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The Loop City Northwesters 1. w. bitrlioc H. PsUtahir LOUP CITY, « NEBRASKA FOB' r MAN NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON RE COMPASSED. HUH EVENTS ARE MENTIONED Monrn nr# Foreign Intelligence Con donees I etc Two and Four Paragraphs. Washington 34 la uo art lot at tlr api*al made Sj Turk** to the Atuerlran povent ttor-et :*t iriimti 'i« cJ Tripiii result «d a the twatnc of a atatcmect or Yonaeout > a 1‘aata the Turkish am lu dnianai that Turkey had no oink t. 4 the rr’nd 8!»t<* -hou'.d •bt a* a a* dtater to erd ‘.he Turco 1 talma »ar, Tl»r elute di-iuriBM-BI if roBiidei in* a hat • uciv to pursue it the foiled State* pneraairtii ahaii be called on by other pwrrfi to luraisb a military tore • to aid tn maintaining itiuuuuni rat am M(«a the Chinrw capital IM tie- aeotmrt of Ties Tain. There la oe IikbiI obttpatioa on the fnited State* ■ thl» matter A Cutely report oa education in China ha* been mod* to the bureau of education by Mar y Kdotn King, vice Knta-.I of the Pekin* university It reviews exhaustively the modern movement lor weriern met bods in educational matter* which oae* its c-x-ten.e largely to the awxLening of ike Atrm. fr-r vtapr< * alter the boxer Tbete are hf:*en American vessels »uw m CH.Boe esters loukici. alter the eetiare of foreigner* and lour ■m e are on tfjeir nay. according to aa anhuwM • tndnt by peer* i*ry of tb« Xavy Meyer The supply ship Supply is doe to arrive at Shanghai euin aud the muotlur Montn-y. cruiser Sara toga and gunboat Qsitw are non’ c*a route lor C’;t:ue*e wake, a from the PhiMpida*. The employe- liability and work men* romt-euasiion rotmaiaaion bill • as thaiply arWic-iaed by A B Gar reisaa. president of the order of rail way conductors, at a tueeuns; of ‘.ho commission Mr Garetson took es l»-c al eicej/tmn to the compulsory few are of the WO. saying that with a *m*U u-axu.uo. payment for injury, s-.d a comparatively .brief time of psymert. the employe would desire the iriii'er* of a choice. The p.eseh' e of German warships a Danish waters If causing real irri latidB to that country. The mle limiting the deposit* in «>:*! saciBS' bank* has cut down .he business of these banks. Pr> rsdee: Tail was the principal pr nkcr at the dedication of the lib otn temple at Hodgenville. Ky. Liesiai »a* tnad*- by the German chancellor of a backdown to France .a the Moroccan c-ontrov, rsy. pt.-ixl caving* banka will be cstab ashtd on December 4 at Bc-okeiiunn. Hash «■ Kdward and Wood River, ktb Most* Felton a farmer living near ('ailno. Mo., wa* shot and killed Dy hi* u:fe. who sa d she sc-ted In self defense. ii tl Preliminary plans for the lot ovation oi a $;,.<**•.««•" corporation to merge tea of the largest flouring nulla in fcxtsas were laid in K»tfv City. Mo. . A.ter having been in a state of coma lor 9: hour*. Miss Lulu White, a nurse, of Colo. La., regained con f* prnan*-.-s. Physicians say she will recover. ti nea liailowell. aa Omaha Indian convicted of introduc ing liquor on bis reservation, was pardoned by Presi dent Tail. Fifty thousand dollar* worth of gold nuggets will he a par* of the Alaskan exhibit at the northwestern land pro ducts show at A Paul. The Swedish academy at Stock bo m has awarded the Nobel pnw for literature for 1*11 to the Belgian author. Maurice Maeterlinck. Turkey has made formal request for the Carted States to intervene ecu put an end to inhuman practices on the part of Italian soldier* in Trip oli Nebraska tea* bein' association. In session at Omaha, elec ted Drag E. 1 Rouse of Peru president Woodard of Ha telex k was made treasurer ***-*-•. €, With exprcs. icns of sorrow and re gret upon their faced, a large crowd of men at Leavenworth. Kansas, wit nessed the destruction by the sheriff of a thousand bottles of beer, zm jugs and Sdd bottles of whi*ky and a quan tity of other tatoak-atina liquors. i Invert or Osborn oi Michigan in an Interview said he hoped the ».imen of the L'acted Stases would succeed withla ten years ia acxomplbbing wa mah suffrage In every state. He -aid •ratiawnt >■ Tatar « It ’« tacrwadliia la Mkbtcaa Farmer admirer* from all ovt the tfaltad Suucs attended the un.* liny of a statue ia honor of Robert U in small at Peona. iU. Albert J- Ea*ic. a joone aviator, ltt paiafwUy but not seriously iajur •4 aad his iMraiae was wrecked ia a eoU'sum with a calf follow lap a short ptybt Bear •rUlousbbv'. Oslo. At a mediae of the board of trua t,,, of tbe Press PwbUshina < otupanj fli^Hatirrr of tbe New York World) bold ia New Tort, tbe folliwmz offi. rm acre ejected. lUipa Pulitzer mrmi4oat; J Abjeo* e'haw. treasurer; jnorob Pulitzer. Jr., aecretary At tba ead of four court weeki Abet* U »a rertaiwty (bat any of tb< _ jo tbe McSawan. case nil] **Of tbe eapeatcs aad re ee*»U of tbe steam road* of tbe 1 Wt o4 motes ia A tcnst sbawr* a decream meet tae same meat* ef the pra-iom | The question of the legality of a I cotton corner was argued in the Unit ed States supreme court. Advocates of the initiative and re ; ferendum say Jt is a question for i congress, and not for the courts to decide All grades of refined sugar w ere re j duced 10 cents a hundred pounds. Socialist mayors were elected m I several cities and tow ns of Ohio. The country's election results caused hardly a ripple at Washington. President Taft attended the dedica tion of a monument to Lincoln at Frankfort, Ky The first woman's jury at lats An geles were unable to agree and were discharged. Two-’hirds of the city of Hankow. China, has been burned, with a loss of fifty million dollars. The country not committed to any party for u< year. Next year s vitgory i« ye: to he earned. The president has returned to Washington, and will now get busy in writing fib annual message. If wa- tcs-ilied at Washington that a man over forty need cut apply for a Job with the railroads. Ben Craven, released from the Mis souri penitentiary, is charged with I two murders in Oklahoma The funeral of Normals 1. Coleman, fir-: I'uited Suit- secretary of agri culture, was heid at St. Louis. Notices of “open shop” were posted by the Illinois Centra! railroad in the shops a Oentralia. 111. No decision has been reached by . the president regarding a successor io jiiMirt uanan. Congressman-elect Stephens of the Third Nebraska district will leave for Washing’on December 20th. I nfilled oiders on the books of the I'nited States Steel corporation on October 31 were 31 tons. Tahan. an educated Kiowa Indian, tinds inu> h to condemn in the national administration of Indian affairs. The grand Jury at Washington re i turned a white slave indictment ; against Robert Davidson of St. Louis. A memorial hall to commemorate i the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln ! will be dedicated at Hodgenville, Ky. Directors of the American Cotton ’ Oil (Orupai!' passed the semi-annual dividend of 21.- per cent on the com , man stock. 1 The American chamber of com ; tnerce gave a re eption in honor of | the American ambassador, W. W. itorkbill at Constantinople. The proposed through steamboat sytem for the Mississippi river, which was intended to open a per manent service between St. Paul and i New Orleans, has been abandoned. The statement of the copper produc i ers" association for October shows a i decrease in stocks on hand of almost j.OOO.wt* pounds compared with the previous month. For the first time in the history of the county of Milwaukee in Wisconsin a woman was senenced to life im prisonment for the murder of her hus band. She is Mrs. Mary Nnkovic. Minister of l^abor Crothers of Can ada instructed Judge l^aurentian of Montreal to resume the inquiry into the charge that the American Shoe Machinery company is a combination f in restraint of trade. A pension for the 13.O00 employes ! of Armour & Co., based on a gift or j Si.U**0,boo from J. Ogden Armour, j president of the packing company was j announced. The pension system De tunes operative November 1. In the twenty-three legal business j days which have elapsed since tne : registration of women was begun in preparation for the city election at Los Angeles. Ca!., December 3, G6,o2? women have qualified as voters. At Rochester. N. Y.. Charles W. Mc Bride, a prominent business man. died suddenly, while seated in an automobile, which he bad just pur chased. It is thought that the excit ment incident to handling the car lor the first time affected his heart. Maine retains constitutional prohi bition. Governor Plaisted and his council decided to accept the correc tions in the vote of four towns, cast in the special election in September, thua reversing the result as indicated on the face of the first official re turns. waiter l.. Houser, rnairman or tne ! progressive republican campaign com mittee. bas appealed through circu lar letter to the chairmen of every re publican state committee in the United State.* urging that steps be taken to insure a republican presi dential primary in each state. Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, thinks an aviator might cross the Atlantic if he could take hi* airship up six miles and re main at that level at least two days. At that height there is said to be a placid ether level, free from the con flicting storms and currents which swirl below. Personal. President Taft visited the battle field of Cbickamauga. Congress will resume business at the olu stand the first Monday in De cember. A new and untried tuan is to be Balfour's successor in commons. Gov. Aldrich of Nebraska will be one of the speakers at the Trans-Mis : kissippi congress in Kansas City. New Mexico had over a thousand ! candidates in the field at her first election Prefident Taft will tour Kentucky and Tennessee, making a half dozen speeches. Mrs. Leona M Wellt. assistant clerk of the senate committee of ap propriations. is the highest paid wo man employe of the United States. Her salary is $4,500 per year. Democrats carried Kentucky ly I 25.000 majority. La Kollette forces in Iowa propose to organize soon. Mr Harrison of Lincoln is looking after the La Follette boom in Ne braska. The first woman Jury sworn at Los Angeles was unable to agree on any th lac. Andrew Carnegie made a lump do nation of $25,000,001* to be devoted tc , the diffusion of knowledge. ! The chairman of the progressive re : publican campaign committee urges ; preference primary in all the states. FUN ENOSSERIOUSLY HALLOWE'EN STUNT MAY PROVE FATAL TO KEARNEY MAN. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What is Going on Here and There That is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Kearney.—While trying to keep a crowd of boys and young men from soaping his windows on Hallowe'en n;ght. Landlord Parks of the Ameri can hotel was struck over the head with the butt of a buggy whip, the 1 blow felling him to the ground un conscious. The boys fled. His eondi | i.on is serious and he is still in delir ium. His assailant, Henry Bartley, a young man twenty-one years old, was ; at rested and w ill be held pending fur ther developments. Want an Injunction . Clay Center.—Suit was filed in the district court of Clay county Tues day by the minority stockholders i of the St. Josej.n <£ Grand Island railway asking for an injunction to | prevent the Union Pacific, the m« ■ joritv stockholders, from putting in heavier rails and other improve | ments on about 120 miles of track i aFe of the St. Joseph & Grand Island, • whkh ,he minority stockholders i claim is to be based in conjunction with the Union Pacific. Attempt Was Unsuccessful. superior.—A young woman who reg l istered at a local hotel as Bon I>ee. ! anii who is unknown here, was found in a haystack across the river, where she had made an unsuccessful at , tempt to commit suicide. The city ! physician revived her and expresses i the belief that she will live. Made Speeches Galore. Tekamah.—An average of a little better than one speech an hour, mostly in the open air. in decidedly cold weather, was the record which champ Clark, speaker of the national house of representatives, made in a twelve hour trip through the Third Nebraska congressional district. Big Land Deal. Alliance.—One of the largest land deals negotiated here for some time was the sale of the Hampton ranch to Hail and Graham for $80,000. The stock sold with it brought the total I up to $120,000. news from the state house. Peace now reigns at the soldiers' home, with Commandant Hilyard praising the old soldiers. The monthly report of Warden Del ahunty shows that the population of j the penitentiary has increased from : 464 to 466 during the past thirty days. * Mrs P. F. Barber of Lincoln was chosen head nurse for the state tu berculosis hospital at Kearney at a meeting of the board of public lands and buildings. Dr. L. L. Lumsdon. of the United States marine service, who was sent to Uncoin on request of Governor Aldrich and Congressman Maguire, to inquire into the case of the re cent typhoid epidemic, will probtfbly be sent also to Beatrice to investigate the cause of continued cases of ty phoid which have appeared there Secretary of State Wait has sent letters to all county assessors asking i ,h*m send him the names of old | soldiers in the respective counties. A' roster of soldiers of the wars of 1812 w ith Mexico, of 1860 and 1898 will be made up, if possible. There is a legal provision for taking such a census every two years, but it has been neg lected since 1902. 1 • 'anness. th# member of the soldiers’ home at Grand Island, who recently applied for a writ of injunc tion restraining Commandant Hoyt Governor Aldrich and the other mem bers of the state board of public lands and buildings from discharging him from the institution, has withdrawn the suit and has extended to the com mandant an apology for whatever fault might have been his in criticis ing the management, etc. The state university has appointed a commission to make a study of the country schools of the state with the wish to ascertain general conditions existing in management, care and oth er matters. The bounty of $25,000 appropriated ! by the last legislature for glandered horses is going faster than was at ! flrst expected. Claims for $459.97 have : been approved by State Veterinarian Bostrom and presented to the secre tary of state and auditev and have been allowed by the auditingofficers. The legislative reference bureau is now tabulating the names of all the men who have been members of the Nebraska legislature and will, attempt to find out how many of the 2.500 men are still alive and where they are now residing. The roster will be used to assist the work of the Nebraska legis lative league, which was Tormed last winter. At the request of the southwestern millers’ league and the consent of all parties, the railway commission has indefinitely postponed a hearing of the complaint of the association against all of the roads in Nebraska. Secretary of State Wait has re turned from a visit to the institute for the feeble-minded at Beatrice, and re ports that about eight new Cases of typhoid fever has recently developed. Nearly twice this many have started during the last month. The wife and daughter of the superintendent are now ill, an well as a nurse and one of the men employes. The old water supply lias been entirely eliminated, so that infection from this source is no longer possible. Some of the old BBter pipes are still being used, and these may be the source of continued infection BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA. The Nebraska Teachers' association is in session at Omaha. The Adventist conference will be held at Lincoln in January. (’apt. J. S. Cochran, an old resident of Kearney, died of old age at that place Tuesday. , Enoch Wetzel, an old time resident of West Point, celebrated his eightieth birthday on Saturday. William A. Tussey has been ap pointed rural carrier, with Gertruds Tussey substitute, at DeWitt. The Hastings chamber of commerce has opened a free employment bu reau to assist the unemployed of Hast ings. R. A. I/ong of Kansas City has made a gift of $1,575 to Cotner university on condition that the university raise $325 more. The Christian church a^ Beatrice recently celebrated the payment oi a $30,000 pledge by making a bonfire of the notes. It has cost the city of Lincoln $558 in wages of supervisors to take the registration of voters this fall, al most 10 cents each. .Mrs. Grilfeth Cooley was seriously burned in an explosion of stove polish which she used by mistake on a warm stove Sunday at Lincoln. Relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. George Chessman at York, help ed them to celebrate their 47th wed ding anniversary Tuesday. While making up his train in the Sidney yards A. C. Liggitt, a brake man. was struck by a passing locomo tive and seriously injured. The state bakers in session at Fre mont. elected officers and selected! Grand Island as the next place for; holding their annual meeting. Corn husking is progressing nicely: in Cuming county and the yield is in' excess of that looked for. Many fields yielded fifty bushels to the acre. Revival meetings are in progress in the United Evangelical church in Au-"| rora. They are being led by the pas tor, the Rev. D. F. Houstedt. Interest is growing. •a S. V. SHONKA. Tackle and Captain of the U. of N, Eleven. Who is regarded a3 the greatest lineman ever developed in the west. While putting up a stovepipe in the Catholic church at Bancroft. Samuel Boin fell from a scaffold 20 feet high receiving injuries that will lay hin^ up for some time. The fair and festival given by the women of the St. Benedict Catholic church at Nebraska City, was a most successful affair and netted them something like $400. The Good Roads minstrels of Ne braska City will go to Plattsmouth November 15 to give a performance anJ the money will be devoted to the cause of good roads. Frank Newby, a farmer north ol Tobias, shot a large American eagle Tuesday which measured nine fee*, two inches from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. Prof. J. O. L.yne, former superin tendent of the Minden schools, has been chosen to take Superintendent Martin’s place at St. Paul. Mr. Martin having resigned to take a similar po sltiou at Broken Bow. Dr. L. U. Lumsden. typhoid fevei expert connected with the United States marine hospital service, ha* arrived in IJncoln from Washington to begin his investigations into the cause of the typhoid fever epidemic which preva'led during the summer. Much sympathy was at first expiess ed for George Wright, who had tie^ himself to the trucks underneath coach at Rawlins, Wyo., and remains! in that condition until he arrived at Grand Island in a famished and chilled condition. However, when he wr^ taken to the police station with th-; purpose of permitting him to recover, and it was found that he had $175 in gold tucked away about his person: the sympathy gave way to a chart of vagrancy. He was fined $10 an% costs. A Godspeed meeting was held a* the Methodist church at Hastings Fri day evening for Dr. Emma Robbins, who shortly will leave as a medical missionary for China. Chief Justice Reese of the state su preme court was the honored guest at a banquet at IJncoln of the Mystic Mugs, an organization of senior law students of the university. The directors of the Lincoln Young Men’s Christian association have ob tained from the district court permis sion to execute a trust deed to the as sociation property and to execute bonds in the sum of $50,000. Beggars with hard luck stories are working on the sympathies of Beat rice marks, and reaping a harvest The Presbyterians of Hastings have secured the Rev. Edgar P. Hill, of the chair of homiletics of McCor mick Theological seminary. Chicago, to deliver the dedicatory sermon, for their new church. Standing before a mirror in the bed room of his home at Waverly, Thomas J. Beale, cashier of the Bank of Wa verly, shot himself with a 32-calibre revolver. He was dead a moment lat er when the body was fonnd by his wife and son. WRITE MESSAGE PRESIDENT WILL NOW PREPARE THE DOCUMENT. IS AGAIN BUCK TO BUSINESS After a Fifteen Thousand Mile Trip Will Immediately Attack Work that Confronts Him. Washington.-—The White House is occupied again. President Taft swung down from his private car in the Union station here Sunday morning at 6:45 at the end of his 15,000-miie trip, and. fifteen minutes later the glass doors of the executive mansion opened for him. It was the presi dent’s first call there since Auustg 27, excepting only for a stop between trains two weeks ago. There were few persons in the sta tion when the presidential train pulled in. only a few policemen and a number of White House employ*!:. Mrs. Taft, who was expected here be fore the president, came Sunday, night. The president had breakfast and luncheon alone, attended church and spent the remainder of the day in resting and receiving callers. He took a long walk in the rain late in i the afternoon. There are two matters before Mr. Taft that he regards most important. The third annual message is yet to be written and, although data for it has been assembled, he has not writ ten any part of it. In addition to writing his message, the president intends to “give much consideration to the appointment of a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Harlan and to the naming ot men to fill other important judicial vacancies. For the supreme court vacancy alone there have been more than forty recommendations, but the president has made no determination as to whom he shall name nor does he expect to do so for several weeks. As forecasted in his speech to the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh several weeks ago. Mr. Taft expects to recommend in his message "con structive -legislation to strengthen and to make more certain the regula tion of trusts." Federal incorpora tion. which lie has recommended heretofore, probably will be put up to congress. What additional legisla tion the president may suggest he has not determined. MISHAP TO RODGERS. Cross-Continent Flyer Falls 125 Feet. Los Angeles. Cal.—In an attempted j flight Sunday from Pasadena to Long | Beach, officially to end his Atlantic Pacific journey. Aviator C . P. Rod gers, met with the worst mishap of his career, falling with his machine 125 feet id to a plowed field half way between the two cities and within sight of his destination. Although no bones were roken Rod gers was rendered unconscious. He was badly shaken up, his face was scratched and torn, his hands were burned by his motor and he com plains of a severe pain in his side. His machine was completely wrecked. After an examination his physician an nonced that he would suffer no per manent injury. Solution of Pulp Problem. Wausau, Wis.—The prolem whether a commercial grade of paper can be made from native woods, other than spruce, for the solution of which the United States government has estab lished in this city a laboratory, said to be the only one in the country of its kind for conducting experiments, has been partly solved. Escaped Leper Is Abroad. Washington.—A leper who escaped from quarantine at St. Louis is at large somewhere in the country, ac cording to a report just issued by the public health and marine hospital service. He is 27 years old, was born in California. Three Temporary Jurymen. Kansas City. Mo.—One more tem porary juryman. H. B. Sperrett of this city, qualified for the Dr. B. Clark Hyde murder trial, making now a total of thirty-three. To Enlarge Fort Riley. Kansas City. Mo.—Henry L Stim son, sec re tary*of war, and Major Gen eral Leonard A. Wood, chief-of-staff, spent Sunday inspecting Fort Riley, Kan., with a view to perfecting plans for Us enlargement. Search for Bank Cashier. Bentonville. Ark.—Practically the entire population of Gentry, a small town near here, is seeking for C. A. Catron, cashier of the bank of Gentry, which failed. Men Must Stand Trial. Chicago.—Judge K. M. Landis in the United States district court here overruled a demurrer filed in behalf of D. V. Purrington and others in dicted on a charge of restraining trade and forming what was known as ‘the brick trust." Women Qualify As Voters. Los Angeles, Cal.—In the twenty three legal business days which have elapsed since the registration of women began. 66,527 women hare qualified as voters. Robinson Has a Bad Fall. Wichita. Kan.—Aviator Hugh Rob inson sustained a broken shoulder in a thirty-foot fall as he was starting an exhibition flight here. His machine was caught in an air eddy behind a grove of trees. The plane was wrecked. Masked Men Rob a Market. Decatur, 111.—After a running fight in the main street here, two masked men who had held up and robbed A. A. Mosbarger's meat market of $400, made their escape. COUNTESS IS SUED FOR DEB1 London Money Lender Asks Woman Friend of King Edward to Repay $25,000. London.—The Countess of Warwick, one of the closest friends of the late King Edward, has been sued by a former London saloonkeeper for $25, 000, and only the intervention of pow erful influences has kept the case from coming up publicly in court. The suit shows that the countess was the viettflv-of a huge swindle in her deal ings tfrifh Hooley, the former London financier now bankrupt. A climax to the countess' troubles came when she no longer had a king to guide her in her attempt to re- ! NJS habilitate her fortunes in an American wood pulp company. It is rumored that the countess, who declares she was swindled to the extent of $250,000. may go to America to look after her own business interests. Meanwhile the British publican de clares he must be satisfied. The pub lican's name is AJ Paine, who branch ed out from liquor dispensing to lend ing money and forming half a dozen industrial enterprises. As applied to the Countess of War wick, Paine avert: "After calling on roe she frequently ordered a special train to convey her to her home at Warwick Castle, as regular trains were not on time for tea. The price for the special train was borrowed.” OSTRICH IS BROKEN TO RIDE Not Difficult or Dangerous to “Break’* Big Rooster Bird to the Saddle. Los Angles, Cal.—In California there are s®eral large ostrich farms, where hundreds of these big plumage birds are hatched, raised, and kept for the commercial value of their feathers. Quite often some of the male ostriches are broken to ride, as may be seen by the accompanying il lustration. This scene is shown on one of the large ostrich farms lo cated near Los Angeles. As a general thing it does not prove a difficult or dangerous piece of work to "break" a big rooster ostrich to the "saddle." or to ride him "bare back.” It only requires a little pa tience. tact and gentleness. The huge bird soon comes round to bis work. He is not cross or ill natured If treated kindly, as a rule, and makes a tractable mount. Sometimes they Riding an Ostrich. are broken to drive either singly or in a team, and draw about the farm a two or four-wheeled vehicle. They are very powerful creatures for their size and weight, and have not the least difficulty in carrying about an ordinary man. On foot they are very nimble, and can run with the speed of a horse. A hard kick from one of these ostriches' feet Is powerful enough to break a man's leg or arm. WAS WORSE THAN LION'S DEN Fascinated Msn Sees Rattlesnakes Crawl Over Him When He Stum bles Among Them. Los Angeles, Cal.—"It seemed like a thousand pair of beady little eyes were focussed on me alone, their forked little tongues glistening beau tifully In the sunlight. I was almost paralyzed with fear, yet fascinated as they crawled over and about me.” This was the statement of Koy Jones, day clerk at a local hotel, who on the previous day stumbled head long over an embankment Into a den of rattlesnakes at the month of Eagle Rock canyon. "It seemed like 1 lay on my back for hours. There were scores of rattlers around me. I was afraid to move or even breathe. 1 expected some of them to coll up and strike me at any moment “One big rattler wound Itself around my camera, and then my friend Ben Johnson called to me./ This brought; me from my trance. He climbed down with two big sticks and 1 got up. “We killed four or live snakes and then got out of the way In a hurry: Give me a den of lions to a den oC rattlesnakes every time. That experi ence will always Uve with me. It warn terrible!” DANGER SIGNALS. Sick kidneys give unmistakable sig nals of distress. Too frequent or scanty urinary passages, backache, headache and dizzy spells tell of disordered kid lTwnyjtor Jislu timJ aidl9VS* neys. -Neglect of these warnings may prove fatal. Begin using Doan's Kidney Pills. They cure sick kidneys. Mrs. M. A. Gam blin, Russellville, Ark., says: "I was in such bad shape from kidney dis ease that I gave up hope cf recovery. There were de cided dropsical symptoms, tty heart palpitated violently and the pains in my back almost drove me frantic. After doctoring without benefit, I began tak ing Doan’s Kidney Pills and when I had used two boxes, 1 was as well as ever.” “When Your Back Is Lame, Remem berthe Name—DOAN’S.” oOc.all stores, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Came Easy. Representative James T. Lloyd of Missouri was discussing the presi .dent’s belief that the extra session of congress would not try to revise the whole tariff law. “He had about as much to go on.” said Lloyd, "as the man who ap proached a banker with a request to lend him money on a note. He want ed five hundred dollars. ‘“Can you get an indorser?' asked the banker. “ ‘Sure.’ replied the prospective bor rower. mentioning the indorsers name. “‘But lias he got any money?1 “ ‘Lots of it,' answered the other. ‘He w ins it at poker.’ ’’—The Sunday Magazine. Trec Destroyers. Porcupines are good climbers, and when unable to get enough apples wind-blown to the ground, swarm a tree and cut down the finest bearing limbs as quickly and neatly as a beav er can sevt-r the trunk of a young hemlock. Besides that, when other food is scarce they nibble the bark off young apple treeB, and can destroy a newly planted orchard in a short time. They also are a great enemy to the young spruce, but why they cut them is a mystery, as it is not found that they even eat the tenderest shoots. A Matter of Constitution. "There's no use talking about wom en making themselves the equals of men. They never can do it It's a mere matter of constitution." "How do you make that out? It has been demonstrated that women can endure hardships even more stoically than men.” "Oh. I don’t mean it that way. They will always wait for the chauge, even If it doesn’t amount to more than a cent.” No Jury. "Didn't you give that man a Jury trial?" "Look here," replied Broncho Bob: "there ain't a big lot o’ men in this settlement. We couldn't possibly git 12 of ’em together without startin' a fatal argument about somethin' that had nothin’ whatever to do with the case.” Youth and Age. “Tbe difference between youth and age was never so well put," said Rev. C. W. Penlow, in an address at an Ocean Grove beach meeting, "as by a playwright who wrote: “ ’Youth, which is forgiven every thing. forgives itself nothing. Age. which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.’ ” CHRISTMAS POST CARDS FREE Send Sc stamp for live samples of my rery choic est Gold Embossed Christmas and New Year Post Cards: beautiful colors and loveliest design*. An Post Card C.ub. Zil Jackson St.. Topeka Kansas A Failure. "Has he had a successful career?" "No. He doesn’t owe anybody any money." It Is much easier for us to forgive some one for being an enemy to our friend, than for being a friend to our enemy. • ■ ■ Mrs. JFtnslow-* fcooihicg Syrup for Cbildre* teething. rofieus tbe gums, reduces inriaminit Uou, allays pain, cures mud colic, Jtc a bottle. Few Hens in England. England has one hen to the acne of territory. Many w ho used to smoke lrtc cigars now buy Lewis’ Single Binder straight 5c. Even the prude has occasional thoughts that she likes to think. 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