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Vmk mi4ha viivi. uu:v:,. ta:i;.uv. ?... tv?.. I" LAUNCHING OF THE ARKANSAS I-argcst Warship Ever Constructed is Christened by Miss Macon. STATE OFFICIALS ARE ABSENT Minr la tlrnithtrr of Rrprrifutt' tUr Mtrnn (.nna of Ship Will Throw l'lp Ton of Metal t t'arh nroiiliMr. I'll I lA DKl.PM I A . Jan. 14 Splashed with tin' traditional hnttlc of champagne, the I'i'ttl'-Hlilp Arkansas, the Isrsr'-st arshlp r constructed In tlii country, wan launched tilt" afternoon from the yards of Hi" Now York fihlpliiilUllDK company at v'sinoVn. N. J. Miss Mary Macon, daughter "f Ilepresentatlve Riihert H. Macon of IMena, Ark. whs the sponsor. Thpr" was one unusual feature, the sh tence of an offlrlal delegation representing the state government of ArkansH". The failiiri' of '.overnor I'onnehey or other off- i m I representatives to attend was due to a outrovcrsy between the governor and the Navy department over the date of the launching. Iho governor wanting to have the affair pn pared no the ulale could make aileqt.ntr. arrangements to send an official party Thrre ot however, ptiic a Isrfce itcloKS llon of Arkanans pi.-m-nt. The Navy dc larimenl vn l f h m lr n pi i temed hy IWekmnn itit'iro.'. mii-:jml frcripinrv. and n. I i k lift of ntir admirals and other officers. 1I tlmon I hrlatena Mi I p. When the workmen hail roused hammer ing and Hawing iho keel Mocks and the great Imlt iiilcrii and slowly betjan to mo c, Mis Mary .Macon clashed the bottle aRaltrl the receding prow and exclaimed: ' I clnlMcn thee ArkmiHus." Following tlm launching the officials of lh cumpan:. cntiitHlnrd the kuchIs at a luiich'i.n Hpnad in uno of tlie ll k build inks of the Plant. When completed tho Arkansas will have the greatest nun power in broadaide fire of un .hlp afloat. The main armament will consds-t of twelve lliVlnch Kuns mouiiied In si hcav y armor protected tur icte. I'or defense Hgainnt torpedo boat at tack there will be a battery of twenty-one five-inch rapid fire-guns There will atmi be two submerged torpedo tuhcrt and ten small gun. The total weight of bioadalde firs will be about ll.iKjO pounds. The Aikam-as will have turbine engine and will have 2S,ono horsepower. The vcsnel will be fined for a flagship and Its com plement will constat of eighty-five officers and I.::11" men. The kcej of the Arkansas was laid last January and at present the ship is about M) per cent completed. BIG BOOZERS OF OTHER DAYS nie of llie nclcnts Were Past Mas ters In the Art of ticttlna Pouseil. The world Is nearer real temperance to day than at any time in Ittv history. Teetotal. th may not believe tills, but If Uicy nad the following they will realize that the world at least la forgetting how to g t it-ally "good and drunk." There are a few pci.tona who have gained reputations for the amount of food ami drink they habitually consume, but only a few. In comparison with previous generations, this Is a most abstemious age. The men of 60 or TO years no were great drinkers, but for pointers on how to set drunk and spend monev It Is nectwssry to turn to the an cients. l'asar, on certain occasion, while drunk on wine. Is said to have given Kutychus, Ills charioteer, a tip amounting to fKO.ilOO, the largest money tip on record. The most reckless of our modern millionaire thinks he's ma king an ewful splash w hen he tips his chauffeur a twenty-dollar note. One of the Caesars fid . his charger on wine and barley In nolden vasp. One of his dinners cost, fi.ViX). His supper bill fur four months was $JO.Oi0,000. Philip of Macedon was a drunkard. Ho nlvvava left tho banquet tahln staggering. Alexander the tjreat. his son. Inherited the v.'C.ikncss for drink. It took him two tlan and two nights to sleep off a royal Jag. He died of drink at the age of S2 ears. IMonyslus. the yoirager, tyrant of Sicily, went on sprees which lasted three months at s lime. He lost his eyesight through u erlndulgence. Nero was In the habit of sitting down at noon and slicking there until midnight, eating and drinking all the time. Tiberius was a sincere drunkard. After becoming emperor of Kome he was drunk so often that his army nicknamed him "Hlberius," meaning "tippler." He had two pals. Flaceus and Piso, with whom he went on sprees: At the weeping stage they deplored the prevalence of drunkenness. Nowhere In all the world today will you find as many confirmed drunkards as there were among the Thraclans, the Iberians, the Celts or the Scythians. The man who didn't get drunk every day or two was re yarded as queer. The Creeks were moderate drinkers until they began to copy the luxury of the Per sian feasts. The Romans Imitated the Oreeks. Then the whole world went on a mad drunk. It was a saturnalia. In the beginning no wrong was thought of drinking, snd the moralists even advised drink to dispel melancholy. Hippocrates) upheld drinking and earnestly advised people to drown their sorrows In wine. When shall we live If not now?" was the Kiddy advice of the sober Seneca. The Romans carried over-Indulgence to an extreme never equaled In another age. tiluttony and Intemperance reigned and bilge fortunes were spent in single re pasts. Claudius was noted for the rare wines he nerved, lie often had otic guests at his tabic. Like Tiberius, he died from eating the uronj kind of mushrooms. Caligula owes his niche in the hall of fame to the drunken banquets with which be tnad even Kui.ie marel. The excesses made fashionable by pip h potentates as l.uenllus, Nero, Vcries. Tiberius, Caligula. Yitelllua and Domitlan really began In the days of Pompey. and they marked the beginning of the end of the republic. At the feasts of these rulers the am phorae, enormous vases, some with a ca pacity of many barrels, were filled with wine. Kven the fountains flowed with wine, which was dipped up by youthful servants and banded to the guests while young girls sang and danced Of the many feasts given by Yitelllua riot one cost lees than (1,500, and his reign waa almost a continuous debauch. Com modus waji a notorious drunkard, and Scp linus wss not much better. Severus died tf over-Indulgence In the flowing bowl. The Romans borrowed from the Greeks Ilia custom of appointing the master of the f-ast. whose dutv It waa to name the number of cups of win each guest should be allowed to drink. It was famous sport to see a guest drink a cup of w Inn for every letter in the name f his mistress. The niuri'hlnn vaxea po."ed by Nero wore the marvel of the age. and his wines were the rareM to be obtained anywhere In the world. His otgies baffled descrip tion. The biuitea. bestowed public honors on those who gave the most splerdld ban- ipiet. drank th mm wine drunkest New- York Herald ami cot the OLDEN DAY CEMENT BEASTS Mnaiter Model at Msmhora Trne to tnlnial Life Ten Million Year tin, New ha come to the rurstnr of the American Museum of Natural History. !'iat at this time, when all the museum staff Is excited over the finding of the bones , of a dinosaur In the red shsle of the Pall- sades, that a ptehlstorlc Ton'' ha been , opened on the outskirts of Hamburg. Oor- i many, many of t lie animals of which were modeled after rare specimens In the ; museum here Tim ptehlstorlc itoo has been described 1 to the curators as a plsce which, if a fellow happened to stumble into a night ; after a Christmas celebration, would prob ably Induce him to sit up on the front seat ; of the water wagon for the rept of his ! days. Some thirty or more "beat" have been erected In this park, which is con- I ducted by sn enterprising (Jermsn named I Carl Hngenbeck. Not one of the "beasts" ' lived on earth within the last S.nonn,. years, and some knew It at a much earlier ! date than that. j The weird creatures are built of cement. . around a little lake, the purpose being t show Just' how such a lake and !and-cnp might have appeared some lO'XVoo years j ago If any one had chanced to come along I that way. j There are dinosaur of sriou kinds, in- eluding a big flesh-eating brute forty-eight i feet long, a dlplodocus sixly-slx foet long. snd sn Iguanadou, the groat herbivorous j dinosaur which won Its living by nipping j off the tops of trees twenty-five feet or more above the ground. There Is also the I trlceratops. with three horns on its huge. J rough face, and a collar of fence spikes j about Its neck. Of course, there Is the sloth, and the dodo Hiid the mammoth, i and flying reptiles, with a vast spread ot wings; birds with teeth which resemble j niilroad spikes, and clant lizards, tor toises, and toads which suggest the present j animals of those names, but are some thousands of times larger. I'or Instance, some of the tortoises and even the toads are more than twelve feet long. i .Mr. Hagenbeck conceived the idea thai It would bo li good plan to let people see what kind of animals hud possession of the earth before they came upon the scene. I So he sent a first class animal sculptor to all of the ureat natural history nnieums I of the world to make an exhaustive study j of the Rieatest and most grotesque ni- i nals which had ever Inhabited the earth. ' Ho found much of what he wanted at I the South Kensington museum In London, and then came on here, where the Amerl- can Museum of Natural History furnished j him with many drawings and measure ments. He was particularly desirous to have his prehistoric animals of cement true to life. For example, the diplodocus In tho Ha genbeck park Is an exact copy of the skeloton of the same animal In the museum here, with the addition of having the flesh on. This skeleton Is the most perfect of Us kind In the world. It was obtained eleven years ago from the Bono Cabin quarry. In central Wyoming, and Is built up of seven-tenths of the animal's own bones. Perhaps the most remarkable looking animals In the park besides the giant dlplo docus and the iguanadon are the bats. They are In reality dragons, with great wings, the very membranes of which have been preserved In the rocks through mil lions of years. New York Times. HOW ELECTRICITY IS MEASURED An Ksplaaatlon of the Dial llnnils and Wheels Flsinrrd In the mils. Few of us. outside of enKlnecrlntf circles, know how that mysterous servant, elec tricity. Is measured. We only know that the reKUlar monthly bill tails for, "1567 minus 1613 equals 24 kw-lir. for which please remit 'J 40." Many of ns have (rune down cellar, or up In the attic, with a lighted candle to stare with mystified wonder and profound awe at the little mechanical meter with its Incomprehensible dials and unreadable flftures only to wonder what It was all about. The fact Is that electricity, or strictly speaking, electric energy, Is measured In kilowatt hours. A kilowatt hour is prac tically the same as one and one-third horse-power hours since T4C watts equal one horse-power. The watt Is a rate of work Just as a horse-power Is a rate of work. One tells haw hard the dynamo has to work, while the other tells how hard a horse or engine has to work to produce the required energy. The measurement of electric power may be simply explained thus: The current enters the house and a certain fraction passes through a small motor contained In what Is called a "meter." The moving part of the motor, or armature, Is con nected to an ordinary counter, such as used on bicycles, gas meters and auto mobiles. This system of toothed wheels Is arranged to count the number of watt hours of electricity. A thousand watt hours Is called kilowatt-hour. The prefix "kilo" always means 1,000. A kilowatt- hour costs about 10 cents. If the result Is desired In horse-power hours. It Is only necessary to remember that a kilowatt hour Is the same as one and one-third horse-power hours. The wattmeter Is peculiar In that It measures power consumed. An Instrument which measures the quantity of electricity or "Juice" Is known as an ammeter, be cause quantity of electricity Is always measured in amperes. An Instrument which measures the pressure which drives the electricity Is called a voltmeter, since electric pressure Is measured In volts Just ss water pressure Is measured In pounds The wattmeter, however, takes account of both pressure and quantity; thut Is. It multiplies the volts by tho amperes and Klves the result In watts. Volts multl- Iilii'il liv u III I .rv. iIi-a nalt. In.t am ,, poundb-tin.es-feet give hut -re-power, pro- vlded we mmime that the work was done In a cerlain time- that U, so much work done in a seond. or minute, or ,,our. l"e were given out. the good folk , . . ' I turned liases casually, then halted in sur- Ihe d.vnanio or -generator furnishes a I ,,rse. Opposite the race list was this ad cenaln quantity of energy In kilowatts, veitisement: "After the races don't forget but this amount of inerav must be used for die hour before one kllovvatt-hour can be charged. Two kilowatts for half an hour would amount to the same thing. Thus U is necessary not only to state the j rate of work In kilowatts, but also to state the time In hours, hence the bill states ! that the cost has been so much for such ' and such kllovi att-liours t ha t Is. so many ' kilowatts furnished light or power for so j many hours. For example lO.taM watts . energy supplied for five hours would j amount to 60.uU watthours or fifty kll- owatt-houi s. Too Inipreealoalstlc. An artist, as hU trunks were belns; es anilned on the Cunard pier In New Tork. talked about John S. Sargent. "Yes." he said. "Sargent is a Brest painter. lUllur Impressionistic. rather akeuhv, you know-still a great painter fov all that" Here the artist paused to remove his left shoe, in order that the customs officers might search It for concealed gems After regaining the r.oe he went on: "Hut tfargenl a rough. Impressionistic lUJXJVJUlML&imiMkmSM i Sis ToEto We iii'c j.liiniiH: imr ENTIRE STOCK -nn n'M-rvnlinm ill EXTREMELY LOW PRICES for the rniminiler . t month, previous to our Felu iuuy invcntoi v. Our new stock will miou Iteirin to jirrive, nnl we niu-t nuike room. As we state, there will le no reservations will lie liandetl to you at practical MESH BAGS. lliRh Blade German Silver, Sterling. Silver Platt'd Mesh Hags, kid linpii. regular prices f 0 . 2 r to $10. HO; January Sale Prices. .;;. 15 to 15 CUT GLASS. Ktr llrilliant Terfect Cut (ilass Cight-inrh Berry Bowls, repular prlcr3 $S.OO to $21. 5n. .January Sale i'rtcea $4.00 o $10.75 All other pieces in same proportion. SILVER CHESTS. Twenty-six pieces of silver, beautiful lily design, set Includes six Knives, six forks, six tablespoons, six teaspoons, a btitter knife and sugar shell, in a goUlen oak. fine satin lined chest, silver warranted to wear 15 years; regular price $ 1 :t . 5 0 . January Sale Price $5.08 ROGERS BROS.' 1847 SILVERWARE. Our Kntlre Line of This Kriiiouh SilcrMcar nt Kvcc ptinnal Hai-gains Six Teaspoons, regular price $2.00. January Sale Price $1.00 Six Dessert Spoons, regular price $:J.i0. January Sale Price $1,715 Six Tablespoons, regular price $4.00. January Sale Price ... 82. 00 These are Vintage and Charter Oak patterns. Only six 16) spoons to each customer of any pattern. As usual, we are purcliasiu; an entirely new stock for the Spring ami Summer trade. But even now. there is not an article in the stole over six months old. QUICK SALES, LOW PRICES, is our motto, and we find that it satisfies our customers as well as ourselves. We like to be active. GO TO BRODEGAARD'S FIRST. AT THE SIGN 115 South 16th St. u pi iff." Tl Ul'KAX HTE M KRS. CLAII't CRUISE Or THE "AKABIC T ., lt,tUU toim, fin, Urge, unusually sternly. O THE O R I E N T February 4 to April 16, 1911 Seventy-one days, ccmitiK only S400 arid up Including uliore excursion. SpaoKl Ta tursa: Madeira. 1'iclU. Seville, AlKlern. Malta. 19 days In Egypt ml th Holy lAOd. Constantinople, Athens, Home, the Hevlna, etc. 30 Tours to Europa Othar Tourm. W. E. BOCK, 1534 Far nam St., Omaha. Frank C. Clark, Times Bids'.. Raw York. style often gets him Into trouble among his rich and aristocratic London patrons, last spring after finishing three or four new things, he gave a tea at Ills ftudlo In Tlte street, and they say that at this tea a duchess, having scanned his chef d'oeuvre a long while through her gold lorgnon, said to Mr. farpent, in the con descending tone that duchesses vise toward all who work: " 'I say, I like this you know, I should go on w ith this If 1 were you.' "New York Times. RELIGIOUS NOTES. Uev. lr. Clinton K. Walter, pastor of Caul s Lutheran church. York, 'a., is opposed to renting pews In the church. lr. Walter, a progiesslve clergyman, standing high In the Lutheran denomina tion, says with emphasis that the custom of renting pews retards the church's progress anil hinders its Christian work. Kev. William O. Wherry, rector of St. .lames' I'rotestant Kpiseopttl church, Tren ton. X. J., fur five years and one of the In st known and most u tlve clergymen of the city, has signified his Intention of re tiring from the minister and engaging in business with K. 1 . V. skillman. a wealthy hardware manufacturer, whose daughter, Adcle, the rector Is soon t i murry. It was race iIrv at the l.afavette county I fair and the .Missouri rural elect flocked ., i ifc.KnKvill. Thev leathered, some j odd-hundred strong, in the (trandstand and i wailed fur the programs to he distributed. I 'i'"' Hlgslnsvill church. H iggliisvtlle I. Mo., has a wtde-awake Sunday sehool. to ! which the whole country Is Invited. Classes ! for everlde The preaching servlees are not so bad. It. Y. Hunter, minister.' Have You Trisd This? Simple Prescription Bald to Work Wonder for Khauinatlsm. I This Ikis been well known to the best I doctors ,l'"i- ears and is now given to the J public. '--i;,-t one ounce of s.v nip of Sarin I arm. i compound ai.d one ounce lulls com pound. Then get half a pint of good whiskey nd put tho oilier two Ingredients Into it. Take a tahleepnonf id of t tit -t mix ture li'fore each meal and at bet) time. Sriike the bottte betore usinK ' Hood ef fects are felt tiie urst da v. Mmiv of the woist er.ses here have hee-n cured by this. Any ilruKKlst ns these Intredlt nts on hand or wlil Miucklv tet lh. in from his whole sale hou.-e. Anv one can ii'i- them This was publish, d here before and hund reos of rheumatism suft'erets that trie! It are ent husi:isttc over iie results obtained. It w-ill sHV-e many a dtctor bill and should be kept on hand at all times -Adv. ;u.jf 1 affiles '"" illl mm any article in the store i YOUR OWN PRICE. OF THE CROWN Opposite the Boston Store. This beautiful black velvet top with patent kid boxing, on the new stage last, with that extra high arch and hec I and Milo buttons. They give the foot that short, high instep effect so much desired. We are showing beautiful new patterns in Ladies' foot wear, in velvets, suedes, buckskins and all the desired leathers. Corosis shoes cost you less than bargain prices on some shoes where only part of the large profit is cut off to make them $3.98 or thereabouts and at Sorosis you get up-to date shapes and patterns. Sorosis Shoo Store FKAXK WILCOX, Mgr. 203 South 15th St. at ma ! mm tms ais Assoar- Hotel Loyal Opposite the Poet Office OMAHA Fire-Proof European RATES Room without Rath. $101 and SIJ With B.inll stand up. sliousnoss "I have nsed your valuable CascareU and I find litem perfect. Couldn't do witboat them. I have used them for some time for indigestion and biliousness and am now completely Hired. Recom mend them to everyone. Once tried, yon will never be without them in the family." Ed ward A. Mars, Albany, N.Y. Peasant. Palatable. Potant. Taara Good. Do Ooon Kevar ickaa.Wakea or (irlpa. luetic. i-Oo. Navar aolj la b-U. Tha Qr tuna labial atampd C C C twaraaia-0 to cut ml fteuf moMv i.a. aS Women's Anti- Bunion Shoes Nothing tan be more painful than n bunion. Nothing will be more appre ciated than a relief that means a per manent dire. We have had this shoe made with that one purpose in view, made one sire smaller at the instep, giving a snug fit and preventing the foot from slipping around; two si.ts wider in the sole, which allows the foot to rest wholly on the sole and prevents the uppers from being drawn tightly over I he bunion, and forepart, of the foot. ! The leather Is a fine, soft kid, while j (he sole is very flexible. Made in either lace or button. Turned Soles Welt Soles . $3.50 .$4.50 DREXEL 1419 Farnam Street ? i - .?sj tv.v , ?? y.,v; .it ' V -tVKv rt , Tko Twentieth Century 'Progress Uagaxou . . . . Regulcr price .The Twentieth Centary rtzmsr.LOtT) Rgmlar price Rgnlar prirw Us W" I'i ""In"!' 1 1 li hi v - ins THE E I. i R & I - , Wast For the Year 1911 We received instructions by wire from our New York buyer announcing the purchase of a prominent waist manu facturer's entire stock at mere fraction of its value. These Waists 60 on Sale Wednesday Morning, January 18 and will represent latest styles in great variety. The most stupendous bargains ever offered the buying public, consist ing of Silk Waists Net Waists Velvet Waists Usually retailed at from $5 to S5fi.n0. rhnira of the lot The news of this great waist purchase was received too late to mention in our regular ad, which appears on Page I'J-F. These Waists will be shown in our Sixteenth Street Windows Mondav and Tuesdav look for them. -;3ri?Wf- . . 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