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    Loup City Northwestern
CEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Lockjaw leaves statesmen alone, of
■else they are immune.
Shall we also be Jolly good fel
lows if Sir Thomas lifts the cup?
That $5,000,000 toy trust will furnish
monopoly's newest "something to play
with."
M; de Plehve says Russia will "en
courage the Jews to emigrate. ” "En
courage” is good.
Never roll a MS to be offered to an
editor, unless you roll it around a
couple of 60-cent cigars.
The prudent woman will think twice
before 6he takes up the men's sock
fad and puts her foot in it.
Japan is doubtless gritty for its
size, but it should be warned in ad
vance that Russia is not China.
Those three rten up north who took
bed-bug poison for whisky merely
made a mistake in the kind of poison.
An automobile iB never so much
out of place as at a horse show. Be
sides, it is liable to add injury to in
sult.
It Is suspected by the police that
there is a suicide club in Hoboken.
Doubtless there is one there if any
where.
Grand Duke Vladimir, the czars
uncle, declares that the Russian Jews
are happy. Glad they are still alive,
perhaps.
Fathers-in-law make the most
trouble before the marriage, but gen
erally they mind their own business
afterward.
The Chicago youth who has stolen
over a hundred bicycles during the
past year must be crazy. At least he
has wheels.
Cuba would like to borrow' $3.',000,
€00. Just now we don't happen to
know anybody who has that much ly
ing around loose.
A London man has refused to be
knighted by King Edward. Evidently
he doesn't know of any rich American
girl that he wants to marry.
A New York paper reports the
catching of a mackerel weighing 108
pounds. A decimal mark must have
been dropped out of the original
item.
The man in Ivondon who has just
sold thirteen apostle spoons for the
record price of $24,000 cannot be per
suaded that thirteen is an finlucky
nutnber.
An English Judge has declared that
South Dakota divorces are no good.
There are plenty of other people, how
ever, who will never be happy till they
get them.
It's all very well for the astronomers
to tell us that the new comet is in
the vicinity of Alpha Cygnus, but most
of us haven’t the least idea where
Alpha Cygnus is.
The public men who complain i
about cartoons of themselves may
some day be subjected to the awful
condition of not having their pictures
in the papers at all.
Prof. Marinski of New York finds
that the strains of the bagpipes are
sure death to mosquitoes. Very likely:
but a more humane way of killing
them should be Invented.
Possibly the officials ordered the j
Kearsarge to make that rapid trip in j
order that the toiling officers might j
get into form again after their
sumptuous fare In Europe.
Englishmen have bowed courteously
to the Americans who carried off the
marksmanship trophy. A former gen
eration once bowed very precipitately
to Yankee straight shooting.
Tesla’s prediction that it will be pos j
sible to send photographs by a system ;
of wireless electrical transmissions j
may be regarded as one of the most
brilliant things that he has done thus
far,
r It may be true, as an expert de- j
elares. that the devil lurks In soda
fountains, but people are not so much
afraid of the devil nowadays as they
used to be in the days of Cotton
Mather.
Dr. Stiles' discovery of the germ
which produces laziness may be inter
esting. but it would have been a great
deal more useful to have discovered
the germ which produces the desire
for hard work.
Who shall say that the duke of Marl
borough is not fitted for the post in
the diplomatic service to which he is
likely to be appointed? He showed his
skill in diplomacy when he got himself
engaged to Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt.
There is Home talk in Russia now of |
expelling the Jews from that country i
altogether if they don’t quit complain- !
lng about being oppressed. What the J
Russians like is a man who will pa
tiently let himself be flayed and pre
tends he likes it while the operatios
is In progress. |
THE TURKISH HATH
WESTERN IDEAS SUPERIOR TO
THE ORIGINAL.
Traveler Who Hae Undergone the Or
deal In Dtmaicui Saya That There
They May Be Genuine, but They
Are Not Agreeable.
I
“About the first real craving that
strikes the unsophisticated American
or Englishman upon his arrival in
Damascus is the desire for a Turkish
| bath right on the spot where the fa
mous bath was originatea,” said a
traveler. “His next decision is that a
New York or a London Turkish bath
is about as far ahead of the Damascus
article as mother's pies beat the bak
er’s. In view of the eastern origin
of these baths I naturally expected to
had something of a luxury.
“Entering one of the finest baths in
the city, I was at first sight much
pleased with the general appearance
of things. Dug of a Christian that 1
was, 1 entered a large opeu court, in
the center of which gushed a splendid
fountain, while the scene ail about was
at first, impression one of an oriental
lairyland. All around the fountain on
raised platforms were combination
chair-couches upon which orientals
were lolling as only orientals can.
Some were reclining, some napping,
some sipping coffee, some smokinC
the narghlleh. some chatting, and one
was going through the red tape con*
tortions required by Allah when the
ninety-nine Moslem prayers are of
fered.
“As If to carry out the fairyland idea.
Instead of being conducted to a private
room, In conformity with the views of
propriety of the western dog oi an un
believer, I was expected to disrobe be
fore the miscellaneous audience; also,
before the audience In the street when
ever the door was opened. My clothes
I had to store In a drawer under my
couch. The publicity of the disrobing
act was modified somewhat, however,
by the attendants, who, by the use of
towels, formed a temporary screen. Af
ter this they gave me wooden sandals
with high strips fastened to the soles,
which converted them inter a sort of
high stilt. I saw no use for this con
trivance excepting to further the
chances of breaking rny neck. With
these stilts on. I was taken to the ‘hot
room,’ where there was a temperature
not higher than that of New York city
or. a hot summer’s night. After re
maining here some time there was
some slight rubbing anu a deal of leg
pulling and arm jerking.
“Desiring a shower bath, a believer
In the true faith aimed a garden hose
at me with such a sharp stream that
I had all the ’shower’ I wanted in
three seconds. Then they wrapped
me in a Turkish towel and turbaunod
my head for me, and led me to a
couch and hade me rest. I rested,
wishing for an hour in my favorite
Turkish bath In New York city, far
from the land of Allah, within earshot
of the clanking trolley car and in a
district over which reigns only Shiek
Tim Sullivan.
“As a mere idea of satisfying curios
ity nothing can top the visit to the
Damascus baths. But. unlike the Turk
ish fig. the Turkish bath is not at its
best when sampled on the spot.”—Hy
gienic Gazette.
WHEN THE WORM TURNED,
Mrs. Smoker Wanted a Change in the
Brand of Havana.
They were almost ready to start,
and like a good husband Mr. Smokoi
waited patiently for his wife to put
the finishing touches to her toilet.
She was adjusting her hat and took
a hat pin from a big cushion Sud
denly she excliimed:
“I think it's a shame'.’’
“Yes. my dear,” nervously asssented
Mr. Smoker.
"I mean the way these writers say
that women sharpen lead pencils and
open cans with their husband's
razors."
“Yes. Now, I never do suck things
with your razor, and I don't believe
any women does as the writers allege.
I looked at your razor once when 1
had a box of sardines to open, but it
was so sharp and so wabbly in the
handle that I was afraid to use it.
Besides, when I want to sharpen a
pencil and have no knife 1 nibble a
point on it.”
“Yes. my dear.”
“But if the writers wish to put
something true in the papers, why
don’t they go for the men who use
their wives' hatpins for pipe cleaners''
Ugh. you nasty brutes!”
Mr. Smoker forgot to say " Yes, my
dear.”
The Scheme That Failed.
The ways of the panhandler are
many, and he is eonstanly working
new schemes on the sympathetic po
destriaa, says the New York Times
The other evening a well-dressed
young fellow walked up and down
Fifth Avenue in the vlctnity of the
Millionaires’ Fohr Corners and ac
costed every passer-by who looked
like ready money.
He said that he had gone broke at
the race track, and needed only a
nickel to take him to his home in
Harlem.
“What have you been doing sine*
the races were over, my boy?” in.
quired a shrewd-eyed man who looked
as if he might have been a lawyer.
“Why, walking up and down hers
looking for car fare," replied the paa
handler.
“A very foolish thing to do undei
the circumstances,” returned the maw
“If you had started to walk to Han
lem instead you’d have been horn*
long ages'
ODD PRESENTS TO JOCKEYS.
Fred ArcHer the Moit Fortunate Man
in This Respect.
No public man comes in for more
presents from persons he has never
seen or heard#of before than a suc
cessful jockey, says London Answers.
Many of theee gifts are of a highly
valuable order, while others speak
pleaner than words for the eccentric
ity of the donor.
Fred Archer was the most fortun
ate jockey In this respect that ever
lived. On one occasion $10,000 in
notes was sent him anonymously, and
he is said to have made $3,000 a year
by presents of this kind. But now
aday big gifts of money are rarely
bestowed, although It is said Watts
received £2,000 from an admirer four
years ago.
Archer, however, set greater store
on some of the more trifling souvenirs
he received. For Instance, after he
had ridden Silvio to victory over the
Derby course in 1877 a tramp came tc
him and presented him a with three
penny piece, which from that day for
ward he always wore as a talisman in
every race. On Derby Day annually
too, he was the recipient of a dozen
linen shirts from an anonymous ad
mirer, while among the other trifles
received by him were a grand piano
n yacht, a litter of young pigs and a
share in a north-country public house
One of the most curious talismans
ever worn by a JoclCey was the bullet
always inseporable from the late
Harry Grimshaw. .Just before one of
his big races a powerfully built man
came up, and, showing him a bullet,
said: ‘if yon lose I'll put this through
you: but if you win you shall wear it
for life;” Grimshaw won, and a few
days later the bullet set in gold as a
watch charm arrived, and he wore it
till the day of his death.
A FAITH TO MOVE CITIES.
Surely Thi* Was a Prayer That De
served to Be Answered.
Georgia is not yet four years old.
She lives In Northwestern Connecti
cut with her mother and baby brother,
because the boy does not thrive in
New York, where the children’s father
Is kept by* his business. The father
does not see his family as often as he
would like, and his visits are so few
and so short as to be a real grief to
the little girl, who loves him dearly.
Not long since her mother was trying
to make her understand why her fath
er could not come oftener. Believing
in the efficacy of prayer, Georgia put
the question:
“If I asked Dod to let papa turn,
would he do it?”
"Better ask God to make brother
well, and then we can go back to New
York and live with papa always,” said
the mother.
Down on her knees went the trust
ful. loving littie soul and prayed:
‘Please, Dod, make my braver Neville
well, so’s we tan be with papa in Noo
Ork. or if you don't want to well
Neville, please move Noo 'Ork to
Neck-tick-kut. so I tan see my papa
jf'ner, Amen!”
“Buchanan Has Sneezed!”
Mrs. Harriet I ane Johnston’s death
has revived the memory of the tactful
uul gracious mistress of the White
House during the presidency of her
uncle, James Buchanan.
An old Baltimorean at the Fifth
\venue Hotel the other day related
some anecdotes of the other side of
her life, as mistress of her own home
and devoted mother of two tine lads,
whom she brought up as though they
were delioate exotics.
A dinner party was in progress at
the Johnston home, when the nurse
appeared at the dining room door.
"Mrs. Johnston." she said solemnly,
as if she were a hearer of sad tidings,
■Buchanan has sneezed.”
It was a vivid, if somewhat ludi
crous, illustration of the extreme care
Mrs. Johnston took of her boys. Henry
and Buchanan, both of whom, how
ever. died in their teens.—New York
Times.
He and She.
He walked along as If he might
Have known a thing or two;
He slipped and hit the Icy walk.
As if he might go through.
He gathered up Ids scattered words.
And said them over twice.
Because his equilibrium
Had failed him, on the Ice.
He looked around him just In time
To see a saucy maid
I.augh loud, and then go slipping down
Bike mercury In the shade.
She gathered up her packages
And smiled an empty smile;
She didn't say a word out loud.
But talked inside tlie while.
She cracked the smile to fool the man
She laughed at, wouldn't you?
The man gave several chuckles.
' And the "horrid ice" cracked, too.
The fall, the laugh, the ice. the Joke.
Were all forgotten when
They started on together, lest
They both go down again.
Beyond a Question.
Magistrate Crane of Now York has
of late received innumerable letters
regarding his claim that women are
tillable to make trustworthy identifica
tions, and he has also been inter
viewed by innumerable reporters on
this subject. To one reporter, the
other day. he said:
“A salesman of trouser-stretchers
told me a rather good thing about a
woman this morning. It is somewhat
foreign to the topTc we’re discussing,
but I’ll,repeat it to you, anyway.
"The salesman said he was going
from house to house one evening sell
lug his trouser-stretchers. He rang
the bell of a-certain dwelling, and a
man came to the door.
“ Are you, sir. the master of this
house?" the salesman asked.
"The man smiled, faintly.
•'’I am,' he said. ’My wife died laM
week.’ ’“—Detroit News-Tribuuak
GREAT POETS POOR HAND.
Shakespeare's Writing Not Hie Chief
Claim to Fame.
W. Carew Hazlitt In a recent article
on Shakespeare's handwriting says:
"We have to bear distinctly in mind
when we seek to criticise these some
what unclerkly examples of penman
ship that the great dramatist used the
court, not (like Jonson and Becon) the
Italian, hand, and that in the case oi
his contemporary and countryman,
Michael Drayton, the characters of the
signature are equally distant from ful
filling technical postulates and, if pos
sible, still less elegant. The question
of handwriting is, of course, independ
ent of that of educatlor.nl acquire
ments, as we may satisfy ourselves
from innumerable instances, ancient
and nodern, but if Shakespeare was
less happy in bis calligraphy than in
other directions the circumstance
docs not affect, as some have sought
to demonstrate, his general learning,
and was his personal idiosyncrasy
rather than the blame of the excellent
provincial school which had the
unique honor of being his alma
mater.”
THE BLESCINGS OF HUMOR.
Moral Drawn From Career of the
Late Max O'Rell.
If there is a moral to be drawn
from the career of Mat O'Rell it con
cerns the practical value of a sense
of humor in promoting the comity of
nations. The satirist sets people by
the ears, but the humorist, by teach
ing them to smile at each other's
amiable weaknesses, predisposes
them to friendship. We and the
French are undoubtedly the better
friends and the more conscious of
our common humanity for the genial
manner in which M. Paul Blouet al
ternately chaffed John Bull and Jac
ques Bonhomme. As the merry mu
tual friend of the middle classes of
the two countries he rendered a ser
vice to which they may now join in
paying tribute; and one wonders,
without feeling unduly Eanguine,
whether there will ever arise among
3ur foreign language masters a Ger
man Max O'Rell, whose kindly jests
will have an equally salutary effect
upon our relations with our Teuton
kinsmen.—London Graphic.
The Man Behind the Fire.
A worker at the Sailors’ Mission in
East Boston, has a story of heroism
to tell. One night in January a fire
man on one of the ocean steamers
walked in the darkness down an open
hatchway, lie fell to the hold, broke
his leg and received other injuries.
His outcry brought a group of stev
dores to his help, and they were ex
citedly discussing what to do for him
when it became evident that he was
trying to speak.
“Be quiet, boys,” said one of the
men. “Maybe Jake's wanting to send
a word home.”
But it was not of home poor .Take
was thinking, even in that moment of
agonizing pain.
"Tell the fifth engineer to look
after the boiler!” he whispered.
That is the sort of fidelity and cour
age to put to shame the theorists who
would have us believe that self-inter
est is the only motive that rules men
in the workaday world.—Youth's
Companion.
Women in South Africa.
Openings for women in South Afri
ca appear to be many and varied. A
woman writing on this subject says
the peculiarity of this country is its
unfamiliar conditions of life. Lux
uries are more in demand than neces
sities. The range of employment
open to women is a wide on% vary
ing from domestic service to beauty
doctor, but everything is much more
expensive in this newly opened land.
Living in the Transvaal is at least
100 per cent dearer than in London.
Laundresses are scarce and the call
ing in small favor among the women
at the Cape, who fear social ostracism
if they turn to the washtub. This
and the fact that doilies are being
sent out to some of the bouses need
ing decent furniture throws a curious
side light on this country. There are
chances for much money to be made
by clever women caterers at railway
stations. These are few and far be
tween and the rentals enormous.
The Silent Little Prayer.
My little boy knelt at my knee last night
And said the prayer my mother taught
me long ago;
Then for awhile was silent, with hit
head still bowed.
And when at last he rose to give the
kiss
For which I waited, and withdrew his
arms,
I asked him why he had kept kneeling
when
>ns "Now I lay me down to sleep" was
done.
Grave-faced, he »ald "In Sunday school
they asked
The children all. when they have said
their prayer*. '
To whisper, asking God, up there, to
bless
The little ones In China and to put
The love of Jesus in their hearts.” If
one
True, tender little prayer like that were
said
For mo each night. I’d ask no more, and
claim
The richest blessing God may send an
mine.
Why He Didn't Call.
Henry Taylor Gray of Bradstreet's
has just come back from a trip around
the world. On the return voyage he
fell into conversation with a purse
pr.wd New Yorker who had made the
sane trip.
"I suppose you visited the Pyre
nees?” said Mr. Gray in the course of
the talk.
“No,” bluffed the other. ‘‘Thej
wanted us to spend a week with them,
but they got measles in the family at
the last moment and had to recall the
invitation."—New York Evening
World.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VIII., AUG. 23— DAVID
AND JONATHAN.
Golden Text—“There Is a Prtefid
That Sticketh Closer Than a Broth
er”—Proverbs 18:24—The Results
of the Sins of Saul.
I. "A Notable Friendship.-’—The lesson
for to-day Is a mort Interesting and al
most romantic section of David's his
tory. In whlrh we can delightfully trace
the workings of God's guiding providence,
as he leads a young man toward his life’s
work.
The friendship of Jonathan and David
was one of the most perfect arid beauti
ful ever known. "The soul of Jonathan
was knit to the soul of David”; their
souls were interwoven together; "and
Jonathan loved him as his own soul."
II. "Three Essential Conditions of
Friendship."—It is true that "the mar
riage of souls Is a heavenly mystery,
which we cannot explain"; but it is
also true that we can see some of the
conditions necessary to the strongest and
most abiding friendship.
First. Mutual Worth. There must be
something strong and noble in each part
ner to the friendship.
Second. An Essential Similarity with
Minor Differences, not indentlty. but har
mony. Two friends must be set to the
same key. and each note must harmonise
with the others.
Third. The Spirit of Self-sacrifice.
Friendship always implies the willingness
to sacrifice self for the sake of the one
loved. Christ was a measureless lover,
and hence glorified above every other.”—
Bishop Warren.
ill. Mow David and Jonathan Mil
filled These Conditions.”—David. It Is
worthy of special notice that It was when
David's worth shone resplendent In his
victory over Goliath that (Jonathan's soul
was knit to the soul of David. t
IV. "How Jonathan Expressed his
Friendship.”—I. Sain. IS: 1-4. Jonathan,
the prince, took olT his royal soldier (gar
ments and gave them to David, together
with his sword and "his famous bow,
which was his special weapon" (II. 8am. J:
22). and his princely girdle.
V. "The Test of Friendship.”—Vs. 12
23. A court, and especially an Eastern
court, is a perilous place for a young and
untried man. and most of all for one with
the popular <iuallttes of David. Hut God
used this period of trial as one means of
saving David from the threatening dan
gers. He was safe because God was with
him. and he kept close to God. Haul was
sometimes troubled by an evil spirit,
which wrought hint up to an insane
frenxy of evil passion. David still sought
to soothe him with his music, but the
king grew envious of him. for the reason
lhat David was so good and God so man
ifestly with him (I. Ham. l.S: 2S). Daviqd
was compelled to escape from the court
its quietly as possible, so that his absence
might not be noticed by King Saul. But
when the festival of the new tnoon was
held David was expected to be present
at the table, and Saul would certainly
inquire why he was not there. David
therefore asks Jonathan to make an ex
cuse for him. to note his father Saul's
feelings toward David, and report to
David, v
12. "Jonathan said . . . O T.ord God
of Israel.” Better as K. V.. " The l.ord.
the God of Israel, be witness.” or as Sep
tuaglnt, "knows.”
13. "The l.ord do so and much more lo
Jonathan." A prayer that God should
treat hint as he treated David, and even
more severely. "As he hath been with
my father." Raising him from an humble
station to the throne, and giving him
every opportunity for usefulness and suc
14. Jonathan was convinced that David
would be the successor of Haul as king
of Israel, and therefore asked as a
favor, "while >ft I live shew me the
kindness of the l.ord.”
17. "Jonathan caused David to swear
again." The Intensity of his love led him
to want the sweet words repeated again
and again, as in v. 42. "Jehovah was
to be watchman, umpire, arbiter between
Jonathan and David.—Johnson.
15. "Tomorrow is the new moon.”
Jonathan now returns to David's sug
gestion in v. 8, and proceeds to*unfold Ills
plan of making known to his friend the
state of the king's feeling toward him.
13. "When thou hast stayed three days,”
in Bethlehem <v. 6). or In any place of
hiding, ‘thou shalt go down" into the val
ley, and "remain.” await Jonathan’s com
ing. "by the stone Ezel.
20-22. So David went his way. and Jona
than returned to his home, and at the
risk of Ills life tried to excuse David, and
soothe his father's anger. But Saul was
so angry that he threw a Javelin at his
>jon to wound if not kill him.
At the appointed time Jonathan went
■out into the country to give his signal
to David, lie not only hade the boy to
go beyond where he was. but he shouted
to him. "Make speed, haste, stay not,”
intended for David's ears.
After the boy had gone Jonathan went
to David's hiding-place, and the friends
kissed one another in the Oriental fash
ion. and wept. .
Then they parted, never to meet again,
■save once, a year or two later, in the
wilderness of Ziph. when David was pur
sued by Haul. Then Jonathan went out
into the wilderness to comfort his friend,
and ''strengthened his hand In God”
‘(I. .Sam. 23: 16». Read David’s beautiful
"Song of the Bow." his lament over his
dead friend (II. Ham. 1: 17-27).
VI. "Lessons Taught I's by This Friend
ship."—“Every man may learn from this
story of Jonathan how to choose friends."
;for we have the right and power to choose
who shall be our friends, "t'hoosc friends,
not for their usefulness, but for their
goodness; not for their worth to us. but
for their worth In themselves, and choose,
if possible, people superior to ourselves.”
— Kingsley. •
The friendship of Jonathan and David
teaches ns concerning the higher friend
shit) with Jesus.
First. We must be friends to him. us
well as he to lis. He loves us, whether
wo do him or not: but we are not friends
unless we also love him. nor can we elaim
the benefits of that friendship.
Hecond. Friendship with Jesus Is based
on worth. We love him because he is so
good, so noble, so lovable.
Third. Friendship with Jesus Implies
self-sacrifice. Jonathan cheerfully relin
quished his hopes of his father's kingdom
for his friend David. Jesus left Ids
heavenly kingdom to come down to us,
and he died upon the cross that we might
be kings and priests In his Father's king
dom. We. on our i>art. are to show our
love hy sacrifices for him and hia causa.
Compare the friendship of Ruth.
Faith Producing Love.
What we should do is really, very
often, to he still. And if we want
something to make us more active
and energetic, watchful, and holy, I
know but one thought, that is faith—
faith producing love. More trust and
confidence and joy in God would be
the secret—the only true or successful
Becret—of more goodness. And this
should come quietly and calmly, not
In great efTort; this kingdom of God
has come not with observation. Best
and quiet growth are what you want.
—James Hinton.
I Competition is the We of trade an<
the death of the non-advertiser.
DO YOrR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW?
If bo. use Red Crocs Ball Bias. it will main
them white as snow. 2 oz. package 5 cents
Seeing isn't believing when a mas
can t believe his own eyes.
To the housewife who has not y«1
teems acquainted with the new
things of everyday use In the market
and who Is reasonably satisfied with
the old, we would suggest that a trial
of Defiance Cold Water Starch be
made at once. Not alone becanse It
is guaranteed by the manufacturers
to be superior to any other brand,
but because each 10c package con
tains 16 ozs., while all the ether kinds
contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say
that the lady who once uses Defiance
Starch will use no other. Quality
and quantity must win.
Opposition Inflames the enthusiast,
never converts him.—Schiller.
The Asters at Court.
William Waldorf Astor has never
recovered his social footing In Lon
don since he snubbed one of King Ed
ward's friends by turning him out oi
doors when he came to the Astor res
idence without invitation, having
been brought there by one of the
guests, with whom he had been din
ing. But the royal cold shoulder does
not extend to the expatriated ;Qneri
can s son. for young Waldorf Is quite
popular at court. He was even in
cluded among the small number ol
“personal friends of their majesties”
who were invited to celebrate the for
tieth anniversary of the king's wed
ding.
Eight Tall Brother*.
At a recent meeting of Benjamin
Hamrick's family in Webster Springs,
W. Va„ it developed that the aggregate
stature of Mr. Hamrick and his eight
pons was sixty two and one-half feet.
The father stands six feet five and
one-half inches and the “sawed-off” of
the family, a son named William, is
six feet one inch. The members of this
remarkable family range in weight
from 155 to 200 pounds.
She Didn’t Care.
Maplehill, la., Aug. 10th.—“I felt as
though I didn't care whether I lived
or died, 1 was so miserable all the
time.”
In these words does Miss Nellie Bar
foot of this place describe her condl-.
tion. Every woman who is, or has
been sick and suffering will under
stand and appreciate just how Miss
Barfoot felt, and there are no doubt
many thousands of similar cases.
It is truly an awful thing when a
woman gets so low that she can say
"I don’t care whether I live or die.”
But Miss Barfoot tells a different!
story to-day, and her words shouldi
guide every suffering woman to the
path of health and happiness.
"I used Dodd's Kidney Pills, and I
am cured. I feel like a new person,
and I would say to every woman suf
fering as I did. give Dodd’s Kidney
Pills a trial and you will not be disap
pointed. They are worthy of the high
est praise.” i
Wise is the man who can recall a
previous engagement when he re
ceives a disagreeable invitation.
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