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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1906)
I ( USTfR COUNTY RfPU UCAn By D. M. AMSBERRY , - - - - - - - - - - - - . DROImN DOW , - - NlmnASKA , I Gener Ne s 1 - The rcportCll Illness o [ Kine 100 ward o't England Is denied. Rear Admiral Colb ' M. Chester was placed on the retired list. The president nomInated Charles D. Hopltlns to be marshal for the weatorn district of Washington. The trial ot Joseph Leiter , the owner of the Zeller , coal mines , where 80mo sixty lives were lost In an explosion - sion last April on a chnrge ot crlmln. al negligence , was begun at Duquoln , III. Mrs. Sarah . Hay , 102 years old , with posslbl ' ono exception the , oldest womnn In Daltlmore , nnd who served . as a nurse on the lIelC ! nnd In hosplt\ls ! throughout the civil war , died last weelt. The house ngreed to a senate joint resolution which continues the tribal government ot the five civilized tribes ot Indians In the Indian torrltory until the property ot the Il\lInn 1ll111 be disposed of. 1o'lvo minutes after some liOO fnctor ' girls hnd mnrched out of the big tnc- tory ot the Star Shirt compnny nt Brldsoport , Conn. , the hulldlng was a roaring furnace and within an hour It was In ruins. In the Pennsylvala unlvorslty there are students representing thirty-nine nations , besides representatives of forty.nlno states and territorIes nnlt Insular possessIons of the United Stntes. There nre In all 3,7GO students. M. Waddington , son of the Uhllean charge d'affaIres at Drussels , who on Saturday Itll1ed Senor Dalmaceda , aec. rotnry of the cpnsulato has decIded to submIt to the authorIties nnd stand trIal boforQ a Belgian trlbunnl. j Former State senator l.'ranlt French ot Sacramento , Cal. , accused of acceptIng - Ing a brIbe , was ncqultted by a jury In I the supreme court. ' 1'ho case WIlS slIb. mltted without argument. 'rho jury I "as Ollt thIrty mInutes. I The sovernment ot Costa Rico has received officlat notification of the ex. Istenco ot yellow fever at Bocns Del Terre , Pannma , and quarantlno rosula- tlons have heen put In oIYect asalnst vessels from that port. . 1o'ormer President Uleveland 11118 sold his ftlrm lying a short distance out- sldo of Princeton. Ho bOllght the fnrm ; soon ncter going there to IIvo nnd In. ! tended to mntto It an Ind\1. trlat farm J for poor 'boys. The project proved a falluro. I. , PresIdent E. P. Rlploy at the Santn I Fo Is proparlng to Issue ' 17,20UOOO fj ot 60. 'ear . . per cent honds. This Is the _ remaInder of the $60,000,000 Issue authorized last yenr. 'rho money Is to I \ bo used In Improving the Camornla Overlnnd lIno. 14 Recolver . C. Day , who Monday WItS placell In charge o [ the Unsh Buyors' UnIon FIrst Nntlonat Co-Ope. rntlvo society or Chlcngo by Judge BothelIn . the United States court , I gave orders to close up the busIness I ot the compan ' . 'rho 'l'oxas supreme cOllrt hns sus- talno ( } the constitutionality of UIO antl.trust law or the state , wherein It ! prohibits the mnltlng or excluslvo can. tracts between rallrond companle8 and I , express companIes to tllo oxcluslon of ether express companies. I The nell Telephone compnny of Canada at Its annnal meeting nn. nOllnced that It had nsIrod permissIon of the DominIon pnrllnmont to Increase - crease Its capltat from $10,000,000 to ' 60,000,000 In view ot necessary oxton. sian o [ lines In the near futuro. At JoIe , the capital clt , of the Mores a monster bnnquet will bo tendered by the rosldent Americans and FilipInos - pInes to future Governor James F. Smith on the eve ot hIs departure on I\ . sIx month's vacation by way ot Europo. The bank ot Owl , I. T. , was robbed Sunday nIght. Flvo chnrgos at explosIves - plosIves were necessary to rorco the sato. A number o [ valllablo o [ pnpors were talton and It Is belloved p.omo cash , although there was but a small sum In the snro. - Martin Jarbors , an old soldIer , sorv. Ing hIs twonty.seventh year. In the Kansas ponltontlar ' , was granted an unconditional arden hy Governor Eo W. Hoch. Jarhers was found guilty ot Itllllng his son hy moans ot polsonod figs In 1878 and sentenced to be hanged , whIch moans In Kansas n Ute sentonco. Prof. Wilhelm Ostwald ot the Unl. verslty' of J..elpslc . , who hns just returned - turned homo , actor delivering a course ot lectures nt Harvard , gave t\s hIs Impresslo1 ! of AmerIcan student mo : " ' .1'ho personal Interest o [ the students , next to tholr studIos , Is concentrated al ne on sport , whIch drnws tholr at. tentlon altogether trom Intellectual or aesthetic pursuits. " Democratic members ot both houses of congress are discussIng the Question ot a sllccessor to Chairman Cowherd ot the democratic congressIonal cam. palgn commltteo. 1\11' . Cowherd , being no longer n momher of congress , Is elimInated trom the possIbility at ro- elocUon. Flint glass worIters or the United States and Canada ngeod to accept a BUdlng scale , which means a reduction - tion ot 20 to 30 per cent In lamp chlm- noys , rofiectors and globes the country ovor. This will , It Is Bald , enable the Independent manufacturor. to I1ght the ptIst. DAZED WITH PAIN. 'rho SUfferinOB of a CIUzon of Olym. pia , Wash , L. S , Gorhnm , at 61G Ea't ! ! 4th St. , OlympIa , Wash. , sayi : "SIx years ago I Jot'wot nltl toolt cold. nnd was soon - flat In bed , suIYerlng tortures with my bnclt. Every movement - ment caused an agon.- I Izlng pain , and the persIstency ot It exhausted - hausted me , so thnt for a tlmo I was dnzed nnd stupid. On the advlco at a frIend I I began usIng Doan's KIdney Pills , and soon noticed a chance - - tor the better. The Iddney secretions had heen disordered and Irresular , and contaIned a heavy sediment , hut In a weelt's tlmo the urlno w s clear and naturnl agnln and the passage a regular , Gradually the achIng nnd soreness left m ' back nnd then the lameness. I used six boxes to malto Buro at a cure , nnd the trouble has never returnod. " Bold by nll dealerB. 60 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. , Buf'talo , N. Y. WITH THE SAGES , 'Who pleasure gIves shall joy re. colvo.-Benjamln I ranltlln. Keep steadily heroro you the fact that all trllo success depends at least upon yourselt.-Theolloro Mungor. Wo have nll 01160crot sins ; nnd It wo lmow ourselves , we should not judge , each other harshly.-Georgo Eliot. It Is the worlt of a Vhllosopher to bo every day subduing his passions and laying asldo his proUaIces.-Ad- dlson. Character Is a bundle ot hablta. Hab. Its orlglnato In the mind and are rog. Istorod on the bed ' . -Georgo D. 'l'rlpp. The wealth of a man Is the number of thIngs which ho loves and blesses nnd whIch ho Is loved and blessed by. -Carlylo. Some employment may bo better than ethers , but there Is no employ. mont so bad as having none at all- : ' BIshop Durnetl. ' Do not bo so unreasonable ns to ex. pect moro from lIfo In the worIIl than lifo In the world Is capable o [ clvlng. -John : :3tuart : 1\1111. Slnslo-mlndedness and the absence ot Bolt-conscIousness In U10 perCorm- nnce of great duties are the chn.racter- Istlcs ot the greater order at mlnds.- BlshoV of HIpon. Vlrtuo can never bo attained with. out grent pains and dlllgenco ; and It you cool and Unger In thIs pursuit , the moment that you gaIn ground you lese 1t.-.1'homas a Kompls. The Rov. Henry FrancIs Lyte whoso hymn , "Abldo With 1\10 , " Is ono ot the most precious to ChrIstian hearts , was vicar ot Lower Brlxham , ThIrty years ngo an nttempt was made to robulld the old church as a memorial to him. Some vrogress was accompllshed , and now 'a ' final effort ! s MIng mMe to finish the tower. Otten ns wo sazo Into the Umpld eyoo ot : n lIttio lad wo tremble wtth lear that he may grow up to be n man wJtoso only claim to public notlco will be that he changes clothing olght or nine times a.day. A PERFECT HAND. How Its Appearance Became Familiar to the Public , The story at how probably the most perfect tomlnlno hand In Amerl- cn became Imown to the people Is rather Interesting. As the story goes the possessor of the hand was with some friends In a photographer's ono da ' and whllo talkIng , hold up n 11leco of candy. The vose of the hand wIth Its perfect - fect contour and taultless shape attracted - tracted the attention at the artist who proposed to photograph It. The re- Bull was a beaumul plcturo Iwpt In the family unUl ono dny , lifter read. Ing n letter tram someone InquIrIng as to who wrote the Postum and Grnl'e-Nuts ndvertlsements , Mr. Post saId to his wIfe , "We receIve so many InquIrIes ot thIs Idnd , that It Is evldont SOIUO people nro curlolls to Imow , suppose wo let the adverUs. UsIng department ha-/o that IJlcture of your hand to print and name It "A . HelpIng Hnnd. " ( Mrs. Post has as. slsted him In preparat ! ( ) of some or the most tamous udvertlsoments ) . There was a natural shrlnltlng from tilO IJlIbllclt ' , but with an agreement - ment that no name would accompany the plcturo Its use wns granted. The case was presented In the lighter or extondlng a welcomIng hand to the frIends of Postum and Grape.Nuts , BO the plcturo alJpeared on the baclt covers of many of the January nnd Februnry mngnzlnes nnd became known to millions of people. Many artists have commented upon It ns probably the most perfect hand in the world. The advertising dept. of the Post. urn Co. did not seem able to resist the temptation to enlist the curiosity of the public , by refraining from gIving the name at the owner when the pic. ture appeared but stated that the name would be glvon later In ono or the newslmper announcements , thlls seoklng to Induce the readers to loolt for and read the forthcoming adver- tlsemonts to learn the name or the owner. This combination ot nrt nnd commerce merco nnd the multltudo of InquirIes furnlshos an excellent Illustrntlon of the Interest the pUblic taltes In tbe personal and tamlly lICe of large mnnufncturers whose name8 become household words through extensive nnd contlnuou8 announcements In newspapers and porlodlcals , , IMPRESSED WITH WESTERN CANADA. Says Our Pralrlcs Will Be Filled Up In Tcn Yearo. J A , Stoclnvell of Indlannpolls , a United States land Ulan who made an extenslvc tOllr of Inspection In the wcst , wrote the following' article , un. dor date of Jnn. 8 , for an Indiana pub. IIcatlon : "States. " In this letter 1 propose to show b ) ' extracts ( rom my 110tO boolf that thousnnds who have COUIO up here from the "Statcs" 11:1vo succeeded - ceeded far bc 'ond theIr most san- gulno oXllectntions. Mr. N. E. Dellumunk of Brazil , In. . dlann , was earning $100.00 per month with a coal cOll1pany. At about the ngo of 40 ho had saved about $3,00a Four years ago ho landed nenr lIan ley , Saslr. lIe now owns 480 acres 01 land. Lnst fall (1005) ( ) ho threshed 4,700 bushels at wheat and .3,100 bushels - els at oats. His wheat alone brought him ever $ ,1,000 , whIch would have paId for the acres that It grow on. lIe Is to.day worth $ lliOOO. This Is Makino Money Fast. In Feb. 1002 , J , G. Smith & Bro. were wea\'ors In a bIg cotton mill III Lancashire , England. ComIng hero they arrIved In Wapelln , Saslt. , wIth only $760.00 between them. They were so "green" and InexperIenced that all they could earn the first sum. mer was $6.00 per month , and thp first wlntor they had to worlt for theIr board. The next year , 1003 , hey toolt homesteads , aud by worldng for neigh- ors , they got a few acres broken out , upon whIch the next year they raIsed a few hundred bushels at wheat and oats. They also bought a team and brolro out nbout sIxty acres more. In 1005 they threshed 1700 bushels at wheat tram it , and 1300 bushels or oats. TheIr success being then as. sured they borrowed sarno money , buill a good house , barn and Implement - ment shed , and bought a cream sopn- . rater , etc. They no , , bavo a dozen cows , some ( ul1.bloodod pIgs and chlcItens , good teams and Impltments to matcb , and are on the high road to prosp rlty. Hero are three cases selected from my note book from nmong a score of others. Ono amino . boss , ono a farmer , and one a factory oporator. WIth ench of them 1 took tea and listened to their story. "I hoped to bettc" ! ' my condItion , " saId one. "I thought In tlmo I mIght malO n home , " said another. " 1 had high expectations , " said the other , and all saId that "I never dreamed It possible to succeed as I ha\'o. " L.lko Arabian Nights. Everywhere , on the trains , at the hotels and In the tamlly I have been told successes tbat remInded mo moro ot the stories In the Arabian NIghts than of this malter-of-tact worlmday world. Ylolds of wheat trom. 35 to 63 bushels per acre , and at oats of trom 00 to 100 bushels , nro numerous In every locality and well authenti- cated. At 1\Iooso Jaw , Lethbrldgo , Calgary , Edmonton , Heglna , Brandon , Hanley and many Intermedlato places I saw caltle and 'oung horse3 fat as our graln.fed nnlmals of the "States" that had never tasted graIn. and I wboso cost to tholr owners was atmost nothing. At 1\Ioosomln I saw n traIn load of 1,400 steers on route to England , thnt were shalty tat , raised as above stated. If the older genera. tlon of fnrmers In IndIana , who have spent their lives In a contest with logs and stumps as dId tbolr fathers beroro them , could see these broad I praIrIes dotted with comfortablo. . homes , largo , red barns , and straw piles Innum'erablo , and the thrIving towns with theIr toworlng elevators jammed to the root wIth "No.1 hard , " and then remember that four or five years ago these plains were tenantless but tor the badger and coyote , they would marvel at the transformation. Then It they followed the crowds as they emerged from the traIns nnd hurrIed to the Inud offices , standing In lIne until tholr respectlvo turns to be waited on came , and snw with "hat rapll1lty these lands are beIng talten , they would certaInly catch the' "dlseaso" and want some ot It too. It these lands are beautiful In mIdwinter - winter , with their long stretches of 'ellow stubble standIng hIgh above U10 snow , what must they bo In summer - mor tlmo when covered with growIng or rIpening graIns ? Spealtlng or win. ter remInds mo that our Hoosier frIends shrug theIr shoulders when they road In the Chicago nnd 1\lInno- npolls dnllles of the temperature up horo. For that very reason I am hero thIs winter. ' 1'ho CanadIan literature , with Its pictures , half tones and stat tlstlcs , gives n. good Idea at her resources - sources , but thirty or forty degrees below zero sounds dangerous to a I1oozlor , who nearly freezes In a tern. peraturo or five above , especIally when accompnnled by 11 wInd , as It orten Is , but the fact Is , when It Is very cold here It Is stln and the aIr beIng dry the cold Is not telt as It Is In our lower latitudes , where there Is moro humIdity In the atmosphero. I am 6G nnd 1 never saw a finer winter than the on I am slJemUng up hero. I arrIved In WInnIpeg Nov. 9 , and have not had the bottoms at my overshoes wet since I entered Canada. Under a cloudless slty I have rIdden In sleIghs nearly n. thousallli miles , averaging a drIve ever ) ' other day. Stone masons have not lost a weelt's tlmo so far thIs wInter. Building of all Itlnds goes right ahend In over ) ' city nud llamlot , as though ' wInter were nuver henrd ot. Informntlon concornlng homestent lands In Western Canada cnn be had from any aulhorlzed Canadian Government - ernment Agent whoso advCJrtlsemcDt a I1)Jcars ) elsewhere In thIs IIQI1er. 'U lazy men have 'lllmonts , . , " " ' . ! ' " . , , ' ' . , . , , k ' _ I NEBRASKA-STATE NEWS J AID IS ASKED FOR THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN The nation hns been cnlled on to as- I slst 2OOOOUO Ieoplo ) living In the I northern IJRrt of Japan without the nacessarles of life. The cause has receIved - I ceIved the onllorsement or lhe prosl- dent , who has presented the matter to the various governors. Governor I l\tclcoy ! has commended the matter to the IJeoJJle .of this state In a circular. The National ned Oross so loty will nct as custOlllan of the funda collect- ed. Uhaplntn P. 1Hlsson ! of the 1.'lrst regiment , NebrlL. I ( National Guards , 111\s been appoInted to tnlto chnrgo of the worlt In Nt'hraslta. , He Issued the tollowlng circular : "Our presIdent regards the sUfforlng of over 2OUUOUO people of nor thorn Japnn to bo of such a serious character - acter that ho has sent out to each of 010 governors of the stntoo an appeal to the AmerIcan people for aId to relIeve - lIevo these starving peoplo. Governor 1\Ilcltoy , In hnrmon ' with thIs appeal , ! 1ms Issued a proclamation calling upon the people of Nebraslm to mnlto gen-I erOlIS contrlbutlo s for these sufferIng I , Japanese. Gerta1nlY this cry for help , coming to us from men who so recently - ly commanded the admiration DC the world by their endurance and bravery on the batUollellt will meet a very IIb. eral response from nil classes of the . prosperous 11eo-Ie - of our state. Only. money contrIbutions can be handlelt I . nnd these under the dlr.ectlon of 'Tho National Red Cross Society. ' F. M. Sisson , chaplain or the l < 'lrst regiment NebrnsIra Natlonnl Guards , has been appoInted to tnl\O charge of the cause . In Nebraslm. He will recelvo aU I I money , and forward to the National Red Cross socloty , sending a recolpt to ench Indlvldunl contributing to the fund. His address Is 1' ' . l\f. Hlsson , 2IU : ! N street , South Omalm , Neb. "May wo suggest tIlls worthy cause I mIght be presented by nil the superIntendents - tendents and teachers In our public schools or the stilte. tlms awalconlng'ln the rising gileneratlon a response to the can of suffering humanlt . as lJroad as the world. Wilt the preachers throughout the state. ' as well as Sun. day school superintendents , pro sent OIls cause to their con regatlons at I as early a date as possible' ! "Let cIvic orders respond as theIr organizations wl11 nllow. , "Let every business man talk It and let every IndivIdual do at once what is possible and our great state will stand among Its sIster states wen up to the front. NEBR'ASKA DEPARTMENT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE LINUUI.JN-.1'he Ne\lraslm \ Insurance depnrtment will not cO-Dperate with the Insurance commissioners of WIs. consln , MInnesota , KentucltY and Ten. nessee .In nn Investigation oC the Eqult. able and Mutual Life companies. Said Insurance Uommlssloner J. J.I. PIerce : "When It was decided to In. vestlgato the New Yorlt Lifo I explaIned - plaIned to the other Insurance commls. sloners that the NebrasIm department would not particIpate In the other In- vestigations. The delJl\rtment has neither the time nor the funds nt Its disposal to do so. It Is true that the expenses or these Investigations nro borne by the companies being inspect. ed , but the nomlnat expense is but a smnll Item. The expense to the New Yorlt Lito or the recent Investlgntlon was moro than : ! ! ! , UUU. ' .1'hls was tor the salaries oC the oxamlners , actuarIes clorls , etc. , and for other IncIdental oxpenses. 'l'he tlvo Insurance connlls- sloners were allowed a per diem and nn expense or $5 per day for the tlmo actually IJllt In by thorn. TIle. $5 ex. pense Item will not cover the actual outlay of a non resident In New Yorl , . Bral < eman Killcd at Gibbon. KEARNEY-J. A. Wood , Union Pa. elfic bralteman , was Instantly Itlllod at the stoclt 'ards here. 'l'he crew wns doing some switching at Gibbon where most of the stoclt was to be vlcltcd up and the unfortunate hralto. : nan was hanging to the side of a car ns the cnrs came up to the platform or ehuto In front of the stocIt 'ards. 'Vo d appears to have misjudged the spnco between the plntform nnd the rnr , [ or his body struclt the former and ho was wrenellell loose trom the car on which ho was hanging and thrown under the same. His head \\:1 s severed , Hog Pens All Taken. Secretary Mellor or the State iloard of Agrlcult ro has received a letter from Superintendent 1.eonard of the swlno delHlrtment of the state fair that with the oxceptlon of twenty.ono pens all of the IJens In the ton swlno barns have been engaged. Last year the swlno pens were not all engaged until 1\Iay 1. Cut Off Man's L.eg. GRAND ISI.JAND-Whllo a number of omlJloyes of the Herman Taggo farm , nine miles west of this city , were sawing WOOlt with n. power saw , the II ' wheel burst and Uharles 'i'aggo , nephew at Herman Taggo , who had como over from his nolghborlng home . t.o assIst , was struck In the leg , brealtlng through both bones and tearing the muscloo In such a manner that t.ho leg had to bo amputated above the Imee. A smaller pleco struclt hIm on tbe head but did not do much injury. - - NEBRASKA BRIEFS Formal dedication of the new church at Ashland toolt place Inst weelt. ' .1'ho l-Jorthwestern and the Union PacIfic will probnbly bolh build depots at Norfol1t. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Moore of Saunders - ders county , last weelt eelebrnted theIr. golden , reddlng. ' ' ' ' 'l'lle Nobrnslm 'l'elephone comTluny hlc 11. largo I'orco at worlt Installing an f.nLlrolj' ! new plant at : :3uperlor. : . 'l'he pneillc hotel at Norfollt has been sold to J. Unrry 1.'ooto or ill nil' . 1111' . Feoto wlll talto charge at onco. , At Hastings , S. .T. Dnltor WItS ItlcIted hy a horse and so serIously In. . . jured that his recovery Is doubtful. The Adams Count ' Abstract com- J an ) ' at Hnstlngs f ed Its articles ot Incorporation wIth the secretary ot rtate. 1.'ranlt J oltorny of : :3aunders : county , ascd 3 : ! , slnglo , or Uhapman precInct , son of .10seph Porltorny , was adjudged . Immnr : ly the board nnd sent to the as'lum. The J. W. Anderson Grain company of HOldrego has filed articles of Incor- porntlon with the secretary of state. The cnpltal stoclt Is $60,000 and the paId u : > capital $23,000. Mrs. Novltt of Dorchestor , arrIved In Beatrice nnd wIth the assistance ot the omcera succeeded In locating her lU'ear'old daughter , who had run away from home several weelts ago. The progressive cItizenshIp at Mc- Uoolt won out In the election held to vote on the Droposltlon to bond the city for sewer purposes. ' .1'he vote stood 325 for to 0 , . against the prop. osItion. Hcmy 'J'heede of Saunders countv l1l.s sold eIghty acres at land that cost him SJr. : an acre just twelve years 19O nt $80 an acre , an Increase In value Df $37 [ , & 11 acre each year ho hns held the lana. llurglars entered the saloon of John llrothers of Havoloclt , prIed open a money drawer , but found It empty , [ 1.S llrothers had taltOn a11 the cash homo with him. The 'only thIngs miss. Ing was a quantity of whlslty. eeretary PIper of the State Hoard i Dtlarltles : ) and Uorrectlon has re- t.urned from a trip to the Hastings E\sylurr and the Industrial school at Kenrny and both Institutions ho reported - . ported are In the best of condition. At the January term of the cIrcuit court of Cass county , Mrs. Edward Dany was awarded a verdict of $1OUU against ton 'i'oluca saloonlteepers , who were 10und to bo guilty of seUlng JI. i . quor IUegally to her husbnad. Slarer of wolves have gobbled up 11,000 at the $16,000 appropriated by the legislature as a wolf bounty. 'rho 1rlms for bounty continue to pile up In the al\lltor's 01l1ce , though no moro w.II be paid at Drosent. Investigations by 1'0st01llco inspector - tor J\1ooro at the postotllce of Uornlen , Plath' tounty , showed a shortage In the funds amollntlng to $ : ! 7li.I ! ! , nnd Wllliam I . llorg , the postmnster , has Ion nrnRted upon 0. cOIllplalnt sworn out by tile Inspector. Exenator U. H. Dietrich o [ Hast. Ings notified the authorities that he w11l give a reward of $ IUO for the art rest and conviction of the mon who nssautclt ! the Chlneso laundryman , HOI' Lee , aturday , Itlcltlng and bruls. In him almost beyond recognltlun. W Jtle on his way from 'l'rlpola , Ia. , where he attended his father's funeral , to llrunswlclt , Neb. , where h6 Is a harnesmalwr , Albert J. Brown blew out the gas at the Hotel Vendome In Sioux CIty , la. , and at last accounts was stilt unconscious. Land Uommlssloner Baton returned frcm PlOrco county , where ho went to attlmd n suIt in which the utate was trYIIIE ; to oust b'ranlc uendel 11'0111 a [ Ieee of .sclJOol'land which n'\d been forl < ; lted to the stuto. The stata had HJnsed tl10 land to another parly and tt. ( , tormer tenant relused to bl\ ' possession , ' 1'1JO Jury tound for the state. Prof. G. 'V. Sievers o [ Sturgis , S. D. , has been elected to the posItion of professor of mnnual and ph'slcal training In the State Normnl nt Peru , Prol. Siovors Is n dlsclplo of Yost , the lamous Michigan conch , under whom ho has talten special training In nthletlcs. Prof. Sievers will have charge of the new gymnasium and all the athlelll' worlt In the school. Dall pln 'lng on MeIllorlnl dny Is un. lawful In Nobraslm. according to the Hughes law enacted by the last legIs. laturo , ntHl the managers of the Western - orn league may encounter trouble In arrangIng tholr schedule of games. The law l1rovides thl1.t nny persons who shall engage In horse racing , ball pla 'lng or In any game of sl10rt whlc11 mny tend to disturb the pUblic peace on May ao , shall bo deemed gunU' of a mlsdomeanor and shall bo punlshod by II. IIno not to exceed $100 or by 1m. prlsonment not more than Ullrty days , or both. A condensed mlllt plant may roplnco the old Norfollt sugar factory , A sug. gestlon has been recolved In a letter from Monroe , \Vls. , where a condenser Is In operation , showing how sucb n plnnt couhl well worlt In nortllC1rn Neb- mslm , and the IJroject Is beIng consld. ored by the I1Hlustrlnl company. Captain A. H. Hollingworth was ro- celvln the congratudatlons of hIs frlonds when It was learned that ho had been namml for 11Ostmnstor or Be. atrlco. Ho Is an old Oage county boy , nnd served In the PhllllJlnes during the Spanlsh-t\merlcnn W3T ns CalJtaln or Uompan ) ' U Of JJeatrll'o. . ' . ' . " : ' . , ' . . . I" , . " , . - , I . - ! \ ' Health Calumet makes light , digestible , whole S 0 In e fo d ; free from Rochelle Salts , Alum or any injuri. ous substance. . Economy Do not pay 45 or 50 cents for Trust baking powders , which. are so compounded as to .leave lar e quantities of .Ruchelle Salts in the food. Constant dosing of Rochelle 'Salts is injurious to health. Rubber Prices Go Up. It Is thought 1IltOly , sa "S the Jour. nal of the Socloty at Arts , that the present ) 'ear may seo' conslderablo further advance In prices for rubber , but It may be xpected that beto1' ( ) long the supply will be ample for all demands. Not only are there Immense tracts of rubber whIch romaln untouched - touched In Liberia and elsewhere , but the cUltIvntlon of the rubber tree Is being rapidly extended. Many Children are Sickly , MothcrGra "s Sweet Powders fOI'Chlldron , uscd by : Mether Gray , a llurse in Child ron's. Home , NewYorlc , cure Feverishness , Head- nehe , Stomach ' .rroubles , Tcething Dis- ardors , Bt'ealc up Colds and Destroy \Vorms. . . . AtaU Druggists' ,2.c. Sample malled FREE. " ' - Address Allen S. Olmsted , Lo Roy , N. Y. Pests Worry English Farmers. The farmers' clubs of England gIve a high price for magpIes , jays and other bIrds that prey on eggs and fiedsllngs. The result Is an abnormal number of small bIrds that damage the crops. At a recent meeting or the board at : agrlculturo In England the experts could not agree as to : whether birds , on the whole , dId morC ) good than harm. TO CUIU A COID IN' ONE DAY Take LAXNl'lVl ; ; mw ! O Qulnlno Tablets. Drnl- 18t8 refund money It It tll118 to cure. E. W. aUOVE'S slb'llllturo Is on cllcl1box. 25c. I Anlllals Fond of Scent. , All the cat trlbo seem to have a strange partlallly to certaIn 'Scents. A troublesome lion In Hagenbeck's collection - tion is perfectly content when presented - sented with a handltcrchlef soalted In lavender water. Its master can then enter Its cage In perfect safpty. It I snIffs and bites the hnndkerchlef , pur- ring all the time. . 1 Levls' Single Binder stratl < ht e cI ar Is " " , f ! , oed ql1aUt . all the time. Your dealer or . ' . Lewis' 1'ac or ' , Peoria , Ill. f Origin of Famous Phrase. The phrase which hns become trlto I by Its rrequent use , "The pen Is mIght- ; ler than the sword , " whIch Lord Lyt- tn put In the mouth at CardInal Riche- lIe11 , was written when the steel pen I had barely begun to supplant the quill. His Best Bedroom. An AmerIcan physicIan says that j whllo In England ho saw a vawted tomb In a London cemetery whIch had _ the foHowlng inscrlptton engraved on the door : London Gas Companies. I The population withIn the London ' postal dIstrict Is supplied with gas by eleven companies , and nmong them they supply 43,807,000,000 cubic feet at gas to ( H6,177 consumors. Giving Them Their Due. "I doesn' stan' up foh do trusts , " sall1 Uncle Eben , "but I must sny dey nln' do follts dnt made mo troubles wIt hess races an' policy tlcltcts.'Vash'i 'i ington Star. ! ' I The man who hns been up ngalnst both declares It Is easier to IIvo wltb \ a woman of temper thnn ono at tern- peramont.-New Orlenns Plcnyuno. It Is casler to Induce two hearts to beat as ono thnn It Is to Induce two mouths to ent that wa ' . . . ( . I j , I