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k-s jmx-n tWWW-Fft fW M RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF $'., r,t 1ttfa m: WHY CATCH COLD Ona-half of ths Deaths and Two third of the 8lckneia it the Di rect Result of Catching Cold. Nothing could bo of greater vital Interest to tho family than to know how to avoid catching cold. COLDS THAT KILL If It be true, as one famous doctor says, that catching cold can be avoided, think what It means. Two thirds of the sickness that now op presses tho people would bo avoided. Bcrlous Interference with business. Tho anguish of anxious parents. The blasting of many brilliant dreams, all these things would he largely done away with If people knew how to avoid catching cold. Catching cold Is a very common experience in numerous households. 'People have come to believe that there Is no way to avoid It CAN BE AVOIDED. Peoplo aro taught In tho "Ills of Life" how to avoid the ceaseless drain that catching cold makes upon the vital organs. Get It and read It and Judge for yourselves of Its value and practicability. It Is Issued by the Peruna Co., of Columbus, Ohio. Your Liver Is Clogged Up That'a Why You're Tired-Out of Sorts Have No Appetite CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS will put you right in a lew days. They do their duty. Cure Con siinnIrtri Biliousness, Indigestion and Sick Headache SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL TRICE, Genuine must bear Signature FOUND TIME FOR AMENITIES How British and Boers Exchanged Compliments During the Long Siege of Klmberley. During tho Iloor war Mr. Rhodos was shut up in Kimborlcy, und the Boers constantly shelled tho town with longrango artillery. Thoy were not very successful, for with 300 big shells they only killed 12 people. Meantime, Mr. Rhodes accomplished the extraordinary feat of getting a cannon built at bis works Insldo the town. It was a regular modern rifled gun, and fired shells also homemade on each of which was stamped, "With compliments of C. J. Rhodes." , Tho Uoers themselves wero not with out a sense of humor. During Christ mas, 1899, they wero besieging Lady smith, and on Christmas eve they fired ten plugged shells into the town each with a pleco of plum pudding InBlde. and each bearing tho words, "With tho season's compliments." Two of the shells were found by tho garrison, and it was discovered that, like Mr. Rhodes', they wero homo made, having been cast In a foundry at Johannesburg. A Substitute River. One of the perplexing problems en countered by coaches of tho various "varsity" racing shell crews, that of .providing better means for winter training than is offered by the ordi nary rowing machine, has been met satisfactorily at Syracuso university through tho installation of an indoor rowing tank, provided with mechani cal means for simulating the passage of tho boat through the water. ThlB provides what might almost bo called actual rowing, besides keeping the nen In condition. Popular Mechanics Magazine. It Happened In Boston. "Did your husband cut his false friend with acerbity?" "No, mum, wld a razah." Let Them Speak For Themselves You needn't take any body's word for the superior ity of Post Toasties Get a package from your Grocer, pour some of the crisp, sweet flakes into a dish, add, cream or milk, and a sprinkle of sugar if you wish. Then be the judge of Post Toasties The Superior Corn Flakes ' made from the hearts of the finest Indian Corn, skilfully cooked, seasoned, rolled and toasted. Toasties arc not ordinary "corn flakes," so remember when you want Superior Corn Flakes to ask your grocer for Post Toasties HHIWlKir.Kd 'KfESW ITTLE amr BivtK JBMB1 BJPILL5. ss Abm'"i'" m ' ' ' 7 "Ti" .I &&U?&5tt HCrWTHF wm it I) Story of 'Humphrey and the Amusement Resort Which He Purchased. STRUGGLE FOR DECENCY How He Drove Away the Saloons, Gave Everyone Value for His Money, Kept the Place Decent and Finally Won. By RICHARD SPILLANE. Humphrey's father left tho farm to him. Soma persons may find pleas ure and profit In tilling tho soil, but, hard as ho worked, Humphrey mado llttlo headway. Ho longed for tho comforts and opportunities of city llfo nnd tho moro ho dwelt on what tho city held In promise tho moro dissat isfied ho becanio with his lot Final ly ho got so tired of "cropping 'it," as tho agriculturists 'call farming, that ho determined to sell out Ho put tho farm on tho market and got a purchaser. Then ho moved to town. Ono'thlng Humphrey liked was pop corn. Ho dptcd on it as n boy and his appetite for it did not diminish as ho grow older. When ho got to town nnd looked around for some work with which to employ Wb energies, ho did not find so many openings as ho had expected. Idleness waB abhor rent to him. so, more to keep himself engaged thnn with any thought of going Into tho business permanently, ho mado popcorn on his kitchen stove and sold It to men who had stands about town. No ono knows moro about tho art of popcorn making thnn Humphrey., Tho corn should bo of a special growth nnd it should bo kept three years to season nnd It should bo 'cooked Just so, or It will not havo tho flavor and delicacy that real popcorn should .have. Tho peoplo who bought Humphrey's popcorn relished It, nnd tho Bldowalk venders developed a trado in p&pcorn they never nnd known before Humphrey mado a llt tlo money not much, but enough to mako him' ambitious. to brondon his flold. Out at tho lakeside was a big pleasure park. It had cost many thousands of dollars to build. Tho men who started it expected to mako a fortune, but hnd been disappointed. 'At first it did fairly well, but gradu ally its attractions paled. Then the owners let it becomo a fly pnper prop osition. Every visitor got stuck. Made Money and Saved It. Humphrey sold popcorn to tho Beach -Park people. That was ono of tho fow things sold at tho park for which the peoplo got tho worth of their money. His popcorn sold bo well thero and at tho stands in town that Humphrey took up other lines. Ho made old-fashioned candy and su gared peanuts nnd gradually built up a trade in those articles that permit ted him to add a llttlo to tho money ho had put in a hank as a result of the Bale of a farm. Although Humphrey prospered, tho owners of the Deach Park did not Tho reputation of tho big amusement place did not Improve Roysterers got to going thero at night and occa sionally there were disgraceful brawls. Tho bar did tho biggest busi ness in tho establishment Every sideshow had a ballyhoo man and most of tho freaks wero fake's of tho worst order. As the years went on, respoctablo people begnn to avoid tho park. There nlways is an elomont that de lights in riot and roar, but It is not Altogether profitable. Tho ownerB of tho park, facing a larger and larger deficit ench year, became moro and moro disgusted. Thoy saw how wrong they had been in their estimates Tho city was not btg enough to sup port so large an enterprise as tho park. The best thing thoy could do, they decided, waB to sell tho prop erty. It is ono thing to want to sell and another to find a purchaser. Men willing to buy lakeside parks and having money to pay tho price aro Bcarce. To announce the amount of tho yearly deficit would not enhanco the value. Tho owners looked arojund carefully and' cautiously for a person upon whom thoy could unload. Somehow, the popcorn man camo into calculation.' Bought Beach Park. It seemed ridiculous when his name 'was .suggested, but investigation showed ho had considerable money, nnd when tho proposition wan put up to him bo gnvo it consideration. Ho looked tho property over cnrofully. Ho inspected tho bar and frownod. Ho looked nt tho fakes and scowled. Everything that seemed profitable to tho owners mot with his disapproval. About tho only thing thnt pleased him was the location. Ho looked out over tho lako and his fnco cleared. Ho gazed along tho bencli and Boomed pleased. He watched somo children nt play, and nodded Ills head npprov Ingly. A fow days lator ho closed a denl for tho purchaso of tho park, nnd tho men who hnd been holding tho bng for yenra breathed easier. Humphrey was tho purchaser. Tho popcorn mn'n, not being pnrtlal to slrong waters, closed tho bar tho first day ho was in charge In doing this bo basoly deceived a large num MAN W SUNG ber of thirsty gentlemen ho joitV iieyed out to tho park tho following Suntlny. It was hot frightfully hot nnd their thirst had not been cooled by tho fivo-mllo rldo from the center of tho city In tho crowded trolley enrs. Thoy let out n roar that vos unpleasnnt to hear. They scoffed at tho attendants who mildly suggested that thero wero plenty of soft drinks to bo had. Tho closing of the bar was bad enough, but worso followed, Olontle men who sought tho pleasures of tho dancing pavilion ond cast aside their coats and vests ns they had been nc customed to do In order to bo cooler nnd moro comfortnblo whllo they danced, wero fighting nngry when in formed that no ono would ho permit ted on the floor unless properly clad. Long and Trying Struggle. Bench Park was n sad affair for tho rest of tho Reason. Tho rospectnblo element would not go thero becauso of Its general reputation, nnd tho rough element would not torturo Itself In bucIi a deadly dull plnco. Women nnd children went thero on summer days and found relief from tho hent of tho city nnd persons who loved boating nnd fishing continued to glva their patronage to it, but tho receipts wero decidedly less than under tho old regime Next year Humphrey had n despcr nto time Every day meant n loss, nnd his capital dribbled away stead ily. Ho had to mako n lot of popcorn, old-fashioned candy and sugared pea nuts to meet ono week's deficit, but ho wont nboitt his business as usual and kept his own counsol. Tho third year Humphrey was In possession tested his courngo to tho limit. Tho days when tho receipts equaled tho expenses wero rare Tho dayB when the losses wero big wero many. Tho popcorn man hnd to rako and scrapo and mnko sacrifices to He Made Popcorn on keep up appearances. His brother, who had Joined forces with him, helped him out with money and serv ices, but oven with his aid it was tho tightest kind of a Bqueeze to got through without a vlBlt from tho sheriff. It had been proved so conclusively that tho public would havo nothing to do with Dench Park that no ono supposed Humphrey would bo so fool ish, after that experlenco of tho third season, as to waste more of his time and hard-earned monoy on it. Dut tho popcorn man was obstinate nnd ho opened up tho fourth year ns blithely as ever, It waa tho old story until about tho middle of tho senson. Then there was a slight improve ment. Somebody of conscquenco and influenco told somebody elso. that tho plnco was changed so much ho hnrdly could recogntzo .it Ho was so glow ing in his picturing of tho charm of the park that the other man was tempted to go there. Ho was sur prised and delighted, and felt It was his duty to tell everybody about It Both Decent and Paying. Beforo that fourth season closed Beach Park wns paying expenses. It opened next year with an excellent business, and in a month or two It was having a patronage such as it nover had .known before. It was ex actly tho place for a respectablo man and his family; Thero were no toughs. Thero wore no bars. .Everything was rooderato In firlco, yet good. There wore no shooting galleries, no fortune tellers, no freaks or fakes or loop tho loop or thrillers In tho way of roller coasters with sonsntlonnl dips that oc casionally brought disaster, nut thero was overythlng that was legltlmato nnd snfo nnd deconfc. Tho dancing pavilion wn1) a dollght. There was n dancing master there to instruct tho awkward or tho young or to check any tendency to Impropriety. Tho music was of tho best for dnnc lng purposes. Comparatively few per EonB renllzo whnt a biij dlfforenco tho music makes In tho enjoyment of danctng. Instead of tho eldoshowB and fnkPH, Humphrey had charming pavilions, shndy nooks, rustic paths, grnssy lawns and grottos. Thero were roller coasters and miniature railroads and ft X some really entertaining but by no means noisy, shows, Ann tho restau rants! The town never hnd hnd bet tor. Everything wait at modulate price. You could get n sandwich foi flvo cents, nnd everytl Ing elso In pro portion. Men found they could take the whole family there to dinner and not bo bankrupted. Hoitm declared it wns rhenper to go to the park and illno than to remain nt home. In addition to tho Joys of good oat lug, good surroundings, cleanliness and decency, thero wero tho delights of boating and bnthlug and fishing. Humphrey had changed avr thing nt tho lakeside. All tho boats wero now. All tho bathhouses wero neat and well kept. Even tho bench wns gono over sovernl times a day to re movo any thing or even thing dropped by cnroless persons. Drove Away the Saloons. From being neglected, Hrnrh Park suddenly sprang Into favor. Its for mor evil reputation' waB forgotten nnd wns used as a basis for expressing Its now worth. Tho monoy camo pour ing In on Humphrey In a way to cheer him for nil tho patience he had dis played, and peoplo began telling him how thoy nlways know ho would mako a big success of tho enterprise. All thn persons who went to tho pnrk wero not drinkers of soft stuff. Vnrlotis gentlemen, seeing what crowds were being attracted to tho park, wished thoy could induce Humphrey to lot them hnvo tho bar prlvllego nt his nowiy-mado gold mine. Somo approached him on the proposition, but never ngnln. Thon they did what they considered to ho tho next best thing. Thoy opened sn Iooiib across tho brond highway from tho main ontrnnco to the park. Somo of those saloons wore pretty tough Humphrey did not like his saloon neighbors. He determined to got rid of tlicm. Rigging up powerful search- His Kitchen Stove. lights Injhis grounds, ho directed the rays of tho searchlights upon tho sa loons. Nobody could enter without bolng truly in the spot light. Decent men didn't llko to make oxhibitlons of themselves, so they dodged thoso saloons,' Tho liquor men threatened lots of things to Humphrey, but went no further than to sue out an injunc tion restraining him from using Ills battleship searchlights. That was plo for tho popcorn man. Tho papers mado big stories out of tho fight. Humphrey got moro advertising fthan ho could havo bought for thousands of dollars. And tho Injunction was set aside. Thereupon tho search lights camo Into play again. Tho crowd at Beach Park thought it high ly enjoyablo to see an occasional par son try to get into a, saloon without being spotted. Peoplo went out Just to Beo this show, i Every Visitor Gets Value. v Tho searchlights drove tho saloons out of business and Beach Park nover fans seen onp since It has In creased in -popularity year by year, and today is a remarkablo monument to tho worth of nonesty and decency in an amusement park. Every pala tablo "soft" drink is sold there, but nothing with a suspicion '' of' dope. Thero Is no ballyhooing, no deceit, no loudness. Evory visitor gets value. Tho whblo establishment and ll cov ers many acres is conducted ration nlly, efficiently and yet most profit ably. There has been so much profit in Bench Park as ho conducts it that tho popcorn man has had to look about to employ his money. Liking tho nmuBement field and believing ho wnB doing n good service In providing for thoso who want to tnko their pleas ures In n decent, respoctablo wuy, ho built a great winter cnrnlval right In tho heart of a city. There ho nns hoelcoy tournaments, ice skating and other sports. The ice-making plant Is ho tremendous thut this rluk Is said to bo tho biggest in tho world, It is n pronounced succoss Tho games und tournaments tinvo come to Do fan turos of tho winter llfo or tho cty, nnd tho popcorn man is now declared to bo tho most prosperous amusement purvoyor In America. (Copyrtcht by tho AtrCluro Nuwspaper Syndicate) SE3iS33 I LIiTijU'7oi Ki mnniumiumuimmumJ ;U9 .v & "''1'"' ALCOIIOL-3 PER CENT AYvtfefalilc Preparation for As-simitcitinjJihcFooilaiMinogiila-ling the Stomachs ami lUiwcis of iM i: io, K liiVhiMWiniimM.:! '. 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