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Where He Loses. 'he man who is always punctual eeping an appointment never loses ything.” “No, only half an hour waiting for e other fellow to show up." least four-fifths of the damage ■ohAa by earthquakes is due to the EegVeet of the ordinary requirements fof sound construction. Philadelphia has more divorces in proportion to population than any other citv in the East. Tell a woman that consistency Is a jewel and she will tel! you jewelry la vulgar. Always proud to show white clothe*. Red Cross Ball Blue does make them white. All grocers. Adv. "Bone" grafting is not confined to the medical fraternity. When all others fail to please Try Denison's Coffee. The mother tongue has the father tongue beaten. * Don’t Poison Baby. B~*^ORTY YEARS AQO almost every mother thought her child must have PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produce 1 sleep, and a FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP PROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, lauda num and morphine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without labelling them “ poison.” The definition of “narcotic” is: “A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poison ous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death." The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of “ Drops,” “ Cordials,” “ Soothing Syrups, etc. You should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. Genuine Castor la always bears the signature of Get rid of the stumps and big crops on cleared land, is the time to clean up your grow Now farm wnue products bring nigh prices, blasting is quickest, cheapest and easiest with Low Freez ing Du Pont Explosives. They work in cold weather. Write for Free Handbook of Exploeioes "No. 69F and name of nearest dealey DU PONT POWDER COMPANY WILMINGTON DELAWARE p Nebraska Directory If AH A 1^ and supplies. Largest house in the n-est. Ail ElkllCIIINfi Eastman goods. We pay re rinionmu turn postage on finishing. THE ROBERT DEMPSTER CO.. 1813 Farnam Street Eastman Kodak Co. Omaha. Neb. Good Serum Will Savo Your Hogs —. From Cholera Co© D. S. Got. Licensed Seram. Phone, wir©. write or call on OMAHA SERUM COMPANY, 26tK Mi O Sta., 8. Omaha. Neb., Phone Soath 2868 DR. BRADBURY, Dentist 26 YEARS IN OMAHA Home treatment for Gum Disease*. Painless Dentistry; work guaranteed 10 years; Fillings, Crowns, Bridge-work and Plates that stay where I put them. Send for Booklet on Unusual Dentistry—It's free. Railroad fare for 50 miles allowed. Crowns from $2.50 up. 921*22 Woodman of World Bldg.. Omaha. Neb. Concerning Women on Juries. “Do women have to sit on juries if they vote?” Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National American Woman Suffrage, association was re cently ashed. “Not necessarily.” said Doctor Shaw; "but I have seen a lot of ju ries which needed to have someone sit on them, and I have known wom en who have had to stand up at most difficult and disagreeable employments who would be glad to sit on juries and receive about double the price they get by standing. And these men and women who prey upon the virtue of girlhood and boyhood would rather face Satan himself than a jury of mothers. Yes. we need women on some Juries." How to Clean Stone Window Sills. In the Woman's Home Companion a Missouri woman told as follows how to clean stone steps or stone window sills; “Get five cents worth of the coars est sandpaper and rub stone steps or stone windows sills briskly until all marks are removed, then simply dust them with a duster or a rag. They will stay white much longer by using this method than scrubbing them with water. 1 always wear a pair of canvas gloves, as they protect the hands from any scratching." Tame Description. “I saw your husband at the ball game yesterday.” "What was he doing?" "Why, he seemed to be an interest ed spectator.” “That doesn't describe my husband. He's a cyclone rooter." If a man desires to engage in a harmless form of useless endeavor, he might as well breed pouter pigeons. Every time some people bury the hatchet they dig up a hammer. <k:3\ Sausage and Sliced Dried Beef Both contain less heat producing properties than heavy meats. Try them for summer luncheons and picnic tidbits. Libby, McNeill a Libby Chicago ln>i*t on Libby’* at your grocer's VIRGINIA FARMS and TIMBER LANDS Improved and unimproved. $5 an acre and up. Rich lands, heavy crops,healthy climate, happy farmers. Colonial homes. “ italogue free. B. T. WATKINS A CO, C, 28 North Ninth St, Richmond, Va. PATENTS WatMaE.C«lemaB,Wssb. Ington.D.C. Books free. High Best results. Wasting Time. "FTiction always takes time. An object rolling down a smooth hill goes much faster than when it bumps along over stones and cobbles. A j courteous remark will carry you quick l er to the bargain than querulous bick ; erings over prices which the sales woman cannot control. When you allow the saleswoman to bring out dozens of $40 to $50 suits when you know you will not pay a cent over $25 you are wasting your own time and hers. When you chat with an acquaint ance at the glove counter and ignore the girl's "Do you wish eight or twelve button?" you are wasting time again and depriving the girl of another cus tomer. He Let It Go. Fault Finder (in front of dairy res taurant)—1 notice the word dairy on your new sign is spelled d-i-a-r-y. Proprietor—I know it is. I was going to have it changed, but the painter convinced me his way of spell ing the word was more suggestive. Fault Finder—More suggestive? Proprietor—Yes; he said it con veyed the idea of putting things down. —Judge. His View. Optimist—What do you consider the greatest thing that ever happened? Pessimist—It hasn’t.—Puck. When opportunity occurs for kind words deliver the goods. IT SLUGS HARD. Coffee a Sure and Powerful Bruiser. “Let your coffee slave be denied his cup at its appointed time! Headache— sick stomach—fatigue. I know it all m myself, and have seen it in others. Strange that thinking, reasoning be ings will persist in its use,” says a To peka man. He says further that he did not be gin drinking coffee until he was twen ty years old, and that slowly it began to poison him, and affect his hearing through his nervous system. "Finally, I quit coffee and the condi tions slowly disappeared, but one cold morning the smell of my wife's coffee was too much for me and I took a cup. Soon I was drinking my regular allowance, tearing down brain and nerves by the daily dose of the nefa rious beverage. "Later, I found my breath coming hard, had frequent fits of nausea, and then 1 was taken down with bilious fever. "Common sense came to me, and I quit coffee for good and went back to Postum. I at once began to gain and have had no returns of my bilious symptoms, beadache, dizziness or ver tigo. “I now have health, bright thoughts, and added weight, where be fore there was invalidism and the blues. “My brother quit coffee because of its effect on his health and now uses Postum. He could not stand the nerv ous strain while using-coffee, but keeps well on Postum,” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Postum comes in two forms: Postum Cereal—the original form— must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack ages. Instant Postum—a soluble powder— dissolves quickly m a cup of hot wa ter, and with cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage instantly. 30c and 50c tins. Both Kinds are equally delicious and cost about the same per cup. "There s a Reason” for Postum. —sold by Grocers.^ SEALS ACT MUCH LIKE SUBMARINE HAT airships, gliding planes, and aeroplanes have been suggested to man by the flight of birds is well understood by us. That the dead ly submarine of our present maritime war uas been suggested to us by any form of natural animal life is not so patent. Doubtless it has often been in the minds of fishermen and whalers when tempest tossed and severely driven. Certainly it yould be a happy ship for them that could be so constructed which would safely dive with all on board to the quiet depths below, there m rest content and easy until the clouds ro'.ied by’* above. We have come to regard the soaring albatross or the condor as the proto type of the aeroplane. When we look for a natural model for the submarine »e find it well made in the body of the fur seal and fully suggested by its method of progression in the sea, for it travels there only when wholly sub- _ BZALR/JMS ro SURTACf 7V LOOK ABOUT \jrjTQ72S7yr or Gtrtnrq lwdzxvay A 3£A£ JP£tZar&’JLCCW&' JUjrnCNZAZH Gemmae of wnzgR__ A SL&SPIM? ££A£. a submarine has a great advantage over the human boat—it has eyes that can look ahead and around under wa ter—how far, we do not know, but it is reasonable to assume that the seal’s eyes can see as far under water as the eye of a camera can, and which we have the evidence of in good rec ords. Then, too, it also has an acute sense of hearing under sea, for we know that the whirring of a propeller's screw will drive all the seals away for miles around a steamer. We know that because some of merged. Unlike, however, the "Unterseebot,” the 'ur seal is not fitted for swimming on the surface; it only rises there to survey, to breathe, and to sleep; .t never attempts to swim with head above water on any course, no matter how short. It rises, when undis turbed or not alarmed, looks about with head and neck well stretched up above the surface of the sea, the early pelagic j sealing vessels were fitted with small auxiliary screws, and these, when put into use, had to be re moved. Then, on the other hand, we find that our submarine boat has one great advan tage over its sealing prototype—it can re main for many hours, yes, days— under sea. The seal cannot stay there more than four or five minutes, as far fills its lungs with air (literally com pressed), turns its head down, and, with its powerful flippers, drives it be low the surface to the depth of five or J :en feet, then ahead on that level; thus submerged, the body of the seal glides through the water as swift ly as a swallow in the air—it is a van ishing streak to our eyes. How long it remains thus submerged when traveling, no one has any defi nite knowledge, but the best consensus of opinion gives it a rise a intervals of every three or four minutes to breathe that is, a pause of less than two or three seconds with barely more than its nose and eyes aoove the surface, for exhalation and renewed inhalation —when down goes the trim body to speed ahead again. W hen our submarines were first brought out a trip of more than 3UU miles from base was the utmost limit of their cruising. Today, they have been so perfected by the Germans that we know they can cruise safely more than 3,000 miles from that base. There fcre, in this connection it is interest ing to know that the fur seal mukes a submarine journey in the North Pa cific ocean of more than 5,000 miles from its base on the Pribiloff islands in Bering 'ea, and then returns. An animal which can not only make such an extended journey, but can steer its course, over an uncharted waste from point to point, month by month, with posit!ve regularity and in perfect time, must be a fine type of swimming machine—it is. There is to be observed a close re semblance between the cigar-shaped submarine boa. and tbe body form cf the fur seal. As we view them lat erally, this resemb.ance is complete; they are both driven ahead by feather ing screws, and they are both kept on the level of their submerged course at a given distance below the surface by rudders. Then we observe that the periscope, to which the submarine craft owes all its efficiency, is duplicated exactly by the seal’s nose and eyes, and which are all that it ever lifts above the sur face when startled, and in flight or passage. Again we note that the fur seal as HAVE SAVED MOUNT VERNON 'otomac Was Threatening to Cut Away the Whole Bluff—Good En gineering Work. The high Dluff on which stands Mount Vernon, the home of our tirst president, has for years been in dan ger of gradually sliding into the Po tomac. This danger became acute a few years ago when it was discovered that a new landslide was beginning that threatened to destroy the broad lawn in front of the mansion, if not the foundations of t’.e mansion itself, and engineering work, recently completed, was begun at that time to save the historic site from further damage. The ground slopes from the mansion to the edge of the bluff, and from this point drops steeply for a hundred feet or more to the edge of the Poto mac. The river at this point is a wide tidal estuary and the action of the waves has caused a steady erosion at the foot of the bluff. Underlying the bluff are strata of sand, elav and soft sandstone, which, m investigation, were found to be saturated with water, and this, com bined with the erosion of the waves, has resulted in landslides that have doubtless been going on intermittent ly for ages. To cure the trouble a small drainage tunnel was first driven in the bottom >f the sandstone stratum and carried back from the river front u distance of about 20C feet. From this tunnel a heavy Bow of water immediately started, and this How continued for several months. At the end of that time the flow di minished to a moderate amount, and has remained practically constant ever since. To prevent further erosion at the foot of the bluff through the action of the waves a heavy masonry wall was then built along the edge of the river. It is hoped that danger of future slides has been eliminated.— Popular Mechanics. Desert Lighthouse. Prairie schooners, as the long can vas-covered wagons which cross the deserts of Arizona are called, are guid ed by the only desert lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse marks the po sition of a well, the only place where water can be found for 23 miles to the eastward, and 30 miles in any other direction. Many a wayfarer in this vast, water less region has died vf thirst prac tically within sight of the welt, the whereabouts of which he was ignorant. It was a tragedy of this sort which led to the erection of the beacon. A boy, perishing of thirst, had fallen in the last stages of exhaustion. When night came, he noticed the light from the well keeper's cabin burning dimly in the distance. With a last heroic effort, the boy reached the cabin. This gave the well keeper an idea, and now every night a light flashes out from the only desert lighthouse in the world.—American Boy. The W-jy It Coes. The girls demand that the men they wed shall be tall and distinguished looking, with curling locks and gold galore, and have perfect dispositions and soulful eyes, dance divinely, be masterful, yet tender, and otherwise more or less resemble Greek gods and he-angels. And then they marry us poor, skinny, blunder ng, shambling, misshapen, awkward runts, with our sins and foolishness heavy upon us. and look as fondly triumphant, bless ’em, as if they had each won a capital prize! —Kansas City Star. as we have any proof of. That it can remain that long has been well known to us by the evidence curiously given to us by the seals themselves. They have a habit of turning themselves head down in the sea. with their hind flippers lifted up entirely out of the water, completely reversing their normal attitude wThen 1 rising to breathe and survey. This habit is to enable them better to scratch their sides and loins with the fore flippers than they can when not thus inverted, becadse the hair and fur open better in this queer position un der water when rubbed by their flip pers. A great maSy stop-watch rec ords have been made of the time un der water which a senl would keep its head when thus scratching, and the limit of four to five minutes was fre quently m ,de- -never longer. With reference to the powers of de struction, of course our fur seal boat has no torpedo tubes, but It can and does “shoot its mouth off” at fish with a deadly certainty. In this connection it is interesting to note that seals do not catch fish by pursuit of them—not at all; they shoot down, from above, upon the backs, or up from below, to strike at the bel lies of their finny prey. How fast these rhocine submarines can speed up under ‘.he stimulus of ex citement or fear no one knows. But it is well known when a vessel is com ing down before a gale of wind from the islands, logging 14 to 16 knots, that a bevy of fur seals will often fol low the ship for hours, end repeatedly swim by it, swim around it, and then re new the chase and circling of it.— Henry W. Elliott in Nc.‘w York Times. Extinct Ground Sloth. The remains, of an extinct ground sloth found in Patagonia and brought to this country by Mr. Roosevelt is now In the American Museum of Natu ral Bistory in New York. These re mains'. possess extraordinary interest, because the surroundings in which they Wpre found seem to prove that the animal was living only a few cen turies ago. and was not only contem porary with primitive man, but was to some evtent domesticated by him. Previous to this discovery It had been believed that all the great ground sloths of South America, of which many fossil remains have been found, became extinct thousands of years ago. The lcmains recently found were discovered in a dry cave, in company with tools or weapons or stone and bone, together with bundles of grass spread as though intended for fodder. There were other indications that the animaln had been stabled or Impris oned ip the cave and fed by their cap tcra Less Than Human. Tom, the country six-year-old, pre senting himself one day in even more than his usual state of dust and dis order. was asked by his mother If he would not like to be a little city boy. ard always be nice and clean In white suite and shoes and stockings. Tom answered scornfully; "They’re not children; they’re pets.”—Harper’s Mouthty. IVORY ABSORBING MOISTURE The average person does not asso ciate ivory as an absorber of water, but this quality of the product was brought out in a customs case, says an exchange. The American Express company entered ivory, which it claimed had absorbed moisture on the voyage from Africa. Collector Ma lone's men weighed the product and found that it exceeded the invoiced weight by a fair margin. The col* lector accordingly took duty on the weight found after the ivory had been unloaded from the vessel. When the Ivory was later weighed at the factory of the ultimate importer the weights were lower than those returned by the government officials and approximated the weights contained on the invoice. When the question came before the board of general appraisers. Judge Waite did not attempt to decide whether ivory is an absorbent of moisture, but held that the importer had failed to prove his case. So the question remains an open one. Depends on the Ripeness. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” “Not much In those adages.” com mented the physician. "1 make my vacation money out of green apple cases.” Without Doubt. “Did you see where France is going to make all her fai men do military duty?” “That confirms the claim that they . are going to continue a stout fight” Invaluable Searchlight The electric searchlight is now con sidered as essential to an army as to a battleship. A11 the armies of Europe have portable searchlights, the French having brought them to g.n especially high degree of perfection. The held searchlight is usually carried on cne motor truck and the generator bn an other, a quick connection being made by means of wires. This modern searchlight may be placed in a most exposed spot, and both operator and generator kept ib a sheltered position. The'light may be automatically con trolled from a distance, and thus though the enemy center their fire on the light the operator is not endan gered. These lield searchlights are fitted with 68-inch reflectors and throw a beam of 7,000 candlepower. These searchlights will illuminate objects at distances of a mile and over.—Ameri can Boy. Knew His Duties. A soldier on guard in South Caro lina during the war was questioned as to his knowledge of his duties. “You know your duty here, do you. sentinel?” "Yes. sir." “Well, now, suppose they should open on you with shells and musketry, what would you do?” “Form a line, sir.” "What! One man form a line?” "Yes, sir; form a bee line for camp, sir.” Mixturr.fi <n Type Metal. Type mtu!, from which the types used In printing are made, consists of 65 parts lead, 25 parts antimony and 10 parts tin. NEW VERSION OF OLD JOKE Mr. Bones Gives His Opinion as to Why a Certain Celebrated Act Was Done. “Misto' Interlocutor," began the end man, "I wants to ax yo' a ques tion.” “Very well, Mr. Bones. What is your question?" “Why does a chicken cross de road?" "That is a very old one, Mr. Bones. She crosses the road because she wants to get on the other side, of course.” “Yessuh, dat's right, Misto' Inter locutor. An’ now, since yo’ is so smart, mebbe yo' kin tell me why she wants to git on de oder side." "No, Mr. Bones, I'm afraid I can’t tell you that. Why does the chicken want to get on the other side of the road?" "Cause dey's a young gernman over dere what's got de price of a ice cream soda in his pocket.”—Exchange. DO NOT HESITATE To Use Cuticura on Skin-Tortured Babies. Trial Free. A hot bath with Cuticura Soap and gentle application of Cuticura Oint- j ment at once relieve, permit rest and sleep and point to speedy healment ! of eczemas, rashes, itchings and irri- | tatiocs of infants and children even In severe cases. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Cold Douche. President Wilson tells of a famous Princeton professor who supplied the pulpit one Sunday in the hamlet of Penn's Neck. He preached his finest sermon and thrilled the congregation in the little country church as it had never been thrilled before. At the close of the service he was feeling particularly well satisfied with himself when the leading elder approached and asked him: "Well, doctor, what’s the damage?” Didn't Work Both Ways. The timid man was about to pay for his luncheon of "ham and” when the following conversation took place: "Pardon me. sir, but our rules for bid us to receive bent or battered coins from customers." "But I received that very coin here yesterday by way of change.” “Very likely, sir. We have no rule against giving bent or battered coins to customers." His Mild Request. “My dear," he began mildly. “Well?” she snapped. “I don’t mind your borrowing my Panama hat. But when you return it please remove the veii and the hat pins. I don’t care to wear such equip ment downtown again.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. Fame is a bubble but it is just as well to allow someone else to blow yours for you. Every woman’s pride, beautiful, clear white clothes. Use Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers. Adv. Secretly, every man believes his fu neral procession will be the longest ever seen in his town. When all others fail to please Try Denisor.’a Coffee. It's a good reputation that can't ac quire a spot. A TIP FOR STOMACH SUFFERERS You can help your Stom ach back to a normal condi tion, induce liver activity and bowel regularity by careful diet and proper ex ercise, to which you should add the toning and strength ening qualities to be found in a fair trial of HOSTETTERS STOMACH BITTERSI Nothing Doing. “Then your husband won't make a garden?” * “No; when it comes to spades he de clares a chicane.” Strangely enough, there is no simi larity between our mansions in the sky and our castles in the air. Some men are never neutral. They are either kicking or being kicked. OH! MY BACK A stubborn backache is cause to sus pect kidney trouble. When the kid neys are inflamed and swollen, stoop ing brings a sharp twinge in the small of the back, that almost takes the breath away. Soon there may be other symptoms; scanty, painful or too fre quent urination, headaches, doziness, or rheumatic pains. Don’t wait for these troubles to become serious—use Doan’s Kidney Pills at once. You’ll find no better-recommended remedy. A Nebraska Case Mrs. V S23 coin, Neb., says: ' "My kidneys were badly weakened and the doctor's medicine didn’t re lieve me. My back ached terribly and my head ached as though it would . split. I was nerv-t ous and the kid ney secretions were' unnatural. Doan’s I Kidney Pills help ed me from the1 nrst, ana four boxes removed all tne ailments.” Get Dean’s at Any Store, 50c a Ban DOAN'S VMV FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. T. Your Liver Is Clogged Up That's Why You’re Tired—Out of Sorts —Have No Appetite. CARTER’S LITTLE, LIVER PILLS will put you right , in a few days.^ They do, their duty., Cure Con-1 stipation, Biliousness, Indigestion and Sick Headache SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 38-1815. 5 <)hr??i&9i Ovoid Op&utition& For years we have been stating in the newspapers of the country that a great many women have escaped serious op erations by taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound, and it is true. We are permitted to publish in this announcement extracts from the letters of five women. Al. have been recently received unsolicited. Could any evidence be more convincing? IHodgdon, Me.—“I had pains in both sides and sr^h a sorenei* • I could scarcely straighten up at times. My bac* ached anti t was so nervous I could not sleep, and I thought I nevtr would to any better until I submitted to an operation, but I comm* seed taking Lvdia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and soon feit like a ntv woman.”—Mrs. Hayward Sowers, Ilodgdon, Me. 2Sttelby ville, Ky.—U1 suffered from a severe female trouble. • My right side hurt me badly—it was finally deckled that f must be operated upon. When my husband learned this he got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinknam’s Vegetable Compound for rue, and after taking it a few days I got better and continued to improve until I am now welL”—Mrs. Mollie Smith, R.F.D., Shelbyville, Ky. O Hanover, Pa.—“ The doctor advised a severe operation, but my u* husband got roe Lydia E- Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and I experienced great relief in a short time. Now I feel like a new person end can do a hard day’s work and not mind it.”—Mrs. Ada Wilt, 303 Walnut St, Hanover, Pa. A Decatur, III.—“I was sick in bed and three of the best physi .* cians said I would have to be taken to the hospital for sin oper ation as I had something growing in my left side. I refused to sub mit to the operation and took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound—and it worked a miracle in my case, and I tell other women what it has (lone for me.”—Mrs. Laura A. Griswold, 2137 Eaat William Street, Decatur, ILL C Cleveland, Ohio.—“I was very irregular and for several years *** my side pamed me so that I expected to have to undergo an op eiauon. uoctors said they knew of nothing that would help me. I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound and I became regular and free from pain. I am thankful for such a good medi cine and will always give it the highest praise.”— Mrs. C.H. Griffith, 1568 Constant St., Cleveland, O. •Write to LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. _ (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN, MASS., for advice, four letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confluence. 4YfitA fe MAM
