1 u>*+'*<+%**i+<***mmm+lt~**„*ti*, 0M^m^^mm0^0rnm wW £>tefe Hbteihmg ift fiir bic ^cimilicn^licbcr, meld?* am. Lliebften r^eutfd? Icfen. 2*0111 Sdimmlafcc btf curojiiifdicn 25dllttfricgt?. 2er 23 erididerftatter bcs ungari fdien „2Ragparor?jag" cntipirft foi genbe* intereffante 23ilb non ber Gtnfammlung unb Siuybannadjung ber mannigfaltigen unb in ungcijcu* ren dRengen auf ben nom geinbe oer laffeneit Santpfplafccn jurucfbleiben bem Sriegbmatertal. Gr erjablt u.a.: ^it ben auf bie Ginnabme ber ga lioifdjen £auptftabt folgeitben la gen fubrert tnir mil ber i'abn^ira fau—fprsemtysl—Sternberg bis jur flcincn Station dRoScisfa; bie reft IictK Sirecfe, ettoa 60 Sim., follien mir im Sluto juriiilegen. io,n ber 3eit bi3 3U beffen Gintrcffen unter natjmen mtr eiiten fleincn diunbgang burd) bie Station, mo ein uitgarifd)er Stanbfmrm - Dberleutnant bas from* manbo Ijattc, ein ofrerrcictjifdyer „9to ter Sreus" - .dug ftanb unb mam* ■beutfbe 2*errounbcte gebulbig auf it)* ren Sibtransport roarteten. 23ei bic fer unferer dfromcnabe fticBcn roir auf eineit groBcrcn pladiengebecften Steitcrmagen, ber bie diuffdjrift: „Srieg-:-beute ■ Cffisier" trug: tRatiirlid) intereffierten mir un§ fofort fiir biefe fo ganj uugerobbtt lidie Gbarge unb Stelluitg unb fo madden mir bie 23efanntfd)aft cinc» beutfeben ^auptmannes, cbeu bes „Srieg£-beute - Cffijiers", ber uns iiber bie ©ebeimniffe femes roidjti gen ^Softens aufflarte. Gr mar ei* item beutfeben StTrmeeforpS sugctcilt unb uttter feinem Sommanbo beforgt ein StanbfturmbataiHon bas ©cfcbcift be* Gtnfammelits, bauptfaddidi aber bes SortierenS ber sPentc, moil bei cent auTieien poung aud) anbere Jruppen fjcifcn. £er SriegSbcute* Cffijicr unb feme Seutc foigen il) rem Hrmceforp# ftet# unmittelbar nacb. SBenn bicfe# porriidt, mirb fofort mil ber ©infammlung begoit nen. £auptfadje ift, bag ba# crfie Sfuflefen mit auBerorbentlidjer 2d)neIIigfeit, abcr tropbem griiub lub erfolgt, fobaB tatfadjlid) ba# ganje &Tieg#materiaI pom flcinftcn bis jum groBten ©egrnftanbe —• PoHftanbig roobllo# — cingefammelt mirb. 2Benn bo# aHe# gefdseljen ift, bann beginnt bie fnfrematijd)c Sor* ticrung unb 2Iu#Iefe. -£a finb nun Perfdjiebenc fad)Der fidnbige 3oIbaten nad) bem ©runb iafce ber pollfommenften ?Irbeii#tei lung befdibrtigt. 5£er einc macbt nicbt# anbere#, al§ bag cr bie au#ge fdboffencn iPatroncnbiilfen auflieft. ?Iuf cinen cpaufen fommen bie ruffi fcben, beutfeben unb ditcrrcidiiid)=un garifeben ipatronen. E'er bierin ge. iibte Solbat entmidelt bierin einc cr ftaunlidje ®efd)idlid)fcit unb ®c fdjtoinbigfeit. 3af)lofe Safiroaggon# befdrbern bann biefc ipatronen in# §interlanb, ben man fann fie aQe mieberum beniifsen. ©in Unteroffijier ift fortmdbrcnb mit ber Unterfucbung nicbt erplo biertcr ?IrtiIIenegefdicfic * befdjditigt, ein anberer befafet fid) bamit, £>anb bombenPerfager unfdjdblid) 311 ma dden; e# giebt ein ganje# Jlrfenaf foldier. Xiefe mobernen Shrieg# merfjeuge finb eben duBcrft gcfdbr licb; menn fie fo auf bem Perlaffenen Sdtilacbtfelbe liegen, geniigt cine flci ne Seriibrung, bo# Slnftreifen be# aubc# cine# boriiber meglaufenben SHnbe#, um fie jur ©jplofion ju bringen. Bbur ber erfabrene grad) mann fann fie in bie £aub nebmen, obnp ban Unheil entftebt. Me biefe ©egenftdnbe fommen nad) ibrer Sorticrung inB Snncre bc» Sanbel, in bie enifpredjenben Jva brifcn. Hud) bie ftbeitibar toertlo feften Hbfalle roerben nid)t rocgge roorfen, So ift 3. ©. jcber, aud) ber fieinfte ©erocbrbcftanbieil non SBert, roeil eben biefe§ Stud bei eiiiem an bercn ©etocbre feblen faun, unb au» fiinf, fedj§ unbraucbbaren ©eroebren fann ein neueS crfteben. Hus abge tragenert ©Hliiarftiefeln, aue Sober reften, fteUt man cine papicrmacbe artige ©Jaffe ber. Die SSoQe non Uniformlappen nerroertcn bie Dud)-, 5cfcen- unb ©apierfabrifen. So ift bie ©eftimmuiig jeglidien abgetragenenStoffeg aud) ber Jfleii • ftcn &rieg§beutc" genau geregelr Ueberbies ift e§ ber $nitiatine be§ ..©eute - JDffigierS" anbeimgcgeben, bafe er tracbtet, bie Sage felbftcinbig au^unufcen. ©2 gicbt beifpieloroei fe ftabile Sager in befonber-5 gutem 3uftanbe befinblidjer HusriiftungS gegenuanbe. ©r bat immcr Ijolserne J$elbf«afd)en, Sfod)ge)d)irr, ©paten, Spifcbaden auf Sager, abgefcben ba non, baB er non feincn ©eftanbcn maffenbaft tocgfdjidt. SBetra bann auf ben Sampfplab jiebenbe 2run pen in ber ©abnftation auetoaggo niert toerben, unterlabt e§ ber ©eu teoffi3ier natiirlid) nic, ju fragen: „^eblt einem irgcnb ein Hu§ru* ftungSgegenftanb ?" Unb ebenfo na tiirltd) finbet fid) einc unb ber anber ©fann, ber ein augenblidlid? erlebig te§ Hnliegen bat. 3roei, brei Dage nad) ben beftig ften Sfcimpfen ift ba3 Scbladitfelb be reiiS abgefudtt unb gerciumt. ffiaf fen unb Hu§riiftung§gegenftcinbe barren aud) idjon auf ber nadjftcn ©abnftation ber neuen ©ertoenbung. SSafljington’e ijjroteftnotc an Gng lanb, SSafffington, £. G. 2ie 5>er. Staaten babcn, bie 23el)inbe rung ber neutralen '$oft pcrurtci lenb, Q>ro[>britannicn unb f>raufieicb oerftanbigt, bag fie nidjt longer bie llnbilben bulben toollen, roeld)e ame rifanifdje burger ju leiben batten unb burd) bit* „gefe§Iofen 'Btaftifen" biefer SHegierungen nod) forttoabrenb leiben, unb bag nur einc rabitaie Jlenberung biefer fJSoIitif, burd) lrel* die bie ilcr. Staaten ibre Pollen :Wed)tc al§ neutrale lPlad)t rciebercr baltcn, jufriebenftellenb fein teirb. EiefeiBerftdnbigung ift in ber let) ten amcrifanifdjen 2tote an bie bci ben obcngcnaimten 'Uladjie eutbal ten. _ Gs ift stoar tein 3eit-ier min feftgefetjt, in tocidjem biefe cer langte 21enberung burcbgcfiibrt fein muff, aber bie Sereinigten Staaten ertoarten promote SlFjfeon. £ie britifdje unb fransoftfdje 9te gicrung babcn burd) Sefdjlag: rl> mung unb 3enfuientng ber neut'a len '4?ofi befcbavcrlicbe unb idftigc lle bergriffe begangen, bie in ocr 91ete aufgejablt toerben. g-erncr toerben fogenannte legale 2Irgumenie, roeldic in ber ?lnttoort ber Gntente • Sldditc auf bie erftc biebbejiiglidje amerifa nifd)e 2iote embalten toaren, beant toortet. G§ teirb befonbcrS fraftig betont, baf) nid)t nur fommerjielle ^ntcref fen Slmerifa’t- gefdjiibigt, fonbern aud) bie Gigentumsredbtc nerlefet unb bie fRegeln be-5 intematioualen @e fepc* unb bie iiblidjen ©ebrautbe ganjlid) mifjacbtct tourben. $n bet iti'oie teirb ferner angefiinbigt, baf= bie 2>er. Staaten balb Grfatj • ?ln fpriidie an bie englifdie unb fran.30* fifd)e *J?cgierung betreffs ber bcrcita erlittenen 23erlufte ftcilen toerben. GnglcnbS Slnttoort. Gnglanb bat bie 'proteftnote Sfmc rifas rcegen ber gefeblofen Pebinbe rung ber ncurralcn 'Poit, fufort bc antrcortei. 2er norroegiidic 2am pier ..Striitianiafjorb" tourbe auf fei itcr fxabrt nacb Stem ?}orf angebal ten unb 794 Sdde Poit Don Porb genommen. Pom „iyrebcrif VIII." murben 900 Sdcfe geftoblcn. Pom fcbtoebifcbcn Sampler „9icto ©toe* ben" murben cbenfalls aUc fiir Slme rifa bcftimmte polrfacben bgrunter* gcbolt unb juriicfbebaltcn. Gine boflidie Slnttoort. Paumtuollpflcnscr forbcrn Sdiuft. SBafbington. Prdfibcni 23il fon erfldrtc bem Senator Sbcpparb, unb 9i. 2. Potocn aim 'Paris, 2er., roeidier bie farmers’ Union biefee Staatcs nertritt, bie amcrifanifcbc Stegierung tue alles Ptoglidje, um bie Sicdite ber amcrifanifcbcn 'probu senten Don PaunnroUc unb aubern Pebarfsartifcln, toelcbe in Guropa benotigt toerben, 3U fdjiiben, unb roerbe iidi aud) femer bcmiiben, bie Jyrcibcit bes amcrifaniicbcn .§anbelS pvrfebra gegen Gingriffe ©rofebri tenniens unb anberer Striegfiiliren ber 311 roabren. £>crr Porocn fiibrte bariiber Pefcbroerbe, bag bie Conner ber Pier. Staatcn im ^apre 1914 allein $500,000,000 perloren bat ten. 2er 'Piafibent bagegeu bejog fidi auf ben gricbenspcrtrag mit ©roBbritannicn, toeldjer eine griinb Iidje 2isfuffion ber grage nottocn big madje. Uncrborte Seefradjtprcifc. 9? o ft o it, 2Raff. (Jin nod) nidit bagetecfener 93rci§ ber®d)iff§fradjten rtmrbe f)icr errcicbt, inborn ber ®ob Ienbampfer „9Welroic", weldjer ber 9cetc (Jnglanb ©ns crCofe (Jompant) gebort unb ein gabrjcug p in 3300 ionncn ift, fiir bie gnbrt non ^amp ton fRoab§ nad) 9Uo be Janeiro fiit $85,000 monntlid) Pon ber 1 r 3)orF & 93ra3il Stcamfbip Sompanr gcdjnrtcrt tnurbe. Tcntfdjer ^onbclsperfcbr in bet Cftfee raieberfjergcftefii. Stopenbagen, iiber Sonbon. 9?ad) einer au§ aJInlmo eingetroffe lien Tcpefcbe ait ben „9>oiitifen" ift ber beutfdie £anbcl§Pcr!ebr in ber Dftfee tnieberbergcfteflt roorben. giinf beutfcpe £anbeISfd)iife finb unter bet 93eglcitung 3ablreid)er bcutfcper ftriegsfdiirfc in fd)tpcbifd)cn §afen eingetfoffcn. tPferbennFdnfc fiir SUliicrtc. g a ft St. 2 o u i §, Seit bent iBeginn bes furopitifcben $rie ge§ baben bie HKiierten in ben bie* figen National Stod 9)arb§ iiber 200,000 i'ferbe unb 'JRanItiere ge Fauft unb gegentncirtig mad)t fid) eine .(Tnappbeit on Jicrcn ini biefi gen SKarFt fiiblbar. Tie neugicrige 3ugcnb. „©roBPater," fngte fiiansdjen, inbcm er fid; ben Fablen Scbabel fc-inc§ 9Tbn§ febr genau anfeb, „barf tdj bid) ’tuaS fragen?" — ..©eroifp $ans!" — „Samntft bu bein $aai mit einem Siafiermeffer ?* ALL 0 \ inORT NEWS ITEMS OATES FOR COMING EVENTS. June 28-29—International Auctioneers’ Association Convention at Omaha. July 3-4-5—Mid-Summer Race Meet at Kearney. July 5 to 8—State Golf Tournament at Omaha. July 10-11-12—Northwestern Hotel Men’s Association Convention at Omaha. July 10-11-12—Missouri Valley Veteri nary association convention at Omaha. July 17 to 22—Nebraska State Tennis Tournament at Wayne. July 25—Nebraska Democratic con vention at Hasttngs. Aug. 7 to 11—Tractor Week in Fre mont. Aug. 7 to 10—State Press Association's North Platte Valley excursion. August 10.—Second annual barbecue at Seward. Aug. 17-27—Seventh Day Adventists' Conference at Hastings. Aug. 21-25—Mo. Valley Photographers' Association Convention at Lincoln. Jay Burns of Omaha, president of the National Master Bakers’ associa tion, urged the Transmissippi Master Bakers' convention in Omaha recent ly. to raise a $300,000 fund and begin an immediate propaganda to prepare the public for a rise in price of bread. He predicted that bread must rise in price in the next few months. Tekamah poultry raisers report that hundreds of their little chickens have been killed this spring by the "bluejay.” It is said they kill a goou many by striking the chick on the head then devouring the brain. Many ow ners of chickens are now preparing to kill off the bluejays before all snrine rhirkpns arp Hp ings. North Platte was selected over Lincoln and Beatrice as the next meeting place. Fifty thousand copies of a pam phlet containing prohibition campaign songs have been obtained by the state Woman's Christian Temperance union for distribution to "dry’’ workers over the state. The Nebraska Dry Feder ation is furnishing free plate matter or. liquor traffic to state newspapers. Several school districts in the vi cinity of Auburn are contemplating the establishment of a rural high school. Fred Parker, one of Nemaha county's best known citizens, has re signed his place on the Clifford school district board to assist in the under taking. The French government has placed an order for the purchase of 10,000 horses with a South Omaha horse dealer. It is a rush order, and it is desired that it be filled not later than August 1. The horses to be bought are for the cavalry and artillery serv ice. The returns of the realty schedules submitted to the Gage county board of equalization show the average value of Gage county farm lands to be $63.27 per acre. The total acre age of Gage county farm lands is 334. 773,964, and the total value of the same $33,837,292. $208.33 per acre was the price paid for a 240-acre farm, located between Stella and Humboldt, in Richardson county, belonging to M. W. Harding. Reports are that crops in Kearney county never looked better. One of the largest crops of alfalfa is now being put up. Corn, although small, is coming along fine. Omaha was selected as their meet ing place in 1917 by the National Fu neral Directors’ association, at its annual session in Hastings. A severe hailstorm and cloudburst did considerable damage to growing crops in Brown county. The water washed out several bridges, covered up the corn in the lister furrows and drowned several hogs. The hail dam aged small grain badly. The village board of Laurel has let the contract for a new single action triple pump for the waterworks de partment. It will be capable of pumping 400 gallons a minute and will be operated from the electric light engine. In a handicap match at Silver Creek, Joe Stecher of Dodge threw Jess Jordan, a Silver Creek man, three times in four minutes and thir ty-seven seconds. He contracted to turn the trick in one hour. J. G. Johnston of Holdrege set a new record on the highest price paid for a bull leaving Phelps county, when he sold Diamond Mist, a 2-year old bull, to S. E. Campbell of Orinque, Kas., for $600. At a union tabernacle meeting at David City just recently 300 persons were converted. County Commissioners of the coun | ties of Holt and Boyd will meet in O’Neill, June 30, for the purpose of opening bids and awarding the con tract for the new state-aid bridge over the Niobrara at Lynch. General Manager Walters of the C. & N. W. railroad, who just return ed to Omaha after a trip over the state, declared that the outlook for a bumper crop in Nebraska was never better. Plans are being perfected at Wy more for the installation of a sewer system to cost nearly $17,00#. Nebraska editors, or at least as many of them who can leave their ; print shops, arc going to take a week i off this fall and see western Nebraska. Through the efforts of the executive ! committee of the Nebraska Press as sociation, a special train of Pullmans will leave Crand Island on August 7 and during the week will cover the greater part of western and northwest ern Nebraska. Stops will be made at many of the cities en route and the principal sessions of the association will be held at Scottsbluff and Gering. August 10. Several weeks ago the Department of Commerce at Washington wrote the public service club of Broken Bow ap prising them of the scarcity of paper in the country and asked their co-opera tion in the matter. The municipal committee of the club took hold of the matter, looked up a dealer who would handle the waste paper and now the Boy Scouts of the city have taken up the task of cleaning the street of waste paper and selling it for the ben efit of their local organization. The committee in charge of Min den's fall festival has announced a program for the occasion, which is to be held the week of September 28. The program consists of a county ten nis tournament. Baseball tourna ment, tractor demonstration, tug of war, live stock exhibits, street parades and scores of other at tractions. The streets of the city will be specially lighted and decorated, with corn taking a most prominent place in the decorations. Traces of the hoof and mouth dis ease are reported to have been found in a herd of cattle of Chas. K. Harrod near Giltner. Mr. Howard is one of Nebraska's biggest cattle feeders. It is said he will probably lose about 200 cattle as the result of the malady. Seven of the fastest, best known and most skillful automobile drivers in the world, Dario Resta, Ralph De Palma. Ira Vail, Tommy Milton. Wil bur D’Alene. Arthur Devlin and C. W. Thompson, have signed contracts to participate in the gasoline classic which will be held in Omaha July 15. Fremont's proposed $175,000 hotel, according to plane adopted by the committee in charge of the project, is to be six stories instead of five, as was first planned. It will have every modern convenience, including a con vention hall, which will seat 400. The Nebraska Bankers' association is to hold its annual convention in Omaha some time in October. This was decided by the association's ex ! ecutive council in session at Omaha a j few days ago. The Hastings baseball association, which managed the State league team there has turned over to the Chamber 1 of Commerce the balance cf $266 and the stands, club house and other equipment at the ball park. According to the reports of the pre cinct assessors there are 1,412 auto mobiles owned in Gage county, the total value of the cars being $489,980, | or less than $350 per car. F. J. Fentiman, an extensive stock man and feeder of Jefferson and Gage counties marketed ninety-five head of cattle recently which brought him the | sum of $9,710. Osceola is preparing to hold the only Fourth of July celebration in Polk county. Judge Sutton of Omaha is to be the orator of the day. Crop conditions in Dawes county are reported as excellent. Wheat is S coming along nicely and corn is stand | ing up well. Ray C. Langford of North riatte was elected president of the Nebras \ ka Association of Elks at their an nual convention in Omaha. R. V. McCulley has sold the Spring viw Herald to E. G. Pelletir, for ! merly publisher of the Wewela, S. D., Record. Fremont’s new city directory, just I issued, contains eighty-two more names than the 1914 directory, and ' gives the city a population of 14,585. The Hobson saloon building at Au ■ burn has been converted into a gar age, making six establishments for housing automobiles in the city. Two new paving districts have been established in Seward and work will | commence soon. As a result of the recent heavy rains, many bridges have been wash ed out in Dawes county. The Nebraska W. C. T. U. conven tion will be held in Omaha Septem ber 18 to 22. A movement is on foot at Shubert to establish an electric lighting plant in the village. The Missouri river at Omaha claim ed two more victims a few days ago, when Carl Jacobsen, 12 years old, and his brother, 9, were carried out into the swift current. The older boy went down in an attempt to save his younger brother. Records at police headquarters show that no arrests were made in Kearney for drunkenness from May 31 to June 10. It is no extraordinary occurrence for a city of this size to have from four to ten cases of this nature in po lice court each morning. The Union Pacific is rebuilding its bridge over the Loup river at St. Paul and in the reconstruction an arrangement has been made with the commissioners of Howard county by which the structure will be used for general traffic. At a special election at Winnebago the water and light bonds carried by a vote of 51 to 11. It is expected that a steam plant will be installed. Ten thousand dollars was voted. The loss of cattle by clover bloat in southeastern Nebraska has been heavy this spring. The lower house of congress has passed Congressman Klnkaid’s bill extending for one year without inter est the time in which homesteaders on the Fort Niobrara reservation may pay the two remaining installments. The city council of Falls City, by a vote of 4 to 2, granted the Gehling Brewing company a license to sell wholesale beer of its own manufac ture, despite several remonstrances. The water supply at Falls City is running out and new wells will prob ably have to be driven at a cost of $8,000. THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK June 19, 1915. French took by assault Fond de Buval and advanced in Alsace. Germans evacuated Metzerai af ter burning it. Austro-Germans captured Grodek, crossed the River Tanew and took Komarno. German submarine sank British steamer Dulcie. t June 20, 1915. Germans made strong attack in Argonne after bombardment with asphyxiating shells. Russians in general retreat be fore Mackensen, west of Lemberg. Italians took more positions in Monte Nero region. Turks defeated Russians near Olti, Transcaucasia. British cruiser Roxburgh torpe doed by submarine, but not sunk. June 21, 1915. French made gains on heights of the Meuse, in Lorraine and in Al j sace. Teutons captured Rawa Ruska and invested Lemberg. Russians evacuated their posi tions on the Upper Dniester. Italians made general assault on Austrian positions, but were re pulsed. Turkish Asiatic batteries bom barded allied columns on way to new positions. German submarine sank British steamer Carisbrook by gunfire. Austrian naval planes bombed Bari and Brindisi. Gen. Christian De Wet convicted of treason in South Africa. I June 22, 1915. French captured the Labyrinth after many weeks of fighting. Teutons took Lemberg, Russians retreating in good order. Italians lost heavily In attacks along the Isonzc. French defeated Turks in great fight on Gallipoli. British aeroplane bombed Smyr na. June 23, 1915. Russians in swift but orderly re treat before Teutons. Montenegrins marched against Scutari, Albania. Italians bombarded Malborgeth, Carnia. German submarine torpedoed and then burned Norwegian steam er Truma. June 24, 1915. Severe fighting in Bessarabia. Austrians took general offensive against Italians but failed to gain. British gunboat Hussar bombard ed Turkish ports. Russian retreat in Galicia con tinued. June 25, 1915. Germans made violent night at tack on Heights of the Meuse, with asphyxiating shells and flaming liquids, but were driven back. Russians threw part of Linsin gen's army back across the Dnies ter. Italians made progress along the Isonzo, taking Globna, north of Plava. British in land and water attack on Bukoba, on Lake Victoria Nyanza, destroyed the fort and captured much booty. French aviators bombed Douai. Activities of Women. New York city is in need of at least fifty thousand servant girls. Typewriter girls are found even among the kimono-clad women of Ja pan. There are today probably seven thousand women in the United States practicing medicine. The great Mexican estate of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst of California, compris ing over three million acres, probably will be broken up by President Car ranza, who has announced that he in tends to drive all foreign land holders from that country. Miss Louise L. Thomas of St. Louis turned her back on society to become a volunteer kindergarten teacher in a settlement in the foothills of the Cum berland mountains. Demanding that they be sent to the battle front, a group of French women, wearing uniforms, recently attempted to enter the chamber of deputies in Paris, but were turned back. Restaurant Episode. "Why didn’t you interfere when the cook chased the waiter with a cleaver and the waitress yelled murder?" “I thought it was an ordinary cab aret feature. I couldn’t understand what the waitress was ' yelling. I thought she was singing."—Louisville Courier-Journal. - A Poor Way. It isn’t likely that the Lord ever in tended to have preachers trv to win people to his side by being disagree able. Natural Progression. "My son,’’ said the elderly finan cier, "learn early in life to paddle your own canoe.” “Yes, father.” "That’s the surest way to become the possessor, later in life, of a private yacht.” Great Help. “Now the city with a big public square finds that it builded wisely.” “How so?” "Solves the problem of parking at> tomobiles, don’t you know." I Offended Her Taste. Apropos of the amusing comments on academic costume that so often re veal popular ignorance of the symbol ism of hoods and gowns is the follow ing story, told by a contemporary: “A friend of mine.'' says the narra tor, “is a curate in a local suburban parish. Some little time back he went up to Oxford to take his master of arts degree, and the following Sunday appeared in the pulpit resplendent in his new master of arts hood. A few nights later he was dining in the house of a prominent parishioner, and was amazed to hear his hostess pleasantly remark: “ ‘Mr. X.. that new hood of yours doesn’t suit you at all. I can't imag ine why you. with your complexion chose red of all colors in the world. A myrtle green or an old gold would have suited you much better, and ■ would have been far more effective. !Tt>u men never know how to dress I yourselves.’ ” TORTURING SKIN TROUBLES -. That Itch, Burn and Disfigure Healed by Cuticura. Trial Free. — Bathe with plenty of Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse and purify. Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Oint ment to soothe and heal. This stops itching instantly, clears away pimples, removes dandruff and scalp irritations, and heals red, rough, sore hands. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. May Revolutionize River Traffic. The first self-propelled freight barge, designed to carry heavy cargoes of freight on the Missisippi river, is vis iting all the large cities from St. Louis to New Orleans. It is known as Inco I, and is the first of a $9,000,000 fleet being built. The barge Is 43 feet wide, 240 feet long and is propelled by four 80-horse power gasoline engines. It has a capacity of 1,600 tons. It is believed the new type of barge will revolution ize freight traffic on the Mississippi river. Similar barges have been put in operation recently on the Warrior riv er, in Alabama, hauling coal to the sea board at an extremely low rate. in Doubt. “Did 1 understand you to say that Colonel Jagsby is a prominent prohibi tionist?” “Well, I notice he always sits close to the front of the platform whe*. there is a prohibition rally, but I don'i know whether that is due to a passion for publicity or the workings of an aroused conscience.” Find Tetrabeiodon’s Bones. A fossil declared by scientists to he the lower jawbone of the prehistoric tetrabelodon, one of the earliest spe cies of elephant of which there is uny record, was on exhibition here. It was found in a nearby mine.—Ba ker (Ore.) Dispatch to Portland Ore gonian. Paradoxical as it may seem, it’s when a man finds himself in hot water that he gets cold feet. THOUSANDS RECOMMEND THIS RELIABLE KIDNEY MEDICINE I wish to state that in the seven years that I have sold Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root I have never known of a single cus tomer who did not feel satisfied with the results obtained from its use and speak very- favorably regarding Swamp Root. They always come back and ask for it and that in itself is a sufficient guarantee of the value of the preparation in the trou bles for which it is intended. It is a splen did kidney medicine and I take Lapp, ness in handling and selling same. Verv trulv vours, LIENHART PHARMACY, C. J. Lienhart, Prop. Dec. 24th, 1915. Norman. Neb. 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He was. perhaps, more frequently employed as an expert witness as to testamentary capacity than any other alienist in the country. Question of mental fit ness, of intent, of motive and of the other attributes of a “sound-disposing mind” were before him constantly. Yet he drew his own will so ambigu ously, so obscurely, that his executors have been compelled to invoke the aid of the court to determine what the learned testator meant.—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Thrashing Them Out. Mis. Boardman Harriman said at a mother's meeting in Brooklyn: ‘‘1 am opposed to parental cruelty. Childhood’s spirit should not be crushed. But I am opposed to child spoiling, too. ‘‘In short, I believe that, if a son begins to sow wild oats, his parents should begin thrashing." Nothing Gained. “I've been working here nine ; "ars. Mr. Grabcoin. Don't you think it is about time for me to get a raise?" "I do. indeed. Mr. Jobson." “Thank you, sir.” \ “I will raise your salary $2 a week and that amount will be deducted each week for our employers’ protective fund.''—Birmingham Age-Herald. A railroad is projected to reach tha top of Scotland's highest mountain. Ben Nevis. Two medicinal preparations are be ing made from hog brains by a Danish company. The Delight of Children The self-developed, inner-flavour of New Post Toasties bear a unique attraction for the kiddies— they even like them dry from the package for their lunches. A box of Toasties provides “eats” that will delight the children. New Post Toasties sire usually served with cream and sugar, in which form the flavour is more pro nounced and the flakes more delicious. 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