Loap City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY. • - NEBRASKA.
England's Task in India.
Rightly to appreciate the nature of
England's task we must first free our
grinds from the common Impression
that India is like China, for instance,
one great nationality, declares James
M. Hubbard in the Atlantic. It is a
continent rather than a country, larger
than all Europe with the exception of
Russia, and having all the continental
varieties of surface and climate from
the perpetual snows of the Himalayas
to the tropical plains of Madras. Of
the diversities of the inhabitants one
may form some conception from the
fact that the traveler from Bombay
to Calcutta passes in a thousand miles
through a region inhabited by peoples
differing more in race, religion and
habits of life than he sees in going
twice the distance from Constantino
ple to London. The Indians are di
vided into 14 distinct races, speaking
147 different languages and dialects,
and are separated as much by creeds
#nd customs as by mountain ranges,
vast forests, trackless deserts and
great rivers. Some idea of the extent
of what may bo termed their political
divisions may be gained from the fact
that in addition to the 259 districts or
units of administration in the prov
inces under the direct control of the
English there are 6S0 native or feuda
tory states under their own rulers,
varying in extent from a few square
miles to a territory larger than Great
Britain. While on the 5,700 miles of
frontier separating Indian from Af
ghanistan and Central Asia live hun
dreds of wild tribes given to heredi
tary rapine.
Another instance of refusal to serve
a man wearing the uniform of the
United States navy has come to light,
this time in a Philadelphia restaurant.
The occurrence of such episodes is not
only much to be deplored, but is puz
zling. says the Philadelphia Ledger.
One is impelled to ask for what reason
the wearer of a uniform, indicating
his connection with an honorable serv
ice, is subject to slight and insult?
The right of the keeper of a public
house to exclude from his premises
any disorderly person is not ques
tioned. His right to exclude the well
behaved sailor or marine should be
questioned sharply. The physical and
moral requirements of candidates for
the navy are so high that the success
ful applicants make up a superior
body of citizens. The manner in which
they conduct themselves was shown
in the cruise of the Atlantic fleet.
Mr. Asquith’s name first became
known throughout England not in his
parliamentary capacity, but as a law
yer. His success at the bar attracted
the attention of Sir Charles Russell,
later to be raised to the chief justice
ship as Lord Russell of Killowen. It
was in 1889, at the time of the Parnell
commission, that at Sir Charles Rus
sell’s request, he became associated
with him as junior counsel. By a lucky
stroke it devolved upon him to con
duct the cross-examination of John
Macdonald, manager of the Times.
This he accomplished in such a mas
terful manner as to win the universal
plaudits of friends and opponents
alike. His first reward came in the
following year, when he was made
queen's counsellor. From that time
on he was a marked man among the
younger Liberals.
Most of the recent news about
Venezuela has not been pleasant read
ing. Here is an exception. La Guaira,
a Venezuelan town, was stricken with
bubonic plague. Short-sighted “busi
ness interests” required that the news
be suppressed. The board of health
drew up a document declaring the
sanitary condition of the town to be
perfect, and asked the foreign consuls
to sign it. The American consul had
backbone enough to refuse to lie. A
Venezuelan physician who reported
cases of the plague was put in jail for
so doing. But thanks to him and the
American, the truth could not be sup
pressed. and the town was quaran
tined by the Venezuelan government.
A minister in Philadelphia advo
cates the extermination of the weak
lings, calling them victims of civiliza
tion. This revival of the old pagan
doctrine of the sacrifice of the weak
to the strong is progress in a circle.
When modern civilization has pro
gressed to its apparently highest point,
there are always some theorists to
propose a return to primitive condi
tions and evolving all over.
From 1664 to the presenT day there
have been only seven vicars of Wins
ford, England, the present incumbent.
Prebendary Anderson, having just
reached his fiftieth year of service,
and being still active enough to look
after all the affairs of his parish.
It speaks well for progress in the
Philippines when provinces there save
up money for the erection of schools.
Bulacan province has $5,000 on hand
for a trade school and only asks the
insular government for a like sum.
According to statistics just issued
the male inhabitants of St. Petersburg
outnumbered the female by 124,000.
The total population of the capital is
now 1,454,704, showing an increase of
230,000, or nearly 19 per cent., as com
pared with the census of 1900.
In Broklyn a court has solemnly en
joined two goats from eating a fruit
tree. And this is where the majesty
of the law is going to find itself on the
horns of a dilemma.
HUGE BOWLDERS SCATTERED
OVER NORTHERN STATES BY
WIDE SWEEP OF GLACIER.
ICE DECLARED MILES DEEP
Congealed Liquid in Vast Quantities
Flowed Far Down Mississippi Val
ley—Underlying Strata High
ly Polished by Motion.
BY G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, A. M.,
LL. D.
CAuthor of "The Ice Age In North Amer
ica,” "Man and the Glacial Pe
riod." Etc.)
(Copyright, Joseph B. Bowles.)
The story of the glacial period has
not been half told. Its wonders are
increasing every day. It is the last of
the great geological epochs, and has
not yet passed away. Greenland is
still shivering under the rigors of
glacial conditions. With the excep
tion of a narrow belt of mountains
around the southern end, the whole
continent, some 500,000 square miles
in extent, is still buried beneath ice
from one mile to two miles deep,
while the antarctic continent, with a
still greater area, is so completely en
veloped in ice that explorers have yet
been able to penetrate only the
merest fringe at two or three points.
But during the glacial period prop
er the ice to a depth of more than a
mile covered 4,000,000 square miles
Alleghenies in northeastern Pennsyl
vania. In southern Ohio there are
long belts of Canadian bowlders
which can be traced to ledges of rock
norlh of Lake Huron. Even in Boone
county, Kentucky, a few miles south
of Cincinnati, a number of red jasper
conglomerate bowlders, some of them
two or three feet in diameter, have
been found, which came from well
known ledges in Canada north of Lake
Huron. Bowlders of large size from
these same ledges have also been
found as far southwest as Keokuk, la.
Bowlders from Wisconsin and Minne
sota and Dakota abound in northern
Missouri down to the Missouri river,
some having recently been uncovered.
Armed with these facts concerning
the former extent of the Swiss
glaciers, Agassiz went to Great Brit
ain, and came to America, and initi
ated those investigations which have
shown the spread of glacial ice over
the areas already mentioned. Scandi
navian bowlders cover northern Ger
many. and are found 700 miles south
east at Kief in Russia, found at Tus
cumbia, 60 miles up the Osage river,
which comes down from the Ozark
uplift to the south. They are also
found on the south side of the Kansas
river as far west as Lawrence and To
lK!ka, while windrows of them are
found in central Dakota which have
been derived from ledges in the vi
cinity of Lake Superior.
The size of these ice-transported
bowlders is certainly surprising. Sev
eral in Switzerland which have been
moved more than 100 miles would
weigh more than a thousand tons
apiece. The celebrated Pierre-a-Bot,
a bowlder above Neufchatel, Switzer
View of an Antarctic Ice Sheet.
! of North America and 2,000,000 square
j miles in Europe. In North America
the southern border of this ice field
extended into the ocean off the New
England coast, rising like a great ice
wall out of the water, and westward
to a line running through Long Island,
across New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
to Salamanca, N. Y., where it turned
southwestward and, with many minor
variations, reached the Ohio river 50
or 60 miles above Cincinnati, crossed
Kentucky and southern Indiana, reach
ing its farthest extent at Carbondale,
III.; thence northwest, it crossed the
j Mississippi river at St. Louis, and fol- ;
lowed the Missouri and Kansas rivers i
to Topeka, where it swung northward |
across the eastern parts of Kansas
and Nebraska, and through central j
Dakota to near the Canada line; j
thence proceeding (with a long loop
where it crossed the Rocky mountains j
and the Sierras) to Puget sound and
the Pacific ocean. If one had ap- !
proached this line during the glacial j
period anywhere from the south, he |
would have immediately struck the !
conditions of Greenland, and found |
them continuous for thousands of !
miles. Alaska still retains the stumps '
of this great glacier, several hundred
square miles being covered by the
Muir glacier alone, and a still larger
area by the Malaspina glacier, which
comes down from Mount St. Elias.
In Europe the ice fields radiated from
the Scandinavian peninsula, extending
across the North sea to southern Eng
land, and across the Baltic to central
Germany and southeastern Russia.
In thinking of the glacial period it
should be kept clearly in mind that
glacial ice is simply compressed snow.
Glaciers are formed wherever there is
a snowfall which exceeds the melting
power of the warm season. Everyone
is familiar with the fact that a snow
ball may be made as hard as ice by
sufficient pressure in the hands.
That ice in great masses could flow
like cold tar or molasses or any other
.semi-fluid seemed, until a short time
ago, impossible, and did not enter into
the thought of mankind. But about
TO years ago it was demonstrated in
Switzerland that the ice was actually
moving down the valleys, proceeding,
not like an avalanche, but creeping
with a true flow, and carrying on its
back and frozen into its mass frag
ments of rock of varying sizes, some
of them being as large as a small
house. Under the lee of one of these
rock masses on top of the Aar glacier
Agassiz built him a hut, and conducted
many of his important observations.
The great extent of this glacial
movement in former times was shown
by the distance which some of these
bowlders had been carried.
In North America the transportation
of bowlders by glacial ice has been
even more remarkable. The back
bone of Cape Cod and Long Island, a
line of hills from one hundred to two
hundred feet high, and two or three
miles broad, is simply a pile of bowl
ders and small fragments transported
from New England to Canada. Ply
mouth Rock is a glacial bowlder
which journeyed from its northern
home thousands of years before the
Pilgrims set out from Holland. Bowl
ders from the Adirondack mountains
are found upon the summits of the
land, measured 50 by 20 by 40 feet,
containing about 40,000 cubic feet;
while another near Monthey contained
more than 60,000 cubic feet. Ship
rock, near Peabody, Mass., is a
glacially transported bowlder esti
mated to weigh l,10o tons; while Mo
hegan rock in Montville, Conn., near
Norwich, would weigh 10,000 tons.
At Madison. X. H., there is a bowlder
measuring 30 by 40 by 75 feet, which
can be traced to ledges of Conway
granite, about two miles away. The
so-called Judge's cave, or West Rock,
near New Haven, Conn., is formed by
a transported bowlder weighing 1.000
tons, which can be traced to well
known dykes of trap 16 miles to the
north.
A granite bowlder near Lebanon. O
which was brought by the ice from
Canada, measures 17 by 13 feet, with
eight feet out of ground, and evidently
a much larger mass under the ground.
Rut Prof. Orton has described a mass
of Clinton limestone in Freeport, War
ren county, Ohio, which is three
fourths of an acre in area and 16 feet
in thickness, which has been brought
several miles. The central part ol
northern Iowa contains a great nuni
her of bowlders of exceptional size
brought from several hundred miles
away. One of them furnished build
ing stone enough to construct an «n
tire church.
Although these transported bowlders
are such striking witnesses to the slow
but majestic movement of glacial ice
during the glacial period, they are by
no means the only ones. As the ice
slowly crept over the surface frag
ments of rock became frozen into its
lower strata, and bowlders, gravel,
sand and clay were dragged along be
neath it, furrowing and scratching
and polishing the surface of the rock
to an astonishing degree. Almost
anywhere over this glaciated area the
removal of the soil will reveal
scratched and polished rocks under
neath. The direction of the scratches
and the grooves shows the direction
in which the ice was moving at the
time they were made. This Was, in
the main, outward, toward the mar
gin of the glaciated area which we
have described, but there were many
curious variations. In central Ohio
the direction of the glacial scratches
is southeast, whereas on the islands
in the western part of Lake Erie it
is very nearly west. At Logansport,
Ind., extensive grooves and scratches
have been found where the movement
is toward the north. This variation
in the direction of the grooves and
scratches indicates that there were
eddies in the ice, such as are found in
the current of a deep, slow-moving
stream of water. The grooves on the
islands in the western end of Lake
Erie are among the most remarkable
in the world. One groove, in hard
comiferous limestone, was about 20
feet broad and eight feet deep, extend
ing for a long distance across Kelley
island. The surface of this groove is
most finely polished, corals and other
fossils being cut off as sharply as
could lie done by any graver's tool.
The direction of these grooves in the
bed of Lake Erie is evidently due tc
the fact that the depression of the
lake diverted the ice movement in its
closing stages in the direction of its
longer diameter toward the natural
outlet on the west.
NORWAY’S VERSATILE QUEEN
Queen Maud of Norway has innu
merable hobbies and recreations,
many of them being of a very useful
and practical nature. She devotns
many hours to sewing, wood carving
and bookbinding, and in regard to the
latter work has turned out some real
ly beautiful specimens of the craft.
Like Queen Alexandra, her mother,
Queen Maud is very skillful with the
camera, while s-<ch is her skill in out
door sports that she is her husband's
constant companion when his majesty
indulges in skating, skiing, motoring
and cycling excursions. At billiards
Quen Maud can easily beat King Haa
kon, while King Edward, himself a
very skillful whist player, has con
fessed that he could not teach his
daughter much in regard to the game.
Many a shining light has become
prominent through shady practices.
THE BEST BREED OF FOWL
FOR THE GENERAL FARMER
Barred Plymouth Rocks Hold High Rank.—By Prof. Oscar
Erf, Dairy Husbandman, Kansas.
The varieties of poultry bred on the
farm seldom include ornamental va
rieties, and new breeds are not as well
represented as in the yards of the
fancier. As an illustration of this
point attention is called to the fact
that in the show room White Wyan
dottes equal or exceed in number the
Barred Rocks. On the tarm, however,
the Barred Rocks are many times as
numerous as the White Wyandottes.
An effort was made by a representa
tive of the experiment station to de
termine approximately the proportion
of breeds of chickens on the Kansas
farms. The subject was investigated
in two ways: First, by ascertaining,
from question blanks sent to farmers
or by personal visits to farms, the
variety of chickens kept; second, from
the opinions of poultry packers and by
actual count of the chickens in receiv
ing rooms of poultry packing estab
lishments. It should be borne in mind
that the word "variety," used in this
connection, dees not mean pure-bred
chickens. From the studies made the
conclusion is drawn that about ten
per cent, of the poultry upon Kansas
farms are entitled to be called pure
bred. The great preponderance of
Kansas Chickens are crosses and
grades in which one breed predom
inates. Poultry in which the crossing
has been so confused that the product
cannot be classified are listed as mon
grels. The following table shows the
result of this investigation:
Total of
No. farms variety in
keeping packing
Breeds variety. plant.
Barred Plymouth Rocks_113 1,080
Brown I,cghot ns . 30 139
Black I,a;igshans .34 73
White I.eghorns . 17 134
Bight Brahmas . 9 34
White Plymouth Rocks .... 8 40
Buff Plymouth Rocks. 5 30
White Wyandottes. f> 38
Buff Wyandottes . 3 10
Buff Cochins . 3 35
White Rungshans . 3 .
Silver Wyandottes . 3 15
Partridge Cochins . 1 .
Houdans . 1 R
Black Spanish . 1 5
Golden Wyandottes . 1 .
Mongrels . 17 350
In order to get definite information
upon the question as to which was the
most popular market fowl, nine poul
try-packing establishments, distributed
throughout tiie central and eastern
portions of Kansas were visited, and
the conclusions are as follows:
For dressed fowl (hens) Barred
plump bodies. Some dealers claim
that they equal any chicken where the
trade demands a small carcass. It
was also remarked that Leghorn hens
continue to grow and to improve in ap
pearance with age, ranking better as
an old hen than as a pullet. The Leg
horn cockerels are desirable as broil
ers but when older are not w'anted,
and, if purchased, are classed as
staggy. Of the Asiatic chickens, the
Langshans are the most popular, Brah
mas next and Cochins last. The Lang
shans are well liked except for color,
being sometimes mentioned next to
the Plymouth Rocks. The Brahmas,
and more especially the Cochins, are
remarkably unpopular among the Kan
sas packers. This fact is especially
worthy of notice when it is remem
bered that these breeds are spoken of
as meat breeds by many popular
writers. The chief objection is be
cause these \arieties possess a large
frame with not enough meat to cover
it. As capons the Brahmas and Co
chins are considered among the best.
The following are representative
lists, as ranked by packers:
1, Haired Plymouth Rocks; 2, Wy
andottes; other Plymouth Rocks; 4,
Brown Leghorns; 5, White Leghorns;
6, Langshans; 7, Brahmas; 8, Cochins.
1, Barred Rocks; 2, White Wyan
dottes; 2. White Rocks; 4, Black Lang
shans; 5, Leghorns; G, Brahmas; 7.
Cochins; S, scrubs.
1, Barred Rocks; 2, Silver Wyan
dot tes; 3, Indian Games; 4, Lang
shans; 5, Leghorns; 6, Brahmas; 7,
mongrels.
From the attention that has been
given to the breeding of poultry for
the show room, many people wrongly
infer that standard-bred poultry is no
better than mongrel stock for com
mercial purposes. The mongrel chick
en is a production of chance. Its an
cestry represents everything availa
hie in the barnyards of the neighbor
hood. and its offspring will be equally
varied. In the pure breeds there has
been a rigid selection practiced that
gives uniform appearance. The size
and shape requirements of the stand
ard. although not based on the market
demands, come much nearer produc
ing an ideal carcass than does chance
breeding. Ability to mature for the
fall shows is a decidedly practical
quality that the fancier breeds into his
Large and Small Portable Colony Houses.
Plymouth Rooks hold unquestioned
first rank. For broilers or roasters
the White Wyandottes are considered
equally good. By some packers the
White Wyandottes are marked first
for broilers. One man stated that
White Rocks were more rangy and
coarser framed than the Barred va
riety, otherwise no objection was
found with the white or buff Plymouth
Rocks. The extreme popularity of the
Barred Rocks is illustrated by the fact
that one dealer agreed to pay one-half
cent per pound more for this variety
than for other chickens. This was,
how’ever, discontinued. The only criti
cism raised against the Wyandottes,
when compared with the Plymouth
Rocks, was that of smaller size. One
packer expressed a preference for
silver over White Wyandottes. As to
other American breeds no opinions
wfere expressed.
Outside of the American varieties,
tlie Indian Games are ranked highest
ty ihose who include them in the list.
The Leghorns are disliked for their
small size, but are invariably ranked
above scrub chickens of a similar size.
The Leghorns are especially desired
for their yellow skin and legs and i
chickens. Moreover, poultry breeders,
while still keeping standard points in
mind, have also made improvements
in the laying and meat-producing
qualities of their chickens. Consider
ing these facts it is an erroneous idea
to think that mongrel chickens o/Ter
any advantage over pure-bred stock.
It has been pointed out that the
farmer who wishes to make the most
from his chickens should attempt to
derive his income from the sale of
breeding stock, fattened young chick
ens, or from eggs. If the farmer has
decided which of these lines of produc
tion is best suited to his conditions
the selection of a breed is a much less
confusing problem.
The man who wishes to sell breed
ing stock and eggs for hatching must
consider the opinions of the com
munity and the competing breeders al
ready in the field. The breed of which
there is the greatest, amount of stock
sold will not of necessity be the best
breed for the beginning fancier to se
lect. On the other hand, the mistake
should not be made of taking up with
an absolutely new breed, for many
such breeds are impracticable as farm
chickens.
SWINE FECUNDITY
So great was (he fecundity of swine
in Virginia forests that in 18 years
after the founding of Jamestown by
the English and introduction of swine
by them, the inhabitants were com
pelled to palisade the town to keep
them out and history tells us that for
some years after it seemed to be a
question w’hether the white man, the
Indian or the swine were going to take
possession of the new world.
The breeding and management of
swine is one of, if not the most im
portant agricultural interests of the
great west and to be successful none
but the best breeds should be allowed
on the farm.
The fecundity of sw'ine leaves no
excuse for holding to a bad breed of
swine. A good male hog of any breed
can be bought so reasonable that no
cine can afford to raise anything but
the best of its kind. There is no class
of farm stock that pays better as be
tween Indifferent and good breeds than
hogs and the wonder is that in some
sections of the country farmers still
cling to a breed of grunters that will
always greet you with a snort and a
boh-o-o and which no filling can fill
fully, a match for the average dog, al
ways ready to eat anything that falls
In their way, even to a half grown kid,
but which when wanted for meat are
nowhere to be found.
Rearing Orphan Lambs.—In January
twin lambs were brought to the house
in the last stages of exhaustion from
cold and hunger, the ewe having died.
Before giving any food 1 warmed the
lambs thoroughly, then gave them hall
a cup of fresh cow's milk. I con
tinned to feed about this amount of
milk six times a day and at the end
of two weeks I changed to three meals
a day with a cupful at a meal. I
then began to teach the lambs to eat
cornmeal, and when one month old I
introduced speltz instead of meal, and
they ate it well. The lambs thrived
and are now a pair of fine sheep.
Treating Barb Wire Cuts.—When a
horse gets a barb wire cut the wound
should be given immediate attention.
Cut the hair from around the wound
and wash thoroughly, then disinfect
with water containing a tablespoonful
carbolic acid to one pint. Wash with
this solution twice daily for some time.
While the wound is open apply once
or twice a day a little of a lotion made
as follows: Sugar of lead one ounce,
sulphate of zinc six drams, carbolic
acid two drams, water to make one
pint. Shake before using and label
“poison” for safety.
Souring of Honey.—I have had a
good deal of experience with fermen
tation in newly-sealed honey. The
best thing Is to do away with the
combs when they get in that condition.
Girls, beware of the man who prom
ises that youi life shall he all sun
shine. Such talk is generally moon
shine.—Exchange.
KIND THOUGHT OF THE BRIDE.
Possibly Turned Silly Custom Into
Something Really Worth While.
“The most considerate girl I ever
knew got married yesterday,’’ said
the man. "She showed her thought
fulness in a most unnsual way. The
day before the wedding she called the
attention of the rest of the family to
a row of old shoes standing in a down
stairs closet.
“ 'I want you to throw these after
the carriage,' she said. ‘They are all
mates. I collected them to throw
away. I learned some time ago that
certain poor souls who have hard work
to get clothes of any description keep
a lookout for big weddings. They
hang around the house at going-awav
time and pick up the good luck shoes.
Meybe they get a fit, and maybe they
don’t. Anyway, I’ve done all I could
to accommodate them.
“ 'Here are six pairs of shoes to be
fired after me. If somebody doesn't
get fitted in that collection, it isn't
my fault.’ ”
Value of Erief Rests.
If overworked homemakers whose
nerves are “worn to frazzle edge"
would acquire the habit of sitting or
lying absolutely still, relaxed and mo
tionless for five or ten minutes twice
a day, they would soon see improve
ment. The mind must be relaxed, wor
ries dropped, thoughts wandering to
pleasant things. You will probably
try this several times before you get
it right, but after a little practice
you will find that it yields large re
turns. far surpassing the sacrifice of
the time it takes to xnactice it.
Suicides in Natal.
The abnormal suicide wave which
Is passing over this country has been
made the subject of very serious
thought, and it is well that it should
be so. In Natal within the past four
weeks there have been three suicides
of Europeans, which, on the basis ot
population, is four times greater than
the suicide rate in England and Wales,
a deplorable state of affairs indeed.
In Durban a few w'eeks ago it was
stated that suicides were taking place
at the rate of one a day.—Natal Wit
ness.
A Simple Remedy.
“I tell you wTe cannot pass a law to
keep dogs from barking and disturb
ing people."
“Won’t the ordinary law against
barkers apply?”
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grocer sells it or can get it
RUBBER GOODS
b”’ mail at cut prices. Send for free catalogue.
MYERS-DILLON DRUG CO., OMAHA, NEBR.
lira. Hailey & Mat h. The
3d Hour. Paxton
Block, cor. ltd hi
and Kamam
Sts., Omaha. Neb. Best
Dental office in the Middle West. Latest appliances.
High trade Dentistry. Reasonable prices.
DENTISTS
OMAHA WOOL & STORAGE GO.
SHIP YOUR
ket to get better
returns. Ref., any
WOOL
to the Omaha mar- ;
prices and quick j
bank in Omaha. |
pp) TAFT'S DENTAL ROOMS I
M|( 1517 Douglas St., OMAHA, NEB.
iiVMC,- Reliable Dentistry at Moderate Price*.
KODAKS=FINISHING
Everything for theamateur. Largest wholesale stock in
the West. Send for catalogue. Mall orders a specialty.
THE ROBERT DEMPSTER CO., Box 1197, Omaha.
Steel Culvertsi
Suitable for county roads and town streets.
Write for information and prices.
SUNDERLAND CULVERT CO., Omaha, Neb.
ASK YOUR DEALER ABOUT THE
VELIEKidow BUGGY
JOHN DEERE PLOW CO,
Honesdv iss ids own revart. but
dere iss nod many claimers.
Der laborer iss vorty of hiss higher
vages, ef he can get dem.
Some fadders sharpen deir cliilt
ren's vits mit a razor strop.
No debating sossissity can seddle
der mutty vater kivestion.
Ven der bill collegtor comes in ad
der door der deadbeat flies ouid ad der
vindow.
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.
A good prejudice is better than a
weak conviction.
There are just as good fish in the
sea, but the sea is large.
A virtue that no one tries to cul
tivate is staying at home.
Many men are convinced that they
are geniuses, but can not show it b«
cause they are too busy earning a liv
ing.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
TOMMY AS GOOD AS A CHART.
Nurse Had No Trouble Remembering
Time for His Medicine.
A Ttoston physician tells a story of a
youngster of his own that an over
strenuous vacation had put on the sick
list. The father had an appropriate
prescription filled, and left the bottle
with the child’s mother. As site, how
ever, is very forgetful, he gave her
chart, and suggested that .-lie down
the hours when the medicine should
he given, checking off each d -e an
taken. Upon returning from ids even
ing calls, however, he found the chart
blank.
“Good gracious, Mary," he exclaimed
“surely you haven't failed to give Tom
his medicine?”
“Oh, no. I did not miss a single
time,” his wife assured him.
“How in the world did you remem
ber it without the chart?” he asked.
She smiled.
“That was easy. I just told Tom this
morning at what hours he was to have
it. and half an hour before each time
he would begin hallooing that he
wouldn't take it.”
HERE’S REAL SAFETY ENVELOPE.
Ingenious Device for Double Locking 3
Letter.
A new envelope made in Paris is
proof against the thief or (he meddler
who opens a letter to extract or to
read its contents and then reseais it
so cleverly as to hide any sign of it
having been tampered with.
The new envelope is really two err
velopes. Each is of thin paper, one a
pronounced blue, the other lighter in
color and different in texture. Each
has a gummed flap.
The letter is first placed in the blu-*
envelope, which is slightly smaller
than the other. Instead of sealing this
it is placed in the outer envelope and
the inner flap brought outside an.)
gummed down on to the larger en
velope.
The outer flap is still unsealed It
is much larger than the inner flap and
reaches down to a good sized star
shaped opening which shows through
to the inner envelope, so that when
the outer flap is sealed it sticks not
only to the outer envelope but also
through this opening to the inner one.
The letter is thus practically locked
and double locked.
WANTED COMPANY IN MISERY.
Stranger Asked for Directions at Urv
fortunate Moment.
“I beg your pardon,” said the stran
ger on the bicycle, riding slowly up to
the sidewalk and steadying himself
by putting his foot on the curb, “bat
I am looking for a restaurant where I
can get a good meal. Can you direct
me to one?”
The man whom he addressed was
standing in front of a store, trying to
rub a grain of sand out of his eye with
one hand and holding his hat on with
the other, for it was a windy day, and
at first he made no response. But
presently he spoke.
“Go to the next block,” he said, “and
turn to the right. Four doors down
you will find a restaurant.”
The stranger thanked him and rode
on. About an hour later they acci
dentally met again. The stranger was
on his way out of town. He stopped
and spoke.
“My friend,” he said, “I followed
your directions. I went to the restau
rant you directed me to, and I got th<
worst meal I ever had in my life.”
“I thought you would,” answered the
other. “If you had waited till 1 got
that grain of sand out of niv eye I
should have sent you to a good restau
rant, but you didn’t. I just had to
divide my misery with somebody, amt
you happened to be handy.”—Youth's
Companion.
COLORADO
No trip can surpass in plea
sure and health a vacation
spent in the Rockies. Low
rates in effect every day to
September 30, 1908.
$1752
For the round-trip from Omaha to
Denver-Colorado Springs
Pueblo
VIA
UNION PACIFIC
New and Scenic Route to
Yellowstone Park
Inquire of
E. L. LOMAX, C. P. A„
Omaha, Nebr.
