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B. W. BURLEIGH, Public her.
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Ingenious But Nuv Inventive.
Women hare great ingenuity la
adapting old contrivances to new ends,
bat little power for inventions. The
patent office at Washington contains,
te be sure, many models from femi
nine hands, some useful and some fan
tastic.. For example, one woman who
wished to combine gardening and poul
try-raising invented an anti-scratchlng
appliance for the feet of her hens; but
it Is te be feared the condition of tha
feathered flock suffered from lack of
their customary relish of worms. Most
of the popular and effective conveni
ences of personal and domestic life
have been made by men. A woman
can do more things with a hairpin
than a man could ever accomplish. She
will pick a lock, extract a bean from
a baby’s ear or nose, run a string into
a curtain, bang a picture or button her
boots with the useful hairpin. But in
spite of the frantic demand for a prac
ticable pocket, she has not invented
one; and she still washes and wipes
by hand the family dinner dishes. A
woman's ability to make the best of
things as they are is a distinct charac
teristic of the sex. says Youth's Com
panion. It would be sadly missed if it
were to be supplanted by even a high
•rder ef original inventiveness. For
this easy, rapid adaptation of inade
quate means to desired ends is applied
by a woman not only to the machinery
•f the household, but to the human
farces among which she lives. The in
genious wife adapts even a clumsy
husband and an inexperienced cook to
the production of domestic harmony.
A Reasonable Expranation.
Henry James is credited with the
remark that he “never heard an Amer
ican woman say ‘thank you.’ ” We con
jecture, says Chicago Tribune, that on
•ne or more occasions Mr. James has
risen in a crowded car and offered a
seat to some woman who did not say
“thank you” for the reason that she
recognized him by his printed por
traits and knew she would not have
tins* to say: "Sensible in a high de
gree, although it should be observed,
perhaps, that In the domain of the In
tellectual there should not be needed
the propulsive effect of a npotive as a
stimulus to the process of realization
in the abstract, apart from an implied
•bligation willingly assumed, and not
wholly conventional, even though it
may be the result of unconscious voli
tion, or, to express the thought in
terms less vague and elusive, and
frankly recognizing, in the background
of consciousness, the simulacrum of
an anticipated quid pro quo—dismiss
ing all this, I say, as shadowy and un
real, and subjecting the ponderable
residuum to such analysis as we may,
with such crude materials as we have
at hand, for in the realm of the ima
gination there will be found the cruci
ble of the alchemist, quite as real and
substantial, albeit composed of sub
stances not existent on the material
plane,” etc.
Liang Tung Yen, the new Chinese
minister to the United States, is a
pretty good business man, according
to the stories of some of his old class
mates at Yale. When he was in col
lege be was closely associated with a
set of young fellows, ten in all, who
had about the same allowance each
month, $100. All the checks came at
■nee, and after a day or so every mem
ber of the set was "strapped.” Liang
•nally solved the difficulty. The
checks were all pooled, and each $10?
was to last the coterie three days.
For exactly three days one man had to
pay all the expenses of the ten.
Thereafter, every one was able to get
through the month without being in
danger of starvation.
Arkansas is one of the states that
haB entered upon a vigorous crusade
against the use of concealed weapons,
and the fact is much to her credit The
governor has Just signed a bill enacted
by the legislature which imposes a
fine of $100 to $1,000 and imprison
ment for one year on anyone guilty of
drawing a knife or pistol. St. Joseph,
Mo., is a town which is also deter
mined to put a stop to such practices.
The commissioner of police offers lib
eral rewards to men who make the
most arrests and who secure the
greatest number of convictions of
"gun toters." These are wholesome
examples, says Troy Times, and might
be widely Imitated to the advantage
•f the public and to the lessening of
crime.
Some of the justices of the lower
courts in New York where the wear
ing of gowns on the bench has lately
been introduced, are rebelling against
‘th'eih. One of the solemn judges is
quoted as exclaiming that he’d be
durned If he would submit to it, or
words to that effect. And yet the
judicial gown is a rather imposing
garment, and it sometimes covers
less becoming array. Let their
honors submit to it, suggests Troy
Times, and thjnk goodness that they
don’t have to wear wigs!
The St Louis clergyman who in an
address to the girl graduates of Forest
Park university warned them against
drifting on the sea of social life is not
likely to be an admirer of ► ddge
whist
By the time he gets back to Japan
Gen. Kuroki is going to realise that
there are some things worse than war.
The bituminous coal fields of Ala
bama cover an area *f 8,660 square
miles.
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GRAFT AND GRAFTER
OkE LITTLE HOMELY WORD
THAT C0NVEY8 MUCH.
KANT HUMBUGS IN DISGUISE
Human Nature Much the Same in
All Agee—People Easily Deluded
Into Making Poor Invest
ments!.
Cant phrases have been Invented,
and words more noted for their force
than elegance, have become popular
as expressive of common things. In
ail that is slang, it is doubtful if there
is any better word than “graft” Long
before Chaucer indited what would
now be called “pigeon English,” witty
vireeks and Romans indulged in their
aesthestic forms of vulgar expression,
and there can be little doubt that good
old Socrates impressed Plato and
some of his other pupils with pungent
idioms, and in turn was called by Aris
tophanes an impious old grafter.
It is quite evident that "graft” has a
place among euphonius words, and
conveys an idea plainly and tersely.
The famous Barnum, who said some
thing about the people anxious to be
humbugged had a pretty good idea of
human nature, and made the most out
of his knowledge. The business man
of to-day does not ignore the gullibili
ty of the masses, and yearly millions
of dollars are spent in printers’ ink to
convey-to the people various kinds of
Information that will stimulate the
letting go of dollars for the benefit of
the grafter.
non up a copy or any current sun
day newspaper, farm journal, religious
publication, magazine or other period
ical and look over its pages! Graft is
evident in each and every one. It is
covered under the guise of artistic ad
vertising. Thousands of cure-alls, won
derful discoveries, great bargains from
bankrupt sales, exceptional chances
for investment and Lord knows what
r jt, beams from the pages to catch
the eyes of the person who has not re
ceived sufficient lessons in the “school
of graft.” The people like to be fooled.
There seems to be more or less av
arice in the makeup of most men, and
women, too. The getting of something
of value for little or nothing is a com
mon offer to gather in the dollars for
the benefit of the grafter.
For a few years a young man with
ambition and a liking for work strug
gled along in the mercantile line in a
large central western city. He de
cided to enlarge. He needed money.
A splendid scheme presented itself.
Why not get dollars needed to carry
on a big business from the people?
They needed a chance for investment.
He was just the fellow to help ’em
out. He organized a big cooperative
concern. He advertised broadcast.
Told of the wonderful possiblities of
his business, and lo! the dollars rolled
his way by the hundreds of thou
sands. Soon the government ended
his game. He was charged with using
the mails to defraud. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars were lost by
those who invested in his "coopera
tive society.” Many similar schemes
are up for consideration day after
day. The people never tire of them.
Just like buying a lottery ticket. There
is a chance to win, and as long as the
proposition looks good, the grafter
flourishes.
The wise man, be he farmer or doc
tor, stockman or storekeeper, will
avoid jumping at such chances for in
vestment. Look out for the coopera
tive organizer. Beware of the grafters
who want to interest you in their busi
ness affairs, and at the same time hold
the combination to the safe.
D. M. CARR.
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AGAINST PREMIUM GRAFT.
Laws Passed by Some States Prohibit
ing Pride* In Package* of Foodstuffs.
Some classes of people when they
wish to purchase goods, look more aft
er so-called bargains than quality, and
quite often the bargains prove expen
sive. It seems that the getting of
something for nothing is attractive to
the average person. Of late years
there has grown up a practice among
manufacturers of staple articles, par
ticularly in the food line, of giving a
prize with each package of their goods.
It is apparent that there is an inclina
tion towards gambling in the make
up of most people, and this spirit is
appealed to largely by the giver of
prizes. The purchaser seems to over
look the fact that he receives nothing
other than he pays for. Whatever ar
ticle is given as a premium represents
so much money value and certainly
the manufacturer does not lose by
the operation. The value of what is
given must be made up by either the
retailer or the consumer, and it is gen
erally the consumer who pays the
cost
Retail grocers, an well as the peo
ple in general, have cause to be thank
ful to the lawmakers of some states
for making it illegal to place premiums
in packages of foodstuffs. Such a law
is now in force in the state of Nebras
ka. Premium and prise giving has
been a cause of trouble and disturb
ance, and has resulted In the making
of inferior goods, palming off their
poor productions, relying more upon
the prize given to Becure trade than
the merit of goods. The wise house
wife in whatever state she may live
will be careful to discriminate between
quality, and qualiiy backed up by
prizes. It is well when yon buy arti
cles in the food line to avoid buying
anything which has a prize attach
ment You are compelled to not alone
pay for the goods that you require, but
the prize as well.
Time to Awaken.
Any plan devised that tends toward
greater business centralization makes
easier the building up of harmful
combinations. During the past ten
years billions of dollars have been
sent to the large cities by the resi
dent of rural communities, and these
billions have been used in building up
trusts that work against the best In
terest!* of the masses who reside in
agricultural sections. Is It not time
to awaken to the dangers of sending
money away
WEALTH CONCENTRATION EVIL.
Operation of Injurious Truoto Con Bo
Curtailed by Efforts of the
Masses.
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An evil that at present la receiving:
more than ordinary attention In thb
press is the concentration of vast,
amounts of money in the hands sf
corporations. The accumulation of
wealth by individuals when controlled
by natural law, will Inevitably become
divided. The millionaire who has a
family, at his death will apportion to
each member a share of hit wealth.
Even though these divisions may be
Increased by work, and by speculation
.and investment by the children, they
in return will divide the accumula
tions among their offspring and even
tually, it matters not how great the
fortunes of any one of the family
may become, it is only a matter of
time until there ta a scattering of the
money, and a great portion of it will
pass from the members of the family.
On the other hand, corporation meth
ods mean the building of a system
that prevents the operation of the
natural law. In other word9 corpora
tions are machines that work con
tinuously, and when one part is brok-.
en it is replaced by a new one. Thu3
the accumulation goes on. The death
of Rockefeller will not result in a
discontinuance of the Standard Oil
company; the death of the present
stockholders of any of the large trust
companies, banks or insurance com
panies will make little difference In
their existence. All will go ahead.
The safeguards of corporations In
many cases are excellent But the
Inclination to control trade by the
crushing out of smaller concerns and
the destruction of legitimate compe
tition and the controlling of prices,
seems against public policy. All
classes are compelled to pay prices
dictated by these trusts for the goods
produced. Each year finds new com
binations to control trade. It is the
centralization of capital that makes
such operations possible. The person
who assists In concentrating money in
arge tinancial centers does his part
toward helping along such combines.
1. is only by Individual action on the
part of every small producer and lab
orer in the country that conditions
can be changed . Stand by every home
industry and do your part toward
keeping money in circulation at home,
and thus bring about conditions that
will make the operations of trusts and
combinations Impossible.
SCIENCE OF TOWN KILLING.
Unwise Booming and Maintaining Ex
orbitant Prices an Effective Way.
There is a county seat town in one
of the central western states that has
a population of about 3,000. Tt is sur
rounded by one of the richest farming
countries. For years this town has
been at a standstill. If anything it
is retrograding, and even farm values
near it are lowering, while poorer land
some 20 miles away is advancing.
Why should such a condition exist?
The answer is plain. A dozen years
ago there was a boom. With the boom
real estate went to the top notch.
Keeping pace with the boom the
prices of products Is that town went
up. There was a collapse In real es
tate values, but the merchants re
mained. and kept ui the high-price
habit. That is they w. nted more than
an equitable share of .Toflt Another
town was started 20 miles away. Some
of the farmers went there. It was
found that the merchants were selling
goods at a lower price. The stock
buyer and the grainbnyer paid a few
cents a hundred more for their pur
chases. The habit of trading at the
new town grew. The business men of
the old town couldn’t learn a lesson.
Before they knew It their customers
were leaving them. So It has bees
since then. The merchants have been
plodding along. The money that
should be retained in the town went
elsewhere. Much of it went to build
up the competing town.
Mistakes like this one are made
frequently.' Towns become dead
places instead of live ones. In fact,
some towns are so dead that the farm
ers who withdrew their trade from
them are suffering in decreased farm
values. They take no interest in
these places, other than to visit them
now and then. Unhealthy booms, un
healthy prices made by the merchants,
and which are foolishly maintained,
are quite certain to kill a town even
though it may be a county seat and
have some advantages nearby towns
may not have.
Support Home Newspaper*.
The country newspaper is a power
in the land. Its place can never be
filled by the big daily papers or the
bulky magazines or agricultural jour
nals. It fills a field entirely its own.
It is the barometer of the place in
which it is published. Its news pages
represent the life of the people, and
its advertising pages Bhouid reflect
the business activity of the town. It
is the duty of every good citizen to
give his support to the local press.
Particularly the business men should
patronize it with a view of bettering
his trade. It is not money wasted to
use advertising space in it One good
merchant in the town who under
stands how to advertise rightly, can
bring, trade to the town that will help
every other business man in it But
all should do their part and the store
keeper who does not give his home
paper the support it merits is not the
wisest kind of a business man.
Many of the farm journals are de
voting considerable space to articles
in favor of the proposed parcels post
measure. One of the chief arguments
employed is that the system would al
low the farmers of the land to secure
from distant cities through the mails
all that they require in the way of
merchandise. These same papers de
cry the trusts that exist to control the
prices fanners receive for their
produce. In the articles favoring par
cels post legislation there is no at
tention called to the tact that a par
cels post system in America would al
low the building up of greater trusts
through the centralization of capital
in large cities, and would eventually
kill the country towns, the mainstay
of which are the retail stores.
THE CANADIAN CROPS
THREE-QUARTERS OF THE AVER
AGE YIELD IS REPORTED.
THE FARMERS DO NOT LOSE
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Increased Prices for Grain Mere Than
Compensates Them for the De
crease In Quantity—Reports
from Crop Experts.
Most of the states of the union felt
’ the unusually severe winter of 1906-7,
and the effects of the succeeding late
spring were everywhere apparent.
Corn was planted two and sometimes
three times, the winter wheat suffered
and generally there was a nervous
feeling as the retarded growth was in
evidence. From the Dakotas to Texas
the feeling of dread existed, and the
fears were entertained that the crop of
corn, wheat, oats and barley would
be a distinct failure. How far this was
the case Is best left to those who
passed through the experience. Natur
ally the aame conditions were preva
lent through the province of Mani
a most careful purveyor of news, writ
ins from Winnipeg, Manitoba, says:
"Excellent progress In the process ef
converting the crop Into marketable com
modity has been made. The days have
been fairly warm considering the sea
son of the year and while the amount of
sunshine per day is lees than in en ordi
nary harvest the grain has matured well.
The reports from far and near show that
the aggregate yield for the whole grain
growing country Is likely to be large,
and there are those who assert that the
quantity will be equal to about 75 per
cent, of that secured last season. The
quality will be the ■ Important considera
tion especially in view of the steadily ris
ing markets. Cash wheat In Winnipeg
closed yesterday at $LU% per bushel.
Fort William delivery. The cest ef freight
and handling for wheat strikes an aver
age of 11c per bushel for the whole west.
This means that the average price to the
farmer for contract wheat all over the
prairie eountry Is exactly $1 per bushel.
The farmers have been looking for the
day when dollar wheat would rule and
they have it now. Some old wheat te still
coming forward from the elevators and a
little of last year's crop remains in the
hands ef the fanners. This nearly all
grades up to the contract, and It means
a great gain for those who held It. The
new wheat is still grading very high,
when one considers the conditions under
which It wss produced. Out of *S$ ears.
138 In two days contained wheat which
would answer for delivery en contracts.
In ether words over 300,000 bushels of
wheat which would bring the farmers an
average of about $1 per bushel, reached
Winnipeg in two days. The significance
' ef $800,000 worth ef wheat being passed
by the Inspectors In two days at the close
The proceeds of this field of wheat, crown In western Canada, were
sufficient to pay out of the one crop the price of every acre of land upon
which it was crown.
toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, In
western Canada, and with from 250,
000 to 800,000 farmers there from the
United States a large degree of inter
est was manifest in almost every state
of the union, for every state has some
representative there. This interest
was a nervous one and caused consid
erable indecision on the part of friends
and others intending to follow. Those
interested in injuring the country cir
! culated stories of ruin and disaster,
but the effect was lost, as it had been
long enough in the limelight to prove
its high standing amongst the agri
cultural sections of the continent. The
heavy strain placed upon it was not
too great; it has shown that the faith
placed in tt has been warranted, and
The above ts the reproduction of a
photograph of the home of a recent
settler from Germany, who has been
settled In Saskatchewan, western Can
ada, for two years.
It is this year producing undoubted ev
idence that in agricultural possibili
ties and resources It stands among the
first of food producers. A late spring
delayed seeding from the usual early
April period until late In May, and in
many cases well on into June. And
with what result? It is a little early
to tell the result, but that there will
be a three-quarter crop is almost ab
solutely certain. The yield of wheat
in 1906 was 95,000,000 bushels; 1907 it
will be between 70,000,000 and 80,000,
000. It could not be expected that
June-sown grain would mature and
ripen In any country. The May-sown
ripened, and this is the feature that
has proved western Canada’s superior
ity as a grain-growing country. It
demonstrates that the length of sun
shine Is so great that the growing and
ripening season, although shorter In
number of days than in parts farther
south. In hours is as great or greater.
A correspondent of the Toronto Globe,
of an admittedly unfavorable season
should not be allowed to sink out of
sight at a time when returns from agri
cultural activity in the west are being
anxiously awaited. These figures do not
take account of the lower grades, of
which there were 131 cars. More than one
third of these contained milling wheat,
which would remunerate the farmer at
the rate of 93c per bushel on the basis
of to-day'a closing figures. The balance
consisted of low grade stuff which would
show great ••spreads" In prices.
"The approximate value of the two
days’ receipts of wheat however, would
he more than *400.000 calculating the ca
pacity of a car at 1.000 bushels and elim
inating the cost of freight and handling.
As many of the modern cars contain
more than 1,000 bushels and as the freight
rate to Fort William is less than ISc
per cwt on most of the wheat which is
now coming forward, the estimate of
$400,000 is low. The circulation of *200.
000 per day among the farmers will not
continue for the whole year, of course,
but that figure is likely to be exceeded
before the present rush of wheat to the
market abates. The conversion of the
crop Into money may be said to be pro
ceeding in a most satisfactory way and
there Is no doubt that millions of dollars
will have gone Into the pockets of the
fanners by the time navigation on the
lakes closes. Even then only a small
proportion of the wheat will have come
out Experience has shown that tha rail
ways do not eayry very much of the
wheat to the I^ake Superior ports before
the freeze-up eomes. and the propor
tion will probably be smaller than usual
this year on account of the latenesa of
the thrashing season.
"On the whole the prospect Is ft most
cheerful one, the likelihood being th»t
the satisfactory returns for the past few
days will be greatly exceeded In the eom
lng six or seven weeks. The fact that
wheat of any kind is bound to bring a re
munerative price this season is the com
forting feature of the situation and there
Is no occasion for concern over the pos
sibility of the general quality of the
grain being below that of previous years.
The high standard of the wheat raised
In the west In 1905-1905 was undoubtedly
a great advertisement for the country
and It would have been well If that ex
cellent record could have been continued,
but It Is not reasonable to expect that 90
per cent, of the wheat will be of contract
grade every year as it was in the years
mentioned. If 73 per cent, or even 50
per cent, of this season's yield be up
to the contract standard there will be
room for congratulation. The west will
I reap a large return of Its investment of
i money, time and labor this year as it did
in any preceding season, and by so do
ing it will have done its whole duty to
those who have placed faith in its fertil
ity and resourcefulness. The breathing
spell if it comes will enable the transpor
tation companies and other elements in
the trade or the country to catch up with
some of their obligations and the im
provements effected by that means will
more than offset any Inconvenience which
will result from a relatively smaller
production. The general commercial out
look Is bright enough and only depressing
factors are due to the position of a few
communities widely separated In which
there Is a small return from the crop.
Sublimity of Forgiveness.
George Sand: To forgive a fault Is
another is more sublime than to be
faultless one’s self.
THE CROPS IN ALBERTA.
Advices from one who is in close
touch with the crop and commercial
conditions In Alberta, Western Can
ada, in the most southerly 160 miles
of the province, state that the fall
wheat crop is phenomenal, threshing
from 30 to 80 bushels per acre and
grading Nos. 1 and 2 northern. The
price realized is 75 to 85 cents per
buBhel. The balance of Alberta north
to Edmonton and east to Lloydmins
ter has mostly spring crop. It is large
ly a dairying, beef and pork raising
country. The excessive rains in late
August and early September delayed
ripening of the crop on the heaviest
soil, and consequently was consider
ably damaged on the arrival of fall
frosts. On lighter soli the crop was
fair to good. On the soil between
Calgary and Edmonton spring wheat
was seriously damaged, but will pro
duce a large quantity of low-grade
milling and feed; early-sown oats are
excellent feed quality, hut late-sown
are seriously damaged and a small
proportion will be fed in the straw.
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On the Canadian Northern, from a
! point 40 miles east of Edmonton to
Lloydminster, oats and barley are gen
erally excellent; wheat is somewhat
; damaged and there is some loss of
late-sown oats and barley. South of
High river there is an enormous crop.
From High river to Edmonton and
from Edmonton to Lloydminster there
is an average crop of over 50 per cent,
of last year and the price is from 50
to 100 per cent, higher than last year.
The root crop is excellent and the live
stock is in splendid condition.
At the time of writing it is difficult
to determine even approximately the
quantity of wheat that Central Canada
will market this year. The threshers’
returns will tell the story. Opinions
of experts may well be taken in the
meantime. Frank O. Fowler, secre
tary of the grain exchange. Winnipeg,
wires: “Expect 70,000,000 bushels
wheat, 40,000,000 bushels of it good
milling. The crop will realize more
money than last year; wheat and bar- !
ley are 25c higher.
SAMPLE BALLOTS SENT OUT.
Secretary ef State Furnishes Cetinty
Clerks wfth Form.
Lincoln—Secretary of Stats Tonkin
mailed cample ballots to the eoonty
eierks. These sample ballots are to
be nsed by the clerks as guides in
printing the election tickets. The sec
retary placed the names of the can
didates for regents, for the reason, he
said, the railway commission became
a part ef the state constitution after
all the other etate officers and there
fore should o« last on the ballot The
republican state convention placed the
railway commissioners In nomination
even before the governor and Imme
diately following the nomination of a
candidate for the United States sen
ate. At the top of the sample ballot
the prohibition comes last, folio .ring
the socialist, even though the prohi
bitionists east 5,1M votes and the so
cialists only 2,999 at the last election.
The law requires the secretary of state
tc place the candidates on the ticket
according to the number of votes cast
by the party. That is the party cast
ing the highest number of votes comes
first on the ballot, and so on down the
line. In the body of the ballot, how
ever, the prohihitien party is placed
ahead of the socialists. The secretary
followed the law In making up the
candidates on the ticket and followed
the ballot used last year In preparing
ter the straight party vote at the head '
ef the ballot. J. L. Claflin, a leading
prohibitionist, had his attention called
to the matter and said no objection
would he made by the prohibition
party to being last on the head of the
ticket.
BRIEF IN RAILROAD CA8E,
Attorney General Thompson Files
Same in Federal Court.
Attorney General Thompson has
filed his brief in the federal court of
appeals in the case wherein the rail-'
reads appeal from the decision of
Judge Munger, refusing to enjoin the
state railway commission from fixing
rates on grain and other commodities.
The brief follows closely along the
lines of the argument In the ease be
fore Judge Munger, and the decision
ef the court in the case. It Is main
tained that the law and eourt de
cisions thereon clearly give the com
mission the right to fix rates, and that
the fixing of rates, being a legislative
act, is beyond the province of a court
of equity to enjoin. The inquiring
into the reasonableness of any rate, I
It is contended, is a judicial act and
could be enjoined; but decisions of
federal courts. Including those of the
supreme court, holding the fixing of
rates to be a legislative act, are cited.
That the conrt may enjoin, on a
proper showing, the putting into effect
of the rate after it is fixed, is ad
mitted. but not the act of fixing the
rate. It is therefore urged there is no
reason for the granting of a tem
porary restraining order pending the
appeal or the giving of a bond.
Palmer Loses Postmaster.
Central City—Congressman Boyd
has notified R. Tooley, republican con
gressional committeeman for this
county, that he has received the res
ignation of Benj. Cclborn from the
office of postmaster at Palmer to take
effect the first day of next January.
Mr. Colborn gives the press of other
duties as his reason for giving np the
office. The office pays about $1,000
per year.
Corn in Good Condition.
Fairbury—The recent frosts have
put the eorn fields in shape for fall
harvest and farmers are beginning to
get busy with this branch of their
work. So far there have not been
many reports filed on average fields
since the harvest started, hut former
predictions place the average for the
entire county at twenty bushels to
the acre on a low estimate.
Children Burned to Death.
Tecumseh—A telegram was re
ceived here from James H. Cochrane
who has been engaged in bridge work
near Mitchell, South Dakota, to the
effect that his two children, a girl
aged thiee and one-half years and a
boy aged eighteen months, burned to
death. Beding in a tent caught fire
while the mother had gone for a pail
of water.
Killed by Collapsing Cave.
Elwood—James Brown, a young man
about 25 years old, lost his life by hav.
ing a cave fall in on him. He was at
work for H. R, Phillips, two miles east
of town, cementing a cave. Having
finished it he went in to take out the
props, when the whole top fell in on
him, crushing him to death almost in
stantly.
Dietrich Buys Hotel.
Hastings—J. D. Mtnes has sold the
proprietorship of the Bostwick hotel
to former Senator Dietrich, owner of
the building. He will retire about De
cember 1.
Insane Woman Hangs Herself.
Amherst—Mrs. JVUUam Wagner,
wife of the baiber here, committed
suicide by hanging herself to a tree
near the site of old Stanley postof
llce, which is about two miles from
Amherst. She had been mentally un
balanced foT some time. ,
Appoints New Assistant.
Lincoln—State Superintendent Mc
Brien appointed W. D. Redmond as
his assistant, to succeed L. P. Harnly,
who died last week. Mr. Redmond is
registrar at the Peru Normal school.
Check for General Barry.
Lincoln—General P. H. Barry will
shortly be In possession of $2,500,
paid him by the government for his
services duflng the Spanish war,
while adjutant general of the Ne
braska National guard.
i -
I Farmer Burned Out.
Plattsmouth—John Porter, living
south of here, started a fire and from
"a defective flue the surrounding por
tlons of the bnildlng caught fire and
the house was consumed. Some of th<
contents was saved.
THEY WON’T SHUT DOORS.
And .They Will Ride Backward, Re
ports a Traveler of Englishmen.
Travelers returning from England
tell of two habits of the people of that
country which Impressed them. One
’.s the average Englishman’s aversion
to shutting the door behind him.
“I don't know how It is In the Eng
lish houses,-’ remarked one who *
turned recently from abroad, "for 1
was not In one of them, but I stayed
In a hotel In London where there were
a good many English people, and a
dozen times daily 1 had to get up and
shut a door to keep the draught awstj.
•It didn’t make any difference
whether it was a servant or a guest
who went through, the door was left
open. This was in the spring of the
year, too, when the weather was chil
ly. i noticed the same thing in rail
way coaches and hotels of smaller
towns.”
The other English peculiarity is a
preference for riding backward 0*
trains. The Englishman will make lor
the seat with its back to the engine
every time, plant himself down in it
with every evidence of comfort a»d
look wonderingly at anybody who
picks out a seat facing the direction
the train is going. Not once did one
American traveling In England see a
native choose a seat facing the front
of the 'train unless there were »»
other seats.
771th a smooth iroi. aui Defiance
starch, you can launder your shirt
waist Just as well at. home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goodfc.
and it will be a positive pleasure to
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Iron.
Reciprocity.
"Every father -thinks he has the
finest baby in the world.”
“Yes,” answered the cynic, "ajui
once in awhile, but not nearly m
often a baby grows up to think It hits
one of ihe finest fathers, in the
world."
Their Natural Place.
"Don’t you believe balloon in yea
tors are visionary people?”
"Well, I must say, that as a rule,
they are usually up in the air.”
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