HE AVERTED A PANIC
Av REMARKABLE CASE OF BRAVERY
t AND PRESENCE OF MIND
MatnuUI the JuKKlcr Held an Audi
ence Spellbound While the Theater
AttachcM Were Fighting a Bad Fire
Behind the Scene
Satsuma MatsukI a Japanese juggler
and acrobat was filling an engage
ment at Burlington His marked abil
ity as a magician caused the opera
house to be crowded every evening
One feat In particular Interested lilt
audience Lying prone upon his back
he would toss u long light table back
ward and forward in all conceivable
positions to the time of lively music
his tiny feet keeping the table perfect
ly balanced
It was Saturday evening Satsuma
Matsuki had been performing for an
hour lie had astonished his audlcnco
with a score of wonderful achieve
ments but as yet he had not perform
ed with the table resting on his feet
MatsukI passed into one of the dress
ing rooms to change his costume
Scarcely had he closed the door when
he heard a sound that made his heart
stand still for a moment a crackling
and a hissing and the next instant a
long tongue of flame leaped from the
stairwav enveloping a window Oth
ers in the rear of the stage discovered
the flames at the same instant and a
fierce battle Avas begun between the
attaches of the theater and the raging
fire For one brief instant Matsuki
stood irresolute The fire was confined
within the dressing room of the right
wing and as yet no one in the audi
ence had an Inkling of the grave dan
ger that threatened the house Those
fighting the flames knew that a terribli
panic would ensue the moment that
the spectators realized the danger
MatsukI understood the situation too
and in that moment of hesitation he
saw the part that lie must act
MatsukI was before his audience
He had placed the rugs hastily in posi
tion that he might rest easily A mo
ment later and the orchestra com
menced playing Matsuki had balanc
ed the table and was gracefully danc
ing it back and forth keeping perfect
time with his dainty feet Shortly the
measure of the music was quickened
and he was obliged to move more
quickly At one time the table would
be at an angle of forty five degrees and
again at ninety degrees and the nest
moment perfectly perpendicular The
long table seemed fairly alive
Meanwhile those fighting the lire
had worked bravely and success was
crowning their efforts They heard
the music of the orchestra and they
knew that Matsuki was doing his part
to bold the attention of the people A
few moments more and all danger of a
stampede would be past
Fire Some one had seen a puff
of smoke issue from the right wing of
the stage
Ye ar Aire And Matsuki sent the
table nearly to the ceiling turning a
complete somersault in its flight The
audience shouted with delight
For twenty minutes Matsuki had
been in constant activity The veins
stood out upon his arms and temples
Uke whipcords
Fire Another had noticed a puff
of smoke
Ye ar Aire And again was the ta
ble hurled aloft and caught again with
the same dexterity
The conductor of the orchestra knew
not what it all meant At first he
thought that Matsuki had gone mad
Never before had he dared so much
If he was mad surely no one could
deny his astonishing skill
A moment later the stage- manager
walked across the stage and whisper
ed something to Matsuki at the same
time placing the table on the floor
Matsuki was unable to rise Attend
ants lifted the brave fellow and car
ried him behind the scenes Very
shortly the manager returned and
when he spoke his voice was sadly
broken
Ladies and gentlemen said he
passing his hand across his forehead
I have no doubt that you have great
ly enjoyed Satsuma Matsukis perform
ance this evening He has well merit
ed your generous applause more per
haps than you imagine I have to in
form you that Satsuma Matsuki alone
has stood between you and death for
the past twenty minutes or more The
danger is past now and you are liberty
to leave this building but permit me to
say before you depart that our friend
Matsuki has lost his entire magicians
outfit which cost him over a thousand
dollars Fire has completely destroy
ed his property I leave it with you
to do what is right and those who de
sire to show their gratitude for what
MatsukI has done this evening can
meet me here on the platform
There was no hesitation A long
line of men and women was quickly
formed and for an hour jhe manager
received the contributions of those who
wished to show their gratitude When
the amount was counted pledges and
all something over 1500 was found
Forward
She Thonsht of Hlni
She Oh Mr Borem how do you do
I was talking to Mrs Nexdore just
now and I couldnt help thinking of
you He And was she discussing me
She Not exactly She was comment
ing on the weather and just asked me
If I could imagine anything more tire
some and disagreeable Philadelphia
-Ledger
The steamship Korea which arrived
at San Francisco from tne orient re
cently brought the most valuable con
signment of raw silk evor landed in
this country It was worth 2450k000
It was dispatched east In haste the
same night 500 bales of it
V
ftwnlloivcil Tnlile Krlrcs For Fun
The glass eaters iron ch ewers ami all
other classes of human ostriches ar
well known to the frequenters of dlimj
museums and side shows but it Is sel
dom that we see read or hear of a
man who swallows IndlgeBtibles of ex
traordinary size Just for the novelty of
the thing Such a man however was
John Cummings whose history is giv
en In extended notices in the medical
and surgical annals of Boston Ha
watched a French sword swallowed
one day and immediately after at
tempted a similar feat with a common
table knife The knife accidentally
Blipped down his throat and a few
days later it having given him no in
convenience he repeated the experi
ment Both of these exploits took
place at Havre do iJrace France On
his return to Boston ho boasted of tiio
feat and upon ing bantered repeated
the dose again and again During the
following ten years he Bwallowod in all
thirty five knives and forks finally dy
ing In terrible agony He died in 1809
Grim Story Nnpolcon
A grim story of Napoleon is told by
Christian Waas in a Frankfort review
under the title of Napoleon at Yafa
A great number of the soldiers were
down with the plague and one day
Bonaparte sent for his chief surgeon
Larrey If I were you he said to
him I should put our plague patients
out of their misery It would save them
from having recourse to opium to
soothe them But my duty is to make
them live replied Larrey Bonaparte
then revealed the grim truth He and
his staff were reduced to traveling on
foot because the horses were all being
used for the transportation of the sick
Ho must therefore either abandon the
plague stricken to the cruelty of the
enemy or get rid of them Mr Waas
maintains that the order was carried
out accordingly There Is an end ob
serves the Journal des Debats to the
illusion of the famous picture in the
Louvre of Bonaparte Visiting tha
Plague Stricken Soldiers at Yafa
A Dramatics Scene
The most dramatic scene ever wit
nessed in Westminster hall was that
trial in Henry VIILs reign when 4S0
men and 11 women appeared before
the king and some of his great nobles
with ropes around their necks on a
charge of being concerned in the rising
of the prentices on the previous May
day Fortunately they had good friends
In three queens Katherine Mary of
France and Margaret of Scotland
who begged for their pardon on their
knees and when Henry at last yielded
to such supplications the prisoners it
is said gave a mighty shout for joy
throwing their halters toward the top
of the hall The stage has never pro
duced anything to rival that dramatic
moment London Graphic
Two Stories
Several years ago soon after Treas
ure Island had appeared and attract
ed public attention to Mr Stevenson
two gentlemen were traveling up to
Loudon from Norfolk One of them
was reading Treasure Island Pres
ently having finished the book he
dropped It into his traveling bag re
marking Well I think I could my
self write a better childs story than
that The other who by the way
was his brother urged him to try
Six weeks afterward the former hand
ed to the latter a complete tale in
manuscript It was King Solomons
Mines the first novel that maQe a
reputation for Rider Haggard Loudon
Queen
AVe Usnnlly Find Onr Level
Do not hypnotize yourself with the
idea that you are being kept down Do
not talk such nonsense Nobody of
any sense would believe it People
will only laugh at you Only one thing
is keeping you down and that is your
self There is probably some trouble
somewhere with you Of course there
are employers who are unjust to th
help there are instances In which em
ployees are kept back when they
should he advanced but as a rule
this is only temporary and they usual
ly find their level somewhere Success
Magazine
Flattery Wins
Woman of the House scrutinizing
him sharply I believe you are the
same worthless vagabond that was
here last week begging for something
to eat Saymold Storey Yesm Im
the feller The cold biled ham I got
here wuz the best I ever ett an 1
couldnt resist the temptation to como
agin Thats why Thanky maam
Chicago Tribune
Her Dear Friend
What nonsense all this Is about
men getting on their knees when they
propose said Mrs Parslow to her
dear friend My husband didnt do
any such absurd thing when he asked
me to marry him
He did when he proposed to me
said the dear friend without thinking
Too Costly
According to this paper said Mrs
Naggs widows mako the best wives
I dont doubt it my dear replied
Naggs but nevertheless I dont feel
justified in shuffling off at the present
moment merely for the sake cf making
a good wife of you
Cneerlne SoKCTCstion
Cobbs To tell you the truth I dont
think my wife cares very much for mo
Dobbs Well cheer up old man You
can at least be proud of her good sense
Detroit Tribune
Not Complnlnine
Belle I think he has lost his heart
May Well he is an extremely cheer
ful loser
Hatred Is like fire it makes even
light rubbish deadly George Eliot
NELSONS FIGHTING MEN
Und Few 1leaanrcn nnd Faced Death
With a Jent
Of the wooden walls of England
the grat sailing ships in wliich Admi
ral Nelson won his victories and of the
men who worked them a critic writes
Though beautiful to behold ami terri
ble to fight with those old men-of-war
were more often than not abodes of
tyranny and wretchedness The vio
lence of the press gangs which seized
men of all ages and occupations was
but a prelude to the oppression that
followed Decent men were herded in
discriminately with ruffians the rights
of free born Enelishmen wee rudely
snatched from them for theiji thence
forward there was no law save the
will of the captain and the dreud arti
cles of war Shore going luave was
nonexistent the food was atrocious
and scanty punishments were barbar
ous and the only thing served out with
any liberality was rum on which the
men got drunk and then weie flogged
for that offense at the gratings next
morning
In Nelsons time the seaman had
few pleasures save the prospect of a
hot light and his daily jgmt of rum
But to these must be added the vain
glorious satisfaction L took in his
clothes When rigged out in his best
he frequently wore rings iu his ears and
silver buckles on his low shoes his
short blue jacket would be decorated
with gold buttons and colored ribbons
sewed down the seams to give an addi
tional gayety his waistcoat might be
red or canary and a black silk hand
kerchief would be knotted loosely
round his throat As the finishing
touch his hair would be hanging in a
cue down his back The broad collars
were first worn as a protection against
the grease and pomatum used in dress
ing the pigtail
But all these fripperies were dis
carded when the guns were cast loose
from their lashings and the linstocks
were lighted It was the custom of the
men when going into uction to strip to
the waist They took their black silk
handkerchiefs and bound them very
tightly round their heads over their
ears so that the roar of the guns might
not deafen them for life It was re
marked that men going Into action al
ways wore a sullen frown however
merry they were in their talk
Methods followed In that day were
curiously primitive and toilsome but
the results were undoubtedly satisfac
tory save to the nameless and number
less sailors who met grim death on the
black and blood stained decks or in the
dark horror of the cockpit That those
death or disablement with a j
The Empire of Dollars
Wall street is the capital of the em
pire of dollars Like all other capitals
it has its intrigues Its favorites Its
duels Its cabals and its camarillas
and like all other capitals It gives its
color to those who spend their lives
there It ha8 even a sort of patriotism
wolf honor which brings its citi
zens together at times in defense of
the dollar and of property rights The
empire of dollars is not altogether a
noble spectacle We are not thrilled at
the mere thought of those Venice bank
ers who financed the crusaders We
do not like to think of those Wall
street manipulators who tried to corner
the gold supply during our civil war
when the nation needed gold Samuel
Merwin in Success Magazine
Time For a Change
What shall we do with our parents
There is my father ruining himself and
me by his willful ignorance and my
mother ruining b by her extrava
gances It is a great development of
the times that the ordinary child who
is past twenty is altogether better edu
cated more experienced and wiser
than are hi3 parental It has occurred
to me to suggest that after the eldest
child reaches twenty the parents
should therefore come under the con
trol of the children Letter in London
Graphic
Belffinm Shrimp Fishers
Horses play an important part In
shrimp fishing along the Belgian coast
A procession of weather beaten fisher
men starts from the shore each man
mounted upon the back of a trained
horse dragging the triangular purse
shaped net which scoops in the shrimp
as It passes over the sands These
fishermen on horseback frequently
make hauls -of several hundwjdweight
In a single trip
David Harnm the novel written
by the late Edward Noyes Westcott
netted the author9 estate about 125
000 according to a statement made In
the surrogates court Syracuse 2jLY
BARTLE
1906 and it snowed the very next day
John Glandon was u Bartley visitor
Saturday
Mrs Beck and daughter left for tho
east Saturday
A J Dodd was culled to Lincoln on
business this weak
Tho ice gatherers an now arranging
for this years harvest
James Fiirrell of Lebanon was a busi
ness caller here Monday
Miss Ellin McCord went to Stockville
Saturday to visit friends
Mr and Mrs ox moved into thoir
pleasant new home Mondny
A watub meeting was iu ld at tiio Dry
Creek church Sunday night
Miss Leva Williams is at her sisteis
Mrs Elmor Oxloys this week
C E Matthews has contracted a 170
job of plastering the new hotel at Miu
don
The Misses Ethel Rockwell and Green
lee of Cambridge attended tho Burton
party
Mr nnd Mrs Roy Hoover returned to
their home at Wauneta Friday evening
on No 5
A party of about one hundred had a
fine time skating south of town New
Yinr dny
Mrs Geo Webber vi ited with her
sister Mrs M O Voorhees south of
Cambridge this week
Mrs Ora Stevens and children return
ed from Wvmore Friday nidit her
health much improved
B O Walsworth has resigned his
position in the Bartley mill and moved
onto a farm northeast of Bartley
The members of the Degree of Honor
will have installation of officers and a
box supper Tuesday evening January
9th
C F Martin of Waco Neb will
preach in the Christian church morning
and evening January 7 Everybody in
vited
A F McCord will Kiv Monday for
a two months visit with relatives and
friends iu Eastern Nebraska and Mis
souri
Ira Riclchie camo home Tuesday
evening from Cambridge where he has
been shelling corn Lie returned Thurs
day morninjj
There was a party at the Bur-
home 0veninK in honor of
hardy and careless men often faced ton Fridy
jest or a their Mtivls fnmi North Loup three
cheer only renders their unconscious
heroism the more impressive Chica
go News
Four Good Reasons
An amusing Incident happened the
other day at a club which had hospi
tably thrown open its doors to two
other clubs A certain well known offi
cer In the brigade of guards was guilty
of the offense of smoking in the morn
ing room As a matter of fact he was
under the impression that it was the
smoking room A brother officer told
him of his mistake ne went up to the
only other occupant of the room an
old gentleman dozing In a corner and
apologized for having Inadvertently
broken one of the rules of the club
The old gentleman replied without
haste as follows My dear sir pray
do not apologize In the first place I
am sure you would not have smoked
had you known that it was prohibited
in the second I should be the last per
son to blame you if you had done so
in the third I am not a member of the
club and in the fourth I have just
been smoking myself London Globe
gentlemen ai d two ladies by the name
of Rich
P E McKillip brother of Dan and
Ed McKillip near hen- is mentioned as
an available candidate for eongress in
his district or for governor of Nebraska
Pat could fill either po ition to a queens
taste
LEBANON
Quite a crcwd of bns went to Wilson
ville Now Year dayto skate
Robert Orr is running tho Farmers
elevator Mr Bhiir hving resigned
Bam Judy has a new cylinder corn
sheller and is doing some fast shelling
Miss Hannah Kaiser gave a party New
Year night They report a splendid
time
Tho St Francis branch has two pass
enger trains daily since January 1st
One each way
Mr and Mrs Georf Abbott and Mr
and Mrs Albert Abbott and Floyd have
been visiting in Iowa
Urban Bartholomew drove to Bartley
Tuesday returning Wednesday with his
mother who returned from Lincoln on
No 5 Tuesday evening
Platte Cuming and Anna Garrett were
married at the home of the brides par
ents January rcl They will livo in
Grandma Ralstens residence
Ledie Welborn died the 3rd and was
buried Christmas in Lebanon cemetery
Mr Welborn was sick with the measles
and suffered a relapse lie leaves a wife
They were married in the spring of 1905
Others iu his fathers family have the
measles but are getting along nicely
The Lebanon hiu inPnicn are putting
out some co tly and very taking calen
dars They have some printed on paper
and some on paste board the paper ones
beiug iurnisiied with a tuho so that a
a customer can end one to an old timer
any where Thi a splendid feature
for those who nr lrgin for a reminder
of tho home folk
Fifty Years ih Standard
jpj
CREAM
BAKING
POWDflt
A Cream of Tartar Powder
lade From Grapes
Stokes9
Grocery
DANBURY
School reconvened Tuesday
Cecil Stilgebouor is under the doctors
care
Jesse Naden has roturnod from school
for ttio vacation
Mr Hindmans have moved into the
Morgan property
E M Woods and Mrs W AMinnioar
aro ailing citizens
Mrs Snrah Boyer fell Tuesday and
injured herself badly
Miss Alta Morgan returned to her
school Monday evening
Born to Mr and Mrs John Leisure a
baby boy December 27th
Rev Hall has returned from Stcckton
where he had been visiting
Miss Alta Morgan and Miss Bertha
Gliem visited in Lebanon Friday
Miss Alma Noo of Auburn Neb is
here visiting at tho homo of her uncle
J E Noe
Ethel Ash ton nnd Miss Viva Wright
have gone to the Stato University to take
music lessons
II N Frouch has purchased tho bill
iard hal in Ilerndon and is going to put
in a drug store
W J Stilgebouer has resigned his
position in Philip Gliems store and
Warnie Simonson has taken his place
Roy Thomas and Miss Flossie French
were married in McCook Now Year day
The young people have the respect and
well wishes of the entire community
Ben Murphy has quite a number of
mn preparing an ice house Dnnbury
has improved to tho extent it is neces
sary to have two ice houses to keep cool
in the summer
Mrs Bull nnd children were going to
Jake Wicks Tuesday and tho team
ran off and broke one of the little girls
nose and injured her arm They were
all shaken up pretty badly
BOX ELDER EAST SIDE
Snow beautiful snow January 2nd
Two weeks more of good weather and
all the corn will be shucked
Mrs Paul Stone gave a dinner to
friends and relatives last Sunday
George Harrison hauled rye to Mc
Cook last week for Charles Foye
George Loomis will move to Haiglor
where he has rented a ranch of about
1000 acres
Special meetings are being held in tho
Box Elder school house with Rev A
Adams in charge
George Henderson had the misfortune
to break his machiuo while shelling corn
for William Doyle
George Haraison assisted Will Sexson
butcher last Thursday Two porkers
and a beef were disposed off
Rhen Hauxwell will begin the I
ing of a barn just as soon as the weather
permits and carpenters can be had
Nelson Boyce has gone to Kansas to
take possession of his new home first of
the year He will return in about a
week and have a sale and move to Kan
sas
Herman Andrews is shucking corn for
Will Sexson doing 75 bushels a day
The corn is averaging 5G bushels per
acre It is of the Iowa White Dent vari
ety and has been raised but two years in
the west
Mr and Mrs Will Sexson gave a din
ner to a number of friends last Sun
day Those present were Mr and Mrs
J W Andrews of McCook Mrs Nel
son Boyce and son Vernon and Mr
and Mrs J H Garrison
RURAL FREE DELIVERY NO 1
Frank Freelove shucked corn Friday
and Saturday
J I Lee ismutting up his ice cutting
a fine quality of nice thickness
Mr and Mrs Frank Dudek are visit
ing relatives and friends in Wauneta
Adolph Bauer is looking after the
farm during the absence of Frank Dudek
Mrs G A Roedel is in a hospital in
Lincoln Mrs Joseph Downs is caring
for her baby and little girl
Samuel Hughes and William Neu
mann spent Saturday and Sunday on
the Willow visiting friends
T A Endsley and Miss Susie LeHew
both had a weeks vacation from teach
ing school in their respective districts
District 3 had a weeks vacation and
during that time the board had a floor
put in the building Miss Maude
Hughes is teacher
Now is the time to get two papers for
almost the price of one The Tribute
and Weekly Inter Ocean 5105
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bought the same feed of us at
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Good Standard Feed
has a certain value We know
that value and never charge above
it Its a saving the year round
to buy of us Do so and give the
dollars saved to your wife
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