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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1909)
The NewsHerald BUSY BEE'S REPLY. Blame Divided NEWS-HERALD PUD. CO. Publishers Logical Solution of Divorce Problem mm PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA WEALTH IN WESTERN LANDS. The great crops of 1909 are making themselves felt tn freight congestion Bt some points, In upward revision of estimates of the money value of the fear's farm products and In a quicken ing of the pulse of Industry and trade. That they will bring the country a yfar of unusual prosperity Is doubted hy nobody. Next year or tho year after the crops may not be bo abun dant, but there Is never a total crop failure. Even In tho drought of 1301 tho short corn crop had Us compensa tlon In an Immense yield of wheat. Dl Terslflcd farming and Improved cultl ration lessen the probabilities of fall ure In any considerable percentage of the crops. The Increasing yields and the growing average of prices are mak Ink affluent the landowner and the thrifty farmers wiNo a few years ago had cause to complu.'u of poverty. The Improving comforts o; rvral life and the great financial Independence are broadening tho intelligence of the farmers and the growing value of the lands Is building up a land-owning ar Istocracy In tho west that Is gaining In political, social and economic Influ ence. Theirs Is an Influence of con servntlsm. It may bo Impossible for the depart ment of agriculture at WnRhlngton oi any other human power to succeed In every attempt to cause two blades of grass to grow where one crew before But there Is no doubt of tho efficient work done by the department In stlm ulatlng crop growing wherever poss Iblo Now the experts of t.it branch of the government are turning atten tlon to opportunities In the Panama canal tone, which Is under American Jurisdiction. It Is believed enough fruit and vegetables, Including tnose of both tho temperate and tr.tplcal ell mates, can be produced to meet tho requirements in this direction of the oo.OOO persons now residing on the sone. If this can be done a fresh tri umph will be scored for the depart ment and important economic results will follow. And al. that will be In line with the practical Ideas whljh govern the department of agriculture. Manila has been celebrating the eleventh anniversary of the capture of tho city by American troops. What has become of that Philippine disaf lection and Insurrection which the "antl-lmperlalsts" were wont to pre dict so gloomily? asks the Evening Wisconsin. Really the admirers of Agulnaldo have had little to talk about for some time. Perhaps they will seize the Incident of the Invasion of New England by the regular army as an opportunity first to protest loudly and then to tako to the tall timber. The little shah of Persia Is between 11 and 12 years old, about the age when tho average American boy Is naving me carefree time of his life Yet they propose that the young shah shall marry and assume the responsl blllty of a domestic establishment And apparently they have the esta'o lishment picked out. No wonder the little fellow tried to run away. Also no wonder that even the sluggish east ls awakening to the farcical charac ter of Borne kinds of monarchy. There are International exchanges ct various kinds commercial,, edu catlonal and aesthetic. Years "' ago Great Britain Inaugurated an Interna tional exchange in birds by giving this country the English sparrow. Lately England has received from this coun try the American robin a generous repayment The new arrival Is much appreciated In the "tight little Island." Whether the birds will stay In Eng land through tho autumn and winter Is now a matter of debate. To deprlvo of his adopted national ity a Chinaman who served in tho navy during the civil war, was wound d five times In the service of the country, and has held citizenship pa pers for 35 years, must be In accord with the law, since the courts say so. But It leaves a liberty of opinion as to what sort of law It Is that Inflicts such results. A Montreal paper has figured that In dancing at a ball beginning at ten o'clock at night and ending at flv o'clock the next morning the distance covered Is more than 11 miles. Yet the average girl prefers It to a day at the washtub, where there Is very little walking. The head of tho chemical bureau says that modern housewlvesire Lu cretla Horglas, who devote themselves to bridge while ptomaines revel un checked In the Icebox. This Indict ment la enough to freezo the marrow of their bones even to the extent of boycotting the Icemen. Georgia has a nev lawTprohlbltlng false gossip about women. It Is still lawful there, however, to tell a : woman to her race that her new bat Is too weet for anything. By FREDERIC HL'UiS AUK various common causes of marital infrlicitv Hint 'T1 I load ultimately to divorce, aaa I rlintn ..jii I il... vw.. iim.ijin uiu for omv tiow object of niury fault of the party who ultimately feels justified in ask ing for K-n;raiice of the holy lond3. Taking too much for granted; ne-lect by one jRTaice; too niich fondness bv the husband for the club or jrninin resort, or too functions, wither in the higher or the lower spheres of life; parsimony on the part of the husbaivl, or wastefulness and extravagance, or deficiency of tact on the part of the wife; selfishness, all breed indiffer ence, if not repugnance, and the natural consequence is the injured or neglected wife seeks outside the family circle for comfort, affection or the means to provide for hr-r fancies; or mate in pastures ne?. It would be diflieult to measure numerically, without a most elabo rate statistical analysis; but experience of 23 years as a specialist in divorce practice leads mo to the conclusion that the offender against the marriage vows and obligations, taking into account the remote as well as the proxi mate cause or divorce, is about as often the woman as the man. There are many cases arising from marriages contracted too early in life, and even between parties of acquaintance; without due consideration of temperamental conditions, and neglect of proper investigation of tions; hut the almost universal rule is that marriages are contracted in sincerity and with an intention of fidelity to the sacred vows, and the aggravating cause of divorce is a matter of later development. It rarely happens that the marriage that follows divorce results unhappily, which is an indication that what in youth is mistaken for undying love is but a burning, blinding passion, which maturity and a practical experience in me prosaic reamies 01 me learns to carriages, liKe lunerais, need lsh 6entnnent and the application of common-sense rules and herein is the Very no well Harm in Knowing fii I your iniDgS I call. Too Well By P. EVAN JONES her, he was addressing an envelope ' he became suspicious of the number and tried other schemes of convincing bers on other sheets of paper, but they Lvcntuaily lie had to co over to w in order to satisfy himself that he had been perfectly right, but tho trouble was that ho knew them too'wull. ttw . . t . mat sometimes occurs to a person miner an address in n sir. Tf slips out so naturally that when by chance the shopman repeats "blank blankety-blankth street?'' you begin to wonder if you have it right after all. And the first breath of suspicion kills your chances of reni.mbi.rin correctly. You simply have to go to live in ana naturally that leads to keeper. Subsist I Ilearly on Natural Foods for Health B; EUCENE CHRISTIAN I had studiously thought out a creat - I was compelled to in order to put i oeiicve that building up the human body nnd repair is the most important study among civilized people, and I believe this can be made a science. In order to make it a science we must have some starting place, some certainty which is the basis of nil ,i. to begin with. The reason no progress has been . ... ... 1 . v. uu.iUll.1 U 111 1111 the lust thousand years is because, we have been led by appetite instead of hunger and have permitted the most uneducated, unlearned and unsci entific classes to select and prepare our food. Clergy Blamed for Neglect of Church By HANNAH MORE KOHAUS Wo 'hiiigs if we would le hcal'.liful, contented and happy. G. PRESTON yet which are not. always the imnn k t l . t i . i ? inuM imjiMMu cause is iniiiiuaimii nlTcction, causi'd too often by the prl partner of the other! poverty; intem- much attention bv the wife to social the injured husband seeks a congenial more maturity, with too short previous antecedents, habits or financial condi analyze in electing a life partner, most of all the elimination of mawk- Sr often folks get to know a thing that they don't have to think to s remember it. Take, for instance, your home address. If you have been living in the same house in the same street for years address gets easier and easier to re- Except sometimes. It doesn't tako tho influence of liquor to make you forget, cither It merely is that von know it too well. There was a man who was in the habit of writing letters to n girl and after n year or so he got to know her address by heart. One day, onr after ho started writing tn to the 'vottnsr woman, when Rml.lonlv V J 7 ----- . v. . v. . r ho had written. He read it aloud himself. lie wrote the same num did not seem entirely right. call on the rir . instead of writing C71 V " still know tho address II la flmm the directory to verify the place vou suspicions on the nart of the slmn. I subsist entirely upon uncooked foods that is to sav. unon natural fcmU na in tht''r natural Ptale ns possible. 1 was led to adopt this diet because after many years' suffering and experi menting I found in order to make a sci ence out of eating or establish a science of human nutrition, that it was necessary to partake of food, chemically speaking, in its natural or unchanged state. The results have been a condition of jterfect health gained from a condition of fhronic invalidism. I did not ndonr nrineinlo 4 1 --...iv.n,i,in, m a u u.U dietetics upon a scientific basis. made in wionti The churches would be full to overflow ing if preachers would follow the injunc tions of the Bible. Tho Dible says: "Heal the sick and comfort the sorrowing," but the ministers of to-day do not do it. If the members of congregations felt free to call on the preachers when they be come ill or go to, them in distress and sor row, the church .would mean much more to them than it does now. The trouble with most of us is that Ave are not broad enough. should study not one thin-? but all TWO-LEGGED DOG ON WHEELS Body Behind Fore Legs Rests on a Little Gig and Animal scampers About Apparently Contented. A curious sight In the streets of one of the residence districts of Vi enna Is a two-legged black water span iel. Ills owner, Fran Uerta Hoflinger, thinks ho Is more wonderful than the two-legged dogs on exhibition be cause they were born so, while her pet had his hind legs amputated after he had been "ruthlessly wounded by inhuman huntsmen." After tie wounds had healed the woman con sulted many people as how to provide artificial legs for the pet, and finally adopted the Idea of a saddler, who constructed a little two-wheeler, by means of which the dog now moves about. The body behind the fore legs rests on the little gig, and the dog scampers about, apparently perfectly happy, contented with the wheels as substitutes for the lost legs. BREAD THAT GROWS ON TREES Common Enough In Oceanlca and Is Cultivated in South America Is Big Ball. Raconteurs of strange adventures have made the bread fruit, famous, their heroes always find It at the mo ment when they are about to die of hunger. As a result, It Is thought generally to be an extraordinary A Bread Tree. vegetable. Really It Is a common enough tree. It Is cultivated In Oceanlca and the Antilles and In South America. Its fruit Is a big greenish ball, which grows about as large as the human head. TREE FULL OF BIBLE LORE Ingenious Student of Holy Scrip ture! Composes Biblical Statis tics in Novel Form. A student of holy writ has com posed biblical statistics in this novel f.onn : The rtlbic con tains 3.5IM.4SO letter. 810.697 words, 31,15 ver ses, 1.1S9 chapters and Ct books. The longest chapter Is tha llth I'salm; the shortest and middle chapter the 117th Psalm. The middle verse Is the 8th of the 118th I'snlm. The lonsest name is In tho 8th chapter of lsitlah. Tho word "and" occurs 46, 627 times; the word Lord 1,855 times. The 37th cluipterof Isaiah and the 19th chapter of tho I'd ftook of Klnrs are alike. The longest verso Is the 9th of the 8th chapter of Ksther; the shortest verse Is the &th of the 11th chapter of John. In the 2st verse of tho 7th chap, ter of Kzra Is the alphabet. The finest piece of reading is the 2i;th chapter of Acts. The namo of God Is not mentioned In t h e Rook of Esther. It contains knowledge wisdom, holiness and lovt. The composition Is called by Its au thor "The Tree of Knowledge." LABOR. ON POSTAGE STAMPS Amount of Work Necessary to Pre pare Them In Proper Manner - Is Simply Amazing. We tako so many things for grant ed that at times, when we loam of the amount of trouble a simple-ap pearing thing has cost, we aro amazed. For instance, how many. when they glibly stick a postage stamp on a letter, think of the trou ble that has been taken to put just the right amount of mucilage on tho stamp? And yet the labor and care ?xpendcd on the backs of stamps Is onsidcrablo. It is a most delicate op ration. After the printing great sheets of tamps are passed under a roller from vulch they receive a thin coating of ;um; then they are gradually dried ver steam pipes. Of course care is aken to make the coating even. Tests iro hourly made to seo that the heat nd humidity are exactly right, hen for each season of tho year ilownnce must be made. A harder ,um for summer, a thinner one for .Inter. In winter the gum Is apt to rack and care must be taken to pre ent that. A third grade for spring nd fall gum is known as "interme late." So you see even so small a titng ns a postage stamp is an Item of interest In the country's workshop. Oh. busy be, oh, busy bee! lou are working ull the uiy. Do you never slop to luke a rest. in or 10 nave a bit of piuy? "I'm laying up my store cf food C-.n .1... 1.1 I .1 . uiu iuiu iiuiK niiiivi s uuy. Ami honey 1 must make for you WI,U 1... 1 ..1..., "And when In winter you will have The honev. nnrp unit nvi-it That I have worked all summer long 10 make, that you may eat, "You'll understand, my llttlo child AVhy I must work ulwuy, For I must feed tnvai-lf and vou AA'hile you run out and play." ORANGE AND LEMON GAME Amusing Pastime for the Children That Finally Develops Into a Tug of War. Two of the players join hands, fac ing each other, having agreed private ly which is to bo "Oranges" and which "Lemons." Tho rest of the party form a long line, standing one behind the other, and holding each other's dresses or coats. The first two raise their hands so as to form an arch, and the rest run through It, singing as they run: "OranRes and l.cmons, Say the Bells of St. Clement's; A'ou owe mo five farthing, Say the bells of St. Martin's; AVhen will you pay tne? Ray the hells of Old Uailey. I do not know, Say the bells of Itow. Ik-re comes a candle to light you to bed. Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!" At the word "head" the hand arch way descends, nnd clasps the player passing through at that moment. He is then asked In a whisper: "Oranges or Lemons?" And If he chooses "Or nnges" be is told to go behind the player who has agreed to be "Oranges'" and clasp him aroupd the waist. The players must be careful to speak In a whisper, so that the others must not know what has been said. The game then goes on again in the same way until all the children have been caught and have chosen which they will be, "Oranges" or "Lemons." When this happens the two sides pre pare for a tug of war. Each child clasps the one In front of him tightly, and the two leaders pull with all their might until one side has drawn the other across a line which has beeu drawn between them. UNIQUE OPTICAL ILLUSION No One Would at First Suppose That the Four Lines Are Perfectly Straight. Are these four lines perfectly straight? No one would suppose at first sight that they are perfectly straight nnd Optical Illusion. parallel, but they will stand the test of a straight edge. The divergent rays distract the vision. A New Paris Game. Juvenile Parisians have a new game to take the place of tho dlabolo craze It is called tho "looping bird," and isv a Utile aeroplane shot up by aid of a hook and a pair of dlabolo sticks.'Tho Tullerles gardens are much frequent ed by players of tho looping bird. But more ambitious models of aeroplanes than the bird nro now sold from l.C0 to $10. One of the latter Is a very good imitation of the Farmnn ma chine, and Is propelled by twisted In din rubber strings. On being wound up the llttlo aeroplane, which I pro vlded with wheels, runs along tht ground for 20 feet nnd then rises tc from' five to six feet and flies through the nlr for some 20 yards or so. cute little toy for good children though no doubt Eonie bnd ones nr not deprived of it by their Frcnc parents. cvc )owes; dcawses ftvo sscm ejjccuay; 0SSSS 0Xil0VCXC0TUT abxa cQusaQii To Ces beuejvixoX ejfec8.awasbu lvo cuxwct 0 riANurflCTuRro n the CALIFORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLO BY LEADING DRUGGISTS SQ'ABOTTl! POOR BOY. "Dear mo! Wby do you cry bo bit terly?" "I'm cryin' 'cause I'm so wicked dat I'm goin' ter play hookey, instead of goln ter school, boo hoo!" Deafness Cannot Be Cured 7 local applications, as they cannot react Mit dt etucd portion o( tlie ear. 'mere la only ou way to cure uVuliiriu, and that la by const Itutionil reomllea. Dralnnu la caUK-d by an Inflamed condition ol tha mucous llnlnit ot the Kuntarliun Tube. When this tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Im perfect hcarlin;, and when it la entirely doted, Drat Den Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can b Liken out and this tuba motored to Its normal condi tion, hearing will bo destroyed forever; Dili cases put of ten are caiw-d by catarrh, which Is nolblug but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surface. We will mve One Hundred Dollara tor any case ot Dfafnem (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by liull s Catarrh Cure. Semi for circulars, free. ,. t F. 1. CUK.NKY A CO.. Toledo, a Sold by rmirelata, 75e. Take UaU'i tamUy rills for eonstlpaUon. The Soft Answer. At a dinner in Bar Harbor a Boston woman praised the wit of the late Ed ward Everett Hale. "Walking on the outskirts of Boston one day," she said, "ho and I lnndvert. ently entered a field that had a 'No I respassing" sign nailed to a tree. Soon a farmer appeared. " 'Trespassers In this Held are oroser cuted,' he said In a grim tone. Dr. Hale smiled blandly. " 'But we are not tresnassers. dt good man,' he said "'What are you then?' asked tha amazed farmer. " 'We're Unitarians.' said Dr. Hale." Washington Star. Expensive Silence. I Little four-year-old Alice was lvlna. on the floor whining and crying stead ily one afternoon, until, her father' patience exhausted, he called out to her: "Oh, stop, Alice, and I'll giv you a penny." Alice stopped only long enough tt answer: "I can't stop for less than l nickel! Boohoo! Boohoo!" Tuberculosis Among Soldiers For 1.000 active troops In the armies of the great world powers, the Vollow Ing figures show the percentage of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis: L'nlted States, 4.72; Great Prltaln and colonies, 2.4; France. 5.3, Germany, 1.6; Austria, 1.0. and Russia, 2.7. A Frencch Schour. As William bent over ber fair face he whispered: ."Darling If I should ask you In French if 1 m'ght kiss you, what would you answer? ' She, calling up her ajanty know', edge of the French hnguage, ex claimed, "Billet deux."- Tlt-Blta. A Ready Ej:plai.ation. "What is the reasou you were late In discovering the worth pole?" so "Well," answered th explorer, "you see they have such Ion nights In tho arctic regions that I overslept." A BANKER'S NERVE Broken by Coffee and Restored by Postum. A banker needs perfect control of the nerves, and a clear, quick, accu rate brain. A prominent banker of Chattanooga tells how be keeps him self In conation: "Up to 17 years of age I was not allowed to drink coffee, but as soon as I got out In the world I began to use It and grew very fond of it. For some years I noticed no bad effects from its use, but in time it began to affect me unfavorably. My bands trembled, the muscles of my face twitched, my men tal processes seemed slow and in other ways my system got out of order. These conditions grew so bad at last that I had to give up coffee altogether. "My attention having been drawn to Postum, I began Its use on leaving off the coffee, nnd It gives me plensure to testify to its value. I find it a delicious reverase; like it Just as well no I did coffee, nnd during the years that I have used Postum I have been free from the distressing symptoms that ac companied tho use of coffee. The nerv ousness ha9 entirely disappeared, and I am as steady of hand as a boy of 25, though I am more than 92 years old. I owe all this to Postum." "There's n Itonnnn " TlnnA tha little " -----" -- - -' klJ 11 111!? book, "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. Grocers sell. i Rvrr rrnrl (he nbowe letter A new pirnr 1 rum untr to umf, Tiles' 1 Btariat. 1
