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The dose of Ayer's Pills is small, only
one at bedtime. As a rule, laxative doses
are better than cathartic doses. For con
stipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, sick
headaches, they cannot be excelled.
Ask your doctor about this.
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I DESPERATE FIGHTER
Courage and Daring of Colonel
James Bowie.
cstanf houso of worship Id tho republic
woe Inld In San Augustine.
The mnn whose timely ntd proved bo
effective was Colonel James Bowie, and
the knife In his belt wnB the noted
"bowie knife," given to lilm by bin
brother, Hczln P. Bowlo. It was mode
of a large tile, strong, of admirable
temper and gave Its name to a family
of terrible weapons not yet extinct
Crockett met Bowie for tho first time
In the Alamo, and ho writes In his
journal: "While we were conversing
Colonel Bowlo had occasion to draw
hlH famous knife, and I wish I may be
Hhot if the bare sight of it wasn't
enough to give a man of a squeamish
stomach the colic. Ho saw I wob ad
miring It and said ho, 'Colonel, yon
might tickle a fellow's ribs a long time
with this before you'd mnko him
laugh,' "
Bruve, generous, determined and en
terprising, James Bowie sought adven
ture for its hazards, and ho was natu
rally among the llrst to take up arms
for Texas Independence. Three moro
desperate men were never brought to
gether than Travis, Crockett and Bowie
as they tool: their last stand within
the walls of the Alamo. Sick and help
less lu bed on thnt last terrlblu day.
Jim Bowie died lighting. As u Mcx
ieun ran forward to kill him he roused
himself by n supremo effort, caught his
assailant by the hair, plunged the fatal
knife into his heart and fell back dead.
When the story of his death was told
to his mother in Louisiana, she said,
"I am sure .Tim never died with n
wound In his back." and, with a quiet
smile, turned again to her household
duties. Exchange.
HIS DEATH IN THE ALAMO.
Gratitude Is n fine virtue, and yet It
Is wearisome when carried beyond doe
bounds. IO Sage.
Dramatic End of Thlt Brave, Generous
and Determined Spirit Tho Way
the Fearless Fighter Once Protected
a Preacher In Texas.
One tine summer morning in lZSa?
thc year that Santa Anna seized the ,
presidency of the new republic of Mex- '
ico a small party of horsemen crossed
tlic Sabine river about sixty miles
from Its mouth and entered Texas ter
ritory. Moat of them were clad In
buckskin and armed with rlllc, pistol
and knife a rough, determined look
ing crowd, with two notable oxcep
tlonj, one clean shaven, dark skinned,
with a bright, restless eye that scan
ned the woods constantly, as If lu
Ncnrch of an enemy, and the other a
wmall, mild mannered man, whose gen
eral appearance betokened the preach
er. These two were riding In front,
talking earnestly of the convention
which had just been hold nt San Fe
lipe de Austin and of the possibility
that Texas might one day become an
Independent state. Suddenly some one
in the party behind them started u
song with a memorable chorus
When other states reject ua,
ThU Ih tin: one that uhvaja takes ua.
From that Jingling rhyme some de
rive the name "Texas." Certain it Is
that this great new land took lu and
sheltered many a fugitive "who left
his country for his country's good."
That prince of pirates Lalitle had sail
ed away from Galveston ten years be
fore, and his thousand freebooters
were scattered to the four winds, but
erowds of adventurers from all parts
of the world were pouring in, with
many of the belter class, to swell tho
tide of Texas Immigration.
The little band jogged on and dually
reached the municipality of San Augus
tine, then a mere collection of rude log
huts, with one or two adobe structures
built by Spanish missionaries. Here
the preachur posted n notice that the
J'.ev. Henry Stephenson of the Motho
dl.it denomination would hold a meet
ing in the evening. At the hour named
the bouse was crowded to overflowing
with rough, desperate men, nil armed
and ready for any fun or fray that
might arise on such a novel occasion.
The minister gave out n hymn, and It
was sung with spirit. Then came the
text, but not another word would the
rowd hear. They hooted and yelled,
shot off their pistols, crowed and bray
ed In derision. The tumult was deaf
ening. The quiet little preacher stood
his ground bravely, though In bis heart
wishing he wore well out of U. With
difficulty his traveling companion forced
his way to the front, still carrying his
rule and a huge knife In his belt. Tho
wild cheer that broke from tho crowd
souudod lu the cars of tho preacher,
now thoroughly alarmed, like the
howls of a pack of wolves or the yells
of Indians hungry for scalps. But In
stead of jumping upon him this strange
mau, wltii restless eyes flashing and
long black hair streaming over bis
shoulders, jumped on a bench and,
throwing his hut to the ground, shout
oil In a stentorian voice: "Men, this
man has come to preach to you! You
need preaching to, and I'll bo blanked
If he shan't preach to you! The next
man who disturbs him shall fight me!
My uame Is Jim Bowie!"
Tho effect was magical. With quiet,
respectful attention the rough audience
listened to the sermon, joined heartily
in the closing hymn, and not a few
persons came up to shake hands with
'the little man and apologize for the
rough reception they had given him. A
month later at the tlrst camp meeting
over held in Texas some of thorn be
came members of the church, and lu
18118 tlie.j:ornerstoneof tho first I'rot-
Insect Mypnoiism.
"Did you ever know." said the hypno
tist as he played with a curious, glit
tering hypnotizing machine of crystal
and sliver, "did you ever know that
hypnotism Is practiced among insects?"
"No."
"Well, it is a fuct. A queen bee can
hypnotize her whole hive whenever
she wants to. She makes a curious
humming sound, and within a moment
or two every bee In the colony falls
into a hypnotic trance.
"The death's head hawk moth is also
a hypnotist of grent power. This crea
ture, indeed, makes its living out of
hypnotism. Entering a hive, It makes
a sound not unlike the queen bee's
note, and, the bees immediately sink-
Mice U Udders.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the ofllce of tho County Clerk of Web
ster County for furnishing supplies to
said County during the year 11(08, to-wit:
CLASS A. 1II.ANK HOOKS.
8-quire Plain Kecords,medlum, per book
u printed head records ' ' '
' printed page records ' "
" tax lists, double-demy, ' "
" " " double-cap, " "
Patent backB, per book,
Canvas Covers, per book.
All reconlb to be made of Byron Wes
ton's best Linen Ledger paper, extra
bound.
Tax Iteccipts for 1908.
Tax Receipts for 11108 for carbon.
Extra for printing year in red.
Chattel mortgage files.
Assessors' schedules, per 1000.
Assessors' schedule flies.
Lithographed warrants, per 1000.
Reversible document envelophs, per 100
llt.KCTION SIMM'MIIS
Poll books for election 1008, per 100.
Poll book envelopes, per dozen.
Ballot bags for votes cast per dozen.
Instructions to voters per dozen.
Election pencils per dozen.
CLASS II. l.i:0AI. IU.ANKS.
Whole sheet cap blanks, per 100.
Half sheet cap blanks, per 100.
Quarter sheet cap blanks, per 100.
Eighth sheet cap blanks, per 100.
CLASS C. omcK Sl'ATIONKltY.
Ink. Diamond, Carter's, StaiTords or
I equal, per quart.
I Pens. Clucincum Spenccrian, per gross;
M. V. Ground Point Pens, per gross;
Esterbrook's or (lillette's, per gross.
Pencils. Perfection Nos. 2 to 4, per
gross; t'nbcr Nos. 2 to 4, per gross;
Hardtmuth Koh-i-noor, per dozen:
llai'dtmuth Ivoh-i-nooi copying, per
doen, Hardtmuth Mephisto copying,
per dozen.
Penholders. Tower's Bank No. 300,
per dozen; Fabcr's cork-tipped, per
dozen; plain polished cedar (swell)
per gross.
Erasers. Rubber No. 102, per dozen;
Rubber No. 101, per dozen.
CLASS 1). I.KYTI'.UllKADH, KTC.
Letterheads, 12-lb. Franklin or equal,
per 1000; noteheads, 7-lb Franklin or
equal, per 100; envelopes, No.OJtfNo.l
rag, per 1000; envelopes, No. 10 No. 1
rag, per 1000.
All of said supplies to be first-class
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THIS STORE
has made special effort to please Christ
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to lLilVWLni tmrtUm colorines. the nea
2J of single boxes that we could find.
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in silk and wool in the new shapes.
Two-Collar House Coats,
Gloves, Mittens, Slippers,
Handkerchiefs
and all the other little things that go to make the
most valued gifts for a man or boy.
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Ing Into slumber, the moth proceeds to
plunder nt Its leisure." New Orleans ; in every respect and to be furnished in
Times-Democrat.
Free Consent of the People.
The "pioneer American Democrat"
was the Rev. Thomas Hooker of Con
necticut, who, lu n sermon In Hartford
in the year KKJIl, said, "Tho founda
tion or all authority Is firstly laid In
tho free consent of the people." There,
lu embryo, were the Revolution and
the great republic. In the "Funda
mental Orders of Connecticut," Inspired
by Hooker and adopted at Hartford In
1C.1S, we have the first written consti
tution known to history that created
a government. And that government
was as near u perfect democracy as
the world has ever seen. New York
American.
Turkish Farriery.
Turkish horseshoes are simply n flat
plate of iitm uitli a hole lu the middle.
In his volume of "Personal Adven
tures" Colonel J. P. Robertson de
scribes tho extraordinary method of
preparing the horse to be shod.
The farrier takes a good long rope,
doubles It and knots n loop at the cud
to about the size of a good large horse
collar. This Is put over the horse's
head after the manner of n horse col
lar, the knot resting on the horse'i
chest.
Then the two ends of rope are
brought between his legs. Each rope,
then taken by a man, Is hitched on to
the fetlocks of his hind legs and
brought through tho loop In front; then
by a hard, steady pull the hind legs are
drawn up to the fore legs, and tho
horse falls heavily on his side.
All four feet nre then tied together
by the fetlocks, the horse is propped up
on his back, and the farrier sits quiet
ly down beside him, takes off all the
old shoes and puts on new. When the
work Is tlulshed the horse Is untied
and allowed to get up.
Crab Has 2,000,000 Joints.
The crab known as the scale tailed
apus was believed to have become ex
tinct in Great Britain fifty years ago,
the last recorded specimens being tak
en in the ponds on Hampstcad heath.
But now It has turned up again In
some numbers lu two ponds on Pres
ton Morse, near Southwlck, In Kirk
cudbrightshire. About two and a half
Indies long, the apus bears a very
striking likeness to that remarkable
creature, the king crab, and this be
cause the foie part of tho body Is cov
ered by a great semicircular shield or
carapace, while, as in the king crab,
It swims on Its back. In the great
number of Its legs the scale tailed
opus has few rivals, while In tho num
ber of the points which these share
between them no other creature can
compare. Tho naturalist Schaffer once
essayed the task of counting them and
mode tho magnificent total of 1,802,
001. Latrelle put down tho number at
a. round L',000,000. London Graphic.
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more of them than ever
I would appreciate your business and wiil give you
satisfaction or return ioo cents for every dollar.
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accordance with the requirements of
the various county olllcers. Said bid
and bond, in the sum of TwoThousund
Dollars, must be pled with the County
Clerk on or before 12 o'clock, noon, on
tho 31st day of December, 11107.
Dated Red Cloud, Nebr., December
2d, 1007. Lr.i: Dr.Toi'it, County Clerk.
Notice to Bidders.
Notice is hereby given, that the Hoard
of County Commissioners of Webster
County, Nebraska, will on January 15,
11)08, open bills for the building and re
pairing all wood and steel bridges re
quired, for the period of one year.
All bids must be made according to
plans and specifications on file in the
county clerk's ollice and shall specify
separately, the sum bid for .superstruc
ture per linear foot; pilingaud tubular
piers per linear foot; lumber in caps,
sways and bricking per thousand in
place; all other steel In substructure
pound price in place. Kids for repair
ing work to be bid per unit quantity
in place.
So farasknown the following bridges
will be built: One steel spun bridge
.'10 ft. long, across Willow Creek and
others as may be determined by the
County Board at contract price for the
year 1003, and such other business as
may be ordered by the Board.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check for 8500 and tiled with
the County Clerk by 12 o'clock, noon,
December 27th, 1007; said check to be
forfeited to Webster County in case
successful bidders fail to sign contract
within ten (10) days from date of award
ing said contract.
The Board reserves the right to reject
.my or all bids.
Li:k DkTouh, County Clerk.
Pubic
Sale
The undersigned will sell by public auction at his
north and two east of Red Cloud,
farm four miles
Tuesday, Dec. 3107
beginning at 10 on clock a. m.
57 Head of Live Stock
8 Head of Horses
Ono bluo-rouu team of mures weight, JUfSO, coming eight a d nine years old
with foal by pure bred Percheron Norman. One red roan buggy horse, weigiit,
1200, coming eight years old Two six-mouths-old colts, bluo roan, weight 725.
Span black mules, five ami six years old, weight 2300. Ono black mule, six
years old, weight 1200.
4 Head of Cattle
Ono milch cow, weight 1.100, coming fresh in
one three-mouth old calf.
spring; two yearling cnlvos;
Don't Buy land nor Loan
Money on Real Estate
without getting one of Teel's
perfect Abstracts of Title. The
oldest and most reliable set of
Abstract books in Webster Co.
810,010 b nd filed and approved.
Represents six of the best In
surance companies doing busi
ness in the state.
LOANS MADE on CITY PROPERTIES
O. C. TEEL,
Red Cloud, Nebr.
Office In Over Ing Block.
Phones: Bell 98, Farmers36
45 Head of Hogs
0 gilts weighing 200 lbs , black; sows with pigs woight .100 aud 100; 31 shoots,
weight about 75 lbs.
Farm Implements
1 low hay wagon, wide wheels; 1 Molino .IJtf inch wagon; 1 new spring
wagon; 1 top buggy; 1 two-row stalk cutter; 1 throe-section harrow with har
row cart attaclied; I band cornshellor; 1 Van Brunt drill; I Khodo Island corn
planter and ovoner; 10x7(5 disc; Standard 5 foot mower; 10-foot 22 tooth hoy
rake; Ohio Oshovol corn plow, 4 extra largo shovels; 1 Ohio tongueless walk
ing cultivator; 1 Emerson gang plow; 1 fourteen-iuch wnlking plow; 1 flvo
tooth cultivator; 1 Hollook weoder; 1 hay fodder; 1 subsoil pa kor; 1 barrel
cart; 1 grindstone, and other small articles. Will also soil three stucks of
alfalfa, 1 Btack of pruirio hay, 800 bus. now corn, 2 stacks of oats.
LUNCH ON THE GROUNDS.
TERMS:
with approved security, bearing 10 por cent interest from dnto of sole. No
proporty to I o removed uutil settled for.
iVJl5,msof1Xlo-90AnduUflopi Cftsh- On sums over
$10.00 a credit of 10 months will bo riven on notn
,J. II. ELLINGER, Auct. Tr r J3 D 7 O L2
' O. J. POPE, Clerk. W O. OCloC
I This solo will also include .1 thoroughbrod Shorthorn bull calves: year
lings, with good bono aud color, owned by T. J. Shoror.
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