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Japan haa decided tho.t Togo I not
to go as Car all California.
'fho ( ' R lJnL has boon Boon ort
Sweden b ) ' Ilerr Anlmrcrona. ] Il was
probably n rol1 ctlon oC his name on
the wator.
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Cln lore laU appears , was a reo.l
porSOIl , a facL which otrsots In some
measure the In'cvnont ] suspicion
agm'nst Santo. CIIlI.s.
The chauffeur noW allllOars to hoh1
the I11Sh10 traclc 111 the matrimonial
race , where once the conchmnn was
counted an easy wilmer.
Marc ] 'fwaln says Umt UIO American
people deslro a monarchy , but then It
. . rs 1mvosslble to toll when Mark Twain
should bo tnlton sorlouslY.
1l appears that som Ilorsono bollovo
that the czar of Russia has not yet
troubles enouh , , and so they 0.1'0 accusing -
cusing him of writing IJOotry.
Once In a whllo 1't Is the man that
Is unrellsonnble , 1101'0 Is ono suing
his wlto Cor dlvorco because she did
not dlo , as she said she wouhl.
I'arls Is said to bo starUed by .tho
proposal oC Sarah Bornhardt to pIa ) '
1\Iophlstopheles \ , and yet she has be ell
playing It Cor a number of years past.
Though - u struggle through the
jungles oC life , loole up and behold the
mountains oC success and IJrOsperlly
bcclconlng In the gllmmerllll ; dlsto.nco.
Growing Boclii ] ComlJnlnts ] about
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"tight wads" 0.1'0 now CXIJalncd. ] .It
Is the CXa1\1llo ] oC King gdward , and
'must ' bo CoHowed It ono presorveB
'Rood ' Corm.
The Inhnbltl\nts of many countrlos
/11'0 a lllUo uneasy lest an earthqualco
, should ovortalw them , but the danger
of an earthqualco does p.ot worry a .
Uusslan o lcehohler 0. bit.
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The postl\1aster at St. Louis says
that socl'ety women are ellglbo ] for
membershlII In the Ananlas society.
, I"rom this It ! to bo seen that not a11
the provarlcators 0.1'0 In congress.
Whllo the congressional party of In. 1
vestlgators were on 1.ho Isthmus of
, Panama an alligator tried to eat ono
oC the members. Both UIO a11lgator
and the congressman were saved.
The beilof oC the Now Jersey woman -
man that somebody was putting the
ovll eye on her cow wlll bo something
of 0. jolt to those optimistic souls who
. claim that this ago Is an enlightened
onc.
The lIartfOl'd city man who pro.
poses a law preventing omclals from
servl'ng Cor moro than two terms might
have had moro chance of golllng It
passed If 110 had not Included senators
and ropresentatlves In his list.
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If the Jalst'ngroa Gaelewar , the son
of the .Gaoltwar of Baroda , who has
como to this country to prepare Cor
. 'BonaI'd , taltes advantage of the lib.
erty which his absence from homo
affords him , about the flrst thing ho
wlll do will ho to taltO up UIO slmpll.
'fled ' spe11lng of his own namo.
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It Is sa l that there are so many
pl'nctlcnl 11hlltmthroplats anxious to
save Mrs. Ruasoll Sl\go Crom the dls.
grace of dying rich that she Is afraid
to g out , and Is a IIrlsonOl' In her own
; houso. If excess of ener y Is our na.
'Honal ' fault , Its oxtren o , Is found I'll
; the number who are eager to gain
the good things oC lIfo without worle.
Ing for them !
The unluclt ' 0111'101' sat up after'
hours to do the subject justlco : he described -
scribed In words that fairly fioated
the brldo and her trousseau ; he made
your mouth water In describing thO' '
refreshments and made every one who
had contributed Ceel 1IItO a mlllionaird
, when reading the description and list
of presonts. He wound It all up In as
pretty a word picture as ) 'ou over read
and wrote of the joy attending the
atralr , says the Stafford , Kan. , Ropub ,
lIcan. The ComlJOsltor set It up "jay"
and the next day ono of the editor's
; best Crlends , who lived on R. F. D. No ,
G , toole It as lIersonal and came In and
stopped his Impel' and threatened to
mop the 11001' with the editor. .
A snowstorm In London Involves th
expendlturo of a big Cortuno to restor < :
"tho streets to anything 1IIeo a passabl < :
condition. After the snowstorm at
January , 1895 , which pproxlmates tc
the present vl'sltatlon , Nisbet DIalr
the surveyor of St. Pancras , said tha1
his authority expended ; C2,472 or
snow removal. There are 28 boroughl
In London , and , talelnr ; St. . Panacral
as an averag-slzed borough , the tota
expendlturo would bo close UpOI
. o:7C : , 00. This sum , says Londm
Chronicle , maltes no provision for till
city of London and the total can no
fall far short of .c 100,000. Half.ul
hour's rainfall at this stage would h' '
worth Its weight In gold.
Tulsa , OleIa" lias 711 girls and 72 :
boys attondlng school. At this ratt
the second generation will not bo shor
on school teachers. Long IIvo the use
tul splnstor.
If there ls anythlng In the roper
that the north IJolo Is moving soutl ]
ward at the rate of 20 miles a day , I
ought to bo ready soon to discover It
'Would-bo discoverers.
A bigamist was up before a Londo
I1naglstrato and In giving his tostlmon
! he referred to ono of the wl'tnoss s"
, "my son.lnlaw by my first wife. "
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OUR LINCOLN LETTER :
ossip frolll tbe State Capital , Legislative and Otherwise
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At the reccnt meeting oC the Joint
railroad commJasloJl , the hili giving
authority to the state rullway commlR.
sian and dofinlnc the duties of the
commission Wfi completed I1.nll
will bo reported to the joint commit.
tee In a day 01' two. 'fho seetlon yet
to bo drnCtOll wI ] ) provldo lImt 1'0.11.
orad agents must report to the com.
mission the contents of cars loaded ,
nnd the contents of curs coming Into
the alato must aso bo reportcl1 to
the commls810n. This measure , which
Is conslderod the most ImIJOrtant or
any of the rallroal1 measures , waR
prepared by 8enl1tol' Epperson C
OIay , Senl1.tor Aldrich of Duller and
H.opresontn.tlvoa Harrison or Otoo 111111
Walah of Douglas. The bill Js titled
as follows :
. " A bill for an act creating and dofin.
Ing the powers , duties and quallfica.
tlons of the 8tl1tO railway commission
and the secretary thereof nnl1 fixing
tholr componsatlon ; defining rnllwa ) '
companlos and common carriers , regulating -
ulating the sllmo and IJrovhllng the
method of fixing , cstabllshlng ami
publishing rates aud charges for the
transportation of Crelghts and cars ,
Including joint through rates and
joint traffic arrangomenta , ave l' amI
upon the various lines of said rail.
way companleB Ilnd common cl\rrlers :
the method of malting , establishing
and enforcing the general orders of
said commission : dofInlng unjust dls.
crlmlnatlons ; to provillo penaltlos for
the violation or the provisions oC this
aet , and to repeal all acts or parts of
acts In conl1let herowlth , and to declare -
clare that an emergency oxlsts.
The bill gives unusual powers to
the commission to control rnt1roads
and vrovldes for cndless safegullrds
to leeoII the roads Crom dofeatlnc It.
Desldes the usual features of such a
bill , It w111 contain the . following dls.
tlnoth'o provisions : The commls-
fllon must nt once pre pal'O n complete
freight rate schedule fol' the ontlro
stato. Roads 0.1'0 to turn ever all trnf-
nos In operntlon on January 1 as a
bn.sUs Cor the new rates by the com.
mission , whleh are to become oCfec-
tlvo within thirty to sixty days. It u.
road objects to the rate a IHnrlng : will
bo granted beCoro the commission.
from which an appeal may bo taken
to the district court , but the nQw rate
will bo operatlvo pending the appeal.
To prevent the Indlserlmlnate tylns
up of the commission b ) ' Injunction ,
the roads are compelled to mo with
the district court a transcript oC the
hearing hold before the commission ,
and the court must pnss upon thi
transcrlvtlon to see If the Injunctlol1
should be Issued. . Everr posslblo pro
vision Is made to keep all cases Ir
the district Instead of the tedera'
courto.
8enl\tor KIng's decedent bill hut
been recommondel ( CQr passngo In t 1 (
senate. Some changcs were made , th (
prlnolpal ono giving to the survlvln
husbal\l or wife , where . there 111'0 ne
ohlldron or grandchlldre.n living , ana'
halt of the real estate Instead of two
thirds , as provided Cor In the 1)111 ) 01'1
sinally drawn. ' 1'ho provision tha1
vre-nuptlal contracta must convey a1
leaBt a freehold estate in the lamlE
of the sur.vlvor was stricken out , leav
Ing no limitations on the terms of the
contract.
'l'he Northwestern railroad made It !
nnnual report to the state auditor , IT
compllanco with the statute. Tlu
graBs earnings of thl3 road In .No
brnsCa } during the last year wa !
$6,527,480.76 , while Its not enrnlngl
In the state amounted to $2,362,727.23
The passenger carnlngs In the statt
amounted to $1,286,301.63 , tbe frelgh
earnings $4,921,802,05 and from othe
sources the receipts were $319,377.07
The operating expenses nnd taxes 11
; Nobrnsltn amounted to $ ,1,16.t,7 3,52 ,
The attempt to securc the passns' '
of the bill to regulate the IJI'acUc
of Chrlstlun Science has been pract
cally ahandoned. ' 1'hero Is n feelln
tl.mo g members who are opposed t
the bill because oC the dstlc mm
ner In which It deals with the Chrh
tlan Sclenco bollef that there shaul
bo some rogulatlon which will contl' (
UIO spread of contaglou dlseascs . , btl
the ) ' hardly think It fait' to go .art < :
It In the manner attempted In th
I Ohrll5t1an Science bill.
Ropresentatlve Loo's l1roposc
amendment to the constitution 11
orcaslng lluy of loglslators to $10
do.y brought out spirited discussion I
the houso. The majority of the COl1
mltteo reported the bill Cor the gel
eral me , while the minority , Whllhar
Llno and Richardson , , 'otoll to ha ,
It Indeflnlte ! ' . ' '
) postponed. 1'hc m
jorlty report carried. There Is doulJ
however , about the bill receiving fln
sanetIon.
Senator Randall ot Mlldlson Is I\ftl
the tour lor-ged wolf Ho voted In f
I. VOl' at retaining the Ilresont bount
but later Introduced a bill to va ) ' U
bouuty only in counties where tl
people vote to pay a county bOllnt
'HIs ' bill also reduoed the bounty t
wolves of all kinds and on wild cn
to ' 1.25 each. Sonl\.tor Randall h
not matured his IJans ] .nnd will a :
that the bill Introduced bo w1thdrnv
nnd another subsUluted In Its pa ] (
The subaututo will contain many snl
guMds so t. at It will bo difficult
draw bountlos by fraudulent mea us.
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An estimate or UIC coat of current
expenses of the vm'lolIs atnte InI3U ,
tutlonB hu ! ! hoon proposed by the
state auditor , the total nmount aslcod
bolng $1,600,000. The per capltn cost
of the runnln expenses of each In'
stltutlon Cor the bennlum Is as fol.
lows :
Rol.lIorn' Homo nt J\tlllorl1. . . . . $ 3S0.i4 !
SoldlorH' Homo ILt Grnl1l1 Island 302.2
l'onltcnllnr ) ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.0t
Asylum al ylnooln. . . . . . . . . . . . 3f17.H
As'lum at NorColk. . . . . . . . . . . . G27.3C
AB'ItUII nl IIIL lInm . . . . . . . . . . . 420,16
J'cl.lJlo ! Mlndol1 Institute. . . . . . . 282.08
Olrls' Inl1ultrlrlJ ! Hchool. . . . . . . . r,71.1i1
1I0YH' JnduRlrlal HcJlOol. . . . . . . . 1i38.:1 :
Homo Cor the Frlcnl1leHs. . . . . . G4r..1E
Deut RllIl Dumb Inallilltu. . . . . . 437.04
IlIlItituto Cur' the Blilld. . . . . . . . 1,000.00
II\ustl'llllUonro III MlIlord. . . . 728.0C
S. P. No. 34 , by King 'of PolI { , tr.
prevent nfalr dlscrlmlnutlon by com
morclal organization aI' Indh'lduals ,
was recommended for third reading
and pnssngo , without discussion. The
bill Is Bomewhnt similar to the pr01
visions of the .Tunlcln antl.trust law.
It provides that : l'An ) ' l1erson , fl 1'111 ,
company , association or corjwratlon ,
foreign or domcstlc , doing buslnesfJ
In the state of Nobrnslm and en
gaged In the roduc on , manufacture -
turo or distribution of any commodity
In general use , that shan Intontlon'
ally , for the purpose or destroying the I
business of n COmIJotItor In any 10- :
callty , discriminate between dltrercnt
scctlons , communities 01' cities of this
stnte , by seHlng such commodity at
0. 10wol' rate In ono 8eetl n , com.
munlty or city Ulan Is charged Cor
said c mmodlty by snld party In an.
other section , community' or cl1) ' ,
after malting duo allowance for the
dlff rt < 71ce , If any , in the grade or
quality and In the actual cost of
transportation from tbo point of pro.
ductlon , If a raw product , or from the
point of manufacture , if 0. manufac.
tured product , shall he deemed guilty
of unfair discrimination , which Is
hereby IJrohlblted and declared unnw.
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The railroads have come forward
with request that they bo anowed to
maleo n showing before Ule legisla'
turo on the numerous measures now
pondlng against them. FOllowing a.
request b- the Union Pacific and the
North\vestern , the joint railroad com-
mltteo of the house and senate han
arranged for a pUblic hearing for the
railroads and their altorne's. They
, will prOBent their side of the case on
reclvrocal demurrage , on which a big
I senger Care bill , on the rallwny com.
I senger Care bill , on the railway com ,
mission bill , on the enforcement of 1\
maximum frolght rate law and 011' '
over ) ' measure of the Idnd now pend.
Ing. As a result railroad ] eglslatlou
is practically at n standstill until after
the hearing , although the eommlttees
0.1'0 still at work perfecting the bills.
Senator Aldrich of Butler hn.s not
glvon UI ) his fight Cor constitutional
amendments because his bill provld ,
Ing for a commission to recommend
amendments was lellled In the senate ,
Ho has n11110UnCOO the commltteo on
eonstltutlonal amendments wl11 tl\lce
up the matter of needed amondmentg
within 0. Cow days and wlIl make recommendations -
ommendations In the form of joint
resolutions f F the submission of pro'
posed changes t9 vote at the next
election. One of the flrst things to
bo taleen up wlIl be the proposed In.
crenao In the number of judges of
the supreme court to flve In the placa
at the IJresent commission. Sovernl
ether needed changes .wlll also be dls.
cussed.
In the hearing of the county OpUOT.t
bill boCore the judiciary commltteo of
the house , Chancellor Andrews of the
state unlversltr urged that such a law
had ollCl'ated with the greatest success
in the south. lIe said that It was enl ) '
fall' to the agricultural sections that
those peolJlo bo given a voleo In saying
whether they wanted saloons anywhere
In the county. Ho told about how
posses 'Wore formed In the south to gc
after brealwrg or the law , how at firs1
vlalt the saloonlweper got a notlco , a1
the second tal' aUlI feathers and at th (
third hunS' . Ho hopol that such "u
rough measure" wouldn't ho necessar
In Nebrnslql.
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M. J. Johl1son at Anselmo , gel1era' '
chairman at the Operators' assocla ,
tlon of the Burlington system , con
talnlng 2,000 In number , Is at th (
c'apltal. Ho Is looltlng after the opor
ators' Interest In a bill which will 1'0
qulro all operators rocelvlng or send
Ing train orders to bo 19 years 01
age. Mr. Johnson has been at Jeffer
son CIt ' , 1\10" and Tqpolm , lCas
where Blmllnr bills were Introduce (
and a 1 lee bill will go before the legIslature
Islaturo at Des Moilles , la. , om
Springfield , Itl. This bill Is In th
Interest of safety and drawn br mct
who have the actual handling of th
tralll buslnoss.
131' If 1\ bill , now under consilloratlou , t. .
'a' ' Couud constitutional , the right a
. ) ' , rrnnchlso w11l become 1\11 expenslvI
10 one In Nebraslm to the IJorsol1 whl
110 docs not exercise It. The bill IJrQ
, Yo vldos that ever ) ' voter shnll bo a
01' Bossed $3 eaeh ) 'ear , but that a 1' (
, tR colpt shnll ho Issued him Cor UII
as amount 111 the event that ho voteE
sic flnd It ho does not the amount will h
m collectable. ' 1'ho commltteo In tll
: c. hOU : , which had the bill under COI
ta , slderntlon , has recommended Its pa ,
to sage , vrothled It Is found constltt
Uuoal.
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NEWS ITEMS I N NEBRASKA 1
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The city marelmt of Humbohlt hllS'
Jtnnlled In his teslgnallon.
A grcat doa ] of ) lnenl1lol1la Is prova-
tent In NehlLwtn ] nnll'vicinity. .
Dr. Gilchrist , n former Omaha divine I
died In Plltsburg , Pa. , tnll wee } { . ' I
'fho Nebraslm Central will besln :
building the Hastings end at once.
Mr. nnd 1\Irs. .Tames Sloan of Geneva -
nova ceehrated ] tholr golden wedding
Inst weee.
A revival that recently cloBed In
t.to ! Christian church at Nelson 1'0-
suIto(1 In hal Ca hundred convorslons ,
J. F. Wolf of Codal' Creele shot and
Itllled a bald englo which men.sured n
little more Ulan seven feet from tip to
, tip of wings.
Cass county's quota. of dlpsomanlcs
IB full at the state asylum and no
11I0.1'0 wll bo rocolved from that coun
ty Cor the present.
The board of .supe1vlsors : cstlmatcs
the amount requlrod to l1ay the ox.
pcnses of running Patte ] county for
the ) .ear 1907 at . $75,200.
County Judge Wilson a shorl tlmo
ngo collected an Inherltanco tax , as
provided by ] aw , the flrst 'collec.don .
made In Antetopo county. _
Six brothers and slater , the youngest -
est 51anl th oldest. 72 , were ( og tber
the first limo at. thQ homo of the late
Hon. , perrr Selden In DIalr.
The Farmers' Instltuto of Wnshlng.
ton connty will bo held In DIalr Feb.
ruary 14 and 15 u der the auspices of
: ho state agricultural school , _
Representative Pen rd today , so.
cured the passage oC n bui for the re-
Ilof of William , l\Whl ; futcr ) of Falls
OIt ) . , Incre ! > lng his pension' from $12
to $24 ,
The Methodist and C'ongregatlonal
hurches of Clarles have held jointly
II. . sorles of 811eclal meetings oxtondlng
over two weeks , Attendance hna
"een good.
At the Methodist Episcopal church
1ho Grand Army of the Republic post
; If NorColle presented n Inrgo American
nag to the tnlstees of the church with
lpproprlato scrvlces.
'Valves have become such a menaca
' 0 stacie and poultry that farmers both
east and west of Red Cloud are form-
'ng hunting parties to rid the country
aide of the brutes if posstble ,
The Merrick County Agricultural
nnd 'Fall' association has just been organized -
ganized at Clarles , It Is propoqod to
hold a county fall' annually at Clarks ,
beginning with the coming summer or
fall.
fall.Tho
The Seward County Agricultural society -
ciety has.arranged fOl' a stoeIe judging
contest for boys unJer 20 years of age ,
to be under the management of Dr. N.
n , Cummins , at the county fall' next
foll.
foll.Tho Otoe Preserving company , can.
ners , has purehasod a canning plant
. recently erected in Roclport , Mo" and
will 01Jerato It In the future In connection -
nection with the plant at Nebraslca. .
pity.
John p. Petersen went to Nellgh
and gave himself up to Sheriff 1\l1l1er ,
who toole him before the county
judge to answer to the charge of bas.
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ardY.
Farmers about Sutherland have completed -
pleted the shipment of. sugar beets
grown last son.son to the factories
Two hundred or maI'o carloads w reshipped
shipped Crom that vicinity , the yield
being good.
' 1' . F. 1\IIlIer of Nance count ) , propJ
rietol' of the Cedar Banle Poland Chinn
hog barn , made a. pUblic sale of forty'
two head of his thoroughbred hogs
for the sum of $3,675 , nn nvorage of
$87,50 per head.
1\lIchael Benda , a braleeman on thd
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Burlington at W .moro. was lodge.i In
jail at Beatrlco on a complaint sworn
out b ) ' Miss Genevieve Peters n ,
charging him with being the father
of her unborn child.
A wolf hunt , In which about 100
people participated , wes held east of
DIuo Hili , A good.slzed tract oC coun.
er ' was thoroughly covered and sov-
01'0..1 wolves were stirred up , but In the
, final round-up onlr one was Idlled.
A .practlcal d monstratlon of the
mllltlng machine was given before the
meeting of the Nobrnalm Dalrymon'E
, , association at Lincoln. Prof. C. ErJ
gave a fallt on the mllltlng machlno ,
, illustrating his remarlts by mlllcln
sevol'nl cows.
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, 'A movement Is to be launched tOJ
: n greater Hastings , "Twenty thou
: , sand by 1910 , " will bo the campalgr
r cry and If the plnns of the men bacl
of the scheme 0.1'0 carried out Has
tlngs will move with "full stean
ahead for the next three years.
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. It Is expeeted that the corn exhlbl
will bo n feature of the Johnsot
- County Farmers' Institute , whloh wll
. bo hold In Tecumseh January 30 1\1\ (
. 31 and February 1 and 2. The com
mltteo having the corn show In ohargt
promises good promlums and expect :
. . a good showing.
Malt Mlt hell of Eustis has returnee
, from st. Joseph , whore ho marlcoto < <
1 n. shipment of eattlo , among whlcl
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was a cow Bald to bo the heaviest eve
rocelved at the St. Joseph atocl
) 'o.rds. The animal was a high gradl
Durham and welghod 1,980 pounds anI
sold for $3,80 per 1\1l11dred.welght ani
netted 1\11' . 1\lItcholl $76.
Foggr , cold wonther with 1Igh
.snows ace as Ion ally , prevails most 0
ho tlmo In Banner county , mnltIng I
very unplen.sant for freighting an
severe on stoclt on the range , It I
: . feared Ulat the loss of IIvo stock wI ]
! . : t > o qulto heavy.
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o MUte DIstler , Franle Karl' , Ed. HI :
ton , Herman Sohmldt , F. O. Krugc
and F. Krugor l'oturnod to BItl0 HI !
from tholr trip through Oklall0ttU
I , Texas and Indian Torritory. The
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wont Cor the purpose of looldng at th
l' I and buying If sultnblo. None ( J
Ule vnrty purchased any land ,
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HI 1 DOWN
There was war In the all' . ThQ
) 'ounl ; woman cnrrled her head tilted
Indifferently but the plnle spots on hel
che1s betra'od her' state of mind
' 1'110 young man had not iet awaltenCli
to the Cact that there , . WIlS , Jroube ]
ahead for him. - _
"I am glad , " she said , "to flnd oul
what you reaJy ] do admire : I .novOl
] enow you to bo qulto so enthusiastic
over any ono' beCore. Wllat a pit )
that you should have wllJtQd until thh
; Iato In tIlO day to tell mo ! "
"Why-what do you mean 1" aseed ]
ho young man : bewHdered.
The young woman IJuHed a sofa
cushion ruffie florcoly. "It must hav6
be on a hlal nil thesa months/ ' she
said , smoothly , "to prot i1 thl\t I was
your Idenl-not that -1 ever claimed
to bo a beauty I-when In reality you
were thlndng ] baurn kindor1awn. was
the loveliest oreiitre O l earth't' ! . \
"Why , you ought't : ] m w that. 1
never thollght any .such. ? ' : : . . - : : - ,
The young , woman Intorru ted 'his
protests with a superlorsmTlo ni d 0 ,
gesture which was nothing short of
grand. "or ourse you haven't said
so In these exact words , " she went on.
' ' 'but I am not quite stupid , even If i
haven't hall' 111m corn sUle anl1..eyes
IJO ] pansies and the grace of n siren ! "
"
"I never said any such- "
"You have done nothing sln < < o YOIl
came this ovenlng , " Interrupted the
roung woman flrmy ] , "but rave ever
.how . entrancIng Laura Klnderlawn
was at that card part ' . I am only
' { ; . 'f' < I-- '
II J
"Don't Try to Hedge. "
thankful that you have told me just
how you feel beCoro ! t was too late.
How perCectly dreadful It would have
been to have married you and then to
have found out after awhllo that you
were In love WItJI anothel' glr } all the
time ! "
"Now see here ! " blll'st'out the
) .oung man. "Of all the rldlculous- "
"Don't try to hctlg , " said the
young woman. "You can't deny that
rou'Sald her halt' was magnificent ! "
"So It is-for blonde hall' , " pro ,
osted tile ) 'oung man , "You lenow
It can't begin to touch YOUl's ! I neve I
saw much masses of blue-black hnlt
as you have and ) 'ou lenow 1- "
"Pease ] don't , 1\11' . Dankstart , " sh
Interrupted , wearily. "And you said
vlolots were so becoming to her and
If that Isn't saying that her eyes werG
1IIe them I'd HIe to lenow It ! You
may feel perfectly free to win sueh
n decorative treaslll'e , as 1 lenow that
you ha.ve long wanted to , for our en
gngement ends right hero ! You havE
PlY sympaUlr for all that you haVE
endured of lato. Of course , I was ab
, 'solutely Innocent In my belief thai
you cared about me or I should hnve
, reenaed . ] ) 'OU beCore now I"
"I don't lenow wh ' you have begun
calling me Mr. Danltstart , " said tht'
, young t11an "It was ' 1'om ten mlnute
, ago , . And I don't lenow what you
I mean when ) 'OU tall , of breaking OUI
, < ! ngagemont ! I never cared about an3
ono except 'ou and rou lenow It !
Can't I Bay that In addition to 'ot
there are prett . - "
"You don't thlnl , that I am pretty , '
. brolw In the 'oung woman darltlY
"Co11pared with Laura Khulerlawn ]
am a coal.blacle wisp oC an Indlar
. and- "
" 'fhoro's nobod ' who
1 ) can comparE
with you" said the ) 'otmg man wlU
t determination. "I mean It ! "
"You have a convincing mannoI' al1l
1
1 0.11 that , " said the roung woman , dls
1 bollovlnglY. "But then that's part 0' '
a lawyer's stock In trade. Why don'
you go over to Laura Klnderlawn'i
.now ? Illsn't too late COI' a call.
"Decauso I want to stay right here , '
.Raid the young man , coming over an < <
sitting beside her. "Laura may bl
pretty In a way but Iter prettiness I
of doll-lIko , sOlllless variety that wea\ ' :
otr. Now , . ) ' 011 grow more CaselnatlnJ
over ' tlmo I see rOil ! "
"I'd hate to feel , whenever Laur ;
Klndorlawn and I WOI'O In the sam
l"oom , that 'OU 0.1'0 comparIng us ,
, deprecated the young wOl1lan.
' 1'ho YOllng man raised ltls eyes t ,
lwayen.
"oc COUl"SO I'd com pal'o 'ou ! " h
said. "And thanl , my lllclty stars
'was Cortunato enollgh to get ) ' 9t
; Wlt ) . , I don't see what's come eve
you Ulls ovenlng ! "
The young woman's Caco lost It'
aloof look and dlmplod brlJllantl ) . . "
, ] ) ellevo you do really mean It , Ton
my 1" slto admitted.
y "You bet I del ; ' aald Thomas Danli
e 'tart , o.s he proceeded to emphaslz
if the statement In the right. way.-Oh
engo Dally News.
. "
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I NERVOUS HEADACHES
Or. WIIII:1ms' Pink Pills Will Cure
Most Cases and Should Interest
Every Sufferer.
Nobody who has not endured tho-
lIutrerlng caused by nervous' beall'
ache can r.eallze the awful agony or : .
its vJctlma. Worst at all , the ordln.
nry treatment cannot bo relied upon.
to cure nor oven to give fellef. Somo.
doctors wl11 Bay that If a person 1
Bubj t to theao headaches there Is.
nothing that can bo done to prevent
tholr fecurrencc.
Nervous Cteadachcs , as well as nou.
fagla ] , are caused by lack ot nutrition
-1ho nervea are alarved. The only- ;
way to : teed the nerves is through tho-
blood and It Is In this way that Dr.
WlUlams' Plnt ] PlUs have accom.
pllshed so many remarcablo ] cures.
, Mrs. Addle l\IerrlU , ot ' 39 Union
Street , Auburn , Me. , saya : "Fat' "
years I sutrerM from nervous ! head.
ncbos , which would como on mo every
' 1lvo or six weeles and continuo fot' "
several days. The pain Was so severe
that I would be obliged to go to bed
[ or three or four days enoeh time. It
was particularly Intense over my right
eyc. I tried medicines but got no re-
Ilet. I 'had ' no appeuto and when
the headache passed away I felt as It
I hn.d been slclc for n month. My
lood was thin and I was pale , wealt
nnd reduced In weight.
"I wad about Dr. W11llams' Pink
PlUs in a paper and decided to try
them. I first noticed that Ithe ' boo
gan to glvo mo an nppetlte and I
commenced to gain In weight and
color. My headaches stopped and
have not returned and I have never
felt so well as I do now. "
Dr. WlUlams' Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists or sent , postpaid , on
receipt of price , 60 cents per box , six
boxes $2,50 , by the Dr. Williams Medl.
clno Company , Schenectady , N. Y. .
W. N. U. , OMAHA , NO.6 , 1907.
MO.UNTAIN GUIDES FAIL HER.
Miss Peck Will Make Another Attempt
'r'pon ' ' the Highest Andean Peak.
Miss Annlo Peck , whoso chief pleasure -
uro is climbing mountains , has returned -
turned to Now York Crom Peru , beaten
In her attempt to climb the highest
of the Andes , beaten not by the moun.
taln Itself , but the worthlessness of
the men she employed as guides and
porters on the oxpedltlon. She Is can.
vlnced that she would have reached
the summit but for the faults of her-
men and says she Is going back with
Swiss , mountain men to make another-
attempt.
As It was she reached a height ot
18,000 feet , being then about 2,000 Ceet
above the summit. This waB at her
first attempt. One of her men deserted
and the rest got drunk on the alcohol
which was carried as fuel for coole.
Ing. Besides they were all afraid of
the trIp and especially as they ap.
proache the top of the mountaln , of
which they have 0. superstltl us dread.
'fhe second attempt was 1IIee the
first , except that the men gave out
BOOneI' and so less progress was made
before the attempt had to bo aband.
oned. .
.
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy In Misery 12 Years-Eczema In
Rough Scales , Itching and In.
flamed-Cured by Cutlcura.
"I wish to inform you that YOUI'
wonderful Cutlcurn has put n stop to
twelve years of misery I passed with
my son. As an Infant noticed on
I his body a red spot and treated same
with dlfforent remedies for a.bout . five
I years , but when the spot began to
get larger I put him under the care
, of doctors. Under their treatment the
dlseaso spread to four different parts
of his body. The longer the doctors
treated him the worse it bocame. Dur.
Ing the day it would get rough and
form IIko scales. At night It would
I bo craeked , h1fiamed , and badly swol.
' , with terrlblo burning and Itch.
Ing. When I think of his suffering ,
It neary ] breaks my heart. Hs !
screams could bo heard downstairs.
, The suCCering of my son made mo
full of misery. I had no ambition to
work , to cat , nor could I sleep.
Ono doctor told mo that my son's
eczema was Incurable , nnd gave it up
for a bad job. One evening I saw an
article In the paper about the wonder- .
CuI Cutlcura. . and decided to give It a
trial. I tell you that Cutleura. Ointment
I Is worth its weight In gold , and when
I had used the flrst box at Ointment'
there was n great Improvement , and
: by the tlmo IlIad used the second set
of Cutlcura Soap , Cutlcura. Oint.
mont , and CuUcura Rosolvent , my
child was cured. Ho Is now twelve
years old , and his skin Is as fine
and smooth as silk. 1\lIcho.ol Stein.
man , 7 Sumner Avenue , Brooklyn ,
N. Y. , April 16 , 1906. "
His Practical Idea. :
A benevolent old man who IIvod OD
his fa.rm . in Iowa never refused shol.
tel' to any who might ask It of him.
His many friends remonstrat d with
him about this characteristic , know.
Ing tilUt many unscrupulous hoboes
would tt.vall themselves of the oppor.
" tunlty , and that there was great daW
ger of the old man being robbed. To
o these remonstrances the old man replied -
plied that ho belloved In "practical
Christianity. "
"Dut , " said ono 'of his friends , "this
scems , "ery Impractical. Suppose ono
of the so men took It Into hl8 head to
rob you one night ? "
"My dear young friend , " was the reply -
ply , "I bid all enter In the name of
God , but 1 provo my bollef In practl.
cal ChrlsUanlty by locking up tholt
. - pants during the night. "
I- Don't be too sure of the man who
boasts of bc1nl ; sure at hlmselt.