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the Loop City Northwestern t J. W. BT/RIjESGH, Publisher Loup city, • • nebrabka EPITOME Ilf EVENTS PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO MANY SUBJECTS. IRE SHORT BUT INTERESTING Brief Mention of What la Transpiring in Various Sections of Our Own and Foreign Countries. Washington. Congress reconvenes for the short session Monday, Dec. 2. Congressmen who supported Roose velt continue to list themselves as re publicans in the directory. President Taft will reappoint Edgar E. Clark of Iowa as a member of the Interstate commerce commission. The question of tariff is not sched uled for the short session of congress. The extra session will deal with the matter. Investigation of campaign contribu tions will be resumed by the senate committee, of which Senator Clapp is chairman, on or about December 4. Negotiations between the United States and Brazil for the friendly set tlement of the "coffee tru6t” suit in The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, are proceeding with celerity and the re sult may be known within the next few weeks. “We hope congress will make tne most liberal annual appropriation for rivers and harbors this year that has ever been made,” said Representative Joseph E. Ransdell, senator-elect from Louisiana and president of the nation al rivers and harbors congress. Peace having practically been re stored in the Dominican republic, the navy department ordered the auxiliary cruiser Prairie to sail at once for Phil adelphia, bringing home the 750 Amer ican marines who have been cooped up aboard the cruiser for the last two months. A revolutionary reform in the entire fiscal scheme of the government, so far as the provision of funds for gov ernmental expenditures is concerned. Is projected in a resolution to be pressed in the house in the coming session by Representative Shirley of Kentucky, the third ranking democrat on the house appropriation committee. In order that adequate facilities may be provided for the handling of parcels post business efficiently and on a country-wide scale at the outset, January 1, Postmaster General Hitch cock has asked every postmaster in the United States to obtain from the business public information as to the probable extent the new system will be used. General. The death of John T. Brush leaves a gap in the baseball world. Money was not lacking for the con duct of the Roosevelt campaign. The supreme court has been asked to interpret the newspaper publicity law. The war fever seems spreading in Europe and British diplomats are looking on w ith alarm. The Hamilton club of Chicago has undertaken the task of bringing re publicans and progressives together. Chinese women of the city of Can ton are preparing to establish and conduct a daily newspaper, says ca ble dispatches to the Chicago Daily News. Former United States Senator John Percival Jones, who represented Ne vada in the upper house of congress, died in Los Angeles after a long ill ness. Edward M. Niel, widely known as a constructor of large buildings, was found dead in his home at Baltimore. Uraemic poisoning was given as the cause of death. William Bell, 18 years old, until a few weeks ago a trusted clerk in the First National bank of Pensacola, Fla., pleaded guilty to the theft of $55,000 from the bank. Moving pictures used in his unsuc cessful campaign for congress cost Clarence P. Dodge of Colorado Springs $456.22, according to his of. flcial expense statement. Investigation of the advancing price of coal has been ordered by the de partment of justice at Washington ac cording to announcement made by •Dr. Lawrence Groner, United States district attorney. According to Congressman Fitzger ald, chairman of the house appropria tion committee, the first ship to pass through the Panama canal will be sent through that waterway, now fast ap proaching completion, on September 85, 1913, the four hundredth anniver sary of the discovery of the Pacific by Balboa. The woman suffrage convention adopted a resolution commending appointments made by President Taft. The plant of the Sioux City Daily (News was damaged by fire. The loss is placed at $30,000, with $22,000 in surance. Advocates of rivers and harbors appropriations have an ambitious pro gram at the present session of con gress. Officials of the Union Pacific rail road have determined to test the con stitutionality of the Norris act, which limits the right-of-way of that road to 200 feet. John W. Sibben, former cashier of the First National bank of Manistee, Mich., pleaded guilty in United States court to embezzling $334,500 from the bank, and was sentenced to serve seven years and six months in the federal prison at Fort X^eavenworth. , A dispatch from Canton, China, says: Canton has an army ready to be of service if called to arms against the Russians in Mongolia. The Denver & Rio Grande and ths Colorado Southern railroad discontin ued the issuance of passes as a result of the action of the federal grand jury in Pueblo last week. Part of Jamaica was swept by a tidal wave and causing the loss of many lives. The legality of the Arizona 3-cent fare was attacked in the United States district court by the South ern Pacific Railroad company. Congressmen are returning to Wash ington to begin the winter grind. Andrew Carnegie on his 77th birth day said the world was getting better. President-elect Wilson had a sharp attack of indigestion at Hamilton, Bermuda. Prospects are bright for the recall of the state militia from the Kanawha strike zone. Champ Clark sees need of haste to dispose of appropriation bills at the short session. Women will take a prominent part in this month's city elections in Mas sachusetts. The rank and file of the Turkish soldiery is represented as having little heart in its work. The government scored an impor tant victory in its prosecution of the bath-tub combine. American and English volunteers are working energetically against cholera in Constantinople. The Colorado & Southern and the Rio Grande railroads have sent notice recalling passes outstanding. A. G. French of Elmdale, X. D., under Indictment for embezzlement, wTas arrested in Xew York Dr. W. I. Kirby, head of the col lapsed Chicago Savings bank, caused a scene in the courtroom. On account of difficulties in secur ing repairs, naval vessels may with draw from the great lakes. ' The number of recruits available for the French army was reduced from 238.000 in 1906 to 215,000 in 1911. Hundreds of Dakotans attended “Dakota day” at the northwestern products exposition at Minneapolis. The parcels post is not irrevocable. Should its workings prove generally harmful it can and will be repealed. Governor-elect William Sulzer of Xew York state will begin a hunt for wild turkeys in the mountains of Vir ginia. President Taft paid a tribute totne late James S. Sherman in a letter read at the New York memorial service. A. G. Hackstaff, for many years sec retary of the Illinois Central railroad company and later its vice president. is dead. John Bainbridge. alias Bell Holmes, is held by the United States commis sioner at Benton, 111., on a charge of violation of the Mann act. The universe is well, according,to a sweeping diagnosis of affairs which Andrew Carnegie made in a genial philosophical mood on his 77th birth day. Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state of South Dakota for the Chicago. Sioux Falls & Pacific Railway company, with a capi talization of $14,000,000. Despite the close watch which has been inaugurated by the London po lice, suffragettes again destroyed the contents of various mail boxes by pouring chemicals into them. Ten dead and thirty-six injured is the record of the 1912 football season. Last year there were fourteen deaths and sixty-seven injured, according to statistics compiled by a Chicago news paper. Mildred Shehan, aged 12, who, with a party of school children was enjoy ing a picnic in the mountains, fell 500 feet down the Devil’s Slide in Chey enne canon, near Colorado Springs, and was instantly killed. In accordance with Kinkaid bill passed at the last session of con gress, 613 acres of the Fort Niobrara reservation have been set aside by ex ecutive proclamation as a preserve for breeding prairie chickens. Thirty-three seats in the United States senate will be at stake in the coming election. Of these eighteen are now occupied by republicans and thirteen by democrats. Two vacan cies, one in Colorado and one in Illi nois, bring the total up to thirty three. The popular vote for president in the election of 1912 shows that Wil son polled throughout the country a total of 6,156,748 votes; Roosevelt, 3,928,140; and Taft, 3,376,422. The so cialist vote for Debs amounted to 673,783, with socialist count still un finished in several states. Seventy-five of the wealthiest men of New York were invited by Sheriff Harburger to appear at the Fifth avenue home of General Daniel E. Sickles, octogenarian civil war veter an, December 4, and make bids at an auction of the general’s personal property. The sale has been ordered to satisfy a $5,000 judgment. Senator K. I. Perky of Boise, Idaho, has gone to Washington. He has been appointed by the governor of Idaho to fill the vacancy left in the United States senate by the death of Senator W. B. Heyburn. He is to serve until the legislature at the com ing session shall elect a successor to Senator Heyburn. Mr. Perky was for merly a Nebraskan, having been rear ed near Wahoo, Saunders county, where he practiced law for a number of years. For one year in 1894 he practiced law in Omaha. Personal. Rich men have been asked to bid on the relics of General Sickle’s. William P. Jackson, a republican, will succeed Senator Rayner. House democrats are divided over the question of pensioning ex-presi dents. Charles H. Hyde, former city cham berlain of New York, was found guilty of bribery. Senator Cummins will push anti trust legislation at the coming session of congress. Andrew Carnegie is ready to defer to congress in the matter of pension ing ex presidents. President Taft will help reorganize the republican party, but not with the idea of again leading. Woodrow Wilson has written to W. J. Bryan requesting a conference on his return from Bermuda. Albert T. Patrick, released from Sing Sing prison, says in future his effort will be to vindicate hla name. G. H. Walbrldge, tbe president, was appointed receiver at Denver for the Central Colorado Power company, cap italized at 122,590,000. SOON TOJE LAWS PROCLAMATION PUTTING AMEND MENTS IN FORCE. MAY NAME CONTROL 80ABD Popular Vote Shown By Canvassing Board to Be Less for Wilson in State Than for Bryan. The state canvassing board com menced the tremendous task of check ing and verifying the vote at the elec tion early this month. The board started its labors by canvassing the returns on the amendments. Governor Aldrich, as soon as the hoard officially verifies this vote, will issue a proclamation, which will put into legal effect the amendments and will make them laws of the state. It is tho ght that Governor Aldrich will lose no time in putting the amendments on the statutes of the state. Whether he will then make an attempt to appoint the members of the State Board oi Control, which body was created by one of the amendments is not known at this time, the governor having so far re fused to commit himself. Secretary Wait and State Auditor Barton are the two members of the canvassing board who were on the job. While the task is but a matter of form there is considerable detail work in its connection. Nebraska's total vote on president this year is 11,653 below that cast in Nebraska in 1908, when W. J. Bryan was the nominee. The total number cf ballots cast this year was 259,838, while four years ago the total was 271,491. Wilson's vote in this state was 109,053, as compared with 131.099 for Bryan in 1908, a decrease in the dem ocratic presidential vote of 22,046. These comparisons were shown when the state canvassing board began its work here this afternoon. This falling off is attributed here to the fact that Bryan received a big “state pride” vote, many of these vot ers having cast their ballots for Rcosevelt this year. The combined vote for Roosevelt and Taft was a trifle under what Taft received in the state four years ago. Roosevelt’s vote is 72,714 and Taft's 54,272, making an aggregate of 124, 986 for both. Four years ago Taft got 126.997. Opposes Frisco Building. Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings F. B. Cowles is not enthusi astic over the suggestion that the" leg islature appropriate $50,000 for the erection of a state building on the San Francisco exposition grounds. The commissioner’s stand on the mat ter was announced after he had re ceived a letter from an Omaha roof ing manufacturer asking for the pos sibility of getting the contract to use asbestos shingles on the new struc ture. Mr. Cowles replied in a brief letter stating that nothing had been done and nothing would be until an appropriation had been made. “1 hope there will not be an appropria tion,” said Mr. Cowles, “for an appropriation of $50,000 could be used to better advantage for the wards of the state.” Agricultural Statistics. Frank G. Odell, statistician for the state board of agriculture, says that there is something wrong with the present methods of gathering agri cultural statistics. He finds a wide variation between the so-called “of ficial reports” Issued by the United States department of agriculture and the state bureau of labor, which is the official statistical department for Nebraska. Democrats Have a Balance. The late campaign was so planned by the democratic managers that the state committee completed its work with a balance of $944 in the treas ury, according to a report filed by Dr. P. H. Hall, treasurer of that body. His statement shows that a total of $7,267.76 was collected and a total of $6,323.91 disbursed. Welton Found Not Guilty. Albert D. Welton. Greenwood bank er, was found not guilty on twelve counts ef the federal indictment against him by a jury in Lincoln, which disagreed on the six remaining counts. The counts upon which the jury failed to agree were those charg ing embezzlement and making false entries in the bank's books. Lincoln Socialists Active. Lincoln socialists showed surpris ing activity for this season of the po litical year when they announced a complete ticket to run for offices of city commissioner next May on a platform demanding immediate public ownership of public utilities. Would Change Liquor Law. Fred H. Abbott, assistant, in the De partment of the Interior at Washing ton, has again written to Deputy At torney General r rank E. Edgerton asking that the statute relating to the selling of liquor to Indians in this state be changed.' Under the provi sions of the present law the title is too limited for the provisions of the measure. Consequently the courts have held that it is unconstitutional. Abbott asks that the punishment be lowered to six months in jail instead of from two to six years in prison. Concession to Railroad. The Omaha Lincoln & Beatrice In terurhan road. which runs between Bethany and Lincoln, has obtained leave of the railway commission to sell ten tickets good either way for 45 cents. The company has been charging straight 5 cents each way. The company declined to reduce its rates until a competing line was built by Bethany people and placed - In operation by the Lincoln Traction company. Then it came down to the same rate charged by the Lincoln Traction company. congressional run. Figures of Respective Candidate* In Late Election. With returns In from all the coun ties of the state except Douglas, thej vote on congressional candidates? shows the following pluralities for the successful ones: First—Maguire, dem .1,718 Second—Lobeck. dem. Third—Stephens, dem.4,563 Fourth—Sloan, rep.4,014 Fifth—Barton, rep.1,296 Sixth-Klnkald. rep.6,23e First District. Car Clark. Maguire, Oyler. raker. Rep. Dem. Soc. Pro. Cass. 1,953 2.218 138 63 Johnson _ 1.131 1.087 29 23 Lancaster .. 6,158 7.136 406 226 Nemaha_ 1.404 1,506 56 31 Otoe . 1,770 2,209 63 43 Pawnee - 1.198 1,064 41 53 Richardson . 2,092 2,196 95 43 Totals _15.706 17.416 868 481 Second District. Bald l'ige, Lobeck, Carter, Rep. Dem.. Soc. Sarpy . 773 962 61 Washington . 1,347 1,353^ 80 Douglas . ... .. Third District. Ste Cook. phens, Nve. Gibson, Rep. Dem. Soc. Pro. Antelope_ 1,520 1,604 46 51 Boone . 1,274 1,598 4S 40 „Burt. 1,561 1,356 45 15 Cedar . 1.514 1,720 16 20 Colfax . 824 1,195 76 12 Cuming. 1,072 1.6SS 28 14 Dakota . 682 707 50 14 Dixon . 1,250 1,085 28 46 Dodge . 1,474 2,868 189 49 Knox .1,632 2.0S7 90 29 Madison .1,826 2.100 48 42 Merrick _ 1,019 1,189 31 92 Nance . 990 881 30 34 Pierce . 960 1,130 18 16 Platte . 1,508 2,398 43 29 Stanton.«92 821 22 9 Thurston ... 781 986 85 14 Wayne . 1,098 1,016 19 11 Totals ..21.667 26,229 912 527 Fourth District. Sloan, SI.lies, Olmsted. While Rep. Dem. Soc. Pro. Butler . 1.479 1.821 30 23 Fillmore ... 2,466 1,118 58 21 Gage . 3.443 2,537 152 .1 Hamilton .. 1.518 1.447 82 58 Jefferson .... 1,828 1,430 222 14 Polk . 1.272 1.019 86 120 Saline . 2,193 1,764 52 50 Saunders .. 2,426 2.110 72 33 Seward .... 1.821 1,723 23 1C Thayer . 1,688 1.506 79 32 York . 2,159 ..1.S04 94 84 Totals 22,233 18.279 950 557 Fifth District. Sunder Barton, land. Klliott, Porter Rep. Dem. Soc. Pro. Adams . 1.763 2,134 176 72 Chase . 430 298 33 25 Clay . 1.843 1.711 48 59 Dundy . 47C 714 72 16 Franklin ... 1.069 1,242 46 23 Frontier .... 943 651 108 34 Furnas . 1.208 1.271 61 42 Gosper . 459 478 10 14 Hall . 2,289 1.903 214 50 Harlan . 987 914 118 61 Hayes . 339 208 33 8 Hitchcock .. 504 459 53 16 Kearney _ 1.028 971 47 33 Nuckolls .:. 1.382 1.538 68 30 Perkins _ 302 245 33 2 Phelps . 1,352 969 56 41 Red Willow. 1,085 934 170 23 Webster _ 1,361 1,281 75 61 Totals ...18,818 17,522 1,421 610 Sixth District. War- Arm- Steb Kinkaid, Taylor, ren, strong, bins. Rep. Dem. Soc. Pro. Pet. Banner _ 189 29 31 25 Blaine _ 298 103 28 15 Box Butte . 568 466 113 109 3 Boyd . 749 622 56 243 1 Brown. 765 373 112 72 Buffalo _1,838 1,873 280 763 8 Cherry .1,415 813 218 172 Cheyenne .. 495 298 89 81 1 Custer .... 2,312 2,701 337 444 4 Dawes . 964 450 71 118 Dawson ... 1.351 1,736 124 319 20 Deuel . 149 m 36 t 72 Garden . 484 196 48 116 Garfield _ 393 208 128 85 2 Grant . 155 66 6 14 ..'I Greeley_ 602 925 66 152 3 Holt .2,042 1.150 122 326 4 Hooker . 184 91 15 13 Howard _ 828 1,150 85 139 Keith. 467 247 146 50 1 Keya Paha . 478 185 74 55 7 Kimball_ 271 99 16 40 2 Lincoln.1,482 909 594 239 16 Logan. 220 144 15 4 Loup . 254 98 51 52 McPherson . 314 123 51 87 Morrill . 646 287 73 110 Rock . 497 233 52 S4 2 ScottsblufT . 803 442 244 230 1 Sheridan ., 836 503 120 57 Sherman ... 753 705 132 286 2 Sioux . 586 283 70 88 Thomas .... 272 82 22 12 Valley . 911 850 125 165 4 Wheeler ... 215 175 39 60 Totals 24,766 18.530 3.788 4.997 81 Cigarette Prosecution. Lloyd Seibert of Omaha, who re cently engaged in the cigar business here, was arrested in, Beatrice for selling cigarettes to a minor. Blue Book Directory. The secretaries of all Nebraska so cieties and associations — fraternal, labor, religious, civic, social, benevo lent, philanthropic, commercial, trade, political or other organizations hav ing a state-wide field for membership —are asked to send at once to Direc tor A. E. Sheldon, Legislative Refer ence Bureau,Lincoln, data for publi cation in the forthcoming Legislative Blue Book, covering the following points: Name of organization, nature and object, date of first organization in Nebraska, value of property held in Nebraska (if known), officers of state organization. It is a matter of great convenience to persons interested in Nebraska subjects to have at hand a complete list of all such societies with address of their chief officers. A Close Contest. Perhaps the closest race in the 133 contests for the legislative seats at the last election was that in the float representative district of Fillmore, York and Clay counties, where W. J. Coleman, republican, was defeated by J. S. Weston, democrat. Room for More Patients. That the congested condition of the Lincoln and Norfolk hospitals will he shortly relieved was promised by word received by the Board of Public Lands and Buildings that Superin tendent Thomas of the Beatrice insti tute for the feebleminded has made arrangements to accommodate sixty more patients. Superintendent B. F. Williams of the Lincoln hospital de parted for Beatrice to view the con ditions there and report on the pro posed removal of patients thither as soon as possible. Much Money Wanted. The legislature will have to do some sharp slicing of department estimates if the present figures submitted to the state auditor come within a reason able distance of the appropriations made by the 1911 session of the state legislature. Reports from thirty-eight departments of the state, Including several state institutions, show a total of $4,343,540 wanted for the years 1913 and 19l4, where $2,830,120 suf ficed for 1911 and 1912. Seven of the thirty-eight departments have reduced figures over 1911. THE SHORT SESSION IT IS NOW ON FOR WORK TILL MARCH FOURTH. APPROPRIATION BILLS FIRST A Billion Dollars to Be Voted for Sup port of Government During the Session Now Begun. Washington.-—The expiring Sixty second congress will assemble at noon Monday for its final work of leg islation. In the brief period remain ing before constitutional limitations bring it to an end and turn many of its members back into private life, fifteen appropriation bills, carrying over $1,000,000,000 for the support of the government, must be passed; the impeachment of Judge Archbald of the commerce court must be tried in the senate; many investigating commit tees must conclude inquiries and make their reports and scores of leg islative matters must be disposed of. Throughout the session, attracting as much attention as the actual work of legislation, will run the preparatory work for the extra session to be called soon after President-elect Wil son takes office, March 4. Committees pusuaut to this will thresh out ques tions of tariff, currency and anti-trust legislation in the effort to have demo cratic policies shaped and democratic plans made before the new adminis tration comes into power. It is assured, say the legislative leaders, that there wil be no tariff legislation this winter. Neither is it. expected that the currency or anti trust problems will receive much at tention within the halls of the house or the senate, the principal work of the session being confined to prepara tion for the democratic administra tion and the enactment of some of j the more important bills pending on the calendars of the two houses. Important bills to receive attention include the bill of a Department of Labor, which Senator Borah said would be presented for immediate ac tion; the Shepard-Kenyon bill, pre venting shipments of liquor into “dry” states; the Page bill, to give federal aid to vocational and agricultural schools, and the resolution for a con stitutional amendment limiting a pres ident to a single term of six years. These measures have all been de bated before both houses and have reached the point where action of some kind upon them is expected. President Taft’s message also will be brought in Tuesday with some of his recommendations for the year. Merger Case Decision. Washington.—Decisions in many of the 101 cases which are under con sideration by the supreme court of the United States are expected to be announced when the tribunal con venes after the Thanksgiving recess. Many of them have been under ad visement since last spring. Chief in terest is centered in possible deci sions in the Sherman anti-trust cases, such as the hard coal trust, the Union Pacific merger and the “cotton cor ner” case. New System Pension Payments. Washington.—The new system of paying all persons on the federal pen sion rolls direct from Washington in stead of through the eighteen pension agencies, which will be abolished January 21, is now being inaugurated by the pension bureau. Checks are be ing sent 300,000 pensioners in the sec tion heretofore covered by the agen cies at Augusta, Ga.; Boston, Colum- j bus, Detroit, Washington and San Francisco. “Not My Farewell Tour.” New York.—“This is not my fare well tour of beautiful America,” were the words of Sarah Bernhardt as she stepped off of La Sovole from Europe, with her company, for a vaudeville tour of the United States. The noted French tragedienne carried her usual large personal equipment, which in cluded two Pomeranian pups tucked snugly under her arm as she crossed the gang plank, cheered by the liner's crew. Aeronaut Killed. Jacksonville, Fla.—Richard Frayne, areonaut, fell 2,000 feet here Sunday afternoon and was instantly killed. Three thousand persons witnessed the accident. The aeronaut was thrown from his seat in the parachute imme diately after he cut loose from the balloon. His body landed in the drive way of the Evergreen cemetery near here. Prairie Swept by Fire. Swift Current, Sask.—A prairie fire is sweeping south of here over a ter ritory forty miles wide and extending to the North Dakota boundary line, de stroying much valuable property. Says Miles is a Bigamist. New York.—Herbert L. Miles, pres ident of a motion picture film com pany, was arrested and gave bail to insure his appearance at the trial of a breach of promise suit brought against him by Miss Edna M. Moran of this city. She wants $25,000. Hanging of Giant Indian. San Quentin, Cal.—Ed Williams, an Indian six feet seven inches tall, was hanged here after the prison band had given a three hours’ concert at his request. Loss in Iowa Mine Fire. Sailor, la.—Fire here practically de stroyed the entire plant of Sailor mine No. 2, with a loss of $100,000. About 375 men are thrown out of work. The fire started from some uni—wn cause and is still burning. Only one building was saved. Fire in a College Building. Washington.—Fire destroyed the administration building and the old barracks building of the Maryland ag ricultural college at College Park, Md., j near here. Loss, $200,000. NOTED LAVA CAVE IN HAWAII Tunnel Made by,Overflow of Molten Rock Discharged by Mount Mauna Kea. Hilo, Hawaii.—A short distance from the town of Hilo, the capital of Hawaii, which is the largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago, is a won derful lava tunnel, called by the na tives the Cave of Kaumanu. Through this tunnel, which has an average width of 20 feet, flowed the stream of molten rock discharged from Mt. Mauna Kea, which, hard by, rears it self to a height of 13,000 feet. It is likely that the torrent originated high up the mountain, and, as the surface of the lava grewr cold, the moiten stream sped on beneath, to emerge lower down as a fiery geyser, spread ing ruin on all sides. To reach Kaumanu the traveler leaves the town by the main road. Entrance to Cave of Kaumanu From the Sea. says the London Field. Three miles out beds of lava begin to be encoun tered on every hand. It is 30 years since the flow ceased, and vegeta tion is now beginning to cover the area of destruction. The route fol lows the edge of the lava beds for a distance of about 20 minutes’ walk, and then turns across the scattered array of hummocks to where, a hun dred yards further on, is the entrance to the cave or tunnel. The view from this point is extensive and varied. There is the blue expanse of the Pa cific, perhaps dotted with vessels ma king for the harbor, or Japanese “pow er” sampans returning from a night’s fishing. The smoke to the right as cends from Kilauea's mighty crater, and the scene is completed leftwards by the snow-capped summit of Mauna Kea. Eut the special object of the trip is to see what lies below. The storekeeper who lives near will sup ply rough-and-ready torches for five cents each, and no farther outfit is really required for the trip under ground. though there are some dain ty mortals who bring a suit of over alls. The torches are Joints of bam boo filled with oil, in which is a prim itive wick, and they prove most effec tive. The opening to the tunnel is shrouded by a thicket of scrub. A wooden ladder leads down to the floor, a distance of perhaps 25 feet. Rows of diminutive stalactites hang from the roof, glittering in their youth, for they are hardly more than 20 years old and in the formative stage. The. sides of the passage are smooth and sometimes damp, but the floor is scored and rough. A distance of three miles can be covered with the help of the torch, but care is needed where the tree roots thrust themselves through the roof of the tunnel. The presence of these pendant roots indicates that the surface of the lava bed is only a few feet above, and judicious blasting would usefully provide another en trance near the beautiful Rainbow Falls. In places crawling has to be resorted to, but a few strokes of a pickax would doubtless remove the necessity for even stooping. PLAN U. S. CATHOLIC THEATER Promoters to Have Nation Wide Union to Eradicate the Im moral Plays. New York.—The so-called national Catholic theater movement is expect ed to take definite shape here. The plan or organization, as officially out lined, provides for a nation-wide union for the eradication of immoral drama from the American stage. The in fluence of the movement is to be con centrated in New York, "while foun dation is being laid at the same time in every city for local support of reputable plays.” The organization will be governed by a national committee, which will Invite the formation in each city of a Catholic civic committee under the, supervision of its bishop. The civic committee in each city will form sub committees in each parish. The open ing of a theater in New York under Catholic supervision is part of the plan. OFFICER KEEPS SELF WARM Policeman Covers Standing Place in Order to Avoid Cold in Winter. St. Louis.—Patrolman R. O. Ely. a member of the traffic squad in East St. Louis, Is taking no chances on get ting cold feet in winter. On the spot where he has to stand in order to di rect passing vehicles, there is an iron manhole. The iron plate made an ideal place from which to signal in summer, but with the cold weather the sheet of iron became cold, so did the patrolman's feet. So he has made at his own expense a rubber and fiber jacket, and has obtained permission to cover the manhole with the non conductor of cold. “Beautiful Blonde” Cause* Stir. New York.—The “beautiful blonde,” who captivated all the masculine dancers at the Ragged Edge club mas querade, when unmasked proved to be Qeorge Johnson, female impersonator. Whenever You Use Your Back Does a snarp Pain Hit You? It’s a sign of sick kidneys, es pecially if the kid ney action is disordered, too, passages scanty or too frequent or off-color. Do not neglect any little kidney ill for the slight troubles run into Dropsy, Gravel, Stone or Bright’s disease. Use Doan’s Kidney Pills. This good remedy cures bad kidneys. AN IDAHO CASK. D. C. Warner. N. Fairfield Ave., Poca tello, Ida., says: “I Buffered severely from gravel and many of the attacks confined me to bed for weeks. Th>* pain I endured when the stones wer<* passing was Indescribable. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me completely and the cure has been permanent. Though in my 76 th year I am hale and hearty.** Cat Doan's at Any Drug Store, 50c a Box DOAN'S FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo. New York TO TUNNEL UNDER CHANNEL Long-Delayed Franco-English Project Is Once More Being Put Forward. A tunnel between England and France beneath the English channel was first proposed at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Mathieu, a French mining engineer, says the Argonaut. Fifty years later the scheme was financed, but it w'as not until 18C7 that it seemed that the project would be actually attempted At that time there were a dozen or more plans for rail communication between the two countries. The ac cepted scheme was that of a tunnel bored beneath the bed of the channel. The estimated cost of the undertak ing was about £10.000,000. Prelimi nary boring had been made, when the work was interrupted by the Franco Prussian war. In 1874 the French and English governments resumed ne gotiations concerning the tunnel, leaving the matter in the hands of a joint commission. Failure on the part of the English company holding the contract for the work to receive sufficient funds resulted in the fail ure of the enterprise in 1880. Now the project is receiving some atten tion, a better feeling having been es tablished between the people of the two countries. As Women Play the Game. Two Kansas City sisters were mak ing a round of calls a few days ago. There were many to be made, and whenever there was nobody at home and cards could be left with the maid there was that much gained. One of the sisters smiled contentedly when the callers, as had happened several times that day, were informed that the prospective hostess was not at home. The other sister re pressed the smile severely. "You musn’t look so pleased when we don’t find them at home,” she said, as they went down the walk, “they may be watching us out of the window.” Old Landmark Gone. The Blaine schoolhouse in Mara Hill up on the hill, the one James G. Blaine honored years ago by giving a bell, which still hangs in the belfry, is no more. It has been converted Into a storeroom and moved to an other site. A good many bright boys and girls, now old men and women, graduated from this historical build ing, and no doubt there is a feeling of sorrow as the old schoolhouse leaves the foundation It was builded upon years and years ago.—Kennebec (Me.) Journal. Her Ideal. "What Is your idea of an Ideal hus band, Mrs. Much wed 7” "One who will begin paying you ali mony without waiting for the judge to name the amount.” They’re Simple Folk. "Do you think two could live on my salary?” "Two Fiji islanders might.” Especially where flirting Is con cerned a little learning is a dangerous thing. A DOCTOR’S SLEEP Found He Had to Leave Off Coffee. Many persons do not realize that a bad stomach will cause insomnia. Coffee and tea drinking being such an ancient and respectable form of habit, few realize that the drug—caf feine—contained in cofTee and tea, is one of the principal causes of dys pepsia and nervous troubles. Without their usual portion of cof fee or tea, the caffeine topers ’are nervous, irritable and fretful. That's the way with a whisky drinker. He has got to have his dram “to settle his nerves”—habit. To leave oft coffee or tea is an easy matter if you want to try it, because Postum gives a gentle but natural support to the nerves and does not contain any drug—nothing but food. Physicians know this to be true, as one from Ga. writes: “I have cured myself of a long standing case of Nervous Dyspepsia by leaving off coffee and using Post um,’' says the doctor. “1 also enjoy refreshing sleep, to which I’ve been an utter stranger for 20 years. “In treating dyspepsia *n its various types, I find little trouble when I can induce patients to quit coffee and adopt Postum.” The Dr. is right and "there's a reason.” Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. Postum now comes in concentrated, powder form called Instant Postum It is prepared by stirring a level tea spoonful in a cup of hot water, adding sugar to taste, and enough cream to bring the color to golden brown. Instant Postum is convenient; there's no waste; and the flavour is always uniform. Sold by grocers—50 cup tin 30 cts., 100-cup tin 50 cts. A 5-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's name and 2-cent stamp for postage Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich.—Adv.
