PlATfSMOUMNEWSIIfMD
R. 0. WATTERS, Business Manager
H.ATTSMOUTH.
NEHRASKA
AS TOLD IN A LINE
A BOILING DOWN OF THE NEWS
OF THE DAY.
MENTIONED IN SMALL SPACE
The Busy Reader Can Absorb In a
Few Moments a Good Deal of
Information.
Congress.
Nebraska national bankets are said
o te coming around to favor the pos
tal saving bank bill.
Mr. Tillman In another speech In
tho uMiato made furl tier denials and
xplnnatl( ns. regarding his connec
tion with Oregon land denls.
Mr. Tarter offered un amendment to
tho postal savings hank bill, fixing the
rate of Interest on deposits at 2 per
tout.
Senator Hucon declares Is favor of a
Mil providing for tight of senate to do
jnand papers of any department.
Senator Iturkutt's bill to allow the
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri valley
railroad permission to chnngo Its
course was refused.
The authority of congress to direct
leads of executive departments to
eend to the senate or house Informa
tion In thlr possession was the subject
of on extended speech In the senate.
Senator Cummins of Jowa is going
(to make his first fight and bis first
fpeech In the senate, In behalf of
amendments to the postnl savings
bank bill, which lie considers abso
lutely necessary if tin; measure Ih to
jiass. lie Is determined to oppose the
measure unless the uniendnieiits are
adopted.
Objection was made In the house
to the use of the pension building for
tho Inauguration ball.
Opponents of a large river and hnr
bor appropriation contend the trea
Biiry Is too low to stand it.
Senator Tillman says lie will s;;on
cxiKiso. the '"dark and crooked ways
of President. Roosevelt."
Senator Hurkett Introduced a bill
previously presented to the house by
Representative Hoyd. enabling the
Omnha Indians to protect from over
flow their tribal and allotted lands
within tho boundaries of liny drainage
district In Nebraska. The lands
Bought to be drained lie in Thurston
county.
Representative Hull lias Intro
duced a bill authorizing the president
1o appoint one additional professor of
mathematics In the navy.
Congressman llinshaw lias return
ed from ii visit to Panama. Ho re
grets that he was not In Washington
to cast his vote against the resolution
tabling that portion of the president's
message having reference to the
secret service.
The house of representatives ap
pointed a (special committee to inves
tigate secret service work in all de
partments of the government.
A bill has been Introduced by Sen
ator Hurkolt. giving the Elkhorn
rallroiul the right-of-way ever the
Niobrara Military reservation, Ne
braska. Senate galleries were crowded to
listen to Senator Tillman reply to the
president's charges against him In
connection with land grabs.
Croat crowds were nttrn'ted to the
house during discussion of the pres
ident's message, which was formally
tabled as being disrespectful to con
gress. General.
One man was killed and fourteen
persons injured In a Are which de
stroyed Copeland hotel at Topekn,
Kns.
Mrs. Edward Ponury of Sidney,
Mob., gets half of big estate of John
It. IMatt. late cf New York.
John W. Kern In a formal state
ment charges hiK defeat for senator
ship In Indiana to special interest
who are using the party for selfish
ends.
Union Pacific announces fast daily
local trains bet ween Omaha and North
Tlatte, which wil relieve the Overland
Limited.
Louis V. Hill, president of the Croat
Northern railroad, will pay faro on his
own road hereafter when traveling In
Jllnnesota.
John F. Stevens, former engineer of
Panama canal, has been offered presi
dency of Colorado & Southern, recent
Jy acquired by the Hill Interests.
Prof. Abboi 1.. Lowell is recommend
ed by corporation for president of Har
vard as successor to Charles W. Kllot.
Nebraska landed more prizes than
any other hUMo at tho Corn Show,
With Iowa n close second.
Judge Anderson is to preside nt the
retrial of the Standard Oil case.
Tho New Cuban congress mot.
Among tho first bills to bo Introduced
Will bo one legalizing cock fighting and
Dne creating a national lottery.
Rev. J. 11. Carmlohaol. n former Ne
braska preacher, killed himself at
Carthage, 111.. oulng u letter admit
ting the murder of Ill-owning.
President Kco.icvclt In one day made
n trip nlnety.elghi niMos on horseback
to demonstrate tl.at physical tests pro
scribed for army (inkers are not un
reasonable. The Illinois deadlock Is broken tem
porarily and Denoeu und other repub
lican officers are declared elected.
Purchase of the Colorado & South
ern road by Hill spurs Harriman up
'o push railroad building In the west.
Many deaths have marked the emi
gration of Richardson (Neb.) county
people who emigrated to Canada. It
Is a great country for ponumnnla har
vests. The Nebraska legislature recall
vassed the vote on the amendment
providing for four new supreme court
Justices.
Former I'nlted Slates Marshul Mat
thews of Fremont, Nebr., replloH to
President Roosevelt In a tart letter,
In which the president Is bluntly ac
cused of falsehood.
Rev. John H. Carmlehnol of Adair,
Mich., committed suicide at Carthage,
III., after writing a letter confessing
ho killed Cldeon Drowning in tho
church at Adair. Carmleliaol former
ly lived In Nebraska.
"Work, peace and progress" is do
clared to be the new motto of Tur
key. The Irish universities act. and tho
housing act passed by tho Hrltlsh
Parliament are two niensures that
will prove a great benefit to the peo
ple of the Emerald Isle.
Search In tho ruins ofc Messina are
occasionally rewarded by tho finding
of living victims.
Return of balmy weather permits
earthquake sufferers at Messina to
live in tho open.
fiovernor Magoon received a hearty
welcome In his tour of Cuba.
The Illinois legislature has a dead
lock on that threatens serious possi
bilities. Washington authorities stale there
Is little danger from epidemic d s
eases In earthquake region.
Twenty-five men were killed by an
explosion of gas In tho Letter coal
mines at Zlegler, III.
A bill has been introduced In the
South Dakota legislature to refund to
tho state of North Carolina the
ninount. recovered on bond suit.
Rear Admiral Robley I). Evons In
nn address to Navy league, said the
success of the voyage of the battle
ships to the Pacific was due largely
to tho good work of stokers and
cooks.
Washington.
The senate passed a bill permitting
IhP use f the pension offloe Tor the
Inaugural ball in connection with the
Inauguration of Mr. Taft. Senator
Scott, in charge of the measure, ex
plained that It contained the usual
provision, for special police, etc., "to
provide for the pickpockets and others
who ccme here on occasions of inau
gurations." Taking evidence in the suit to (lis
solve the Standard Oil combine will
be finished In a day or two. Final argu
ments will bo heard In St. Ixmls in
April.
The military affairs committee of
tho house authorized a favorable re
port on the bill grunting the Chicago
& Northwestern railway the right to
change its right-of-way over (he
abandoned Fort Niobrara military res
ervation, and giving said railway per
mission to construct a new bridge
across the Niobrara river in con
formity with tho now right-of-way.
The Civil Service commission an
nounced examinations will he held this
spring for departmental service In
Washington at (he following places:
in Nebraska and Iowa: Healrlce,
'areh 17; (irand Island, March 1b,
-;, April 14; Lincoln, March 10, IIO,
Aurll 14: Omaha, March K). 27. April
14. In Iowa Ames, March 10, April
II; Ilurllngton. March 10, April :!;
Davenport, March 10, April 14; Dos
Moines, March 10, April 13. 14; Du
buque, March 10, April 5. 14; Iowa
City. March 10, April 14; Mason City.
March 10, April C. 14; Sioux City,
March 10, 2(5, April 14.
A statement from Taft that (hero
will bo no more cabinet announce
menis until March 4th gives the out
side cabinet, makers full swing and a
clear Held on guossln;.
A census of tho crippled and de
formed children of (he I'nlted States
.may bo taken by the government.
Senator Hurkett has reintroduced lib
amendment for such a census.
As shown by tho nrfhual report of
the commissioner of immigration for
tho fiscal year ended Juno HO, 1P0S.
(he work of tho bureau was in many
respects the most comprehensive and
interesting ever performed. During
the year there was a decrease of I'.fl
per cent in Immigration.
Tho house committee, headed by
Perkins, reported in favor of tabling
President Roosevelt's secret service
message and a hot debate followed,
after which recommendations of the
committee were adopted.
Senator Hurkett has received nu
merous petitions from citizens of Co
non, asking him to use his Influence
to prevent the abandonment of tho
Conoii Indian school Commissioner
Lcupp recommended closing the
school, owing to the decrease In at
tendance. Personal.
Kx senator Dietrich of Nebraska
favors a postal savings bill.
Dr. George E. Howard of Nebraska
university contends that divorces are
a good thing. v
Tributes were paid by the house of
representatives to (he memory of the
lute Culled States Senator Redllold
Proctor of Vermont.
Eighteen hundred people in Cleve
land, ()., pledge1 themselves to live for
one week "as Jesus would."
T. U. I lord, (he most extensive cat
tie feeder In the world, striken with
paralysis at his home in Central City
Nebraska. -
Tho supremo state court refuses to
grant a rehearing to Captain A. (5.
Fisher of Chudron. Neb.who wns'ill
barred from practicing law ' ' for a
year. , . , . , . ., i
PAY Hill PRESIDENT
PROPOSITION TO ALLOW CHIEF
EXECUTIVE $100,000 YEARLY.
AND $20,000 FOR SPEAKER
Opposition Manifested on tho Ground
that Deficit In Government Will
Not Warrant the Raise.
Washington. An aiiK-ndmont In the
legislative, executive and Judicial ap
propriation hjll Increasing the salary
of (he president to f lOO.OnO, of the vice
president and speaker of the house of
representatives to $20,000, with $5,000
additional allowance for carriages and
coachmen for the vice president and
speaker, and Increases for the Judi
ciary aggregating $328,01(0, precipitat
ed a lively discussion In the senate
Friday.
Senator Horah of Idaho made a
point of order against those lncreasfs
on the ground that they Involve gen
eral legislation, which, according to
tho rules of the senate, cannot be
placed on an appropriation bill In face
of a single objection. The debate
centered upon the first of the amend
ments objected to. which was to In
crease the salary of the speaker of
the house of representatives, and
various criticisms were called forth
oga'nst such extensive advance of
salaries, although many senators with
out, opposing some Increase, insisted
that It should be considered in a sep
arate bill and not on one of the great
supply measures of the government.
Without concluding the debate,
further consideration of the amend
ments w.ip postponed until next Mon
day. At 5 : 05 tho senate adjourned.
When later in the day tho salary
question was reverted to Senators
Idge and Hale took opposite views
of the parl'amenlary statements of the
amendments. Mr. Lodge Insisted that
under the rule3 of the senate a point
of order would not lie ngainrt them,
while Mr. Halo declared that such
amendments were properly genera!
legislation and are included In the re
strictive rules of the senate. He said,
however, that as there had been v.';st
additions to the military ependltures
he saw no reason why congress should
not Increase these salaries. Mr. Clay
spoke against the proposed increases,
which he said, aggregated $404,500. Tie
based bis opposition on tho ground
that the additions wore too great and
said ho would not oppose smaller ones.
Ho insisted that ho Lad no feeling
against (ho newly elected president,
but ho thought tho time had come
when congress should consider these
expenditure?. He had boon nnx'ous to
know how much money was spent for
keeping up the, White house, but Had
not boon able to get the figures.
"If the president wore called uihui
to pay all these "expenses." said Mr.
Clay. "$200.0110 a year would not be too
much."
Tho president, he. said, should have
enough salary to iive in good stylo,
bin ho was convinced that sumptuous
living would pot redound to tho ben
efit of the country.
"The simple life," he said, "plain liv
ing and high th'nklng bring (ho best
results,"
PROMOTION FOR MR. PARK.
Union Pacific Official to Be Made
Head of Operative Department.
Denver The Post says that Gen
eral Superintendent W. L. Park of the
Union Pniille has been advanced to
the head of (ho operative departments
of ull the Harriman lines in the west.
Supremo power in l is department has
been granted hlin. Mr. Park will make
his headquarters at Chicago.
The Times says: K. II. Harriman
has ordered tho engineering depart
ment of the Cnion Pacific railroad to
nt once nurallcl the lines of the Colo
rado & Southern In the northern part
of (he state.
MESSINA IS REBUILDING.
Ouake-Proof City . is Now Being
Planned Near Present Site.
Messina Signs of renewed activity,
now (hat conditions are becoming
more settled since the earthquake
disaster, are noticeable everywhere.
Many persons who left Iho city im
mediately after tho catastrophe are
returning anxious to start life anew.
Tho number of cars transporting
fruit, which is one If tho leading In
dustries if tho city, Is Increasing and
cnbs are being more frequently sen
than at any time since tho disaster.
Plans are being made for the building
of n new town, to be situated on a
field a mile distant from tho railway
station.
Cholera at St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg. Twenty-eight new
cases of cholera were recorded fcr
(lie twenty-four hours ending nt noon,
and the last four days show a total of
ninety.
WESTERN ROADS MEET RATE.
All Give $62 Round Trip Fare for
Seattle Exposition.
Omaha. Western railroads met tho
$02 rate of tho Burlington for-round
trips to tho Seattle exposition from
Ch'cago and all talk of a rate war Is
at an end. The rate is' mndo on the
basis of (lie Missouri rvlor rate phu
a fare and n half of the; rate from
St. Paul to Chicago. Western rail
Htads have decided to put ih c-ffoct
the usual colonist rate (luring March
M '.v'pi:i.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items cf Greater or Lesser Impor
tance Over the State.
Near Alnsworth. John Gustafscn
tell from a windmill and was badly
Injured.
The ice harvest is now bing featue:- i
ed all over me state. The crop Is ex-
cellent,
Christ Sorensen of Valley county,
near Ord, shelled two thousand
bushels of corn in one day.
Some one competent to do (ho work
Is' about to write a history of Ant -lope
county.
Jacfc McGowan a farmer of Dixon
conly Is said to lie suffering with
"lumpy jaw."
The residence property of Postmas
ter John Shoff, of Grafton, was total
ly destroyed by fire.
It Is probable that tho Johnson
county agricultural society will sell
the .fair grounds.
About (hlrty Johnson county per
sons t:Kk advantage of the excursion
rates south and are now visiting In
Texas and other states.
Sunday school affairs in Cass coun
ty are shown to be In a very satis
factory condition by proceedings of
the late association meeting.
Nicholas Thurmnn of Cuming
county has been pronounced of un
sound mind and ordered to the asy
lum. John Kaffer, an (.-convict, bound
ever for burglary, and Charles O. An
derson, bound over for f.irgery, es
caped from county jail at Hastings.
The Initial steps have been taken
by the city ccinell of Grand Island
for a lower fire insurance rate in that
city.
Albert Ilrooker, a young farmer
II vim south of Barnoslon, was gored
by a vicious bull and so badly injured
that his recovery Is doubtful.
T. B. Ilord of Central City suffered
a paralytic stroke and Is in a serious
condition. It Is thought, however,
that, he will recover.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha has re
ceived word that iho famous Liberty
bell will stop In Omaha In .line, en
route to the Seattle exposition, to
allow the people to welcome II.
Matt Bozarth, who murdered James
Dyer in G roe wood on October H, by
thrusting tho blade of a knife into his
heart, was taken ta the penitentiary
(O serve a life sentence.
! The report of County Recorde.
Schneider of Cass county shows that
during tne year 1!m"i8 ttieie was 158
form mortgages filed, amounting to
tho sum of $418,110; released, 213.
amount, $115,117.
PostoiliCe receipts being considered
a barometer of general business con
ditions, Arlington makes a good show
ing with an Increase In receipts for
inns over those or l!n7 of about 10
per cent.
' The Nebraska state checker tourna
ment will be held at Hastings, com
mencing on Wednesday, February ::,
l'.hi!). Tho Hastings chess and checker
club will furnish a hall free and give
$25.
Lots of light hogs are being hauled
to market at Arlington because cf th?
presence of cholera northeast of there
near Dale, Heavy hogs are worth
$5..K), i while light hogs bring from
$5.10 (o $5.20.
Complaints are heat J from many
farmers obout Arlington to the effect
that wolves are becomln? too numer
ous and many have been killed re
cently in that vicinity. An organized
eiToit will bo made to rid the country
of the beasts.
The cred Iters and some of t lie
stockholders of the Falrbury Iron
Works and Windmill Company have
applied lor a receiver for (he com
pany and the judge of tho district
court appointed F. L. Rain receiver.
The property is appraised at $40,000.
Chicago dispatch: An unidenti
fied young man, who was formerly on
(he Nebiaska university athletic1 U am
and was lately converted, has re
turned to tho Victoria hotel a silver
spoon ho took while stopping there in
his college days. It cames from
Beatrice.
A valuable horse belonging to Cus
Weidberg, a farmer llvin? east, of
'Fremont, . was found In the pnsturo
near his house with a gunshot wound
In the shoulder and so badly Injured
that It was necessary (o kill him. It
Is supposed that the animal was shot
by some careless hunter.
J. C. Welles, field superintendent
for the Fort Collins (Col.) sugar fac
tory, and his wife, were found yload
in bod at their home, about two miles
from Ft. Collins. Apparently botli
had boon overcome by coal gas. Be
fore goln,' to Fort Collins Mr. Volle
snd his wife lived in this state. Ruth
were about 415 years of ago.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of tho Fnllerton KIcvntnr
company, was held last week. The
report of the manager last week
showed that the elevator during the
year lims. had handled 220,902
bushels of grain, tho cost of which
amount I'd lo $171,lo7..TJ. Also 517
(ons or coal had been handled. Tho
directors whose terms had expired
were re-elected for the ensuing year.
The Meiinonltes of (ho vicinity of
Beatrice held their anunual meeting
last week. Anion; other business
matter disposed of arrangement
were made to open an English mis
sion and Sunday school at the Men
nonlto church In Bent rice.
Much except! in Is taken In (Irani
Island to the recommendation of Gov
ernor Sheldon that all new buildings
for- soldiers' homes should be erected
at Mllford, on the ground of ni'.egal
better sanitary conditions. Governor
Sheldon slated that ho bused tho tve
( mmodnnMon upon tho death rate ai
the two homes l,i Grand Island,
SE
DIRECT VOTE FOR SENATOR PRO
POSED BY MEASURE.
PATTERN OF THE OREGON LAW
Other Matters that Are Receiving
Attention at Hands of Nebraska
Legislators.
House roll No. 1 introduced by Fred
Humphrey of Lancaster, provides
that candidates for the legislature
may may designate whether they will
vote for the man fur United Suites
senator who receives the highest
number of votes at the election, or
whether he will consider the votes of
the minority of the people as a recom
mendation to disregard should he so
desire.
The bill Is a pattern of the Oregon
law und in it is the provision that
any candidate for the legislature may
make the following statement:
I hereby state to tho people of Ne
braska as well as (o tho people of
my legislative district, that during
my term of office I will always vote
for that candidate for United States
senator in congress who has received
the highest number of the people's
votes for that position at the gen
eral election next preceding the elec
tion of a senator in congress, without
regard to my individual preference.
If tho candidate be unwilling to
sign that siuteinent ho may sign this
one:
During my term of office 1 shall
consider the vote of the people for
I'nlted Stales senator In congress as
nothing more than a recommendation,
which I shall be nt liberty to wholly
disregard, If tho reason for doing
so seems to nie to be sufficient.
Upon the ballot nfter the candi
date's nam" who promises to vote
for the candidate receiving the high
est vote at the geneial election this
ttatement is attached:
Premises to vote for tho people's
choice for United Stales sena'or.
If he fails to make the promise this
statement Tu's after his name on
tho ballot:
Will not promise to vote for the
people'a choice for United States sen
atcr.
Case of frontier introduced the
samo 1)111.
Governor's First Official Act.
The first official act of the incom
ing governor was to slgu a requisi
tion on the governor of Kansas for
tho return of Harry Hamlin, un
der arrest at Wichita; to Omaha, on
an embezzlement charge. Tho docu
ment was mailed direct from the
governor's office lo Topeka, as re
quested by Douglas . county authori
ties Hamlin Is accused of taking
$10.25 belonging to Ills' partner in a
messenger service bureau at Omaha.
First Bill in Senate.
The Omahn , delegation show ed en
terprise, by .getting the first bill in
the senate. File No. 1. It is known
as the Omaha Charter bill and was
introduced by Senator Howell, whose
name tho measure bears. The home
rule sections of the bill are in strict
conformity with the platform of the
democratic party. The bill grants to
the people of Omaha city the unre
stricted il.'Jht, of local selt -government.
Reciprocal Demurrage Bill.
Noyes cf Cass county, has intro
duced a reciprocal demurrage 1)11! in
tlie house, something on Iho order of
the bill introduced in the last legis
lature. The bill provides (hut freight must
carried forward a distance -of not les s
than sixty miles every day of twenty
f.;tir hours. In computing the time oi'
shipment of carload lots twenty-four
hours r-hall be allowed at p;ilnts
where a transfer is made from one
road to another; twenty-four hours
shnll be allowed on cars weighed hi
Iran.slt. Failure to forward freight
in a specified lime will subpect the
railroad to pay to the consignee $1 a
day on carload lots or a minimum
charge of f cents for packages, ns
liquidated damages, together Willi
other damages tho shipper may sus
tain by (ho delay.
Railroads must notify consignee.?
within twenty-four hours after the re
ceipt of frel;ht with a statement of
tho freight bill, or failure to do so
the same penalty as for delay at
tache. Railroads shall deliver to their own
warehouses or In case of shipments
for track delivery to an accessible
place for unloading within twenty
four hours after arrival. Failure to
do this subjects (ho railroads to ;i
forfeit of $1 a day in addition to dam
ages t consignee The shipper shall
have forty-eight hours for unloading
cars of HO.iinu pounds capacity and
seventy-two hours for loading or up
loading cars of over OO.noo pounds
capacity. Failure to keep within this
limit subjects the shipper to a forfoP.
of $2 a day.
Indeterminate Sentence.
.Senator Brown of Lancaster made
a hard right two years ago as n mem
ber of the senate for the passage of
a law providing for Indeternilnat"
sentences for crPnliu'ls. The hill
passed the house but was delayed In
(he senate till too lute to pass.' Sen
ator Brown will Introduce ti slmlbr
lilll in the senate at (his session. Sev
eral, stutos have such n law,
'i -No More Holidays.
Mr. Howard's resolution to make
February 12 and March 17. holidays
was killed by u vote of ?t to Oil.
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PATIENT SUFFERING.
Many Women Think They Are
Doomed to Backache.
It is not right for women to bo al
ways ailins with backache, urinary
ills, headache and otbe
j fr$ symptoms of kidney
to eud these troubles
quickly. Mrs. John II.
Wrght. 606 East First
I L t IT says: "I suffered ten
f -Sr ycars Wuh kidney com
plaint and a doctor told me I would
never get more than temporary relief.
A dragging pain and lameness In my
back almost disabled me. Dizzy spells
came and went and the kidney secre
tions were Irregular. Doan's Kidney
Pills rid me of these troubles and I
feel better than for years past."
Sold by all dealers. COc a box. Fob-ter-Mllburn
Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
ACCOMMODATING.
Doctor (to man who has fallen)
You need a strong punch of come kind
Mr. Flynn (an old enemy) Let me
give it to him, doc! 1
DREADFUL DANDRUFF.!
Girl's Head Encrusted Feared Lost
of All Her Hair Baby Had Milk
Cruit Missionary's Wife Made
Two Perfect Curet by Cuticura. '
"For several years my husband
was a missionary in the Southwest.
Every one in that high and dry at
mosphere has more or less trouble
with dandruff and my daughter's scalp
became so encrusted with it that I
was alarmed for fear she would lose
all her hair. Alter trying various rem
edies, In desperation I bought a cako
of Cuticura Soap and ft box of Cuti
cura Ointment. They left 1he scalp,
beautifully clean and free from
dandruff, and I am happy to say that
the Cuticura Komedies were a com
plete success. I have also used suc
cessfully tho Cuticura Remedies for
socalled 'milk-crust' on baby's head.
Cuticura Is a blessing. Mrs. J. A
Darling, 310 Fifth St., Carthage, Ohio,
Jan. 20, 11)08.'
Potter Drug A Cbeiu, Curp., Solo Prupi., IluttuQ.
Rather Remarkable Certainty.
The lawyer for the plaintiff, had
finished his argument, and counsel for
the defense stepped forward to speak,
when the new judge interrupted him
His eyes were wide open and filled
with wonder and admiration-fpr ths
plea of the plain I Iff.
"Defendant need not speak," .he said..
"Plaintiff wins." . . ,
"Hut, your honor," said the atlornej
for the defendant, "at least let Hie pre
sent my case." ' '
"Well, go ahead, then," said - th
Judge, wearily. '
The lawyer went ahead. When he
had finished the judge gaped In ever
greater astonishment.
"Don't It beat all!" he exclaimed
"Now defendant wins." Green Hag.
Too Strong for Daddy.
It was raining outside, and little In
terrogative Irma was lu one of hot
worst, or at least most trying, moods
Father, busily wrltiug at his desk, bait
already reproved her several times fot
bothering him with useless questions.
"I say, pa, what"
"Ask your mother."
"Honest, pa, this Isn't a silly ono
this time."
"All right, this once. What is it?"
"Well, If the end of.Uic world was
to come, and theearth was destroyed
while a man was up In an airship,
where would he-land when he came
down ?" Every body's.
Opposed to Toll Roads.
Maryland, following the recent leal
of Pennsylvania, Is moving to abolish
toll roads. Gov. Crothers has ex
pressed the hope that before his term
Is ended every tollgale In the stats
will be abolished and every road free
He believes that the work of the good
roads commission will ultimately re
suit In wiping out the gates. "The toll
Kate," says the governor, "is not of
.'his age and has no proper place In
this time. It Is ridiculous to think of
charging people money for coming to
your city."
ROSY AND PLUMP
Good Health from Right Food.
"It's not a new food to roe," re
marked a Va. man, In speaking of
Grape-Nuts.
"About twelve months ago my wife
was In very bad health, could not keep
anything on her stomach. Tho Doctor
recommended milk half water but It
was not sufllciently nourishing.
"A friend of mine told mo one day
to try Grape-Nuts und cream. Tho re
sult was really marvelous. My wife
soon regained lior usual Btrcogth and
to-day Is as rosy and plump as when
a girl of sixteen.
"These aro plain facts and uothjng
I could say In praise of Grape-Nuts
would exaggerate la tho least the
value of this great food."
Namo given by Postum Co., Hat tie
Creek, Mirh. Read "The Itoad to Well,
vllle," In pkgs. "There's it llenson."
Kvcr rrml Hie !ove Irltrrf A nrrv
otic nppi'nr from tlmr tn 1 1 mr. Thrv
are ica-nulnr, true, nutl full of huiiinn
latireat.