THE JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
PDATTSMOUTH,
NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
A man lives at Grand Island whose
same is Cornfield.
Ansley decided by a vote of fifty to
fourteen to drink water for the ensu
ing" year.
Four saloons will be licensed to do
business at Verdigre, Knox county, the
coming- year.
' The citizens of Genera raised 825 by
popular subscription for the purchase of
a barometer.
Indications are that the B. fc M. will
soon build a commodious passenger de
pot at I'lattsmouth.
Omaha women are making a vigorous
protest against putting the city jail
near the publie library.
Kva Hockley, an Omaka colored girl
who had quarreled with her lover, last
week suicided by taking morphine.
The Union Pacific has closed its tele
graph station at Kogers, and the citi
zens are making a vigorous protest
William Krnest of Nemaha county
has a field of alfalfa 200 acres in extent.
I.ast season it netted him 533 per acre.
The Northwest Nebraska Sheep
Breeders' s association will hold its an
nual meeting at Atkinson on April 12.
The farmers of Hayes county have
put in an unusually large crop of spring
wheat. The ground is in excellent con
dition. F. W. Kobb, one of the oldest pion
eers of Otoe connty, died suddently at
his home last week. He was about 0
years old.
A G-y ear-old boy at Minden, Master
Irving Miller, rides a bjcyole and finds
no trouble in keeping up with the pro
cession of older riders.
Madison's new city council is pledged
to repeal the occupation tax ordin
ance, which has been extremely ob
noxious to the business men of the city.
A prairie fire burned down the tele
phone lines near Rogers, thus cutting
off all communication with surround
ing towns and breaking the entire cir
cuit. Robert Carson of David City has a
fighting dog that he wants to bet 50
or S10O can whip any beast in the state
that doesn't weigh over sixty-live
pounds.
Mrs. Scherer of Omaha took her life
the other day by hanging. She left
nothing to indicate why she suicided.
Of late she appeared to be a little un
balanced mentally.
A 10-year-old son of George Simson
in Deuel county trailed a wolf two
miles, cornered it and killed it with a
club. The wolf measured 5 feet, 10
inches from nose to taiL
The car barn of the Wymore and
Blue Springs railway was destroyed by
fire last week. Four cars were also
burned. The loss is 2,500, which is
fully covered by insurance.
The one house of ill fame of Pierce
was raided and the girls will have a
hearing soon. One of the inmates, who
is only 13 years old, was taken in by
some charitably inclined people.
Charles O. Norton of Kearney, while
at the dinner table, was seized with a
pulmonary hemorrhage and bled to
death in fifteen minutes. His lungs
had given him trouble for several
years.
A horse was stolen from the farm of
W. IL Bancroft near Gretna, and the
feame night a top buggy belonging to
Chester Uishling was taken. It is be
lieved the same party got both the
horse and buggy.
Al Leonard of, Nebraska
brought suit against William
City has
Eiser for
.-,.?" damages. Leonard claims that
on March 13 Eiser struck him with a
cleaver, disfiguring him for life and in
juring his hearing.
According to the Lexington Pioneer,
the Presbyterian church at that place
has regularly added toTits choir for
Sunday services two violiis and a cor
net, which innovation ' appears to
please a large majority of the congre
ti' n.
The fire at Ogalalla which burned the
Commercial was a very close call for
town. Daniel Shultz was overcome by
the heat and was unconscious for sev
eral hours. Several others were sliight
ly injured while trying to koep the fire
under control.
In a quarrel in Washington county
about property rights a man named
Barnes had his shoulder broken by an
axe in the hands of one of the Quinlans
and a younger Barnes was shot
through the arm. No arrests have
been made yet.
The Chadron Banking1 company, one
of the oldest banking institutions in
Chadron. has closed its doors and is in
the hands of the banking- board pend
ing the arrival of the state bank ex
aminer. Depositors, it is claimed, will
be paid in fulL
The special election held in Pierce
county to vote on the proposition wheth
er or not a tax of 5 mills should be lev
ied for the purchase and equipment of
a poor farm was defeated by a vote of
437 for the proposition and 2'.4 against,
a two-thirds vote being required.
Fire destroyed four of the principal
business buildings of Dorchester. The
blaze is supposed to have been started
by tramps. One entire block was swept
clean. Some of the stores burned are
believed to have been robbed by those
who started the fire. The total loss is
534,000, with S21.0O0 insurance.
If you will write to us we will send
you a descriptive circular of the best
riding cultivator made, your nearest
agent's name, and a Flying Dutchman
stick pin free of charge, and a coDy of
"What Others Say' about the M'oline
Plow Cos goods. Nebraska Moline
Plow Co., Omaha, Neb.
Senator Gray of North Loup has suf
fered a relapse of the disease which has
troubled him for two or three years,
and which confined him to his bed dur
ing the session of the last legislature.
His condition was considered so critical
that a doctor from Omaha has beet,
called to attend him.
V. IL C. Wall, an old resident of Ju
niata, was pronounced insane and his
6on Rodney took him to Lincoln. Sev
eral years ago he sustained a fracture
of his skulL to which is attributed the
cause of his insanity. It is believed the
doctors can raise the part of the skull
that presses on the brain and relieve
him. '
aSSc&StJT
enrollment of students than it ever had
before during a spring term, and that
the faculty are calling for more room
to meet the demands of a rapidly in
creasing attendance.
The proposed trip by Galveston busi
ness men to Omaha and other points in
the north and west has been abandon
ed, the party failing- in its "efforts to
get what it considered an equitable
rate from the railroads.
Parks fifty feet in width are running
in the center of Touzalin avenue in
Ilavelock between street intersections,
have been laid out and plowed from
the Burlington depot to the Rock
Island railroad. One hundred and fifty
elm trees are also being planted.
During a severe storm a mishap oc
cured at the farm house of Andrew
Hawley, south of Red Cloud. The
roof of a corn crib blew off striking
the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. Haw
ley, fracturing her leg in three places.
and badly injuring her shoulder.
About 100 acres of sugar beets are
contracted for this season in the vicin
itv of Wakefield. The growers last
year were by no means satisfied with
the tests of their net returns. Some
of those who raised beets last year will
try it again and there will be some
pew ones. If the beets stand the test
it is considered profitable, otherwise
not.
A young man named Charles Mj'ers,
who has been teaching school two and
one-half miles south of Utica, was ar
rested on the charge of statutory rape,
the young lady being Miss Anna Black,
the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Richmond, where 3oung Myers
boarded, and who Is 17 years old. lie
is in jail and no one appears to offer
baiL
The store of D. S. Twitchell at
Arborville was broken into and robbed.
1 ne postomce was kept in the same
building and it was likewise ransacked
and a lot of letters and stamps taken.
The next day the robbery was discov
erea to be the work of home talent,
being a gang of farmer boys ranging
from 12 to IS years. They were all ar
rested. The two agents of the state auditor's
ofiice who have been making an exam
ination of the Lancaster county treas
urer's office found the 510,000 addi
tional shortage, about which there has
been so much speculation. It was
found that instead of a balance of
518,000 on deposit with the American
Exchange National bank the late
treasurer had only fS.OOO.
Ex-Convicts George Kingen and Will
Winegar succeeded in breaking out of
the York county jail and making their
escape. They accomplished their work
by aid of drills, crowbars and other
tools, which had been smuggled to
them in some way by outside help.
The bars and screen on the windows of
the jail room were wrenched off from
the outside.
Not in five years has the early spring
outlook been so favorable in Nebraska
as now. Last week's rainfall was
general and heavy; as far as known
not a county in the state was missed,
and the condition of the soil was such
that the moisture was readily absorbed.
Jn many parts of the state the fall of
rain was the heaviest in years. Sur
face soil has been thoroughly soaked,
a condition most favorable. Much
spring work was done in February, a
large acerage of wheat and oats being
sown.
The board of managers of the state
board of agriculture spent a day last
week at the state fair grounds arranging
for enlargements and improvements to
the grounds and buildings. The ad
ministration building, and probably
other of the main buildings, will be en
larged, 300 more hog pens will by built
and the accommodations for other live
stock will be considerably increased
No arrangement has yet been made for
enlarging the agricultural building, or
building a new one, though the matter
is under consideration.
Ilavelock real estate continues to be
in demand and bona fide exchanges of
the town's realty are quite frequent.
A Lincoln capitalist has lately perfect
ed arrangements for the purchase of
something like a full block or residence
lots and proposes to erect thereon a
half dozen cottages for renting pur
poses. The town's steady growth is
decidedly encouraging to those who
have its welfare at heart and it is
freely predicted that the work of the
assessor will show an increase of val
uation over last year of fully 20 per
cent.
It will be a matter of general inter
est to the people of the state that the
next annual meeting of the State His
torical society, occurring next January,
will be devoted to reminiscences of the
first territorial legislature of Ne
braska. It is very desirable not only
to have all surviving members present
at that meeting, but to collect in the
meantime all possible data with refer
ence to all the members and the acts of
that body. It will be a great help if
those who can will send to the society
photos and pictures of the members,
and any papers, letters, manuscripts or
books relating to them.
For several months Governor Hol
comb has been in receipt of a number
of serious complaints from stock ship
pers throughout the state and in pur
suance of their requests has forwarded
the same to the secretaries of the state
board of transportation and asked for
some action on the part of the board
which might relieve the shippers. In
several instances these complaints
have been examined into by the secre
taries and found to be well grounded.
It is understood the roads have been
notified and arrangements made for re
lief. But the promised relief does not
materialize. Lately a great many
more complaints have been filed with
the governor, two of them formal.
Last week the governor determined to
make another effort looking toward
some immediate action on the part of
the board, and to this end forwarded a
letter going over the cases in full.
The case of J. H. Stickel, president
of the late Blue Valley bank, charged
with making a false report to the State
Banking Board, came to a sudden close
at Hebron. The information alleged
two different dates upon which one
statement was made. The judge
quashed the information, discharged
the jury, and held Stickel to appear at
the November term of court under
51,500 bond, which was furnished.
Cambridge has been incorporated
eleven years and never had a saloon.
For the past two years no effort has
been made to disturb the fixed condi
tion, and water is now the official bev
erage by common consent.
i SOLID FOR M'KINLEY.
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NEBRASKA IN LINE FOR OHIO'S
FAVORITE SON.
8enator Thurston Expedites Matters by
Securing; the Election of Three Dele
gates at Large by Acclamation No
Sixteen to One Free Coinage for Ne
braska Republicans Resolutions En
dorsing the Omaha Trans-Mlssissippl
exposition.
Nebraska Republicans In Convention.
For Pele-iate-at-large:
JOrN Ij. WEBSTKU, of Douglas.
THOMAS P. KENN AliD. of Lancaster.
l'ETEK JANSE.V of Jefferon.
GEOKQK 11. Til UM MEL, of Ball.
Alternates:
O. G. SMITH, of Buffalo
a It. DEM 1'fTEH, of Gage,
L. T. JUDD, of Boone.
A. V. K1G11T, of . ass.
Omaha, April lft, Above are given
the names of the men elected as dele
gates to the. national convention at St
Louis by the republican state conven
tion which met for that purpose in
Omaha yesterday. There was a very
large gathering, but the building was
commodious enough 'to accommodate
all without crowding. The real work
of the convention was quietly and har
moniously accomplished, all the dele
gates being chosen by acclamation ex
cept Geo. H. Thummel. He was sue
cessful after a close contest with his
only opponent, Matt Daugherty of Oga
lalla.
The convention was prompt in as-
semblinc within a few moments of
schedule time. Vice Chairman John
T. Mallalieu of the republican state
committee, called the convention to
order.
Mr. Sedgwick of York, secretary of
the republican state central committee,
then read the call. This formality be
ing over, Vice Chairman Mallalieu in
troduced as the temporary chairman of
the convention Hon. William P. Mc
Creary of Hastings.
Senator Thurston moved that in or
der to expedite business the chairman
appoint a committee on resolutions, to
consist of a chairman and one member
from each congressional district, to
which all resolutions should be referred
without debate. The motion was car
ried without opposition and the com
mittee was appointed, as follows:
Senator Thurston, chairman; G. M.
Lambertson, First district; Cadet Tay
lor, Second district; W. H. Needham,
Third district; Thomas Wolfe, Fourth
district; John J. Lamborn, Fifth dis
trict; Henry Gibbons, Sixth district.
J. L. Mel'heely of Minden moved
that as there were no contests the ser
vices of a committee on credentials be
dispensed with and that the list of
delegates as in the hands of the secre
tary be declared elected. This was
carried.
The temporary organization was
perfect.
Chairman McCreary announced that
the selection of delegates to the na
tional convention was in order.
Senator Thurston moved that in or
der to expedite the work of the con
vention, and as there was no difference
of opinion as to the names of three of
the delegates-at-large, that John L.
Webster of Douglas. Thomas P. Ken
nard of Lancaster and Peter Jansen of
Jefferson be elected by acclamation.
Ex-Gov. Crounse sent to the desk and
had read a substitute for Mr. Thurs
ton's motion, but it was tabled. The
rules were suspended and the three
men who had been nominated as delegates-at-large
were unanimously cho
sen to represent Nebraska at St. Louis.
Bepresentative W. II. Harrison of
Hall county nominated George II.
Thummel of his county for the fourth
delegate-a t-large.
The delegation of Webster county
seconded the nomination.
A Stanton county representative sec
onded the nomination also. This was
a signal for representatives from a
large number of counties to fall into
line, and they kept the chairman busy
recognizing them in order that they
might second Mr. Thummel's nomina
tion. Representative Sullivan of Custer
cc anty placed in nomination Matthew
Dr.ugnerty. Sheridan county. Banner
cc inty, Buffalo county and alley
cc unty seconded the nomination of
Diugherty.
The roll call proceeded with, the
fnal result being: Thummel. 554;
Daugherty, 498. And Mr. Thummel
fas declared the unanimous nominee
f the convention for the fourth place
..n the delegation at large. He briefly
returned his thanks for the honor con
ferred, and Matt Daugherty took the
'platform to say that he was highly
j-leased with the selection of his oppo
nent. He expressed his thanks to those
vho had stood by him.
For alternate delegate O. (J. Smith
of Buffalo county was nominated and
elected by acclamation. C B. Demp
ster of Gage county, L. P. Judd of
Boone county and A. C. Wright of Cass
county were then placed in nomina
tion. A motion to elect Mr. Judd and
Mr. Dempster by acclamation prevailed,
and another motion including Mr.
Wright in the program. They were
declared elected.
RESOLUTIONS.
In behalf of the committee. Senator
Thurston read the following:
The republicans of Nebraska in con
vention assembled congratulate the
country upon the certain return of the
republican party to power, and. rejoice
that our land is to be speedily redeemed
from the disasters and sufferings of
democratic incompetence, error and
misrule.
This is the year of the people, and
the people demand that their great
champion. William McKinley, shall be
nominated and elected president of the
United States.
We reaffirm our' loyalty to the de
clared principles of the republican party
and to those great American policies
for which our party always stands.
We pledge ourselves in advance to the
forthcoming republican national con
vention, believing that it will declare
against the free and unlimited coinage
of silver, and for a currency of gold,
silver and paper as sound as the gov
ernment and as untarnished as its hon
or," and for that American system of
protection and reciprocity of which
William McKinley is the best living ex
ponent and under which our people
attained the greatest national and in
dividual prosperity.
We assert that the republican party
stands for the supremacy of the con
stitution of the United States; the
maintenance of law and order; the pro
tection of every American citizen in hi9
right to live, labor and to vote; a vig
orous foreign policy; the enforcement
of the Monroe doctrine; the restoration
of our merchant marine; American
markets for American products; the
government supervision and control of
transportation lines and rates; the pro
tection of the people from all unlawful
combination and unjust exaction of ag
gregated capital and corporate power;
a pension policy just and generous to
our living heros "and the widows and
orphans of their dead comrades; coast
defenses against foreign navies, pauper
immigration and the products of cheap
foreign labor; a rigid observance of
our naturalization laws; the expendi
ture of all moneys collected from the
people for public uses and under the
direction of public officials.
We extend our sympathies to the
struggling patriots of Cuba in their he
roic efforts to establish a government
of the people, and we demand the rec
ognition of their rights as belligerents
by the national administration.
We remit all presentation of state is
sues to the convention called for the
nomination of state otlicers, pledging
ourselves to support its nominees, and
assuring the country that Nebraska is
a republican state.
W. J. Connell of Omaha offered the
following substitute for the money
plank as recommended by the com
mittee: We declare that both gold and silver
should be primary money and recog
nized as such by the government of
the United States, and should be a full
legal tender for all debts, both public
and private; that the government
should not discriminate in favor of
gold as against silver, and that the
mints should be open upon equal terms
to both gold and silver at the ratio
now established by law. We oppose
the issuing of government bonds in
times of peace.
In support of his substitute Mr. Con
nell spoke at some length and sub
mitted a petition signed by 450 repub
licans. Delegate Corbin of Johnson connty
moved to lay the substitute on the
table, and after some further debate
the motion prevailed.
The same controversy was renewed
when Hon. John B. Wright of Lancas
ter county moved that the anti-free
coinage clause in the money plank be
stricken out. He declared that the
convention had no right to instruct the
national convention, and the republi
can party could not afford to declare
for the elimination of either gold or
silver as a basis of money.
The motion to strike out was lost by
an overwhelming vote, and the plat
form as submitted by the committee
was unanimously approved.
THE EXPOSITION ENDORSED.
The following resolutions were pre
sented by the committee and adopted
without debate:
Whereas, Delegates representing the
twenty-four states and territories lying
west of the Mississippi river at the
Trans-Mississippi congress of 1S95
adopted resolutions providing for the
holding of an exposition for the pur
pose of exhibiting the products, manu
factures, arts, industries and capabili
ties of these states and territories; and.
Whereas, The said congress voted
unanimously that said exposition should
be held at the city of Omaha in the
year 189S: and.
Whereas, The common interest of the
states and territories constituting this
great region will be greatly promoted
and benefitted thereby, and the inter
ests of the great state of Nebraska will
be especially benefitted by such an ex
position within her boders; therefore
be it
Resolved, by the 1,057 citizens of the
state of Nebraska, assembled together
as delegates to the Nebraska republi
can state convention in the Colliseum
building, Omaha, April 15, 189G, That
the holding of said Trans-Mississippi
and International exposition is hereby
heartily approved, and that the sen
ators and representatives in congress
from Nebraska are requested to fully
co-operate with the senators and rep
resentatives from the Trans-Mississippi
states, and thoroughly and actively en
deavor to procure at this session of con
gress the passage of the bill giving
national recognition to said exposition.
and providing for an appropriation for
national exhibits and necessary and
proper buildings to contain the same;
and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of the forego
ing resolution be certified by the secre
tary of the convention and sent to the
senators and representatives in con
gress from Nebraska.
UT AXD OUT FOK M'KINI.EY.
Senator Thurston then presented for
approval the resolutions which were
adopted by the Douglas county conven
tion as the result of the compromise
between the McKinley and Manderson
committees.
After Senator Thurston had read the
resolutions Frank Collins of Lancaster
county offered the following substi
tute: Whereas, The republican party of
Nebraska, in state convention assem
bled, believes in the rule that of the
majority and recognizes that the over
whelraine sentiment of Nebraska re
publicans is favorable to the candidacy
of William MeKinley of Ohio for presi
dent of the United States, therefore,
be it
Resolved, by this convention. That
we hearty commend the candidacy of
William McKinley for nomination by j
the national republican convention to ,
the highest office in the gift of the j
American people, because of his spot- '
less private life, his sterling honesty, !
his undoubted political integrity, his
high moral courage, his lofty patriot- i
ism, his splendid citizenship and his j
superb statesmanship. We unquali
fiedly endorse his candidacy because he
is the acknowledged champion of the
overshadowing issue: "American mar
kets for American producers, protec
tion to American industries and Ameri
can labor.'
We regard him as the logical and in
vincible leader of the republican hosts
in their dictorious campaign of 1896,
and triumphal re-entry into power on
March 4, 1897. Be it further
Resolved, by this convention, That
the four delegates-at-large and the
four alternates-at-large selected by this
convention to represent this -commonwealth
at the national republican con
vention at St. Louis, be, and each of
them is. hereby instructed to use all
honorable means to secure the nomina
tion of William McKinley at the hands
of said convention, and to this end they,
and each of them, are further instruct
ed to vote for William McKinley on the
first ballot, and on each succeeding
ballot until he is nominated or his
name is withdrawn from the contest.
The roll call on Collin's substitute re
sulted: Ayes, 488; nays, 401.
It was declared carried, andC. E. Hol
land of Seward county offered the fol
lowing1, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That in the person of Sen
ator .Tnhn AT. Tlmrstnn wa rrnrrni7.e an
r
I able statesman whose only ambition is
to promote the best interests of his
constituents and to stand between any
foe, political or otherwise, that endan
gers their prosperity or attempts to
throttle the popular expression of
the people on any political question.
Uudaunted by any political power, he
has the courage to vote the sentiments
of the sovereign people on any question
of moment in the face of any organized
opposition.
On motion of Seth Mobley of Grand
Island, a vote of thanks was tendered
Chairman McCreary for his services,
and the convention adjourned.
PERSONAL.
E. C. Stedman, who ha3 just refused
a professor's chair at Yale, was dis
missed from that university when a
student.
Henry Arthur ones, the playwright,
indignantly denies the published as
sertion that he Is to drop the name of
Jones and call himself Henry Arthur.
Frederick Remington was a clerk in
an expres office before he essayed art.
Capt. Alfred Sanford of St. Louis,
who Is 73 years old and whom the au
thorities sent to the poorhouse last
week, was the boyhood friend and play
mate of Ulysses S. Grant.
Tzmoteo Panduro. a little Mexican
Indian clay modeler, now at Atlanta,
Is said to be a wonderful genius. He
has had no training, but has already
won several medals of honor.
By a votes of twelve to six the judges
of the Appellate division of the New
York Supreme court have decided not
to wear gowns.
Rev. Myron Reed of Denver had an
engagement to lecture at Hall City,
Kan. Missing his trnin, he hired a
team of horses and a buggy and drove
from Colby, a distance of seventy-five
miles.
Rabbi I. M. Wise of Cincinnati Fays
that during the last forty years he has
officiated at 10,000 Jewish weddings
and only three coupler whom ho has
married have ever applied for a diverce.
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.
The English governess to the king of
Spain recently appointed, who is, of
course, to teach him her language, is
to receive a salary of $3,750 a year.
The coming eclipse expedition of
Amherst college will be In charge of
Prof. David P. Todd. It will observe
the eclipse of 1S96 from the island of
Gezo, Japan.
Crime is more common in single life
than in married. In the former 33 in
every 100,000 are guilty, while only 11
married men of the same number have
gravely broken the laws.
There are in Ohio , about 17.500 oil
wells, of which more than 3,000 were
bored in 1894. The Kirkridge yields
310 barrels per hour, or 7,740 per day.
Another yields over 1,200 barrels a day.
In London unlike other cities, es
pecially New York and Vienna no
house Is permitted to exceed in height
the width of the street in front and the
number of inhabitants is limited by
law.
Prince Bismarck received about 218,
000 postal cards from as many admirers
congratulating him on his eightieth
birthday. These cards have a total
weight of 1,320 pounds, and pilled up in
one column would reach a height of
150 feet.
A VARIETY OF HINTS. -
Chloride of lime banishes rats and
sewer gas.
Bronze buttons are used on nastur
tium velvet bodices.
Hand-Dainted china knife handles
are unique gifts.
Dates stuffed with almonds are be
loved by the matinee girl.
The zither Is more fashionable than
either the mandolin or banjo.
A popular restaurateur says men call
for more sweets than women.
White satin and sable is a combina
tion much worn by bridesmaids.
One white rose In the center or a
cluster of violeta makes a very smart
boutonnlere.
The dark haired girl now has her
Innings. Blondes are not as much in
vogue as formerly.
The graceful lope of a camel and the
home run of an excited ostrich seem to
have been boiled into a nondescript gait
much affected by the up-to-date girl.
Do not buy blue or lavender lamp
shades unless you wish to give them
to some dear friend against whom you
have a particular grudge. They make
even a pretty woman positively hide
ous.. Do not be offended if the members of
your family suddenly stop talking when
you enter the room. They are not
maligning you, as your conscience sug
gests, knowing full well that you de
serve it, but are doubtless planning to
surprise you with something you would
much rather be without.
ABOUT WOMEN.
The mother of the late King Menelek,
of Abyssinia, fifty-five years ago was a
beggar at the palace gates, but her
wonderous beauty won the heart of
Haelon, who took her for his wife.
Mrs. John F. Forepaugh, a Philadel
phia theater manager, is winning ad
miration by her businesslike methods
and general good common sense.
Mrs. Besant, the theosophist and di
vorced wife of the novelist's brother,
has had a varied religious experience.
She was a religious enthusiast in early
years and then tried to be a nun. For
a time she was a pupil of Huxley's.
HUMOHUU9.
The wife: "Isn't that your eye doc
tor?" The husband: "I thought so
until ne sent in his bill. He's a skia
Bpecialist'-Harper's Weekly.
Her effort to be agreeable-Clergyman:
"Some people think I preach long
sermons. Do you think so?" She.
"Oh, no! They only seem long. f UCK-
Visitor: "But this portrait of Mr.
Bulger is a good deal more than life
size." Artist: "I know it. That is the
size he thinks he is."-Boston Bulletin
"That whisky is fifteen years old. I
know it, because I've had it that long
myself." The colonel: "By Jove! sir,
you must be a man of phenomenal self
control." Life.
She (haughtily): "I beg your pardon,
sir- you have the advantage of me."
He'(jauntily): "I should say I had. I'm
the fellow you Jilted ten years ago."
Melbourne Weekly Times.
First tramp: "It makes me nervous
to sleep in one of dese lodgin'-housea.
Supposin' a fire was to break out In de
night?" Second tramp: "Dafs so.
Dem firemen would turn a hose on yer
in a minute." Truth.
Teacher: "Tommy, you may define
the difference between a while and a
time." Tommy: "Wy wy when paw
says he is going down for a while maw
says she'll bet he's going for a time."
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"What course should a lawyer pursue
when called on to defend a man whom
he knows to be guilty?" asked the ex
aminer. The examined scratched his
head a moment and answered: "Charge
him double, of course." Cincinnati En
quirer. Beatrice sends us some verses enti
tled, "Why Do I Live?" We cannot use
your contribution, Beatrice, but we can
answer your conundrum. You live sim
ply because you send your verses in
stead of bringing them. Yonkers
Statesman.
The teacher of the Infant class at the
Sunday school, to interest the
little ones, had begun to tell them the
story of the fall of man, when a mite of
a girl was heard to exclaim half aloud:
"Oh, I'm so tired of that story about the
Adamses." Boston Transcript.
Know Thyself.
SCIENCE HELPS YOU TO
YOUR OWN DOCTOR.
BE
From the Era, Bradford. Pa.
Too few people are acquainted with
the rapid advance of medical science,
and too many doctors are still plod
ding in the old paths. Once it comes to
pass that people know themselves, that
all physicians are abreast of the
world's knowledge, much of our suf
fering will come to an end. Medical
scientists are not delving into the
depths of knowledge for the mere ben
efit of brother physicians, but for the
benefit of the world. They place in
the hands of the well man a means of
keeping well. In the hands of the sick
man a means of recovery. To the par
ent they give the power of saving the
child. Science Is working for you will
you accept the proffered help?
Mrs. George Rowend, an estimable
lady who resides at No. 276 East Main
Street, has oaut-c to feel grateful to
ward the science of medicine.
She stated to a reporter that she
had been suffering with a female
trouble for many .-ears. She had been
doctored for the ailment for a long
time in fact, nearly all her life and
had never received anything more than
temporary relief. During the last thre
years her condition grew worse and
was aggravated by an affection of the
heart. Her health was so poor that she
found It almost impossible to perform,
her household duties.
"I never believed in proprietary medicines-."
said Mrs. Rowend. "but one
day last fall I read an article In a
newspaper" which told of the cures ef
fected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and
I decided to try the medicine. Before
I had taken the contents of one box r
began to feel better. The depressing
weakness which had bothered me for
so many years began to disappear, and
the action of the heart at once be
came stronger and more regular.
"I took nine boxes of the pills and
I am now feeling better than I have
for several years, and I have unbound
ed faith In the medicine."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale
by all druggists, or may be had by malt
from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company.
Schenectady, N. Y., for f0 cents per
box. or six boxes for $2.50.
Two Choice Volume.
"Her father is not what you would
call a well read man," said one foreign
gentleman to another.
"o. His library consists of oniv
two books. But they suffice."
"What are they?"
"Bank book and check book."
Washington Star.
Half Fare Excursions via the Walmsh,
The short line to St. Louis, and qaick route
East or South.
April 21st and .May 5th. Excursions to
il points rtouth at one fare for the round
trip with $2.00 added.
JUriK 16th,
National Republican Convention at St.
Louis.
JULY L'd
National Educational Association at
Buffalo.
JULY th,
Christian Endeavor Convention at
Washington.
JULY 2-nd.
National People and Silver Convention at
Est. Louis.
For rates, time tab' as uml fnrthor in re
flation, call at the Wabaeh ticket office,
1415 Far nam St.. Paxtnn HntAl hl,vlr
write Geo. N.
N. W. Pass. Agt., Omaha, Neb.
The Energy an Avalanche.
A French engineer has thought it
worth while to calculate the waste en.
ergy of the crreat avalanche of CAmmi.
in the Alps, which fell last September,
He makes it 1,400 million metre tons,
or, roughly, three times the same num
ber of foot tons; that is to say, the en
ergy needed to lift some three billion
tons a foot high. The fall lasted a
minute and in that time developed
about a million horse power. If the
energy could have been turned into elec
tric current it would have fed 90,000 'lfi
candle power incandescent lamps five
hours a day during a whole year.
Chicago Record.