RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. CHIEF ISmashed Leg Is Worth $17,500 Old Man Statistics Docs Some Investigating Into Suits for Damages. FRIGE SET BY JURIES VARIES Um of Arm Is Valued at From $800 to (60,000 One Man Demands $25,000 for "Harrowing, Experience" $530 for Half Mouso in Pie. New Vork. Old Man Statistics la loose again. Now lie comes forwnrd to wij Unit If you contemplate losing a left nnil suing for damages tlio sum yon sk will average around $25,000. If jon loc an eye, your reputation In fact, imythlng the average remains the samt snyu lie. Hut the sum you will get 11 f you win) ho declares, will Kc cojxjldcnibly lower $17,500. Tlir price of n leg, as decided by Varies and sundry juries, varies from T8(W to $G0,00(). What makes for tWfl wide rango in vuluo of pedal ex tremities was simple In tlio old days hen juries consisted of men only, but It Is different now. One Is left in n laandary. Damages Total $28,507,125. There was a total of approximately 128,007,125 Involved In suits last year In the metropolitan district. That against William M. Baldwin, capital ist, for $17,000,000 was the lurgest. j A number of cases Involved odd com plaint. Not so long ago n man demanded $25,000 for n "harrowing" experience he hod while being chuscd about n ship by a mudman. An actress decided to tako heroic measures to reduce. Sho consulted a Burgeon as to the advisability of huv lag it "cut off." Sho forgot one thing that the operation would leave scars and Bhe alleged In court they forever marred her "asthetlc" beauty. She admitted, however, that "sev eral" pounds of Mesh had been re moved und her figure was more grace ful than before. The Jury decided tho figure was worth the money thu sur geon charged. Somebody hit n young matron with the wrong side of a slap stick, loaded with a blank cartridge. Sho wus be ing Initiated Into the mysteries of the Modern Order of Praetorians and wus leaning over to kiss the altar when the undignified Incident occurred. The flash of the powder raised a blister which she thought was worth $20,000. $500 for Half a Mouse In Pie. One of the youngest complainants in a suit was a four-montlm-old child. Tlio defendant wus a doctor, who was alleged to havo so injured the com plainant when he brought him Into the world us to have permanently Im paired his health. Another child re covered damages for n prenatal Injury received when his mother fell through u coal hole, the lid of which had been vemoved. One woman demanded $5,000 for find ing half a mouse in u plcco of mince pie given her In u restaurant. A boy valued his ability to smile at $20,000, and thu jury agreed with ultn. If a guest of yours should happen to fall over one of your rugs and fracture his nose you need havo no fear If he should suo you. Tho Su preme court held In a case of this kind that tho host is not responsible for a fall on a loose rug. Hacks, arms, legs, ribs, toes, Augers, noses, jaws, hearts, resolutions, vows Girl, Dressed as Boy, Walked Miles in Sleep Dorothy Sherman, nineteen years old, daughter of J. L. Sherman of Eaton, Colo., walked 11 miles In her sleep recently, garbed In her brother's clothes. She declared she went to bed as usual and knew nothing moro until she wus awakened by u passing automobile on a bridge 11 miles from her home. GIRL MAKES MOVIES REAL THING Invention of California Girl Prom ises Big Improvement. Through Series of Silver Screens Characters Are Made to Appear as Actual Humana Moving. San Francisco. Ever since the cinema Industry beenmo an industry, persons with mechanical turn of mind have developed this and that kind of Invention calculated to "humanize." the film character. There wos the "picture that talks," In which u phonographic record wns synchronized with tho speed of projec tion. It never came Into popular favor. It has remained for u Los Angeles girl to provldo an Invention that has promise, of nctual merit. The Invention Is that of Mary Bruce, twenty-one-year-old girl, who lives with her mother tit 1828 S. Vermont avenue. and everything else breakublo were broken during the year. For these Injuries thu litigants sought from $500 to $100,000, Amputations, too, were manifold. One child got $10,000 for tho loss of four toes. Another got $00,000 for tho loss of two hands. They were tho high records for cases of that sort. The lowest award on record was that of u llronx woman who sued lite Na tional IllHciilt company for $2,000 lie cuuso a splinter in ono of the biscuits lodged in her gums. The jury thought $50 would Just about cover tho cost. SKELETON 250 YEARS OLD Scientist Studies Remains Found In Hawaii to Find Origin of Race. Honotilu. Half of a human skeleton believed to bo two hundred and fifty years old, discovered on this Island by u bather, Is being examined by Dr. Edwnrd Handy of the staff of tho lllshop museum, In thu hope that It may help solve the problem of the origin of tho Polynesian race. Tho skeleton Includes the major portion of Baby Playhouse Costs Million Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hamilton, Memphis, Erect Structure for Their Two Youngsters. EMPLOYS ARTISTS FOR JOB Beautiful Panels Illustrate Character-it From the More Popular of the Fairy Tales Miniature Stage Is One of the Featured. New York. A beautiful, urtlstlc building created by New York artists ho Hock to Cape May In the sum mer season, Is the $1,000,000 playhouse erected on the country estate at Cen trevlUe of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hamilton of Memphis, Tenn., for their children, Dun, Jr., and Margaret. It Is truly a playhouse, liber, timber und beam. Mrs. Hamilton, sensing that artists were the people to create a houso radi ating beauty and tho make-believe, commissioned Thomas Hunt and his wife, Dorothy, to build and decorate the playhouse. Tho little house, with Its golden whlto stucco walls und steep-pitched red-tiled roof, stands In a cluster of pines above tho marshes ahd overlook ing the sand dunes of the cape und the blue waters of Vineyard sound. Beamed With Oak. One enters u spacious, low-celllnged playroom, heavily beamed with oak and stnlned In gold and cerulean blue, the rough plaster walls radiating the same golden hue. Here Is a big llrcplace, faced with orange tiles of special de Speedy Farman Glider on the Seine .jr"f7j Zi. . j.1 i - . XW r V vf'v, & -1 n v.: ."..x . . -. "5-1 mJSW.. - . " ' y XufcVXf " T M vts w, & li;,? :: ''.,, ?r&?zzWmMmji.. Bk r "" J, H tgU . 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By.A.,, mbbs 3Minn?uA'!iit&.m.sf Y This Is tho Farman Oilidcr, propelled by n huge airplane engine and aerial propeller, gliding along the Seine. It makes u speed of Q0 miles 011 hour. 'S- Ily means of n series of silver mesh screens, which havo been tested out nnd found practicable, Mary is able to "absorb" the usual projection. The result Is that characters on the screen appear In their true shadow gradation, and tho appearance to the observer Is that of nctual humans mov ing. The full body of tho actor or actress Is visible to tho eye. Tho "Hat" op pearaneo of them has been overcome. The series of silver mesh screens are mounted In varying sizes and may bo erected In front of any ordinary pro jection screen. Thoy tako up very small space in front of the screen. A local picture houso will install tlio Invention with a view to proving or disproving its merit. Caught Big Snapping Turtle. Poplar Bluff, Mo.Probably tho largest snapping turtle ever tnken from Black river was captured ono Sunday recently by B0 4nse. It was HIS BIG ALASKA BEAR ma t J ju?Effi V iMsNyflasl . i BBBBBBBBBBBr imi , .IsBmIBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB'' BBBBBV IS.V HB f J In ' ' mill I 'l Mill I il' ' Z Lieut. Commander llenjumln L. Hroekwuy. commander of the United States coast guard cutter Unalga, and the sklu of a monster bear he killed near Unalaska. The Uuulga recently arrived at Seattle' Wash. u man's torso, and Is In an excellent state of preservation, especially tho teeth. These are of unusual size and strength and give rise to the belief that the skeleton may lie older than 250 years. Doctor Handy said. The spinal column also Is preserved par tially. ' signs done in daring linos "'and hues and giving a touch of tho old-world peasant llreplace. Above the llrepluco is a low-hung balcony, which Invites untold adventure, since It can be reached only by n ship's ladder. Over the llreplace and along the balcony are three panels executed by Mrs. Hunt, Illustrating characters of fnlry tales "Kod Illdlnghood," "Prlnco Charming," "The Enchanted Prluccss" and "Hansel anil Gretel." Ilia win dows let In masses of light, and tiny windows form enticing peepholes from which Imprisoned princesses can gaze far down tho winding river and search the woods for the approach of the rrlnce. Fully Equipped Stage. At the far end of the playroom is n little stage fitted with footlights und n spotlight nnd curtained with n blue und silver tapestry whereon Is depict ed the love of Pierrot nnd Columbine In tin abandoned park. Hut perhaps nothing pleases "Dan 'dam" and his playfellows so much as Ids treasure chest. It Is of oak, mod eled after a famous old Spanish scu chest, with hammered brass corners, straps and lock plate, and with rings around the base to lash It to the deck in rough weather. On It Mr. Hunt has wrought In gorgeous nnd daring color pictorial scenes of pirates bury ing their treasure, and Spanish gal leons. A close Inspection of tho char acters brings squeals of Joy from the children, for as has been said, the Hamilton group has been used as mo tif In many of the designs. Captnln Kldd bears a remarkable resemblance to Daddy Hamilton. x .- t n i i r r f r i n mmt i ft feet !t Inches from tip of nose to the end of Its tall, weighed 84 pounds nnd bore a shell that measured 10 by 2.r) Inches. Ills mouth, opened wide, measured 11 Inches. Its severed head weighed 12 pounds unit measured 8 Inches across. SICK WOMEN THIERS TARGET Victims Just From Hospital Are Gulled by Wily Trick of Paris Crook. Paris. Thu limit In fraudulent au dacity Is displayed by a man of fifty three for whom the Paris pollco are looking. lie hns been In the habit of calling at tho homes of women who have Just come out of tho hospital, presenting himself as a Poor Law doctor sent to cxainlno them nnd re port on their progress. Having caused a woman to un dress, ho gravely covers her head with her clothes, Instructs her to count 40 slowly nnd then hold her breath. When tho woman's nttcntton Is thus distracted the man snatches up any thing of vnluo and steals awny. CORNHUSKER ITEMS Nowa of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. A short time ago, tho doctors of Pawnee City made physical exami nations of eery pupil In the public schools. Among the defectives found were very extraordinary ruses. One 1 boy was found to he totally blind in I one eye, and ullho ho li nenrlng his teen., neither his parents nor tlio j teacher had found this out before, j Another boy had Inverted eyesight. Kverythlng was viewed upside down. Ho held his books upside down to read, and people 011 tho street seemed lo him lr Imi literally standing on their heads. Tho boy and his parents were both un. conscious of the defect. A pipe Hue from tho Wyoming oil fields to either Omaha or Sioux Hty on the .Missouri river is a possibility of tho near future, with construction to begin Ihl'j summer. Tlio Mid-West Co., ono of the largest operators In "Wyom ing, Is the concern behind tho move ment for construction of tho lino, which If built will follow the route of tho Northwestern from Casper through O'Neill to cnubl it to tap tho Big Chief fields north of Kushvllle, which the Mid-West now Is de eloping. Tho fame of Valley county as the popcorn center of thu world Is evi denced by tliu fact that Miss Jennie Brown of Brlgalow, Queensland, Aus tnillla, wrote n letter to County Agent C. U. toalu desiring a supply of the best popcorn available and hns so ex pressed her wants to tlio Valley coun ty agent. Valley county has around 1,500 acres of this valuable crop to her credit this year and hns had us much :11s 0,000 acres at times. According to secretary Hart of the istnto banking board tho Exchange iBank of Ogallalu which was closed last week has been laboring under Huanclal dlfllcultles for six months, due to tho fact that It could not renllze cash on Its securities. Tho bank wns found ed nearly a quarter of n century ago and was considered one of the most .profltnblo and enterprising banks In western Nebraska. M. O. Shurtleff, Lincoln real estate man and stock promotorer, and Perry Anthony, stock salesman, wero arrested on threo Joint indictments of tho grand Jury In session at Lincoln charging them with conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretenses, in connection with thu salo of stock In tho Lincoln nutomobllu and tractor school In 1019 and 11)20. Owing to numerous cases of scarlet fever In the country around Dlller, the authorities are taking eery precaution to prevent Its appearance in the town. Schools and churches are still running us usual, but nil other public gather ings have been postponed indefinitely. The Nebraska (las and Electric Co. hns enjoined the city olllclnls of Ful lerton from reducing the rates for electric current. The city has employ ed an engineer nnd will build n munic ipal plant If rates cannot satisfactor ily bo arranged. Tho Louisville bridge across the Platte river Is closed for repairs, such its new piling, floor and railing. This will throw all trnvel to Lincoln from Omaha to the Ashland bridge until the repulis have been made, unless cross ing is hud at Plnttsmouth. Threo coyotes and many rabbits wero killed at 11 hunt near Dannebrog. After tho roundup tho animals were sold ut auction. Tho next drlvo will bo held February 12. More tban 400 persons lunu been taking part In this sport. Omaha Jewish pcoplo havo entered ,ipoii 11 campaign to raise- $75,000 to be used In relieving the suffering Jews of Europe. Tho Nebraska quota Is $12.-1,000. About $7,-1,000 dnmngo was done by tiro to the stock and building of the Witt and Broberg store at. Newman drove. The lire was caused by an overheated stove. Merchants Spring Market Week Is scheduled for Omaha, March 0-11. W. A. Ellis Is secretnry. Headquarters will bo at tho Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Actual construction of Kearney's new $JOO,000 municipal nudltorlum Is expected to stnrt In a few weeks. Tho estate of tho late Charles W. Sahford of Lincoln was valued at $1, f.00,000 In a will Just tiled. A pimple which developed on his face after shaving n short time ago, caused thu death of F. M. Buol, prom inent business man of Bnndolf. Tho .plmplo became infeeed when Buol opened f and he wns ill only a few days. Fearing that ho would beconio n burden upon his family, J. L. Williams, merchant of Arapahoe, fatally shot himself thru the heart In tin alley near tho Ford hospital In Omaha. Tho dead man had been a patient at tho hospital, where ho was undergoing nervo treat ment. Shipments of bay out of Nebraska during thu latter part of January showed a slight Increase, about one third of tho receipts of prairie hay at Chicago coming from Nebraska, no. cording to tho statu bureau or mar kets. C. D. St. John, miller, of Plntts mouth, employed by tho Nehawka roll ers mills, was wunning thu olllco with un oil stove when It exploded. lie drugged It from the building, but his face, head, arm, shoulder and hands wem badly burned. Tho tiro was extinguished. William Jennings Brian's splendid homo southeast of Lincoln hns been of fered to the Presbyterian church for uso us 11 hospital and it Is expected that tho gift will bo accepted. Two mem bers of (ho board or relief or tho church him been In Lincoln from Phil adelphia and were well pleased with thu properly. Mlsslouurlcu and teach ers anil members of their families who have been liicapacltiatetl In service In China ami Japan arc. tho ones Intended lo bo brought to Lincoln. These nt present go to hospitals further east, und It Is said that additional facili ties aro badly needed. Mr. Bryan mndii his offer when ho learned of this fact. The $10,000 dnmngo action of Lesllo Hawkins, an Infant, by Pearl Hawkins, his mother, against Frank Robertson, Is on trial before n Jury In district court ut Beatrice. Tho plaintiff ill leges that as 11 result of the careless burning of shavings and other rubbish on it patch back of 11 homo where Mrs. Hawkins win visiting, the child ran Into a bed of hot ashes-, burning Its right foot so badly that threo of thu smaller toes were sloughed off, dls. Ilgitrlng lint little fellow for life. The defendants uru owners of tho Beatrice Planing mill. A new cattlo loan company has re cently been Incorporated at Alliance by tliosw connected with the First State bank of that place. The company will bn known as tho Northwestern Cattle Loan and Investment company nnd is capitalized at ?.r0,000. Tlio company will take advantage of the federal fund now uvnlhiblo to tho stockmen und will denl directly with tho war finance corporation. Bloomlleld citizens nro to hnve tele phone service again soon, two locnl men having closed u denl to take over tho exchango from tho Union Tele phone Co. It is reported that over COO patrons have signed up to resume ser vice and It confidently expected thut nenrly 050 of tlio 700 striking putrom will sign up for re-connectlon. Governor McKclvlu appointed Adam Breede, publisher of tho Hastings Trib une, a delegnto to present Nebraska nt tho Contennlul exposition In Bruzll next September. While Mr. Breede will pay his own expenses, ho will becomo a member of a party that will tour tho Brazilian stateii us guests of Uint government. Questlonnlres to all county clerks In Nebraska, calling for dotulled costs of road building nnd maintenance have been sent from Lincoln to provide datu on which Governor Mcltelvlc's board of Inquiry Into highway construction In Nebraska will start to work February 21, 1922. Hearings will bo held nt Lincoln and will bo public. C. Lawrence Stull, owner of 1,000 acres in Cass county nnd reputed to be worth between $300,000 and $400,000, was sentenced by Federal Judgo Mun ger of Lincoln to thirty dnys in the county Jail and fined $200 on a charge of illegal possession nnd -manufacture of liquor. Stull pleaded guilty to tlio charge. The St. Andrews' Episcopal church of Scouttsbluff has instulled n radio phone that will supply to tho congre gation, nt various times, music from all over tho world, news of tho day, lectures nnd other tilings of Interest. A petition signed by moro than a thousand farmers has been tiled with tho bonrd of supervisors of Platte county asking thnt no appropriation be mado for tho county agent nnd farm bureau. Georgo A. Taylor, a prominent res ident of Friend, 11 veteran of the civil war and commander of William T. Sherman post, G. A. It., died at his homo hero after n long illness. The farm house of S. B. Ayers, lo cated east of Blue Springs, wns de stroyed by lire, with most of its con tents. The loss of $4,000 wns partially covered by insurance. Voters of Pierce approved a bond Issuo of $1.'15,000 to flnnnco Uie erec tion of a school house. Plans have been drawn and construction will start Immediately. Grant nnd Crook posts, G. A. R., Om nho, have voted to consolidate. Tho ranks havo been so depleted by death that this uctlon was thought advisable. About sixty pure bred hogs sold at Stanton, by Ed Kern averaged $300. No animal sold under $200. But ono enso of small pox Is reported In Omaha, whereas, on this date last year there wero eight cases. Tho attendnnco nt tlio North Platte night school at tho close of the third week was 1,5174. Stamped by the Snrgpnt postmaster, after having been addressed, tho small son of Harold Pernn was sent by parcel near Callnwny. Threo wolves nnd many jackriibblts, killed in n wolf hunt, In which 250 persons pnrtlclpnted, were sold and tlio proceeds will bo given to the needy at Auburn. Auburn enthusiasts to the number of moro thnn 100 have organized n country club nnd leasod 80 acres of suitable lund near town. An attrac tive club house, golf links, tennis courts and swimming pool will be provided., Plans nro being perfected by the Lincoln Womnn's Club for the 'erection of n now $100,000 club house. Work will bo stnrtcd In the spring on Fremont's new Junior high school building. M. M. Foley, residing northeast of AiiBOlmo, met with a serious accident wlillo trying to hitch a fractious team to 11 wagon loaded with corn. During tho process Foley slipped und fell nnd tho wagon, which was on a slight In cline, passed over his body breaking several ribs on thu right side, one of them penetrating the right lung. Stomach Catarrh Cause untold misery nd rulioruic. a nf wbien is uoeuion. . o-iu-u aeta as quickly and eurtlj; on taxra or mo siomaca una jujwi on in C33C3 ui . that common. form, nasal, r caurrn. ja IN USE TOY YEARS rCxerdses n eootb- 7tur. hcali 11 z effect up- 1 nil raucous linlnra. nclchlnT eras, sour stom ach, nausea, vomltlne. cramns. noma in uientxio- sCA men, diarrhoea, coratlna 7i tlonaroall eynntoms ol a 'An catarrhal condition in tha Ztk orransof dlzutlon. uon't cuuer sjiouicraay. It la needless nnd danger ous. 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