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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1907)
- - , ( USTR [ COUNTY RrpUBUCAN By D. M. AMSBERRV DROJrnN DOW , - - NEDRASltA t The Case of Central America. As the preservation oC pcaco by the Central American republics seems 1m. possible. It hns been l1uggested that the UnltCiI Stntes ntHI Mexico unite In a protectorate over thorn nClel' they have been combined Intd n slnglo Ced. oration. Moxlco and the Unlled States lrendy exerclso nn Info\'IJml ovorelght ever nlTl1lra In Central Amer. ICIl , A little more than a ycar ago this countl'y IJracUcally Corced two oC the warring rOllubllcs to como to terms , 'I'hls spring AmerIcan wnr. ships patl'OJled the coaats ot lIonduras , Nlcaraguu and SalvatIor , IJrotecting the prol1erty of Corelgnors so effective. ly thnt they seriously InterCered wllh the activity of the contendhll ; armle ! : ! . The Mexican government has lately struck a hard blow at revolutions hy demanding that Guatemala surrender the Guatemalans responsible tor the mmder In texlco oC a former Guate. malan preslll ! lit. It Mexico Insists that murder's murder even when done In the name of Centml American rovolutlon , the revolutionists will take thought before they rlso In arms. 'l'hero Is a growing dotormlnatlon In the minds or Moxlcans and Amorl. cans , says Youth's Companion. t1mt If the Central Americans will not con. duct themselves properly. rorco must bo used. Whether the outcome will bo a fedoratlon and a formal protect torato It Is useless to prophesy. SeVe oral provlous attempts at federation huvo fulled. All the rlll1Ihllcs huvo agreed. that arbitration Is the 11roper way to settle 11Islllltes , ntul a formal treaty providing for arhltratlon haH been conchldell. Dut when a dll3lluto arises. the replthllcs disregard the treaty and rush to arms. As the bus1tioss of the world draws moro closely to the Caribbean sel.\ . some way will bo found to malto the count trlea borderlns It safe for the resl. dence of huslness mono Prlnco Louis ot Orlet11s , regarded by the monarchists or Drazll all hell' to Dom ) Pedro's throne , was not allowed to IUlul In Hlo do .1anelro , when the shll ) on which ho was lIa11lng to Parn. guay entered the hlll'bor. ' 1'ho Drazll. Ian authorities regard as stl11 In force the decree of banishment against Dom Pedro's famll ' , lJUssed by the provls. lonal government Immediately after the overthrow ot the empire In 1880. .Prlnco Louis Is the second son of the , tormer crown princess at Drazll and the French prlnco , Gaston ot Orleans. Ho was born In Brnzll and the mono archlsts rally round him rather than round. his crippled' elder brother. . Po'Jro. The visit of tllo prlnco to South America has roused UIO 1'oyal. \ ists to a new Interest In their cause , land is not wllhout Interest to stute& men In North Amorlca. Dut the pros. pect ot a royalist rlalng In Drnzll , still ' mon , . 't Its success , Is remote Indeed. . ; , RiHlway acoldents have been usually ascrlbed to Insufficient equipment. Pr9r"P. ; H. Dixon , In an article In the AtIanUc .Monthly , concludes kthat the real difficulty Is not mechanical but J human , It Is not the failure or the lack or the block slgnnl that causea 'the trouble , nor would the Insta11utlon of .automatlc IItopS and ether devices cur'o the evil. "Tho fundnmentnl weakness or Amorlcan ral1roadlng 1.rom the stundllolnt or safety Is the widespread and almost unlvorslll lack ot discipline. " This conclusion Q.C. cords with the exporlenco of the raco. Disciplined nrmles poorly oqulpped bave triumphed ever armies we11 ac. coutered and provisioned , but lacking In dlsclpllno. It Is likely , however. that railroad omploycs will point out at on co that Ule lack ot dlscll111no be. gins In the poor generalship or the managers who demand Impossible things or their B01l1l0rs. The wide Intorel3t In American genealogy Is responslblo Cor the 11lIbll. cation by the govemment or the con. sus retul'ns of 1700 In the stutes In ox 1stenco at that time. 'I'hls census con. alsted or an onumoratlon of the lIOPU' laUon and was the orlglnul documents ns 11reservCll In the cen8US office In a collection of oddly assorted volumes , the lilllrshals having been obliged to furnish their own blanls. llecauso the names f heads ot flUU11Ies were In. chided In this compilation tiLe books have been In great demand b ) ' people traclns their ancestry. and It Is ror the benefit or these that publication Is being madc. When ompleted the Iamphlets ? w1l1 be for Bale. Dr , 'I'homas J. Soe. the astronomer , wlw Is visiting his homo at Montgom. cry City , Mo. . snys In an Interview that the leakage or the ocean bell causes earthquakes. Perhaps Dr. See cat } susqest a method for patching up the halos In the sea , ' . The knlser boxed the earn of his ' cousin , Prince I'roderlck ; Henry ot PrusfJln , and then ordold him to leave Germany. The kaiser evidently be. lIeves 'In the effectlvo , old.fafl/1lolll'lJ / aort of chastisement. - COMMfRCfAL CLUBS CAN DE MADE IMPORTANT FACTORS - TORS IN TOWN DUILDING. BEST FIELD FOR THEIR WOJtK Their Efforts Should Be Put Forth to Keep the Dollars In the Home Town-Protecting Dusl. ' ness Intereats. DurIng the pMl rew rears there has been mor limn ordinary activity In the ol ganlzutloll of so.called commor. clal clubs , buslncss men's lensues nnd similar assoclntlons 1\ & the Ilsrlculturnl ; sectlon8 ot the country. Some had mushroom gr wth , and IIko some fIow- ors , bloomed and blossomed , withered and decayed In an hour. Others strug. gled along Indllterently and succeeded In Bpendlng much at the 1100plo's money without assisting the town to greatness. whllo a very few succeed d In doing things that. were of bonofI to the community. There Is lIttle use In trying to make a ault of clothes for a man out at a pattern ot cloth Umt has only BUm. clont goods for II. child's suit. There Is lIttle use in trying to build up a great town In a 10caUty where there Is not the material to sustain It , I1nd whore there are only resources for the oupport ot a hamlot. Towns at 1m. portanco exist only where there are cortnln nntuml ndvantl1ges , resources that can bo utilized In mnnufacturlng , torrltory sUl11clently largo to command oy.tonslvo trnde , or some oUlor tnvor- , able condition. In the west manufac' turlng must by the economy ot things bo confined to such lines as can bo advantl1geously produced. In manufac. turlng there 0.1'0 many fl1ctors. 'rhoro must bo considered the cost of fuel , Lbe raw nmterlnl , ' the Il1bor I1nd highly hnportant are the trauslJOrtation facll. lUes. I lUes.Ono Ono or the notlcel1blo things about commercial clubs Is the optimistic tendoncles oC their membors. Duslness men of strictly agrIcultural town will l form an assoclutlon. Perhaps the ( leaders are Interested In the real es. tate business. 'rhey want the town to boom. Some oC them may have a few acres of land worthless unless for 'u "factory" site. Meetings 0.1'0 held , plnns ILro made for the bl'lnslng In of some manufactmlng plant that per. llupa may glvo employment to half a dozen 01 : a dozen hnnds. Correspondence - ence Is starte with a vi ow of getting some ontslder Interested , ' 1'ho right mnn , apunrentIy , ml1lws his appenr- ance. 110 wants a bonus of a few thousand dollars. Ills proposItion Is ser1ouly ; considered. 'rho sutJscrlption pal101' Is passed around , the amo rrt lJe ured , and the real estaoo man 80lls hili "fuctory" slto at a oed prIce. The tactory Is started. It runs about n yenr and there Is a vAcant faotory bulldln ! ; ror rent , or tJr Ernlo. How many to"'nll. In the southwest ) mvo h d thin exp&rlenco ? EY n had t'bo omorlu1so been a sue. cess. it romaine that there Is a fIeld marc productlvo ot good for'the town that the "club" ovorlooked. Say that a factory bo started In a small town. It may glvo employment to . dozen men. The pay roll amounts to $30 a day. 'rhe output of the concern ma } ' reach a total or fro n $2G)0 ( } ) to $35,000 a year. "Every little helps , " and all othOl' thing ! ! In harmony this adds to the Importance ot the place. Dut let us do a lIttle "estimating , " SUIIPO&O that there Is about the towr. , , . territory or 1GO square mnes. SUPlloso that each squnro mile represents four tamlIles-- rarmers' famlIles. 'rhls would malte 600 families wllo should do their trailIng - Ing In' the town. The rel10rts or the bureau of stlltlStlCS or the United States department ot labor and com. merco , assures us that the average ex- pondlturo oC the farmer each year for all the sUPl111es he requires In the way of agricultural machlnory , carriages , wagons , clothing , and food , Is $627. Careful esthnates oC the amount or the tarmors' trade that goes to the mnn. order house and Is In other ways dl. Terted from his hpmo town , shows that It l moro than 25 11el' cp.nt. at all he Ipends. Thus wo find that rrom the 1..errltory of the town there Is annually { sJlverted In trade the nlco sum ot moro than $79,000. 'I'hls amount gees from the town , ceases to bo a factor lu Its upbulldlng. It means that ever ' day the town loses about $132 In trado. Now would It not be much bottel' It , the commercial plub took up the mat. I tel' of dovlslng means or protecllng the business Interests of the onte\1I1'lses In the morcaut11o lines alrcady ostab. lIshed , than to 111'Ing In a new enter- prlso of unc.ertaln success ? Is not the trade ot the farmers and the 11eo111e or the town equally as beneficial as the wages paid to the few men that the ' factory might omplo ) ' ? Docs not $79. . ' 000 In trade moro than equal the out. put and the general nccruln ( ; to the wealth ot the town b ) ' the fuctory ? It Is evident that there Is a wl e 1eld } for commercial club effort In the keoplng in the town the do11l1rs that are earned and dovlslng meana or lira , tectlng trado. Courage In Dally Life. Dravery helps to make a nalloll safe. A nation of cowards , however prosperous , cannot be a gl'eat nation. I Men and women who dare fling thom. selves against great odds for the sake ot their convlcllons ; who do not shrink from cr'lng ou agahlst uny evil that may menace the purIty ot UIO government ; who will , If need be , Bever all political , social and financial ties tor love at country-the so are the heroes to which a nation resorts in bel' bour ot need , l UNITV OF INTIREBTS. Relationship of Residents of Rural Communities to the Hom. Town. "Llvo and let live , " Is n polley tlaat has como down through the ages and Is an oxpresslon ot the Golden Rule only In different words. There Is In. born 1u Ullln a deslro ror BeC.prcsorva ] tlon. It Is a law ot lite , and to this deslro can bo attributed that which Is consltlered selfishness within us. SaVe ago man has IIltlo regarll tor UIO rights and properties or othors. He lacls the sense ot equity and justlco and Is guided solely hy the brutal In. stlncts. Inte1l1gont man realizes that all his tellow crentures are entitled to the same rights ho would enjoy hlmsol ! . ' 1'hereCoro where the Chris. tlan spirit la tound , there can bo look. ed for such equity Il giveR all an equal chance to gain a lIvollhood and to enjoy the products at their labor. 'rhero should bo the preatest hare mony among the cltlzClfs ot every comn1luilty. The Interest of a11 the clnsses comlll'lslng a city or a district .should 1oI0 considered Identical. It has been notCl' ! Hiat the m st prosperous towns huv'of' been built up by hurt moatous and united effort of all the people composing It. In these days wnon there are ovlls to combat , when oppresslvo trusts oxlst that 11.1'0 fac. tors In unequal distribution of wealth , It , Is all Important that the masses In each anll every community unlto and work In harmony for the protection and betterment of local conditions. It It to bo regretted that In many agrl. cultural communities there Is a lach of harmony between what Is called the bulness ; Interests and the produc' ers ot crops. Dltrerent reasons maybe bo advanced for this condition , but the. most common cause Is a mlsunder. standing on the Il3rt of 'tho clllzens as to the relntlonhlp that should ex. 1st hetweon them. It Is wrong fol' the teachings that go rorth that the fut'mm's' Intll'csta are dlfforent. from these oC the lIIerchant. or that thp. merchants' Interests dllTer from farmers' of the comn.4.nlty. It Is also an erroneous Idea that the town Is alone for the townspeol11e and the country districts for the farm. or. Is It not true that the merchant Is dependent upon the farmer for his support ? And It Is equally true that the town Is an Important thing to the fllrmer. It Is a convenlenco to hll1l and ho Is as deeply Interested In all thnt 1 > ert(1lna to It , to Its adva.ncement and the betterment oC Its l1ubllc Institutions - tutions , Ijs streets , Ils pnl'ls and all , as are the peol110 who resldo within the town. 'I'he 1U00'chants should rear Izo how Imllol'tant the furlner Is to them , anll the farlner should bo brought to a realization thnt the town Is fol' him as well us for tlIOS.O who re. side within Its limits , and , that the less antagonism between the re31. . dents on the farma and the resident ! > of the town the better It wl11 bo tor the whole conununlty. 'I'hero Is II unity ot Interests that cannot b Ignored , and there Is a common tIolci who ln all can worl [ ror mutual \lent.- tIt. . GET.RICH.QUICK " 'NU S. Government InvesUgating the Opera. tors of Bucket Shops Tliat Do Business Through tl1c Malls. In tlmos oC prosperity there are always - ways chances for the gmfter. During the past ten } 'ears hus bee : ! the era of the get-rich-quick man. No s.ooner does one scheme play out than an. ether talms Its place. Thanls to the over d111gont 110stal Inspectors , and an unrelenting govol'Ument , the schemers are not so plentiCul as a few years ago. For some : real's a nutubor bf supposed legitimate gmln and stoclt brokers thrived In both eastel'U and western cltlos. These were active In soliciting through the malls , and through local oOlces the business at small Investors. 'rho millions of mone ) ' gained from the unsuspecting people will novel' bo known. In Now YQrk , Chicago , St. Louis and ether cities larg'e and ox. pensively con ucted offices were main. talned. Once the government got on the right trail , there wore irregularl. tIes dlscovored that resulted In traud orders being Issued against a number of the concerns. The end Is not yet , and. the worlt at extermination wl11 be kept up tl11 111Cro Is none In operation. Duylns stocls In n. tall' market Is a risk ) ' business , but when there are schemers to stack the cards against the Investor , there Is not a ghost at a show. Many a banl ( clerk and business - ness mak call trace his downfall to speculating In the bucket shops. Deadly Common Plants. The thlngl3 that give the most pleas. 111'0 In I1fo frequentl ) ' can also cuuso thQ greatest 113ln. Among fIowers , tor hiBtance , the beautiful snowdroll the hrllelnth , jonquil and narclssm are all Ilol80nolls , and to cat tbo smallest Jlurt or the root of olthOI' or them would Ilrolluce fatal results , whllo the juices of the leaves w111 cause violent vomiting. . 'rhe berries or the yew tree have k111ed many people , and the opium obtained fl'om popple ! ! has also claimed Its victims. Lady's sllppor and 1I1y of the vallo ) ' are both dauger. ous , and If the blossoms ot crocus are ehewl\d they wll\ \ cause vomiting. Il'lowcrs frol1\ bulbous roots , however , seem to be the most dangerous , and It mlJht : not ho out of place to dealers In these to label them with a cross. bones and mark them polson. Cigarettes and Conscience. 'rho man who limits hlmselt to clg. ul'ettes shows a smallness or mlnl1. Ho l:1eQns : smitten with some hidden consclouco that teols It Is not right to stnoko ; but ho smothers It , al\d with sreat bravado dotormlnes to bl ! a dovll at a dog , and take a cha\"ett . -Grata. ' . , . . . The Breakers to Remain Cloled. Word comes tram abroad that Mr8. Vanderbilt Is to tulo a largo estate near London , and that the Breakers will not bo open this senson In Now- port. . . . .s wllbo \ the second summer that . .IS magnificent eBtato has be enclosed closed , and It means a social as well as financial loss to the placo. To the gossips at the smart sot It means that somothlng attractive Is keoplng 1\Irs. Vandorbllt. and her daughter on the other. ' sideof tb'e At. lantlc-somethlng that draws IIko a lodeatono. No longer Is Robert Goolet's name heard In connection with the hand of Miss Vanderbilt , and wo are at our wIt's end to know just who the lucky Johnny Is.-New York American. INSURANCE INVESTMENTS. How One Company'o Assets Are Dls. trlbuted In the South and West. - . In connection with Its withdrawal from Texas. along with many other companies. rather than to submit to the now law which roqulros that76 % ot the reserves on Texas policies shall bo Invested In securities of that state , which securIties slla11 bo doposlted In the state and subjected to heavy taxation - tion , In addition to the large tax now Imposed on llto Insurance premiums , the Equitable Lito Assurance Society bas made public the distribution ot Its assets , at the end at the second year of the new managemont. The Eqult. able now bas $10,958,000 Invested In Toxas. which Is twice as much nos the now law requires , but tbo management - mont decided that 'to s bmlt to the additional taxation would bo an Injus. tlco to its policyholders In ether states , wblch Impose no such penalty on tbo thrift ot their citizens. The Equltablo's report shows that moro than 37 % of Its total reserves are now invested In the southern and' western states , whllo only 35 % of Its total insurance Is carried In these states. Its Investments are dlstrlbute ns follows : Ala. , $3,000,000 ; Ariz. . $974,000 ; Ark. , $4,038pOO ; Ca1. , $5- 142,000 ; Col. , $ G,222,000 ; Fla. , $4,024- 000 ; Ga. , $4,048,000 ; Idaho , $5,197,00 ( ) ; Ill. , $12,617,000 ; Ind. Tor. , $443,000 ; Ind. , $6,836,000 ; Iowa , $3,600,000 ; Kan. sas , $ l1,6 7,000 ; Ky. , $2,631,000 ; ; La. , $3.064,000 ; Md. , $2,207,000 ; 1.IIch. , $6- 000,000 ; Minn. , $2,065,000 ; Miss. , $767- 000 ; Mo. , $8,197,000 ; Mont. , $1,800,000 ; Neb. , $7G26OOO ; Nev. , $640,000 ; , New Mex. , $1,376,000 ; N. C. , $ l\HOOOO \ ; N. D. , $677,000 ; OhIo , $11,634,000 ; 01\10. . , $1,006,000 ; Ore. , $1,158,000 ; S. C. , $07G,000 ; S. D. , $1,305,000 ; ' 1'enn. , $1 , . 909,000 ; Utah , $2,1 , lOOO ; Va. , $6,502 , . 000 ; Wash. , $1,202,000 ; W. Va. , $5G23 , . 000 ; Wis. , $2,342,000 ; W'o. , $3,367,000. DATHING IN THE DEAD SEA. By No Means a Pleasure , According to 'One Traveler. "No BOOneI' has ono plunged 'Into thQ water than one IB whipped oU ana's feet and goes bobbing helplessly about like a wretched cork , " saya Rev. Haskett Smith of bathing In the Dead Ilea. "In the effort to regain ono's .sooting and to get baclt to shore , ono's feet and shins are barlted by the jagged stones and pebbles , and when at length ono does emerge from Its treacherous bosom , with the lowel limbs bleeding nnd torn , ono becomes aware of a horrible tlnlIng ; an burn. ing lIensation In eyes , ' ears , nostrils , mouth and almost every pore of the IIkln , from the brlno and bitumen which have penetrated overywhere. "Unless great care Is taken the bather In the Dead sea Is liable to an erulltlon , which breals out all over his body , and which Is commonly kno\W1 as the 'Dead sea rash. ' 'I'he bes. antidote to this Is to hurry across as quickly as posslblo to the river Jar. dan and tn1O a second plun o thoreln. The sott and muddY waters. ot that aacred but dirty stream w11l effectual , ly remove the salt that has Incrusted the body. " Describing Weather Conditions. The weather Is called cahp It the all' Is not moving at more than three miles an bour ; 34 miles Is a strong I breezo. , (0 a gnlo , 75 a storm , and 90 I a hurricane. COFFEE COMPLEXION. Many Ladles Have Poor Complexions from Coffee. "Coffeo caused darlt col red blotches on my tnco and body. 1 had been drlnltlng it for a long whllo and these blotches gradually appeared , until finally they became permanent and were about as dark as coffee Itself. "I tormerly had as fine a complexIon - Ion as ono could aslt for. , "When I became convinced that cot- tee was the eauso or my trouble , 1 cbangod and toolc to using .Postum Food Cortee , and as 1 made It well , ac. cording to directions , 1 lIIod It very much. and ha\'o slnco that tlmo used It In place of coffee. "I am thanktul to say I am not nervous - vous any moro , as I w s 'vhen ' I was drinking coffee. and my complexion Is now as tall' and good as It was years ago. It Is very plain that coffee caused the trouble. " Most bad complexions are caused by some dlsturbanco of the stomach and coffee Is the greatest disturber of digestion known. Almost any woman can bavo a fall' complexion If she : w11l leave off coffee and use Postum Food Coffee and nutritious , bealthy food In proper qunntlty. Postum furnishes certain elements trom the natural grains from the tIold tbat Nature uses to rebuild tbo nervous system and when tbat Is In g od condition , one can depend upon : a g od comploxlon as well as a good h altby body. I "Thero's a Reason. " Read , "Tlut Road tA , WeIlvlllo. " in vkl:8. - NEBRASKA POINTERS STAT ! : : NEWS AND NOTES IN CON. DENSED FORM. THE PRESS , PULPIT AND PUBLIC What II Going on Hero and There ThaIs \ Is of I nterest to the Readers Throughout N bra6ka : The now Methodist church at Platts. mouth was dodlcated last Sunday. A moveMent Is on foot to connect the towns ofVymoro and Dluo . HprlngB. The Y. 1\1. C. A. at Omaha Is making a canvass ror $00,000. to finish their new building. The assessors of the dlfforont wards In Yorlt fallod to find within $20O\ ( [ ) as much personal property aa tbe.9 was a year ago. Dick Dolto. aged 60 years , wall tound dead at his homo nine ml1elS southwest ot Utica. It Is thought ho dlod at heart disease. Mayor Colton ot Yorlt has Issued a proclamation camng upon all citizens to clean up their barn yards and alleys and haul out all rubbish. Frederick Flenno has brought action In the district court of Antelope county against Jacob Wolst for malicious prosocutlon , claiming damages of $ G,100. _ 'rho Tecllmseh city council bas called the special eloctlon to vote on .1. $16,000 bonding proposition for anew now olectrlc lighting plant for that city Cor July 9. , The Cumlng county bohrd 'of equal. Izatlon has finished its labors. The total aS30ssmc'nt oC thQ county has been raised some $ GOOOG , bolng chlon ) , mortgages and moneys uncovored. William Frankel , a , woIl Imown Washington count ) ' farmer , committed sulcldo b ) ' blowing his head off with a shotgun. He had been despondent of late , for what reason Is not stated. At a business meeUng oC the Tecumseh - cumsoh m11ltar ' band It was decided to disband the organization for the present at least. Consequently that town will be without a band for the summer. 'rho annual business meotlng of the Old Settlers' ussoclatlon of Cass county was held last weele ud August 23 and 24 arc the dates : ; elected for holding the nineteenth annual reunion at. Union. I lre yesterday practically destroyed the S aughnosey resldonco eln Vnl- ontlne. 1\11' . Collet , a neighbor , was badly burned b ' being caught underneath - neath a fa11lng roof while trying to save a trunle. A group of lInden citizens are objecting - jecting to the gl'antlng of a liquor IIconse In that town on the ground that It Is a violation of the constitution In spite at what state laws may Bay to the contrary. About two months ago a ten.acre tract of land half a mlle west of Bladen sold for $160 per acrc. Last weolt it changed hands at $170 an acro. Since the rains and the good prospects for crops' farms are held scctlon In that vicinity. The subscriptions for the now Pres- bytorlan church In North Platte have alroa y reached the $10,000 marIe , and I , the church has about $8,000 worth of i property which either Is money or can bo converted Into mono " , the proceeds oC which wl1be \ used to construct the cll1\roh. 'l'ke new pipe organ for the First Congregation church arrIved arrived from Chicago last weet ; : . It 61 the biggest Instrument of the lc1nd In the state and required ten wagons and forty horses to transport. It from the furnlturo car In which it came to the depot. Dr. Gesslo of Nomaha county must pay double tax on a mortgage seoured by l\lInn08Qta land. The Gopher legis. laturo pasIJCd a law taxing mortgnges where recorded , whllo the Nehrasl < u. law Insists taxing socurltles where found. Ho may contest the : \lInno- seta law. 'rhoro Is some agitation as to mlml. clpal ownership of the Yorl ; : water worls. ; : Dr the t rms Of the contract or the watel' company wllh the elty , entered Into In ] 893 , the pl'csent ) 'ear. 1907 , Is ono of the 'ears when the cltr can oxerclso nn option to bu ' the water worls. 'rho special election which WIIS to 1111vo been hold In Falrbl11' ) ' last \ \ , ( > ( ' 1 , to vote on the adopt-.I\ ! the inltla- tlvo and refer < 1ndum. 11fhoen post- pOled to 'I'ue8day. , Tul ) ' a , This m'tion was talwn on account of a mlsunder- stundlng of the law. which Is dlfferl'nt from the law rolatlng to special elee- ' tlons. The First National banl ( ntu1 the Gorman National hn11I ( , the two state depositories In Hastings , have de. cllnod to pa ' the mto of Interest de. mandel' by the state treasurer aftf'I' ' ' Jul ) ' 1. Th'ey have notlfiod the state treasurer that If he Insists ul10n tUe 3 l1er cent rate the ' w111 not handle any state mone ) ' . Jnmoo L. Paxton has been elpcted manager or the Union Stocl [ YardS' , company or South Omaha to succ ( > ( > (1 ( W. J. C. ICon 'on. Th latter reslgn ( > 11 to accept the position of general man. agel' ot the I11lnols Tunnel compau ) ' or Chicago. A damaging storm which brouht ( ft. deluge orVatol' aud a costl ) . Oll'C'- 'rlcal ' dlspla ' visited Creighton and vicinity last week. The Imo1Ilam. . aJo In town amollnts to abcut $10,000 and It Is probable thut man Instances I ot dostructlon In the cOII..try have . not yet been hpard frnm. - /1 , . - MRS. DE PASSE OF NEW YORK CITY' . . \ \ ' "I COfzslIl d Several 'Physidans , III ) - t fhcy Dtil 't No . Good. Pe-rll-/1tz and .Afan-a-l , " Heed .Aft. " , .i J.i J I . . MRS. AL'NE ' DoPASSE. Mrs. Allno DoPasse , 7i6 E. 165th St.p . . . ! Now York , N. Y. , writes : "It. gIves mo plel18uro to testify to the _ : cllratlvo qualities of Poruna and Mana- . . . . . 1111. 1111."I "I was afiJlctcd for over seven years with , . t catarrll of tile bead , tllroat llnd digestIve - ' - ' , : Ive organs. I consulted many physicians , J but they did mo no good. i "Ono day I happened to rend sarno tes. i tlmonlals in your Perunlalmanuo. . I decided to try Perun and Mannllu. I I bought bottle of each. nnd aftel' tnldug' them for weak I noUced change tor , I the bottel' . So I kcpt it up , and after using twelve bottles r WIlS .perfectly cured. . , "I also gave the medicine to my children - dren und they had the sume benelleln1 I result. 1 would never bo without thes& remedies in the bou50. , ! . "I highly reoommo d POl'una and : Mannlln to all my friends , and in fnet. to evci''bod , ' . " Miss Mildred Gl'CY , 110 Weimar St. , \ Appleton. Wls" writes : j . . It gives mo pleasure to recommend Peruna. for Il\tu\'I'h : of the stomach. I hall this dlsea&o for number of years" and aou1l1 not enjoy mouthful of load thnt I ate. It wu indeed great rollef whea I hit upon Peruna. and obtained decided results from the tIrst. I took six I bottles before I felt entirely cured of my J } troulJle , but I hud au aggravakJd case.1I .j , Pure White Lead Paint is the Pigment Natural , jl . . Numerous ; compounds x. . . are being offered to take the place of white lead as a paint , butno real substitute for it has yet ( been fonnd. . Pure White Lead has a' I peculiar property of amalgamating wilh he wood upou which it is used-added to tbis it has an elasticity which the I paint o follow the natura expansion _ .f. ' ; . and ntraction of the wood. 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