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ADVERTISE
And Business Will Boom
Burlington Reduces Time
The Burlington railroad today offi
cially announces effective September
12tb cutting th time of its fast Denver
trains bringing the cities of Chicago and
Denver two hours closer together than
has been possible since June 1907 The
schedule of 1907 was lengthened on all
lines because the heaviest traffic ever
handled in the United States was con
tinually in transit on all railroads Be
sides some of the lines were carrying on
construction work which made it im
possible for them to maintain the
schedule in effect at that time The
Burlington has proven its ability to
make the schedule by running its trains
precisely on time 355 consecutive days
There is a reason why greater speed
is possible The Burlington has just
completed an expenditure of over 822
000000 in track improvement 84500000
strengthening bridges and building new
bridges of reinforced concrete S4870C0
in additional telegraph facilities and
blocking stations so that there is a posi
tive block behind every train operating
on the System carrying passengers
Among other expenditures since the
Hill interests took control of this prop
erty over 820000000 has been spent for
new and better equipment
The Burlington has for over two
years conducted an exhaustive daily
system of speed tests and established on
a scientific basis the maintaining on all
trains a maximum schedule without ex
ceeding a safety speed limit It has in
stalled on 261 engiues registering speed
recorders making it possible to bring
the train up to a maximum uniform
speed maintaining it so that a schedule
can be shortened and reach destination
on time without reckless running This
is proven by the fact that the Burling
ton carried over 20000000 passengers
during the year ending June 30th 1909
without a single fatality Coupled with
the shortening of the time by the Burl
ington its trains will carry a complete
set of new equipment of distinctive type
and finer than anythiug produced up to
date in the United States The combi
nation of the Hill Lines were the first to
shorten the time from Chicago St
Louis and Kansas City to Seattle and
it is the only through service between
these points without change They are
the first to shorten the time between
Chicago and Denver making it possible
to reach all Colorado points quicker
than heretofore
Three Million Acres of Government Land
to be opened for settlement about Oct
1st in South Dakota Uncle Sams
greatest land drawing These lands to
be opened under the United States
homestead laws For reliable informa
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silver for our interesting booklet The
Cheyenne and Standing Rock Reserva
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map of South Dakota showing
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If you are interested in securing 160
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Address Homestead Information Bu
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Rules For Carrying Liquor
Fort Smith Ark Sept 4 Judge
Eourland in the Arkansas state chancery
court Friday handed down a decision
holding that railroads carrying liquor
into dry territory must hold the ship
ment thirty six hours at its destination
before delivering it to the consignee
and in the meantime notify the state
officers before such delivery The de
cision was in the suit of the prosecut
ing attorney seeking an injunction to
prevent the Kansas City Southern rail
road from carrying liquor from Fort
Smith to Scott county Arkansas
WARNING
Do not be persuaded into taking any
thing but Foleys Honey and Tar for
chronic coughs bronchitis hay fever
asthma and lung trouble as it stops the
cough and heals the lungs
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AN AUTHORS START
When Marion Crawford Began His
Career ss an Author
Marlon Crawford I had known slwe
be was a ind of fourteen years I loo
was a youngster in those days We
were living in a New Jersey town
and lie came there to visit tils num
Mrs Adolphe Maillard a sister of Mrs
Julia Ward Howe Alt hough lie mine
from Italy he dressed as an English
ad with high hut Elon jaeUe wiile
and long trousers Yon can im
agine the sensation that he made in
Mutt quiet New Jersey town We Ii hI
had kings and prlm es as our neigh
bors hut a young liny in a high hat
was unknown to us and therefore much
more of a novelty From those da vs
which were tilled with youthful
I did not see Frank Crawford
is he was then called until he was
i full grown man and had knocked
about the world a bit His uncle the
well known Sam Ward brought him
ro the ollice of the Critic then consist
ing of a single small room over Dnn
lells dry goods store in Broadway
New York This lad wants to he a
writer said his Uncle Sam 1 wish
that you would give him a chance to
learn the business We gave him the
chance not ouly for old times sake
but because we liked his looks That
fellow can do anything he cares to I
remarked after he left the office So
we let him write He wrote book re
rlews editorials and even poetry and
ifter that he wrote Mr Isaacs You
snow the rest From that on It was
asy enough He won out and we
new that though we had given him
he chance he wanted at the time that
he wanted it he would have found It
quick enough anywhere else But he
never forgot what he chose to regard
as a favor Jeannette
Putnams
POLENTA
A Woman Tells of Her Introduction to
the Italian Dish
Did you ever eat polenta Hear
what one woman has to tell ypu be
fore you say no
Just let me tell you about my in
troduction to this Italian dish Last
summer after i had closed our camp
In the mountains 1 was invited to
spend the night with an acquaintance
who had the next camp
She is a charming woman one who
has lived abroad more than in this
country She is devoted to Italy and
things Italian and her cook from
southern Italy has been with her sev
eral years
As 1 was about to retire my host
ess said to me Pardon me but 1
didnt think to ask you what you pre
ferred to have for breakfast Keally
before 1 had opportunity to frame a
reply she continued We always have
polenta Antonina makes delicious po
lenta so I always have it I did not
know polenta 1 was quite sure but it
trertainly sounded most attractive and
so I replied 1 am sure 1 should like
polenta especially if Antonina makes
It and I went to my room with ray
appetite already whetted for polenta
made by Antonina
The next morning 1 awaited that
meal with the greatest expectancy
The polenta was served and 1 tasted
it Was it good
It certainly was but 1 had eaten it
hundreds of times before only we pro
saic Americans call it cornmeal mush
Truly that is polenta A name
makes lots of difference doesnt It
she concluded Houston Post
Professional Orators
When Lord Hosmead then Sir Her
cules Robinson was governor of New
South Wales in the early seventies it
fell to his lot to admit the erstwhile
cannibal kingdom of Fiji as an in
tegral part of the British empire
During the incidental ceremonies be
noticed that none of the great fighting
chiefs spoke in person aud that each
of them had a professional orator on
his staff As an Irishman with a
strong sense of humor Sir Hercules
was naturally tickled by such a novel
situation and when he got back to
Sydney he repeatedly eulogized the ar
rangement pointing out that the man
of action was very rarely a man of
words and that civilization might very
well learn a lesson from Pacific chiefs
London Chronicle
Well Trained
A farmer finding a motor horn in
the road took it home determined to
turn it to some use So he taught his
poultry to gather for meals at its toot
and all nature may be said to have
smiled till one morning a motor car
passing the farmyard blew a loud
blast The full strength of the poultry
yard instantly ran out into the road
and began to pursue the car with all
the ardor of railway travelers charging
Into the refreshment room At the end
of the fifth mile fourteen pullets and
three roosters succumbed through ex
haustion The rest are still running
English Paper
Whats In a Name
Epicure Waiter this steak is
tively bad It must be three weeks
old Waiter Ah pardon monsieur
1 have made ze meestake and have
brought you ze venison Epicure
Venison Oh yes Then you may
leave it Tastes it Ah to be sure
It Is venison and very nice too very
nice indeed Town Topics
The Poor Poet
My husband never gets what he
should for his poetry said the poets
wife with a tinge of sadness
Oh dont be too hard on him re
plied the girl absentmindedly Youk
ers Statesman
Who teaches often learns hlmself
Italian proverb
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DETECTIVE STORIES
It Is the little pleasures which make
life sweet as the little displeasures
may do more than afflictions can to
make it bitter
Confide a secret to n dumb man and
it will make him speak Livonlan
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Little Things as Aids In Solving
Problems In Crime
THE VALUE OF SMALL CLEWS
In All My Experience Says Police
Sergeant Cuff One of Wilkie Ccl
lins Creations I Have Never Yet
Met Such a Thing as a Trifle
If you ask some London publisher
they will tell you that no book sells so
well as a detective story and that peo
ple still find a fascination in the
achievements of Edgar Allan PoeV
Dupln Jaboriaus Leeoeq and Tabaret
and the redoubtable Sergeant Cuff ol
Wilkie Collins
These men were the forerunners of
Sherlock Holmes and their feats n
criminal tracking were as lemarka bit
as thoso achieved by the famous char
acter created by Sir Arthur Conai
Doyle Perhaps the least known Is
Cuff who figures In The Moonstone
Cuff looked for clews in trifles In
vestigating a smear on a newly paint
ed door he was told bv the superin
tendent who had the case in hand that
It was made by the petticoats of the
women servants The superintendent
said petticoats were trities
In all my experience along the
dirtiest ways of this dirty little world
replied Cuff I have never met such
a thing as a trifle yet We must see
the petticoat that made the smear and
we must know for certain that the
paint was wet
Leeoeq the beau ideal of the French
L Gilder in detective was wont to pirnlntn M n
ductions to assistants just as Sherlock
Holmes did to his friend Watson In
the story of File No 113 a safe has
been robbed There is a scratch on
the door of the safe which seems to
have boon made by the key slipping
from the lock But Leeoeq explained
that the paint was hard and that the
scratch could not have been made by
the trembling hand of the thief letting
the key slip
He therefore had an iron box made
painted with green varnish like the
safe As Leeoeq inserted the key he
asked the assistant to endeavor to pre
vent him using the key just as he was
about to insert it in the lock The as
sistant did so and the key held by
Leeoeq pulled aside from the lock
slipped along the door and traced upon
It a diagonal scratch from top to bot
tom the exact reproduction of the one
shown in a photograph of the safe
Thus it was proved that two persons
were present at the robbery one
wished to take the money and the
other to prevent its being taken
In the play Sherlock nolmes the
detective with the aid of an accom
plice raises an alarm of fire at the
house of the Larrabees during the ex
citement of which he is able to inves
tigate the mystery of the purloined
documents
A somewhat similar incident occurs
in Edgar Allan Poes The Purloined
Letter when Dupin having obtained
entrance to the house of a minister
of the state who had purloined a let
ter of great importance from a lady
wished to take it from Its hiding place
a card rack over the mantelpiece
and substitute a facsimile While
Dupin was talking to the minister
there was a sudden report of a pistol
beneath the window followed by fear
ful screams and loud shouting The
minister rushed to the window and
while his attention was thus distracted
Dupin took the real letter and substi
tuted the false one which he had pre
pared Needless to say the diversion
had been created by Dupins assist
ants
Although The Adventures of Sher
lock Holmes somewhat overshadow
the stories of other detectives which
appeared in the Strand Magazine one
should not forget to mention Martin
Hewitt investigator and Dick Don
ovan
Both these detectives worked alone
and were past masters in the art f
solving robbery mysteries murders
and the crimes of secret societies
And the value of noting trities par
ticularly in detective work is striking
ly illustrated in The Case of Mr Fog
gart The latter had been murdered
in his chamber which was situated at
the top of the building in which Hew
itt had an office Hewitt was the first
one on the scene The door was lock
ed and when he got inside the room
he found Foggatt lying across the ta
ble shot dead There was a sheer
drop of fifty feet outside the windows
How had the murderer got in and
how had he escaped
On the sideboard were the freshly
bitten remains of an apple Hewitt
noticed that it had been bitten by a
person who had lost two teeth one
at the top and one below He also
saw that the dead man had an excel
lent set of false teeth with none
missing He observed too that an ac
tive young man could by standing on
the window sill draw himself on the
roof and thus escape Thus Hewitt
comes to look for a tall athletic look
ing young man with two teeth miss
ing He finds him obtains by a ruse
another apple which he has bitten
compares the two and ultimately ob
tains the startling story of the mur
der from the murderer himself after
the coroners jury had returned a ver
dict of accidental death London
Tit Bits
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GOING FOR THE DOCTOR
And
Also the Reason Why He Was
After the Medical Man
Yes your honor said the man
who had been arrested for driving his
automobile at au illegal rate of speed
1 admit that I was running thirty
miles au hour but 1 was going for
the doctor
Oh you were going for the doctor
eh Can you otter any proof to sub
stantiate that statement
Yes I can bring In the doctor
himself as a witness If necessary
TJin That ought to make a differ
ence The law is explicit but we
must grant that there may be exten
uating rirouuiManees There have
been times when the court would have
been glad to run thirty miles an hour
if the court could have done so Cer
tainly a man should not be held too
strictly to the provisions of the law
f he happens to violate It for the pur
pose of trying to save a life The
court is very strongly inclined to dis
miss the case Did you explain to the
officer who arrested you that you were
going for the doctor
es your honor
Officer what have you to say
Well your honor 1 asked him
when he said he was going for the
doctor what he was going for the doc
tor for
Yes That was very sensible What
was he going for the doctor for
For to take the doctor and two
young ladies for a ride as 1 found out
unbeknownst to him
Thirty dollars and costs Chicago
Record Herald
A COLLECTORS RUSE
rhe Way He Secured a Rare Piece of
Dresden Ware
We should cultivate our fancy for old
china as did the late Mr Wertheimer
the art dealer concerning whom there
Is a story that every bargain hunter
should take to heart
Wertheimer was one day passing
through Mayfair when he noticed a
sale about to take place of the furni
ture and household effects of a de
ceased nobleman He walked through
the rooms where dealers were critical
ly examining choice specimens of un
doubtedly genuine Chippendale and
Sheraton interspersed among early
Victorian furniture his eyes apparent
ly dwelling on nothing But wheh the
sale was about to commence he asked
the auctioneer it he would take toOOU
for everything in the house
The offer was accepted Now you
can resell everything for me said Mr
Wertheimer except this and he took
down from the mantelpiece a dirty or
nament some nine inches high and put
it into his pocket It was a piece of
the rarest Dresden bearing the covet
ed mark of the wand of Aesculapius
which he afterward sold for 10000
How the dealers metaphorically kick
ed themselves for overlooking it and
how they bid against one another In
the chance of securing a similar treas
ure is still a tradition in Bond street
London Chronicle
She Makes a Suggestion
How beautiful and clean the hori
zon looks said Polly as on the second
day out she came up on deck and
threw herself down in the steamer
chair beside me
Well it ought to be said I looking
up from my book The captain has
been sweeping it with his glass for
the past six hours
That reminds me said Polly turn
ing two very grave blown eyes upon
me Did you remember to bring that
vacuum cleaner along with you as i
suggested
No said I unwarily I remem
bered to forget it however What o
earth does anybody want with
vacuum cleaner at sea
It was only for you dear sak
Polly I thought you would like to
have your brains massaged with it oc
casionally New York Times
The Ministers Tools
No workman can do good work with
out sufficient tools Books are the
ministers tools He must have them
if he is to serve his people well Yet
many a ministers salary is so small
that he is unable to provide the com
monest necessities for his family and
have enough left to supply himself
with nepded books The church that
makes it impossible for its pastor to
buy books harms itselt even more than
it harms the minister Cumberland
Presbyterian
Etiquette
In our republican atmosphere old
fashioned etiquette has ceased to be
necessary but the word etiquette is
suggested whenever one hears the
phrase thats the ticket for eti
quette Is French for ticket and its
present English signification sprang
from the old custom of distributing
tickets or etiquettes which contained
the ceremonies etc to be observed
at any formal event exactly like our
word program
An Alibi
Examiner What is an alibi Can
didate For the Bar An alibi is com
mitting a crime in one place when you
Bre in another place If you can be In
two other places the alibi is all the
stronger in law Puck
Marriage
Marriage is a lottery quoted the
wise guy
Oh thats an antiquated idea ob
served the simple mug Nowadays
its a game of skill Philadelphia
Record
The fellow who doesnt allow an
alarm clock to interfere with bis morn
ing nap illustrates the triumph of mind
over matter Philadelphia Record
Remedies are Needed
Were we perfect which we arc not medicines would
not often be needed But since our systems have be
come weakened impaired and broken down through
indiscretions which have gone on from the early ages
through countless generations remedies are needed to
aid Nature in correcting our inherited and otherwise
acquired weaknesses To reach the scat of stomach
weakness and consequent digestive troubles there 1S
nothing so good as Dr Pierces Golden Medical
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About People in Nebraska
Miss Minnie Alice Hawkins was mar
ried to Mr Clifford C Burbridgeof Mc
Cook Neh at 10 a m Monday at the
home of the brides parents Mr and
Mrs A Edgar Hawkins 3027 P street
Judge James P Cosgrove officiated
The groom is a merchantjof McCoekand
he and his bride left Tuesday for that
city whero they will make their future
home The bride was attended by Miss
Pauline Ililer of Lincoln and Mr
Leonard Hammell of McCook was -best
man Tho brido wore a dress of cream
satin trimmed in princess lace Miss
Hiler was gowned in white silk tissue
The wedding was held in the parlor of
the brides parents home which was
decorated with pink carnations emilax
and ferns These were also the deco
rations in the dining room where after
the ceremony a wedding breakfast was
served Only the immediate relatives
mid friends were present The out of
town guests attending were Mr and
MrsJohn Oaschger of Valparaiso Neb
Miss Hattie Porter of Surprise Mr
Leonard Hammell of McCook and Mr
Frank Burbridge of McCook a brother
of the groom Lincoln Star
DO It Now
The following beautiful sentiment is
credited to Senator Taylor I would
rather fill my purse with money and
keep its gates ajar to my happy girls
while yet they linger under my roof
than to clutch it with a misers hand
until the harpstrings of youth are brok
en and its music forever fled I would
rather spend my last nickle for a bog of
striped marbles to gladen the hearts of
my barefooted boys than deny them
their childish pleasures and leave them
a bag of gold to quarrel over when I am
dead I abhor the pitiless hawk that
circles in the air only to swoop down
and stiangle the song of the linnet or
bury his talons in tho heart of the dove
I despise the man whose greed for gold
impels him to strangle the laughter and
song of his own family
Burlington Plans Air Line
Nashville Tenn Aug 30 The Bur
lington system is shortly to establish
an air line through Nashville con
necting the grain fields of the northwest
with the Atlantic coast In this the
Tennessee Central will play a conspic
uous part as it will be the connecting
link between the Chicago Burlington
Quincy at Paducah and the Sea
board Air Line at Rutherfordton N C
and the report is here that the Burling
ton system will acquire the Tennessee
Central as the connecting link between
the Burlington and the Seaboard Air
Line To complete the chain the Ten
nessee Central will build from Hop
kinsville to Paducah both in Kentucky
a distance of 70 miles
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