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r THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: SEITEPRER 13. 100?. 5 OVERDOING A GOOD THING One Brave Fhysician Point Oat the Dtnfert of Fresh Air. 1bHiip a Core-All OTrrMI nated, F.odonserlae; Mur LlTes . . Characteristics of the Freak At Pad. about "the first drlva" that a medical I mn Is often sorely tempted to aanctlon, or ortr, the plunge. In nine rases out of ten tio exact di rections ere given for the length of time to be out. or the distance to be traversed, the fresh air being; turoneed tn oner-ess such vitalizing propertied that It la bound EASIEST PLEA POR MODERATION ounfrart any poaelH effects of fe- iiKiie. this is a arlevmie error. In tha esses of which I am thinking the very fact of putting on outdoor dreaa Is a fatiguing proceee, and hy the time the patient haa got Into the rarrlsae or bath chair, tha little reserve etrenglh Is all gone and tha freah air' baa an exhausted patient to work on, and consequently can do no good. In many cases tha first drive after an 111 nee proves to be the last. Fresh air obtained at the gost of f- tlsrue can do no menner of good. A cer tain amount of strength and vigor la needed In order to appropriate Its benefits. To send persona out Into the fresh air when their forces are already spent Is to LEADER OF GREAT MOVEMENT Weight of Personality in the Sphere of Politics. TWOFOLD ADVANTAGES OF TAFT Tha common adjuration on the discovery of A good thing, to "push It along," la needless enough, taking human nature for what It la. It seams to be tha fata of all good things that they no sooner appear than they are at once pushed beyond, tho limit of common sense. An English phys ician. Dr. John H. Clarke, now comes for ward in the London Chronicle and protests "wHJct them to serious risks without any asetnst our abuse of freeh air. Rev. he: Possibility of doing them positive good. In these dsys of open air cures for con sumption and nature cures for nerves, the Importance of freah air la in little danger of being underestimated. Whereas our fore fathers were wont to take every possible precaution to shield all who were troubled with coughs from the assaults of fresh air. vi now Insist on open windows night and day,- and, whenever It Is possible, we send our consumptives to mountain tops and keep them In sheds without windows of any kind, and leave them exposed, winter and summer, to every breese that blows. And,- not content with fresh air cures for consumption, In which tha air Is breathed, the - patients' bodies bplng protected with abundance of clothing, we have learned that' fresh air Is good for something more than breathing, and that fresh air baths are Jost as good as fresh air douches for the lungs. Hence the establishments now springing up In various parts, where condl tlona are favorable, enabling the womout victims of modern life to recuperate their forces by a return to natural conditions of a life In tha open air, freed from the em barasaments and Incumbrance of clothes. The Indiscriminate order of "plenty of fresh air" by medical men is the source of untold mischief. I have known persona whose dally avocations drained the last ounce of their available energies, to ex haust themselves to the point of break down In their efforts to get fresh air or dered by their doctors, when they would have done themselves a thousand times more good by going to bed. Fresh air Is an admirable thing, but those who would reap its benefits should themselves be fresh. DOUBLING LIFE OF TIMBER Experiments by Railroad and Mlalac Companies Prodaee Imaort aat Reanlta. Plants for treating mine timbers and rati road tlea are to be erected by the Phila delphia A Reading Coal and Iron com pany and the Delaware, Lackawanna A Western Railroad company, In the Penn sylvanla anthracite region. This action follows a aeries of tests with wnnil nT.t1nn mail hv th j.i-ts.1 BnA So forth they marched In this goodly sort. . Th t f h th . h To take tha solace of the open air. lron company. The tests showed that by as Spencer has It. Fresh air to breathe, the proper application of creosote and tino fresh aid to bathe In, with sunlight added cn,orld th ,ife of Pel8d- masoned timber was more uian nouoiea. inaeca, mucn 01 when sunlight can be had this Is, the new est panacea for the numberless Ills of mod rn life. Many Eleaaeats la tha Air. Truly, there Is more In the air we live In and live on than anybody hitherto has had a. conception of.. Our scientific authorities have found out a few of them. In the days of our youth we knew very well that with every breath Inhaled we took in a certln amount of oxygen, a certain amount of nitrogen and an uncertain amount of ear bonle acid gas and that was all. Now with our every breath, we take In all of these, with argon, helium and goodness the timber treated may last throughout the life of the mine, As a consequence of these tests, which were made with the co-operation of the forest service, the eompanlea are about to treat round and aquare mine timbers and railroad ties on a large scale. The forest servtoe la supervising the construction of the necessary plants, and will place them on a satisfactory working basla, The preservative treatment of mining timbers has become sn Important matter for anthracite miners because cf the grow Ing local scarcity of the supply. The chest nut and oak, near at hand, hare been prac knows how many other elements besides- tcaIly MhMlt(d) and tne Pennsylvania not to mention germs, morDinc ana oeneu- . . ed -mall oimntt cent, without end. It Is always safe to ties Birch, beech and meplo from New conclude in reference to any science that Tork nd loblolly and ,hortlraf pines from the unknown Immeasurably exceeas tne virslnla and Bouth Carolina are now belna known, ana we may tnererora oe quue err- arawn tnto UM. At the ,ame time eeonomy tain that thera la a vast deal mora In the of coniumptton Is being sought through a,lr wa breathe than the scientists have yet ung. preservatives to reduce the decay of revealed or even hinted to us. xr any- timbers in the mines, and cutting over thing we may actually know, there may be In the air we breathe vitality enough to feed us If we could only learn how to ap propriate It.- But granting all that, I am not at all certain that we are not In danger of everdolng the freah air business at tha present time. We are not all the victims of the tubercle bacillus or of nerve exhaustion. For the majority an average amount of freah air is sufficient to keep the bodily machinery In going order. But It Is the way of tha world to run after new things or new fashions, and as ths fresh air cure has., been rightly enough very much feoomed of ' late years, s large number of feersons have oome to the conclusion that freah air is the proper remedy for any thing and everything, regardless of clrcum- waste to save and utilise sound portions. Transportation of timber from remote foreata means high freight charges, a grea loss of time, and an uncertain supply. De lay in timber shipment haa frequently forced the suspension of operations requir ing timbers of peculiar slse. Closer utlll satlon and adding to the life of timber in service by means of chemical treatment afford the best ways of solving the problem, With a view to widening the field-of sup ply, several additional kinds of timber havo been Introduced In mining work. Ftr ex ample, for shsft and breaker-construction timber, Douglss fir lias been procured from the state of Washington, at a cost not greater than the price of the lengleaf plnej round cypress props have been purchase been found for black gum In the pulley and rollers of slopes and rope haulage weys. By way of utilising partially decayed timber, round gangway prjps have been sawed Irto ahort planks and small dlmen aion material, with profitable results. Is said that a surprisingly Isrge amount u Bound lumber may be cut out of discarded mine props formerly considered rotten an worthless. New Tork Post. Stances and conditions, and that It la Im- I at shorties f pine prices; and a market ha possible to have too much of it. Th Fresh Air IMaalae. ' lm result of this has been the evolution ef what I may term the fresh-air maniac. Many of us are acquainted wlti him. To all oi.tward appearance he ta a perfectly sane and harmless paterfamilias, but wgtcn him carefully and you will obeerve severs! things. lie la always opening win dows which everybody else In the house wishes kept closed. He Insists on his child ren being kpt out :f doors for hours to gether when they are quite unfit for It, the result being that materfamllias Is never without a nursing Job on her hands. But this In now.'se turns him from his obeeMlon. Whenever he can possibly make other peo ple uncomfortable or ill by the way he administers to them doses of fresh sir h will not fall to do it. The more fresh air people have, he argues, the less sensitive they will be to chills. Salvation by fresh ajr Is the r.spel of Ills mission, snd he Is fully convinced thet lie Is emoarxea on wholesale llfe-eavlng effort. Not long ago a well meaning and be nevolent freah-alr maniac gave a gratuitous piece uf advloe to a friend who had Just recovered from influenss. "Now be sure. ha said. !n his Impressive way. on parting from his friend, "be sure to get plenty of fresh air." The rlend, duly Impressed. PACIFIC STEAMERS COLLID Chippewa and Sentinel Meet In Fog .Near Scuttle at Harbor Katrance. SKATTLK. Wasn.. Sept. It Ths Puget Sound Navigation company's steamer Chip pewa, en route for Victoria, with psssen gers and freight, collided with the freight and passenger vessel Sentinel bound for this port from Dogfish bay In the 8eattl harbor at o'clock tills morning tn a heavy fog. The Sentinel's bow waa partially stove In. Its passengers were removed to the Chippewa and the vessel was beached at West Seattle Ship yard. The Sentinel's passengers were landed and the Chippewa continued ita run to Victoria. No one was hurt and the extent of the Sentinel's injuries are not yet a per lor QhallBcatlons of the Iteaah- llraa Candidate supported hy Progressive Forces st A mer les Nationality. Francis Bourne, archbishop of Westmln ater, after a conference on the subject, has derided to refrain from carrying the hoe: In the procession to be held tomorrow In connection with the Kurharistlc congress on the ground that it would be better policy to have the procession without the host. took the advloe. It was In the. cheerful spring weather of our climate. Too weak known. w. nTfor :h". ". h' maV a DECIDE NOT TO CARRY HOST ..-. ... mrinA onvht him. tmeumonla followed, and In a few days he was carried Archbishop af Westminster foacladea off Into an untimely fresh-sir grave. Comr la Harsafal Advice. Trooble. Vow. I contend that advice given In this LONDON. Sept. ll.-The Fall Malt Osxctte .i -. . .,.. . sr,..h nf th this afternoon says that the Mott Rsw. liberty of tha subject. This Is especially j ths esse when the adviser is in a position of patron to the advised and the advice rannot be refused without giving offense. However well Intentloned the advice, the consequences are none the less deplorable. There are numbers of Innocent methods of shuffling off this mortal coll. and among them each Individual has a well recognised tangs of choice. If A likes to contrsct a mortal dlsrase by excluding freah air from his dwelling. It Is not B's business to save Ma life by forcibly or surreptitiously open ing his windows. There Is sn old saying "Tou should always let a man go to the devil In his own way." If you try to Inter fere or to substitute your way, he will tn all likelihood get thera much more quickly, and will be much less likely to find his way back again. In the ssme wsy, In tills free country. I hold to tr-e maxim "Die and let die." If any one chooses the fresh air - method of departing this life, by all Fn tains let him taie It. but let him respect the right of other people to choose their own method for themselvea. Freah air haa Its victims no lees than fsul. Ths tubercle bacillus does not enjoy fresh air. It Is true, but thera are plenty of other bacilli which rejoice In It. It con sumptives thrive out of doors, the subjects of bronchitis are generally only safe when they stay In. Many elderly people who cajinvt iuaaie with Ui shallows to smith era clinics live and flourish by staying Indoors six months out of tha twelve. Cwstvalesceats Harmed hy Freah Air. The fresh-air mania Is even more dis astrous when medical men are Its victims thsa when It affects amateur advisers only. Maay a patient. after having passed through a desperate crisis, haa been thrown back Into a fatal relapse by too great a burry on tha part of tha doctor to give him tha "benefit ' of fresh air. Merchant Pars for Hostility. BIOUX FALLS, 8. I).. Sept. 13.-tSpecial Angered by the report that vast numbers f catalogues sent to Stickney by s Chi cago mail order house were being received at the Stickney depot of the Chicago, Mil waukea at St. raoil Railway company, a merchant of that place proceeded o the depot and, before he could be prevented, deatroyed three or four large boxea of the catalogues. The strenuous measures adopted by the merchant to combat the mall order house cost him quits dearly, for ha was arrested and required to pay the sum of ITS to rover the damage done. This sum he was compelled to pay to the rail road company, which had not yet delivered ths catalogues to the parties to whom they were shipped and, therefore, was respon sible for the goods until they were de Mas Parochial Pchaol. SIOL'X FALLS. 8. D.. Sept. Ji.-tSpec ial.) A Dubuque (la.) contractor has been awaided the contract to erect a new Catho lic parochial school bui'Hiius at Hover,, tn the north-central portion of South Dakota. His contract price waa Hl. which In-t-ludea the finishing of the basement and two main floors. The new school will be the only Institution or its kind in that part of the state and the Catholics of thst vicinity, therefore, are taking great Interest In the project. It is the intention to nave the new school building enclosed yet this fall and completed as early as possible next Thcis Is such aa appearance ef progress esr, The most conspicuous man In the United tates today Is William H. Taft, and it Is speaking conservatively to say that In the matter of consplculty hs Is the fore most cltlxen of the world. He Is the leader of the greateat organised power In the politics of either hemisphere, snd to this distinguished leadership he adds tha weight of a faultless personality. The more deeply we Inquire Into the chsrscter and capacity of Mr. Tsft the more co lossal does he appear habitually and Intel lectually. He Is one of the extrsordlnary statesmen who, on close acquaintance, In- plres confidence- In great nations. Glad stone, Bismarck and Lincoln were of this clsss. Their devotion, character and genius were of such msgnltude as to ln- plre Implicit confidence. And It Is doubtful If this country ever had a presi dent who was higher In the people's esti mation thsn is the republican presidential nominee. Mr. Taft's advantage Is twofold snd Is far greater than that of any competitor. He Is a man to whom tha people can freely Intrust ths most august station 1n their gift. Can that be said of any one competition with hlmT Examine the list and see if it can. Mr. Bryan Is the head man of the opposition. Would the power of the republic be secure from en croachment under tha application of his Impractical and reckless policies? It suf fered very serious encroachment under the leadership of more conservative dem ocrats thsn Bryan. Don't ever coma to the stereotyped but false conclusion that the country would get along well enough II h a democratic administration. Six or seven candidates are out for the presi dency, and the only representative of con stitutlonal government among them Is William II. Taft. This Is his advantage n conjunction with his remarkable capac' Ity for statecrsft. The personal qualifications of the re publican candidate, you see, are re-enforced by a majestic depth of background that In tha case of every other nominee for the presidency Is either very Incon spicuous or totally absent. Mr. Taft hss the backing. He runs on both personal and party records. And where a' man Is Impelled In his candidacy by a combined force of this kind that defies suspicion you can't well beat him. From any point of view he Is dominant. The elements of Invincibility are his. Beyond the in vulnerable Individuality of Mr. Taft Us those profound powers of a political party that knows not defeat and of a govern ment whose supremscy Is unquestioned It Is not at all wonderful then that the personal attributes which In him make up the character ana tne man nave me weight of- influence and persuasion that presages victory. He leads the hosts o popular government and It Is the vaat power of popular sentiment that sustains him. Taffs Position Considered. If one would have a fair estimate of Mr. Tsft individually he must take Into consideration the position lie occupies, No other man living is so fortified by political power as he Is. .The perpetuity of popular government snd the execution of the psrty In control, are the lncom barable forces that sustsin him. Mr. Taft can review history and consclen tlously say that his leadership Is a par of that in which have centralized th great movements of the world. Then never was a more righteous movement within the sphere of civil governmen thsn that to eternalize republican or con Stitutlonal power. The perpetuation the people's genius as the dominant force In politics Is what our revolutionary armies fought for, what the federalist and whig parties stroved for. and what the republican party has carried to com pletion and rendered Irrevocable. That Is the profound power that re-enforces the character of William H. Taft and makes him Invincible. He Is the friend snd benefactor of the American people and of all people who comprehend and want eternal liberty. There la no distinction in politics superla tive to this. Nor does any rank with it in a comparativs sense. We are not, it Is true, sn oppressed people fighting for free dom, ss were the colonists, but st every na tional election we either affirm or repudi ate the principles of government that have made the country -free and dominant. Haa not republican politics raised us from the abyss of a fratricidal war to the eminence of the greateat fraternal and most pow erful nation of the earth? Nobody ran dis pute that it has, for the achievement is au ever-lasting and overwhelming fact. It Is this stupendous achievement that aels out In ths boldest relief, snd with the utmost harmony of relationship, the Individuality of Mr. Taft. He haa been nominated by the greatest popular force in politics to con serve and enlarge the powers of the great est of all popular nations. Mr. Taft's lesdershlp Is in strlot opposi tion to the revolutionary and discordant elements. Tou read the character of the opposition In him and his policies. His Ideaa of government ara those of the men who, In every epoch, have contributed to the msjesty and duration of It. All oppo sition to Mr. Taft Is antagonism to what ever Is conservsthe and constructive in Americsn politics and in the entire sphere of constitutional government. That de scribes the opposition exactly. It rails the republican party, and ths republican party, unassisted, nas scqmrea ine nign order of Independence that arises fiom pop ular sovereignty. And that is the only kind of independence that you can sustain and perpetuate In this country, it we are not a sovereign people we srs not an Inde pendent people. Thst is tha lesson of our politics. Nothing short of supremacy is sufficient for American independence. Hits Balleoys) la Politics. In that discovery the statesmanship of the republican party struck the bullseys In pol ltics. Ths best sentiment of the country- had struggled through two successive parties for absolute Independence, but It waa not found until the republican party materialized. Then ws got the lndepend ence that the founders of ths republic, tha orgsnlsers of tha federalist party, saw In the flights of dreams and bright anticipa tions. Tha great fact, of course. Is highly laudatory of tha republican party. It gives It prestige that Is uniqus and Immortal, And this unrivaled prestige of his party Is the platform on which Mr. T&ft stands and equests ths support of -the people. Hers the personality of ths nominee Is made more illustrious by ths reputation of his psrty, but the latter tn turn is strength ened by the Individuality of Its nominee. Then there Is this additional con sideration: Mr. Taft cornea on the scene In ths cspactty of leader at a time when ths republican party Is mors powerful than at any preceding stage of ita ca reer. Its policies, you see, are protective and accumulative. They fortify the gov ernment and st the same time enlarge the sphere of party activity. That Is their advantage. Where the party and the government participate about equally In the henefectlons of policy, the policy is sound an! the best obtainable. hat la the prof of Ito. In the division of the spoils between the party and the nation when the democracy ass powerful the government got nothing except hu miliation and disaster. Vndcr the re publican party It has unqualified Inde pendence and supremacy. This party has risen to renown only In the measure thst It has conferred renown upon the nation. The entire power of the American re public, except In the original matter of geography. Is attributable to Its dom inant party. There can be no other source of It, for government In the United States s alone the fruit of party politics. What cnance, men, nas Air. Bryan In a race where the overwhelming forces of popular sovereignty rise up In condemnstlon of him? He is sgood enough man person Hy. but In the absence of the support of party reputation personality Is swept away by the deluge that falls In the com motion of ramaigns. The democrats claim distinguished individuality for heir presidential nominee, but later on they mill awake to ths fact that this by Itself Is but a meagef factor In the cast ing of results. And while Mr. Bryan has ths personal fascination that draws and holds a crowd, he has not the grasp of mind whoss effect is Ineffaceable. He sn't a titanic statesman. mat which specially gives weight to personality In politics Mr. Brysn utterly acks, and that Is tha staunch support of national political party . The democ racy Is not a national party except In the sense that It takes part In national af fairs. It doesn't promote them. It doesn't build from tha foundations thst underlie constitutional government. Our priceless possession In this direction comes to us directly from the republican party. That is the power of the American people In history snd government. The world sees what they have done in the spere of the constitution, and ths world wonders. It never suspected the possibilities In popu lar politics that ths republican party of this country has disclosed. It has shoiwn TERRORS OF FOREST FIRES Mysterious Power Almost Beyond Belief of Men of Experience. THEY DO THE UNEXPECTED distinctly what the comparative forces of government srs and that ths people are dominant. This Is the solution of the most comprehensive snd profound prob lem in politics. The people are the source of all political power, and the greatest expression of It therefore Is popular. i A Candidate of the People. From this wide and deep foundation towers the personality of William H, Taft. He Is the candidate of tha people because his candidacy Is tor the sug mentation of their power In government. Ma is the only man before the people from whose election they will derive any benefit at all. We have a wonderful scheme of protective politics now In oper atlon, and this Mr. Taft promises to both preserve and expand. There will be more national protective power on his retire ment than at his Inauguration. The sen timent that animates ths people Is what brings him before them and makes him one of them. He Is ths promoter of their cause, and in him alone do they find recompense for their sacrifices and struggles. There are vast movements now under way everywhere In the po litical world, and every one of them has a definite character and pjrpose, but in all these world-wide activities the people, the source and architects of government, have but one leader, one candidate, and that Is William H. Taft. In order to get a Just conception of the Individuality of Mr. Taft In this cam paign it is necessary tn take Into con sideration the position of the republic in the Infinite field of nationality, the genius of the dominant party for the promotion of the nationality of the constitution and the people and the unanimity of the vast popular sentiment for Mr. Taft's nomina tion. Only when the matter Is looked at In this comprehensive sense do we see fairly and completely the personality of the republican presidential nominee in our polltios. He is not simply the nominee of a numerically strong political party. He is the unanimous choice of the only party whose tenets and policies art promotive of constitutional or popular government. De stroy the republican party and defeat its principles and you prohibit the liberty and domination of the people. Kminence aa Leader Apparent. The eminence ot Taft as the leader of leaders In the republican party is at once appsrent. The people of every land -oppressed by impel lallsm are Justified in re joicing at his candidacy, lie Is the chief- taiin of the innumerable host whose am bition Is to participate in and control gov ernment. He Is the leader of the people. He Is not. however, to the American ro ple the Moses or a Lincoln, as Mr. Bryan professes to be. He is not engaged in re lieving tl.tni of bondage or an intolerable condition of politics. The renown of his leadership Is that he adds to th weight of popular power. His association with the people, in whatever conditions of life, is more Intlinaie and profound than that of any other man. This makes him po tential and gives him personality. He is colossal because the people are colostal. His leadership reflects their genius. f rom the standpoint or American or popular politics, this Is the highest tribute that can be paid to atatesmanshlp that does not in some way reflect the people's genius; but the case of Mr. Taft la pecu liar, there being no other leader except hiniMlf of a popular movement. This fact gives him a personal weight In politics greater than that of anyone else before the public. At various times in our his tory men have appeared distinguished for tlfeir striking individuality, but in the ab sence of an underlying and a sustaining sentiment there would have been no me dium for the impress of their native great ness. 'Die personality of Jackson in the presidency would have been commonplace had not the nullification movement pushed him to hroic action. And there was no ample recognition of Lincoln until after he entered upon the scenes that immortal ized him. Lincoln, of course, was sustained by the forces of American nationality and popular government, and. thus set forth before the world, the nobility of his nature was ob vlous. So it ia with Taft. He leads ths movement that Lincoln led. Like Lincoln too, he is Us only leader. Us only repre sentative. It iiasn't the elements of com motion It had In Lincoln s day, but It has a broader and a grander sweep. It leads even unto a greater rajigu of power than has yet been attained. This Is the In vincible and aggressive movement of the people, and its thlefialn is William II Taft. It ia in the light of his sctivity that we see the greatness of his personally He Is the most Illustrious leader of men In the politics of either hemisphere. 81 Louis Globe-Democrat. Lees speetaealar, hot More llaaneroas Than a Prairie Fire .Impossi bility of Flames "RaaalaK Dow a a Ma a." How Is It possible for a forest fire to work such immense loss to property and cause such a terrible loss of life as did the recent bloxe In the wooda of Canada? 10 one not versea in ine irri iiijrir.. the fbrest It seems almost beyond belief. Forest fires are not thoroughly understood even by those who have had experience with them all their lives: Forest fires are terrible because they are mysterious. They never do what is ex pected of them. A prairie fire is more spectacular, but less dangerous. Given a certain act of circumstances and a prairie fire and the plains.nan knows exactly how to outwit the flame3. City firemen know exactly how to prevent the spread of flames In a group ot buildings, snd even at sea sailors have certain well established rules for fighting a fire In the cargo. But there Is no successful means of fighting a forest fire, simply oecause mere i no way of telling what the fire will do aexL That Is why It Is ths most terrible lire known. News dispatches relating to the big fire In British Columbia explained that at times tho flra moved so slowly that a man could outrun It. This statement Is absurd and was doubtless written under stress of great excitement. A man cannot only outrun any forest firs, but lie can out walk the swiftest of them. A bsby csnnot outcrawl a foreit fire, but the fleetest sprinter Is as llkelv to fall a victim to the flames. That's the mystery of it. The forest fire Is not honest. It Is one of the most treach eroi:s elements known and It baffles its victims by strstegy. Pace of tho Flames. Whlie the loss of life in the Canadisn fire was estimated as high as 100, It dniiht.eB true that rot one person was overtaken by the flames that "roared down upon him." A fire In the wooda does not "roar down upon people. lis dense clcuds of smoke first suffocates a victim and then the flames sneak "down upon him," slowly but Irresistibly. The surface fire slowly crackles In the brush, moving very slowly over the green places and more rapidly throjgh the dry underbrush. There Is a small flams and an Immense cloud of smoke. Th's Is true because the proportion of green fuel greater than the dry, even In the dries season. The f re does not leave "the ground bare behind It." It burns away the dry brush and leaves the blackened trees stand ing. The flames ara rapid If they move a few miles In twenty-four hours, so It can be readily seen how absurd It Is to say the "flames swept through the forest like a race horse." It Is the subterranean fire that causes the damage and outwits the woodsman. On the surface the fire would naturally move with the wind. Under ground It is as likely to move directly against the wind. Men who live in the woods often see a fire approach to within a half mile of their homes. They take wet sacks or blankets and go out and beat out ths-fire. When they return home they find their house In ashes. The fire had carried a half mile against the wind. To them it is a mystery because they do not understand the work- Th-y left not a vestige of It. When they returned a few hours later their tent was burned, together with their extra guns, ammunition and provisions of all kinds. Theytrre tired and hungry and night was roniing on. The nearest town was twenty mllrs susy The licit time those men Will drown their flr out with water. There la a Sfct'on of northern Michigan known as "the Plains. " The territory is about twenty-five miles wide and more than 100 milts long. The soil is So un fertile thst nothing grows there but dwsrfed timber and huckleberries. Th" rainfall la very light, and this district ta visited annually by extensive forest fires. They result from the camp fires of care less huckleberry pickers. The loss Is com paratively small because of the sparse vegetation, but what loss there Is must be borne by the persons who cause the fires. The huckleberry crop Is usually ruined, depriving thousands of persons of the sum mer employment. Entire fsmllles go to the plains and pick berries for the market during the season. For many families the berry crop furnishes a llvllhood for about liiree months. Naturally a fire meana much to tli. m. and they try-to be careful, but scarcely n esr pnses that a part of the territory Is not burned over. On the plains Ihrre arc a few sheep and . catile ranches. The annual flics are psr-tl-utarly a pent to the rsnr'itnen. The fnos ilrive the sheep and isillo Into th- swamps. liere thry are ofien caught In the iiili ksnnds and lost. Not only this, but the fences are burned and what little vegetation thrives there Is burned, depriv ing the live slock of its grasing lands. The ranchmen are so bitter against the I careless campers thst they have adopted heroic measures to put sn end to the fires. Kvldence ot this Is found In the fact that hunters and berry pickers go to the plains snd frequently do not return to their homes. Relics In the shape of charred bones, and not those of wild animals, are not so very rare. New Tork Herald. W. A. Meservo cf Crelghton. Mrs. M. R. Ixihr of Lincoln. Mrs. W. H. Comstoek of ) Kllsworth, D. 3. Allen of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ktrouse of Seward snd F. W. Kellogg of Altadena, Cel., are at th Rome. a tiill ; : t -'"-----nr.n-J When you see a hand some brick building you will usually find they were furnished by SDIWEBLAND TlteFe's a reasi ! ; IWtause we select just as tailors and milliners do from th best products to be found in the United State. Brrause we offer 150 shades, colon and style from which builders may select. Hccause we recommend what will look well permanently, for we know a well dressed building will stay well dressed. Sunderland Brothers Go. Dakota lora Laid Br. MITCHELL. 8. D., Sept. 12.-(8pecial.) There Is little danger of the corn nop I Davison txmiitjr' bving injured by iii- fiua after the two weeks of rot weAtntr wni has prevsiled. Every day b it -n the laat ten daya the thermoin tier lias register over 10 degreva and one day it went to degrees. Farmers in town today ai not afraid of tha frost question now, fcT It has been settled in fsvor of tne big nop of corn. Advertise in The Hoe it goes tnto the homes of those you are trying to reach. lugs of the flames, but. In fact, the reason is simple enough. ' Cushion of Inflammable Material Pine trees have for centuries deposited their carpet of brown needles on the earth. Thse needles, filled with pitch, are highly Inflammable. Season after season they drop. The wind mixes therrl with sand and a sort ot false eartli Is formed. Over this egetatlon grows. In a few centuries ths pine needles, leaves and sand form a cush ion sometimes three or four foet deep above the soil. Rains moisten the surface, but the cush ion, a cotipl" of feet under the surface. Is as dry as tinder. When a fire is started his under stratum Is ignited. The fire moves along the line of least resistance and naturally starts off underground In n line parallel with the surface, following the dry stratum underncat'i the moist layers on top. This substratum of dry pine needles, leaves and dost csuses hut little smoke. Thus while men are besting out the comparatively harmless blaze in the brush on the Mirfac-e the dangerous and deadly fire is hurrslrg along directly under their feet, but it leaves not the slightest trsce of Its presence. This under fire does not break through to the surface because above it there is a moist layer through which it cannot break. Thus it runs along urtll It comes to a house. The house lias protected the earth from the rain and the cushion-like soil under It is dry. Hero, of coarse, the fire comes to the surface. That is why a fire will dart under the earth and make straight for a house with an aim that Is almost uncanny. Perhaps the fire will break out under the house when all the occupants re ssleep snd unconscious of the fact that the fire Is within a mile of them. Another source of danger Is the fact that while men are fighting the fire before them It will sneak around behind them and hem them In. They are working desiierately and do not notice their predicament until too late. Walled In by a circle of flame and enveloped by a cloud of smoke, a man does not retain his consciousness for a very long time. He sinks down unconscious and Is often dead long he fere th fire reaches him. However, a forest fire never ran a man down. Sparks from passing locomotives slait many fires, often causing Immense loss to the railroads. Trains sre frequently obliged to run through miles of fire, with tne flames nibbling at the ties and heating the rails. It Is an uncomfortable feeling that the tenderfoot gets when the' crew comes through the train on a hot August day. closing the windows and transoms, pulling' down the blinds and asking the passengers to stand In the center of the car while the train dashes wildly through a fire. The car la filled with amoke and becomes stlflingly hot. The engine driver opens his throttle as wide as possible snd ths train plunges blindly through. The happiest moment in the life of the pas sengers is when the trsin finally emerges tnto the clear daylight again. Perhsps the most extensive cause of forest fires Is the camp fire of the inex perienced hunter. He goes awsy and leaves his fire to die out of its own ac cord or he beats It out with brush. Neither metliod Is safe. There Is but one safa way to put out a ramp firs and that Is to drown it out and then It takes plenty of water. A man may beat his fire out, so far as surface indications go, but hs leaves soma smouldering embers deep under ths surface. Likely as not this will and tn a disastrous fire. Compare aad Caelewaaoso. In Michigan last year a party of city men were camped on Look lake hunting deer. When they started cut in tha morn ing they beat out their fie with their feet. 8KE DISPLAY ROOM. M , 1614 I1AKNKY ST. If you are ailing and drifting in a sea of Nirkness and disease toward the rocks and shoals of chronic invalidism, do you not now realise that the only way you can hope to get cured Is to secure the ser vices and individual attention of special ists of recognized ability, with an es tabllHhed reputation, who are eminently qualified to advlsp, direct and treat such cases successfully. 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