GOOD STOKY TO POINT MORAL.
To 14 by Rabbi Krauskopf, Wht Bc
UevM in Di vorcs.
‘ Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, our elo
gHent preacher," said a Philadelphian.
sees good rather than evil in the fro
fluency of American divorce. He sees
i» it a sign that American wives will
aot endure the treatment that Eu
ropean wives put up with. He sees In
it a promise that the married men of
the future will live better.
‘Discussing the divorce question the
other day, he told me that they who
perceived only evil in it reminded him.
it their Illogical and confused view
point, of a little boy with whom he
once took a stroll.
“As they strolled, they passed the
young girls of a neighboring boarding
school out on their daily walk. The
girls moved in military formation, two
by two. In front were the youngest, in
skirts to their knees. Next came the
older ones, in the order of their ages,
their skirts lengthening with their
years. And iD the rear came the old
est of all, the young ladies, whose
skirts hid even their boots.
The little boy looked at the girls.
Then he frowned and said:
^ hy is it tha? their legs grow
shorivr as they grow bigger?’ ”
CONSOLING.
Artist—Yes. mv art is my fortune.
Model (cheerily)—Never mind. Pov
erty is no crime.
I 'tundry work at home would b*
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goodB. This trot*
hie can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Trouble.
A maidservant in the employ of a
Brooklyn woman was left the other
day in charge of the children while
her mistress went for a long drive.
"Well, Mary.” asked the lady, on her
return, "how did the children behave
during my absence? Nicely. I hope.”
' Nicely, ma'am.” Mary answered,
"but at the end they fought terribly
together.”
"Fight! Mercy me! why did they
fight?”
"To decide.” said Mary, “which was
behaving the h“st."—Harper’s Weekly.
3»*eer white goods, in Tact, any Sue
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in a j
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal- j
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given to starching, the first essential j
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
No Luxuries.
Why, you've got the grip, old man."
‘i have not. I can’t afford to quit
work and go to bed. This is merely a
darned bad cold."
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THE IRK 60ES ON
HOWEVER, NEBRASKA LEGISLA
TORS HAVE YET MUCH TO DO.
BILLS KILLED, BILLS BOOSTED
Constitutional Amendment to Change
Taxation System, Down and Out
—Other Matters of Interest.
Failing to receive the majority
necessary to carry a proposed consti
tutional amendment, the bill of Sen
ators Miller and Ollis designed to
change the whole system of state tax
ation was defeated in the senate, the
vote being 17 to 16 in favor of it. A
three-fifths majority, or twenty votes,
was necessary.
The bill proposed the submission to
the people of an amendment to the
constitution, and that taxes should be
uniform on the same subjects, within
the territorial limits of the authori
ties levying the tax, in place of the
present system of taxation on valua
tion
This would have allowed the state
fund to be raised from taxing rail
roads aad state wide corporations
alcne. while the counties might have
levied on value. It was opposed by
the Douglas county senators on the
grounds that it wouid take from
Omaha taxes which justly belonged
to her.
Closed Season for Quail.
A bill providing for a closed season
for quail and shortening other game
seasons was recommended for pass
age by the senate committee of the
whole. It was first introduced by
Senator Banning of Cass county and
later amended to Shut out quail shoot
ing altogether. The bill permits the
shooting of squirrels in October and
November, delays the opening of the
season on chicken and grouse from
September 15 to October 1 and closes
the season on ducks April 5 instead of
April 10. Snipe shcoting is extended
until May 1.
Valuation Bill Amended.
S. F. 133, the Ellis physical valua
| tion bill, was finally amended so tha
I the senate will fail to recognize it.
and then the house ordered the clerl
to prepare the bill with the amend
ments put in the stock yards and
street car companies under the oper
at;ons of the measure and also pro
vided that the Railway commissio’
should find the valuation of steam
railroads first and complete this wor'
before beginning on any other cor
poration.
Passes the Gates Bill.
The Gates bill, providing for the re
peal of the law prohibiting saloons
within two miles and a half of an army
post, was passed by the senate by a
vote of 17 to 15, Senator Majors being
absent. The bill has already been
passed by the house, and will now go
to the governor.
Fish Hatchery Looked After.
The Gates bill appropriating $5,000
for the fish hatchery at South Bend
for special improvements was passed
in the ’house after a vigorous attack ’
had been made on it by Kelley, !
in the house, seconded by Leidigh !
who did not go so far as Kelley. The !
latter only wanted to reduce the
$3,000 to $2,000 while Kelley wanted
to cut it all out.
The Appropriation B'H.
The house finished its discussion of
the current expense appropriation bill
and recommended it for passage after
a debate which at times bordered on
the sensational. The larger appropri
ations, however, were left intact, save
in the item providing $1,500 for an ice
and cold storage plant at the Norfolk
asylum. An item of $75,000 for nor
mal training in high schools was add
ed to the bill on motion of Henry of
Holt, who was ably seconded by Xet
tleton of Clay and others. The finance
committee had left the item entirely
out of the bill, but it had an amend
ment providing for $50,000 for this
purpose. The committee of the whole
raised this to $75,000.
President Taft Answers.
The following telegram was re
ceived from President Taft in re
sponse to the telegram of congratula
tion sent by the two houses on the
day of the inauguration. It reads as
follows:
“The White House. Washington,
March 6, 1909.
“Gentlemen:
“I greatly appreciate the message
of congratulation and good wishes
from the house and senate of the
state of Nebraska conveyed by your
telegram of March 4. Will you please
express to the entire membership of
both bodies my cordial thanks, and
assure them that I value their friend
ly sentimt-nts?
Very sincerely yours.
“WILLIAM H. TAFT."
“HON. CHARLES W. POOL.
"Speaker of the House,
• HON. GEORGE W. TIBBETTS.
“President of the Senate.”
No Money to Teach Agriculture.
The house refused to appropriate
$120,000 for the teaching of agricul
ture in the high schools, though Net
tleton of Clay, Taylor of Custer and
Raper of Pawnee and others fought
hard to get the bill, which had been
introduced by Fogarty and Snyder
recommended for third reading. The
bill had its enacting clause struck
off. and Raper secured a reconsidera
tion of this so the measure could be
discussed, but the house was in nc
mood to appropriate money for tht
teaching of agriculture in schools.
Initiative and Referendum.
After heated debates the senate^
killed Donohoe's constitutional amend
ment for the initiative and referen
dum in state legislation and crippled
Miller's constitutional amendment to
change taxation from a valuation
basis to taxation by class, an amend
ment that if adopted will permit th«;
legislature by general laws to tax cor
porations sufficiently to pay all of the
expenses of the state. The latter bill
was not killed, but it cannot pass the
senate with the necessary three-ilfthu J
rote to insure legality. J
I
GUARANTY IN THE H0U8E.
Aa Amended the Bill Passes the Lower
Branch.
By a vote of 72 to 23. the house of
representative!! passed the Bryan
guaranty bank bill, as finally amend
ed a few days ago in the committee of
the whole.
The vote was not a party one, a
number of the republicans voting for
the measure and several democrats
against it.
The bill as passed does not carry
an imprisonment penalty for di
rectors who over-borrow. It provides
for the raising of 1 per cent of the
j total deposits in the banks taking ad
vantage of the law. during the first
year, or until July 1, 1910. Half of
this is payable January 1, 1910, and
half the following July. After that,
one-tenth of 1 per cent will be raised
yearly, half being payable each Jan
uary and July.
Other provisions of the bill fix the
amount of capital necessary accord
ing to the size of the towns, give the
entire banking board power to name
the depositories for the fund and
provide for the regular inspection of
all banks.
—
Insurance Bill Postponed.
One of Senator Bartos- insurance
bills was indefinitely postponed cn
receomruendation of the judiciary
committee of the senate by a vote of
17 to 14. Senator Bartos fighting its
postponement. The bill provided a
heavy fine for any insurance com
pany or agent who spread false re
ports about any other insurance com- j
pany. Senator Bartos cited the fact
that in the liny companies alone on
life insurance policies in Nebraska,
$20,000,000 in policies was allowed to
lapse last year, and he asserted that
it was due to these false statements.
Wilson on Guaranty Bill.
Victor Wilson, who contributed
probably the greater portion of the
guaranty bill has this to say of the
measure: “But altogether it was ad
mitted that the bill does that which
the promise was given that it would
do—it guarantees absolutely to every
man, woman and child who has a dol
lar deposited in one of the banks
chartered under the Nebraska laws,
that neither dishonesty or lack of
management on the part of bankers,
nor the terrors of a financial crisis
shall deprive them from having that
money returned to them. It makes
their money in the bank more secure
than in the old 6ock or the tea pot or
cigar box."
_
Chance for Saloons at Crook.
The Gates bill, repealing the law
prohibitng the operation of a saloon
within two and a half miles of Fort
Crook, was recommended to pass by
the senate in committee of the whole.
Nineteen senators voted for the bill
on viva voce vote, no roll call being
taken. Efforts were made by Sena
tor Ran3om to amend the bill to some
extent but he was not successful in j
this.
_
County Option Defeated.
The questicn 0f supplementing the
present local option provision of the
Slocum law with a system of option
by counties was definitely disposed of
in the senate when that body in com
mittee of the whole by a vote of 17
to 16. ordered the bill indefinitely
postponed. The action of the senate
does not necessarily end the county
option agitation of the session, as a
second bill is still pending on the
house general file. Just as it was
known for days that a majority of the
senate was arrayed against the bill,
it is known absolutely in the house
that the bill there cannot muster
more than forty-one or forty-two
votes. It is likely, however, that
action will be forced on the bill for
the purpose of getting the members
definitely on record on the proposi
tion.
Anti-Treat Bill Again.
The Groves anti-trust treat bill re
fused to stay dead after having once
been killed, and the house had to re
peat the operation of execution. The
hill was defeated on third reading by
a vote of -44 to 49. The attempt to
restore life to it came with a motion
by Humphrey of Lancaster to recon
sider the action. The motion was
lost.
A Ranson Bill Recalled.
On motion of Senator Ransom
himself, one of his bills which has
already passed the senate was re
called from the house, for amend
ment. The bill as introduced, pro
vided for the investment of state
school funds in the bonds of metro
politan cities In the committee it
was amended to include bonds of
cities, villages and irrigation and
drainage districts. Senator Kling
brought up the matter, saying that
after investigating, he was sorry that
he had voted as he did, because he
found that bonds of irrigation ar.d
drainage districts were often way be
low par, and did not think the school
fund should be invested in them. Sen
ator Ransom agreed and the bill was
recalled for discussion.
Senate Sifting Commitee.
The senate, committee on commit
tees met and appointed the following
members of the sifting committee:
Diers of York, chairman; Ollis of
Valley, Tibbets of Adams. Volpp of
Dodge. Tanner of Douglas, Buck of
Otoe and Miller of Lancaster.
Sifting Committees.
ng committees have been ap
pointed in both houses, and they will
get busy in weeding out many intro
duced measures of minor importance
that might consume valuable time.
Loan Sharks Are Foiled.
By passage in the house of Repre
sentative Thomas’ bill to prohibit
salary loan agencies from plying their
trade in Nebraska the campaign to
prevent this class of business in Ne
braska has been given another boost.
The bill now goes into the senate,
where it is likely to have harder sled
ding, but where nevertheless there is
a decided sentiment among many
members in its favor. The bill is In
tended to shut off a number of
[ agencies who loan money and cause
I borrowers much trouble.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS N0TE8 OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
A woman’s club has been organized
at Dunbar.
Articles of incorporation for a new
bank at Florence have been filed.
Bruce Reamer, a deserter from the
regular army, was arrested at Nebras
ka City.
B. F. Hutching, living in the eastern
part of Gage county, was found dead
in bed by his wife.
Irrigators around Scott’s Bluff have 1
declared against the Raymond bill
[ now in the state legislature.
Henry A. Schroeder, a blind resi
dent of Ponca, dropped dead while
riding in a wagon with his nephew.
W . R. Adair has been elected pres
ident of the City National bank at j
Kearney to succeed the late George j
Misner.
Mrs. Clara C. Coleman of Beatrice
has sued Albert Loeper for $10,000.
charging he sold liquor to her hus
band.
The village of Hampton, Hamilton
county, is suffering from an epidemic
of smaflpox. The town has been
quarantined.
The implement house of Jacob
Schurk. at Blue Hill, was totally de
stroyed by fire. The building and
stock were valued at $8,000.
The civic federation of Hastings re
organized after two years of existence
and has changed its by-laws to permit
participation in political campaigns.
O. K. Turner, who was run down
by a Missouri Pacific train in the rail
road yards at Omaha, and killed, re
sided in Fremont until five years ago.
Fruit growers near Arlington are
rejoicing over the cold weather, as it
has sdt back the buds and the crop
is safe for the present.
H. B Troxel. until recently a resi
dent of Beatrice, died at his home at
Lincoln of paralysis from a blood clot
on the brain caused by being kicked
by a herse several weeks ago.
A. Burrows, a prominent farmer
living near Ashland, lost a $2,500 au
tomobile and $1,500 worth of grain
and stock by the burning of his barn.
At the monthly competitive drill of
Company C he'd in Beatrice, James
A. Shultz won the Colby gold medal
after fifty minutes of drill in which he
did not make an error.
The public schools were dismissed
at Xehawka one afternoon recently
to give the pupils an opportunity to
witness the discharge of a big “dirt
biast" at the quarries.
The city council has passed reso- I
lutions submitting to a direct vote of '
the people of Ashland at the spring j
election the question of issuing saloon ‘
licenses for the coming year.
Congressman and Mrs. Poliard had j
expected to start from Washington '
fcr their home at Nehawaka imme- j
diately after inauguration, but will be ;
detained probably two weeks.
Extensive preparations are being i
made fcr the annua! meeting of the
Southeastern Nebraska Educational
association, which will be held in
Beatrice March 31 and April 1 and 2.
Jurgan Reimers, of Syracuse was
seriously injured while taking a bar
rel into his cellar, the barrel slipping
and rolling over him, breaking his
collar hone and seriously injuring his
spine.
By the narrow margin of one vote
Hastings won in the contest with
Lead, S. D.. for the next biennial dis
trict convention of the Woodmen of
the World, for the states of Kansas,
Nebraska, and South Dakota.
The parsonage adjoining the Sev
enth Day Baptist church, a few mile
northwest of Humboldt, was de
stroyed by fire, which it is sup
posed came from sparks settling on
the roof.
Mrs. George Ahlschwede of Hebron
had one limb amputated below the
knee in a Lincoln hospital. Treating
a corn caused infection resulting in
gangrene and an immediate amputa
tion was necessary to save her life.
Two men representing themselves
to be Union Pacific surveyors drove
from Ashland to Lincoln through a
storm. By many it is though they are
right-of-way men going over the pro
posed Omaha-Lincoln cut-off of the
Union Pacific.
J. S. Starrett, who was killed dur
ing the tornado at Bringley, Ark., was
state manager for Arkansas of the
Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber
Co. of Omaha. He leaves a wife, one
daughter and two sons, all of whom
escaped from the fury of the storm.
Stanley D. Long of Huntley, a mail
clerk from Omaha to Fremont, suf
fered severe injuries on hip and side
in the Omaha yards while on duty
with three other clerks, as a result of
the mail car being switched into an
other engine with great speed.
The ice in the Elkhorn broke and
moved down stream carrying with it
the cement dam at the Neligh mills.
The dam w’as completed last summer
and was supposed to be strong enough
to resist any pressure of flood or ice
that .might be thrown against it.
A 3-year-old child of John Fitzsim
mons of Verdel was burned to death
in his farm house.
Prof. J. M. Pile, president and
founder of the Nebraska Normal
college of Wayne and one of the
ablest and best known educators of
the west, died at his home in that
place last week.
Last week occurred the sixtieth
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs.
Austine, old residents of Seward
county, which was celebrated by a
large company of immediate relatives
and friends, several of the former
coining from Illinois and Kansas to
help celebrate the event.
M. A. Garvey, of Albion, with his
wife and five children, started Tues
day for Ireland, from whence he came
to Boone county twenty-seven years
ago. He has & sister there and Mrs.
aGrvey has numerous relatives. They
go for an indefinite stay, but it will
probably be for a year.
VACCINATION AGAINST
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE
Good Results from Use of Bovovacdne, the Discovery of Von
Behring, German Bacteriologist—By H. L. Russell and
C. Hoffman, Wisconsin Agricultural College.
BOVOVACCI NATION
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Outfit for the Appli cation of Bovovaccine.
In combating tuberculosis of do
mesticated animals, two methods are
open for consideration:
1. Destruction of the casual organ
ism. the tubercle bacillus, by eliminat
ing the already diseased animals and
disinfecting the infected premises.
2. Possible methods of producing
immunity in susceptible animals by
rendering them resistant to the tuber
cle organism.
The first method is easily attainable
by the detection of the presence of the !
disease by means of the tuberculin
test and the subsequent separation of
affected animals. In this way the con
tinued spread of this scoui ge can be
entirely prevented. As no known
method of cure exists for the disease
in cattle, animals once infected must
be isolated from healthy stock to pre
vent further spread of contagion. To
remove all further danger from the
disease, thorough disinfection of the
quarters occupied by the tuberculous
animals is imperative.
With certain other diseases, meth
ods of vaccination have already beeD
perfected, the efficiency of which is so
great as to practically control such j
maladies. Diphtheria antitoxin, vac
cination against smallpox, the Pasteur j
treatment for rabies and anthrax are j
potent illustrations cf the efficiency j
of immunizing the bodies of suscepti
ble hosts against the ravages of these |
human and animal plagues.
Numerous attempts have tvrn made
by scientific investigation t& devise |
systems of vaccination against tuber- ;
culosis that will re der susceptible !
animals resistant to invasion. Within
recent years several investigators have :
announced various methods for this
purpose.
Iu 1902, Von Behring, the prominent
German bacteriologist, announced the
discovery of a substance called bovo
vaccine with which he claimed ca'ives
could be immunized against natural
infection from tuberculosis. Coming
from the discoverer of diph'heria anti
toxin. which remedy so revolutionized
the methods of handling this disease
of childhood, bovovaccine was hailed
with high hopes. Von Behring's ex
periments, then reported, seemed to
indicate that a successful method of
rendering cattle resistant had at last
been found. In a series of lectures
given in Cassel in 1903, he made the
following sweeping statement: "The
entire suppression of bovine tubercu
losis is now only a question of con
scientious and properly conducted pro
tective inoculations, and, of course,
also a matter of time.”
A year later he published a brief
preliminary report of the tesults he
had obtained to that date. These
were extremely favorable, and were,
on the whole, apparently substanti
ated by reports from other investiga
tors. By means of his method of vac
cination, he was able to raise perfectly
healthy animals even when the latter
were continually exposed to a tuber
culous environment. The true effi
ciency of the vaccine could not be de
termined at the time, for the animals
had not attained maturity, so that the
duration of the immunity caused by
the vaccine could not be ascertained.
Nevertheless the results secured were
exceedingly promising.
The principle involved in the pro
duction of bovovaccine is radically
different from that used in the prepar
ation of tuberculin. Tuberculin is a
germ-free extract of cultures of tu
bercle bacilli, while bovovaccine con
sists of a weakened culture of living
tubercle bacilli of human origin. The
human type is used because of its
greater adaptability for vaccine pur
poses than the bovine type. The
commercial product is specially pre
pared as follows: After a sufficiently
weakened culture has been obtained, it
is grown upon a suitable medium,
then carefully dried so as not to de
stroy its activity, and finally pulver
ized. It is then accurately weighed
out into containers and sealed.
Most reliable results are claimed
for animals vaccinated as calves be
tween three weeks and three months
of age. Young stock up to two years
of age may be treated, provided they
arc free from tuberculosis. Mature
animals (two years or older), however,
cannot be successfully treated. The
vaccinating process consists of two in
jections made three months apart. The
first and weaker vaccine contains one
so-called immunizing unit, equivalent
to .004 grams of dry tubercle bacilli;
the second vaccine consists of five
such units. For inoculation purposes
the powder is thoroughly mixed in a
sterile mortar with a sterile one per
cent, common salt solution of which
two cubic centimeters are used for
each immunizing unit.
After a thorough emulsion is made,
the mat3rial is then ready for inject
ing into the animal. For this purpose
the neck over the left jugular vein is
shaved, washed with a disinfectant
and the injection made directly into
the vein. To do this the needle of the
syringe is held almost parallel to the
jugular vein, then with a quick down
ward movement forced through the
wall of the latter.
Sheep Eat Poisonous Plants.—An im
pression prevails quite generally that
sheep and other animals have an in
stinct that tells them what plants are
good for food and what plants are not.
Again and again have we heard this
so-called fact referred to as showing
the subtle character of the thing we
call instinct. It is true, on the con
trary, that animals frequently eat poi
son plants and die from, the effects of
the same. Sheep especially, while
eating a wide variety of plants with
impunity, also eat many kinds that
are fatal to them. The herdsmen on
the western plains know' this and have
to be on the lookout for the presence
of poisonous weeds. Not long ago we
heard of a flock of 2,500 sheep that
had eaten so much loco weed that all
of them were affected with the pe
culiar symptoms that accompany loco
poisoning. Several hundred of the
sheep died before they could be put
onto a feed of alfalfa and other things
to act as an antidote. It is well to
know what kind of plants are growing
in the sheep pastures, says Farmers’
Review. Sheep are more likely to be
poisoned with certain plants than oth
other animals because they eat the
weeds when other farm animals would
not. Mysterious deaths among sheep
are frequently caused by poisonous
things eaten, and this is more likely
to occur in the wild pastures than in
the pastures that have become part
of the rotation of the farm, because
the latter contain few weeds.
Put Manure on Garden.—Begin to
prepare for next year's vegetables by
fertilizing the garden and getting it
ready to plow if it was not plowed
this fall.
For the Starting of Early Celery
Celery growing on a commercial
scale has received most attention in
the "muck-bed" areas of Michigan and
New York, where thousands of acres
are devoted to this crop. California
and Florida have tdken up the indus
try and during the winter and spring
months provide northern cities with
large amounts of celery. There is,
however, no reason why local grow
ers should not hold their own mar
kets from June to January against
the importations from the south.
To secure an early crop the best
plan for the amateur grower is to fill
with fine soil three inches deep. This
soil should be pressed down a.nd the
seeds scattered either in rows or
broadcast. Cover the seeds by sprink
ling through a fine sieve a small
quantity of leaf mold or sand. The
window of a moderately warm room
with frequent sprinkling will provide
the conditions necessary for germina
ton. When the seed lags appear after
two or three weeks turn the boxes
daily to keep the growth even. The
illustration shows the form of box
used for starting the plants.
When Leg Weakness Comes.—Leg
weakness sometimes alTects the hens
through mid-winter, and while not
fatal, nor a contagious disease, it fixes
the hens for the ax, and for nothing
else. Their day of usefulness as egg i
producers is done. Where correct i
feed has been given there is scarce- i
ly ever a case of leg-weakness.
The Right and Left Hands. |
The touch of the right hand is gen- ;
erally more sensitive than the left. i
WHAT WIFE 8AY3 “GOES."
But H Sometimes Is Bad for tho
Painting.
When a property-owner knows noth
ing about paint it is bad for the
property-owner, and: bad for the paint
er. It would not be so if the property
owner would always hire a skilled
painter, and then really leave every
thing to him. But the house-owner bo
often fools himself on one or the other
of these things.
The skilled painter in every commu
nity has some of the most incompetent
competitors that ever vexed a consci
entious workman or contractor, and
the incompetents get jobs generally fcy
working cheap, in the next place,
when the skilled painter is hired, they
do not leave everything to him, as so
many property-owners boast they do.
They interfere most ignorantly and
most fatally. They insist sometimes
on using paint materials without In
vestigating whether they are good or
not. Or perhaps they insist on the
painter’s hurrying the work.
“I'm not going to have that painter’s
mess around my house a month,” the
wife says, and what wife says goes—
at the cost of a lot of wasted painting
money.
If the painter stays away a few
days to ?"ow the paint to thoroughly
dry the owner says: “That painter’s
neglecting this work—guess he’s side
tracking me for Jones’ wort 1 won't
stand it"
What chance does a painterhavetodo
good work for a man who is continually
nagging at him and otherwise handi
capping him (without meaning it. of
course)? A poor job is the inevitable
result of such interference.
Poor painting costs the houseowner
money—don't forget that It might
pay you to get the practical paint
book, painting specifications and in
strument for detecting paint adul
terants, which National Lead Co. are
offering under the title of House
Owner's Painting Outfit No. 49. Ad
dress National Lead Co., 1902 Trinity
Bldg., New York City. This company
do not make paint (they leave that to
the painter to do) but they make
pure white lead ("Dutch Boy Painter”
trademark kind), and they can tell
you how to save money by securing
durable painting.
FATHER HAD A GRIEVANCE.
Some Excuse for His Violent Assault
on Managing Editor.
Lina Cavalieri, the beautiful Roman
prima donna, said recently of her
"beauty parlor" in New York:
"Beauty is woman’s most important
attribute. She who increases beauty
is woman's greatest benefactor. Hus
bands, brothers, even fathers—in their
inmost hearts beauty is the thing they
desire most to see in their feminine
relations.”
She laughed.
“Only the other day.” she said, “a
gray, fat old gentleman entered a
newspaper office and said:
" ‘Are you the managing editor?’
“ ‘Yes,’ was the reply.
“ 'I suppose that on you, then,* said
the visiter, ‘rests the responsibility for
this morning's reference to my daugh
ter Patty as Fatty. Take that’’”
INSTRUCTED.
Doctor—What are you doing in that
tub? You'll catch your death.
Patient—But, doctor, didn't you tell
me to take the pills in water?
Success at Last.
“Jack London finds Australia a good
deal like our own Wild West,” said a
San Franciscan. ”1 met him in Mel
bourne. He had already picked up a
bushel of local stories and sketches.
“He told me a story of an actor who
had just returned from a long tour
inland. This actor said of his tour:
“ ‘The first night, sir, in Uluwalla, I
was hissed, sir, hissed; the second
night 1 was egged, sir, egged; but the
third night, sir-’
"Here the tragedian slapped his ex
panded chest.
'■'—the third night, sir, 1 played be
hind a net.’ ”
What He Lacked.
It is related of a South American
general, who was extremely well
pleased with himself, that once, when
about to sally forth to a grand dance,
he surveyed himself contentedly in the
mirror, and then soliloquized thus:
"Ah! Thoti hast all—bravery,
wealth, position, good looks. Ah, what
dost thou lack?”
Whereupon his orderly, who, un
known to the general, was close at
hand, remarked:
“Sense, general, sense!” »■
DIDN’T REALIZE
How Injurious Coffee Really Was.
Many persons go on drinking coffee
year after year without realizing that
it is the cause of many obscure but
persistent ailments.
The drug—caffeine—in coffee and
tea, is very like uric acid and is often
the cause of rheumatic attacks which,
when coffee is used habitually, become
chronic.
A Washington lady said, recently:
‘‘I am sixty-five and have had a good
deal of experience with coffee. I con
sider it very injurious and the cause
of many diseases. I am sure it causes
decay of teeth in children.
"When I drank coffee I had sick
spells and still did not realize that
coffee could be so harmful, till about
a year ago I had. rheumatism in my
arms and fingers, got so nervous I
could not Sleep, and was all run down.
“At last, after finding that medicines
did me no good, 1 decided to quit cof
fee entirely and try Postum. After
using it six months I fully recovered
my health beyond all expectations, can
sleep sound and my rheumatism is all
gone.” "There’s a Reason.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the famous little
book, “The Road to Wellville,” In pkgs.
Ever rend the nbove letter? A new
one' appear* tr m time to time. They
are ic.nulur, true, and full of human
latere*!.