it is to your best interests to know what
that paint is its spreading capacity
its appearance its durability. You
are the man-who-pays-the-bill and who
loses if the paint goes wrong. Make
sure of good results the most satis
factory and economical job by hav
ing your painter use
Sherwis-Williams Paint
prepared
It is better than any other prepared
paint on the market, or "lead and
oil". The Sherwin-Williams Co.
safeguard its quality in every process
of manufacture. They make all their
linseed oil; own and operate large
zinc and lead mines and smelters,
and make their dry colors in the
largest and best equipped dry color
plant in the United States.
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pit mil at Frank' ??t a suit up to date,
Right in the fashior of wooiens first rale.
A ?uit that will fit goods sound as a bell,
flo outside shops will fit you as wtl),
Keep track of Mac's good value he sells.
Mac builds good clothes garments all neat,
Qnicflgu'd ready made agents cannot compete.
Exmin his line and prices all through,
L 'k him up for a suit, saves money for you.
R-siribie poods, all through his line,
Ord-r a suit for the on coming spring time,
You find value for money here every time.
Low Rate Tours
Spring and Summer 1910
See the far west with its diversified seit'.ons broadening under scientific cultiva
te n; visit ita iiiu.iupiiable cities with tl.eir environment of intensive laud
wt.. lib. A Coiut Tour is a Lroud education and the world's greatest rail
jourucy.
$60
$50
$15
$25
Hound tp, etntal Nebraska to California or Fuget Sound, via
direct routu;, Jute 1st to Sep einbir 30th.
Hound t iip on special dates ea?h month from April to July, in-cksive.
igl.tr one vay through California, Portland end
Seattle.
One way, eastern and ventral Nebraska to San Francisco, Lob Angles,
San Diego, Portland, Tocania, Seattle, Spokaue, etc, Marey 1 t0
April lfi. '
Proportional raits fioui jtur town. Consult nearest ticket agent or write m
freely asking fur j i.Lli atioce, afcsibtance.etc, stating rather definitely you
general plr.u.
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: L W. Wakely, G. P. A., Omaha.
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DYNAMITE.
Materials of Which This Terrible Ex.
plosive I Mad.
The word "dvnuniitc" is in con
stant use, but not one person in fif
ty has any idea as to the materials
entering into the manufacture of
this terrible explosive or how Jt is
made. Giant, Hercules, Jupiter and!
Atlas powders are nil in fact dyna
mite, differing principally in tho
pen cnta'ro of nitroglycerin they
contain and consequently the dc
gree of danger incidental to their
handling.
Nitroglycerin, discovered by an
Italian chemist in 1845, is a com
pound of ordinary glycerin and
nitric acid and is the ingredient
which gives to dynamite its explo
sive strength. Nitroglycerin alone
in extremely dangerous to handle
and for this reason and for the
sake of convenience is made into
giant powder, 30 to per cent of
the deadly liquid being worked into
a putty-like mass resembling brown
sugar, the base being rottenstone,
sawdust, earth, plaster of paris or
black powder. Dynamite proper is
prepared by kneading with the bare
hands 25 per cent of infusorial earth
and 75 per cent of nitroglycerin.
IVfore mixing the earth is calcined
in u furnace in order to burn out all
organic matter, and it is also sifted
to free it from large grains. While
still moist the mass is squeezed into
cartridges of parchment paper. The
firing is done by fulminate of silver
in copper capsules provided with
patent exploders. ' '
Nitroglycerin is made of nitric
acid one part and sulphuric acid two
parts, to which is added ordinary
glycerin, the mixture being well
washed with pure water. The infu
sion is composed of microscopic sili
ceous shells which have lost their
living creatures. The cellular parts
receive the nitroglycerin and hold
it by capillary attraction. This earth
is very light in weight.
Nitroglycerin has a sweet, aro
matic, pungent taste and the pe
culiar property of causing a violent
headache if a small quantity is
placed on the tongue or wrist. It
freezes at 40 degrees F., becoming a
white, half crystallized mass, which
must be melted by the application
of water at a temperature of 100
degrees F. New York Times.
How Coal Wat First Named.
Curiously, the word coal was in
use long before as well as long after
the commencement of the coul
trade, with a meaning quite differ
ent from that which it now has.
The term originally belonged to
wood fuel and was applied in par
ticular to wood which had been
charred, or what is now called char
coal. When the trade in mineral
coal began this was usually distin
guished by the singular name of sea
coal. It would seem that from hav
ing been gathered in early times on
the seashore, more especially of
Northumberland, along with sea-.
weed and other wreckage cast up by
the waves, thLj peculiar substance
was supposed to be of mariue origin.
FromJJiis circumstance and its re
semblance to wood coal in color and
burning properties it obtained the
name of sea coal, by which it was so
long and so widely known. . Then
in the course of time, as the new
fuel gained upon and superseded the
old, the simple name of coal he
came universally transferred to it.
A Royal Talisman.
For 400 years tho Hohenzollerj.
family has possessed a peculiar tal
isman in the shape of a black stone
set in a ring, each head of the house
ha ving passed the charm on to the
next in succession for many genera
tions. Frederick the Great is said
to have found the ring sealed in a
package with instructions as to its
preservation and transmission writ
ten by Frederick I. Precisely what
value or significance attaches to this
carefully treasured lit of jewelry it
would be difficult te say. Tradition
says that a huge toad bopped into
the royal presence centuries ago
with the stone held in its mouth. As
to whether the golden setting in
which the stone is now preserved is
due to the forethought of the intel
ligent toad or to the afterthought
of the Hohenzollerng tradition fails
to enlighten us.
Forgetting His Own Picture.
. Reynolds once forgot the exist
ence of one of his pictures. Burke
once obtained a very early work and
called on the great artist, submit
ting the work as that of a young
student who sought advice from the
waster. Reynolds had a long look
and then asked, Is the painter u
friend of yours ?"
Burke replied in the affirmative.
"Well," replied the great man, "I
really don't feel able to give an
opinion. It's a cleverish thing, but
whether it is of sufficient promise to
justify the voung man in adopting
art as a profession I cannot say."
Sir Joshua had entirely forgotten
his own work. Chambers' Journal.
The t
Scrap Book
The Condemned.
The family hiul heard that bachehu
I'tnie Joe was going to get nmrrleo.,
iiiul there had licen lunch caustic com
ment over tlu coming eu'iit, mingle
with ninny expressions of sympathy
for lils f;ite tit the bund of the tic
s I u n i n woman who Imtl captured him
all of which were overheard ly tli
keen anil open eared six-year-old 1m o
of the family.
"l'a," siild the youngster one day,
"I hear lucle Joe Is going to lie mar
rled next week."
"Yes." snltl the father. "Uncle Joe
has only three days more."
The little boy sighed. "The last
three days." he Bald, "they give their
everything to eat thut they ask for.
don't they, pa?"
Striving.
If all the end of this continuous slrlvlui
Were simply to attain,
How poor would eem the planning an
contriving.
The entile urging and the hurried drlt
lug
Of body, heart and brain!
Cut ever tn the wake of true achieving
There Rhlnci thin glowing trail
Soma other houI will be spurred on, con
ceiving New strength and hope, tn It own powef
believing,
Deeause thou didst not fall.
Not thine ulone the glory nor the lorrof
If thou dost miss the goal.
ITnUreamed of llvee In many a far tomor
row From thee their weakness or tholr fore
shall borrow.
On, on, ambitious soul!
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A Good Definition.
In one of the New York schools sev
eral of the children In one class fuilei'J
on the definition of the word bachelor.
The teacher, to linpresn the meaning
of the word on the minds of the pu
pils, told the class to look up the word
that night and come prepared with a
gocd definition tho next day.
When the question was taken up at
tho next session the first little girl
who was asked to define the word an
swered with a confident and smiling
nlr, "A bachelor U a very happj
man."
The teacher grew Interested. "An
yon Mire that Is correct?" she askoi
the little one.
"Oh. yes," was tho prompt reply
"Father told ine so."
Knew Who Used It.
Charles II. Hoyt, New England's
great playwright, once visited a small
town In Pennsylvania where there Is
a hotel they say George Washington,
the Father of Ills Country, used to
stop at w hen lie passed through. In tt
they have a room ho Is said to hove ot
cuplcd nt times.
Iloyt came through there once with
one of Ills attractions. He arrived at
the hotel after nil the members of thf
company had been assigned rooms.
One of the company was given tht
Washington room, nnd Hoyt received
a poor room on t!i top floor, the pro
prletor not knowing who he was.
Wlien he camo downstairs later the
gentleman who had got the good room
nit Id. "Mr. Hoyt. they have given mu
the room that they used to giro (Jeorgi
Washington wheu he came here."
"Well." said Hoyt. "the one the.i
have given me must be the one the
gnve r.enedlct Arnold when he came.''
A Stickler For Rules.
Rllly Crimes was a sailor, and In
knew n sailor's duty and how to oliej
orders, off a foreign poit one ulglil
Rllly Grimes loaned over. the side Ir
answer k a ball.
"Ahoyl" he said.
"Ahoy:" was the reply. "Lowei
down your ship's ladder, shipmate."
"You can't couie aboard here to
nljibt." said Rllly. "
"Lower away, you lubber." said the
voice below Impatiently. "I roust come
aboard. I'm tho rlvor pilot."
"I don't care." said Wily. "If ynw're
Pnnchus rilot. I'll stick to the etc-'
rules."
Too Eager For Work.
Dr. John 8. UuUt, the southern sur
geon, said In one of hU surgical lec
tures at a stato college:
"It Is always la rather bad taste foi
physician to boast of being bimy
Physicians, undertakers and gravedlg
gers only cause discomfort when thej
allude to good times and prosperity.
There was an old man applied to tho
minister of tho little village of I'alnt
Rock for the post of gravedlgger. Ilk
references wero good, and the nilalutei
agreed to assign him to the church
yard. He was to be paid so mncU a
grave. The gravedlgger haggled over
the price, Anally accepting It.
'"Rut will I got steady workr ho
demanded.
'"Steady work mid the tntnhter
'Land's sake, una. with steady work
you'd bury all Point Rock In a week! "
Tho Whole Law.-- .
When one mockingly asked Illrtel If
he would teach him the whole law
while be stood on one foot the rabbi
replied: "What you would not ilkr
done to yourself do not to thy ncljji
bor. This h the whole law. All tin
rest Is a commentary on It. Go learn
this."
Not What Ho Wanted.
A Scotsman walked Into a Montreal
bookshop and, as the assistant thought,
ssked for Robert Rurns. On being told
this the proprietor of the shop him
self; gqt down three or four editions
of the poet nnd took them to the wait
In Scotsmnn. Tho customer, how
ever, shook his head hopelessly and
told. "It's nae Robert Burns I aikit
for. but rubber bands P
COMING SPORT EVENTS
The Brighton Reach' (New York!
twenty lour hour automobile race will
lo run May Kt and II.
The annual Oxford and Cambridge
spoils will lake place at the Queen's
club. London. March 10.
The two greatest classics of the Eng
lish turf will te run as follows: The
S.VHHI guineas. April 27. and the Eng
lish Ierby. June 1.
The amateur chamiiioiishlo of the
Metropolitan Golf association will be
held on the links of the Morris county
(X. Y.i club May 23. 211, 27 and 28.
The Irlsh-Ametican club of Toronto.
Canada, will hold n fifteen mile trr-
out race March 17 ami will send the
three first men to-the Boat on Mara
thon lu April. .
A Tale of a Hated Dish.
There is it charming etorv told of
the great French painter Corot. Be-
ins: hospitable, he frctiucntlv as
sembled his friends to dinner, and n
dish of haddock and potatoes.
which everybody hated, invariably
followed the soup, 'lhe friends.
who thought Corot partial to tho
dish, always pave it when ho dined
with them. At last, in reply to tho
painters query, tlicy admitted that
they detested the dish, but suppos
ed ho liked it.
Corot was training broadly. "Mv
dear fellow, if you only know how I
hate the sight of it even. But
Adcle, my cook, simply adores had
dock and potatoes. And it is no
good 1 dure not go against her
wishes. It is as much as my place
is worth. Not for worlds would my
awe of Adele induce mo to unde
ceive her as regards the value I at
tach fo this one particular article of
diet."
And for the sake of Adelo this
littlo group of great painters had
for thirty years been eiiting a dish
they could none of them bear.
The Shillalah.
The shillnliih is not a mere stick
picked up for a few pence or cut
casually out of the common hedge.
Like the Arab mare, it grows to ma
turity under the fostering care of
iti crrcr.
The shillalah, like the poet, is
born, not made. ' Like the poet, too,
it is a choice plant, and its growth
is slow. Among 10,000 blackthorn
shoots perhaps not more than one
is destined to become famous, but
one of the 10,000 appears of singu
lar fitness. As soon as discovered it
is mnrkud nnd dedicated for future
service. Everything that might
hinder its development is removed,
and any oirshoot of tho muin 6tem
is fckillfully cut off. With constant
care it grows thick and strong upon
a bulbous root that can be shaped
into a handle.
Asking Too Much.
The country doctor hud come to
prescribe for .Lucy, the colored
cook's little daughter, who was suf
fering from the unfashionable ail
ment known as "chills."
The doctor oencd his saddlebags
and prepared several doses of the
time honored remedy quinine in
capsules.
Lucy sut up in bed, watching the
proceedings with great interest, as
the doctor filled each tiny capsule
nnd cupped it. But when she heard
the instructions, "Give her one of
these every two hours," she wailed
in terror:
"Is you gwine to mek me swalloi
dem little lass bottles, stoppers an'
11?" Youth's Companion.
FIX ROWING REGATTA DATES.
Days Chosen Five Yoaro Ahead Foi
Poughkoepeio Events.
The stewards of the IntercollegluU
Rowing association have aniiouuced
the dates for the Intercollegiate regst
tas at Toughkeepsle for the nve year
succeeding I'JIO. The days hnvt? beeu
figured out on a tide basis, so thut on
each race day the varsity eight oared
contest will be started nt approximate
ly the lowest point of the ebb tide
This will not be the case this year
however, as the lowest ebb tide does
not occur on tbe day selected until 9
o'clock In tbe evening.
Two of the race days, not Including
this year's date, Id tho list given out
by tbe stewards full ou Saturdays.
Monday. Tuesday and Friday being
tbe other days. The list. Including tbe
coming sensou. Is as follows: HMO. Sat
urduy. June 23: 1911, Tuesday,. June
27: 1012. Saturday, June 21): I'.lin. Sut
orday, June 21; 1014. Friday, Juno 2(1;
1015, Monday. June 2a
To tbe Invitations that have been
sent out to Syracuse, Wisconsin and
Georgetown no responses have yet
been received, although It Is pretty cer
tain that all three will send crews to
the regatta next June.
' Jockey 8pencer to Ride Again,
Jockey Ilenry Spencer, who Xoivthe
past few seasons has been riding lu
Germany with excellent success, hnt
decided to take out a license to ride In
this country for the coming season.
Spencer Is still able to do 113 pounds
and Is a Jockey whose experience In
the saddle should afford bun ample
opportunity, as he proposes to ride
free lance.
Humor and
Philosqphy
9r VVflCAi M. SMITH
THE SPRING FRESHET.
That's hint
No name for It
When the waters
Throw a fit
And come climbing
On the burnt.
And the village
Is a tank,
And do all
Their funny bis
Freeh 1
1 rather
Think It Is.
When the icy
Fetters break
From the river
And the lake
And the movr
IU-Rlne to thaw.
9
Then, regardless IV'V
ji ine iuw,
Comes the river
Hushing down
With a grudge
Against tho town
And endeavors
In Its wrath
To give every ono '
A bath.
Then mankind
The eight can seo
From the housetop
Or a tree,
Lucky there
J i he la dry
While the pigs
Uo Morning by
And a lumber yard
Or two
Add a feature
To the view.
Oh, It's great
And splendid stuff!
Hut one soon
May get enough.
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Johnnie's Explanation.
"Oh, hello, Johnnie! You seem in an
awful hurry."
"Well. I ain't"
"Why are you running bo frantically,
then?"
"You know me mudder?"
"Yes." ,
"That's why."
"Dou't unilcr-tand."
"Well, she Is In an awful hurry, and1
sho is mad."
Not to Hurt.
While Investigation rumble
Ai the crowd (or vengeance roar
Notice how the prices tumble
Sometime hair a cent or more.
When the fury ha been wasted
And the hubbub la no more.
Then the prices will be pasted
Up to where they wero before. -
Tou may paste this In tho shanty '
Where It later can bo found
That we'll always have to ante
If we're going to stick around.
Shrewd Girl.
"They say she Is very pretty."
"Yes, and she Is going to have a rich
dad."
"Rich dad? Thut sounds good. Go
ing to have, did you suy'f" '
"Yes."
"Her old man about to strike oil?"
"No; she Is going to marry Johnnie's
dad."
It
Fortunate.
"1 proposed to
three glrla."
"And?"
"They all do
"lliied." "How lucky I
Just think. If they
had all accepted!"
Willie's Way.
"You mustn't get angry, Wllu.,
. "Not get mad a bit?' '
"Not at all. Willie."
"Rut. nia"
"Whut. my son?"
"I can't tight worth a cent tlM 1 do
get real mud."
Described.
"Do you know Miss De Style?"
"Yes"
"Is she pretty?"
"Well, she is what you might call
ueur beauty."
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
The man who knows most about blw
business forgets It when an otllclal In
vestigation Is going forward.
There are many eople long ou ex
pectations who are most cerialu to be
short on essentials,
Too many people who run well do
most of their running wheu they are
off tbe track.
People who ore out looking for trou
ble should first obtalu a photograph of
It lest they get a sad shock of surprise.
Rlessed are those who get little, for
fhey won't have much to worry over.
Helping others Is a flue thing, but It
has lis drawbacks, too, because If ad
dicted to It others gel the Kiea tbul
you never need any yourself or have
any desire to do anything save serve
others.
If a favor Is to be asked of a man
with a grouch, get your enemy ai
pointed on the committee to do the
asking,
Tbe uiau who frankly says be made
mistake did not make an Irreparable
one.
Don't die for anybody, because no
one would be able to make use of you
while In that condition.