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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31

During the falling stages the center
OF the stream is slightly depressed and
the center, carrying the drift with
them.
The development OF foam along the
margins of rising streams is due to
the escape of air and gas from the
soil after it has been covered with
water. Observation along the edge
OF stream during rise will show
quantities OF air rising to the surface
and forming foam Foaming is espe-
cially notable where the water rises
over ground covered with vegetation,
but it occurs also even on bare, loose
sand and gravel bars,--Ncw York
Sun
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31
Live Stock Display Always Good

The display of stock at the fair
should be this year as good or better
than in any previous years. Hereto
fore the exhibits of live stock have
been so numerous that the fair board
has had to rustic to find room for the
displays. However, in the building
of the new barns to the west of the
race track the management have been
able to handle the situation very nice
ly, and will this year be in a position
to handle the display in good shape.
1t has been noteworthy in the past,
and this year will be no exception,
that the Nebraska fair has shown not
only some of the best stock in the
country, but decidedly, the best in the
entire west This is especially true
in the exhibit of fine thoroughbred
horses and cattle. Animals of this
kind have taken sweepstakes in the
largest stock exhibits of the country,
have been shown in Nebraska and
have had to show their best strides
to compare with Nebraska grown
goods" In fact, the Nebraska prod
uct has most of the time taken the
big premiums and this has encouraged
Nebraska breeders to renew their eff
forts to have only the best.
The horse display this year will be
up to the record. Some Of the best
breeders in the state, and that simply
means the best in the country, will
have their finest at the fair.
This may also be said of the breed
ers of fine bred cattle. None can be
found at any exhibit of stock which
have anything on the Nebraska fine
bred cattle. When one stops to con-
slider that fine bred stock from the
Nebraska agricultural farm, have gone
into the east and have pulled down
some of the best prizes offered, it can
be comprehended what a wonderful
opportunity is offered to stock breed
ers to come to the fair and see the
best in the country.
What has been said of horses and
cattle might equally apply to the
swine display. There is little doubt
but that the hog, if he could talk,
would do considerable Dragging after
attending the Nebraska fair about the
high toned company he was in while
attending the exposition. One almost
wonders as he looks over pen after
pen Of thoroughbred swine at the fair
if there can be anything in the swine
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31

The little city of Havelock, stu
ated on the Burlington and Rock ISL
and railroads and connected with Lin
coin by line OF the Lincoln Traction
company street railway, is the imopr-
tant industrial suburb of Lincoln.
The city has a population running
we'll toward the 5000 mark, and is
we'll supplied with business houses
usually found in city of this size.
1t has two newspapers, both doing a
thriving business; two banks and all
of the other kinds of business needed.
But what is more important to
Havelock is that it is the home of the
Burlington shops, employing force
of men at times nearing the 1000
mark. As general thing the en-
ployes of the Burlington shops re-
ceive good wages, and that means
that Havelock profits thereby.
The shops are the most extensive
9 under the Burlington railroad sys-
tenn, and while their immensely can
hardly be comprehended unless
viewed from a personal standpoint,
nothing but the repairing Of engines
and the general repair work along
steel and iron works is done there. All
woodwork, such as the repairing Of
cars, is done at their shops at Platts-
mouth, which employees about half
the number of men.
To give some idea of the capacity Of
the Havelock shops, records in the Of
flee of the engineering department
show that the floor space devoted to
the work covers nine and one-half
acres. The shops are estimated to
have cost $3,500,000.
Engines brought into the shops for
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31

until hydraulic head balances the de-
Elected forces. The height to which
the center of stream may rise above
its margins depends upon the size,
shape and roughness of the channel
and the velocity of the current.
The peculiar behavior of driftwood
during floods is due to the fact that
the deep central part of stream, be-
cause of its greater freedom of flow,
tends both to rise and fall slightly in
advance of the margins. The swell
ing of the central part of stream
during rise gives shoreward move
ment to the surface currents which
carries the drift toward the banks
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31
LITTLE MEN ARE FIGHTERS
Five-Foot Bartams Show Greater
Military Power Than Longlegs.

FNC-Foot odLANhAho ohS"
Military Power Than Longlegs.
When, with characteristic fore
sight and ingenuity, Lord Kitchener
decided 10 stretch the regulations
and recruit a battalion of men under
5 feet, 5 inches in height, there were
not a few military men who laughed
at the idea. Kitchener himself was
a man of large dimensions, and it was
supposed that, like many another
general, he had a weakness for tower
ing men. Perhaps he had. But. If
so, he also knew that it is not so
much a mans height as the quality OF
his courage that makes good fight
ing man of him At any rate, he be-
gan to recruit his "bantams,' as they
have come to be known, and in due
time they found place in the first
line.
Now they are occasionally men
toned in the official dispatches--not,
however, as being too small to fire
over the trench barricades or too
slow to cover ground in charges
where the speed of the charge plays
large part in the success. They
are being mentioned for their pro-
nounced lighting activities. 1t is said
of them that in leaving trenches
under cover of darkness and scouting
between trenches they are preferred
to their taller comrades, And in
trench raids they have been known
to lug back to their own trenches
machine guns which larger men left
behind because they could not drag
them over the rough ground. And i'll
the ordinary routine of trench fight
ing the only complaint the officers
have is that the little men are too
eager to climb out and meet the
enemy in the open.
1t is a matter OF historical fact
that many small men have been great
soldiers. Napoleon himself would
have been lost in the ordinary crowd.
And Lord Roberts was small man,
who managed to command the at
lection and respect of the entire
British army to a remarkable degree.
The present king of Italy, who is
not only by inheritance the official
head of Italy's army, but is also a
good field general, is almost dwarf.
There is, in brief, no reason to be-
lieve that the short man is less a
fighter than his tall brother. He is
excluded from the standard regiments
simply because it is necessary to
draw the line somewhere, and in
trench warfare it is easier to handle
men of about the same height
Indianapolis News.
To BE Good, Look Mt Blue.
II your little girl tells a Abb or hops the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31
ENTRANCE no MAIN BURLINGTON SHOPS AM HAVELoCK

keeps this place going all the time,
700 of the men employed being en-
gagged in the repair and remodeling
work.
A large number of the employees Of
the Havelock railroad shops have
their residences in Lincoln and Uni
versity Place, so that these two places
reap considerably in the way of bene-
fits from the Havelock shops.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31

repairs, generally go out nearly new
in every particular. When an engine
is brought in it is completely taken
apart and every portion of it in
spected. When it is completed and
ready again for service it is as strong
and good as bran new locomotive,
and thirty-five of these on an aver
age are sent out every month.
The work of lesser importance COW
ering minor repairs and other things
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31

The town is well governed, and has
a city hall, which is considered to be
one Of the finest of any city of the
size of Havelock in the country. 1t
has a complete city official list and a
board of councilmen, which are al
ways working for the best interests
of the city. In fact, Havelock is
we'll governed and has no apology to
make to its visitors.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-31

To BE Good, Look Mt Blue.
II your little girl tells a "hb" or hops the
Ice wagon buy her a pale blue pinafore. II
your small boy disobeys and has to be takon
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
SOME OF THE STARS INcAPAcTTATED THIS SEASON.

More star ball players have been in
jured this year than in any previous
season in a decade and the fans
throughout the country are mystified.
They cannot understand why these ac-
cidents to stars should occur so regu-
larly. The answer is that baseball is
a different game this season. For sew
eral years the players have been reap
ing o harvest. The natural advance
ment of the game and the increase of
the profits of the magnates caused the
salaries of players to mount rapidly,
and then came the war between or
ganized ball and the Feds.
The players took advantage of the
conditions and held the magnates up
for salaries all out of proportion to
their value, with the result that the
majority of the clubs lost money in
1914 and 1915. There was nothing
left for organized ball to do but make
peace with the Federal league, and
the retrenchment policy was adopted
by the magnates. Almost every star
player of the two Major leagues was
tied up to two or three-year contracts,
the majority of which expire at the
close of the present season, and the
players now are hustling. In recent
years the players refused to take any
unnecessary chances. They were on
tent to draw their salaries and pre-
ferred to take no chances on injuries,
realizing that a serious accident would
hurt their earning capacity.
When the magnates announced that
there would be a general cut in sal
aries after the long term, wartime con-
tracts mad expired, the players real
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
SAW ADVERTISING IN SONG
Concert Committee Baked at sugges-
ton Made by the Close-Fisted
Coal Dealer.

They were getting up a charity con-
cert in the small provincial towE, ana
the committee determined to work
hard to make great success of it,
The local magnates and tradesmen
were called on. and to one of the
latter, a coal merchant, whose place
was somewhere in the North, an APP
peal was duly made.
"Ah'm very sorry" was the coal mer-
chants reply to the committees rep
resentative, but Abs stopped sub
scribln' tae a these things"
"Well, you'll give US an order for
an advertisement on the prOgram?"
suggested the caller.
Tie coal merchant shook his head.
Then a sudden inspiration seized him.
"AhH tell ye what Ah'n dae, though. :"
he said. "AhTl get ma dochter tae
sing for ye."
Right you are" said the other.
what will put her down fOr?"
Keep the Home Fires Burning, ="
Cant be DONE" declared the con-
cert man emphatically. folding up his
papers. III you won't subscribe I'll
take jolly good care you get ~ free
advertising on our program.
Answers.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
ITITTTTIINTTITTTTHTl'

mend your Compound to other ladies. {"
Mrs. MARY RIDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts, Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. any troubles
were from my age, and 1 felt awfully
sick for three years. had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
palms, / took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WELL"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
His Caution.

@Tuther morning." related Mr.. Gap
Johnson OF Rumpus Ridge, while 1
was in bed, wrapped in the arms OF
Morpus. and wife cooking breakfast
she suddenly hollereo for me to gez
up quick, b'cuz Rowdy, the baby, had
swallowed a quarter.
"-'No, 1 reckon not, just yet sayT
l. While I admire to see . child de-
velop a saving disposition this early IN
the game, don't want TO fatter the
little cuss by paying too. much atten-
ton to him. kansas City Star
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
Possibility of Combustion.

The danger of fire from oil-soalled
rags such as many housekeepers keep
on hand for wiping up vanished
floors was demonstrated at a fire-risk
exhibit given in a New York window
recently. A quantity of oil-sOaked rags
were placed in the window with pla-
card stating that they were liable to
take fire at any time from instantane-
Gus combustion due to the action of
the atmosphere upon the rags. A num-
Der of small blazes were started by
rags in this window. In one instance
combustion took place within seven
hours after the rags were placed in
position.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08

/ lied that they would have to get ou
and hustle or they would be cut even
more than they expect. AS a result
they are making plays and taking des-
perate chances which were unknown
in the last two seasons.
There is no question about the hust-
ling of the players this season. They
are working harder than ever, realiz.
ing that their new contracts will be
based entirely upon what they show
this season and not on past reputation
as was the case when the Feds were
in the field. Perhaps many fans have
noticed how much faster the games
are this year,
Almost every club in two major
leagues has been handicapped by in.
juries to star players, with the Ath
letics, Yankees and Indians the chief
sufferers. One list places the mum,
Der of crippled players at 81, but this
includes many of the usual ailments,
such as sore arms and lame shoulders.
which are in no way due to the re-
vival of the fighting spirit of the play
ers.
Nineteen members of the Athletics
and Yankees have been out of the
game, each for week or longer, and
six broken bones are included in the
list Of injurie-. Other players who
have sustSined broken bones are Lo-
bert of the Giants, broken leg; Chap
man of Cleveland, broken leg; Adams
of the Philli X. broken finger; Cady
of Boston. broken finger; Magee OF
Boston. bro-en wrist; Fletcher of the
Giants. broken finger, and Archer of
the Cubs, broken finger.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
Was His Humor Conscious?

young woman in Pittsburgh was
recently looking at material in one Of
that city's leading dry goods stores in
an attempt TO select what would make
an attractive skirt for the seashOre.
The clerk rather strenuously suggested
tte availability of several patterns.
But" said the young woman. they
are rather loud don't you thinkT
Without a gIimmer Of a smile, and in
a perfectly correct tone for a salesman
to assume, he replied
TOO loud for awnings-just right
for skirts"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
DIAMOND
NOTES

Ray Caldwelrs work has shown q
big improvement of late.
The Central league is in the best
financial condit. VI it has ever been in.
Pitcher Barnes of the Braves has
as much sped as Alexander or Wal
ter Johnson.
Joe Judge, first baseman of Wash.
ington, may never be able to play
baseball again.
Ray Schalk, star catcher of the
White Sox, still outclasses all of the
big league backstops.
Luther Cook, the former New York
outfielder, has been benched by the
Oakland club for poor hitting.
Next TO Grover ClevelaTl Alexander,
Ed Pfeffer of the Robins has no equal
in President Tener's circuit just now.
Lei IlOMaIus VI N4lC
San Francisco club, is in with orvie
Overall on the purchase of the Oak
land club.
In spite of the fact that Tillie Walk.
per is hitting and fielding well, it is
impossible for the Boston fans to for
get Iris Speaker.
Comiskey paid $1,000 for Eddie
Murphy to Mack and $4,000 for Memo
Leibold to the Clevelands. Both are
bench warmers now.
Colonel Ebbets declares that IL RUDE
Vanguard can hold his own in future
the pennant chance of the Brooklyn
team will be increased IS per cent.
John McGraw, the Giants boss, en-
ploys an effective though heartless
method to make his FASTENERS behave.
He threatens to trade 'em to St Louis.
John McGraw says he has put over
some very important deals in his life,
but he never put one over that meant
as much for him as the one he just
made for Herzog.
With so many of our very best toss
ers drawing suspensions for rough |
stuff during the cool days 1t is to be
hoped that the hot weather will lay
of Cor the remainder OF the season.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
MolIycoddle.

''Did you see that?" yelled the ex-
cited man in the Panama hat. THAT
robber of an umpire calls Gilligan out
at third and Rafferty, never come
within d foot of touchin' him."
1T looked that way to me. too, ="
admitted the man beside him. "Still,
1 dare say the umpire could see the
play better from where he was than
we could from up here"
saw, go on home !" retorted the 9th
er savagely you amt got no BUSH
ness goin' to ball game. You're one
of these blamed pacifists, that's what
you arei"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
FANCIFUL IDEAS OF PLAYERS
Polly McLarry, Former Cub Player, Is
Collector of Bats-Different
Stick Each Inning.

Talking about fanciful notions OF
ball players, Los Angeles CORE
spondent furnishes this:
"Polly McLarry has hobby. He is
a collector of bats. Since joining the
Angels McLarry, according to Secre-
tary Boots Weber's figures, broke some
thing less than thousand bats, and
has as many more ordered on the
way. McLarry has different bat for
every inning, and sometimes he is
liable to switch clubs while at the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
LOOK TO FOURTH GENERATION
First Three Generations of Mod
ern Americans.

The North American child Is too
rage. 1t serves us an outlet. for that
pride which its Sarents cannot always
reasonably tak~ in themselves. Ii is
petted, cajOled, ljgnpered, Uverdressed
and underdisciplined, till there is
evolved strange pigIny for whom the
world soon grows banal, who is desti-
tute of the petitiOnary appeal of child
hood and who surveys an already an
ticipated and thoroughly analysed fu
ture with the cold eyes of unnatural
knowledge, Alan Sullivan writes in
Harper's Magazine for August. The
world is Its football. II is smart be
yond description. But there is in the
forced garden of its life no sheltered
bed where may bloom the flowers of
graciOusness or peace. OF such will
be the new aristocracy, and its fradi-
tons sill be of grandfathers who. "
virtue of that tine native American
longheadedness, delivered the goods
of their period and were promptly and
suitably rewarded. But there will be
few traditions of cOurtliness, scant
reminders that nOblesse Oblige, and
but scattered memories of inherited re-
sponsibiHues. The sempiternal dollar
will still dominate. One generation
was too busy collecting and the other
win be too busy spending. The sec
ond generation Offers no promise and
the third but little. The fourth will
probably open a new and finer cycle.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
Handicanned.

First Stranger (to second stranger,
who is sporting a massive watch
charm)-What's the time. friend?
Second Stranger-Can't tell, just
now, mister.
First Stranger-Can't tell me?
You've got a watch, amt you?
Second Stranger-Yes. I've got a
watch, mister; but the blamed thing
time, an ever since l amt been able
to tell whether it's right unless l
hear the twelve o'clock whistles blew
in.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08

plate. Naturally he needs quite sup
ply OF weapons on hand. On the other
hand, Harry Wolter has yet to send
il a Eli for bat to the Los Angeles
club. Harry grabs whatever bat Is
nearest his hand when it Is his, turn
to 60 up and hit. 1t makes no differ
ence to him who Is pitching or how
many are on bases. One bat is as good
as the next. Wolter gets results from
his system, and McLarry punches out
hits with his thousand bats. So what's
he use7
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
Mental Labor.

Father was trying automatically %
get Johnny interested in arithmetic.
Surely you want TO learn percent
age" he said. "That teaches you
how TO figure the averages of the
baseball teams and players"
what do I care?' retortec Johnny.
The fellers that play the game don't
have to do that. They hire some cheap
skate to do it for EN-"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEALTH
Cutlcura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
Are Supreme. Trial Free.

These fragrant, super-creamy emol-
lients keep the skin fresh and clear,
the scalp free from dandruf, crusts
and scales and the hands soft and
white. They are splendid for nursery
and toilet purposes and are most eco
nomical because most effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
ELDERLY women
] SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were
Carried Safely Through
Change of Life.
Durand, Wis., am the mother of
fourteen children and l owe my life to

Lydia E. Pinkham 8
Vege ia Bile Com
pound. When i was
as and h a d tn g
Oh q n &c of Life,
a frien d recon-
mended it and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that / took
several bottles. I
am now well and
healthy and recom-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
EraaiIe Distinction.

''How does Bliggins get the reputa-
ton of being such a clever man? He's
always getting into some new Kind OF
trouble"
Yes. Where he shows his clever
ness is by getting out again"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08

Il WIS at the department store the
other day when all the lights went
out" said Lightfingered Jim.
What luck - chuckled his pal.
What did you get?"
Rotten I was in the grand piano
department
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08
Approval.

DO you approve Of the study Of tho
classics in these practical times2"
Yes. Those old stories Of the Tro-
jan battles are good things to have
around. They enable you to talk
about war without danger of starting
a serious argument"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08

Politician, isn't he?"
"0h. no, he's statesman"
well. what's the difference?"
"A statesman. my dear chap. is one
who is in politics because he has
money. A politician is one who has
money because he is in politics"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08

With so many of our very best toss
ers drawing suspensions for rough
stuff during the cool days 1t is to be
hoped that the hot weather will lay
of COR the remainder OF the season.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-09-08

John McGraw says he has put over
some very important deals in his life,
but he never put one over that meant
as much for him as the one he just
made for Herzog.