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i : g GOD I jlShoft torie$j P. T. Itanium wan a great practical joker. On one occindon lie notified tie dealer from whom lie bought a large amount of supplies that half the pep per he Bfiit him was pea a. The dealer Indignantly denied the charge, aud tpi'dc a warm correspondence followed, it Indus liunliy ended by Rirmim, who Inquired whether half the letters In he word "p( ppi-r" were tint p's. On a recent day's outing in West fhcNter County, N. V., Ernest Haskell, the art Int. was painting a bit of the fen-en hillside when a fanner came filomr, looked at the half-finished wat- r color, then grazed, uiiwh puzzled, fit lluve ll.it pans containing water which Hie artist hail put on the ground clone at hand. Turning away with a look of ilingust, he renin i ked, half ti.illil: Homeopath. b'i.;osli!" In an article on "Some Humors of rongrcHs,-' In the Ontury Magazine, ('liilicis K. l.eujip snyx that Kepreserit tllvo llartcr of Ohio used to be one of 41ie immt eann-xt and vigorous debaters In tic House. In the htteimity of an nrgumeiit he iiiite forgot his surround lug. One day he wan laying down Hie law in an impinixloiird way, and telling what ought to be done with a certain public abuse. "We ought to fcei.e it." he cried, 'as a terrier docs a rat, and shake the life out of it:'' In entire self oblivion he reached forward .and M'i.i (I Mr. McKalg. of .Maryland, a ruihir small, I'.fbt man. lifted him by )l coat, and shook him, suiting action to words. McKalg was so n.stounded that he quite forgot to M niggle, but naturally he was much Incensed at the Indignity. It took the Interference of several friends ami the most profuse flpologb h from llartcr to avert hostili ties ami restore grtod feeling. The Kev. V. W. Waddcll declare that in Brazil tie- elect Ioiim are a farce. The baliois are hardly ever counted, for the government nominates Its ticket, and then, after an election, an luaiuccK all Its i-uudidatest elected. "A year or so aco," he says, "an Ameri can, who had settled In Ilahin, the sec pud largest city In lirazil. was made in clectiiiii clerk, and was told to bring the returns from an interior town Into Baliia. After "the election had closed, the clerk took the returns and hasten tpd away, guarding them with tho greatest care. lie rode his horse hard, for he felt that the suspense would be (great at ltahia until the returns he was t'arrying were received. What was hi rh.igrin, therefore, to hand bin package lover to the chief election clerk, only 4o see It thrown Into the waste banket. 'Here, what are you doing?' be shout--d. "Throwing them away,' was the Answer, "we don't need them now.' 'Don't need them,' stammered the American, who had been brought up to regard a violation of the election laws treasonable. 'The government has elected Its men already,' was the an swer; 'we don't need any more votes.' "Here the Inspector opened the pack age and showed the astonished Amer ican a quantity of blanks, each of which was signed, with a space to be filled In with any number necessary to elect the government candidates." The Kind of a Man He la. "Quinine we never cheaper than It In now," remarked Mr, BowerHox an lie laid down hl newnpaier. "It can he obtained In a wholewile way at twenty cents per ounce. Home years ago the price was In the neighborhood of a dollar." "How do you know?" anked Mrs IlowertMjn "Well, I ought to know If anybody ought. Many an ounce of quinine have I taken, for I wan a terrible Bufferer from ague In my younger days, I can tell you." "Well, that's Junt like you eiactly, Benjamin Franklin Howcrnox." "What In Just like me'" asked Bow emox In Mine urn-prise, for bin wlfe'i tone waa one of severity. " "Why. It was Jimt like your extrav agant nature to contract the agu when quinine wag very expensive, and now that the drug is cheap enough to place the shakes within the reach of all you are as free from It as If there wasn't any such tiling as ma larla In the world. Benjamin Frank lln Bowemox, If there la a more ag gravatlng man than you on this foot atool I wind some one would point him out to me. That's what I wish." At this point the aggravating man put on his hat and went down street Worrying a Had Mahlt. Worrying Is a habit that grows very rapidly. The more It Is indulged tin stronger It becomes. When you dls cover that you are its victim, Just top and consider: Are you galnlrtij anything from It? If so, what Is tlx gain? Are you losing anything from Ithealth, strength, cheerfulness, thr power of helping others ami the op port unity of doing the next best tlilnij at hand Whatever you do, don't say "But I ean't help It." Guloaaal Counter Claim. It la hard to get ahead of some girls. One who was presented with a bill fot 49 for money spent on her by a re Jetted suitor nearly frightened him to j death by only threatening to put In a hill for one shilling apiece for nil the kisses be bad taken during the court ablp. Bpare Momenta. Mighty rlvera rla In quiet places, bat like aotne men' tbe farther a wax from home they get tb mora noisr The l'i mrr' Cardan. The common eprei;s!oa that Ameri ca Is a nation of dyspeptics is gener ally understood to.be true, and .It Is also true that, in proportion to the populalion, there are more dyspepilca among farmers and their families than among the city population. It la absurd that suoh should be the case, for If any class of people has a chance to be healthy It Is the farming communi ty. The fa't remains, bo.vever, that the majority of farmers cling clos.-iy to a diet in which there Is little varia tion. I'robably the Jack of fretli frul'.s anil vegetables has more to do will ihelr stomach troubles than anythhi.; else. The writer remembers visiting one of the most extensive growers of I nick In tho vicinity of Norfolk, Va. More than o'MJ acres of this man's farm was devoted exclusively to the ruining of vegetables for market, yet during a stay of thrr-edays the only vegetable placed on the table was a scant supply of rablxige at one meal. For some inimvnuntable reason fa rul ers seem to ti ink thai a klb-hen Har den Is a waste of time and labor, and they go through the summer with scarcely a frch vegetable of any kind. This Is a niisiake. for the expense of a garden sunVionlly large to supp'y an entire family with vegelabies is so email t tin t it ought not to tie consid ered. Make the garden near the house where an hour of snnre tii)o daily will keep it in good condition and give that variety in food which Is necessary to good health. Surely there ought to be enough variety raised on the farm in al! lines to give the best of each to the home table, and with proper manage ment it can lie done without cutting off the Income materially. St. Paul Jrispateh. Convenient firm I! Harrow. On every farm where small fruits and vegetables are grown a one -horse I ;irrow is a greal convenlcn.-e. By in uk! the lighter welding Is done and the mirfaee of the Soil kept loose, at wall expense of labor. If one Ins a lever harrow two of the beams may be used for ihiH one-horse harrow, or iht: beams may be readily made with lumber of proper 1-ngtii, using long wire nails for the teeth. The beams are fastened together In a V shape, as shown In the cut and a wooden A HOME-MADE HARROW. frame Is constructed, as shown to sup port the handle. If a blacksmith Is conveniently near the support for the handle may be two Iron rods running from the corners of the barrow to the handle. A board may be placed over the frame and heavy stones set upon It to weigh down the tool if It Is found too light for certain soils. This tool will be found especially useful In corn cultivation during the early growth of tbe plants. Bnmiucr Shade for Poultry. here fowls are kept partially con fined thr should !" Pome arrange merit for furnishing the proper amount of shade. If the poultry yards can be built around a number of trees this will bo all sufficient, but If this cannot be done, then plant a row of corn around the outside of the fence, on the sunny side, Just far enough from the fence so that the fowls cannot reach It A row of sunflower plants will answer the itauie purpose, or the plants may be caator beans, which will provide shade and ornamentation as well. A neighbor of the writer sets a double row of the tall growing cannas around the sunny side of his poultry yard, and thus obtains attractive bloom and tbe desired shade at tbe same time, riant sck1b of whatever Is to be used of the swd kind now or set tbe plants of other sorts. Morn ing glory vines may be used by sow ing the seeds a foot from tbe poultry ysrd fence aud running strings to the top of the fence. This plan gives one shade quickly and at small expense. HstIbb Claver Hay. Saving clover hay Is not a dlfllcult mutter If the climatic conditions are 'favorable, while it Is almost Impossi ble to cure It In good condition. In 'catchy weather. Where large areas have to be cured It Is Impossible to adopt the method of shocking It, It being much betler to cut after the dew Is off, starting the tedder shortly after tlx mower and rake up and haul the next day. In this way hand labor, which Is so expensive, Is dispensed with. It Is better, says Iowa Ilome '' 'id, to allow tho crop to stand until ii.e i'.rst heads ra brown rattier than en It during sattchy weather, as It wli! spoil leas standing than when cut. Krrp Accounts with the Cnwi, If farmers would open Individual ac counts with their cows, a great many of them would doubtless be surprised it the nu in bar of animals they are keeping merely as luxuries. It Is not a safe rule to go by general Impres sions. Those who bar tried keeping iceoiinfs have found that In many nses the cowl tbat were thought to bj the money maktra of the bard did not la fact yield any profit, while stfe- era which bad been considered leas valuable provided a good caab income. 'beep on Eaiall Farms. It la a mistaken Idea to suppose that urge areas are required on which to raise sheep. It la true that it will not do to crowd too many on a small area with any Idea that they will get their Ilv ing from the vegetation there, but If, say, one hundred sheep were to be kept on fifteen or twenty acres, prop erly bandied, together with proper feeding, would bring desirable results. I Taking twenty acres as the area to b 1 ut.Pil, it Wu iid be a good plan to divide j this Into three fields; two fields of five I aires each and one ten acre Held. The flvt-acre plots should be sown In rape or some other special feeding crop, and the teu-acre Held used for general grazln In this plot there should be!'" Thomas WbPe, also. U;,tb are to 1 i ) hbade and water, aud the grain feed- nub! almost 100 miles from home In j in:; should be done here also. Thajj..il at, Levjt,et.o,i, ami their next neb! of rape should be used alternate- i ; , ...j ,je , rynlj,i!llla ovpr 100 I IV; tnat is. give Hie flock of sheep ac- es tu cue tleid four or tive hours a I ''".y for cue week, then to t he other f. '.d in the same manner. If these liehhi were profitably pastured the re sult of the droppings) would make them Kiitiiciently rich for almost any cro-i when it was desired to use them In that way, which coidd be done by having movable fences, so that other fields could bo. used for the sheep in other years. The T'nrmtr. Uo.t. The lot of the farmer loy Is undoubt edly tighter now than It was a half- enttiry ago, as many old DavlesA County fanners can attest who have : ,il!fn Prt In the ptos.-cutlon. It is dropped corn all day by band in n j thought, now f hat after the trial of furrow "laid out" by a horse driven 'Jilt ;:nd White In Harrison county by a f-ln-.'le line attached to a single) the ens's of ot 'ier aassassins who are i-bovel plow and keep it up for two orjknowu here and who hae never been three weeks. Most old people who , at tested, will he talten up with some have lived on a farm have bad this-a.ciir.,n.,.. . i- i.. .. - ... . , experience or have followed the boyV(n,l() who was dropping corn, day In and! ,,,, i u-in;., t ,. day out, covering It with a hoe. For- , ' " 'U " 'f18 waS at, ty year, ago a boy who could drop for'"1 "1"t '1l,,m,,'8 w" l"e r,v" two covercrs could earn his 50 cents al"1 '' r,'K'mlln tl,l! wltli.l.awal of day, while the ordinary boy who was' 1 Ie.,r":s 11 is understood tlMt he not so swift could earn 05 to 35 cen:a ' ;l!ivi'1'-'11 1,10 governor that no'nunibor n day. A.-t a matter of fact a boy; of tf-0pJ eo.i!d stop the lurking lin cotild gel. over more ground and plant : 1, :BS hidden assasslatis but that a mtieli bigger acreage tiian a ,man, at least one company stimrid be re but then, as now, there was an tin-, taincd jn chiirge of the t.'iwn. The written law that he should not rc- Hoops that escorted Jett ami White c-!v,. men's wages. Refore the days t. i Lexington this evening will not of lalwir saving machinery, farm work' return fotbelMiy especially, was a constantj There is stiil much apprehonhon round of drudgery, and It was little in th .,,,.,, nir , 1 , , -.w .i.ev ,,,..,, , ,o f 1 lu U) imty fr the future and it. Now it In otherwise: and life on q farm is preferable to most other pur- suits in life.- Kxclmnge. Kepth of t orn Cultivation. Deptli at cultivating corn variei with eiretmistatiees, In wet seasons '- as a county seat. Some hold that in It Is often absolutely necessary to stir J the loss of the so-called couit house a soil deeply In order to dry It out, ring the town would gain much I'oep stirring Is also necessary In wet more than it would lose. It is seaKons when weeds have once got the dalmed that all the feud troubles start of the cultivator. The practice j t,int have afllected the county orig of cultivating a uniform depth of four; 1jaterJ ,D contfSts for loca, 0(?ices ln.-l.ea throughout the entire season iS)and afterWiJrt,3 extM , f quite common. It being claimed that weeds are most effectively destroyed at this depth, while tho four-inch mulch conserves the moisture as well as a deeper one. There are those who advocate plowing deeply at all times, although, on the other hand, they are taken to task by others who claim that It Is Just as prudent to remove the leaves from the stalk with a knife as to cut the root with a cultivator. One Instance Is given where a compari son of the deep aud shallow method of cultivation gave a yield of twenty bushels per acre In favor of tbe shal low method. Iowa Homestead. Farm Note. If r"-- were as careful and sys tematlc " the management of their herds as the breeders of pure breedj are with their cattle, much better re sults would be secured from ordinary stock. Even the best breed will fall If not rightly managed, and all classei of stock can be made more productive If extra care Is given. Veterinary surgeons state that thi milk Is the first thing affected when 1 cow becomes 111, and that tbe nillli will show indications of coming milk fever and garget a week before anj outward sign can be discovered. A sore, or anything that may be Habit to poison the blood also poisons tbt milk at the same time. It Is a mistake to expect that eggt will hatch precisely In twenty-ont days. While this Is the rule, It la not an Invariable one. Home will hatch li nineteen days, others In twnty-oni days, and other will require twenty five days for Incubation. The causei are various-such as getting too cold too much heat, lack of moisture, wanl of vitality of either or both of tin parents, and the age of the eggs. In giving salt to animals It shouK be done in a manner to allow eac) animal to partake of as much as I) desires and prefers, Instead of glvlnn the salt In tfTe food, thereby compell ing (tome animals b) use more thai they wish. Kach animal has Its ImH vldual preference, and the propel mode of allowing salt Is to place l where the animals can have access U It at all times, as each will use onlj the amount needed. The effort to produce the seeds of a. apple exhausts the tree more than If produce tbe much belter quantity o meat, because seeds contain a n.ticl larger proportion of the mineral ele menta. As much meat or pulp can Is; grown on fiOO floe large apple trees at upori l.IKK) small, Inferior ones, bu the product Ion of seeds will be onlj one-half as great. . Thus "thinning not only adds to the value of the pra ent crop, but economizes the energlst of the tree for future ones. ' PAIII IV WAT A PACC VUULLf NU I AuIaEE A88A88IN CURTIS JETT PERIL OUSLY CONVICTED SINGLE JUROR HOLDS OUT deling of Itc'lrf t Jack. on- Governor to lit- It jrud ti Kp a touipunjr ot Troops Jackt-xn, Ky , June 22, Hut for one juror Curtis Jett would have been convicted here yesterday for the ruur- tier of Judge Marcum, an. I a major ity of the jury favofed the conviction 'ynlliianu. over 100 i:.is f.otr Jacksorj, away from tlie " u;:ta;ns and in tho Hue grass region under very dilToient condi tions fr rn those txisling in Urcith- ittcn.ii.lv The interest in the change of venue today w;;s second only to tbe verdict. Wit h gt neta! conlitiecce to the surnmnaing of the next trial there is a belief here that "every thing Is for the best after all." If the verdict had been one of conviction the residents here lee! that violence would have followed, and that It would have extended to others than witnesses, Ji;ror and those who had 1 ,,t'Mf aro Id tho niove.net in different pails cf Kentucky to have I'.icatbitt county parcelled out for annexation to other counties, al- i 11 iinguo uepreciilie vaiU- "t!ot,s alter Jackson lost its prestige lonal, business and social affairs. Fierce Band to Encounter Washington, June 22. Capt. Jchn J. Pershing, who was in command of the troops at tbe light at Lake La nan, in ihp Philippines has written a letter to a personal friend in the war department describing the bat tle. It has been slvwn to Secretary Rort, who authorized its publication. Captain Poishlng says: "I supt05c your mail dispatches have or will have brought you a full a 'count of tbe'P.acalod Incident In te lity the lxst tight of the Moro campaigns; not so many Moros killed as at Havan or 1'ananatan, one year no but fought according to some system Of course I had worked on this tight as I foresaw long ago that it must come and the whole thing fiom beginning worked out as plan ned. First we got behind them, much to Ihelr surprise, and could post out Runs above and drop projec tiles do vn Into their fort, so that ar tillery lire In this ctse was not alto gether all noise. We had some work a'd some fighting to gain this posi tion. Once there it was only a ques tion of sitting down deliberately aud waiting to see what the Moros would do. Many got away before the place wa-i invested thoiougbly. "The tight begun In a floud of a rainstorm that lasted till dark and lecouonltcrlng was difficult, so we did not find the a"etiucs of escape until next day and I am glad now we did not, as they had su h confi dence In this fort that they have b'en constructing for a year, that they took many women and children Inside and they escaped during the nliflit. Tho next day and olght we held them fust, however; tried (o get them to surrender, had two talks under ling of truce; but, no, they wou'd fight It out. So there was then only to finish It. Killed Husband With Axe Tonieroy, Wash. June 22. Amanda De Larflgtiehas confessed that Rhe killed her husband on the night cf September 23, l!02. with an axe and hurled tbe remains In tho front yard of their farm near here, where they were found recently. The woman assert that Do Lartlgno came to hci bedside whllo she slept, roused hci and threatened her life: thut he pin sued her Into the yard shooting mi her wbeo she seized tbe axe tod sunk It Into his bead. ME FOR MOB LyilCUlTVO or NEGRO FINDS PCBLlt APfKOVAL. NO ARRESTS TO BE WADE KNOilMlTlf OF CRIME HKLD TO JUS TIKV. AIT. NiimN-r of Nrn llent on Vengeanc Too Or.ut t,irili. lac- io Cope With A lloy u i lie CroH-it 1. Verr IS ully Injured. 'ihu:r tt',n, Del, June 24. All is 'juict in this cominuiiity today, fol-loi.-,K 1 lie hotrihle ivnchiug of (ieorge White, Helen Itishop's con fessed .slayer, at an taily hour this ll..!l,i g. (' Ilia ruob of neatly 500 that nve-po vcred tlie authoril ies st';rmed! the. Newcastle county workhouse and' h' 'g d ftoui his cell tlie,tr.mb:iiii vieteji, a(i( burned him t the slake !be ri tine of only one is Dublirlv known. That p-ram u little Piter rimiib, ttvche years old who fell when the wo.k house gtuids lind a volley into I he ranks of the al tacking mob. The lad was struck ty a bullet Ahlc.li entered his back, and is tho ght to have penetrated his kid u ys At the llfc'neoyathic hospital, where the injured boy was taken, it iv as s.a'ed at !) o'clock this morning that he id in a scri us condition. Alter the mob had completed its avvU:l work ol vengeance the body of the uigio ravisher and muidercr was f" chained to the stake with the re bin ning ail ar mild it, and the members ol' the lynching party went iiiine. A tain which begin falling later c- inguished the lire and at, d.tvlight tlie charred body still hung limp in in plain sight of passersby. Public sentiment bete, so far as ex pressed, appears to anmove the Ivnch- b p f White, and it is not beiieved there will be any ane.sts. White's confession, made just be fore tlie torch was applied to the oil Soaked hushes around him, was an admission of everything and more than had been ebaigf d agafnst lum. He is stated to have said: 'I was sent by Mr. Woodward 'ft the cornfield to hoe some corn. I eaw Mr. Woodward's daughter and Intended to assault her, but a couple of men came along and I aid not dis lu b her. Then I saw the Bishop girl and fi Unwed her. I seized her and asked her 'f she had any money she would give uic tu let her go.. She g ive me sixty cents. Then I again seized her and she cried; Tleasa don't hurt me.' I choked her and accomplished my purpose. Then I asked her if she was tfuing to tell on me She said she was. I gave her a hack in tlie thioat with my knife and asked again if she as going to Inform on me. She said she was. a id then J cut her throat twice again and left her.. After that I wenti back to Mr. Woodward and told him' there was no good water to drink down there, and he sent me some where else. I went back once, but so n left, j hen I wi nt back to tbe house and put on a white bat in stead of the cap I wore. Yoj would hot do this if I was a white man and did that." ' The negro's confession rendered the already incensed crowd even .noro desperate and some wanted to iear him limb from limb before they teached the scene of execution. The jegro begged piteuusiy not to be jurued. but no mercy was sbown the Culprit, and although his sufferings cre tcirlhle, White remained con iclous and rational to tlie last. While at times during the night there were at least 5.0()0 peopie around il.e workhouse, the men who actual-' y took part in the lynching did not lumber over 500. The leader was a tian who said he was from Vitglnla, Ills face was familiar to most people Ind it is believed he Is a resident of rVilmlngton, although some say he, ad been Imported for the purpose of lading the mob. ' The lynching Is believed to have ,een the icsult of a plot which was loncocted several days ago and was Io have been put into execution Sat Oiday night, but on that occasion there was a mlsunile. standing and 'ha attempt failed. Cotton Again on the Up Turn. New York. June 24 -One of tho nost exciting aud spectacular upturns if the season in tbe cotton uiarkct centred light alter midday. The feeckly crops fior.i Washington had iitst been lead and rcc Ivcd a bearish Interpretation, resulting in moderate lecllnes. Hut almost Immediately suylng orders were received bore fnom Sew Orleans and July was rushed up rotl2.7r, August to 112.21) and Sep tcmbcr to 11..I9, all of these prices rolng new bitfl) records for the saaaan. cHfbraska. Notes E. Whitney, a well known con-t tractor and builder of Humboldt left) Friend wbere be bai been engaged to erect a large new school building.'. Eddie tbe tbree-year old son of J. J. Thompson, of Humboldt, got bis nand in tbe cogs of tbe wringer while the family washing was being done, aDd suffered the loss of tba ends of three fingers. A number of improvements are be ing made at Nebraska City in tba Argo Starch works with a view ot doubting its capacity. The plant be longs to the trust and they are mak ing it furnish all of the starch -foi the middle west. Julius Lenzer, a farmer living Dear Norfolk, has been arrested on com plaint of an ernploye.llenry Arends, who states that eatly this morning Lenzer stabbed him in the arm with a picthfoik while be was still in bed, because he .refused to get. up at 4 o'clock. John State of Leigh, Neb., pur chased the ;ila: n stock farm and stock, palyng su.uoo for the same. This ranch consisted of 1.060 acres of (ieeded laDd and 480 acres of leased school land. Mr. State will turn tbe. property Into a dairy fa m and will commence by milking fifty cows. Alfalfa and dairy farming is paying handsome profits in this viciQity. "Tom" Peck who lives near Bur well in Garfield county, was bound over to the district court Friday la the sum of J500. He is charged with attempt to kill by shouting his son, William, in tho shoulder during aa altercation over the crossing of som land owned by the elder Peck. Tbe s.tu's wound is painful but cot dan gerous. Mrs. Sarah Dickenson died at tbe Suite Home for the Friendless at Lincoln where she bad lived for many yeais. She was born in Knox ville, Tenn., eighty-five years aga Her grandfather was general Meade of the revolutionary army, a compa- triot of George Washington. The board of education of Beatrice, has elected the following additional teachers for the comiog year: Edna L Miller, Aurella Orangle, Grace Baumgardner and Anna Fisber of Beatrice; lao M. Orcutt of Wahoo and Maude Beach of Superior. Prof. M. ix Calvin was re-elcoted supervi sor of music, and Miss Minnie Davlf was re-elected supervisor of drawing, - The farm bouse on the farm owneA by Mrs. Ljttle Long of Cook and oc cupied by Louis Keunoing was burn ed while the family was attending tho Sons of Herman picnic at Talm age. Charles Holscher a neighbor while passing by noticed smoke Is suing from the hcuse. He did t at tempt to stop the lire but succeeded Id saving part of tbe furniture. Tba loss is partly covered by insurance. Only 135 students are registered for (he summer school at the state unl veisity. This falls far abort of the number registered last year. Such g condition of affairs Is attributed to two things; tbe establishment of junior normals throughout tbe state and tbe meeting of tbe National Ed ucation association at Boston this summer. Many who might hare at tended the summer school are attend' ing tbe junior normsl Intead, and many others will take advantage of tho rate to visit Boston and tbe East. The association saeets In July, when tbe summer school Is Id session. The Lincoln Legal olnb an organl- ' aitlon made up of the young mem bers of the profession tn tbe cltv. closed tbe year's work with s ban quet at the Llndall hotel. The club has for Its purpose the study and dis cussion of the problems tbst confront tbe active prsotlonsr. John A. Ma- gulre acted aa toast muter, Rev. D. W. a Huntington ehsnctsV lor of the Nebraska Wasleyan univer sity, preached la tba M. K. church, at Ravenna last Monday. In th morning be presented tbe cause of education and took up s collection for the university amounting to 115.00. Io tho evening Dr. nuntlnaton. preached one of tba ablest sermons ever listened to by tbs people of Ra venna. Sometime ago Mrs. Cal Vandevena. living north of Stella, fell ,n a defec tive sidewalk In front of LUtle Got. gla?.iers mlllnery shop and fractured ner arm. Now It seems two Auburn lawyers appeared before tbe vlllaaa tioad al their tseaaloo sod Intimated tbat a 12,500 damage suit would b. tiled In the near future unless satis-.' factory arrangmenU were madewltta the party injured. Tbe board has. this matter under Investigation U repoit at lu orst meeting.