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The News Herald XrW8-milIUU PUB. CO. Publishers FM.ATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA MILLSTONE AROUND THE NECK Business Man Who Buys on Credit It Really Borrowing Money and i Trouble. i He who Is in debt seldom smiles. There are debtors who are certain of their debts and never lose sleep, but there are debtors by the thousands who are forced into the money marts and who emerge with momentary re lief and a burden of interest on the heart as well as on the money. Debt makes many a line across the face and brings age to a hurried autumn. The man who makes a debt should be sure that he can smile after it is made. When the day of maturity begins to round the home stretch and makes its rapid strides to the line of maturity when the debtor counts his dollars that he thought would be on band for his payments and finds that they did not roll In as he expected when the day of debt payment passes under the wire and the man goes out to pay for the race he seldom goes like the man who has a bankbook in his hand for 'any emergencies. , Debt hovers over a home as a pend ing danger. Fretf ulness and worry take the place of bright spirits. Sleep flits around and will not settle to repose on the slumberer. Like death, the merchant and the farmer who enter the lists of debts, face the same penalties. The well-fed man begins to lose his buoyancy. His eye Is not full of mettle and fire of former days. The debtor feels guilty. Guilt will not permit a clear countenance. It tarries a shadow, however faint. The man who buys on credit Is a debtor. He is asking the dealer to lend him the money and he pays the Interest. The dealer is not in business for his health any more than the real money lender. Ills interest is frequently lap ger. There Is a rule that men have found for keeping a strong eye and a clear conscience: Pay cash, keep the inter est; debts will then not accumulate. It is an easy rule to give, but, oh, so hard to follow. Memphis News ScImi Mr. Whales That Die for Love. M. Edmond Perrier, addressing the Academy of Science at Paris recently, described a whale that voluntarily ends its days when its companion dies. A specimen has been preserved by M. M. Anthony of St. Vaast, de la Hougue. This sea mammal is extremely rare, said M. Perrier. Despite its length of 16 feet, it almost always remains hid den from the eyes of man.( Only 28 specimens of this kind of whale are known, and this is the first time that it has been preserved. It possesses only two teeth, placed in the middle of the Jaw. M. Perrier said that these whales come ashore only in couples. Should the male die, one can expect to see a femalo stranded soon afterward, and vice versa. "Suicide for love," M. Ed mond Perrier explained, with a smile. Dog and Horse. As compared with the dog the horse Is a stupid animal. The animal train er will tell you that in Intelligence It is "nip and tuck" between the dog and the' elephant, and that in com parison with, either of these animals the horse is nowhere. It is only in his docllhy and affection that the horse is the "animal next to man," and even in these respects the dog Is a worthy competitor with him. When it comes to "knowing things" our faithful friend the horse is left far behind by our other friend and com panion, the dog. The British Constitution. In England there Is no such thing as a constitution, as we understand the word In this country. The Brit ish constitution is merely a mass of law, consisting partly of statutes and partly of decided cases and accepted usages, In. conformity with which the government of the country Is carried on from day to day. The constitution of the United States Is written and can be read In 20 minutes time, while the British constitution is unwritten, .save as it is -contained in hundreds of volumes of statutes and reported cases. Captain's Kldd's Treasures. Captain Kldd is supposed to have burled a large treasure (estimated at $10,000,000) on Oak Island, Chester Basin, Nova Scotia. For more than 200 years people have been seeking this wealth, but so far without suc cess. In the unavailing search many thousands have been spent. Private individuals and companies have made repeated attempts since 1795 and Nova Scotia parties are now earnestly engaged in the search for the burled millions. Had No Redress. A farmer near Exeter had a flock of turkeys which a train ran through, V killing ten of them. He could not collect damages because turkeys are sot animals, and ho law docs not require the railroads to fence against birds, aeroplanes ; or '' balloons. Kan sas City Star.'. Rhodeslan Railroads. With the completion, of the Ben guella railway, from the Zambesi to the Congo border, Rhodesia will have a service of 3,500 miles of railroads. SERIAL STORY Wizard L. Frank Baum (Copyright, by the Bobbs-Merrill Co.) (Copyright, by U Frank Baum & W. W. Dentlow.) 8YNOPSI3. Dorothy lived In Kansas with Aunt Em and Undo llonry. A cyclone lifted their home into the air, Dorothy falling- asleep amidst the excitement. A crash awakened her. The house had landed In a country of marvelous beauty. Groups of queer little people greeted her to the Land of Munchklni. The house had killed their enemy, the wicked witch of Kant. Dor othy took the wltch'a silver shoes. She started for the Emerald City to find the Wisard of Os, who, she was promised, mlcht find a way to send her back to Kansas. Dorothy released a scarecrow. Riving- him life. He was desirous of ac quiring brains and started with her to the wisard to get them. The scarecrow told his history. They met a tin wood man who longed for a heart. He also Joined them. They came upon a terrible lion. The Hon confessed he had no cour age. He decided to accompany them to the Wizard of Os to get some. The scare crow In pushing the raft became Im paled upon his pole In the middle of the river. The scarecrow was rescued by a friendly stork. They entered a poppy field, which caused Dorothy to fall asleep. The scarecrow and tin woodman rescued her and her dog from the deadly flowers. The lion fell asleep and being too heavy to lift, was left. On the search for the road of yellow brick which led to the Rmerald Cltv they met a wild cat and field mice. The woodman killed the wild cat The queen mouse became friendly. She sent thousands of her mice subjocts to draw the lion away from the poppy field. Dorothy awoke from her long sleep. They started again on the Emer ald City road. They came to a fence, painted green. There were farmers of rrreen, houses of green and people dressed n green. It was the Land of Os. They met the guardian of the gntea. He de scribed the power of the Wisard cf Oz. All put on green spectacles as the bright ness and glory of Kmerald City blinded them. The wliard decided to receive one of the party each day. All were put In green rooms. Dorothy went to the throne room. In a chair sparkling with emer alds she beheld an enormous hend with out body, legs or arms, bigger than the biggest giant. "I am Os, the great and terrible," said the head. Os told her that when she killed the wicked witch of the East he would send her home, The scare crow, admitted to the presence of a beau tiful lady, who said she was the wizard, was promised brains when he killed the witch. The woodman beheld a terrible beast with a head of a rhinoceros and five eyes. The wizard promised him a heart If he would slay the witch. The lion saw a ball of fire and a voice from the object promised him courage If he slew the witch. The search commenced. The witch ,saw the party when It entered her domain and caused a pack of wolves to attack It. The woodman killed the wolves. She sent crows which the scare crow scared and killed, Iters were dis patched next, but the woodman received the. stings. CHAPTER XII. Continued. So the Wicked Witch took the gold en cap from her cupboard and placed it upon her head. Then she stood upon her left foot and said, slowly: "Ep-pe, pep pe, kakke!" Next she stood upon her right foot and said: "HIMo, hollo, hello!" After this she stood upon both feet and cried in a loud voice: "Zlz-zy, suz-zy, elk!" Now the charm began to work. The sky was darkened, and a low rum bling sound was heard in the air. There was a rushing of many wings; a great chattering and laughing; and the sun came out of tho dark sky to show the Wicked Witch surrounded by a crowd of monkeys, each with a pair of immense and powerful wings on his shoulders. One, much bigger than the others, seemed to be their leader. He flew close to the Witch and said: "You have called us for the third and last time. What do you command?" "Go to the strangers who are with in my land and destroy them all ex cept the Lion," said the Wicked Witch. "Bring that beast to me, for I have a mind to harness him like a horse and make htm work." "Your commands shall be obeyed." said the leader; and then, with a great deal of chattering and noise, the Winged Monkeys flew away to the place where Dorothy and her friends were walking. Some of the monkeys seized the Tin Woodman and carried him through the air untlLthey were over a country thickly covered with Bharp rocks. Here they dropped the poor Wood man, who fell a great distance to the rocks, where he lay so battered and dented that he could neither move nor groan. Others of the monkeys caught the Scarecrow, and with their long An gers pulled all the straw out of his clothes and bead. They made his hat and boots and clothes Into a small bundle and threw it Into the top branches of a tall tree. The remaining ' monkeys threw pieces of stout rope around the Lion and wound many colls about his body and head and legs, until he was un able to bite or scratch or struggle in any way. Then they lifted him up and flew away with him to the Witch's castle, where be was placed in a small yard with a high iron fence around it, so that he could not escape. But Dorothy they did not harm at all. She stood, with Toto in her arms, watching the sad fate of her comrades and thinking it would soon ha ber turn. The leader of the Winged Mon keys flew up to her, his long, hairy arms stretched out and bis ugly face grinning terribly; but he saw the mark of the Good Witch's kiss upon her forehead and stopped short, mo tioning the others not to touch her. "We dare not harm this little girl," he said to them, "for she is protected by the Power of Good, and that Is greater than the Power of Evil. All we can do Is to carry her to the castle of the Wicked Witch and leave ber there." So, carefully and gently, they lifted Dorothy in their arms and carried her swiftly through the air until they came to the castle, where they set her down upon the front door step. Then the leader said to the Witch: "We have obeyed you as far as we were able. The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow are destroyed, and the Lion is tied up in your yard. The little girl wo dare not harm, nor the dog she carries In her arms. Your power over our band is now ended, and you will never see us again." Then all the Winged Monkeys, with much laughing and chattering and noise, flew into the air and were soon out of Bight. The Wicked Witch was both sur prised and worried when she saw the mark on Dorothy's forehead, for she knew well that neither the Winged Monkeys nor she, herself, dare hurt the girl in any way. She looked down at Dorothy's feet, and seeing the sil ver shoes, began to tremble with fear, for she knew that a powerful charm belonged to them. At first the Witch was tempted to run away from Doro thy; but she happened to look into the child's eyes and saw how simple the soul behind them was, and that the little girl did not know of the wonderful power the silver shoeB gave her. So the Wicked Witch laughed to herself, and thought: "I can still make her my slave, for she does not know how to use her power." Then she said to Dorothy, harshly and severely: "Come with me; and 'see that you mind everything I tell you, for If you do not, I will make an end of you, as I did of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow." Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle until they came to the kitchen, where the Witch bade her clean the pots and kettles and sweep the floor and keep the Are fed with wood. Doorothy went to work meekly, with her mind made up to work as hard as she could; for she was glad the Wicked Witch had decided not to kill her. With Dorothy hard at work the Witch thought she would go Into the courtyard and harness the Cowardly Lion like a horse; it would amuse her, she was sure, to make him draw her The Brave Little Dog Flew at Her. chariot whenever she wished to go to drive. But as she opened the gate the Lion gave a loud roar and bounded at her so fiercely that the Witch was afraid, and ran out and shut the gate again. "If I cannot harness you," said the Witch to the Lion, speaking through the bars of the gate, "I can starve you. You shall have nothing to eat until you do as I wish." So after that she took no food to the Imprisoned Lion; but every day she came to the bate at noon and asked: "Are you ready to be harnessed like a horse?" And the Lion would answer: "No. If you come in this yard I will bite you." The reason the Lion did not have to do as the Witch wished was that every night, while the woman was asleep, Dorothy carried him food from the cupboard. After he bad eaten he would lie down on his bed of straw, and Dorothy would lie beside him and put her head on his soft, shaggy mane, while they talked of their troubles and tried to plan some way to escape. But they could find no way to got out of the castle, for it was constantly guarded by the yellow Winkles, who were the slaves of the Wicked Witch and too afraid of her not to do as she told them. The girl had to work hard during the day, and often the Witch threat ened to beat her with the same old umbrella she always carried in her hand. But, in truth, she did not dare to strike Dorothy, because of tbe mark upon her forehead. The child did not know this, and ws full of fear for herself and Toto. Once the Witch struck Toto a blow with her umbrella and the brave little dog flew at her and bit her leg, in return. Tho Witch did not bleed where she was bitten, for she was so wicked that the blood In her had dried up many years be fore. Dorothy's life became very sad as she grew to understand that it would be harder than ever to get back to Kansas and Aunt Em again. Some times she would cry bitterly for hours, with Toto sitting at her feet and look ing Into her face, whining dismally to show how sorry he was for his little mistress. Toto did not really cars whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Os so long as Dorothy was with ban; but be knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him un happy, too. Now the Wicked Witch had a great longing to have for her own the sil ver shoes which tbe girl always wore. Her Bees and her Crows and her Wolves were lying In heaps and dry ing up, and she had used up all tbe power of the Golden Cap; but it she could only get hold of the silver shoes they would give her more power than all the other things she had lost. She watched Dorothy carefully, to see if she ever took off her shoes, thinking she might steal them. But the child was so proud of her pretty shoes that she never took them off except at night and when she took her bath. The Witch was too much afraid of the dark to dare go in Dorothy's room at night to take the shoes, and her dread of water was greater than her fear of the dark, so she never came near when Dorothy was bathing. Indeed, the old Witch never touched water, nor ever let water touch her in any way. But the wicked creature was very cunning, and she finally thought of a trick that would give her what she wanted. She placed a bar of Iron in the middle of the kitchen floor, and then by her magic arts made the iron invisible to human eyes. So that when Dorothy walked across the floor she stumbled over the bar, not being able to see It, and fell at full length. She was not much hurt, but In her fall one of tbe Rllver shoes came off, and be fore she could reach It the Witch had snatched it away and put it on her own skinny foot. Tho wicked woman was greatly pleased with the success of her trick, for as long as she had one of the shoes she owned half the power of their charm, and Dorothy could not use it against her, even had she known how to do so. The little girl, seeing she had lost one of her pretty shoes, grew angry, and said to the Witch: "Give me back my shoe!" "I will not," retorted tho Witch, "for it Is now my shoe, and not yourB." "You are a wicked creature!" cried Dorothy. "You have no right to take my shoe from me." "I Bhall keep it, just the same," said the Witch, laughing at her, "and some day I shall get the other one from you, too." This made Dorothy so very angry that she picked up the bucket of water that stood near and dashed it over the Witch, wetting her from head to foot. Instantly the wicked woman gave a loud cry of fear; and then, as Dorothy looked at her In wonder, the Witch began to shrink and fall away. "See what you have done!" she screamed. "In a minute I shall melt away." "I'm very sorry, Indeed," said Doro thy, who was truly frightened to see the Witch actually melting away like brown sugar before her very eyes. "Didn't you know water would be the end of me?" asked the Witch, in a walling, despairing voice. "Of course not," answered Dorothy; "how should I?" "Well, In a few minutes I shall be all melted, and you will have the cas tle to yourself. I have been wicked in my day, but I never thought a little girl like you would ever be able to melt me and end my wicked deeds. Look out here I go!" With these words the Witch fell down in. a brown, melted, shapeless mass and began to spread over tho clean boards of the kitchen floor. See ing that she had really melted away to nothing, Dorothy drew another bucket of water and threw it over the mass. She then swept it all out the door. After picking out , the silver shoe, which was all that was left of the old woman, she cleaned and dried it with a cloth, and put it on her foot again. Then, being at last free to do as she chose, she ran out to the courtyard to tell the Lion that the Wicked Witch of the West had come to an end, and that they were no longer prisoners in a strange land. (TO BE CONTINUED.) South Carolina Horse Swappers. The horse swapper's business is rather flourishing in this section Just now. Many old plugs change hands and many jockeys are made to rejoice for a short while, at least until they find out that the other fellow knew something that he forgot to tell; then he loses confidence in his former friend and doesn't look upon him as being the pink of perfection as he did before, but they get better as soon as they have time to think it all over and realize that this Is not the first time the trick has been turned, and probably not the last. Perhaps the other fellow will do the turning next time. Calhoun X-Ray. Steins Are Burglar Alarms. In a New York rathskeller they have devised a novel way to protect the ornamental steins on the shelf running along the. side of the room. Each stands upon a burglar alarm con nection and when one is removed a contact is made, a drop falls on the annunciator indicating the position of tbe table and a bell rings. In a second half a dozen waiters are In attendance at that table and the stein goes back on Its peg. The proprietors have lost so many valuable pieces of brlc-a brao that tbey were constrained to adopt this measure. Since tbe alarm system has gone into effect there have been many surprises, but no losses. Characteristics. "He bas grandiose views, you say? Dreams of future power and great ness and wealth soon to be acquired? Walks with his head in the clouds and looks as if be considered tbe world his oyster?" "Those are the symptoms." "Then he must he threatened with softening of the brain." "Nothing of the kind. He's a real estate agent." . . . A GREAT ANNOYANCE. Kidney Disease Shows Many Painful and Unpleasant Symptoms. George S. Crowell, 1109 Broadway, Helena, Mont, says: "I was troubled with a disordered condition of the kid neys, some backache and irregular pass ages of secretions. At times I was obliged to get up out of bed at night, and the urine was unnatural In appearance. 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