The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, July 12, 1910, Image 2

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THE JVC,YOS" or
WOULD WZ?ff SUO&Z
WELL X.aA72EZ
1112 Amorlcnn girl of all
ages, from bo von to sev
enty, Id tho original nnd
tho ronl Candy Kid. From
morning till vory Into In
tho evening alio constant
ly munches BWcotBtuffs of
a thousand dlfforont vurlo
tloa nnd flavors. Strong
men have ransacked tho world to find
n new flavor, n suhtlo tang that will
appeal to her taste In her next and
lntust box of cnndk'R. Bomowhoro bo
twocn nunrlso nnd sunrlBo of every
twenty-four hours over twonty-four
big carloads of cnndy are enton with
in tho boundnry lines of tho United
Btatcs.
Whon Miss Amorlcn Is n vory llttlo
girl alio Is contented to oat tho sim
pler kinds of confectionery. Hut ns
she gets a llttlo older hor tastes grow
more esthetic nnd her aonse of
flavors gets more subtlo. Slio carries
her box of sweets ncross tho lawn to
n chum's house nnd tho two Bit do
llghtodly building up day dreams aid
ed by tho delicious flavors of tholr
favorite brand. When sho ontors tho
schoolroom sho must bavo a small
box at least tucked away handily.
Otherwise she would never bo ablo to
get through the Btrcnuous duties of a
school day. If sho goos out driving
or motoring n box of candy Is ns
much a part of tho equipment ns tho
gloves or the gaBollno. And tho habit
ktowb on her ns sho gets oldor. Sho
must keep a few pounds of bor favor
ite confection In bor room when at
1iomo, in her bag when traveling and
In tho hampers when starting out for
a motor tour.
One ot tho commonest nnd possibly
one of the moBt beautiful of tho maga
zine covotb of tho future will bo a
drawing of a beautiful young woman
at tho steering wheel of a swjft aero
plane, one hand on tho whcol and tho
other poising a pleco of divinity fudgo
a fow Inches from a pair of divinely
scarlpt Hps.
Government Collects Statistics.
1 Tho government has gono to somo
troublo to colleqt 'statistics on tho
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Tho boarding schools havo attempt
ed to cut down tho candy allowance
of tho young Indies under tholr charge,
with vory Indifferent success. Tho
fact thnt It Is forbidden soema to
make the candled lumps nil tho moro
alluring. It ndds n splco to tho tnsto
from tho very fact that it Is forbid
den. Candy smuggling lins become
one of the recognized sports In theso
Institutions nnd It Is a gnmo that
never grows stnlo nnd wcnrlsomo.
Mothers' clubs ovorywhoro nre listen
ing to tho reading of Instructive pa.
pors on tho spread and tho menace of
the cnndy hnblt, but no far the con
fectionery and the department stores
havo noticed no docrcaso In tho
nmount disposed of.
Air Through Life.
Miss America never nrrlvca at an
age when n box of candy Is not an
effectivo bribe. When sho wns very,
very small a box of caudlos would
honl tho most stubborn enso of honrt
ache. For n fow bonbons sho would
consent to swullow most nny Rort or
nauseating medicines. When aho be
gan to fnro forth Into tho world it
did not tnko hor long to find her way
to tho nearest soda fountain and
candy store. It soothed tho heart
burnings of her maidenhood nnd con
soled her for many n shattered hopo.
Later on In life sho recelvod tho dally
or wcokly offering of n glorious box
of subtle flavors as n merited trlbuto
to Ijor charms. Still lator on a box of
candy presented to her by an erring
spouse always softened hor heart nnd
took nwny any Just bitterness thnt
Bho might havo felt ovor his pecca
dilloes. Candy eating is rather a modem
growth. It has becomo ono of tho
luxuries thnt wo nro sure wo aro un
nblo to do without. It Is ono of our
latest necessities. (
When our great grandparents folt
tho craving for solid lumps of swoot
noss tho only way tho dCBlro could bo
Bntlsflod was to mutich a enko of ma
ple sugar or buy a fow pounds of tho
old-fashioned, dark sugar from tho
Louisiana enno fields. In westorn
if
i-
amount of candy eaten by Miss Amer
icas of all nges. Tho statisticians
roallzo that any figures obtained nro
bound to bo far below tho real facts
In tho enso. A few dozon of tho great
er factories turn out millions nnd mil
lions of pounds of candles annually,
but the most prying ot tho men with
tho government blanks aro unablo to
got at tho amount ot sweetmeats -that
aro turned ouU annually In boardlng
nchool dormitories, homo kttchons
and ovor tho flamo ot tho alcohol
lamp that runs tho chafing dish.
If Miss America's annual candy sup
ply woro loaded on one train ot cars
ot tho fUllost capacity there would bo
something over 8,000 cars full ot
boxes, buckets and glass Jars. This
load of sweetmeats for tho swcot tooth
of tho American girl costB tho con
Humors about 1125,000,000 every twelve
months.
Of these loaded cars ot cnndy, It
may bo said that they contain fully
au ' much nourishment as n similar
train of beet or wheat. No ono die
putoB tho food vnluo of tho cnndy,
tho sugar and tho creams, nnd tho
fruit juices that compose it nro nil
supposedly puro. But the doctors nnd
tho authorities on dietetics nro get
ting a llttlo worried ovor thu futuro
effects on tho figures and tho general
health ot our confirmed "cnndy IIoihIb,"
Thoy aro of (ho opinion that a llttlo
temperance agitation along tho lines
of chqcklng tho consumption of bon
bons, pinrshtnallowB nnd fudgo would
not be amiss.
Amerlcn It was almost unknown. It
was thought to bo bonoath tho dig
nity of nny porson, man or woman,
who had attained tho ago of maturity
to bo soon eating enndtos or anything
of tho unrt
Tho children had nil tho cnndy to
themselves, nnd at thnt thcro was
not much to havo. Tho big candy fnc
tory was . as much unknown no tho
steel rolling mill. There was no do
mand for tho product nnd thdro was
no attempt mado to croato ono.
In 1S50 all tho candy that wns mado
In this country would havo sold for
tho paltry sum of $3,010,071. No ono
paid much attention to tho cnndy bus!
noss, It was being produced In small
shops nnd by n fow workmen only.
Pooplo woro entirely too busy with
sternur things during tho dnys of tho
war between tho states to pay any at
tention to tho amount or thu vnluo of
tho candy that was being oaten by
tho waiting wives, mothors nnd sweet
hoarts of the soldier boys at tho front.
Statistics aro Inciting for tho fow
years whon bullets woro moro popular
than bonbons nnd. tho caisson wns of
moro Importance than tho confection
ery, Whon tho piping times of nonco
'returned tho candy maker wont back
to his kettles nnd pans. In 1870 tho
candy shops of tho Unltod States
turned out fl 6,922,013 in taflles, cream
cnudlos, barber-polo stick nnd brown
flat pieces of tho well-romemborcd
"hoarhouml." Miss America was bo-
ginning to sit up nnd nibble gently at
the cnndy situation.
Another decade elapsed nntl ttie
cnndy business moro tlinn doubled In
vnluo. People wcro getting prosperous
nnd the cnndy shop nnd tho push cart
wcro Just beginning to reap tho
harvest thnt was to bo theirs. They
were not ovorpartlculnr as to what
thoy put hito tho candles In thoso
days, using among other things sev
eral tons of whlto earth or terrn alba,
n llttlo sugar and Rome strong color
ing matter In tho manufacture of that
delight of tho urchin, "barber-pole
stick." Hut candy wns candy even In
thoso days, nnd In sptto of tho tnsto
Icrb earth used In tho poorer kinds,
tho business began to grow by lenps
nnd bounds. In 1S80 the candy valua
tion wns plnccd nt $33,714,770.
Fifteen yonrs later tho business had
bocomo a gigantic thing nnd tho latest
crop of boarding-school damsels woro
burning tho midnight oil and elec
tricity In the Inudablo nmbltlon to cro
ato new and moro delicious kinds ot
cnudlos. This wns Just about tho
tlmo of tho beginning of tho great
cnndy craze, that has never been
checked since It started to sweep ovor
tho country. For n tlmo It wns most
demoralizing- Track teams and foot
ball Bquads all ovor the country wcro
utterly ruined when It Invndcd tho
coeducation colleges. Tho fnlr stu
dents lurod tho nthletos from tholr
dormitories, fed them tho Insidious
fudgo nnd tho demoralizing chocolato
cream until they beenmo stnlo, slow
nnd sluggish. Many men acquired tho
habit In tho beginning of tho crnzo
nnd have novor freed themsolvos from
It. In 1005 the enndymnkers of tho
United Stntcs woro Belling nearly $90,-
000,000 worth of confoctlonory every
yoar. Tho rise In tho volumo of busi
ness hns boon Rtendy slnco tho first
figures woro obtained.
So fnr, wo aro not exporting can
dles to any groat oxtont. It Is keep
ing us busy to provido the filling for
tho Amorlcnn sweet tooth. Wo nro
Importing somo of tho richer com
pounds of Europe, but as a rule tho
continentals havo not tho sort of
goods wo jloslre In thnt lino. Tholr
flavors aro a llttlo too elusive to suit
tho rather catholic taste of tho Amor
lean cnndy flond. Somo chnngo has
como over tho situation slnco so many
women nnd .young girls beenmo wngo
earners. Thoro nre hundrods of
women who lunch daily ofT a fow
plocos of cnndy. It Is cheap and
nourishing and all that, but somo way
It falls to do tho complexion any
good. In a fow months tho diet of
candy, hot chocolato or coffee begins
to do queer things to tho natural col
oring. If tho diet is persisted in n
long vacation Is sure to bo necessary
Borne tlmo within tho nenr futuro.
$125,000,000 for Candy.
Threo years ago tho millions wo
pay for candy nnnually had risen
around nnd over tho century mnrk.
When tho roports woro tallied up It
was found that the land of pork', boef
and western whont had oaten some
thing over JIOI.000.000 worth of hoav
only hash, ponocho, erenm caramels
and a thousand other dreams of the
confectioner and tho bonrdlng-houso
mnfdon. Thnt was In 1007, only three
years ago. The roturns for 1909 nre
not complotod ns yot. Dut It Is cer
tain that Unclo Sam's cnndy bill will
amount to moro than $120,000,000 for
that yoar.
It takos an army ns big ns n mod
ern military division to turn out the
sticks, cubes, drops and lozengos of
sugar and fruit juices that disappear
down tho throat of the American girl
every day In tho year. Hor dally al
lowance of sweota would sink a ferry
bont Thoro aro over 40,000 confec
Honors' shops In tho United States,
and no ono knows how many shops'
whero cnndy Is carried ns a part of
tho stock. A vory largo part of tho
yearly BUgar production of tho world
Is turnod over to tho enndymnkers.
Tho human body Is so constituted
that It demands a largo amount of
enrbons In childhood. Tho hunger for
sweet things Is almost overpowering
In tho growing child. Cnndy can bo
eaten at any nnd ovory hour of tho
day, and It does not soom to pall upon
tho appotlto. Dut thoro Is a limit to
digestive powers, nnd tho crudo Rugnrs
that aro often used by tho confection
er aro nbt always easy for tho child
ish stomach to nsslmllato. llenco
thcro nro times when tho doctor'B
Borvlccs nro In domand. Unlike a per
son of greater ago, such an oxporlenco
does not glvo tho youngster a dlstasto
for candles. Even whon thoro Is a
dlstasto created, lt'dqosnot Inst long.
Tho body still continues to cry out for
enrbons and tho appotlto returns.
Has Its Dad Side.
It Is In tho growing ngo thnt tho
lnd and tho lasslo aro apt to bo caught
raiding tho pantry In search of tho
BUgar Jar or tho Jam pot. Hut tho ab
normal appotlto of tho avorngo Amor
lcnn woman for candles Is nn un
natural ono. It londs to tho building
up of fatty tlBsuo, so fatal to modern
IdeaB ot beauty. Sugar Is fnttnnlng
to tho Inst degroo, and tho plantation
hands on tho southern sugar plantn
tlons always get plump nnd fat whon
tho Rugnr iiiIUb start up at tho end of
tho Boason. In Turkey tho ladles of
tho harem nro fod upon honoy and
candled fruits In order that thoy may
bocomo plump and exceedingly lovely
In tho eyes of tho Mussolmau beauty
lovor,
Despite tho fact that candy Is fat
toning and that fat is tho most droad
cd thing In tho modem soclnl world,
wonuMiklnd porplst In eating all man
nor of Bugory things. The nppotltos
of tholr childhood heightened by
sort ot nervousness keeps them nib
bllng nnd munching nt tho contonts
of tho bonbon box. Piles nnd piles o
dollclnus looking fudgos, chocolates
and tallies nro stacked In tho win
dows of tho confectioners for the al
luromont of weak womon
HAMILTON NEW "AIR KING
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In theso days 'of startling feats In tho air tho
pcoplo aro prepared for almost anything. A few
dnys ago Olenn Cuftlss boarded his blplano In
Albany and In a remarkably short time landed
his craft In Now York city. Ho broko some rec
ords and amazod thousands with the enso with
which ho sailed through tho air and kept up
with n fast train.
Then came Churlcs Hamilton. ThiB daring
aviator got up early ono morning stepped Into
his aerial buggy and enjoyed a llttlo drlvo over
to Philadelphia. Thousands were out to seo him
start from Governor's island, but moro thousands
in Qunkordom snw him step nimbly from tho air
craft after circling nround tho aviation field and
cutting up several didoes.
After ho had dollvcred n letter from Mnyor
Gaynor to tho mayor of Philadelphia nnd n letter from Governor Hughes to
tho governor of Pennsylvania Hamilton enjoyed luncheon In Philadelphia.
tightened up a fow bolts on his buggy shafts, gave the air horse a drink ot
gasoline, bowed to tho PlilladolnhlmiB and started on Ids return to New
York city.
Tho return trip wasn't ns easily accomplished as tho ono going, bnt
after surmounting some unexpected dimcultlos Mr. Hamilton reached tho
Bturtlng point and accomplished ono of the things that has boon predicted
for nlrshlps in tho last fow years an Inter city flight
Hamilton mndo ono of tho fast engines on tho Pcnrtsylrnnln railroad that
WttB pulling a pilot train hump to keep np with him anu" smashed a few
more records. This aviator has Just recently comer Into promlncnco among
thoso who nro now engnged In Hying the skfes. but those who know him snr
he promises to bo a lender In tho sport Ho lias the- courage and tho n-ecea-sary
nervo and hna mndo a study of the game.
Before autumn has passed thero nro to bo flights bctwoon Now York
und Chicago and St. I,ouls, for which big prizes have been offered, rrmnll-
ton's admirers say they will back him to win tho rnco In- which ho is entered'.
heds call of the stage,
Which would you rather do, darn socks, mend
your husband's shirts, sow on buttons and attend1
to tho duties of a nlco- home, or appear on tho
stago In a grent play ami hear the- applauso ot
hundreds as you scoredt a big hit?'
It Is safo to say that Blno out of ten women'
would prefer tho stago; Margaret Dlington was
confident soven months- ago that she would like
to. darn Bocks. Sho already was a great actresB.
She said sho didn't like It Sho wa an Illinois
gtrlr and when, she wenb on tho stage used
Bloomlngton, her birthplace, and Illinois in ma
king up tho name "llHnBtom" Sho was mnrrlod
to Daniel Frohman,. ono oC tfte great men In tho
theatrical world'. Thoy Just agreed' to disagree
and1 Mra. Frohman wenb to'Iteao, Nov., now more
famous because- of tHo Jeffries and Johnson fight.
procured a divoroe and two minutes- and thirty-eight' seconds after obtaining
tho decreo wns- married to- Edward J Bows, a wealthy real estate dealor.
Mr. Frohman' Pfda't want at wife to darn socks; lie wanted' as great actress.
With Mr. Bowes tho actress thought sho would' be- ablo to enlov tho
hom Hfo sho craved, and It reports nro true' Miss Illlugton would not bo
returning to- the- stago but would' keep on darning socks. It 1b tho husband
who Bhouldera tho- blame. He sayB. It was too great! a wasto- of talent for
MIbs Illlngtom to wield' tho darning; noedle.
'Socks, oh!" exclaimed Mr; Bowes. "That's right:, aho- can' dam "em.
Nary a hqlo ln theso o mine. ( And' when she goeo out on? tho road I'll go
along whon I: cam She'll have- her own prlvnto car' and' oant take tho socks
along. Haw, now,, haw."
Mr. Bowes will apond about f 50;000 In launching his wife's- now venture
That much caste would pay for darning the holes offai whole-lot of socks.
PREDICTS MONEY HEPTARCHY
Thomas Fortune Ryan of Virginia and New
York, who has a fow dollars Btorod away for a
rainy dtiy himself, has divided! what ho regards
as tho pjesont financial monarchy of America,
If not oC tho -world; Into- a heptarchy, which
menus that tho world oft money Is to bo gov
erned, by seven kings.
He- declared J. Plorpont Morgan to bo supreme-
monarch ofi tho existing; money omplro,
and- saliJ that the monarch will havo no succes
sor, but that his kingdom will ho divided among-,
novon young financiers now fa training In Now
York city.
The- men he named' to. form tho heptarchy are
J. Pterpont Morgan;, Jr;, ami Henry, P. Dnvldsom
of the firm of J. P; Morgan & Co.; Otto H.
Kahtt nnd Mortlmon- L. Schlff of Kuhn, Loeb.
& Co.;, John B. Dennis of Blair & Co. jGoorgo-F. Baker. Jr., of tho First
National bank, and James Stlllman, Jr., of tho National City bank, all of Now
York.
Mr. Ryan mado this prediction as ho was about to snll for Europe; a
voyage which he says was not to bo taken because ho ts on tho vorgo of coir
lnp3obut for pleasure mixed with business. Some tlmo ago Mr. Ryan withdraw
from many of the corporations In which ho was interested and since- then
he says ho has slept like a baby nnd hasn't segn his physician for tour
months.
Just at present ho says ho Is more interested in the Kongo development
than anything else.
"I expect to glvo a great deal of attention to It, ho said. "It Is not nt
oil unlikely that I shall mako a visit thoro. The mines in which I am- Inter
ested aro Just north- of thoso known as Ktng' Solomon's mines. Tho- outlook
for gold thero Is probably unsurpassed anywhere In the world."
PARR GETS A BIG REWARD
How would you Ilka to earn a rowunl of $100,
0007 Don't you think It would bo a pleasure to
you If Unclo Sam would place in your hand ten
crisp $10,000 bills and Bay: "Here, my good aud
faithful servant, Is a reward for a duty well
douo?" Pretty nlco, eh?
This Is what will befall Richard Parr, a cus
toms deputy nt Now York, who assisted tho gov
ernment In recovering 12,000,000 in tho Bugnr
underweight frauds. Pnrr hasn't rocoived tho
money yet becauso tho fund out of which Unclo
Sam pays bucIi rewards wasn't lnrge enough.
But ho'll get It President Tatt nnd Secretnry
Mae Veagh havo promised It and that's enough
for Pnrr,
Parr discovered tho secret spring on tho docks
of the American Sugar Ronntng company, by
which tho underwolghlng practlso was carried on. Tho final discoveries of
fraud woro mado In 1907, slnco which tlmo tho government has boon engaged
In collecting thu duties out ot which it had boon defrauded.
"A hundred thousand dollars Is not much money In Now York, but I
am grateful Just tho samo," Bald Parr when Informed of his good fortune. "I
shnll Invest tho bulk of tho money In real estate. I havo a wlfo, two sisters
two nieces and two brothers and wo shall bo glad to own our own home!
Thoro will bo no oxtravaganco; I havo planned that.
"My plans Includo a vacation In tho mountains nnd then perhaps a trip
to Europe. I have boen working overy day for two years and am on tho
vorgo of a nervous breakdown. Tho vacation Is moro to mo than the mony.
I Bhnll not glvo up my present position."
Which shows thnt Richard Parr Is a pretty sonslblo sort of a man and
Just tho kind of a person who would bo able to dig up tho ovldenco neces
sary to bring a great trust to Us knoes.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes of Interest From Various
Sections.
A gasollno launch owned by W. E.
Qarrctt caught flro on tho Bluo river
about a ratio northwost of Beatrice
and burned to tho wnter's edge.
. Tho Dodge county republican cen
tral committee has issued n call for
the county convention to be held at
tho court houso in Fremont at 11
a. m., July 9.
The independent infantry company
of tho national guard recruited at
Beaver City has been assigned to the
Second regiment, nnd will hereafter
be known as Company B.
Thursday morning when Mr. and
Mrs. William Mahnffle, living north of
Holdrego, nwoke, they found their 3-months-old
baby dead In Its bed. Tho
child had never' boon strong-
James Dllborry of Bird City, Kan.,
was In Beatrice looking for tils 10-year-old
daughter, who ran away
from homo with a young man aged 32.
The hunt waB unsuccessful.
Repairs have been effected on the
different canals near Scotts Bluff and
a full head of water fa now running
In them all. Water wns badly need
ed, as thoro has been- rfttl'e rain for
Eoveral weeks.
The Spado ran-ch near Gordon
shipped 1,500 cattlo from Gordon to
their ranch near Luskr, Wyo. Taking
fonces from government land" Is les
sening the rango for tho big. ranches
In that part of the state.
Careless and fast automobllo driv
ing on tho streots of Arlington has
aroused the village board to- action
and' notice has been served' that vio
lations of tho Bpcedi laws will' be
promptly prosecuted hereafter.
Joaeph Hoxlo of Fnlrbury was
jcnuev xo iionenoerg, ivaa., uy oi icie-
granv stating that his younger brothor
and' a- couple of other small boys hniU
been1 drownod In tho Little- Bluo river,,
near that place, while ln bathing-.
THo' dates for the- 1910' Wlsnor
Stoclt show havo been fixed' for
September 13-15. This annual event
lias" tnttien tho place of tile former
Gumlirg' county fair at West Pointy
whlclt Iras been discontinued1 for
eomo years.
Some- persons unknown1 used dyna
mite Itr tho water of tho Beaver-creek-
for a mile or more ono- nlghf
recently-, and must liavo secured' a
large number of cat fish, carp and'
bullhead's; Many dead' Hb!1 arc yw
Abating- on the water;
I A. L Blutchloy, a farmer and' ranch
man living near Thornburg, about
20' mllbs1 northwest of McCook, was
fatally Injured by falling, from a- hay
stack onto a pitchfork; tlio handle'
penetrating his body about fourtoem f
lnolies; Ho was brought to MaGbok:
for. treatment but died.
Soorotacy W. E. Boll of, tho- York.
Cbunty Independent Tolophono com
pany, . oni account of.r rumors clroulatv
od 1& punll8hing a statement that
tlle Belli Telephono' company; has
purchased! tho Indopandont company,
and' that there has boon no thought- of
selling;
Fifty loads of catllo woro shipped!
Lost weelt over tho- Burlington. Tho
Burlington furnished1 a' spcclall trnlm
nnd' m Pullman coach This shipment
Is only one of many shipments fromi
York- oounty, and1 represents nearly
$100,000 that seven, ot York county's
farmoM will rocelvo.
Tha lS-month oldi son of- Mb, and
Mrs. Uoscoo Mulforxl, living on the
II arga ranch, at fow. miles northwost ot
Central City, got hold of soma kero
sona and drank two or threo- ounces.
Tha- little one immediately went Into
spasms and, although medical, aid
was hastily summoned, it died, within,
am hour.
The mensles,. which has, baen epid
emic in West Point In a mild form,
for some months was rathor lightly
regarded by- the- families visited with,
itho disease, but upon tha advent of
warm, weather thoso still' suffering;
(from, this affliction woro- In great
danger. Thero- have been, one or two
Xntnlitles,
An Oakland! touring oar belonging
to Henry Johnson wns completely de
stroyed by flro near Gothenburg. Mr.
Johnson runs an automobllo Uxery,
and when about six miles north of
town wttbi a load of people, stopped
at the bottom of a liJll to wait for a
team. "Waile waiting tho litre- was
dlscoves(3 and attempts were made
to put lit out with sand, but wore
futile.
"FlmJi tho man who ran, off with
my Ythto and you will find tho man
who stnlo that lwirso." This was the
statement mado- by Charles Durreon,
lately of Hamilton county, when no
costied by Shorlft Her of Merrick coun
ty at Sterling. Colo., nnd charged with
stealing a horso near Bradshaw and
selling It at Central City, Nebraska.
Detective Smith of Lincoln, a Bur
lington secret service man. was In
Ashland rounding up hoboos and
found a colored man reposing peace
fully In tho Jungles along Salt crook,
east of tho station. On sonrchlng tho
sleeper tho detective was amated to
find tho colorod man was evidently
In tho good graces of the railroads,
having an annual pass ovor tho Bur
llngton. 1
At tho annual election of tho of
ficers of Central City Commorclal '
club O. H. Oray, who has boen presl
dent of tho club slnco Its organlza
Hon soven years ago, was elected for
tho eighth succe8Slvo tlmo.
Another enso of forgery to which
n Fremont firm was a party, but not
a loser, enmo to light Inst week. A
check of B. E. Flolds & Son drawn on
the First Nntional bank qf Columbus
nnd cashed at Muscatlno, In., was
pronounced a forgery. It had passed
through a Chicago bank and In tho
usual course of business reached the.
bank on which it was drawn.