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loop City Northwestern 3. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher LOUP CITY, - . NEBRASKA Solemn Ministers. Many people regard the minister as a solemn man. Young people often do, and are afraid to be themselves In his presence, writes N. McGee Wa ters, D. D., in the* Homiletic Review. Never seeing him except in the pulpit, which is a place for seriousness and dignity, they imagine he always looks like a funeral and acts like a prayer meeting. I’ll never forget the awful Sunday the minister used to stay at father’s house. I know now' that it bored the minister as much as It did us children. None of us acted natural ly. and we would not let him. It was an awful, solemn, and holy time. One hot Sunday afternon my eyes were opened. The minister, left to himself for a moment, came out to us children, where w'e sat like martyrs on the lawn, and, grabbing up a blade of grass, put it between his thumbs and blew on it a blast louder than a loco motive's whistle. We had been dying to do something desperate all after noon, but did not dare. Mother heard it and came around the house with the day of judgment in her eye. When she saw it was the minister she van ished like a dream. My soul went out in that screech, and to me it was sweeter than the sacred song. After that I knew the minister was human, and I loved him. Of all the men I know, ministers are about the most human and fun-loving. It Is a little surprising to find Judge Barron of the Canadian judiciary argu ing in the public prints of his country against Canadian contributions to Eng land's naval expenditures, and uphold ing the abandoned principle of harbor defense by means of a few inexpensive submarines and torpedoes. It is even more surprising to find him quoting Premier Laurier in support of his con tention. The accepted theory of naval strategy now is one of offense, not de fense, says the Detroit Free Press. A nation best repulses its enemies by seeking them out and destroying them, according to the tacticians. This rule of warfare is at the root of Great Bri tain’s present naval policy. She keeps her fleets near home, mobilized to strike forcefully and speedily at any antagonistic combination. Judge Bar ron’s plan contemplates the building of a Canadian destroyer and a sub marine every year for five years, mak ing a total outlay of say 52,500,00. The sum is trifling in these days of huge naval spending, and, small as it is. seems to be worse than wasted, if used in the manner proposed. Some there are who feel called upon to jest and banter when Mr. Taft trips what country editors call the light fan tastic. This is error. If Mr. Taft were not a good dancer his case would be an exception. Stout men are splendid dancers, when they dance at all. Thin men, declares the New York World, ^vare often a sorry’ spectacle on the ball room floor. Their feet flop awkwardly, they step on their partners’ toes and skirts, bump into people and other wise conduct themselves like half grown boys. Men of more contour do better. But the out-and-out fat man. whom nobody is supposed to love, is the real hero of the waxed floor. With too much weight to hop far from the bounds, he glides. He cannot project his body forward in ungainly bounds. He undulates gracefully, easily, gently. So, when the ladies with whom Mr. Taft has danced publicly compliment him they speak truly, from the stand point of persons who appreciate. A Washington court has before it the question of how far a man has the right to snore and to talk in his sleep, and how far another man whom he keeps awake by doing these things has the right to shoot him up. The ques tion is a delicate one, involving, as it does, the conflicting claims of both to the constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness. Solomon would find plenty of occupation for his abnormal wisdom in settling the cases which come up in the civilized tribunals of to-day. A London paper gloomily foresees the future absorption of Canada by the United States and 'the end of all no ble aspirations in which the largest minds of the Brifish race have in dulged.” This fear of losing Canada by its absorption in its larger neigh bor seems to be never entirely absent from the anxious British mind, al though neither the United States nor Canada itself appears at all either eager or perturbed over the prospect. Minnesota is just 50 years old and its development during this period has been marvelous. During the half cen tury the population of the state has grown from 150,000 to 2,000,000. The wealth of its people was approximate ly $30,000,000 50 years ago, and the assessed valuation of their property now is $1,000,000,000, or $500 per capi ta instead of $200. A negro woman when arrested re fused to tell her age. A dark secret, so to speak. In the debate whether the Franco British exhibition shall be open on Sundays, as public opinion in France desires, or not, a canon of Canterbury has been quoting figures to show that the Philadelphia and St. Louis fairs, which closed on Sundays, made much more money than those at Chicago and Buffalo, which violated the Sabbath. A Dr. Clara Scott cays: “Nobody with brains will kiss in the dr- "s tc come.” Do your kissing early, brainy ones! DRAFT OF BANK BILL PASSED UPON BY ATTORNEY AND DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL. AS TO GUARANTEE SECTION Seme Members Opposed to the Bill in Its Present Form and Promise to Make a Fight. The Nebraska bank guaranty bill has been completed by the subcommit tee appointed to draft it. It has been passed upon by Judge I. L. Albert, de clared constitutional, and is now ready for introduction in the house and senate. The joint banking com mittee must pass upon it, however, before it is introduced. The bill provides for the imnsedia'e payment of depositors after a verifica tion of accounts, creates an unlimited guaranty fund, with 2 per cent the maximum levy in one year, substitutes the governor for the treasurer upon the state banking board; provides for maximum interest of -1 per cent to be paid on deposits; provides for incor porated banks only; does away with the receiver and substitutes a trustee re-creates the commercial savings bank; provides for at least two bank examinations a year, with stockhold ers to qualify for double their stock. It is an overhauling of the present banking law with the guaranty section added. The guarantee section is as follows: For the purpose of providing a guaranty fund for the protection of depositors in banks, every corpora tion. partnership, firm and individual engaged in the business of banking under the laws of this state shall be subject to assessments to be levied, kept, collected and applied as herein after provided. Section 33. Within thirty days after the taking effect of this act and on December 1, 1909, and on June 1 and December 1 of each year thereafter every corporation so as aforesaid en gaged in banking shall make a state ment in writing, verified by the oath of the president, vice president or cashier, showing the average daily de posits for the preceding six months in the respective banks of such corpor ation. partnership, firm or individual and on the first day of the month next following the date fixed for the mak ing and filling of such statements, the State Banking board shall levy as sessments against the capital stock of each corporation governed by the pro visions hereof, as follows: Within sixty days from the taking effect of this act one-half of 1 per cent of the average daily balances, exclusive of public moneys otherwise secured of the respective banks as shown by their first statements of such bal ances, required to be filed by the pro visions of this section. On January 1. 1910, one-fourth of 1 per cent of said balances, as shown by the said state ments, required to be filed on Decem ber 1, 1909; July 1, 1910, one-fourth of 1 per cent of said balances, as shown by said statements, required to be filed on June 1 of said year, and on January 1 and June 1. 1911, and of each year thereafter one-twentieth of 1 per cent computed on said balances, as shown by the respective state ments, required to be filed last pre ceding such assessment. Several member who expressed themselves are opposed to the bill in its present form and promise, if the subcommittee insists upon introducing it without change, to make a fight. One section of the bill not published provides that al! the banks in the state which come under the provisions of the bill shall be examined imme diately upon the taking effect of the law. This will necessitate the appoint ment of an army of examiners in or der to get the work done in any rea sonable length of time. Cuts Out Chelera Cure. For just a few minutes the house stood for an appropriation of $5,000 for the distribution of hog cholera cure and then it killed the bill by in definitely postponing it. Killen and Armstrong insisted on favorable ac tion on the bill, but Taylor of Custer wanted to know why the money could not be paid out of the appropriation for the last biennium. He made this a motion and it was adopted, and then the house jumped onto the whole bill and butchered it. The death blow was dealt while many were trying to speak. Home Rule for Omaha. The Omaha charter bill, with its emergency clause, and providing for home rule for Omaha, passed the sen ate by a vote of 31 to 1. Senator Randal of Madison was the only one to vote against it, doing so because friends had asked it. Will Use Carnegie Money. By a vote of 25 to 8 the senate in dorsed permission for university pro fessors to have the benefit of the Car negie pension fund, which provides pensions for old and retired pro fessors. Sackett Law Stay- o~ Books. Senator Howell’s effort to repeal the Sackett law failed in the senate fol lowing a debate of some length in which several senators took occasion to make Douglas county the butt of a number of jests and. the Douglas coun ty members replied begging the mem bers in the name of home rule to do away with the measure. After noon adjournment when the bill was taken up again in committee of the whole the senate without more talk gave the quietus to the act. The house has already done the same thing. Suffrage Bill Beaten. After bein? able to secure a majority, but not the necessary tree fifths majority for the passage of a constitutional amendment. Senator Miller’s woman suffrage bill failed to pass the senate, the vote being seven teen to sixteen. To Regular Stock Yards. A bill to regulate the South Omaha stock yards, headed by ex-Governor Sheldon and Attorney General Thomp son, is to be one of the features of legislation within the next few days. GOT THROUGH THE HOUSE — Measure Dealing With General Reve nue Is Pasced. A bill of utmost importance on the general revenue, that dealing with the taxation of real estate mortgages, passed the house by a vote of C8 to 21. Several bills dealing with the same general subject were introduced, but that by Taylor of York was the one selected for consideration. This bill, If it passes the senate and becomes a law, will have a tre mendous effect upon the system of collecting revenues of this state. It is probably one of the most, important and far reaching changes ever made or ever attempted to be made in the revenue system of the state. The measure follows: "A mortgage, trust deed, contract, or other obligation by which a debt is secured on real estate situated within this state shall for the pur poses of assessment and taxation be deemed and treated as an interst in the real estate affected thereby except as to railroads and other quasi pub lic: corporations. In case of debts so secured, the value of the real estate affected by such mortgages, trust, deed, contract or other obligation, less the value of such security, shall be assessed and taxed to the owner of such real estate and the value of such security shall be assessed and taxed to the owner of such security, in the county, city, village or district in which the real estate affected thereby is situated. "The taxes so levied shall be a lien on the real estate and a'so on the security and may be paid either by the owner of the real estate or the ov.-ner of the security. If paid by the owner of the security, the tax paid upon the real estate affected thereby shall become a part of the debt so secured. If the owner of the real es tate shall pay the tax so levied on such security, it shall constitute a payment thereon and as to the amount of such payment a full dis charge thereof. If any such security or indebtedness shall be paid by such debtor or debtors after the assess ment of such security and before the tax is levied on the same the amount of such levy may be likewise retained by such debtor or debtors and shall be computed according to the tax levy for the preceding year." Woman Suffrage. The first round on the woman suf frage bill was fought out in the house and suffrage won. the bill being pffcced on the general file for dis cussion in committee of the whole after a vigorous effort to secure its indefinite postponement. The anti suffragists were put completely to rout, preferring to withdraw from the field rather than stand the test of a vote. The bill under consideration is that of Jerry Howard of South Omalw which provides for the sub mission of a constitutional -amend ment making "all persons” instead of all "male persons,” with the usual exception of age. imbecility, in sanity and the like, voters. The ju diciary committee recommended the bill to the general file and Fries of H award opened the attack on the bill by a motion to indefinitely postpone. A dozen speeches were made on the bill after which Mr. Fries withdrew his motion. , Primary Bill Recommended. The senate committee on privileges and elections has recommended the Ollis primary bill for passage, with amendments and this probably will be the party primary bill. The measure provides the primary shall be held the second Tuesday In Au gust and far the open vote and rotat ing ballot, every voter being confined to his party column, however. Pre cinct committeemen are to be elected at the primary in the same manner as party candidates, instead of being selected by the county candidates as at present. County committees will meet and organize the second Saturday after the primary. At the same time they will elect delegates to the state convention. There will be one delegate from each county which cast less than 5,000 for the party candidate for governor and one for each 5,000 or major fraction thereof. The state convention will meet in Lincoln on the first Tuesday in September, thus giving the dele gates an opportunity to attend the state fair. Miller’s Divorce Bill. Senators Miller’s divorce bill aimed to prevent emigrant divorces and re quiring two years residence in the state before a plaintiff may secure a divorce for a cause of action aris ing outside the state, and one year’s residence for cause of action arising in the state, was recommended for passage. Peddlers Out of Business. Represept ative Sink of Hall has a bill to put all manner of peddlers out of business, save truck farmers. His bill, provides that all peddlers of medicine, groceries, tinware, hard ware, rugs, intoxicating liquors and all kinds of merchandise shall pay a monthly license of $100 in the county in which they peddle. Pensions for Disabled Firemen. Senator Ransom’s bill providing for tie pensioning of disabled firemen was recommended, for passage by the senate committee of the whole. It provides that any fireman perma nently or temporarily injured in the service shall receive a pension of $50 a month. School Tax Levy. The bill providing for a school tax levy of 40 mills instead of 25 mills, which was introduced by Senator Howell, was passed by the senate by a vote of 23 to 3. Paroling Prisoners. Senator King’s bill, providing for the paroling of prisoners by judges of the district court, has <>een placed on the general file. This provides that any man guilty of committing a felony, shall be investigated by the judge, and if it Is h's first ofTense of that nature, and his age and disposi tion warrant, he may be paroled, at once, and the sentence suspended. Then, if he conducts himself as a good citizen during the time of his sentence, at the end of that time he is free from al restraint. 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. The Burlington road is building a substantial addition to its passenger depot in Aurora. A cow owned by O. C. Rasmussen of Oakland gave birth to triplets the other day. August Swanson a well known York county farmer, sold last, week a corn crop from forty acres which returned him $37.60 per acre, or a total of $1,504.00. ( ’. nd Armv pests generally united with the pubic s<hoo!s in celebrating the Lircoin an u.ersary C. B. Sherman, formerly at Kear ney, has moved to Boise. Idaho, where he will engage in the lumber business. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Monette, former ly of Omaha and now of Los Angeles, Cal., have made a gift of $5,000 in cash to the new Y. M. C. A. building of the former city. For the abduction of a 16-year-old girl, the daughter of Aaron Dorman of Shelby, D. Horner was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty. Ex-governor Sheldon and family, accompanied by a governess, left for Mie governor’s Mississippi plantation, where they w II make a stay of sev e-al months before returning to Ne braska. Herman Taylor, a prominent stock feeder residing a mile south of Plain view, perished in the blizzard which raged there recently. He went out to care for his stock and evidently be came exhausted. During a fight at bhe Harder Victor Peterson and John Smith, Smith pulled a gun and shot at Peterson, one bullet striking him in the forehead glancing upward and out making a dangerous wound. t naries h;. Benson or the nrm or Benson & Meyer of Omaha, died in the Union Pacific depot at Kearney. He had just returned from a trip to the Callaway branch attending to loan business for the company and went, from his hotel to the depot. Paul Bl.tckenship, the Burlington agent at Blue Springs, who so mys teriously disappeared sometime ago and who it was feared had met with (oul play, has been heard from at Ogden, Utah. His wife at Blue Springs received a telegram from him stating that he was all right. Marshal Mayfield found several sacks filled with brass hidden be hind a cobshcd half buried in a clump of bushes In the north portion of Louisville. The brass is supposed to have been taken from the engines of' John M. Jackman’s mill, which was blown to pieces during the recent storm, and from the railroad cars. Mrs. S. Hulfish of Harlan county met with quite a painful accident. While sowing on the machine one of her fingers was caught by the needle, which passed through the en tire finger, breaking off in the bone. A physician was called, whose ef forts to extract the needle were un successful, and she was compelled to go to the hospital at Elmwood. Jess Lake of Edgar was pretty bad ly shaken up in a runaway. He was helping Lincoln Stayner haul lumber when the team became frightened and started to run. and as Is usual on such occasions the neekvoke came down and Lake was thrown off the load, and one limb was badly hurt, though it is thought no bones were broken. In the cases against Albert Thomp son and Rev. Jerome Emanuel, pastor of the Christian church of Aurora, who were tried in the police court, the charge being fighting. Thompson was judged guilty by Judge Rogers and fined $5 and costs, amounting to about $12 in all; and the minister was acquitted on the ground of self defense. As Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Colson are planning to leave Oakland in the near future, for their new home at Lodge Pole, Neb., a company of their relatives, forty-five in number, swooped down upon them and took possession of their home for an old fashioned surprise. A goodly lot of eatables had been provided, and these were disposed of with "picnic” relish.” h. u. smitn amt f. m. MCKiwee or Franklin were called to the country, and returning to town came very near freezing. When they got within two miles of town their team re fused to eome farther against the heavy wind. Smith was compelled to lead the teaia all the way in. He lost his hat and the storm was so had he was compelled to lead the team walking backwards. He had a close call from freezing to death. After a vigorous debate In which tin question of cost was brougiit forth as the most serious considera tion the bill appropriating $200,000 for the establishment and mainten ance of a building twine plant at the state penitentiary was recommended by the house committee of the whole, "or passage. A fire broke out in the mercantile store of Armstrong and Ward, at Rushville, and completely destroyed the store building of H. C. Dale; fur niture store of J. M. Grubb; store building of M. P. Musser and that of Donald Brown. It looks now as though there would be a large amount of building done In Auburn this sprine. Several farmers have bought residences in town, and in each case the party disposing of the property is preparing to build on a larger scale, and several have al ready commenced work. Lloyd Rude of Sunol is perfecting an electric lighting and power system for the Booth ranch and also the en tire valley between Lodge Pole and Sidney. He expects to harness the waters of the creek with a wheel of bis own Invention, which will drive a 300-horse rower dynamo. >w Pittsburg ll Outwit <a William PeS* THE EOUETJEE/Y JTOfi Y CHUfiCH Pittsburg is to have the latest thing In architecture, namely, a skyscraper and church, the latest of all ideas in building construction. But there is method in Pittsburg's ‘madness,” for having been blocked for many years by the clause placed in his land grant by William Penn, setting forth that the property must always be used for 'church purposes.” the congregation of the First German Evangelical Prot estant church has evolved the above scheme. It has been decided, there fore. that a building which shall corfi bine church and office building, which will serve for worship and at the same time put revenue into the coffers of the congregation. The auditorium and dome of the church are to be buried inside 14 stories of business offices and stores, only the gothic arches, the wide doors, and the chimes showing on the side of the building. All about the church and above it will be piled a mass of of fices architecturally distinctive, as the business part of the building is to be of renaissance architecture and the church gothic. It Is the purpose of the congrega tion to make Its valuable property at Sixth and Smithfield streets yield a profitable return and at the same time retain the property for church pur poses. It was specified in the deed given by William Penn that the land should be so used. It could therefore not be sold except to another church, which would hardly be a profitable sale. At the same time it seemed nec essary that the church should get more return from its land which is centrally located and which has been often sought after by big department stores. A church was built on the site 125 years ago. torn down and replaced by another, then another, then by the present structure, which was erected In 1877. Sentimental reasons, there fore, further persuaded the congrega tion that they did not want to leave the site. To overcome the difficulty, Eugene C. F. Ernst, an architect and a mem ber of various church committees, drew his plans for the unique building and laid them before the people. He said the cost would be about $1,500. 000, but that a corporation could easily be formed to furnish the funds and that it would prove a paying in vestment. There was surprisingly little oppo sition from the conservatives, and it seems to be generally understood that the plan will go through. It is planned for the structure to face on Smith field street 240 feet, extending back to Strawberry alley. It will be in three SO-foot sections, the two outside for commercial purposes and the cen tral one for the church, up to the height of that edifice, and then more office floors above to the top story. A I great clock, with a 10-foot face, will be placed at the sixth story, and above this a set of chimes in a specially constructed bell chamber. On the fourteenth floor is to be a great assembly hall, 240x110 feet, with a pilaster facade built round a light well. On special occasions the light well could be closed at the fioor and ceiling lines by mechanical roll ing devices, the windows surrounding the light court being thus transferred into an open pilaster balcony. The ef fect would be one large auditorium with an open inner court. The basement will be for commer cial purposes, and a sub-basement will hold the power plant. An arcade ex tending from Sixth avenue to Smith field street will admit to the office and store sections. The entrances will lead into the commercial part of the building as well as into the church. On the floor level with the street are to be the Sunday school rooms, with, two wings covered by sklights. The auditorium for the school is to be 80 feet wide, and two large balconies each provided with 290 chairs, will be erected above the room. The main floor of the church will have 860 seats, which, together with the gallery, would give a total seating capacity of 1,150. The floor will have a grade of eight feet toward the altar. Sixty-two feet above will be the big dome, while the balconies and ceilings will be supported by columns. From the street to the gable sheer will be a distance of 128 feet, and at the top is to be a German eagle, perched, holding in his talons the American and German flags. This is to be the symbol of the history of the congregation, which is made up almost entirely of men and women bom of German parents. Abundant capital has been assured to carry out these plans, and in addi tion many offers have already been made for office rooms. A large de partment store has offered to lease all of one section of the building. The building promises to present an im pressive appearance, in addition to the advantage of being in the center of the city. On Sixth avenue, just east from the church property, are the Nixon theater, the building known as Pittsburg's “Safety Palace," In which are the police headquarters and the Philadelphia Company’s building. Street cars diverging to more than 25 sections of the city and surrounding country pass by the property. A New Religious Order. The First Fruit Harvesters is the title of a new religious order that seeks to abolish all denominations and unite the entire human family in one great church. The basis of their faith is the reference in the Bible to the one church. There are no chapters in the Bible that speak of denomina tions; all are intended to be in one church, and the creed should be the true word Of God. The Harvesters are holding a series of meetings at Man chester, N'. H., and are attracting con siderable attention and getting some converts. Elder J. A. Wright, who is the leader in charge, says: “We do not believe in having a specified mode of procedure, and there Is no set time in our church for prayer, singing or sermons. We speak, sing or pray when the spirit moves us. We believe in the one church and the ever-present God and conduct our meetings accord ingly.”—Utica Press. Wives of the Presidents. Washington married Martha (Dan dridge) Custis; John Adams, Abigail Smith: Madison, Dolly (Payne) Todd; Monroe, Eliza Kortwright; John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine John son; Jackson, Rachel (Donelson) Rob ards; Van Buren. Hannah Hoes; Har* rison. Anna Symmes; Tyler, Letltia Christian; second wife, Julia Gardiner; Polk, Sarah Childress; Taylor, Mar garet Smith; Fillmore, Abigail Pow ers; second wife, Caroline McIntosh: Pierce, Jane Means Appleton; Lincoln, Mary Todd; Johnson, Eliza McCardle; Grant, Julia Dent; Hayes, Lucy Ware Webb; Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph; Arthur, Ellen (Lewis) Herndon; Cleve land, Frances Folsom; Harrison, Caro line Lavinia Scott: second wife, Mary Scott Dimmick; McKinley, Ida Sax ton; Roosevelt. Alice Lee; second wife, Edith Kermit Carow; Taft (elect, ) Helen Hamm. VAST HERD OF CARIBOU Estimated That Half a Million of Deer Are in One Flock. Dispatches received at Victoria, B C„ tell of the trek of a vast herd of caribou across country from Sixty Mile creek toward Tanana. This herd, It is estimated, contained half a bil lion deer, and prospectors who have just arrived at Dawson and who have witnessed the sweep of this enor mous band as It made its way over hill and plain describe the sight as one of the most impressive they- had ever seen. One of these prospectors named Chris Williams, who has just arrived at the northern metropolis from the Leduc valley, In the White river country, brought with him a magnificent head and horns of a mam moth moose for the Dawson market. He and his partner have been trap ping and hunting during the winter months in order to pay working ex penses. “The great band of caribou,” said Williams, “have been moving in the country west of the Yukon during the last year, and during the summer trampjed down the forests as they worked their may toward the White river slope. Later the enormous herd turned in its tracks and commenced to move back toward the Yukon and passed across Sixty Mile river toward its upper reaches, when it turned west ward once more, and is now headed for the Tanana slopes. "The animals are traveling in a procession 20 miles wide, and to watch them you would think the whole coun try is slowly moving away.” Royalty in Trade. King Peter of Servia owns a barber shop, owns a patent medicine and con ducts a' motor car agency in his capi tal The reigning prince of Lippe-Det mold deals in butter and eggs, while a prosperous brick factory swells his profits. The king of Wurtemberg is the proprietor of two hotels in his kingdom, and they add $50,000 a year to his revenue. The Exceptional Equipment of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the scientific attainments of its chemists have rendered possible the production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, in all of its excellence, by obtaining the pure medic inal principles of plants known to act most beneficially and combining them most skillfully, in the right proportions, with its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of California Figs. As there is only one genuine Syrup of ! Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen uine is manufactured by an original method know n to the California Fig Syrup Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the genuine to get its beneficial effects. A knowledge of the above facts enables one to decline imitations or to return them if, upon viewing the package, the full name of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found printed on the front thereof. UNPROFITABLE CUSTOMER. Caterpillar—How much a shave, barber? Barber—Ten cents, but it will cost you a dollar, the price of ten shaves, if you want to be shaved all over. His Choice. The Landlady—What part of the chicken will you have, Mr. New comer? Mr. Newcomer—A little of the out side, please.—Puck. GRIP IS PREVA LENT AGAIN. A prompt remedy is what every one is looking for. The efficiency of Peru na is so well known that its value as a grip rem edy need not be ques tioned. The grip yields more quickly if taken in hand prompt ly. If you feel grippy get a bottle of Peruna at once. Delay is almost j certain to aggravate your case. For a free illustrated booklet entitled “The Truth About Peruna,” address The Peruna Co., Columbus, Ohio. Mailed postpaid. Kemp!* Balsam Will stop any congh that can be stopped by any medicine and cure coughs that cannot be cured by any other medicine. It is always the best cough cure. Von cannot allord to take chances on any other kind. KEMI’S BALSAM cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, grip, asthma and consump tion in first stages. It does not contain alco hol, opium, morphine, or any other narcotic, poison ous or harmful drug. hupTT.II.—. ■I... _ A Death Lurks In Every Breeze especially these cold winter breeres, when you're so subject to coughs and colds. A little cold neglected now will cause serious trouble later. There’s but one safegnard— DR.D.JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT Keep it in your home all the time— then you’ll be ready for the battle. Dr. D. Jayne’s Expectorant removes the cause of colds, coughs, bronchitis, asthma, inflammation of lungs and chest, that’s why it is the to fat and surest remedy known. It’s sold everywhere in three size boitla $1.00. 50c. 25c 320 Acres °ffi§at IN WESTERN CANADA WILL MAKE YOU RICH Fifty bushels per acre have been grown. General averagegreaterthan in any other part of the continent. Under n«w regulations it is possible to secure a homestead of 160 acres free, and additional 160 acres at $3 per acre. "The development of the country has mode marvelous strides. It is a revelation, a rec ord of conquest by settlement that is rrma'k able. Extract from correspondence of a National Editor, who visited Canada in August last. The grain crop of 1903 will net ira.nv armers $20.00 to $23.00 per acre. Grain raising, mixed farming and dairying are •he principal industries. Climate is excel ent; social conditions the best; railway ad vantages unequalled;schools, churches and narkets close at hand. Land may also be purchased from railway and land companies. For “Last Best West" pamphlets, mops and information us to howto secure lowest rad way rates, apply to Superintendent of Imm I eration, Ottawa, Canada, or the nutho-ired Canadian Government Agent: zea W. V. BENNETT. 131 New Tork tile Cuildinfc Omaha. Nebraska.