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Second-Because they have i-o
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and restored to full health , o main
thousands in the first stages oi
Consumption.
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BOX ELDER.
The Box Elder school is enjoying its-usual
holiday vacation of a week.
A Christmas tree with appropriate exercises
was participated in by the pupils and friends
of Spring Creek school.
Mr. Nchns , who live near Quick , Frontier
county , has lost a number of valuable horses
in his stalk fields of late.
William Walters , who has been a resident
of Box Elder for a numbcrof years , left Satur
day last , for his old home in Wisconsin.
Bill has always been a willing and helpful
hand here and will be greatly missed from his
old haunts.
William Peterson has thought it best to re
sign his school over in the edge of Frontier
and give his time to his herd of cattle on the
Willow. He was brought to this conclusion !
the quicker from his having lost a numbey
from corn-stalk poison. '
I. W. Spauldlng has returned from his trip
through Hayes and Lincoln counties lookitij
for grazing land. He was accompanied b
Alonzo Coon , who has a large herd of cattle
at the head of the Willow. Together they
purchased a large body of land in Lincoln
county , where they expect to summer thei
cattle.
DRY CREEK.
Miss Julia Sly is spending vacation at home
Warner Anderson was home over Christ
mas.
mas.W.
W. A. Holbrook is somewhat better at thi
writing.
L. II. Stevens entertained quite a company
of relatives , Christmas.
Rev. J. W. Walker of McCook is holding
meetings at Banksville. this week.
The revival meetings at the Prospect Parl
school-house closed , last Thursday night.
Mrs. William Darlington and Mrs. Beggs
arrived from Iowa , first of last week , and are
visiting their parents , Mr. and Mrs. W. A
Holbrook.
The Prospect Park lyceum , which was
closed on account of the meetings , is agaii
doing business at the old stand , Wednesday
evenings.
" .Vu e l Him Oat. "
In "The. Argonauts of California"
Mr. C. W. Ilaskins tells a good story
of sauerkraut. In one of the mining
districts near Sacramento a storekeep
er received a barrel of provisions
which seemed to be spoiled , to judge
by the smell. Instead of throwing It
away , he thrust it into one corner of
a shed , where waste and rubbish were
piled upon it.
One day a burly , dust covered Dutch
man entered the store.
"I vants me some dot , " pointing to
ward the shed.
"What is dot ? " Inquired the store
keeper.
"I shows you , " said the miner. "You
shust come init me. " And to the shed
they went , where , pointing to the rub
bish heap , the Dutchman explained ,
"Some of dot in dere vas vat I vants. "
Boxes and barrels were removed ,
and the condemned barrel was expos
ed. But when the miner eagerly point
ed to it the trader told him it was
spoiled meat , not fit to eat.
"I knows better as dot , " said the
Dutchman. "You bust him in und I
shows you. "
An ax was brought and the barrel
"busted iu , " when , instead of spoiled
meat , there was revealed some good ,
old fashioned sauerkraut , made in Hol
land and shipped around Cape Horn.
"I knows it , " said the delighted
miner. "I nose him out ! "
The sauerkraut sold readily at a dollar
lar a pound and was in great demand.
The Dutch miners heard of it and
walked 10 and 15 miles to get a taste
of the dainty.
A Slnver'a Cargo.
From the time we first got on board
the slaver , says J. Taylor Wood in The
Atlantic , had we heard moans , cries
and rumblings coming from below , and
as soon as the captain and crew were
removed the hatches had been taken
off , when there arose a hot blast as
from a charnel house , sickening and
overpowering. In the hold were 300
human beings , gasping , struggling for
breath , dying , their bodies , limbs and
faces all expressing terrible suffering.
In their agonizing fight for life some
had torn or wounded themselves or
their neighbors dreadfully ; some were
stiffened in the most unnatural posi
tions.
As soon as I knew the condition of
things I sent the boat back for the doc
tor and some whisky. He returned ,
bringing also the captain , and for an
hour or more we were all' hard at work
lifting and helping the poor creatures
on deck , where they were laid out in
rows. A little water and stimulant re
vived most of them. Some , however ,
were dead or too far gone to be resusci
tated. The doctor worked earnestly
over each one , but 17 were beyond hu
man skill. As fast as he pronounced
them dead they were quickly dropped
overboard.
Preparing For Illornl Suasion.
"Don't you believe' iu moral sua
sion ? " asked the neighbor.
The indignant father stopped with
the switch poised in the air.
"Of course I do , " he answered. "I
tried it once , and I'm going to try it
again just as soon as I lick this boy
hard enough so that he'll know enough
to be ruled by it the next time I try
it. Yes , sir ; moral suasion is a great
thing , and I'm going to teach this boy
how good it is if I have to wale the
life out of him to do it. He doesn't
appreciate its advantages yet. " Chica
go Post.
A Great Baby.
Tommy Did you know about that
baby that was fed on elephant's milk ,
pop , and gained 20 pounds a day ?
Tommy's Top ( indignantly ) No , I
didn't. Whose baby was it ?
Tommy The elephant's baby , pop.
Scraus.
ONE THOUGHT.
Though time may dig the grave of creedi
And dogmas wither in the sod ,
My soul will keep the thought It needs ,
Its Ewenclcu faith In God.
No matter how the world began
Nor where the march of science goes ,
My trust in something more than man
Shall help me bear life's woes.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox In Woman's Hone Com
panion.
ABSENTMINDEDNESS.
AlinnrdlticH Into AVhlcli Victims of
the Habit Haw Fallen.
When lapses of memory become
habitual , the person Is properly called
absentmlndcd. Thu Chicago Tribune
relates the following absurdities into
which some victims of this disease
jaave fallen :
.f A bridegroom of 24 hours left his
Wife , strolled around to his mother-in-
law's house and asked her if her
daughter was at home. This came
from force of habit. He had been callIng -
Ing there dally for some time , and It
probably occurred to him that he had
not paid his usual visit.
A Chicago bank president Is unable
to account for three-quarters of an
hour of his life. He went Into a res
taurant as usual and ordered his lunch.
Nearly an hour later he found himself
In his office chair and suddenly re
membered the order.
He went back across the street and
asked If the luncheon was ready. The
clerk Informed him that he had eaten ,
paid the bill and gone away some 15
minutes before , that he had put his
hat on as he went out and that he
( the clerk ) had not noticed anything
peculiar in his actions.
The bank president congratulates
himself that he can be trusted to be
have like au ordinary mortal even
when he doesn't happen to have his
mind with him.
An editor of a daily paper has laid
himself open to unklr * . remarks by
trying to take up a collection in his
office. Happening to want a small
coin , he turned to his fellow worker
and asked for a quarter.
"Haven't got it , but here's a dollar , "
the man replied as he tossed it over.
The editor put the dollar in his pocket
and immediately turned to a special
writer at the next desk and said :
"Miss , could you lend me a quar
ter ? " Then , seeing the man from
whom he had got the dollar grin , he
added hastily : "Oh , never mind. I just
got a dollar from Brown. "
In analyzing his conduct he said
that Brown's reply that he did not
have a quarter was apparently the
only part of the transaction that made
any impression upon him. But he is
under suspicion iu that office and will
probably never be able to live it down.
HOW ZULU WOMEN SEW.
They Use Skerrern For Needles anil
Giraffe Sinews For Thread.
The skill of the Zulus of South Africa
in sewing fur is a household word in
South Africa , and some of the other
tribes compete with them. The needle
employed is widely different from that
used by the ordinary needlewomen. In
the first place , it has no eye ; in the
second , it is like a skewer , pointed at
one end and thick at the other.
The thread is not of cotton , but is
made of the sinews of various animals ,
the best being made from the sinews
in the neck of a giraffe. It is stiff ,
inelastic , with a great tendency to
"kink" and tangle itself up with any
thing near it. Before being used it is
steeped in hot water until it is quite
soft and is then beaten between two
smooth stones , which causes it to sep
arate into filaments , which can thus be
obtained of any length and thickness.
Thus the seamstress has a considera
ble amount of labor before she com
mences , with the real work in hand.
Finally she squats on the ground
( for no native stands to work or do
anything else who can possibly help
it ) and , taking her needle , bores two
holes in the edges of the rug or gar
ment on which she is working. The
thread is then pushed through with
the butt of the needle , drawn tight ,
and two more holes are made with
a like result , the skewer progressing
very slowly , but fast enough for a
country where time is of no value
whatever.
The skin upon which the seamstrqsa
is working is damped with water be
fore she commences , and as the damp
thread and hide dry out they bring the
work very closely together.
His Sympathy.
An old housewife in the country was
bemoaning her poverty to an unsym
pathetic husband.
"Things ain't as they used ter be , "
she complained. "Why , I ain't got
anything like I used ter hev. I ain't
got quilts enough ter go round the
beds , there's two of the best chairs
broken , an I ain't got no dress thet's
really fit ter go ter meetin , an if I was
ter die ternight I wouldn't hev a cap
ter be buried in. "
The old-man had stood the whining
as long as he could.
"Blast it all , then , " he fiercely ejacu
lated , "why didn't yer die when yer
did hev a cap ? "
Fire and Mosquitoes.
Italian peasants living in swampy re
gions still follow the old custom of '
lighting fires for the purpose of purify
ing the air of malarial poison. As a
matter of fact , this is the worst thing
they could do. as the fire attracts mos
quitoes , which are now known to be
transmitters of malarial fever.
At Peckforton , Cheshire. England , is
to be seen a very queer beehive. It is
n the shape of a castle on an ele-
) hant's back and is carved in stone.
Next to opium in power are certain
cinds of grasses , notable among which
s hemp , which causes intoxication and
amestbesia.
A' LITTLE KNOWN ART. J
The Tclincco Flarorcr linn Short
IIotirH and Drawn U\K 1'tty.
"A high grade iiosltlon of which but
little Is known , except to the trade , "
observed a prominent tobacco manu
facturer to a Washington Star reporter ,
"is what is known as the Ibivorer , ' the
man who is responsible fo"r the flavor
of all the grades of goods made and
who sees to it that the llavor is kept
the same year in and year out , it mat
ters not where the tobacco that goes in
i them conies from or the conditions un-
1 der which it has grown. Of course to-1
bacco manufacturers endeavor to use
I the same kind of tobacco all the time ,
but circumstances at times render this
impossible.
"As an illustration , our company had
bought up and stored away enough to
bacco to make up all our brands of j
smoking tobacco and cigarettes for the
year , when all of a sudden our store
houses were destroyed by fire , and our
stock went out of existence. There
was no more tobacco of that particular
grade to be bought , and we were driv
en into new fields. The tobacco being
raised on a different soil and being
slightly different as far as seed and
stem were concerned , the flavor was
also different. Smokers , and chewers
as well , insist on the same llavor all
the time.
"Here Is where the llavorer comes in.
Ry his art and skill he can make to
bacco that grows on low lands taste
and smell the same as that grown on
high lauds. lie can make tobacco
grown during a dry season take the
same llavor as that grown during the
rainy season. Tobaccos grown at dif
ferent ends of the same state or in dif
ferent states are by his treatment the
same , as far as the consumer is con
cerned , lie draws big money ; but.
though he comes high , as the traveling
show companies say , 'we must have
them. '
"As may be imagined , there are not
many who are competent to do the
work , and as a result they range in
salaries all the way from ? 8 to $10 per
day of about one hour's actual work.
They are employed , however , but about
nine mouths in each year. "
MAGIC AMULETS.
Thouprlit to Bring : Good Lnclr to
Their Chinese Owner * .
It is the desire of every Cliiimninii's
heart to possess si pair of magic brace
lets. Arm rings or bracelets are
thought a great deal of iu the Celestial
empire , the custom of wearing them
having been handed down from time
immemorial. Usually made of jade
stone , the Chinese arm ring of today
is of one invariable shape. It looks
like a large martingale.
The Chinese word for jade is ngook-
seu and for jade arm ring or bracelet
ngook-ak. The custom in China is to
place the bracelet on a young man's
arm just before the hand stops grow
ing. A tight fit is usually secured , and
once placed the amulet arm ring is
worn throughout life. At death , if the
bracelet has proved a lucky one and
if there is a sou whom it will fit , the
bones in the old man's hand are bro
ken and the bracelet remoi ed.
Many are the marvelous talcs told
by the Chinese of the wonderful quali
ties these amulets possess. There is a
tradition that a certain Chinese em
peror who was stricken with paraly
sis wore upon his forearm a magic
bracelet , which kept life in that mem
ber for many months and allowed him
to make known his desires and decrees
by writing. At last , when death
claimed the emperor , something even
more wonderful took place. Dead three
days and lying in state , his body was
being viewed by the priests. The ad
visability of removing the bracelet was
being considered , when the hand was
lifted up and gave a signal which they
interpreted to mean the bracelet
should go with its owner to the tomb.
Among other wonderful properties a
good amulet is said to act as a fairly
reliable barometer. Cincinnati En
quirer.
Spoiling a Sermon.
I have had some printer experience ,
or , rather , experience with printers ,
which makes me fear that the "imp
of the types" has "got it in" for me
for abandoning the craft and becoming
a poor preacher. Recently 1 was to
preach on the Old Testament charac
ters "Xadab and Abihu , " and ouo of
the daily papers got it , "Nabob and
Abihu. " Shades of Gutenberg !
My first Sunday morning sermon
after I came home from my vacation
was on "Suppressed Lives7 but one
of the papers announced it as "Sup
pressed Livers. ' ' Such a thing as that
is wearing and tends to make life not
worth living , especially if , as is said ,
the worth of life depends on the liver.
Fancy your liver suppressed ! Ilomi-
letic Review.
Thin Onl < 1.
Goldbeaters , by hammering , can re
duce'gold leaves so thin that 282.000
must be laid upon each other to produce - I
duce the thickness of an inch. They |
are so thin that , if formed into a book , j'
1,500 would only occupy the space of a ' r
single leaf of common paper , and an
octavo volume one inch thick w < nld
have as many pages as the books of a
Avell stocked library of 1,300 volumes
with -100 pages in each.
Hnrmoiiy Refiar < lle < s of Expense.
"Beg pardon. " said tb'r postal clerk
who had sold her the stamps , "but you
don't have to put a o cent stamp on a
letter for Canada. "
"I know , " said she , "but the shade
just matches my envelope , you know. "
Philadelphia Press.
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"What's the matter , Bobby ? "
"Gra'ma , they's too many folks
a-bringin me up. I'd get along better
If I on'y had you. " Indiaurpolis Jour
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