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NEWS OF THE WEEK •CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. II MING DOWN OF EVENTS ~I— National, Political, Personal and Other Matter* in Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. WAR NEWS. Of nearly £>00,000 wounded soldiers treated in French hospitals between September 15 and November 'M, less than 2^4 per cent died. • • • M. Rlbot, the French minister of finance, has Informed the appropria tions committee of the chamber of deputies that France will not lack re sources to continue the war to a finish without faltering. • * « Reports have reached New York that trenches are being dug about Loudon and extraordinary precautions taken throughout the English east coast region in anticipation of a furth er German raid or Invasion. • • * Two German aeroplanes recently dropped bombs upon the outer forti fications at Dover. The forts fired on hem, but they escaped and the avia tors are said to have been awarded the iron cross by the kaiser. • • • The triple entente powers have given guarantees to Athens and Buch arest that Bulgaria will not attack Greece or Rumania should Greece lend aid to Servla or should Rumania actively participate in the war. • • • The Portuguese chamber voted in favor of preparations to Join England In the war against Germany. The vote was taken immediately after an nouncement of another attack upon the Portuguese province of Angola in Africa. The British protectorate over Egypt has been declared in all the garrison towns by the firing of a sa lute of 101 guns and the raising of the British flag. Prince Hussein Kemal has been appointed sultan of Egypt. • • • The German emperor, according to late advices by way of Copenhagen, has gone to the front in the western theater of the war, where the gen eral attempt hy the allies to force the Germans backward has been going on for several days. • • • Insanity and nervous prostration are claiming large numbers of the al lies who have lain for weeks under German fire in the trenches about Vpres. The Insanity wards in the big government hospitals in the soutli of England have many patient*) who suf fered absolute nervous collapse and have been sent back to England for treatment. OUNERAL. Arthur Hodges, 21 years old, was electrocuted in the Arkanssas peni tentiary at Little Rock. Hodges was the first white man to die in this manner in Arkansas. Business and professional mdn—all of whom onco were Jmy*—»<>ld papers on the ltetrolt streets December 21. Nearly $2,200 was collected and the fund devoted to Christmas charity. • • • Joseph F. Smith, president of the Mormon church, became the real head of the entire sugar beet industry of Vlah and adjoining states when at Salt Lake City he was elected presi dent of the Amalgamated Sugar com pany. • • • In an impromptu duel over a wo man, W. Murphy and C. Farias emptied pistole at each other on a Reno. Nev.. street from a distance of fifteen feet. Murphy was hit four time and a fifth bullet slightly wound ed a bystander nearly a block away. Farias was not hit and gave him self up. A new type of projectile, which will scatter a white-hot mixture of molten steel over the object of attack, and at the same time permeate the at mosphere with a deadly Ran which would make It impossible for fire fiphterB to approach has been invent ed by John Hays Hammond, jr„ ac cording to a statement made by the inventor at Gloucester. Mass. * • * There is apprehension over the fact that Mouilt Etna is showing activity. The disturbances are taking the form of strong rumblings and earthquake shocks which are felt as far away as Byracuse and Taormina. A suit brought by the attorney gen of Arkansas against the Arkan Cotton Oil company to collect ?4. 10Ofl in penalties for alleged vioia of the state antitrust laws decided adversely to the state by Arkansas supreme court at Little k. three negroes are said to have beien killed and four white men wounded at Falrpiains, S. C„ The trouble lb sJlid to have resulted from feeling aroused when a negro stabbed a white man. Edward S. C6peman, inventor of life-caring apparatus, is dead at hia home at Lowestoft, England. The best kuown of his inventions is a raft for saving life at sea. This was adopted throughout the British merchant service and earned him several med als and decorations. • • • The receivers pf the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad were author ized by Judge Sanborn in the St Louis district court, to borrow g3.000.000 on receivers’ certificates, paying 6 per cent interest It In stated by Chicago charity peo ple that one-tenth of the population of that city receive* public charity. • • • Three men and several hundred of cattle were drowned In flood* caused by the heaviest rain* in the history of the state of Arizona. One rancher alone lost a herd of 100. • • • Sufficient money to equip a third Red Cross unit for service in the Eu ropean war was raised with a mon ster Red Cross Jubilee performance in the Convention hall at Kansas City. • • • An explosion occurred in a coal mine at Fukuoka, Japan, as a result 800 laborers were imprisoned in the workings of the mine. Fukuoka is on the sea coast, sixty-five miles to the north of Nagasaki. • • • A plea for universal peace was made at Chicago by David Starr Jor dan, president, of Iceland Stanford university, wlrcrsaid in an address to the Southern club tiiat the United Slates was the only world conscience left. • • • Christmas in the tent colonies of Southern Colorado was a cheerless day. The coal miners' great strike has been lost. The men arc- penniless. The United .Mine Workers’ of Amer ica were without money to care for the little one* in the same manner as last year. • • • There will be no general reduction in wages by the United States Steel corporation at. the present time, ac cording to an announcement made by Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the corporation, after a meeting of the corporation's finance committee in New York. • • • The Colorado Board of Stock In spectors and commissioners have placed a quarantine against shipments of cattle and sheep from Monana on account of foot and mouth disease. The order forbids the entrance of stock from Montana into the s’ate, even in transit. • * • William V. fiery, town clerk of Haverstraw and democratic leader in Rockland county, was acquitted by a Jury in supreme court at New York city of the charge of murder in the first degree, on which he was tried for the killing of his son-in-law, Eu gene M. Newman. Mf tubers of the prohibition party from Kansas, Iowa and Missouri will meet in Kansas City January 3, to launch a new campaign to last 130 days, in an effort to get the names of f,.000.000 voters pn petitions for na tional prohibition before the question again comes up in congress. * * • The National Association of Vicks burg Veterans is distributing attract ive advance literature of the national pieca jubilee, which will be held in the Vicksburg Military park October 12 16. 1915. Veterans of both sides are to meet on the famous battle ground and talk it over while enjoy ing a feast. * * • In accordance with the plan of agreement of reorganization of the H. B. Clafilri company, it was announced at New York the Mercantile Stores corporation has been organized under the laws of the state of New’ York. The corporation will exercise super vision over the business of twenty three retail stores. * * * Thousands of residents and winter tourists at San Antonio stood in a cold, drizzling rain and made merry about a community Christmas tree forty-five feet hight. revolved and lighted by electricity, while bands played and operatic singers sang. The municipal celebration took place in the plaza in front of the historic Alamo. WASHINGTON. A proposal to rescind the recent rat ification of the London safety at sea convention was beaten in the senate. • • • Senator Pomerene lias introduced a bill authorizing the governor of Ohio to give unserviceable clothing of the National guard to destitute striking miners. • * • President* Wilson nominated Gabe E. Parker of Okialiotya to be super intendent of the five civilized tribes in Oklahoma. Parker, a Choctaw In dian, is now register of the treasury. An amendment to the immigration bill to exempt from the proposed liter ary test for the next five years. Bel gians seeking a home in the United States was offered by Senator Wil liams. * • * Senator Lodge introduced a bill in congress to annul contract labor law provisions which might prevent Bel gians taking up American farm lands or immigrating with the. intention of becoming citizens. ♦ * * The Hobson resolution to subimt a constitutional amendment for nation al prohibition to the state legislatures was defeated in the house, 197 mem bers voting for and 189 against it. An affirmative vote of two-thirds was re quired to adopt the resolution. • » •• A 300 per cent increase in exports of foodstuffs from the United States, due principally to the European war, characterized the foreign trade of No vember. compared with that month a year ago. • • • The Lever warehouse bill was passed by the house. 218 to 97. It pro vides for federal licensing of cotton and grain warehouses, being a substi tute for a senate bill which would apply only to cotton warehouses. The measure now goes to conference be tween the two houses. * • • The $135,000,000 cotton loan fund plan to finance the surplus cotton mop was approved unanimously by representatives of committees which are to aid in handling the fund in the; southern mates. NOTE TO NEUTRALS KAISER DEMANDS NATIONS At> MIT BELGIUM CONTROL. SUBJECT UP TO D1PL0HUTS Question One, It Is Said, Pan-Amer ican Union Will Decide. Washington.—Germany lias notified -on;e of the neutral countries having consuls in Belgian territory now un der German military authority that the exequaturs crediting the consuls to Belgium will not be recognized rurther, though provisions' recogni tion will be granted to those whose countries so desire. Representatives of South Amer ican republics have informed Secre tary Bryan of the receipt of such no tice from Germany, but Elate depart ment officials say they know of no communication on this subject being received here. It is believed in dip lomatic circles, however, that the no tice is on its way to all powers whose consuls would be affected. The attitude to be assumed by the American republics toward this ac tion is expected to be considered by the Pan-American commission, com posed of Secretary Bryan and eight other members of the governing hoard of the Pan-American union, re cently named to study questions re laung to European neutrality on this hemisphere. Diplomats say the subject is one of exceeding delicacy and one in regard to which the American countries would desire to act in unity. It has become known that all the members of the Pan-American com mission already have been apprais ed of the German notification. A spe rial commission of three members, it was said, might be selected to give preliminary study to the matter and report to the full commission. In the meantime constant cable communication between the ambas sadors and ministers here and their governments will be maintained, but the former will be guided largely by the opinions and desires of their re spective governments. Japanese Diet Dissolved. Tokio.—Owing to the rejection of the measure for an increase in the army, the emperor has dissolved the imperial Diet, thus upholding the pro gram of the ministry for military de velopment. When the decision was announced there was a great commo tion in the house and cheers from the government side. The premier. Count Okuma, scored the opposition for “impeding the na tional welfare.” Failing to find a flaw In the policy of Foreign Minister Ka toto regarding China, he said, they centered their attack on the army He denied that the proposals meant the expansion of the army and mill tarism. The army measure was rejected by a majority of sixty-five, but the house approved the naval increase by a ma Jority of seven. A rescript suspends 'he House of Peers pending the elec tion, which probably will be held in March. • Villa Near Vera Cr,uz. Vera Cruz.—Fighting has occurred between the adherents of General Car ranza and those of General Villa in the outskirts of Vera Cruz. The defeat or followers of Zapata near Apizaco, state of Tiacaia. and the recovery of Tiaxcato, capital of the state of the same name, yere of ficially announced here. The lines of fighting at Apizaco are said to have extended about seven miles. The casualties of the Zapata force are es timated to have been at least 600. The rest of the defeated soldiers fled to safety in the foothills of the Sierra Malinche. Object to Proposition. Naco. Artz.—The proposition sub mitted by Birgadier General Hush L. Scott, chief of the United States army -itafT, to remove the Mexican warfare in Sonora out of dangerous proximity to the American border, has met with several objections on the part of the contending Mexican leaders. Jose Maytorena and'General Benjamin •Hill. The objections relate only to details, however, and were referred to Wash ington officials. When a reply is re ceived front Washington, General Scott will hold another conference with Maytorena. and Hill. Relief Ships Sail. New York—Two ships filled with $6&0,000 worth of food for Belgium, has sailed- from here and Philadel p'nia. They carried one half million bushel3 of foodstuffs. More Mexican Executions. K1 Paso, Tex.--Stories of executions in the patio of the penitentiary or by mysterious shootings in the streets were brought here by arrivals from Mexico City. These Mexicans, whe declined to be quoted, told cf rumors current in Mexico City that partisans of Francisco Villa and Emiliano Za pata feared a break b 'tween the lead ers. These same reports credited many of the reported executions to Colonel Rodolfo Fierro, a member of Villa’s staff. Protest Saves Millions. London.—The Germans at Brussels have withdrawn their demand for a new war contribution of $100,000 pre sumably owing to the protest of the American minister. * General Superseded. London.—An official communication issued in Vienna explain* the reasons for the defeat of the Austrians by the Servians and announces that Field Marshal Oscar Potorick, the Auetrian commander-in-chief, has been super seded by General Archduke Eugene jNEBRASKA1 j; STATE NEWS ; ♦ Elmwood is organizing a boosters club. Ice is being cut on Silver Lake, neai Hastings. Talmage has started a boy scout or ganization. Peru has shipped 35,000 bushels oi apples this fall. The town of Talmage has signed foi its first Chautauqua. A poultry show will be held at Hoi drege January 12 to 15. About 1,200 ballots were cast bj mail at the last election. Wiflihm Underdown was killed by a Burlington train at Ashland. Fire destroyed the I. O. O. F. build ing at Humboldt. Loss $8,000. Wymore is planning to send a car of flour to Belgium war victims. Seward had tag day last week tc provide for the unfortunate ones. The Wymore pet and live stock show was held December 21 and 24. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dow of Te cumseh celebrated their gojden wed ding. The Fort Calhoun State bank baa opened for business in their new building. Citizens of York contributed 2S8 sacks of flour toward the relief of the Belgians. Fully 200 were present at the dedi cation banquet of the new $20,000 de pot at Curtis. The contract for the new $20,000 city hall and auditorium at Geneva has been let. W. K. Strode has bought the Blair Tribune, which was formerly owned by W. It. Williams. Workmen are just finishing up the painting of the Cedar county court house at Harlington. Joseph Wells of Kimball, stumbled with a shotgun in his hand and in stantly killed his son. The third annual corn show and ed ucational exhibit closed at Seward after a successful week. Frank Rustler of Lush ton had his right arm badly mangled by getting it caught in a corn sheller. Dollar wheat pretails at almost every elevator in the state and farm ers arc rushing in their crops. Eire, originating from a defective flue, completely destroyed the Odd Fellows' building, at Humboldt. Four barrels of rabbits, caught in a drive by Chapman farmers, have been turned over to Grand Island poor. The new Christian church, which was built at Sutherland last fall at a cost of $0,500, 1ms been dedicated. Burglars entered the clothing store of I.einer & Simon at Bloomfield and carried off 000 pounds of merchandise. A systematic campaign is being car ried on in Gage county to raise funds for the purchase of flour to be sent to the Belgians. Frank Rustler of Lushton had his right arm ftidly mangled by getting it caught in a corn sheller. Amputation will be necessary. David Fountain, held for murder at Sacramento. Cal., may be the man who killed Goldie Williams at Grand Island three years ago. Mr. and Mrs. David Reese of Co lumbus became the parents of their nineteenth child recently. Of the nineteen ten are living. Hazel Boop. ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Boop, living near Johnson, sustained a badiy broken limb by being run over by an automobile, while returning from school. The McCook public schools have sent to New York city their contribu tion of $32,33 for the Belgian suffer ers. The Masons have also contrib uted to the relief of their brothers in that stricken country. Gage county Germans have contrib uted nearly $3,000 to the sufferers from the war in Germany. Contribu tions have teen sent from Beatrice, Barneston. Filley, Hanover, CJatonla, Cortland and Wymore. Both the Presbyterian and Method ist churches and Sunday schools of Lyons passed resolutions requesting Congressman Dan V. Stephens to vote for the nation-wide prohibition amend ment now before congress. “This is the worst crime in all his tory, even than that of the European war.” This was the statement of Adam Legiar in district court, at Hastings when Judge Duncan granted Mrs, Legiar a divorce and $1,200 ali mony. Mrs. R. D. Rickard, who recently lost her purse containing two dia mond earrings and a gold watch while en route from Beatrice to Hastings, received the jewels by mail a few days ago. They were valued at $4,200. John Fillman of Joplin, Mo., has been chosen to manage the Beatrice baseball team in the Nebraska State league for the season of 1015. Fill man will report the early part of Jan uary to look over the held, and will be ready for active service April 1. Fire of an unknown origin destroy ed the T. B. Hord elevator at Monroe, Platte county, and 5,000 bushels of grain. Albion high school students gave a benefit concert last week. The pro ceeds were turned into the Belgian re lief fund. Active preparations were started for the annual state poultry show to be held at Hastings the week of Jan uary 18. Members of the local ar rangesuents committee say they wilt have ample funds and predict the at tendance and entries will be larger than ever before. A draft for $3,229.57. together with currency and checks, bringing the to tal to nearly $4,000, was found on the person of William J. Kelly, wealthy cattle man from Banner county, who was fined $1 and costs in police court in Hastings. Thomas Matters, Omaha attorney, entered a plea of not guilty to the Indictments returned against him in connection with the failure' of the First National bank of Sutton, after his attorneys had argued three mo tions in federal court and Judge Mor ris had denied them all. The casen will come to trial In February. ROYSE WOULD GIVE BOARD POWER TO REFUSE CHARTERS RESPONDS TO S. 0. BANKERS On Operation of Guaranty Law.— Says Ore Failure Since Effective. Lincoln.—That the state banking board shcu’.d have power to prevent duplication of state banks in towns where the business appears to be in sufficient for more than existing banks is to be the recommendation of Secretary Royse of the state banking board to the coming legislative ses sion. The official believes that no business good follows the more or less indiscriminate granting of charters to several institutions in a field where fewers banks could take care of the business. To the requests of South Dakota bankers and law makers on the oper ation of the guaranty law, Secretary ' Royse has responded by showing that Nebraska has had but one failure since the law went into effect and bv showing also that twenty national institutions within the past year or more have changed from national to state banks. In comparison with Nebraska banks it is shown that fifteen state banks have closed in South Dakota during the'last ten years and depositors have not been nearly as fortunate in receiv ing the amount of their deposits. The records show that the capital stock of these banks totaled $179,075; surplus and profits. $29,254.97; total re sources, $1,098,648, and liabilities, $1,458,372. Plan High School Tourney. Manager Guy E. Reed of the state university has announced the dates of the Nebraska High school basketball tournament—the biggest thing in high school sport—for March 10, 11, 12 and 13. The tournament is the fifth held under ihe auspices of the university authorities and has grown so rapidly in favor among Nebraska high schools that the management has added an additional day for the games this year. Sixty four Nebraska high schools participated last year and , Reed expects the entries to run up ! to seventy-five or eighty next spring. It will bring between 500 and 600 athletes to the university. Vaudeville Show at Prison. Members of the coming session of the legislature are to be the honor guests at a vaudeville performance and prison show given by inmates of j the state penitentiary, according to the promise of Warden Fenton. The date of the affair will be fixed to suit the lawmakers. The members of the troupe are already preparing for the event. A number of their jokes they j will try out on the Christmas eve ; ’audience, while the most fetching i ones will be saved for the solons. Prohibition Act Repealed. That the legislature of 1858 repeal ed the territorial prohibitory act ot 1855 was declared by the state su preme court in the case wherein Bit tenbender and Bittenbender, Lincoln attorneys, sought to revive the old law. The act of 1855 prohibited the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in Nebraska and the attorneys sought a court order to force the Lin coln excise board to enforce that law. Will Contest Election. J. \V. Kelley more widely known as "Platform Kelley,” though defeated for the legislature in the Sixty-fourth district by J F. Fults, his republican opponent, will contest the election be fore the legis’ature. Fults received a majority of live votes over Kelley, ac cording to the latter, and he will base his grounds for a contest on irregu larity in counting the 2,GOO votes cast in the election. Simplified Spelling, Simplified spelling in a modified form was adopted by the university senate. All university publications wi’l use it hereafter. Hereafter it will be catalog. prolog, decalog, demagog, tho. altho, thcro. therefore, thru and thruout with university professors and students. Ice Cre3tn Beats Meat and Pie. Nebraska university students at the etafe agricultural college eat more servings of ice creim with their meals than they do pie and jmdditigs com hired, according to Miss A'ie M. Loomis, he-.!l of ho department of home economics. Rural Schcci Patrons to Meet. ■ An open forum on school law re vision will be a feature of the meet ing of the rural school patrons in Lincoln during the week of Organ ized Agriculture .January 18-211. Mem bers of the legislature have evinced considerable interest in this meeting. Superintendent-elect Thomas will read a paper on “The Democracy of Education." J. D. Ream of Broken P.ow Is president of the Rural School Patrons and \V. H. Campbell of Clarks Is secretary. Women to Meet. Women in attendance at the uni versity farm during Organized Agri culture week may attend the sessions of the tenth annual program of the Nebraska Home /Economics associa tion January 19, 20 and 21. The lec tures will take up food, home eco nomics, work of women in clubs, art in the home, the budget system of handling household expenditures, kitchen equipment and economics of dress, and other topics of domestic Interest. FOR OLD-FASHIONED CAKE Recipe That Ha« Not Been Improved on Since Our Grandmother* Used to Make It. Fruit for thi* should be prepared in advance a* follows: Six cupfuls of currants, washed, dried and picked. Three cupfuls sultana raisins three cupfuls of citron cut in fine strips, one half cupful candied lemon peel, two cupfuls of almonds blanched and cut “in shreds. In a warm bowl mix four cupfuls of butter sad four cupfuls of sugar, granulated or confectioner's, beat these together until very light. Ereak ten eggs into another bowl, do not beat them. Cover a waiter with a big sheet of paper; sift four pints of flour over this, add the fruit and the following spices: two teaspoonfuis each of nut meg, mace and cinnamon, one table spoonful each of clove* and allspice Mix these together and stand aside ready for use. Have ready in a little pitcher one-half pint best brandy. Se lect a deep cake tin ar.d grease with butter, line it inside wi;h white paper and on the outside and bottom with Tour or five thicknesses of very thick wrapping paper which you must tie on. Have your oven hot and the fire banhfd so ft will not bum out quick ly. Now beat the butter and sugar once more, add the eggs two at a time, beating the mixture after each addi tion. When the eggs are all used, turn In the flour and fruit with brandy, mix thoroughly, pour into the prepared cake tin, cover with several thickness es of brown paper, and bake eight hours, keeping the oven steady and clear. Remove from the oven and allow it to stand on tin sheet until quite cold. Ice with a thin coat of white icing top and sides and stand in a cool oven to dry, then give it a second coat of thick icing and ornament according to fancy. An icing made of white egg, a few drops of cold water and confectioner's sugar is the bc,~r for the thick icing. BEFORE THE HEAVY COURSE Some Delicious Appetizers That Are Not at All Hard to Acquire or Prepare. The hors d'oeuvre is not much used by private families in America, but a dish of any of the things used v/ill admirably set off a modest meal. For oysters or clams, cooked or raw, two hours before serving chop two or three shallots very fine and put them in a saucedish with salt, pepper, vine gar and oil. Pass this around with the shellfish, supplying small plates for holding the sauce. Another ex cellent hors d’oeuvre can be made of one green pepper, several slices of Bermuda onion, and one firm, fresh tomato. Peel the tomato and denude the pepper of seeds. Then cut the last in fine shreds, putting these on top of a slice of onion laid in turn on a slice of tomato. But do this indi vidual arrangement after the vege tables have marinated in a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice or vinegar and salt and pepper. Anchovies, preserved, in oil, are famous appetiz ers, and they are served as they come on a little dish with hard boiled eggs chopped fine, capers and minced parsley. A dhef Suggests: That small pieces of chicken with the merest bit of its own liver pounded up with some cream and a little cora line pepper make a delicious paste to spread on thin slices of brown bread. Before attempting to seed raisins cover them with hot water and let them stand 15 minutes; then the seeds can be removed easily v;ithout any waste. The left-over cooked potatoes should not be piled together, as they will sour quickly; spread them out on a large disli. That a teaspoonful of carry powder added to the cream sauoe in which macaroni is baked greatly improves the flavor. Meat Fritters. Cut cold tender cooked meat in fin gers or slices and dip into batter or chop and stir into the batter seasoned with salt, pepper and herbs of chopped onion as desired. Plain Fritter Batter.—This batter is used for all fritters as fruit, meat, clams, etc. One cupful flour, one-half teaspoonful baking powder, one-fourth teaspoonful salt, two eggs, one cupful milk. Sift dry ingredients together, add beaten eggs and milk and beat until smooth. Save Worn Tabic Cloths. Probably you are convinced that you are practicing all the , economies known to the up-to-date housekeeper, blit have you ever turned inward the outer edges of a half-worn tablecloth? It is done exactly as a wide sheet Is rejuvenated, and if a very fine seam is ctrefully felled down on the wrong side of the damask, the joining will never show. Try it with the tablecloth you have decided to cut up for napkins. Golden Cream Cake. One cupful sugar, three-quarters cup lul butter creamed together, one-half cupful sweet milk and the beaten whites of three eggs, one and one-half cupfuls flour, one and one-lialf l^vel teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake in layers. For Filling.—Yolks of three eggs, one cupful sugar and f,wo tablespoon fhls thick cream beaten together until Tery light. Flavor with vanilla. These are very good. The Turkey Toothsome. If the turkey is roasted with a lard ing of thin fat pork over his plump bosom his flavor will be improved ten fold. Three very thin slices of pork are enough, and, of course, the good work of basting must be continued to the last moment to carry the hint of the pork through all the bird. To Preserve Cut Flowers. Cut .flowers wither quickly from the heat in a room. If a small piece of camphor is placed In the water, it will keep them fresh much longer. HAPPY HOLIDAYS We wish you "many happy returns”—but happiness it really only a reflection of health. It depends large: y on the digestion. If you are poorly as a result of a weak stomach, inactive liver or clog ged bowels we urge a tr:a! of HOSTETTEK’S STOMACH BITTERS It brings back appetite, aids | digestion and is beneficial to the entire system. Start today. LOSSES SURELY HH.VEKTEr b7 Catter*- Black'** P.Ua I> * priced. fresh. vadafaia pnferre-i m We-tern atodaaen. be- ai*- , pretect "rfeere ether race act 1 Write for bc-oklet t-'-d tei r; - 10-rfaae j«f«. Blasclcf Pi >i S SMm Hit. BUeUe* P- a C J i I'm any injartcr. ci? Cut er'i The ropericrity of Cutter prdara a d i- to **r years of aperiaitrfn* In vaa^ses u4 nrn-i *« i. laaitt ea Cutter t. If anoUalzxa’.le. ori»' ‘itre- * : Tha Cutter Ubtraiory. BvUicj. Cai.. tr Ca test. IIr NEW IN CONFIDENCE GAMES Mining Promoter Working tr New York It Very Evidently a Man of Ideas. Edgar Lewis, moving picture itrec t6r, told a story to his guests in a cafe of a confidence man with new idea He called the swindler Nat Pierce in telling the story. Mr. Lewis said that he was sitting near a group >f rich Westerners in the Waldorf w'jen he heard a page calling “Nat Pierce, please.” The Westerners became in terested. One of them said: "That is the name of the clever pro •moter we met today. Let’s see ho is calling on him.” They stopped the page and took the card. It was that of Senator Eiihu Root. “Ha. ha!” they said, “he nius: be all right. Here is Senator Root's card. ’ Soon another page came through “Peacock alley” calling "Nat Pierce, Please!” The Westerners stopped him and looked at the card. It was that of M. Jusserand, the French ambassador. "This is enough!” they chorused, and went out to look for Nat Pierce and his glittering opportnnity. They found him carelessly shuffling a collection of cards Tanging from Governor-elect Whitman’s to that of President Poin care of the republic of France.—New York Sun. Not Quite the Same. A youth was employed in a business house a few years ago where the as sistants had their meals supplied by their employer, who deducted a cer tain amount each week from their wages to defray the cost of the food. The assistants were not satisfied with their meals, and one day the house keeper, highly incensed at the re marks passed by the youth and his fellow-sufferers concerning the scar city of food on the dinner table, re ported the matter to the principal, with the result that the young fellow was invited the next day to a free lecture by his employer, who began: "I hear that you were one of those who complained about what was pro vided for dinner yesterday?" “Oh, no, sir!” came the unexpected reply. "You heard wrongly. What I complained about was what was not provided.” He Knew Two. Miss Pauli was one of the teachers at the mission Sunday school. One Sunday the subject of the lesson was “The Second Commandment,"and Miss Pauli began by asking little Adelbert Dugan the question: “Now, Adelbert, have we any idols in this" country?” For a moment the boy hesitated, and then replied: “Yes, ma'am. Me dad's idle, and me uncle, too.” When a'woman builds an air castle she always uses a man's heart as the foundation. Smile, smile, beautiful clear white clothes. Red Cross Ball Blue. American made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv. You can't keep a good man down; nor an upstart. The family tree joke is getting to be a chestnut. The nJ red can -•remember it—Van Hoiiten’s Rona Cocoa —healthier and more dehcious than tea or coffee. Half-pound red can— 25c PATENTS Beteg reeeonable. WE BUY, UmL?- bosin^s where. Write lBreretate^t^^j^^ Ncbraslifl Directory ,! •> “^S8 * WKLLMAf, * ' y?«?>Aj?.'.,l,.|.. MarchanU ^•sSEsfcsSPS^ •reined Io. Um Woref-SKi^Ki J*® .enlectedjina