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LINCOLN'S FOREFATHERS.
A Strain of Tragedy Iluna Thronuli
Tlielr llNtorr
Abraham LIiicoIii'h forefathers woro
pioneers-men who left their homes to
open up tlie wilderness and imiko llio
way plain for others to follow them.
For 170 years, ever since the first
American Lincoln came from Kngliind
to Massachusetts, In 11!.'IS, they had
been moving slowly westward an now
Hottloineiits were made In the forest.
They faced Holitude, privation and all
the dangers and hardships that beset
men who take up their homes where
only boasts and wild men have had
homes before, but they continued to
press steadily forward, though they
lost fortune uml sometimes even life
itself In their westward progress.
Back In Pennsylvania and NVw Jer
sey some of the Llncolns had been men
of wealth and Influence. In Kentucky,
where the future president was born
on Feb. 12, 1801), his parents lived hi
deep poverty. Their home was a small
log cabin of the rudest kind, and noth
ing seemed more unlikely than that
their child, coming Into the world In
euch humble surroundings, was des
tined to be the greatest man of his
time. True to his rnce, ho also was to
bo n pioneer, not, Indeed, like his an
cestors, n leader into new woods and
unexplored Helds, but a pioneer of a
nobler nntl grundor sort, directing tho
thoughts of men ever toward tho right
nnd leading tho American people
through dltllcultles nnd dangers nnd a
mighty war to peace nnd freedom.
The Btory of this wonderful innn be
gins and ends with a tragedy, for his
grandfather, nlso nnmed Abraham, was
killed by a shot from an Indian's rifle
while peaceably at work with his three
eons on tho edge of their frontier clear
ing. Eighty-one years later the presi
dent himself met death by an assas
sin's bullet. Tho murderer of one was
n savage of tho forest; tho murderer of
tho other that far more cruel thing, a
savage of civilization. St. Nicholas.
FLATTERING RULERS.
Their Wrnk I'oIiiIm I'iinh Unnoticed.
Napoleon' .llnrUmiiuiiHlilii.
Rulers have always been liattered,
from Canute's time downward, it be
ing, It would seem, an unwritten law
that a monarch's weak points should
pass unrecognized. Napoleon III. once
said, In consoling a friend who chanced
to be shooting with him for his poor
marksmanship:
"You need not fret nbout It. The em
peror (by which he meant his uncle, the
great Napoleon I.) was even a worse
shot than you are. The only time they
put a gun In bis hand he killed a poor
hound and went away thinking he had
killed a stag.
"In those days the stag, whenever
brought to bay, was left for the em
peror to kill. One day, however, tho
emperor was not to be found, and the
master of the staghounds llulshed the
animal with his knife. Just then tho
emperor came In sight.
"They hurriedly got the dead stag on
its legs, propping it up with branches,
etc., and handed the emperor the 'cara
bine of honor,' as It was called. Tho
emperor tired, and of course tho stag
tumbled over, but at the same time
there was n piteous whine from one of
tho hounds, which had been shot
through tho head.
"The emperor wheeled around, un
conscious of tho mischief he had done,
laying to ono of tho nlds-de-camp,
'After nil, I am not ns bud a shot as
they pretend!"'
SIAMESE BELIEFS.
Borne Fecallar Notions of a Very Su
perstitious People.
"The Siamese nro a very supersti
tious people," says Ernest Young, au
thor of tho "Kingdom of the Yellow
The Backbone
of a
Mighty Nation
is good food food for brain, tood for Drawn, food that is
strengthening, that gives energy and courage. Without a proper
appreciation of this great fundamental truth no nation can rise
to greatness.
As an article of food, soda crackers are being used more and
more every day, as is attested by the sale of nearly 400,000,000
packages of If needa Biscuit, which have come to be recog
nized as the most perfect soda cracker the world has ever known.
And so Uneeda Biscuit will soon be on every table at
every meal, giving life, health and strength to the American people,
thus in very truth becoming the backbone of the nation.
Utile." "They have many peculiar ex
planations of natural phenomena.
Thunder, for Instance, Is 'the sky cry
lug.' They believe that In the realms
above Is a horrible giant whose wife
has a violent and uncertain temper.
When they quarrel the who of his
voice coiuos In long, rolling notes from
the clouds. If he Is very angry he
throws his hatchet at his unruly spouse,
and when this ponderous weapon
strikes the floor of heaven the thunder
.
bolt falls through and comes to earth.
"falling stars are accounted for by
the fact that the angels occasionally
indulge In torch throwing at one an
other. When these same beings all In
sist upon getting Into the bath at one"
the water splashes over the side and
It rains. Tho winds that sigh in tho
night are tho voices of babies that have
lost their way in their travels to the
land beyond the grave.
"When n Siamese dies he Is not
burled, but his corpse, fully dresseil
and then wrapped In a winding sheet,
is placed in a sitting posture in a cop
per urn. A tube Is placed In bis noutb,
and through this a injxture of quick
silver and honey is poured into the
body. In this way it Is kept for n
long time, often for years. Eventual
ly It is burned, nnd the nshes are care
fully preserved. Tho souls of those
whose bones at least are not burned
are supposed to become slaves of a
horrid taskmaster with a head like a
dog, n hutnnn body nnd tho temper of
a fiend. He sits for nil time with his
feet in the fires of hell, nnd it Is the
duty of his slnves to keep these fires
from growing too hot. To do this they
must enrry water In open wicker bas
kets through nil eternity."
The Kate Care For Felon.
A Chicago doctor says that for tho
laBt fifteen yenrs he lias used egg to
cure felon and lias yet to sec a case it
will not cure. The way to apply the
egg is as follows: Take n fresh egg
and crack the shell at the larger end.
Make a hole Just large enough to admit
tho thumb or finger, whichever it may
be, ami force it into tho egg as far as
possible without rupturing the shell.
Wipe off tho egg which runs out nnd
bind a handkerchief or soft cloth
around the finger or thumb, leaving
the egg on overnight. This will gener
ally cure In ono application, but If not
make another application.
A 1'hllonopliy of Joy.
A quiet home; vines of our own plant
ing; a few books full of the inspiration
of genius; n few friends worthy of be
ing loved and able to love us in turn;
a hundred Innocent pleasures that bring
no pain or remorse; a devotion to the
right thnt will never swerve; a simple
religion, empty of all bigotry, full of
trust and hope and love and to such n
philosophy this world will give us all
the Joy it has. David Swing.
I.ntn of It.
"I should think there would be a
great deal of local color in this vil
lage," said tho lady novelist to the old
residenter.
"There be, muni," replied the latter.
"Thero hez bin more houses painted
this year than there hez for ten year."
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
A Surprise I'arty.
Mrs. Askltt I heard you had n sur
prise pnrty at your house yesterday.
Mrs. Telllt (absently) Yes, my hus
bnnd gave me $10 without my asking
for it San Francisco Call.
The Early Doom.
"When I was a boy," said the rather
vain person, "everybody said I was go
ing to bo president of tho United
States."
"Yes," answered the seasoned poli
tician. "Your case simply Illustrates
my argument that it isn't safo to start
a boom too far abend of election."
Washington Star,
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
HOW BIRDS SOAR.
The Klto a Mauler of
the Art of
Monrliiic.
"In tho summer of 1871! I was visit
ing (in tho Warm Springs reservation
in c-.istern Oregon," says a writer.
"Tho residences of the government em
ployees were In a tleep valley between
table lands through which tho water
courses had cut deep canyons. I climb
ed up on ono of these tables, the edge
of which was in most places perpen
dicular for ten, twenty and more feet,
and as I stood there In u strong breezu
blowing against the face of the slope
a small hawk came gliding along eight
or ten feet above the edge and follow
ing the course of the edge, and he kept
on until ho was little more than a rod
away from me. He seemed to lw mak
ing no effort except a little balancing
and turning in order to steer himself.
The explanation seemed to me very
simple. Just there at the edge thero
was a strong, sharply ascending cur
rent which enabled liltn to use wind
and gravity against each other.
"in the autumn of that year I went
to Kuchau, China, and there I found
the city frequented by a species of
large bird which wo call n kite. It
fioems to be half hawk, half buzzard,
in its build and habits. Its flight Is,
heavy and uwkward, its wings being
too big for its pectoral muscles, nud
their tips are not pointed like n hnwk's,
but broad nud souure across. But It
is u master of the art of soaring.
There aru In Euchau two hills which
He square across tho path of tho after
noon sea breeze. Here toward tho
close of a breezy autumn afternoon a
dozen or a scoro of these kites will
resort and have a genuine coasting
game.
"These hillsides are quite steep, nnd
of course there results a strong, shnrp
upward current at tho top. The kites
come to the top and, starting from tho
eddy in tho lee of the top, glide out
into tho uprushlng current, wings bal
ancing up and down nnd head nnd tall
turning and twisting till they are in
the heart of the upward current, and
then they turn broadside to It and are
borne upward and bnckward seventy
Ilvo or a hundred feot. Then they de
scend again Into the eddy nnd ngaln
steer themselves out Into the uprushlng
current. Throughout It all there Is very
little Happing of tho wings." Chicago
News.
ERRORS IN ILLUSTRATION.
How 12unlly They Are .Made In Hurry
of l'rcimi'iitioii,
"Perfection of detail," said the car
toonist, "is very rare in tho making of
pictures, whether they bo painted on
canvas by the great masters or drawn
in lino by men who illustrate tho dally
newspapers. It Is the general effect
that tells. Thero are few newspaper
pictures nnd I don't except my own
in which you can't pick some Haw from
the standpoint of realism.
"In the hurried effort of the news
paper artist, who counts the minutes
by the clock, thero may be some excuse
for this, but when wo see a man carv
ing a turkey left handed on the cover
of u magazine wo must agree thnt the
artist has either been careless or else
has employed a left banded model to
pose for him, nnd the latter solution is
scarcely probable.
,"A fisherman landing a trout on a
light rod with never a finger on the
reel Is quite a common mlstako among
magazlno illustrations, and in the mat
ter of costumes of various periods tho
illustrators aro woefully lacking in in
formation. "To illustrate how apt we are to
make mistakes," continued the cartoon
ist, "several years ago I drew a flguro
representing Cuba, emaciated, starv
ing, a thing of skin and bones. Tho
figure was half naked, and I tried to
bring out all tho horrible details the
m
shrunken limbs, the gaunt face, tho
ribs protruding through the skin and,
nbovo all, the hollow cavity where the
stomach should have been. A friend
of mine, a doctor, took me to task
nbout It. 'Persons who are stnrvlng to
death,' he said, 'may be abnormally
emaciated In every other part of the
body except tho stomach. The abdo
men in the advanced stages is expand
ed, giving tho victim a grotesque ap
pearance.' To substantiate this state
ment he showed me some photographs
taken In India during a famine, and I
was forced to admit that he was right."
Philadelphia Record.
"Women lit Venice.
In Venice, says tho Ladles' Realm,
the women of tho lower classes accept
tributes to their beauty from perfect
strangers as a matter of course. It is
considered not only proper, but polite,
to compliment a passing maiden on the
charm of her beautiful eyes or com
plexion. If one treads on the skirt of
a pretty woman, one has only to say,
"Pardon, beautiful girl," to receive tho
most dazzling smile and bow In return
for the awkwardness. At cafes fre
quented by the people It Is the custom
for waiters to say when placing n
chair for ono of the women, '"Tnke this
sent, beautiful blond," or, "Sit here,
lovely brunette," ns tho ense may be.
A Woman Soldier.
Women disguised ns men have often
Berved ns soldiers. The following In
scription Is on a tombstone In tho Eng
lish town of Brighton: "In memory of
Phoebe nnssel; born 1713, died 1821,
aged 108 years. She served for many
yenrs ns a private soldier in many
parts of Europe, nnd nt the battle of
Fontenoy, fighting bravely, she re
ceived a bayonet wound in the left
nrm."
Although not yet perfected, the Ma
Joramn telephone bids fair vastly to
extend the Held of usefulness of the
long distance telephone by rendering
audible vibrations too faint to actuate
the disk of the ordinary receiver or
even the microphone Instruments.
THE CLAM'S NECK.'
I'urnone nntl ChiiritctcrlMtlcH of Thin
OrKiin of the lllvtilve.
Persons who have seen soft shell
clams as they lay In a pan in the kitch
en preparatory to being cooked scarce
ly recognize them in their natural stato.
Many of us who have seen clams know
Unit they have "necks," but are ig
norant of tho purpose and character
istics of this attachment. As they lie
on the ground they are far from being
close mouthed. In fact, they aro sel
dom to bo seen with the shell closed.
From ono end projects the "neck,"
which may bo three times as long as
tho shell when fully extended. This
fact, in case Uie "neck" Is stretched
out, makes one wonder how such n
length can bo contracted Into such a
small spneo and how much remains In
tho shell after the "neck" has been
elongated. This Is the astonishing char
acteristic of tho soft shelled clam and
the one that makes him unrecognizable
to so many people. Ono of tho clams,
for instance, Is three Inches long. Ills
"neck" when extended is possibly eight
or nine Inches long and as large around
as a man's middle linger.
As every one knows, tho clam when
in its native haunts 1b to be found sev
eral Inches below the surface of the
sand. He has to be dug up when dis
covered by tho little spurts of water
which the clam beneath throws up
when disturbed.
This "neck" connects the clam with
his food supply In the water above.
In the "neck" are parallel tubes.
Through one tubo Uie clam sucks in a
quantity of water. From Uie water he
absorbs whatever nourishment it may
contain nnd then expels tho water
through the other tube.
Ono may wonder how the clam gets
into tho sand or mud. At tho end op
posite the "neck" may be seen an ap
pendage resembling a turtlo's tail In
shape and called a foot. It is with this
foot that bo digs his way downward.
Detroit Free Press.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Oinnbn, Nov. 14. Cnttle Receipt,
4, MX); steady to stronger; nutlvc steer,
$3.5ft.G.M); cows nnd heifers, $2.00&3.73;
western steers, $2.80ft4.(X); Tcxns steers,
$2.M?i3.Ji0; range eows nnd heifers, $2.00
gtl.40; earners, $1.50a2.25; stockerH and
feederH, $2.253I3.50; calves, $2.M35.-);
bulls, MngH, etc., $1.50S'-,.25. Hogs Re
ceipts, 8,800; TxffilOc lower; henry, $4.55(3
4.75; mixed. f4.G04I4.75; light, $4.72&?14.S0;
pigs, $4.2.7ft4.00; bulk of sales, $4.7034.75.
Sheep Receipts, 17,800; steady to strong;
yearlings, $5.254fl.CO; wethers, $5.00&5.4O;
ewes, $4.50&0.00; lambs, $5.2587.25.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Nov. 14. Cattle Receipts, 12,
000; dull; prime steers, $3.00f30.40; cows,
$2.7514.00; heifers, $2.25ar.00; bulls, $2.00
04.00; stockers and feeders, $2.1534.j:i
cnlves, $2.00&7.00. Hogs Receipts, .'10,000,
10c lower; choice to prime henvy, $4.tnft
5.00; medium to good henvy, $4.754.0O;
lightweight butchers, $4.1XV35.00; good to
choice heavy, mixed, $4.7034.&-t; packing,
$1.30(54.85. Sheep Receipts, 22,000; lambs
higher, sheep lower; sheep, $4.00gci.75;
yearlings, $5.50ii.25; spring lumbs, $5.00
&7.35.
Kansas City Gve Stock.
Knnsns City, Nov. 14. Cattle-Receipts,
12,(KK); steady to 10c lower; native Meets,
S3.MVftJi.tO; weMern fed steers, $2,1.7ftl..'.0;
Mockers und feeders, $2.IO&4.25; eows,
$1.7.7ft,4.00; heifers. $2.MMT4.7.'; enlves, $2.50
ftt!,25. Hogs-Receipts, 20,tXK); "tulWs Jow
er; bulk of sales, $4.7.'tfH.82l-j; heavy, $1.80
fn.87ii: packers, $!.75ii4.h2Ki; pigs and
light, $ 1.2.7ft 4.N). Sheep Receipts, 11,000,
steady: lambs, $5.Mii7.25; uwtin nud ytur
lutes, $1.50foM.75.
SchmidtaWiseeaFveF
rnoriuKTons of tub
Fourth Averwie
Beat IHanket
Wholesale and retail Fie.h and
Cured Meats, and everything kept
in a first class meat market. Man
ufacturers of high grade Sausage
and Strictly Ptiro Lard. Highest
market prices paid for Live Stock,
Poultry, Hides, Pelts and Tallow.
To the
Farmers
Out of HO Iusurnnco Companies
doing business in Webster
County tho Gocmuu of Free
port pays ouo-third of tho taxes
and has over 500 policies in
force. Tho Farmers' Mutual of
Nebraska is tho largest Mutual
in tho stato, with over three
quarters of u million dollars iu
surnnco in Webster county.
for Good Insurance
Call on
o. c.
Red Cloud.
PAEM LOANS
I am well prepared
to make Farm Loans
in Webster, Smith and
Jewell counties at low
est rates, either for five
or ten years, with best
of options.
Loans safely and
carefully made for par
ties having private
funds.
J. H. BAILEY,
RED CLOUD,
NEBRASKA
Order to Show Cause.
IN THE COUNTY COUl.T.
State of Nebraska, I
Webster County, f
At n county court held nt tho county court
room In and for said county, November 4,
A. V. 1905.
In tho matter of tho estate of Thomas W.
Howard deceased.
On reading nnd filing tho petition of W. A.
Howard Hied on the 4th day of November A. D.
I00,r), praying for the examination nnd allow
ance of his (liml account of the sumo date, an
order distributing the residue of Bald estate to
the persons entitled thereto nnd thereupon an
order discharging him from further burden and
service. In his said oflb c ns administrator.
Ordored, thnt Mondnv, the 27th day of Novem
ber, A. D. 1005. at 1 o'clock p.m., Is assigned for
hearing said petition when all persons interest
ed In said matter may appenr at a county court
to be held In and for ald county nud show
cause why prayer of petitioner should not be
granted: and that notice of the pendency or
said petition nnd the hearing thereof bo given
to all persona interested In said matter, by pub
lishing a copy of this order In the Red Cloitf
Chief, a weekly newspaper printed In said
county, for three consecutive weeks prior to
said day of hearing.
(Seal) a. II. Kebnkt.
novvu County judge.
Notice of Tax Sale.
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
on tho 14th day of March. 1001. purchased of the
county treasurer of WebBtcr county, Nebraska,
at private sale tho following described lot sold
for delinquent taxes, for the car 100!), and sit
uatcd In Red Clond Lot twenty-ono (21) In
block (31 ) of tho original town now city of Red
Cloud, rtebster county, Nebraska, taxed In tho
name o' .John O. Yclser. Tho above named
person and all others who claim an Interest In
Uie above laud will tako notice that the time of
redemption of said land trom said tax sale will
expire on the 1Mb dav of March, 10(10. nfttr
which I may npply for n tnx deed for all of th
abovn land that Is not redeemed.
Dated this 20lh day of October, 1005.
C. II. POTTBn.
Here Is Relief for Women.
Mother Gray, a nurso ia Now York
discovered an aromatic pleasant herb
drink for women's ills, called AUSTRALIAN-LEAP.
It is tho only cer
tain monthly regulator. Cures female
weaknesses and backache, kidney,
bladder and urinary troubles. At all
druggists or by mail 50 cents. Sample
FREE. Address Tho Mother Gray
Co., LoRoy, N. Y.
Is Your Farm For Sale?
If it is, do not list it with too many
agents. Each ono proceeds to knock
tho other fellow out of a salo. List
oxolusivoly with mo at a reasonable
prico and I will guarantee a salo.
J. II. Bailey, Red Cloud.
For Sale.
i blook in northwest part of town
houso of seven rooms with bath, hot
and cold water, good barn, nix lots
foncod for chickens, plenty of fruit
nud shade.
Miif I. P. IIalu, Rod Cloud.
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