Nebraska Newspapers

    EPII1E 01 EVENTS
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO
MANY SUBJECTS.
ABE SHORT OUT INTERESTING
■rtc? Mewtlca of What I* Transpiring
in Varum Sections of Our Own
»«d Foreign C-ountrten
WAShl'.CTO'L
Lmbtw (arm pres* t>£ corn: ref* for
on tagur* into tbe M.vL'iuu. and Coi
n4> atnfces Sat* rearmed their ac
itritmm (iimirr teas the eftab'.isb
m*mt tit martial la* .a eitL< r state
fer» ate-.ed nsfiuiM as aeriou* aa
•Sat sfc tfc rerrallj obtained :& West
yfcutos
• • •
A ut>oa.« >de crusade apai:.al
"»'Seat - And (Vipaan of Food Pro
dart*" «a» launched at SiAMpOA
at as addreaa bj Or Cart Alsberg.
efcwf of tar bur aa o! chemistry, lie
|a-*UM«t of Ajanculiure. before the
• u.ai • drparuuont of t he National
CJ-- tt t-Cera-.a*
1: e L.stone o'd “T-e
fit211.4 of the t-tniiir:pa .oti Procia
|j c> mmwmoranng President
L i.fx.i. • action 1a 1M£. *J.uii (or
»«mi La* b»«-n Of of the wuo* tra
aft* of (be capital. has been temp
arar.ly pc: out of sight. It is under
*»• u a txt. c.raa bih, the first in
fear*.
• • •
T idely t ir. uial'-d r»-pons that tiov
arts r General Harrison Las been re
(■i*< :tig BiUf urU employes u tbe
1 pp n«-s wriih demo, rata (rota the
i - '-4 Stales led the Mar department
to i.- ae a atalwauBt formally declaring
that the net* go* era or has appointed
t--e*> tameax from the Mates
‘jh uftce
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Just |yT!*.»t*ytil (If expended last
fear in cuwatrwetion by the seven ua
»a- pc*— * of the w*»lrd. the t'nited
?•: » «r »taaiing »’*.<nd in the list with
•1 fhopriMP'as of Great
f'Maia sweat $2Z3»TlS.4Mt. whi’e Ger
r_..nt was ma. far behind the t'nited
- ’e» » .: an expenditure of $111.
f> Japan took la*t place Laving
ct bat M».l<l6.1$I.
K-pn-weotative UarUoiuld of Mich
's:-' :.«* ret art-4 from the t'alumet
strike n cum and announced that he
a ■i ask far another hearing before
t: how-- c -mortttee on rules, in
or:-- to press his wluti'O for a
r< t tft** -Tal investigation of affairs
t ■ - Mr MacDonald described the
os* as ma"rat:*^s immediate
a* 1 b>n by congress.
» of a h llkia feet cf timber
fror ttc K. tab ettt cal forest in
wort, -a kriioaa. V ith authority for
fw - rgr-. >a by the pwrehaaers of ;0»
m of — ;ln*ad through one of the
rcj..-* 9-ec'iu*s* of the west, hit been
approved by Secretary Houston of
the depart men! of agriculture Bids
w he re--:v. d up to the middle of
J*. .-ar: th*n three yea.'s will
We allowed the contractors for build
itr the railway* The timber will be
r ■ era dually <n*r a p»riod of twenty
ti« years
DOMESTIC.
The value of the estate of ti**
b> t uoMl Jobs Jsu'ub As.or. one
0 1- i *n tn» at -.be Titanic disaster.
. $* -:*• fcjt.
A r. T.i-tate of five St- Uouif backs
% _ie * •• - »■$ of an issue a? $].
1 . «-r certificate* of tn*- St
L>-. • A ran Kntoteo ra.iroad
Gi*ed»-T». a peculiar to
feooask caused the death of Andrew
V a- sen. ag* d twenty-sf*. an assist -
a: • is the Us-tenoior—al depaitment
of ik' Otw state srixTOi} He was
te’ecled by glanders bacillus while
war- .-s in ’he .at-oratory and was ill
tw*;.u-two days.
• • •
• ieseral Jose jfanctlia one of the
t *i prominent commander* of the
%r .raa federal army, has deserted
and r art <»* er to the American
aide fr ■m OiiMga M-x . and is held
t • ■ ue I & ted States border control.
f .re staling in the basement of
t>.r liarvt-y ho* se a» Gallup. X. M„
• umed thal tettiiding. the Santa Fe
ra:’»ay depot and freight house and
for a time threat eo*-d the destruction
of adjoin.ns property tn the business
d f* < t. Th« loss i* e- tlmated at $50.
fiS*
Jure* M l ynch recently appointed
\e» Vorfc state commissioner of la
h r eft Albany for Indianapolis, to
» e *. * c-mti eitoo with the- Interna
t til Typographical union a# it*
president
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Rtsudng in line with fifty jnemploy
ed men. Major W. \V Seymour of
Tnn-oma. IVon took the oath of alle
guinea and ber-ame a member of local
Ktt, IS. Hoboes of America, which was
tb»t*:-*-d at the ■ Hotel Ue Gink.*’ ah
•bsndcaed school building occupied by
waemployed men.
sss
The Va»«*rbusetts state branch of
the tetemstionai un. >n of stationary
«- . * • rs v ed at its recent annual
r Eo-G!ins in 'avor of the establish
ment of a state-wide uniform wage
Scale for enrmeerx
s s s
Three unidentified men were killed
pear Akron. O. by a Pennsylvania
train They were walking the tracks
and ia stepp eg out of the path of an
on- h ag freight trail*, stepped in
1- • t of an on rushing passenger train
on another track They were maagl
•d beyond .ecogi-itMjn.
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lies r Moflatt. a promoter of ChP
rsgo was lined fi.MM and sentenced
• one year and a day ia the federal
jr.son at Ueairnwort'. Kan., by the
1 n.-ed Stales district court at St.
(There are 483 iron mines in this
country, employing Co,176 persons.
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Philadelphia surgeons have success
fully opened the skull of a boy and re
moved a blood clot from his brain.
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Madison. Wis., derives revenues of
over ■ i.ooo a year from Univer
sity of Wisconsin students. There are
about regular sessiouers.
Woman suffrage is not to be en
dorsed or e'en considered by the Wo
mens National I>emocratic league at
its annual convention in Washington.
a a •
At It* cents a drink our liquor bill
figures $s.-.!*.S<K*.0«'ii for the year. And
the value of all the bread made in
the bakeries of the country was but
a a a
In 15s- * there were sixty-two beef
cur e in the United states for each
1- 0 persons of population; now there
are thirty-seven cattle to each loO
, of population.
• • •
Andrew Carnegie recently reduced
bis fortune by $10,000,000 in making
a gift of that amount to the Carnegie
United Kingdom Trust in Dumferliue,
Scotland
During 1!»13 the people of Missouri
coiis.iined approximately 78,400,'HMJ gal
iOi.- -f leer, equal to 33.8 gallons for
every man, woman and child in the
Sbowme stale.
a a a
The larg—t apple tree in New York
r'a'e .-aid to be one standing near
*he town of Wilson. It was planted
a the year 181a. and it is on record
that ,t . rice yielded thirty-three full
barrels of apples in a season,
a a a
Plans for the government to buy the
Bull Kun bat'ieiield and make of it a
national park are endorsed in a report
by a board of army officers to secre
lary Garrison. Better care for the
m num-nts cow there is reconi
mended
a a a
\- ret-.-luary legatee under Miss
Eliza A: irew- will, which was pro
ho:ed iti I .iitircore. Cardinal Gibbons.
is a • .. between $200,000 and
* !' li e cardinal said the money
... u!c l~- used for Catholic education
al work.
Thtee lumber companies, ousted
from M souri by the state supreme
court I> emi t r. ^4 and fined a total 01
jor alleged violation of the
antitrust ar, recently prepared tc
j close tb* r St. Ixiuis offices and re
open in East St. Louis, 111.
The release on bail of Harry K
Thai* w aid n t menace public safety
is the opinion expressed by two of his
cu.-tod’.ans at a public hearing before
the commission appointed by the fed
era! ,rt to pass on the matter of
Thaw s mental condition and its re
lat on • i liberation under bonds.
• • •
Th" quartermaster's office at army
i beadquartf rs is in receipt of informa
tion fro : the War department to the
effect that the scope of the Omaha ar
nr. sup; ’ depot has been cut about
50 per cent. Three posts—Leaven
worth. 1L Icy and Des Moines—the
, I^eavenworth military prison and the
government arsenal at Rock Island
hereafter will tret their supplies front
points other than the Omaha supply
; depot.
PORFIQN.
Violent earthquakes caused great
dr.mage t< property in the Greek pro
vinces if Elis and Peloponnesus.
It res: Italy <191,400,000 to acquire
T:;p' i. a c< entry which, according to
ail acounts. .s, with the exception of
: e desert of Sahara, the least des.r
able part of Africa.
luitior unions in London have under
eatrsrde a" :■ n a project to build a 11,
■“ sTucture to serve as the gen
, oral headquarters of their organiza
•runs, t ,s propelled to include in the
building a club, office accommodations
for fifty unions, a large hall and store
i rooms.
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A variation of the usual dynamiting
incident is reported from Agtta Cali
ente Tne rebe's captured a train at
Espiritu Santo. While it was ap
proacl.ing La Honda, another party ol
r-b»-..-. b' iieving that the train carried
1 federals. exploded a mine. The train
was blown up and eighty’ men were
J killed or injured.
. . .
Joseph Chamberlain, the venerable
British statesman, has decided to re
tire from parliament at the next gen
eral elec-ion. He has served continu
ously as a member of the house of
commons since 1876.
Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli. as
pref> -1 of the segnatura tribunal, has
ca'lcd a meeting of the high court tc
decide the appeal of the Duchess De
Talleyrand, formerly Anna Gould
Iron 'he verdict of the pot a tribunal
annulling her marriage to Count Boni
de Casiellane.
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The militant suffragettes have de
cided to lay their troubles before King
George personally if they can get an
audience They will send a deputa
tion to his majesty “to protest against
the torture of suffragette prisonerr
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A step toward reorganization of
the Kansas City, Mexico c Orient
railroad, no* in the hands of eleven
receivers, was made when Judge John
C. Pollock in the federal court in
Kansas City, Kan., ordered a decree
of sale for the Orient properties
drawn up.
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A thoroughly upto-date saw mill
with a capacity of CO.ftK) board feet a
day has been erected on the south
coast of Mindanao island. It is of
American make throughout and uses
the modern bandsaw.
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The Greek premier, Eleutherios Ven
izelas. is to start an extensive foreign
tour The journey is supposed to be
connected w ith the new situation in
the Levant, created by Turkey’s pur
chase of the Brazilian dreadnought,
which gives the Ottoman empire a
great advantage over Greece.
HOUCE COMMITTEE DRAFTS ANTI
TRUST MEASURE.
ITS PROVISIONS SWEEPING
Trade Relations and Prices, and
Damage Suits by Individuals,
All Being Considered.
Washington.—A general outline of
the tentative draft of anti-trust legs
lation prepared by majority members
af the house committee on the juaici
try for action by the full committee,
subject to a conference with Presi
| dent Wilson, has been made known.
I The proposed bill wHl be discussed
. it a conference between the president
] and the committee.
The bill drafted as a result of the
| conferences between Chairman Clay
ton. representative Carlin of Virginia,
| chairman of the trust subcommittee
idn Representatives Floyd of Arkan
sas. McCoy of New Jersey and others
! cover these three main points.
1. Interlocking directorates.
2. Trade relations and prices.
3. Injunction proceedings and
damage suits by individuals.
Number of Bills.
In every case. President Wilson's
‘ :dea of providing penalties for in
i iividuals as well as for corporations.
in case of violations has been been
! followed. It was decided that it
would be better to draft a number of
bills instead of incorporating all the
inti-trust propositions in an omnibus
measure supplementary to the Sher
1 nan act. An attempt to define com
binations and conspiracies in re
I straint of trade as far as possible has
■ been made in the bills already pre
pared.
1 The bill to inhibit interlocking di
I rectorates is regarded by the com
•nittee members as the most import
ant of the three. It deals not only
! with banks and trust companies, but
; applies to every industrial corpora
tion engaged in interstate trade.
Huerta Wants to Please.
Mexico Cty.—President Huerta, it
is said, wll not resign, but is wiling
10 rearrange the personnel of his
rabinet or make almost any conces
j tion which would be calculated to im
orove the relations between Mexico
i and the I'nited States.
| This is the latest report brought
’rom the president’s office and it is
| ;aid to have been President Huerta's
; intimation to Archbishop Mora and
others who have been using their
good offices to induce him to elimi
nate himself from the situation.
Steps From Aeroplane.
I-os Angeles. Cal.—One of two
women passengers carried by Glenn
Martin, an aviator, stepped from his
machine when it was $50 feet in the
air. She reached the ground safely,
and demonstrated to Martin's satis
faction the practicability of an aerial
life preserver.
Spectators saw the girl. Miss Tiny
Breadwick, fall seventy-five feet like
a shot. Then a parachute attachment
on her shoulders unfolded and she de
scended gradually and with no appar
ent effort at balance.
High School Wants Pupils.
Philadelphia.—For the first time in
the history of the public schools in
this city, a want ad campaign has
been inaugurated for the purpose of
attracting pupils. The campaign was
started by the Board of Education to
call attention to the opportunities af
forded at the William Penn High
school for girls.
Biography of the Great Evangelist.
Winona Hake, Ind.—While Rev.
Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist
was resting here recently, after a
strenuous campaign in Johnstown.
| Pa., he received word that the new
biography. "The Spectacular Career
j of Rev. Billy Sunday." was off the
j press. It is the work of T. T. Frank
i enburg. and the evangelist says it is
a truthful account of his life.
Hookworm Has Grip on Texans.
Iloston, Tex.—The annual state
hookworm report showed that pei
cent of about 11,000 Texas children
examined microscopically during 1915
had hookworm.
Fourth Death From Smallpox.
Washington. D. C.—The forth
death as a result of the epidemic ot
smallpox on the battleship Ohio, has
been reported to the navy depart
ment. the last victim being Leroy
Grant Stingley, machinist's mate,
who died recently.
i
Pig Iron Association.
New York—Blast furnace operators,
representing practically the entire
merchant pig iron industry of the Uni
ted States, met here and organized
the American Pig Iron association.
Is Licensed to Incorporate.
Springfield, 111.—License to incor
porate has been issued to the Federal
league baseball club of Chicago by
Secretary of State Woods The cap
ital stock is $200,000 and the incor
porators are C. A. Weeghmann. J. A. ]
Gilmore and W. M. Walker.
Richards to Run Independently.
Huron. S. D.—R. O. Richards of
Huron has announced he would run as
an independent candidate for gover
nor of South Dakota. He said he
would make an independent race.
Decorates an American.
Antwerp .Belgium.—Third Officer W.
Wynen of the Red Star steamer
Kroonland, an American, has been
rated by the Belgium government with
the civil cross of the third class for
courage in assisting at the rescue of
the survivors of the Volturno.
Start to Tour State.
Portland. Ore.—Approximately 100
of the unemployed of the city who had
refused work on the municipal rock
pile started on a pilgrimage of the
state in search of work.
VALUABLE FOOD
BEING WASTED
Good Suet Thrown Away or Used For
Soap Which Could be Rendered
and Used In Cooking.
Washington. D C.—Reports from
some of the food specialists of the De
partment of Agriculture indicate that
in certain sections there is a serious
waste of valuable food, due to the fact
that many housewives do not appre
ciate the value of suet in Cooking and
do not know how to use it- As a re
sult many throw good food suet into
the garbage pail, or else in rare cases
use it with meat trimmings for soap
making. Many are unaware that suet
possesses the same food value as lard,
and if properly tried out is a satis
factory subsume for frying purposes,
for shortening, and in making savory
fats. Apparently some of the cook
books have misled the American
housewife by stating that suet is good
only for soap making. In Europe,
however, \ s food is carefully kept
and renderti. and in Germany, suet
and lard are used interchangeably for
frying and shortening.
Suet is the hard fat about the kid
neys and loins in beef and mutton
which corresponds to the fat of hogs
from which leaf lard is made Those
who do not know how to render it
object to the hardness of suet and to
its special flavor. Fresh suet, how
ever, can be so rendered as to make
a soft, usable fat, practically free
from any distinctive flavor ot odor.
The following is the simplest
method for trying out suet:
’•Remove the skin and lean parts
from beef fats, and cut it into small
pieces. Put it into a saucepan and
cover it with cold water. Place it on
the stove uncovered, so that the steam
may carry off any disagreeable flavor.
\Vh*n the water has nearly all evap
orated, set the kettle back and let the
fat slowly ’try out.’ When the fat has
ceased bubbling and the scraps ot
skin are shriveled, allow the scraps
to settle at the bottom of the kettle,
strain the fat through a cloth and set
it away to cool.”
This fat is so valuable in cooking
that housewives will do well to save
all suet from their meat and try it
out.
r or thoee wno want a mixture oi
suet and leaf lard the following recipe
will be found useful:
“Take two parts of suet and one of
leaf lard, finely ground, and mix to
gether. Render this with whole milk
in the proportion of one-half pint milk
to two pounds of the mixed suet and
lard. (Render means to melt down or
to clarify by melting.) The suet and
lard mixture may be finely divided
by passing it through a meat grinder,
and may then be heated in a double
boiler, when the fat will be quickly
relf ased from the tissues, and when
al'owed to cool will form a cake on
the surface of the liquid which may
be easily removed."
This fat has a good odor, color and
texture, and is softer than the suet
alone. It is useful for frying and the
shortening of foods with high flavors
and may be used with fair results in
shortening such things as baking pow- j
der biscuits. It is useful for cooking j
vegetables either alone or with the j
addition of a little butter.
Do Not Let Fat Burn in Cooking.
The upopukirity of fried food in ’
many families is due entirely to the .
fact that the fat has been burned in
cooking. Pat when heated to too |
high a temperature splits up and may
cause digestive disturbances. Pat in
itself is a very valuable food .and it
it is not scorched should prove a
healthful rather than an objectionable,
article of diet. A slightly burned
taste and similar objectionable flavors
can often be removed from fat by put
ting into it thick slices of raw potato
and beating it gradually. When the
tat ceases to bubble and the potatoes
are brown, the fat should be strained
off through a cloth placed in a wire
strainer.—U. S. Pept of Agriculture
Bulletin.
Gets Many Important Conventions.
Omaha.—A number of important j
conventions have been secured by the
bureau of publicity of the Commercialj
club. Those already booked are:
Nebraska Chari'ies and Corrections.
January, date not set.
Nebraska Ice Cream Manufacture
turers' association. January 19-20.
Nebraska Treasurers’ association j
February 10 to 12.
Midwest Cement Users' convention
February 2. 3 and 4.
Midwest Cement Users' show, Jan- j
aary 30 to February 4.
Omaha Automobile show. February :
23 to 28.
Retail Jewelers' association, first
week in March.
Nebraska Optical association, first
week in March.
Nebraska Undertakers in May.
TeJ Jed Sokol (National). June 17
to 21.
National Association Society of Deal
in July.
Will Begin Work on Rural Credits.
Washington. D. C.—Hearings with
a view to drafting rural credits legis
lation at this session of congress will
be resumed by the house banking anc
currency sub-committee.
Representative Weaver of Oklaho
ma, member of the sub committee,
said that a large number of farmers
rural bankers, political economists
and men who have observed the rurai
credit system of Europe will testify
He said that the hearings probably
would be concluded by the end of
February.
Wants Denver Ball Club.
Chicago, 111.—Edward W. Smith,
sporting editor of a Chicago newspa
per. has confirmed reports that he .is
negotiating for the purchase of th«
Denver Western league baseball dub
Smith said he hopes to close the
deal when James C. McGill, owner
and Jack Hendricks, manager of the
Denver club, arrive here from Clncin
nati. where they are attending a
meeting of the national commission.
McGill has purchased the Indl&nap
oils American Association club and
announced Hendricks will manage tt
TO INSPECT THE
NATIONAL GUARD
ORGANIZED AGRICULTURE AT
LINCOLN.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Lieutenant W. C. Stoll's dates for
eisiting the different organizations of
the Nebraska national guard in his
capacity as inspector-instructor, as?
signed to this state, have been fixed
by an order of the war department,
as follows:
Nebraska City. January 20. 1914;
Auburn. January 21. 1914; Beatrice,
January 22. 1914; Wymore. January
23. 1914: F.runing. January 24. 1914;
Davenport. January 26. 1914: Fairfield,
January 2T 1914; Hastings. January
2S, 1914; Blue Hill. January 29, 1914;
Holdrege, January 30. 1914; Alma,
January 31. 1914; Beaver City. Feb
ruary 2, 1914; Kearney. February 4,
1914; Broken Bow. February 3. 1914;
St. Paul. February 9. 1914; Ord. Feb
ruary 10 1914; York. February 11,
1914; Osceola. February 12, 1911;
Schuyler. February 16. 1914: Fuller
ton. February 17; Stanton. February
19; all Omaha companies and Fourth
regiment band, at Omaha. February
20 and 21; Company A Fourth regi»
ment, Lincoln, on February 23, ana
state arsenal. Lincoln, on February
24. All inspections made by Lieuten
ant Stoll will be during daylight
hours and will include ail federal
property. A few changes have beet
made in the dates of inspection by Ad
jutant General Hall, extending the
time beyond January 20. until Febru
ary 6.
The daily program prepared for the
societies which form organized agricul
ture. which meets in l.r . In beginning
Monday. January 19. is as follows:
Monday. January 19.
Corn Improvers' association—Plant In
dustry building, state farm, room 110.
Tuesday, January 20.
State board of agriculture—Commercial
eiu;> rooms. Eleventh and 1* streets.
State Horticultural Society — Landed
hotel.
Nebraska Horse Breeders' association—
•Judging pavilion, state farm.
Com Improvers' association—Room 110.
plant industry building, state farm.
State Home Economics association—
State farm, room .'6. agricultural hall.
Association of State, County and l>is
triet Fairs—Lincoln Commercial club, at
6:15.
*»cunc!.Q4y. January
State board of agriculture—Commercial
club rooms.
State Horticultural society — Lindell
hotel.
State Dairymen’s association—Plant in
dustry building, room 110.
State Swine Breeders’ association —
Judging pavilion.
Nebraska Pure Seed Growers* associa
tion—Plant industry building, room 207.
State Bee Keepers association—State
farm agricultural hall, room 303.
State Horn* Economics association —
State farm, room -• .. agricultural hall.
Good K .ads association—Slate farm,
agricultural hall, room 306.
Nebraska Sheep Breeders and Wool
Growers* association—State farm, judging
pacilion. ro<im 203.
Thursday. January 22.
State Horticultural society — Lindell
hotel.
State Live Stock Improvers' association
—State farm, judging pavilion.
State Shorthorn Breeders' association—
Agricultural hall, state farm, room 105.
State Hereford Breeders* association
State f urm. agricultural hall, room 3*3.
Aberdeen Angus Breeders' association—
State farm, agricultural hall, room 304.
Red Polled Breeders’ association—State
farm, agricultural halt room 306.
Dairy Cattle Breeders’ association—
Judging puvil’on. state farm, room 2**3.
State Dairymen’s association — State
farm plant industry building, room 110.
ssoda tion—S
plant room 2* 7.
State Home Economics association —
State farm. agricultural hall, room 30*5.
Stare Association of Rural School
9—St
room 003.
Nebraska tax commission—State capi
toi. 9 a. m.
Friday. January 23.
State Dairy iron's as.- tion State
farm, plant industry building, room !»•
Agricultural development commission
N Bii S |r!cu t]
hall, room 300.
Agricultural extension conference —
Agricultural hall, room 306.
Nebraska tax commission—State cap!
tol. 9 a. m.
Evening Events.
Monday evening, January 39—Apple,
floral, home cured meat, corn show, at
the city auditorium.
Tuesday evening. January 20—Banquet
of the Nebraska state board of agricul
ture and the N i -k Assocl&i oi
State. County ami District Fair manag
ers. at 6:15 at the Lincoln Commercial
club.
State horticultural banquet. Lindell
hotel at 6:30. Show at the city audi
torium. Moving pictures showing Ne
braska's resources, better babies contest
and scenes at the state, fair will be given
e.- oh evening.
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
evenings—Show at the city auditorium.
Friday evening—Banquet agricultural
extension conference. Lindell hotel: 6
p. m.
Refused shelter in the penitentiary,
denied admission to the county pool
farm, not wanted at the county jail,
and turned away from the charity
headquarters where he has been stay
ing since his release from the state
prison. James Durkin, the crippled
man who declared that living is easier
and more desirable for him inside
rather than outside such institutions,
is now an inmate of the Lincoln hos
pital for the insane. He was taken
there following the verdict of the in
sanity commissioners that he was suf
fering from mental ills.
Feeble-Minded Institute Report.
Four hundred and fifty feeble
minded “children.” ranging from 3 to
60.years of age. are now inmates of
the Beatrice school for the feeble
minded. according to a report made
by Superintendent Fast. In the re
port he tells Governor Morehead:
"The feeble-minded are easily con
trolled by kindness. Men and women,
inmates of this institution, who are
middle-aged and even aged, are like
children, and are easily managed by
kindly suggestion. A certain firmness
is necessary to maintain discipline,
but no force or violence is ever per ,
mitted here. One kind command will
bring immediate response from all of
our children, who have mentality suf
ficient to understand. It might be in
teresting to know that half of the
children at this institution are able to
read and write.”
The state board of agriculture has
begun condemnation proceedings in
the district court in an effort to obtain i
thirty acres of land adjoining the j
present state fair grounds. The bill I
will be footed out of an appropriation j
made by the last legislature.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Teeumsea ilia a flourishing troop <>f
boy scouts.
Fairbury is soon to have a modern
public hospital.
County assessors of the state will
meet at Lincoln. January 20.
Two deaths occurred from the diph
theria epidemic a: Wymore.
Plausmouth Elks will lay the cor
nerstone of their new home nest
week.
A stock company to build a farmers'
elevator has been organized at Gar
rison.
The office of the Firth Graphic was
^entirely destroyed by fire Sunday
night.
A branch of the woman's suffrage
association has been organized at
Lyons.
A large hog cholera serum plant is
to be installed at Shelton in the near
future.
Isaac Smith, a farmer, SO years oil,
near Elmwood, dropped dead with
heart failure
The new city hall at Havelock was
dedicated with appropriate ceremonies.
Friday evening.
A Kenesaw man last week sold fifty
two head of mules for over $12,500—
nearly $250 each.
The local supply of corn at Shelton
is so short that feeders are shipping
it from elsewhere.
Clay Harry has bought the Central
City Xonpariel and will change its
politics to democratic.
Hastings baseball fans will try ;o
raise a $4,000 fund for the promotion
of the game next summer.
The general store of Martin & Tool
at Murdock was destroyed by fire, orig
inating frem a defective flue.
The postoffiee at Cortland was par
tially destroyed by fire last week, a
lot of mail matter being lost.
Mrs. Mary Wildman. said to have
been the oldest woman in York conn
ty. is dead at the age of Oft.
A big black cat proved to be the
burglar that a Lincoln man thougot
he had locked up in the cellar.
At the Home Cured Meat show at j
Lincoln a total of $90 will be offered j
as prizes for home cured meats.
Telephone and electric light wires
and poles are being removed from the
streets at Tecumseh and replaced in
alleys.
Findley Howard, son of Edgar How- j
ard of Columbus, has gone to Colon •
where he has accepted a government j
situation.
Josephine M. Lyons of Omaha was j
seriously injured when a railroad trair i
hit the buggy in which she was riding [
at Auburn.
The Fremont city council has passed
a chicken ordinance requiring that j
fowls be kept in pens for ten months j
of the year.
Ed. Mockett. a Lincoln bowler, rar j
up a score of 270 in a recent con
test; a record that has not beer
made for many years.
Chicken thieves again are in evi
dence in the vicinity of Teeumseh.
several farmers having reported the I
robbing of their henneries.
Housewives of Lincoln will be ap
pealed to by the Lancaster count? i
gardeners to aid them in their efforts
to secure a city market.
Owing to lack of employment, many ,
Hastings residents have run behind
with their water and light bills and
have been shut off by the city.
A wolf hunt near Ohiowa resulted in
the death of one unwary wolf. Others
were sighted by the hunters but
nimbly dodged all shots fired ai them.
An unknown man threw himself in
front of a Burlington train neat
Palmyra and was badly mangled
There was nothing on his person tc
reveal his identity.
B. F. Xorval has been appointed act
ing county judge by the county boarc
at Seward to fill the office during
Judge H. X. Coleman's absence in
California this winter.
The Rev. Thomas Shipherd. D.D.. oi
the First Congregational church at i
Lincoln, has been invited to accept
the pastorate of Plymouth Congrega
tional church at Milwaukee. Wis.
Burglars and petty thieves are mak
ing life a burden :o the inhabitants of .
Fairbury.
William Hayward, born and reared :
in Xebraska City, and former courty
judge, has recently been appointed as
sistant district attorney of Xew York
City.
The first rural high school in Docge
county has just been opened. While
the school has public support and
has been supervised by (^punty Super
intendent John Matzen in its initia
tion. it is a private affair. Xevertie
less it will be conducted along lines
of the public schools of the county.
The construction of the four-stcry
Y. M. C. A. building at Grand Island
is being pushed an<j the structure
will probably be ready for occupancy
in the spring.
E. W. Mason of Fairbury. one of the
oldest Rock Island engineers on the !
Xebraska division, having been in ser- !
vice since ISSS, has been retired by |
the management on a pension.
A “boy farm ' project is about to be
started by the Rt. Rev. George Allen
Beecher, bishop of western Xebras
ka. in connection with the Kearney
Military academy, of which he is
head.
Harry Mtmman. manager or tee
Brunswick hotel at Omaha, suc
cumbed at St. Joseph's hospital from
injuries he received when he fell from
a window in the hotel.
While playing on ttie stairway of
the Elks lodge at Plattsmouth, Earl
Cassity. a little boy. fell to the ground
below, breaking an arm and receiving
other serious bruises.
C. J. Miles of Hastings was select
ed at Kearney to lead the State Base
ball League association the com ng
year, defeating Kearney, York and
Columbus candidates, after three bal
lots had been taken.
There were nearly eighteen hundred
hunting licenses issued in Douglas
county last year.
John Andrew Ledwith, a resident of
Lincoln for twenty-three years, was
found dead in his bed Friday morning.
Death was due to heart failure and
had been expected for a long time.
Fourteen thousand feet of lumber
sawed on the farm was used in a new
barn built by Goetz brothers in Rich
ardson county. The frame was made
with morticed sills and uprights, rut
together in the old-fashioned way.
The frame was raised one day and the
shingles were put on the next.
MOTHER LOOK M
CHILD’S TONGUE
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give “California Syrup
of Figs”
A laxative today saves a «.ck child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clegged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
I.ook at the tongue, mother: If coat
ed. or your child is listless, cross, fev
erish, breath bad. restless, doesn’t eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs.” then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in a few hours
all this constipation poison, scur bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again. A thor
ough “inside cleansing’’ is oftimes all
that is necessary. It should be the
first treatment given in any sickness
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask at the store for a 50-rent, bottle of
‘California Syrup of Figs." which has
full directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Sometimes a smart man gets paid
for not doing things he might.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain
the hands. Adv.
Portugal has a total population of
5.423,132, of whom 3.38s.Tx: are rural
Rheumatism Is Torture
Many pains that pass as rheumatism
are due to weak kidneys—to the failure
of the kidneys to drive off uric acid
thoroughly.
M hen you suffer achy, bad joints, back
ache too, dizziness and some urinary
disturbances, get Doans Kidney Pills,
the remedy that is recommended by over
150,000 people in many different lands.
Doan s Kidney Pills help weak kid
neys to drive out the uric acid which
is the cause of backache, rheumatism
and lumbago.
Here's proof.
A SOUTH DAKOTA
CASK
I-C. ' ' - V nClUn
Tc'lt a Story.'
W. R. Smart.
Belle Fourche. S.
D.. hars *'Rh-u
matism caus- d me
terrible suffering
I had to give up
work. I had t<. be
lifted arojad and
was perfectly h* ip
less. Doan's Kid
n* v Pills acted ike
magic in driving
away the rheuma
tism. It soon lcf?
me entirely and 1
haven’t h id an at
tack since.”
Get Doan’s at Any Store. 50c a Bor
DOAN’S kp,idJLsy
FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
The
Great
Morning
Tonic
Red
Cans
At lour
Grocer's
Read This:
3 lbs. Gas Roasted equals 4 lbs.
of the same coffee roasted any
other way. Because it is roasted
so much quicker and the strength
and flavor are net roasted out.
Gas roasted means quickly
toasted in the flames and not
slowly baked as when roasted any
other way.
Your Grocer Has It.
Paxton’s Gas Roasted Coffee
BUSHELS PERACRE
the yield of WHEAT
on many farma in
Western Canada in
1913. some yields
being reported aa
high as 50 bushels
per acre. As high
as 100 bushels were
recorded in some
districts for oats,
50 bushels for barley and
from 10 to 20 bus. for flax.
J. Keys arrived m uis
country 5 year* ago from
Denmark with very little
means. He homesteaded,
worked hard, ia cow the
owner of 320 acres of land,
in 1913 had a crop of 200 1
acres, which will realize him
about $4,000. His wheat i
weighed 68 lbs. to the buahel
and averaged over SS hushela
to the acre.
Thousands of similar in
stances might be related of the |
homesteaders in Manitoba. Sas
katchewan and Alberta.
The crop of 1913 was an abun
dant one everywhere in Western
Canada.
Ask for descriptive literature and
reduced railway rates. Apply to
Superintendent of Immigration.
Ottawa, Canada, or
W. V. BENNETT,
Bee Building, Omaha, Neb.
Canadian Government Agent
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver is
•ight the stomach and bowels are right.
CARTER’S LITTLE
LiVbK rlLLb
gently butfirmly com
pel a lazy liver toiJ
do its duty.
Cures Con- ,
•tipatian, In-^
digestion.
Sick
Headache,4
Carter's
ITTLE
IVER
PIUS.
and Distress After taling.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
CAPABLE AGENTS to sell 3 per cent, loan
and investment contracts. Writ® Mr. Bin*,
*13 City National ItanU, Omaha. NVoraika