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THE WRONG WAY TO WALK
Inelegant and Slovenly Gait Noticed All Too
Frequently
Walking one of the most popular
and bepeficial exercises is well dis
cussed in Good Housekeeping
Very stout or slouchy people allow
the abdomen to lead Brain work
ers worriers all nervous and physi
cally uncultivated people lot their
heads lead the head is further ad
vanced than any other part of the per
son Dyspeptics whose thoughts are
centered on their stomachs often un
consciously lead with the waist line
just over the- offending organ Oc
casionally a weak willed person per
mits the knees to lead When a thin
bad walker moves rapidly there often
seems to be a race between nose and
knees- and you watch to see which
will arrive at the goal first
When a young womans skirt and a
young mans trousers show a bulging
shape over the knees their owners
are leading sedentary lives or have
never learned to walk correctly This
part of the lower limbs should be kept
straight and the ball of the foot not
the heel should touch the ground
first When the head is bent for long
hours over sewing machine or ledger
r onion bed it is not an easy matter
to pull it back to its proper position
and make it stay there and it seems
so mucli more easy and comfortable
i to let the chest sink than to hold it
up to its right place but the demands
of health and beauty are identical in
the matter of a head held easily not
egotistically back and a chest kept
in the highest and most advanced
position
It is a striking lact that this atti
tude of head and ctiest is expressive
not only of health and grace but of
the finer mental qualities The em
barrassed boy drops his head if he
would hold his head up his nervous
ness would disappear The shy girl
thinks that every one in the room is
looking at her and her chest sinks
but if she would hold it up assume
the attitude of courage though she
have it not she wouldnt care wheth
er they looked or not The self-conscious
person who knows he is stiff
and awkward and who knows that
his stiffness and awkwardness are the
direct results of his self-consciousness
should imagine that a strong
string is attached to the upper part
of his chest and held by an invisible
hand above hinr All he has to do is
to let his body depend from that
string and keep his head well back of
it and his mind and body will alike
become easy and free The most
graceful walker I ever knew told me
that she habitually walked by the aid
of this invisible cord
Tooth Brushes
Dr S H Arnold gives some interest
ing facts and good advice in regard
to that daily friend the tooth brush
Nearly all brushes are made from
bristles taken from the wild hogs of
Russia or China The handles are
common beef bones They are made
mostly in Japan France England and
Germany and by one firm in the
United States Probably English
brushes are the best made and worst
shaped The Frencli are next in qual
ity but far ahead in form Germany
and Japan are generally imitators
Some of the most expensive English
and French and all American brushes
are made in factories under more or
less sanitary conditions but the cheap
er grades including an German and
Japanese brushes are made in the
huts of the peasants where cattle
dogs swine fowls and humans are
herded in common The bristles and
bene are given out by the dealer and
taken into the country -where they are
assorted by the aged and young chil
dren and diseased persons the strong
er members of the family working at
more remunerative employment
These cheap brushes are offen in
the most unsanitary and wretched sur
roundings imaginable and it is a sig
nificant fact that after being made
they are seldom sterilized before
using
The English brushes are generally
very much too large to be efficient
The French are better shaped but are
apt to be too long of head making
much waste to the brush and are too
loing of bristle
A wide brush is not advisable be
cause it limits the movement possibly
longitudinally to the tooth Long bris
tles are not the best because they
liend when the brush is thrust back
between cheek and teeth and stay
bent till the brush is withdrawn thus
missing the interproximal spaces so
snnchin need of cleaning Soft
lles become softer when wet and
utterly fail to enter the spaces at all
If the surface of the bristles is con
caved longitudinally to fit the labial
curve of the teeth then when the
brush is reversed and used on the lin
gual surfaces only the ends of the
brush engage the teeth hence more
teeth are missed- than cleaned and
the user is deceived into thinking he
lias cleaned his teeth because he has
brushed them
Studying the brush over and what is
required of it it would seem that the
brush best adapted to use in the hu
man mouth should have a short nar
row head with short rather stiff bris
tles trimmed straight longitudinally
andeonvex latitudinally that each line
of bristles may come successively into
use as the brush is rotated
Breathing for Strength
Instead of the above heading
might be written Breathing for life
For that is really what we do And
since this fact is so easily demon
strated it is strange that we have
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not more quickly and fully discovered
that in this vital process lies the
secret remedy for a thousand Ills If
not the fable fouutain of immortal
youth Men have lived weeks with
out eating days without drinking
and nights without sleeping but how
long can we live without breathing
Twenty ounces of food and a few
pints of water will supply the body
one day but upon a low estimate it
requires thirty thousand pints of air
in the same length of time
The delicate machine which this
volume of air enters is said to contain
over 700000000 air cells or little
workshops Into the walls of these
there flows like the sewerage of a
great city the foul venous blood of
the body In these remarkable work
shops It is quickly transformed into
a rushing red torrent filled with life
giving oxygen from the air What a
wonderful invention What a miracu
lous process And yet you are trust
ed with operating one of these instru
ments
Would you note its magical effect
under proper conditions Then stand
erect Open the doors and windows
or if you are sick in bed have them
opened Lift your chest and chin and
breathe the invigorating air of hea
ven till the muscles of your abdomen
fairly bound with joy Now isnt that
a tonic Then take it many times a
day You can repeat the dose often
Even as I write the fresh air tickles
my finger tips for when we breathe
deeply it goes to all parts of the
body
To The Sufferin Neat
There was a Jittle woman
In a very soiry plight
For strange to tell this woman
Disliked to dwell with light
She closed her blinds up tightly
Then craped the windows oer
For fear the blessed himshine
Would spoil her walls and floor
This dainty little woman
Grew very pale and thin
Just like the weak potato sprouts
In cellars deep and dim
Ah silly little woman
You have faded out of sight
Because you would not let in
The sweetness of Gods light
Faim and Fireside
Consumption Can Be Conquered
The universal interest in the Anti
Tuberculosis movement is- shown in
every convention held to consider this
work The discussions are practical
not theoretical The audiences are
popular not merely professional The
whole people are intereted
In a session just closed at Atlanta
Georgia many important and interest
ing phases of the prevention and cure
of consumption were considered Dr
C P Ambler gave a concise review of
the duty of the physician in charge
to the patient and family His paper
was enthusiastically received and
adopted as the sense of the League on
this subject
His points were as follows First
Tuberculosis is not the fatal disease
commonly believed
Second While communicable it can
be made practically harmless by the
proper course on the part of the
patient
Third The chief cause of the high
mortality is late diagnosis
Fourth Late diagnosis is caused
by indifference of the patient to early
symptoms and carelessness on the
part of the physician consulted
Fifth By thorough systematic in
struction of the patient better results
can be accomplished than by medica
tion
Sixth Instruction of patient fam
ily and friends and close observance
on their part of the rules laid down
will practically rob the disease of its
method and means of extending
Items that Count
There is one important fact that
should be indelibly fixed in the mind
of every thinking reasoning being
and that is that any physical derange
ment no matter how slight leaves its
impress on the system and that the
individual can never be exactly the
same as before We know this is con
trary to the opinion generally held for
we frequently hear the remark made
concerning one who has recently
passed through a slight sickness
The doctor says he is as sound as a
bell now This is optimism pure
and simple on the part of the phys
ician and it does good by establishing
confidence in the mind of the whilom
patient but in reality it Is not so
No disturbance of the normal course
of the functions can pass away and
leave things exactly as they were A
permanent damage has been inflicted
and although it is not appreciated at
the time Nature is a rigid bookkeeper
and these apparently trifling debts to
her are duly entered against the indi
vidual and you may rely upon it that
sooner or later the bill will be pre
sented It is the sum total of these
minor injuries that become formida
ble the accumulation of these trif
ling rangements that break down
constitutions ultimately
The Use of the Potato
According to statistics cited byJJVal
dron in the Revue pour Tous thie po
tato is more largely used in Europe
than any other food substance the
average amount annually eaten per
capita being as follows in the differ
ent countries named England 242
pounds Austria G62 pounds France
G97 pounds Norway and Sweden 739
pounds Germany 129S pounds Ire
landt364 pounds The per diem con
sumption for England is eleven ounces
per day and Ireland three and three
fourths pound or nearly Nsix timw as
much
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
NEBRASKA BRIEFS
Ainsworth will celebrate on both the
4th and 5th of July
Secretary Morton will resign his
navy portfolio July 1
Horace A Scott a veteran merchant
c Osceola has retired irom businSs
The Bradshaw Telephone company
has increased its capital stock to 50
000
Wedding bells are ringing merrily
all over Nebraska this rosy month of
June
John Price colored and a boy nam
ed Lee are in durance vae at Platts
mouth for robbing cars
The King Graham Manufacturing
company of Omaha has been organized
with a capital stock of 100000
Labor Commissioner Bush will en
deavor to provide labor for those who
wish to go to the harvest fields this
year
Many of the farmers of Gage county
who lost their wheat crop by the hail
are making plans to increase their
corn acreage
The new concrete mill dam at
Holmesville is nearly completed A
dynamo is to be placed in the mill
whicn will furnish light for the town
- Three new rural mail routes were
opened in Gage county last week mak
ing thirty in all and completely cover
ing the county with the rural delivery
system
Mrs Estella Sharpies an aged in
mate of the Home for the Friendless
Lincoln was found dead in her bed
tt is presumed that she died of heart
disease
The graduating class of the Lincoln
High school this year is the largest
2 the nistory of the institution There
will be close to -175 graduates as com
pared with a record number of 110
The German American bank at York
has been incorporated with a capital
stock of 3Q000 Joshua Cox S S
Suscaden and others are interested in
the venture
Chief Justice Holcomb granted a
suspension of sentence to John E
Chandler of Custer county who was
sentenced to three years in the peni
tentiary for the theft of a steer
More than seventy five graduates
from the various medical scnools wish
to apply for permission to practice in
Nebraska and the state examination
for these will be held next week
A barn belonging to J H Twarling
southeast of btromsburg was struck
by lightning and totally destroyed ex
cept the horses His loss will be
nearly 2000 with an insurance of
about 600
The North Platte Valley Water Us
ers association has filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary of
state The capital stock is 200000
This is to control the water used in the
Pathfinder project
Several attaches of the state game
wardens office went to Clay Center to
assist in the prosecution of August
Anders charged with using dynamite
to kill fish The department is seek
ing to stamp out pot hunting and fish
ing altogether
W H Pebernat a section hand at
Torrington was killed by being struck
by a train on the Burlington near An
gora The remains were brought to
Alliance where Coroner Moore held
an inquest the jury finding that death
was accidental
A commercial club was organized at
Stromsburg with forty five members J
W Wilson chairman and A Hedbloom
secretary Several questions were
discussed particularly concerning the
new survey for a railroad running two
miles north of the city
The coroners jury investigating the
death of M E Evans whose body was
found in the stairway of the Calumet
restaurant at Nelson returned a ver
dict finding that he came to his
death from the results of a blow on
the head with a blunt instrument in
the hands of E S McCormick in the
presence of George Chapman Both
these men are now under arrest for
murder
ii O Christian semaphore man on
the Rock Island between Richfield and
Meadow three miles southeast of
Springfield Sarpy county found sev
eral sheets of United States postage
stamps scattered along the railway
west of the semaphore They are 1
and 2 cent stamps and were supposed
to have been thrown there by parties
who had stolen them or they may
have blown out of the mail car win
dow
The Union Pacific company has
made a mutually satisfactory settle
ment at Grand Island with the fam
ily of Lena Speetzen the little girl
who had an arm cut off in a crossing
accident about five months ago The
settlement is for 5000 cash with the
promise that after the young woman
has made the regular court in the
high school and learned stenography
she will be given a position in the
offices of the company and shall be
given whatever transportation she
may at any time need
Bert Stevens of Red Cloud while
leading a horse and sitting in a wag
on in some manner got his leg en
tangled in tne rope and the horse
suddenly pulling back broke the young
mans leg just below the knee
The semi annual statement by State
Treasurer Mortensen indicates that
99380532 has been received into the
state general fund during the past six
months ending May CI while in the
same period 97344845 has been paid
out At the beginning of the half year
the general fund had a552 to its
credit while at the close the amount
was 2137239
IRRIGATION IN NEBRASKA
G L Shumway of Scotts Bluff Tells
What is Being Done
Regarding the articles of Incorpora
tion of the North Platte Valley Wat
er Users association which have
been filed with Secretary of State Ga
lusha G L Shumway of Scots Bluff
says its purposes are to co operate
with government work in that section
of the country to get water subscrip
tions from the owners of deeded
lands to act as agent netween the
government and the irrigator in col
lecting charges for water and to set
tle disputes which may arise over wat
er distribution in the future One of
the things which the federal irrigation
act overlooked was a statutory author
ity to use the power which may be
developed from its works for any oth
er purpose than -that of promoting ir
rigation The Water Users associa
tion has provided for that contin
gency and may appropriate it for any
purpose
Contracts for construction of forty
six miles of government canal at an
expense approximating 450000 were
awarded a few days ago and fifty
miles more will soon be in shape for
bids which will take it to the lake
region Three lakes are contemplated
near Scotts Bluff the smaller to cover
1200 acres and to beforty feet deep
the others to cover 4000 to 5000
acres and to be fifty to ninety feet
deep The government has seventy
five men prosecuting surveys and
cross sectioning in Nebraska and it is
expected contracts for this fifty miles
will be let in July or August
CATTLE ARE POISONED
BY WILD PARSLEY
Reports have been received at the
state university from western counties
ofthis state that cattle in various lo
calities in that section are being pois
oned by feeding on what is supposed
to be a species of wild parsley says
the Nebraska State Journal It is
said that the animals die suddenly
after eating the plant and the cases
have become numerous enough to de
mand investigation Specimens of the
plant have been sent to Dr Bessey
but have not been fully enough devel
oped to permit their poisonous or non
poisonous properties being definitely
ascertained The plant is supposed
to be what is known as white flow
ered parsley a common low prairie
plant with much divided leaves and
known to be poisonous to stock It
usually appeals early in the spring be
fore the grass is suitable for pasture
and grows in small clumps or groups
When pasture is good the cattle re
fuse to touch the but often
when they are turned out very early
in the spring they are willing to eat
almost anything green It is suppos
ed to be something of this sort that
has caused the trouble this year al
though pasture is pretty well up by
this time About ten or twelve years
ago much trouble was experienced
from what was apparently the same
plant The university authorities were
asked for advice at the time and a
big scare was worked up over the
weed As soon as pasture became
good the trouble ceased and the mat
ter was dropped before good speci
mens of the plant could be sent to the
university for examination It is
feared that the same trouble will be
experienced again this year and that
as soon as the cattle are able to find
enough green stuff to feed upon with
out eating the parsley the farmers
will not care to investigae further
Requests have been made for full
grown specimens of the weed but
these have not yet been received
WELL-TO-DO FARMER
FOUND DEAD IN BIN
Pender Herman Boorman a well-to-do
farmer residing six mes south
west of her was found dead in an
oat bin It is supposed he commit
ted suicide as he was IiaJging to a
beam with a rope around his neck
Ten Thousand for Hastings College
HASTINGS Rev E Van Dyke
Wright has just returned from an
eastern trip While away he secured
a donation of 10000 for the endow
ment fund of Hastings college
Farmers Co Operate
The Farmers Co Operative associa
tion of Lebanon with an authorized
capital stock of 20000 has filed arti
cles of incorporation in the office of
the secretary of state A similar cor
poration called the Farmers Shipping
company with an authorized capital
stock of 10000 has been incorporated
by farmers living near Bartley Red
Willow county
Prof Bessey of the University of
Nebraska has received many com
plaints from farmers over the state
regarding the prevalence of yellow top
clover in seeded alfalfa fields
It is thought that part of the alfalfa
seed sold in Nebraska this spring has
been adulterated with this clover
seed
ARLINGTON W W Ely a promi
nent and wealthy farmer who resided
three fourths of a mile north of Av
liugton died of a self inflicted wound
Vt shot himself with suicidal intent
THE ADMIRALTY STUPIFIED
Overwhelmed by the Disaster Over
taking Rojestvensky
ST PETERSBURG The Russian
Admiralty is literally stupefied at the
extent of the disaster suffered by Vice
Admiral Rojestvenskys fleet and its
own advices paint the situation In
worse colors than even the Tokio dis
patches The Associated Press Vlad
ivostok dispatch received at an early
hour this morning accounts for only
two ships of the great Russian fleet
the cruiser Almaz and the torpedo
boat destroyer Grozny and the ab
sence of news about the battleship
Navarin and the cruisers Oleg and Au
rora which are the only fighting ships
of any value not enumerated in the
Japanese lists of destroyed or cap
tured and which up to 430 oclock
yesterday afternoon had not reached
Vladivostok renders almost idle any
hope that they were able to shake off
the pursuing Japanese cruisers and
reached the shelter of the fortress at
Golden Horn
The officers of the Almaz dispute
Admiral Togos claim of victory with
practically no boats and destroyers
scored heavily Saturday njght The
conditions on Sunday were most fa
vorable The night was cai i and
clear and land was visible for forty
miles across the Tsu Straits
Tokio is again jubilant Hundreds
of callers and deputants throng the
Navy department offering thanks and
congratulations The newspapers de
clare that Admiral Togo has gained
a place beside Nelson
The disposition of the Japanese
fleet appears to have been an ideal
one Admiral Togo had waited for
weeks in the vicinity of Tsu islands
refusing to be lured away and to for
feit his advantage The inner line
was held by Admiral Togo with the
battleships and ice Admiral Kaniimu
ra Avith the cruisers
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
WILL VISIT THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt will take a trip through the south
next autumn This announcement was
made at the White House Coupled
with it was the statement that the
extraordinary session of congress
which it is the present intention of
President Roosevelt to call will not
begin until after the November elec
tions
The president had intended to begin
his southern trip early in October but
within a day or two he has concluded
to postpone his departure until the
17th The trip will consume about
two weeks As yet the itinerary has
not been arranged definitely but it is
the presidents intention to visit many
of the important cities of the south
including Richmond Va Raleigh and
Charlotte N C Atlanta Ga Jack
sonville and perhaps Tampa Fla Bir
mingham Tuskegee Montgomery and
Mobile Ala New Orleans La and
Little Rock Ark The trip will end
at Little Rock
Rescue Captain and Crew
NEW YORK The life saving sta
tion a Lone Hill R I reports that a
steamer is ashore abreast of Shimio
cock Light The station nas put out
but has not yet reached The ves
sel proved to be the fishing steamer
Captain Charles Fish
boun from Greenpcrt L I to New
York The life saving crew took off
the captain and two men comprising
the crew of the fisherman which lies
full of water one and three quarter
miles west of Shinnecock Light
PUTS IN A WORD FOR PEACE
President Has Extended Conference
with Count Cassini
WASHINGTON The president on
Friday struck a blow for peace in the
far east In conference at the White
House with Count Cassini the Rus
sian ambassador the president ex
pressed the earnest wish that Russia
would forthwith conclude peace with
Japan Prolongation of the Avar he
believes will not result in victory for
the Russian army and can only serve
to increase Japans demands and ren
der more difficult the drafting of a
treaty of peace which the czar as well
as the mikado can sign The presi
dent spoke he said as the friend of
Russia no less than of Japan and in
behalf not only of the Washington
government but in tiie interest of hu
manity Until his words have reach
ed the Tsarskoe Selj and have been
communicated to Emperor Nicholas in
the friendly spirit in which they were
uttered their effect cannot be esti
mated Soon after reaching his em
bassy Count Cassini began the prepa
ration of a dispatch to his government
Neither at the White House nor at
the Russian embassy could a formal
statement regarding the conference be
obtained Throughout the diplomatic
corps there is a strong hope that this
conference marks the first step to
ward peace but the general opinion
is that weeks may elapse before even
the preliminary negotiations can be
begun
Makes Grand Duke Sick
BERLIN Grand Duke Vladimir is
not coming to the wedding of Crown
Prince Frederick William as previ
ously announced A telegram of re
gret has been received from St Pe
tersburg saying the grand duke is too
il to make a visit to Berlin possible
and adding that the grand duke de
sires to remain in St Petersburg dur
ing this trying period to take part in
the councils of the government Grand
Duke Michael and Grand Duchess Ma
sia Pavlona will bring th Russian
emperors presents
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G SHOW OPENED
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION
GETS UNDER WAY
WAS A CALA DAYJN PORTLAND
President Toucheo the Key and Sets
Machinery in Motion Crowds Wait
and Vatch for Signal to Be Flashed
Across the Continent
PORTLAND Ore Amidst a sceno
of festivity and splendor never
equalled in the Pacific Northwest with
din and clamor of cheering thousands
accompanied by the booming of artil
lery and blaring of bands Portland
mado her bow to the world in the
formal opening of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial exposition on June 1 The
event took place under conditions pres
aging complete success to this histori
cal commemoration of the blazing trail
to old Oregon by Captain Merri
wether Lewis and William Clark who
commissioned by President Jefferson
explored the great Oregon country one
hundred years ago
The celebration was participated In
by the president of the United States
and his personal representative
Charles W Fairbanks representatives
of the- state and of the house of rep
resentatives of the national congress
of the army and the navy together
with the governors and staffs of the
states of California Idaho Washing
ton and Oregon and multitudes of peo
ple from far and near
All Portland was decked in her best
business was suspended and the holi
day spirit was everywhere in evidence
The states of Oregon Washington
and Idaho in which June 1 had been
declared a legal holiday in honor of
the centennial sent thousand of visit
ors
The prelude to the actual opening
ceremonies at the exposition consisted
of the parade a grand pageant of mili
tarism led by Vice President Fair
banks the congressional part visiting
governors and other dignitaries and the
exposition officials With martial music
constantly playing this immediate
forerunner of the actuality was greet
ed with continued cheering along the
entire line of march from the new post
office and through the business and
residential sections of Portland to tho
fair grounds As the troops passed the
mass of sight seers flanking the column
fell in behind and when the exposition
grounds were reached there was a
stream of humanity miles long follow
ing its its wake Thousands in the
meantime anticipating the onward
rush had packed themselves around
the speakers stand and occupied every
point of vantage and late comers had
to be content with being within seeing
distance
At Washington in the presence of
a distinguished assemblage including
all the members of the cabinet except
Secretary Hay who is in Europe as
sociate justices of the United States
supreme court members of the diplo
matic corps and invited guests Pres
ident Roosevelt at 245 oclock in tho
afternoon pressed the telegraphic key
which sounded the chimes in the gov
ernment building and started the ma
chinery of the Lewis and Clark cen
tennial exposition at Portland Ore
The ceremony took place in the
east room of the White House The
hour set for it was 4 oclock At the
time fixed everything was in readi
ness at the White House The guests
had assembled in the east room and
only the flash from Portland was nec
essary to open uie ceremony A cir
cuit had been completed by the West
ern Union Telegraph company be
tween the White House and the Port
land exposition grounds the tele
graphic arrangements here being un
der the supervision of J W Collins
chief operator of the Western Union
offices in Washington EW Smith
ers the chief operator at the White
House offices received and sent the
congratulatory messages which were
exchanged between President Roose
velt and President Goode of the expo
sition
THE PRESIDENT SAYS WE
NEED A BIG NAVY
NEW YORK Delivering an address
in Brooklyn at the unveiling of a
statue of General Slocum President
Roosevelt used these significant
words
If our navy is good enough we
have a long career of peace and pros
perity before us and the only likeli
hood of trouble ever coming to us as
a nation will arise if we let our navy
become too small or inefficient A
first class navy first class in point of
size first class in point of efficiency
and the individual unit or units in
combination is the surest and cheap
est guarantee of peace I should
think that every American looking at
what is happening and what has hap
pened abroad and in our own history
during the past few years must in
deed be blind if he cannot read that
lesson
The TorDedo Boats Did It
TSARSKOE SELO RUSSIA The
dispatch received by the emperor
from Vladivostok containing details
of the battle in the straits of Korea
announceed heavy losses according
to which the squadron commanded
by Rear Admiral
Nebogatoff
was at
tacked by a swarm of torpedo boats
and all the ships were either sunk or
captured The main squadron
com
manded by Admiral Rojestvensky
was attacked by Admiral Togo and
lost two ships The others broke
through
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