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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15

Il hope 80" said Tommy. II shall feel
obliged 20 tell him the whole story"
Mrs. Gunsdorf laughed out loud.
You're too good to be true" she
added. you blessed innocent
I'VE shall see.' said Tommy He
started toward the window and stood
looking out.
Looked at from any angle he felt him
self to be in the very devil of a predica-
ment. he had outraged Mrs. Gunsdorrs
pride, and she would not spare herself
in order to be avenged upon him. IL he
made a plain statement of fact to Guns
dorf 1t was quite likely that he would
not be believed, and furthermore his
mind revolted against telling such a story
about any woman.
Presently he perceived Gunsdorf with
three others coming down the street. Hls
face. sombor and frowning. turned slowly
as nj seyes followed them He wondered
how a man like dunsdorf would act at
discovering another man In his wife
bedroom behind a locked door
your husband is coming home now"
he said; hadn't you better let me out?
You've only a moment TO make up your
mind"
He turned slowly and faced her. She
had let down her hair. 30 that her eyes
shone at him through q mist, and she
had torn open the bosom Of her dress.
Her shoulders were heaving slightly. She
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15

deteriorating and that her moral posi-
ton is much lower as we'll as her ideals
and standards. than those OF past cen
turtles. But he Is mistaken. Let him look
back 20 the days OF Catherine de Medici
and her Flying Squadron" 1t was
composed OF nearly half hundred young
women. all OF noble birth, all beauti-
full. all educated and bright. Their work
was to captivate and attract the men
who were political powers in the land, to
become their confidantes. and to report
their plans and projects to Catherine de
Medici
These young women we're the social
leaders of their world, and It was a large
world.
Such an assemblage OF women. whose
intrigues with men OF renown were mat
tiers OF public comment would not be toll
Grated in any society or land today.
Woman places far higher value upon
her name than she did In past centuries.
In America we are not as austere as
were our Puritan ancestors. but austerity
IL not a synonym for morality, nor lib
erality for vice.
Abroad, the unchaperoned young girl is
declasse, but in America no man suspects
her of being other than her own sweet.
brave. true self merely because she goes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15
Tommy Seizes Mrs Gunsdof BY the Arms and Demands the Kev

have to break the door down.
Yes. and I'll say you broke It down.
But not from the inside out. I'll say you
broke it down from the outside in"
You had better give me that key
said Tommy.
She smiled inscrutably. for she had
hidden the key In a very safe place. II
was at the moment reposing in the right
hand pocket OF Tommy's own jacket. into
which she had dropped 1t, while he was
busy putting the fire out
Dare you to look for it," she said
Il won't resist ~
Tommy took a step forward.
This is getting serious" he said:
whats the idea?"
Guess"
The room had two windows on the
street side. Tommy turned from her in
disgust and approached these. But there
were people in the street. And he knew
at once thar TO be seen climbing out OF
Mrs. Gunsdorf's bedroom window would
excite the most UNPLEASANT sort OF COM
ment. He was so angry that it occurred
to him TO choke the key out of the Guns
dorf woman. lie turned and looked her
over with cold, angry eyes.
Did you ever hear that a woman
scorned was more dangerous than a
loaded gun1' she asked And added
sweetly; ;Gunsdorf ought to be getting
back"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15
American Women Independent, but Modest

The American Firls Independence Is
about her business alone.
teaching the Old World a long-necdcd
lesson. Until her advent the prevailing
idea Of womRn's virtue seemed TO be that
Il was like a mouse-liahle to run away
unless Gagged
The moment woman was allowed any
freedom she was expected to fling her
morals broadcast
The American girl carries her morals
with her through all sorts OF experiences
and they are in excellent condition when
che has finished a tour o: tho world or
completed her education for profession,
or done any one or all OF the unusual
things which she alone can do.
While Il IL true that we have striking
and shocking examples now and then OF
women OF good birth, social position and
opportunities OF culture, who fling NOR
ality to the winds and seek to exhibit
r new code Of morals. this does not apply
to the typical woman OF tho day. She Is
not bringing herself down TO mans Level
OF immortality. She is instead, slowly
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15
Size of the Universe

must be removed from the eye to a dis
tanco Of three and one-duarter miles to
appear as one second of arc. But as
above, the paralaN of the star VeRt Is
eiven out as only one-ninth or oil sec
ond. Mechanics In the habit OF accurate
measurement viii appreciate these DIFF
ficulties.
OWN you kindly explain the CAUSE
OF the gulf stream Why ls II so warm
ana why has Il such powerful CURRENT"
John Drew Lawrence. Mass.
A.-The gulf stream IL caused by cur
ronts. as follows: Tho southern equa-
torial current In the Atlantic ocean splits
into two divisions at Cape st Rogue. One
branch, the Brazil current, Ia DETECTED
south to the river Plate, and branch
second flows northwest toward the West
Indies and mikes with water OF the eaua-
torial current and these two drifts.
blocked by land In the shape OF an angie
raise the level OF the water In the gulf
OF Mexico and Caribbean sea and in the
whole area outside of the West Indies
This congestion IL relieved by the most
rapid and voluminous current in the
world.
The gulf stream flows from southeast
TO northeast. There IL wall of cold
water between II and the east coast OF
the United States. II splits. part going
10 the west coast OF Africa and a part
to the British islands.
The heat from the equatorial sun IL
conveyed into northern ATTITUDES and
greatly Tnodifies the climate of north
western Europe. It's clear-cut walls OF
warm water and its direction OF flow
within deep and much cooler water are
probably determined by the contour OF
the ocean floor. Thus. the water forced
between high hills on the bottom Of the
sea by pressure in deep waters OF the
gulf would still flow in the same general
direction
The study OF oceanic currents IL one OF
the most fascinating studies Of modern
science. Trade winds. the rotation Of the
earth and equatorial flows OF vast masses
Of water modify the climate OF the entire
earth. ~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15

was laughing at him.
They heard the sound OF the front door
being opened and slammed shut; and
then voices in the hall.
Promise to be my Teller" whispered
Mrs. Gunsdorf. "and win let you out Z"
II was not easy for her to face the
scorn in Tommy's eyes. For a moment
she met his gaze. and then her eyes fell
before II. and began TO glance stealthlly
this way and that.
Don't ruin yourself" said Tommy;
think this thing over. Let me go now.
Tomorrow II you still wish TO make n
row I will come back. you can lock the
door. Everything will be as 1t is now.
But for your own sake don't do anything
In a hurry. Take twenty-four hours to
think II over. Perhaps what seems good
enough today, won't seem good enough
tomorrow"
Her answer was a piercing scream for
help. Repeating this scream again and
again she began to storm about the room,
overturning n chair and the washstand.
Then, with an insane swiftness for which
he was illproposed, she flung herself
upon Tommy, struck him a heavy blow
on the mouth. rumpled his hair. and then
flung her arms round his neck and half
strangled him. All the while her screams
for help pierced through the walls OF the
house.
CTo ne Continued TomorroWl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15
kNnNN0CC Ever Created
Read Ii Here Sst the Movies
By Gouverneur Morris
and
Charles w. Goddard
Synopsis of Pevious Chapters.

6JuOletS OF E6NIOuS OnAUbGEes
bury, his FRUSTRATED wife, one of Amer
tea's greatest beauties, dies. At her death
Prof stiiliter, an agent OF the interests
Girl and brings her up in a paradise
where she sees no man. but thinks abe
e taught by angels who Instruct SS her Tor Tor
age Of ~ she II suddenly thrust into the
world where agents OF the interests are
TSs % enc 70 Feel 70 the Oss of the little
spirited away by the interests. was
Fifteen years later Tommy goes to the
Adirondecks. The interests are response
BILE for the trip. BY accident he is the first
TO meet the little Amesbury girl as she
comes forth from her paradise as Celestie
the gtIl from heaven. Neither Tommy nor
Celestia recognises each other. Tommy
from Prof. stIniter and they hide IN
the mountains; later they are pursued
by stiIliteT and escape to an island where
That night. stiiIiter, following his In
dian guide. reaches the island. found
them In the morning Tommy goes for a
ts tempt to steal ceiestia. who runs to
TS%S e for at 6 onGs rsaNss SS Drs
dicament. He takeg advantage of 1t by
taking not only Celestia's. but TQmmy's
with Celestia lust in time to catch an
express for New York, there he places
Celestis IN Bellevue hospital. where. her
Tommy reaches Bellevue just before stil.
liters departure.
TommS's first aim was to get Celestia
Bellevue Tommy is unable to get any
costume. But later hs psEsuadss q.
to the. taxi he. finds her gone. She falls
into the hands of white slavers. but
escapes end goes to live with poor fam
son Freddie returns home he finds right
in his own house. Celestia. the girl For
which the underworld has offered a re-
Celestia secures work in a large gar
ment factory, where a great many girls
are employed. Here she shows her Pc
her girl companions. BY her talks to the
girls she is able to calm q threatened
strike, and the boss overhearing her Is
moved to grant the relief the girls wished,
and also to right & great wrong he had
done one of them. Just at this point the
factory catches on fire, and the work
room is soon blazing furnace: Celestial
and Tommy Barclay rushes in ana car
ries her out. wrapped in big roll Of
cloth
After rescuing celestia from the fire,
Tommy is sought by Banker Barclay,
who undertakes to persuade him to give
up the girl. Tommy refuses, and Celestial
wants hun to wed her directly. He can
and Barclay introduce Celestia to a CO.
tterie Of wealthy mining men. who agree
After being disinherited, Tommy sought
work in the coal mines. He tries to head
off a threatened strike by taking the
miners leaders TO see Barclay, who re-
fuses to listen. to them. The strike Is on,
and Tommy discovers a plan of the own
ers to turn a machine gun loose on the
men when they attack the stockade. This
tets the mine owners busy TO get rid OF
Tommy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15
By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

simon Newoomb. one OF the most
eminent mathematiclans, wrote:
Speaking roughly. we have reason
from the data so far available to believe
that the stars OF the Milky Way are
situated at a distance between t00,000.000
and aO,Ooo,Oo0 times the distance of the
sun.
1T Is not chance; It Is not even
collection OF things. each Of which came
into existence It's own separate way. IL
Il were, there would he nothing In COM
mon between two widely separated re-
glons OF the universe But, as a matter
Of fact. science shows unity In the whole
structure and diversity only In details.
The universe, 30 far as we can see II.
Is bounded whole. 1t IL surrounded
by an immense glrdle of stars, which TO
our vision appears as the Milky Way
While we cannot set exact limits TO It's
distance. we may yet confidently say
that II IL bounded"
BY some astronomers the sidereal
structure Is conceived TO be In the shape
of bi-convex lens. with diameter eight
times greater than the thickness. tho
longer diameter being in the plane OF the
Galaxy These are estimates merely OF
circle whose center IL the earth. The
sun. our star. removed into these cosnic
deeps 30 distant from the earth, would
appear to uH az tiny eleventh-magni-
tude stellar point. and many clusters and
groups are at least 400 light years away.
The estimate of the Orion star, RigeI
Is that its distance Is $40 light stars
and II 10 5000 times brighter than the
sun; while the giant sun. Campus, in the
distant south. is 10000 times greater
than the sun.
Tho mass Of the variable star, Algol. is
about twenty times that OF our home
star The parallax of Vega, taken at
oil second. Is so far from here that the
sun and entire solar system with II, NOV
Ing twelve miles per second, would re-
quire bs,OOO years to reach that shining
parallaxes large enough to be measured
directly by the micrometer.
The difficulty is In measuring such
small angles. One second OF arc is in
such common use that an idea of It's
value may be gained by q comparison,
Any object one inch long. as a stick, or
one inch In diameter, as a little sphere,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15
NINTH EPISODE.

II know. I've put my curling tongs on
70 heat. I'll look all right when he
comes back
There was a somewhat awkward 81
lence. which Mrs. Gunsdorf broke.
j know you despise me- Butch you
wouldn't understand"
I'D try. II you told me-
Would you forgive me? 1 wouldn't
have done 1t, only only-I feel about you
the way a dog feels about her master,
and-oh. can't you give me a CHANGER"
"A chance?'
"Td follow you to the ends of the
earth; I'd slave for you. and when you
sickened of me. I'd take my medicine"
But. Mrs. Gunsdorf. you are a mar
ried woman"
That's no reason. That's an excuse
What does marriage matter TO a woman
like msT'
II don't know. But I'm afraid It mat
ters a whole lot to a man like me. I'm
terribly sorry for you"
Sorrow never filled an empty heart"
What do you want me to dog'
II want you to cherish me when you re
In temper. and to kick me downstairs
when you're out I want"
4 a
man. II you're sorry--Tm sorry-but
really now, do be reasonable. Suppose L
feel the same way about somebody that
yon feel about me?"
IL was as II he had given her a de-
tailed explanation. Tor she cried in a
grim. desperate sort of voice; 80 that's
It," and turned abruptly and went back
to her own room. But she had no
sooner passed the threshold than she
turned and exclaimed:
For Code sake. come quick, the house
Is on fire.
Tommy parted after her. and per-
oeiyed that the alcohol lamp with which
she heated her curling tongs had run
over and set fire 20 some papers in a
scrap. basket. II was the work of a few
seconds TO subdne this incipient con
flagration with water from Mrs. Guns
DORIS wash pitcher. and when he had re-
dueed the paper to a wet blaekened mass.
and blown out the alcohol lamp. he
turned. and found Mrs. Gunsdorf laugh
ing at him.
Il don't know why you are laughing. /"
he said eoidly; 1T might have been seri-
GUS"
She was between him and the door.
but she stepped aside and let him pass
What's the matter with this door,"
he asked after fruitless effort to open
H.
It's locked"
"Why?''
Because we've got 10 have our talk
out And don't want you running away
from IT,
DO be reasonable. Mrs. GunsdoTf. Let
me have the. key. This won't do at all,
you know. Where is the key"
She smiled at him. half closed her eyes.
and held no her hands high above her
head. as people do at the command OF
highwayman.
You can search me. she said.
Tommy's temper Was beginning to rise,
and he frowned.
"H you won't give me the key. shall
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

oh, not for the great departed.
Who formed out country's laws,
And not Tor the braVegt-hearted
Who died In freedoms cause,
And not for some living hero
To whom all bend the knee,
My muse would raise her song OF praise
But for the man to be.
For out Of the strife which woman
Is passing through today
A man that In more than human
Shall We be- born, l say,
A man In whose pure spirlt
No dross OF self will Turk;
man who IL strong to cope with wrong.
A man who Is proud to work
A man with hope undaunted.
A man with godlike power.
Shall como when he most IL wanted,
Shall come AZ the needed hour
He shall silence the din and clamor
OF clan disputinE with clan,
And tolls long fight with purse-proud
Shall triumph through this iran,
know he is coming. coming,
To help, to guide, 20 save,
Though hear no martial drumming
And see no flags that wave.
But the great soul travail OF woman.
And the bold free thought unfurled
Are heralds that say he is on the way
The coming man OF the world,
Mourn not for vanished ages.
With their great heroic men.
Who dwell in history's pages
And live In the poets pen.
For the grandest times are before us.
And the world Is yet to see
The noblest worth OF this old earth
In the men that are to be.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15

virtue IL no longer
highly prised. He
says: she casts
aside the rules
and laws of past
centuries to enjoy
herself as she
sees fit, assuming
the same liberties
OF men. confident
the world win soon
accept the new
conditions as they
have accepted all
n d an Ia ges and
progress In the
past"
He proceeds e
-. tI.aN v.fn,,,aa a.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15

Go Be Continued Tomorrow)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15
nid Won Know That

Queboc's maple sugar output averages
about 100000 pounds per annum BY
law II must not contain more than 10
per cent moisture
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-15

The fact that young women In high
social positions have brought themselves
into unpleasant notoriety has caused a
critical man to declare that womans
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
u. S. WOULD BE INDEPENDENT
OF CHILE FOR NITRATES IF 1T
DEVELO OPS MUSCLE SHOALS

One of the chief and most convincing
arguments of the advocates of the de-
velopment of the water power at Muscle
Shoals is that the nitrogen which can
be extracted from the air at this point
would make the United States indie
pendent of Chile for nitrates for the
manufacture of gunpowder
1t is pointed out that $4,000 horse
power can be developed at Muscle
Shoals. In order to secure nitrogen
from the air very large power is neces-
sary.
At the present time the United States
secures nitrate of soda from Chile
This is indispensable in the manufac-
ture of explosives, but if it were pos
sible to secure nitrogen from air it
would not be indispensable, as the
nitrogen possesses exactly the same
properties of Chilean nitrate.
The United States government has a
reserve of Chilean nitrate to the ex-
tent of from 100000 to 100000
pounds and is adding to the store year
ly. This nitrate is purchased from
Chile, and in IL months of last year
up to June 1 of this year, this gov
renment paid to Chile for nitrate $1S,
237,936, within s5,OO0,000 of the amount
asked for the development of Muscle
Shoals.
Since the year 1867 the United States
has imported total of S,040,271 tons
of Chilean nitrate, paying for it $751;
S90,054.S6.
In reference to the drawing of nitro
gen from the air, Franklin X. Lane, Sec
rotary of the Interior, in a recent re-
port, said:
There is that mystifying miracle Of
drawing nitrogen from the air for
chemical use, which can be done only
with great power but is being done in
Germany, Norway, Sweden. France,
Switzerland and elsewhere, by which an
inexhaustible substitute for the almost
exhausted nitrates of Chile has been
found"
Nitrogen secured from the air can be
used in a number of ways, including
gunpowder. dynamite, dyes, medicines,
as well as in various kinds of foods,
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and the number of uses to which it can
be put are steadily increasing.
DR.. Charles P. Steinmetz, the eminent
electrician, says:
IF no method is developed of obtain
ing immense quantities of nitrogen
that the world would starve to death
within period comparatively short, as
human history is measured, for we can
not grow wheat corn or oats or raise
cattle and hogs unless we put back
into the soils the nitrogen which we ex-
tract from it by all our crops.
But if our supply of fixed nitrogen
in the earth is very small, we have in
the air supply of free nitrogen so
enormous that figures can give you but
a faint idea of it. Every square yard
of the land and water surface of the
globe has suspended over it in the air
nearly seven tons of nitrogen, every
acre nearly 10000 tons.
CAS- free atmospheric nitrogen this is
incapable of serving any need of man.
The work which electricity must per-
form is to convert this useless gas into
the invaluable fixed nitrogen.
Several processes for fixing atmos
and these are being employed today on
a considerable scale in Norway and else
where.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
Reading Meter With Camera

From the Popular Science Monthly.
A special kodak has been perfected
for the use of men on meter reading
routes, the object being to enable them
to bring into the office at the close of
the days work Photographic evidence
of the position of the dial pointers on
the meters of the customers visited.
To take the reading the meter man
simply holds the camera opening
against the meter dial glass and
presses a lever, which automatically
opens the shutter for definite period
and at the same time lights four small
battery operated lamps to illuminate
the meter dial After each exposure
is made, the shutter is locked and can
not be operated again until the film
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roll has been turned to the position for
the next picture.
The device can also be used as a
hand lantern in dark passage ways by
pressing the lever part of the way
down without operating the shutter.
Each roll of the special film used
provides for rs exposures. Two addi-
tional rolls can be carried inside the
camera box, making total of 225 ex-
pOsures.
The exposure is recorded upon a spe-
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eial sensitive emulsion on Opaque pa
per, which is backed up with white
coating that makes details of the de-
veloped film show up clearly. Thus
definite Photographic record is OBJ
tanned of the condition of the Gus
toner's meter and thus all posibil-
ity of misreadngs and controversy is
avoided. 1t is said that this device has
met with great favor among gas com
panies, and is being extensively
adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

Mr. John D. Weeden, whose beautiful
residence at Sweetwater is shown above
is one of the leading real estate men
of north Alabama No living man be-
lieves more firmly than he in the flu
ture of his section of the state. This
is evidenced by the fact that he has in
the last few days acquired control of
many valuable tracts of land which