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Omaha, Neb., Special: Spurred on
ward by the activity of foreign war
departments in the matter of airships
and aeroplanes for use in war, the
United States government is develop
ing here on the great plains, 1900 miles
from Washington and almost in the
geographical center of the country, the
greatest balloon and airship expert
mental station on the American con-
tinent. The great steel house, in which
the balloons are stored when not in use,
has just been completed at a cost of
nearly 500, 00G, and other equipment of
the big station is upon the same mag
nificent scale. The war department is
spending 81, 900. 600 on this great west
ern station, where has been established
the headquarters of the aero depart
ment of the United States army.
Originally Fort Omaha, now the
headquarters for balloon experiments,
was a regular frontier Indian fort and
guarded the overland trail across the
continent. But with the removal of the
regular soldiers to Fort Crook. a few
miles below Omaha. old Fort Omaha
was rebuilt and turned over to en-
cheering department of the army to
be used as a signal station. When for
eign countries began experimenting
with and paying so much attention to
~aeronautics the United States govern
ment got in the game" and began
preparations for experiments on a huge
scale. Fort Omaha, with it's big
grounds and paraphernalia. proved an
ideal post from which to carry on the
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Good Cherry Pudding.
Her Arm the Model.

Anna HaNerland, the we'll known Ger
man tragedienne, who died in Dresden
the Other day. had another claim to fame
besides. her art. 1t was her arm that was
used for the model of the imposing figure
erected in the Niederwnld OF Gcrmanla
holding in her right hand tho German
imperial crown. while her left leans on
the sword. This monument IL the work.
of Professor Sohilling. and II was n long
time before he could find IN arm worthy
of becoming the model Of that famous f1g-
ure.
One evening he was seated at the court
theatcr, where Anna HavcrIand was play
ing "Thusneida." She was n very beau
tfful, we'll proportioned woman, ana tho,
sculptor looked at her with approving,
eyes. When in a certain scene the actress
raised her arm with an imperious gesture
Professor Schiling started to his feet
with an exclamatio of delight, and des,,
pite the protests of his friends rushed from
his box on to the stage. AS the curtain
fell he appeared before the astonished
actress with a beaming face, for hers waa
the arm he had locke for so long.
A Hungarian washing machine
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The Defeated.

Because it was good to be fighting. TO put
forth my strength,
To cndeavor myself TO the utmost. TIE fail
urc at length
Is never less bitter and hard. or lighter
to bear
Because all the glorious memories of bat
tie l share
With the victors who pass me on horse
back good fellows who WOMB
With stern, ardent faces fixed forward
and fronting the sun.
No, failure is comfortless. arid. When
battle again
Is joined 1 shall fight all the harder-at
last not in vain,
Though my courage was solid and speck-
less, my arm good before.
This pure bitterness strengthens and bet
tiers me; no failure more
At last shall win, and that victory pure
shall redeem
All the mighty lost effort and hope, all the
disapproved dream.
And ont of the depths of my knowledge Of
bitter defeat
/ shall know to the utmost that mil. ute
how triumph is sweet.
S. II kemper. in Metropolitan Magazine.
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A~MBIDEXTERITY AS A
CAUSE OF INSANITY

London, Special: Sir James Crich-
ton Browne, who is a confirmed anti
faddist, is now running a tilt against
the movement for ambidexterity re-
Gently initiated by the mead master of
Elton. Browne calls it Il fac, and de-
clares that ambidexterity on a large
scale is impossible and undesirable.
1t was. said he. by the superior need
of his right hand that nan had gained
his victory, and to try to undo his
deXtral pre-elninence was simply to
fly in the face OF evolution.
The Elton ambideXterity was being
i%nculcated by an ordinance that all
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get THE HOOK" WAS COINED
BY a NEW YORK GALLERY GOD
WHERE CURRENT PHRASES COME FROM.


WHERE CURRENT PHRASES COME FROM.
working for Sweeny"
HI phrase originally IA and still is in some eases Runs for
Sweeny" 1t arose because a certain booknaker OF the western track
would only AXE bets OF horses he felt sure would lose. WIen q horse
sweeny" Since then everything that goes badly Goes f1 sweeny."
track origin. 1t a the custom on some tracks 10 to allow moreth than 4
% horses o starr in any ace The 2d n was sent back. Other ORR
gins are also given. The most Interesting of these though doubtless
apocryphal is that thu number of j.. p. Morgans office and August
BeImonts likewise is %. "A detective is stationed al IN portals of
each to keep tut undesirables.
demon"
In 1882 ST. Nicholas published a picture of a little girl saying oh,
its an orange!" Her little face is lit With JOY. A companion picture
shows her biting mtot the fruit with a panied expression n the caption
is mo, it's a lemon!" This will be news o the lear old ladies that edit
St. Nicholas. But let em look.
THE Big Stick"
President Roosevelt. who made many phrases while he ws mak
ting enemies and history used it in a speech concerning IN needs Of a
greater navy. Let u tread softly, but carry d big sNef.'
Chorus girl slang. Origin unknown, but readily guessed at. An *
preston OF disavor fr any person, place OF thing. It's what you in
stinctively SAL when you taste anything nauseous or eve think of. it,.
what kind O a man is hep Hes plugh' How O. you feel?' Il
feel plugh.'
Thieves slang. meaning Hit the Road" 17as many equvaents,
a panhandler or street beggar, it Invariably will make him hurry away.
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boys who for their transgressions. We're
called upon to write lines should
henceforth do so with the left hand.
Sir James had had the opportunity of
asking one of the boys how he got
on in the performance of his task.
"Oh," he replied, its quite simple. We
talk the pen in the fingers of the left
hand Il we work them with the
right"
AS a result of physiological inquiry
Sir james said 1T could not now be
doubted that right and left handed
ness We're dependent on cerebral or
ganization and nothing else. Anlbidex-
terity vas common only among idiots.
and TO endeavor to insure it's general
cultivation would mean the enlarge
ment OF the already overgrown lunatic
asyluins.
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at Miners Bowery theater. a partic-
ulary bad amateur was inficting n pa
tient audience with an impossible near
tenor voice. Desnite the howls. groans
and cat calls. the artist persisted in
STAYING on, when Tom Miner, who was
conducting the amateur performance,
CHANGED to see in a corner a large old
fashioned crook handled cane which
had been used by one OF the negro N
personators.
Quickly picking 1T up, he called
Charles Guthinger, the properly man.
and had him lash it securely TO a long
pole. With this he stepped to the wings
and without getting in sight of the au-
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dience deftly slipped the hook around
the neck of the would-be singer and
yanked him off the stage before he
really knew what had happened.
The next amateur was to give ilnita-
tions of noted actors, and after giving
the worst Imaginable one of Edwin
Booth announced his nex would be of
Richard Mansfield AT this a small
boy in the gallery yelled Get the hook!'
The audience roared in approval and
the actor fed in disnlay.
50 Get the hook was given a fixed
meaning II the use of the hook was
.l~egitimatized in the case Of an im-
possible amateur"
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Effective at All Hours.

1--WE got the finest gardens in this
part of the country" boosted the new
ly made millionaire. Right in the
center of them is the most expensive
sun dial in the world
"a sun dial is all right during the
day remarked a listener. It's useless
at night
Mime isn't" retorted the millionaire
proudly. I've got mine surrounded
with electric light"
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Dreamed Mackerel.
EN- VOYAGE.

whichever way the wind doth blow,
Some heart is glad to have il so;
Then blow ii east. or blow ii west,
The vind that blows, that wind is best.
My little craft sails not alone;
= thousand fleets from every zone
Are out upon a thousand seas:
And what for me were favoring breeze
Might dash another with the shock
OF doom upon some hidden rock.
And so ] do not care to pray
For winds TO watt me on my way,
But leave it TO a Higher Will
To stay or speed me. trusting still
That all is we'll, and sure that He
Who launched my bark will sail with me
Through storm and calm. and will not fail.
breeZes may prevail,
ITO land me. every peril past,
Within Ills sheltering haven at last.
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\ A VARIED LIST 4
\ OF GOOD RECIPES 4

Stuffed Eaa Plant.

SAOuSO Ivy Ei1iNs
Cut two egg plants in two lengthWise.
slash the inner surface with the point of
a knife to make a shallow incision, fry
till they are soft: prepare III a saucepan
two ounces of butter, two ounces OF fat
salt pork chopped fine, and two chopped
shallots, cook II few minutes, add one
pint of mushrooms, a little parsley, and
three anchovies, all chopped fine; mix the
iieshy part of the egg plant with this,
season TO taste. put the stuffng thus made
back into the plants, with bread and
cheese. crumbs and small pieces of but
ter strewn on the top. and bake 20 min
uteS.
Home Made Strip.
Take medium brown sugar, not too
light. add water to make the sirup and
q little glucose to prevent sugaring when
cold. Boil thoroughly and skim. When
taken from fire add enough vanilla to
flavor. This makes an excellent imitation
OF maple sirup.
Dreamed Mackerei.
Hash a salt mackerel and soak "a hours
in cold water: to one lnackerel add one
half pint of milk. Put into a moderate
oven and bake one hour. Before the fish
is done drop bits of butter upon it.
Digestible Beans.
If a little baking soda is put into the
bottom of the baking dish or peanpot
with the beans to be baked, they will be
easily digested. For about a quart Of
beans use half a teaspoonful of soda.
Potatoes au Gratin.
One cup of white sauce, two pints cold
boiled potatoes. diced; one-falf cup crack
er crumbs moistened with one tablespoon
melted butter: one-half cup cheese. Put
potatoes, cheese and sauce, two layers of
each, in buttered baking dish, cover with
crumbs, and BAKE Is minutes.
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balloon experiments n was accord
ingly chosen as headquarters for the
aeronautic section of the war depart
ment.
Colonel w. A. Glassford. the balloon
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SUGGESTIONS FoR 4
DELICIOUS DESSERTS y
) I
To Mako Cream "Whip."

When cream refuses to whip Il tho
white OF an egg. This Invariably gives
excellent results and the egg cannot boz
distinguished. When finished ii also adds
to the Quantity. Z!
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Couldn't Stop.

Hora.io Brooks was this orators name,
At talking he was clever
And just like that brook of T~ennyson's
This BROOK ran on forever.
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Delicious Peach Pudding.

Take one egg. one cup of sugar siftedl
once, two scant cups of flour siftcd aeVcrat
times, one-half cup of butter, one cup OF
milk or water, one teaspoon of bakinEi
powder, one teaspoon of tlavOr,ng, and q
pinch of salt. Cream, butter and sugar.]
then add the yolk of the egg beaten light
ly. After thoroughly mixed add tho nour1
which has The baking powder will mixed
in it, and white of the egg, which has becId
beaten to q stiff frotn.
Good Cherry Pudding. 4
Take one pint of cherries, stone, and put
in dish in which pudding is to BIO served.d
Cover with onc-half cup of sugar. Their
make a custard, using two eggs, half a
cup OF ugar, ana tablespoon of corr
starch to a pint OF milk. Pour over cher4
ries and put on Ice at least three hours be@
fore serving. Serve with whipped crealni
To Make Snow Pudding.
Pour upon three tablespoOnfuls Of cOrn<
starch dissolved in a little cold watcr) one
pint of boiling water; add tho whites Of
three eggs beaten stiff, a pinch OF salt,
and a little sugar. Pour into n pudding
dish and steam IS minutes.
Sauce-Beat the yolks OF tho eggs, 4
one cup of sugar. one cupful Of milk.
butter the size OF a walnut, and boil mix
ture until it icEen
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Then. whatsoever wind doth blow,
My heart is glad to have it so:
land blow 1t east. or blow it west,
wind that blows. that wind is best.
Caroline A. Mason.
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Home Of the Humming- Bird.

From Outing Magazine
The home of the humming-bird is one of
the most remarkable and artistic crea-
tons of all bird architecture. 1t is a
tiny. delicate cup, made Of the softest
planted saddled upon some rath,r
slender branch. so deftly that it seems
part thereof The saliva of the hirus
is used to compact and secure the mate
rial, and likewise to coat the exterior
with the gray-green lich-ns so generally
founl upon trees. This makes 1t so
assimilate with the surroundings that
1t is Il very difficult object to discover.
And thereby hangs n tale. gentleman
had told me that if / would call upon
him he would show me an occupied nest
of 4 humming-b bird in his orchard. When
/ came he was out OF town, but thought
I would see If could not find the nest
myself So ! made inspection from
tree to tree. and. presently the female
hummer began to fly about me anxiously
We played a game Of hot and cold until
1t became evident tnat the nest must be
in a certain low apple tree which had
many dead lichen-covered anches. Some
Of these came down nearly to the ground,
and for quite a while l stood by the tree
running my eyes along each branch in
order trying to make out the nest. while
the female kept darting frandcally at my
head. 1t must have been nearly quar-
ter of an hour before l discovered that I
was standing almost touching the nest
with my hands, having been looking right
over it all the time. 1t contained two
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SOME NOTABLE DEATHS.

ORANGE. n. j.. February 13.-Afte-
seventy years spent in the service OF
one family. Miss Mary A. Aylesworth is
dead. and today her body will be laid to
rest in the cemetery plot where lie the
bodies of many of those she served. Miss
Aylesworth was born in Providence. r.
l. i'm 1913 and in 1872 entered the family
Of Rev. William Hague AS a nurse.
CHICAGO February 13-Thomas JEFF
ferson McNally. well known as a demo-
cratic leader. died of heart disease. He
was horn siXty-four years ago In Brook
Ign, y. Y. whore boy he worked
in the navy yard carrying rivets, and
was proud OF the fact that he had hand
in building the Monitor. which defeated
the Confederate ironclad Merrimac.
ANNAPOLIS Md. February 1o.-W. r.
c. H3Sson. an instructor attached TO the
DEPARTMENT of mathematics at the Naval
piication of diseases. Mr. Hasson was a
graduate of the Naval Academy in the
class OF 1850, and later was appointed an
instructor.
RICHMOND, Va. February la.-Mrs.
Frank Steger died here after long Ill
ness. Before her marriage she WAS
Miss Ida Elicit. noted belle and IA
voritel in society.
NEW YORK. February ED Cooper
Allison known as the most eccentric law
yer in New Jersey. died Thursday in
the home of relatives in Burlington. y. j
He was seventy-nine years old and had
lived in Trenton nearly all of his life.
One Of his fads was to try all the new
breakfast foods placed on the market
NEW YORK February 15.-Rev. Daniel
Tyler Madison county's oldest citizen.
ard the oldest graduate of Yale I'niver-
sity. died Yesterday at Oneida, ~ Y,
aged ninety-nine years and three months.
He retired from the ministry twenty
nine years ago.
NEW WORK February l5.-Arthur
Bender. editor of the Maritime Register,
died Thursday in his home in this city.
aged fifty-nine. He president or
the Marine Magnetic Control Company.
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Sunday Observance Discussed.

The Bloomingdale W. c. 7. l., met at
the home Of Mrs. Halpenny, 13 Seaton
street northwest. last Thursday afternoon
The subject OF discussion was Sunday OBJ
servance. Following the usual business,
Mrs. Catlin. District superintendent OF
Sunday observance, was introduced and
gave talk on the subject. This was fol-
lowed by a paper by Mrs. Spidel. entitled
Are Christians Responsible for Sabbath
Desecration?" 1t was suggested that while
but few Christians openly approve of
Dissertation of the Lords day. many are
thoughtless or unaware that their in
huence in many ways favor II. The
church should help the world to"Remem-
Der the Sabbath day to keep ii holy.
Christians are responsible. il was said,
for the dissertation to the extent of their
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held. at which it was decided to hold
another series of matches in March. The
battalion match open to teams of five
from each battalion, ten shots at ten
yards, timed fire. and ten shots at fifteen
yards. slow fire. Is to be held March 81
The regimental match will be open to
teams of ten from each regiment and a
team from the separate organizations.
grouped as a provisional regiment, with
ten shots at ten yards. rapid fire. and ten
shots at fifteen yards, timed fire, to be
held March 2S.
A large number Of visitors were present
at the meeting last evening. Adjt. Gen.
Brett expressed satisfaction because of
the interest shown by the officers in the
work which he considers should be a part
Of the training of all officers.
An order has been issued from head
quarters. I'd Regiment. setting forth that
1t has been discovered that a clerical err
ror was made in the addition Of the
averages of the different subjects which
were marked by the judges in the case
of Company B during the recent COM
petitive contest BY the error it was
made to appear that the general average
Of Company B was 52.4 per cent. while
in reality it was 62.4 per cent. To cor
rect this misstatement, and so far as
possible to make amends for the unin-
territorial injustice done Company B and
Capt. Samuel Feland, corrected state
ment of the standing Of the several COM
panies Of this regiment is announced, as
follows:
1. Company f, Capt. Edward H. Brian
general average 1877.
., Company X. Capt Marshall Magru-
der, general average I'll.
5. Company F. Capt Reuben r. Duff
fie, general average III.
4, Company M. Capt. George L. Toll
son, general average 69.2.
3. Company B. Capt. Samuel Feland,
general average ga
6. Company L, Second Lieut.. THOMAS
S. O'Halloran. general average 500.
7, Company A, Capt. Theodore P. Heap,
general average 56.6.
s, Company D. Capt. Arthur L. Evans.
general average 54.3.
9, Company G. Capt. Clarence v. Sayer,
general average. $50
10, Company /, Capt. Alexander Sum-
mers, general average 51.9.
II, Company c. Capt. Thacker V.
Walker, general average 47.3.
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Japanized English.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

The superintendent of the Southern Pa.
Cific dining car service forwarded to Cen
eral Manager Calvin the following char
acteristic letter of resignation sent in by a
Japanese waiter boz:
November 49, 1907-My Dear Great
Man Boss-I beg to you that l am abs ent
today and I am thanking for your great
kindness. But / have necessary to desire
that to resign with my business because l
had sickness on hand. Your faithfully
NJ, FUJIYAMA."
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p - Al. Dfckman, 18th United Sl1'o'
IN n Cavalry, designated as the Oh
VH ficer of the army to coniuc'
the annual inspection OF the
National Guard of the ID sure
Of Columbia. excepting the ISL bat,
tery. Field Artillery, ana the os
Corps. has made known 'ha' 'e
troops must appear for the inspectio'i ~
heavy marching order, with oVercoats' Al
view of the mfdWnter season ana tiie
fact that the enlisted men or the Di1Sa'e
have not been provided with Inc eIl'H
drab service uniform. the blue blouse anu
trousers will be used. In other Woros' tile
troCos are expected to wear blue uni
form, leggins. campaign hat, ovHfcoat'
blanket roll canteen and haversack. the
latter containing eating utensils In conal-
ton for immediate use.
Heretofore the inspections have been IN
uyhc marching order, dress UNIFORM oehs
worn. The change will constitute nov
elty of the most pronounced tyre. II Is
said that the majority of the company
commanders, If not the entire NUMB e
are without the entire equipment catled
for. having turned in to the general stcre
room Immediately after returning from
camp last summer such articles as shelter
tent halves, blankets. campaign hats, nav
ersackS and Canteens.
Col Brett, adjutant general, has com
municated with Capt. fireman Horn, Field
Artillery, US.A.. and First Lieut. Will
liam H. Winters. 18th L. S. Cavalry.
designated to inspect the 1st Battery and
the Signal Corps, respectively. 10 learn
their desires as to the uniform to be worn.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for
the presentation tomorrow evening in the
drill hall of the Center Market Armory
of rife practice prizes and decorations and
service medals by Representative Halvor
Steenerson. The assembly will be at SIS
o'clock.
Nominations for commissions have been
forwarded to Gen. Harcics as follows:
Second Lieut.. Willard b. I'odgson. TO be
first lieutenant. Company !. I'd Regiment;
First Lieut.. Frederick II. iIeidenreich, in
spector or rifle practice, to be adjutant
9th Battalion. and Private NJ j. RYAN to
be first lieutenant Company c. LIST Regi-
Inent.
Sergt William II. Galbraith has accept
ed commission as second lieutenant Com
pany NJ. I'd Regiment and First -Sergt.
w. l.. Hazard as second lieutenant Com
peny f, LIST Regiment.
The following committees have been ap-
pointed by. Capt. Edwards in connection
with the twenty-fifth anniversary cele-
bration of Company f. LIST Regiment. at
National Rifles Armory, Wednesday, Feb
ruary 26:
Executive-Capt Edwards. Lieut.. Mayer.
Lieut.. Hazard. Sergt- Clark and Cadets
Buell., Jobson and Langley.
Floor-DirectOr. Sergt. Edward w.
Clements; assistants, Cadets Turner and
Coleman and members. Cadets Giavon-
noni Ieech. Tucker, Crown. Lewis. Lang
ley. Casassa, Burns. Collingsworth. Heron
and Sartain.
At the presentation of prizes tomorrow
evening the following will be given medals
by the company, presented through Gen.
Harres: For twenty-five years service,
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ability to prevent il. The immediate dam
ger is in silence and inaction.
The difficulties in the way of reform
multiply as Christians lower their stand.
ard and lose the spirit of Christ.
Refreshments were served.
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fresh eggs. this being in the early part of
June. The branch upon which it was
built was completely overgrown with
lichens, and the nest being covered with
them. too. was wonderfully disguised,
though there were no leaves to hide it.
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IS DORSEY FOULTZ IN KFIARTUM?
MAYBE SO---JUST LOOK AT THIS.

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