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Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-03
Miscellaneous Articles.

Mrs. Robertson has a lot of miscel- laneous articles; smoking tongs, Mrs. B. L. Lewis; dolls coach, a smaller edition of the lord mayor of London's, Dr. and Miss Tingiey; finder box, Miss Geer; and several revolutionary swords with other things from Mrs. Julia H. Newton. Miss s. H. Perkins, Miss Ruth M Thayer. Miss Annie l.. Ruggles, Miss Susan Allen, Mrs. B. P. Learned. Jona- than Trumbull F. J, Leavens, Miss Mary Rudd, w. T. Williams, Miss Mary c. Barnes, Miss Waters, Mrs. w., T. Browne. Misses Ripley, Mrs. B. P. Bishop, Dr. Anthony Peck, Miss S A. Armstrong, Mrs. w. B. Robertson, Misses Bliss; a model of the Old geom- etry bridge over the Shetucket, Mrs. R. H- Goldsworfh8 AAss Gsaliv<r. Mrx.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
SINGLE ARMY FOR EMPIRE
Consolidation of All Troops of Colo
nies with Imperial Army Plan
of England.

LONDON, Aug. 1a-One great homegene-
Gus imperial British army, brilliantly
trained and equipped is TO be the outcome
of the imperial conferences on the navy
and military defenses OF the empire, held
at the foreign office the latter part Of July,
The plans provide that all troops Of self
governing colonies shall undergo precisely
the same training as the home regulars, I'm
order 10 be ready to take places beside the
latter whenever necessity may arise. Mill
tary training colleges are TO be established
in the oversee dominions. and there Is to
be a continuous interchange Of officers
from all parts Of the empire, so as to IN
sure absolute uniformity OF organization
and training.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
GIANT CORN VALE OF JALA
Old Time Brand Raised by Tribe Of
Mexican Indians.
MUST SEE IT TO BELrvE IT
Celebration of Corn Day by the Ma
tives n Feast that Runs Back
Into the Mists Of the
Past.

AMATLAN DE CANAs. Topic, Mexico,
Aug. lO.-About where the 104th meridian
west from Greenwich intersects latitude
2l degrees Is minutes north is the Vale
OF Jala, in the Prefecture of Ahuacatlan'
Topic. Its chief town is the village Of
Jala, and although like Auburn II Is the
loveliest OF the plain, its fame does not
rest on it's undeniable beauty alone, but
also on the fact that there is garneTed
year after year one OF the most wonderful
crops in the world-the giant corn OF Jala.
From immemorial time-ages perhaps
before the first phoenican galley. adven-
turing for traffic, sighted the unknown
coasts of the Iberian peninsula-the
aboriginal farmers OF the Vale OF Jala,
whoever they may have been. were wont
to gather about the second day of August,
as time is computed now, 10 celebrate the
sacred feast OF the giant green corn al
the foot OF majestic Ceboruco, that slum-
bering volcanic presence which yet NUT
tiers in its uneasy sleep. And to this
day the industrious husbandmen of tina
fair valley meet for the same purpose OF
the same day. now veneered and Chris
tIanixed into La Fiesta de la Nuestrs
Sonora de los Angeles'-the feast Of GU
Lady Of the Angels.
These same farmers, the Jala Indians
are ever busy about something, and wheI
not engaged In pottering about amonI
their endless crops-for 1t is a perpetus
performance at Jala-they are Hndin
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
when the Crop Grows.

The great valley OF Ixtlan, with the
mighty Sierras north and south, is divided
into two narrow valleys by the vast bulk
of the extinct volcano Ceboruco, said to
be forty-twO miles in circumference at its
base, a perfect cone-i,2S0 feet above the
level Of the valley-except for the serrated
edges Of the crater. While extinct in the
sense that it is not i'm violent eruption, this
venerable mountain has had an epic his
tory In the ages of the past, as attested by
huge masses Of trachyte, basalt and lava
flung for miles around, and even now 1t
groans and grunts at times and emits
clouds Of smoke and showers OF ashes and
scorIae, so its %nelghbors say.
And fun we'll those nelghbors, the Jala
Indians. know old Ceboruco and admire
It. They probably worshlped 1t before the
padres came, for they know M the un-
equalled fertility Of their ancestral Vale
of Jala is due TO these showers of ashes
With which It enriches them from time to
time, and that their giant corn, found
nowhere else in all the land. is a direct
gift from it.
This incredible corn needs to be seen tc
be believed, and II would pe a reckless
man and one careless of public esteem
who would risk his character for ~veracity
by giving accurate measurement made OF
the ground, both of plant and ears. viii
much perturbation, therefore, few expert
mental partly grown ears and a minimum
series OF measurements made from speci
mems brought from average field crop
were sent to the Agricultural department
at Washington, and that institution wa
SO ~astounded, evidently by the evidenc
OF It's own eyes. that 1t did not recove
IapotCb 10 aclpoUl dre recent of this nre
paid gratuity for weeks after the fact
but bless their dear souls, they did respon
? after awhile. and. moie by token-for gen
/ crosby is epidemic at times, II not con
2 t~agious-they did follow the lead and sen
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
European Impressions of a First Tripper
BY nr Adolf aa Pastor swa naaa 1sa.a @a Of Omaha
N Church OF Omaha.

east Holland with the chubby, slow, good
natured Dutch, and at Gladbach, on the
German frontier-the Prussian customs
house officers bursting in on you with
military commands. sharp, somewhat cross.
forbidding and eXacting, but punctual and
wide awake. The finest railroad train /
have seen in Europe was on this Glod-
bach-Berlin line. I question very much
II we have any coaches in America on
ordinary express trains more excellent In
appointments than those 1 saw on this
journey. After the little stumpy Eng
fish, French and Belgium cars these Ger
man ones on the Goldbach express were
a relief. But you obey orders when you
travel in a north German train! TT is
forbidden" is a sign that strikes the eye
wherever IT glances. And there is no
please" attached to a Prussian IFS isl
verboten," From the easy Belgians to
the commanding. determined Prussians-
you never forget the feeling! I was, in
fact. very glad to step off from this mill
tary train-life and hide myself for a few
hours in a room at the Dusseldorf hotel,
where we lodged. We poor Americans
with our independent training, rebel against
ceaseless commands. Dusseldorf, one OF
Germany's most beautiful cities, had glori.
Gus parks. Your American fairly painted
on this hot day for a spot in the lovely
cool green grass in the park near thS
art exhibition, but no, 1T is forbidden" e
touch a blade Of grass with your indie
pendent American foot. Preferring tC
obey Prussian laws and stifle American
do-as-you-please desires, / rested conten
with a good look. The German parks wer'
i~created TO look at, not to touch. 1T Il
forbidden" All Through the PrussiaI
empire, but especially in north Germany
where the German life has a sterner
SITTER and more exacting tone than II
the south, you feel this military spiri
in things great and small. Yet, mari
YOU, this very hard, somewhat rude an
u-nsympathetic Prussian spirit has ha,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

a last years blue book-and it must weigh
pounds If 1t does an ounce.
All Send Some Back.
They are nice, amiable gentlemen,
though, and it is the duty of every expatri-
ated patriot to send some corn pack to his
fatherland il he finds that he can't come
back and bring his sheaves with him.
The statement is risked, speaking of the
enormity of the height of the plant, that
few of the growing ears could be reached
by an average sized citizen Of the corn
belt of Illinois, without a stepladder or
some other Fictitious aid, and the stalks
bear two or three ears, nearly every one of
them.
These stalks are large, very large-never
mind how large-and many of the humble
folk of the village use them in the con
struction Of their jacals, as they call the
huts in which they live, placing them close
together in vertical arrangement to form
the side walls.
The ears are extremely long and rather
small in diameter for their length, and
ought to make ideal roasting ears, for ther,
are such ideals II you have been trained
right. The grains are enormous and the
rows are beautifully filled out to the end
The ears hang down by a long stalk and Il
is apparent even to an amateur corn ad
mirer that the giant corn of Jala is a typ,
by itself, II not a separate species.
II memory be not at fault, the late Prof
Budd. professor emeritus at the Agricult
ural college at Ames, Ia, quite an author
ity, too land the supposititiuos d%lscoverer
so some people say, of ''Tamy Jim Wilson,
as he is lovingly known in Iowa, amonl
many other strange genera and species)
held to the theory that corn Is a native o
certain west Mexican attitudes. II this b
~true-and who ever saw any wild corn 1
the United States?-why should It not diff
ferentiate in it's own habitat into a rad
ttcally different species?
II those versed In such things. but VIII
do not fancy the lone, high trail, mulebacl
will wait a little while they may visit tn
Vale OF Jala in comfort and see the giar
corn for themselves, for Harriman's ne,
West Coast railway is being built as fa'
as il reasonably can down from Sinalo
and will pass very near to that charmin
and at present terra desconecida-the Val
Of Jala.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Second week of our successful
BLANKET SALE.
Rare bargains in cotton and
wool blankets.
SIC Cotton Blankets. .39c
75c Cotton Blankets. SOC
$1.OO Cotton Blankets .75t
$3.50 Wool Blankets. $3.50
$S.75 Wool Blankets. $3.50
$3.50 Wool Blankets $40
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

- A~PLES-The little, pretty land
of Belgium has one attrac-
ton drawing endless caravans
49, to it from all the earth. 1t
kn$fHN holds the tragical field of
yA&4D Waterloo. In Paris you be-
come sensible of the triumphs of
the great Napoleon, but at Waterloo Of
his utter defeat. In fact. il was tina Gull
tivated farm region that drew me into
Belgium rather than anything else. Brus-
sells, the rather splendid capital, where You
hear a French with a rather harder ring
to it than at Paris. merits a visit, indeed.
Yet I imagine that every visitor there car
ries a restless spirit within him until he
can hurry out to Waterloo, a rolling prairie
district with good farms and farm houses,
and the monument in the center in memory
of-not Napoleon's defeat, but of the vic
tory of the allied forces that overthrow
the mighty emperor. Wherever 1 went in
Brussels, in the immutable square in front
of the superb gothic Hotel de Vile, In the
quaint crooked almost Dutch-Iooking
streets. or out in the magnificent bosch,
city park, on the heights-everywhere
Waterloo was in my mind
1t looks very commonplace out in the
memorable field, something like a farm
region in Iowa or eastern Nebraska, But
never a day, perhaps, passed that the spe-
cial train out TO Brain-pA Attend does not
carry a score, and often hundreds, of Wis
itors to Waterloo. The day 1 came out,
and it was a very warm, dusty, fatiguing
one, throngs came and went. A dozen
young English schoolgirls of the ages OF
is to IS listened with rapt attention TO one
English officers explanation of the great
historical tragedy and triumph. That was
history" on the spot for bright, intelli-
gent school girls, The high mound is
crowned by a bronze lion, and our English
officer took pains to show the girls that II
was a British lion, not a Belgian lion, as
the latter curls its tail down and the Brit
ish lion curls its upward with satisfaction
and pride. British always on top. OF
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
White Goods and Blanket Sale

Hand embroidered, very fine,
Csc, 75c and S5c goods-just
a little mussed, clearing
at e.. $50
HuCk Towels-Hemmed ends,
size 1Sx "a inch, splendid
12hc grade, each .....7k
Table Damask-70 inch, four
good patterns, serviceable, Soc
grade $3.50. .4SC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

a last years blue book-and it must weigh
two pounds If 1t does an ounce.
All Send Some Back.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
ny Rev. Adolf Hult, Pastor

of the toilers there. Truly, when one sees
in Europe the pitiful poverty of the work
ing classes you need not be a rabid anarch-
list to feel a deep sympathy with the agita-
ton of labor unions against the existing
conditions. In America, with its vastly
better labor situation, the strikes and rude
revolts have a more criminal aspect. We
complain in our country over opportunities
that would make an European w~orkingman
feel happy as a lark.
Very different from Brussels the great
port of Antwerp, a Belgian city with a
pronounced Dutch appearance. Formerly
the trade of the world pulsed through this
port, and even now the harbor is full Of
steamships and sailors. I had a long talk
with a harbor workman one evening there
on the harbor situation in Antwerp. The
man had an income of 8 francs sd a day,
and a family to support in this rather eX-
pensive city. He told me he desired to rel
turn to the United States where the work.
ingman's lot was better than here in Bel
GUM. His detailed description, enlivened
by from his wife, who accom-
panied him on an evening stroll on the old
historic quay, enabled ms to comprehend
still better what / every day understood
more thoroughly, that while Europe has
no doubt an older, richer culture than we,
American is the land for the industrious
poor, common man.
Antwerp is a rugged oceanside city,
somewhat uncouth in appearance, want
! ing in the elegance of its rival, Brussels.
The, historical romance OF this port appeals
to me more than the modern elegance Of
the capital. Besides, Antwerp has an
architectural gem, the superb Gothic ca
thedral of St. Mary. The tower OF TINS
temple il, perhaps, the most beautltul
Gothic spire in the world, unless 1t be the
tower of the cathedral Of Oviedo, Spain
Anyone that has heard the chimes Of this
cathedral has an undying memory of
beauty. How astonished l was one even
ing as l stood talking with a shopkeeper
near the church to hear the entire tower,
as il seemed, ring out not a plain mel
ody, but a very complicated fugue-like com
~position that sounded as II II had come
from the pen of some Of the learned com
posers Of Antwerp in the fifteenth or six
teenth centuries. And the beauty OF these
bells, and the silvery tone Of them. How
can these European churches get suci
bells? Our American church bells are vastly
inferior. The tone Of the good European
bell rings with the purity, beauty and car
rying power OF silver. There must be som,
precious metal in many OF them, as they
have a richness 20 which our American eaI
is wholly unaccustomed
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

plenty for their adroit hands to do max
ing wonderful plated leather brides or
busy with some other cunning handicraft
which has made them famous in Topic.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

much to do with the splendid orderliness,
progress and prowess of the great Ger
man empire, great not in extent, for
European countries are not relatively
small, except Russia, but great in ali lines
of modern civilization, culture and ad-
vancement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Just at this time the art exhibition is on
In Dusseldorf on-the-Rhine 1t has two
divisions, secular and Christian art, the
latter, in my estimation, much superior to
the former. One is fairly astonished at
the wealth of art In this display, which
is principally from the Rhine provinces.
French art has degenerated into tho
ftnicky, sterile salon spirit that fails to
convince any but woaklings and the super
cultured who SHOULD hitch their wagon to
a star and ride off to a world where life
is constructed on the plan Of a vaudeville
theater. In German art. II It is heavy at
times, there is a loftier ldealism, a grander
boldness Of spirit and a depth Of soul tina
profoundly impresses a manly mind. The
Christian art division was an astonishing
display OF artistic fertility of mind and
superior workmanship. Germany has some
thing TO say in it's art as we'll as in it's
Industrial, civic and political life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Now just one little note more this time.
On the way to Duesseldorf some little coun-
try school girls, 7 to 70 years old, entered
our compartment and greeted us heartily
and politely in their plain but winning
way. They came from a private school,
children of such as depot masters, shop
keepers. The Oldest girl, aged y. was
Dutch by birth, spoke Dutch and German
fluently, studied French and got along
fairly well with English. How is that,
school girls Of Omaha? When they wers
to leave they all politely shook hands with
us and wished us quite reise"-a happy
journey. Still, they were children Of plain
people in a tiny country village, dressed
very, very simply. Their mental alertness
and their beautiful politeness pleased and
impressed me deeply. European children
understand politeness toward elders and
superiors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

You leave waterloo in a strange mood,
DESTROYS to do honor to the ~conquerors OF
the heartless Napoleon and yet full Of sad
ness at the fall of so stupendous a general
and statesman.
One enjoys thoroughly the brisk half
French life of Brussels. You notice the
Dutch type to some extent. The long Span
ish reign has also left its impress on the
Belgian people. Brussels is a very modern
city, full of grand public buildings, exqul-
site stores with a good deal Of Partisan
elegenance to them. The royal palace,
finer hotels, the great park, all lie in the
hills. There seems to, be a quiet, refined
spirit here in this delightful capital, and
the working people have a thoughtful, in
telligent look. Brussels has often been the
scene OF serious labor troubles. which
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

As you cross over from Antwerp TO
Dusseldorf on the Rhine you get a thor
ough initiation into the different types
OF people on the European continent.
Your Belgium. half French. half Dutch,
mild and easy going. then a strip OF north
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

APLES-The little, pretty land
of Belgium has one attrac-
ton drawing endless caravans
to it from all the earth. 1t
holds the tragical field Of
Waterlnn- In Paris Won he
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The Facts About Pe=ru=na.

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Do use as ouey
a btters, bracer?
thing to demonstrate the
iy drug store and bot
Puna Let undertake beverage take remedy
doses considerably those the bottle Would result
medical quite heavily loaded with inged
tents If taken in doses larger than prescribed it would produce positive
drug effect No could doubts these state
mn and We know that Puna cannot be used as DeVe
that will that cannot be used substitute for
or ANY OTHER wHIsKEY for that matter.
solution but the drugs contained in
would be the easiest thing the
Peuna sold everywhere THE INGREDIENTS
BOTTLE It has been said and that
whikey Now challenge any to any ucn
has smattering knowledge Of chemistry purchase
self whky and cubb Of
ingredients Of Perun but there other ngred
ingredients chemist could
e be able identify the various medicinal ingredients This
But ordinary chemist would be able
heavily loaded with medicinal OF kind
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runa on the part profession Very likely which
took up the crusade against cheap
statements the medical Probably they
sincere their attitude
said and reued
fairness and common sense In the matter
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investigation their TRUTH has led wemeaning people
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according directions the bottle pERUNA SAFE
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would believe them
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