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Star Items
Mildred and Lysle Wertz visit
ed in Knox county Sunday.
Albert Theiroff drove bis Ford
car to Creighton Sunday, return
ing that evening.
A much needed rain fell Thurs
day night and did much good to
growing crops, especially corn.
Spring and fall rye and winter
wheat are in shock and a fair
crop expected where, hail did not
damage.
Some of the young folks of
'■* this and the Minneola country
celebrated at Plainview. They
reported an enjoyable time.
A new bridge across North
Branch will soon he built. We
are informed the Townsend
B idge Co., has the contract.
The wild fruit in this locality
will not he near so plentiful as
last year, hut those having
orchards report the trees well
loaded. _
The Royal Highlanders met
, Friday evening and elected
o(licers. Their regular meeting
is the last Friday evening of each
month.
Some needed repairs have been
done on the Minneola telephone
line and the board expects to
have the line in good condition in
the near future.
We are informed that Albert
Theirolf has purchased the one
half sec.tioh of land known as the
John Hunter and Ralph Brad
shaw land, lie expects to im
prove the land.
Hugh Langan is making some
very successful improvements on
his ranch, which he will stock
with horses and cattle. This
land is known as the A. C. Mohr
farm, where Mr.Mohr and family
lived for several years.
We had the good fortune to
take a trip through the fertile
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north country recently and to say
we thoroughly enjoyed it would
not express it. Growing crops
of grain, fields of tame grass, and
the prairies covered with a
growth of wild hay. Alfalfa in
the stack and the fields of thi^
valuable plant will soon be ready
for the second mowing. Fine
graves surrounding beautiful
homes, fat cattle and horses graz
ing leisurely in rich pastures.
The hospitality of those farmer
friends will not be forgotten. It
fills us with a strong determation
to have more and broader-sympa
thy for the tiller of the soil. We
saw the marks of the pioneers,
and crossed some of the trails we
drove oxen over in the early days.
We recall ed the scenes and
faces of those early days, with
the hardships we endured.
Inman Items
Helen Robison of Joy visited
with R. F. Minor, last Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Killinger is at
Carrol this week visiting relatives.
Mrs. Reynolds oE Montana is
visiting with her son, Jim Tomp
on, this week.
Robert Knapp went to Osceola,
Neb., last Saturday, to visit with
his uncle and aunt.
Stanley Robison of Wayne
visited with his sister, Mrs. Wm.
Simmerman over Sunday.
Miss Ina Clark and Blanche
Bitner went to Wayne last Sun
day, returning Wednesday.
Rev. and Mrs. J. II; Thomas
left for Loretta, Neb., Wednes
day, where they visit his sister a
couple of weeks.
The Misses Mary and Loretta
Phaljn of O’Neill, were the guests
of Miss Florence Malone the
latter part of last week
Mrs. Emeline Malone came last
Friday from Miller, this state, to
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make an extended visit with her
son, C. J. Malone and family.
Miss Zora Tavenor w^nt to
Boone, Nebr., last Wednesday, to
visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. F.
Niemann for a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and
two daughters were here from
Ewing Sunday, visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Malone and family.
A miscellaneous shower was
given in honor of Miss Mary
Judd, last Saturday evening, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Goree. .
Miss Mary Judd and Mr V. W.
Bobinsud, both of Inman, were |
united in marriage at the county
court house Wednesday July, 16,
before an assembly of immediate
relatives. The bride is the eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvan
Judd,while Mr. Bobisud is Inman’s
Druggist and is one of Inman’s
most prosperous young men.
Inman and community extend
heartiest congratulations to the
happy couple.
But Wily Reschid Pasha Pooled the
Lady and the Monarch.
A certain Countess of Londonderry
wanted to meet the Sultan Mahmud
II., to whom no European lady had
been presented, but Lord Ponsonby,
the British ambassador, refused to
trifle with precedent Lady London
derry then had a talk vfith Besehld
Pasha, the Turkish minister for for
eign affairs. The wily Reschld, desir
ing to do his best for her ladyship,
made known to the sultan that a per
son had arrived at Constantinople with
a wonderful collection, of most valu
able jewelry for sale and ventured
humbly to suggest that his Imperial
majesty might like to see the gems.
The sultan was interested, and an in
terview was arranged, but Besehld
merely told Lady Londonderry that she
would be presented and that the sul
tan, having heard of the fame of her
Jewelry, had particularly requested
that she would put it all on when she
came. The gratified lady did so."**' '
On her arrival at the palace Reschld
Pasha conducted Lady Londonderry
Into the presence of the sultan. Her
dress glittered with diamonds, pearls,
turquoises and other precious stones.
“Pekket!” ("Good!”) said the sultan
as Lady Londonderry courtesled. “She
has magnificent Jewels.”
Besehld (to the lady)—His majesty
graciously bids you welcome..
Lady Londonderry bowed and ex
pressed her thanks In French, the lan
guage used by Besehld.
Besehld (Interpreting)—She says she
has other Jewelry, but could not put
on all.
Sultan—Ask her what Is the price of
that diamond necklaca
Reschld—His majesty Inquires wheth
er this Is your first visit to Constanti
nople?
Lady Londonderry—This is my first
visit, and I am delighted.
Besehld (to sultan)—She asks a mil
lion of plasters.
Sultan—That is too much.
Besehld (to Lady Londonderry)—His
majesty asks whether you have seen
the mosques. If not, he offers yon a
firman.
Lady Londonderry expressed her
thanks. '
Sultan—What price does she put on
that set of turquoises?
Besehld (to Lady Londonderry)—His
majesty says that perhaps you would
like to take a walk In the garden.
Lady Londonderry expressed her
thanks and said she would like to see
the Imperial garden.
Besehld (to sultan)—She says 400,000
piasters.
Sultan—Take her away. I shall not
give such prices.
Reschld (to Lady Londonderry)—His
majesty graciously expresses satisfac
tion at having made your acquaint
ance.
Lady Londonderry courtesled low and
withdrew from his majesty’s presence
to visit the garden with the amiable
and courteous Besehld, and afterward
she had a delightful story to tell to her
friends of the kindness with which the
sultan had received her.
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Long Drawn put Election*.
No complaint with regard to undue
limitation of polling time was possible
In /the old parliamentary days. The
danger was that polling might be pro
longed for a fortnight or a month.
Drastic action to bring the poll to a
close once provoked a riot In the West
minster division of London." At the
general election that began on April
25. 1741. the two Westminster minis
terial candidates were on the fifth day
of polling well ahead, but an opposi
tion party of electors approaching the
hustings In great force, the high bailiff
(who favored the ministerialists) de
clared that he feared a riot and closed
the poll. The baffled voters rioted and
the military were called out The high
bailiff had afterward to apologize on
bis knees to the speaker and pay a
heavy flna
An Early Postal Experiment.
As long ago as the seventeenth cen
tury the attempt was made to prepay
letters by using stamps. In 1653 Paris
tried a system that even provided pil
lar boxes for the letters, which were
to have a billet, price 1 sol, attached to
the letter or parcel. The experiment
met the usual experience of the pio
neer-ridicule. Mice were dropped Into
the letter boxes, and when the letters
came to be collected It was found that
the animals had made a hearty meal of
them. As nobody could be sure of the
fate of the parcels, the experiment
came to a snjtooit i
dinTngT on shipboard.
Different Now From What It Wae
When Dickons Visited Us.
When Dickens came over to America
some seventy odd years ago there was
one large table in the dining room for
the passengers. The first officer sat at
the head, carving the turkey with all
the grace be could command between
lurches of the good ship, trusting to
Providence that the gravy would not
slop over. The passengers sent their
plates along the line and waited for
their helpings.
Today the dining room of a large
ship looks like the dining room of a
fine hotel. It is just as exquisitely ap
pointed and has every good thing to
eat that can be found on land. In
fact, one of the new ships has a res
taurant named after a famous one In
New York, and the two keep in touch
by wireless so that the menus, day by
day, are the same. Tfitnk of having
your dinner arranged by wireless—
your macaroni by Marconi!
The dining room Is divided up Into
a number of small tables, so tbnt you
can have your own party, with only
half a dozen of you, with your own
waiter, instead of sitting at a long ta
ble and passing your plate, as Dickens
did.
The development of the wonders of
cold storage has done more than any
other one thing to make life on the
ocean wave one long round of Joy.
Cold storage gives you the best in the
world to eat and every day of the
year. A world traveler was telling me
the other day that be had eaten grape
fruit every morning all around the
world. The ship on which he sailed
put in a large amount of ice cream
made in New York, and 110 days later,
when he arrived in San Francisco, he
was still eating 6{ew York ice cream.—
Harold Christie in Leslie's.
ROBING THE BRIDE.
Early 8axon Customs and tha Advant
of the Flowing Veil.
In the old days, as now, the bride
gcnirally dressed In white. From early
Saxcn times down to the eighteenth
century a bride of the poorer classes
came to the wedding arrayed In a plain
white robe as a public warning that
since she brought nothing to the mar
riage her husband was not responsible
for her debts.
Brides soon began to add some little
touch of color. Blue was for constan
cy and green for youth, but in some
places these might not be used be
cause of feuds between families having
these tints in their liveries. Yellow
might not be worn, as it stood for
Jealousy; golden might not, as it
meant avarice.
The Anglo-Saxon bride went to the
wedding with her hair hanging loose
as a sign of freedom, but upon reach
ing her new house Immediately bound
it up as a sign of submission. In the
days of Shakespeare the veil began to
take the place of the flowing tresses,
but this, however, was not original
with the British, for centuries earlier
the Roman and Hebrew brides had
worn yellow veils, while the early
Christians of southern Europe bad en
veloped both man and wife in one
large doth.
Whatever was lacking, however, in
gorgeousness of dress was compensat
ed among all the nations by the pro
fusion of flowers chosen for their alg
nlflcance.—Uncle Remus’ Magazine.
Heroutaneum and Pompail.
Pompeii was burled in ashes or light
scoria, while Herculaneum was en
tombed In lava, which, after cooling,
hardened Into a material of the con
sistency of marble, and we thus have
the explanation of the fact that while
the first city has long been unearthed
the latter Is still largely covered with
Its andent lava shroud. Excavations
are constantly going on at Herculane
um, and the work will In all probabil
ity continue to the finish, but it Is not
likely that any especially Important re
sults will accrue, since the life of the
two cities was practically the same.—
New York American.
Rational Love.
"The rational rather than the ro
mantic view of marriage 1b the one
most In favor with the young people
of the twentieth century," said a well
known eugenics expert In an address
In Cleveland.
"The rational view will make for hap
pier marriages. And this rational view
is beautifully Illustrated In two ques
tions—a little dialogue—running thus:
’"Will you always love me?*
“’Will you always be lovable?*”—
New York Tribune.
Antiquity of the Census.
The idea of the census Is almost as
old as history Itself. King Amasis of
Egypt took a census of his people COO
years before Christ The Athenian so
lon established a census for the pur
pose of facilitating taxation. We learn
that about 443 B. 0. Servlus Julius
took a census of Rome. During the
chaos of the dark ages the census
dropped Into oblivion, but was re
vived again about the beginning of the
eighteenth century.
Discretion.
"Now, Mike, you must forgive your
enemies.”
"Ughl”
"Do you object to that?”
"Not altogether. There’s some of
’em I might as well forgive. I ain’t
big enough to lick 'em.”—Louisville
Courler-J oumaL
The Usual Way.
Dorcas—Won’t your meeting be very
late If all the members are going to
take part In the debate? Mrs. Dorcas
-Why, no, dearl .We’ll all speak at
PERFORATED COIWS?
Uncle Sam Tried Thom Several Times,
but Without Success.
Perforated coins were never in fa
vor In the United States, though vari
ous efforts were made to popularize
them. The first United States coin
with a perforated center was a gold
dollar issued In 1849, which had a
square hole In the middle of the
planchet It was the forerunner of the
gold dollar issued by the United States
mint In 1849. The coin was engraved,
not struck from dies.
The next United States coin with a
perforated center was Issued from the
Philadelphia mint In 1850 and was of
the denomination of 1 cent It was
about the size of the bronze cent now
in use. At that time the large, old
fashioned copper cent was In general
circulation, and the perforated coin re
ceived the name of “ring cent” The
designer reasoned that by means of
the perforation the cent could be dis
tinguished by touch from the dime.
Another perforated cent Issued the
same year showed two rings In the
field with the words. "Cent One-tenth
Silver.” The reverse showed an olive
wreath around the perforatioL nd the
words, “United States of America.”
The mint authorities undertook to
design a coin that would answer all
requirements, and the pieces were
struck with both pierced and perfect
centers in silver, copper, nickel and
composition metal, six varieties in all,
without counting the various metals,
but none of the designs was favored
by the government authorities, and
consequently they were never put In
general circulation.
The only gold half dollar ever pro
duced at the United States mint was
struck In 1852. It hnd a perforation
In the center, and the obverse showed
a wavy circle uround the perforation,
with the Inscription, “United States of
A Ulrica.” around the border.1 The re
verse whs blank. The coin was ex
actly half the weight of the dollar.
Regardless of the generally accepted
Idea the gold fifty cent pieces with
which the public Is familiar were not
an issue of the United States, but were
manufactured by California Jewelers.
There has not been any attempt to in
troduce the perforated coin in the
United States since 1884. In that year
two pieces of the denominations of 1
and 5 cents were Issued at the Phila
delphia mint—Harper’s Weekly.
Turkish Names,
On our visiting list are Mrs. Hya
cinth, Mrs. Tulip, Mrs. Appletree and
Mrs. Nightingale. 1 am also happy
enough to possess the acquaintance of
Mrs. Sweetmeat. Mrs. Diamond, Mrs.
Air—though some know her as Mother
Eve—Miss May-She-Laugh and Master
He-Walted. This last appellation
seemed to me so curious that I Inquir
ed Into It and learned that my young
gentldhian wnlted to be born. These
are not surnames, you understand,
for no Turk owns such a thing. To
tell one Mistress Hyacinth from anoth
er you add the name of her man. And
In his case all you can do Is to tack on
his father1”—you could hardly say
Christian—name.—H. G. Dwight In At
lantic. *
Wild 8ohemes of Dinooratas.
The most remarkable proposal ever
made about Mount Atbos was that of
the architect Dtbocrntes. His plan
was to cut It Into the shape of a gi
gantic statue of Alexander the Great,
holding in the right hand a city, in the
left a tank that was to receive all the
waters of the region. Alexander was
much taken with the scheme. But it
was eventually rejected on the ground
that the neighboring country was not
fertile enough to feed the Inhabitants
of the projected cityi A nothef of Dinoc
rates' plans was a temple to the wife
of King Ptolemy of Efeypt with a roof
of loadstones that would keep an Iron
statue of her floating In the air.
The Earth’s Shadow.
The earth has a shadow, but very
few ever see It, except In eclipses of
the moon, or else few recognize It
when they see It Nevertheless many
of us have noticed on fine, cloudless
evenings In summer shortly before
sunset a rosy pink arc on the horizon
opposite the sun, with a bluish gray
segment under It As the sun sinks
the arc rises until It attains the zenith
and even pusses it This Is the shadow
of the earth.
Premonition.
He was brought to Bellevue hospital
with some Injury to the skull, and a sur
geon. having examined the wound, do
termlned to keep the man In the ward
for a day or two.
“Oh, doctor," cried the patient, “do
you think that I’ll lose my head?”—
New York Times.
Too Slow.
“Why has your daughter dropped her
hospital work so soon?”
“She found she’d have to nurse poor
patients for two years before they In
trusted her with any millionaires. So
she’s going on the stage In a musical
comedy.”—Kansas City Journal.
Utility.
“Of what use Is a fly, anyway?" asks
ao exchange.
Well, If there Is only one out and It
happens to be a long one It will score
a man from third.—Detroit Free Press.
Usual Rssult.
Sllllcus—Do you believe that two
can live as cheaply as one? Cynlcus—
Well, after they get married I suppose
they generally find they have to.—
Philadelphia Record.
If a thing Is proper and possible to
man, deem U attainable by thee.—Mar
cus Aurelias.
."YOttR ~OWM*WCe.^H
How You May Hoar It aa It 3ounda to
Other Persona’ Ears.
Laloy, who appears to have scien
tifically Investigated the matter, as
sures us that not only does one not see
himself as others see him, but that he
does not hear himself as others hear
him. Some interesting experiments
were made by the French savant in
this connection.
In order to ascertain whether a man
really knew the sound of his own
voice, Laloy has been at some pains to
determine the facts. His experiments
show that If a "“person record on a
phonograph disk a few sentences pro
nounced by himself, together with oth
ers recorded by friends, and causes the
machine to reproduce these, It most
frequently happens that the man more
easily recognises the voices of his
friends than he does his own.
It appears that the differences lies
In the quality of the tone. One hears
his own voice not only through the
air, as do his auditors, bnt across the
solid parts between the organs of
speech and those of hearing. The
sound thus produced has a different
timbre from that conducted to the ear
- by the air above.
If one entertain any doubt as to this
let him tfy the following experiments:
Take the ehd of a wooden rod between
the teeth and pronounce the vowel
continuously. Let the other end be
"taken alternately between the teeth
and released by another person who at
the same time stops his ears. The lat
ter will find that every time he seizes
the rod in his teeth the sound will be
stronger than when It reaches the ear
through the air above and tjhat It has a
different quality. The passage of
sound through a solid body augments
Its Intensity and modifies Its quality.—
Harper’s Weekly.
' RED" TAPE AND A TUB. '’
A Bath In Senegal Waa Something
Like a Surgical Operation.
Some yean ago, when the capital of
the French colony of Senegal was a
dull, unprogreaslre town where official
ism and red tape prevailed, a French
traveler, with a friend, had a most
amusing experience when be wished
to obtain a bath. There was no bath
ing establishment In the capital of
Senegal at the time, bnt rumor had It
that It was possible to purchase baths
ut the bosplt&L
Accordingly the travelers repaired to
the hospital, where they stated the
purpose of their visit
“Certainlysaid the official, “take
seats. Tour names, surnames and
birthplace?"
“But we merely want a bath."
“Exactly. What is your name, and
where and when were yon born, and
are you government servants, soldiers
or officers? Mo? Well, the rules do
not provide for this. Just a moment
I will read them again. Tes, here is
your case. Tou must first make out
on stamped paper an application to the
governor of the colony. After favor
able notlcevfrom the governor you
send another application to the chief
colonial doctor, who will send for you
and examine you.”
“But we are not UL"
“It Is the rule. Having examined
you, the doctor will give you two non
commissioned officers’ bath tickets, to
be delivered to the assistant doctor.”
“Why the noncommissioned officers’
bath?”
“For the reason that In onr accounts
we recognise only two categories of
persons—officers and civil servants, the
latter taking rank with officers or pet
ty officers. Ton are not official at alL
If officers were to find yon in their
baths they would probably make a
row."
“What period of time will all these
formalities consume?"
“Two or three days, provided your
application Is approved at the gov
ernment house.”—Chicago Record Her
ald. _
ORIGIN OF QUARANTINE r
Dr. Rlohard Mead's Aetlon During the
Pligua of 1721.
To Dr. Richard Mead, who was in
consultation at the deathbed of Queen
Anne and became physician to George
I., was due the credit of having first
established quarantine.
In 1721, when the plague ravaged
Marseilles and Its contaglous^rigln
was discredited. Dr. Mead decked the
plague to be “a contagious distemper,"
and a quarantine was enjoined. He
also proposed a system of medical po
lice, which finds Its counterpart In the
health officers of today. It was be
who declared, "As nastiness Is a great
source of Infection, so cleanliness Is
the greatest preventative.”
He It was who said nearly 200 years
ago: "If there be any Contagious Dis
temper in the Ship the Sound men
should leave their Cloaths, which
should be burnt, the men washed and
shaved and, having fresh Cloaths,
should stay In Lazaretto—that is,
quarantine—thirty to forty days. The
reason for this Is because Persons may
be recovered from a Disease them
selves and yet retain matter of Infec
tion about them a considerable time.” j
In practice Mead was without a ri
val, his receipts averaging for several
years between £0,000 and £7,000, an
enormous sum In relation to the value
of money at that period. He possessed
a rare taste for collecting. But bis
books, his statues, his medals, were
not to amuse only his own leisure.
The bumble student, the unrecom
mended foreigner, the poor Inquirer,
derived as much enjoyment from these
treasures as their owner. At his table
might be seen the most eminent men
of the age. Pope was a ready guest,
and the delicate poet was sure to be
reeded with his fayodtn . fllfih of j
