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Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22

tending from the frontier of AfghRnistan
to Calcutta, with a spur from Aligarh to
Bombay, in all $500 miles, is an excellent
thoroughfare. broad and nearly level the
entire distance, fringed, however, by the
HimalRyas for 1000 miles. Although the
mountains are fifty miles away, they APP
pear near at hand and the cold blasts
from their snow-capped SUBMITS are
keenly felt at this time of the year.
Delightful CeylOn Roads.
al the roads of Ceylon are we'll
graded over the passes 1000 feet high and
our drive OF l,33A miles. amidst charming
tropical scenery and through dense jun
giles In which elephants and other Wild
animals wander. was delightful. Ceylon
is the ideal tropical country through which
to motor. but Java, with its excellent
roads from one end OF the island to the
other, 600 miles, is wonderfully interesting.
Here we find good hotels, kind-hearted
people, active volcanoes and a dense trop-
ical growth OF every known specie of
plant and fruit that flourishes within six
degrees of the equator.
THE roads built under direction of the
French government for military purposes
in Cochin China are excellent and extend
to the frontiers OF AMMAN and Cambodia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22

Sixty miles on the Libyan desert, ten
miles to the pyramids, and around the
cities of Alexandria and Cairo, are the
only good roads OF Egypt: the remainder
are bad. The narrow and congested high
ways of Japan, weak bridges OF Bamboo,
limits the use OF the roads principally to
the ricksha and man"drawn vehicles, ex-
cept In the neighborhood Of the large
cities. with much difficulty, however, We
drove from Kobe to NikkO and in the
country LIZ miles. In New Zealand the
surface is rough and there are dangerous
unprotected roads, with steep grades. over
the mountain passes.
"Our drive in March last Of 77 miles in
the Holy Land, Syria to Jerusalem, the
Jordan, Dead sea and all the noted biblical
places created much interest in the minds
of the people, as we were the first to en-
ter the country with an automobile. The
roads on the plains of Sharon are i'm
passable in wet weather and hub deep in
mud between Nazareth and Galilee, Jericho
and the Jordan. Dry weather favored us
on our drive over the bad roads OF the
Lebanon. From Damascus to Beirut was
from a scientific standpoint grand. Syria
is closed to automobiles, except by special
permission from the sultan Of Turkey"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
ROADS OF THE WORLD
Charles J.. Glidden Relates Expert.
ences and Observations,
ENGLAND HAS THE BEST OF ANY
Advises Officials to Go There tC
Learn the Art of Properly Build
ing Highways tina Shall
Endure.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 21.-(special)-
When Charles j. Glidden Of tour" fame
was here on Saturday and Sunday, he
gave the county commissioner of Henni-
gin county some advice on the general
topic Of good roads.
go to England If you var to learn
how 10 build good roads," said Mr.. Gid
den. England has been building roads
for centuries. We are not building good
roads even after all the agitation and edu-
cation there has been going on for so
many years. If the people really want
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
and said: "Hang the old blind horsel Hes

and said: Hang the old blind horsel He's
coming this way sure; he amt got no more
sense than TO fall in on me. Whoa, BALI"
The sound came closer.
Great Jerusalem! The old blind fool will
be right on top Of me in a mint! Whoa,
Ball! Whoa, haw. Ball"
Neal kicked a little dirt on Jacks head,
and Jack began 10 pray:
"Oh, Lord, have mercy on-whoa- Ball
"a poor sinner-I'm gone nowl Whoa, Ball
Our Father, who art in-whoa. BaIl-hal-
lowed be Thy-gee, BAH, gee! Whatu l do?
Now l lay me. down TO SIEGE, BaI!" Just
then in fell more dirt. ''Oh, Lord, il You
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
FreeIand Bros. a Ashley.

This is the home Of the Midland and
Mason cars, The territory OF this firm is
western Iowa, the state of Nebraska,
Black Hills and Rosebud Territory of South
Dakota. The sales have always been heavy
and the demand has always exceeded the
supply of cars. The members of the firm
are J. A. Freeland, Joe A. Ashley and w.
w. Freeland. This was a new firm and
handled new cars. They have made a Won
derful success.
Along the tour the drivers of the Mason
and Midland cars, both of which are com
ing, have been dubbed "Hodcarriers," in
token of which Freeland Bros. & Ashley
will present the tourists in Council Bluffs
today a miniature "hod," with appropriate
inscription.
The presentation will be made by J. A
Freeland.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22

York, but / am bound to acknowledge that
we are not as proud OF our roads as we
were a few years ago. They are not stand
ing up. A visit to Massachusetts and New
Jersey will be OF great value to those in
charge OF the road work In this country
There is a fine road between Newark ana
New Brunswick and there are some fine
roads in East and West Oranges. There
are many fine roads in Massachusetts,
particularly around Boston"
During the last seven years 1 have
driven the automobile 46,52S miles in
thirty-nine countries. passing through more
than 1900 cities, town and settlements,
twice encircling the globe, reaching the
most northerly point by crossing the
arctic circle in Sweden and the most
southerly point on Wards parade in New
Zealand" said Mr.. Glidden. 'For the pur-
pose Of comparison, / will classify the
roads as follows: Excellent, good. fair, bad
and wretched.
In placing the countries in their proper
class, l take into consideration the roads
as a whole, that is, the condition of the
entire road. Boston to Minneapolis or St.
Louis; in England from Lands End to
John O'Groats in Scotland; Monte Carlo
to Paris; Naples to the French frontier;
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
n. IA, KimbaII.

This is one of the strongest automobile
concerns in the west. 1t has one of the
most complete garages and repair shops in
the country.
This is the home of the Stevens uryea,
the Cadillac, Stanley Steamer and Bah
cock Electric.
1t has a reputation for fair dealing
Manager George REIN, who has Just re-
turned from a trip to the factories, made
large contracts in anticipation of a tre-
mendous business the coming season, and
from the way business has started out he
has planned wisely.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
ATLANTIC Automobile Co.

The Atlantic Automobile company, which
began in Atlantic and now carries on a
successful business and is charging and
improving the concern there, recently
moved 10 Council Bluffs, into a garage
built expressly for It. w. l.. Herring is
proprietor OF the Atlantic Auto company
and is extensively and favorably known
throughout Iowa,
He handles the Premier, the Ford and
the Re-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
John Deere PIow Company.

The John Deere Pillow Company, western
distributors for the Velie automobiles,
w. d. Hosford, manage have just made
arrangements to open an uptown sales
room at the corner of Ninteenth and Far
nam streets and the Velie cars can now be
found on exhibition there.
Mr.. Bergers' business has been taken
over, and in addition to the Velle and
Columbus Electrics they will show the
F.. NJ. F. car to the local trade.
Considerable Improvements will be put
on the building and the intention is to
make this corner prominent in the automo-
bile game.
w n. Heller, formerly with the Bergers
will be local manager and will
be assisted by others later on.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
1T WAS A TIME FOR PRAYER
JOyIeHs MinElinE of the Spiritual and
Material when Jack Was
In "a Hole.

An old man in Georgia named Jack Bald
ain having lost his hat in an old dry well
one day. hitched a rope 70 a stump and let
himself down. A wicked wag named Neal
,ame along just then, and quietly detaching
, bell from Baldwin's old blind horse,
approaching the well, bell in hand, and
began to ~ting-a-ling. .
lack thought the old horse was coming
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
FIVE STUDEBAKERS IN TOUR
Pilot Car, Two Press Cars, Confetti
Car and the Famous
War Car.

Car and the Famous
War Car.
In addition to Dai Lewis Pilot car, which
is driven by George Meinzinger, who had
charge of the same machine in the Path
finding trip, there are four other Stude-
baker cars in the Glidden--making the
largest number entered by any one con-
Germ.
The Studebaker quintet embraces, in ad-
dition to the Pilot car, the auxiliary con-
fetti car, two press cars, and the famous
war car, which made a mid-winter record
last year between New York and Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, carrying army dis
patches between the two posts. George
Smithson, who drove the car at the time,
and beat the round-the-world racers by
almost a week to Chicago, is at the wheel
of the same car on the Glidden. The old
wal car attracted much attention on the
trip when passing through Fort Sheridan
near Chicago, and Fort Smelling near Min
neapolis, as several Of the officers stationed
at both forts were present either at the
arrival or the departure of the car when
it made its famous trip.
Last summer Smithson had charge of the
Studebaker automobile train, which carried
delegates from Chicago to the democratic
convention in Denver. After leaving La
Crosse a few days ago he was painfully
burned while extinguishing a prairie fire
which threatened to destroy a farmer'
home, but after receiving medical atten.
ton in Minneapolis he was able to proceed
with the Ghdden cRlvRcade last Monday.
The S~tudebaker Press cars are carrying
a number of we'll known newspaper men,
including James t. Sullivan, Boston Globe;
Howard @. Reynolds, BOSTON Post; j. j.
Mcnamara, Boston Herald; ]. C. Harrison,
Boston American; J. ]. Wade, Boston
Journal; w. H. Gilbert, Cleveland Leader;
f. B. Steinauer, Cleveland Plain Dealer;
Walter A. Birmingham, Chicago Inter
Ocean; Frank Lowry, Indianapolis Star,
and T. ]. Sullivan, Buffalo News.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22

ever intend to do anything for me-back,
Ball whOA-Thy kingdom come-gee, Ball!
Oh. Lord. You know ! was baptized in
Smiths milldam-whoa, Ball! Ho upl
Murder! Whoa!
Neal could hold in no longer and shouted
a laugh which might have been heard two
miles, which was about as far as Jack
chased him when he got out-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22
Van Brunt Automobile Co.

For thirty-five years o. longer the Van
Brunt establishment has been in existence
Council Bluffs. 1t is one of the Oldest
and strongest business houses in the west.
Six years ago It added automobiles and has
pushed the sale OF the Overland and the
Pope Hartford cars vigorously. Mr.. Henry
II. Van Brunt is proprietor Of the business
and is assisted by his sons, Harry L. and
George w,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-22

The Bees Little Want Ad Boosters viii
keep your business on the run.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
ne Gospel e Good Cheer,

People loved Robert Louis Steven son not because he was an admirable writer, but because he was a cheerf uj consumptive. He was a sufferer who for many years increased the gayety of life. Genius alone can do this nn . large scale, but everybody can t!a 's on little one. Our safest guide is tho realization of hard truth that wt are not privileged to share our tro,l, bles with other people. If we could make up our minds to spare ou, friends all details of i'll health. of mon, ey losses, of domestic annoyances of alterations. of committee work. O., grievances. proyocations and anxieties we should siu less against the words good humor. It may not he given Us to add to the treasury of lnirth but there is considera h'e merit in not ros, ping it.--Asncs Rcpplicr in Harnnr's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Wonderful 1ujIdSrs,

4 personal inspection of the pyra, mids made by an English quarry own. q led him to tho conclusion that the cd Egyptians were better builders than those of the present day. He found blocks of stone in the pyramids weighing tlree or four times as much as the obelisks on the banks Of the Nile. He saw stone the estimated weight of which was 800 tons. Many of the stones were found to be thirty feet in length and fitted SO closely to. gether that the blade of a penkn!fe could be run over the surface without discovering the break between tl,em There is no machinery, he claims. sc perfect that 1t will make two surfaces thirty feet In length which will meet together in unison as the stones In the pyramids meet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
oavtnn . Cab Fs.rN

Hers's a pretty tale of domestic economy rrom an English paper He had been brought mp in the lap of luxury and extravaganza. and when bad times came and he had to go down 10 the city and look carefully after his shillings fl was his pretty and tender little wife who helped him and encour- aged him by example iii small savings. One fence he never would face. He baked at taking bus. Tt might pass the club, you know, dear, and the fellows at the windowA." One evening. however, he returned vs- diant to dinner. Tenderlr embracing his lifes partner, he murmured "I'vs done 1t. darling! All the way for three psnce!' Love and gratitude were in her eyes as she said: "My brave boyl Did you mind 1t very much?" With af. fsettonate cheeriness he made answer: "No. dear: Got bo1 seat; real good old sort, the driver. Told me lots of stories and was quito chat;s, Capita, chap, Gave him big cigar and half & crown tor himself whom got down"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
New f. Sounded

"Me:her" saj.: I4c college ~tnA"nl who had bro..h, his clunl h".ac .f,', the holidays permit nc to present u,y friend. Mir. Spec!,no'"l!r
 His mother. ,l, w:,s Il lliitle hard "' bearing placed her hand to her ear.
 "I'm sorry. George. but didn't quit. catch your friends name. You'll hay. D speak little louder I'm afraid
 1T say. mother shouted George. ~ want to present my friend. Mir. Spcch. noodler'
 'l'm. sorry, George, but NIT. ---. What was the name again"
 'Mr. Specknoodle:" George fairl, yelled
 The old lady shook her head sadly.
 "l'm sorry, George, but ym afraid fts no use. It sounds Just like speck. noodle to me-" Detroit News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Norwich and herr,no P,s.

For many centuries the city oe N0H v1ch, In respect of the manor of Carl& bon, was liable to provide annually twenty-four herring pies for the ruya kitchen E.on3ec.lti ;n bis History of Norfolk" referring to this 4nain' service. prints q letter from the ho,i>. hold officers af Charles L. ,nakin4 "divers just exceptions" to the .,uallt. of the pies which had been forwarded by the city sllerffs
 The nWin exceptions read as follows
 First, you q" nut send them accord ing 10 your tenure of the firSt new her rings that are taken
 Secondly. you do not cause them tt he well baked h good and strong pastye. as they ought to he. tha. the, may endure the carriage the better.
 Thirdly, whereas you should h, your tenure bake in these rastyes six score herrings ct the least being ,h. great hundred1h. which aoth yrt,nlrt i've to be put ':lto-cvcry rye q. the least, we, find but flower herrlns> tn bo in divers of the,n
 "Fourthly. the nulnher of pyes which you sent at this tyne we Gui to t,e fewer than have been sent heretofore. and dsvers of them much broken 2 And. lastly. we understand the brineer of them was constrained fo make three several jourrfeys 10 yoH be- fore he could have them. whereas !' eeeme:h he is bound to come b,l, once '- Chambers Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Neeklns the Wary Trout

Trout when hungry usually face d11 snfrent This fact should be renem, oered when approaching bridge Of e0dy where the ''speckled beauties love se hide." If possible such spots should = approached upstream It may take s little more time to go around and e1me ehack up. but "make haste slow AV 4id to be the flrst axiom of 4out fishing. As the stream becomes 4armer. the trout seek the cool pools |epd shaded places. They are to be |t?und where a cold spring bubbles nc |uto the stream or where a mountain |saeek enters. Often a number frcouen; same haunt Each additional fish leans two more eyes to watch for the nerman. Onetrout is ali that is nec
 esary to give danger signal b, nrting away. The rest immediately llow suit. To catch more than oue, |1 even that. in such a place takes
 fiiI ln the use of the line. But who
 said that trout fishing is not ax eft!~Circle Magazine,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Precious Plant Stones,

Among the many strange things to b. found in the Philippine Islands are the so called plant stones encounter cd now and again in certain vegetah hle grow,hs. The bamboo, for instance according to Kultur und Natur. con- tains stone very similar to the opal. but on account of the rarity with which It is found 1t Is much more costly than the opal. In many thousand cane stalks cut down and carefully examined there may perhaps be one in which this heax. dfnl greenish pink sclntIllating stone has been formed from the minute part. eies of siiiceous deposit that imparts 1t. intense hardness to the outer GOV eFing of the cane. Tho bamboo cane stone is known as tabashIrs. In the interior Of some cocoanuts a stoneliks secretion Is found that is not inferior tn bfilliancy 10 the most beautiful gen. ulne pearl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Now Erect Afee4s p1anfa.

Plants do not freeze to death 'n win tsg, but periah from thirst. The rrec- - Is simple. The cold causes the withdrawal of the water from the cells st the plant. forming Ice crystals out slds of the cells. The frost, cooling snd contracting the surface, acts az | sort of pump. and as soon as the cell M smpt1ed of It's life giving fluid thu plant dies. Tho truth of this thAoey has been proved by numerous careful experiments. Great variation waa tound in the amount of cold necessary ts cause the death of vegetation Souse plants dry out quickly and are Killed before the freezing point Is reached Many plants will survive zero weather. and some die only at 20 degrees be low. Certain vegetable growths never freeze. There are forms of bacteria that even when immersed in liquid air, the intensest cold available, colne out of their bitter bath as ehipper and live H as ever.-Chicago Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Our Pysmy Anesstsrs.

Hhs arf,aor Of the knights of the mid
 A ages is too small for their modern epeendants. Hamilton Smith recor,, Aet two Ensilshmen of average dl found no suit iarss enouxS k Ut either Of them tn the treat col |eet1on of Sir Samuel Meyr.ck. Tl,.
 oed Of the oriental saber win not ad |eat the English hand nor the brAce.es nths F1Sfr warrior the English nrsn
 ns swords found In Roman tun,,1,: ave handles iuconvenientiy smaD. auc ne grear inedlaevai tuo han,3ed sws,rsl
 8now supposed to have been used G4y for "iae or two blows at the first dse' and then exchanged for small
 aone. T'ir statements made by Ho FU. Aristotle and v!truvius represent
 | feet as q h!st standard for flu |EoEn n:ru n'ri sh.- 'rrpfufab!e uy, |f01e 0t the aiieient du,rways hn,I pals and tolnbs proves tie averaE fe oi the raea certainly gIo. :o i!a Unfinished !y noGeru jays I.o,..,. |hSpit1i
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Brought . s'usl, to Her cheel

oF0u0nS . 5tEsh 70 t1or Nneek.
 There was story told of one of tn. worlds great vocalists singing as B young girl at private house. She wa. overwhelmed with praise. By and by says the London News, she came and cat by an elderly lady, who congratu. lated her on the way she had sang, but ventured to offer one or two suggcs tons. The young singer treated the hints with scorn and afterward asked the hostess who "the old lady" was who had dared to give her suggestions. "Oh. that was Mime. Goldschmidt," re piled the lady. And who Is Mime GoldschmidtT' was the next impatient quMy. Well. she's better known as Jenny Lind" said the hostess. And then the singer blushed for shame at her disdainful reception of hipts from the Swedish Nightingale"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Ruskin to an Admirer.

Ruskin, 1t Is known had hi. own ways of publishing his works, with tlie result that they were sometimes hard oo get and expensive. According to the Great Central Railway Journal. he once sent this letter to a stranger whc wrote to him complaining of the price of his books:
 c Woodstock Road, Oxford. 9th Nov. a4. fisher to send you in gift . book of mine (''Iunera Pulveris") you have not rend. Bs content with that at present. and Cas- Hle. Have not you Shakespeare. cheap! And tho Bible nowadays for nothing What good do they do youf Taithful,, voufa. J. RUeKIN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Aia Prefarenea.

"Our new chef," said the manager of the restaurant stopping to chat with the patron who had deep lines between his eyebrows. lis wonder l really believe the man could take an old rub ber shoe and make an appetizing dish of it." That so?'' asked the patron. tapping meditatively with his fork up on the steak that had been served him Suppose you tell tho walter to take this steak back and ask the chef to fix up . rubber shoe for me."-Modern So ciety.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
4 Queer Coincidence.

|1hile a serial story was running ir |Artain magazine q lady in Johannes. fg wrote to the publisher askine Iather Christian Lys (the author,
 i da plume) was assumed or not
 herseif was . Mrs. Lys, who was tng to trace m ancestor of her lats Hband, who was | descendant cot |h of Arc. Hr. Brebner, the nutho' ,Question, wrote assuring her tha
 Epen name was . family one. his hears having come from Aberdeen
 ngely enough, 1t came out that her
 ily. .came also from Aberdeen and
 name was Brebner.-Pall Nal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Tn, Farmer h the Lishtheuse.

Tho Farmsr In the Lighthouse.
 A farmer had secured an appoint; ment as. light keeper in . Maine coast lighthouse. The nrst night he vent on rduO hS lighted up promptly 1t dush and et n o'clock carefully ext1nguish n ,ths lamp. Ths next day of course tAssss sswas tzo1b,e. and whsa hs was eaAeo to task he, replisd that hs sup oooed 10 o'clock was iats enough tp :hla0 ltAs ilsht .gofnx n shs sthepght ehat III honest men should 6o ii be6 at tAat hour.-Boston Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
\ CurIous eupsrstltIon.

Among the superstidons of tho sens
 e Indians was this most beautiful: o0s: When. young maiden died the, Imprisoned . young bird nntii il. first 6agan to try lts powsrs Of song, and 0N.. loading 41t with caEesses and mes. aa1ee. they looasd itss bonAs over hsi Slnvo 1n tho bellef that it would not oDA 1t1 w1nss asf cioeo lts syss unt1l \ Aal 1ewn to tAs spl1it la1A aAd dsaiv- a0o l&D praeloq0. .1aeasD Nf 40ae9lao to = leveA anA hef eee.... "';;s ..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
-Oceey ef. lA.akse, .. 0soleo1.

.-ooo9y ef lAvGkese la oa0Iea1. .l7
 Ian neFflef1y essf2ln slAat half ous m1 ~ duo te ths fast thasr VI do ,nos 0AoA enough. \ Cee1. smeeee smile 0 oonething IaTe ia theDe times, .
 lpghns 3acs" h searce. and 1t ip Gol1em indeed that ono hears . good, t1ginS laugh London World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
Piisrisns and Puritans.

Rp pilgrims, eg, as they arc ofte, II the raagrim fathers," were Deventy four men and the twenty E women. members of the Joh, lnson1 church. who sailed in the Mower from Leyden to Nortt 1f1ca and landed at Plymouth Rock
 b they founded . colony Dec. % :. Tho Puritans' were the EnElisl EAonformists who came over later
 ame being given to them on a"
 of their supposed great purity bcrine. life and disciplfne.-Nes fl American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-23
caahinaal.

hlneal, % much used for color1n. jelliea and also given to infants
 domestic remedy for whoopin;
 ], D the whole insect of class
 collcus. but only ths females ar' \ Why1 Becauss tho insects art 1rsd by su6ocat1ng them with tn. p q nres below tAs hses sa whict |liv4 ed3i as tho malee have wings ths, feahlse havs naas. the scr - taka te 4igAt, whsn tAse atmos ! <: :bscomN ,,pnpleasaat1y wasu v. .tAe41 IAdloo 0 UT la1N