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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF (Can't , Teach Old Dog New Tricks (Britisher Wear American Coat Shirt? No, Sir-ee, It Simply Can't Bo Done. FIRMLY AGAINST OUR STYLE Englishman Want to Slip Garment on Over Hla Head, and He Wants the Collar Button to Touch Hla Neck, Too. London. "You can't tench an old dog new trlckH" Id truo when It conies to tho question of bow an Englishman puts on IiIb shirts. Just a fuw mlnutcH ago the writer went Into a huberdusu cry shop In the Strand. "Do you want your shirts cut Eng- Halt fashion or American!" asked tho fitter. "Way, what's tho difference?" he was asked. "l'ou see, an Englishman won't have a coat shirt; he wants to slip It on over bis head," said the shlrtmuker. , The fitter then told of several Inci dents about his countrymen who came Into this particular shop. The other jday one customer was thoroughly an gry. 11 o had been sold a dozen Aracrl- can coat shirts. ! "I can't get Into them," he said. "All right, wo will sew them up," paid the shirt litter. ' Another Englishman had bought borne Amerlcun shirts and enme back vlth them In a very bad temper. I "What do you mean by selling me blrta without a collar buttonhole In J' ho back?" wbb his objection. "Why, had to cut a hole through with n jpenknlfe." The polite sulesman tried to show lits customer the benefit of the Ameri can shirts ; how tine It was not to have jtho collar button touch the neck. But (he would have none of those kind of ahlrts. "Why," snld he, "I enn't reach the tmck of my neck to put the button Jn." 'Tou dont have to," said the fitter put It in before you put your shirt on." That made tho Britisher angry. 1 won't do It," he said. "I always ut my collar buttons In after my shirt s on my back. And I won't have you pII mn hntv tn iln t." t ( Bars Hangers on Shirts. Though unconvinced on that point the salesman tried to tell the English man how lino It wns to wear n coat shirt; that It didn't ruffle up one's hair when put on. "No, you can't sell mo those shirts. I comb my hair af ter I put my shirt on. Besides," snld this customer, "I don't want hangers on my shirts." Tho writer told shopkeepers thnt coat shirts had not had n long history Iln America. "Well, you see," said he, pan Englishman learns how to put on a shirt when a littles boy, and he won't change." This particular shop has a customer who has bought the same color shirts for forty years, and ho Insisted on that color all during tho war. Another customer for sixty years, now dead, always bought one color of neckties red. Races a "Function." One London paper bus a parngrnph nbout Walter llagen tnklng off his sweater Just us he was about to mnke drive. It simply Isn't done here. Rather serious criticism greeted the first appearance of the Amerlcnn ten nis playors because they dressed so sloppily. An Englishman has his trousers pressed for tennis Just ns ho has them pressed for dinner, nnd he usually wears n beautiful blue coat with brass buttons when he plnys. Tho writer asked an English friend why ho always woro n silk hat nnd cutaway to the races. "Well, you see, It's a function nnd I must," ho re plied. All these differences wero discussed by a group Inst night The Americans rather convinced tho Englishmen of I E tho advantages of American shirts, but very reluctantly. Ono of tho group whom tho Americans thought convinced blurted out. "Well, you see, those cont Bhlrts wear out quicker In the laundry." What can you do with that kind of man? W. Pett Itldge, the English writer and novelist, said the Americans would better change tho subject. So he asked what wns tho difference be tween the English speech and the American. Somebody Bald the Ameri can speech wns a bit louder. "Yes. you have hit It," ho said. "Only you stress the unessential word. Your 'the and 'to,' etc." Another Englishman said: "We will settlo It this way. Your shirts nre I better and speech worse. But In most things we break about even. But do you know what John Hny sold when he returned from the embassy here?" All asked for Hay's speech. Here It Is: "I never saw a Btreet fight In Eng land; I never heard a story that couldn't be repeated In the compnny of ladles; I never heard u real cuss word used." "Where did Hay live?" one English man asked. "No," said another. "You nre both right; we break even on those things too." AVIATOR SEASICK IN THE AIR ItaJlan Flyer Encounters Rough Conditions on Trip to Tokyo. Air Tokyo. Lieutenant Ferrnrln, one of the two Italian airmen who flew from Home to Tokyo, encountered such rough air conditions while crossing Korea thi.-t he became seasick. "In my entire flying experience," ho said, "I had never before encountered such conditions. The mnchlue pitched like u small bont In a heavy swell, and for the first time In my life I knew what It wns to be seasick. "The most exciting part of my trip occurred In Asia Minor," ho added, "about 100 miles from Aleppo, where I wns subjected to heavy nnvchlue gun Dre by the Arub rebels." itrMrtrtrCrtrtrCrCrirMrCri Wife Nagged on Trolley; Conductor Gets Divorce Accusing his wife of annoying $ him while he went about his du ties as a street enr conductor, William L. Stockfleth obtnlned a divorce from Alice V. Stockfleth In Superior Judge Morgan's court In San Francisco. Stock fleth snld his wlfo would board his car nnd borate him for an swering questions of pnssengers. More than that, she never paid any fare when she started out on n nagging expedition. eJJJWWWWWWWWMWWWWWW War Machine an Amusement Device NEBRASKA III BRIEF Timely News Cnltcd From All Parts of tho State, Reduced for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED arc li With Governor MrKolvl him cMcnduu Uiu roprlevo of drummer and Colo to Sep. (ember 10. On that date the prisoners to bo oloetroetttcft hi uccnrdiinca n sentence nronoiineeil several .enrx ago in Hownril county nnd uf firmed by the supreme court of Ne braska. The stay was Issued for tho reason that Grumnior has a suit fend ing In the federal court at St. Paul. Minn. Judge Mutton handed down nn opinion at Ncbrimkii City approving action of the Woodmen of the World In levying nn Increase In rates on all niomhors as embodied In the schedule passed by the sovorlgn camp In 11)11). Several Nebraska t'ltv inoiiiiii.ia im.i Secretary of State Atnsborry has no titled all county cleric thnt polls must remain open from 8 a. in. to I) p. tn. an hour later than other elections for the special election September 21 to Petitioned the court to enjoin the or vote upon proposed aiiieudmeuts tn the I PH'izntlnn rroin putting the liierousol state constitution. Hallots for women ,,,,, ln,, Tfect. voters are to bo specially designated j Explosion of n kerosene stove ns such by a printed line at the top, j caused the Hie which destroyed the but the men's ballots will have no par-1 Wagner farm home near York and ucumr uuii-King. oepiirntu imilot poxes wiiicn resulted In the death of .Mrs f JSwSt I BaaaaairiaKaiRVipaBBaBBBBBBBBXSBuuaBM4 Pv aaaKflaaalfl vBaaaik - im tWMEaaK aaVTWMiLH flPakJaBBBaVVBHSMRjatiKaBaVRMlranr CVEuHHal v ' J2 U2&9fj&9&SESSK Yt7VlLaaaaaW34PaaKB BBBBBBHUBKdiBBW alaMaaaaaaaMBaaaliMtll aaamT'BHraaaaaaV -aaaaaaaWManTjliDMBcMall MaTiJlaMnirMBjuTLiL.lBr . VaaW BBwapas?4K'iauBaaaBaBauSHff SD9eaBBaaaaifsaaaBBHBBBaBB 9w4K9 LeMvIdVHBIbbbbbdbbbTbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbSbbbbbbbbbbb BaaaaaaaaaMavflaiPiVa-MalPlMHP9HRHlBaalBa'Dvy!LMrtrrn Nrwipapr uniony At an iimiiKemeut park In Kngluud war tuuks ure being used to give tho patrons of tlio place thrilling rides. Is Greatest Plane Motor in World Most Powerful Airplane Engine Ever Built in United States Made in Detroit. INTENDED FOR GENERAL USE Capable of Driving Machine at 200 Miles an Hour, Says Designer, One of Liberty Motor Cre ators Is Fireproof. Detroit. A new COOOOO horsepower airplane engine, tho most powerful ever built In this country and the most powerful In tho world cxctfpt for n few ruclng freaks, has been completed here. It Is expected to dovolop speeds far greater than anything yet achieved. In addition It Is fireproof, and It can bo started "cold" nfter a long dive, thus ending two of tho greatest dangers that aviators buve had to face. This announcement wns authorized by Col. Jesse 0. Vincent, designer of New Type of War Craft Developed K TO C$2&K23&333! WW fm '- xtmmx?xzT R i N & J. !rh " J HVt g 1 tj fir h (H fjfj Ajt'T iy?lJBfc 7 i Jt. )l 1 T1 lJjLrBBllBBBBBBBB TLWtKfcJaT JBBBBB B BBBlnaBBBBlWaBBBBBBBBWTy A!Rf14 "1 """ Q Tho latest doA'elopment In war craft Is that of n mother Bhlp for mine payers thnt Is also a battleship. It carries 12 wmall mine layers on specially Iconstructed steel beds. Hugo cranes which lift the mine layers bodily out of kbe water are on both sides of tho vessel. tho engine, who Is known, ns ono of tho creators of tho Liberty1 motor. The new engine, in spto of Its great power, 1r no freak. It Is intended for steady, long-time service, either for heavy duty or for great speed, and is designed for Amerlcnn quantity pro duction methods. Made for General Use. While the men who nro handling tho now engine expect thnt It will push a plane nt least 1200 miles an hour, tho englno was not designed for this pur pose alone, nnd Is cnpnblo of wide and gcuernl use. It weighs only 1.04 pounds per horsepower. Tho lesson-j which Colonel Vincent lenrncd during tho war In his study of tho nctual performance of the Liberty motor, as well ns of tho best makes from both allied nnd enemy countries, nro embodied in this design, nnd ns a result there nro several notnblo ad vances. Most Important Is thnt the motor Is fireproof for nil civil purposes. This has been nttnlned by putting tho car buretor below and outside of the crank case, with nil vents outside the cow ling so thnt thero Is no possibility of conflagration from a bnck flro. This arrangement nlso has tho ndvantnges that It gives gravity feed, thereby eliminating tho weight of extra piping nnd of tho feed pump, nnd thnt It makes the carburetor much mote ac cessible. Exhaust Valves Changed. Another change has been In provid ing two Inlet and two exhn'ust valves for each cylinder, Instead of one. Tho result hns been n bigger nnd Btendler How of gas to tho cylinders, nnd a very high mean effective pressure even nt great speed. A double finger vAlve lift Is used, and this permits changes In the enm-shnft and rocker-nnn me chnnlsm which mnko this englno much superior to any predecessor In tho troublesomo matter of lenkage from tho enm-shnft housing. A third chnngo Is In the usofof a single duplex carburetor, Instead of tho usual two enrburetors. ThoMIffl. cnlty of synchronizing the throttle nnd nltltudo controls of two enrburetors hns always been n bugbear to aviators, but It had been felt that two or mofo wero necessary to give tho requlslto flow of gas. It has been found In tho tests, however, thnt this singlo duplex gives splendid economy nnd other de tnllrt which, In tho opinion of Colonel Vincent, fully Justify tho design. Ilo predicts thnt It will promptly becomo. n universal practice with airplane en glneers. for the two sexes are to be used. II. II. Antles, secretary of the state deparinient of public welfare, Is ad vocating the establishment of a senior Industrial school to care for the tl.'O Inmates of the Nebraska penitentiary between the age of 11 ami ''.". He be jlleves that better results along reform dug the men can be reached if they are not compelled to associate with the -hardened criminals. Melcher L. I.uebben, president of the defunct First National bank of Sutton, sentenced to serve live years In prison by Federal Judge Wood (rough at Omiihii for his part In smash ing the Institution, began serving his tern In the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Knnsaw, last week. Sudden reductions In the price of sugar, said to be duo principally be cause housewives refuse to can and preserve as the result of high prices, will cost Jobbers nt Omaha, who bought heavily lately, expecting the shortage to continue, around sf'-'.'O.OOO, It Is reported. Out of thlrty-flvp counties notllled to appear before the state board of po,uall.ntlnn at Lincoln to show nni-e why their assessed valuations should not he raised, Platte, (.age, York, Loup, (iurlleld, Phelps, (Irant and Deuel failed to semi representatives. Several hundred per-ons attended the spudding In of well No. 1 at the Ittverton experimental oil field. The well was christened Askow Well No. 1 and a bottle of champagne was broke on tin big drill Jim before it took Its Initial plunge Into the earth. At a special election citizens of O'Neill voted .flil.OOO worth of bonds for the extension of the city water mains and the erection of a new water tower of 150,000 gallons capacity. Reports an; current at Omaha, and fedeial olllcials there are Inclined to beliee they are authentic, that air planes are being used to bring liquor from Canada Into Nebraska. IVshler's big broom factory, which recently declared n dividend of 10 per cent, did iu half million dollars' worth of business the past year, anil paid out SIOO.OOO iii wages. It is estimated that the Increased freight rates granted railroads by the Interstate Commerce Commission will cost Nebraska shippers 110,000,000 a J ear. A. farmer near Mimlnck, (Jus Wendt, , threshed 112,000 bushels of wheat from a IlOO-acre Held. He sold the grain for ' SIMM) n bushel. ?.'U,1200 all told. J Suveral sections of (Inge county nre reported Infested with grasshoppers. I They are confined to small areas, how- oer, and have (hate but little damage. Announcement has been mud' that Midland college, during Its llrst year in Fremont, Just eifded, enrolled 007 students In all departments. limners of Douglas county are aroused over the 1(H) per cent Increase in farm land assessed valuation over that of 11)111. Mlnden's crack baseball team has disbanded because Kearney county dads repealed tho law permitting Sun da games. .Several private airplane owners have made application to enter the Oiiiiihii'tn-L'riiwford 17!1 mile nlr race September 10. Conrad Schneider, founder of the tillage of Snyder and Its mayor for 'J.i enn, died the other day at the age of 7.I. Twelve counties of central Nebras ka were represented nt a monster homecoming celebration at Mason City. Grasshoppers and chinch bugs have damaged the second alfalfa crop anuiiid Superior, according to faniMfi". J. ICpsens, fanner near Ilostv.ld:, re ports ii wheat yield of flfly mishels to the acre. Crop exports estimate thnt this year's wheat mid com crops will bring oer $r00,000,OXX) to farmers of Ne braska. A number of prominent coal dealers oer tho p'nte have expressed them selves a believing the new freight rale, efVectlve August 20, will boost tho price of coal around $2 per car. One of the all-metal monoplanes, blazing the air mall route from const-to-coust, was put out of commis sion when It crashed Into n small dwelling at Omaha, llotb plane and house were demolished. A lnrgo oats field In the vicinity of Deshler uveraged seventy bushels to the acre. Flro of undetermined origin destroy ed tho Chris Hansen Implement house and ti building containing $.'(0,000 worth of Implements and trucks nt Hastings. With Arthur nnd Perkins counties uiNsing the total number of automo biles lif Nebraska In April 1 was 178.S-0. At the present time, accord ing to tho state board of equalization, the total number of motor curs regis tered Is 227,000. uglier and her Hi-year-old daughter, Meta. The young girl was burned to death In the house, while her mother died from Injuries, Western Nebraska counties proved to be the leaders lb wheat production this year, Cheyenne leading all coun ties with a yield of 2,8:12,000 bushels and Scotts Hluff having the largest av erage yield per acre, twenty-eight bushels. The southeastern part 'of tho state showed the second best yield. Hall county citizens were severely shocked last week when Frank Teijpur, farmer near Wood Hlver. killed him self and Ills four-year-old son by slash ing their throats with a razor. Poor health and llnanchil dillicultlcs nro said to be responsible for Teaper's act. Reports from sevorwl southeastern counties are thnt the sweet potato crop In the district will be almost u failure. Shortage of seed and un favorable weather are the attributed causes. Douglas county lands were sold for an average of $207 an acre during the past year, the highest price in tho state, according to figures used by the slate board of equalization in deter mining assessment values. The Holt county board of super visors has asked the taxpayers to vole an additional fl-mlll levy for brldgii purposes If they desire safe bridges for hauling the immense liny ami grain crops to market this fall. Twenty-two Issues of Nebraska bonds, amounting in all to .:. 1S.18T have been purchased ly tlit state of Nebraska us investments for Its per manent school and other educational trust funds. Increase In passenger rates effect ive August 2(1 will keep many civil war veterans from attending the na tional reunion in Indianapolis in Sep tember, veterans throughout the state declare. The village board of Grant has de cided to dispense with the old gasoline lighting plant and Install a modern steam plant Instead. The present plant is inadequate to meet Increasing demands. Nebraska olllcials nro planning to enforce game laws this oar more vig orously than ever before. A force of ten deputy wardens is being placed Iu the Held to arrest violators. The state iiiilwuy commission at Lincoln is Ix'in : flooded with coin plaints from coal dealers -throughout Nebraska that the railroads are con fiscating coal consigned to them. After being several mouths without an olllcial bead, during which time its work was practically discontinued, I lie bureau of markets established under the code law Is being reorganized. A report of the exanilneis for the Woodmen of the u'nrlif, fraternal or ganization, submitted to the state in surance department at Lincoln, shows the society Iu a flourishing condition. Lincoln lias Inaugurated a campaign against automobile speeders as the re sult of numerous seven' accidents late ly. The city's police force Is to be double In an offoit to curb the menace. In sp.ite of the fact that bull dam aged wheat severely around Arnold iini Ciilluwuy and a greater part of southwestern Custer county the yield Is turning out splendid. A quarter section of land six 'miles southwest of Fremont, In Saunders county, , was soul the other day far $10(1.25 per acre. A big baseball toertJUHiPnt ; to be held at Howolls August 11) to 22, with several fan t.-ains entered. IncbjMty to secure material has re pitlted In a great deal of delay on pav ing work at Pierce. Methodist churches of Nebraska will hold their annual state conference In Omnlis September 8. The campaign to raise $100,000 for AlldliM college nt Fremont, Is pro gressing satisfactorily, It Is reported. The b'g Skinner packing plnnt nt South Oiiiaba, which has been closed for some time because of extended lit igation Involving Its olllcers nnd stock holders, Is to resuniu operation next mouth, It is planned. The State Hoard of Control awarded contracts for the erection of a big dining hall and hospital addition at the Institution for feeble-minded nt llent rlce. The buildings will cost" approxi mately $100,000. The Cornbusker highway between Fremont nnd Lincoln has been fin ished, and the road Is now open to travel. From 350 to -100 delegates from 201 posts from all pnrts of the state, nro expected to attend the state convention of the American Legion, to be held nt Hustings, August 20, 27 nnd 28. Tho best ont yield reported In tho Ilnrd; vicinity was eighty bushels to tho acre, and the best barley yield fifty-eight bushels to the acre, both of which were produced on the farm own ed and managed by Mrs, Kdith Garvin. IHFIOVZD UmrOIM IltTEMATlORAl SBrMSuM Lesson IBy P.EV. P. U. K1TS5WATKK. D. D. Teacher of En(tllnh Bible In tho Moodr lllble Institute of Chicago.) , (Copyright. IMP, Wiitirn Nwipptr Unlon.V "1 LESSON FOR AUGUST 22 DAVID'S PRAYER FOR PARDON. LESSON THXT-Pa. 6J:M7. QOLUKN TEXT-Wash me thoroughly from mine Iniquity, nnd cleunso me from, my sin. 1's. 61:2. ADDITIONAL, MATEIUAL-II Sum. U 12. 1'RIMAltY TOriC-Asklng God to For Blve Uh. JUNIOR TOPIC-How David Obtained. Fornlvcni'iin. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOriC -What to Do When Wo Havo Dono Wrong. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Penitential Prayer in Chrlstfun Expe rience. There can scarcely be any doubt but what the sin here meant Is that which we studied Inst Sunday, nnmcly, ndultery and murder (see II Sam. 11 nnd 12). About n year hnd elapsed from the time of David's sin to his repentance. The Thirty-second Psnlm graphically pictures David's state of soul during this time. It wns n year of great soul-anguish; day nnd night he was lashed by n guilty con science. In this psnlm we see tho path by which n guilty soul may re turn to God. I. David's Cry for Pardon (vv. 1, 2). It Is well to note his conception of Ood. lie saw him as n God of mercy and loving kindness. 1. "Have mercy" (v. 1). He knew thnt justice would forever separate him from God. Hecnuso he snw the mercy and loving kindness of God, he did not sink down under his weight of gloom nnd despair. Because Judas Iscnrlot did not see God as a God of mercy be wont out nnd bunged him self. 2. "Blot out my transgressions" (v. 1). He wns fully conscious bow many hnd been his acts of rebellion f against God. 3. "Wash me from my Iniquity" (v. 2). lie knew thnt It was not enough to have God blot out his sin, for bis very person wns defiled. Ho knew that In order to be clean he must bo wnhed thoroughly, and that by God himself. I. "Cleanse me from my sin" (v. 2). ne wns not clear that washing would make him clean, so he pleads with God to mnke him clenn by whntevor process Is needed. He was even will-, Ing for lire to be applied. Just so he could bo clenn. II. David's Confession (vv. 3-5). 1. "I acknowledge my transgressions" (v. 3). He now pinkes n clean breast of them he would hold bnck noth ing. There Is no wny to pence with. God but by n full confession of sin. No half-hearted dealing with sin will nvall. 2. "Against thee hnve I done this evil" (v. -1). All sin Is vitally and re ally against God. All our wrong-doing with our fellows Is against God, for such deeds vlolnte his laws. To heighten all this guilt he remembers that It was done In God's sight, thus showing disrespect nnd contempt for him. 3. "Heboid. I wns shnpen In Iniqui ty" (v. fi). He confesses not only to these acts of sin. but thut he Is by very nnture a sinner. III. David's Cry for Deliverance (vv. 0-0). 1. "Mnke me to know wisdom" (v. 0). He nsked God that Instcnd of heart wickedness be might be taught by God himself In bis Inmost nnture. 2. "Purge me with hyssop" (v. 7. David seems to see thnt In order to- be cleansed there Is need of upplylng atoning blood. Ills prayer soars nloft on tho wings of fnlth to tho supremo sin offering, Christ. 3. Restoration (vv. 8, 0). He not only wants pardon, but restoration te the divine fnvor In Jesus Christ. IV. David's Cry for Purity of Heart (vv. 10-12). He realized that If his life was te be different, God must dispose his heart townrd the right, so ho cried for the noly Spirit to not be taken nwny from him. V. David's Vows (vv. 13-17). 1. To tell God's mercies to others (v. 13). The one who hns experienced God's forgiveness nt once desires to tell It to others. 2. To sing aloud of God's righteous ness (v. 14). ne snw that tho applica tion of God's mercy and loving kind ness wns on the ground of righteous ness nnd Justice, no had vowed to preach, now he vows to sing. 3. To show forth God's prnlse ' (v. , 15). When the Lord opens a man's m lips, then his lips shall sing his praises. 4. The renson assigned (w. 10, 17). It Is because the sinner has seen the supreme sncrlflce, Christ, and with n contrite heart presents tho merits of Christ Jesus, God's remedy for sin. Mission of Every Christian. The nearer we nppronch to God In our spiritual life nnd fellowship, the larger our sympathies for humnnlty, nnd the more unlversnl our ministry In the world. Tho mission of Christ Is tho mission of every Cbrlstlnn. He caino and lived and died to save the world. The disciple Is not better thaa his Master. Anon, An Invincible Armor. A hnblt of prayer and -n sense of humor forge Invincible armor. Beth Bradford Gilchrist. (