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HAS GONE TO EGYPT. DR. JAMES H. BREASTED AFTER ANCIENT RELICS. Ie la One of the Most Noted Ltnculata or the Ace Occupied the Only Chair of SsTptoloity la America In a Grad uate at Yale. Many American people pleasantly re call Dr. James Henry Breasted or Chicago, who lectured throughout tho country two seaeons ago on recent dis coveries In Egypt. This, distinguished scholar Is full of tho enthusiasm of his subject, and has again sot out for the banks of the Nile, to bo absent sevoral months in making researches along tho coureo of that historic stream. While on this trip he will aid n body of Ger man scholars In compiling a new lexi con of tho Egyptian language. Dr. Breasted is today ono of tho foremost Egyptologists of tho globe. As a stu- DJL JAMES HENRY BREASTED, dint in his special field ho stands high, not only In this country, but abroad, "where tho sclonco Is moro fully devel oped. Ho Is noted ns a linguist and la conversant with tho loading classic and Semitic tongues. He began his atudy of Egyptology as a graduate stu dent at Yalo in 1891. Whilo In college ho showed a remarkable aptitude for tho languages. Ho started in 1802 aa a fellow of tho university of Chicago to study In Germnny, Ho became one of tho brilliant students of tho German school, which stands as tho chief au thority on Egyptology. As a pupil of Dr. Adolph Ermann, tho noted German Egyptologist, Dr. Breasted made a namo for hlmsolf while earning his Ph. D. In Berlin. Ho was granted the degree, summum cum laudo, in 1894,and after a year of rosearch work in Egypt he returned to Chicago to take his po rtion nt the head of tho dopartmont of Egyptology in tho university. The chair ho occupies at tho university Is the only one of its kind in an Ameri can or English college. In translat ing tho Egyptian grammar of Dr. Er mann, tho only work of Its kind evor publlshed.Dr.Breasted has done a great work for tho sclonce in this country. Ho is now at work on sevoral other books, which are to treat of tho litera ture and of tho great historical monu ments of Egypt. During his study abroad ho will gather matorlal for these works. Dr. Breasted has a leavo of absence for ono year, when he ex pects to resume teaching at the uni versity. Besides tho professorship which he holds nt the university, Dr. Breasted Is also tho secretary of the Chicago Society of Egyptian Research. Itlctieit tJVi Mine In tho World. The Band Barton and Albion gold mine, under tho town of Ballnrat, in Australia, has yielded mors than fifty millions ns tho value of ita output of gold since it was discovered about thir ty years ago. It is tho most productive gold mine yot known. Its supply of paying quartz seems practically inex haustible, and as tho vein Is extonslvo, being spread over much territory, tho mlno bids fair to last for centuries. Tho work in the Ballarat gold mlno is said to bo much safer as well as moro com fortable than that of tho workers In c coal mlno. At Ballarat thoro arc no noxious gases and no danger from ex plosions. Air Is forced Into the work ings through various shafts. In tho Transvaal rich and regular deposits wero discovered in 188C in tho Wltwa tcrsrand. Tho roofs are estimated to contain nearly 100,000,000 tons of ore, tho gold of which is said to be worth 45,000,000. From eighty to a hun dred years must elapse beforo tho field is worked out. Forco Exerted by the Heart, lly accurate measurements, of the floart's force it has been calculated that in twenty-four hours tho amount of work done by it is equal to 124 foot tons; or, In othor words, if the wholo force exponded by tho heart in twenty four hours were gathered into ono hugo stroke, such a power would lift 124 tons ono foot from tho ground. Tho heart really performs this work In sixteen out of tho twenty-four hours, for eight hours during the day aro tak en up by rests, every boat being follow ed by a pause, during which the heart stops. Another calculation shows that tho distance travolcd by tho blood thrown out of tho heart is seven miles nn hour, 1C8 miles a day, or 4,292,000 miles in a lifetime of seventy years. Conquered by Sparrow. It is said that Frederick the Great was never conquered but once, and that was by tho sparrows. Going into his cherry orchard one day, ho found many sparrows there and ordered them all killed or driven out of tho orchard. The result was that the next summer his cherry trees were covored with worms and he had no cherries. He or dered tho sparrows to be again ad mitted to his orchard, and so the spar row o did what the armies of Europe could not do conquered Frederick tuo Great. ASTONISHED THE DOMINIES. Benimtlonn?, Beaatt of n Fane Dra Coatumo t n Mlnliterlnl (lathering. From the Philadelphia Post: Judgo E. B. Martlndalo of Indianapolis, Ind,, owns one of tho handsomest residence In that city a large stone mansion hidden from tho street by a thick grove of trees. It was in this house that ono of tho most exciting functions ever known in tho hooslcr capital took placo many years ago, the truo story of which is now printed for the first time. Tho Judgo, who was ono of tho leaden of society and at tho samo tlmo was a pillar in the Presbyterian church, had Issued invitations for n fancy dress ball, which at the last moment ho had to withdraw because of tho presenco In this country of a largo body ot Presbyterian delegates from Great Britain on their way to an Interna tional conference In tho west. They woro to be entortnlned at tho Judge's on tho night set for tho ball. It so happened that every guest received h!a notlco savo one, a merchant namod Woodward, who was on a trip through the northwest. It also happened that Mr. Woodward had hit upon tho most startling disguise of any planned. He had bought a complete costume of a Sioux war chief and intended making up ns nearly lllco tho original as pos sible Mr. Woodward did not return to Indianapolis until the evening fixed for tho bnll, and, therefore, to savo tlmo put on his costumo nt his office and drove to tho Mnrtlndnlo residence in his cnrrlnge, which ho dismissed nt tho gate. Through tho trees and shrub bery ho glided stealthily until hi reached tho house. Looking through the window Mr. Woodward saw soma persons whom ho know and many of whom ho did not, but every ono was in ordinary evening dress. "They've unmasked," soliloquized tho war chief, "but I'll havo my fun Just tho same." Thereupon, stepping upon a ledge, he made ono spring through the open window and landed In tho center of a group of Scotch delegates, meantime brandishing a gcnulno tomahawk and uttering shrill and bloodcurdling wai whoops. Tho effect was astounding to tho masquorador. Somo of tho guests fainted, others cropt under tho tables and sofas' or iled to tho upper stories of tho house It took only an Instant for Mr. Woodward to discover that a terrible mistake had boon mnde. In order to preservo his identity and make his escapo ho gave a few moro whoops, executed a fearful dance and darted out ot the window Into tho darkness. It was explained to tho foreign guests that ono of tho Indianapolis Indian tribes was evidently restless, but that no further trouble need bo feared. As for Mr. Woodward, his side of tho story was not known for nearly twenty years afterward. THAT MAN JIMINEZ. Dispatches from San Domingo havo recently had much to say of Don Juan Isldro Jlmlnez in connection with the succession to the presidential chair of that little Island republic. At ono time Jlmlnez was perhaps tho richest man of Spanish blood in tho western hemisphere. He owned extensive plantations in San Domingo and in other Islands of the West Indies, and on account of his great wealth ho pos sessed wido influenco in political af fairs. Somo tlmo after Heureaux bo came president of San Domingo he sent for Jlmlnez and told him there was room on tho Island for only ono big man nt a time. Jlmlnez was not convinced that this was really tho caso until somo of the buildings on his' plantation had been burned. Then he decided that Heureaux was right, and ho sold out to a Gormnn syndicato and retired from tho island to wait an op portunity for revenge. Ho thought this chance had como when tho war with Spain broke out. Undor tho pre text that ho was going to organlzo an expedition to fight for Cuba lib re, he was allowed by tho United States gov ernment to pack a little steamship, the Fanltn, wlth somo San Domingo refugees and set sail from Mobile. But Instead of going to Cuba he wont to San Domingo. Ono dark night ho landed there with bl3 cargo of rcfu- JUAN ISIDRO JIMINEZ. goes, expecting to find 1,000 insurgents under arms awaiting him. But his let ter of plans had miscarried, tho raid was unexpected, and no revolution had been started for him. He fired a fow shots, but was forced to beat a retreat. Jlmlnez boasts that Heureaux was killed by his agents, and that one ot these days ho Intends to go to San Domingo and take up tho presidency. Hew Marriage Law In Maaaaohuactta. A new law has Just gone Into effect in Massachusetts forbidding tho per formance of tho marriage ceremony by Justices of the pcaco unless they have been specially designated for that pur pose, Ketvannpar Handkerchief. A Madrid Journal Is printed on linen with a composition easily removablo by water, and the subscriber, nfter de vouring the news, washes his Journal and has a handkerchief. MUMESS MEHOIER. TUB ARCH FIEND IN THE DREYFUS CASE. Vai Head of the French War Depart ment and Entered Fala Evidence Agalnat the Frlenntcaa .lew In France, Howerer, th Truth Will Out. Recent developments at Rcnneshave shown that one ot tho blttorost cno mlts of Capt. Dreyfus Is Gen. Morcler, former minister ot war when tho French spy nt tho German embassy brought to the secret service ot tho French army tho fragments of tho bordorenu. Col. Paty do Clam re ceived tho report. Being extremely violent In his hatred of tho Jews, ho decided, after brief consultation with Bortlllon, ono of tho French detectives, that he could safely fasten tho crlmo upon Dreyfus on account of tho sim ilarity of tho lattor'8 handwriting to that of tho Bordereau. This informa tion was. reported to Merclor, where upon Morcler ordered Droyfus to bo arrested. Paty tried to prcparo tho caso against Dreyfus, but his effort was not strong enough to suit Mer clcr, and another pleader was secured. GEN. MERCIER. (Confounded by Dreyfus.) This aroused the suspicion of tho antl Drcyfusltes, who thought that Merclor was trying to suppress tho matter, But Merclor soon convinced them to tho contrnry by displaying tho most pronounced spirit of opposition to Dreyfus. Tho press rewarded him by doclaring him tho paragon of patriots Yet ho know he could not crush Drey fus with the material at hand, and he must act at once. Ho rose at the first court-martial minister of war in tho republic's cabinet and said: "Gen tlomen, there la something more. '. shall read you ono sentenco from a letter in cipher that somo months ago camo into possession of the ministry, You will comprehend its source, al though I am not permitted to present ita context: 'Decidedly this scoundrol of a Dreyfiis is becoming too exact Ing.' " Ho had wholly, dellboratoly changed tho sentenco, for tho papor from which ho read did not contain tho name of Dreyfus, but the initial "D." only. On this bit of Irregularly submitted, boldly perjured bit of evi denco tho Judges based a decision thoy had already formulated. Furthermore, that scrap of paper In Gen. Mcrcler'a hand was in not even tho remotest manner connected with the alleged selling of French army secrets to the Germans, but was a fragment from some intercepted correspondence, pass ing between attaches of different em' basslcs, and related to matters even moro infamous than any treason of which Dreyfus was accused. However, Gen. Mercier'B best efforts could not keep tho truth burled, nor could his subserviency to tho rabblo and tho rank aliko secure him In his seat as minister ot war. Ho has been warned to leavo Franco, but has chosen to remain, at least for tho present. Ail "Kintn." Economy Is so Important a subject that tho mathematical housekeeper will doubtless find it greatly to hor cdlfl cation and profit to consider tho fol lowing from Puck: If a housowlfo twists in one hour nnd fifteen minutes ninety-three "lamp-lighters" when 1,250 matches can bo bought for flvo cents, at what rate per hour does sho raluo her tlmo, assuming tho worth of the paper to bo zero? It the aforesaid woman will tako six stops across a room and six returning, each stop being of twenty-two inches, to save ono match, how far should she consistently walk to savo five cents carfaro? If a man can draw from boards in fifty minutes sovonty-olght nails of a cer tain size, what wages would he bo earning per hour, nails bolng worth four cents per pound, nnd thcro being ono hundred of 'this size In a pound? In a certain climate underwear at a prlco ot $4 per winter will assuro against colds." Assuming that under wear costing $1 per season will lead to two visits from the doctor at $1.50 each, what Js the Bavlng by tho pur chase of tho cheaper material? Oil Is worth nine cents per gallon. Lamp A burns forty-five gallons In rending or sewing period of one year; lamp D, twenty-five gallons. Spectacles A cost 14.60; spectacles 25 cents. If lamp B and spectacles B aro used, the eyesight is made useless In eight years for a person whose expectation of sound qyo sight with the uso ot lamp A and spec tacles A is twenty-five years. Making no allowance for deterioration of lamps or spectacles, estimate tho value of eyes per pair. The World'a Flag;.. Of twenty-flvo countries, nineteen have flags with red in them, the list In cluding the United Statos, England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, penmark, Belgium, Sweden, Switzer land, Turkey, Mexico, Chile, Portugal, Venezuela and Cuba, AN OBJECT-LESSON IN WEALTH How an American (llrl la Teaching; the rarlalana, the Magic rower at m Fortune. Pnrislais had heard of tho lato Jay Gould and his high-piled millions of money, but for the past two yeara thoy havo been receiving a special object-lesson on tho power of wonlth In now-world hands, In tho effort ot his daughter, tho Countess do Castellano, to rcproduco In Paris tho palaco ot tho Grand Trianon, as built by the Fronch Kings at Versailles moro than two centuries ago. Three quarters ot an acre of land wns bought at tho inter section of the Avcnuo du Bols do Bou logne and the Avenue Malakoft, at nn expense ot close to n million ot dol lars, this being the most costly resi dential site In Paris. Public Interest has beon made keen by the announce ment that while tho exterior would hold truo to tho Fourteenth contury, tho Interior wns to bo a blending ot tho Fourteenth and Fifteenth periods, if tho Gould millions and tho cunning of tho Fronch nrchitccts could com pass this unlquo desire. Tho revival of two historic periods In French archi tectural history was so rcmarknblo nn undertaking that from Its beginning tho progress of this -1101180 hns been followed with such a wldo Interest as has boon given to fow purely prlvnto building projects. In May tho family was occupying tho central portion, but tho Intorlor decoration ot tho two wings probably cannot bo completed In less thnn two yeara moro. When It became known such n mnnslon was to bo attempted many of tho French said it would tako twenty years to build and furnish with art treasures; but western enterprise nnd local In genuity promlso its completion in n fifth of tho time. Tho proporty will then have cost thirty millions ot francs, or six millions of dollars. Both tho Count nnd Countess nro collectors of rare nrt works and bric-a-brac, and in n slnglo year, It is said, thoy ox ponded a million of dollars In pur chases for tholr new residence. When tho matter of ceilings was being ar ranged for tho Castellancs wont to Italy and sought tho splendid palace of Verona. They did not want tho palace, but covetod tho cloven ceilings It contained from tho brush of Tlopolo, and theso could bo secured only by the purchaso of tho old structure. Edward Pago Gaston In tho September Wom nn's Homo Companion. U CASIM1R-PERIER. Jean Castmir-Poricr, ox-presldcnt ot Franco, is one of the fow ox-government officials who did not display bit ter hatred of Droyfus oven to tho cx tont of outraging Justico in order to convict blm. M. Caslmlr-Perler was one of tho witnesses at tho first trial of Zola. His sudden resignation of tho presidency in 1895, not long aftor tho beginning ot tho Droyfus agitation, la shrouded in mystery. Ono explanation is that.upon receiving an autograph lot tor from Emperor William of Germany, pledging tho honor of tho imperial writer as to tho innocenco of Captain Dreyfus and Indicating the real cul prit, President Cnslmlr-Perler resigned becauso ho would not, as an honorable man, be a party to tho Droyfus perse cution. Another and a more roccnt version of tho affair is that, In Docom ber, 1894, Count von Munster, tho Gor man nmbassador, sent by a special courier a detailed report of tho Droy fus case. This was intercepted and photographed at tho French frontier, and tho fact becamo known to tho in formation bureau nt Berlin. Count von Munstor wbb forthwith ordered to demand his passports. Ho did so, con fiding tho reason to President Caslmlr Pcrior, who was overwhelmed with chagrin aud gave his word of honor re pudiating all knowledge of tho affair and solemnly promising to prevent a repetition of the offense. Count von Munstor was satisfied and sent a re port of tho lntorviow to tho emperor. This report was also Intercepted and photographed in tho samo way, and Jan'. 12, 1895, Count von Munstor call ed at tho Elyseo and informed tho president that Germany would mobil ize hor troops forthwith unless satis faction was glvon for the new offense. CASIMIR-PERIER. In a most extraordinary sceno, the president listened to tho reproaches of tho ambassador, and finally said, "I will loavo tho prosldoncy; I pray his majesty to bo satisfied," and two days lator M. Caslmir-Porler rosigned. Too Much Intellect. Tho dangors of hlghor education are not often exposed so nakedly as In tho following letter from a New England mother to tho tcachor of her precious boy, -which has latoly found ltu -way into Harper's Bazar: "Dear Miss: Do not push Johnnlo too hnrri tn H w as much of his branos Is Intollook that ho ought to bo held back a good deal, or ho will run to Intollook entirely, an' I do not dczlro It. So nleaan hnin back so as to keep his lntcllcck from getting bigger than his noddy, and in Joorlng him for Hfo." Every iov in llfn Is marrA h. a shadow, but it does not follow that evory shadow is followed by WOMEN HAMESSED, COMMUNITY 'REGARD THEM AS DEASTS OF BURDEN. Are Traded for Cattle Wooden Tokea Uaed, to Which Halt a Doien Women Are Harneaied, Over Whom Whip If Cracked. Hitching women In plows and using thorn an coasts In the fleldB is n now wrinkle in tho napkin ot civilization. In civilized America tho custom Is nl ready established In all ita Mtcral do- tails women are bolng formed Into tennis and harnessed to heavy plows, which a burly son ot caso in tho shapo ot n man tranquilly drives through his fields ns most of us havo seen horses nnd mules driven on American farms. Tho plnco In America whoro women nro used ns draught nnlmnls its next door to tho United States up la tho northwest territories, in and nround Manitoba. Tho womon aro of tho Eu ropean ponsautry, imported into Can aua by tho Canadian immigration bu reau for tho purpose ot furnishing labor for tho Manitoba tunning dis tricts. Wooden yokes nro used, nnd to theso yokes a span ot women aro hnrncssed. Thoro may bo six or eight womon to ono plow. And tho women never think ot complaining. They sco nothing wrong In tholr degradation. Thoy havo known no othor,llfo, and it has not yet occurred to them to demand any other. Thoy nro back n fow cen turies In tno progress of civilization Westorn Russia has been to dnrk and too slow for them to seo or loam of tho rapid strides their sisters havo tanon clsowhcro in tho world. To oboy their big, hcavyflstcd, dull browed lords has boon tho only thing thoy know in nil tho conturlcs. Just what tho dominion government thinks of them remains a mysiory as yot. It Is morally cortaln that soonor or later somo official action will bo do mnndod by tho daughters of clvllita tion In neighboring communities re garding tho prostitution of tholr Rus sian Bisters to slavery and drudgory In tho harvest fields. Tho govornmcnt cannot lgnoro this demand when It comes. It will ho In 'jorestlng to watch tho ofjlclal hand of civilization fan upon tno Bimpie-minu cd Europeans nnd strive to broak them ot their racial characteristics, tht growth ot thousands ot years. OVEREXERCISE. Interference wltli digestion Is a by ho means uncommon effect ot oxces slvo exercise, and so far as training Is concerned it Is ono of tho most destruc tive. Tho blood cannot flow In full Btream to evory part at onco. As Dr. Brunton says: "Evory ono knows that whilo moderate excrciso tends to pro duco appetlto, a long and exhaustlvo exertion tends to destroy tho nppetlto, nnd even to produco actual sickness, as ono finds In mountain-climbing." People differ greatly In this respect, but in some great, pondorous men, as they man seem tho digestion is ap easily upset by muscular oxerclso that, although thoy may bo giants for a momentary exortlon, anything liko sustained effort disturbs digestion and cuts at tho very root of their nutrition. Intorferenco with digestion so lowers nutrition, whilo accumulation of wnsto products so poisons tho system that In either caso furthor exertion become impossible tho very will to make it passes away. But it Is dlfforent In ro gard to tho heart. Tho heart, although strained, may yet bo driven on to its own destruction. Evory muscular of- rort not only domands from tho heart an lncrcnsod flow of blood, but also drives an Increased quantity toward it So lotiK as the heart can nnss this for, ward all is well, but when it falls not merely is tho circulation of tho blood rendorcd Imperfect, but serious dam ago is dono to tho heart Itself, If when the heart was ovordrlvcu it merely struck, tho enfeebled clrcula tlon would soon put a stop to furthor enort. The willing heart, however, taking at dach boat a wider swoop, and driv ing into tho vessels a largor quantity of blood, bo meets the call that tho nuueto can strtiKE o on. norlmnn tn win his race. But tho strained heart suf fors, tho stretched musclo does not qulto como back, tho dilated cavity tiocs not qulto closo at each contrac tion, nnd permanent mlsnhlnr In nnt nn Thus it Ib, thnt exertion, driven to tho limit imposed by tho heart. Itt nvnr erclso in tho most serious sense of tho word. If It Is tho heart that Btops It, tho chances aro that it has already gone too far. The Wind Made Hnowkstlla. Last March there was a remarkable ixhlbltlon at Grafton, N. H of tho comparatively raro phenomenon ot "snow rollers." Freshly fallen snow wns rolled by tho wind Into Innumera ble cylinders, Borne of them as largo as a barrol, which dotted the hills and fields. Similar rollers havo beet In rtccnt yeara in Connecticut, tn Kansas and In tho stato of Washington. Tho slzo varies with tho strength of tho wmu. To Make Xmco Look Nice. To restoro lnco that has hocome yel low, nnd yot should not ho as white at It must surely become by -washing, mako suds In a glass Jar, drop tho lac In and stand Jar In tho sun. Canada Canteen T.twa. Not one drop of Intoxicating llquoi is allowod to be sold at any of the mill Ury camps of Canada Til rrnlicd by n Woman. HEMINGFORD, Neb., Sept. 23. William Wlllmott, n bachelor farmer living five miles west of here, received n Bound thrashing nt tho hands of Mrs. Luke Phillips, a neighbor's wife. The cause of tho trouble, It Is said, was that Wlllmott's stock woro tres passing on the Phillip's farm and nfter bearing the nunoyanco for sevoral days Mrs. Phillips. penned up, tho stock, Mr. Phillips being- a-why- from home. This nrousod Mr. wlllmott s lro and when ho camo nfter his stock, sho claims, ho commenced to cnll her vilo names, whorcunon sho nrocceded to glvo him a lashing' with a strap which had a buckle on tho end. Wlllmott mndo no resistance, but when he made his cscnpo he again abused Mrs, Phil lips. She fears further violence from Wlllmott nnd enmo to town wltn a vlow of having him placed undor nr.- rcst wlllmott was examined by tho board of insanity n couplo of years ago. HI Day nt David City. DAVID CITY, Neb., Sept. 23. Tho celebration nnd -reception given in honor of Company E was n red letter day for David City. - Moro people woro In town thnn over, before. Tho colobratlon opened promptly nt 10 o'clock by tho parade under commnml of Captain Zoltngcr of Company E, and consisted of four bands, Com pany E, David City and Ltnwood Are departments nnd civic societies, with other nttrnctlons. Tho parado over dinner wns ser'ved by tho Indies of tho G. A. R. nnd honornry members of old Company E. This meal was n grcnt repast and nothing good to cat was missing from the table. After dinuor tho progrnm of tho nftcmoon in tho public squnro was carried out, tho feature of which was tho speech, of Chaplain James Malltoy, who was pastor of tho Methodist church horn tho year beforo ho wont to the Philippines. The rtefnrm Hnhnol Act. LINCOLN, Sept. 23. Tho case, of Scott against Flowers, n caso Involv ing the constitutionality ot the reform school act. which has boon dragging nlong In tho courts in Lancaster coun ty for several yeara, was argued and submitted to tho supremo court last week. A young girl named Flowers was charged In tho county court by hor guardian with Incorrigibility. After n hearing tho girl was commit ted to tho reform school, but was afterward released on an order from tho court. Friends of tho girl brought Biilt for damages ngalnst tho guardian, Scott, and secured n Judgment for her for 2,500. This caso was appealed to tho supromo court and the point Is now raised that tho entlro reform school law is contrnry to Batuto. Cornell Agaltiat I'olnter. LINCOLN, Nob., Sept. 23. It ia probablo that tho caso ot Auditor Cornell against Governor Poyntor, testing the Wcnvor act, will bo argued before the supromo court at its next sitting. When tho court took up for consideration tho motion of Judgo Ryan, attorney for Auditor Cornell, asking for an advancement of tho case, Attorney General Smyth ap peared and expressed his willingness to participate in tho proceedings on behalf of tho governor. Tho court granted tho attorneys for the defend ant two weeks In which to fllo an nnswer to tho Information of Auditor Cornoll and Judgo Ryan. TMcphmin Cuae Drcldod. LINCOLN, Sept. 23. Tho supreme court handed down n decision of the caso of tho Nebraska Telephone com pany against tho Stato Board of Public Lands and Buildings, affirming tho dis missal by tho lower court of tho peti tion of tho company for a permanent Injunction restraining tho board from tnklng nctlon on tho complaint of John O. Yclscr, who" sought to havo telephone rates reduced, It was thought tho decision In the case would touch upon tho constitutionality of tho various state hoards provided for by statute and not by constitution, but this point 1b not decided. Narrowly Ktoupita Destruction. M'COOK, Nob., Sept. 23. Tho St. Charles hotel of this city nnrrowly escaped destruction by fire. Quick work of tho department nlone saved the largo brisk building, which, with Its contents, was damaged to tho ex tent of sovornl hundred dollars oy tiro and wntor. Thoro aro indications that vELMWOOD, Nob., Sept. 23. Whilo assisting In threshing nt Joseph Mul lln j farm, west of town, Ferdinand MIorgergen got his right hand in tho machinery of the stacker and tho third finger run through botweon tho cog wheels and was badly mangled, Watermelon Horliil nt Clnrki CLARICS, Nob., Sept. 23. Tito local lodgo of the Sons and Daughters of Protection gnvo n watermelon social on tho beautiful lawn of William Harris' homo. Thoro was an excellent musical and latorary program. Accidental Shooting. ASHLAND. Neb., Sept. 23. Whilo Roy Beers of Sargent was flourishing a rlllo nt Chnrlos Williams placo west of Ashland the trigger caught, dis charging n ballot Into his abdomen, but not producing a serious wound. i.ihn nro ,nH nf Inrendlnrv origin Tho