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4 ' } (/''APT. WILLIAM H. G.l BULLARD TALKS OP GOVERNMENT’S WORLD-1 WIDE WIRELESS SERVICES AND GIVES INTEREST ING DETAILS ABOUT ITS WORKINGS • • • I fVte - . . . 7 Hi*- story of the development M ''t wireless communication % J In the United States covers a span of only sixteen years. When that story comes to be written the historian will find that the major portion of his material and notes accumulated for the task re lates to the activities of the navy, and that, in this portion of them, the fig ure of Capt. William H. G. Bullard, U. S. N„ is prominent. For, Just as the navy pioneered in wireless, so, within the navy. Captain \ Bullard was a leader of the pioneers, says the New York Sun. It really was seventeen years ago that Captain Bullard, then a young naval lieutenant, fresh from Spanish American war service, was attracted ♦ ’by a new subject. During his student (lays at Annapolis electricity and elec trical engineering had attracted him. These studies he carried on further lollowing graduation. He became known as one of the "electrical shops" of the navy. Wireless appealed to him, both a3 an electrical engineer and as a mili tary officer. With his knowledge of electricity the military possibilities . that lay in wireless were readily ap parent. So he threw himself into the subject He is now—and has been ever since the position was established three years ago—superintendent of the navy radio service. In that capacity he is charged with the direction of the most extensive wireless service in the world today. More than fifty shore stations, approximately 250 ship Cita tions and about 750 navy radio opera tors are under his direction. Under the slender shadows of the trinity of towers on Arlington Heights, overlooking Washington from the Vir ginia side of the Potomac, is a brick building, dwarfed by the great struc tures that rise above it. In one cor ner of this building, on the second floor, is the office of Captain Bullard. Born in Pennsylvania in December, 1866, he is forty-nine years old. In 1882 he was appointed to the Naval academy, from which institution he ' was graduated four years later, but to which he has returned for four dif ferent tours of duty as a member of the faculty. Physics, chemistry and electrical engineering have been the , branches he has taught, and a text book he has written on electrical en gineering is standard there and else where. In 1899, the year following the Span Ish-American war, Mr. Marconi brought to this country from Italy three sets of his wonderful new wire less apparatus, the immediate purpose being to use them in reporting the in ternational yacht races of that year. The navy department, long interested in the subject, appointed a board of four officers to observe and report on the working of the system. Following the report of this board the department placed the battleship Massachusetts, the armored cruiser New York and the torpedo boat Porter at the disposal of Mr. Marconi for further experiments with a shore sta tion established on the grounds of the Highland lighthouse, near the en trance to New York harbor. An an tenna was stretched from the flagpole near the house of the lightkeeper, and this had the di~iinction of being the first radio shore station used in the United States. Later a commercial station was erected near the same spot, and still later, in 1903, the navy put up a permanent shore station there. With the erection of the flr.;t ex perimental station the three vessels named were equipped with radio ap paratus, the first vessels of the navy to be so equipped. This was the be ginning of the navy radio service. , Its growth and development has 'f neen remarkable. No part of the At i lantic or Pacific oceans is too far \ tway to be out of reach of a radio gram from an American naval shore station. When the fleet was engaged recently in its big war game on the Atlantic coast the department at Washington was in a position to be in instantaneous communication with ev ery unit. Quite as remarkable as the tale of the development of radio for strategic Cor]rjAiy0£R oullakd purposes is the tale of its develop ment in the navy for purposes quite apart from war. Every department of the government now uses it at times for communication. Its service to commerce and the merchant marine has become indispensable. Watch and clock makers in the Mississippi val ley region, who. through wireless sets they have erected for the purpose, regulate their standard timepieces by the daily time signals sent out from the Arlington station; marine and oth er interests, who receive from the same source weather bulletins; pas sengers aboard ship, who receive the daily news bulletins broadcasted over the ocean from navy shore stations at certain hours; dwellers on the far shores of Alaska and the insular pos sessions, who have no other means of communication—all these and many others benefit by the service. And the cost? It is trifling by com parison with what is accomplished, for of all means of communicating the wireless is the cheapest. Last year congress gave for new installations at high power stations $1,500,000 and for maintenance $500,000, the $1,500,000 to be a continuing appropriation until expended. uI course rne navy is mil me umy branch of the government that has wireless equipment. The army, for example, maintains a cable from Puget Sound to Alaska, an extensive system of wire telegraphs in Alaska and also several wireless stations there, all engaged in commercial as well as public business. Then the coast guard cutters, under the jurisdiction of the treasury de partment, all have wireless equip ment aboard, while in the department of commerce is lodged supervision and regulation control over commercial and amateur wireless operators; but since 1904, by executive action of the president, the navy is supreme in the field of coast stations. Commercial stations operate of course on the coast, hut they must not be so located as to interfere with the operation of navy radio stations. The organization of the naval radio service is a growth and a develop ment. When wireless first came into being in the navy the old bureau of equipment handled it, but subsequent ly the duties were absorbed by the bureau of steam engineering. Then the passage of the radio act by con gress in 1912, with its provision re quiring navy radio stations to relay and handle maritime and commercial business and the joining in the same year of this nation in the London radiotelegraphic convention threw a tremendous burden of new responsi bilities on the bureau. W’hereupon the radio work was or ganized as an administrative unit and Captain Bullard was detailed as super intendent. The bureau of steam en gineering still provides material, but the administration of affairs is under the direction of Captain Bullard. Observe the radio map hanging on the walls of Captain Bullard’s office and you will get an idea of the wide extent of the shore service—no map can show the everchanging locations of the 250 ships of the navy that :re equipped with wireless. Big circles CONDENSATIONS Carl Guiott of Pendleton, Ore., a musician, Is enjoying the recovery of his sight in one eye after a period of complete blindness lasting 15 years. He suddenly regained his vision while walking and he rushed to his home to behold his wife and child, neither of whom he had ever seen. Australia seems to have an Inex haustible supply of marble, which is found there in many colors. In addition to pure white. Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller institute, famous for his feats in sur gery. and who recently discovered a "perfect antiseptic” for use in the treatment of wounds, will be honored by the French republic. Announce ment is made that he will receive the next promotion to the rank of officer in the legion of honor. A candle burning steadily for two ik lays releases energy equal to one horse power. V Finland has an area of 144,249 'quare miles, of which one-sixth is wa ter. owing to the innumerable lakes in the interior of tag country. The balance wheel of a watch vi brates 300 times a minute, 432,000 times a day. or 157,680,000 times a year. As each vibration covers about 1M: revolutions, the shaft on which the balance wheel is mounted makes 236, 520,000 revolutions in its bearings each year. A farm engine driven by a gas mo tor has been invented in Europe that is equipped with its own producing plant for making gas from waste ma terial, such as bark, sawdust or dry leaves. More than 90 per cent of the refin ing and smelting of drosses and scrap metals in the United States is carried on in the territory east of the Missis sippi and north of the Ohio river Boxelder county. Utah, not many years ago a mere desert, has this sea son, for the seventh time in eight years, won the grand horticultural prize at the Utah State fair. The word boxelder has not the same signifi cance in New England as in the West, where the tree by that name is one of the commonest of all. There are evidences of a prehistoric | race which lived in Oklahoma. e - -- WRP£DO GOAT £T££R£D GY W/R£L£SS FROH 3HOR5 &?/? m/?ec enter m/gel £J3 roueRs d£AR rr. hycr, m mark the ports of Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts where navy radio sta tions are maintained, with a solitary big circle in the interior showing the station on the great lakes at the Chi cago naval training station. But the continental map cannot! show all. Inserted in the margin ar% other maps showing the navy radio stations in Cuba, the Panama Canal zone, Porto Rico, Samoa, Guam, the Hawaiian islands, the Philippines and Alaska, and even one at Peking, China. At a glance one gets the out line of the tremendous spread of the service. "As originally contemplated," said Captain Bullard in discussing the ex tent of his service, “plans were made for a coastal chain of radio stations on this continent at practically 10(1 mile intervals, and a long distance chain. Improved apparatus and the In crease of reliable ranges have made so many shore stations useless, so a number have been built. On the long distance chain it has been found pos sible to cut down some of the island stations from high power to medium power "We are now building high power stations at San Diego and Honolulu, and a medium power station at Guam; also eight high power stations in Por to Rico and the Philippines. "The new station at New Orleans is complete. It works with Darien on the Isthmus. A general relay station is being built at Isabel, at the mouth of the Rio Grande river. "Certain naval radio stations in Alaska communicate with a Russian station at Anadyr, Siberia, and tests are being conducted between them and a Japanese station at Ochllshi." “Where do you get your enlisted personnel of operators and electri cians?” was asked “From the same sources that the rest of the navy gets its material, with the addition that often men who are already wire or wireless op erators enlist for the purpose. The naval training stations at Newport. Chicago and San Francisco train young men for the duty, and we have a system of sending some to the elec trical school In New York for special training. Bright signal boys aboard ship also show aptitude for radio work and are given training which fits them to become operators." “Have you any provision for a re serve?" "Practically, yes: but It is all volun tary. As we are constantly inter changing business with commercial companies we are in touch with them and their operators. Such of these operators as desire to do so list them selves with us. giving essential bio graphical and physical data and state ment of experience, expressing a will ingness to enter the naval radio serv ice in time of national peril.” How Nutmegs Aid Digestion. A drowsy state after meals is what we should welcome, for it is the moat favo able condition for good digestion. Nutmegs may produce it because their effect is to increase the flow of gas tric juice. The nutmeg is much nsed by doctors tr a remedy In weak di gestion. If one has a keen appetite he does not n ;ed nutmeg, for appetite is tin most powerful stimulan' of the flow of gastric juice. If the appetite is not good the digestion will be feeble, and then the addition of a lit tle nutmeg will be found of benefit. One Woman’s Way. "Yes,” said the old doctor, "I once knew a woman who died from worry." "What did she worry about?" quer ied the pale patient "Why, she just worried because she had nothing to worry about," an swered the M. D. Ending One Discussion. "1 don’t see how he can afford to do all the things he does.” "Are his creditors worrying?" “1 don’t know.” "Then why should you?" DISPUTE NEARS END SUBSEA CONTROVERSY WITH TEUTONS ABOUT SETTLED. SAFETY ON SEAS PROMISED Central Powers Agree to Practically Every Demand Laid Down by the American Government. Washington, D. C.—Two communi cations from Germany reached the United States late last week, one con taining a proposal to pay an indemni ty for the Americans lost in the Lusi tania disaster, which may bring ne gotiations on that subject to a con clusion, and the other conveying as surances that German submarine commanders operating in the Mediter reanean would not torpedo non-com batant ships of any character without warning them and according safety to their passengers and crews. The communications were deliver ed to Secretary Lansing by Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador. The secretary immediately sent them to President Wilson. Official Washington now considers that America and Germany at last are near a final agreement on the conduct of submarine warfare. Of ficials made no attempt to conceal their gratification at the attitude Germany apparently has assumed. It was considered to be virtually in har mony with the American viewpoint. Tension regarding the entire sub marine question seems to have less ened considerably. Austria in its re ply to the last Ancona note, having assured the United States of its in tentions to operate submarines with due regard for international law and the principles of humanity. Turkey and Bulgaria, it is understood, next will take steps to give such guaran tees. It is stated authoritatively that Germany and Austria-Hungary will use their influence to accomplish this end. V The Lusitania controversy except for the wording of the agreement then entered into, is considered in Teutonic circles here virtually ended. Million Dollars in Stamps Stolen. St. Paul, Minn.--Robbers obtained approximately $1,000,000 in negotiable internal revenue stamps and several thousand dollars in cash as the re sult of probably the most skillful and successful crime of the character in the history of the northwest. Blowing a large safe in the old federal build ing. at Fifth and Wabasha streets, without attracting attention the rob bers selected their loot with compar ative leisure and rejected a large quantity of stamps that were unne gotiable. They then made their escape without leaving the slightest trace of their movements. Despite the fact that the building is situated almost in the center of the down town district across from the city hall and court house and but one square from several of the city's principal hotels no one could be found who had heard the explosion. Bishop of Omaha Dies. Omaha.—The Right Rev. Richard Scannell, bishop of the Catholic dio cese of Omaha, man of God and man ly man, died at his home here Jan uary V. Always apparently robust, Bishop Scannell’s death comes as a shock to the community, to the Cath olic .church at large and to his follow, ers. He would have been 71 years old on his next birthday. May 12. Bishop Scannell was a priest of God for forty-four years, and a bishop of nearly twenty-eight years. Trans ferred from the Concordia, Kans., dio cese he became bishop of the Omaha diocese January 31, 1891. Always a zealous churchman, his influence in the Omaha diocese was felt imme diately. His fame, at the time of his death, was of international magni tude. Town Looted by Strikers. Youngstown, O.—Six city blocks were partly destroyed by fire at a loss of $80,000, and several persons seriously injured from bullet wounds as the result of battles and riots of 3,000 steel workers on a strike here last Friday night. For practically six hours, crowds of men, many maddened with drink, ran through the streets smashing the windows of buildings with clubs and then tearing out entire fronts. The rioters then would loot the place and then apply the torch. The 3,000 laborers struck for an in crease from 1SV6 cents to 25 cents an hour and spurned a compromise of fered at 22 cents. Suit to Test the Iowa Law. Des Moines, la.—An injunction suit has been filed against the American Express company here to test the right of the express company to trans port liquor into the state. Judge Ay res, in district court, set the hearing for January 14. Swift Co. Has Banner Year. Chicago.—The year 1915 was the greatest in the history of Swift and Company, the packing company re ported. Sales aggregated $500,000,000, an increase of $75,000,000. over 1914. Will Can Onions for British. Seattle, Wash.—Four tons of onions and 5,000 tons of carrots have been purchased on the Puget Sound for shipment to Ladner, B. C., where they will be canned for shipment to Eu rope. It is understood the produce will be used by the British army. Killed by Snowslide. Georgetown, Colo.—Arthur Osborn, an engineer, and Edward Collins, a miner, were caught in a snow slide near Silver Plume and carried down Mount Kelso in the avalanche. THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK Jan. 10, 1915. French cut German railway lines to prevent relief of Altkirch. Turks marched on Egypt. Turkish army of reserves, trying to save Erzerum, repulsed at fron tier. German aviators threw thirty bombs on Dunkirk. French aviators defeated German airmen in battle at great altitude. Abbas Hilmi, deposed khedive, called on Egyptians and Sudanese to rise against England. Jan. 11, 1915. Allies, attacking from Perthes, tried to cut German rail communi cations. Russian lines greatly re-enforced. Military authorities took over all blankets in Berlin and Branden burg. Italy sent garrisons to her isl ands in the Aegean. American party on way to re lieve German and Austrian pris oners in Russia halted temporarily by Russian government. Jan. 12, 1915. French attempted offensive near Perthes and Soissons. Germans repulsed French in Al sace. Russians pressed the Austrians back near the Nida river. Austrians were fleeing from Bukowina. Turks and Russians fought for the Erzerum road; Noury Bey tak en by Russians. British government asked women to persuade men to enlist. Remainder of Turkish Tenth army corps routed at Kara Ourdan. Jan. 13 ,1915. Germans victorious at Soissons, ’orcing French to abandon five miles of trenches and cross the Aisne, leaving guns and wounded. Kaiser watched Germans take the heights of Vregny. Russians occupied villages in Mazurian lake region and threat ened Mlawa. Turks occupied Tabriz and re ported Arab victory over British on lower Tigris. Dover forts drove off two Ger man submarines. Dardanelles bombarded by allied fleet. Jan. 14, 1915. Germans took 3,150 prisoners and 14 guns in two days’ battle at Sois sons. Russian invasion of East Prussia by new force of 800,000 men begun. Germans retook several positions on the Bzura. ■ Turkish invasion of Persia con tinued. Armenian refugees fled into Rus sia. Jan. 15, 1915. British made gains near La Bassee. New Russian army marched north in Poland. Von Hindenburg’s forces declared to be in peril. British took Swakopmund, Af rica. American Red Cross sent sup plies to Saloniki and Virginia and Maryland sent relief ships to Bel gium. Jan. 16, 1915. Austrians brought up heavy artil lery to hold the Donajec river. German troops sent to Budapest. Italian gunboat Coatit damaged in the Adriatic. German hydroplane los* in North sea. French submarine Saphir su ik by Turkish mine in Dardanelles. Allied aviators bombarded Os tend. POSTSCRIPTS The change to electric power on Sweden's most northerly railroad In the world has increased the train ca pacity 40 per cent and the speed 50 per cent over steam operation. A telephone which is claimed to be explosion proof and flame proof has been invented in England for use in mines or anywhere that explosive gases or liquids are present For peeling potatoes In quantities a carborundum lined metal cylinder has been invented, against tbe sides of which the tubers are whirled by a revolving bottom plate. After a lengthy investigation the United States bureau of standards has decided that the lightning rod, when properly installed, is a trustworthy means of protecting property. The entire body of a new automobile headlight Is made of glass, a vacuum between the reflector and the outside protecting the finish of the exterior and keeping it cool. sacK3 maae or a raor.c woven irom paper strips that are twisted with a short vegetable fiber are being suc cessfully used for transporting ore ir Chile. A new German machine cleans and sorts medicinal tablets, rejecting broken ones, and packs them in boxee or tubes at a rate of from 150,000 to 200,000 a day. A new device to prevent an automo bile headlight throwing rays that da* zle consists of a series of concentric metal rings, to be mounted behind the lens to reflect all the light along parallel lines. Oatmeal is generally adulterated with barley flour to give it a whiter appearance. It is interesting to note at the pres ent time that when the war broke out with Turkey in 1878, Carmen Sylvia the "poet queen" of Roumania, was the first to volunteer as a nurse. She worked night and day in the hospitals and after the war was ended the sol dlers among themselves collected enough of the small coinage of the country to raise a national monument to “Muma Ranitola”—“the mother ot the wounded”—of which the queen was extremely proud. NOTED MEN ON BILL PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO AD DRESS STOCK BREEDERS. ¥ WOMEN INVITED TO MEETING Home Economics Association Urges Farmers' Wives to Attend Ses sion January 17 to 21. Lincoln.—In addition to many farm ers wlio will offer the results of much practical experience at the Nebraska Improved Live Stock Breeders' asso ciation during Organized Agriculture Week here, January 17 to 21, some of the most prominent speakers on live stock problems in the middle west will be on the program. Among those from out of the state are C. F. Curtiss, dean of the Iowa Stale Col lege of Agriculture; J. H. Skinner, dean of the Indiana College of Agri culture; George McKerrow, Pewau kee, Wis.; and H. R. Smith of St. Paul, Minn., (formerly of the Ne braska College of Agriculture). Sec retaries of several of the national breeders’ associations and members of the Nebraska College of Agricul ture will also speak. The Nebraska Home Economics as sociation will also be in session dur ing agricultural week and a cordial invitation is extended to the wives of those attending organized agriculture. The programs are prepared especially for the needs of the country home. Boy Babies in Lead. One set of triplets was born in Nebraska during 1915 and 171 pairs of twins. The vital statistics pre pared by Secretary Case of the state board of health shows that 14,137 male children were born, as compared with 13.407 females, a total of 37,544. One hundred and thirty-one babies were colored, 24,109 American. 1,003 German, 794 Scandinavian, 183 British and 312 Bohemian. Douglas county had 2,224 of the 11,943 marriages in the state. Whee ler county had seven marriages and thirty deaths. The chief cause of death was or ganic diseases of the heart, 1,163 being from this cause. Pneumonia killed 813, cancer 606 and tuberculosis 398. Forty-eight persons committed suicide by taking poison, fifty shot and twen ty-seven hanged themselves, while for ty-nine killed themselves by other means. Three deaths were due to starvation, Douglas county furnished the larg est number of divorces, 642. Lancas ter county came second with 243. Ar thur, Banner, Perkins and Sherman couunties had but one divorce each. Over Million Taxes. Taxes paid by property owners of the state for the present year will ag gregate $21,396,358 as against $20, 405,457 last year. This includes taxes for all purposes, state, county, school district, city, town, village—and it takes into consideration the fact,' too, that the state levy was reduced a full mill for the year. The total at that is about $1,000,000 lower than it was three years ago. The increase comes from a raise in local tax rates in sec tions of the state Dodge county makes probably the best showing of any county in the state by paying $346,692 this year as against $502,477 last year. Estabrook for President. A petition containing the names of several hundred supporters was re cently filed with Secretary of State Pool presenting the name of Henr?' Estabrook as a candidate for the re publican presidential nomination, subject to the 191G primaries. The petition states that Mr. Estabrook is the first bona fide candidate to file; that he is a product of Nebraska, and will represent what may be termed "new leadership.” To Observe Child Labor Day. January 24 will be observed as Child Irftbor day throughout the country and while State Superintendent Thomas does not believe a whole day should be devoted to the observance of the same, because Nebraska has so many special days, he thinks a short time should be spent in each school and recommends a program offered by the national child day committee as prop er to use. Pool Busy in uecemoer. The month of December was an un usually busy month 'in the office of Secretary of State Pool. In 1914 this office received during the month of December a total of $2,470.20, but during the same period in 1915 the records show cash receipts of $5, 120.14, a net increase of $2,649.94. Moorhead Accepts Reappointment. Governor Morehead has received the acceptance of Harley G. Moor head, appointed to again hold the of fice of election commissioner of Douglas county. The term is for two years and began the 1st of January. Prison Population Increased. The prison population of the state increased from 341 to 369 during th6 month of December and the number of these convicts out on parole went up during the month to 215. This is the meat of the monthly report filed with the governor by Warden Fen ton. Of the 369 Inmates behind the walls at present two of the number are women. Four women are out on parole and are said to be making good. Officers and guards at the in stitution number forty-six, including Mrs. Fenton, who is matron. Gets Rhodes Scholarship. Paul B. Means of Osceola, a former Nebraska university man, was chosen as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford uni versity for this state by the special commission appointed to make the selection. Chancellor Avery announc ed the selection of Means after two other applicants failed to pass the ex aminations. Means took the exami nations a year ago with Paul Good of Lincoln and both passed exceptional requirements. Good was finally chos en at that time. Means will leave for England next September. Gently cleanse your liver and sluggish bowels while you sleep. Get a 10-cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul breath—always trace them to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food in the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged in the in testines, instead of being cast out of the system is re-absorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes con gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick ening headache. Cascarets immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will surely straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep—a 10-cent box from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months. Adv. The wise woman marries for pro tection as well as for revenue. SEVERE KIDNEY TROUBLE YIELDS TO POPULAR REMEDY About four years ago I had a severe attack of Kidney trouble and Gravel of the Bladder. I was afflicted this way for one year and had severe pains in my back and shooting pains in my bladder; I got so bad that I was not able to work for about two months; I could not rest at night; I would have to get up several times during the night to urinate, and at these times it caused me great pain. I read so much and heard so much of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root I decided to try Swamp-Root; after taking several bottles I was restored to good health and I have not been troubled with my kidneys and bladder since. I cheerfully recommend Swamp-Root to others with kidney and bladder troubles. Yours respectfully, F. H. FLEMING. 802 E. 14th St. Pittsburg, Kansas. Personally appeared before me this 5th day of May, 1915. F. H. Fleming, who subscribed to the above statement and made oath that the same is true in sub stance and in fact. JOSEPH KEYS. Justice of the Peace. In and for the County of Crawford and State of Kansas. Provo What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yon Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y., for a sample size bot tle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable infor mation. telling about the kidneys and blad der. When writing, be snre and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores.—Adv. WHY DONKEY WAS IN CLOVER Punishment That Surely Might Be Classed as “Unusual,” Though Possibly Not “Cruel.” Not very long ago there lived In England an old man who always rode on a donkey to his daily work, and tethered him while he labored on the roads or wherever else he might be. It had been pretty plainly hinted to him by one of the local landowners that he was suspected of putting It in the fields to graze at other people's expense. “Eh, squire, I cud na do sich a thing, fer my donkey won’t eat nowt but net tles an’ thistles.” One day the gentleman was riding along the road, when he saw the old fellow at work and the donkey up to his knees in one of his clover fields feeding luxuriously. ‘‘Halloa, John!” said he. “I under stood you to say your donkey would eat nothing but nettles and thistles?" “Aye,” said John, “but he’s been misbehavin’ hisself, sir. He nearly kicked me i' th’ chest just, now, so I put him there to punish him!” Purely a Defensive Measure. “Hear how old Wogram got even with the war?” “No. How’d he do it?" “Well, when the war cut ofT the dye stuffs Wogram cut off his whiskers."— Judge. LACK OF MONEY Was a Godsend in This Case. It Is not always that a lack of money Is a benefit. A lady In Ark. owes her health to the fact that she could not pay in advance the fee demanded by a spe cialist to treat her for stomach trou ble. In telling of her case she says: '1 had been treated by four different physicians during 10 years of stomach trouble. Lately I called on another who told me he could not cure me; that I had neuralgia of the stomach. Then I went to a specialist who told me I had catarrh of the stomach and said he could cure me in four months, but would have to have his money down. I could not raise the neces sary sum and in my extremity I was led to quit coffee and try Postum. "The results have been magical. I now sleep well at night, something I had not done for a long time; the pain in my stomach is gone and I am a different woman. ‘Every time I had tried to stop cof fee I suffered from severe headaches, so I continued to drink it, although I had reason to believe It was injurious to me. But when I had Postum to shift to it was different. “To my surprise I did not miss cof fee when I began to drink Postum. “Coffee had been steadily and surely killing me and I didn’t fully realize what was doing it until I quit and changed to 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 in a cup of hot wa ter, and, with cream and sugar, make* a delicious beverage instantly. 30c and 50c tins. Both kinds are equally dellcioua and cost about the same per cup. “There’s a Reason” for Postum. ,—sold by Grocera, t