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. STATjb.
CIovwqop,...iSlliis Holcomb
LicuM-mint Governor.J. K .Harris
SecrRary of State. Wm. F. Porter
Stero Treasurer.John B. Meserve
State Auditor .John F. Cornell
Attorney General.C. J. Sniythe
Com. Lands and Buildings.J. V. Vt olfo
sup;. Public Instruction-W. K. Jackson
HEGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY.
Ghas. H. Gere. Lincoln; Leavitt Burnham
Omaha; J M. Hiatt, Alma; K. P. Holmes
Pierce; J. T. Mallaieu, Kearney; M. .). Hull.
Edgar.
Representatives First Distrlot, J. 11. Strode
Second, M. I). Me.ioer, Third. 8. Maxwell,
Fourth. \V. L. Stark. Fitth, It. O. Sutherland,
Sixth, W. L. Green.
HO A’UK ES81ONAL.
Senators— W. V. Allen, of Madison; John
M. Thurston, of Omaha.
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justloe.... • • ■ A. M. Pos*;
Associates.. .T.O. Harrison and T. L. Norvall
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Judge.M. P. Klnkaid,of O’Neill
Reporter.J - J- King of O Neill
judge.W. H. Westover, ot Rushvllle
importer.• 'bn Maher, of Rushvllle.
land officer.
o’lrarLL.
Register..
Rooeivor...
.8. J. Weekes.
.It. H. Jenness.
COUNTY.
judge.Oeo McCutcheon
Clerk of the District Court ...John Sklrvlng
Deputy.9-Siiol!,in8
Treasurer.P v?*u*le2
Dierk y .Bill Bethea
. Deputy.'."."..Mike McCarthy
Sheriff..Chas Hamilton
Supt. of Schools.W.R. Jackson
Assistant.Mrs. W. R. Jackson
oroner. .Dr- Trueblood
.r.yeyor.M. F. Norton
.Wttorney.W It. Butler
I SUPERVISORS.
trillDA UlBlHlVi'
Cleveland, Sand Creek, Dustin, Saratoga,
llock Falls and Pleasantvlew :J. A. Hobertson
SECOND DlSl'II ICT.
Shields, Paddock, Scott, Steel Creek, Wil
owdale and Iowa—J. H. Hopkins.
THIRD DISTRICT.
U rattan and O’Neill—vlnsscs Campbell.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Ewing, Verdigris andDeloit—L. O. Combs.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Chambers, Conlev, Lake, laieClure and
1 nman—S. L. Conger.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Swan. Wyoming, Fairview, Francis. Green
Valley, Sheridan and Emmet—0. W.Moss.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Atkinson and Stuart—W. N. Coats.
Oil Y OF O'NEILL.
Supervisor, E. J. Mack; Justices, B. H.
Benedict ana 8. M. Wagers: Constables, Ed.
MoBride and Perkins Brooks.
OOCNCILMEN — FIRST WARD.
For two years.—D. H. Cronin. For one
year—C. W. Hagenslck.
SECOND WARD.
For two years—Alexander Marlow. For
uneyear-W. T. Evans.
THIRD WARD.
For two years—Charles Davis. For one
l y ear—E. J. Mack.
citt orriciRS.
’ Mayor, H. E. Murphy; Clerk, N. Martin;
treasurer, John McHugh; City Engineer
John Horrlsky; Police Judge, H. Kautzman;
Chief of Police, P. J. Biglin; Attorney,
Thos. Carlon; Weighmaster, D. Stannard.
GRATTAN TOWNSHIP.
Supervisor, B. J. Hayes; Trearurer. Barney
McGseevy: Clerk, J. Sullivan; Assessor Ben
Jolirjkg: Justices, M. Castello and Chaa.
Wile®,; Constables, John HorrlBky and Ed.
Mod wide; lioad overseer dist. 23, Allen Brown
uiSkfTtlo. i John Enright.
SOLDIERS’ RELIEF COMNISSION.
ltegular meeting first Monday in Febru
ary of each year, and at such other times as
is deemed necessary. Itobt. Gallagher, Page,
chairman; Wm. Bowen, O’Neill, secretary;
II. H. Clark Atkinson.
uT.PATBlCK’8 CATHOLIC CHUKCH.
O Services every Sabbath at 10:30 o’clock.
Very Hey. Cassidy, Postor. Sabbath aohool
Immediately following services.
KTHOD18T CHUKCH.
ITs. services—Preaching 10:30 A. M. and 8:00
Sunday
i*. M. Class No. 1 0:30 A. M. Class No. 2 <Ep
worth League) 7:00 P. M. Class No. 3 (Child
rens; 3:00 p. M. Mind-week servioes—General
prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 P. M. All will
be made welcome, especially strangers.
E. T. GEOHGE. Pastor.
CX A. R. POST, NO. 86. The Gen. John
O’Neill Post, No. 30, Department of Ne
braska G. A. K., will meet the first and third
Saturday evening of each month in Masonle
hall O’Neill S. J. Smith, Com.
(iUKHOBK VALLEY LODGE, I. O. O.
Ej F. Meets every Wednesday evening In
Odd Fellows’ hall. Visiting brothers cordially
Invited to attend.
W. U. Mason. N. Q. O. L. Bright, Sec.
GARFIELD CHAPTER, B. A. M
Meets on drat and third Thursday of each
month In Masonlo hall.
W. J. Dobbs Sep J. 0. Haknish, H, P
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KOF P.—HELMET LODGE, 0. D.
. Convention every Monday at 8 o dock p.
I>m. in Odd Fellows' hall. Visiting brethern
Voordlally Invited.
Arthur Coykendall. C. C.
R. J. Mack. K. of U. and S.
O’NEILL ENCAMPMENT NO. 30.1.
O. O. F. meets every second and fourth
Fridays of each month In Odd Fellows* Hall.
Ohab. Bright, H. P. H. M. Tttlby, Scribe
HDEN LODGE NO. 41, DAUGHTERS
JlI OF REUEKAH, meets every 1st and 3d
Friday of each month in Odd Eellows’ Hall,
Aones T. Bentley, N. G.
Dora Davidson, Sec.
P ABF1ELD LODGE, NO.0S,F.<fe A.M.
VJT Regular communications Thursday nights
on or before the full of the moon.
J. J. Kino, W. M.
Harry Dowlino, See.
HOLT*CAMP NO. 1710, M. W. OF A.
Meets on the first and third Tuesday in
each month In the Masonic hall.
Neil Bhennan, V. C. D. H. Oronin, Clerk
AO, U. W. NO. 163, Meets seoond
• and fourth Tudsday of each month in
Masonic hall.
O. Bright, Kec. S. B. Howard, M, W.
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DEAR LITTLE MOTHER.
Dour little mother of Poverty Row
Rooking your baby mid sorrow and toil,
Waonce is the light that transfigures you so?
Mr*acute is that beauty no sin can assoil?
Now 1 must look at you there by the door,
I who am fortunate, buoyunt and strong;
You who are hunted, and wretchedly poor,
I.U'ling your babe with a lullaby song!
Dear little mother of Poverty Lane,
ViThero are the roses that bloomed In your
cheek?
Blighted I fear by deception and pain,
Men are so cruel and women so weak.
Ragged and torn is the dress that you wear,
Making you squalid from head unto feet,
Still I must own you are womanly fair,
Still I must paint you as tenderly sweet.
Brat e little mother of Poverty Place,
Motherlove houleth the stripes of the rod,
Hence is the beauty that lizhteth your face,
Loving your baby and trusting in Cod
Hear now my prayer for your beggar-bora boy
Grcat in all honor and good may he grow,
Bringing you solace and glory and joy—
Dear little mother of Poverty Row.
—George Horton in Chicago Herald.
THE LETTER
w hen a man has battled with pov
erty all his life, fearing it as he
fought it, feeling for the skinny
throat to throttle it, and yet dread
ing all the while the coming of the
time when it would gain the mastery
and throttle him—when such a man
is told that he is rich, it might be
imagined he would receive the an
nouncement with hilarity. When
Richard Denham realized that he was
wealthy he became even more so
bered than usual, and drew a long
breath as if he had been running a
race and had won it. The man who
brought him the news had no idea
that he had told Denham anything
novel. He merely happened to say:
“You are a rich man, Mr. Denham,
and will never miss it.”
Denham had never before been
called a rich man, and up to that mo
ment he had not thought of himself
as wealthy. He wrote out the check
asked of him, and his visitor depart
ed gratefully, leaving the merchant
with something to ponder over. He
was as much surprised with the sud
denness of the thing as if someone
had left him a legacy, Yet the money
was all of his own accumulating, but
his struggles had been so long and
he had been so hopeless about it, that
from mere habit he exerted all his
energies long after the enemy was
overcome.
VVheri Mr. Denham left his office
and went out into the street, every
thing had an unusual appearance to
him. He walked along, unheeding
the direction. He looked at the fine
residences and realized that he might
have a fine residence if he wanted it.
He saw handsome carriages; he, too,
might set up an equipage. The satis
faction these thoughts produced was
brief. Of what use would a fine house
or an elegant carriage be to him ? He
knew no one to invite to the house or
to ride with him in the carriage. He
began to realize how utterly alone in
the world he was. He had no friends,
no acquaintances even. The running
dog with its nose to the ground, sees
nothing of the surrounding scenery.
He knew men in a business way, of
course, and doubtless each of them
had a home in the suburbs somewhere,
but he could not take a business man
by the shoulders and say to him, “In
vite me to your house; lam lonesome;
I want to know people." Suddenly,
a girl rose before his mental vision—■
a modern girl. She was the only wo
man in the world with whom he was
on speaking terms, and he knew
her merely because her light
and nimble fingers played the busi
ness sonata of one note on his office
typewriter. Miss Gale was pretty,
of course—all typewriter girls are—
and it was generally understood in
the office that she belonged to a good
family who had come down in the
rr nuu iiiuv^uucuv
air deepened this conviction and
kept the clerks at a distance. She
was a sensible girl who realized that
the typewriter paid better that the
piano and accordingly turned the ex
perience of her white fingers on the
former instrument. Richard Denham
sat down upon a park bench. “Why
not?” he asked himself. There was
no reason against it except that he
had not the courage. Nevertheless,
he formed a desperate resolution.
Next day, business went on as
usual. Letters were answered and
the time arrived when Miss Gale
came in to see if he had any further
commands that day. Denham hesi
tated. He felt vaguely that a busi
ness office was not the proper place
for a proposal; yet he knew he would
be at a disadvantage anywhere else.
In the first place he had no plausible
excuse for calling upon the young
woman at home, and, in the second
place, he knew if he once got there
he would be stricken dumb. It must
either be at his office or nowhere.
Sit down a moment. Miss Gale,” he
said at last; “I wanted to consult you
about a matter—about a business
matter.”
Miss Gale seated herself and auto
matically placed on her knee the
shorthand writing-pad ready to take
down his instructions. She looked
up at him expectantly. Denham, in
an embarrassed manner, ran his fin
gers through his hair.
“I am thinking,” he began, “of
taking a partner. The business is
very prosperous now. ■ In fact, it has
been for some time.”
“Yes?” said Miss Gale, interroga
tively.
“Yes, I think I should have a part
ner. It is about that I wanted to
speak to you.”
“Don’t you think it would be better
to consult with Mr. Rogers? He
knows more about business than I.
But perhaps it is Mr. Rogers who is
to be tho partner?”
“No, it is not Rogers. Rogers is a
good man but it is not Rogers.”
“Then I think in an important
matter like this Mr Rogers, or some
one who knows the business us thor
oughly as he does, v ould be able to
give advice that would be of some
value.”
“15ut Kogors wouldn’t understand.”
“I’m afraid I don’t understand,
cither. It seems to me a foolish
thing to do—that is, if you want my
advice.”
“Oh, yes, I want it. But it isn’t
as foolish as you think. I should
have had a partner long ago. That
is where I made the mistake. I’ve
made up my mind on that.”
“Oh, very well,” said Miss Gale
shortly, bending over her writing
pad.
It was evident that her opinion of
Denham’s wisdom was steadily lower
ing. Suddenly she looked up.
“How much shall I say the annual
profits are? Or do you want that
mentioned?”
“I—I didn’t think I would mention
that. You see, I don’t wish the ar
rangement to be carried out on a
monetary^basis—not altogether.”
“On what basis then?”
“Well—I can hardly say. On a
personal basis, perhaps. I rather
hope that the person—that nay part
ner—would, you know, like to be
associated with me.”
“I am afraid I shall not be able to
compose a letter that will suit you.
There seem to be so many difficulties.
It is very unusual.”
“That is true, and that is why I
know no one but you could help me,
Miss Gale. If it pleases you, it will
please me.”
Miss Galo .shook her head, but af
ter a few moments, she said, “How
will this do?”
“Dear sir”
“Wait a moment,” cried Mr. Hen
ham; “that seems rather a formal
opening, doesn’t it? How would it
read if you put it ‘Dear friend?’
“If you wish it so.” She crossed
out the “sir” and substituted the
word suggested. Then she read, the
letter.
“Dear Friend—I have for some time past
been desirous of taking a partner, and would
be glad if yon would consider the question and
consent to join me in this business. The busi
ness is. and has been for several years, very
prosperous, and, as I shall require no capital
from you, I think you will find my oiler a very
advantageous one. I will-”
“I—I don’t think I would put it
quite that way,” said Denham, with
some hesitation. “It reads as if I
were offering everything, and that my
partner—well, you see what I mean.”
A moment later she read.
“ * * * Join me in this business. I make
you this oiler entirely from a friendly, and not
from a financial standpoint, hoping that you
like me w"ll enough to he associated with me.”
“Anything else, Mr. Denham?”
“No, I think that covers the whole
ground. It will look rather short,
type-written, won’t it? Perhaps you
might add something to show that I
shall be exceedingly disappointed if
my offer is not accepted.”
“No fear,” said Miss Gale. “I’ll
add that though. ‘Yours truly,’ or
‘Yours very truly?’ ”
“You might end it ‘Your Friend.’ ”
Next morning Miss Gale came into
Mr. Denham’s office with a smile on
her fuce.
“You made a funny mistake last
night, Mr. Denham,” she said, as she
took off her wraps.
“Did I?” he asked in alarm.
“Yes. You sent that letter to my
address. I get it this morning. I
opened it, for I thought it was for me
and that perhaps you did not need
me to-day. I saw at once that you
put it in the wrong envelope. Did
you want me to-day?”
It was on his tongue to say “I want
you every day,” but he merely held
out his hand for the letter, and looked
at it as if he could not account for its
having gone astray.
The next day Miss Gale came late
and she looked frightened. It was
evident that Denham was losing his
mind. She put the letter down before
him an said:
•• i ou aciaressea tnat to me the sec
ond time, Mr.Denham.”
There was a look of haggard anx
iety about Mr. Denham that gave
color to her suspicions. He felt that
it was now or never.
‘■Then why don’t you answer it,
Miss Gale,” he said .gruffly.
She backed away from him.
“Answer it?” she repeated faintly.
“Certainly. If I got a letter twice,
1 would answer it.”
“What do you mean?” she cried,
with her hand on the door knob.
“Exactly what the letter Eays. I
want you for my partner. I want to
marry you, and—financial considera
tions-”
“Oh!” cried Miss Gale, in a long
drawn, quivering sigh. She was
doubtless shocked at the word ho had
used, and fled to her type-writing
room, closing the door behind her.
Richard Denham paced up and
down the floor for a few moments an:l
en rapped lightly at her door, but
co was no response. He put on
his hat and went out into the street.
After a long and aimless walk, he
found himself again at his place of
business. When he went in Rogers
said to him:
“Miss Gale has left, sir.”
“Has she?”
“Yes, and she has given notice.
Says she is not coming back, sir. ”
“Very well.”
He went into his room and found a
letter marked “personal” on the desk,
lie tore it open, and read in neatly
type-written characters:
“1 h ivc resigned my place as typewriter sirt
bavins been offered a better situation. I am
offered a partnership in the house of Richard
Denham. I have decided to accent the position,
not so much on account of its financial ctl fic
tion as because 1 shall be clad, on a friendly
basis, to be associated with the centletn l
have named. Why did you put me to all t > t
worry writins? that idiotic letter, when •> i„w
words would have saved ever so much i-o, , r
You evidently need a partner. My motle r wili
I e pleased to meet you any time vou m ly call
\ ou have the address. Your friend,
Makoakkt Cams."
“Rogers!” shouted Denham, joy
fully.
“Yes, sir,” answered the estimable
man. puttinghis head into the :•. n.
“Advertise for another type v. ,„or
girl, Rogers.”
••Yes, sir,” said Rogers.--Detroit
Free Press.
MESSAGES ON A SUNBEAM.
Sending Sound* Along a Ray of tight—
Ur. Bell'* Experiment*.
When walking through the labora
tory of the "Volta bureau” with Dr. A.
Graham Bell, the inventor ot the tele
phone, I picked up on one of the
shelved a piece of pine board about half
an Inch thick and eight inches square,
says World’s Progress. Out of the cen
ter of It extended a speaking tube,
which apparently rested against a thin
disk of bright metal sunk into the op
posite side.
This metal was like a silver mirror
and was about as large around as the
bottom of a tumbler. I asked Dr. Bell
what it was and he told me it was a
perfected instrument whose original
construction enabled him to project his
voice from one point to another
through the medium of a sunbeam. It
enabled him, in other words, to send
sounds along a ray of light without the
aid of an electric wire. He took the In
strument and put the tube to his
mouth, holding the mirror so that It
caught the sun and cast a little shadow
disk of light on the opposite wall. Then
by breathing slightly he made this
shadow Increase and diminish and as
sume various shapes by the action of
his breath against the mirror dia
phragm.
‘‘That shows you,” said he, “how the
action of the diaphragm is carried
along the ray. Now, if you will put a
little bottle with some soot In it where
that shadow is on the wall and speak
Into the tube you will find that the
sound will travel along the ray of
light, and by having a receiver con
nected with the bottle one would be
able to hear what you were saying.
We have spoken by this means to and
from points 200 yards apart, and there
seems to be no reason to doubt that
speech may be sent along a beam of
light for great distances. In our ex
periment in thlB we first used saienlum,
a very rare substance and very sensi
tive to light. We have found, how
ever, that we can produce very good
results with common soot, and the dis
coveries may yet be made which will
make such an invention commercially
practicable.”
now TO urow Aquatic Plant*.
The cultivation of aquatic plants In
tubs makes It possible for any one to
try his skill with them. Of course, he
need not expect to be able to grow
the rarer sorts of nymphae, but he can
succeed with many beautiful varieties
of water lily and other plants of that
class. A half barrel Is not very attrac
tive in itself, but Its lack of beauty may
be concealed by plants, or It may be
sunk Its depth in the earth. When it
contains a fine specimen of some aqua
tic plant we forget all about its lack of
grace. When preparing for these plants
put in rich black mud from the bed of
Btreams or muck of swamps, to the
depth of a foot, then plant your roots
in it and fill with water. Add enough
water from time to time to make up
for that which is lost by evaporation,
and give the tub a sunny place in the
yard or garden. If you want to grow
more plants than one tub will accom
modate it is a good plan to take four,
five, half a dozen, or as many as you
may decide on, and have them sunk
in the ground close together so that
the general effect will be something
like that which a large tank would
give. A better plan, though a more ex
pensive one to carry out, is to have
a tank constructed of heavy planks.
These should be securely bolted at the
ends, and the joints made tight by
white lead in the grooves.—Ladies’
Home Journal.
Wants to ltolld an Immense Globa.
“Large maps" may (as Lord Salis
bury has been recently reminding us) be
exceedingly desirable for certain pur
poses but In the opinion of M. Ellsee
Reclus the need for large globes is even
more clamant. In a Belgium review
that geographer submits a plan for the
construction of a terrestial globe on the
scale of 1-100,000th. The diameter of
this microcosm would be 127 meters, or
about 400 ft. The best of maps, says M.
Reclus, are deceptive. They do not ac
curately represent the relative dimen
sions of different regions. The globe
on the other hand, shows the actual
structure of the planet. It gives each
country its exact proportions and ren
ders accurate comparisons possible. On
the suggested scale, moreover, a true
idea of the height of mountains and
the depths of oceans would be readily
gained. Thus the height even of
Montmartre would be quite perceptible.
—Westminster Gazette.
Why It Waa Disbanded
“I understand the Woman’s Literary
and Art club has been disbanded/’ he
said.
“That’s true," she replied.
“Broke up in a row, I suppose.”
“Well, there was some lll-feellng,"
she admitted.
“And I venture to say it was all
about some mere trifle, toe; some ab
surd little detail."
“On the contrary, it was a very ser
ious matter."
“Indeed? Tell me all about it’’
“Why, we couldn’t decide whether to
get a larger clubroom or abolish big
sleeves at all club meetings.”—Chicago
Evening Post.
R> W. Emerson.
The first article of Emerson’s reli
gion was the existence of Mind in the
universe, and his second article was
the fact of man's relationship to the
original Mind from whom man derives
all heroisms, character, virtues, aspira
tions. A more devout believer in God
never breathed. His'God conscious
ness was the foundation of his faith
and of his life.—Rev. W. A. Martin.
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No One Ii Allowed to CrltleUe the
Kalian
As a well-konwn German newspaper
has said, it has now come to this—that
any adverse criticism of the kaiser's ut
terances Is a penal offense, says the
Contemporary Review. Praise or si
lence—these are the alternatives. And
yet never perhaps was there a monarch
whose speeches more loudly challenged
criticism; but they are sacred. To
comment on them In words that raise
even a suspicion of disapproval is suffi
cient to consign the speaker or writer
to Jail for at least three monthB, more
probably six, possibly twelve. Nay, as
tonishing as it may appear, it is none
the less a fact that lese-majeste may be
committed by saying nothing! In Octo
ber last, the Cologne Gazette had an ac
count of a man—a German who had
been in America—who was unfortunate
enough to offend in this way. He was
at a cafe with some companions, and
they fell to discussing the comparative
merits of the German and American
constitutions. Of course, the man who
had been in America was in favor of the
American constitution. He waxed elo
quent on the subject, and went on to
say, “As for the kaiser"—ihen suddenly
realizing the dangers that beset that
word, he stopped short. But he had al
ready said too much. He had been
overheard by someone who denounced
him to the police. They arrested him
and he was ultimately sentenced to
three months' imprisonment. It was
not asserted by the prosecution that he
had said anything against the kaiser;
he was condemned on the facts as I have
stated them. It was assumed that, if
he had finished the sentence, it would
have contained an insult to his majesty,
and this was enough.
a later example is, 11 possible, more
astounding still. An upholsterer In
Dantzic was asked at a restaurant to
estimate the value of a plaster bust of
the empress, and said that It was worth
only a shilling. For this he was tried.
At the trial the bust was produced, and,
being found of very inferior quality, the
man was acquitted. But that he could
have been tried at all on such a charge
Is significant enough.
Such cases are ludricrous except for
the victims. But occasionally the over
sensitive loyalty of the German leads to
results still more absurd. Thus at Bonn
last summer a party of friends were
chatting at a restaurant, when one of
them said: "What a fool that Kaiser
is!” The audacious words were not al
lowed to pass unavenged. A policeman
was at once called In by an eavesdrop
per and the culprit given Into custody.
Then It came out that he had been
merely referring to an acquaintance of
the name of Kaiser (a not uncommon
name In Germany). Even then he was
taken to the police station, and had
some difficulty in obtaining his re
lease.
Beauty la aft Beauty Doee.
“You think the Ugly Duckling never
becomes a swan?" writes Ruth Ash
more In Ladles’ Home Journal. “Rachel,
who was said to have had the
most expressive face of any wom
an in the century, and to have
been the most graceful, was counted
by her family as an exceedingly ugly
child. She adored beauty, and tells in
one of her letters that suddenly one day,
after looking at herself, she made up
her mind that she would be charming.
And she said, ‘I studied every hour of
my life to be ugly no longer.’ History
tells how she succeeded. Adelina Patti
was the Ugly Duckling, it being thought
by her parents that her sister, Carlotta,
was the beauty. Mary Anderson, the
ideal, classical beauty of the last two
decades, was considered in her own
home an awkward, ordinary-looking
girl, rather quiet, for she spent most
of her time readlngShakespeare. George
Eliot never became a beauty, but the
forced thoie people who deapleed her
lack of attraction aa a child to recog
nize the great genlua of the woman.
The old mammlea down South alwaya
scorned a pretty baby, and, oddly
enough, there la wisdom In this."
VUtage Improvement.
An exchange thus chronicles a local
improvement: "Mr. Hebron, of Nelson
street, has signally improved the ave
nue by setting up a hitching post In
front of his palatial residence. This
piece of statuary Is of chestnut, and re
ceived its graceful proportions and deli
cate finish from the well-known Italian
b&w mill of Ike Giddlngs in Dumping
Hole district It Is painted yellow, and
has a beautiful knob on top. To the
wayfaring man It Imparts a feeling of
security and rest that beggars descrip
tion.”
city Ufa.
The city Is the battlefield of the hour,
and will become more so aa humanity
gathers In great masses In city life.
There Is a providence In the human de
sire to gather In multitudes In com
mercial centers. It seems strange that
humanity, like ripe fruit, decays faster
In heaps than In any other form. We
have not as yet found the secret of sav
ing cities.—Rev. Dr. Hickman.
Hoism Cheaper. Than Blayelee.
At the recent silt of the assets of a
riding academy In New Tork city the
saddle horses brought on an average
less than $30 apiece. This is said to be
the lowest price on record for horses
of this description, and the fact was
generally noted that in New Tork the
market value of a horse la lower than
that of a bicycle.
Equally Kuj.
Tommy—"Ma, when the lire goes ont
where doee It go toT” Tommy’s Ms—
"How should I know? Why don’t you
ask where your father goes when he
goes out?”—Philadelphia Record.
A dramatic college for ladles Is
shortly to be.started In one of the su
burbs of London.
Marvelous Basalts.
From a letter written by Rev. J.
Guodermao, of Dimondale, Mich., we
are permitted to make this abstract: “I
have no hesitation in recommending Dr.
King’s New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvelous in the case of
my wife. While 1 was pastor of the
Baptist church at Rives Junction she
was brought kown with pneumonia suc
ceeding la grippe. Terrible paroxysms
of coughing would last hours with little
interruption and it seemed as if she
could not survive them. A friend
recommended Dr. King’s New Discovery;
t was quick in its work and highly sat
isfactory in results.’’ Trial bottles free
at P. C. Corrigan's drug store. Regular
size 50 cents and tl .00.
Something to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centers it the
stomach, gently stimulates the liver and
kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very best
blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it.
Sold for 50 cents or SI per bottle at P.
C. Corrigan’s drug store.
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