all mechanical features of a house as It is to look to and adjust all the parts of a machine. Mechanics have more to do with our comfort and health than most of us realize. small fire in the cellar may be made to supply hot water to tho laundry tubs, to the kitchen and to the bath room so we can have hot water to use at any hour of the day or night. I often think that wo accept the many modern Improvements to our houses without due appreciation. I want to call attention to the upper balcony In tho rear of the bathroom Since carpets have been abolished and all good houses have hard wood floors, rugs have become very fash lonable. It seems necessary to have rugs cleaned once a week or once a month according to the amount of service required of them, nnd this up per balcony facilitates tho work of cleaning. The rugs may be carried out and left In tho sun and swept on the floor or whipped over tho balcony railing so much easer than to carry them down to tho yard. j IK i i . Life " '' I V N She Yes, they are engaged. I know she refused him twice, but the third time he proposed she accepted him. ' Her Husband Served blm right STARTED THE TEARS AFRESH Thoughtless Act of Little Eben That Reminded Sorrowful Widow of Her Loss. Mr. Jefferson had not been alto gether an exemplary husband and fa lter, but ho possessed certain engag ing qualities which secured him many friends and made his death the cause of sincere mourning to his widow. 'Mis' Jeff'son, she's dono broke up over Kb nezer s being took on rr tn pneumony," said one of the neigh bors. "She sutt'nly Is," said another. 'Mournln' round do house all de time, sho goes. Why, day befo ylst'day I was thar helpln' her, an' she only stop cryin' once, an' dut was to spank little Eben for takin' m'lasses out'n de Jug right Into his motif when her bnck was turned. "When she spanked blm good an' set him down, she say to me: 'He makes me tink ob his pa so much I cjan't bear It!' and bus' right out cryln' agin." Youth's Companion. ITCHED FOR TWELVE YEARS. Eczema Made Hands and Feet 8well, Peel and Get Raw Arms Affected, Too Gave Up All Hope of Cure. Quickly Cured by Cutlcura. "I suffered from eczema on my hands, arms and feet for about twelve years, my hands and feet would swell, sweat and Itch, then would become callous and get very dry, then peel off and get raw. I tried most every kind of salve and ointment without ' success. I tried several doctors, but at last gave up thinking there was a cure for eczema. A friend of mine Insisted on my trying the Cutlcura Remedies, but I did not give them a trial until I got so bad that I had to do something. I secured a set and by the time they were used I could see a vast improvement and my hands and feet were healed up In no time. I have bad no trouble since. Charles T. Ilauer, Volant, Pa., Mar. 11, 1908." rotter Drug A Cbem. Corp., Sola Props, Bottoo. Singular and Plural. "Whenever she gets to thinking how much they're In debt It affects her nerves." "Huh! the way It affects her hus band is singular." "How singular?" "Just singular, It affects his 'nerve.' Ho tried to burrow a hundred from me to-day." Catholic Standard and Times. Uii Allen's Poot-eai. It Is the only relief for Swollen Smart Inff, Tiled, Aching, Hot, Sweating Keel, Corns and HuiiIoiih. Ask for Allen's Fool Kane, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you walk. At all DruK glnts and Bhoo Store. 2oo. Don't accept any suhHtltulc. ri.imple sent KKF.E. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leltoy, N. Y. Got His Answer. Uncle You are a very nice little girl to ask me to have more soup. Now why do you want me to have it? Niece So you won't eat so much of the chicken as you did last time. f liegende Blatter. A feeling of security and freedom from snxietv pervades the home in which Hamlin Wizard Oil is kept cnnntantly on hnnd. Mothers know it can always bis depended upon in time of need. ' Every one should consider himself entrusted not only with his own con duct, but with that of others. There are imitation, don't be fooled. There is no sulmtitute! Tell the dealer yotJ want Lewis' Single Hinder cigar. He's a stingy man who will not give you a smile. Mr. Window's Soothing "fran. For children leethlns, ufieM tho gunin, reaurM h iaimilon,ll)iPlD.ciire wlailcoilu. 23oliuUl Among other high rollers we have the elevated trains. Nebraska Directory TAFT'S DENTAL ROOMS 1517 Douglas SI., OMAHA, NEB. Rtlinbla Osntlitrj at Moderate Prleesv KjSpii wlire for froe eiamluatlon. Nod 5s- Sroun..1Waa4aul4..Oaik M. Splesberger & Son Co. Wholesale Millinery The Beit In the Watt OMAHA, EB. 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