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MARCH 28, 1907.
S Stories of Animal Life
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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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Coach Iiorxes Join in Fox fhaae.
(From the London Tribune.)
They had some spirited horses in the
old coaching days. Just a hundred
years ago a remarkable proof of this
was given, and fortunately N recorded
for the astonishment of later motoring
generations, in the case of the Liver
pool mail coach. Horses were changed
at Monk's Heath, between Congleton,
in Cheshire and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
,
On this particular occassion a pack
of foxhounds was heard in full cry just
as the horses from Congleton were
freed from the coach, and they started
off with the harness on their backs and
followed the run to the finish. One of
them, a blood mare, stuck close to the
whipper in and took every jump after
him through the two hours. And in
the evening they took the return coach
to Congleton as merrily as if they had
been in the stable all the time.
Pony Goes to School for Little Girl.
(Boston Herald.)
Barney, the little black pony for
some years owned by John A. Jones,
city engineer of Lewiston, has been
sold to Mr. Conant of Hebron, who
purchased him-for the use of his
daughter, an invalid.
Every day the little girl rides Barney
the half . mile from her home to the
schoolhouse, then turns him loose, and
he promptly goes home; at the proper
time the people at home start him
away down the road, and he never
fails to be waiting for bis mistress
when school is dismissed. He learned
this trick in a very few days and seems
to take much pride in it.
A Hare at Sea.
(From Country Life.)
A coast guard saw a hunted hare,
which hnd been lost by its pursuers,
swim in from the sea, and land.
She apeared to be violently sick,
probably from the effects of swallow
ing salt water-; she then cleaned herself
thoroughly all over and went quietly
on her way, having thus effectually
thrown off her hunters.
Do Watched Master's Body.
(From Charleston News.)
The body of Dozier Huckabe, a
white man wasi found in the woods
twelve miles north fit Columbus, near
the Harris county line, this morning.
He had been shot to death, and it is
suspected that he was killed by Gene
Bryant.
When the body was discovered this
morning it was still being guarded by
"the man's dog. It is supposed that the
faithful animal had been at his ead
master's side for hours.
Cat's Nest in a Tree.
(From the London Standard.)
In a disused thrush's nestnear the
top of a pear tree growing on the wall
of the Ileston Council schoolhouse,
near Hounslow, a cat has made her
home, writes Miss M. Foster, and the
cat may be seen daily surveying the
world from her strange abode.
It is TcrelicVed that a family of kittens
shares the nest with It adventurous
parent.
Mice That Were Tipplers.
(From the Madras Times.)
A correspondent writes: In Quet.ta
some years ago I had occasion to go
early one morning into a miscellaneous
store kept by a Parsi, who also kept a
liquor bar. As I entered the shop I
noticed a mouse reeling across the
floor ,and I remarked to the shopkeep
er that the mouse seemed to be hurt,
but his reply astonished me.
He said that that mouse and several
other thlt inferred his shop were con
firmed drundards. During the night
they regularly drank all the liquor
which remained In the glasses which
the soldiers hud used in the evenings
for their drinks.
Wildcat Children's Prt.
(From rfte Is Ang.U Tim.)
How would you like to liave a real
Ilvo wildcat for n pet? This what
little Klxlo Ste.irns, H-rht months old,
and Hel n Strarns aged nine, daught
ers of Mr. and Mrs. V. II. Steam of
I'HMfulenu. regard i' their dearest
treasure.
They would ntther flay, with this Mg
CiUfomhi wildest thau with tluir
nnallrr domestic cuts, and ho h Jut
h K'x'd na tutt-d a any of tho rest, t.
lu ngal In his name, and h look.- tho
I'urt. for his marking Is very fdmllar
to h iu final tlrer". H In a beautiful
animal, tin- and a half feet Ion and
ry hr;ivy,
lie U wow three year eld and power-
ful, yet as gentle as any ordinary cat.
He is devoted to the children. He will
lick the baby's hand and face and let
her play with him just as roughly as
she wishes, with never a growl or
sound, and he is also fond of little Miss
Helen. He likes women and children
generally, but does not care for men.
Mi?. SfVarns says the reason for this is
that he has been obliged to take, Mr.
Bengal during the summer and shake
him up in a bag gf insect powder to
rid him of fleas. Bengal regards this
as a lecided insult to his dignity and
thinks all men must be responsible for
it. He usually growls at them.
Strength in Vegetable Growth.
"Strength is not a thing usually at
tributed to maidenhair fern," remark
ed a local florist, "and yet, if its root?
have not sufficient room, they will
break tho strongest flowerpots. Blades
of grass will force the curbstones be
tween which they spring out of place.
Indeed the strength in vegetable
growth is wonderful.
"The mast striking example is the
island of Aldabra, to the northwest of
Madagascar."" the island is becoming
smaller and smaller through the action
of the mangroves growing at the foot
of the cliffs. The roots break off im
mens pieces of stone which fall irito
the sea. Into the gaps thus formed the
waves eat their way. In a few yeara
it is likely that by the combined action
of the waters and mangroves the island
will disappear' Philadelphia Record.
No Striped Trcnser for Illm.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who has re
cently given such an effective proof of
his detective skill, has seldom been
tempted to exercise his talent outside
the covers of Jiis books.
"If," he once modestly stated, "I un
dertook to unravel the entanglements
of other people I believe I should fail.
On one occasion, however, I solved
what might have been a puzzle to
some. I was in a tailor's shop while a
rather unattractive man was selecting
a pair of trousers. He flatly objected
to striped material, and I got the idea
that he was an ex-convict. To satisfy
myself I visited a number of prisons,
and, sure enough, I found the man's
picture in the rogues' gallery. Doubt
less he had had enough of striDed
wearing apparel." Reynolds' Newspaper.
Rabbit Discharges a Gun.
An extraordinary incident occurred
close to the village of Milton, near
Newport Pagnell, on Friday. A com
mercial traveler while driving along
the road stopped to speak to. two gen
tlemen who were shooting rabbits
alongside the hedge.
One of the gentlemen laid his gun
on the ground while he placed a ferret
in a hole. A rabbit bolting at this mo
ment ran" over the triggers ofthe load
ed gun, which it released with its feet,
the traveler having a very narrow es
cape. London Daily Mail.
ROYAL GHOST STORIES.
Tales of uncanny happenings cling to
old Hampton court, the English royal
palace on the Thames, built by Cardinal
Wolsey. Not long ago a policeman as
serted that he saw a ghostly funeral pro
cession there. The London Chronicle re
marks: "The most definite of these old
stories concerns Mistress Sibell Penn,
who was Edward VI. 'a nurse and died
at the palace in 1562. She was buried
in Hampton church and a monument was
erected which was irreverently destroyed
when the old church was pulled down In
1829. Soon after this strange noises were
heard through the wall of one of the
rooms In the southwest wing of the
palace. When search was made by the
office of works, an ancient chamber was
discovered in, which an antique spin
ning wheel was found, the old oak planks
being worn away where the treadle
struck the floor. After this Mrs. Penn's
ghost is said to have appeared to many
occupants of the palace, but according
to Law, the historian of Hampton court,
she ha imt been seen since 1XM, when
her tall, gaunt form, dressed In a long
gray robe, nearly frightened a young
soldier to death.
"Another well-accredited storv relates
how a certain lady of title, who lived
on the west side of the Fountain court
In 1S70. was frequently conscious of the
presence In her room of two Invisible be
ing., and h was greatly disturbed by
the mysterious sounds that emanated
from various quarters of her apartments.
She ndresed a formal complaint to the
lord chamberlain. This gentlemen re
ferred her to tho office or works, which
however, declined to Interfere on the
Itround that there were n funds at their
ItspotiMl for any mull purpose, and that
Hie Jurisdiction of the tlrxt commissioner
did not extend to the spirit world.
"At liit, however, n November 2, 1V71.
num. workmen, while excavating In the
cloister of the Fountain court, came upon
two perfect skeletons of full grown men
i.rxKi! to l-atlv 's dnor. They were
given rhrisUan but ltd In Hampton church
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SWT!
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SCHOOL SHOES
mnA rrirU. Thev are made of tht
Yt paoned unner leather and touch lohd
oles and have fewer seams than other ihoes.
jf r firhnnl ahnea are chaoed to prevent
injury to growing children's feet. They
WEAR LIKE IRON
Your dealer has them or will get them for
take no other. The Mayer trade-mark is s
on every sole.
We also make the "HonerblH" hoe9for
men and "Western Laiy" ohoes
for women.
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co.
Mflwaukce, Wis.
in the palace la that of Jane Seymour,
queen of Henry VIII., which some resi
dents says still occasionally wanders,
with a lighted taper in her hand, in the
neighborhood of Silver Stick gallery."
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK.
- Recently a city editor in Ottumwa,
la., was informed by phone at a late
hour that a prominent citizen had died
suddenly. Calling one of the reportor
ial staff, the city editor instructed -Jiim
hurriedly, and the young man shot out
of the office on double quick. Some
twenty minutes later he returned, and
as he hastened to the corner where his
typewriter stood, the' city editor asked
him:
"Well, what about it?" '
"Oh, nothing," said the young man,
as he began making the keys rattle,
'only as Mr. Blank was walking along
the street, he says, 'I'm going to die,'
and he leaned up against the fence
and made good."
James L. Mockuntil a few days
ago, holding an influential positiotv in
the New York police department, first
reminds one of Senator Bailey, and
then he does not. Mock is found to
have done a great deal of systematic
borrowing from men who were not in
position to risk gaining his official ill
will. The flint souled New Yorkers
never for a moment assumed that these
loans were evidences of pure and dis
tinguished, friendships, as Senator
Bailey asked us to believe of his tran
sactions with the standard Oil com
pany. It is evident, however, that there
was a difference between the two cases
somewhere, for Mr. Mock was promptly
"fired."
I A MODERN SEA FIGHT.
Capt. Vladimir Semenoff of the Rus
sian navy, one of the survivors of the
great naval battle of Tsushima in the
war with Japan, writes of his exper
iences in a recently published volume.
He was on board the Suvoroff, the
Russian flagship. Capt. Semenoff tells
of "the stupor which, seems to come
over men who have never been in ac
tion before when the first shells begin
to fall. A stupor which turns easily
and Instantaneously at the most insig
nificant external shot into either un
controllable panic or into unusually
Jiigh spirits, depending on the mans
character." After the Suvoroff was
fairly alight and completely riddled
Capt. Semenoff found himself enveloped
in an impenetrable smoke. "Burning
air parched my face and hands, while
a caustic smell of burning almost
blinded me. Breathing was Impossible.
How did I get out of this hell? Per
haps some of the crew who had een
mo on the bridge dragged me out. How
I arrived on the upper battery on a
well-known spot near tho ship's image
i can't remember and I can't
Imagine." Finding a few nlgnal men,
Capt. Semenoff set to work with an
undamaged piece' of htwo on the fire.
Then Lieut. Danchlch came up.
"Haven't we any etretchor?" he Raid.
"For whom?" asked SerrenofT. "Why,
for you. You are bleet'mg." looking
down he aw that his right leg was
Btandtng in- pool of blood.
Danchlch nemed to b making an
"unneceKHiiry fuss." II i wanted some
one lo go with Semenoff. "Who want
to b accompanied?" naid FeiiieiioiT,
angrily, and Martcd to go down the
ladder, not realizing what had hap
pened. When a eraall upllnter had
wounded him In the waist at tho be
ginning of tho flgbt It hod hurt him,
-but at thin Urn I felt nothing." he,
write. "Ijiter, la the hap4tai, when
carried there on a stretcher, I under
stood wlty it is that duriing a light one
hears neither groans nor shouts. All
that comes afterward. Apparently our
feelings have strict limits for receiving
external impressions, being even deeply
thing can be so painful that you feel
impressed by an absurd sentence. A
nothing, so terrible that you fear noth
ing:." Rojestvensky behaved well. Capt.
Semenoff says that, although wounded
in the head, back and right leg, be
sides several small splinter wounds,
the Russian admiral bore himself most,
cheerfully, going off to look for a place
from which he could watch the fight.
Proceeding to the starboard turret, he
received another wound, which caused
him much pain.- A splinter, struck his
left leg, severing the main nerve ami"
paralyzing the ball of the foot. He was
carried into the turret and seated on a
box, but still had sufficient strength at
once to ask why the turret was not
firing', ,:.".:.';':,',:
ENEMIES NOW.
Eva "There goes Belle." She was
selling kisses at the church fair last
night. She said it was for charity."
Edna "I don't doubt it. It certain
ly would be charity for any -One to
kiss her."
SORRY HE SPOKE.
"Just one kiss, Jeanette. I vow you
are the first girl I ever kissed."
"But but, Harry, you' will disar
range my gold pin."
"Nonsense! I am no awkward
clown."
"Well, surely you will upset my hat
and I put it on with such care."
"On my word I will not."
"And my hair! Could you kiss me
without mussing my hair?" -
"Of course I could. I "
"You deceiver! No man could kiss
a girl without mussing her hair un
less he had practiced on a dozen girls.
Go! Now I will not let you kiss me at
all."
Certificate of Publication.
State of Nebraska, Office of Auditor
of Public Accounts:
LINCOLN, Feb. 1. 1907 It Is hereby
certified, that the Prudential Insurance
company of America of Newark in the
state of New Jersey, has complied with
the Insurance law of this state, applicable
to such companies, and is therefore au
thorized to continue the business of life
insurance in this state for the current
year ending January SI, 1908.
Summary of report filed for the year
ending December 31,
INCOME.
Premiums HVfl4,169.4."
All other sources 5,250,SS93t
Total J S3XJC.0CS.7
DISBURSEMENTS. .
Paid policyhold
ers i8,ar.,ns7.tw
All other payments t(fa'i,i:a.n
Total S.T2.449.H4J.85
ADMITTKD ASSETS
J127.3X1.34
MAT I LIT I KH.
Net reserve HW,12177iS )
Net policy claims. l,l'.t,74.i"7
All other llubll-
tles 3.4J9.WI 0i IM.TW.IIl.W
Capital mock
p.iid up ....... 2.rt.0m.(i
Rurpltift beyond
rui-IUl t o c k
and other lla-
tIUtl ...i lS,a,!. ,i.UJt.4J
Total fir,32f"j4
Witness my hsim! and the neat of the
auditor of publlt armunu the day and
year rrat above written.
K. M. IT.ARI.n, JR.,
(f4eal) Auditor of I'uhllo Aeoounta,
JOHN U riKJlCIB, Deputy.
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