ELEPHANTS' GHOSTS.
5 News from Over the State
A Cut-loon Stiperntltlou Thnl linn to Do
lvllli the NntlvcN of nil
Asiatic UcKioti.
Flmlltin; llnmrn for Coiivlot.
Br. Gedrgo W. Martin has submlt
led to President Reese, of the Nebras
ka, Prison associutlon, the first annual
report of the work of the association.
Tho assoclatlon.vhad Its Inception In a
meeting heldj at tho office of Chancel
lor v Andrews, about 18 months ago,
jiVa number who had become Inter
frJtcd In caring for criminals dlacharged
from the penitentiary and jails. Dur
ing the last year tho association had
found one of Its moat difficult prob
lems was where and how to find homes
and employment for those who have
no relatives or friends to help thorn.
Tho report said "good persons are re
luctant to trust them and too frequent
ly they are met coldly by those from
whom they were entitled to kindly
greeting;" During the last year tho
association has assisted 56 persons and
only ono of those proved unworthy.
Tho report contains many letters from
persons helped by the association,
thanking tho members for their assist
ance. To Tent Ulovuior l.nwr.
It was given out that the filing of
articles of Incorporation by the
Farmers' Co-Operatlvo Shippers' asso
ciation with the secretary of state nt
.Lincoln was practically tho prelimi
nary step In proceedings to bo Insti
tuted looking to tho testing In tho
courts of the Ramsey elevator law,
which was passed by the last Nehris
ka legislature. The association is a
Kansas corporation, having 800 stock
holders in tho state and maintaining a
Heat on tho Kansas City board of trade.
It will build a number of elevators In
Nebraska and intends to absorb tho
other co-operative companies now do
ing business in the state. Tho law
which It proposes to test has never
hcen put in operation, and the associa
tion will see to It that it is enforced.
Tho measuro provides that railroad
companies shall recognize Independent
elevators built adjacent to their tracks
and extend to them switches and other
necessary shipping facilities.
Two IIuiiUm Itoblicil.
Tho Farnam state bank was robbed
and $4,000 secured. Dynamite was used
and part of the safe found across the
HtrceL All the furniture was destroyed.
Six masked men did the work. One is
under arrest and the officers with
liloodhouuds nre on the trail of two
more.
Robbers destroyed the new safe in
the Hubbard state bank and stole
$1,200. Nitroglycerin was used and
although tie safe wa blown to pieces,
no one heard the report.' Tho robbers
1'aslened the doors of nearby residences
so they could not be opened quickly.
J)icl While ni J'rnycr.
Miss Pansy Ballard, of Wilbur, a
freshman student at tho University of
Nebraslia, took a dose of carbolic acid
while standing in front .of St. Theresa's
Catholic cathedral ia JJncoln. She
then staggered into tho church to pray
and -died while kneeling in a pew.
Miss Uallard's mother lives at. Wil
"bur. Her father is in the grain busi
ness at .Fort Dodge, Kan.
Vn !! In Cur! Iluy Kovcr.
12. L. Simon, who ran away from tho
K.ato penitentiary without leaving his
address and was arrestod a week ago
in Texas, is again behind 1 he bars.
The man .said ho ran away, not be
cause he was ill-treated at tho peni
tentiary or that he was tirtnd of prison
walls, but because he had the hay fever
and thought a trip would do him good.
Killing Off the pipli4-r.
Farmers throughout Sarpy county
are much Interested In the experiments
being, made by tho Nebraska experi
mental station on tho farm of George
Holdrodge, in Cass county. The ex
periments are made to exterminate, if
.possible, ground squirrels and pocket
Kophers with the aid of the residue
from Pinclit gao.
I'miiilxi'M Action Soon.
L. C. Kurd-, representing the Omaha,
Lincoln & Beatrice Electric railway,
stated to some of tho prominent busi
ness men of PapiUlon that contracts
for grading are being let and the first
work will begin within a few days.
Contracts for the equipment of ten
miles of tho road have been entered
into.
Wlfe-lWntcr SIiitir( to Oiiinhn.
Schermerhorn, tho wife beater, who
was ordered to leave PapiUlon the
other day, again made hl3 appearance.
Preparations woro made to tar and
feather him at once, but while things
were being put in readiness Marshal
Gatewood placed Schermerhorn on a
train and &ent him to Omaha.
Turning Out Suu-tir.
The sugar beet factory at Leavitt
Is running full capacity. Each day
from 225 to 250 tons of beots enter tho
shuto and within 24 hours from the
timo they go through tho slicing ma
chines tho sugar from thorn Is ready
for sacking at the other end of tho
building.
WnRou Kxnloile CnrtrlilRe.
A 38-callber cartridge that had been
dropped with four others on Eleventh
street near O, in Lincoln, exploded
when a wagon wheel went over It, tho
ball shooting ncross O street and strik
ing tho Harloy drug store just above,
tho big plate window in a smaller glass,
went through that and dropped to tho
floor. A number of peoplo were In
front of tho store, ns wcro also a cou
plo of teams, but aside from being
frightened at tho explosion no one was
injured. Tho five shells had been
dropped together and three of them had
been run over by vehicles and mashed
out of shape.
Aliivui Coiikn on Treumtry.'
Tho American Bank Protection com
pany havo completed tho Installation
of tho now burglar alarm at tho state
treasury. It is attached to gongs ga
lore and overy time anyone moves after
working hours In tho neighborhood of
tho vnult there will bo rings for every
body within hearing distance of tho
state house. If the door of tho vault
is left open after closing Jiourn tho
gong will go on a rampage, or If any
thing even gets suspicious in tho sec
retary's oirice the gong will tell it.
Troll t for 1i-iinUii Stream.
Through tho efforts of Game War
den Slmpklns and Superintendent
O'Brien, of the hatcheries, tho govern
ment hns donated 10,000 fingerling
trout for tho purpose of stocking
somo of the northwestern streams of
the state. They will ho distributed in
tho tributaries of the Niobrara, In
cluding tho White river, Bordeaux,
Long Pino, Big Sandy and Verdigris
creeks. Tho fish will measuro from
three to live inches in length.
Chtii'KPH Atrulunt Doctor.
Charges of unprofessional conduct,
were filed with the stato board of
health against Dr. Finley, of Pawnee
City. Mrs. Annette Nesbltt is tho com
Kr.'.nant. Last July Dr. Finley offici
ated at the birth of an illegitimate
child and throw tho baby into a box
car. It was found In tho morning
alive. A newspaper in which it was
wrapped aided in identification.
StartM Insurance CimihimIc
Deputy Auditor Pierce, of the insur
ance department, intends to begin a
crusado on tho unauthorized fire in
surance companies doing business In
tho state. This will be done In con
junction with tho insurance depart
mon of several states, which havo
agreed to run all unauthorized com
panies out of business.
Jump llrcuh'M .IIiiii'k Seel;,
Gust Newman was driving his milk
wagon into Stromsburg -when his
horses started to run away, and ho
jumped out of tho wagon. A doctor
was called and found that he had dis
located his neck and had received in
ternal injuries. lie died in a few
hours.
HoIiImmI Saloon T -$.100.
The saloon of Richard Mnnkin at
Wood River was broken into and over
$500 In cash and four gold watches
taken. Tho "burglar cut tho screen on
the door of tho basement, unhooked
the door and forced open tho double
door of the main entrance.
.TTle Water KIrIiI.
The George H. Payne Investment
company, of Omaha, lias been granted
the right to dig two ditches to he used
in irrigating about 1,000 acres of land
in. the vicinity of North Platte. The
water is to be taken from Fremont
slough.
Mailt -1.000.000 Rriclc.
The large brick plant of Robert
Kloso, located south of Beatrice, lias
closed down for the season. Forty men
have been employed by Mr. Kloso dur
ing the last eight months and thelilant
has turned out 4.000.Q00 brick.
Promotion for IJorpr.
John R. Berg, of Nebraska City,
will be appointed chief of the Congres
sional Record in tho near future. Mr.
Berg has been connected with the gov
ernment printing officio for nearly 20
years.
Will Have Will ciMvorkK.
Sinco tho big fire recently which
wiped out a large part of Springfield,
preparations havo been making for a
waterworks system, and the contract
will bo awarded October !10.
till TtiHocctor KcportN.
Tho monthly report of Deputy Stato
Oil Inspector Church shows that ho
collected during September $911.93
more than his expenses and all tho ex
penses of the office.
11 uy I.tiiul at IIuMtliiKM.
The board of public lands and build
ings accepted the deeds to the SO acres
of land bought for tho Hastings insane
asylum anil ordered the payment of tho
$3,250 "therefor. a 1
RlKht HoiMcM Humeri. '
The Loomis livery barn at,Bassett
was destroyed by an incendiary fire,
including eight horses and buggies,
wagons, hay and grain. . . A
In a recent ntnnbor of tho Journal
of tho Straits branch of tho Royal
Asiatic society there appears nn In
teresting article from tho pen of Mr.
A. D. Machado on the supposed evil
influcnco of ghosts. He says:
"Somo four years ago, when I was
ongaged in cortnin prospecting opera
tions in the highlands of Pahang, on
the borders of that stato with Peralc,
I had occasion to make a somewhat
lengthy stay at n plnce called Kam
par, on tho Tuo river, ono of tho trib
utaries of tho Betok, In its turn a trib
utary of tho Jclal, tho principal feeder
Df tho Pahang river. I selected this
spot because it had already been
cleared of largo trees and had only
recently been in occupation as a Sakai
settlement, from tho remains of which
wo reared our unpretentious llttlo
camp. Tho Sakals, however, strongly
advised us to go elsewhere, ollcglng
that this placo was haunted by ele
phant ghosts, and that thoy hud boon
the direct cause of a' number of deaths,
principally among their children,
whoso remains lie burled there.
"It is necessary to explain that at
tho back of this place, not 50 yards
away, is to be seen one of those pe
culiar muddy pools which animals of
all kinds frequent for their saline prop
erties, this particular ono being known
as tho Kubang Gajah Hantu (tho mud
pool of tho ghostly elephants). Theso
salt lakes nro also known as gonnts In
Malay. When tho Sakals refer to this
plnco it is usually with bated breath,
and a mysterious and awesome ges
ture. Theso mon declared that almost
nightly elephants aro scon and heard
breaking twigs and brandies and wal
lowing in this mud pool, und yet in tho
morning not a vestige of their spoor
can bo seen anywhere. Of this I am
certain, tho prints of deer and pigs
wcro always plentiful and fresh, but
no elephant could hnvo been within
miles of the placo during my resi
dence In that locality. My mandor's
wife, an oldish person, who always fol
lowed her husband in his journeys,
doing tho cooking for my followers,
declared that tho first night, wo slept
there she and all my mon heard con
tinued, long drawn walls, like a long
wee-e-e-o, which went on without In
termission until almost daylight. This
noise, thoy said, came from those Sakai
children buried there."
This account is interesting from an
ethnological standpoint In so far as It
Illustrates tho beliefs and superstitions
of a race of very primitive people. As
for the number of children dying at
tho time, this would only seem nat
ural when it is remembered that an
epidemic of measles was then and had
bean for somo time raging.
llot-Alr Treat incut.
One of tho methods which physicians
occasionally employ for curative pur
poses is baking a portion of tho body.
As yet this sort of treatment cannot bo
said to havo passed beyond the experi
mental stage, but it is attracting atten
tion. The temperatures developed are
often 300 and 400 degrees above zero
Fahrenheit. Theso aro Impartod to air,
which must be absolutely dry. Any por
tion of the body with which this comes
in contact an arm or the inside of an
ear must also bo absolutely free from
moisture, or tho heat will produce scald
ing. Henco, precautions must be taken
both to have a dry surface at the begin
ning, and alBO to absorb all perspiration
that may1 be generated. Several ovens
for the hot air treatment have been In
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