RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF 3 Says Anthrax Is Not Fatal i-i i i 'jnportance of Early Treatment Ig Emphasized by New York Specialist. .SERUM CURES 100 PER CENT (Inspection of Hides and Furs Under government Regulation Is Urged by Doctor Cure Takes About Ten Days. New York. Dr. Douglas Symmors, Wired or nf fhc lintlioloi'lcnl lahora- Itorlca of Hellevue and nllloil hospitals, j mid that the case of Frederick II Post, polo plnyor, who was discharged fiB cured of antlirax from Hellenic, was most Important In that It may cm phnslze that anthrax Is not a ''fatal" disease. "Mr. Post's caFO vhh diagnosed In time," Doctor Symmors said. "That Ih the most Importnnt thing. Get mi antlirax eae early enough mid n cure Ih practically certain. This Is the llftli case to he cured In Hellenic; with the serum prepared by the United States department of animal Industry. "I would like to make It as emphat ic as possible In tills connection that use In newspapers nf the phrase 'dead ly anthrnx' has n bad effect nnt'only on tho public generally but on any pa tient that may be under treatment. You see a sufferer from anthrax Is fully conscious throughout the disease. De Is Just as clear mentally as any one lup to perhaps the last hour, If It Ixhnnces to be n case that was not taken In tlmo and cannot be cured. That Is a peculiarity of anthrax. Bad for Morale. ' "Now, In Mr. Post's case, he 'was jfeellne In excellent spirits, nnd he wanted the newspapers. There was ino rensonablo excuse for not 'giving jthem to him. When he pot them he read nhout 'deadly anthrax' nnd tlint It wonldn't he known for ten days wheth er he would live or not, nnd It wasn't (pnrtlculnrly pood medicine for his 'morale. Mr. Post, It hnppened, was a man of fine courage, hlph Intelllpence nnd rire guipenoss. Tie was a splen did patient, so rendlnp about the mythical cleiiilllness nf anthrax In the newspaper accounts didn't have as bad ",nn effect on him as It might. "Rut there are other pntlents suf fering from nnthnix here nnd there '.about the country, and the chnnces Inre there will be more In Helle,vue. 'Tho public should be cdunntcd ns to what the disease renlly Is. "Anthrax, at the outset, Is mani fested by a characteristic lpslon at the jiolnt of Inoculntlon. This usually Is on tho face, as In Mr. Post's case. It looks like an ordlnnry pimple, red nnd Itchlnp. Within n dny or so the pim ple breaks down Into a larpe. blackish ulcer surrounded by an enormous but painless swelllnp. "Thnt one plnrple and swelllnp Is nil the visible slpn there may be of the disease. Hut, If the swelling Is on Jthe cheek, as In Mr. Post's case,; It may be enormous, closing the eyp. "Now, If the disease Is taken right there, a cure Is uraetlcally certain. No one with any such symptoms phonlcl wait an Instant. Any oncywho has seen the characteristic lesion of nntlirnx could not fall to Identify It In ntnntly across a room. Serum Is Effective. "At Hellenic the percentage of cures with the government serum Is 100 per cent. Of the 20 cases treated In the Inst three yenrs seven hnve died. Hut the last five, which nre the only ones In which the scrum has been used, have been cured. "The disease Is caused by n largey spore-bearing bacillus, very resistant jfo all forms of disinfection. It yields most rendlly to steam under pressure. Tho probability Is that Mr. Post was Infected by n shaving brush. Proper disinfection of the brush would have mined It." "Disinfection of hides and furs for Japanese Sailors iHBiv v viiflijijividEpv B7i iBJK iiiiiiB Sailors of the Japanese battleship Kasuga, In New York harbor, eu route from Maine to Japan, got "liberty" and Immediately set out to see New York ria obMrvatlon cars. nntlirnx should be n matter of gov ernment roKiilatloil," stilil Dr. Churlcs Norrls, chief ini'illrnl examiner, who tinil listened to thi! discussion. "It Ih vi'ry nearly Impossible to dlNlnfect without destroying tho object disin fected. I know of only one process mid It Ih a long one. About the only thing I enn set' for any oim to ilo at tho present time Ih to tako a chance anil If tio contracts anthrax get proper treatment with tht' KPriini linini'illntply. It Is cany to cure It If It Ih diagnosed In time." "There nrrn't enough discs to alarm any one," Doctor Syinnioix snld. "Hut It crops up here anil there all over the country, mill lln newspapers cull It 'deadly' and every one gets wor rled. Mr. Post came to the hospital on the fourth day of the disease, and he was In time. The earlier the bet ter, however. Where-It gets danger ous Is when the Infection gets Into the blood. Tlio cure lakes about ten days." Doctor Symmers said that the an thrax bacillus first was discovered In 1875. It really Is cultivated In a laboratory, he milled. , ABORIGINES POWDERED NOSE Recent Find Shows Girls of Prehis toric Age Beautified Themselves With Ochre. I.os Angeles, Cal. Present-day girls, with their cosmetics, orange sticks and nail powders, niny lip chagrined to learn that their aborigi nal sisters, who disported themselves beside the Pacific generations ago, knew something about personal adorn ment. A stone "powder puff" found on J Cook on Lost Boat .Picked Up in the Open Sea Jacksonville, Fin. A Greek cook, member of the crew of the tug Wlnthrop, which went clown off Cape Henry July 15, was brought here by tho steamer Kokomo. The Greek wns picked up In the open sea shortly after the Wlnthrop foundered. Other members of the crew who were picked up by a steamer and Innded nt Norfolk hail reported the cook and a mess boy ns ill owned. Can't Prosecute "Get Rich" King tf- No Flaw Shows In Operation of Boston Dealer in Interna tional Coupors. PROFITS BY EXCHANGE RATE Converts American Cash Into Foreign Money and Buys International Re ply Coupons Redeemable at Normal Exchange Rate. Boston. A ban has been plnped xm the rush of people to give their money to Charles Ponzl, head of the Securi ties Exchange compnny, on his prom ise to repay their Investment with 50 per cent profit In 45 days. After a conference with District At torney Pelletler, Ponzl, whose business Is described as the exchanging of In ternational reply coupons from ono country to another, ngreed to nccept See New York Sniilii Ctiianuii iximki n prehistoric toothbrush. i i of the cnrly-iluy actlsMy nf women accoiillng to italph Gllildon, who inaili the discoveries while searching In dian graves on the Island for the llnyo foundation. The bristles of thu toothbrush were gill fibers from the Jnwbone of the stlngnreo and the "puff" probably would seem heavy today, for although It looks like the modern bit of down, It feels like a lump of lead. It was umsI. It Is said, to crush the ochre with which the Indians beautified Jheinsolves. SPOUSE TOOK HER NAME Mrs. All red O. Curhlu of Ocmnock, Vu., Is it real helpmeet for her hus band. She has Just returned to New York on the S. S. Mauretanln after n business tour In Holland for her hus band, n member of the Wall street firm of Leach & Co. When they wero married, each liked Mrs. Corbln's old Virginia name so well that they de cided to nssumo that. Instead of the husband's name. She carries two dolls which she brought from Holland for her daughter, aged nineteen. Their names nre "Lelda" and "Airy." Alarm bells can now be rung by wireless at a distance of 100 miles. , no further deposits until nn auditor selected by the district attorney has examined his accounts, which are said to run Into millions. District Attorney Pelletler snld t! action taken was "In no sense a tiniil closing down of the justness." For several weeks past crowds of persons hnve flocked to Ponzl's olllces nnd given In their savings In exchange for notes of tho Securities Exchange compnny for the principal plus 50 per cent, payable In DO days. Invariably Ponzl Is said to have paid off the notes In 45 days and thoe has been no com plaint thnt any person has failed to re ceive money when due. , Takes Advantage of Exchange Rate, Ponzl describes his exchange system In n general way as being birsed on the use or international reply cou pous authorized under the Internation al postal agreement ns the medium for taking advantngc of the differences In rates of exchange. With deposits received from custom ers, Ponfcl explained, he convert American dollars Into Italian lire, or other foreign money. Then, through agents loented In several countries abroad, International reply coupons nre purchased, redeemable at the nor mal and not the prevailing rate of ex. change. The coupons nre then trans mltted by the agents from one Euro pean country to another, gathering profits through succeeding differences In rates of exchange, with assured nor mnl payment for redemption, until thn transaction Is completed nnd the pro ceeds reconverted Into American tint lars. This usually takes 45 days, a cording to Ponzl, who says his profits have reached 400 per cent In some transactions. U. S. Agents Can't Find Flaws. Ponzl's operations have been under Investigation by federal, state and county olllcials for some time without uncovering any violation of law United States Attorney Gallagher sal'' he was not certnln yet whether the mntter wns nnS with which the federal authorities should concern themselve- Tho United States attorney sld i, wns "Informed by the postal authorl ties that the United States govern ment Is tho Inrgest uer of Internal Ion al reply coupons In the world." "Tin entire Issue of tlio past 12 months bj the government, however, Is only i small fraction of tho entire nunihe, which must have been handled bj Ponzl to account for the tremendous Income which he claims to have miid Blnco .December last." W kkv v' iHL v3L v'kkkkVkbkVkkkBkkklk&vVl EskkSK3HIBkHkVKS9H8iSkkK'' HHBBHHFP NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Parts of,tho State, Reduced for the Busy, SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Despite damnge by black rust and a reduction In acreage of approximately 111 per cent, the winter wheat produc tion for Nebraska Is nearly as large as last year, the August cron renot-t ,of the state agricultural department sns. 'Jim yield was placed at 52.300, '0O0 bushels compared to 51.007,000 In ltut, n clecrense of 2,0:11,000 bushels. 'Diimnge from rust was estimated to V at least 15 per cent and possibly jo per cent. Spring wheat lost twenty- live points during July due to the rav ages of black rust, tho report states. Production Is estimated at 4 ,4 12 1.000 as against 5,078,000 Inst year, a reduction of I.'J.'m.OOO bushels. A big three-day reunion for ex service men Is to bo held nt Omaha September 3, 2 and .'1. It Is expected that 15,000 former soldiers and, sailors from Nubraska and surrounding states will attend.. The program will con sist of nthletlc events, followed by a barbecue on the closing clay. The American Legion, under whose mis- .pices the reunion is to be held, Is nink- lag preparations to care for the vis itors. A special federal grand Jury to in vestigate complaints of Nebraska farm (ers who huve been swindled out of more than $50,000,000 by fake stock companies will probably be called as tlio outcome of the Missouri Valley Cattle und Loan company's receiver ship hearing, before Federal Judge Woodiough at Omaha. Relatives of Mrs. Otto Koehn of Norfolk, who died Aug. a, following an Injury In Hnstlngs caused by a pole projecting from a truck belonging to the city, lune brought suit against the City of Hustings for $182,050 because of her death. Orel's prospects for a now hotel were shattered the other day when a repre sentative of tho firm plnnnlng to build la new hostelry In the city announced (that tne plan had been dropped at least for tho present. Nebraskans who travel within the state will not be nlTected by the new Increase In rates ordered by the Inter state commerce commission, but will pay the rnle set by tliv state railway commission. Ord hns not grown a great deal In the past ten years, federal census figures recently announced, showing the city now has. 2.14H people, com pared with 2.0GO in 1010, a gnln of 0.3 per cent. Thero nre 18S nntlonnl banks oper ating In 'Nebraska, with n total of 303,000 deposit uccounts, one for nbout .every four men, women and children In the population. Knnred whent Is proving popular in Gage county. Last year one carload was distributed for see"d; this year al ready eight carloads have been sold to farmers In the district. Extension of Sunday schools Into rural districts will be discussed at the convention of Nebraska, lown nnd South Dakota Sunday school mission aries ut Fremont September 1-8. Dr. Condrn, state geologist, who in spected the oil well being chilled near Rlverton, stated that prospect for oil In tho district were the best In the state. i The laying of tho cornerstone of the new Hrown county hospital nt Alns 'worth September 11 will be conducted by the local Masonic lodge. Central City folks are looking for Iward to n grand time September 15 Jnnd 10 when the full fcstivul and bar Ibccue will be held in the city. t. The Good Sumnrltan hospital at Kearney, a Catholic Institution, Is to rnc enlarged ny the addition of a new $200,000 building. Hecause the ordinance under which he wns working has not been enforced, Ci.ty Manager Itayburn of Chadron re signed his position. Winter wheat in Valley county Is the poorest It has been In years, but It Is believed that macaroni wheat Is much better. Contract has been let for the con struction of a complete sewer system at Oshkosh. Local chapters of the League of Women Voters have been organized at Hloomlleld and O'Neill. Arrangements have been made for an automobile show in connoctlon with tho fall festival at York September 20 to 20. Dr. L. S. Fields and Mrs. Minnie Deyo, practical nurse, of Omnha, nnd 'P. W. Aloxander, 10, of Hnya Center, were bound over to tho district court at Omaha for alleged complicity In the death of Miss Ruth Ayor, 20, who died nt the homo of Mrs. Deyo follow ing nn Illegal operation, said to havo been performed by Dr. Fields. The death of the girl has creuted qulto a eensntion In tho metropolis, James Colcmnn nnd his aged moth er, Mrs. Kntherlns Coleman, were crushed to duath when u Hurllngton train lilt their Ford car at Creston. A o zero hall storm In the vicinity of Hassett killed many calves and hun dreds of wild ducks and prairie ,chlckcn. Complaint that action of the Fed eral IteBervo bank In not permitting bankers to assist In financing the cat tle Industry Is bringing financial ruin to cattle raisers throughout tho middle west hns been made- by stockmen of Nebraska und adjoining state Following Is the verdict rendererl by the coronor's Jury nt Hebron nt tlio end of the resumed session of the In quest over the death of Friedu Hostel mnnn, 10 yenr old Stoddard girl: "That Frieda Hostelmrum came to her death at her home near Stoddard on June 7, 1020, by strychnine poisoning, the said strychnine being feloniously administered by her father, Fred Hos telinann." The Hostelmnnn girl died the dny before her scheduled wedding to W. F. Hutzke, professor of tho Lutheran seminary at Chester. Her father, who has been In Jail since her death, was known to havo opposed tho proposed marriage. lie Is being hold without ball for trial at the fall term of the district court. The State Hoard of . Equalization at Lincoln announced the general state assessment for 1020 nt $778,000, 000, with a reduction of the levy for last year by 2.(11 mills. The reduction was made possible by the Increase In valuation of the stute. Levy for the various state funds follows: General fund, 3.44 mills as compared to 4.S0 mills last year; capital building fund, 1.10 mills; general university fund, 1 mill; university nccount, .75 mills; special university fund, .75 mills; nor inul school fund, 1 mill ; state aid road fund, 2.21 mills, and the stute and bridge fund, 15 mills. The total levy for 1020 Is 10.30 mills. ,-NeiMnsku. stands fifth among all states of the union In per capita ns- sessmenr. une ngiire reuclies inoro than $2,11)3. Iowa Is at the top of tlio list Willi over $3,000. Wyoming lias a figure of $2,558, mid South Dakota, $2,(1S0. That money is tight in Hamilton county wus clearly demonstrated thu other day when but one bJl was of fered for n quarter section of the best land In tlio county at a referee's salu at Aurora. It sold for $100 an acre. Five lives were lost and $1,802,100 worth of property destroyed by 770 fires in Nebraska from December 3L to July 1, accoiillng to a bulletin Is sued by the stute division of tire pro tection ut Lincoln. Mrs. Ella Pile, who resigned her po sition us superintendent of the slate re formatory for girls at York, gave an her reasons for leaving that the insti tution was unsanitary and facilities for Its operation wero Inadequate. Omaha's daylight parade In honor of the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, will be held Sep tember 23 Instend of September 21. Postponement wns innde because of the special election. "Hed" Nenl, given leave of absenco from tho penitentiary at Lincoln that he might harvest his $8,000 wheat crop In Nemaha county, returned to the Institution of his own accord. More than 00 per cent of the winter wheat west of the Missouri river Is threshed, uccording to railway olllcials. Estimates place the average yield ac twenty to twenty-two bushel un ucre. Central City voters at a special election favored a $25,000 bend propo sition by it majority of 250 for the pur pose of purchasing the Central City gus plant. Goring irrigation district refunding bonds for $200,000 and Nebraska City Intersection paving bonds for $15,00(1 have been registered by the state aud itor at Lincoln. Sidney voters will pass on a ,$100,000 bond proposition Sept. 14, to be used for expanding the electric light plant and water system. Oil men who are fliuuiclng the sec ond well being drilled at Hussett report they ure conlident of success. The well Is now down about S00 feot. Preliminary examinations for en trance to West Point will be given en listed men of the army in Omaha De cember 1 to 15. Some parts of Custer county report ed heavy frosts the past week, the first this time of the year on record In tho district. ' Plans nre virtually completed for tho big Sugirr Beet festlvul und barbecue to be held ut Scottsbluff September 0 to 11. Large tracts of land In northern Holt couuty tiro being lensed by O'Neill cap italists for oil experimental purposes. Mlnden's new light and witter plant, now under construction, Is expected to be In operation ubout October 1st. A highway from Alliance to Kimball via Melbetnims been proposed by tho Commercial club of Melbeta. Women of Nebraska City have or ganized a chapter of the League of Women voters. Euil Klser was sentenced to a twenty-year term In the state penitentiary for kitlnnplng a 13-year-old Aurora girl, City mall delivery will be established nt Slduey on September 1. Hohemlan Catholic Sokols of tho United Buvten win hold their quadren nial national convention In Omaha September 2-7. Several buildings were blown down nnd crops damaged somewhat by a ter rific wind and rain storm that swept Scottsbluff and vicinity. The Nebraska Potato Growors' as sociation exchange was organized nt n meeting at Alliance the other day with representatives present from a scoro of counties, und the decision wns reached to market this yeur'a crop col lectively. Five Stapleton sportsmen were fined $5 nnd costs euch for hunting prnlrlu chicken prior to the opening of the season October 15. It Is reported that drilling for oil on tho Hamilton farm cast of Hlue Springs will start as soon as tho neces sary machinery arrivos. State and federal crop experts esti mate that the Nebraska corn produc tion will be 214,004,000 bushels this year, compared to 181,180,000 last year, or nn Increase of 30,778,000 bush els. This forecast In based on condi tlon of the crop August 1. IM?I0VED UlflFOlM IlfTEIRATIOIflL 1 stihwSum Lesson I (By HEV. P. B. FITZWATEn, D. D.. Teacher of Ensllsh Bibles In tho Moody Hlble Institute ot Chicago.) (Copyright, imp, Western Newspaper Union t LESSON FOR AUGUST 29 BEGINNING OF SOLOMON'S REIGN LHSSON THXT-I Kings 1:5; 3:13. QOLDKN TKXT-Thc four ot tlio Ixird. that In wlodom: and to depart from evil Ih underBtatidlnK. Job 28:23. PRIMARY TOPIC-Solomon's Choice. JUNIOR TOPIC-Solomon'B WIbo Be BinnlnK. INTintMnDtATE AND SENIOR TOPIC ChoonInK the Bent ThlnRB. YOUNO people: and adult topic -True Wisdom and How to Oct It I. Solomon Anointed King (1 : 5-40). David had hitherto failed to show the people who should he king nfter him (v. 20). He Is now stirred to action by tint combined iippvals of. Hathshehn and Nathan. He Immedi ately sent for the faithful three, Za dok, Nathan mid Hennlah, and bado them to anoint Solomon king. They speedily executed their commission and soon the people shouted "God snvo king Solomon 1" II. Solomon's Acts to Establish Hlo Kingdom (1: 41-2: 40). Coming to the kingdom nt such a time us this, he noted certnln danger ous elements, which, If allowed to de velop, would weaken if not destroy his rule. 1. Adonljah placed under surveil lance (vv. 41-53). Though he had at tempted to usurp tho kingdom, SoIih inon placed him on good behavior. In , this treatment, Solomon displayed both clemency and dignity, which am praiseworthy In n ruler. 2. Adonljah executed (2: 13-25). Solomon ordered him executed be cause ho made an underhanded effort to become king. 3. Ablnthar removed from tho priest hood (2:20, 27). This man had Joined Adonljah In his plot of usurpation. Solomon removed him from ofllce mill appointed Xndok In ills stead. 4. Joab executed (2:28-35). Joab,. too, was a party In Adonljah's rebel lion. Heslde this he had treacherous ly murdered his rivals in the nrmy. He wns succeeded In the generalship" by Hennlah. 5. Sliimol executed (2:30-10). Shlmel had deserted David and Joined hit enemies, even bitterly cursed him. Solomon first paroled htm nnd confined him to Jerusalem, but when he broko his parole be had him executed. III. God's Gracious Offer to Solomon (3:4, 5). Solomon made n lavish sacrifice to tho Lord. It was not that the Lord cared for the number of nnlma'lB, but the attitude of the man's heart to ward him. "Ask what I shall gle thee" placed very wide possibilities be fore the king. God, ns It were, signed blank checks nnd turned them over to Solomon to fill In any amount that his heart desired. IV. Solomon's Wise Choice (3:0-0). The Lord's gracious offer brought the king face to face with the re sponsibility of muklng a choice. God so deals with his children that u choice must bo made by everyone. Solomon was keenly sensible of tlio difficulty and the responsibility of his position. David was n great king. For n young mnn to take up the work of an Illustrious father and push It to completion is a most difficult task. Besides nil this, tho dls'turhlng ele ments set In motion by tho usurper, Adonljah, were to be dealt with. In his reply to God he pleadR that ho was not king ns a result of his owa choosing, but because of God's loving: kindness. All who hnve been called of God to fill positions of honor and trust enn truly exercise that same holdness of faith. When called to positions of hondr and trust wc should not become high-minded nnd vain, but humbly present ourselves before God for help. V. God's Unstinted Gift to Solomon (3:10-15). Solomon'6 speech plenscd tho Lord. Tlio Lord Is ulwnys pleased when we plnce ourselves before him In such nttltudc. Solomon got more than ho asked for. Becauso ho put wisdom first, God saw that he could bo trust ed with materlnl good, also. Christ taught the saiue thing when he snld, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God nnd his righteousness; nnd all these things shnll bo added unto you." Matt. 0:33. He that puts God and splrltunl things first In time nnd Im portance can be trusted with tempor al things. That which God promised him above what ho asked was rches, honor nnd length of days. All who feel the lack of wisdom can go to God with confidence (Jnmcs 1:5). God blessed Solomon with a slngulnrly comprehensive mind (I Kings 4:29-34). Ho wns a botanist, zoologist, nrchl tect, poet, nnd n moral philosopher. When wo nsk what God wills, we shall surely get what wo ask. To Cheer Thee on Thy Way. Neither hurrying nor slackening but sure of thy great and glorious destiny, walk thou; and presently all around thee shnlt thou see the similitude of him who thou seekest: Ho shall send a multltudo of messengers In ndvauce to cheer thee on thy way. Edward Carpenter. Common Sense. Common sense Is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good Judg ment, sound discretion and true and practical wisdom. -Tyroa Edward. a i i i