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NEffi Of IE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
A
OF EVENTS
National, Political, Pernonal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Classes of Readers.
Wnchlnoton.
The vnlui of Imported manufactur
ers" material of tlif I'nltcd Status
lor the IIhciiI oar Just dosed. Includ
ing emtio and partly manufactured
goods, anioiil.tcd to $K5(;,000,000, an
cfitnpfiiffl with $G"I.OH(i,000 last year.
J llO.OOO.ono ton years ago and $2J7,
r.00.000 twenty years ngo. according
to statistics reported by the depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Just to fdiow tho doubting
Thonulscs that they can withstand
any physical test for army olllcors,
General Robert S. Oliver, assistant
Herniary of war, Is to spend most
of his montliB' vacation In tho sad
dle. General Oliver Is sixty-three
yearn of age. His first task will bo
a fifty mile horseback ride Miss
Olhcr, hlH daughter, will accompany
him.
Lieutenant Ellory Farmer of tho
Twenty-sixth United States Infantry,
has been detailed as professor of mili
tary science at tho University of .Alls
Miurl. Ho will report at the uni
versity about August 15. Major Fred
erick S. Foltz of the Fifteenth
cavalry has been detailed as as
sistant commnndant of the mounted
Hirvlce school at Fort Riley, Kas. He
will relievo Major George 11. Cam
eron, Fourteenth cavalry, who will
join his regiment.
Present Indications that the na
tional regatta of tho American As
nidation ol Amateur Oarsmen to be
held this year on tho Potomao river
under the auspices of the Potomac
Hont Club, will bo ono of the great
est gatherings of oarsmen ever held
In America. Two days, Friday and
Saturday, August 12 and 13, will bo
devoted to the races. Crews and In
dividual scullers from all parts of tho
United States and lrom Canada will
enter the contest.
Foreign.
1-yoie l.opoukhova. her brother,
Feodor, and Alexander Vollnlne, tho
famous Russian dancers who havo
been engaged by Charles Frohman
for an American tour, sailed for New
York on th Oceanic. Their tlrst per
formances will be given at tho Em
jdre theater In New York.
France appears to be on the eve of
one of the most colossal strikes that
the country has witnessed In recent
years. Tho engineers and firemen af
filiated with the national railroaders'
union are to meet to reach a final de
cision .on the nctlon of tho central
committee of tho union, which lins al
ready decided on a general strike.
The workers demand an increase in
wnges.
The, supremo court has decided
that Governor General Forbes of
the Phillpplno Islands has the
power to deport obnoxious nllens
lrom tho archipelago and ban
granted a writ of prohibition against
the lower court which assumed Juris
diction In the cases of a do7.cn
Chinese who were deported last
August and returned to Manila in
March and began suit against Gov
ernor General Forbes and others con
nected with their deportation. It Is
possible now that the case will go to
Washington.
General.
President Taft is pleased with the
result of the Ohio convention.
Thousands ot acres of unoccupied
lands are soon to be thrown open to
hottlement.
Gilford Plnchot was suggested as a
llkoly caudldato for the New York
governorship.
Mr. Rooseult Is looking into indus
trial conditions In tho mine regions
of Pennsylvania.
Democrats of Minnesota nominated
John Llnd for uovernor, but It Is huid
be will not accept.
Political leaders claim that Hal
linger Is too heavy a load for the ad
ministration to carry.
The strike situation at rninmii.ia
0 Ohio, is bo serious that troops have
been called to quell rioting.
John G. Carlisle, secretary of
treasury under the Cleveland ad
ministration, died in New York.
President Taft is hack at Beverly
and will make no more Jaunts until
bo goes to Panamn in November.
Tho president has a busy week be
fore him, engagements having been
mado lor a largo number of callora.
Thirty cotton mills at Fall Hlvor,
owned by twelve corporations and
employing S.oOO operators, wero shut
down until August S, for tho purposo
of curtailing production.
More than $1,500,000 is being saved
anually to tho citrus fruit growers'
association of California as a rosult of
experiments being conducted by tho
department of agriculture.
Wm. S. Slooro, slxty-'seven 'years
old, a wealthy planter 'and brother-in-law
of tho late Eckstein Norton, for
mer president of the Louisville &
Nashville railway, shot and killed
himself" i , , ,-y -
Theodore Roosevelt has no deslr
to poso as a political dictator.
Senator iinstow says Kunsas Is not
taking Speaker Cannon seriously.
Congressman Campbell of Kansna,
standpatter, calls insurgents icouo
clasts. A new party has been born In Penn
sylvania and a state ticket nomlnntcd.
Hoosevelt will address tho national
conservation congress in St. Paul,
September 0.
The mayor of Columbus, O., made
an appeal to tho governor for troops
to cope with strikers.
Tho Rusk patty or mountain climb
ers failed to rencb tho summit of Mt.
MeKlnley, in Alaska.
A Chicago newspaper charges that
a bribe fund was raised to return A.
J. Hopkins to tho senate.
The supreme court of i Oklahoma
says the capital must remain for a
time, at least, at Guthrie.
Chairman Yoakum, of the Frisco
railroad, discussed good roads at tho
Niagara Falls convention.
Twenty-live persons perished in a
Hood that followed a cloudburst at
the town of Pees, Hungary.
Senator Crane will make a trip
through tho west to slzo up tho poli
tical situation for President Taft.
The coroner's Jury found that Ira
G. Kiiwn died by bis own hand, but
does not aay he committed suicide.
Secretaries Wlckersham and Nagol
are keeping out of tho Alaska
quarrel while visiting tho territory.
The government Intends to break
up the practice of railroads selling
foodstuffs spoiled In transportation.
There 1b noino hope of compromise
In tho differences between tho
British house of commons ami lords.
Nonconformists were successful In
the Ilrftish commons in liming ex
punged an obnoxious clause In the
pending king's accession bill.
The French government has accept
ed a bronzo copy of llouden's statue
of George Washington, which was
presented by the state of Virginia.
That tho one-quarter mill tax levied
on all property in Oklahoma for
school taxes is valid In the opinion of
District Judge Huston In a decision.
Co-operation between tho federal
and stnte governments In tho good
roads movement was advocated by
speakers at tho Niagara Falls conven
tion. The report or tho national glnors'
association at McmphlB, Indicates a
condition or 72.7 per cent for cotton
up to July 25.
In a pitched battle between police
officers and a band of negroes at
Bradford, Ohio, one of tho negroes
was fatally shot.
Tho pope has appointed tho Itov.
Joseph Chartrand as coadjutor
bishop to Ilishop Chatnrd, or the
dloceso of Indianapolis.
Lionel Wnldron and Jules Pages,
tho American artists and Alexander
Garlleld, tho Americnn explorer of
Africa were decorated with tho legion
of honor.
Governor Harmon of Ohio commu
ted to life Imprisonment the sentence
of death which was to havo been Im
posed upon Joseph J. Macklcy, tho
Toledo murderer.
One of two new dreadnaughts au
thorized by tho last congress will bo
built in tho New York navy yard and
It Is possible tho other ship also
may bo built by tho government.
For tho protection of deer and
walrus in Alaska, the Department of
Agriculture has Issued regulations
limiting to eight the number of deer
which mny be killed by one person.
The Missouri supreme court re
fused a writ or mandamus to compel
Secretary of State Poach to place a
constitutional amendment on tho offi
cial ballot to redlstrlct tho state as
proposed by the republican state cam
mlttee. Eugene Chllds. n veteran of tho
civil war. who as a child Hew n kite
across Niagara falls which permitted
tho engineers who built the suspen
sion brldgo there to draw tho ca
ble across, Is dead at his homo at
Minneapolis.
Lieutenant Commander Henry T.
Haker, on duty at the Bremerton
navy yard, Washington, was reduced
ilfty-Ilve numbors and a public repri
mand sent to him by tho Navy depart
ment as the outcome of a "by court
martial on a charge of uttering u
falsehood."
Tho famous Crocker's Iowa Hrlgadc
will hold Its Fifteenth Biennial Re
union at Washington, la.. Wednesday
and Thursday, September 11 end 1T,,
1010. All soldiers who served In the
brigade composed of tho 11th, l.'Sth,
15th and 10th regiments of Iowa
volunteors aro entitled to membership
and aro earnestly urged to attend.
Personal.
Dr. Ciippen nnd Miss Lenovo must
remain In Quebec until August IS.
Republicans and populists of Ne
braska declare for county option.
Oldficld says he is willing to meet
Jack Johiihon In nn nutomohllo race.
Progressives or Iowa largely con
trolled the republican state couvetit
tlon nt Des Moines.
President Taft has decided that his
public speeches henceforth will be
few and far between.
Artnur Gogol In, night marshal or
Tclurlde, Col , was shot and killed by
Jcsso Miuin, a miner.
King Aironso has given Premier
Conalo-Jas u Tree, hand in tho contro
vorsy with tho Vatican.
Congressman Charles Q. Tlrrell or
tho Fourth Massachusetts district,
died suddenly last weok.
Dr. Crlppon and hlq companion
wero-'Idontlfled nnd arrested ou -tho
Btcnm'or Montroso at Father Point.
Premier Canalejas dqscrlbcs.tho re
call of Marquis do OJoda, tho Span
Jsh nmbnssador to the Vatican,- as, ,"hd
Indcflnjto Busponslon of negotiations."
OVER THE OLD TRAIL
EZRA MEEKER PLACING MARK
ERS ALONG HISTORIC ROUTE.
HAPPENINGS OVER THE STATE
What Is Going on Here and There
That Is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraoka
and Vicinity.
Hantlngs. Ezra Meeker, tho fatuous
pioneer of '52, arrived In tho city driv
ing a team of oxen and. will camp near
Chautauqua park for n brief rest. .Mr.
Meeker Is retracing tho route he fol
lowed to the Paclllc cor.st In 1S52,
when this part of Nebraska was yet
tho home of tho Indian. He Is going
over the old California trail ami mark
ing its numerous places preparatory
to tho erection of permanent innrkers.
for which a movement has been un
der way for Boveral years. The trail
passes through the bouthern part of
Adams county and was the route fol
lowed by John Fremont In 18 12
nnd later was the highway of the Mor
mons when they emigrated to Utah;
it waa the trail taken by the gold hunt
ers of MO, tho Salt Lake express and
Hen Halladay's overland stage from
St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacremento, Cal.
..Run Down by Freight Train.
Fremont. A young man who says
his home Is In New York city and that
his name Is Tom .Moore, waa run down
by a Darlington freight train at Fre
mont. Unable to attract tho attention
or anyone, Moore lay all night in a
helpless, though conscious condition
beside the track. Doth his legs wero
severed, ono at the knee and the
other below the hip.
Pastor Resigns at McCook.
McCook Hev. F. I). Ilobson, pastor
of the Christian church In this place
and at Trenton, has resigned his pas
torales. He is at present visiting in
Danville, HI., and upon his return to
Nebraska will locato In Kearney,
where, It is stated, he will engage In
other work than the actlce ministry.
Roller Mill Changes Hands.
York. Tho York roller mills, owned
by William Colton, has been sold to J.
Teeter and M. Swanson of Central
City, who has taken possession. The
management will be In charge of Mr.
Swanson.
York Adda to Park Syatcm.
York. The city has Just closed a
deal which will add about eight acres
to East Hill park, tho samo being a
part or the original cer.ietery which
was vacated several years ago.
Farm Land at $175 an Acre.
Weeping Water. E. F. Marshall has
sold his rami or 100 acres to 1. A.
Wiles ror $175 per acre. Mr. Marshall
still has possession and the crops ror
this year.
Planning a Big Picnic.
Hebron. Tho rourtecnth annual pic
nic or tho Thayor county plcnlo asso
ciation will be held Thursday, August
18th.
Bicycle thieves aie getting in their
work nt Beatrice.
Tho Woodmen of Beatrice will hold
a big picnic August Slat.
Alliance is considering tho mun
icipal ownership of her electric light
plant. '
Fremont's school district faces the
peculiar condition of having $20,000
surplus on Its bauds.
Tho high school building at Ulysses
wan struck by lightning and the build
ing was entirely destroyed.
Tho fourteenth annual picnic of tho
Thayor county picnic association will
bo held Thursdn, August I Nth.
Preachers at Fremont complain to
authorities that auto horns bother
their services on Sunday evenings.
Mrs. Celia Van Bosklrk, an old res
ident of Gago county, died suddenly of
Blight's disease and heart trouble
'Members of tho Lincoln commercial
club will go to Hebron August IS ror
tho Modern Woodmen picnic to bo
held thero.
Auburn Is to have a city hospital,
tho physicians or the town having en
tered into an agreement to hack tho
enterprise.
Henry Spahn, for the last eighteen
years a member of tho Bcatrlco police
force, died Sunday of blight's diseauo,
after an Illness of a few months.
Indications nro that tho usual short
age of teachcr3 will not trouble the
directors of York county schools this
fall. Tho supply of teachers and
sclwols is believed to bo about equal.
A letter .ecolvcd from Hev. S.
Mills Hayes, rector of Holy Trinity
Kplscopal church at Lincoln, now In
Europo on n vacation statos that ho
has arrived in Paris and contem
plates staying in that city for sev
eral weeks.
Eldorado will hold its third annual
carnival August 11, 12 fc:td 111. Ar
rangements aro being mado for somo
good races and ball games. '
,-.An employment bureau for tho pur
rose or finding men for thp farmers
around Fromont has been established
nt thB Y. M. C. A. of that ulana. '
Tho rourteenth annual rratemal pic
nic to bo hold at Dlller next month
will eclipse all former efforts In that
lino Judging by tho program now In
preparation.
lllg preparations nro being made at
Liberty for tho carnival and full festi
val August !U and September 1. An
industrial and flower parade will be
one of tho features.
Because the management of the lo
cal marble works at Fremont proposed
to make a reduction In wnges during
tho summer "dull" season, the em
ployes of the plant walked out.
George Newborn, for many years a
resident at tho county poor farm, has
fallen heir to an estatn of $20,000,
which was left him by his father who
resided in Logan county, Nebraska.
While Mrs. Ungor of Indianola was
polishing her ptove the liquid polish
she was using caught tire. Before
help arrived sho was burned so badly
that there 13 little hope of her surviv
ing. Karl Smith of DoWItt. threshed r.05
bushohi of oata from a seven-acre
Held. This Is an average of eighty
five bushels to the acre, which is sure
ly "8onvj oats," for tills part of the
country.
'.Mr. and .Mrs. Paul S. Detiick. whr
were connected with tho Hate Sun
day school work of Nebraska at ono
time, will take up a similar work In
Minnesota about September 1st. Their
hendquarters will bo at St. Paul.
Kcv. Arthur II. Brooks of St. Luke's
Hp'.scopo! church at Lincoln, who was
operated on for appendicitis in Om
aha several weeks ago has fully re
covered from the operation and ex
perts to take the pulpit again at once.
An explosion of suspicious origin
wrecked the homo or Hoy Wilscom in
Lincoln Wednesday morning. The
detonation was heard for blocks and
the building was actually torn apart
and sections strewn about the yard
and near vieinit.
While visiting at tho country home
of her grandmother the live year old
daughter or Walter Blake or Louis
ville wus attacked by a pet wolf. But
for tho timely appearance of one of
tho farm hands it Is said the wolf
would have soon killed tho little girl.
Enough arms were stolen from a
mercantllo store at Cordova, near
Seward Tuesday night to equip n
South American revolutionary party:
The store was broken into and four
shotguns, two rifles, four revolvers,
four razors and two dozen knives
were stolen.
UNCO
The Farmers' State bank of Sargent.
Custer county, has received a charter
from the state banking board. Tho
new organization starts with a paid up
capital stock of $25,000.
Tho penitentiary warden's cash fund
amounted to $105,115 at the llrst of tho
month, which with receipts amounted
to a total of $815.05. Thero was paid
to the state treasurer $010.42, leaving
a balance of $l(9.:i;: on hand. The
gate receipts during July amounted lo
$SI.00.
The state prison population at the
beginning of July wus 450 and at the
closo of the month 412. Thirteen pris
oners wero received, seven were dis
charged by reason of expiration of
sentence, II vo wore discharged on
parole, ten were parole, three escaped
and the sentence of one was suspend
ed by the supremo court.
During tho month of July ten pris
oners were paroled from tho peniten
tiary. Warden Smith says the parole
Jaw is good so far as It goes, but it
ought to bo strengthened by providing
for a paid officer to Icok after pris
oners out on parole. As It is, they
tile a formal report each mouth,
signed by an employer, and no ono
knows tho true condition of tho pris
oner or the truth as to his conduct.
City Attorney W. J. Moss of Fair
bury brought to tho state auditor
$1.15,000 of municipal bonds for regis-
trntiou. Tho bonds wero registered
and taken back to Fnlrbury. The city
or Falrbury Issued the bonds In pay
iiicnt or light and water works. Ono
hundred thousand dollars or iho Issue
will ho turned over to tho owner.? of
tho water works In payment of the
plant bought by tho city. Tho city
will place the balance of the bonds on
sale.
The civil service commission has
called attention to the amended an
nouncement of an examination at Lin
coln for tariff clerk for tho Intorstnte
conimurco commission, August 24,
which change opens tho examination
to persons who aro conversant with
tho various passenger tariffs and divi
sions, and circulars pertaining to rates
charged ror transportation, etc., and as
a result or the examination separate
Hglsters will bo established for freight
tariff clerks and for passenger tariff
clerks.
Governor ShaUonburgcr has b6en
asked to assist In locating A. J. Mar
cotto who left Suporior, Nob., July ll
and has not been heard from since.
Ho was manager or nn electric the
ntor and leader of a Juvenile baud and
left, it Is charged, debts which ho was
unable to pay.
Tho new head master of tho Ne
braska Military academy, Dr. Krno3t
A. Balch, has reported for duty. Ho
comes from St. Louis, whoro ho has
been in business iror somo limb'. Dr.
Balch is a graduato of the university
of Chlcato. .
A MASS HE DENIALS
NO TRUTH IN TALES OF GORE
AND CREAGER, SAYS HAMON.
THE ALLEGED BRIBER TESTIFIES
Says Ho Was a Crony of Oklahoma
Statesman and They Worked To
gether Denial by Other
Accused Men.
Muskogee, Okl With United States
Senator Thomas P. Goro reasserting
his charge that ho had been offered a
bribe of $25,000 or $50,000 to influence
his uctlou in congress, and with Jake
L. Hanion, accused by the nenator or
having offered the bribe, denying he
hud over done any such thing, the In
vestigation of the Oklahoma Indian
lands deal by a committee of the house
of representatives simmered down to
a mass or dentals.
For four hours Humon, former
chairman of the Oklahoma republican
state committee, entered a continuous 1
series of denials relative to his al
leged relation with what are known
as the McMurray contracts, by which
according to Senator Gore $:t.JOO,000.
or 10 per cent of $I!0,000,000 to be real
ized from the sale of Indian lauds to
a New York syndicate, was to be di
verted fiom tho Indiana In the shapo
of "attomej fees."
Asked to explain some or his busi
ness dealings, H.imon said several
oars ago. at Lawton, Okl.. when the
governor decided to sell at public auc
tion some lauds belonging to the In
dians, lie, Senator Goro and others
entered into a combination not to bid
against each other so that the prop
erty might bo obtained cheaply. All
or them secured some of the land, ho
said.
In Memory of the Pllarlms.
Provlncetown. Mass. "Where two
hundred and ninety jears ago the
Mayflower sailed Into tho wintry
mists that overhung Provlncetown
bay, hernainesake, the United States
steamer Mayflower, with tho presiden
tial blue streaming from her penk,
steamed majestically through a lane
of eight warships, under a haze of
smoke from roaring cannon, that
belched a twenty-one gun salute to the
chief executive.
Here two hundred and ninety yeara
ago the pilgrims lauded, and Presi
dent Taft dedicated to their memory
an enduring massive memorial, A
distinguished company Joined the
president In celebrating the dedica
tion of the memorial.
Evidence of a Match Combine.
New York. An investigation or the
Diamond Match company and tho
Standard Wood company by the de
partment or Justice has resulted In tho
discovery of a combination among
bundle wood manuracturers similar to
tho card board pool successfully pros
ecuted by the government under the
Sherman anti-trust act. The territory
covered, according to the complain
ants, embraced the New England
states, New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania and the methods used
aro said to havo been effective in
eliminating competition.
Holding World Congress.
Berlin. Many Americans aro In
cluded among the delegates and vis
itors who arrived In Berlin to take
part In tho fifth world congress of
free Christianity and religious prog
press. The congress will begin Its
session Saturday, continuing until
next Thursday. More than a score ol
religious bodies, ranging from Tllck
site Quakers to Hindu thclsts, will be
represented In the proceedings.
Race Troubles In Georgia.
Atlanta. Because of race riots at
Gray, Jones county, Georgia, Gover
nor Joseph E. Brown hau been re
quested to immediately send -troops
to that vicinity, the request coming
from tho sheriff of the county. Adju
tant General A. J. Scott is expected
to dispatch troopa to the scene of
troublo at an early hour.
Peace Congress Adjourns.
Stockholm Tho international peaco
congress which has been In session
hero since August 1, has closed.
Among the (100 participants were a
score of American representatives and
for the llrst time In the history of the
peace congresses tho Russian societies
wore represented.
'Dcnvor. "Beforo God I nm inno
cent. 1 know nothing of the death ol
that Utile girl except what 1 read in
tho paperB."
Joseph Wendllng, captured In San
Francisco on a cliurge or connection
with tho murder of little Olma Kellner
i In Loulsvlllo, Ky., made this state
ment while sitting in a cell of tho
Donvor jail.
Think Incendiary at Work.
'Missoula, Mont. A new forest flro,
tho sixth to break out fn tho samo dis
trict tho last few days, Is reported on
Nino Mllo creek. A force of thirty
five men has been dispatched to fight
it. Tho forestry officials belloVcan in-,
condlary Is at work fn this district. A
man who returneil hero 'from Flathead
reservation reportB that In his judg-t
ment tho Indians aro Betting many
fires lu that section. It Is said the
Indians aro dissatisfied with tho regu
lations governing the use of timber.
A BAD THING. TO NEGLECT.
Don't neglect tho kidneys when you
notice lack of control over the secre
tions. Passages be
come too frequent or
scanty; urine Is dis
colored and sedi
ment appears. No
mcdlclno for such
troubles like Doan'a
Kidney Pills. They
quickly remove kid
ney disorders.
A. tDashem, 241 N.
Grant St., Wooster,
O., says: "The doc
tors diagnosed my
ense ns gravel, but my agony In
creased under their treatment, and I
soon became too weak to stand alone.
1 had given up all hope of living
moro than a few weeks at the best.
I was strongly urged to try Doan'w
Kidney Pills, nnd after twelve dua
use, I pasted two gravel stone. After
that. I Improved rapidly until cured."
Remember the nnme Doan's.
For Bale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Footer-MIlburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
Why She Brought It Up.
"Do you remember," she asked,
"that you said once that unless I
promised to be yours the sun would
cense to shine?"
"I don't remember it now, but I
suppose I may havo said something
of tho kind."
"And hnve you forgotten that you
assured mo that unlcus I permitted
you to claim mo as your own tho moon
would fall from her place In tho
heacns?"
"Oh, well, what If I did say so?
Why do you want to bring that up,
now?"
"I merely wished to assure you' that
I'm sorry I didn't shut my eyes and
let her fall."
Casey at the Bat.
This famous poem Is contained in tho
Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagires and other valuably
baseball information compiled by au
thorities. This Interesting book sent
by the Coca-Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ga.,
on receipt or 2c Btnmp for postage.
Also copy or their booklet "The Truth
About Coca-Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it Is
so pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Aro you ever hot tired thirsty?
Drink Coca-Cola It Is cooling, re
lieves fntiguo nnd quenches tho
thirst. At soda fountains and car
bonated in bottles 5c everywhere.
Only One Cobb.
Tho morning after Judge Andrew
Cobb, a onc-tlmo justlco of the su
prcmo court of Georgia, tendered his
resignation, an Atlanta lawyer and a
shoe drummer sat in the same seat in
an outgoing train.
Tho lawyer bought a fiewspnper and
looked over tho headlines. Then ho
turned to the drummer and said:
"Well, I see Cobb hns resigned."
"Gee!" snld the drummer. "What
will Detroit do now?" Philadelphia
Saturduy Evening Post.
The Nurse's Opinion.
A nurse had been called as a wit
ness to prove the correctness of tho
bill of a physician.
"Let us got nt the facts In the
case," said tho lawyer, who was do
ing n cross-examination stunt. "Didn't
tho doctor make several visits aftei
the patient wns out of danger?"
"No, sir," answered tho nurse. "1
considered the patient in danger as
long as the doctor continued bis vis
its." 119 Years Old When He Died.
Paddy Blako, who wns born at Bal
yglrecn, parish of KUnnsoolagh, Coun
ty Clare, Ireland, 119 years ago, has
died in the Corofln Union hospital.
Paddy had a clear memory of events
that happened a hundred years ago
nnd was one of those who went to net
Daniel O'Connell passing through Bun
ratty Pike on his way to Enuis for
tho great election of 1828.
Reformation.
"You say you aro a reformer?"
"Yep," replied tho local boss; "ot
tho deepest dye."
"But you were not always so."
"No. Tho rorormerB reformed our
town last year and I want to reform
it back ngain."
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single also relnses to stay married.
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