LINCOL.S
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With the invi
powder for use In
ships and coast def
presented Itself to ord
which was unknown to the?
sors of the days of black pc
smooth-bore guns. The problem i
prolongation of the. life of the gu!
All modern artillery is rifled; that Is;
each gun has a series of spiral grooves
cut on its Interior surface. The
grooves impart a spin to the projectile,
as it is forced from the gun, and the
effect is to keep the point headed for
ward. By this means its range, ac
curacy 'and penetration are enormous
ly Increased. The great value of
smokeless powder is the Increased ve
locity which itives to the shell, but
velocity Is attained at the expense of
a tremendous increase of temperature
of the burning gases. The high tem
perature, in turn, erodes, or burns out,
the metal of the gun itself, so that the
rifling at the breech is soon destroyed.
"The gun then becomes inaccurate and
therefore useless. The war depart
ment of the United States has found
that the big 13-lnch guns now mount
ed in most of the seacoast defenses
are good for no more than 60 shots
before they are .wonx out. The ex
pense of the guns is so great that this
is a serious matter. The striking force
of the projectile cannot be reduced
without weakening the defenses of the
country. But the war department
thinks it has found a way out of the
difficulty Striking force is the prod-
uct of the mass, or weight, of the pro
jec'lle multiplied ' by the speed with
"'lilcli it travels. In order to lengthen
the life of coast-defense guns the
piessitre, which means speed, must be
reduced,. To maintain the samo strik
ing force, accordingly, the mas3 of the
shell must be increased. The war de
partment, says Youth's Companion, is
planning to substitute 15 or 16-inch
guns for the 13-inch guns now la u?e.
In this way the same range and pene
tration will be preserved, and the life
of the ftuns advanced from 60 shots to
120. -
- Weight of the Planets.
If a ham weighing 30 pounds were
taken up to the moon and weighed
there the "pull" the attractive force
of the moon upon the ham would
amount to only five' pounds. There
would be another weight of the ham
for the planet Mars, and yet another
on the sun. A ham weighing 30
pounds at New York ought to weigh
on e fiuu uuunuH uu .me aim d suixauc.
Hence! the astronomer does not speak
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nass oi me nmneu wuiuu uienua uuw
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It might be weighed. At the same
time, says Current Literature, we
might, without any inexactness, agree
that the weight of a heavenly body
should'be fixed by the weight it would
have In! New York. As we could not
imagines a planet in .New York, be
cause it (may be larger than the earth
i I self, wlsit we are to imagine is this:
Suppose Ithe planet could be divided
into a Jfiilllon million million equal
parts slid one of these parts brought
to NewPlfork and weighed. We could
easily find its weight in pounds or
tons. Then multiply this by a million
million million and we shall have a
weight of the planet. This would be
equivalent to what astronomers might
take as the mass of the planet.
The kaiser sometimes, when out
hunting, leads the simple life. He
has a- primitive shooting hut near
Sylttkehmen.. This hut Is constructed
of plain fir boards, covered with bark,
and hidden away, in a green wood. A
ptaTgDMPent antler towers over the en
trance, while the furniture consists of
a deal table and chairs, with a few
hooks In the wall for overvoats. In
this, secluded retreat the kaiser, the
xaiserln, and the Princess Victoria
Louise regale themselves with pota
toes, which they roast for themselves
'n the embers of the wood fire made of
. i.ry fir branches.
Robert Ambler Bruce, who was
born before George Washington died,
who saw the meeting between Admiral
Decatur and Napoleon at St. Helena,
and who is a hero of half a dozen
wars, is still -living In Richmond, Va.,
at the age of 106. He entered the navy
nt the age of 13 to serve in the war oi
1812, and was at 15 on Decatur's flag
ship when it -visited St. Helena in
1814. Mr. Bruce Isa descendant of
Pocahontas.
Joseph Chamberlain has ' always
been averse to too freely dispensing
his autographs. Quite early In his
political career he had slips printed
Informing his correspondents ' that
"Joseph Chamberlain has been obliged
to make a rule not to give his auto
graph." -On the other hand. Lord
Ro3ebery has been known to accom
pany his autograph with a humorous
little note advising' his correspondent
to turn his or her attention to some
thing more useful than collecting
specimens of handwriting.
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Railroad
Two bills
the senate for
roads by conferrii
newly elected railwa;
is probable both bills
joint committees before a
purpose is reported back to
the houses. Senator Root, ST Cass,
has introduced a bill that is almost
an exact copy of the Texas law. His
bill is S. F. 31. It provides that the
commission shall have power to make
rates where none exist, to change
rates that already exist and establish
ratec for any railroad line or any part
of a line. Ten days' notice shall be
given to a railroad when a change Is
to be ordered. The bill contemplates
an appeal to the courts in the usual
manner.
Senator Aldrich introduced S. F. No.
45. It provides not only the qualifi
cations of the railway commission, but
defines its powers. It contains pro
visions , taken from the Texas, Cali
fornia and Iowa laws and suggestions
from Judge Brewer's recent decisions
in railroad cases. The bill provides
that the commissioners shall receive
a salary of $2,500 each, with power to
elect one secretary at a salary of not
to exceed $2,500 and two clerks at not
to exceed $1,200.
Regulation of Corporations.
Interest centers to a great extent on
the makeup of the legislative railroad
committees which are said to be satis
factory to the "progressive" republi
cans, but it is not certain that either
of these committees will formulate the
more important bills dealing with rail
road regulation. A movement has
already been started in the house for
the appointment of committees of
seven to consider bills relating to the
campaign pledges.
Plan Assessment Board Change.
Preparation of a bill to change the
composition of the state board of
equalization and assessment by reduc
ing its membership from five to three
has been commenced, and as soon as
the measure is fully drafted it will be
introduced in one or "both houses of
the legislature... It is proposed to
make the board of review include the
governor, the secretary of state and
only onf pther state official. The
board's present membership takes in
the land commissioner, treasurer and
auditor, but if the change that is in
view should take place two of these
would have to be dropped. Some un
certainty exists as to which of them
will be left off in the bill as it is to be
formulated. The desire for this
change comes from the fact t,hat dur
ing the two years in which Land
Commissioner Eaton and Auditor
Searle have been members they have
twice opposed any considerable in
crease in the assessments o transpor
tation companies, and with the assist
ance of Former Secretary of State Ga
lusha, their votes . prevailed in 1905
and 1906. The railroads, under the
change (if it is made) will be given a
full hearing, as they have already had.
It is believed the change will result
in a square deal all around.
Powers of School Boards.
In the case of Edith Englehart, who
was expelled by the school board of
district ' No. 9, Merrick county for
"gross misdemeanors and persistent
disobedience," the supreme court has
reversed the suit for another trial,
holding that school boards are author
ized to expell a pupil without notice to
the pupil or his parents and without
any -trial, and that the board may
adopt any mode of procedure in obtain
ing evidence which to it seems best,
but m an action brought against its
members to procure reinstatement of
the pupil his conduct can only be
shown by witnesses cognizant of the
facts.
Mr. Cowell Takes the Oath.
Robert Cowell of Omaha who did
not take the oath of office at the open
ing of the legislature, as a member
of the newly created state railway
commission, appeared before Judge C,
B. Letton of the Supreme court Janu
ary 8, and took the oath.
Captain Killian In Lincoln.
Captain Julius Killian, formerly ad
jutant general of the Nebraska na
tional guard and now captain of the
commissary department United States
army, was in the capital city on his
way from San Francisco to Fort Riley,
Kas. He will probably, be transferred
soon to Newport News, Va. Captain
Killian has been on duty for four
months at the camp of refugees at San
Francisco which was established by
the government immediately following
the - earthquake.
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Schools
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TF. W. Phillips,
i. jvTBg; xP. Li. UiarK ana w .
Ashton.
Agriculture W. E. Thorns, chair
man; J. C. F. McKesson, L. Good
rich, C. G. Sibley, Charles A. Randall,
F. Wilcox and F. W. Ashton.
Irrigation C. G. Sibley, chairman;
A. Wilsey, D. Hanna, C. A. Luce, H.
B. Glover, R. M. Thomson and J. C
Byrnes.
Judiciary E. L. King, chairman;
B. F. Thomas, C. H. Aldrich, C. H.
Epperson, H. E. Sackett, J. L. Root, R.
M. Thomson, George W. Wiltse, F. W
Ashton, and W. R. Patrick.
Labor F. W. Ashton, chairman;
Joseph Burns, B. F. Thomas, Charles
A. Randall, J. C. Byrnes. '
Municipal Affairs L. . C. Gibson,
chairman; Joseph Burns, H. E, Sack
ett, B. F. Thomas and F. W. -Ashton.
Live Stock and Grazing D.- Hanna,
chairman; C. G. Sibley, H. B. Glover,
W. E. Thomas and J. P. Latta.
Insurance Joseph Burns, chairman;
W. H. Wilson, B. F. Thomas, F. W.
Phillips and H. E. Sackett.
The House Committees.
Speaker Nettieton's list of house
committees was made public. -The
more important ones follow: '
Rules Mr. Speaker, chairman;
Hart,' Keifer, Marsh, Harrison, Brown,
(E. P ). Armstrong.
Livestock and grazing Masters,
chairman; Keifer, Richardson', Baird,
Stolz, Jones, Greig, Snyder, Metzger.
tevenue ana taxation uoage,
chairman; Doran, Neff, Davis, Scudder
Killen, Baker, iStaaiev, Kuhl, QuacK-
eiibush, Carlin.
Rank and currency Hart, - chair
man; Farley Steinauer, Smith, Milli-
gan, Kuhl, Snyder.
Public schools Shubert, chairman"
Wltham, Wilson, F. C. Doran, Cuddio-j,
France, Metzger.
University and normal school?' Mc-
Mullen, chairman; Armstrong, Oilman,
Smith, Hamer, Logsdon, Snyder, Cone,
Worthing. V
Judiciary Brown (E. P.), chairman;
McMuIlen, Hamer, Brown (.E. W1.),
Clarke (H. T.), Jenison, Harvey,. Efler,
Carlin, Quackenbush, Kuhl. 1
Finance Ways and Means Keifer.
chairman; Dodge, Brown (E. W.), Har
rison, Farley, Knowles, Armstrong,
Hill Redmond, Graff, Fries.
Agrculture Walsh (J.), chairman;
Jones (Cass), Stolz, Rejcha, France,
Graff, Murphy. -
Telegraph, telephone and electric
companies Jenison, chairman; Hage-
meister, Dodge, Best, Hansen, Brown,
(E. W.), Adams, Metzger, Graff.
Corporations Baker, chairman;
Rohrer, Hansen, Barnes, Whitman,
Howe, Van Housen. -
Public lands and buildings Marsh,
chairman; Shiibert, Eller, Fletcher,
White, Thiessen, Rejcha, Byram,
Logsdon, Besse, Metzger, Fries, How
ard. RailroadsHarrison, chairman; Dor
an, Hart, Farley, Marsh, Jenison,
Knowles, Walsh, Keier, Scudder,
Quackenbush, Cone, Duncan, Adams.
Henry. ,
Constitutional amendments Tucker,
chairman; Whitman, Talbot, Culdice,
Line, Lahners, Renkel, Richardson,
Wilson (F. C), Quackenbush, Carlin.
Labor Leeder, . chairman; Hage
melster, Johnson, Lahners, McCol
lough, Lee, Miliigan, Saunders, Neff,
Whitney, Bolen; Schoettger, Weems.
Home Patronage 'for Uni.
Statistics compiled by the board of
regents and in possession of Registrar
Clark show that 2,670 of the 2,911 stu
dents enrolled in the state university
for the school year of 1905-6 were resi
dents of Nebraska. This proves the
contention made by university profes
sors that a greater number of resi
dent students receive their education
in. the Nebraska state university than
in any other of the states surround
ing. The state university has for several
years . been represented , by a larger
per cent of "home" students than
many of the western schools. During
the school year 1903-4 of the 2,513 stu
dents in Nebraska, while 244 were non
residents, as compared with 244 stu
dents from pther states last year, a
gain of nine per cent in foreign regis
tration. i
Frazier Reappointed.
Lou W. Frazier of Fairmon was re
appointed secretary of the state" print
ing board. The board comprises Audi
tor Searle, Treasurer Brlen and Secre
tary Junkin. There were several ' ap
plicants for the position. Mr. Frazier
has served in this position for four
years.
Nebraskans in National's Capitol. .
Dr, G..E. Condra who visited Wash
ington on his return from. New York,
found several Nebraska men at work
for the government there.- They were
all getting on well with their work
and were interested in the . progress
that was being made at the Nebraska
university. Among those in the de
partment of geology were C. A. Fisher,
L. J. Pepperburg, Calvert Beakley and
Dean Winchester. C. H. Gordon who
was formerly superintendent of Ithe
Lincoln schools is also at work in
department of geology. -
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ARK CANNOT SEE STRIKE.
Idea Preposterous Strike
Would Hurt Public.
Omaha General Superintendent
ark of the Union Pacific, discussing
the labor difficulties on the Southern
Pacific, said: -
"I know the firemen on the Union
Pacific and they are undoubtedly as
loyal to their organization as any men
can be. At the same time they re
cently made an agreement on the
wage question with the company for
two years and they not having any
grievance makes it preposterous to
think that they would take part in
an affair that does not concern tliem.
"I can understand how the strike on
the Southern Pacific might extend to
its Immediate connections at the seat
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MRS. LENA MARGARET LILLIE.
Mrs. Lillie was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Nebraska peniten
tiary for the murder of her husband at David City, Neb., in 1902 She was
granted a full pardon by Governor Mickey just before. his teun expired, this;
being his last offcial act. Mrs. Lillie has gone with her father to California
to live. ' ' . ";
of trouble, but I cannot figure out how
it could reach the Union Pacific lines.
I know that none of the organizations
here, or along the' lines, favor such ex
tension of the f strike. -V The '""public
would be bitterly apposed to it, as the
inconvenience and burden would fall
heavily upon the people, , and I do not
believe our men would bring this in
convenience about just to help the fire
men in Texas."
Mr. Park says the coal situation is
now in good shape and at all the
towns on the line there is a fair sup
ply of fuel. The company ds hurrying
coal to all points and there cannot be
a shortage unless there should be a
strike followed by severe weather. In
that event it' is hard to say what the
result might be.
HANDS CAUGHT IN ROPE.
H. C. Harwager Suffers Loss of Two
Fingers in Accident.
H. C- Harwager, an employe of the
Central Granaries at' Fifth and J
streets, Lincoln, met with, an accident
which cost him two fingers of- his left
hand, split open another on the same
hand, and broke two fingers on his
right hand. While pulling cars he be
came entangled in the ropes in such a
way that his hands became caught
and he could not disengage them un
til the machinery was stopped. He
was taken to St. Elizabeth's hospital,
where the operation was performed on
his hand.
SWITCHMAN MANGLED AT UNION
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South Omaha, Man Lost an. Arm and
May Not Recover.
N. G. Burns, ' a Missouri Pacific
brakeman, whose home is at South
Omaha, 'was seriously hurt at Union.
Mr. Burns was braking on Missouri
Pacific southbound freight No. 192 and
while switching at Union was knocked
from the car. He fell directly in
front and the car passed over him,
taking off his right arm near the shoul
der, and fracturing the right hip and
the right leg.
KILLED ON THE RAILROAD.
Man Foupd Near Track" With Head
Crushed.
The body of a man identified as that
of Diftk White of Amherst was found
just west of the bridge over the rail
race on the north side of the Union
Pacific railroad near Kearney, Neb. Af
ter the dirt had teen removed "from
the dead man's face he was identified
by M. J. Graham, a real estate man
of Kearney as Dick White, a man who
had come from Amherst to see about
getting the work of cutting some wood
which Mr. Graham owned at Amherst.
Mr. Graham was positive of his Iden
tity because of a peculiar scar on the
chin of T.he. young n-.&n who was ap
parently between twenty-five and thir
ty years of age.
The most serious injury appeared to
be in. the back of his head, his right
arm was broken and almost torn off
He had ' also received other injuries.
Dick White had been at Amherst for
some time but had no relatives there
as near as could be ascertained. Al
his people live. In South Dakota. : -
Are Marble Work Nuisance? V
; The Fremont Commercial club has
interested itself in the lawsuit which
Dr. A. W. Fees commenced against the
Fremont Marble Works, and is endeav
oring to bring about a settlement be
tween the parties. Dr. Fees, -whose
residence is located close to the. mar
ble works, has asked the district court
to declare the concern a nuisance and
compel it to move. He says that, the
dust from the stone fills his house and
is injuring the health of his family,
and that the continuous noise of the
machinery has hurt his practice as a
physician. Messrs. Hodges & Bald
win, who are the proprietors of th.j
marble works, are old residents of Fre
mont,, and have been located on their
present site for fifteen years.- They
1-ave a flourishing business which em
ploys about twenty-five men. ' They
have intimated that it would not be
possible for them to get another loca
tion as suitable in Fremont, and that
if they were required to move they
might seek to locate in some othe."
town. In view of the value of the in
dustry to the city, the - Cotnjnercial
club has taken a hand. In case an
agreement cannot be reached, then
members of the club say they will bear
the costs of the defendant's side of the
suit.
New Company at Norfolk.
A company has been formed at Nor-,
folk for the purpose of operating a
packing plant in th-3 old sugar factory
building. The capital stock will be
$300,000, of which $126,000 has been
subscribed. E. H. Luikart, present of
the Tilden bapk, has been active in
organizing the new company, to Which
other business men of northern Ne
braska will belong. All that remains
before the machinery shi be ordered
is for the sugar factory to be turned
over In accordance with the policy an
nounced by the Industrial company
which owns' it.
AN IMPORTANT CASE
Patient Cured of Ataxia Gives the
Entire Credit to Dr. Williams,
Pink Pills.
Mrs. S. C. Welloek, of 114 Cleveland
Avenue, Everett, Mass., the wife of
an employe In the government, works
at uneisea,. says?
. "I had been troubled with ne'rvousv
ness for ten years and the disease
kept growing on me. Then I learned
that I was suffering from locomotor .
ataxia. I had terrible tremblings in -my
right leg which would get rigid
and 'when this happened in the street
I nad to stand still until, it passed
away to keep from falling. My right
arm felt as if a thousand needles were
pricking it. The sheet touching my
knee in bed- would nearly cause me
to scream out with pain and- both -knees
were so weak I could hardly
stand. .. ... - --'
"I had to use a cane and be helped '
about by my son. Then the pain be-
gan to settle in the calves of my legs -and
the muscles became numb and
quivered constantly. - The cords un
der, my .knees, seemed to be drawn .up ',
tight and the terrible shooting pains ,
in my legs would nearly drive me in
sane. My toes became numb and a"t
times would prickle as if needles were
being thrust into them. My eyes? be- .
came dull and black spots floated be
fore them., My heart was very weak.
. "My attention was called to Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills and I bought sev-'
eral boxes right away and Boon felt .
relief. I" was so pleased that I kept
on taking them,' until' they cured me
entirely, and I have had no symptoms
of the trouble for over a year.."
Dr. Wjlliams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on. re- -ceipt
of price, 50 cents per box, six'"'
boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Med j
lcine Company, , Schenectady, N. Y.
A booklet, entitled "Nervous Dis- v
orders," Bent free on request. ...
HE WANTED LIVE NEWS.
Correspondent Had No Time to Waste
with Vice President. : '
Vice President Fairbanks, stopped
a newspaper nan the other day, and a.
good-naturedly asked explanation of -. "
an incident which , . happened years
ago. On thai- occasion Mr. Fairbanks ,
and J the ' correspondent were chatting
pleasantly, when suddenly, the latter .
moved away to meet Senator Chand-
ler of Maine. The vice president said:
"I have always had great'euriosity to-,
know why. you deserted me that day." ...
The newspaper man hesitated for a
moment, and then replied: 'To tell
you the truth, Mr. Vice President, yon
are a mighty dry souvce of news. You - ..
may have a nose far news, but I
doubt it; at, any rate, you never give
tip any. Now, when a newspaper man
is-gunning for big, live news he hasnrVnv
koi ume iu biuij ana eicuanKe small
talk with a man, even if he be a sen- . ,
ator, who would not know the price of .,:
news if he saw it." Mr. "Fairbanks
smiled.. 'T thatnk you for your frank
ness," he said. "I. see I shall have to
cultivate & nose lor. news.",.. , ... i O
, ALMOST A, SOLID SORE. .
Skin Disease from Birth Fortune '
Spent on Her Without Benefit v
Cured Her with Cuticura.
"I have a cousin in Rockingham Co.
who once had a skin disease from her
birth until she was six years of age."
Her father had - spent a fortune on
her to get her cured and none of the
treatments did her any ' good. Old
Dr. G suggested that he try the
Cuticura Remedies which he did.
When he commenced to use it the
child was almost asolid scab. He
had used It about two months and
the child was wen. I was there when
they commenced 1 to- use your Cuti
cura Remedies. I stayed that week
and then returned home and stayed
two weeks and then went back and
stayed with them two weeks longer,
and when I went home I could hardly
believe she was the same child.. Her
skin was as soft as a baby's with
out a scar off it, . I have not seen her
In seventeen years, but I have heard
from her and the last time I heard from
her she was well. Mrs. W. P. Ingle, Bur
lington, N. "C., June 16, 1905."
Whine from Henry James.
c. Henry James, -prrsuing ,his: theme,
"The ' Speech of American Women,"
speaks of a group of Boston young
women, "all articulating as from sore
mouths, all mumbling and -, whining
and vocally limping and shuffling as it
were together." He compares, also to
its great disadvantage, a school where
parents pay so much not to have their
boys taught to speak as gentlemen,
with one "beyond the sea; in , which :
the-proviso that the schoolmaster
shall speak as a gentleman is so abso
lutely vital."
. Woman's Important .Position.
An American woman, Mrs. . John
Leslie familiarly known as Mrsv Jack
Leslie who was Leonie Blanche Jer- .
ome of New York, is inofficial adviser -in
fashion and dress of the duchess of -Connaught
and Princess Patricia, to
the former of whom she is lady is
waiting. ' . '" '""
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