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Nebraska's Part in the Work of Preventing: Spread of Tuberculosis EART.y a thousand years ago all TVY I Cnr,lnn'"rn was fUrrlng with JVj I the mighty Impulse of a com- ii i i I mon Purpose. From Tirrnti.m iS'i'jSrV'l o Toulouse, from Iondon to V.J Vienna, leaders of men r.in.A their vassal. The dominant rer.nn.liti if civilization as It then was. were unltln tV the first time In hlnlnn f . et.iL, Godfrey of Bouillon, Raymond of ITis. fliers and his namesake of Tolouso. Robjrt of Normandy, son of the Conqueror any surnamed le Dlable, Bohemond the Cm-man tr1ncellna of Tar-..n --a In the field and first tn battle, the valiant t Tnnored-these men were donning coat of man, hauberk and itwtm, whottlng sword and sharpnln battle-axe, for they were embarking on the first crusade. Every where the white cross was pinned on houlder and faces were turned toward Jerusalem, held by the Payntm to the great scandal of true Christian men. A cross of dlffert color Is the emblem of the great crusade of the Twentieth cen tury In which present day civilisation Is united with an even, firmer purpose, a more coherent organization, and withal a nobler purpose than in the year of grace. For the International war galnat the spread of tuberculosis has enlisted the lead ing men of modern times. Foremajst In the farflung battle line are the physicians and scientists, the great Korh, Comby of Paris. Hhermnn of Edinburg, Bovalrd In his New York laboratory and Guthrie among the smoke and fog of Txindon. In the uni versities of Prague, Lelpslo, Bologna, Bonn and Berlin on the continent. In the hos pltil of Knrland and In the sanatoria of Amrrlc a, the best minds science knows are at work. They are by no means alone, however. Also pinning on the red cross, metaphor ically at least, are all the host of men who labor for the common good of human ity. Statesmen and sociologists, educators and economists, presidents and publlclcts, editors, legislators and phllantroplsts of every kind from poor farm overseers to the heads of great organised charities. Of all the agencies which make for good and these are as many as the powers of dark ness, not one can be named which is not etlvely represented and all have enlisted "for the war." Surveying this mighty alignment of all that Is best and most enlightened In mod ern civilisation, that convenient mythical visitor, the man from Mars, would prob ably argue In an aprlorl way that only a terribly great problem could evoke such universal Interest and activity. He would be right. No petty ailment of the body pol Itlo has stirred up this vast concourse of ffforts, no ordinary vexation of mankind could have roused the whole literate world. The figures have ben often quoted. They are too large to carry a tithe of their real and full significance. In the United States alone ICO. 000 are killed every year by tu berculosis. The avereage duration of the disease Is three and one-half years, so that out of our 80.000.000, at least 460.000 are an uually suffering from the plague. One can go on at length In this direction, can tell how many thousand die dally throughout the world, how many hundreds Indeed are passing away from consumption aa one reads these lines. But the meaning of the awful figures still escapes, the ominous scope of the disease Is still uncomprehened. It may be that tn Its fullness It la quite beyond grasp by the Individual, but to get a fragment at least of the Import Is easy. Go one day with a city health officer on Ma painful round. Or better yet, accom pany for only a few hours a nurse from a tuborculosls dispensary In one of the great cities. Visit with her the citadel of the plague, the small, dirty, unllghted tene ment bedroom. Thia may bring nome. How ... . . . i. ever, but one phase or me evii, im m obvlous one. which Is the actual suiienna of the afflicted thus seen. A more careful and thoughtful observer will gain thereby a vlalon of factors more important io uj world at large than the pain of the tuber cular patient hlmseir. grievou. sing though that be. The causes of the spread of tuberculosis wlU be Ulumlnia, tha v,v the specter has stalked from tenement to tenement, across four alley, and unclean street, into l"'""' lighted and little heated hovels Inhabited . ... -i., ni.'ad men. women and Dy pooriy . utal.-na baiVa children, whose powe oi , - been lessend by the very environment to which the swarming tuberculosis bacilli thrives and thrives. Tha economic troubles ara th grave on. ,-rhj atockholder waited for bis turn to "Underfeeding and overwork are responsible com H waUed very patiently. But the for more deaths from tuberculosis than i any cli(RJ ainjnlahad. One-third of it, two other ten factors. Rest and abundant feed- thirJ. of ,t disappeared and atul the presl ing axe the only known mean for Ita cura. flem, ,hoed M mlgDa satiety. Some of these facta have been brought axolalnved the stockholder at home to Omaha people the last week. Those jajt, .n't I get a whack herer who have never seen the small tenement .. p-MBt, knocking off the ashes, bedroom, which Is a veritable oharnel house. ,hook aw a replica of It at tne axnimuou assembly room of Crelghton Institute, where the National Association for tha Study and Prevention of TuberculosUi had 1U traveling The exhibition bag been an unqualified . . . , . .vi.fii, tnf the reason success ana mn, - . .ii advertised nor that we Xie ! Mbllo huoftat. been forced rX iVtoh It to take an interest .... . .. .linPiiiiful becauae tha national asso ciation, aided by the Nebraska society, haa proceeded to rouse the publlo In Just aa In telligent a way as a careful advertiser gets bis publlo convinced. The exhibits themselvea were, f course, the main feature and the main factor In home conviction. The were sup- plemented and explained by Imported and nxatter. ,0ra6 extent that In tobaccowent and local speakers, whose expositions were "Te replied the young fellow. came in British bottom via Great Britain, clear and whose words carried weight. "Tnen permit me to say that you are Austria, Germany and Great Britain sup But the men at the head of tha national th youngest conductor I ever saw. Why, plied most of the manufactured goods sold wsoclatlon know that many, tha great ma- you Jn't PPar any older than my son. in the bazaars, but Britain was out of It. iorlty possibly, will quickly forget th who Is 17." as was America, In obtaining concessions ttatemenU mad by ven th ablest of leo- "Perhap I don't.- said th adolescent from the sultan, while Germany and France turers while visual demonstrations will re- conductor In a tasty tone. Indicating that secured th government's orders for arms main warm and vivid In th memory long th thing was beginning to pail upon him. and ammunition. sfter the spoken word Is forgotten. "Fares, please." Constantinople has been a hotbed of cor- It la nothing but th praoUcal application "May I ask you Just on question?" ruption. Concessions cost money, blood and f a well-known principle of psychology queried the Cleveland man when th fares political Influence. The money went to made use of almost Invariably by adver- had bean paid. th sultan's favorite. The unfortunate Users. ven If not known by nama It la "Yea, but please make It abort; Tm nativ Christian paid th cost In blood, the reason why publisher bar novel busy." retorted the conductor. The Influence necessary was ships of war illustrated. "What I would like to know," said the aent in deflanc of the ships of those na- The favorite breeding ground of th Cleveland man, "Is this: Were you born tlons which would long ago have regulated tuberculosis bacilli was not th only thing on thl trip?" Harper's Weekly. Turkey. shoan. Just acroa th assembly hall was $ -, , But th young Turks have come to power the exact opposite from tha standpoint of u r. and things hav changed. There will be, sanitation and hygiene, a cleanly, well Phlletua M. Heifer has established a col- WB are told, no more contracts given to lighted and well vntllatd bed room. Cm lege among the prisoners at Auburn. N. Y.. high blddera and no mora valuable railway the walls hung many placards which In the faculty being composed of convicts who concessions granted with klloraetrlo guar- black-face poster type bore the essential re graduates of Oxford. Harvard, Yale and antee. legends of the anU-tuberoulosU war. "Con- other great universities. Th- roads already constructed are gen- sumptlon causes mor death than any Discussing hi odd college scheme re- eraiiy assured by th Turkish government other disease. Nearly one-third of all cently, Mr. Heifer aatd: 0- annual revenue, according to the num- peopla who die between and year "But anything Is good for convicts that bar of kilometers they cover, and an in- dt of consumption." "Th only oonsump- Interests, cheer and encourages them. DIs- dlcatlon of th outrageous amount of some tlve to be afraid of 1 the carelee con- courage them, acorn them, nag at them of these subventions is to be seen and ex- suiuptlve. H l a danger to th neighbor- and you rous th latent v11 In them even perlenced traveling through the country hood. He coughs and spits anywhere and as It waa roused the other day In a frail by the algxag routes which th lines take everywhere." "Kill the tubercle bacilli, and beautiful New York typewriter girl, between their termini, sometimes almost the caus of consumption. Sleep with th , "Thia refined creatur worked for a doubling back In order to make th nura- wlrjdows open. Keep your bedroom cleanly rather cranky old broker. The broker found ber of kilometer covered th utmost po- and orderly. Nearly a third of your life fc f00& deal of unjust fault with her. but slble. In futura, the young Turks say- Is spent tn sleep. I he aeromuty known as 'nunc -Daca w w- the spine. 'Whit swelling of th knee Is tuberculosis of th knee." "Dont liv la a room where ther la no fresh air. Don't work tn a room where ther 1 bo fresh air. Don't sleep In a room wber . . . . I a .. ,iKaMM,lAla nl 1 'Ok ""rt ( t 1., t "! 1 r 1 5 i It il 4 ' tgjLttsssiMiiVs 1'iisssrV - lUsl INTERIOR VIEW BHOWINO OKNERAIi ARRANGEMENT OP THE EXHIBIT OF SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS. there Is no fresh air." "Int dark, damp or forth on the walls. Pithy and to the point poorly ventilated rooms the germs remain are these advices and It may be observed for months a source of danger. Sunlight that the makers of these posters have not and fresh air kill the germs In the con- sacrificed effective brevity to desire to be sumptlve's spit." explicit and better, yet have not feared These and other adjurations are blazoned to use plain words. "Tuberculosis" and Short Stories Gleaned From Tfc Box Financier. i HH late Bishop Potter, at one T of the delightful reunions of the Episcopal academy, in Philadelphia Bishop Potter was educated at this venerable and aristocratic school condemned modern finance. "I condemn at least," he 1s reported to have said, "that sort of modern finance that consists in getting something for nothing. I once knew a boy who would have made a splendid financier. This boy, strolling idly through the streets h nave h a anvthlnv n A n a ' " " " I wish.' he said, 'that I had a nickel; then I'd buy a good 6-cent cigar, and go " ' 'I have a nickel,' said the other boy, " 'Have youT' the first cried eagerly. Then let's form a corporation.' " 'Ail right. How la it doner " Til be the president You'll be the stockholder. The nlokel will be the capital and we'll Invest It In tobacco.' "The thins was agreed to and the presl- dent, taklnr the twkhnM.r'i s rani, . . . - nought a cigar iortnwlta. Then he led the way th, voo6 There he sat down cn a Jog ijt Md besaa to amok akll- fully. .j don.t (M wh4V rtoute1 ,tock. Mo I get for my capltair ,Well. jd thfj prMldentf ou can pit.' Jfaw York Times. gtmnm , X Cleveland man who 1. an fcnMbUi Joa.r-,nUy.inth.cmrnyf a f rlend boarded a street ear In charge of which a.rS- oi wmcu there was an eeely youthful oon- ductor, a slim, boyish fellow, whose chin w m.m rn.omoiut.my guiltless oi a nair ana hair and wnose rosy oneeas betokenea training. m oounuT "Are you tha regular conductor?- asked th Jr. affecting an Intense Interest In ,he was gentle and patient and put up with him In silence. that bribery will be necessary, and kilo "On morning, however, he turned up In metrio guarantees will be given only In a quite Insupportable humor. the case of railways chiefly strategically " 'Look at my desk!" he roared. 'All In built through country which will not other disorder! All tn confusion! All' wise warrant roads. "'But, air. th young girl Interrupted There are some scandals about th way f 1 - ft 'V, '-J '4 ,k it rffitr si ; J (I ft. If" - mildly, "you have often told me never to touch yUP desk-' " 'Well, I don't want you to disturb my papers,' he admitted. An then his eye caught a sheet of postage stamps. 'But look at these stamps. I don't want them here,' he shouted. "She took up the stamps. " 'Where shall I put them, sir?' she said. " 'Ah,' he snarled, 'put 'ein anywhere anywhere out of sight.' "She flushed. " 'Very well, sir,' she said Icily; and giv ing the stamps a quick lick with her pretty tongue, she stuck the big sheet on his bald head and departed to look for an- other Job." Boston Herald. Dividing the Loaf. In memory of a strange wish which de veloped Into a tragic coincidence. Adolph Raab, a prosperous retired wood carver of 110 Luquer street, Brooklyn, was burled on Friday In Greenwood, with one half loaf of rye bread in his coffin. The other half of the loaf had been burled with Raab's wife, who died four years ago. The Raabs, who were lovers in childhood. were married many years bxo In Luden- 1 V. n , . . , . n.. uormaajr, umuui u junoraa in , the3r wttled in Bay Ridge, where Raab ccumulated a competence as a skillful Fresh Field for Capital (Continued from Page One.) Tobacco, cotton, grain, wine, fruits and rich woods from the timber forests are produced only In a primitive fashion, in hardly a tenth of the quantify the country will yield. This New Turkey Is In short a virgin field for the engineer, the merchant "d tha lnvoto-- Nor have Americans been slow to rec- "bmi" mo uionunmw now open io inem. Already not only haa a railway franchise been applied for, but an American com Pany is competing with a Swiss concern for a MvhoD, concMsUjn for Con.tau.tl- electr,0 i.. . . pany is competing with a Swiss lmnrnvnrr1M, -,,, .h ltB, ,. , ma. . . ,,, . , can too ar, already arriv fag Under the old regime, as I have indicated, our people have been unable to do much ,n thu country. Concessions for us were alm0st Impossible, while trade, except to though many who know the Turks doubt i- -'H:'Jf THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE "sallvta" are posslWy. more fashionable than "consumption" and "spit,' but tho latter carry greater weight and hence were used. Nor has the national association been afraid that makers of useful window tents, wood carver. The couple built for them selves a comfortable home in Seventy fourth street. ' On September 27, 1904, Mrs. Raab got out a rye loaf for breakfast. As she was about to cut It her husband thought of an old legend of his far-away native land. "Make a wish, Catherine," he said. "What shall It be?" was her smiling In quiry. "Wish, aa you separate the loaf," said Raab, "that we shall never be separated, even In death." Scarcely had the wife cut the rye loaf in two when sho sank to the floor in a faint, dying before a physician reached the house. Raab put one-half of the loaf In her coffin and put the other half in a tin box, which he set before him at every meal thereafter. "When I am dead," he told his house keeper," "I want you to be suro to bury this half of the loaf with me." She ob served his wish. New York World. BeverlditeWaa Kaey. Senator Beverldge is telling the follow ing story against himself: He was . In a train bound for Cologne when he made the acquaintance of a stranger who proved to be a delightful companion. This stranger pitied the American for In which the Germans obtained first place In this market. I hardly like to call them mor than scandals. Charges agalnat them of selling the Uvea of Armenians and Bulgarians are made by the moat en lightened of tha young Turks. For opposing England on several oc casions when reforms would have saved the lives of countless of the Christian sub jects of the sultan, the Germans received vast orders for arms and concessions such as no other nation has ever been able to obtain. The visit of the German emperor to Constantinople, where he waa the guest of Abdul Hamld after the slaughter of 8,000 Armenians in Cold blood In the streets, supported the sultan morally, gave him strength In the eyes of his own people and against Great Britain, enabling him to continue the slaughter, which went on In spells up to ten weeks ago. And by this support of the Turk, Emperor William se cured for Germany the famous Hagdud railway concession with all that conces sion meana It Is a tremendous thing, this concession, securing the exclusive administrative con trol for Germany of a considerable stretch of land on either side of the road. It carries a kllometrlo guarantee which, It Is said, would pay a profit to the Germans if they did not run a train. It yields the right of controlling water ways of Irri gating lands and utilizing valuuhle forests. The German embassy here, while per petually proclaiming that Germany had no territorial ambitions In the country, haa yet seen to It that German concessions everywhere were of such a character that, should any breakup occur, the territorial rights of the holders would bo Incon testlble. Germany haa got In here as It and other countries have got Into China; the line of the Bagdad railway, for ex ample, marks out almoet a sphere of in fluence. But for the reason of Germany's Influ ence with the old government. It Is out of favor with the new. The young Turks have no love for the Germans here, for they were the friends of the sultan and th palace clique; they were first among th bribers of Izxet Pasha and the Mel hamo brother, and they sought to cor rupt, so th charge goes, every Turk who had any influence anywhere. This secret fund. It Is said, must have been enor mous. In enumerating the territories saved to th empire by the change of government the Young Turks always Include .Asia Minor or a part of It. Had Uia old gov ernment continued, they say, Macedonia would have gone to Bulgaria, Albania to Austria and a part perhaps to Italy, Ar menia to th Russians and Asia Minor to th German. Naturally, future applica tion for franchises by the Germans will be scrutinised lu th closest manner and , ' , A.' 4 9 I t- ,i ' . : t ' I -fC, il J- J-t . -r 'ii JLu i -li'ir-'':riT--i'i a . STUDY AND PREVENTION OF THE lean-tos, sputum cups, etc., would get a little free advertising if samples of thes9 articles were Included In the exhibit. On the contrary the association hart been glad to make place for them and to show vlsl- tors what intelligent manufacturers are the Story living In a country where really good Rhine wine was unobtainable and Insisted on their drinking a bottle of Rudesheimer together. When they arrived at Cologne, accord ingly, they dined together and finished a bottle that deserved all the stranger's praiRe. Next morning the senator was surprised to find $19 charged on his bill for the wine. He explained that the stranger hud been his host. The waiter Informed him that the stranger had particularly warned the book keeper to charge the bill against the cele brated American friend, as otherwise the. latter would bo extremely angry. Mean while the stranger departed by an early train. Chicago Inter Ocean. One of Shei-man's Stories. Sherman Is an excellent story-teller. It Is said he can beat Depew and Adlal Stev enson. Our candidate for vice president Is credited with the following: "There was an awfully Irreligious fellow in Utlra who hud been given up as a hopeless caso by his family and friends. He cursed and swore like a pirate, and was always kick ing up a row about nothing. One day the Rev. Dr. G, happened to hear one of his all favors will go In preference to Investors of other nationalities. Austria, too. Is charged with having bribed Abdul Hamid's regime with relaxed pressure for reforms In Macedonia and even the French seem to have been unable to withstand the temptation to secure con tracts for arms In the manner of their Teuton enemy, until It came to be that England alone pressed seriously for good government In the country and a cessation of massacres. The old regime considered England Its arch enemy because the British government of late years was always first and most earnest In furthering the cause of the oppressed Christian peasants. The new regime and the people have ac claimed Kngland In an unmistakable way, recognlzln that 1t, Indeed, has always been tha most sincere friend of the Turk and that it desired better government In Turkey only that Turkey might not be partitioned among other states. Because of this gen eral feeling of friendliness toward their old ally the Turks will always give their first favors, no doubt, to Engllnh appli cants, but Americans will hold second place. 1 learn that the Navy department, or Ministry cf Marine, it le called, hus de rided to adopt for the new taw course hure the system In vogue at Annnp ilU, which the IlrUlah government has rccntly come to adopt. This, of course, does not mean very much, for utiles the Turks se cure fornVn Instructors they cannot put the system Into f rce, having no capable seamen nor techr.lcal experts among them selves ; but It shows a deslro on the part cf the new government for the best thut any part of the world Is able lo supply. Robert college, the American Institution cn the BosphoruH, has had to turn away, I learn, nra-ly 200 applicants for the new term which b gins thin week. Since the Inauguration tf the new government not only native Christians. Rulgartc.ns, Ar menians, Greeks and o'hers havo applied for admission, but also a number of Mus sulmans. Hitherto the colli gd has had few of the last, because the government did not favor Turks whose sons aspired to Kuropean enlightenment. The American girls' school, ton, has had to refuse ap plications, many of them from Turkish girls. The American missionaries, hampered In every a ay under the old rvgime. are now moving freely through the rountrv. Col porteurs of the Biblo society formerly hindered and annoyed at every turn, their B.bles often ct r.fls-ated, may now show their testaments even to faithful Mos lems. Certainly a miracle has been worked In Turkey, but those who know the Turk are seriously peas lmlstlc, saying that this state of things cannot survive. "The young; Turks are better than their country." FREDERICK MOORB. rutting forth for those who need or may need such paraphernalia. The Nebraska Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, which has co-operated with the national organization the last week, has Issued a pamphlet which In condensed form gives the vital facts about the great disease. Beginning with the plague Itself, medically considered and defined, the next toplo treated Is the prev alence In Nebraska and after that con tagion. Under the topic, "Means of Preven tion," the pamphlet says: "Dirt, darkness, impure air, dissipation and poor food are the fi lends of the tubercle bacillus. Cleanliness, light, fresh air, good hygiene and good food are its enemies. Consumption is a house disease. The most of us are at times exposed to Infection, but both conditions must be present, namely: The tubercle bacillus and the proper soli for Its growth. Improper living, bad per sonal habits or previous disease make us favorable subjects for consumption. "Live out of doors aa much as possible. Keep your windows open day and night. Keep yourself In a condition to resist the disease . Avoid exposure to the disease if possible; If not possible, make your sur roundings and yourself as unfavorable to the gTOwth and life of the tubercle bacilli aa you can. Remember the same measures that ours consumption are the most effec tive In Its prevention. "Consumption can be cured In almost any climate. It ta a question of what is done rather than where it Is done. In the treat ment of the disease, drugs are indicated and useful, but never curative. The basts of all cures is fresh air, rest, proper food, with careful medical supervision. People who can command these things In their homes can be treated and cured In their homes. Do not exercise; get eighteen meals of fresh air every minute In the twenty-four hours and three to five meals of good food. On account of the lingering nature of his disease the consumptive Is the Ideal victim of the quack, the charla tan, the dispenser of patent medicines and the originator of "cures." Do not believe the man who tells you that his medicine will cure consumption. The temporary benefit that consumptives claim from the use of patent medicines is bare deception and Is due entirely to the alcohol or opium the medicines contain. "Change of climate In consumption Is often like the end of a rainbow with Its pot of gold. It is ever a little beyond. Too often the deluded seeker after health, who depends on climate alone, awakens to find that the time for proper treatment is past. The expense of a Journey Is often a serious drain on the consumptive's resources and the fatigue of such a Journey Is bad. He should not work and he can rarely find oc cupation If he desires to work. Too often he lacks home comforts. In brief, no con sumptive should contemplate a change of Teller's outbursts and said to him: 'My friend, Just drop a few of those hard words. Did you ever stop to think where you will go when you die? 'Go!' shouted the fellow, 'Go! Why, to heaven or hell; It doesn't make much difference. I have a wife In each place.' "New York Press. A Large Salary. Mr. X, a prominent lawyer of Phil adelphia, was much addicted to the habit of lecturing his office staff and the office boy came In for an unusual share of ad monition whenever occasion demanded and sometimes when It did not Thut his words were appreciated was made quite evident to Mr. X one day last spring when a conversation, overheard on the elevator, between Tommy and another office by on the same floor was repeated to him. "Whatcher wages?" asked the other boy. "I get 110,000 a year," said Tommy. "Aw g'wat.!" ejaculated the other boy derisively. "Quitlicer klddin.' " "Honest I do," said Tommy, "H a week In cash and the rest In legal advice." Harper's Weekly. Nlg-n at the Craft. "In the days before even the Tile club existed," said a member of the Players recently, "when I was a cub reporter my self, I used, whenever I had a week's pay In my pocket, to dine at a quaint little restaurant not far from Washington Square. "The place was a quiet one and had as Its peculiar attraction a waitress named Sadie, a bland and smiling Swedish girl. "I had noticed for several evenings a young fellow dining, like mjHHf, with careful reference to the right-hand side of the menu. My curiosity was excited about him and one evening 1 called the affable Sadie to my table. " 'Sadie," who Is that fellow over there?" I asked. "His name ban Smith,' said she, 'Hop klnson Smith.' " 'Ah, yes,' said I; 'what Is his business, do you know?' " 'Vail, ay dunno yust,' she replied. 'Ay alvays fought he ban writer falUr like you vas he neffer has mooch moneys.' " Harper's Weekly. The Tone Keriult Whistled. W. W. Miller, a well known lawyer of this city, tells ' an anecdota of Kermii Roosevelt, the president's son. "I was acting aa , steward," says Mr. Miller, "In some gymkhana races at Oys ter Hay a few weeks ao, and one of the events was a race In which the contestants had to ride a fc'iwn distance to a certain spot where an equal number of young women stood with pencil, paper and en velope. Huch rider had to dismount here and whistle a tune, the woman writing its name down on the paper. She then had to seal It up In the envelope and hand It to the rider, who remounted and finished the race, tiillverlng the envelope to the Judges' s:and. The first one in ' with a correct answer wpn the event. "As steward I was deputized before the race to write down the name of the tune each entrant would whistle. " 'What are you going to whistle?' I asked young Kermit. " 'I'm going to whistle "Everybody Works but Father," ' said the prfsldent's son." Washington Star. Tricks of Medicine Men. A young; Indian who Is ambitious to be come a doctor, and final y a prophet, learns from h s father or other member o.' his tribe ll.e ,naine and medicinal iropeitea of some herb. He can ulsu, by p.eseiit.iig a sufficient numter of pun es to a m.di ine man, prevail upon the doctor to impart the secret of the herbs to him.. J ryUjiitl Indian allege that the secret Is revealed to them in a dream, or by a bird or an animal. After procuring It the novice is prepared to beg n th practice of mi dli lr.e. Success, In their opinion, is only possible with th aid of the Great Spirit, and In order to Invoke the help of the super natural they resort to various aacrilioc. climate with the Idea of treatment unless he la able to spend from $15 to M per week for his maintenance. The Increased benefit of air of any climate does not overcome the disadvantages of Improper living in that climate. Be prepared to live aa well Or better than you can at home or do not leavt home." The Nebraska association was organised December, and Is supported entirely by voluntary subscriptions. It's aim la to study the problem of tuberculosis In Ne braska, to undertake an educational cam paign against the disease and to secure leg islative aotlon toward lis control and treat ment. Its present officers are: President Dr. A. B. Von Mansfelde, Ash land. Treasurer Dr. Charles O, Olese, Hol drege. Secretary Mrs. K. R. J. Edholm, Omaha. Executive Committee Dr. 8. R. Towne, chairman. Omaha; Dr. E. J. C. Sward. Oakland, Neb.; Dr. W. F. Mllroy. Omaha; Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha! Dr. Henry B. Ward, Lincoln: Dr. Charles O. Olese, Hoi drege. Neb.; Mrs, K. R. J. Edholm. Omaha. Just as the local exhibit and series of addresses began there enme to a close th great session of the International Congroea on Tuberculosis, which met In Washington for four weeks and "which brought to America many of the most distinguished sclertl8ts and philanthropic workers tn the) world. The stimulus of that meeting felt In Omaha through the week and. coupled with the unqualified aueoesa of th local efforts, has stirred up the mom be re of the sssoclatlon to renewed aotlvlty, haa enlisted new recruits and has gained tha attention and Interest of the whole city and most of the state. In the world-wlda battle which Is now on Nebraska bids fair to do Its share. Folate Psrsgrspbi. Love Is never preserved In family Jar.v People with small minds are apt to uaa some big words. It Is impossible to make a doctor beller that health Is wealth. Many a wonan acqulrea her reputation, for beauty at a drug store. What's the matter with putting up aa umbrella for a rainy day? There Is nothing more uncertain than a woman except another woman. There would be a greater demand for common sense tf It were fashionable. The most pleasure a woman gets out of owning a carriage Is going to call In It on those who don't. Some girls are afraid to go downtown by themselves for fear a man may not try to flirt with them. Probably there Is nothing so inslncera as the struggle between two women to sea which shall pay the caTefare. Chicago News. Collection For instance, there is the practice of ascending a butte or other elevation and lying with the face to the ground for several days without food or until they are completely exhausted. During thl period they profess to have been taught some song or the Great Spirit converses with them through a weed, bird, wild animal or reptile. They frequit.tly allege that wolves come to them and howl and that they understand what the animals cay. While treating a patient they place tobacco In little pouches which they tie with sinew. These are painted brilliant colors and fastened to willow sticks about the size of the shaft of an arrow but somewhat longer. , Occasionally aa a substitute for these totems strips of flannel are fastened to the tops of the sticks and permitted to flutter In the breeze. The sticks are also guyly painted and inserted in the ground or crevices of rock on top of a hill. Tills Is done to gain favor with the Great Sjilrlt and secure his assistance In making their practice successful or curing the patient under their charge. The tobacco or flannel constitutes, In fact, votive offer ings and the custom 1 no doubt of oriental origin. They have, of course, In the mean time given the patient a concoction of medicine made from the herb or herb which they especially use, the offering to the Great Spirit being simply supple m mental to the giving of medicine, but nevertheless considered1 a necessary cere mony. The Indian doctor also profess to be able to dream out at will any problem which Is difficult of solution during their waking hours. After a novice succeeds In effecting a sufficient number of miracu lous cures to render him famous he adds prophecy to his cursjive attainments and makes predictions as to events which will occur In the future. Denver Field and Farm. Polling Dp tllaae HoBnaaeea. One of the most extraordinary romance that ever cropped up outside of th pages of the most Improbable novels has de veloped In the matrimonial conditions of Nat Goodwin and his former wife, Maxlne Elliott. It Is alleged on good authority by per sons close to the leading actor In th affair thut, while Goodwin Is about to marry hi former leading woman, Edna Goodrich, Goodwin's former leading woman and aife, Maxlne Elliott. Is to wed Harry MacMUlan, who is Edna Goodrich's former sweetheart. It is but little more than a week slno Goodwin obtained a divorce from Maxlne Elliott In a Nevada court. After securing his divorce decree he went to Rawhide. From that point he mysteriously shot east ward without revlsting Reno, and a promi nent resident of Rawhide asserta that Goodwin secured his steamship berth from New York to London by wire Just before leaving. A local friend of Goodwin's assert that his trip to London Is undoubtedly for the purpose of marrying Edna Goodrich, who has been there for some time past visiting the Savoy, Claridge's, and other prominent places, unattended except by an elderly woman who acts as chaperon. That Goodwin had some powerful motive for his trip to London is evidenced by the fact that a strike of ore on property of the Nat C. Goodwin company at Bo vard, eighteen miles from It w hide, and running nearly 18,000 a ton, failed to In duce him to return. The other story comes from Goldfleld. where Harry MacMUlan la a prominent leaser on the Goldfiuld Consolidated. It appears that MacMUlan has a penchant for actresses, for on a recent trip east, during which It was agreed between him and Edna Goodrich to disagree, he met Maxlne Elliott. He is a whirlwind wooer and reports hav gone forth that one reason why Mis El liott failed to contest the divorce suit brought by Coodwin waa that the Goldfleld mine operator had succeeded In making a profound impression on Maxlne Elliott. (MacMUlan la a young- man U1 1 th twenties and Is several years MUau lunioiN Cblcaa Jntar Ocean,