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BEST TRICK NOT IN THE AIR Aviator Waa Clover at Hu Work, but Snnn Bert in Another Cme of Endeavor. Henry X XHf. tbe atiaiur poet o' ft-tlade |>fc:a. said at a iw at banquet tbe i tellerue Stratlord: V T« *. « o true that it tak"s a lot «d money !u ber-1-tSr aii «trmu. Tou - **‘t set an aeroplane and yon can't i*«Ti to By wttboot plenty of cash." Xr \eriy united *1 w«a u air ting a bn-tber airman making a > iljdace tbe otter day • bus 1 board a ymtj lady say: "He can do a lot of tricks, can't fce "'Tea. yon bet bo can.' her cum pan ton agreed ***»'kat i» tia beat trlrkT the con itnod * Hu bea’ trick far and away,* «aa '• ■* reply. *i# buying * btplane on cred •' i! • done it twin now. and 1 •irfHiidn t be smrprl*ed to ace him pall ’ off a tt.rd t.sae before be breaks his reck '® A Little Off. Boj’or Pet rose was talking tn K sat r.gtuA abend the dreadful bunting t'rdtati of Last month “When bock *escr setrea a man ' he said, “be goes a* far 5 ! s aim as tbe old lady went tn her d-ariuon of the word 'belli rose' She was talking witb a t: .end afamit a bisbop. He » a fine man.* said the friend, s fine, handsome man. His only troufcl- is that bt a little bellicose' “ !>U<rosoT said the old lady with a Si.rpri.«d frown 'He most hare ..aged. then. The last time I aaw him bo waa tall and rather slender *" •lever Fad. Hr »«fr can't decide on a car.” Tt.» ?.udrl is the Last word In toonng cars.” “Tar -aai word. *b? Tbta she'll liitFO It-” 1 uovt tut a tssc isd »ggr*rate« ranv ■iTwaiii. -* at-. ■—-* |“ s# t .11-cucgbii cured in 1' I'arf.t » 1 *«S1 1 r.t.t.. Th. l.tVOT 40 laU.. .f iaaative. 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CArt PRICES X EASON ABLE -- -- $103 M3ITH AUI0IN6 AtTO SCHOOL BmI 1.0,-uii. Neb. «i» mm n» M'-he teiraispimBo tk» r- i tkrw o'txr irfajuiR. €XkSCK SEC •Of TODS MACK 4 MACH DtNTISTS tar marly BAIUY4MACH M r«u» IM M»1 tUOMt bm mH HwUrpncm S»M» an ■■— •» aft p» 1* »*«f momh u C’n ilii ■i ■ ■ M A We per high L 1 ■ K A tst for ^ » II W Hide*. §1 Pclts.Tall.ow end W t_ Write (or our price I -t »tid tag* toder. We have no r- aarhll *. GREATWESTERN HIDE & fYR COMPANY. 1214-121^ Jones S*r»—t - - Onaha. Nebraska 1 THE “BELL” SIGN . It represents a tele phone system whose lines reach nearly every city, town and village. From a Bell Tele 1 phone station you can talk nearly everywhere. Look for the Idcll Long Distance booth. . s HE past few months have wit nessed political changes in China that are fraught with grave import for the people of the most populous country on the globe. At the same time there has been working to a culmination another evo lution in public affairs that holds almost as much signifi cance for the inhabitants of the Orient as does the up heaval of the machinery of government This late development is a crusade to free the Chinese, and. incident.tilly. other peoples of the world, from the b adage of the opium habit which lias for so many years been a drag upon their intellectual and materiaJ progress. v\'e. as Atr.eri'ans, must fofd_ rn especial rride and interest in this breaking of the ■trip of the de; dliest drug iiabit because it has been brous :t about largely through the : efforts of the United States. Or. in other words. Uncle Sam set the ball rolling At ■ • batr.-h:: •■■a'. <>i opium from China, but ■riduailv tic ’ope of th» anti-cpiura “n..s . r ary wort" •■■.rand'd until it • n braec.'i the whole w ■ Ktion of the globe wfc(W !■ * use of opium las become a hab! —and I'n..liy v. ithia t: i as: few months, ice light s sinst th<* evil has l»e‘>-i expand* i in scope until it rn.br aces prohibttive or restrietive ariii n not erily acair.s' opium, but else against morphine . eoair: ■, and. in short, all ha’oit fortcing drug?. T!.** fight ceaiust the opium evil, with Un ■ !e Sam as the chief aggressor. has been e-<sng cn steadily tor tome years past but it i* only now on the eve of complete sur-ress that ;l has come 'n attract attention from all classes of the community From the time mien Chinese began to settle in the United States, bringing with them, many of them. rh«“lr love of ••rium smoking it was realized •hat the evil was one the menace of which would sooner or lifer be brought home to our 1 eople—pirth ularly these residing on the Pa cific slope a: d in the western section of the country where the bulk of the Mongolians settled. However. It was only after Uncle Fan came ■nto possession of the Philippines, following the Spanish-American war that our public men and government officials were thoroughly ■ reused to the necessity of grappling with the problem. In the Philippines our people found" great numbers of Chinese who were confirmed opium 6inokers and. worse yet. they were rapidly teaching the d«/strurtive habit to the Entires of the islands. There was much agi tation of the subject both in the Philippines and here ir. the United .States and the- up shot of the matter was that the congress of the Ur.lted States passed laws prohibiting the l.rportation of opium into the Philippines e-.cept for medicinal purposes. From that mo meat there was a marked improvement of renditions. The example of Uncle Fatr.’s action and the . triplet* success which attended it. awakened China to he* ..wn need ard gave hope of a ' elution. The progressive r.^n of China were Jeoplv move*, by iho spectacle of another na tion land on.* that had always been tradi tionally friendly to China) combating at the very doors of the Orient with an evil that was realized by all thinking men to be sap ping the life blood of a large share of Asia’s population. The result was a strong anti crlum movement in C lur.a and out of this '.r**w a direct appeal to then President Roose velt ftom representatives of missionary so cieties In the Far Fast and from commercial or rani rations and institutions in the United States. It was the pica of these various in terests that the United States government, considering Us historical attitude In regard to t ie opium traffic in the Orient, should take the initiative in assisting Ch.na to secure the prohibition of that traffic. This was in ih-e year 1904, but it was a c< >,p!e of years later that definite plans were made for an international concert of action n the matter. In that year Bishop Charles H Brent of the Philippines, who was. natur ■l-y. in a position to appreciate the havoc wrought by opium, wrote to President Roose velt appealing to him “to promote some raove mc ;t that would gather in its embrace repre f u’atives from all the countries where the ‘•jffic in and the use of opium is a matter of n iment.” Thereupon President Roosevelt i-: 1 hi* secretary of state. Mr. Elihu Root, pen up correspondence with all the powers WVfjPF Assrs-Cteti/M-^ (Z’OAff&f'/YCtf“ U'/tJ /YfZJ? (wwnaw 'r .'M*e *hXfPf OPT'S/S /hrsp/Yrj app 7PPA7VP AT /<’AA'&XrG~ ;ving possessions in the !'ar Hast to ascertain if it would not he possible to foriu a distinguished inter national commission that would study the opium problem as it then appeared in the quarter of the globe where it had proven the greatest menace, and would. lunner. report «ne wisest measures for better ing the situation. !t required a year and a half or letter writ ing, hack and tnrth, before the governments concerned could he induced to meet each other ori a common basis. In explanation of this reluctance It may be pointed out that a number of the countries, notably Great Britain, and her colonics. France. Holland and Siam, derive large revenues from the opium traffic, and in some Instances opium production is a government monopoly. Should the traffic in opium be virtually abolished, as it is likely to be In time, these various powers stand to lose revenue to the enormous aggre gate of one hundred million dollars a year. No wonder they hesitated. However, in' the end the common cause of humanity tri umphed and it was arranger! that an interna tional opium "Oinmission should be created. This commission, which took up its work at the city of Shanghai. China, early in the year 1909. discussed all phases of the moral eco lr===j:====1- ’ = J7& &ZW %»tj-!e.wvr sr X'-UJW FXVffrr 'vraSso •7T~«"bme*ib* tvatrS'’ 5e£= OS’ VSSJSSS VZZSO SA' S’.VS OS>SC*A£ 2X.<SS--0_ nornic. scientific and political aspects of the opium problem, not cnly as existing in the Far East but throughout the world. The out come of the gathering was the unanimous adoption of a series of recommendations in which the delegates and experts assembled, strongly urged that their respective countries take action in three matters, namely an overhauling by each nation of its own regu lations with reference to the opium traffic; the adoption of measures for the suppression of opium smoking, and. finally, the enforce ment of restrictions upon the manufacture and sale of morphine. The experts of the different nations having agreed upon the measures that ought to be taken to curb the evil, it was up to tbc United States, she. having inaugurated the project, to make the next move in the matter. This she did with no loss of time. Our officials wrote to the various powers suggesting that they get together and take action on the recommendations that had come from Shnng \(Saw2r£-^ c7<s&&c>j: evPz&e’’? L G&rcy* sir \ f’&Sr’e/ffJ s;*uY4r fcai. In other words, it was suggested that as a sequel to the earlier effort there should now be international eo-operation for the plac ing of the production and traffic in cpiura un der international law. The culmination o' tNt io**g fight is now in sight. An international conference to held recently at The Hague, the capital of ■ Netherlands, to arrange for measures that ; will put up the bars against opium and other | habit-forming drugs all over the world. Many of the men who attended the Shanghai con ference were appointed by their respective governments to represent them at The Hague, j The power and significance of the two gath erings was vastly different, however. At the Shanghai conference those in attendance : ocu'id only advise and recommend. At The Hague conferenci the delegates were empow ered by their respective governments to agree upon definite measures. After prolonged ses sions, measures were decided upon which, it is expected, will fully carry out and put into effect the objects of the conference. These measures will be reported to the various gov ernments represented, to be followed by legis lative action on the part of their law-making bodies putting into execution the regulations agreed upon. This is supposedly a m.-re^ mat ter of rouMne. as all the powers have given their promise. Fobrmost cf the regulations agreed upon are those for uniform national laws and regu lations to control the production, manufacture and distribution of opium and its derivatives. Almost as important will be the regulation by the universal postal union of the transmis- ; sion of opium through the mails. Going yet , further in the direction of complete control will be the restrictions that are to be placed upon the cultivation cf the poppy, from which opium is derived, and limiting the number of ports through which the drug may be shipped by opium-producing countries. There was adopted also uniform marks of identification for packages containing opium in interna- j tional transit. The nations that are interested in this world-wide crusade and were represented at the conference _ include the United States, China. Great Britain, France. Germany, Italy. Japan. The Netherlands. Persia. Portugal. Rus sia and Siam. Some of the other powers, notably Austria-Hungary, were not directly represented because they are not much affect ed by the opium evil, but they have given as- | surance that they will abide by the regula- j tfons which have been agreed upon by the 1 conference. When the international confer- i ence was first proposed. China showed her '• intense interest by appointing a strong dele gation including such progressive men as Dr. Yen, who was educated in American colteges and is in sympathy with American ideas and ! ideals. -- .. ... -, CALIFORNIA TREASURE STORY I_ 1 ^ The story of a wound received in the Civil war which sealed the hiding place or a fortune for more than half a century and of a strange trick of fate which cleared the hider’a memory in the evening of life was brought to Los An geles by the hfder's son. J. K. Anderson or New Orleans, who is at the Van Nuys en route to the old placer mining fields of California, says the Los Angeles Herald. Anderson's father joined in the gold rush and was one of the miners of the '49 days. He located a claim in Placer county, near Auburn and Newcastle. vVlthm a year he had snatched from the river bottoms a fortune. Then tha call of the south for volunteers reached him. He buried the gold beneath the adobe blocks of a tavern in the vicinity ot his claim, strapped all the precious substance he could carry about his body and hurried .to join the Confederate army. Anderson says that bis father was struck in an engagement with the Union troops by a bullet which tore open his scalp and robbed him of his memory for fifty years. During that time, the son says, the pare*:' was like a child with all knowledge of the hiding place of th<^ gold gone. Before he died, a year ago. his memory of the gold rush returned to him and he was living agam in the past that preceded his part in the conflict. It was durlpg these last moments that the old man toft1 his son and the mother where he had buried what he claimed was a fortune. The soil is hurrying to unearth if possible the buried treasure. Anderson said: “My father said he burled the gold under a c-irrer of an old adobe tavern patronized by miners in the early days. This tavern was la Long valley at a point halfway. I nave learned, between the present towns of Newcas tle and Auburn. I have learned through cone spondence that a family by the name of Scott occupies the tavern as a farmhouse and that the country around it Is devoted to the rais ing of citrus fruits. “No one has disturbed the original lines ot the building. The adobe blot.ks are heavy. I have obtained permission from the owners to prosecute my search and will give them a .' ... --h share of ray findings. Otherwise I would have to buy the property." Anderson Is a civil oy.g-iueer. He was en gaged ay The government for some time in work on the Panama canal, but has left his employment to search for the treasure wi<c« he maintains his father has hidden in the old placer mining fields of California. Trained Nurse Who Snores “In all these mouths 1 was in the hospital somebody ought to have warned me, 1 think." did the trained nurse, according to the New York Times. "Of course 1 had it from the folks at home that I snored a little, but l never took it seriously until I went on my tirst case. 1 found then tliat it is a serious matter tor a nurse to snore. “1 took ihe case from a nurse whose own health had broker, down. The patient wa3 nervous and excited over the contemplated change, and that made my ordeal more se vere; a brand new ease of my own would nave been much easier. Still, we got along tairly well together the tirst half of the night. He was a kindly man. and soon after midnight ho insisted that 1 should try to get some sleep. I didn't think I'd catch a wink, but by and by I dozed off. it was a fatal sleep for me. The next morning the patient s sister told me about the snoring “ '.lames could net rest at all.’ she said. ‘I heard you in the next room.’ “Tiefore night 1 was looking for another joh Of course i did not have to give up nursing entirely, but the hard cases, where I am re qulred to kee.j awake every second, are open to i$e. Ail those soft snaps that give you a chance to sleep half the night are beyond the reach of the snoring nurse." Unintentional Truth. "The latest agony,” said n spendthrift to his dissipated companion, “is the way I felt this morning My wife asked rb«» for a £10 note and I cut the matter short by telling her that it could not he done, for the simple reason that I had only a matter of t, bob or so In my pocket. • T knew you'd tell rae that.’ she said, and it's true too.' And as 1 looked up in amaze ment she added. T looked In your pockets last night. I've got the £10 note.’ "Fancy how ! felt: But what could I do?"— London Tit-Bits. Plausible. "Braggs is up In Maine hunting He writes me that he's shot the biggest hear on record." "Don't doubt ft. It would have to be a mon ster for Braggs to hit it.”—Boston Transcript. His Wife's Misfortune Poor Jones was in a dilemma. It was Mr*. Joner birthday, and her * pease was well .^ware that she would Ui extremely -.nplaasant if no present w»s forthcoming. It was not until the morning when he awoke that he remembered it, so he lay for some time thinking of the best way out of •he difficulty. Then he arose, crept downstairs, took the biggest plate he could find from the chinc-cupboard, and placed it on the hall table. This done, he opened the back dcor and let the dog in from the yard. Then, tripping lightly upstairs, he called to Mrs. J.:— "This being your birthday, I have prepared a little surprise for you; be quick and come and see how you like it" Then be ran downstairs again and, I kicking out tht dog. cried in amaze ment and wrath, "If that vile beast hasn’t eaten the whole of the beau tiful cake 1 had bought for you!" Rut he’d forgotten to unmuzzle the brute. a..d the fact tcok a lot of ex plaining away. Cranks and Wings. ’Til have to get new wings," said the flying man. "These are ail scrawled up with the signatures of cr-nks. Look here. It's dangerous.” The fabrics of the monoplane's wings was indeed lined and criss-crossed with Gi-orge Smiths. John Drowns. Mamie Greens, and so forth. "Wherever an airman alights," he said, "a lot of fools rush up. get out their pencils and scrawl their silly names all over the wings* Sometimes a pencil point punctures the tense, thin fabric—alwcys the fabric Is strained by the pencil's pressure. Nev ertheless. the wretched habit keeps up. end every now and then, just on ac count of the scores of signatures on them, a pair of good wings must be thrown aside.” Few business men could stand the test of a demand for instant settle ment of all obligations, and yet we often demand the exhibition of a char acter which only a litetime will form. When a woman is away for the sum mer she expects her husband to sit on the piazza at home and howl like a dog every night because he is lone some. DOOM LATTICE MAST Navy Men Say 7iw?y Must Be Abandoned. Practically Indestructible, but Vibra tion Proves Handicap to Range Finders and Diminishes Ac curacy In Gunnery. Washington.—The skeleton masts on the United States battleships, dis tinctly a feature of American war craft, are said to be doomed for the scrap heap. There is a great deal of discussion in naval circles over the apparently well-founded report that the navy department intends to aban don the skeleton masts with which all battleships are now equipped be cause they have not come up to ex pectations, and from the viewpoint of naval experts are a hindrance and a handicap to efficient marksmanship. The vibration of the mast, due to its slender mechanism, is said to be the chief defect. Ftfr this reason thq range finder, whose duty it is to pick up the object and communicate the distance to the gun pointers, is un- , able to do so with the celerity and accuracy that would be demanded in a naval engagement. When the skeleton mast was intro duced on American battleships it was agreed generally a great step had been taken in advance of other nations, it was the belief then, and still is, that the mast is indestructible, which gave the ship in time of action a big ad' vantage, for if the mast could not be shot away the fire control system oj the vessel at no time would be threat ened. The position of the range finder 13 at the top of the mast. He is tb»| pulse of the ship, and mistakes mad-j .-■ -■ ■■ - --- -a Masts of the South Carolina. by him may mean the destruction ot the vessel. Naval experts figured a 12-lnch shell would pass through the skeleton mast without destroying It, whereas one shot in the old style hol low steel mast would bring It down and with it the whole tire control sys tem. It was calculated several shots could go through the skeleton masts and it still would stand. But from all indications those who advanced the skeleton mast theory evidently were carried away by their enthusiasm and overlooked the drawback in another direction that would be caused by the vibration of a battleship steaming at full speed. 'low much depends upon the range finder can be understood only by mon who make a study of fighting at long range, as was pointed out by an ex pert who says the skeleton masts are a failure. It was expected that when the lattice work masts first made their appearamce other nations would be quick to adopt them. It was a sur prise to advocates of the new type ot mast that this was not done. The skeleton mast is typically an Ameri can naval Idea, but from all indica tions the defects now seen by experts here were foreseen by experts in other navies, and the American mast let alone. Those In favor of the skeleton masts point to the excellent gunnery records made In target practice since their adoption as proof of their success, but the counter argument Is advanced that If the range finders were placed on more substantial posts the marksman ship of the navy. Increasing in excel lence ns it has done year by year, would be still better and all records for speed and accuracy would be smashed. The unpopularity of the skeleton masts has been growing steadily. It is said the change is not far ofT, and any day may see orders Is sued doing away with what a year or two ago was thought to be great stride forward In naval construction. Dies of a Broken Heart. Hempstead, L. I.—Extreme grief over the tragic fate of her little girl caused Mrs. Kate Bleowski to die of a broken heart. Last week the little one was fatally burned at a bonfire in front of her home here and as she was carried into the house the mother collapsed. . She remained in a semi conscious condition until her death. The attending physician says that her death wrs due solely to a broken heart. Deg Dies Near Master. Smyrna, Del.—A shepherd dog, jwned by Joseph Staats of Smyrna, stricken with grief over the death of sis master, wandered away from home ind died in a hole he dug into the *arth of the newly made grave. How he dog located the graveyard or the iroper grave is a mystery that ijiU lever br solved. Mr. Staats had been i partial paralytic for several years.