Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY, - - - NEBRASKA.
A man has a good temper when lie
doesn't blame his wife because it is
raining.
The last remaining rebel army, one
general strong, has surrendered in
Santo Domingo.
“A man cannot have too much
money,” says a prominent New Yorker
—can you guess who?
The Venezuelan navy is to be mobil
ized, and it would be well to inspect
her boilers before getting steam up.
It must have been a humorist who
induced the Chinese royal commission
to go to the capitol "to see congress
work.”
It can’t be a love match between
King Alfonso and Princess Ena. They
write to each other on illustrated
postcards.
A motorist at Ormond beach has
achieved the sensational feat of re
maining alive after making a mile in
28 seconds.
The foreman of the composing room
of a Dublin newspaper has been elect
ed lord mayor, thus doubling his re
sponsibilities.
The affix “off” to a Russian official’s
name appears to carry with it not
only the whole name but the luckless
official himself.
The Teport that Harry Lehr has
been guilty of tattling seems to have
teen due to a typographical error. He
was only tatting.
“Twiddle-Twaddle" is the name of
a new farce produced in New York.
This completely disarms the critics
by its rare candor.
The two French officers who recent
ly fought with swords for more than
an hour must have mastered all the
science of defence.
Mr. Kipling has as yet written no
poem to celebrate the liberal victory.
The silence of the “poet-laureate of
the empire” is ominous.
The officials of the ice trust in New
York say that they have no fear of an
ice famine—but then, they have no
reason to be afraid of one.
It is rather discouraging, but the
czar seems to be able to appoint gov
ernors and such as fast as the anarch
ists can assassinate them.
The first white woman born in St.
Paul, Minn., has just died, and she
wasn’t quite sixty-two years old. The
middle west is yet a youth.
“A Suffolk, Va., bridegroom, after
being married two weeks, drank three
bottles of laudanum.” Insatiate bride
groom, would not one suffice?
When it comes our turn to be asked
which is the most useless word in the
English language we shall leply,
“bank.” We have no use for it.
They are beginning to wear trous
ers in Samoa. All the world is getting
civilized, and travel lacks the pictures
que experiences that it used to have.
A Frenchman has an invention
which will make it possible for men
to sign checks from a long distance
What grudge has he against hus
bands?
Congressman Maynard suggests the
Idea of coining $2 silver pieces in aid
of the Jamestown exposition. They
would be fine to drop in the contribu
tion box.
The Moorish commissioner at Al
geciras took all his wives with him.
One would naturally think he would
find trouble enough in the conference
without that.
The first of America’s native grand
opera is called “The Pipe of Desire,”
which is fairly symbolic of the na
tion’s characteristic restlessness and
dissatisfaction.
The world lost one of its bravest,
knightliest souls and the United
States one of its most patriotic citi
zens when Fighting Joe Wheeler went
out.—Chicago Tribune.
A theatrical trust has decided to
drop Shakespeare for a time. Is this
prompted by jealousy? Shakespeare
has remained a sort of dramatic trust
ail these ages, and his monopoly is un
shaken.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Commo
dore Stephen Decatur never could
have dreamed that a time would come
when two descendants of their illus
trious families would become involved
in an American naval mixup.
Beerbohm Tree, reports say, has
produced Stephen Phillip's play of
“Nero” with a lavishness that outri
vals Nero himself. When the play
is done in America it may be mur
dered with a thoroughness that will
also outdo Nero.
In Paris it is now said to be a com
mon thing to see ballooning parties
sailing over one’s head, with an auto
mobile trailing the balloon so as to
pick up the pleasure party after the
descent. There always were strange
things to see in Paris.
The actor indicates and vindicates
his retirement by a benefit. But you
never hear of that sort of thing for the
old minister, the old editor, the old
groceryman, the old sailor, who have
served the public longer, more usefully
and for less pay. Why this invidious
distinction?
A Brooklyir law clerk is suing a ba
ker because he found a nail in his pie.
The nail was not put in to fasten the
lid, but was undoubtedly left there
by accident. A retaliatory suit to re
cover the hardware might be in order
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.
How a Chicago Woman Found Help
When Hope Was Fast Fading
Away.
Mrs. E. T. Gould,’ 914 W. Lake
Street, Chicago, 111., says: "Doan’s
Kidney Pills are all that saved me
from death of Bright’s Disease, that
— I know. I had
eye trouble, back
ache, catches
when lying abed
or when bending
5, over, was languid
=^and often dizzy
gjand had sick
* headaches and
bearing down
pains. The kid
ney secretions
* UJ cupious
and frequent, and very bad In appear
ance. It was in 1903 that Doan’s Kid
ney Pills helped me so quickly and
cured me of those troubles and I’ve
been well ever since.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Love, the Keystone.
The child who has learned to love,
the man who has learned to love, is
nearer the solution nf the riddle of
the universe than the balance of the
chemist, the telescope of the astron
omer, or all the sagacious guesses of
all the wisest men that ever lived.—
Dr. Boyd Carpenter.
The American Art Connoisseur.
An art connoisseur of this country
is a man who is rich enough to pay
fabulous prices for counterfeit paint
lngr and statuary that are so well
executed that genuine critics can
hardly distinguish them from the or
iginals.
WILD WITH ITCHING HUMOR.
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over
Body—Cured at Expense of Only
$1.25—Thanks Cuticura.
The Cuticura Remedies cured me of
my skin disease, and I am very thank
ful to you. My trouble was eruption
of the skin, which broke out in spots
all over my body, and caused a con
tinual Itching which nearly drove me
wild at times. I got medicine of a
doctor, but it did not cure me, and
when I saw in a paper your ad, I sent
to you for the Cuticura book and I
studied my case in it. I then went
to the drug store and bought one cake
of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura
Ointment and one vial of Cuticura
Pills. From the first application I re
ceived relief. I used the first set and
two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and
was completely cured. I had suffered
for two years, and I again thank Cuti
cura for my cure. Claude N. John
son, Maple Grove Farm, R. F. D. 2,
Walnut, Kan., June 15, 1905."
To Stop a Dog Fight.
I am surprised that so many per
sons, particularly owners of dogs,
should not know that a dog fight, no
matter how ferocious the combatants,
can be instanty stopped by some one
dashing cold water in the faces of the
dogs. The effect is instantaneous, and
no immediate disposition is shown to
renew the combat—Baltimore Sun.
In Gay Hoboken.
"Life in Hoboken is one continual
round of excitement and pleasure,” re
marked a resident of that ancient city.
“Why, yesterday hundreds of our
leading people put in half the after
noon watching the hook and ladder
company rescue a cat that had climbed
to the top of a tree and was afraid to
come down.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Cheering for University Man.
A newly formed social organization
in London, the New Bohemians, an
nounces itself as a society “mainly de
voted to the encouragement of intel
ligent conversation amongst journal
ists, bookmen, critics, artists and oth
ers. University men,” the advertise
ment adds, “are not necessarily dis
qualified.”
Whistler Escaped.
Whistler, the painter, was one day
dining in the Cafe Napolitain in Paris
when some undesirable acquaintance
accosted him. “Well, Mr. Whistler,
and how are you getting on?” said
he. “I'm not,” said Whistler, finishing
his absinth and putting on his hat.
“I’m geting off.”
Japanese Newspaper Men.
The newspaper editor is the best
paid writer in Japan, his salary aver
aging from 100 to 200 yen per month,
and in one case it reached 300 yen.
Contributors to newspapers usually
receive 1 yen a column, and magazine
writers 1 yen a page.
Immortality for Animals.
Prof. George Howison of the de
partment of philosophy of the Univer
sity of California, has declared his be
lief in immortality for animals.
A man might just as well carry a
pocket full of fishhooks as to try to
hug a girl who is all pinned up.
A BOY’S BREAKFAST
There’s a Natural Food That Makes
Its Own Way.
There’s a boy up in Hooslck Falls,
N. Y., who is growdng into sturdy
manhood on Grape-Nuts breakfasts.
It might have been different with him,
as his mother explains:
“My 11-year-old boy is large, well
developed and active, and has been
made so by his fondness for Grape
Nuts food. At five years he was a
very nervous child and was subject
to frequent attacks of indigestion
which used to rob him of his strength
and were very troublesome to deal
With. He never seemed to care for
anything for his breakfast until I
tried Grape-Nuts, and I have never
had to change from that. He makes
his entire breakfast of Grape-Nuts
food. It is always relished by him
and he says that it satisfies him bet
ter than the ordinary kind of a meal.
"Better than all he is no longer
troubled with indigestion or nervous
ness, and has got to be a splendidly
developed fellow since he began to
use Grape-Nuts food.” Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There’s a reason. Head the little
book, "The Road to WeUvlUe,” to
pkgs.
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The Youngest Mother on the Stage.
“Maude Fealy, acting upon the the
ory, gravely spoken, that responsibil
ity is a steadying force required by
ill successful young leading women,
nas taken steps to adopt a child,”
writes Kate Masterson in the Dra
matic mirror. “In one of the Harlem
aospitals she has found a human atom
whose hair is properly golden, cheeks
correctly pink, and eyes bluely au fait.
The atom is a girl, 3 years old, and
will be christened in honor of her fos
ter grandmother Margaret Fealy. Miss
Fealy has filled out with infinite care
and filed the essential legal docu
ments in the case. An attorney, a
clergyman and a physician have duly
certified that the actress is in every
respect qualified for the exalted du
ties of a mother by adoption. She has
even certified, and they have indorsed
the certificate, that she will be as
careful as is requisite of the small
one’s flannels, and she paid a visit to
i factory while playing in New Eng
and and ordered enough of those flan
lels for a Roosevelt sized family.
“Miss Fealy, who is herself known
in the profession as ‘that infant prod
igy from Denver,’ takes this maternal
whim seriously, but her older friends
are shaking their sage heads and
croaking:
“ ‘When Maude gets tired of the
baby, what will become of it?’”
Fritzi’s Progress.
Frederika Scheff was the sprightly
prima donna's name when she made
her professional debut at the Bavarian
Royal opera in Munich—for it is only
by association that she can be consid
ered a German singer, having been
born in Vienna, the daughter of an
Austrian father and a French mother.
It wasn't long before her admirers
re-christened her Fritzi. the affection
ate diminutive of Frederika, and
Fritzi it has been ever since, for the
name fits her like the spankled gown
she wears.
“Speaking of learning to compre
hend the English language,” remarked
Miss Scheff, “do you know what
helped me a lot. Why. Mr. Dillingham
compiled a list of forty-four adjec
tives—only the complimentary ones,
of course—which were applied to me
in notices by you messieurs of the
press, when I came out in comic opera
Regard this, if you please!”
And she displayed a typewritten rec
ord of verbal attempts at descriptive
appreciation, beginning with:
“Audacious, brilliant chic, droll,
ebullient, fetching, graceful, heavenly,
ineffable, jaunty,” and so on through
the alphabet down to “zephyr like.”
One characterization was "dazzling lit
tle devil!”
I Personal Mention. |
Charles Riehman has begun rehear
sals of “The Gallop Hunt Ball,” in
which he is to be starred.
Nat Goodwin has arranged to pre
sent “A Gilded Fool” at the Shaftes
bury theater, London, in about two
weeks.
Henry B. Irving is trying to ar
range a season at the Drury Lane
theater, London, during which he will
be seen in a number of his father's
famous roles.
Eleanora Duse is to make a tour of
Scandinavia, acting three or four of
Ibsen’s plays. She has lately played
Rebecca West in “Romersholm” for
the first time.
Nance O'Neil has been invited by
the faculty of the University of Cali
fornia to give an open air perform
ance of Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s po
etic drama, “Judith of Bethulia,” in
the Greek theater.
Mrs. Leslie Carter's repertoire is to
receive two important additions next
season. She will appear in the new
play which David Belasco is now writ
ing for her, but in addition she will
be seen as Joan of Arc.
Viola Allen will not appear in “All’s
Well That Ends Well” at the Chicago
Shakespearean festival as announced
for next April. Her tour in “The Toast
of the Town” will prevent her from
being in Chicago at that time.
Robert Drouet. whose illness caused
the production of “The Lucky Miss
Dean” at the Madison Square theater.
New York, to be postponed, is said to
be recovering rapidly, and will soon
be well enough to resume work.
Otis Skinner has closed his tour in
“His Grace De Grammont” and is
headed for New York, where he will
soon take up rehearsals of the new
play, "The Duel,” which is to be
brought out in the east by him in the
immediate future.
Richard Mansfield has been playing
“The Scarlet Letter” during his en
gagement in Philadelphia and the
critics have been hearty in their com
mendation of his portrayal of the
character of Dlmmesdale. Miss Rock
well was the Hester.
Henry Miller has begnn prepara
tions to replace “Grierson's Way,”
which he recently produced with only
moderate success, at the Princess
theater, New York, with a comedy by
J. Hartley Manners, entitled, “The In
discretion of Truth.”
Henry Miller presents a new play
by H. V. Esmond, entitled, “Grierson’s
Way,” for the first time on any stage,
at the Princess theater, New York,
last week. The supporting company
includes Guy Standing, Henry Wood
ruff, Fred Thorne, Rebecca Warren
and Ida Waterman.
In Baltimore last week Charles
Frohman produced Ella Wheeler Wil
cox’s poetical play, "Mizpah.” It has
a musical as well as a dramatic side
and the poetess has written it in col
laboration with Luscombe Searelle.
The play is based on the scriptural
story of Esther and is in blank verse.
Among the more interesting events
in the near future at the Metropolitan
opera house, New York, will be the re
vival of “Don Giovanni” and the first
appearance here in grand opera of
Miss Bessie Abbott, the young Ameri
can soprano, who will be heard as
Mimi, on Saturday evening, in “La
Boheme.”
Ernest I.amson. whose fine portrait
ure of a Western miner is one of the
features of “The Heir to the Hoorah,”
at Teller’s Broadway theater, this
week, is to appear next fall as a star
in a new Western play of which he
is the author. Mr. Lamson is a ver
satile actor and has won success in
all kinds of plays.
A comedy that Sardou fashioned
thirty years ago. “The Spy,” has late
ly been revived in Paris. Tt went sur
prisingly well, and the old playwright
wrote the other day to a friend: “1
am glad to have written in 1877 a
piece that can still be played in 1905.’
Meanwhile—at 75—he has just fin
ished a new comedy.
Joseph C'awthorn will be the star
of the new opera, “The Free Lance,”
by John Philip Sousa, with book and
lyrics by Harry B. Smith, which Klaw
& Erlanger will produce this spring.
The production will first be seen in
the Chestnut Street opera house,
Philadelphia, and will be taken to
New York on Easter Monday.
The Shuberts purchased from
George Edwardes the American rights
to “Veronique,” the comic opera which
closed its engagement at the Broad
way theater last week, and will pre
sent the piece with an American com
pany next season in the independent
theaters. The English company now
playing in the piece will return to
England in two weeks.
Beerbohm Tree has again been in
vited by the Germans to visit that
country in a series of Shakespearean
revivals, but on account of ^is ap
proaching production of “Nero” he has
been compelled to decline the invita
tion at this time. The new poetic
tragedy by Stephen Phillips is being
prepared on an elaborate scale, and
will be one of Mr. Tree’s greatest un
dertakings.
iviauue real} uas peen engaged as
leading woman for William Collier.
She will assume the part of Agnes In
Augustus Thomas’ comedy, “On the
Quiet.” Later on she will appear with
him in a new play which he is to pro
duce in the spring in New York, and
in whatever new play Mr. Collier will
produce in London. The engagement
with Miss Fealy was made with the
idea of her playing with him in Lon
don, where she met with success dur
ing Mr. Gillette’s season at the Lyce
um theater, and during Sir Henry Ir
ving’s season at the Drury Lane the
ater.
Arnold Daly seems to be about at
the end of his Bernard Shaw career.
According to reports received from
New York he has found little save un
appreciative publics during his tour
of the country, and in a week or two
is expected to be among the “unen
gaged” thespians in Gotham. "You
Never Can Tell” and “Candida” have
done poor business nearly every
where they have been presented, and
Mr. Duly now is indulging in diatribes
against the public for its failure to
recognize the superlative greatness of
Shaw and the transcendent abilities
of Mr. Daly as interpreter of the mas
terpiece.
“The Lion and the Mouse,” by
Charles Klein is said to unfold a sim
ple and direct but powerful story, in
which a girl pits herself against a
powerful coterie of moneyed men and
corrupt senators, who have brought
dishonor upon her father, who in his
capacity of a Supreme Court judge
has rendered a decision inimical to
the interests of capital. Mr. Klein of
fers a study of the financial kind of
to-day placing in direct contrast to it,
a fine type of American womanhood.
“The Lion and the Mouse” has been
voted the dramatic success of the sea
son in New York, where it is in the
fourth month of its run at the Ly
ceum theater.
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To Clean Old Bricks.
When an old building is torn down
to make room for a modern up-to-date
structure the contractors generally
use the old brick in some manner on
the new building. In order to make
the old bricks of use the mortar and
other accumulations adhering to the
surface of the bricks must first be
removed. This is invariably done by
hand with hatchets, which often bring
the cost of the old bricks after this
treatment up to that of the new
hricks. This accounts for the reason
why more of the old bricks are not
used. In all probability a machine
recently invented by a Missouri man
will reduce the cost of renovating
these old bricks. It is supported on a
platform, the latter having an opening
in the center to allow a brick-cleaning
wheel to rotate on a shaft. This shaft
is mounted upon bearing blocks secur
ed to the sides of the platform and Is
operated by a belt and pulley. The
cleaning wheel is formed of two disks,
placed together side by side, and con
nected by screws. A large number
of small openings are formed through
the disks, the inner ends of the open
ings where the two disks meet being
countersunk. Nails are Inserted in
the openings, the nail heads fitting
into the countersunk ends and me
points projecting through the opposite
sides of the disks. Guides are attach
ed to the platform in line with the
grinding wheel, the old brick to be
cleaned being placed upon the plat
form and shoved along into engage
ment with the points of the nails. An
operator can work upon either side
of the wheel or two operators may
work, one upon each side.
Square Holes May Now Be Bored.
Thousands of inventors have failed
to make the brace and bit that will
enable a mechanic to bore a square
hole. But the honor of solving the
problem falls upon a woman, Miss
Clara Smith of Thomaston. Conn.,
and her patent, as described in the Sci
entific American, seems to be a prac
tical tool. In channels formed in the
head of the tool a number of blades
are fastened, certain of which have a
saw-edge, as shown, for cutting or bor
ing into the wood, and the others have
a smooth edge for clearing away the
fragments. As the spindle rotates, a
rocking motion is imparted to the
head, so that a rectangular hole may
be formed in the wood.
A Flying Target.
The sport of “live bird” shooting
is exceedingly costly and in many
places is prohibited by law as being
inhuman and, while the shooting of
clay pigeons is interesting, it lacks
in a degree the fascination of the
sport first mentioned. The object of
a recent invention of a New York
man is to provide a target in close
resemblance to a live bird, both in
flight and in action in falling when
hit. The body has wings which bal
ance the target in flight, and which,
by connections, collapses when hit.,
the wings guiding the target in flight.
The frame is formed to resemble a
bird and is made of narrow metallic
strips bent in an elliptical shape, to
hold the body portion. The latter has
a slot at each side through which
the ends of the wings are inserted.
The wings are made of thin metal
and of weight and character as to be
susceptible of being bent into posi
tion to guide the target. The inner
ends of the wings meet in the hollow
body and are pivoted to a vertical pin.
and are held in position with suffi
cient force when the target is thrown
to insure the necessary flight; but
should the body be twisted or moved
in the frame the pin will disengage
the arms, thus destroying the equili
brium and disabling the bird, causing
it to fall to the ground. A head and
tail complete the bird. Any suitable
means for throwing the target can be
adopted, more particularly an appara
tus giving a straight initial move
ment. '
Big New Cavite Dry Dock.
' The largest dry dock that old Nep
tune has ever dashed its billowy sides
igainst is just finished at Cavite, in
the Philippines. It has been designed
„o elevate 16,000 tons weight to a
ieight which will allow a tree board
of at least two feet, with one foot of
contained water, while it is expected
to support a weight of 20,000 tons
when the lower deck of the dock is
awash. When ready for service with
ill its machinery on board the dock
will weight 10,600 tons, the structural
material it contains representing 9,200
tons, the machinery 570 tons, water
ior boilers and plant 280 tons, and the
ittchors and chains 60 tons. It con
sists of a main center pontoon at
:ached to two smaller jiontoons at
;ach end. The dock includes a re
pair shop, and is so built that it uj
pe raised above the surface of the
water for repairing and cleansing. All
die pumping and other machinery is
pontained in the side walls and can
pump out all the pontoons in four
lours, maximum time.
EASY TO SAVE GIRDLED TREES.
Simple Contrivance Will Renew
Growth of Bark.
As the snow melts some or your
readers will probably find that the
deep snow has given protection to
field mice from their natural enemies
—hawks and owls—and that they
have girdled some of the trees in the
orchard. If only partly girdled nature
will help fi,erself and heal the wound,
but if the bark is removed entirely
round, the tree will have to have help
at once or it will die. Small limbs
the size of a lead pencil should be
cut and both ends sharpened and in
. a «
A Girdled bection bridged With
Scions.
serted under the bark, so as to con
nect the bark at the roots and that
above the girdled part (as per cut.)
A tree six inches in diameter should
have at least six grafts inserted, and
if all “take" in five years the wounds
should be entirely grown over. The
cions can be fastened at both ends
with thin wire nails. Bark to bark
as in grafting and the use of good
grafting wax made of beeswax, tallow
and rosin are required. Where the
bark has been removed by the mice
the trunk should be protected from
the sun and dying winds by moss
kept moist, cow manure mixed with
clay, or the tree hanked up with
earth. By this method the writer has
saved many a tree.—Exchange.
Concrete Silo.
I wish to build a foundation for a
silo (square), 15 feet by 16 feet and
15 feet high. How much cement and
gravel would be required? Give gen
eral instructions as to the work.
Would one foot be sufficient thickness
for wall to resist the settling of silage.
I wish to raise a barn 100 feet by
45 feet. How much stone and lime
would it take for 9 foot wall under it?
For a square silo 15 feet by 16 feet
high and one foot thick, it would
take: Portland cement 23 barrels
gravel 27 yards, stone fillers 7 yards
and the labor of 4 men 6 days. A good
way in building a silo wall is to have
the walls 15 inches thick at bottom
and nine inches thick at top, having
inside perfectly plumb. The propor
tions of material for mixing the con
crete are eight parts of gravel to one
part Portland cement.
For a barn wall built of stone, 45
feet by 100 feet and 9 feet high and
1(4 feet thick, it would take: Stone
39 cords, sand 40 yards, lime 200 bush
els. For cost of building see a builder
in your own locality.
Wooden Frame Harrow.
Will you publish sketch of har
row with wooden frame in two or
three sections, suitable for a light
team.
The two sections of the harrow
shown in illustration, have four
beams each, and the teeth are twelve
inches from center to center each
way. The beams ore four feet eight
inches long, and are mortised into
the front piece, which is three feet
seven inches in length. The rear ends
u
of the beam are secured by a piece of
timber, two by one and a half inches,
halved on to the beams, and then
bolted. The entire cost of the har
row should not exceed twelve dollars
Tile or Iron Pipe for Water?
I have on my property a spring that
is somewhat higher than my house
and wish to lay a pipe for carrying
water in small quantity for house
hold use. The distance is about 1,000
feet. What is the cheapest kind of
pipe?
To convey the water from a strong
spring, a distance of 1,000 feet, earth
en tile might serve the purpose if
laid on a well-graded bed. The bed
should be so uniform in grade that
there are no gaps in the joints. Then
the tile should be jointed carefully,
turning each tile around until it makes
as complete a joint as possible. In
addition, in order to prevent loss of
water, the tile should be sealed at
the joints either wTith puddled clay,
or, better, with cement. If there is
plenty of water in the spring such a
line of pipe would convey sufficient,
for household purposes, although it
would be impossible to make such
pipe entirely water tight. To make
sure that all the water is conveyed it
would be necessary to lay iron pipe.
Ordinary black iron pipe, given a coat
of tar before being covered, will last
many years in the ground. Galvan
ized iron pipe, however, will last
longer.
Two and a half inch tile, that is
ordinary drain tile, not sewer tile, can
be procured at tile yards at eight dol
lars per thousaand. Quotations on
galvanized iron and black iron can
be secured from local dealers. The
galvanized iron is, of course, more ex
pensive than the black iron.
Life in British New Guinea.
Cannibalism has not yet been quite
stamped out in British New Guinea.
The natives have well-cultivated gar
dens. they occupy long-settled villages
and their r-’iHons with Europeans
are genm"-" • harmonious. In each vil
lage r r of the most influential chiefs
!s e lected as village constable, giv
n a uniform, a pair of handcuffs, a
brass badge and $5 a year, and is
kept under constant personal super
vision by the six white magistrates.
Crime is comparatively rare, owing
apparently to the fact the natives are
not allowed to obtain any intoxicat
ing liquor.
FRANK P. LEWIS, Peoria. III.
Originator of the Tin Foil Smoker Pack
age. The man who has made Lewis’
Single Binder Straight Sc Cigar famous
among smokers throughout the West.
Relics of Siege of Limerick.
St. Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin
preserves a cannon ball as a cherish
ed relic. It is believed to be the identi
cal ball that killed, at the siege of
Limerick, the famous I»ft Loftu-.
whose tomb the cathedral also i
ters. Close to the canon-ball are J
pair of his rusty spurs. *
A Custom in Toulose.
Toulouse has preserved a quaint
custom. It has its corps of "serenos"
(as they are called in Spain) abl
bodied persons who are ready to a<
company the tardy reveler to his own
door.—Pall Mall Gazette.
AN/EMIA CAN BE CURED
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills Make New
Blood and Strike Straight at the
Root of Disease.
Anaemia is just the doctor’s name for
bloodlessuess. Dr. Williams’Pink Pills
actually make new blood. They cure
autemia just as food cures hunger. They
cured Mrs. Thus. J. McGauu. of 17
Liucoln Place, Plainfield, N. J.. and tin-y
can do as ninch for any other pale, weak
ailing, bloodless person.
“ In the spring of 1903 I did my nsnal
house cleaning,” says Mrs. MeGauu,
“ and soon afterward I began to lidve the
most terrible headaches. My heart
would beat so irregularly that it was
painful and there came a morning when
I could not get up. My doctor saul I had
an senna and he was surprised that I had
continued to live in the condition I wa
in. I was confined to my bc-d for iiearlv
two months, the doctor coming every
day for the first few weeks, but I did
not improve to amount to anything.
“Altogether 1 was sick fur nearly two
years. I was as weak as a rag, had
headaches, irregular heart beats 1 -- of
appetite, cramps in the limbs and was
nuable to get a good night’s sleep. My
legs and feet were so swollen that I
feared they would burst.
“ One day, while I was wonderinghovm
long I could live, feeling as I did, I r
ceived a booklet telling about Dr. Wil
liams’ Pink Pills fur Pale People,
read it and told my husband to get m ,
some of the pills. ’ Before the first bo*
was gone I felt a change for the better.
I have taken about twelve boxes and al
though I was as near the grave us [could
be, I now feel as if I had a new lease of
life. I have no more headache, the heart
beats regularly, my cheeks are pink and
I feel ten years younger. I feel rhut^\
have been cured very cheaply and I h.i^
recommended Dr. Williams’ Pink Piff
to lots of niv friends.”
For further information address the
Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Seheuec
tady, N. Y.
Compulsory Church Services.
To such an extent does religion pre
vail at Gonoatoa, in the South Seas,
that every man, woman and child on
that island who does not go to church
at least three times a week is liable
to be arrested and fined, the fine go
ing to the king.
Cat's Long Journey Home.
A cat belonging to the Duchess of
Beaufort, being taken to a country
seat other than the one where it had
been born, turned back "home" after
two unhappy days, covering the 200
intervening miles in safety.
U. S. NAVY enlists for four years
young men of good character und sound
physical condition between the ages of
17 and 25 as apprentice seamen: oppor
tunities for advancement; pay 116 t" J7>»
a month. Electricians, machinists, black
smiths. coppersmiths, yeomen (clerks i.
carpenters, shipfitters, firemen. musi
cians, cooks, etc., between 21 ar.d .15 years
enlisted in special ratings with suitable
pay; hospital apprentices 18 to 28 years.
Retirement on three-fourths pay arid al
lowances after 30 years service. Appli
cants must be American citizens.
Free transportation from place of en
listment to Naval Station, and free outfit
of clothing, amounting to J45, furnished
every recruit. Upon discharge, fre ••
transportation to place of enlistment. Km —
full particulars address Navy Recruiting®!
Station, Postoffice Building. Omaha. Neb . 9)
or Navy Recruiting Station. BURK l
BLOCK, 12th and O Sts., Lincoln. Neb. 1
important Animals.
A little boy startled his mother the
other night by ending his prayer as
follows: “God bless papa and
mamma, also the animals. They are
more important than us, ’cause their
skins are worth $2 apiece.’’
Garfield Tea, Mild Laxative,
Regulates the Liver, Kidneys, Stom
ach and Bowels, cures Constipation
and Sick Headache. Send this notice
with your name and address to the
Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, \. Y., for
free sample package. Sold at all drug
stores. Send us the name of your
druggist
German Canaries the Best.
The canaries of Germany excel all
other canaries as singers. One has
been recorded to continue a single
trill for one and one-quarter minutes
with twenty changes of note in it.
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