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( Copyright. 1900 by Joscllh D. Dowles. )
Tile .8ray stone walls of the old
French convent were austere and for.
'bidding. but behind the Iron gates n
( IUalnt and delicious garden dreamed
In the mellow. October sUllshlne.
Up and down the gleaming paths of
. whlto marble paced Sister Victorino
amI "Angel" Smith. of Mllwaukeo.
A pace or tw behind thorn walked
Sister VIctorIno's familiar. the con.
\'ent cat-the pamllCrod , the petulant
Lulu. Lulu was not convent.bred ;
she \ \ 'ls of the lawless. Intriguing
bl'eed of cats of Paris. and hOl' eyes
1Itill : retained the expression of the
, boulovardler.
This was Angel's second ) 'ear of un.
. willing exile. of the Irritating reallza.
tlon of encompassing walls whoso
open sesame she was not to lenow. To
, e thrust Into a convent for fal1l g In
) . . . . . . love 'a few years In advance of the
date decided upon by parents and
. guurdlans , Is n very pass situation
In fiction ; but when such a thing
occurs In real UCe. It Is so rococo
as to bo extremely rhllculous. This
"Angel" felt keenl ) ' . . .
She would have regarded her lot.
as un1'01Ieved tragedy were it not that
"Ralph's ; ' twent ' .first birthday oc.
curred at the begInning of her
second year of seclusion. and he
had promised that on the day fol.
lowhig the attaInment of his ma.
jorlt ) . he would set sail for FI'anco
find rescue his capUve prillcess :
But Anbel's monotonous existence
was not destined to be of long dura.
tlon. One evening. as the girls sat
! n the iong , bare refectory eating their
. . . blameless supper of "bread and cheese
nd stewed pears there was a sound
without as of the runnIng of man ) '
feet , and Sister Victorino burst Into
the room.
"Mon Dleu ! " exclaimed Sister Vic.
torine , upraisIng her hands.
"The good Roslno , our maid , glanced
from the window of the buttery and
sa.w. walkIng up and down the' street
of All Angels-a man. He mc < lltated
evil , for he scanned the convent
( { .p cosel ] ' . Th n Rosine hastened _ t _ .in.
form the mother superior who or.
, .I dered the gates loclccd at once. Dut-
oh , mon Dlett-my ! heart grew small
for fear that Lulu might be with.
out ! "
Whllo Sister VictorIno spoke "An.
gel" Smlth's eyes had dilated curIous.
] y. Her face was pale and on her
' 111 > lay a vivid smile.
' 1'he next afternoon In the freedom
of the garden "Angel" confided her
hopes to her .schoolmates.
The daughtel's of European nobility
grew pale. They swayed as If in a
strong gust of wind. Such daring son.
, tlments ! . Such heart devastating
emotions.
Dut the times were pregnant with
events. Just as they reached the far
, . 'end of the garden. In their walle. a
\ stone wrapped In white paper whizzed
- over the iv.grow wall and struck
Luluthe cat. so that the nil' resound.
ed with her loud crlcs. Fortunately.
these failed to amuse Sister Victorino.
. who dozed peacefully beneath a. near.
: by pear tree. ,
Then "Angel. " surrounded by her
breathless and excited companions ,
read 'tho scrawl. It assured her of
undyIng love and certain rescul' , even
if It were necessary to d'namlte the
convent. It begged that as the oven.
ing grew dusk. she climb the tree
. 'which leaned against the southwest
, wall and there he. mounted Ullon a
iadder. ] would meet and assist her
- down the otbor side. Her sister was
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in the village. amI would witness
" ' . , theIr marrIage. and then they wat\ld
' : ' ; ; ' ; 'L 'fi ) " to ParIs tn win the forgiveness of
.t : ' " plCr mother. .
' < tk # The European noblllt ) . gasped with
, 'l l ! i " ; jO ) ' . "Write. back at once that you
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! ! . . . , , . . 'will , " the ) ' commanded. supplYing a
/ ' 1 ; ' . . . 11encll.
; , : . . "Angf ) ] " obeyed , and sent the whlto-
' \ wrapped stone fiYlng back the
ri. , ' : rt . over
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' 'wall. HavIng acted. she paused to
r" , ' . t11Ink. "Now tlmt 1 have said I woud ] ,
{ ' . 'haw can I ? " she asked , dejectedly.
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: "You know tllUt wo are not allowed In
the garden after dark. "
"IntrIgue wJ11 be . . . .
ne .essar ) . said
the countess , firmly. "A moment ! I
: have an Inspiration ! "
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W-- She rolled her eyes wild I ) ' and
, 4 clutched ller curly black head. "Lis.
ten. then ! We will keep Lulu among
us all afternoon. DurIng stud ) ' hours ,
" , 1 an slip away a moment. 1 will
, . , , beur bel' to a tree by the southwest
i ; : , .wall and tic her there by a cord fas.
'A { - ' . ned ta her collar. Just at the
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. .Io. . , close of
supper wo will tell VIctorine I
iha she has cscaped , Victorino will
express distress. consternation : and
) 'OU must demand the prl vllego of
aearchlug for her. Once without , rush
straIght for the tree , cut Lulu's cord ,
nd over the wall. Is not that slm.
pie ? "
"What mind ! What Intellect ! "
chorused the nObility.
Fate herself seemed to aid that
daughter af a qUlck.wltted , race. Lu.
] u's coni was sufficIently long to per.
mlt her to spend so\'e1'l11 happy hours
. , In an exciting chase after some scold.
: ' ing and yoclferous birds , At the prop.
er moment she was discovered mIss.
ng.
VictorIne's agitation
" was as great
as had over been hoped. and "Angel"
'Smlth's ' offer of sorvlce was gladly aCt
jcollted. Like an arrow from the bow
I ' he ) 'oung woman sped through the
. ' ff- )3weet ) , darle night to the dIstant tree.
- 1I4ulu grceted her purrlngl ) ' . for she
ltlld grown wear ) ' of the chase. The
tree was easy to climb-but a stop
, ( rom ono oough to the next Illgher.
iwd the wall's summit was galned-
and tltero waeRalph. .
' 1'hcll a soundl A hideous nolso
which could only bo the result of
black art. fllied the aIr-piercing. rasp.
lng , nerve-agitating I The vol co of
I4ulu !
Ihe clung to the branch above thom ,
her mouth stretched wIde and tlto
night echoed to her wltchcaUs.
"Lulu. my dave , where art thou ? "
called a t and anxious voice. 'Tho
rays of antern help high in the all'
sUddenly adlated the scone. whIch
was surve ) cd by Sister VictorIne , nnd
the mother superior.
At thIs unexpected sight. "Angel"
bl'oke from nalph's restrainIng arm ,
and scmmbled hastily down the tree
Ono afternoon about' week - after
"Angers" undignIfied scramble trom
Olympus to Avertlus. she and tlu :
countess wallccd together. VictorIne
panting In the rear. and Lulu stopping
sedately befaro them.
11'hey had paused beneath the bel.
fry tower at SistoI' Vlcwrine's request.
hI order that she might gain breatll
and also scan the rest of her fiock.
"Al\ Idea ! " murmured the countess.
"If the g od God will but let us fulfill
it. LIsten. If the bells. ] 0 Orand and
la Petite. now peacefully reposing In I
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yonder tower , should sUddenly peal.
out. dost thou not leno.w that the en. '
Ure vlllage would bo immediately
upon the spot ? "
"What of It ? " asked "Ange1. "
"Why. . stupId , thus thou couldst eSt
capo. If now 1\1. Ralph was In.
formed as to the moment the bellb
would ring- "
"Dear old Jacques would never rln
the bells except for servIce. "
' ' 'rrue. true , " replied the countess
. pat1 ntly ; "but. " with deep meaning
. some one else pulled the rope ? "
" 'Vho ? " demanded " "
"Ange ] , blunt-
ly.
Lulu rolled her black silken body
before them In the gravel.
"If : ' continued the countess. In d
mpld undertone , "if to.morrow after ,
noon when wo walle In the garden )
Hid Her Happy Face In His Tw ed
Coat.
Vlctorlno's attention should be so dls.
tracted that some ono might run light ,
Iy up the belfry stops and cast that
ovll cat upan the ropes. thInk you
the bells would not ring as she climbed -
ed down them ? Wrlto thy letter -
ter to M. Ralph , and I wlll give
Jacques a sou to deliver it. The rest.
I will manage. "
Dy the following day all prelim.
inaries were accomplished. and at last
the moment arrived when her plot
was to bo tested ,
At that Instant the pinkest and
whitest of the English honorables
turned her ankle and sank to the
gratmd with a cry of pain. VIctorIne.
all sympathy. waddled hastily toward
her.
SeIzing the : unsuspecting Lulu from
"Angel" Smith's arms , the countess
fied up the stops of the tower and
cast lIeI' through a Gothic aperture.
Then she sped down again. unheeded ,
unnoticed.
"Lulu , my Jamb , " presently called
the' fatuous volco of Sister Vfctorlne.
I the roseand.lIly honorable having reo
covered herself s fficlently to rest on
the stone bench beneath the pear
tree.
"I.ulu cluises butterflies amid th
shrubbery. dear sister. " saId the
countess.
Scarcely , vero the words out or her
mouth when from the tower the bells
11ealed furth a terrible summons.
In a momellt the crIes of the alarm :
od nuns were lost In the hubbub of
many v lces. for the whole village
110ured through the open gates.
"Angel" Smith turned a ale face
Oil the countess. "FlY , " crIed tlllit
Napoleon of the hoart. "this Is thy
Dpportunlty , "
"Angel" Smith fled Into the wInd.
SWOllt street of All Angels and al.
lllOSt Into the embrace of a pall' of
gray arms. _ _
11'01' a moment she hid her happy
face In , his tWeed coat. "It Is Lulu ! "
she crIed , "the adorable. Incomparable
1..111u. Adieu , dear Sister VictorIne.
Adieu. Lulu. I am goIng back to the
world. "
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KNOWWHATYOUBUY
You Can See Quality and
Quantity , in the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
The Purchaser Must Ti1ke Mall.Order
Housc Goods on Faith-Keep
the Mqney 'of the 'Commu.
nlty at Home. ,
When the conaumer buys morchan.
dlse ho is interested in three things-
quality , quantity and price. When ho
goes Into tllO store of his local mol"
'chant he sees the goods that ho Is to
pay for displayed 1Ieforo hl111 ; ho clln
determine whether the qua1lt ) ' Is first.
: : lass. 'and whothol' the quantity is all
that Is claImed , These two points
settled , ho should have n fair idea ns
to whether the price asltod Is a ffllr
pne or not.
Dut how is it when ho attempts to
buy of the big mall order houses of the
: : ltles ? The only guldo ho has to the
quality and quantity they are offorlng
Is what the catalogue Bays. and the
catalogue Is lrepared wtth the ono object -
ject . in vlow of s01llng the goods ,
When the consumer buys of his
local merchant ami finds the goods ho
has purchased WOl'O not as represont.
ed ho can promptly taleo thom back
and recolvo his mone ) ' . When he bu's
: > f the mall ol'dor house in the ] arge
cities he has practically no roco\ll'so
but to talce what ho gets and loole
pleasant . at the results.
It is cheap goods and short wolght
that , is maldng mall order house
prgfits. They can buy but lIttle , If
o
almost tlte c"ct'ptlonat ortlor tl1l\t IQ
Is conduclCtl on the thoor ) ' that It Is ;
110881blo to tulte an Inferior job anti' '
foist it on a credulous 11eoplo by
mean II of a rotlllcO ( ] prlco ant ] the ,
h01\'st relJ\ltatlon establlshod by U10
] lorltorlous OI'lglnal which It shame. ,
leash' cUI'lcat\lres. These methods
have been cl'oWIlCtI with success solo.
l ) ' by 1'oason of tlll ) fact thnt mall 01'- ;
dol' houses IJ\lt moro skill , energy andl
1110nO ) ' Into mlvortlslng than do the
mnnufuctlll'ers to whom the Amerloan
peoll10 are directly Indebted for tlte
best \'ohlcles on the face of the el\rth.
" 'rho mall order buslnoss Is the
quack doctor of commorce. It prom.
Ises much and guarantees nothing.
The tllrectlons nt.o always on the In.
side. and you have to buy a non.re !
tU\11ablo llaolmgo before you can flnd
out what they are. "
A. G. Enderton. of Walter , Oldl\ . .
writing to the Shawn co , Olda. . Union
Signal. says :
" . The mall order houses
are the worst offentlors of the pure
teed law that wo have to deal with.
They are the people wllo use short
weight tin cans nnd every 'ear the
Amorlcan public Js cheated out ot
thollsallds of dollars by this alone.
" ' " I see where some mall
order house8 offer paint at about what
good 011 Is worth. Now. does anyon
think that 1\ mall order hOllso can buy
good paint Stllrt cheaper than anyone
else ?
"No\\ . find out what
"NoSUPl10S0 ) .ou
crude polroleum , Hleo what Is pumped
out of 011 wells cost. Very choap. Is
it not ? That Is the 011 that is used
and what about the paint stuff ? How
about Spanish whitenIng. with just
enough white leatl to sticle It together ?
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The question of prompt dollvory Is
another question which mail order
house patrons should consldor. It is
filled promptly. 'l'ho reason for this
The mall.order juggernaut Is crushing the lives out of hundreds and thou.
Bands of local merchants , and hundreds of townG and villages as well , When
you send a dollar to the mall.order house you are but operating the lever
that keeps this death.deallng machine on he move.
any. cheaper than YOUl' local merchant
can. First-quality , standard merchan.
dise Is manufactured on : l very nar.
row margin of profit , but the mall
order house can wIn and pay big dlvl.
dends on enormolts capital If they can
sell to the people an Inforlor quality
and short weight quantity of merchan.
dlse at the prices they asle. Your
local merchant could do the same
thing , but you would not bu ) ' the same
goods of your local merchant that you
buy of the mall order house at an
equal price. .
Hero is an Item clipped from the
Parma , 1\1lch , . News whIch shows the
nefarious system of the mall order
concerns , and how the ) " vlctlmlzo their
patr0l13 :
"A farmfr lJUrchased two sacles of
binding twine of a largo Chicago cata.
] ogue house. and upon Its arrival this
morning a 1mll was unrolled and meas. .
ured with a ball of Plymouth twine
sold by local dealers , when It was
found that the Chicago article was just
306 feet short of that sold at home ,
There being ten balls In a sack. it wl1l
be seen that the farmer lost 6,120 feet ,
or ever a mile of twine on two saoks
by110t buying at homo. 'l'hen. too ,
the mall order house product was of
an Inferior .quallty. bolng full of ] enots ,
and one farmer standing near during
the measuring process remarlwd that I
It would novoI' work on a binder. Now
wo wish to ask you. does It pa ) ' to
trade at home ? If there Is an 'one
who Is slwptlcal of this story. just
call and will show ' "
wo ) 'ou.-Parma ,
Mich. . News.
Dankrupt stoek , merchandlso that
reliable jobbol's would not handle be.
cause of Its poor quality , the refuse
of the factorIes made ever Into cheap
morchandlse. These are the things
the patrons of the mall order houses
are buying. Here is an extract from
an artlclo that appeared In the Sioux
Fans , S , D. I..el\dor :
" 'l'he mall order house selling vohi.
cles b ) ' the catalogue route , Is 11101'0
than a plrato , It Is a turlw.huzzard ;
It talces the freales and falluros that
have tlied for want of real merit , and
tries to stlflo legitimate business hy
se1llng the embalmed remains at a 1'0 ,
duced prlco.
"Tho whole nefarious mall order S's.
tem. III n far as It relates to vehicles.
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'delay ' Is that the ' do not carry the
goods In stocle. and must purchase
them after 'otlr order is recoived. In
ChIcago , for example. 110 mall order
house wlli soli to any person living
within the clt ' limits , antI the reason
for this Is that these concerns pur.
chase a large amount of the merchan.
dlse they are selling from the rotall
stores of the city. the proprlotors of
" 'hlch refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
are not to sell to the people of the
city.
city.Here
Here Is the \'all of a mall order vlc.
tlm taccn ] from the columns of the
Crooleston. Minn. . Journal , which ex.
palns ] this point :
"Sit. : 1 want to register m > ] dce ]
right here on catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. I am
frank to acmowledge ] that 1 have been
duped to perfection. The only differ.
once between mo and the other \'Ic.
tlms being that I am a lIttle deep erIn
In amI that I am wIlling to aclmowl.
edge the cern.
" ' 1'0 begin with , last fall I with her
who Is now my wife , decIded to pur.
chase some stuff to furnish our new
home. Accordingly wo ordol'ed all
our furnishIngs of a-catalogue house
two weeles prlol' to our marrIage.
which we thought woud ] bo Ilenty of
tlmo to got the goods around. nut
by the Infernal panots ] let mo tell you
right hero that all the correspondence
diplomacy. appealing and pleLullng has
succeeded In landing only u kitchen
table and later a mirror from Pitts.
burg.
"Our hono'moon has been a very
I dl'amatlc experience ; coolclnt Oft an
old gas plate , eating on a dvy goods
OX , sleeping on the floor and borrow.
Ing a few necessar ) ' utensils ot frIends
and nelghJol's ! , No moro catalogue
goods for us. We hope to get enougb
moro goods b ) ' April 1 to ceJobrafe
aU fool's da ) ' In a fitting manne ! ' . "
"A VICTIM. "
1\11' . Consumer. It Is to your alvan. .
tage In many waJs to buy honest
goods at honest prices of your honl's1
locnl merchant. See what you an
buying. Get what you are payIng ior
Keep the money of the community 111
which you live at home. and build U [
) 'our town Insteaa of tearIng it dowl1
for the henoflt of the mall ordcJ
houses of the hlg cities
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EXPERT SEES FAUL. TS IN MOD.
ERN HOUSEKEEPING.
Women of Chicago arc Said to Spend
nn Enormoull Amount Needlessly
-old.Fashloned Method. Got
the Dest' Result' , .
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Chicago housekcollors waste nearly
t200OOOOOO o\'ery year. The exact
figures , takel1 from commorclal reports
and the percentages of waste calcu.
lated by domestic Bcloncr \ > . . . . . . . . . . - ,
sllow that $19:1,140,000 : is lost nnnllall ) '
by careless bu 'lnp ; , 'llnsclonUfio coole.
ing and ether domestic extravagances ,
The School of Dontestlc Science
sums up the callsos under sovernl
heads. Among these the haIr.dozen
followIng are Rolectod by the ChlcaF.o ;
Tribune as the most 11romlnont- :
1. BII > 'lng tJrovlsions by order nud
telephone Instead of seeing thom.
2. BuyIng prepared foods.
3 , Du'lng fruits amI vegetables out
of season.
4 , Taltlng l oods as ortered by Itoal.
ers instead of inolstlng on qllnntltles
brands and cuts \Tnnted.
. Loss on delght. wrappings I\ntI
attracUvo glnsses , cano , otc" in which
teed Is put up. ,
6. Lacle of eXltort knowlellgo of
cuts of meat and how to cook least ex
penslvo things to bring out food values
and good tasto. .
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"Tho thing which the nvorago houso"
It ! 1por flgures upon aD most 1ll1port
ant now Is her time , " sahl 1\lIso L ) " .
ford of the School of Domestic Sclonco
"When she bl1)'s so as to save this
she has to fi1ure against it not only
loss of moncy , but loss of nourish ,
ment. Again , you have to Uguro If It
ion't better to sl10nd more money tc
got 11101'0 nourishment. "
Of the gain In the oldfashlonCt ]
plnn of golnl ; to market Instead of or
derlng by telephone 01' by the order
bo ) ' . the women of the school cannot
spoale too strongly , Said Mrs. Wag
loy. the secretary : , .
"It fs a matter of fact that YOUI'
ro 1.ot wtll cost moro if you order it
than It docs IfOU see It weighed ,
Your buLchor may provo pertectly hon ,
est and you may have him for years
an'd ) 'cnro nnd not find a fnult if you
go get your things yourself. The mill'
ute you begin to order , howover. the
total of your weele's bill wtll be hIgher.
"Another advantage of going Is that
your butcher d ea , not happen to have
the cut .you want. YOII simply and
oaslly can walk to another plnce with.
out any talk or argument about It.
Many houselceopers do not do thIs.
but It Is the most logical thing in the
world to do. You ask for a. certain
thIng , ho says he hasn't it. You say
nothing. but go to another place to
set what you have decided upon. "
Ono of the things 'which Mrs. Wag.
ley considers 10 absolutely Indlsllen.
sable to see cut is hamburger stealef
which she says should be cut err as
wanted anll put through the grInder.
The kInd that Is rendy prepa.red . In.
variably wtll have scra.ps nnd trim-
mlnga put In It.
One reason for the common habit
ot ordering Is glvon by a housekeeper
In the fact that In the majority o ( mar.
lcets the fresh goods are not brought
out unUl nearly noon , and thIs leaves
the housekeeper no Umo to marlcct
but In the mlddlo of her day. To this
is attributed the crowding of markets
just before dinner. when It takes an
almost impossible tome to got waited
on.
on.It
It Is on the buying of ready-made
foods that the greatest loss Is believed
to bo ( ound : both in money and nutrl.
tlon. . Says Mrs. Smith :
"Ready.mado cakes , pies aud almost
all ready.mado foodo are only n Iml.
tatlon. They look beautiful and appe ,
tlzlng on the outsldo. but dId you over
cat anything In your lIfo bought In
this way that was not a disappoint.
mont ? In too , many cases they are
made of materials that we would not
employ In our homes. "
FOR DEVIL.'S FOOD CAKE.
Rich but Not Indigestible Dish for
the Winter.
DevU's food cake may be counted
among the best of wlntor cakes when
rIch ( oods may be caton with pleas.
ure and without fear of IndlgesUon.
Cream one.half CUllful of butter and
gradunlly add one cupful of Rugal' ,
three ounces ( about six tablespoon.
fuls ) of melted chocolate and the
well.beaten yolks ot two eggs. Add
alternately one.half cupful of milk
and ono and onehalt cupfuls of flour
with which has been sifted two and
one.half toaslloonfuls of baking pow.
del' , one.half teaspoonful of cinnamon
and one-quarter teaspoonful cloves.
Fiavor with ono teaspoonful of vanll.
Ill. whUo adding the stlffiy whipped
whites ot two eggs. Dako about 40
minutes If In loaf. 20 mhiutes In
layers.
Ways of Using Bits of Silk.
The tiniest bits of lillle will furnish
I material for hat sachets , althouh ! olle
t of the simplest ways of hnparthll fra '
I rance to hats Is to place a scented ) Jad
I In the bottom of the box , COI1lIlotpy ]
covering It. Cheese cloth will answer
lor the covering for these qulto as wo ) )
. as silk.
Saving the Feet.
When a big Ironing has to l1e done
what a comfort and relief It Is to the
feet to UliO ( \ cushion to stand on while
Ironing. It clln ! Je made from a all ]
quilt folded and covered by a plecc
. of cl\l'I1et. Until It has been trlod no
ono cnn boll eve the rest it is to tired
feet.
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NEWS ITEMS I N NEBRASKA
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'l'he Burlington has begun work on : ;
UIO now depot at Minden. J'
'l'ho now Methodist Eplscopnl church '
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at Edison has } .Jeen dedicated. A 'J
The ice hnr\'est , a vt'ry satisfactory' t" ,
O\1e. ' is proceeding In nil directions. "
111'0 delltro 'ell the house of Petet 1
Kohlor In Durt count ) . . NothIng was
Baved. \
I Sowllrd cltlzenR IU'O consltlorlng thQ ,
matter of hoMing n chautauqua there : '
, the comIng slimmer.
The couuty comml0810ners o [ 'Vash.
Jugton cOuulv , , . . . . . . , . . .t ' ' ' ' . : : - ' \j \ ; vu {
will bo needett to run the couuty the i.
coming year. )
John snms , whllo ohollln ! ; corn near t '
Arnold , had his right hand groum1 up ' \ J
in n hOl'sepowor so that amputation . ,
was nocessllry above the wrist. j
OlivoI' Qtyers ! Ilnd Mro. Canle E. h
CI1\'llontel' were found dead In bed in
t
a room at Lincoln. Death was caused
by Ilsphyxilltion by fumes ( rom 1\ gas
sto\'e. . 'J
'l'ho state of Washington has accred' !
tted U10 1)01'11 Normal cerUilcates. thus '
Iermlttlng normal graduates to teach
in thllt state without furlher exnmlnn.
lions. '
O. C. Hushes. ( ormer assistant gen.
eral BUllorintendont of the Northwent. . .
ern railroad on Its Nobl'llslca-Wyomlng I ;
11Ivlalon. w111 I1roba ly locate In Fre. )
mont. . , :
A telegram bas reached Fremont J
( rom Washington stilting that Presi. 'j
dent Roosevelt has nomlnuted Daniel
Swanson for reappointment to the po.
sltlon as IJOstmllstOl' of Il'remont.
number of firms and families in
\ '
Aubul'll are now burning Nomaha
counh' coal. Jml1es IIIl'eo , own 01' of , ;
the mines located on Honey creele. b < ! .
two en Auburn I\ud Peru , uhlplIed the
first carload last weele.
The trout pools of northol'l1 Nebras. .
1m will have a consillorablo addition . "
to thol1' population this sumlllOl' when
the eggs which have just ! Jeen 1'0- ' : \
coived by the state commission are '
hatched I1\HI the fr ) ' distributed. t
'At the request of the mombel's of i \
RUBsoll post. Grand Army of the Ro.
publ1o , li'airbury. Congressman Hin.
shaw has secured from the war de.
11l1rtment the donation to the 110St ot I
ne of the cannon captured In the
Spanlsh.Amel-ican war. which will bo I
placed in the city 1l1\rle.
Some forty prominent property own. I
era have IJOUtioneli the board of coun. .
ty commlsslonors of Cass county. pro. I
tenting against the action of the board
In reallilolntlng Anderson House as
, uperintondent or the 11001' fm'm. They
ch rgo corrullt practlcea and extrava.
, gance.
COlleB of n petition are bolng clrcu.
lated at Ainsworth to be forwarded to
Congressman Klnlmid , nsldng that the
sorvlco pensIon bill bo amended In the
thouso to provide pensions ranging from
$10 at the ago of 60 to $26 at the age
ot 7 . and to do away with all bonrds
of examiners. I
Adjutant General Culver of the State I
National Guard , in his biennial report
just issued , advocates a plan for build.
Ing permanent armorIes for all the
companies of tilO guard. His plan ! 1
calls for the organization of an asso. I
clatlon to collect funds llnd build me-
morlal armorIes at each guard station ,
to ! Jo dedicated to the great ooldlors of
aU wars of this cOllnltT.
John Samuel Jay. who was caught ! II
'
in the shafting of the sugar factory at
Grand bland. whllo lcaning over the
i
8ame to clean some wIndows. and who ) .
was terribly Injured. after several
days of Intense suffering , succum ! Jed I ,
to his injuries. Ills clothing was \
caught. ho was whirled about the ,
ehaftlng I11Hl to the 11001' , and many
bones wore brolOn anti Internal in.
t
juries caused.
Congressman Hltchcoalc has re.
ceived a Jetter from l\11 and Mrs.
Hellry Doorly. his son.ln.law and
daughter , dated Kingston. January 12 ,
Hiving hIm and his family the assur.
ance they alread ' felt of the safety of
the Omaha tourists In the carthqualeo
'district. ' They were to Ie ave Kingston
that dny and are sup\1osed to have
gotten away before the shaleo OD-
currell.
'l'he Nebraslm Volunteer Flremen's
association elected these officers :
President , J. V. Hyder. York ; l1rst vIce
prcsident , Marie Mortenson. Fremont ;
second vice president , Dert Galley , Co.
lumbus ; secretary , FJ. A. Miller. Kear.
ney ; treasuror. Henry Gruff. Seward ;
board of control. George Howe of Fro-
Imont , J. F. McNee of Kearney. R , N.
McA1.lister of Grand Island. , R. H. Roy. i
'nolds of Norfolle and John McKay of i
Blair. '
The Union Pacific has aseed ] eIght i
ipassonger conductors runnIng into I
Njlrth Platte to have theIr photographs -
graphs taleen to bo used in an advertising -
tising pamphlet Ul\t the company will
Issuo. The feature of these eight con.
ductors Is that thelt. comJhled ! weight
Is 2,090 pounds , or nn average of 26H
pounds each. ' 1'he conductors to bo
represented In this group 111'0 ; : Mooney
nnd Layton of the Wyoming division ,
nnd Madden. Wallace , Powers , Clap.
pel' , S\oemaleer ] and Keene. They are
a bunch of big ones , and every ounce
of them represents gentlemanly qual1.
ties Ilnd efficiency as employes.
Henry Oltman , agca 'TO years , has
boon arrested at Madison on the
charge of incest. Ho is charged by
his 1S.year-old daughter with being tho"
VRrent of a child to which she I"
about to give birth.
The exhibit of the Nebraska Corn
[ mprovers' meotlng in Lincoln last
week is sa to have been the best
ever seen tit an assoclattolt meeUng.
A. Shamel of Chicago , w110 11 IlS been
judge of the Nobraslca corn show for
the past five years , said that It 6ur.
Iassed aU3lthlng which this at\to has
110rotoforo exhibited.
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