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The twice a week Nebraska State Journal is one of the best nows papers published in the state, and con tains all the capital news: The Kansas City Weekly Is or.e of the best week ley’s in Kansas. The NoitTI!WKSTKItN is the olltcial paper of Sherman County and contains twice as much borne print as any other paper published in the county. You should not delay In taking advantage of this great offer. In subscribing fot these three papers you secure the three leading Journals ot the world. REDUDED RATES TO GRAND EN CAMPMENT MINING DIST., VVYO. The Union Pacific will sell tickets ut one fare for the round t, ip, plus $5.00, from all points In Nebraska, Kansas. Colorado anil Utali to Kawlins, Wyo. Dates on which tickets will bn sold are 1st and ilrd Tuesday in May, June, July August, Sept., Oct. and Noy. Stage line daily except Sunday each way between Kawlins and Grand Encamp ment. For full information call on or address W. D. Clifton, Agent KLONDIKE What does it cost to get there? When and how should one go? What sliou'd one take? Where are the mines? How much have they produced? Is work plentiful What wages are paid? Is liv ing expensive? What are one's chances of making a strike!!? Complete and satisfactory replies to the above questions will be found in the Burlington Routes Klondike Folder Now ready for distribution. Sixteen pages of practical inforim tion and an up-to-date map of Alaska and the Klon dike. Free at Burllnton Route ticket oiiices, or sent on receipt of four cents in stamp by J. Francis, Gen'l passenger Agent, Burlington Route, Omaha, Nebr “There’s no use in talking," says W. H, B'oadwell, druggist, La Cygne, Kas ‘•Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhea Remedy does the work. After tak ing medicine of my own preparation and those of others' f took a dose of Chamberlain’s and It help31AhDARD. HER CHAFING DISH. When Fanchon t<» her chafing dish Bejiuifa und light* the alcohol. Wo look Mr mtraclf** and wish That fate n^ay let na share them all. Though not to gluttony Inclined, We langh with gAatfonmrnr glee. And ooch Igvs plans with mind To eat tidbit* enough for tlwk For Fanchon la a cook supi *•»:»« Of dalntiea which tlio dish tuny hold, A gracious go«M«a* of the at* am Whnfto bountb* pleaae us mum than gold Her finnan haddlea and rroquottea Aro poems of dellciouaneas. Her oysters and her omelets Achieve the climax of surcesa. And yet I wonder can it lie That Fanchon's skill is ho unique. I know what savor all for »:*•? Are her bright eyes and glowing cheek. Well, Fanchon, cater to the men And to the maids whom no »i desire, But don’t get aoorcbed, young lady, when You’re playing with lie drinty fire. —Chicago Record. SAFE BEHIND IRON DOORS. Row a Brooklyn Harratnent Service la Protected From Th‘ *es. It in generally accepted as a fact that the moot expensive and elaborate taber nacle for tbe Horvicos in thi* country in tbat belonging to St. Augustine’* churob, Brooklyn. Formed entirely of gold and silver and Htudded with pre clou* HtnuoH, it would prove a rich haul for tbe daring but «aorilegion* marauder. Thi* fact wa* fully appreciated by the church authorities, who have deviated a plan of protection which i* a* near per fect a* oau be. It i* an eleotrio system, unique and effective, aud uow wbeu tbe congregation arrive* tbe tabernacle ia in full view, but a* aoou a* the congre gation is dismisged tbe tabcruaole dis appear* completely, apparently witbont human aid. Two great, heavy harveyizud iron door*, which have been covered with gold leaf, roll forward at the pres* of an electric button and completely con ceal and protect tbe costly chancel. These folding doors meet in a dome at tbe top to afford protection in that direc tion. Tbe motion of tbe doors i* alow and easy, special apparatus being de vised for tho purpoHO, tbe door* moving on heavy roller bearing*. The motion is imparted to them by means of a sys tem of gears, actuated by au electric motor installed directly beneath in the cellar. In order that no one should have access to the actuating push buttons these are placed in a regulation lire and burglar proof vault of massive construc tion, the combination to whioh is known only to the rector and his asso ciates. All the wires leading to the mo tor from the source of supply are con nected at vaiious points to the local po lice and burglar alarm service, so thut should any one tamper with the wires notification would be given immediate ly. The safe doors are so constructed that should any one attempt to drill through them other electric circuits would be closed and the alarm given. When the doors before the tabernacle are closed, it is completely inclosed in heavy iron on all sides, so that it is much safer than if au armed guard stood watch before it.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Homes of the Anthracite Miners. A group of papers dealing with the Pennsylvania coal regions appears in The Century. Jay Hambidgugives ‘‘An Artist’s Impression of the Colliery Ke gion.” Mr. Hambidgesaysof oueof the “patches" where the miners live: Each little house, with the boxes, cubby holes and fences about it, has been built by the man who lives in it. And he is a laborer, a strugglor for mere existence, not deft in the use of tools, nor with au eye for the symmetrical, nor with an appreciation for anything beyond the most primal facts of living. The roofs of the buildings slant at all angles, with no two sides of the same length or deflection. One portion will have eaves, while its companion will scorn the lux ury. The same incongruity prevails ev erywhere. Home of the small openings used for windows are high, while others are low. One door will open in and an other out. The hinges huve evidently come from the oompauy scrap pile, and the staples and latches and looks from tho same source. Some of therools have shingles, others weatherboards, while others are formed of great pieoes of rusty sheet iron. George Got Hll Wheal. George had wanted a bicycle for a long time. Last year his birthday wm embittered by the fact that he did not get the mnoh coveted wheel, and so he awaited the day this time with mnoh anxiety. During the week before he regularly and earnestly resorted to prayer that he might have his desire granted. His par ents really feared for his faith should he ugaiu be disappointed. Therefore on the morning of Ids birthday he fouud awaiting him by his bedside a beautiful new wheel. When his mother entered the room, she fouud him delightedly gusiug upon ' “• “Well, ” he called out cheerfully, "I thought the Lord wouldn't have the uervu to refuse this time. “—New York World. •HU la Ike LnuL “Is it true, auutie, that you have re fused lilakum every year fur the last SO years?" “Yes, my dear ” “Do you mind telling me why?” “Not at all. The lire! lime I refused him 1 told him that he was uot good enough fur me, and I'm nut the woman to admit that h« ha# gn>wu heller any faster than I hate *'— Detroit Tree Drew The oaty suap which the Hindoos of the orthodox type employ Is wade en tirely of Vegetable product* Hut suap la little need Us India, being eiwuet an unknown lusuty with the antivsa A single female flog will ptudnen l.ooo egga at n tune, t'itgs snbetet on Inset t« and nr* Ihemseltae devoured by a variety at other animats " THE KING SNAKE. DOES HARM TO NO ONE, BUT KILLS POISON REPTILES. Hat tier* and Copperhead* An the Prey He Lore* to Tackle--He Pat* a Moqm or a Toad After Each Hattie to Prepare Him For the Next Encounter. Tho distant murmur of tbe waterfall, tbe bmn of tbe bees among tbe flowers, made me feel lazy, and, laying aside my fishing rod, I stretched myself on tbe soft spring grass under a weeping willow and watched tbe blue, cloud specked sky. I bad almost fallen asleep when I was aroused by a voice inquir ing, ''Notched enny fish, mister?” Looking np, I saw a typical moun taineer and nssured him I bad not. "1 say, mister, this here is a power ful bad keutry far snakes. One bit Jim Hloan's bay mare last night, an week afore last auotin r bit Hally Milligan. Home on ’em air powerful pizen, spe cially the rattlers an coppers, an that 'minds me, ef I wua yerself, I’d move a littlo farther from tbat ’ere ooppor. Ho ain't zactly perty to look at, an ef ye wuz to rile 'im with yer boot be moat git vicious.” Ixmg before that speech bad ended I bad turned a somesanlt backward, wkioh canned tbe mountaineer a great deal of genuine pleasure to behold. I was about to exterminate tbe big, sluggish reptile with a stick tbat I bad seized when my companion asked me to wait a few mo ments, as a king might oome along. Not exactly understanding whether he expected a person of tbat Dame and falling to see what tbat event bad to do with my landable desire to smash tbe big. ugly thing tbat bad presumed to take my leg for a pillow, I asked him for an explanation. “Air it possible yer town folks dunno _«- . I. r. _ . i_e tin__ i_i_ _i_ _ »»»* ■»»» boss snake uv the woods. He don’t do no harm to nothin, ’oeptin snakes, an be don’t pester them as hain’t pizen. But he do love a copper an a rattler, which is tbo wurst snakes uv these dig gin’s, an he’s death on 'em. “T'other day I wuz gwlne long a old road, an all uv a sudden I heerd a singin as though a camp meetin had just tuok in. lknowed it wuza rattler, an lookiu round I saw him on a knoll, an a pow erful big un be wuz. He wuz quilled up like a oorksoruw, an bis rattles wuz a-makin the air jingle. But at first I couldn’t ’soovur the oause, an I knowed a rattler never got ready fur business fur nothin. Presently I seed the grass a-swuyiu an a-bendin, un then the rat tler, be gets nervius an skeered, an un quillin hiaself be made a break to run. “But it wuz too late, fur on oame the king like a hurricane, an puttin hiaself just ahead the rattler showed him his jig wuz up. Beein he oouldn’t ’scape, tbo rattler quilled ag'in an showed fight. The king, he oommenoed to run round his inimy in a wide oirole, the rattler watchin, liokin out his tongue an inakin his rattle sing like a baujer. Closer an closer the king drawed his circle as be dashed round until he wuzn’t more’n three feet from the ini my. “Then tho rattler, thinkin he saw the last show to save bis baoon, made a powerful spiti i'ul lunge at the king, an tbar is wbar he slipped up, fur the king he dodged, an quioker’n gunpow der wuz on to the rattler. Tbar wuzn’t nothin but a ball uv snakes in sight fur a few minutes as they fought an tus sled over the grass, but arter a little I could see the red an black striped king wound round the big rattler just like a grapevine on a tree. "Then I seed the king hold ’im by the back uv the neck, an I oould hear him crushin the rattler as he tightened on him. It wuz all over in half an hour, an the king, unwindln hisself from his viotim, got behind an waited fur ten minutes. Then he crept up an put his nose on the rattler’s to see if ne wuz breathin. Ye see, other snakes know •no nu duiucuuioo |iuhuuj uu uiui by prctendin to be dead. ''But tbe rattler wuz shore 'nullgone, an when tbe king wuz satisfied uv this he orawled in a old stump hola an presently came ont with a mouse’s tail atickin out hie mouf. But he soon ■wallowed the mouse, an, wipin his nose on tbe grass, went otf aarohin for more trouble. A king allers eats a rat or a toad after a fight to make him strong fur the next un. “An now, mister, I oould tell ye a powerful lot more’n that, fur I knows snakes, I do, but I'll help ye kill tbe copper, wbiob mout not meet a king until he bites some nn ef we didn’t, an then I must burry on after my oxen, wbat 1 wna buntin when 1 seed that varmint u-tryin to go to sleep with yerself. ”—Philadelphia Times. Cleanliness. One of the most important faotore in maintaining health in good order la cleanliness. It is comprised in measures that tend to keep the organs olean and In proper order to perform ail their functions- Tbe cleanliness of tbe skin and tbe air (purity of tbe air) that wa breathe in are essential for tbe proper keepiug of one'* health. Any impurities that are taken lu breathing find their way to the blood, and thus serve so many centers of disease and are the cause of many lufeeiioua diseases Again, if the skin is not kept clean the impurities that are In be secreted are unduly accumulated in the blood and lend to give rise in severe and often dangerous disorders, such as skin die ts see and blood poison lug. —Mew York Aunt Marta — Whatt Mary, uaaaut yon comb yunr own hair yeti Mery No'tu I ain't Mg en»*ngh Aunt Marta—Year ties bee nothing to do with your being able lu asst yunr hair Mary—Yen II has I am t toil ete ugb to louh eg the lug uf my head. — I Mew York Tribea*