SOME VALUABLE BUGS.
' A friend of mine recently receiv
ed the following from a friend of
his,” said the friendly anti-prohibi
tionist on the street corner, “which
certainly brings to us who are being
deprived of our morning ‘eye-opener’
and evening ‘night-cap’ joyful news.
T1 e letter was as follows:
‘ Dear Doley: When I was a boy
(some years ago) I ‘made’ the south
west country, and while waiting for
a freight train to come my way I
wandered out to where the inviting
shade of a cactus beckoned for a si
esta. My dream was a vision—and
when I awoke I was still under its
influence, which continued for sever
al hours.
“At the time I was unable to ac
count for it; but later on I made the
acquaintance of an old soldier who
explained that I had selected for my
‘room’ the shade of the cactus from
which mescal is made. It seems that
a bug which lives on this plant h^d
dropped on me and had taken a bite.
The bug and hi^forebears had tarried
around this mescal for so long that
their systems were full of the Mexi
can joy spirit and the bite had inoccu
lated me. This is the prelude; have
patience.
* “Viewing with alarm the advent
of prohibition, some time ago I took
up the study of how to beat it—and
do it legally. No illicit distilling, no
smuggling for me. I spent many
nights pouring over old chemistry
books—but they didn’t have what I
wanted; they all forced me up
hgainst Old Man Law. Then came
the light. I remembered the bug of
the cactus plant-—and here I am in
Mexico working out souls like your
self.
“I have succeeded in isolating the
bug of the mescal plant, the bug of
the tequila plant and the bug of the
sotol plant. A bite from either one is
sufficient to start an Irish republic. It
is really too violent
“To get away from this sudden ‘war
and destruction’ quality I have syste
matically cross-bred these different
bugs—sort of concocted a cock-tail, as
it were, and have produced a species
(First publication March 18.)
(W. J. Hammond, Attorney.)
NOTICE.
All persons'interested in the estate
cf Charles H. Clark, deceased, both
creditors and heirs are hereby notified
that on March 17, 1920, A. E. Brazell
filed a petition in County Court of Holt
County, Nebraska, alleging Charles H.
Clark a resident of Linn County, Iowa,
died intestate on January 2,1897,seized
ed of the Southwest Quarter Section
21, Township 29 North, Range 12
West 6th Principal Meradian in Holt
County, Nebraska: that petitioner is
the owner of said real estate; that
there are no debts against the estate
of deceased. You are notified that the
prayer of the petition is: “Petitioner
prays that the Court determine thd
time of the death of Charles H. Clark;
that he died intestate; shall dispense
with administration of said estate and
decree that there ar no debts against
said estate, and adjudge and decree
Annie E. Clark and Edward C. Clark '
to be the heirs of Charles H. Clark and
shall ascertain the degree of kinship
of said persons to Charles H. Clark
and determine the right of descent of
the real property above described.’
You are further notified that said pe
tition will be heard April 19, 1920, at
10 o clock A. M. at the County Court
Room in O’Neill, Holt County, Ne
bVaSka- C. J. MALONE,
41-3 County Judge.
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“And the beauty of it all is that I
am within the law.
“I haven’t worked out the commer
cial end of the scheme as yet; but that
will be simple. In a short time I will
have a milion of these bugs, which I
have not named as yet. At 10 cents a
bite—three bites for two bits—and all
of them working—think of it!
“Am sending you in a separate
package two of my pedigreed bugs
male and female. Let nature take
its course. Don’t use them before
they have reproducel, for there is only
one efficient bite in each bug. They
die soon after their mission in life is
fulfilled.
“As to a name for the bugs for com
mercial use. I have thought of call
ing them after ‘Buck’ Lewis or ‘Meck
ey’ Hickey (the latter has more of a
lilting sound to it) or for you, my
friend—want no lasting fame myself,
only the knowledge that I have been
a behafactor to mankind, and the roy
alty, of course, is sufficient.
“The two bugs I am sending you
are named Lillie and Billie. It won’t
be necessary for you to know which is
which—they know. Your trusting
friend, BILL.”
GILBERT F. SMITH
Chambers Sun: Gilbert F. Smith
of St. Cloud, Fla., died at the Soldier’s
Home Hospital, Johnson City, Ten
nessee, March 11, 1920. Mr. Smith
was a pioneer of Holt county, coming
with his family, in the spring of 1879,
in a covered wagon and taking a home
stead one mile south of where the town
of Ewing is now located, then a track
less prairie. The terminus of the
railroad was at Norfolk. When sixteen
years of age he enlisted in a New
York State Company and served
through the last year of the Civil War.
He was twice elected a member of the
Legislature of Nebraska.
The rigors of the Nebraska winters
induced him to remove to the old
soldiers colony at St. Cloud, where he
has since made his home. Mr. Smith
was well known, especially to the older
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residents of Chambers and vicinity.
He leaves to mourn his going, his
wife, a daughter, Edith Taggart of
Chambers, a son Frankin H., of
Washington, D. C., besides many other
relatives and friends.
! All Fixed.
“Gabe, I hear you are about to com
mit matrimony. Got your home fur
nished yet?
“Yep, got a pair of deer antlers fer
a rifle rack. And when my seven coon
dogs are home the place looks as cozy
as a picture’.” — Louisville-Courier
Journal
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I have purchased the P. J. McManus Gro
cery Store, taking possession of the same last
Tuesday morning, and I am now prepared to
cater to your wants in the Grocery Line.
This is one of the oldest Grocery Stores in
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