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Mrs. Andrew Whtte of Lyons.
LYONS , Nel. , Jan. g. ( Special )
Sarah , the wife of Andrew J. White , died
her Inune south of this city , last even-
fteru few days' illness with typhoid-
piieunionia , nijed 45 years. Mrs. White
leaves besides her Inislmnd , four child
ren , who are Rev. George L. of McCook ,
Frank of Chicago , and Harry and Grnc *
of this city. Funeral services will he
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The above brief account of the death
of the mother of Rev. G. L. White of the
Baptist church of our city is taken from
the Omaha Bee of Thursday. Rev.
White's parishioners and friends will
join in profound and tender sentiments
of sympathy.
COURT-HOUSE NEWS.
COUNTY COURT.
License to marry has been issued to
George W. Ioomis and Ida Hauxwell ,
both of Indianola.
Judgment rendered John P. Henson &
Co. on note against C. L. Miller for
&P3-55 ami J8 93 costs.
DISTRICT COURT.
Shelly-Rogers Co. vs. Samuel Ball et
nl. ; replevin.
George W. Ball and Thomas F. Ball
vs. William Humphrey and Shelly-Rog
ers Co. ; garnishee.
Patrick Coyle vs. George A. Bagley et
ux. ; equity.
Wolf Drive.
A'wolf drive will be held ou January
I5th , 1901. on the South Side. The east
line will be the Oberltn road , beginning
at the irrigation ditch ; thence south
within a mile of the Dodge school-house ;
thejicevest to township line ; thence
north to the irrigation ditch ; thence
east to place of beginning. Parties will
start from lines at 10.30 in the morning.
All are requested to participate.
The Week of Prayer.
The churches of the city observed the
week of prayer by union services : In
the Congregational church on Monday
and Tuesday evenings ; in the Baptist on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings ; in
the Christi-tn on Friday evening , and
concluding on Sunday night in the
Methodist church. The attendance has
only been fair.
There has been a slight change in firm
name at Everist , Marsh & Co.'s meat
market , but the old winning ways and
reliable goods are unchanged. Church
& Marsh will more than sustain the rep
utation of the market for selling the
1. choicest of everything in their line.
\ Babies and children need !
| proper food , rarely ever medij j
I cine. If they do not thrive |
I on their food something is s
| wrong. They need a little |
f help to get their digestive j
machinery working properly. 5
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difficulty.
If you will put from one-
fourth to half a teaspoonful
in baby's bottle three or four
times a day you will soon see
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larger children , from half tea
a teaspoonful , according to
age , dissolved in their milk ,
if you so desire , will very
soon show its great nourish
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milk does not nourish the
baby , she needs the emul
sion. It will show an effect
at once both upon mother
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It A
MRS. GALLUP DOOMED
A LOOKING GLASS AND A BLACK CAT
BROUGHT HER TROUBLE.
Sue Saw In Them Her Summon *
From Tliln Sinful World and Wu
Moved to Give Samuel Sonic Tear
ful Advice About III * FuU're In
Thin Vule of Sorrow.
[ Copyright , 1000 , by C. B. Lewis. ]
It was after supper , and Mr. Gallup
had gone out to feed the pig and see
that the henhouse door was closed for
the night. lie had performed these
duties and was ou his way back to the
kitchen door when he heard Mrs. Gal
lup utter a long drawn shriek. lie gave
no start of alarm ; neither did he In
crease his pace. As a matter of fact ,
he stopped to rolla barrel farther
away 1'roni the path. When he reach
ed the doorstep , he put down the swill
pail hi Its accustomed spot to a hair's
breadth , entered the kitchen to wash
his hands and hang up his hat , and It
was several minutes before he entered
the sitting room. Mrs. Gallup was ly
ing on the lounge. lie did not look di
rectly at her. but he knew she was
there. He askcfl no questions , but he
was satisfied that she had one of her
"spells" < n. lie sat down , with a great
jar , In his favorite chair , pulled off his
boots , with a grunt for each boot , and ,
selecting a book on "Fowls and Their
Care" from the shelf , began to read.
He had. read the book fiO times before ,
"I'LL BE IN HEAVENT BEFORE SUNRISE. "
but had become interested in the state
ment that speckled hens were more li
able to the pip than white or black
ones when Mrs. Gallup recovered con
sciousness that is , she opened her
eyes , uttered a sigh and fetched a
groan and sat up. She fully expected
Mr. Gallup would ask her what had
happened or at least look In her direc
tion , but just then he was busy with
the poultry book's statement that a
red rag tied to the tail of a would be
sitting hen will scare her out of the
idea. When a long two minutes had
passed , Mrs. Gallup concluded that
something ought to be sail" and she be
gan :
"Samuel , I want to talk to you a few
minits before I perish. You know I
hev bin espectin to be summoned any
day for the last ten years , or since that
cow kicked me over the heart. While
you were out feedin the hog the sum
mons came. I caught sight of the back
of my head in the lookiii glass jest as
a strange black cat run across the
kitchen lloor. That was the way Mary
Ann Davis and Hanner Sly received
their summons , and there ain't no
doubt that I'll be in heaven before sun
rise. "
Mr. Gallup scratched the back of his
neck with one hand and held the book
with the other as he read that some
geese had been known to live to the
age of 15 years , but he had no remarks
to offer.
"I don't want to annoy you while you
are readin , " continued Mrs. Gallup as
she unpinned the tidy from the head
of the lounge to use as a handkerchief ;
"but , as I never died before , I think
you kin bear with me a little. The
first thing to be done after I expire ,
Samuel , is to hev me laid out. The
nayburs will cheerfully do that. I want
to be dressed in that gray dress you
bought me six years ago. Be particu
lar about that , because it's the only
one I ever had that fits me across the
shoulders. 1 don't want to go to heav
en In a dress all hunched up. I want
to hev my hands folded and a pink
hollyhock In my fingers. I shall try
to expire with a smile on my face , seas
as to look my very best , and if my
mouth Is shet nobody will notice my
old teeth. Samuel , are you follerln
me ? "
He wasn't. He was following the
author of the poultry book where he
stated that ducks were strangely Influ
enced by music and had been known to
go to sleep when a fiddle was being
played. Mrs. Gallup toyed with her
tears for an Interval and then said :
"That's all about me. Samuel. You
needn't git up no big funeral or go to
any big expense. The rest is about
you. Even If you don't marry ag'in
within four weeks you'll want soft
soap fur the winter. The soap grease
is down cellar in a keg , and it's as good
soap grease as anybody ever had.
When you are biliii your soap , don't
furgit to lay a sassafras stick across
the kittle. I think you'll hev to buy a
new tablecloth some time before spring.
I've made the last one do fur two
years , but it's beginnin to go. It's got
three holes right in the middle. How-
* ver , if you don't marry you won't
mind a holey tablecloth. You know
about the wash biler , don't you ? "
Mr. Gallup refused to answer that
question by even lifting his eyebrows.
The statement that a gander bad been
known to commit suicide through dis
appointed love interested lum to the
exclusion of all else.
"The biler leaks in four different
places. Samuel , and has fur two years ,
and I'm afraid you'll hev to git it mend
ed. I'd hev tried to hang ou to it fur
another year If I hadn't bin goln to
die , but now It's my duty to tell yoi.
And I'm afraid your second wife will
want you to git her a new washboard.
I've made ours do fur nine years , and
It jnly cost 13 cents at first , but It's
beginnin to crinkle , and nobody kin be *
blamed fur It. Now , let's see. Mrs.
Taylor owes me two cups of brown
sugar. If she cries much at my funer
al , you needn't ask her fur them , but
If she only sheds a tear or two she
must pay 'em back. Then Mrs. Jack-
eon has a flntiron of mine with a broken -
: ken handle. She's bin sayin fur a year
or two that she'd bring It back , but she
hasn't done It. It ain't good fur any
thing as a flatlron , but you want It to
crack butternuts with. Samuel , do you
remember wlien the preacher ate sup
per at Joe White's ? It was two years
ago this fall. I think , and just about
the time I foil Into the clstern. , "
Mr. Gallup did not open his mouth
In reply. lie had reached a chapter
in tLo book wherein it stated that roost
ers crowed in the early morning not
to welcome daylight , but to scare pole
cats away , and he was oblivious of all
else.
"Well , what I was goln to say , " con
tinued Mrs. Gallup as she wiped her
eyes , "was that I believed she borrer-
ed a nutmeg of me ou that occasion to
make a custard and has never paid It
back. If she lends you any chairs fur
the funeral and seems to feel real bad
that I'm gone , you needn't mention
about the nutmeg , but if she don't you
might jog her about it. I owe Sarah
Ann Johnson a pinch of bakin soda ,
and I owe Melissa Farewell some gin
ger , and I want you to pay it as soon
as I'm buried. You'll find mayweed ,
emartweed , catnip and spearmint hang-
In up In the garret , and in the old sug
ar bowl on the top shelf in the pantry
is the stickiu salve and the mutton tal
ler In case you git a sore heel. That's
all , Samuel. I'm leavln everything so
you'll hev no trouble , and now and
then , even when you are playin check
ers with your second wife , I hope
you'll think of me. I hope I hope"
At this point she broke down and
sobbed , but even had she laughed in
stead Mr. Gallup would not have re
marked it. lie was reading a state
ment that in olden times hens used to
lay eggs as big as pumpkins and that
one such egg hitting a temperance lec
turer in the solar plexus would have
caused Instant death. The sobs finally
worked off , and Mrs. Gallup said :
"Never mind what I hope. I've got
my summons , put my house in order ,
and now I'll expire. Goodby , Samuel ,
and goodby all. "
She turned and stretched out ou the
lounge and was beard from no more.
After Mr. Gallup bad read of drakes
who died of homesickness , of geese
who formed personal attachments for
cows , of hens who learned to know a
farmer's whistle from a lightning rod
man's topical song , he closed the book
and rose up with a "no-hum" and look
ed around. Mrs. Gallup was sound
asleep , and he had to tunk her three
times on the chin to rouse her up and
lot her know that it was past bedtime.
M. QUAD.
PLUCK WHICH BRED PLUCK.
Brave TJUnsn Done In the Trnns-
vnn.1 by Irish Hinds.
Bravery was cheap in the Transvaal.
I knew so many brave men , so many
who had done heroic things , that I took
courage as a matter of course. As my
prizefighter expressed it , "Pluck was
always on tap. " There were , however ,
two or three young Irish lads who car
ried courage to the verge of reckless
ness and who In consequence were kill
ed all too untimely. I had one young
ster of about 1G , rather small for bis
years , fond of wearing top boots half
as big as himself and altogether one of
the best troopers in South Africa and
therefore In the world. I have seen
him ride "down hill at a splitting pace ,
while he turned half round in the sad
dle , holding a joking conversation with
some comrades behind. He could also
shoot like a demon. One day he said
his horse was done up. He wanted an
other. I replied jokingly , "Take one
from the English. " The next day be
went prowling near their camp. He
saw an officer and an orderly come out
to look around. He shot the officer ,
the orderly galloped off , and Bobby ,
sneaking up , caught the officer's horse ,
mounted it and made off. The English
fired at him with their rifles and then
with their Maxim , but Bobby came
galloping back to our laager , grinning
all over his face.
"You seemed to be In a hurry to get
away. Bobby , " I said.
"I guess I was ! " he replied , laughing.
"They were putting shells after me
when I got over the ridge. " Collier's
Weekly.
Hnndy TVlth an Ax.
One Important feature in connection
with the conducting of mining opera
tions in Siberia is the aptitude of the
Russian workman for the ax. Wood is
so plentiful in the country that in no
case will the price for fuel exceed $1
per cord , and mining timbers may be
figured on at a correspondingly low
rate. The current anecdote that a Rus
sian workman will , for a 20 kopeck
piece , lay his left hand , with fingers
spread , on aboard and with full
strength make an ax cut between each
linger cannot be vouched for , but it is
certainly true that in pick timbering in
bad ground , in erecting buildings , log
cabins and all manner of wood joining
the equal of the Russian peasant can
not be found.
Russia absolutely forbids the em
ployment of children under 12 years of
age in industrial establishments , wheth
er conducted by the state or private in
dividuals.
Xew Zealand shares with Iceland the
distinction over other parts of the earth
in freedom from all forms of cattle dis
ease.
HATS ON OR OFF ? i
Dug It pect In Which Northern and
.Southern Men Differ. |
According to the etiquette of the day , I
It is not requisite that a man shall re
move his hat lu the presence of a wom
an in a public thoroughfare or convey
ance. Nobody thinks of a man's going
bareheaded In a street car or n rviilroad
car or a cab because he Is inhi com
pany of women. The elevator of a
business building or of a hotel is cer
tainly a public conveyance , and the
corridor of a business building or hotel
Is certainly a public thoroughfare. Er
go , in our opinion , courtesy toward the
fair sex does not require a man to re
move his hat in either place because
there happens to be a woman present.
Having said , however , that courtesy
does not require the removal of a man's
hat under the circumstances recounted ,
we do not mean to disparage in the
slightest 'degree the chivalrous intent
of the man who does remove his head
covering. If you feel that you ought
to take off your hat in an elevator , do
BO. If you are uncomfortable with it
on , get It off at once. These things are
largely matters of comfort. In New
York men keep their hats on with a
persistence that is somewhat shocking
to the southerner.
If the man In Gotham has any doubt
about whether he should have his hat
In his baud or on his head , you will not
find it in his hand. He takes as much
rope as the law will give him. On the
contrary , it has not been very long
since itva < the proper thing In
Charleston for a gentleman to stand
with his head uncovered during all the
time he was conversing with a lady
even if he met her iu the street , and
there may be , for all we know , hun
dreds of stately South Carolinians who
observe that pretty but unhygienic cus
tom to this very day. Virginia , it will
he observed , is about half way between
Charleston and New York. Norfolk
Landmark.
- KNEW HIS BUSINESS.
The Ijitllc Boy \Vn ThorunKlily
Fohted on the Elevator.
"Little boy. " exclaimed the portly
lady , "you ought to be at school in
stead of trying to work a lift. "
"I'm not trying to work it , " was the
answer ; "I'm working it , and if you
wish to ride I shall be happy to ac
commodate you. So far as any obliga
tion to be at school is concerned , allow
me to remind you that this is a legal
holiday , and I am exempt from at
tendance at an institution where , I am
pleased to say , I am at the head of my
class. "
"You have no business trying to
work that lift , anyhow. "
"For what reason ? "
"Because you are too young to know
anything about it. "
"Madam , allow me to reassure you.
This lift is worked by hydraulic pres
sure , the principle relied on being that
water exerts pressure in proportion
to the height of a column rather than
in proportion to the diameter. In mak
ing use of tin's characteristic water i.s
admitted into a cylinder , the pressure
being regulated by the use of valves
and a stable' equilibrium being made
possible by an ingenious system of
counterpoises. I could go further into
the fflinutisc of this particular machine ,
which of course has its variations
from other models , " he added as she
gasped in astonishment , "but I doubt
if you could follow the technical terms
whose use an accurate description
would necessitate , but I wish to assure
you that if , after what I have said ,
you think you know more about this
lift than I do. you are at perfect lib
erty to step in and take its manage
ment out of my hands. " Pearson's.
Went Around the Spot.
Before Bismarck reconstructed the
map of Europe and made a united
Germany a dozen little principalities
used to annoy travelers by stopping
them at their frontiers until they had
satisfied the custom house demands.
A Yankee once bad. his carriage stop
ped at the frontier of a petty prince's
country. The IIerr Ober ( controleur at
the custom house ) came forward and ,
much to his indignation , was received
in a nonchalant way. The Yankee was
ungeuUernanly enough not to get out
of his carriage or even to take off his
hat. The Ilerr Ober sharply demand
ed the key of the tourist's trunks ,
which his subordinate began handling
roughly.
"Here ! Hands off ! " shouted the
Yankee. "I didn't come from the '
United States of America to be con
trolled by you. Put those trunks back.
I'll not go through you at all. I'll turn
back. I'm In no hurry and don't care ,
for losing a day. You're no country.
You're only a spot. I'll go around
you. " And he did. London King.
A. "Way Out of It.
It was a man who opened the door
when the book agent rang the bell , but
a woman stood not far behind him ,
and subsequent developments indicated
there bad been a few warm words.
"I would like to talk to the lady of
the house for a few minutes. " said the
book agent.
"Oh. that is utterly impossible , " re
plied the man pleasantly. "You may
see her if you wish , but you can't talk
to her for a few miuutes that is. in suc
cession unless" as a happy thought
seemed to strike him "you both talk
at once. " Chicago News.
He Counted All Right.
"You've been in a fight. " said his
mother reprovingly.
"Oh. not much of a one. " answered
the boy.
"Did you count 100. as I told you.
when you felt your angry passions ris
ing ? "
"Oh. sure. " returned the boy. "I
counted 100 all right , but I knocked
the other boy down first. It's the only
safe way. " Chicaco Post.
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.when you need them. Ladies' *
Jackets at one-half regular price
marked in plain figures and cheap
at the old price. We will give
you a
For $ .oo Etc ,
Come quick before the assortment
is broken. Ladies' Waist Dress
Goods , Underwear , Overcoats ,
and Clothing all go at REDUCED
PRICES.
Favor us with your Grocery Orders , j
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Brave Men Fall
Victims to stomach , liver and kidney troub
les as well as women , and all feel the results
; n lo.ss cf appetite , poisons in the blood , back-
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: o ftel like that. J.V. . Gardner of Idaville ,
[ ml. . sa > s : "Electric Bitters are just the thing
ror a man when he don't care whether he
ivcs or dies. It gave me new strength and
Zi'od appetite. 1 can now eat anything and
iave a new lease on life. " Only O cents , at
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juaranteed.
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Price , 35 cents. Never sold
In bulk. Accept no aubsti-
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Beat Out of an Inereate of His Pension
A Mexican war veteran and prominent
editor writes ; "Seeing the advertisement of
Chamberlain's Cohc , Cholera and Diarrhoea.
Remedy , I am reminded that as a soldier m-
Mexico in ' 47 and ' 48,1 contracted Mexican
diarrhoea and this remedy has kept me from
getting an increase in my pension for or.
every renexval a dose ot it restores me. " It i *
unequalled as a quick cure for diarrhoea and
is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by
McConnell & Berrv.
Evil imagination is the poison of the sou ! .
'I here is much difference between the tally
cards of earth and the e of hea\en.
Paid DearJor His Ley.
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cut it off , but he < _ ired it with one box of
huckien Arna . - - > Jve Guaranrd cure
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