Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA,
OVER THE STATE.
Prospects are that Cass coi’i-ty wil
Boon have a new jail.
Two cases of smallpox were recent
ly reported at Beatrice.
Seward county’s poor farm has this
year proven to have been a very prof
it&ble institution.
The citizens of Creighton have or
ganized a stock company, capitalized
at $25,000, for installing an electric
lighting plant.
Miss Edith Wallage of Grand Island
was aroused by an intruder in her
rooms the other night. On giving
alarm the man escaped.
John Wheeler. living southeast of
Beatrice, has sold his farm to George
Cooper of Omaha, the consideration
being $12,000, or $75 an acre.
The Union Pacific has put on a new
freight train between Beatrice and
Valley, which will greatly facilitate
shipping between that place and Om
aha.
James Curley, Jr., was brought be
fore the board of insanity of Sarpy
county and found to be an inebriate
aad sent to the asylum at Lincoln for
six months, or until cured.
Fire gutted the J. D. Stulken shoe
store at McCook. Loss on stock
about $1,000; insurance $600. The
building was not .seriously damaged,
and is covered by insurance.
Thieves entered a box car at Wy
more and stole some holiday goods
consigned to the merchants in that
city and Wymorc. A few articles not
taken were destroyed. There is no
clue to the thieves.
The state university Kiris declare
that a man who hap only $10 capital
is not justified in getting married.
The decision was made by vote after
a debate at. the Union Debating club
of the state university.
The Plattsmouth Law and Order
league has caused the arrest of EM
Egenberger, who is charged with hav
iug violated the provisions of the Slo
cuuib law by obstructing the windows
and doors of his saloon.
Prank Falvey, day clerk at the New
York hotel, Fremont, is being held at
the county jail temporarily and will
be examined by the insanity commis
sion, with the object of sending him
to the asylum at Lincoln.
News reached Decatur of a murder
on the Omaha reservation, about nine
miles northwest of Decatur. Nathan
Lyon, an Omaha Indian, lost his life
at the hands of John Walker, another
Omaha Indian, by being struck on the
head with a stick of stove wood, death
resulting almost instantly.
John Budnek, whom the jury at
Hastings acquitted of the charge of
shooting with intent to kill Peter
Smeall. has left the seat of trouble,
going to St. Joe. where he will take
up his trade of brick layer and mason.
W. H. Fanning, a prominent lawyer
of Crawford, died last week from ap
pendicitis.
From December 26 to January 16 the
twelfth annual exhibit of the Nebraska
Art association will be held in the art
hall of the state university, opening
on the evening of December 26 with
a reception to the public given by the
members of the association. Interest
ing art lectures will be given every
other evening during the exhibit.
Official notice is hereby given that
the annual meeting of the Nebraska
state board of agriculture for the elec
tion of members and officers and for
the revision of rules, regulations and
premium list, will be held in the sen
ate chamber, capitol building, Lincoln,
on the third Tuesday in January,
1906. being the 16th day of the month.
While passing out on the court
house roof through a window of the
tower Miss Emma Reynolds of Hast
ings sought to steady herself by hold
ing to a light wire and received such
a severe shock that she was rendered
unconscious. Her companions used
all possible efforts and finally suc
ceeded in her resuscitation. The ends
of two of the young woman’s fingers
were burned to the bone.
Word has come to Fremont from
Oshkosh. Wis.. that Irving Moss, the
young man who had his back broken
while working as a member of the
Sioux City & Western grading gang,
is recovering. He is regaining feel
ing in his lower limbs. The physi
cians regard the case a most unusual
one. Mass' spinal cord was entirely
severed. It was predicted he would
die. It is now two months since the
accident and he is gaining steadily.
Allie Hart-Blackhawk, the nineteen
year-old daughter of I>r. and Mrs. E.
Hart, of Winnebago agency, who last
February forsook her parents and
much against the irate will of her
father ran away and became the hus
band of John Blackhawk, a tall, cop
per-colored Winnebago Indian, has
repented of her childish caprice and
last week with her parents left for
California to make her home, forsak
ing her Indian husband and home for
one more congenial.
Thomas W'ebster. aged 40, a weal
thy farmer owning an entire section
of land five miles west of Osmond,
committed suicide at his home by
shooting. The cause Is a mystery.
James Ingersoll Wyer, Jr., librarian
of the state university, has resigned
his position in order to accent the post
of- reffitmce librarian in the New
York state library at Albany. The
place carries with it the title of pro
fessor in the New York state libaary
school, of which Prof. Wyer is a grad
uate and which is the largest insti
tution of its kind in the United
States.
The Firth Gram and Lumber com
pany. with an authorized capital stock
of $20,000. has filed articles of incor
poration in the office of the secretary
of state. The incorporators are J.
Martin, W. Kramer, H. Sachtleben, M.
Kreuger, J. W. Hulzern, E. Rogers and
J. M. Van Burg.
’ August Dorman’s general merchan
dise store at Wisner was entered by
.burglars, the Intruders gaining access
Ihy the front door. - About $1,000 worth
of goods were taken from the store,
.consisting of fine dress goods, stilks,
.embroideries, laces, cloaks, furs, slrts,
overcoats, skirts and notions.
FRATERNAL INSURANCE.
i Warning Against a Company in Phoe.
nix, Arizona.
LINCOLN—The state insurance de
partment has issued a warning against
the Western Workman, an Arizona
fraternal insurance corporation, having
headquarters at Phoenix. Advices have
reached the depat .ment that the com
pany, which is without a license to do
business in the state, has been sending
circulars to members of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen inviting
them to become members. The circu
lar purports to give a cheaper insur
ance than that provided by the Work
men. The organization does not, so
far as the officials have been able to
discover from an examination of the
literature, provide for any medical
examination and has no lodge dues.
The company cannot legally do bus
iness in the state without first having
secured authority, and a concern which
discards the medical examination has a
very slight chance to secure a certifi
cate. The department has called at
tention to the fact that persons incur
considerable risk when doing business
with companies which do not proceed
in the regular manner to comply with
the state laws as to admission. It is
believed that the concern is trying to
work among the members of the
Workmen through the use of the mails,
since an agent would be subject to
arrest if he sought to do business
within the state bounds. ,
NEBRASKA'S FAKE RIVER.
Fairy Tales About a New Body of
Water in North.
l.ONG PINE—Under a I.ong Pine
date line a number of eastern papers
have lately printed a remarkable story
in regard to a new river. 150 miles
long, which has recently sprung up in
the sand hills of northern Nebraska
and is rapidly heading toward the
Missouri. The article contains a pic
turesque but entirely inaccurate des
scription of the "sand hill-’ region of
Nebraska. There is not a word of
truth in the article and it is highly
probably that it was written in !>ong
Pine.
TRUSTED TO BOY S HONOR.
Bennie Hoffman of Omaha Sent to Re
form School Alone.
KEARNEY,—Since the state indus
trial school was established in this
city many hundreds of boys have come
and gone. But very few. if any. ever
came the way that Bennie Hoffman of
Omaha did. Bennie was sent here
alone, the probation officer of Omaha
relying on the boy’s word of honor.
The boy was put upon the train with
a ticket and the superintendent of the
school was notified. When the train
reached this city the boy alighted and
it was not long until he was safely in
the school.
Some Districts Will Lose Money.
State Superintendent McBrien esti
mated that there were 500 districts out
of the 6,500 in the state which will
fail to receive a share in the coming
apportionment owing to their failure
to comply with the provisions of the
statutes relative to the length of the
term required. So far he has not
found any of the districts which have
failed to return sworn statements of
the census in accordance with his re
cent order. Many of the districts
which will lose out in the apportion
ment have been hampered by a lack
of funds.
Buys Bonds for School Fund.
The State Board of Educational
Bands and Funds purchased $182,000
worth of bonds, $50,000 of Idaho and
$132,000 of Massachusetts, for the
permanent school fund. The Idaho
bond is a new venture with the state
board, but it is considered an excellent
investment and the interest rate on
them will average 3.40, as compared
with 3.27 secured on the Massachu
setts issues. The latter are nominally
3 1-2 per cent, bonds, but the brokers
demanded a premium and the board
detached coupons to reduce the inter
est rate.
Well Equipped Militia.
Adjutant, Culver has been making
inquiries as to the equipment of the
National Guards of neighboring states
a/ld he has found that by comparison
.the Nebraska troops are much better
equipped in several respects. His in
quiry has a bearing on the demand of
the War department that the guard
use further ordnance stores.
Minden Man in Trouble.
LA PORTED Ind. dispatch: A pros
pective Christmas wedding at Kalama
zoo. Mich., has been indefinitely post
poned by the arrest of the intended
groom, James McCormick, of Minden,
Neb., where he was running a hotel.
This charge is robing a hotel at Kala
mazoo. The bride, a school teacher,
will continue her work and wait for
McCormick’s term to expire.
Big Fire at Grand Island.
GRAND ISLAND—In a heavy gale
the City mills, owned by the St Paul
Milling and Grain company of St. Paul,
of which Murray Heywood is the
principal owner, were completely de
stroyed by Are, including an adjoining
warehouse.
imer siriKes nun or Hard Luck.
KEARNEY—A burglar paid a visit
to the village of Pleasanton and
though he succeeded in gaining en
trance to a number of places he se
cured a small amount of money.
Carnegie Gives $10,000.
M’COOK—McCook has just received
the good news that Andrew Carnegie
has looked with favor on her petition
and has agreed to give this city $10,
000 with which to build a public li
brary.
Loses His Nose.
BEATRICE—Henry Rosenbery had
his nose bitten off by a horse. He was
feeding his team, when one of the ani
mals snapped at his face. Beside los
ing his nose the man’s face is badly
lacerated.
WiiAI MESSfilL ME
SAY ON Till
Also Some Instances of G
With Serious Han dice
Helped Them to Proi
The following are extracts from a
To-Day,” by Wilbur F. Crafts, publis
Answers to the question. “IVhat do
cess for a young wan entering upon .
Mark Hopkins. D. D. LL. D., ex
president of Williams college—Capac
ity to work.
Franklin Carter. LL. D., President
of Williams College—Concentration
of mind.
Andrew D. White. LL. D., President
of Cornell University, ex-Ambassador
to Germany—Soundness of heart and
mind, clear judgment, fair knowledge
of men, great devotion to some one
purpose or study, but with breadth of
view.
Charles W. Eliot. LL. I)., President
of Harvard University—Intelligence,
alacrity, energy, good judgment and
uprightness.
J. H. Seelye, LL. D., President of
Amherst College, former Member of
Congress—Patiently to wait for it.
S. C. Bartlett, D. D., President of
Dartmouth College — Conscientious
diligence.
C. N. Simms. D. D., Chancellor of
Syracuse University—Conscientious
ness, systematic industry, heart in his
work. •
Joseph Moore, President of Abing
don College, Richmond, Ind.-That he
take care of his health, that he act
on the principle that devotion and ap
plication to duty are essential after
success is secured as truly as before.
Joseph Cook—Complete surrender
to God, clear thought, varied and ac
curate learning.
Noah Davis, Chief Justice, New
York—The profession of law requires
to achieve complete success, gyeat in
dustry, strict integrity and exclusive
devotion to its duties and labors.
Nelson Dingley, Congressman.
Maine—Character, industry, persever
ance.
C. R. Farwell, Chicago—Integrity,
with money, but integrity without* in
tegrity even as a policy.
Joseph Medill. proprietor of the Chi
cago Tribune—Sobriety, avoidance of
intoxicating drinks, and all forms
of gambling, a virtuous life, fidelity
to employers or clients, close study,
hard work, honesty.
Gen. John A. Logan—Unceasing la
bor.
Levi Taylor, banker—A taste for
the calling which one intends to pur
sue, honesty of purpose and strict in
tegrity in dealing.
Gen. A. C. McClurg—Integrity, em
bracing perfect truthfulness, absolute
honesty and general trustworthiness;
good judgment, willingness and abil
uy to work.
Anthony Comstock—Consecration
to the service of God; perfect faith
and trust in Him; moral courage and
untiring zeal.
John Wanamaker—Close applica
tion. integrity, attention to detail, dis
creet advertising.
E. P. Roe. the author—First ability
to write correctly and clearly, ac
quired by patient, well directed train
ing; second, ability to write inter
estingly and freshly; third, sympa
thy with the subject we are writing
about; fourth, careful study of real
men and women; fifth, have some
worthy purpose.
Living by Eggs Alone.
The other day a number of persons,
attending a meeting of pure food ad
vocates in New York made the an
nouncement that the only really pure
food is the fresh egg. This raises the
question whether a man's life might
be prolonged indefinitely if he lim
ited his diet to eggs. Luigi Cornaro,
the famous Italian of some centuries
back, who at the age of*40, with his
constitution apparently ruined through
excesses adopted a regime^ that en
abled him to live as long as he want
ed to live, and died of ennui on the
•threshold of his hundredth year, set
gieat store by the egg. It was this
interesting gentleman who reduced
tis diet by degrees until he sustained
himself in serenity and comfort on a
single egg a day.—Boston Globe.
Inconvenient.
During the Spanish war a young
lieutenant of infantry, whose sole
ideas of military glory began and end
ed with knowledge how to wear a
uniform with becoming grace, was de
tailed on guard duty, and spent some
time perusing some newspapers two
weeks old.
“What’s the news, lieutenant?”
isked a corporal of the guard.
“Very serious,” answered the young
aflicer In disturbed tones. “Shafter
a as been practically repulsed at Santi
rgo.” Then to the great amusement
3f his auditors, he added: “The first
hing you know they'll be dragging us
nto it.”
Preached to Small Congregation.
A tremendous rainstorm passed over
Delaware Water Gap last Sunday, and
when Rev. W. E. Coffman of the Meth
odist church appeared In the pulpit he
found just one worshiper in front of
-dm—the sexton. “We are here to
;onduct divine service,” said Mr. Coff
man, “and should not desist because
others are absent.” Whereupon he
preached a sermon of the usual length.
diversion for Washington Society.
The secretary of the navy and Mrs.
Bonaparte will introduce a pleasing
liversion in cabinet entertaining by
giving dinners or luncheons in their
own beautiful home in Baltimore
rather than in Washington, where the
secretary will occupy a modest apart
ment for the season and be joined
only occasionally by Mrs. Bonaparte.
To Explore South Pole.
M. Arctowskl, a Belgian explorer,
has published a project (or the ex
ploration of the regions round the
South Pole, by means of motor cars,
fitted with skates for traveling on
the ice.
Aunt Belinda's Idea.
It was Aunt Belinda's first ride on
■p steam toad-and she was very much
interested in the interior of the coach.
"Hezekiah,” she whispered, point
ing above, “why do they carry that
saw and ax in a glass case?”.
“To be used in case of a wreck,”
teplied the old man at her side, as
he solemnly took a pinch of yellow
snuff from a leather box. The old
lady toyed with her corkscrew curls
for a moment as if in deep thought
and then said:
“Wa-all, I always heard that these
newtime surgeons were brutal, but I
never thought they would go so far
as using a regular saw and ax on
people.”
Navy Not a Reformatory,
Lieut. Bierer, Jr., charge of a naval
recruiting station in Kansas City, does
not countenance the idea that the navy
may be used as a reformatory for bad
boys. A father brought his 18-year-old
son to the station and showed unusual
anxiety that the lad might pass. The
lieutenant asked some questions and
learned that the boy had bad compan
ions and was disobedient at home.
Therefore the father wanted him to
hg.ve the strict discipline of the navy.
“It is not the purpose of the navy,”
said Lieut. Bierer, “to enlist boys who
are incorrigible at home, for the pur
pose of reforming them. I don’t wajit
your boy or any other whose parents
are unable to manage them.”' {
Woman Champion Stenographer.
Miss Mae Carrington of SpHngfield,
Mass., who won the championship of
the country in a recent stenographic
contest held at New York, has now ac
cepted a position in that city at $100 a
week. The contestants were blind
folded. Miss Carrington won, although
the competitors were moye than a
score of the fastest male operator^
of the country. She attained a speed!'
of 125 words a minute and kept it up;
for an hour.
Plan Faster War Vessels.
Several British shipbuilding firms
have been asked by the admiralty to
bid for an experimental torpedo-boat
destroyer, having a speed of thirty-six
knots (forty-one and one-half miles)
an hour. At the present moment the
Velox, speed 33.64 knots, is the fast
est boat in the British navy.
Chinese Laborers in Union. *
The Chinese laborers in the Rand
hare organized a society called "The
Red Door.” its object Is to get better
treatment for the members, even if
force nas to be used.
N HAVE JO
SUBJECT Of SUCCESS
reat Men Who Began Life
ps, and Mottoes That Hava
nlnence and Wealth.
new edition of “Successful Men of
hed by Funk A Wagnalls.
you consider essential elements of suc
ucli a business or profession as yours?
I The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott—
Study how to do the most good and
I let the pay take cate of itself.
George H. Corliss, inventor of the
; Corliss engine—Brains, habitual and
persistent industry, self reliance.
G. W. Pach, photographer—Thor
ough study, close observation and do
ing work on a curtt basis.
William Jennings Bryan—Honesty,
industry and sympathy with the com
| mon people.
H. J. Heinz, delicatessen manufac
j turer—Love for work, mastering of
j details, a disposition to strike for
! sixteen hours a day while others are
! striking for eight, thereby having
twice as much time for one’s business
as others.
John S. Huyler, candy manufactur
i er—Principles, and attention to de
tails generally considered too small
for serious consideration.
Edward W. Bok—Love work for the
sake of your work and not for the
money in it, and consider that some
thing difficult is simply something to
overcome.
* * *
GREAT MEN’S MOTTOES.
John Wesley—Always in haste, but
never in a hurry.
Abraham Lincoln—Right makes
might.
Gen. Neal Dow—Deeds, not words.
John Randolph—Pay as you go.
Theodore Roosevelt—A square deal
for every man. It is hard to fail, but
worse never to have tried to suc
ceed.
Alexander H. Stephens. Vice Presi
dent of the Southern Confederacy—
Tide and time wait for no man.
A. G. Lane. Superintendent of
Schools, Chicago—Never give up one
job till you get another.
Gen. O. O. Howard—Obey your par
ents in the Lord.
« * *
MEN WHO OVERCAME NATURAL
OBSTACLES.
Kitto—Born in a poorhouse.
Alexander H. Stephens—A dwarf:
with a broken scythe he overmatched
in the harvest all those who had per
fect ones.
Oliver P. Morton—lame; walked
on crutches.
Chief Justice Chase—Near-sighted;
had an impediment in his speech.
Estey, the organ-maker—Given
away at four years of age; had
scarcely any schooling.
Peter Cooper—Was only one year
at school.
Thurlow Weed—So poor in boy
hood that one cold March day he had
to wrap pieces of cloth about his feet
in place of socks and shoes.
Nelson W. Aldrich—Entered Prov
idetice on foot with his clothes
strung over his back.
Elihu Burritt—Son of a farmer; be
came an apprentice in a blacksmith's
shop. • .: .
Andrew Carnegie—Son of an immi
grant; worked as bobbin boy in a m’ill
for $1.20 a week.
—From the New York World.
C7UEF A TOO'R COMPAfflOff
To Indulge in one’s grief, especially ,
before one’s fellow being, is not only ■
i sign of weakness and selfishness in
tne's character, but is harmful alike
to both the mind and body, besides
making one a most undesirable com
panion even to the most sympathetic
of friends.
There are some people, mostly
women, who seem to take a sort of
grewsome pleasure in airing their sor
rows and talking about their dead.
Every birthday, every anniversary
of the death, is an occasion to bring
forth this skeleton of grief, recount
the death scene, dilate upon the good
points of the departed, and revel in
tears and lamentations. And if the
real truth were known, some women
actually enjoy these scenes.
They possibly would not admit it,
they probably do not know it. but
they obtain a certain kind of enjoy
ment Irom parading their griefs, just
as many a person takes comfort in re
tailing liis symptoms of disease piling
up his aches and pains.
Such a woman is generally shal
low-minded, and the grief, after all,
is not so deep-seated a sorrow as It is
to some other member of the family
who has a more sensitive, a stiller,
deeper nature.
Sorrow, if indulged in will impair
the body and weaken the mental en
ergies, but if accepted with resigna
tion and trustfulness, will carve the
soul into forms of beauty and give to
the eyes a softness and expression
that they have often otherwise lacked.
But sorrow, if selfishly kept alive,
will furrow the face with discontent
and bitterness. If uncomplainingly
buried in the heart it will refine the
features and teach them with an in
finite sweetness.
As you value your health, the hap
piness of your children, the comfort
of your household, the companionship
of your friends, do not resurrect your
griefs, do not indulge yourself in tear
ful scenes. It can do no good. It will
simply weaken the body, depress the
mind and make uncomfortable all
those about you.—Charleston Evening
Post.
TOOL CALLEV SVICIVE LAKE
Suicide lake, in spite of its name, is
one of the beauty spots of Washington.
It is on the grounds of the National Sol
diers’ Home, formed by damming a lit
tle rivulet that trickled through the
place. So many veterans have drown
ed in this lake that the governor of
the home found it necessary to detail
a keeper. This man pulls out a vet
eran every day or two. No record has
been kept of the soldiers who have
ended all in the lake, but the list
would be a long one, as at least 100
suicides have taken place there.
The lake is attractive to the veic
ans. They cluster on its banks to
chat, smoke and fish.
The soldiers’ home is the only gov
ernment institution at Washington not
supported by money drawn out of the
federal treasury. There should be no
confusion in any one’s mind between
the National Soldiers' home at Wash
ington and those homes for veterans
of the civil war which are found
scattered over the whole country. The
Washington home is the retreat of
men of the regular army and navy and
is maintained out of a fund formed by
deducting from the pay of every offi
cer and enlisted man in the regular es
tablishments of 12*6 cents a month.
Fines from court-martial and money
due deserters are also turned into the
fund. The fund so far exceeds the
cost of maintenance that there is now
on deposit in the United Stares treas
ury to the credit of the home more
than 12,000,000.
The soldiers' borne is one of the
most beautiful and interesting places
at the national capital. The grounus
embrace 500 acres of hilly or gently
rolling land overlooking Washington.
The grounds, for the most part, are
heavily wooded in oak, but there are
wide stretches of lawn and field. The
crops of corn and alfalfa grown in the
home grounds are among the best in
the country. Coursing through the
grounds are nine miles of fine drive
ways. The fields support a herd of
fifty blooded cattle. There are 1,500
men at the home.
ODE TO VffSVSTICIOVS TIG
When T peruse that tranquil countenance.
When I behold you lying in the deep.
Calm torpor of your customary trance
Arid smiling in your sleep;
When 1 compare the lives that men en
dure.
The hard hours treading on each other's
heels.
With yours an easy, drowsy sinecure.
Unbroken save for meals;
Stirred to the limits of mine injured
pride
By youi outrageous otium cum dig.,
O Hog. If I could only reach you “Id
Lam ye to be a' pig!
O Hog! O fat. insufferable Hog!
The very barndoor hen must plv a leg
Or go unvictualed, even the household
dog
Has to sit up and beg.
Judged by your .smug complacency, you
seem
To think yourself a strangely favored
beast.
But Is there not a shadow on the
dream —
A specter at the feast?
You never move. Ir’or your voracious
need
Mysterious broths are brought you
from afar;
Strange messes coax you if you're off
your feed
(Not that you ever arej;
I The great trough yawns beneath your
very snout;
Tou eat. you sleep, upon the selfsame
spot;
People object to see von move about—
They'd rather you did not.
O Hog. so unsuspecting and so fat:
Do you suppose that these attentions
spring
From man’s great kindness? If you swal
low that
You'd swallow anything.
Oft have I noticed, hovering round the
Where you. unknowing, snore in Mor
pheus' arms.
A gross, red man who. with an owner's
eye.
Approves your bulging charms.
! Darkly he prods you with his oaken
staff
Like this—I'm sorry—and remains a
while.
! Cloating. and laughs a grin), carnivorous
laugh
While you sleep on and smile.
O llog. so fat, so green: Did you
awake
To the ferocious meria e of those eyes
You would sleep less, methinks. but you
would take
A deal more exer* ise.
— Blackwood's Magazine.
QVEEH fashions ijv aftuca
Recently the British public received
some lute fashion hints from the :
tipper Nile, a returned explorer re- j
porting as follows: "The largest '
tribe in extent of 'distribution is the j
Acholi, which covers the greater part
of the country between the I^atuka
mountains and the Victoria Nile. They
are a line, tall, well built iace, and
they live-in open villages, as a rule:
their arms are chiefly spears and they
spend a good deal of their time In
the pursuit of game; they practically
wear no clothes at all, except a small
piece of skin as an apron or hung Over
.one shoulder. Married women wear
sometimes a small apron made of
beads. The men and women also aqe
fond of wearing a crystal or glass
spike, about liirce inches long, in the
lower lip. Young men are generally
very smartly turned out, wearing
brightly polished metal rings on
their arms and legs, also a peculiar
little conical cap made of felted hu
man hair, ornamented with beads of
glass or ivory. They keep their wea
pons in good order and always keep
themselves very clean and well oiled.
"A peculiar custom In their villages
is the building of a common nursery,
into which all the small children are
stuffed at night, the small door being
closed with a wisp of hay or piece of
basketwork. These nurseries are
usually raised above the ground and
are reached with a ladder, so as to be
beyond ihe reach of hyenas. A simi
lar arrangement on a somewhat larg
er scale is made for the young un
married girls. The huts are beehive
shaped, generally very neatly and
carefully built.
"A wilder and less organized tribe
than the Acholi are the Lango. The
young warriors wear very handsome
headdresses made of cock's feathers,
which resemble a guardsman's bear
skin at a short distance. Another
peculiar habit of the I.ango is to
pierce the tongue and hang a little
piece of brass chain to the tip. This
is the highest effort of fashion."
ARTICLE VE'Ry' MVCH MIXED
Dr. Mudge. an American clergyman,
was one day presented with a gold
headed cane hy some of his admirers.
During that week also a new patent
pig-killing and sausage-making ma
chine was tried iti the same city The
reporter or the compositor must have
got the copy somewhat mixed, for
this is how a notice of the presenta
tion appeared in the local paper:
"Several of Dr. Mudge's friends
called upon him yesterday, and after
a brief conversation the unsuspicious
pig was seised by the bind legs and
slid along a beam until he reached
the hot-water tank. His friends ex
plained the object of their visit, and
presented him with a very handsome
gold-headed butcher, who grabbed him
by the tail, swung him around, slit
fcis throat from ear to ear, and in less
than a minute the carcass was in the
water. Thereupon he came forward,
and said that there were times when
the feelings overpowered oue; and for
that reason lie would noi attempt to
do more than thank those around him,
for the manner in which such a huge
animal was cut into fragments was
simply astonishing. The doctor con
cluded his remarks when'the machine
seized him. and in less time than it
takes to write it the pig was cut
into fragrants and worked up into
delicious sausages. The occasion will
long be remembered by the doctor’s
rriends as one of the most delightful
of their lives. The best pieces can be
procured for 20 cents a pound; and we
are sure that those who have sat so
long under his ministry will rejoice
that he has been treated so hand
somely."—Tit Bits.
STHATEGy THAT WAS WASTED
A Weil-AUUWU UIUIHHBU 'H
Hampshire owns up to having in
dulged in his earlier days freely id
the flowing bowl.
One night he was carefully wending
his way to the bosom of his family,
greatly troubled in his mind about
the curtain lecture he was sure to re
ceive’’upon his arrival, and casting
about in his mind for some way to
evade it, when suddenly a bright idea
occurred to him. He would slip quiet
ly lnto: the house and retire without
waking-his wife.
Accordingly he let himself in, and
undressed in the lower hall, stole
quietly upstairs and crept into bed,
with his face turned toward the out
side. While mentally congratulating
himself upon his success be dropped
asleep.
” '»CU lit nunc ill UIC UJUIUlUg lie
dared not look toward the partner of
his joys and sorrows, but lay still a
few moments listening, to learn if she
y-’as awake. Not hearing anything
from her, he felt gratified at leaving
her thus asleep, and, rising quietly,
he took his garments and carried
them into the hall, dressed there, and
decided to go down town to business
without waiting for breakfast.
As he was about to leave he met
the colored maid and said: “Mandy,
you can tell your mistress I expect to
be very busy to-day, and therefore
concluded not to stop for breakfast
with her this morning.”
“Law, sakes, Mr. J.” said Mandy,
“missus done gone *way yisterday
mornin’, and’ said she wouldn’t be
back afore dis ebenin'.”
WITH THE H UMORISTS
SOME BRIGHT THOUGHTS AND
WITTY SAYINGS.
Another Proof of the Small Boy'*
Proverbial Luck—Books Absolutely
Necessary for College Education—
Fault of the New Memory System.
Just the Reminder Needed.
Cheapley—Hello, old man! Yoj
seem to be in a brown study.
Popley—Oh. hello! Yes. I am. Yoi
see, my wife asxed me to stop at the
market for something and I can t
think what it was.
Cheapley—Here, have a cigar. May
be that'll help you to think.
Popley—Thanks. Oh, yes. I re
member now; it was cabbage she
wanted.—Philadelphia Press.
Won on Points.
The animals were playing footba! .
The fox snapped the ball back t»
the porcupine.
The porcupine started around the
end with it.
Whereupon the other animals fell
upon the porcupine.
But th^y didn't do it a second time.
The game ended right there.
The Conservative.
And are you in favor of the square
deal?” they asked of Senator Rebate*.
“Yes,” replied the senator, “in a
modified form I'm for it. Of course,
good, sane judgment will dictate that
the corners ought to be slightly round
ed off so that no one will be injured
by the sharp edges.’-—Kansas City
Times.
Was Going In For Athletics.
Son—Well, dad, 1 start back to col
lege next week and I want twenty-five
dollars for books.
Father—What are they?
Son—"Baseball Guide," “Smith's
How to Play Football,” “Brown's First
Lessons in Lacrosse,” “Aids to the In
jured,” and a dictionary.—Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Superstitious.
‘There’s ghosts in this room, ” said
the Billviile man, as the pillow te
neath his head seemed to be sliding
away of its own free will. “Ghosts —
as shore as you're born! Looky thar!"
“John, John!" said his wife, as she
lifted the pillow. "How superstitious
you are! It's only a six-foot rattle
snake, coiled up thar, from the cold!"
—Atlanta Constitution.
Jeajousy.
“Why are people so angry about the
trusts?” inquired the tourist from
abroad.
"Well,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax.
‘ after seeing how easily the trick was
done, a good many are cross and dis
appointed because they didn't get a
on the ground floor.”
The Artistic Temperament.
Ascum—I hear you've an order from
Mr. Roxley to pifnt his wife's portra t.
I suppose you expect to have a good
time ou the money you are to get for
it?
D'Auber—No. I've already had a
good time on the money I expect to
get for it.
Mnemonics.
“How is the new memory system
you are studying?”
“It's like all the rest,” said the man
who struggles to improve his mind. “It
goes on the theory that it is easier to
remember a whole lot of things you
are not interested in than one that
you are.”
Uncertainty.
“You seem in a quandary.”
“Yes,” answered the conscientious
man, “I haven’t been able to decide
which candidate I ought to vote for.
And after I do make up my mind I
doubt whether I'll be able to mark
my ballot correctly.”
Very Fortunate.
“Goodness, mister, its er
t’ing you wuz dere w’en I fell!"
lucky
Happened in Philadelphia
to "live?”1 1 teU 5Cr BlU Was t0°
“Why, what’s ’e bln and done
Hes gorn and got run over
hearse!"
He Was Good.
Miss Askham—And do
nothing but animal pictures
Mr- D’Auber —Well, pn
oalnt fish.