The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911, September 02, 1909, Image 3
FATTY WENT FISHIN3. a. f .'ilfEMICAN n 3 , W-A.RADFORD ODD ANIMATED FALSE FACE. - EDITOR ' ' . Urns Flexible Br.g Filled with Air Produces Extremely Tunny Expression i on Countenance. Novel aiilmaud false face in tie re cent invention cf a riusamrg man. Asshown in tlie illustration below tho mask Las openings in the positions, of the ft amies. In each opening is a flexible and extensible bag, imiaed to simulate that feature. Also with tbo mask la a rubber pipe, by which a'r can be blown into the bag.-i, forcing Q Eyes, Nose and Mouth Move. the features in tlii:- wuy to piotrude through the holes in tho mask. The effect, thus produced by the wearer of the mask h; said to b ex tremely funny, lie can tit will force the tongue and nose to ;;fitk out audi the other feat tires to contract or re lax, the rubber hewe through which ! air Is supplied connecting with his; mouth. In addition, be can nniuijiu- j late the pupils of his eyeft. 'I lie latter i are attached to a strinjc, which is op-J eratt-d by the hand of the wearer. Ai slight pull on the string c-.tuFes the eyes to move in nil directions, adding considerably to the ludicrous effect produced. - GAME CF LASSO IS AMUSING. Any Number of Eoys Can Participate Piece of Rope and Stout Pole' All That Is Needed. When von W nn-f.tn nlnv -Cnu'l, find Tnill-nn " ihni'r reri-v-t tn trv t ii T -a I lasso game, in which there's a lot of j sport: Have each ineniber make a 1:isko I out of a rope like clothesline. Bet a! etout pole of Rood leii;;;h firmly in I The Lasso Ganie. the ground. Then, from the pole, a nan it some (listan.'e ,. tbo cniiiennv of i players in a line. The U adu' should si art off on i run for the post, and. i-asniii; it at a , distance a little less than the lemUh i of bis lasso, make a cast with the noose. FollowIiiK him iu rapid suc cession, the other players should make their throws. When the lino re-forms on tho far Hide of the post, those players who have encircled tho pole with their larsoos take n place in the lino ahead of those players who have failed. Again and a sain tli" lino dashes for the polo and tho players try to lasso it. Tho player who leads the line at tho end of a certain number of throws, nt a time agreed upon by the rest of tho company, wins the game. If It should L . desired, the members may do their lassoing while running in a circle around the post. Parisian Cat Exchange. Paris has a cat exchange, it "bourse aux chats." Thjs establishment is situated in a big chamber at the rear of a wine ship. Here are legions of cats of nil sizes lid color, which are to be seen jumping and heard "mlait lent." H Is said that the customers are by no means tenderhearted old ladle, but for the most part furriers, g'ove makers and cooks. A good sleek 'mntou" realizes 21 j to 2.1 oetitss. Tho skin has a number of usages, and the llesh, according to the story, finds Its way into the stew-pans of certain restaurants possessing more enterprise than scruple. Adverb Game. One person must go out of tho room while the others ci.oose an ad verb, such as pleasantly, cro.isly, slo.T ly or haughtily. When ho returns he nsks the company questions in turn, which they must answer in the man ner of the ndverb they have chosen. For instance, if they have lusm "sweetly" for their r.dverh they must put an extraordinary rimovnt cf sweet ness Into theft replies, bat if they have chosen "snnppily" they must an swer in a:t equally disagreeable man ner, or in a spiral .ms v,,:y. Tim ob ject Is for the per-'on vim T'.ks the questions to guess from the answer what adverb has h"i n cho. :. 4 .-sTcf-l- ri-W Patty lYrMns went to fish l;i ll:o riwr, deep; I'.nl Hi.' t'Kli refused ti Wto Till Patty wont to sleep. lint soon as Patty slept A wise Ilsli rami? and tool; lift' t lio nh o Inn',' intuit worm Which hatted Patty's hook. Ami nt a K'Hp did swallow It, Then citlmly swum tiwuy, A nil there without a halted hook Dlil Patty lish all day. TWISTERS FOR ALL TONGUES. Sentences Arranged That Will Prove Difficult In Repeating Quickly and Correctly. Pen If your friends can say those correctly and tstileUly three times: A glowitg gleam growing preen. The bleak breeze blighted tbo bright broom blossoms. Two toads, totally tirtd, tried to trot to Tedbury. Strict, strnr.s Stephen Stringer swiftly snared six sickly silky snakes. Susan Fhiiuth shoos and socks; socks and shoes shines Susan. Slip eoascth shining shoes ami porks, for shoe and sock.-; shoe!; Susan. A haddock, a haddock, n black-spot-ted haddock; a black spot on the black bad; of a black-spotted haddock. Oliver Ogletkerp ogled an owl and an ny-Ur. Hid Oliver Oglethorp of-',e an owl and an oyster? If Oliver O-.vlo-thori) o';!ed tin owl and va cyslT. i . iii-te are the owl and the oyster Oii ! ver Oglethorp ogled? I Thoorhilus Thisilcbones, the r.mne i cissfid thistlesifter, in sifting a s-.e- lul of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand three hundred and thirty three thistles through the thick nf his thumb. If, then, Thoophilus Thistle bones, the unsuccessful thistle-sifter, in silting a sievcfnl of unsifted this tles, thrust three thousand three liun erul ami thirty-three thistles through the thick of hi.-i thumb, take care that tllO'.!. in ''UlitlR a sieveflll of unsifted i.itl tiipmt r.ot three thousand lr "unurcu ami iniuj-ui.o uuM.tn. tl.rougli the thick of thy thumb. EXAMPLES FOR DOYS, Christopher Colunibufi was the son of a weaver and was also a weaver himself. Homer was the son of a farmer. Demosthenes was the son of a cutler. Oliver Cromwell was the son of a brewer. Howard was an apprentice to a grocer. I'lanklin v as a journeyman printer and son of a tallow-chandler and f-'oaii lioiler. Cardinal Wolsey was the son of a butcher. Shakespeare was tho son of a wool tiUv'h Milton was the son of a money scrivener. Kolicrt Hums was the son of a ploughman in Ayrshire. Rule for Ei and le. There have been times, no doubt when many of the boys and girls have been puzzled about the proper use of ei and ie in such words as receive and believe, which have the long and sound, nor need they feel ashamed to acknowledge It, for many "grown-ups' confess to the same weakness. There is a very i-implo rule, however, easily borne in mind, that, will help you for ever to overcome this doubt. The con conants c and s should be followed by ei, ami all other consonants by ie, ex cent that In two words "siege" and "sieve" the s is followed by It. Is not this tin easy thins to remember? Foolscap Paper. Honbtloss many Wido-A wakers who have had occasion to write upon' fools cap at school have wondered why this quality of paper is thus called. The watermark gives the explanation, and a watermark, as every one knows, is t'n? maker's trade-mark, visible In the paper when a sheet is held up to the light. Tho watermark of foolscap Is supposed to be a. figure of I!ritannla supporting a cap of liberty on a pole, Tho resemblance of the cap of liberty to a dunce's cap led to the common us" of tho name whhdi the brand of paper now bears. That's Easy. A Huh' girl was engaged in making an apron for her dol'. Looking up to her mother, hIu said, "Mother, I be lieve that I will Ik a duchess when 1 graw up." "Why, Moll v. how is It that you ex pect to become a duchess?" "Why, by marrying a Dutchman, of course." aright Tommy. "Tommy,' mm! the Pvchcr of the .juveniie !;::;, "when wutM' lie::o'net ie". v.ha'. i; the grc;:t. ( Irmge that take: place?" 'The thing.! in price." jrplied Ton.iry. ' lt tl it T A x Sr 4 I-11" Some time ago I felt led to tako a pioneer journey into a new African region. So, with Mrs. Wodehotise nnd others, we started on a journey of nearly five hundred miles, camping In our little tents nt night, writes Itobert Wodebouse, in Christian World. Our camp was made secure from tho wild beasts, lions, hyenas, tigers, eto., by cutting down trees nnd piling them around us; largo fires were kept burn ing all through tho night to frighten the animals away. We met with vari ous incidents; one night four lions were roaring round us till the break of day, but our heavenly Father threw Ids protecting care around us, so that no cmo was hurt; another nlgbt our hoys heard something just outsida tho lnclosure and, filled with panic, be gan to scream and run toward our tents, crying: "humba! Shumba!" (Lion! Lion.) Victoria is very beautiful In some parts, nud In others sublimely grand. To this country we had come, not for our own pleasure, not in search of dia monds and gold, but to look for sites where we might plant mission sta tions and thus extend the work in connection with our own church and advance the interests of God's king dom. Wo were in search of kraals and people. There was great curios ity, for no missionary had ever boon seen in this part of the country and i they had never heard the Gospel; the name of Jesus was a new name to ihci.i. Mrs. Wodehotise was a con tinual sourso of Interest and curios ity; tho women and children would crowd around and express their won der that she was white; Fotne would come near enough to touch her hand to see If the color wore real or would rub off; they would examine her hair, etc., keeping up a running comment and exploding now nnd then with laughter. Our cooking and food nr rangements were a source of great amusement. Sometimes, when we ap proached a kraal unawares, the little children would run away with fright In all directions, crying: "Yowe mbuya! Yowo mbuya!" (Oh, grand niothelr We visited many chiefs and in dunas, nnd stnyed for a few days at some of their big kraals, holding serv ices nt night nround a big camp lire, for tho people are busy during tho day in their fields. The Ndanga district alone has somo 70,000 people, w ithout a ' single mis sionary. Then nt Gutu's there are 30, 000 people. In the year 1902 the first pioneer missionary trip was taken In tho dis trict where we now have the flourish ing Mulambara Industrial mission. Accompanied by my daughter, Mrs. Carson, we passed over mountains nnd through forests and rivers, camp ing out at night under 6ome big tree or huge rock. Occasionally we oc cupied a Kafllr hut. which Is usually full of vermin. The ants como up out of the ground underneath as In myriads, and the rats and roaches from the roof ahovo us. We visited several kings, preaching the word at every kraal, and were well received. We visited Chief Mutambnra nt that time, who received tis within his cir cular kraal most graciously. Ho put ono of his royal huts at our disposal, welcomed us to his reserve, nnd asked that a missionary might be sent to his people. Six months ago, Kev. A. L. Iluch waiter nnd his wife were available for this great field. They reached Mutambara's on the 9th of April of this year. The ox team which brought them to welcoming tree, unloaded all into the tall grass which growB so lux uriously In Ithodesln, and trekked away. After morning corree, ail be gan to make rnuip. Soon tho tent wns up, the canvas stretched over tho goods, and tho kitchen established under a tree. Some days later a grass shack was built, which was used for weeks as a dining-room and a drawing-room, also n sleeping place Xor one of the party. Later a site for the temporary house was chosen. Totes were brought from tho bush and grass was cut to build a large bungalow, CO feet long, with wide veranda. The floors are of Play, beaten hard In the uativo wuy. The only imported arti cles used In the building are the small ... v s " '1 ',;.; v.-,' A'.Utf'cW yWMXf windows, the doors and mills. Wh-n the crass bungalow was finished, a church, also used ns a schoolroom, was built In the same way, and the missionaries were settled until t ho friends at home help us to build per manently. It Is our purpose to cultivate broom corn, wheat, eats, rlcu nnd other rc reals. Already we have all the ma chinery for making brooms; the broom corn grows ns well ns In the states We have put In nearly 2,000 cuttings of the basket willow, as It. Is our purpose to develop the Industry of basket making, nt which the native Is an adept. Some time ngo we visited M.tranM's reserve and obtained the consent of tho king to open a mission In his land. Tho site chosen was on the side of Mount Makoinwe, near the king's kraal, -M miles from the nearest whiio settlement and midway between the Snbi ami Odzl rivers. Hero was a heatht n people, nlmost strangers to the vl dts of the while man Tho poo plo were nearly naked, nnd very dirty. They oiled their bodies more than they washed them. They drank beer; they sang meaningless heathen songs and played only ns drunken heathen can play. Their huts were so low that they were obliged to crawl Into them on hands and knees. They did not want our learning or religion. They were nfrald of the white man who bad come to live among them. At first all were curious to see the missionary nnd his goods, but they soon became more interested. Th'-n they began to think it wns nlco to have a missionary near them, for ho healed their sores: he gave them med icine nnd ho let them taste of Lis .strange foods, which tbeysaid were sweet. Their amusement was great when told that it was possible to write words on paper which another could read, or, ns they said, "make pa per talk." A day school was begun with three Christian Leys, who came with the missionary, and from time to time others Joined with them. The sick and lame gather in the veranda of the ml?sion house for treatment. Tho missionary has from five to fif teen calls a day, and Is able to help many suffering ones. This work is still conducted by the missionary who began it. Tho land has been cleared and planted with fruit trees, which nro now bearing. The first building (20x0. or poles ant. mud, with a veranda till round it) was built for a dwelling for the mis sionary, but for over a year 11 had to be used for church, school and dis pensary as well. Then money was sent for a church. This also Is of poles nnd mud and has been In con stant uso for church and school sIih-h It was completed. Later tho medical : misionary visited the mission and built, with tho aid of the boys, an ad mirable dispensary, with four rooms. Other bullding3 Include a boys' dorm itory, four huts for Christian families, a trading hut, a guest hut and build ings for fhecp and gonts. In that heathen hind there is now a day school, with an enrollment of nearly one hundred, an average Sabbath con gregation of nearly one hundred, li , full memberr, 40 probationers, n Sab- ' bath achool, class meetings, midweek prayer meeting, two native teacher.-, many doing Christian work In the na tlv villages, preaching on Sunday to the heathen and preparing themselves for usefulness. The change wrought i Is almost Incredible. .Many now wear cloih-s. Christian men have taken Cliil.stliui women for wives. They are sending llielr children to school. They are making largo gardens. They nru wriiing letters. They read the lilble , in their own language. They come to i church with clean bodies and clothes. ; Soiikj are making their own clothes, i Th !r times of rejoicing are without ! bei r. They love to sing and pray ami learn. They are buying soap and nails and tools, sugar and cloth, books j and sLites. The hills und valleys re sound with tho hymns of the church, as the shepherds return at evening with tho cattle and sheep. Twelve sens and daughters of the king are in school, some of them will be teachers. Mount Makoinwe Is truly a lighthouse. In a dark land. Foreign Words Creep In. In n letter from Dresden an Ameri can speaku of tho "patriotic efforts of the Germans to exclude from their ! w riilng and conversation nil foreign ; wolds," and of their Inability to do so. "In one paper," he says, "in which an editorial appears on this subject I ! Iiiund also a list of guests at a 'cot tage runitHrium,' a description of a picture by Ludwlg Dettmaiin. entitled j 'The lMciilc,' and another painting by j Arihur Knmpf, 'Dor Clown,' and an article tn the movement agr.Iust the lh rllner theater with (h i headline '!:: Hoykofilerio Theater.'" Mr. William A. Hertford will nnswi-r ejtU'Mtlutifj an. I tiive advice PKKK MP Cost' on till siil'Jitts p-rluliiliiK m I1'0 sulijctt of Inilkllntf Mr tlu le.n'.rr of tliii pnpir. Ma ac.'.iiiet uf Ids wlrte eN,i'-ill-use 1 illt.ii- Author ami Maiiiifne-tia-i-r, lie H without rtouM, tho lie.'lirsl authority on till th'Nv. I 'lhi, , Is. A liti t s-i all lii'i'iiries to VIMinm A. Kudt'ord, No. 1:1 Plllh A,. .'!,:, .two, ill., and only enclose two-iciit st:uup for reply. Cement plaster houses are popular lit many email touni and In the su burbs of large cities. The bouses are built In the manner usual with frame strut tui'. s, with the exception that In stead of sluing being used tar paper is nailed onto the studding, furring trips are than put. on and the ex terior surface Is tliher lathed with wooden lath or expanded metal is used, l.'vpaiiiled metal Is always pref erable, although kith. If not too well "easoned. Is proving Itself sallsfac lory. A coat of ce.iient mortar is first applied and i lit surface of this Is scratched to make a bond lor the finishing coat, which Is put on In a , number of different styles. Often n finish of cement mortar is applied ST, , ;-CV y" .., -., ::: V.'Aw. trn 1 PORCH! I KlTCHf-N f --ff P 51 ii i t- 1 Living Rm. DiHING Rm. 15 J'XlQ' r Porch ZQ'b XMO' J2 l irst rkot I'la.i ind on the surface of ihis while It Is still plastic small pebbles are thrown, imbedding themselves in the mortar, is most often is done, may he trow eled smooth, when the amount of water in the mortar is equal in all parts of the mix the color is uni form. Variations In the amount of DEMAND FOR LARGE GLASSES Enormous Spectacles Approved Oculiots And Are Found of Value in Many Ca6cs. by "It was a good many years since I had bought a pair of new spectacles," said the ncartithted man, "and the old ones that I had been wearing all this time were of the old-fashioned sort with small frames and small glasses. Oculists nowadays, you know, pre scribe big glasses, nnd I had seen plenty such worn by people in the street; but when Inning resolved to pet a pair of new spectacles I crime at the optician's to look over the stock of frames I wns amazed at the actual size of them. "Aren't these enormous?' I asked. Oh, no, said the optical man, 'those are of the average size that we customarily sell. Here are some big ones.' And he brought out frames so much bigger that by comparison with them the other frames that had looked o me so large seemed now of quit-1 l 'Misonable dimensions. "'Do people buy these biggest ones?' I asked. " 'Yes,' said tho optician, 'we sell j them to hunt"rs, who want a glass that they can't look over when they look ,ip. and to billiard players who want i. glass that they can't look un der when they look down, and we sell them to golf players.' "So now these medium sized frames looked better to me, and I bought a pair, nnd when In due time I went In tor the finished glasses they looked all right. 'o tried them on and the optician adj.isted the bows, and as be stood back and looked at them, rest ing easily on my nose and with eyes perfectly cente-ed, he regarded them witfc iirofosslon.il approval. " Now,' he said, 'you huve got n pair of modern spectacles.' " Made the Editor Laugh. "Thut country editor thinks I'm a humorist." "Why?' "i tried to sell him a cash ngls l t." Louisville Couri'T Journal. WHtcr cause variations In the tolor, i a mot t b-d effect. Artistic effects may be produced also by leaving wooden ornaments In relief ahoe the mortar. Such house do not cost any more than liaiue b the present time and tire much more economical, as they require no paint ing and no repairs. The house h'-re displayed is ono of '7.- . Hall OedRm BcdRm. Vd&oom ,iox"v rvxio'o- J; J . I Urrund Tiuor riin ...i. - X .. .'-.., rtoV '-XllMu. ' . fit.. &r that style. It ban a wide porch. The width of tin house is lit feet and the length over nil Is 23 feet. What will attract nil home lovers Is tho living room wiili its large hay window and window seats. It is homelike and comfortable. Invitingly near to this loom is the dining-room, which is 15 feet three inches by 12 feet In size. The living room, by the v.ny, Is 1!5 feet by 22 feel, and with the wide doors the two may be made practical ly one. The kitchen back of tho (lining-room Is 11 feet three Inches by nine feet six Inches tn size. There Is also a Kitchen pantry conveniently sit uated. On the second Hoof, reached by a stairway from the living room, are three bedrooms. One is 11 feet by 11 feet six inches, another is 17 foot six inches by ten feet, and the third Is II feet six inches by 11 feet three Inches. All of these bedrooms open Into a central ball, off which also Is the bnl broom, seven feet by six feet six Inches. CONVICTS MADE GOOD FIGHT. De&perate Men, Seeking Escape from Russian Prison, Responsible for Many Deaths. An attempt at escape was made re cently by it number of convicts In the Kiisshm government prison at Vilma was "a desperate affair. A warder entered a cell, when four prisoners rushed at him, and killed him with a knile. They took his keys nnd revol ver, and r leased foiir other convicts The prisoners then dashed along the main corridor, and killed two ward ers who attempted to stop them, tak Ing their revolvers. On reaching the courtyard they shot down a wnrdet stationed there, and climbed the prison wall. The sentinel at the gate opened lire on them, killing one nnd severely wounding another. The survivors got clear of the prison and ran out Into the streets. Two of them attacked with daggers the first policeman they met, and Inflicted mortal wounds. A short distance further on a second policeman was encountered. A furious light ensued and the policeman cut down two of the convicts. Hoth cjii victs were killed, the first falling ut the policemans feet and the second expiring in the courtyard of a neigh boring house to which he just man aged to stagger. The remaining four refugees, pursued by a strong force of warders, police and soldiers, sped along a river bank. One of them be came exhausted, but wns discovered and shot. The three others continued their night, making a brief halt in some brushwood and endeavoring to hold the pursuers nt bay with their revolver fire. They wounded a war der, but one u!' their own timber was killed by the hot fire w hich was po.ircu into the hushes The lost two con victs fled still further Into the wootis which were accordingly surrounded h.v a mi Ion of troops. Firing was re r.eved. and one of the convicts was badly wounded. Hrnllzing that he had no chance of escape, he c'if his thniu' nnd died. His -n.panl ,n succo do(J in eluding the vigilance of the cidou ami escaped.