-
from town to your farm and you or
the town man pay the carrier what
ever you aree is right The pro
posed postage charge would average
much higher than what you would
pav under the present system of
local delivery Now there is no
maximum weight limit for the carrier
can take anything ftiryeu hat he is
able o carry but it is proposed to
limit the weight to eleven founds on-
ly This would greatly curtail the
delivery privileges now open to every
farmer who desires to use them and
make delivery cost him more than un
der the present method I
Here is another side of the ques
tion the side seen by your good
friends the home merchants
Big City merlSnts ofSU kinds
to seize the rural par- j
post as a delivery outlet through
the use of local agents to whom par
cels would be shipped in large quan
tities by express or freight for de
posit in the local postoffice and de
livery by rural carriers There is ab
solutely no way in which this could
be prevented
The opportunity thus afforded these
mail order houses for the develop
ment of a gigantic trust is a most
serious menace to the farmers wel
fare Every necessary of life could
in time be monopolized through the
operation of this government postal
subsidy taxed against all the people
and applied for the sole benefit of the
Mail Order Trust Already Wall
street sees the trend of events and
big business has become interested
in fostering and financing the parcels
post agitation Its appetite has
been stimulated by the results c
tne past tew years which have en
abled one mail order house to pay an
annual dividend of 7 on its many
millions of capital and recently to
declare a special dividend of 33 1 3
What farmer can ever hope to equal
that record
The big city merchants pay no tax
es of any kind direct or indirect
in your community They do not
help maintain your schools churches
libraries hospitals and other public
institutions They do not help you
build and maintain good roads They
do not givo you credit and they give
you neither sympathy nor help when
misfortune comes These big city
merchants have absolutely no inter
est in you excepting to get KoWof
jf many of your dollars as they can
viA sive as little return therefor as
r ile
ruruiermore the big city merch
s r o not help in any way to main
tain and build up the home market
for jour products that enables you
to get spot cash or its equivalent for
anything you have to sell Your loca
tion near such a town increases the
value of your farm and makes that
farm easy to sell at full value when
ever you desire
You appreciate the fact that the
farmer trade keeps up the country
towns and that any system such as
the parcels post which will divert th
farmer trade from the country to the
big city will ruin the country town
If the country town is ruined the
farmers home market will be de
stroyed or at least very seriously im
paired Property values in the coun
try towns would certainly depreciate
as store after store was forced out of
business and greater burdens of tax
ation would be placed upon the farm
ers overburdened shoulders Lack of
funds raised by taxation would curtail
the schools of the country towns The
churches now so largely supported by
the Jame merchants could no longer
supplied with ministers un-
farmer members heavily in-
their contributions Public
Id be destroyed public in-
would suffer and public
become a thing of the
fact is that the inter-
armer and the home
L They are partners
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Delicate children can be made strong and vigorous by
eating this food daily The only iood ever made com
bining Wheat Rice Oats and Barley Just give it a
trial Ask your Groce
Why the Farmer Should Oppose the
Rural Parcels Post j
Th advocates of the rural parcels
rost claim that this system of
andice transportation would enable
the farmer to have small packages of
merchandist delivered at his mail
box quickly and cheaply A
No one disputes this but there
are two more sides to the Question
Here is one
Every rural delivery carrier is
now authorized to carry merchan
dise parcels weighing over four
pounds from jour farm to town or
in the business of production and dis
tributionin the upbuilding and main
tenance of the best possible home
is one that buys everything the farm
er lias to sell at top market prices
and sells him everything he needs at
fair competitive prices
Therefore Mr Farmer stand by
j oir home merchants now as you
would expect them to stand by you
In doing this you are conserving your
own best interests
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of stomach troubles particularly dys
pepsia after years of study perfect
ed the formula from which Rexall
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Our experience with Rexall Dyspep
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Terms of District Court 1911
Chase county April 24 and Novem
ber 13
Dundy County March 6 and No
vember 20
Frontier county March 20 and Oc
tober 2
Furnas county February 20 May
29 and October 23
Sosper countyT January Soand
September 25
Hayes county March 13 and Sep
tember 18
Hitchcock county May 1 and No
vember 27
Red Willow county February 6
May 15 and October 9
Robert C Orr district judge
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SHE SNUBBED MONROE
Incident In the Later Life of Mrs
Alexander Hamilton
A striking incident in the later llf
of Mrs AlexiiiuIiM Hamilton who sur
vived her lniliin fifty years is tii
in the vorl of in mi
lau Mclane Hamiltons Intiiiuii Lu
of Alexander Hamilton
Mrs Hamilton could never forget th
behavior of Monroe when be with
Muhlenberg and Venables accused
Hamilton of tiiiauriul irregularities tu
the time of I 111 Ke imids ilicideiil
Many years afterward when they were
botli aired people Monroe visited her
and a j interview occurred which was
wie yt by a nephew who was then
a lad ol liftcun 1 had he says
been ent lo call upon my Aunt Ham
ilton oi afternoon I found her in
her gar en and was there with her
talking hen a maidservant caim
from Ile Mouse with a carH It was
the card of fI
the name an
much perturbed
aaaMon
cHPIBUdij
she spoke very lo
v4HRli
when she was angry
roe She read
ig the card
ce sank and
always did
What has that
man come to see me forV escaped
from her Why Aunt Hamilton said
I dont you know its Mr Monroe
and lies been president and he is vis
iting here now in the neighborhood
and has been verwuuch made of and
invited everywhere and so I suppose
he has come to call and pay his re
spects to you After a moments he-
Itation I will see him she said
The maid went back to the house
My aunt followed walking rapidly I
after her As she entered the parlor
Monroe rose She stood in the middle
of the room facing him She did not
ask him to sit down He bowed and
addressing her formally made hei
rather a set speech that it was many
years since they had met that the
lape of time brought its softening in
fluences that they both were Hearing
the grave when past differences could
be forgiven and forgotten in short
from hi point of view a very nice
conciliatory well turned little spppch
She answered still standing and look
ing at him Mr Monroe if you have
come to tell me that you repent that
you are sorry very sorry for the mis
representations and the slanders and
the stories you circulatpd against my
dear husband if you have come to say
this I understand it But otherwise
no lapse of time no nearness to thp
grave makes any difference She
stopped speaking Monroe turned took
up his hat and left the room
In this connection it may be said
that the oft repeated story of the
meeting of M Hamilton and Aaron
Burr many years on an Albany
steamboat is a fiction bntit was prob
ably suggested by the Monroe Incident
Hanged For Stealing Golf Balls
Some sharp punishment has lately
been meted out to men convictetl of
golf ball stealing and one boy was
sentenced to six strokes with the
birch The offenders however may
congratulate themselTes that they- live
in a merciful age
In 1G37 at an assize in Banff a lad
of the town having confessed to steal
ing a few trifles including some golf
bails was actually hanged for the r
fense The indictment ran that
was ane lewd liver and boy of ane
evill lyiff and conversation and ane
daIie romainer fro the kirk in tyme
of dyvyne worschip The humane
judges ordanit the said Francis to be
presentlie tackit and cariet to the fal
lows hill of this burgh and bangit ou
the gallows thereof to the death
London Graphic
Want Advertisements London 1693
1 want a young man that can read
and write mow and roll a garden use
a gun at a deer and understand coun
try sports and to wait at table and
such like
I want a complete young man that
will wear livery to wait on a very val
uable gentleman but he must know
how to play on a violin or a flute
I want a genteel footman that can
play on the violin to wait on a person
of honor
If I can meet with a sober man that
has a counter tenor voice I can help
him to a place worth 30 the year or
more From Sampsons History of
Advertising
Illusions of Life
Life is like a beautiful and winding
lane on either side bright flowers and
beautiful butterflies and tempting
fruits which we scarcely pause to ad
mire and to taste so eager are we to
hasten to an opening which we imag
ine will be more beautiful still But
by degrees as we advance the trees
grow bleak the flowers and butterflies
fail the fruits disappear and we find
we have arrived to reach a desert
waste G A Sala
Knew When He Was Well Off
Sanitarium Honor So Mrs Pitts
field was heie while I was away
Nurse- Yes sir She wanted to take
her husband home imt lie said he
preferred to stay here
Doctor- lve suspeiied ihat -a ail
along the man is not crazy at alL
Puck
What He Saved
Mr Huhh 1 havent saved a dollai
since 1 married you
Mrs Hiihi Oli what a fib Youve
Jfcgdnearb
WBpWe
half vou had in the bank
Boston Transcript
A Matter of Choice
Maud Miss Oldum declares that she
is single from choice Ethel Thafs
true The man she expected to marry
chose another Exchange
We rarely confess that we deserve
what we suffer Quesnel
LINCOLNS QUESTION
It Stilled lha Storm of Applause For
Hs Opponent Douglas
Professoi James T McLearv ot
ManUato Minn who for fourteen
years represented a district ol Ins
state in congress told this Lincoln
story
A friend of mine told me that when
a boy he attended with his father one
of the famous Lincoln Douglas de
bates in Illinois My friends father
was a Lincoln man but the place in
which that particular debate took
place was a Douglas stronghold
Douglas spoke tirst and he was
frequently interrupted by vociferous
applause The cheering and the hand
clapping at the end lasted four or five
minutes When Lincoln was intro
duced the crowd broke out into cheers
for Douglas and kept it up for several
minutes Lincoln meanwhile waited
patiently
When at length the enthusiasm had
subsided Lincoln extended his long
risrlit arm for silence When he had
partly got this he said in an impres
sive tone What an orator Judrre
Douglas is
This unexpected tribute to their
friend set the audience wild with on
thusiasm When this applause had
run its course Lincoln extending his
hand again this time obtained silence
more easily
What a fine presence Judge Dou
las has exclaimed the speaker ear
nestly Again tumultuous applause fol
lowed the tribute
How well rounded his sentence
are How well chosen his language
is How apt his illustrations are
ending up with What a splendid man
Judge Douglas Is
Then when the audience had icain
become silent at his call Lincoln lean
ed forward and said
And now my countrymen how
many of you can tell me one thing
Judge Douglas said
My friend told me he searched his
own heart for an answer and found
none Afterward he asked his fathei
If he could remember anything Judge
Douglas had said and the latter re
membered practically nothing But
my friend said to me Impressively
pven now half a century later I can
recall practically all that Lincoln
said Exchange
THE USE OF ARSENIC
How the Poison Acts When Taken as
a Complexion Beautifier
You no doubt have observed the lily
white complexion of some women
These women are sacrificing years of
their lives for that beautiful skin by
the use of arsenic said a chemist of
Manchester England
It is a well known fact that thou
sands of women in all countries of the
VcHd use the poison in small quanti
tiesa bleach Jheirsli It is an ef
fective means of whitening and clear
ing the complexion but the complex
ion given by its use has no perma
nency unless the absorption of the drug
be continued
Arsenic as science has long told u
Is an accumulative poison When one
takes it either by prescription for the
i tfiKnug oranafipeTite ofi6TtlTe
Ijilflfching of the skin he does not feel
any ill effects for several years The
effect of the drutr is bracing and makes
a person feel like eating It also aids
the digestion The average user of
the poison takes It in such small quan
tities that he does not realize how
much of it will accumulate in his sys
tem in the course of four or five years
Being an accumulative poison it
often takes that length of time to see
the results of the drug Then the user
may complain of not being able to con
trol his fingers or toes Subsequently
he loses control of his hands and arms
Paralysis superinduced by arsenical
poisoning is the fearful result Wash
ington Post
That Was Enough
They were talking about the nosey
women who knew everybody in the
middle of the block
Apparently shes got It in for those
people who moved away from 35 last
week said he What did they do to
her
Nothing said she except to bor
row her opera glasses the day before
they moved and keep them till the day
after so she couldnt get a chance tc
train them on their back room furni
ture New York Times
What Damp Means
Learn to know what damp means
especially when used upon polished
woodwork Think it means wet and
you will be reviling valuable Informa
tion as newspaper rubbish Dip
cloth in hot water wring it as hare
as you can then shake it in the aii
and it should have about the righl
amount of moisture Exchange
The Silver Lining
Oh John exclaimed Mrs Short
cash who was reading a letter oui
son has been expelled from college
Isnt It awful
Oh I dont know answered Mr
Shortcash Perhaps I can pull througt
without making an assignment now
Chlcago News
Getting On
How Is your daughter getting along
with her vocal lessons
Splendidly splendidly Shes got sc
now that she can say 1 cant sin
witthout my music just beautifully
Detroit Free Press
Mads It Lean
Teacher Now Harold can you tel
me what made the tower of Pisa lean
Harold Kguess there must have beei
a fqcine in the land Exchange
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MU ITH0V UflTSP
Carried to Brutal Extremes In
German Army Schools
T
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ABETS MAIMED AND KILLED
The Most Dangerous Punishment
Meted Out to Erring Freshmen Is
the Gantlet of Fire and the Most
Repulsive Is Bacon Swallowing
Germany is of all countries the one
in which the science of hazing in mil
itary schools has attained the greatest
development The army plays in the
fatherlands life a part the importance
ol which can hardly be realized by an
untraveled American Military service
is compulsory and in time of peace
ftioOOO men are kept armed uniformed
and drilled To command that huge
contingent 80000 commissioned officers
are necessary
This large oliicer corps has developed
customs ethics even a morality of Its
own These customs and ethics are
imitated at an early age by the boy
who aspires to enjoy the veneration
which German officers generally re
ceive from the populace Imitation
in a young man usually means exag
geration and some of the little mil
itary snobs are on their first day at
school a joy tc behold Very soon
however the precocious stiffness is
taken out of them
A harmless though repulsive form of
hazing cadets whose appetite verges
on gluttony is called bacon swallow
ing The plebes to be victimized are
lined up on the grounds surrounded
by a group of second year men A
slice of raw bacon is tied to a piece
of string and the plebe whose name is
drawn first is made to swallow the
unappetizing morsel When the sick
ening sensation of the twine tickling
his throat threatens to nauseate him
the bacon is pulled out The name of
another unfortunate is drawn and he
is in turn obliged to swallow the ba
con the appearance of which has not
been improved by the first mans
chewing On It goes along the line
to the next man and up to the last one
and for days and days the sight ol
bacon a staple article In German
cuisine will if it does not spoil the
healthy youngsters appetites at leasl
remind them that undue haste in as
similating food lacks refinement
After a few hours spent in frogs
squat the most dignified and snob
bish plebes assume the good natured
and perfectly chummy attitude which
means that they have been tamed
Swelled heads are quickly noted and
their owners made to sit on the flooi
with their chins resting on their knees
and their ankles and wrists are bound
together A solid stick parsed under
the knee joints and forcing the fore
arm back prevents them from moving
arms or legs and they are left there
facing one another in an unnatural
cramped and ridiculous position
Other forms of hazing are the stom
ach dance with or without obstacles
finding the keyhole tossing in a
ketf aETl star gazing In the stomach
dance the cadet is put flat on his
stomach on a high table and four tor
menters take him by the hands and
feet and whirl him around on the
table In the case of serious offenses
a few hard objects or obstacles are
scattered over the table making the
uance rather painful
Then comes fiuding the keyhole The
cadet stands in front of a locker and
is blindfolded He has to feel for the
keyhole with his forefinger Then an
other cadet places his head between
the locker and the finger opens his
mouth and bites the finger till its own
er howls
Star gazing consists in being made to
watch the stars at night through a
coat sleeve held like a telescope by
two cadets A third cadet then pours
a glass of muddy water in at top of
the sleeve
When a cadet is guilty of behavior
unbecoming to a gentleman disgraces
his class by some breach of etiquette
or commits some petty theft he is
generally sentenced by the holy
vehm or court of honor to the
rod The penalty is applied ruthless
ly a gag being placed in the punished
mans mouth to stifle his cries for
help
Of all the forms of hazing the most
brutal perhaps is the gantlet of fire
The freshman upon whom that punish
ment is to be visited Is kept in a dark
room astride a wooden chair to which
he is securely fastened In the next
room his tormentors are twisting news
papers into Imitation torches which at
a given signal they light with matches
When the torches are burning brightly
they form themselves in two lines
another signal is sounded the door of
the dark room is thrown open and the
freshman is ordered to ride between
the lines while he is mercilessly
lashed with flaming brands
However quickly he may run the
gantlet by the time he has reached
the end of the blazing pathway his
hair his eyebrows and lashes have
been singed to the skin his eyelids are
seared and swollen his lips blistered
his uniform hopelessly damaged
One of the surgeons in attendance
covers up the sores with bandages
and sends the singed plebe to the in
firmary for a couple of days The of
ficial report mentions the explosion of
an alcohol lamp or some other acci
dent of like nature
Not infrequently those boyish
pranks have a tragic ending More
than once cadets have been crippled
for life and there are two cases on
record where death was the direct re
sult of horseplay carried too far New
York Tribune
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