NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED
COVERS WIDE AREA
6REHIER OR LESSER IMPORT
Includes What is Going On at Wash
ington and In Other Sections of
the Country.
WASHINGTON
llojt.i-e' - „t set t«-rs on unsurveyed
t .Ui.- lauds »<rult |tc* file mouths'
annua" irair sort: as enjnfed b> en
try sirti of m»< -d inner a hill jniutl
If ' fcr *- _is?«
tin IotaI j lir> a has d.PMnl \meri
enn aunt* et McMillan al lama to
ne<dtiUr tW urt proiiti wl .cuveru
■sr-nt »v-B • : In li..U of :in-l a. led
Suits
lit. Hatty A Ica Tugger, special
pe» - ruotni » ob r of tun Inierna
do. aJ I tare Itoran. is goiiie lo Mesi
no v 1 Pout art .•!*.< aJ standing. ac
trd.iii la- Secretary
J jtB* beat ar» by me bouse com
salt to. ia i-karr«* o: rura.‘ rrrdus Irf
W.a and a similar ornate commit
!•» a... Opel, alts an rflurt lo com
piste U»e dra: of a rural credits bin
b| April l.
Mu.it rV:. ;m. a ..(irriiitcDiiwu
o* Use In4~ii school at Carlisle. l*a .
r_» t«fa su»i<o«ded b> I'oniu, isaioner
tie.is of Us Indian office as the result
of a rw.u .tiisiinhoii by a con
(ntsaul rommittw
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It ;r bent a roll call tbe senate pass
ed a bill to provide a temporary meth
od for tbe nomination and election
c* senators n states that have not
Irfaatrd to carry out the i&even
ter-etb cot*litu:tonal amendment for
U>e d:r«-* election of senators
'<*» non. uuon of al Inspec
tor W siiuuB C. ilraie-ed to he sur
f-t- general and chief of toe bureau
of a.«d:rtB«- ana surgery of the navy
depart tn. nt baa been confirmed by
Uw sesa.tr
• • •
A feui u!i.jrlmr tie -ctteury of
lie Verier to set i id«- t setitv -acre
tract* oc rvdamatiofi projects in
Montana for playground* an«l public
pari, purpurea. Lo been lowed by
Ue senate ^
S««Te»ar> Lane ba* Sugested u> the
•euaie an appropriation of $a.oou for
tavea: -gallon into the practicability
of a rmmmrflt oil pipe line from
tlie n. >4continent field of Oklahoma
t» ’ •■> Gulf of Mft.ro to supply fuel
ml tor tu navy.
Demwcrau of :bf bowse immigra
tion cx-a.au.;lee again prevented dis
« j» *:oti of b- .iUc eirle-ion bJIs by re
sult. i f m) from Use meei.ua>. s*-c
re-^r ; rtjB t.ad naked tbe commit
tee nut to .5elate the question by d.s
n ► i. abi.e n* viotuita-u.- wer** pend
lu.
«..• Verna..-at sanction of combina
tions erf American product* and uvanu
fac- urer» MdHag to fc.re.pn markets
tc oubii combinations of foreign
t -*e - *»» -rg«-d by John I> Ryan,
pr-e.ient of live Amalgamated Oop
p. -inpan. before toe house ju
diciary committee
Tile recall for representative* in
emrws »aa proposed m a constiUi
ttoaai amendment proposed by Kep
tewestative liorland of Missouri
fS-ate^ would prescribe the means.
Congressmen would begin their terms
on January I a cad serve four years.
nn>ss rec a ,ed instead of two
Indacntatnate lav estimations of cor
.Hit by * federal trade commfs
• ><jb were condemned before the house
coo w-rca committee by Henry H
To»ti<-. rermntiai the Sew York
Merrbant*' association Mr To*ne
(tut th»» bill u bow drawn
»«v.id open (be- door of “ttMjuUmoce
profit|>ii-d b> th- aaiirr of competing
«rv«: lost
DOMESTIC.
Kir I fedetai rest net ioa< regarding
canned good- .ad a nationwide cauu
J-*ra tor publicity among ihoaa us
ing ;t«-m worn urged by ackers at
a n.r»tas* of the seventh annual oon
»-ot r. of tb«- National fanners a*
aoruLtM. . at Baltimore
• • •
Joseph 1* I'ootn jc baa born nomi
nated for mayor by the jipoxr.-siie
rity wtirat: * of Kansas f.ty. Mr.
Kunirua to aa at: irwi A platform
tator.be raanu*fi»ii (airrsmrit was
adt-ptrd
• a •
< ot.» ,<Utioa of the western federa
(to* at miner* and the united mine
worker* of America. totalling more
than a m.lliua member*, with a yearly
retetior ia «»re»> of fg.0bO.MO. is
bar 11 hid owed by the action of the
rurtrtiir committee of the western
federation in *•-mi-annual session.
ITesidec • Morris MrlV.r.a.d of the
Hostob ft Maine railroad at Boston
baa tendered bis resignaUoa and it
was accepted under the understand
ing 'bat be would remain with the
mad until hi* successor to appointed.
• • •
A newly formed organization, with
ftcadquarter* in Washington. is
promising the Wilson and aiKcreding
gduivniat ration a demons! rat ion of
• bat “pit:lea* publicity" really is.
Pm Ami bulletin of what is known as
Stse national »otera league has been
issued. H contain* *ome spicy facta.
• • •
Ter American Society for Fire Prc
vent km. with the object of carrying
“an agree*ne and militant campaign
for fire prevention into all pan* <>1
the l aited Staten,' ha* been orR.nl*
•d In New Tork.
Capital invested in film industries
approximates $750,000,000.
• • •
it is estimated that there are 37,000
electric vehicles in use in this coun
try. of which 25,000 are pleasure cars.
• • •
George O. Wiiniarth. the oldest fire
chief in the Cnited States in point
of serv ice. died at Topeka. Chief
Wilmarth estimated that he had re
sponded to 10,000 fire alarms. He
was 71 years old.
• • •
A strike of 2fc.©00 longshoremen,
mac ordered by the Greater New York
counci: of the International Long
shoremen's union after a meeting be
tween officers of that organization and
representatives of the state board of
mediation and arbitration it: HoNoken.
Snippers of sand ana gravel pre
-• nt-•) t r evidence to the inter
state commerce commission against
the "> per c< nt im ease rates asked by
the Eastern railroad. They told the
oonim.s: ...n the rate increases would
mean serious 1 ss to ‘.he sand and
gravel men
• • •
Invest gat ..ii or charges that Ohi
■ ago federal etc iloves profited by the
disappearance of Jack Johnson, prize
tig: ‘er. after being sentenced for
violating *he white slave law, failed
to • ubstantiate them according to the
I tilled States district attorney's of
fice at Chicago.
• • •
The Trenton. N. J.. grand Jury has
indicted Morris Rutherford of War
wick X Y. vice president and gen
eral manager of the I^liigh & Hud
son River Railway company, on a
charge ol receiving concessions from
the Pennsylvania railroad in shipping
coal in interstate commerce.
• • •
The federal grand jury investiga
tion on cnarges connecting govern
ment officials at Chicago with the
i flight of TJack Johnson, the pugilist.
,1a France, concluded with the an
| uouncemerit from the assistant dis
trict attorney in charge that the
charges bad not been substantiated.
• • *
The champion corn grower of the
state of Ohio is a 14-year-old girl.
Marie role of I’lrichville. O . who
raised during the iast year 112 bu
shels to the acre, twice that secured
by the farmers about her. In the
corn-growing contest she was one of
those making the special trip to
Washington
New Castle. K. H., claims the re
cord for longevity of its residents
In :s population of not more than 500
there ar.- four persons SO yeais old
e rht between and !<". one 02 and
one f**‘. Two of these. Captain John
Hall and John V White. jointly "ob
served their eight-eighth birthday
Friday. January 16.
• • •
Mrs John r>. Rockefeller. looking
very pale and weak, left Cleveland
for Tarr/town. N. V . to join her hus
band, who went a week ago. The I
Rockefellers usually go to Tarrytown
early it. the winter, but were detain
■ d this year on account of Mrs. Ilocke
feiler'* illness S* ret ary Sims anc 1
four attendants accompanied the oil
king's wife.
The adt icibiiity of connecting the
Lincoln highway through Colorado
v. 'h the Rock Island highway through
Kansas and St Joseph. Mo . in pre
i ference To the Golden Belt highway ,
through Kansas and Kansas City, Mo. .
was advocat'd by Charles F. Adams i
j of Chillicothe. Mo.. president of the :
' Hanr.il al and St. Joseph highway and |
the Missouri and Iowa division of the j
i Canada to-the-Gulf asociation at the
rm-eting of the Lincoln Highway asso :
) elation at Colorado Springs.
FOREIGN.
The province of Alberta has a coal
ana cf lG.lilb miles, with an estimat
**d quantity available for consump
tion of SO.W.WHMXl® tons
Regarding the situation in India, it
;s reported that whiie the standard of
1 prosperity is higher than ever before
! hostility to British rule was never
more pronounced.
Vaiadimir N Kokovsof. regarded as
the b-jluark against reaction, has re
.-igned as premier of Russia and ex
! Premier Goremykin has been appoint
I ed in his place
The sii Americans and forty or flf
, ty Mexicans, whose fate has been a
J mystery since the destruction of the
iCutnbre tunnel last Wednesday, were
suffocated This information was re
ceived at the headquarters of the
Mexican Northwestern railway in
Jaure*. The tragedy is laid at the
door of Maximo Castillo, the bandit
] l*-ad«-r
The excessive spe-d of the automo
bile* in which members of the im
l>enal family are driven in Berlin
and its suburbs and the great danger
to pedestrians caused thereby were
the subjects of complaint during a de
‘•;.te on traffic accidents in the Prus
i sian Diet recently.
According to a report just issued
. by the Department of Agriculture,
the yi*»ld of potatoes in Ireland in
ISIS was exceptionally abundant and
of good quality. The average was
•J.4 long tens, or H.lf' bushels per acre
• • •
Dr Jose Yinconte Concha, the can
didate of the conservative party, has
been elect* d president of Columbia.
I>r Concha was minister of war in
!Sui and a year later became minister
to Washington. He disapproved of
the proposed Panama treaty and re
tired as minister in 15*03.
• • •
The herring fishery on the west
coast of Newfoundland, in which a
number of Canadian and American
vessels engaged, closed with a total
catch of 6f.,500 barrels against 71,700
barrels Iasi year.
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The next general election in Eng
land will see the retirement from par
liament of at least a dozen men of the
"old guard" who have spent the best
part of the last quarter of a century
there and who have not take# kindly
j to the new order of things, at West
1 minister.
WOULD BAR JAPS
CAMINETTI ASKS FOR ASIATIC
EXCLUSION.
WANTS EASTERN NIENACECHECK
Declares There Is rio Question But
That Nipponese Are Entering
U. S. Surreptitiously.
Washington.—Despite a genera! un
derstanding that in deference to the
administration, Asiatic exclusion leg
islation would not be agitated in con
gress pending diplomatic negotiations
with Japan, Commissioner General
Caminctti of the immigration bureau
before the house immigration com
mittee urged early action "to check
the menace of Asiatic immigration.”
It. had be**n announced that the first
meeting of the immigration commit
tee would be confined rigidly to the
subject of exclusion of Hindus. Mr.
Caminetti's testimony came as a mild
sensation.
A Serious Menace.
"The Chinese and the Japanese,"
said Commissioner CUninetti, “have
become so acclimated to the United
States that Asiatic immigration is a
serious menace to the country. The
danger is greatest of course, on the
Pacific coast, but it is general as
well. The Chinese have spread rap
idly all over the country and now
the Japanese have become so accli
mated that no part of the country is
immune from the invasion. There
can be no question but that the Jap
anese are coming in surreptitiously.
The number of Japanese in the coun
try has doubled in the last five or
six years. New laws to prevent smug
gling of immigrants are an urgent
need. They should be passed at the
present session of congress. Hindus.
Japanese and Chinese crossed the
border illegally. I should like to see
legislative action at the earliest pos
sible moment on the question, to
check the menace to the Pacific coast
and the whole couutra.''
"The people of California have
waited patiently for the diplomatic
settlement of the Japanese question,
and I believe they don't want to wait
again for diplomatic negotiations on
the Hindu problem. If you throw
down the bars to the 350.000,000 Hin
dus. the southern I'nited States as
well as the Pacific coast will get its
share of the immigrants.”
Commissioner Camiinetti declared
that in his opinion Asiatic exclusion
legislation, as embraced in the Raker
bill and other measures before the
committee, did not in any way violate
existing treaties, even under the
"most favored nation" cal use.
King MsyJVisit United States.
Sofia.— If affairs of state permit.
King Ferninand will visit the United
States at an early date. He will be
accompanied by Queen Eleanor and
their daughter, the Princess Eudoria.
King Ferdinand is convinced that Bul
garia could learn more from the Unit
ed States than from any other coun
try on the best methods to develop
the industries of his kingdom and
therefore purposes to take with him,
in addition to the queen and the
princess, a number of able men, who
on their return to Bulgaria will apply
the lessons they have learned to the
teaching of others.
Villa Worried.
Juarez, Mex.—Fear that a federal
force recruited on the American side
by Huerta agents may be turned
loose behind his army after he leaves
Juares has been expressed by Gen
eral Villa. “The men who engineered
the uprising last week are Cientificos
and I know their names.” declared
General Villa. “That incident indi
cated to me that I must dtreugthen
the garrison here before leaving for
Torreon to direct tfe big battle
which must be decided there."
Many in French Army III.
Paris.— More than 250.000 soldiers
of the French army were on the sick
list during the month of January, ac
cording to figure* made public in the
Chamber of Deputies by Deputy
Edcuard Lachaud.
$150,000 For River Improvement.
Washington, D. C.—In additional
items in the new rivers and harbor
bill as formally announced the Mis
souri river is down for an appropria
tion of $2,000,000 from its mouth to
Kansas City, $150,000 from Kansas
City to Sioux City.
Signs With Red Sox.
New York—Clyde Engle, first base
man of the Boston American league
team, who was reported as a possible
recruit for the Federal leaguers, sign
ed a contract with Boston.
Falls From Balcony.
Santa Maria. Cal.—While trying to
extinguish flames which were con
suming her clothing. Miss Marie Ros
enberg. a profesional violinist of
Terre Haute. Ind., fell from a hotel
balcony here and was expected to die
as a result of her wounds
Senator Bacon Very III.
Washington, D. C.—Senator Au
gustus Bacon of Gftrgia, one of the
administration leader^ in congress, is
very ill at a hospital here with as
affection of the kidneys.
Diamonds Stolen.
Chicago.—Cnset diamonds valued
at $8 000 were stolen from a carriage
which 6tood in front of the store of a
west side jeweler. The jewels were
the property of Bernstti & Co. o
New York. The diamonds were in a
grip which was left in the carriage.
Bibie-in-Schools Bill Lost.
Annaixdis. Md.-—A bill to compel
the reading of the Bible in public
schools under penalty of $5 fine or
Imprisonment for the teacher was re
jected by the house of delegates.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Stella will nave a five-days’ Chautau
qua in August.
H. G. Schwind has been appointed
postmaster at Manley.
Weeping Water business men bav#
organized a concert band.
McCool Junction will put in electric
lights, securing power from York.
Dr. George P. Shidler. city physician
of York, has tendered his resignation.
Albion is making efforts to secure
the next high school readers' confer
ence
Agitation for the organization of a
baseball team is being made at Te
cumseh.
Nearly 5,000 guests attended the
opening of the new Clarke hotel at
i Hastings.
The Gage county board of super
visors is considering employing a
highway commissioner.
The village board of Ohiowa is plan
ning to put 200 loads of sand and
gravel on the main street.
The question of ''wet” or "dry” will
come before the people of Wymore at
the coming spring election.
Vernon Ba’dwin was found dead in
a barn at the home of his sister near
York, the result of heart trouble.
In a big wolf hunt near Fairbu’y
over 500 rabbits were bagged, but
every wolf sighted made its getaway.
A three hundred pound hog and a
dcyn chickens were stolen from the
barnyard of Mrs. Gerecke. east of Fre
mont.
A number of cases of diphtheria
have developed at Wymore and every
effort is being made to prevent its
spread.
Robert McMurrav of Brady suffered
the loss of a foot by the accidental
discharge of his gun while on a hunt
ing trip.
February 22 will be observed as “Go
to Church" Sunday at Seward the
ministerial association encouraging
the plan.
Two hundred and fifty men and
boys attended the “father and son”
banquet at the Methodist church at
Tecumseh.
S. C. Bassett of Gibbon, who was
injured by falling from an apple tree
last fall, is just beginning to recover
from its effects.
Auburn proposes to have a Fourtn
of July celebration the coming sum
mer that will be. according to those in
charge, a humdinger.
Miss Frances \Vyckoff of Hastings
has just recovered from an attack of
i hiccoughs which lasted continuously
; for six days end nights.
February 22 has been set apart as
“go-to-church Sunday" in Fremont and
an advertising campaign has been
launched by the ministerial union.
The voters of Kea^hey will decide
on March 10 whether or not bonds will
be issued for the erection of a public
athletic field in the heart of the city.
In their eagerness to get at the
bread and coffee served in Volunteers
hall at Omaha, the crowd of hungrv
men broke through the glass of th
door.
In scuffling with a boy friend. Har
old Fleming of Wymore ran a pencil
into his right eye, inflicting a very
dangerous wound which may destroy
the sight.
Fred Appleget of Tecumseh. who
had both of his hands cut off in an ice
crushing machine in Lincoln last sum
mer. has secured a position with an
artificial limb company in Kansas City.
The two-vear-old daughter of Fr
and Mrs. E. L Feese of Wymore is in
a serious condition as the result of
swallowing a pin. The pin lodged in
her throat and could not be removed
for some time.
A daughter weighing fifteen pounds
was born last week to Mr. and Mrs.
Enoch Hanline, residing near Brock.
The child is strong and well, notwith
standing its cnormou^s weight, and is
the ninth child born to Mr. and Mrs.
Hanline.
The ministers or Auburn have
formed an organization, known as the
Auburn Ministerial association. The
purpose of the association is to meet
at regular intervals to discuss plans
and map out campaigns for the better
ment of church work in the city.
Henry Hatch will lose several
fingers as the result of getting in two
close touch with a buzzsaw being used
in cutting wood on a farm near Te
cumseh.
Forty-six head of hogs from one
herd were sold at Central City last
week. The average price was $90.25.
The lowest price was $42 and the
highest $”27.50.
There are twenty-three applicants
for the position of manager of the mu
nicipal light and water plant at Wy
more. Many of these are disqualified
because they are not residents of the
city.
A physical training department has
been added to the curriculum of the
Kearney military academe.
A. A. Challburg was caught in a
shafting at the Central Granaries at
Lincoln and hurled around it a half
dozen times before the machinery
could be stopped, but escaped with a
few more or less painful bruises.
Former Seward county students and
graduates of the state university are
making tentative plans for their
twenty-second annual banquet to bf
held in Seward some time in February
Chancellor Avery has indicated that
he will attend.
Andy I^irentzen of Hastings ban
queted his brother Eagles with the
money received from the lodge as sick
benefits, and which he declined to ac
cept as such.
John Conley, read 7S years, and for
forty-two years a resident of Adams
county, died as the result of a shook
from a broken leg sustained in his
home near Hastings.
The body of Harry Rohm, a young
miner from Gebo. Wyo.. was found in
a sealed refrigerator car in the Bur
lington yards at Lincoln. The man
had evidently frozen to death during
the passage of the car from Alliance.
\V. J. Hassner. who lost $1,600 in
the Superior bank failure, committed
suicide at his home at Lawrence by
stabbing himself.
The Nebraska state game law is of
no force or effect so far as it applies
to ducks and other migratory birds.
The United States law applies to them
and no hunting will be permitted this
spring.
There is less truancy among the
pupils of the Reatrice pubi> schools
at the present time than there has
been In year*, according to the
monthly report of Superintendent E. J.
Bod well.
BOfS'M CONTEST
BASIS OF GRADING WORK AND
REGULATIONS GOVERNING
CONTESTANTS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
KYstira Newspaper Union N?»s I vice.
The coau.lions lor tne ltU4 Ne
braska boys’ corn contest, the first
prize of whieii is a trip to Washington,
i>. C., has been announced by the ex
tension department of the state farm.
In the state contest, $5b, and $10
are the first, second and third prizes
offered, besides which there are five
fourth prizes of $5 each and ten fifth
prizes of each. The state is di
vided into an eastern and western di
vision. and the complete list of prizes
will be awarded to the winners in
each division, $2tii» in all going to win
ners in the state contest. In each
county where a contest is held tinder
the direction of a county superintend
ent. prizes of $10, $5 and $?. are of
fered. The Union Stock Yards com
pany of Omaha contributes all the
prizes.
The content rules lire as follows:
Contestant must be i club member.
Age.. 10 to is years, inclusive.
Each contestant shall agree to make a
special study of scoring, selecting, plant
ing. cultivating and harvesting com.
Plot must be one acre, rectangular in
shape. This acre may be part of a larger
field which club member is caring for.
The acre must be measured. c<>rn
husked and then weighed in tin* presence
of two disinterested freeholders. Affi
davit must be sent to county superinten- ,
dent and state university agricultural ex
tension department.
Com must be weighed as per instruc- j
tions s» nt out by the Cnited States do- '
partment of agriculture and the state de- j
partment of agricultural extension.
Ten ears of the com must be exhibited
at the county contest, and at the state
contest.
In connies where no county contest is
held, contestants are eligible to state
prizes, but not to county prizes.
No contestant shall he eligible to regu
lar county or state prizes whose reports ■
are not complete and who does not sub
mit a written a mnt entitled. “How I
V ole My Crop of Corn."
In estimating profits. $5.00 an acre shall
he charged as rent of land. The work of
each boy shall be estimated .*t 1«* cents an
hour, and the work of each horse at 5
cents an hour. Manure will be charged
at the rate of *2.00 for each two horse
wagon load.
Enrollment closes June 1.
Prizes will be awarded on the following
basis:
1. Greatest yield per acre. SC*
2. Best showing of profit on invest- j
mrnt ..... so
S. Duality and ten ear exhibit. -0 j
4. Best written crop report and history j
entitled "How I Made My Crop
of Corn*’ . 20 '
Total score .100 |
New Military Storehouse.
The state board of educational lands
and funds has completed a military
storehouse on the state fair grounds
and will soon remove all national
guard stores from the basement of the
state house to the new building The ,
board will also fit up two new rooms I
and two vaults in the basement of the *
state house for the use of the railway !
commission. After these rooms are
fitted up the physical valuation depart
ment of the commission will be re
moved from the offices of the secre
tary of the senate on the second floor
to the basement rooms. It was the ;
original intention to move the physical '
valuation department to the fourth !
floor of the state house. The legisla ;
ture appropriated $1,500 for fitting up
basement rooms. If the work costs j
more the excess will be paid out of
funds of the railway commission.
May Draw $5.COO Salary.
Warm arguments have been in- ]
dulged in at the state house by asser :
tions of some officials that the next i
governor would not be entitled to the ;
$5,000 salary provided for in the con- ,
stitutional amendment, to be voted on
this fall—that is. if that is adopted by
the people. A review of the enact
ment. as it passed the legislature,
however, .shows that there is nothing i
therein to indicate that the next gov |
ernor cannot get it. In fact, the j
measure is so worded that it appears
that the successor to Governor More j
head will get the boost in salary.
Constitutional amendments become
effective, unless specifically cited
therein, at the time their adoption is
certified to by the governor.
The city council of Plattsmouth has
decided to replace the gas lights on
the streets of the business district
with electric light clusters.
State Game Warden Christ Ruten
beck believes many people in Ne- j
braska are violating the government
regulations which prohibit winter and
spring shooting of water fowl, and
while he is in sympathy with the rules
laid down by the department of agri
culture. under an act of congress for
the protection cf migratory birds, he
is powerless to aid in protection be
cause of the fact that he has not re
ceived authority from the government
to act as a federal deputy game war
den.
Blanks for the compilation of agri
cultural statistics have been outlined
by Secretary Mellor of the state board
of agriculture and the copy has been
sent to the printer. A number of de- I
partures from the old form have been j
made to keep a record of the progress
of Nebraska farmers. The statistics
will be more detailed than ever be
fore. The growth of tobacco is offici
ally recognized along with many other
crops. In horticulture much space is
given to the apple industry, while the
growing of grapes is recognized as !
probably second in importance
To Hire Farm Demonstrator.
The Madison County Farm Manage- J
ment association has just been formed [
to enable the county to employ an ;
agricultural demonstrator. When i
hired, he will be the sixth in the state.
The Madison county association has a
membership of 300 farmers, although
the work of securing members has
just started. The organization has
also raised ample funds with which
to carry on the work. Other counties
In the state having agricultural dem
onstrators are Gage. Seward, Thurs
ton and Merrick.
TREE WORSHIPERS IN INDIA
A Form of Religioua Devotion Which
Has Its Pathetic and Tragic
Features.
London.—Not many miles from the
great city of Calcutta. India, in the
very shadow cast by the telegraph
pole—the forerunner of civilization—
incongruous as it is a common sight
to see devout worshipers at the shrine
of some gnarled old tree stump, but
the "Tree Worshipers” of India are
many, and their religion dates back
eons upon eons.
The photograph shown here is a si
lent witness to the devoutness of the
man and hi6 wife worshiping at this
shrine.
To the traveler who comes from a
Christian country, this particular form
of religion is such an oddity that his
curiosity is aroused to the point of in
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Tree Worshiper*.
quisltiveness. Through the medium of
an Interpreter who comes to his assist
ance the traveler te informed that it
is not the tree which is being wor
shiped, but the spirit which created
the tree. This spirit is supposed to be
resting under the stone pile built
around the base of the tree.
Another form of three worship is
tree marriage. In these days of en
lightenment it is almost unbelievable
that the marriage of a village belle to
a tree should be solemnized with all
the pomp and glory of the union of
man and wife; yet such is the case. In
the very small villages where the fe
male predominates and where the line
of caste is markedly drawn, it often
happens that there are no males of
equal caste to the female whose time
has conte to marry. Inasmuch as the
tree represents a deity who can as
sume any rank or caste, the parents
of a marriageable daughter who has
become a burden to the family take
her to the village god. The marriage
of the girl to the tree-god being sol- j
emnized. she is bound to the tree and j
left either to the mercy of the prowling j
wild beasts or to be rescued by the
first male of a lower caste who is in j
search of a helpmeet. Usually the j
prowling wild beast wins the bride of
the "tree-god.”
HEIRESS KEEPS ON SWEEPING
Wants to Get the Money First—Broth
er Also Enriched. Is of the
Same Mind.
Los- Angeles, Cal.—Mrs. Isabella
Wilson Bejar of San Pedro was wield- |
ing a broom in the little hall of her
five-room cottage—“Rooms for rent" ;
hanging on the outside—when she was
told she was heiress to one-third of '
$1,000,000.
Mrs. Bejar did not let the broom i
drop. "I heard last summer that may- I
be I would get some money,” she
said, without excitement.
“What are you going to do with it?"
"I want to get the money first, and
then I will start a stock ranch in Ore
gan," she said That did not smack
of limousines, gowns from Paris or
idleness. But still Mrs Bejar has j
Ideas.
"I have been struggling for a long i
time.” she said, ‘‘and I guess money j
will be about as welcome in this j
house as any other thing that I know
of.”
She is a widow and lives with a
widowed daughter and two grandchil
dren at No. 21S Beacon street. San Pe
dro. The inheritance is from David
Wilson of Oregon, 111., a cousin.
"Mind you. I'm not being foolish
about imagining.” she continued. ‘Tve
heard about people w ho were told ,
something like this and. throwing up ;
their positions, buying things on cred
it and growing suddenly very haughty
and then learning that some one else
was the heir or that thee wasn't any
fortune. I'm not like that.”
Neither is Mrs. Bejar's brother, a j
gardener of Santa Barbara. He is j
earning two dollars a day and won't j
quit the job until he really knows !
about the one-third of a million.
Bull Walks Through China Shop.
London.—The ancient tradition, "A
bull in a china shop ' was pui to rout j
when a big bullock strayed into a
china shop at Lewes. The animal
sauntered through the lines of glass,
china and eartheware without break
ing a single article and then walked
Into the street.
Robbers Hold Up Man; Get Nothing.
Kansas City, Mo.— Prank P. Dick
son, president of the Kansas City,
Lawrence and Topeka Electric rail
road, had the laugh on two men who
held him up and demanded money.
He had given his last cent of cash to
a poor family.
Would Bar Spooning.
Milwaukee, Wis.—“Cut out the
spooning in courtship and you will el
iminate half of the unhappy marriages
of today,” said Prof. T. W. Shannon
of Marietta. O.. addressing the V. M. j
C. A. on sex hygiene.
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Dropped Dead Cutting Wood.
Rutherford. N. J.—Advised by the
doctor to quit woodchopping because
it was too strenuous, Phillip Mueller. '
sixty-five, said he thought not. Muel- 1
ler dropped dead with the ax in his .
band.
SIP OF FIGS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.
Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the "dose" mother insisted
on—castor oil. calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found
ed. Their tender little ' insides" are
injured by them.
If your child’s stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious "California Syrup of Figs.” Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless "fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en'the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of “California Syrup of Figs.” which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each battle Adv.
Interesting Prehistoric Find.
A great prehistoric find has been
made by geologists from the La Plata
museum, Argentine, who have been
examining certain excavations which
have been made at Mizamar. Stone
implements and various human bones
were found. These are taken to prove
that man already existed in the ter
tiary epoch. The discovery is the first
evidence of the existence of man in
the new world in the tertiary epoch
T’ntil now human remains in the terti
ary have only been found in the old
world, where, possibly, man existed as
far back as 1.000.000 years. The re
cently discovered Piitdown skull is at
least 200,000 years old.
Bad Loser.
Bill—He's a good loser, they say.
Jill—Good nothing! Hear the fuss
he's making? He just lost his um
brella!
Only One “BROMO QUININE”
To get the genuine, call tor full name. LAXA
TIVE BROMO QUININE- Look for signature of
E. \Y. GROVE. Cores a Cold in Oue Day. 25c.
Anybody can be connected with a
lot of prominent families—by tele
phone.
Constipation causes and seriously aggra
vates many diseases. It is thoroughly cured
by Dr. Pierce’s Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
Cleverness may. after all. be mere
ly an ability not to attempt the things
we know we can't do.
A good guesser is generally a man
who prides himself on his superior
judgment.
Red Cross Ball Blue, all blue, best bluing
value in the whole world, makes the laun
dress smile. Adv.
The difference between an optimist
and a pessimist is that one believes
in mascots and the other in hoodoos
Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops work
wonders in overcoming serious coughs
and throat irritations—5c at Druggists.
Many a theory that isn't sound
makes a lot of noise.
Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more
goods than others Adv.
One can lead a double life on a sin
gle salary, but it is a lot of trouble.
Sorry!
Remorse always “gets
you" when you have
been neglectful of the
Stomach, Liver and
Bowels and have al
lowed a spell of Bilious
ness or Indigestion to
develop—but be of good
cheer, and try a bottle of
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
It will help you back to
health. Start today
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30 “ 5.70
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