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I RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIE? HEAVY LOSS OF SUGAR STOPPED Chemists Perfect Process of Protecting Raw Product From Mold and Bacteria. PREY ON SWEETENING FACTOR At Least $1,500,000 Worth of Sugar Destroyed Yearly by Tiny, Greedy Organisms 70,000,000 Pounds Is Estimate. Chicago, III. More btignr will be available for everybody through the discovery of u proc'uua of keeping It from being Injured Uy molds and bac teria. Fully one per vnt of the Cuban crop, or about TP.OOO.OOO pounds of sugar a year and wjrth tit leust $1,500,- 009, It is estimated, baa been destroyed by the tiny, gremly organisms which compete with th sweet tooth of man kind. Aa the nr capita consumption of sugar In tUe United States Is ap proximately 81.84 pounds nnnuntly the amount hitherto consumed by the 87tf,000 persons for a ( twelve month period. This would keep the sugar rbowls of a large 'city full. Counting ench family as live persons, 175,000 of Much groups could be kept sweet tem pered 3urlng this period from the supply which has been wasted by the nnvlalblo hordes. Mr. Nicholas KopelofT and Mrs. Lil lian KopelolT, bacteriologist and us- Ustiint bacteriologist ut the Louisiana sugar experiment station In New Or leans, and members of the American Jbcinlcnl society, have Just completed a bulletin on the method of prevent ing the molds nnd bacterlu from wrest ing sweet solace of the beet and cane from mortals. Loses Sweetness. Sugar loses Its sweetness because (molds consume tho sucrose, which Is its sweetening factor. Although the imount thus lost may be only a frac tion of ono per cent, and far too slight to be detected by the senses of tasto or smell In many cases, it is easily determined by the polarlscope, an in strument especially designed for measuring the amount of sucrose pres ent When sugar deteriorates not only does the polnrlscopo detect tho differences, but anyone who is suffi ciently observant will note that It will actually take a larger spoonful to give the same sweetening power. Thus, if a barrel of raw sugar should be kept through the summer months and It la Infected with harmful micro-organ-lams, It might be necessary to use nn extra half-spoonful nt the end of the summer to get the same sweetening power that could be obtained before deterioration took place. As all sugnr Is sold strictly on tho polarlscoplc ba sis, even small losses aggregate hugo suns. The usual source of these molds Is the air, which contain millions of micro-organisms nt rest -tnd In circula tion. Bach Individual mold, If It falls on an object which an supply it with 8uSclent food, sac's as sugar, can re produce 800,000 BQoro Individuals of' the same specie a less than a week. pTrti1ii rafirnritmffin hnivnvitf tnn nnlv take place fn the presence of sufficient raoolsture, otherwise the organisms lie dormant. Cane sugnr primarily un idefgoes such losses by deterioration lln transportation or storage, mainly Jfiutt to the absorption of moisture by Jigar In damp weather or humid ell ''mates. For example, sugars made In Cuba re stored In the hold of a vessel, loften with Insufficient ventilation. which causes them to "sweat." Whllo coming from a troplcnl climate Into cooler water the moisture condenses on the surface of the sugar. This ulso occurs when sugur la stored for tony length of time, especially at high temperature, as In refineries, whero Bomc Is melted up at once nnd the re-) Heard Wireless Phone Talk in Europe jmtmwkmmm mm wiiwiini i in "i i r n - - :r, - v:? mA AH ' V YAk . a Mw y . . . .HifS.VM It 'X ' . . '' , S I o .r rrjtMr It! ... t. . J.W MW jMsSte. " -!E L&SS iw" . . H , u This i the wireless telephone station on Signal 1X111. St. Johns, N. l-. n 1 which operatois recently heard a wireless phone conversation that wv belug carried en In Europe. tnnlnder Is held In storage for varying periods, as dictated by business needs. Can Be Prevented. Having Identified the Injurious micro-organisms, Doctor and Mrs. Ko pelolT developed a method by which the finality of a given sugar might be determined Iti this respect. Hy simply consulting a chart after a preliminary analysis, one may rtovv (lml out wheth er or not n given sugar will deterio rate or lose Its sweetness In storage. The sugars which are unsafe to keep may be melted up first, the sounder sugars being held In storage with safety. Doctor nnd Mrs. KopelofT, by mak ing bacteriological examinations at ev ery stage of the sugar-making proc ess have found thnt sugar deteriora tion can be prevented by substituting dry or super-heated steam or wnter In the final process of washing sugnr In the drums In which sugar Is dried. These centrifugals, as they ate called, In their whirling suck up air from the floor which may be contaminated with germs. Also, It Is common practice to make the color of tho sugar lighter by washing the crystals with water, which may be contaminated with molds and bacteria. In the new process, It Is shown that dry steam Is successful In killing over 09 per cent of these avid molds and bacteria. While the practice of steaming su gars Is not n new one, the results nre shown to have n direct prnctlcal voluo In eliminating losses which have been a considerable factor In the American bill for sweets. RADIO GUIDES SHIPS IN FOG Finders of Naval Stations On Shore Give Angle, Mathe matics Does Rest. WAR NECESSITY MOTHERED IT Navigator Who Wishes to Know Hla Latltudo and Longitude Sends Out Wireless Message and Listen ing Stations Give Bearings. New York. Fogs, clouds and storms nre losing their terrors for naval men. In the, not very distant past a ship thnt could navigate when the sun was hidden became the subject of wild sea faring tales, but the radio direction finder hnB eliminated many of the per ils due to the absence of the sun. To day n navigator who wishes to know his latitude and longitude ban only to send the following wireless messnge: ."This Is the (ship's nnme). Where am I?" And the dntn supplied by the various listening stations will give him his bearings. The wireless direction finder Is not n new device finders were patented as long ngo as 1007 but war developments hnve empha sized the value of tho instrument for general navigation, says n writer in the Now York Evening Post. It consists of a loop of wire at tached to receiving machines. When messages are being received the wuves set up a current In the two sides of the loop. If the waves strike both Bides of the coll equally there la no differ ence In voltage. Hut when the waves strike the coll in such a manner that there Is a difference In voltage be tween the two sides of the coll tho re ceiving mnchlnes Indicate tho extent of this difference. Hy making mathe matical calculations based on this dif ference It is possible to determine tho direction of the ship which Is Bending y ft lBati iu I JaaaalBBLBVVsflLH f" jy , He Wouldn't Stop Work for Wedding. Detroit. Devotion to duty prevented Nicholas Alexander, cook, from taking an hour ofT to get married. Ills fiancee, Isabelle M, Snhny caw, applied at the county clerk's office for a marrlnge li cense ami,. In response to the clerk's question as to why the bridegroom-to-be had not come, she said Nicholas was too busy. She said further that they had agreed to marry a year ago but I lift' had a quarrel and Nicho las tore up the license he had taken out. After long and mature delib eration Isabelle came to the con clusion that she bad been wrong anil that If she did not admit It she ran a good chance of losing Nicholas forever. .She went to him In a penitent mood and found him receptive, but on one point he was ada mant, lie would not leave his work for a minute to get mar ried, and If. she wanted to be come his wife she had to take out the marriage license, engage a minister and bring him to the kitchen where the ceremony was to be performed. They were married. Rooster Just Like Mother. Wlnsted, Conn. A yearling Rhode Island lied rooster owned by Elmer ltobblus Is brooding a number of chickens that weigh from one nnd n half to two pounds each. The young rooster also tills a mother's rolo by calling the chicks when ho uncovers worms. At night the chickens huddle beneath his wings. In relation to the port which is re ceiving. In order to locate the ship's posi tion exactly the dntn from nt least two receiving stations must be com pared nnd it Is desirable thnt nnother. station send Its data to check tho ac curacy of the finding. War Necessity Mothered It. Especial attention was paid to the development of the rndlo direction finder during the war when many flght Ing ships found that fog was almost on a par with submarines as a naval menace. Experts thereupon experi mented to discover n certain method of giving a ship her "reckoning" when the sun was obscured. The radio di rection finder in its most modern form was the result. It Is now proving Its grent usefulness in time of pence. "Merchantmen are constantly using our stations to find out where they are," said n naval niticer. "I snouiu say that for one warship thnt calls for Its bearings there are ten privately owned vessels. Our rndlo direction finding stations nre really becoming public service Institutions." The nnvy bus erected a"nd Is operat ing stations at tho entrance of almost all of the largo commercial ports in the country. There are several sta tions near New York harbor, Including Montnuk Point, Fire Island, Sandy Hook nnd Far Rocknway. On clear days the men on duty nt these posts have more or less of "sinecures," but on a foggy day they are constantly nt work directing ships which have gone astray. All the listening stntlons transmit their information to head quarters and headquarters tells the skipper where he is. Some elderly naval men were' skep tical about the radio direction finder when the nnvy department first Intro duced the device, but one experience with the Instrument usually suffices to convince them of its worth. He cently a new destroyer left Norfolk, Vn., hound for Newport, It. I. ordi narily no great feat of navigation. However, the compass was new nnd untried, and the captain nnd the navi gating olllcer prayed for clear weather. It Beats an Erratic Compass. Despite their prayers they ran Into n heavy fog, and from the tlmo they left Capo Henry until they sighted the reef llghtahlp nt the entrance to Newport they could see nothing. Nev ertheless, the run was mudo without mishap, owing to thu directions sent out hy the finding stntlons, nnd on landing tho officers, who had been skeptlcnl, were converts. It was dis covered later thnt the magnetic com nass. b.v which they would have steered 1 under the old methods might have lit-imrvlit thottl tn f.t-liif fnt If tt)imi.,il I """" " ' mi error of more than ten degrees. "We are handicapped In extending ! this work," remarked the havnl officer, "hy lack of personnel. In fact, we've been compelled to close up one or two stations recently owing to a shortage of men. Hut eventually wo hope tn have a station at practically every moderately largo port and that I think, will cause malting port In foes to bo considered n very ordinary nnd not nt all dangerous achievement." Just Two Feet to Death. Howling Orcen, Ky. Two feet sep arated Robert Fulton, oil well driller, from death. His employers, a Cincin nati concern, had given up hopes of striking oil nnd ordered abandonment of tho "dry" well. "We'll go two feet further," Fulton snld. At the second foot oil was struck, nnd tn the fire which followed Fulton was burned to Heath. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Part3 of the State, Reduced for the Busy. Improvements. No decision has been SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED I '''"I"''! - location of the new I IHi nursery In Antelope county, for , which the legislature provided a fund At a inn-x meeting of fanner' and of f"',w, business men at fliuppell, held for the A hot contest for football honors 's plirpo.se of (IWeiissIng the ear slmriage I expected between teams comprising sit tuition, a committee was appointed the Neliinskii conference. Twelve col to confer with I'nloti I'ac.lc olllclaN leges will compete this tear, which Is In an endeavor to secure Immediate relief. Klevalors of Cliappell contain 7.M) bushels of wheat, anil there are from 'J.i to o) trucks and wagons sianillng at the elevators from day to day, walling opportunity to unload. Many fanners have their granaries full of wheat, and thousands ol bushels are idled on the ground. The .situation is I Indeed serious, Clarence C. I.ange of the government air mail service won the air race from Omaha to the Dawes county fair ut Crawford, a distance of -170 miles. It was the first airplane race evr at tempted li) Nebraska. I.ange covered the ilHiance In three hours and llfiy i minutes, making one stop at Oraud Island. Kdwaid f!ardner of tin Ne braska Aircraft Co., of Lincoln lln Ished second. Warren 1 Kite of the Craml Island Aero Co., IliiNlicd third. Only tluee contestants participated In i closing down the l.oup Valley racking lie nice. 'plant at tirand Island. The stockbold- l.leiilenant Floyd Thompson of Crantl ' ''' ''live decided to dispose of the Island, who has Just returned to that j H'lld assets and await a more settled city rroiu New York, ridicules the Idea condition of the money and meat mar that the explosion in Wall Street, ''" before taking Mops to resume which killed thlrty-lhe persons and In- operations. Jurcd HDD, was the work of anarchists, . He was a witness of the disaster mid declared It Is generally believed In New i Yoik that a Dupont wagon, laden with j high explosives, blew up while on the wnj to a neai by building under the course of construction. Nebraska Presbyterians In the last two .vcars have added to their pastors' salaries an average of !?I(KI each, ac cording to a recent statement of Dr. William II. Kearns of Omaha, one of the dlstrlcj secretaries of the New Kra movement. There are 170 Presby terian ministers Included in the synod of Nebraska overseeing a total of 'Jl.'t churches. Steele City, Jefferson county, has for many years supported three churches, Methodist, Congregational and Hap tlst. each with u small attendance, milking It burdensome for the active members. Hy agreement, each church has surrendered its charter 'aud organ ized a Presbyterian church, where all will worship. From two to fifteen years In thu stale penitentiary at Lincoln was the sentence Imposed on John Olson, Omaha contractor, by Judge Hutton at Fremont, for the attempted murder of Harm It. Luekeu last May 1'J. Two brick buildings are completed and a third one has been started In Nashville, a new town site ten miles north of Omaha. Several houses have already been built. The new town Is on the Northwestern railway and Wash ington highway. old timers predict that Hox Hutte county will have the best corn crop this fall In .'tO years. In one Held near Alliance SOD acres phinied on Mid broken last spring will yield forty bushels an acre. Dedication ceremonies for the new Fenger hospltaf at Omaha, t,h' first Danish memorial hospital In the Uiutcd States, were held last Wednesday. The building complete, cost ?.M8,000. Huehler Metcalfe of Omaha has been appointed assistant to Attorney Oeneral Palmer, with headquarters ut Wash ington. He was captahi of the old Sixth Nebraska regiment. Frank Davis of Sterling hns been employed as manager of the New Farmers' Union mercantile store at Fllley, which opened for business n few days ago. At a public farm sale, conducted on the C. A. Herg farm near Hlue Springs, horses brought from $100 to 1?'21K), and cows sold for as high as .$100. Politicians touring the, state assort that women In all communities are taking tremendous-Interest Mil the cam paign. Inmates of the Industrial School at Kearney raised 18,000 bushels of po tatoes this year, valued at $'J'J"(I0. Coin sold for .$1 a bushel at Heatrice last week for the first lime since be fore the war. Reports from Leavenworth, Knii., are that Leslie A. Tlbbetts. of Wy more, serving a one year term In the federal prison there for deserting the army, made his escape with nnotrer prisoner. Ronald It. Williams six weeks' old son of Mr. mid Mrs, Holla Williams of Anselmn, who has a great great-grandfather, two great-grandmothers, two gieat-grandfathers, two grandmothers and two grandfathers, has perhaps the longest list of ancestors of any person In the state. Resides he has scores of aunts, uncles and cousins, A movement Is under vny for the organization of the fourth hank for McCoolt. The capital Is to be $100,000. Reports from U.'iO towns In north eastern Nebraska, northwestern I own and South Dakota Indicate that upland corn Is almost all out of danger from frosts. Secretary Stuhr of the state depart ment of agriculture has appointed sev enteen men to Inspect and grade pota toes to be sblppel from western Ne braska. He cMlniotts the Nebraska potnto 'crop this year will total up 'ooMinutel.v '1.000 carloads. The Kenkleman fish hatchery, con sisting of XI acres of laud with springs, ponds, dwelling house, hatching house, barn nnd sheds, has been purclnucd by the slato for .$7,500, The sfote now mviis three butcheries one at Gretna, one at Valentine and the third at Hen kleman. The last legislature appro priated .$ir,(HK) to buy the Henklemnn hatchery, and for Its maintenance and tbree schools larger than the preceding I peason. lliey are: Nebraska Wesleyun, York College, Doane College at Crete, I Conner University, Hastings College, ' NVnyne Normal, Kearney Normal, I'eiu Nonnnl, Midland College, Fremont; f'l'iiud Island College, 1'nlverslty of Omaha nnd Central College. Those In ,.0st. touch with the polit ical situation 1.11 the state declare that If the women of Nebraska vote this fall In the same proportion that the women of Maine voted .on September l.'t the total vote of the state will be swelled by 1 DIM'S 1. This means In a measure that the newly enfranchised enters will bold the balance of power In Nebraska and can throw the state to either party If they so desire. Inability to dispose of by-product, lack of capital and the tight money market are given as the reason for ' he department of agriculture at Washington, after an Investigation of cattle-feeding in Nebraska, has report- ed losses of .."!,17 per head to feeders In the winter of 101S-101JI. and of $10.00 per head for cattle fed last win ter. It found that It cost .?M.t)l per hundred pounds to produce cattle in 101S-10U), and ms'l last winter. People for miles around Oak beard the terrific roar uoeompnn.ving tho bursting of a water lank for the North we.stetn rail load at that place. The waterlower was built 11 years ago and was the only place for trains to get water between Superior and (Jeneva. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Smith, former employes of the institute for feeble minded at Heatrice, who were arrested last week for the alleged systematic theft of goods from the Institution for the past few years, protest their Inno cence and hnve secured attorneys to defend them. The farmers of Saunders county nro drilling wheat, and it is estimated that the acreage will be nearly as great as It was last year. There will lie ap proximately 2,000 acres of the new Kunrod wheat sown in the county this season. Lloyd and Leon Ilarhn were ::irest ed at Schuyler recently, charged with pulling the tongue from 'i mule blung ing to Charles Sweet. i:ikhorn to.vn ship farmer. Spite vv.,ik Is said to have ciused the act. The Consolidated L'lectrie conumiiy nt Heatrice has decided to complete the construction of the electric lino from Holinesvllle, through Rock ford and Fllley, ns far east as Vir ginia. The line will cost about $20,000. Paul Jensen of Omaha and Ray Mc Flllen of Heatrice, traveling men, were killed when a Hulck roadster, driven by Jensen, plunged off u small concrete bridge near Heatrice. Two hundred and fifty tons of cured meat, valued at over $200,000, was de stroyed when fire gutted the smoke house of the Swift Packing company at Omaha. Voters of Saline county at a special election defeated n movement to re move the county seat from Wither, where It has been for forty years, to Crete. The American Legion nt Columbus is la.vlng plans for it four-day festival, Nov. 10, 11, 12 and HI. with a special program for Arlmsltlce Day. The population of Saunders county Is 20,r.S0, a decrease of fiHO, or 2.8 per cent during the past ten years, accord ing to census bureau figures. The new parochial school building of the Lutheran church at West Point was dedicated last Sunday. The build ing cost iiboiil $l.ri,000. I'stlnmtes of the corn yield from various southeastern counties, barring early frost, range froin2ri to 7." bush els per acre. x Impressive ceremony marked the laying of the cornerstone for the new Valley county court house, being built at Old. ' Figures furnished the State College of Agriculture at Lincoln by farmers of Dakota county, show thnt the labor of growing corn up to July 20 cot an average of more than $10 an acre. The state railway commission Issued an oruer autlioiizlnu' express compan ies to Increase Intrastate rates VJVa per ent and Interstate rates sutVcl 'in ly to conform to recommendations of the interstate commerce commission. Federal census figures show Dixon county hns a population of lLSlft; (Jarden, .,ri72, and Hitchcock, 0,0 1.1, Herman Upton was Instantly killed by a t'nliin Pacific passenger train at Kim Creek, when crovvjds attending a barbecue forced him onto the tracks. Disbarment proceeding"? against At torneys Frank and Stanley Hnrtof for alleged efforts to aid a client to evade the draft law and other Irregularities, scheduled to be beard by tho state su preme court last week, was postponed on account of the Illness of Judge Fnw-cett. IMPROVED UNirOBM INTERNATIONAL SllnWSiDOl Lesson ny IIUV. P. H. KITZWATlOIt, D. D Teudicr of i:iikIIhIi Ulblu In the Moody 13lble Institute of Chicago.) t(g). tft.'tf. W'tntem NVwHuaper Union ) LESSON FOR OCTOBER 3 THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS. t IJJSSON Ti:.T- Matthew 2: 1-15. tlOI.HHN THXT-Thou slmlt call Mb niiinu Ji'Mim. for lie shnll suvo IiJa peojilo from their sIiih. Mutt. 1:21. AlWmONAL MATHUIALr-Isa. 7:14-10; Mlciih. f:2; Luke 1 and 2. PRIMARY TOIMC-The Wiso Men VIMt the Child JcotiH. JUNIUtt TOI'lC-Thc Child Jesus Ks ciiptH From u Wkked Kins. INTRRMIRJIATB AND SKNIOU TOPIC -The Coming of the King. YOUNU PKOIM.K AND ADULT TOPIC -Tile King Comes as u Little Child. Since we now have six months of study in the (iospel according to Mat thew, every teacher should grasp the book as n whole and present each les son in Its relation to the central pur pose of the book. The central theme of Matthew Is Jesus Christ the King the fulfiller of the Messianic hope. I. The Birth of the King (1 :18-2Ti). The Messiah was to be the seed of a woman t lie sou of u virgin ((Jen. Mir,; Isa. 7:14). This was fulfilled In the birth of Jesus The genealogy u given In Matthew 1 :M7 shows his legal right to the throne; but had he been that only, he could not have been the Savior from sin. He must be both human and divine (Isa. 9:7). Thu Mes siah wa begotten by the .Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary, thus be coming lininanuel. which term iiicuim In all Its fulness, C!od for us; God with us; God In us. II. The Magi Seek Israel's King (2:1, 2). The King had a most heartless re ception. The kingdom was not ready for him. His advent was heralded b.v ' a star which guided souls1 from a for eign nation to seek nnd worship him, pouring out their gifts to him. These wise men were either Arabian or Per sian astrologers, students of the stars. The appearance of an unusual star attracted their attention. Perhaps they were acquainted with the fumout prophecy of Hnluam (Num. 21:17). Doubtless through the Influence of the Jews who remained In Chaldcu, or the direct Influence of Daniel extending to this time, they hnd become ac quainted with the hope of a Messiah. The light they had was dim, but they lived up to the best they hnd. To those vho act ujkuj the best light they have, (Sod nlvvu.vs gives more. To tliose who refuse to act upon the knowledge given, God not only refuses to give more, but brings into confusion that, which they already possess (Matt. 2,r: 28). III. Herod Seeking to Kill the King (vv. :i-8). The news brought by tho Magi struck terror to Herod's heart. He was not alone In this, for all Jerusalem was troubled with hi'tn. The news 'ought to have brought Joy. A glimpse at the social customs In and about Jerusalem at that time, will enable us to understand why this news brought uneasiness to the people. They were living In the greatest of luxury. Fine dresses, sumptuous feasts, fine houses etc., led to gross Immorality. We can thus readily see why Herod and all Jerusalem should be troubled. They did not want n Suvlor who would save them from their sins ; they want ed to continue in them. Herod de manded of the prlest nnd scribes in formation ns to where Christ should be born. They soon were nble to tell him, showing that they had n techni cal knowledge of the Scriptures, but no heart for the Savior set forth there in. The luxurlousness of the wealthy, the frivolities of the fashion-loving, and the gross Immoralities to which they lead, make Jesus Christ unwel come In many quarters today. IV. The King Found (vv. 0-12.). The Magi having obtained the de sired Information, started Immediate ly, to find the King. As soon ns they left the city, the star which had guid ed them from the Knst appeared agnln to lead them on. When they found him, they worshiped him. Note God's overruling providence In nil tills. Hun dreds of years before, the Prophet said that Christ should come forth from Hethlehem (Mlcuh .ri:2). God so order ed that Mary should be brought to the city to give birth to Christ. God or dered that the Magi should depart an other way, thereby defeating Herod's wicked purpose. The gifts of these wise men, God put Into the hands of Joseph nnd Mary before going to Egypt. Doubtless they served a good purpose In meeting their expenses dur ing their stny thero. V. The Kino Protected (vv. 13-15). To escape Herod's wicked nlm, God directed Joseph to take Mary and tho child Jesus nnd fleo to Egypt. In obedience to the heavenly vision, lie went and remnlned until Herod's death. In Giving Alms. In giving of thine nlms Inquire not so much Into the person, ns his neces sity. God looks not so much on the merits of him thnt requires, ns to the manner of him that relieves. If the roan deserve not, thou host given to humanity. Qunrles. Think of Our Own 81ns." So long as we aro full of self wo are shocked nt tho faults of others. Let us think often of our own sins, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others. Fenelon. v .i X . 'i m ri- ! i