THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.
A good prejudice is better than a
weak conviction.
There nro just as good fish In the
tea , but the sea Is large.
A virtue that no ono tries to cul
tivate is staying at home.
Many men are convinced that they
arc geniuses , hut can not show it be
cause they nro too busy earning a liv
ing. St. Louis Globe-Democrat
TOMMY A8 GOOD AS A CHART.
Nurse Had No Trouble Remembering
Time for His Medicine ,
A Boston' physician tells a story of a
youngster of his own that an over-
strenuous vacation bad put on the sick
list The father had an appropriate
prescription niled , and left the bottle
with tbo child's mother. As she , how
ever , Is very forgetful , ho gave her a
chart , and suggested that she set down
the hours when the medicine should
bo given , checking oft each dose as
taken. Upon returning from his evenIng -
Ing calls , however , ho found the chart
blank.
"Good gracious , Mary , " ho exclaimed ;
"surely you haven't failed to give Tom
his medicine ? "
"Oh , no. I did not miss a slnglo
time , " his wife assured him.
"How In the world did you remem
ber it without the chart ? " ho asked.
She smilod.
"That was easy. I Just told Tom this
morning at what hours ho was to have
It , and half an hour before each tlmo
ho would begin hallooing that bo
wouldn't take It. "
HERE'S REAL SAFETY ENVELOPE.
Ingenious Device for Double Locking a
Letter.
A new envelope made in Paris is
proof agalnct the thief or the meddler
who opens a letter to extract or to
read Its contents and then rcseals It
so cleverly as to hide any sign of it
having been tampered with.
The now envelope is really two en
velopes. Each is of thin paper , one a
pronounced blue , the other lighter in
color and different in texture. Each
has a gummed flap.
Th / letter Is first placed in the blua
envelope , which Is slightly smallsr
than the other. Instead of sealing thH
It is placed in the outer envelope and
the inner flap brought outside and
gummed down on to the larger en-
'velope.
The outer flap is still unsealed. It
Is much larger tlu-n the Inner flap and
reaches down to a good-sized star-
shaped opening v.hich shows through
to the Inner envelope , so that when
the outer flap is sealed It sticks not
only to the onto'- envelope but also
through this opening to the Inner ono.
The letter Is thus practically locked
and double locked.
WANTED COMPANY IN MISERY.
Stranger Asked for Directions at Un-
fortunata Moment. . ,
"I beg your pardon , " said the stran
ger on the bicycle , riding slowly up to
the sidewalk and steadying himself
by putting his foot on the curb , "but
I am looking for : i restaurant where I
can gut a good irenl. Can you direct
mo to ono ? "
The man whom ho addressed was
standing in front of a store , trying to
rub a grain of sand out of his eye with
one band and holding his bat on with
the other , for it was a windy day , and
at first ho made no response. But
presently ho spoke.
"Go to the next block , " he said , "and
turn to the right. Four doors down
you will find a restaurant. "
The stranger thanked him and rode
on. About an hour later they acci
dentally met again. The stranger was
on his way out of town. Ho stopped
and spoke.
"My friend , " ho said , "I followed
your directions. I went to the restau
rant you directed mo to , and I got the
worst meal I over had in my life. "
"I thought you would , " answered the
other. "If you had waited till I got
that grain of sand out of my eve I
should have sent you to a good restau
rant , but you didn't. I just had to
divide my misery with somebody , and
you happened to bo bandy. " Youth's
Companion.
No trip can surpass in plea
sure and health a vacation
bjKJtit in the Rockies. Lo\v
rates in effect every day to
September 30 , 1908.
For the round-trip from Omaha to
Denver-Colorado Springs-
Pueblo
VIAPACIFIC
PACIFIC
Uow one ) Sconlc Route to
Yoilowt > tone Park
Inquire of
E L. UOMAX , Q. P. A. ,
Oimiltn. Nolir.
OOD
COMPARISON BZTWZW
AW ) UNTfitAIED
"Timber thoroughly treated with
proper preservatives will last almost
indefinitely , " says a government ex
pert who is an authority on wood
preservation. "Engineers have known
for years that this is true , " ho con
tinues , "but up to the present time , at
least in America , complicated and ex
pensive plants have been necessary
for the work and wood preservation
has often been too expensive an opera
tion to allow treated timber to come
into general use. " "
Methods In wood preservation have
undergone a marked change in the
last few years , however , and the work
which a few years ago was limited tea
a few experiments carried on in scat
tered parts of the United States has
grown with such rapidity that wood
preservation has become a business
which figures most prominently in the
industrial Hfo of this country.
Each year railroads are treating an
increasing portion of their cross ties ,
miners their mine props , farmers their
fence posts and the men of many
other industries are bringing preserva
tives into play to close the pores and
prepare the timber they use to resist
the fungi which cause decay. The
work points the way to one of the
chief means of the conservation of the
nation's forest resources , for as the
length of the life of timber is in
creased the drain upon the forests is
lessened , and more wood made avail
able for use.
In nearly all localities in the Rocky
mountain and. Pacific states is found
an abundant supply of certain kinds
of timber which have only a slight
commercial importance. Kngolmann
spruce , lodgepolo and other kinds of
pine , aspen , and cottonwood are only
apartial lint of the kinds of wood
which are strong enough and abundant
enough to win high value for construc
tion purposes , wore it not for one
single defect which has prevented
their general adoption. When exposed
to the soil and weather they decay so
rapidly that they have to be renewed
too often to Justify their use.
Dead timber of lodgepole pine and
other species also is found in large
tracts , but is sharply discriminated
against by all constructing engineers
and contractors. As a matter of fact ,
the dead timber , provided It is sound ,
Is just as good as green timber of the
same species ; and indeed , In some
ways , Is even more valuable. For It
is well known that thoroughly sea
soned timber is both stronger and
more durable than the same timber
when gieen. Timber which was killed
by fire or Insects , and which is still
in a sound condition , differs from
green timber chiefly in being thor
oughly seasoned that is to say , it is
stronger , more durable and lighter.
And so not only are the freight rates
considerably reduced , but a better
grade of timber IB secured.
Even in a thoroughly seasoned con
dition , lodgopolo pine , Engelmann
spruce , and the other species men
tioned above , are by no means dura-
bio woods when compared with Doug
las fir , Oregon cedar , and the other
kinds of wood which are used so ex
tensively in construction work. And
before they can successfully compete
with such timbers , in spite of their
lower price , they must bo made to
last longer under unfavorable condi
tions.
After se.veral years' study , the
United States forest service has
proved that in many cases the com
plicated and expensive plants are not
ni essary for the proper treatment of
many kinds of .timber ; and that many
of the timbers which decay most rap
idly In the natural btatc , are arnuim
the easiest and cheapest to treat.
.Many of the species mentioned above
offer little resistance to the entrance
of fhe preservative. The principle of
the method Is to immerse the thor
oughly seasoned wood In a hot bath of
the liquid , leave it in for a few hours ,
and then cither plunge it into a cold
bath of a preservative , or else run out
the hot liquid from the treating tank ,
and (111 ( it up again with liquid of a
lower temperature. This requires only
the simplest kind of machinery , and
the cost of operation is BO slight that
even cheap timbers like fence posts'
and shingles can be treated by the
average farmer of small means.
Although the forest service , by ex
tensive experiments in all portions of
the country , considers that the prac
ticability of the process has been con
clusively proved , more or less difll-
culty has been encountered in Induc
ing others to adopt the process on a
commercial scale. In order to demon
strate beyond any doubt that the
pioccss is adapted to commoicial
Chestnut Pole Showing Decay at
Ground Line After Few Years'
Service.
treatments , the sen Ice lias arranged
to erect small treating plants semi- j
commercial In size on several of the !
national forests. Tests will be made
on the local timbers , and careful
record kept of tbo cost of the work
The treated timber will then bo placed
in permanent position , where its fu
ture durability can bo compared with
untreated timber of the same or oilier
kinds.
Three such plants will bo erected ,
and it is expected that they will bo
in successful operation during the
summer. According to the present
plans one plant will bo erected ut
some , locality on or near the IJlack
Hills National forest , South Dakota ,
another on the Holy Cross National
forest In Colorado ; and the third on
the Henrys Lake National forest , near
St. Anthony , Idaho.
The investigations in wood prcserva
tion by the use of creosote , which is
nothing more than the dead oil of coul
tar and zinc chlorid , nro considered of
such importance by the government
that one branch of n bureau in the
department of agriculture the "Of
fice of Wood Preservation" In the for
est service is given over entirely to
the work of experiments In cooperation
tion with railroad companies , mining
corporations and individuals who desire -
sire to prolong the life of the timber
which they use. Advice and practical
assistance Is furnished all who re
quest It of the forester at Washington ,
Klnematograph In Medicine.
The results which I have obtained
with tbo kinenuitograph as an aid In
the leaching of nervous disoabes , and
which I have been able to dfinoiibtrate
at tbo Middlesex hospital and else
where , have mot with expressions uf
encouragement from my colic asui-H
and other members of the medical pio-
fesslon. Lancet.
Now York city's police department
has rccjveicd about $100,000 in stolen
property during the last year.
WHERE SHE HAD THE BULGE ,
Telephone GlrPi Great Opportunity to
Get Gloriously Even.
"You know that red-bended cannier
that bad the nerve to complain of mete
to the boss the other day , " said the
girl at the telephone- desk , to n Now
York Times writer. "Wall , I got even
with him , all right. Ho ain't married ,
but he's got a best girl. Ills father
owns a shoo factory over In Jersey ,
nnd rich my ! Well , she called him
up the other Afternoon at her usual
time. 'Is Mr. Smith there ? ' she asks ,
In her most romantlcklBt volco. 'Yes , '
I answers , Just as honoyllke as she.
'It's his wife wants him , Isn't It ? ' With
that Miss Girl hung up with such a
Jerk my car hurt. Smith goes around
wondering why she does not call him
up. Every time ho dares ho Hays tome
mo : 'Haa any ono called mo on the
'phono , Miss Limit ? ' And I look as In
nocent as a kid nnd shako my head
'No. ' 1 tell you , us telephone glrla
can turn 'Joy to the Hrldo' into 'Noth-
In' Doin' ' any tlmo wo please. Mo
for Us. "
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
With Eczema Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw Thought Amputa
tion Was Necessary Dcllevs
Life Saved by Cuticura.
"I have been treated by doctors for
twonty-flvo years for a bad case of
eczema on my leg. Tlioy did their best ,
but failed to euro it. My doctor had
advised mo to have my leg cut off. At
this tlmo my leg was peeled from the
knee , my foot was llko ti picco of raw
flesh , and I had to walk on crutches.
I bought a set of Cuticura Remedies.
After the first two treatments the
swelling went down , tind in two
months my leg was cured nnd the now
skin came on. The doctor was aur-
piiscd and nald that ho would use
Cuticura for his own patients , llmvo
now been cured over seven years , and
but for the Cuticura Remedies I
might have lost my life. Mrs. J. D.
Renaud , 277 Montana St. , Montreal ,
Quo. , Feb. 20 , 1907. "
TIME TO HUSTLE.
Kid Gee whiz , but er feller feels
lonesome in do spring it bo ain't got
er coil !
In a Pinch , Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE.
A powder. It cures painful , smartIng -
Ing , nervous feet and ingrowing nalla.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feot. Sold
by all Druggists , 25c. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package , FREE. Ad
dress A. S. Olmsted , Lo Roy. N. Y.
After a man has knocked around the
world for a few yours without meeting
with success ho begins knocking tbo
world.
Lewis * Single Hinder the famous
ntraulit ; Be eipnr , always best quality.
Your dealer or Lewis' Factory , I'eona , III.
The best manner of avenging our-
nolves lafby not resembling him who
has injured us. Porter.
ALL IN THE FAMILY.
Afrldl'i Simple Explanation of His
Eaiy Victory.
Many of the hill tribesmen In India
Join tbo Hrltish nldo and become moat
valuable recruits. Some years ngo In
a campaign against tbo Afrldlu one
of the columns was much annoyed by
a persistent "sniper" who followed It
dally. Eventually ono of the newly
Joined Afrldl recruits requested leave
to fall out for a couple of bourn to
settle the trouble. At the end of the
tlnio ho Btrolled In placidly and flung
down the head of the sniper.
On being congratulated by his of
ficer and asked how ho had managed
to find hla enemy HO quickly , ho re
plied laconically : "I know hio ways ,
Hahlb. "
"Why , " said tbo officer , "was ho n
friend of yours ? "
"My father , imhlbl"
AN EARLY VICTIM.
"What is the matter. Jack ? "
"Doohoo ! Catherine ) says she's decided -
cided 1 ain't her uOlnlty after alll"
The Best Way.
"Did you ever try to kiss a girl
against her will ? "
"Never ! Only against her
Stray Stories.
'Ji'CfUtl IHHIM UMIJltllB , IIUII kllbA < r. , llr olllJ.1.V.
WIWOWS'undor NEW LAW obtained
I TkTr-.wrf TC l X JOHN W. MORRIS.
PENSIONS WaoUliiBton. U. O.
The
General "Demand
of the Well-Informed of the World haa
always been for a simple , pleasant nnt )
efficient liquid laxative remedy of knowu
value ; < v laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because Us com-
| Xiicnt pnrta arc known to them to b
wholrsomo and truly beneficial in effect ,
acceptable to the system and gentle , ycl
prompt , in notion.
In tnipplying that demand with fta cx-
ccllcnt combination of Syrup of Fig8 and
Elixir of Senna , the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relics
on the merits of the laxative for ltd remark-
ubla success.
That IB ono of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by the Well-informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co , , only , and for solo
by nil leading druggists. Price fifty ccnta
per botllu.
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured by
those LlUlo Tills.
Tlirjr ftlno rcllCTO
tr < > n from Dj-Hpepala , lo >
digestion atul Too Hearty
Knllng , A perfect rem
edy ( or DIzilncBs , Ntiu-
sen , DrowslncBH , Had
TnHto In tha Mouth , Cont-
cd TotiKtia , I'nln In the
Side , TOKPin L1VEII.
They retaliate tlio Bo\voln. 1'urcly Vegetable.
SMALL r' < , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE.
Gcntiino Must Bear
CARTERS
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REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
Keeps the breath , teeth , mouth and body
r.ntbcptionlly clean and frco from un
hculthy derm-life and dinngrccnblo odors ,
which water , soup and tooth preparations
alone cannot do. A
ricnuieidnl , disin
fecting and deodor
izing toilet requisite
of exceptional ex
cellence and econ
omy. Invaluable
for inflamed eyes ,
throat and nasal and
uterine catarrh. At
drug and tallot
stores , 50 ccnta , or
by mnil postpaid.
Large Trial Sample
WITH "HEALTH AND BEAUTV" DOCK OIMT rnna
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never itlckt
to the I too.
W. N. U. , OMAHA , NO. 27 , 1908.
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