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With an Eye to the Future. Queen Alexandra attended last spring's annual Mansion House fete in London, and because of that auspicious fact there is a tale to tell—and worth the while. One of the diminutive flow > er maidens was both pretty and plump. • and when her majesty stopped for an \ instant to smile down upon her. what did she do but put up her wee land tempting) mouth for a kiss, which she received. “Molly"’ gasped her astounded mother, and after the distinguished visitor had passed on, "how could you 1 ” And Molly gave a good reason. "1 fought.' said she. “It 'uld be interest in' to tell my grandchildren."—Har i per's Weekly. SPITE. rTouu iiotner—KveryDoay says tne baby looks like me. Her Brother—The spiteful things don't say that to your face do they? In Demand. “I hear yon have a new automobile old man,” said the motor-car fiend "What does it look like?” “Well, to tell you the truth.” replied the amateur motorist. ”it is as ugly as a steam roller, makes as much noise as a traction engine, knocks over as many people as a freight en gine and raises as much dust as a street sweeping machine. The motor-car fiend was wild with enthusiasm. “You don’t say’” he blurted eagerly. “Tel! me where 1 can buy the same make and I’ll give you my old machine as a present.” Cause for Alarm. A young man hat: been courting a girl for nine years. •'Jennie.” he said, one evening, 1 tead the other day that in 50,000 years Niagara falls would dry up.*' Jennie clutched his arm excitedly. "Why, what's the matter?” he asked. “Why, you promised to take me there on our bridal trip. Don’t you think you had better be a little care ful that it does not dry up before we get there?-’ Application Put on File. The Needy One—1 say. old man. could you lend me a dollar for a day or two? The Other One—My dear fellow, the dollar 1 lend is out at present, and I've several names down for it when It comes back.—Harper's Weekly. Every Lover of Good Music should take advantage of the offer tie Jerome 11 Reinick Co. of New York make in the advertising oimmi' of this paper to send for '£> tents ilie words and music of nine of the best pieces of the Merry Widov. Opera, all the rage a’ present in London, Paris and New York The best acting at an amateur per formance is always done by the people who sit down in front and act as though they enjoyed it. A TEMPERANCE WORKER. Says Pc-ru-Ka is a Valuable Aerzv and Blood Remedy. L MISS BESSIE FARRELL. J MISS BESSIE FARRELL 1011 Third Ave.. Brooklyn. N. Y., is Presi dent of the Young People's Christian Temperance Association She writes: ‘•Peruna is certainly a valuable nerve and blood remedy, calculated to build up the broken-down health of worn-out women. 1 have found by personal ex perience that it acts as a wonderful re storer of lost strength, assisting the stomach to assimilate and digest tiie fihjd. and building up worn-out tissues. In my work I have had occasion to recommend it freely, especially to women. • I know of nothing which is better to build up the streugt li of a young mother, in fact, all the ailments peculiar to women, so 1 am pleased to give it my hearty endorsement.'’ Hr. Hartman has prescril>ed Peruna for many thousand women, and he never fails to receive a multitude of letters like the above, thanking him for the wonderful benefits received. Man-a-lin the ideal Laxative. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious. Social. Agricultural. Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. A Bryan club lias been organized at Nebraska City. While helping to put up ice. Charles Stol ten berg lost two of his fingers Doctors of Grand island have gone on record as .desiring milk inspection. Commissioners ot Douglas county will submit a bond proposition for a new court house. Elizabeth Hamilton and Mrs. S. L. Dodder, sisters, were burned to death at Omaha lit gasoline explosion. About $2u.bud will tie spent lit the Independent Telephone company oi Fairbury in improvements this year. Twelve farm mortgages, amounting to $27,210 were filed, and eighteen, amounting tc $33J>5ti. were released in Cass county during January. Lincoln won out in the high school debate with Beatrice. Governor Sh< 1 don presided. The question for de bate was, "increase of Our Navy." Tic fiftieth anniversary o. the wed ding of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wincamp. of Snyder. Neb., was celebrated at the Catholic church at that place Feb ruary 22. Byron McNally, of Cass county, fell into a dry well eighty feet deep and was in there two nights and almos" three days before being rescued. He was badly bruised, but will recover. During a show given at Ong the film ol' a moving pietim machine caught fire, hi the stampede that en sued as the people rushed for the only exit, no one was serious]} injured. Dr. Boyd, a local practitioner a: Central City, reports a remarkable in cident in ins practice, having attend ed at the birth of a child which was horn with two well developed teeth Jehu Lange, living six miles ottth easr of Cortland, was found dead in bed. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict that death was dm to heart trouble. Deceased was 7|: years of age. Work on the Burlington's new depot at Alliance will be resumed again on March 1. This will be one of the best structures of its kind in the state and will have cost, when complete, about $8u.00p. On the eve of his departure from Norfolk William Boeche. a prominent farmer who had lived two miles southeast of Norfolk for years, feli through the ice of the Eikhorn river and was drowned. The recent snow storm covered tip and smothered many coveys of quail iu Otoe county and a number of farm ers reported finding the dead birds Rabbits were found in snow drifts and were caught by hand. Superintendent .1. T Morey of the Institute for the Blind at Nebraska City, has discovered the young boys of the institute well supplied with to bacco. and they claim to have pur chased it from the dealers in that city. Fulton Jack and R. W Sabin, at torneys for Shumway, the Gage county convicted murderer, are preparing to present the case to the supreme court. The bill of exceptions of the defense has been prepared and covers l.iHH* pages. Nt w; has rear-hod Centra! City of ;he death of George Raser, a former Central City boy, in the mines of South Africa, on the twenty-first of last December. N*o details are given except that he was killed in a mine explosion. The last condition of the settlement of the divorce suit of Calvin Chapman of Nebraska City against hit wife. Harriett Chapman, lias been complied with and deeds have been filed where by he gives her property to the value of $2.1,000. Buy your life insurance this year from the Midwest Life of Lincoln. This is an old line company, writing up-to uate policies at lowest safe rates pos sible. No estimates but clean protec tion for Nebraska homes. This tom pany is hacked by Nebraska capita! and business men and the premiums paid to it remain in this state. Write the company for information. A peddler stopi>ed a' the home of Eiiert Cramer in Gage county over night and asked lodgings. He was given quarters, but soon atter his de parture the next morning Mr. Cramer missed his pockeibook and $10 which he had placed on a clock shelf. Cramer gave chase and catching up with the peddler, gave him a sound drubbing and secured the money. The number of shipments from Broken Bow; during the past year makes a fine showing. Of cattle there were 214 cars; hogs. 217 cars: horses and mules, forty-two cars; wheat, ninety-one cars; corn. oats. hay. flour and feed, ninety-seven cars; t«87 cases of eggs; nearly 30,000 pounds of but ter and 50,715 pounds of hides. Retrenchment in freight service on its branch lines was inaugurated by the Union Pacific, when three trains were laid ofr on the Columbus di vision. The Grand Island local freight was discontinued and traffic will be handled ny the through freight. Dan V. Stephens of Dodge county is highly pleased with the experiment of Inoculating his cholera-afflicted hogs with a new serum it is said will prevent the disease much after the fashion that vaccination prevents the smallpox. There has been no fut ther spread of the disease and no more of the animals have died. HIS LECTURE ON JOB. Brother Dickey i hinks He Was Over rated as Patient Man. •'I dunno what dey call Job a patient tuan fer," said Brother Dickey, "Raze of all de growlers 1 ever beam tell on he sho' wuz de growlinest. But he sho’ did have enough ter make him growl—dat he did. De devil say: 'Lookv yere. Job, you in my power, now, an' 1 gwine ter flict you wad a few bilt*= An Job say: All right; 1 kin stan' it ef you kin.' But de biles commence ter break out so thick an fas' dat Job say: ’Looky yere, man, dese ain't no biles—dis de smallpox, sho’ ez you bo n.’ An' he eetch and eetch so dat he had ter scratch his se'f wid a goat s head. Den de devil git in a high win' and blow down Job s house: an' dat wuz loo much. So ol' Job lif up his voice an' he say: Looky yere, I bargain fer biles, but 1 didn't want no harricane th'owea in fer good measure.’ —Atlanta Consti tution. CURED HER CHILDREN. Girls Suffered with Itching Eczema Baby Had a Tender Skin, Too— Relied on Cuticura Remedies. "Some years ago my three little girls had a very bad form of eczema. Itching eruptions formed on the backs of their heads which were simply cov ered. T tried almost everything, but failed. Then my mother recommended the Outicura Remedies. 1 washed my children's heads with Outicura Soap and then applied the wonderful oint ment, Outicura. I did this four or five times and I can say that they have been entirely cured. 1 have another baby who is so plump that the folds of skin on his neck were broken and even bled. I used Outicura Soap and Outi rura Ointment and the next morning the trouble bad disappeared. Mme. Napoleon Duccppe. 41 Duluth St , Montreal. Quo., May 21. lt>07 ' DIFFERENT EFFECT, Mrs. Goodsole—My boy. it makes me sick at heart to see you smoking. Kid—Dai's funny. It seems to ketch me right in the stummick. Where It Belongs. "Excuse me," said the playwright to his friend who was hissing the piece, "do you think it is good form to hiss my show when i gave you the ’ticket that admitted you?" "Certainly." resentfully replied the friend. "If I'd bought a ticket I would ' have contented myself by going out side and swearing at myself."—Suc cess Magazine. In a Pinch. Use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It. cures painful, smart ing. nervous ft - t and ingrowing nails, it's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. .Makes new shoes asy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists. 25c. Accept no sub stitute. Trial package. FREE. Ad dress A. S. Olmsted. Le Roy. N. Y. How the Governor Felt. Gov. Hughes recently addressed the West End Woman's Republican club of New York and remarked in the course of his talk: "My happiness on this occasion may be compared with the young lady on her first visit to Venice. I believe she wrote her inti mate friend as follows 'I am here on the Grand Canal, drinking it all in.' 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