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room, and the coin remains motionless
on the finger tip.
Why is this? Why does not the
coin follow the card?
Other examples OF the law of in
ertia are: When we strike our clothes
with a stick We beat the dust out of
them, and when We knock the handle
into a hammer or a broom we do it
best by striking the far end of the
stick while holding the middle loosely
in the hand
An even better illustration OF this
law is that in which out of q pile Of
coins the middle ones can be struck
away with a knife until the pile is re-
duced to two. And there is a famous
japanese trick in which a number OF
bricks are taken and balanced on a
stick, and one by one knocked away
without disturbing the rest; the pile is
thrown upright in the air on the top
Of the stick. crack away the stick
knocks the bottom brick, the stick is
instantly dropped to the upright, and
the shortened pile drops in perfect bal
ance on the top, to be again thrown
up and lose one Of its number.
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URGES COURSE III SWIMMING
Every Boy and Girl Should Be Taught
the Art-OHsets Evil Effects
of Corset Wearing

Canadians know better how to
swim than Americans. and Hawaiians
more about swimming than the people
of any other country. perhaps" said
g H Corsan, professor Of swimming
in the University OF Toronto. while
in Washington recently. Swimming
is the best exercise that can be had.
Relaxation is one of the secrets of
the art Of swimming, fact which
explains the smooth round muscles
Of swimmers and their freedom from
Old-age wrinkles. A weak or tired
heart secures a much-needed rest and
thereby is strengthened after an easy
swim Swimming makes women TO
bust and the action Of the sun and air
on the skin while swimming is IN
/ eQualled by artificial treatment It
! has been demonstrated that swim
ming Offsets the evil effects of corset
wearing and OF the eramped position
OF the sedentary worker, and il re-
| lieves US from the worry Of drowning
Il believe that every boy and girl
| should be taught to swim, and that 4
| regular course in swimming should be
part of our public schools I have
not the statistics at hand a. to the
number Of deaths each year from
/ drowning, but they are enormous, and
/ growing every year This is because
/ there are fewer young persons who
learn to swim than years ago, when
almost every boy in town or country
/ could swim before he was seven years
| old. Most boys on the farm know
/ how to swim, because the creeks and
| small rivers are at hand, but in the
| city the boys and girls who swim are
| comparatively few, for the reason
| that those who learn are nearly al
ways taught in schools or gymna-
/ sums
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JAPS SEIZE A MEXICAN PORT?
Newspaper Man Says Fleet of War
ships are Now at Turtle Bay,
Lower California.

Los Angeles, April 15.-Three Jap
anese warships under command OF
Admiral Nakayama, with six Golfers
and supply ships, manned altogether
by about four thousand men, were re-
Gently in Turtle Bay, Lower Califor-
MIA, standing by the stranded Japan
csc cruiser Asama, according to staff
correspondent of the Los Angeles
Times, who has just returned from a
trip of investigation.
Turtle Bay is 400 miles south of San
Diego, Cal, and is said to be the best
harbor north of Magdalena Bay, for
merly the West coast rendezvous Of
the United States navy.
No effort is being made to float the
Asama, which the correspondent says
is lying in soft mud at the entrance to
thu harbor This was explained, he
said, by the Japanese officers who
said they were awaiting the arrival of
a great crane ship.
Meanwhile, however, the correspond
ent asserted, Turtle Bay has been
mined by the Japanese, ammunition
has been landed and a large camp
established ashore Preparations also
were made, he added, to land guns
from the Asama
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HONOR MEMORY OF LINCOLN
Business of Government Throughout
the Country Suspended on 5oth
Death Anniversary.

Washington, April 16-Business OF
the United States government virtual
ly was suspended yesterday in recog-
milton of of the 5Oth anniversary Of
the death of Abraham Lincoln. In
the national capita, as elsewhere
throughout the country and in foreign
lands wherever the American govern
ment is represented, the event was be-
ing observed in accordance with Presi-
dent Wilson's executive order. The
president himself laid aside the cares
Of office as did other officials of the
government to pay silent tribute to
the memory of the martyred president
By direction Of the president all the
governmental departments were closed
for the day and the supreme court of
the United States, headed by a for
mer Confederate soldier, Chief Justice
White, held no session. Flags on all
government buildings throughout the
United States were at half mast as
a tribute to Lincoln's memory, as were
they also on all forts and reserva-
lions, naval stations and Warships
and upon all American embassies,
legations and consulates throughout
the world. All postoffices were closed
part of the day. The owners and cap
tains of all American merchant yes
sells had been requested to display
the national emblem at half mast.
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KELLY, KANS., WOMAN
FINDS HAPPINESS
Mrs.. Fred Niehuss Now Says Her
Work Has Been Made
Pleasure

Mrs Fred Niehues OF Kelly. Kan
long suffered III health Her house
work was "a drag" she felt tired
and worn out all the time Her ape
lite failed and her sleep was broken.
Like many a sufferer from stomach
troubles, she got up each day feeling
tired enough TO 60 back to bed
Then she discovered Mayr's Won
derful Remedy and took a course OF
treatment The quick results and her
frightened outlook on life were re-
nected when she wrote
i have just completed your fun
course Of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy.
cannot praise your medicine enough
for what IL has done for me-
Ever since the middle OF Sep
TENDER, when you sent me the bottle,
1 have been in perfect health and have
the best Of appetite, sleep well, feel
good, and can do a hard days work
without feeling the least bit tired OF
worn out"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per
manent results for stomach, liver and
intestinal ailments Eat as much and
whatever you like No more distress
after eating, pressure Of gas in the
stomach and around the heart Get one
bottle OF your druggist now and try il
on an absolute guarantee not salts
factory money viii be returned--AdF.
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WINTER WHEAT LOOKS GOOD
Agricultural Department Reports Crop
in Fine Condition-Ground Holds
Plenty of Moisture.

Washington, April 15.-The winter
wheat belt has received much needed
warmth and good showers where most
needed, proving highly beneficial and
causing rapid advancement of the
crop which is reported in good condi-
ton generally, according to the week
~ summary of the weather bureau.
In the spring wheat belt conditions
have been favorable for sowing, ex-
cept that the soil has been too wet
in portions of Minnesota, South Da-
kota and Nebraska, and more moist
ure is needed in Montana and North
Dakota. In the far western portions
of the belt conditions are excellent
and the early sown grain is coming
up.
In the corn belt soil preparation is
advancing rapidly under favorable
conditions, and planting is progress
ing in southern portions.
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CHICAGO BUILDING TIED UP
Operations Valued at $4,000. 900
Stopped by Strike of Carpen-
ters-1oo, goo Men Idle.

Chicago, April 17.-Work practical
ly was tied up on building operations
valued at $3O,O0O.OOO here yesterday
and 100000 union men were thrown
out of employment as a result of
strike of 10000 union carpenters,
which went into effect Thursday night.
The strike ordered by union leaders
was declared after a demand for an
increase in wages from IS to 20 cents
an hour had been refused by the Build
ing Constructors Employers Associa-
ton. The association had offered the
men an increase of 21z cents an hour
for the last eighteen months of the
three years agreement.
Contractors estimated that the
amount of building operations which
will be affected by an extended strike
will reach a figure close to the $780,
OO0, 900 mark. Work on score of
downtown office buildings is at a
standstill, as thousands of other union
men, including teamsters, excavators
and building crafts. are affected by
the strike.
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ARE NOT YET GOOD FRIENDS
Reported Incident Seems to Show That
BeIgians and Germans Do Not
FrateFnize.

One hears (by way Of France) that
the German conquerors in Brussels af-
feet an elaborate politeness toward
the inhabitants. How the inhabitants
sometimes receive these amenities is
indicated by the following story: On
the platform of a tramcar stood
worthy Belgian smoking his cigarette
Aboard came a Prussian officer with
a monocle-
Your pardon, sir" says he with the
mOnOcle, would you be so very oblig-
ing as to lend me q light?"
GraYely and in silence the Belgian
offers his cigarette
Thank you a thousand times for
your extreme kindness" say the Ger
man, handing back the cigarette.
But the Belgian wears an air Of
utter establishment Thank you" he
says, 81 do not smoke"
And so the German remains some
what abashed with one cigarette in
his mouth and another in his fingers
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NEW ROLLER SKATING CRAZE
New York Rink Manager Says II
Helps In Modern Dancing-Aids
Confidence and Grace.

The roller skating craze has broken
out anew here, according to a New
York letter to the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. With a dozen or more Kinks
crowded and a Neutrality-suspicious. race
On rollers attracting an enthusiastic
crowd the old indoor sport bids fair
TO win back many of its devotees who
have become dancing mad On the
other hand, it has been discovered
that by taking q few whirls around
the rooms on rollers you viii learn the
modern steps This is according to
the manager OF the largest rink
It's a strange thing" he said, but
q great many Of my patrons have told
me recently that they really never
thoroughly understood nor appreciated
the modern dances until they had
taken up roller skating Proficiency
On the roller skates seems to give
them added confidence and grace
when dancing, with the result that
many who before were but fair dan
GERS are now really quite expert"
Which probably accounts for the
fact that there is almost as much
interest shown IN the roller skating
contests now as there is in the one
step and fox trot competitions.
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CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Secretary Daniels has designated
Rear Admiral Charles F. Pond, now
superintendent of the Twelfth Naval
district with headquarters at Mare
Island, Cal, to succeed Rear Admiral
Robert NJ Doyle as commander-in-
chief Of the Pacific reserve fleet
Reindeer meat may soon make its
appearance on the American table as
the result of efforts now being made
by the department of the interior
through the bureau OF education to in
troduce reindeer meat into the CONT
mental United States.
Preliminary estimates of foreign
trade last month are: Exports, 3O5
million dollars; imports, 100 million;
excess of exports, las million. Ex-
ports were 118 million greater and i'm
ports % million smaller than in
March, 1914.
The British cabinet will take NO
action to prohibit the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquor. After several conferences
the ministry has decided to leave the
nquor queSuon 20 Ine people, lnfoOSn
their representatives In the House of
Commons.
The Anti-Saloon League will not
affiliate with any party in its 1916
campaign The league viii even OPP
pose any party putting q prohibition
plank in its platform, unless all party
platforms include such q plank
Neither win the league make its cam
paign through the prohibition party.
Reports that the American gov
eminent had informed China that it
would not be able to rely on the moral
support OF the United States in its
negotiations With Japan are said 70
bs untrue by President Wilson,
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Low ROUND TRIP FARES TO
CALIFORNIA; EXP0STTIDKS
And THE PACIFIC COAST

Low round trip fares are now In
effect via the Scenic Highway Of the
Northern Pacific Ry. to CALIFORNIA; E1-
positions via the North Pacific Coast
These tickets permit liberal stop-overs
and enable the tourist to include both
Expeditions as well as a stop-over at
Yellowstone National Park via Gardi-
ner Gateway.
II you viii advise when you will plan
your western trip, I will be pleased to
quote rates, send copy Of our hand
some Expositions folder as well as
Yellowstone National Park and travel
literature, and assist you in any way
possible in planning your 1915 Taca-
ton trip. a NJ. Cleland, General Pas
senger Agent, SIT Northern Pacific
Rys St Paul, ADMINISTRATIVE
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THAW BACK TO MATTEAWAN
Order Returning Slayer to Asylum
Affirmed by the New York
Appellate Court.

New York, April Hilary Kendall
Thaw was today ordered back to the
state hospital for the criminal insane
1T Matteawan by the appellate divis-
lon of the New York Supreme Court.
In an opinion concurred in by all the
Justices, the court affirmed the denial
by Supreme Court Justice Page Of a
motion to return Thaw to the juris-
diction of the state of New Hamp-
shire, whence he was extradited to
stand trial for conspiring to escape
from the Matteawan Asylum, and
ruled that the original order commit
ting him to the institution was still
valid. Plans are now being formulat-
ed to take the case to the state court
of appeals.
The court held that in returning in
voluntarily to this jurisdiction Thaw
was subject to no promise or induce
ment, and that New. Hampshire had
only done the duty expected of it
when it returned him to New York to
answer for crime for which he had
been indicted.
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IS The WORLDS
BIGGEST BATTLE
All Others 0utdOne by the Four
Weeks Recent Fighting
in Carpathians.
FRENCH IN SAVAGE ATTACKS
Offensive Between Meuse and MoseIIe
Rivers Was On Large Scale
Allies Pounding Away at
DardaneIIes Again.

Berlin, April 17-German army
headquarters, describing the hard
fights between the Meuse and the Mo-
selle rivers April 1O-14, says the
French offensive was on large scale
and that after several local successes,
it broke down entirely, with heavy
losses. The main feature was the
savage attacks nightly with hand to
hand fighting.
Prepare to Attack Anew.
Aeroplane scouts report that behind
the French front there are continuous
movements of large bodies of troops,
indicating an intention to renew the
attacks.
Similar reports from Austrian head
quarters describe the four weeks bat
lie in the Carpathian Mountains as the
most gigantic in the history of the
world, 31a million men participating.
This battle reached a climax several
days ago. The Russian offensive was
halted and repulsed with the most APP
palling losses. Each day a large num-
Der of trains conveyed the wounded to
the interior of Russia. Some days as
many as six hundred of these trains
were used. The field hospitals are
overcrowded with wounded and sick
and thousands succumb without ade-
uuate medical attendance. Captured
Russian officers describe conditions as
terrible.
Pound DardaneIles Forts.
London, April 1.-THE Amsterdam
correspondent of Reuters Telegram
Company, writing under date Of Fri
day, says:
Turkish headquarters reports that
= cruiser yesterday bombarded the
Dardanelles Notifications from the en-
rance. A Russian fleet bombarded
Eregli and Sunguldaik Tin Asia Minor
On the Black Sea-"
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SAYS HE CAN CURE LEPR0sY
DR.. Boehmer, Recently from Siam,
Says There Is Little Danger of
Contracting Disease.

San Francisco, April 14-Leprosy
is durable and there is little danger
OF contracting the disease, as I have
shown by having none except leprous
servants in my house for years"
That statement was made today by
Dr.. Adolph H. Boehmer, who has ar
rived here from Siam. For five years
Doctor Boehmer was surgeon general
of that country and private physician
to the late King Chulalongkorn. He
has studied leprosy exclusively several
years.
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OFF FOR PEACE CONFERENCE
Forty Women Delegates Sail From
New York for The Hague on
Steamship Noordam.

New York, April IA huge peace
flag floated from a masthead Of the
Holland-American line steamship Moor
dam. yesterday as the forty or more
delegates from America went on board
to sail for Rotterdam to attend the in
ternationaI women's conference at
The Hague.
Miss Jane Adams Of Chicago, who
led the delegation, said she had doubts
whether it was permissible to fly the
flag until she received last night a
message from a representative who
had consulted Robert Lansing, coun-
selor for the State Department at
Washington. The message said, COT
ficialIy, the United States can say
nothing as it is a foreign ship, but
fly ahead
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NOTED HIS OWN HEART BEATS
Chicago Physician Watched Death
Come With stethoscoPe-Knew
End Was Near.

Chicago, April 16.-Dr. Clarence H.
Wall, city physician. yesterday brave
1y met the death he has seen newt
ably approaching for a week. DR..
Wallis finger was inocuIated when he
was treating woman patient a
month ago. Last week he called in
several physicians. They agreed with
him that within week, at the most,
he would be dead.
When the. end was seen near yes
terday, DR.. Wall kissed his wife and
4-year-old boy good-by, grasped his
brothers hand and dropped back on
his pillow With his own stethoscope
DR.. Wall had sounded his heart beats
and estimated almost to the minute
when he would die.
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Drew the Monitor,s Plans.

New York, April 15.-Charles Will
lam MacCord, 80 years old, profes-
sor emeritus of the Stevens Institute
of Technology and noted draughts-
man died today in Hoboken, n. J.
Professor MacCord, in 1859, became
draughtsman for Captain John Erics-
son, the conqueror of the Confederate
ironclad Merrimac, which former YES
sci Ericsson designed. He was au-
thor of numerous works on mechanics
and mathematics.
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A DANGEROUS Doctrine.

The weIl-meaning woman who was
visiting the school addressed the pU-
pills after the dismissal hour on the
subject OF The Decline Of Juvenile
Chastisement in the American Home"
When she finished she noticed that
one little bow was crying
What's the matter. little boy?" she
asked
Please, ma'am," said the little boy,
my dad viii pound me all up for be
ing kept after school"
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oDerated on Mrs. Roosevelt

New York. April 16--Mrs- TheO-
dore Roosevelt, who was taken to
Roosevelt hospital Wednesday night,
was operated on yesterday by DR..
Alexander Lambert Of the Cornell
Medical school The nature of Mrs.
RooseveIts ailment was not disclosed,
but the operation was successful.
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NEW COIN AND CARD TRICK
Somewhat Similar to Famous Japa-
nese Trick Where Bricks Are Bal
anced on End of Stick.

Place a card on your forehnger, as
shown in our illustration On it place
a quarter, half-doIlar or dollar With
the right hand give the corner Of the
card a flip so as to shoot it away hor-
izontaIly. hitting it neither up nor
down, but fairly in the middle. The
card flies on to the other end Of the
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Bandits Rob Bank of &c. 90.

Greenwood, Ark, April 14.-Six men
blew open the safe IN the Sebastian
State Bank early today and escaped
with nearly $4,000 Residents were
fought by three of the robbers. Blood
hounds, leading a sherif's posse. fol
lowed the men ten miles, where the
trail was lost.
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New Cable Laid 70 Russia.

London, April 15.-Russia now has
direct cable communication with Great
Britain For the present the new
cable presumably vii be used exclus-
lively for government purposes from
this country
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Pnii+eness Wasted

John, did you take the note TO Mr..
Jones?"
yes. but I don't think he can read
it."
why 50, Johnz"
Because he can't see, sir. While ]
was in the room he asked ne twice
where my hat was. and it was on mr.
head al the time Chicago Scout
News.
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More cbicaoo workers out.

Chicago, April 15.-With the lockout
against the 1900 union sheet metal
workers of Chicago complete today,
the army of union workers against
whom similar action has been taken
by the builders and employers in Chi
cago's labor war totaIIed $4,000.
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$50 Austria, they say, is going to
tight Italy partly with the spread Of
cholera"
Yes, their attitude seems to be-
Plague take themI'"
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neerman Mark rwain. pead.

New York, April 17.-Carl Hauser.
known as the German Mark Twain. .
and editor of Puck when it was a
German publication, is dead of dia-
betes at his home here. One of his re-
cent books was Fun for the Millions .
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Washington. April Ian official
statement authorized by the japanese
embassy yesterday characterizes as
'preposterous'' reports that a naval
base had been established at Turtle
Bay, Lower California
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Invites 1916 G o. p. Convention.

Philadelphia, Anril 1.-THE lower
branch of city councils and the cham
Der of commerce adopted resolutions
Thursday to extend an invitation to
the national committee of the Repub-
hcan party to hold the Republican ma
tional convention here next year
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A FIeeina Convict Captured.

Muskogee, Okla, April 15.-Cole
Shumake, leader of the four convicts
who fought their way out Of the
county Jail here Monday, was cap
tured the corning seven miles east
of Warner, Okla, by pursuing
posse.
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Bio Reservoir Breaks.

HoIbrook. Ariz-, April 16.-Lyman
reservoir, which impoUnds waters Of
the Little Colorado river twelve miles
south Of st. Johns, Apache county,
broke at midnight Wednesday night,
drowniag eight persons.
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Nelson Aldrich Dead.

New York, April 17-Nelson Al
drich, former senator from Rhode Isl,
and and for years a leader in Repub-
Hcan political circles, died of heart
disease at ais home here yesterday
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Trade Ralanee Piles DE-.

Washington, D. c., April 15.-Pre-
Iminary estimates of foreign trade
last month are: Exports, 3O5 million
dollars; imports, go million; excess
of exports, las million.
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Nav Lose the Steamer Minnesota.

Toxic, April 1.-THE position of the
steamship Minnesota. fast on rock
at the entrance to the Inland Sea,
is more serious than was at first sup
posed.
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Denies Rackdown on China.

Washington, April 14.-Reports that
the American government had in
formed China that it would not be able
to rely on the moral support of the
United States in its negotiations with
Japan were said to be without founda-
ton today by President Wilson.
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Railroad Authority Dead.

New York, April 15.-Henry W.
Poor, banker, broker and an authority
on railroad matters. died today. a
years old. For years be published the
railroad manual that bore his mana.
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Along about the time she is twenty
five a girl gets over the fear that
somebody will marry her for her
money