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Women of Sedentary Habits.
Women who get but little exercise
are likely to be troubled with constipa
tion and indigestion and will find
Chamberlaid’s Tablets highly bene
■<r ficial. Not so good as a three or four
mile walk every day, but very much
better than to allow the bowels to re
main in a constipated condition. They
are easly and pleasant to take and most
agreeable in effect. Obtainable every
where. 30-4
Cause of Small Litters.
V The College of Agriculture again
! sounds the warning that the brood sow
should not be allowed to fatten with
the other hogs and thus reduce the
siz. of her litter. It says that the
grain ration should be light and sup
plemented with good alfalfa hay. If
the sows are young, they will need
little tankage in addition to the grain
and hay, unless skim milk is used.
Cause and Prevention of Carbon.
Carbon is formed in the cylinders of
automobiles due to the residue which
is left from burning gas and lubricat
) ing oil. The hard deposit is formed
from lubricating oil. The College of
Agriculture says not to keep too much
oil in the crank case and to use heavier
oil in old motors. It says that carbon
should either be removed by scraping
or by burning with an oxygen flame.
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t How Much to Feed a Dairy Cow.
Dairy cows in milk should have all
the hay and silage they desire. In
addition to this, a cow that gives milk
containing more than 4 per cent of
butter fat should be given one pound
. of grain for every 3 to 3.5 pounds of
milk produced. A cow giving milk
containing less than four per cent
butter fat should be given a pound of
grain for every 3.5 to 4 pounds of milk
produced.
Hog Vaccination Successful.
During the last three years 375
jng pigs have been vaccinated by
^ simultaneous treatment for hog
ra by the Department of Animal
pdry at the College of Agricult
In two occasions cholera had al
kppeared among the pigs before
i vaccinated. Of the 375 but
j lost, and in no case did any
[ifter the treatment that had
- shown a temperature of
'ication of Profit.
usually taken as
production
means a
yield
i not
man rather than yield per acre. As
the yield per acre is increased beyond
a certain normal, the cost per bushel,
on the average, will be increased,
though in individual cases or during
short periods of time the reverse may
be true.
Librarian’s Report, December, 1915.
No. of books in Library.1,881
No. of books added. 12
No. of borrowed books returned 111
No. of readers. 848
No. of readers added. 15
Juvenile circulation. 213
Adult circulation . 380
Total for month. 593
Receipts .$1.61
Expense .25
Cash on hand .$4.46
Mayme Coffey, Librarian.
Inman Items.
John Auspach is erecting a fine
new house on his lots in the south part
of town.
Miss Lorena Keeper returned to
Norfolk Sunday where she will attend
school.
Miss Hazel Bitner came up from
Lincoln last Sunday to spend a month
with home folks.
Miss Lula Wilcox returned to
Meadow Grove last Monday to re
sume her school work.
Clark Claridge went to Ewing Mon
day.
Mrs. Levi Garnet fell and broke her
hip last Tuesday evening as result of
stepping on a little piece of ice near
her home.
Miss Barbara Souvignier went to
Battle Creek Sunday to resume her
school work.
Miss Hazel Edwards came up from
Oakdale to resume school teaching in
South Valley school Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stevens came
over from Page Saturday to visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conard
and family.
Mrs. Martha McCutcheon has been
quite ill the past few days.
Charles Claridge has been quite ill
the past week.
Mrs. R. E. Candee and son, Elwin,
went to her home at Plainview Friday
after a two weeks’ visit with Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Candee of this place.
Revival services commenced in the
M. E. church last Monday. A good
attendance is desired.
Gleanings.
During the past week ye scribe has
had a tussle with a bad cold, but is
nearly well at this writing.
An epidemic of colds, grippe, and
f-he measles have been going around
^this community during the last two
Brentson and family moved
Lohn Berger place last week,
, will live the next three
Now that congress is in session
again, it will be interesting to watch
their deliberations, to see what they
will do to raise enough money to make
up the deficits in the different govern
mental departments, provide funds for
current expenses for the coming year,
and also to provide funds for the next
two years to carry out President Wil
son’s “Preparedness” program, in
case it meets with the approval of
congress. I am, myself, and I believe
all working people should be opposed
to this “preparedness” program now
being agitated all over the country.
Now it is only necessary to learn what
body of men are urging that policy on
the country, and you will know who
will profit by it, and also that the
masses will pay for such a policy in
increased taxes.
The body of men responsible for the
originating of, and presenting the
“preparedness” to congress, are known
by the name of the “Navy League,”
and the personnal of the organization
which is composed of nineteen mem
bers, is as follows, viz: J. P. Morgan,
T. W. Lamont, W. H. Porter, H. P.
Davision, Charles Steel, P. D. Cravath,
E. H. Garry, H. P. Whitney, S. H. P.
Pell, Cor’. Vanderbilt, O. L. Mills, F.
R. Condert, F. L. Hine, E. C. Con
verse, D. G. Read, Percy Rockfeller,
F. A. Vanderlip, L. L. Clark, and Col.
Robert M. Thomson, all of whom have
been furnishing the Allies with war
material of one kind or another, there
fore it is plain to be seen why they
want congress to adopt their policy of
preparedness. It is profits, profits, and
more profits, and if this policy gets
through congress they will be sure to
do something to involve this country
in a bloody war with some other
country, to still further enhance their
profits. They have got Wilson already
and it remains to be seen how many
congressmen they have got. It is less
than one year until the presidential
and congressional election comes, and
then I hope every American patriot
will use his ballot to give a knockout
blow to corporate greed. Eternal
vigilence is the price of liberty, and if
you would maintain your rights, you
must watch the enemy and smite them
whenever you can.
Queer Quirks of News.
Ravenna, Neb.—Michael Kneiss has
just turned 100 years of age. He says
he has never spent a dollar for medical
attention in his life. He is keen and
alert mentally, and has all his teeth
except two.
Sullivan, Ind.—Frank Bennet, dig
ging below the old Terre Haute and
Vincennes trail, found a number of
copper coins and white metal plates
over 500 years old. The coins are da
ted 1410. One is marked “Six peney,
Henry VIII.” One of the plates is en
graved “On this 7th day of February,
1498, of Our Lord, I. E., domand all nu
land: John Cabot.” Another plate
reads: “Sebastian Cabot, May 5,
1496. Henry VII.”
Los Angles, Cal.—A prosperous
looking man walked into the barber
shop kept by Jack O’Reilly. After he
had been shaved, he took out a wad'Of
bills, peeled off a $50 note and said
“Here’s a bit of a tip. Things have
been coming my way lately.” The
barber did not refuse, but he is still
weak.
Carlook, 111.—The champion office
holder is dead at his home here.
Joseph Zook was justice of the peace
for twenty-seven years, postmaster
30 years, town clerk 36 years and tax
collector 40 years. He was 78 years
old at his death.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Bootleggers
here have a regular code for ordering
their goods by longdistance telephone
One recently got the wrong man on
the wire. The bootlegger said: “I
have plenty of big pipe, but am entire
ly out of little pipe, and you may send
along some soup.” “Big pipe” means
quart bottles of whiskey, “little pipe”
means pints and “soup” means beer.
Comas, Mont.—A woman here re
cently had the distinction of bearing
three names in one day. In the morn
ing Mrs. Sadie M. Vaught obtained a
divorce and her maiden name of Sadie
M. Swisher was restored. In the even
ing she married Charles Sharp and be
same Mrs. Sadie Sharpe.
Monroe, Wis.—Willard T. Saucer
man, known as the “marrying magis
trate refused to marry a woman who
cannot bake bread. He asked the
bride if she can bake and do house
work, and the groom if he has eaten
and is satisfied with the woman’s cook
If the answers are unsatisfact
refuses to marry them.
ws Summary.
James Markham, who
ia, 111., celebrated their
t their home Wednes •
t of eight living
t of eleven grand
resent besides fifty
d Mrs. Markham
where they now
forty years
and her new
born baby were found dead in their
home in Joliet, 111., Thursday. The
authorities gave starvation as the
cause. Four other small children are
in a serious condition. It is said two
may die. Hafner disappeared more
than a year ago.
With an epidemic of la grippe
sweeping Chicago, among other North
ern cities, the Health Department has
issued a warning bulletin against kiss
ing. Nearly a fifth of the residents of
Chicago are suffering with la grippe,
more than 80,000 school children alone
being repo: ted sick.
Eugene Sandow renowned athlete,
reputed to be the strongest man in the
world, has been executed in London
Tower after facing a military court on
the charge of being a German spy
Sandow formerly conducted a great
physical culture establishment in I, .n
don. When rumors that he was a
sympathizer with the Germans began
to spread he suddenly dropped from
sight.
An accounting by the Connetieut
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, as
trustee under the will of Phineas T
Barnum, the showman, has been filed
in the New York Surrogate’s Court.
The accounting shows that the show
man’s widow now is Barones Nancy
Barnum D’Alexandrey Oregiani, living
in Paris. She is 70 years old. Barnum
was 81 years old at the time of his
death.
Deploring the increasing number of
divorce suits, Judge Pendleton of the
Superior court, Atlanta, Ga., Thursday
declared from the bench that all di
vorce laws should be repealed for a
period of ten years. By that time, the
judge stated, husbands and wives
would find that it was not such a hard
matter to live together. There were
matter to live togeather. There were
that county this year.
Santa Claus visits Holland and Bel
gium about three weeks before he goes
to the United States, for the children
of these two countries honor their
patron saint and receive his annual
gifts on St. Nicholas’ Day, December
6. St. Nicholas lived in Holland, and
was bishop of Amsterdam, where his
memory is honored by a fine statue.
His traditional liberality to his parish
rs led to the custom of hanging up the
children’s stockings on his feast day,
so that he might drop a gift therein.
In Holland, Santa Claus is not only the
patron saint of children, but also the
patron of scholars, prospective brides,
sailors and parish clerks. He is also
the patron saint of Russia.
Elihu Root, in a letter to the Minne
sota Republican State Central Com
mittee recently, said: “I am not a
candidate for the presidency. If my
name is put on the ballot I shall be
compelled to insist upon its being
withdrawn.’’ It was said at the com
mittee rooms that the name of Theo
dore Roosevelt probably will not go on
the ballot.
The Emporer Francis Joseph of
Austria-Hungary has taken the step
necessary to prevent a break in diplo
matic relations between his contry and
the United States,” says a message re
ceived from Vienna by a neutral diplo
mat, who has been afforded exceptional
opportunities for communications with
both the German and Austrian capitals.
The aged emporer has counseled Baron
Burian, his foreign minister, to grant
the demands of the United States,” the
message continues. “He wishes the
world to understand that Austria is
not at odds with America over the
principle of humanity involved in the
destruction of the Ancona, but that the
issue is one of facts and that the facts
presented by the United States be ac
cepted by him.”
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 4.—The con
dition of Edgar Howard, who was in
jured Saturday evening when struck
by an automobile on the streets of Co
lumbus, was much improved today and
attending physicians say that he will
soon recover. No internal injuries
have developed.
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I f one were asked what period in his
tory furnished the most themes for sto
ries he might he right in replying that
containing the administration of the
government of Louis XIII. of France
by Cardinal Richelieu. Louis’ queen,
Anne of Austria, was a bitter opponent
of the cardinal, nnd what Richelieu
was to tho king tho Duchess of Che
vreuse was to the queen. Tho duchess
wns one of the most beautiful, the most
attractive nnd the most intriguing wo
men who ever lived.
After the exposure of a treasonable
plot the cardinal banished her to Lor
raine, where she infatuated the king,
Louis XIII., mixing him up in another
conspiracy. The cardinal’s policy for
bade him to imprison a woman, so aft
er banishment from France had failed
he sent Mme. Chevreuse to a country
estate she owned. There, having no
better subject for her fascination, she
bewitched an octogenarian official.
This amusement falling to satisfy
her, she turned her attention to an
other intrigue with a view to over
throwing the queen's nnd her own de
tested enemy, Richelieu.
At this time tho queen wns secretly
corresponding with those opposing the
cardinnl. among them Mine, de Che
vreuse. The person who conducted tills
correspondence was one La Porte, her
secretary. He was the keeper of her
cipher code, translated her letters into
it. forwarded them to their destination
and received the replies, handling them
In the same way.
But the cardinal was watching and
•uspected the frequent goings nnd com
ings of the man. One of the queen’s
supposed adherents was won over and
told La Porte that he was going to
Tours, where Mine, de Chevreuse was
held in restriction, and nsked if he had
any message for her. If so he would
carry it. La Porte replied that he had
a letter and would bring It to him.
While doing so he was arrested with
the queen’s letter on his person und
lodged In the Bastille. The letter wns
not important, but the queen nnd her
friend had been forbidden to corre
spond. The cardinnl at once ordered
the seizure of the private papers of both
the queen nnd the duchess.
When the queen was accused of trea
son she falsely made an oath that she
had not corresponded with any foreign
power. Richelieu knew better, nnd on
promise of the king’s pardon the queen
confessed that she had written her
relatives lu Madrid and in Brussels,
but not on matters of state. La Porte
declared that lie had carried no letters
for the queen except to Mine, de Cbe
vreuse. Fearing that La Porte’s state
ment and hers would not agree, Anne
desired to post him on what she had
declared and ask him to make the
same statement. This she hoped would
satisfy Richelieu and prevent his in
vestigating further.
But how reach La Porte in bis cell at
the Bastille? So carefully watched was
he that a warden quitted him only for
a few hours during the day and slept
in his cell at night. One of the queen's
maids of honor and devoted to her,
Mile, de Hnutfort. not only suggested a
plan of conveying a letter to La Porte,
but volunteered to carry it herself.
The Chevalier de Jars, who had been
Involved in a former conspiracy against
the cardinal, was confined in the Bas
tille and occupied a cell directly over
that of La Torte. though between the
chevalier’s and La Porte’s cell were
two others. It was hoped by the
queen’s adherents that De Jars might
find some wny of conveying a letter
from the queen to La Porte. De Jars
had suffered a paralytic stroke and wras
allowed the privileges of an invalid, be
ing permitted to receive friends and
converse with them in the courtyard of
the prison.
Mile, de Hnutfort early one morn
ing issued from the palace of the
Louvre before the Inmates were
awake, being dressed In the costume of
a maidservant. Mademoiselle’s hair,
which was luxuriant and beautiful,
was concealed under a large coif, and
she was robed in a loose gown which
concealed her superb figure. Calling a
fiacre, she was driven to the Bastille,
A-here she asked to see the Chevalier
de Jars, saying that she was a lady’s
maid of a niece of the chevalier and
bore a message for him.
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time of rising, and the queen’s maid of
honor was obliged to wait in the guard
room among a lot of soldiers of low
degree. After some time the chevalier
arrived and asked what was wanted.
Mademoiselle drew him into the court
and, raising her coif, showed him who
sne was and handed him the queen’s
letter with her majesty’s request that
he find means to convey it to La Porte.
De Jars was no coward, as he had
demonstrated in the schemes in which
he had embarked to overthrow the car
dinal. Nevertheless he hesitated to
become mixed up in a scheme which if
discovered would cost him his head.
But when mademoiselle reminded him
of the terrible risk she was herself
running he consented.
The queen's messenger returned to
the palace without having been discov
ered. De Jars, who was full of re
source, worked out the problem of get
ting the queen’s letter to La Porte.
Had the latter occupied a cell directly
j beneath tils own he might contrive ta
get the letter through the floor. But to
pass it through other floors was Impos
sible. The next cell below the cheva
lier's was occupied by some men who
had been Implicated in an insurrection
iu Bordeaux. The next cell below
theirs held the Baron de Tenace and a
man named Reveilton, who had been a
servant of a nobleman who had lost
his head for a conspiracy against the
cardinal. The chevalier planned to
pass the queen’s letter through these
two cells to that of ha Porte.
De Jars enlisted in his service a
young fellow named Bois d’Arcy, the
vulet of a prisoner who was confined
with his master. D’Arcy while in at
tendance on his master at the hour of
exercise found a broken stone with a
sharp point, which by eluding the ob
servation of the sentinel he managed
to slip in his pocket and at the same
time asked the aid of the Bordeaux
prisoners. Any prisoner was ready to
do anything for another unfortunate,
uud they at once granted the request.
Then they were given the broken stone
for at. Implement.
The men succeeded in boring a hole
through the floor to the cell next below
and passed the letter through to Baron
de Tenace and Itevellton. These mad.j
another hole in tho floor of their own
cell and had not La Porte been so
closely wutched would have had no dif
ficulty in passing the missive on to
him. They learned that the warden
usually left La Porte for a few min
utes in the morning. Waiting till they
heard him go out, they passed down
the letter.
The goal was won. La Porte made
his confession tally with that of Anne
of Austria, and the cardinal for once
was outwitted. Being convinced that
he hnd got the truth and the whole
truth, he advised the king to pardon ■
his wife, whom Richelieu believed to
have been led into mischief by Mme. de
Chevrcuse. The pardon was granted
on condition that the queen would hold
no further correspondence with the
mischief maker.
Anne, whose conscience was very
elastic, regarded this promise solely
as pertaining to letters. Through Mile,
de Hautfort she had contrived to in
form the duchess that if their machi
nations against the cardinal were go
ing well she would receive a prayer
book bound in green. If there was
danger it would be bound in red and
she must look out for herself. Through
some misunderstanding Mme. de Che*
vreuse one day received a prayer book
bound in red. She decided upon flight
An official whom she had enthralled
provided her with directions for pro
ceeding to Spain, and thither she di
rected her course. Ordering her car
riage, she gave out that she Intended
to visit friends in the neighborhood.
She set out near evening and as soon
ns it was dark ordered her coachman
to stop and stepped out disguised as a
man in a long cloak and riding boots.
A horse was waiting for her, and
mounting, followed by two servants
aiqu luuuuit'u, out? iuuo ouuiuwaiu.
In her excitement she bad left In the
carriage the official's directions as to
the route and was obliged to proceed
without them. Riding all night, she
arrived at a town near which a noble
man, La Rochefoucauld, was at the
time stopping. He had carried mes
sages between her and the queen, and
she knew she could trust him; but,*
not willing to compromise him, she
wrote him as a stranger who bad kill
ed a man In a duel and was flying
from the authorities, begging him to
send a carriage and a valet
La Rochefoucauld sent the carriage
and the valet, and the duchess set out
for another of his houses occupied by
a gentleman in his service named Mal
basty, where she arrived before day
light the next morning. Mme. Mal
basty recognized the valet as a servant
of La Rochefoucauld, and the man
told her that the gentleman he was
conducting was an intimate fritnd of
his master and related the story about
the duel. M. Malbasty asked the
duchess how he could serve her. She
replied that she would tell him tomor
row and asked him to go with her,
since the two men she had brought
from town might be recognized, and
she wished to leave them behind until
she should send for them.
Malbasty consented, the carriage was
sent back, and, mounting a horse which
was provided for her, the duchess pro
ceeded on the Journey, accompanied by
her host and the valet She had band
aged her head to conceal a wound that
she said she had received in the duel.
The hairbreadth escapes from recog
nition that were made by the fair fugi
tive were many. She was constantly
meeting persons who knew her and
was obliged to resort to various devices
to avoid acknowledging her identity.
One man she met said that if she wer«
dressed as a woman he would certainly
mistake her for the Duchess de Che
vreuse. She replied that she was a rela
tive of the duchess.
Despite the fact that as soon as hei
flight was discovered the cardinal sent
after her in great haste, she reached
Spain, where she was safe.
Philip IV.. brother of Anne of Aus
tria, was then king of Spain, and as
soon as he learned that his sister’s ad
herent was within his dominions he or
dered that she be received with great
distinction and sent several royal car
riages, each drawn by six horses and
occupied by his representatives, to
fetch her to the capital. On her ar
rival the people turned out en masse to
see the distinguished stranger who had
come to them after so many romantic
adventures. The king, like all othei
men, was captivated with her, and tht
queen showed her every attention.
From Spain the duchess went to Eng
land, whose queen, Henriette Marin,
was a sister of the king of France and
a bitter enemy of the cardinal who
dominated her brother. There she re
ceived no less a welcome then In Spate
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