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To Sail Globe
in a Lifeboat
Thrce Norwegians Plan Interest
" Ing Trip That Will Take About
Year and a Half.
ALL ARE TRAINED SEAMEN
Doat Will Have No Covering Except
Canvas Awning to Spread Over
the Dunks When It Rains
Boat to Be Sloop Rigged.
Now York. Norwegians nro no long
er tlio lending sou tovith tliuy onco
were, hut their adventurous spirit Ih
.not yet extinguished. Thcru Is n
'round tower ut Newport, built of rtido
atones, u lusting monument to some
forgotten vl.sltora to those shores. Who
built It no one can tell, hut surely not
nborlglnul Americans for It embodies
prlncIploH of architecture unknown to
them. Anthropologists believe It was
built by the Norsemen, who, there Is
evidence to show, found America long
licforo Columbus, as early as the
Tenth century. Indeed there Is a
Nor.so tradition to that effect.
Adventurous Norwegians.
These considerations nro revived
by tho fact that three young Norwe
gians now In this city are planning
to cross the Atlantic ocean In an open
bont and eventually to circumnavi
gate tho globe. They nro Capt. Mlmcr
Tonnlng and Mates Otthar Petterson
nnd Helgo Westerllng. Tonnlng was
nt work on tho I'anama canal In 11)15,
but going homo was Impressed Into the
Norwegian nnvy. Petterson was petty
cfllcor on another ship In the sumo
service. Westerllng has nlso seen
much sea service. They nro prac
tically stranded here now, nnd nre
iald up at the club of the Norwegian
Master and Mates' association. No. 5(55
Henry street, Hrooklyn, where a re
porter wns told their plans. Ton
nlng acted as spokesman while tho
other two listened nnd gave assent.
Their plans are nearly complete.
They have secured a 20-foot life
boat, built by the Atlantic Life Boat
company of South Hrooklyn. It Is a
gift from tho company, and while It
does not differ from the ordinary life
boat built for ship use, certain changes
have been made to adapt It for the
specific purposes for which It will bo
used.
Will Do. Sloop Rigged.
It will bo sloop rigged, having n
20-foot mainmast nnd a 12-foot top
innsr, three feet of which will bo
above the hounds, (litis affording a
212-foot sail hoist. Two sets of sails
will ho carried, ono of light canvas
for light and moderate weather, nnd
one of heavy canvas for stormy weath
er. However, they hope to escape
Queen Mary a
Queen Mary of England was honored recently by Oxford university when
the degree of Doctor of Common Law was conferred upon her. It was the
first time that this dogreo had been conferred upon a woman. In the photo
graph Queen Mary, In robes, Is shown walking through tho streets of Oxford
with Earl Ctirzon, the chancellor of Oxford.
EARTH RUBE OF
,360 Quintillion Miles Off the Sky
Broadway.
Scientist Discovers That the Universe
Is One Thousand Times Greater
Than It Has Been Thought
Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Harlow Stan
ley, tho astronomer who recently came
to Harvard from Mount Wilson ob
eervatory In California, announces
thnt ho has tnado discoveries that
reveal tho -universe to bo a thousand
times greater than scientists have
thought.
By so doing ho has relegated tho
oa rth to n piano ono thousand times
less Importnnt than it has heretofore
occupied, And lustcnd-of being In tho
"center of things," ns has been under
ptood heretofore, ho estimates It to
?)e something like 300,000,000,000,000,
000,000 miles from the center of tho
universe,
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stormy weather, except nn occasional
squall, by sailing In summer time.
The boat will have no covering except
a canvas awning to spread over (lie
bunks when It rains. Cooking will bo
done on nn oil stove. They will start
with a slock for M weeks provisions
In the hope of being able to cross tho
Atlantic within that time.
They will leave Sandy Hook In the
near future and steer for tho Scllly
or Azoro Islands. From Gibraltar
they will go to Suez, Sumatra, tho
Philippines, Hawaii, California, Pana
ma, pass through tho canal nnd come
up tho Atlantic coast to New York.
Tho entire voyage Is expected to take
from 10 to 18 months.
$199 FOR "SCIENTIFIC" KISS
California Girl Gays Psychlat Told
Her It Would Develop Dormant
Faculties.
Los Angeles, Ciil. For Illustrating
what constitutes a scientific kiss, a
fair seeker after advice paid $1110, ac
cording to testimony In the caso of
James A. Murdock, who advertises as
being the "Incompnrablo psychlst and
clairvoyant."
Mrs. Snrah niackbum nnd her
daughter, "Illllle," nged seventeen, the
latter, to whom, It was testified, had
been given the demonstration lesson
Two Princes
Claim Chateau
Historic Building and Grounds
Seized by France During
War Is Demanded.
ROYAL HOME TWO CENTURIES
Louis XV Gave It to Marshal Saxo
and Napoleon Presented It to Mar
shal Berthler Became Posses
sion of Dukes of Parma.
Paris. Efforts by two princes of the
house of Bourbon-Purmn to recover
possession of tho celebrated Chateau
Chambord, which was sequestrated by
tho French government during the
war, Is ono of the most Interesting
aftermaths of the great conflict.
The chateau Is more thnn 400 yenrs
old and Is one of tho most striking
und Interesting of nil tho famous feu-
Doctor of Law
SOLAR SYSTEM
V-
Doctor Shapley Is a comparatively
young astronomer, yet tie has won nn
authoritative place In tho science, lie
Is a graduate of, the Missouri Stato
University and of Princeton. Ho was
Identified with tho Mount Wilson ob
sorvutory soven years.
By trlangulatlon, taking tho distance
between sun and earth as a base for
measurements, scientists have record
ed vast distances, until such lines have
been extended hundreds of light years,
even to tho border lino of measure
ment, the Pleiades.
Tho samu Pleiades aro scarcely In
tho front yard of Doctor Shupley'-s
galaxy, which ho has measured and
found to lio nbout 1100,000 light years
front end to end. It Is a super-Mllky
Way.
A light year, the dlstanco a beam
of light will travel In ono year, Is
0,000,000,000,000 miles. It takes but
eight minutes for light to eomo to tho
earth from tho sun, 03,000,000 miles
nwny.
Bear and Rattlesnakes
Upset Train Schedule
Elmlrn, N. Y. New York Ccn
trnl train crews on the Hue that
runs south from Corning Into
the coal fields of Pennsylvania
aro having n new experience.
Black bears nnd rattlesnakes
aro Interfering with the time
schedules.
A special coal-laden freight
train slowed up when a hugj
black bear posed on the track In
battle fortnntlon. It refused to
move until the cowcatcher nosed
It more or less gently aside.
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yAAAAfti:
by Murdock In the sclenco of kissing,
appeared against Murdock.
According to Mrs. Blackburn, "Illl
lle" was taken to tho "Incomparable
one" for a treatment. She said Mur
dock Insisted on her being in a room
oJone with him.
It was at this Juncture, snld the wit
ness, that scientific kissing was dem
onstrated, Murdock prefacing the net
by a dissertation on the effect of kiss
ing on tho brain In developing dor
mant faculties.
Mrs. Blackburn said sho paid Mur
dock $109.
Married Life Burdensome In Old Age.
Bclllnghnm, Wash. Churglng-deser-tlon
and nonsupport, Idn II. Smith,
eighty years old, appeared In court to
defend her suit for divorce against W.
F. Smith, elghty-slx. Tho defendnnt
tiled a cross complaint charging that
his wlfo had tnado his llfo burden
some.
dnl establishments of ancient France.
It was once one of the most magnifi
cent of these great estates and lies
In the valley of the Loire close to tho
town of BIols and has about 15,000
acres, part of which Is Inclosed by
walls extending for 20 miles. Tho
building Is about 200 feet square with
famous circular towers at the corners
and a double spiral staircase leading
to the double lantern, which dominates
the center tower.
Royal Residence Two Centuries.
It wns built about 1520 nnd for two
centuries was a royal residence. Louis
XV gnvo It to Marshal Saxe and Na
poleon presented It to Marshal Wor
thier. Eventually It fell Into the pos
session of tho duke of Parmn.
At the beginning of tho war It wns
owned by Prlnco Ellas of Bourbon
Parmn nnd wns sequestrated becnuso
ho was serving In the Austrian army
as nn nttacho of the Austrian general
staff. Prlnco Ellas Is a brother of
Zlta, wlfo of the former Emperor
Chnrles of Austria, who lately at
tempted to regain his throne as king
of Hungary.
After the wnr Prlnco Ellas at
tempted to recover possession of tho
estate, but tho French courts hnvo Just
disallowed his claim. This, however,
does not sottlo tho question of Its
ownership, for Prlnco Slxtus, nlso of
nourbon-Parmn, brother of Prlnco
Ellns, has put In a claim to tho own.
ershlp of tho chateau.
Princes' Services Refused.
Prlnco Slxtus does not suffer tho
disability of Prince Ellns, as Slxtus
nnd his brother, Xnvler, both offered
their services to the French govern
ment In the war and being refused on
the ground that descendants of the old
roynl houses could not be permitted
to fight for France, they both enlisted
In tho Belgian army, where they
served ns stretcherbearers. Their brav.
ery In this service was afterward rec
ognized In n French citation.
Americans will Identify Prince Six
tus ns tho mnn who received, while tho
wnr was still In progress, tho .'anions
letter from Emperor Charles of Aus
tria In which he stnted that ho .ym
pnthlzod with France's nsplratlons to
recover Alsnce-Lorrnlno nnd thnt In
his opinion Belgium should bo restored
by (iermany.
Prlnco Slxtus turned tho letter over
to President Polncalre and Its publl
cation by Premier Clemenceau created
consternation In Germany. Emperoi
Charles denied Its authenticity.
$14,000 FOR ."POT OF GOLD"
"Spirits" Wouldn't Work, Howeven
So Aged St. Louis Swindler
Goes to Prison.
Chester, 111. Joseph Pelllnskl, six-ty-ono
years old, of St. Louis, started
an Indeterminate sentence of from ono
to ten years In the southern Illinois
penitentiary here, following his convic
tion ut Alton of swindling Weert Hatt
er, n retired farmer, out of $14,000 un
der tho pretense ho was aiding Buuer
to locate n. "pot of gold" valued at
$70,000 burled on Manor's farm.
Tho gold, It was claimed, was to ho
located through spiritualistic seances
conducted by tho defendant's wife. It
was supposed to hnvo been bidden' by
a relatlvo of Buuer.
Sole of War Materials Brings Billion.
Washington. Domestic sales of eur'.
plus war materials since tho urrnls
tlco have amounted to approximately
a billion dollars, Assistant Secretary
Walnwrlght of tho Wnr department
Informed tho senato military committee.
NEBRASKA NEWS
IN CONCISE FORM
State Occurrences of Importance
Boiled to a Few Lines for
Quick Perusal.
Citizens of Pawnee City voted $75,
000 bonds for building a new electric
power plant.
A movement Is on foot, backed by
two North Platte men, to establish an
airplane factory at Omaha.
Prospects for an enormous sugar
beet crop In Western Nebraska were
never better, according to reports.
Arrangements have been completed
for an lnter-state aeroplane meet and
show to be held at Nelson, July 11, 15
and 10.
Tho first wheat threshed In Jeffer
son county yielded eighteen bushels to
the acre. Dealers offered $1.10 a
bushel for the grain.
A test case made In Nuckqlls county
by the state department of agriculture
proved that hogs which follow tuber
cular cattle contract tho disease.
Wheat prospects In Cheyenne county
are the best that farmers and residents
can recall. The county has led the
world In wheat for years and this
season promises to outdo former
yields.
Petitions nre being circulated In the
Nellgh district asking the county sup
erintendent to call a special election
for the purpose of voting on the dis
solution of tho consolidated school
district.
A Inbor shortage Is facing Ne
braska farmers ut tho opening of the
harvest season, according to a state
ment Issued by C. C. Becker, Inspector
In charge of tho United Stales em
ployment station at Lincoln.
Hans Jensen of Red Cloud was one
of the crew of -If) men aboard the
naval tug, Conestoga, which has not
been heard from since leaving Mare
Island, March 25, Washington reports
say.
Tho application of the Union Pacific
for approval of the location of two
stations, No. 1 nnd 2, upon the North
Pintle extension in Scouts Bluff county
has received the approval of the state
railway commission.
From estimates made by Lincoln
grain men the average yield of Ne
braska wheat will be 15 bushels an
acre. The rains of tho last few weeks
are held to be responsible for bring
ing the wheat up to a better standard
than wns expected.
Contract has been nwarded the E.
W. Stephens Publishing Co. of Col
umbia, Mo., to furnish Nebraska's re
vised statutes? for 1021 at tho price of
$:i4,G."0 for -1,000 copies bound in buck
ram, estimated to run 3,000 pages
each.
At a conference nt Grand Island the
factional fight between various ofllcers
of Thomas county at Thedfonl, wns
settled by agreement, the records of
the county clerk returned, the ouster
sulls dismissed and all have agreed to
co-operate harmoniously.
William Mattox, farm hand, who
shot and killed his employer, John OT
Scbnler, on the hitter's farm near
Pender, was taken to Omaha for safe
keeping, 1 ecnuse of fear that neigh
bors of the murdered man might resort
to mob violence to avenge the net. An
argument over Mattox's enfplnyinent
und pny was the cause of the shooting.
Members of four rural school dis
tricts surrounding Gllend, Js'os. 17, 45,
74 and 81 are planning a unite five
districts, Including Gllend, No. Si), for
high school purposes. It Is the desire
of the people to establish a rural high
school, each district to retain Its
present organization, boards of edn
cation and school house for lowei
grade purposes.
Tho state administration Is con
tinuing Its drive ngaust Nebraska tax
slackers. V. H. Osborne, state tax
conimlssloner, In open letters to county
clerks has called for typwrltten copies
of the minutes of meetings of county
commissioners, explaining that it Is
for (ho purpose of ascertaining the
work done by commissioners as equal
ization boards on taxation questions
and In order to give the state depart
ment an opportunity to ascertain If
local politics Is playing any part In the
assessments levied by county "boards
on certain persons. (
Tho three river bridges across tho
North Platte in Garden county were
badly damaged by tho recent high
we tor and all three have been con
demned by the board of county com
missioners. Tho 1020 corn crop cost an average
of 40 cents a bushel to produce In one
of tho centrnl Nebraska counties, ac
cording to figures complied by the
stale college of agriculture. The
uvenigo cost was figured from iccords
kept by members of tho county farm
bureau and nro considered conserv
ative. A Jury Investigating the wreck of
Northwestern passenger, No. 000 near
Whitney, In which five lives were lost,
found tho bridge over Big Cottonwood
creek through which the train plunged
was In good condition a short tlmo be
fore tho accident.
Holla and Delia Dehnrt, man and
wife now In Jail at O'Neill charged
with tho murder of John MIze of
Platte, S. D., whoso body was found
In the Niobrara river north of Atkin
son several weeks ago, will bo tried at
n special term of district court In
August.
A band of twenty-six members bus
been organized nt Liberty.
Custer county farmer.') are reporting
the loss of cnttlo from black leg.
A Hoy Scout troup of thirty-two
members hns been organized at Odell.
By a vote of 102 to G, citizens ot!
Davenport approved the playing of
baseball on Sunday.
Tho Itev. Dr. William Franklin
Eyster, 00, oldest college graduate lu
the United States died at Crete.
Women of lied Cloud are planning
to organize n civic club to encourage
property owners to keep their premises
In better condition.
An election held nt North Platte on
a bond proposition for extentlon of tho
water works and sewer carried by a
majority of 70 votes.
Governor MeKelvIe has offered a re
ward of $100 for the capture of tho
person or persons who held up and
fatally wounded Mrs. Margaret Hyland
of Palmer, In Omaha recently.
Ilobert Carsh charged with slaying
Henr Johnson In u hand-to-hand fight
on tho streets of Humboldt June 1, was
bound over to the next term of dis
trict court under $0,000 bond.
The Nebraska State Fair, which
opens at Lincoln September 4, prom
ises to be the greatest exhibition ever
held In the state, according to Secre
tary Daniels of the fair board.
Sutton is facing a water famine, nil
wells but one from which the city re
ceives Its water supply have given out.
Drastic measures are contemplated to
meet the emergency.
Plattsmouth city ofllclnls nro urging
the establishment of u municipal light
plant as the result of the boost In both
gas and light rates Imposed by tho
private company operating In the city.
The Sidney city council has author
ized a special bond election to be held
ut once to vote .$12,000 for the pur
chase and Improvement of a city park
and $10,000 for necessary surface
drainage and storm sewers.
Nebraska bankers and live stock In
terests nre taking an nctlve part In
tho formation of a $30,000,000 financial
pool by J. P. Morgan nnd big Chicago
Interests for the purpose of financing
the cattle growers of the west and
southwest during the coming twelve
months.
Wheat harvesting this yenr In No
braska is one of the earliest In tho
state's history, owing to the unseason
ably hot weather in May. In average
years the last week in June and the
first In July Is the official opening.
Farmers In southern counties nre fully
a week or ten days ahead of schedule.
A report Issued by the s'ate depart
ment of public Instruction shows thero
are now 100 consolidated school dis
tricts In Nebraska consisting of from
six to 7.'1 sections of laud which have
a valuation of from $.'14,020 to $1,
911,07."?. These districts nlso own
grounds from one to 20 acres.
During the first three months of this
year the state division of vital sta
tistics had reports showing new births
In l.'lS families In Nebraska where the
total number of children In each was
ten or more. Mr. and Mrs. Georgo
Knepper, living near Falls City, made
the banner showing, with .1 total of
eighteen children, fourteen of whom
are still HvngT Mr. nnd Mrs. Joseph
J. Sturak, Cedar Rapids, have had
seventeen children, nnd sixteen of
the.-e are alive.
No seriously menacing pest has yet
appeared on the horizon of Nebraska
agriculture, according to the monthly
report of the state entomologist, Prof.
M. II. Xwonk, nt Lincoln. Grasshop
pers have been hatching out In rather
large numbers in a few counties, and
a little damage has been done. Tho
lleslan fly has also caused Injury
In two sections of the state, and ono
or two other pests have put in their
appearance. However, no extensive
dnmnge has been reported from any
pest.
Announcement by Stnte Treasurer
Cropxey that $4l)l!,:tSri.27 Is available
for the July semiannual stato school
apportionment calls for a new basis
of distribution under a law passed by
the 1021 legislature providing thnt
each district In which non-taxable
state school laud Is located shall re
ceive out of the appropriation an
equivalent to the school tax on that
land If It were privately owned. This
will require n valuation of nil school
land on tho basis of surrounding laud
and a computation of what the school
levy In each school district having
such land would raise.
From December 1, 1010, to December
1, 1020, the state department of ag
riculture made 0,101 Inspections of
Nebraska food establishments, accord
ing to a statement Issued by the de
partment, based on tho biennial re
port. It brought twenty-five pros
ecutions. F. 51. Ridings, president of tho
Fanners' State bank at Halsey, was
sentenced to one to 10 years lu the
state prison by the Thomas county dis
trict court at Thedford for Issurnnee
of certificates without any security of
value.
Dawson county farmers expect to
harvest tho biggest wheat and rye
crops lu the history of tho county
this year. Cutting of tho gnrln was
started last week.
Kletii county commissioners nre
making plans to rebuild the bridges at
Brule, Ogallala and Paxton it once.
These bridges were all mndo lnqmss
ablo and were partly washed out by
tho late tloods in tho South Platte
river. Tho brldgo nt Roscoo Is the
only brldgo lu western Nebraska that
Btood tho test ngalnst tho high water
In tho South rintto river.
MEANS BIO CROP
Wheat in Western Canada Has
Excellent Start.
Germination, In the Rich Soil of That
Country, Is Speedy Farmer
on Road to Wealth.
It was on tho 18th of May thnt tho
writer received a letter from n friend
in Western Canada dated tho 15th of
the same month. Information wns
conveyed In the letter that Its nuthor
had (raveled over a considerable por
tion of Western Canada. Ho bad cov
ered most of the settled portions, ami
from those he had not covered he had
secured Information that amplified
his own observations of conditions)
thro'ughout all tho vast nren of thnt
country. Ho found seeding of wheat
practically completed, and placed lu
a bed of earth that was lu n condition
that warranted speedy nnd healthy
gcnnlnntlon. This wus borne out by
evidence that ho was n witness of.
wheat that had been In the ground;
four days that was already breaking
through, and that which had been?
fceeded for n week was well above tho
ground, the field being ns green as
a new pasture plot. Everywhere this
condition existed. It will be plenslng
Information for those who hnvo
friends In Western Cnnnda In any
pint of It, no matter where they may
be to learn that conditions hnvo
opened up In such n splendid wny, and
to be advised that the prospects wero
never brighter than now. When It
becomes known that conditions nro so
satisfactory, many who were wnltlng,
uncertain what to do In the matter of
moving, will doubtless now come to n
decision. With the opening of thou
sands of homesteuds, which took plnco
on the 1st of May, there was a rush
to take ndvantage of the opportunity
to secure 100 acres of excellent land
free, within speaking distance of a
railroad. The low railway ratea
granted by menus of n certlflcato Is
sued by Cutindlnn government ngents,
loented at different points In tho
Stntes, mnke It possible to mako n
trip of Inspection nt small cost.
Oat and barley fanning nre brunches
thnt add considerable to the wcnltli
of tho farmer who desires to mako
money quickly. That these grains can
be grown so successfully, und enslly,
makes It possible to go Into otltor
branches of farming Industry, thut
glvo stability to It, wherever they aro
carried on. They are dairying antl
cattle-raising. There Is an excellent
market for the product, nnd tho cli
mate aids materially lu assisting It.
whllo the native grasses, as well nsi
cultivated varieties, bring tho cost of
production to n much lower figure than
Is possible on lnuds that are much
higher In price, with no better yield
ing qualities. Then, again, It Is amply
shown that fodder corn can bo grown
with great success, nnd thnt sunflow
ers, which It has been fully proven
are Ilttlo behind, if nny, In food quali
ty, thrive wonderfully. In fnct, these
two fodders. In nddltlon to which may
be addeil that of alfalfa and sweet
clover, In which Western Canada
farmers are well apace with growers)
elsewhere, hnvo brought about n pe
riod of sllo-bullding which promises
to eclipse any effort In this Hue mndo
anywhere on the continent. In Mani
toba alone, ono firm Is building two
hundred this yenr. In Saskatchewan,
many orders have been placed ; In ono
small district In Alberta, where fifty
were erected last yenr, another fifty
will bo built this summer. Thnt thero
will be n thousnnd silos erected In tho
three provinces this year seems to bo
a conservative estimate. To tho farm
er In the Stntes, who knows tho nd
vantage of tho silos, who Is Interested'
In the fodder to bo grown to 4111 them,
what docs this mean? Advertisement
Definition of Flatterer.
Young Miss Betty, like all young
sters, had found n new word nnd It
hnd to be put Into service Immedi
ately. "Daddy," she sold. "What does tho
word flatterer mean?"
"Flatterer? You want to know what
flatterer means?"
"Yes."
"Well, Betty, lets see If I told your
brother ho was good looking, what
would that bo?"
"Foolln' him," Betty flashed bnclri
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine
Beware I Unless you seo tho nam
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
nro not getting genuine Aspirin pre
scribed by physicians for twenty-ono
yenrs and proved safo by millions,
Tnko Aspirin onlyns told In tho Bnyct
pnekngo for Colds, Headache, Neural
gin, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothncho,
Lumbago, and for Tnln. Hnndy tin
boxes of twelvo Bnyer Tablets of As
plrlu cost fow cents. Druggists nlso
sell larger packages. Aspirin Is tin
trade mnrk of Bayer Manufacture ot
Mononcotlcacldetiter of Sallcyllcncld,
A mnn nlwnys makes allowances foj
his wife, but not always In tho form
of a weekly stipend.
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