"Vl .WWJ'fi W -' rerss: wIWwWiv. WtiilWimfi1ili iU-hyi -,. mot. &W! M.JW -4 -iS-J MV (I-,L Sf. " Ui JX u 4 -Mt T" a-v l$ Itf UM 1 t-2 at ' 5 1 I n ( u it 1 I LkD TO tyfiW.MftN'S DOWNFALL. VWcumMT Vrtlty at the ttem of Of A MtrcWftpMtM Cumpalflit. ySUNCXKflHB tiilD cnr i k test oa a rait otm mtnldslrcttCM ( fclwr Maroe!. Bo naparte fcfahat natter of Europe. PraMU, tW Jthle twlnces, IUIr. Spain, weri ill 'kit, ud It ha alwaya ten feliUrTC tu y he anouM fcaf oao oat '3r his way to break an aplMent wMcfc' emit have satisfied rtm. his arnkMeaa, The best authort ties af res (hat It was wounded vaalty. No soonfer bad he compelled the csar to "hand kltti 6ver Europe than he conceived tho 'Idett ot marrying Alex eJTor's slater. Trusty ambassadors wofo sent to St. Petersburg on this dollcnto mlssfon. Tho czar received thorn courteously, but showed dlslncll nation to nvor tho marriage. This ho was entitled to do without Riving of tense; but It Is said that n court busy body heard Alexander prlvntoly say that nothing should iuduco him to al low his sister to marry "tho Corslcan parvenu." This was assiduously repotted to Na poleon, who1, from that moment, plot ted that mighty invasion of Russia, which cost him 100,000 troops left in tho snow, and proved "the beginning of tho end.". HERE'S REAL SAFETY ENVELOPE. Ingenious Device for Double Locking a Letter. 1 1 A now envelope mude In Pnrls Is proof against tho thief or the meddler who opens a letter to oxtract or to Tcad Its contents mid then reseats it so cleverly as to hide any sign of It having boon tampered with. Tho now envolopo is really two en volopcs. Each Is of thin paper, ono a pronouncod blue, tho other lighter In "Color and different in tcxturo.' Each hasa gummed flap. ' Tho letter is first placed In tho blue envelope, which Is slightly smaller than tho other. Instead of sealing this It Is placed In the outer envelope and tho Innor .(lap brought outside and gummed down on to tho larger en velope. Tup outor flap is still unseated. It Is much larger than tho Inner flap nnd reaches down to a good sized star shaped opening which shows through to tho Inner envolbpe, so that when tho outer flap Is sealed It sticks not only to the outer euvelopo but also through this opening to tho Inner ono. vriio letter la tluu practlcnlly locked aid doijblo looked. r Act Singly. Fear povo- but you shall bo con sistent in whatever uirlety of ac tions, so turn1 each bo honest nnd natural in fhelr hour. For of ono will, thq action's will be harmonious, however unllkethey seem. Theso varieties nro lost "sight of when eon nt a little distance, at a little Selgkt of ' thought. Ono tendency unites them all. The voyage of iho beat ship 'is a zigzag lino of a hundred tacks. This Is only mi croscopic criticism. Sco tho lino from n sufllclont distance and It tralghlens itself to tho average tendency, Your genulno action will xpinin usoir, nntt win explain your-f -rattier genulno actions. Your conform ity explains nothing. Act singly, and what you have nlieady done singly will justify you now. Emerson. Begjruilnga of Graft. Tremteutly one has tp deal with chiefs, In fact In every village tho traveler will probably be welcomed by tho cjijcf, An Interchange of greetings through an Interpreter establishes- a good understanding. An Interchange of presents Is usual on these occasions and Is an almost universal custom. Etlnuetto ro Tiulrcs the chief to glvo a present in return. As n rule a chief can only offer a b mrh of bnnnnat, sonio paw.aws or pc-v hly n feat it. two. some of which mi$ possibly bo welcome-. On a si ccial occasion the q! lef may offer tho traveler a wife, a gli't which T10 will probably dat Ine with a great profilslon of thanks. Tho Engineer. In Memory of Old Hickory. If the spirit of "Old Hickory" should decide to Journey to tho spot near which ho ontored the earthly house -of this tabernacle In 1767 he would hardly rocognlzo tho place, so great has booh tho change. The wilderness Sins boon made to bloom, and In Its nldst Btands tho thriving town of Waxhaw. Ho would soon dlscovor, however, that ho Is not forgotten, for bronzb tablot on tho railroad sta tion proclaims tho fact that nonr this place Androw Jackson wns born And Squlro Honry N. McW'hortcr, who .lives hard by, Is always ready to preet fchq tfplrlt pf tho great Andrew with 'ttYclftim. dear gucut nmt Vrhoat." )rloh League Honors President, 'JI. P. O'Connor was prescutctl with ills' portiult In oils ot Leod by tho tfrlsh league of Groat Brifn'Ju'ih com-mnjhp- alien of his unbrottoti presi dency cf tho leaguo for 25 yours. Jolin E. Redmond made the prttasuta r(lon anthjald a trlbuto to Mr, O'Con. nor as a safo, consistent and cour acous gufdo for tho Irish pooplo In (Great nrltaln. John-Dillon ulsospoko Rich Indeed. "fjosplto all your wealth," snld the tip3Jc. "your very namo will bo gen orally , forgotten 20 years after your ''Wo,.U won't," replied tho financier. 'MjfctoStfttQ. is largo enough to koep rbydielrsvanyers Bquabblins longer WANTED COMPANY IN MIHErtY. ttranftr Asked far Directions at Un fortunate Meminti sj&Mf your pardon," said tho stran ftWe&fee blcyclo, riding slowly up to the sidewalk and steadying himself by putting rds foet'on tho curb, "but X am looking for a restaurant whore"' I cam get a good meal. Can fyou direct ne to oae?Y' , The man, whom Ue addressed was landing Infroat dt a store) trying to rub a grata of sand out of his eye with me hand and holding .his , hat ron with the other, for; t was a windy jlay, and At first ho, niQde no rospbnVe. Ilut jpre'sontly ho, spoke. r. ''.' "Go to the noxgjlockiV he said, "and turn to the right. Four doors down you will find a restaurant." ' Tho Blrnngor thanked him and rado on. About tin hour later they acci dentally mot ngnln. Tho stranger was on his way out of town. Ho stopped nnd spoke. "Sly friend," ho said, "I followed your dliedlftjuu. I went to the ;ostnu- rnnt you directed wo to, and I got tho i worst meal 1 eor had In my life." "I thought you would," nnswurcd tho other. "If you had waited till I got ' that grain, of sand out of my eyo 1 should htno sont you to n f,.pd restau rant, but you didn't. I just had to dlvldo my misery with somebody, and ' you happened to bo handy." Youth's Compnulon. I TOMMY AS GOOD AS A CHART. Nurse Had No Trouble Remembering Time for His Medicine. I A Boston physician tolls n story of a youngster of his own that an over- , strenuous vacation had put on tho sick list. Tho father had an appropriate j prescription filled, and left the botllo with tho chlld'si mother. As she, how-, over, Is very forgetful, ho gao her a chart, and suggested that sho sot down tho hours whun tho mcdlclno should ( bo given, checking oft each doso as ' tnken. Upon returning from his oven- ( Ing calls, howc,vor, ho found tho chart blank. 1 "Good gracloii3, Mary," ho exclaimed; 1 "surely you haven't fnlled to give Tom his mcdlclno?" I "Oh, no. I did not miss a single time," his wife assured him. 1 I "How in tho world did you romom- I 1 her It without the chart?" he asked. Sho htnllcd. I "That was easy. I Just told Tom this morning at what hours ho was to have It, and half an hour hcToro each time ho would begin hallooing that ho wouldn't tnko It." Devll-Tcmptcd Ycung Men. Thoro Is no one so dovll tempted to day as tho young custodian of tho cash dtawor. "llo Is tempted, because ho assumes ho Is not paid 'enough;' tempted because ho cannot Indulge himself as somo who aro better pnll: tempted becnuso ho Is vain of a good appearance; tempted because he wa. '? lo e1 I ie . c' j ; to . 1 ul bo cnusn he loves devotully nnd rnnnot shower gifts from his thin pocketbook; trim ted because lu Is ti'iicm hyto In forbidden mybterles to.upied. mpst of nil, by the desire to emulate some other apparently mircosbful young men who have made great "killings" on tho inco It nek or tho stock ex change, Philadelphia Telegraph. Turks as Beggars. Ileggars are never suppressed In Turkey. An American lady by mis take gavo a beggar of Constantinople a gold piece. Tho mnn had left his post when she returned, but qno of his colleagues told her "where he "re sided." It was a fine house, and at tho door was a servant who politely Informed tho lady that "my. master is dressing. He will be down soon.'' And then tho well groomed boggar. dressed rpr dinner, appeared and glad- ly returned the gold piece, oxclalmlng In the meanwlillo that such mistake were highl embarrassing. Chnrltlos and Tho Commons. Looking Into the Future. A minister of n church In Edinburgh, Scotland, recent 1 surprised tho con gregation at a Sunday ovonlng sop. vlco by handing In his resignation. Ho was only 00 ycais old and was In good health and vigor. Tho following Sunday a commlttco of tho members waited upon him and oxpressed their regret at tho step ho wbb about to take. Thoy said to him: "You have plenty of work in you yet. Why re sign?" "Yes," ho replied, "I know but you had better accept my resigna tion now. When I am 70 you will not bo nblo to got rid of mo." Rule of Character. Our own problem looks exceptional to us, but It Is not. The next man wo meet lina nn equnlly hard sum on his slato and Is working it out or giv ing It up, qulto In our own fashion. Wo think, perhaps, that nehos would solve our difficulty Tor ii in no tlmo. I or pleasing would soften It, or change ,..y...,. .Hiwiuiiiiv ui vuv.rr one, um In reality thoio is only ono rulo by which to work It out the rulo of charactor. The Only Way. Towne or ooiiibo tho seherno Is a good one, but do jou think ror wlfo will approvo of t? Urowno Yos. If by careful hinting I can got her to formulato it horsolf and ninko her bellovo it's her own. ' Prcor of VcSlth. your frlond much ,of a "Has tuno?'1 for- "1 should cayjjp.! Ho children, and cat)- afford Has to. nlno writo DEVOTION THAT WAS SUBLIME. Great Ceok True to Hie Art to the Very End, . ' ' t Kscoffler,' the great French cook, said at" a dinner In New York that a Tfood cook had the spirit of cookery born In him. y "It Is born In him," said M. Escof-J Her, "and In him It nerer dies. HIS first lisped baby word la of food; aa(l a sauce or a navarln la- the subject f his last dying breath u . "Did you ever hear of poor Gaston Laurent, the distinguished cook pf Palllard's? "Gaston went pri a , voyage fo'th'q 1 South Seas ,ln $5; , .hls 4shlp ydsj wrecked, nnd ho andijis party, w.erje' captured by cnnrdbnlst,.? , ' '. "Doing plumpOaston.lalns, was the first of tho 111 fated party to bo con' signed to the great Iron cassorolo. "And thq survivors shy 'that noth ing could have been rnorc touching and moro sublime than' Gaston's last rry front tho great pot,' 'as tho water began to smoke and bubbla nnd ho began to cook Gaston's last calm cry of n great artist: " 'Come, coino! It I already past the tlmo for tho pepper ond'Saltl'" X : ' TALISMANS POPULAR IN MALTA. Odd Shaped Stones to- Ward Off Ef fects of Snake Poison. Thoro arc still to bo found In Mal ta n number of small stones shaped ' colored like tho eyes, tongues and "thcr parts of serpents. I 1110 BupcrstitioiiB among tlio Mat- tcso connect these with tho tradition that St. Paul when shipwrecked was cast on their Island, and that It was thoro that whllo lighting a- bundle of sticks for a flro a viper fastened on tho npostlo's hand. St. Paul calmly shook tho reptllo off Into tho flames and no harm followed. Tho natives uear these stones as talismans, in Vhlch character they suppose thorn sctvlcenblo in wnrdlng, oJT dangers from snako bites and poisons. They nro found In St. Paul's cave, tnbcddod In 'clay, and nro sot In rings Aid bracelets, and when found to be in tho shape of a tongue or liver or heart uro hung around tho neck. They aro also taken Internally, dissolve;! ir. wine, which method Is attended, ac cording to some people, by moro Im mediate icsults. Quaint Fijian Plant. Thoro Is nothing nrler tho sua quite so quaint, so weird 'and wltchllko as tho pnndnnus prnliios dr.,FIJl. Tho pandnnug, or screw plnnt.'ijs It is cnlHl, Is a most grotesque s-e;Imen or tho ogolnblo kingdom oven nt the b03t anil In tho eaily btages of Its H'owth. In Us very young dajs It la b't an extraordinary screwllkc shape ind looks as though some unkind hnnd had taken hold of its long, swordllkc leaves and twisted them round and round. Later on It straightens out a bit un.l fiom It grow a number of tnll wooden Btllts. Its follago Is simple, a number of drooping, ragged tufts for nil the world like -mops, and very mournful looking. Among these mops linns the frn.t, In shape like a pine al pi", made up or h.ird red nnd yellow . kernels, woody and fibrous, and quite ' uneatable fiom a European's point or , ' view. , A One-Sided View. "A member of the Georgia lcglsla ture,"ho remarked, "Introduced a bill which provides that any man who is lured Into marrying a woman who has by artificial means enhanced her beau ty may, If ho wlshos, havo tho mar riage doclared null nnd void. That Is to say, If tho bridegroom discovers that tho bride Is compelled when sho goes to bed to hang any or her sup ' l'oscd charms upon a chair ho may j consider nlmscir Hep, to wed ngal "And what about It,' askqd the aln." lady. "if a bride discovers, after tho coro-1 niouy, mat ine groom wears a wig or dyo3 Ills mustnehb?" 1 "Any woman who Is foDlMi enough not to know a wig or n dyed mus- , tnene w.ion she s n ono ought novor i to make any complaint about It." His Vscatlon Method. Mlbs Lillian n. mil, the writer of humorous ndvortlsemonts, told a num- bor of Duluth Jowelers, at a recent , Jewelers' bnnquot, a good way to got off Tor a vacation without being missed from business. , ''During tho last Easter holidays," sho said, "I met a jowoler at a Beasldo Hotel. "'Why, I thought you wero Buch a busy man,' I snld. 'How do you man age your affairs hoio at tho shoro?' " 'O,' said ho, 'I am Just keeping my advertisements out of tho pnpers until my return, and so, you see, there are uo affairs tp manage.'" Fresh Air. I hold to the maxim "lq and lot dlo." It any ono choose v,UiQ. frosh air rtetlipd of departing Ihjts'lirQ by all moans let him tnko it. but let him ie speot the' right or qllmr people tc cliooao thiir own method for thorn udlvcm. Fitwh air htyj Its. vIoUiiir no lost than foul. Tin t,nl)eiclj bacillus doo not onjoy frefclt nirTHs true, but '. a o ! lant:;. f athor bacilli-whlt)h .Vjolco m. .. -auutptlvcs thrive out or doors, tho subjects of bronchitis nro Ecnorallyjmly saro when thoy stay ,ln.-Dr.'J. II. Clarko, in London Chron icle! , "".... .j Cough Up. "Tho rco foe an oftlco lit Uko a street ca,r." "Alwayj room for ono moro' "It also has thq pays-joVontor.i'yaHfio bJV W.'1 Z Jil aturow Kanons City Journal .lawve ' Grand look, Equalize! a. j h-u Mtmti iA i .A H OG V' J . r it ' ?. 15 8baps All Now ymir of spr'-ng faj row. is the time to bn -Poland China Soar. At Stqdebaker's Transfer Barn, Red Cloud, flea, AT ONE! O'OLOOK IN THE AFTERNOON, SATURDA , DEC. 12, 1908 I his offmiiB is (if the well the well known slu.w and bivedmy boars, Expansion 26293, Kq mlizer 43223. Grand Look 38305. tin- sensation sweepstakes boar of the west, Gram! Wonder 18217, and others $f the same t e. YOU The blood that 1 winninir in all nearly half at rasKa t;tte I hi, iiessrs n u i iwsoh s oms breetln.n qti lit of the vvhele re.inli s- uf ue.uher. t -. II " lk . N COL JOHN URI-NNAN. C.J VO'i, Cletk. Queer Bird Fricrc'aMp. I am deeply Interested In watching tho strange companionship or one of tho largest black and white woodpeck ers with red crown 1 havo ever seen nnd a sparrow. For two weeks they havo been about the yard constantly together and seem to bo the very best of fi lends. In riont of the window where I nm wrlt'n- they spend a great deal or their time In a dead hoi so chestnut tieo Near the top ot one or tho trunks Is a vu-j lar;e hole. Whllo Mr. Wood ejker goes In to find 3omo delicacy Lady Sparrow llios abeut the top chirping men lit. Py their actions when Mr. Woody c':or comes out ho must drop a "goodie" down Lady Sparrow's throat. I have never seen his mate around or any other sparrow when they aro together. Just theso two, who aro so different in every way and still seem to be such good friends. Wherever ho goes she follows, always Hying about tho tree where ho is working. Exchange. His Incorrect Diagnosis? He wus not a regular traveling mnn, or tho break ho mado at a lltt'.o Mis- ' sourl hotel never would have occurred. Tho wnltross Humeri 1111 tn lilm wltli tho graceful gait of .1 crippled duck, . and said: "Steak pork chops ham an eggs an cole-meals." Not hearing anything 111 tho tele scoped sentence that appealed to tv 1 city-bred aipilte, and not rcnlirl.15 tho limitations of the hotel, ho looked up and asked: "Havo you got fiogs' legs?" "Nab!" said tho waitress. Indignant ly, "ltoomatli'.!" Chicago News. "On Himci-lf ' A house painter In a New Hamp Bhlro village wns proceeding down "tho main street" one day when he l wns accosted by a follow townsman. "Hello, Tom!" called the latter. "Why, I thought you wero working on old Spinner's houso todny." "I was about to commence tho job," raid tho painter, "when tho old man picked a quarrel with mo. IIo said he'd put tho paint on hlni'elf."' "Do you think he'll do it?" "Well," said tho j nlntor, with a snulo, "when I passed Just now, that -is whero ho had put agicat deal of It." 1 Professional Tho llttlo dntisrUor of n homeopath lo physician tocolvod a rjng with a pearl In It on tho Christmas troo. Two days Inter sho pokod her head tearful y in at tho door of her fathor's of tlco. ' "Papa," sho sobbed, "papa, l'vo lost ho llttlo pill out or my ring." Har tior's Justice. 1 Tho American ombeasler nrrtitod In"'1 " tUc rnnu ''Ufuences, JncveuB Hondurns was nrranglng lorms of oa- -,a ofdocnaslns by erta'u ho:t In scapc. . , tftrvals of- time, to i vlun't for a . Y, of 1 "You'ie n robber," ho b'xplnlmod to & a!z0 ,0 iswn b nio.uittn u the natlvo official. "Why. I mlcht change dlroctlon ot- speed Our ob POLAND CHINA SALE i "; 5825 f i.j .- in VimmiKiXZmaMEEG2JUiZM22a fiiC!iVSCTS3CXSS ; known General Utility tvt KNOW THE the bi fairs of tin west They won over half at Kansas City and three-fourths at St. losenh ul r-tuncott, ebr., con-iijjn a offer ny is of the best. Usual A t I . . ' F. W. Barber &'Son, Franklin, Nfebr. H. C. Dawson's Sons, Endicott, Neb. COL. JAKE ELL1NGER, - . ROMANCE MORE IN THEIR LINE. Factory Workers' Criticism of Louisa M. Alcott's Great Story. In a conversation about books which tho author or ;'The Long Day" had with two of her workmates at a box factory, sho spoke enthusiastically of "Llttlo Women," nnd told them how sho had read It four times, nnd that sho meant to rend It again somo day. "Llttlo Women" was unknown to them, but their curiosity was roused over the unhcatd-of thing of any-i body over wanting to read a ' book 111010 than once, and they! pressed her to repeat tho story for them. This sho did with gtcat accu racy of statement, and with genuine pleasure to herseir at being given nn opportunity to Introduce anybody to Meg nnd Jo and all tho rest of that delightful March family. When she finished, Phoebe stopped work and Mrs. Smith looked up from her label-pasting, saying: "Why, that's no Btory at all." "Why, no," echoed Phoobo, "that's no story that's Just ovmyday hap penings. I don't see what's the use. putting things like that in books. I'll bet any money that lady what wrote It knew nil thorn boys and girls. They just sound like real, live people; and when you was telling about them I could sco them ns plnln as plain could bo couldn't you, Gwendolyn?" "cp," yawned Gwendolyn, undls gulsedly bored. "I3ut I suppose farmer folks likes them kind of stories," Phoebfi gener ously suggested. "Thoy ain't used to Iho same styles of anything that us city folks are." Youth's Companion. PRECISION OF ARTILLLRY FIRE. Exact Science Employed In Methods of Modern Gunners. How do wo hit with mortars? An observer near tho shoro who sees tho target communicates tho horizontal and vortical angle at which to lay tho inoiiar nnd tho Instant of tlmo In which to flro, nnd tho gun docs tho rdst. If you wero standing nt tho contor of n largo clock dial laid Hat on tho ground, and wanted lo hit with a baseball n man walking nround-on the outsld-, you would notlco how long it tcok thq man to got from I to II, and a train from II to III; then you would deride- whother, If the bftll were thrown over n point-half way belvyeuu IV and V just us he arrived opposite IV, the man nnd the bull would reach tho same bpot tit'tho sumo time It ho lme understood, of courso. J hat ho maintained uniform spend and direc tion and that tho ball was' thrown with pmpor forcu. s " I Instrumnntn glvo uh tho range and ' observations, and mechanical dm Ices "IS'VJ c,'M?23Ii,Pt:. Capl. Howell, In BcIonUilc Amo; Jean. and Expansion i. r 1 5 Sows ; Add"sQine g-ood sows""fcr' your lizard now. the farmers' kinrl. nnrl Ma u KIND the this Neb year. part of terms J this offering and the Thn sile will be held Auciioneers. x & 7' Saunders Lumber S Coal FT f 1 f 1 1 1 1 lHHi 1 1 1 H . .HjfHtraBaff-j j Dealers KBI CLOUD, NEBrtASKA. We hliVO ill htOI-L- lit fill limn. 0 j complete line of Building mtorial una uooii uohi. our prices are: reasonable. Wo solicit your patron, age, Bell Tel. (10, V rmers tnd. 71 f- Tho Black 8heep. 'v'-iJ "Wliat," asked tho man who had re turned to his native town after an ab sence or many years, "became of Ed Fnrcuson?" "Ed?, Oh, ho's doln' fine. Got tho bfht 11 ory ttabln anywhoro around hco c.id runs tho dejot hack." "Lot's see; he had a younger broth-c- I'.dn't he?" "Yes; Lorn. Ho novor amouiited'tb much. Wrcto poetry and painted pic tures. 1 gue-s the family kind or dis owned Mm. At least, he wont away cp.'eral years ago, and I dunno what ever became of him." Force 6i Habit, " Ifj r German merchant's wife Corrl'' plained to an Intimate frlond re cently: "If only my husband wore not so absent-minded! Tho other dny, when wo were dining nt a restaurant, tho waiter brought hlpi somo bad fish and all of a sudden Fritz throw tho wholo thing, fish, plato, bread, all at my head. I was ashamed," Mcggondorf cr m.tetter, Australian Accent. ' Wo follow England very . cloaoly. Wo speak of "iUtsi" us nn Englishman do3, and not -(it "olcvdtors,," as tho Ameilcan. but wo have "paildocks" Iij: stead of1 "fields,'' and 'creeks" Instond of 'streams." and "scrubs" lustcad of Att'nr,fll" unit "nn-inlWno" nw.1 imrt pots" and "billy tea" at picnics and all smts of lovely Australian things, which make ono porfoctly homesick to think, about. All tho anmc,1 I am nevor homesick for tho cnulo Aus tralian acpent. Tho British Aus tralian. ' Physical Hardships. v' "It s r. pity that tho band's tour lo a failure, but don't bo too muph cast down. Cmno, face tho mublc," , , tfgHovrtfiatwIr'Trhori I'm bitokinV'it?"' -Da Baltimore American. 1' ui; r '1 m uf. "1 r :. 'V .' ! it.'. . I . & M W& AJ C, , 1 . .rr. . ...... f.?H . t :!is ,v I " ' k , w K, J'. . . c . .' ' .1 T . . i,i -ir r & vr ..JCfiS m ti' - i: .( iirttsi ?$ '."i 'ltf w ,ki jo ris A i - ip if i' '?M'',f M' K1( Ul'4. ,H V- W1 ' Kt .c V ft 'H if . 9 ' x , y t 'ii 'y'i. t ,VI ,wi I I v. it, IV .-T JM-jh'.f itf-tH Wi ,) iiO