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RED CLOUD
NEBRASKA
IKE DAY 13 HUG
RECIPROCITY BILL SOON TO BE
PUT ON ITS PASSAGE.
TIME FOR DEBATE IS LIMITED
Bailey of Texas Declaims Against and
Jones of Washington In Its
Favor La Follette to Be
Heard Again.
Washington. Only ft very short
lime for debate on tho Canadian reel
proclty hill remains beforo the final
voto Ih taken on tho remaining amend
ments and tho incnsiira Itself. Into
that nro to ho crowded n number of
upcerhcs, Including remarks by Sena
tor 1m Follette, Senator Smith of
Michigan, and many speeches by mem
bers who have a Dual word to say for
or against tho bill, Scontor Ia Fol
lette will explain in detail his amend
ments which pioroso a sweeping re
vision of the wool and cotton tariffs.
Ills address will bo tho chief ono
against the reciprocity hill in tho clos
ing bourn of debate.
Senator Ilallcy held tho floor against
tho hill for three hours, following u
speech In Its favor by Senator Jones
of Washington. Senator Halley's
speech was almost wholly an attack
on the bill for its alleged injustlco to
.ho fanning interests.
Nebraskans Getting Uneasy.
Washington. Political coitltlons in
Nebraska, especially in tho democratic
party, are giving nicmlrars of tho No
.lirnsluv delegation In congress much
iineuBlnesB. They arc becoming Im
patient for an adjournment of eon
gross. ItppicBentutlves Magulrc and
1ohcck, both of whom wish to bo re
turned to congress In the 1912 elec
tion, realize that factional dllllcultlos
in Nebraska are certain to complicnto
(iffalis. Owing to his absence In South
jDukotu, where ho attended tho funeral
of his mother, Magulre hni not had an
opportunity to study tho sltnatlon.
Thcro nro good reasons for believing
however, that ho will llfVj up witf
Colonel Bryan.
Convention of Gideons.
Milwaukee. Delegates from man
parts of tho country hnvo arrived It
Milwaukee for tho annual national
convention of CidcoiiB, nn organiza
tion of ChrlMlun traveling men
which during tho past year bus beor
Instrumental In placing over S0,00
Ulbles In tho hotels of tho United
States and Canada. Tho sessions oj
tho convention will conclude Sunday
with special meetings to bo hold ii
forty Milwaukee churches.
' Bandits Hold Up Passengers.
(irand Forks, X. D. Tho enstbound
hortti coast limited on tho Northern
Pncitlc railroad wbr hold up by threa
masked rohbcis near Buffalo, N. D.
nbout 11 o'clock Wednesday night,
Tho robbers secured nbout $500 it"
cnsli by going through tho passengpi
oonches. They shot Engineer S. I'.
Olson of Fargo twice In order to mnk
him slop the train. They made a stic
cesRful escape In an automobile willed
hud been awaiting them nenr thi
sccno of the robbery.
Preparations About Completed.
Havana. The process of removing
iho water surrounding tho wreck ol
tho 'Maine Is practically completed, tho
water level In the cofferdam havlnn
been lowered eighteen feet, lenvlng the
wreck surrounded'hy Islets of mud and
vinnll pools and fink holes of green,
slimy water. The soundings show no.
a hero a depth In excess of four feet.
Mrs. Lee Is Mending.
Denver. .Mis. I.uko U'e, wlfo ol
United States Senator Ima of Tonnes,
tee, Is impiovlng rapidly and Is now
considered out of danger. Senator
).ea, who tor-cntly submitted to the
transfusion of a quart of his blood In
order to save his wife's life, will leave
Inafcwdajh for his homo In Nash,
ville.
Has Been With Them 52 Years.
Baltimore, Md. Baltimore now
thallenges tho world to break tho rec
ord of the family In this city which
has kept u whlto s.crvant for fifty-two
jnrs. And tho end is not jet, for tho
servant Is still active and tho mistresi
Is still snttstled with her woilc.
King and Queen Depart.
Kdlnhurgh. The royal visit to Scot
land ended Thursday with tho depar
ture of the king and queen, the Prlnco
of Wales and Princess Mary for l.on
don.
Cleveland, O. Four Indictments
tfcro returned by the federal grand
jury which hns been investigating an
alleged wall paper trust. The Indict
ments choree u conspiracy In restraint
of trade under the provisions of the
Sherman nutt-trust law.
Home, Tho eighth anniversary of
(he death of Pope l.eo XIII was ob
served Thursday with a requiem
mass, which was celebrated at tho
sacred collego in tho presence of the
.high dignitaries of the church and t
'Burabcr of invited guests.
FROM MANY PLACES
EVENTS OF THE DAY TOLD IN A
FEW LINES.
tHE DAY'S NEWS BOILED DOWN
Personal, Political, Foreign and Intel
ligence of Various Kinds, Inter
esting to the General Reader
Given In Condensed Form.
Washington
A congressional investigation of the
charges, against Dr. Wiley has been
decided upon.
Representative aioon snys the farm
ers of .Nebraska do not take kindly to
the reciprocity bill.
Tho foreign office has continued the
report that Baron llosen would not
teturn to his post us Rutslnn ambassa
dor nt Washington.
Undo Bam had a "bumper" fiscal
ear, with foreign commerco aggre
gating $3,500,000,000, the largest in the
history of the nation.
Dr. Harvey Wiley's answer to tho
charges mnde against him by the per
sonnel hoard of tho department of ag
riculture has been presented to Presi
dent Tart,
All legislative paths now lead to ad
journment of congress quickly after
tho voto on the Arizona-New Mexico
statehood bill Is taken up In tho sen
ate on August 7.
The center of population of the
United States Is four and ono-fctrth
miles south of I'niomlllo, Monroe
county, Indiana, according to ti cctuitiu
bureau announcement.
Tho most drastic campaign pub
licity legislation ever passed In
either bianch of congress has been
idopted by tho senate, practically
,vlt ho nt n dissenting vote.
Tho United States will send an
other gunboat to Ilaytlcn wntcrs to
protect Americans and their interests
now serious threatened by tho revolu
tion against President Simon.
Tho war department is searching
the country for suitable young college
graduates to Join the Philippine con
stabulary as third lieutenants. Mar
ried men will bo discriminated against.
Thosennto has ordered that the
nnmo of Senator Terrell of (leorgla be
stricken from tho roll of tho Beuate,
leaving his sent vacant until Governor
'Hoko Smith qualities as his successor.
In announcing tho designation of
fifty additional second class postodlces
In twenty-six states ns postal savings
depositories, Postmaster General
Hitchcock declared the fyetcin wib
growing In favor. v
The treaty between tho United
Statea and Great Dritnln, providing
for tho arbitration of pecuniary claims
between the two countries In accord
.unco with the general nrbitratlon
treaty has been ratified by the senate.
As the result of un unfavorable re
port to tho stnto department on con
ditions In Mexico close to the Arizona
border, tho war department has or
dered tho four troops of cavalry at
Nogales to remain there until the sit
uation clears.
General News
Thero is a strike of bread-maker at
Mexico City.
The strike situation in western Can
ada is becoming alarming.
Tho ltichlnnd County hank nt Hot
ter, O., has closed Its doora.
Cholera cuscs at American ports are
Increasing and much alarm is felt.
Much damage was done by an-elec-trlcal
storm near Terre Haute, Ind.
Shipping Industries at "Cardiff,
Wnles, aro tied up by a general strike
of seamen.
Dr. Herman Adler, chief rnbbl of tho
United 'Hebrew congregation of the
British empire, died In Ixmdon Tues
day. J. C. (Hud) Mars, who was hurt
when ho fell with his aeroplane at
Erie, Pa., last Friday, Is rapidly re
covering. William Powell, ono of the Mabray
gang who was convicted at Council
Bluffs, has been pardoned by Presi
dent Tnft.
Damago amounting to $1,500,000 has
been dono by tho typhoon and floods
in Luzon. The tobacco provinces huvo
been isolated.
Franco hns asked Spain to explain
tho arrest of M. Bolsset, tho French
consular agent nt Alcazar, Morocco,
by Spanish patrol.
Seattle Is celebrating tho "Golden
Potlatch," the anniversary of tho tlrst
shipment of gold from Alaska In 1807.
Daniel W. Wilder, author, and u
well known pioneer Kansas editor and
politician, is dead at his homo at Hia
watha. The New York stnto legislature,
which has been In continuous session
Inco January 1, will tuko a recess
until September C.
Advices from Rlvns, Nicaragua, de
scribe tho capital, Managua, as In a
state of siege. The prisons are tilled
with political prisoners, loaded with
chains.
Twenty men are dead as the result
of un explosion in a coal mine ut
Sykesvllle, Pa.
Continued ruins throughout north
Mstern Michigan have effectually dls-
Mpuled nil the fire danger in the for
est districts for tho present.
Having installed successfully more
ban a thousand postnl savings banks
in second class postofllces tho depart
ment decided to extend it to some of
tho first class ofllces.
Tho national holiday In commonior
r.tlon or the fall of the Hastlle was ob
served Friday throughout Franco In
the traditional manner.
Another ilcnth frpm Asintlc cholera
hns occurred nt tho Swineburno hos
pital at Quarantine.
Karl Klsor was cremated nt Oska
loosa, Iowa, when a traction cnnli.o
ran Into a separator on which he wos
working.
Tho health Inspector of tho port of
New York, Dr. Alvah II. Doty, looks
on the cholera situation thcro as Jn
creaslngly favorable.
Torrcon, Mexico, advices say Span
lards aro leaving that district because
of antl'Spaulsh feeling. Many are go.
Ing to Argentine Republic.
An unknown body about to he
burled In tho Memphis, Tenn., potters'
field was Identified as Father Hugh
O'Brien of Pensacola, Fin.
Ono hundred Mexican troops have
been ordered from Knse.nada to the
district around Alamo, where a small
hand of rebels or bandits are said to
bo operating.
Attorney General Cogson of Iowa
has Issued n cull for u conference of
representatives of all Mississippi river
townB which are seeking to secure the
St. Louis freight rate.
Thousands of Knights of tho Macca
bees are In Cleveland In attendance
on the quadrennial review of the su
preme tent and tho annual encamp
ment of the uniform rank.
Moro thnn two billion in redeemed
bonds, representing the major part of
the government civil war debt, Is be
ing fed to the furnaces in the bureau
of printing nnd engraving.
Should ho become tho possessor of
Gnlgoez castle' In Austria, negotiations
for which uro pending, J. Pierpont
Morgan may become n baron, ns tho
title goeh with the estate.
St. Die, In Frnnce.-ls holding a celo
brntlon In honor of tho anniversary of
tho naming of America, which oc
curred 400 years ago, nnd of which
that town claims the honor.
Gorman District Commissioner von
Frankelbcrg, two white, sergeants,
fourteen black police nnd twenty car
iters have been massacred by the Oka
rango tribe of Hechuannland.
Charles Hickman, who wns to have
been hanged at Beaver, Pa., for the
murder of his wife, Mollle, February
0, 1910, collapsed In his cell in the
night nnd died before morning.
The public health and marine hos
pital service is watching closely tho
appearance of cholera in New York
and is co-operating In every way with
tho health authorities of that state.
Assistant Secretary of War Oliver
is endeavoring to enlist the aid of the
governors of the several states in de
veloping the military drilling of tho
pupils of the high schools of tho coun
try. Kdna Peebles, the thlrteen-yenr-old
Akron girl who at the point of a re
volver unsuccessfully attempted to
hold up the assistant cashier of the
Cuyahoga Falls bank, Tuesday night,
has been paroled.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of tho
bureau of chemistry, probably will not
bo requested by President Taft to re
sign, hut will he reprimanded, accord
ilng to the opinion of visitors who
talked with Mr. Taft.
Senator Pomeicno of Ohio will ask
tho senate to dispose immediately of
his resolution Instructing the attorney
general to start criminal proceedings
against tho olllcers of the Standard
Oil and American Tobacco companies.
Tho government has recovered
nbout $75,000 from John F. Gnynor and
Benjamin D. Greene, tho contractors
who were convicted of frauds with
Captain Obcrllu M. Carlor In tho Sa
vannah harbor contructs several years
ago.
To aid the women of California, who
hope to win when the issuo of suffrage
for women is presented to the voters
there on October 10, it has been de
cided that New York women suffra
gists shall observe a week's faBt next
month.
In nn accusation filed with the per
manent committee of tho national con
gress, Deputy Joso Mario Gamboa in
directly charges President De la Barra
and his cabinet with responsibility for
the recent outbreak In Puebla and
vicinity.
That 20,000 drouth-stricken nnd des
titute homesteaders west of tho Mis
souri river may remain in the country
tho South Dakota railroad commission
ers huvo 'arranged n special ha)f rata
on rnllroad lines to that territory upon
foods nnd feed.
A mysterious malady, manifesting
itself by small bloodshot stains on the
tips or tho fingers, passing through tho
arm Into tho body nnd resulting in
death within n Tow days is baffling the
skill of physicians in Mitchell county,
North Carolina.
Tho German legation nt Mexico
City is Investigating tho killing of
four men and n woman that occurred
at Puebla during a recent riot.
Governor and Senator-elect Hoko
Smith has stated nguln'thut ho would
not tako his seat until December, and
still refuses to accept tho resignation
of Senutor Terrell.
A through express from Basle, Swit
zerland, for Berlin, crowded with a
heavy tourist truffle, wns wrecked at
Malhelm, Germany. Eleven persons
aro known to have been killed, while
scores of others were Injured, many
of them seriously.
Buy Stovons, four years old., was lit
erally torn to pieces by a bulldog nt
Peoria, 111. Ills mother In attempting
to rescue him wnB also badly bitten.
Chnnglng seats In n row boat cost
the lives of Carl Glado. twenty years
old, nnd Matthew Hllllsteln, twenty
nlno years old, by drowning in tho
Chicago river.
Flvo thousand persons nt Buffalo
Bill's wild west show were thrown
Into a panic at Chicago when half ol
tho Inrgo tent wob blown down In nn
electrical storm. Several men and
women wore injured by collapsing
seats and falling tent poles.
PICKED HIS POCKET
STATE AUDITOR BARTON LOSES
WALLET ON TRAIN.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What It Going en Her anal There
That la of Interest to tho Read
art Throughout Nokraska
ana) Vicinity.
Grand Island. While en loir.ehome
from Denver, Stnte Auditor Silas R.
Barton was "touched" by some light
lingered artist. Willie his blinkers
were inking a rest someone emptied
his wnllet of $163. practicajly all lie
had, until ho stopped off nt Grand
Island nnd found some neighbors nnd
friends The Union Pacific and Pull
mun officials are investigating.
Bartlett Richards It Recovering.
Hastings Bartlett Richards, one of
tho quartet or ranchmen who have
been serving sentences in tho Adams
county Jail for land frauds, and who
wns tnken to a hospltnl at Rochester,
Minn., some time ago, Is reported re
covering satisfactorily and has beon
transferred to n sanitarium, where he
will recuperate beforo being brought
back here. His sentence will expire
some time In September.
Find Homes for Many Children.
Fremont The Lutheran Orphanage
nnd children'!) Home-seeking society
of Nebraska held its unnual meeting
nt the orphans' home. Report of the
supeiintendent showed that forty-four
children had been given out during
the year for adoption into good homes.
Tho total disbursements were $3,-7.-9.44.
Will Improve the Newspaper.
Broken Bow. The Custer County
Beacon has been sold to a number of
democrats In thU city, who will pre
sent It to Horace M. Davis of Ord,
who will .manage tho paper. A condi
tion or the sale is that Mr. Davis Is
to spend several thousand dollars in
improving the paper.
Lightning Kills Several Horses.
Kavt nna. During a recent thunder
storm the barn or L. J. Jaeger, seven
miles southwest of Raveunn, was
struck by lightning nnd burned to the
ground The barn contained six
horses, ull of which were either killed
by lightning or burned to death.
Soapsuds in-Boiler. '
Garrison. Klndler Bros., having
hud trouble with their thresher, over
hauled the boiler and found it full of
soapsuds. Purt or a bar or soap wns
Blso found, put In, of course, by home
enemy.
Alma's $10,000 public library is Hear
ing completion.
11. J. Bedford or Miller, owner of
tho Miller Forum, is to ht.ut u paper
at Arnold.
Thu"TThij;ihltIon state convention will
bo hold at the Liudell hotel in Lincoln
Tucsduy. July a:,.
Martin Schnetzer, u Fremont grocer,
dropped dead In his store while wnlt
lng on u customer Friday.
Isaac M. Stevens, aged slxly-flvo
years, was kicked in the breast by a
horse and Instantly killed.
The indications nro taut York'B
Chautauqua this yeur, July 28 to Au
gust C. will he the best yet held.
K. A. Sandnll. treasurer of Blaine
county, died nt a Lincoln hospital,
after an Illness or several months.
James Moouey, a farmer living nenr
Beatrice, was severely Injured when
the horses hitched to his blndor ran
nwny.
Dr. Gibbons and Postmaster Eaton,
of lxrton. wore seriously If not fatuity
Injured In un automobile accident nenr
Nebraska City.
The residence of Dr. it. L. Newell,
at Union, wns burned Sunday morn
ing. Only a few of tho household ef
fects were saved. It Is believed that
tho blaze started from a lamp which
was left burning,
Tho two-yenr-old Eon of (iirton Wil
son, residing near Lexington, swal
lowed a lly-klller wick live Inches long
and nearly died from tho effects!
The Fnlrbury roller mills arc shut
down undergoing repairs. Tho large
llumo near tho mill wheel' broke nnd
gave way, and it will probably be
some time beforo the dam Is repaired.
While Mrs. Roblueon of near Wot
bach was out attending to her house
hold duties, her little seven-months-old
child, which she hud put to sleep
on n bed, got nwnko and In attempt
ing to crawl out, got its bend fastened
In tho iron frame und hung Itself.
Minden lias voted $15,000 In bonds
for tho construction or a municipal
light plant.
Tho body or Gus Hernbloom was
found In tho granary on his fnrm,
three miles southeast of Osceola, by
neighbors who had been hunting for
him for some time, lie had hanged
ilmself.
Brothers of the oung man, Policy,
tvho suicided near Clay Center last
w'eek, aro making a thorough Investi
gation or the case, ns tho ranchman
was known to bo In comfortable clr
cumstances and no cause for tho act
can be surmised.
aB5 L-aS
Frank Wchrman, tho elght-ycur-oid
con of I. J. Wehrmnn of Nelson, who
wns accidentally shot Thumlay, diet)
from his injuries. .
The little one-year-old child of Ben
Doss, at Stella, pulled u cup of hot
coffee from tho table, scalding Itself
around the waist badly.
Petitions nic being circulated ant
signed by a good many Beatrice resi
dents who nre in favor of a commis
sion form of government.
Harry Palmer, who killed Ills wlfo
nt Hustings some time ugo and wns
sent to the penitentiary, Is hopelessly
insane and bus been sent to an asy
lum. "Fainting Bertha" Llebbke has been
transferred fro mthe state penitentiary
at Lincoln to Inglcsldo hospltnl at
HnstlugB. Sho has promised to be
good.
Rev. G. F. Rclchel, who has been the
pastor of the Baptist church at Stella
and Brock for the past year, bus left
for Kansas City, where he will attend
Echool.
From demands for currency received
by Lincoln bankers during the past
few days, tho wheat movement over
the stnto .is thought to be above the.
uveruge.
There were twenty-two vacancies In
tho Fremont public schools as a re
sult of the many resignations filed at
the close of last term, but all have
now been tilled.
Ben T. White, ror fifteen curs gen
eral counsel for the Northwestern
railroad In Nebraska and west of tho
Missouri river, died Saturday at his
home In Omaha.
O. Bleau of Kearney was" Instantly
killed and Herman Finite, the chuuf
four, fatally Injured when their auto
wns struck by the fust cxtru mall on
the Union Pnclflc.
James Bacakos of Beatrice got
mixed up with nn electric ran nnd will
lose several fingers as a result.
Osceoln will celebrate July 21! and
27 ns Frontier dayH.
While handling a 22-cnllhre rifle.
Harold Runyon, of Morrill, ten jenrs
old", shot himself through the mouth.
The bullet lodged In his throat after
striking one of his front teeth.
An innovation at the state fair this
year will bo the receipt of paid admis
sions at the gates, the annoyance of
having to wait to purchua tickets dur
ing a rush being thus eliminated.
The body of a man was lound In the
liver near Springfield. There was
nothing found on the body by which
it could be Identified. Apparently it
had been In the water some time.
Bccuusc Fred McPherson would not
give back the money that he won in s,
poker game to n tramp he was brutal
ly assaulted with n razor und is now
in a precarious condition nt his home
In Falrbury. The tramp is in jail.
Charles Smith, a prominent Madison
county farmer, committed suicide Sun
day by placing a twelve-gauge Hhot
gun to 'his heart and pulling the trig
ger, which was fastened to a nnll on
a pasture fence just outside of his
dooryard.
By his presence of mind In grabbing
scaffold timbers as ho plunged fifty
feet from tho top of the Savoy hotel
at Lincoln, Earl Gates, a workman,
broke tho force of his fall nnd prob
ably prevented serious injuiles to his
person.
7
A check for $50,000, representing
tho annual federal contribution for
agricultural experiment work, has
reached Stnte Treasurer George und
will bo devoted to tho use of the state
agricultural school. I.ast year the
check waB for only $45,000. Presum
ably a larger nmount will be allowed
this state when the Curtis schojl is
erected and in operation.
The state auditor has registered
$100,000 or Merrick county court
house bonds und $110,000 or bonds is
sued by drainage district No. I, Pnv
neo ' county. The drainage Imnds
draw 6 per cent Interest and tho Mer
rick county bonds 4 per cent Interest.
Since Juno i, when tho corporation
occupation tnx was duo and payifblo
to tho stute, nearly $20,000 bus b.-en
paid Into the treasury by corporations,
many or them foreign, and manv of
thorn paying under protebt.
Work on the new $5.1,000 science and
library building for the Wayne hormul
I 1b now In progress. Tho work Is to
uo pusneu ironi mo ueginnuig, tunt
relief from tho present congestion in
the school may be soon obtained.
John Krause himself appeared be
foio tho hoard or pardons In support
or his application ror a pardon. Ho
related to the board his relations with
William Kline, stating that when ho
fired a gun into tho air, when K'llno
and ho wero quarreling, that ho had
on Intention or hurting Kline, and that
ho did not do so.
An epidemic of what appears to be
typhoid fever prevails at the state in
stitute for feeble-minded at Beatrice
Dr. Thomas, the superintendent, is
among tho number on the sick list.
Fully two dozen children und adults,
Including four attendants, are down
with fever.
Corporations chartered by othe
states, but doing business in Nebras
ka .shall pay their corporation occupa
tion tn hereafter only on that part
of their capital employed In this state.
This is the ruling of the legal depart
ment in response to an Inquiry front
the secretary or state.
UNCOiJ?rtSv1T'
IMMHMHBlMMHHaK. Ull I 111 lllft
rTTTFfVf9rZCm J""-
OTTUMWA
WOMAN
CURED
By Lydia E. Plnkham'i
Vegetable Compound
Ottumwa, low. 'Tor tears I u
almost a constant sufferer from female
trouble, lu all ila
dreadful forms:
shooting pains all
OTor my body, sick
headaoho. tsninal
v weakness, dizziness.
depression, and
everything that waa
horrid. I tried manv
doctors in different
Sarts of the United
tates, but Lydia B.
Pinkhanvs vegeta
ble Compound has
done more for me than all the doctors.
I feel it my duty to tell you these
f ac ts. M v heart Is full of eratitude to
you for my cure." Mrs. Harriet E.
WAMPLEit, A34 8. Hansom Street;
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Consider This Advice
No woman should submit to a surgf.
cal operation, which may mean death,
until sho has given Lydia . Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a fair trial.
This famous medicine, made only
from roots and herbs, has for thirty
years proved to bo the most valuable
tonic and invigorator of the female
organism. Women residing in almost
every city nnd town in the United
Htates bear willing testimony to the
wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Yegotablo Compound.
Mrs. Plnkhara, at Lynn, Masa
Invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
confidential, and alwaya helpful.
A woman hns nbout ns much ufo
for n mnn who doesn't ndmire her as
a fatted calf has for a prodigal son.
With tt smooth iron nnd Deflnnoe
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at homo as the
steam laundry can; It will have the
proper stiffness and finish, thero will
bo less wear nnd tear of tho goods,
nnd it will bo a positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to
tho Iron.
Harold Knowa the ,?lgns.
Flve-year-old Harold's older sister
Was In tho habit of making a good
many demands on him. Generally
her requests for favors, usually the
running of errands around the hous,
were prefaced by what she considered
subtle flatter'.
"Now, Harold," 6he began one day.
"you're a dear, sweet little boy, and
you know I love you" but Harold
cut her short.
"Well, Ethel," he said, earnestly, "If
It's upstairs, I won't go." Llppincott'a
Magazine.
PERFORMING POLICE DUTY.
Officer Muldoon That lellow's flirt
ing with every servant girl on my
beat. I'd rim him In If I could charge
him with somo offense.
Chalker (the milkman) That's
easy. Charge him with impersonating
an officer!
A 8P00N 8HAKER.
8traight From Coffeedom.
Coffee can marshal! a good squadron
of enemies nnd some very hard ones to
overcome. A lady In Florida writes:
"I havo always been very fond of
good coffee, nnd for years drank it at
least tbrco times n day. At last, how
ever, I found that It wus injuring me.
"I becamo bilious, subject to fre
quent and violent headaches, and so
very nervous, that I could not lift a
spoon to my mouth without spilling a
part of Its contents.
"My heart got 'rickety' nnd beat so
fast and so hard that I could scarcely
breathe, while my skin got thick and
dingy, with yellow blotches on my face,
caused by tho condition of 'my liver
and blood,
"I mudo up my mind that all these
afflictions camo from tho coffco, and I
determined to experiment and see.
"So I quit coffco and got a package
of Postum which furnished my hot
morning beverage. After a littlo time
I was rewardod by a complote restora
tion of my health in eVery respect.
"I do not suffer from biliousness any
more, my headaches have disappeared,
my nerves aro as steady as could ho
desired, my heart beats regularly and
my complexion Iiob cleared up beauti
fully the blotches havo been wiped out
and It is such a pleasure to be well
again." Name given by Fostum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich,
Read tho little book, "The Road to
'ellvllle," In pkgs. "There's n reason."
ISter read the abote IrllrrT A new
appear from line to lime. The?
are seaulae, I rue, and fall of kaaM
lalerral.
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