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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1907)
CUSJfR COUNJ' ( RfPU UCAN , - Dy D. M. AMBDERRY DROKmN DOW , . . NIDDR.ASltA _ r - , - India' . Curse. , Ono of the grent perils of India 181 the dnnger from serpents nnd wild I boasts , which annually cnus. "nor. mous losa of 1IC0 In that part of. the "World. There Is n bollef In many pagan mlntls whIch prevents the Idll. lug ot wild anImals , no matter how foroclous they may be , and which loaves untllsturbed the most venom. ous 8nl\kes. The nwtul IJnvoo wrought by s01'pents Is mndo the rmbject of 'oIDclnl montlon In a l'ollort by William H. 1\lIchnl , the Amerlcnn consul gan. eral nt Calcutta , In whIch that gonUo. man snys : " 'rho serpent question III still a very 'live , ' very sorlous quos. tlon In IndIa. Snnko bites occur free Quentl , . , and they are generallY In. flIcted by venomous snakes , IIko the cobra. " Then ho relates that Inst rear there were reported 21,7J7 ! deaths from snnlte. bIte. Dut It Is , ndmltted that the stntlstlcs nro lwpt VtJry loosely , and It Is belloved the , octunl fatalities wlll exceed the quoted figures by at least 60 pcr cont. This sort of thing hns gene on Indefi. nlte } ) ' , nnd for at least 30 yearB the total has nveraged as hIgh as thnt of lJOG. ! Add to this the ravnges of flosh.catlng beasts , IncludIng the tlgors and lions , many of which boo como "mnn Itll1ors , " and some concop. tlon may bo formed of the rosult. IndIa Is n country of many mll1lons populntlon , but the census would show stili greater growth Were there aomo wollorgnnlzed effort In the wny of dIsposing of Its noxIous wild cren. tures. , Plea for Enllotlng. . No man who will loole cnrotully Into the work of the army of the nn\'y c n fall to reallzo thnt a cnreor In elthor brnnch of our military servlco Is ono to whIch nny mnn mny gIve himself with the fullest dovotlon nnd with the highest Idenls. AmerIcans , as a rule , know little about ilio actual work of elthor of Ul0S0 sorvlcos , and few ronllzo that when . man enters the servlco of the army or of the navy. whether as oIDcer or as onllst. cd mnn , ho enters 0. great school , a school In whIch Is taught not only the dlsclpllno of solf-restralnt , of clennll- ness , ot dovotlon to duty , but In which arc taught also tl o elements of an educntlon , snys II. S. Pritchett , In Atlantic. An enlisted mnn who enters a regIment Qf the nrmy , bnroly able to rend or write , comes out , If he . . bo n mnn of ambition and Industry , at the end of three yenrs. In 1I0SSCS- sIan of the Cundnmentals of an English - lish education. HIs ol11cor stands to hIm not only In the rolatlon of a mill- lory' dIrector , but In the relntlon nlso of a teacher and of a friond. There Is no career open to an Amerlcnn boy , unless It be thnt of 0. tonchor , whIch offers a larger opportunity thnn thnt ot the army or navy oIDcor to mInIs. tor to the Iervlco of mono A Consumptive Flood. T o flocking of consumptlvcs trom all parts of the country to the south. west has created problems In thll lat. tor regIon with whIch the varIous states are doallng In dlfferont w.ys. , tn Texnll the stnto hen1th office1' has just IB8ucd a statement In whl h ho says thnt victims of tuberculosis In Its ndvanced stages wUl , bQ dobnrred Crom enterIng or remnlnlng In thnt stato. Ho doclnres that condItions make such . rule hnporatlve. So many Indigent consumptives have been pouring In and becoming charges on the pUbllo that the lleoplo of cor- tnln sections are seriously burdened In caring for such patients. ThIs In. . crease of the pauper popull1t1on not only worls hardshIps on taxpayers , but the scntterlng throughout the 8tnto of throngs of tuborculosls sulIor. ers of all clnsses causes an Inability to control the SI1foad of the disease. This Is rather hard on hcnlth seekers , but ' 1'exns surely cnnnot be blnmed. Vanishing Forcsts. The old forests of Kentucky re vanIshing. In all the good farmIng regIons mon saved fine bits of torest , set wIth old beoches. onls , nshes , poplars , hickories , elms nnd wnlnu'ts. When undergrowth was tnken away the grass sot about the trees and grow luxurIantly. ow these trees are very old , and many are In decay. The beech Is an especially ilne tree , and It Is worthy of note that there Is not ono beech to . thousand old and deca'lng troosl Some day : says Our Country , the beech wUl bean an oxtlnct tree In all the 11\01'6 ferUle and cultivated regIons. Smolers who have been longhig to lireak the selves or the tobncco habit wUl rojolce to know that 0. French doctor as Invented a fiuld called nlc. ot.l . , ono drop of whIch will cause a man to have nnusea at the moro thpught of tobacco. , Dy a process of kIte fiylng , the wea.thor men of the country are go. Ing to promulgate now rules for weather forecasting. Prognostlcntlons concornlng the wenther are usually a lIttio "up In the nil' , " anyhow. . . , & : . , , ' . . ' _ " . ' : . , . . . . . , , . , ; . t . , , - fiXING Of THE COST TIiE FACTORS IN PRICES OP COMMODITIES. PRODUCfIONAND DISTRIBUTION Iqulty In Division of Pront. to All EngaJed [ In ProduclnJ1 [ Manufacturing - turing and Belling. Were the masses of people bettor Informed as to prIncIples underlyIng business trnnsnctIon and comr1\erco In general there would be Icoo caURO for omplalnt as to mntters partain. Ing to buyIng nnd selling of com. modltles. Ono of the fnutts , it' ' It m . .1 be so tormell , Is the Incllnntlon of. the people to complaIn nbout prIces they must pay for goods requIred Cor do. mestlc ancl ether uses. There cnn be no doubt but that In mnny dIstrIcts retail morchnnt exact exorbltnnt prices , thIs to an extent Is the fault of the peOlJlo who are lIttle acqunlnted with real value ! ! . Thera are three 1m. portant thIngs to bo conaldored In the fixIng of the nelUng Inlco of all com. mollIties. 'rheso factors nro the cost of the rnw mnterluls , the oxponllo of mnnufncturlng and the expense o ( dls. trlbutlon. From commerclnl trnnsne. tlona neither of these basic elements ca'i1 bo ollmlnated. 'I'ho fnrmer who Ia 'tho grow or of corn , whent and other corcals that comprllles food sturts , re. celves componsatlon for his product In nccorllanco with the laws of sup. ply nnd demand , and the values thnt mny regulate the monetary marketa of the world. The producer of cotton In the southern stnte ! ! , must receive for hIs lIroduct compenBntlon that la bnsod upon the cost of labor , manu. Cacture and whnt finlshell articles In the cotton line may bring In the mar. leetll of the world. The producer of the raw mnterlalB must pay tor hIs labor , and for hIs Investment In fnrm landa and Carm equlpmont. The man. ufacturor who buys the raw products must take Into consldoratlon the ex. pense of Inbor , the malntenanco of hIs manufacturIng plant , UIO Interest upon the amount Invested , nnd also varIous othQr Items , and the sum of . these with what ho can secure tor hIs finished product , regulates the prlco thnt ho pays for the raw mnterlnl. In the dIstrIbution of goods the mIddle man plays un Importnut part. Ho Is the go-between the producer of the raw lnnterlal the manufacturer , nnd the manufacturer and the consumor. Ho cannot well bo ellmlnnted from commerclnl transactions. 110 performa - forma a sorvlco tbat nolthor the pro. ducer of the raw mnterlal or the man. ufacturer can moro economlcal1y 1101'- form. The middle men are the jobbers - bers , the commissIon agents and the retallern : ench porformlng his spoclnl servlco In the matter of distribution. The consumer Is the end of the chaIn , the final buyer of commodIties who utilizes them tor hIs own use nnd the uses of hIs tnmlly. There shohld be n mnrgln of profit In el\ch of the dlfforent transactlona thnt wllJ nllow equltablo compensation to each' and ovel'y ono Interested In the production of finlshod artlclo. All goods have a real vnluo and thIs vnlue Is d tol' mined solely by the elementa referred to herein. 'rhe con sumoI' must expect to contribute hIs mlto towards the lIuP110rt of all engaged In commerce. lIe Is the beginnIng link , as well as the ending link of every transaction. The farmer who grows wheat , when ho forces the grocer from whom he , buys hl fiour to sell the fiour o.t a low rate , Indirectly has an Infiuence In lowerIng the market for the wheat that he produces. When the consum. or demands thnt goods be sold at a price below the cost of praductlon , he Invites substitution of Inferior goods , adulterntlon ot- the artlcl's and en. cournges a system that 18 unwhole- Bomo. The people should undfrstand , thnt they novel' receive something tor nothing , or recelvo nnythlng of value tor less thnn Its vnlue unless under some nbnormal circumstance. Of late years there has 0. system grown up of offering great bargains In varIous kinds of goods by catnloguo sent U rough the mnlls , and presenting at. tractlvo and 11Iuslve advertising thnt goods are being sold at l ss than cost. 'fho Intelligent mnn or womnn w11l carefu1ly consIder a1l the circum. stances relatlvo to such offers , and will be guided nccordlngly. It Is ovl. dent that when specIal bargains are 1111\do there nre conditions that justify such bargnlns ; that goods are not ot standard grade , 'nre stale , or detel'lor. ated In some mann"er. Also there has a system of offering "free promlums" grown up that Is unwholesome , and to an extent an Imposition upon the people - plo as the s'atem COmlJola.them to pay tor artlclos that are not essential for them to lll\ve. The man who buys sugar does not cal'e to bo torccd under - der the gulso of IJ ylng for augar to pay tor a } > nper of pins or 1\ pack ago of needles. , eTen though these may b . "free premium. " It Is well to bear these poInts In mInd , and a Ilttlo IItudy Into business economIcs and princIples will be highly adyantal ; & OU8 . ! o the ono who desires to know about the proper value of goods he must buy. Care of Shadc Tree. . Whllo shade trees are very desh'able along sIdewalks and 1'0ads , unless they are kept we1l trimmed the ) ' be. eomo much of a nuIsance , preventing evaporation of rnlns and helping mnlte muddy streets. It Is well for citizens of every town to loole after the trim. mlng of Bhade trees , and the 111nntlng ot ubade trees where th01 are needed. . t , . . . , . BCHEMES TO DEFRAUD. Some of the Pinna to Secure Money Without Adcquate Componsatlon , Plnns to secure money from the people without givIng ndequnte re. turns are numerous. Not alone nre the resIdents 0' country dIstrIcts mndo the vlctlma of achomers , but cIty peoIlle aB well are now nnd then humbugged y shrewd fnklra. W1tlllnc the P st year or two It was announce In the columns of magazines and the tnI'm papers of a seedless apple beIng ovolved. A few months later seedless a11plo trees wore wIdely ndvortlned trom dIfferent pnrts of the country. Ono concern which IItnrted in to Ope oruto on un extensive plan orgnnlted seedless apple compnnles In different stntes of the western couDtry. WIthin n tow months hundreds or thousands ot d01lnrs were taken trom the pock. ots of the people fet soedloos appo trees. These trees were just the ordInary kInd , and poor stock at thnt. 80 bold wore the operations of the seedless apI.le . tree schemers thnt the secretary of agrlculturo found It nec. essary to IS9ue a bu1letln " , nrulng the people of the fraud , and Inter the post omco department Issued fraud orders agnlnst these engncd ! In the netarlous busIness. There are nurseries located In nearly every atate. It 1" 0. good IJlnn tor the residents of fnrmlng and. fruIt growIng dIstrIcts to cnrefu1ly In. vestlgato concerns Belling fruIt : trees nnd slmUnr lines before they are gIven pntronngo. . . . A number of petty grafts h Te Into. Iy been worked throughout the coun. try. One of the common ones Is the hIring of agents to soIl Bonps , per. fumes and other commodIties on the premIum vlan. The concerns whIch operate gnmes of thIs elass generally have theIr hendquarters In some largo city and through ndvertlslng secure the nnmes of people desiring employment - ment as canvassers and agents. To such they send letters holdIng out ex. traordlnnry Indueoments. Those who I agree to act as agents sign 0. contract whIch Is nn agreement to pay for such goods as may bo sent to them on con. slgnment. The sample outfits whIch are forwarded , or the small stacIe of goods , are billed In such a way ns to n1l0w the concern exorbitant profit. If the ngent succeeds In selling the goods and remits promptly there Is not likelihood of being any trouble , but genera1ly the goods are so poor In qunllty that they remnln dead stock In the hands of the canvasser , and he w11l find thnt the ngreoment ho has sIgned w1ll hold him to pny for the goods. . III . One of the humbugs that Is perpetrated - trated upon the people of mnny com. munltles Is the selling of stock In co- operntlve mercnnUle companies. DurIng - Ing the past three or four years the resIdents of many small towns and ag. rlcultural dl8trlcts .have lost hundreds of thousands of d01lnrs , If not millions - lions , through the buyIng of stock In alleged cooperatlvo establishments In Inrgo cIties. One company with head. qunrtors In Chlcngo , doIng n mall order buslncss. sold stock In excess of $1,000,000 , and when the concern went Into the hnnds of n rocelver about a yenr ago there wnS not ten per cent. ' ot assets to return to stocKholders. Other alleged cooporntlvo denls Involve - volvo what Is termed n profit sharing plan. ' 1'hls plan does not requIre the purchase of stock , but the cooperatlvo part Is purely n scheme 'dovisod for the securing of trado. COSTLY LESSONS IN ECONOMY. It III Not Always a Matter of Saving to Buy Cheap Goods. Almost , every rural community has within its confines people who hnve IJI1hl well for experlenco o.nd hnve learncd costly lessons aa to buying of goods. Not long ago In 11 wcstern town a citizen desired to buy a Itltchen range. A yIslt to the local hnrdware store wns made anl1 the prIces asked by the dealer were not sntlsfactory to the prospective purchaser , who by the way hnd his attention nttracted by the advertisIng In his farm paper of "a bnrgaln" In a kitchen rnnge. 'I'he range was advertised as equal to these costing "twIce the money at the locnl store. " The citizen sent . money order to the concern ndvertls- Ins the range , nnd In the course of a few weeks he was notified by the rail. road agent that the ran go had ar. rlvod. In removing It- from the station - tion to the fnrm house , In some Inex. plalnablo wa ) ' part of lit was brolen. 'fhe lJrol.en IJleceu were tnkcn.to the local hal'dwnro stol'e but could not be duplicated. A letter was written to the rnne company and In the course at a few weeks a dupllcnto of the bl'olOn part was receIved , but It was dlsco\'ered that 1t would not fit the IIlove. It had to bo returned and a tow weeks later nnothor picco wns sent : then the steve was placed In uso. Within sIx months the top had become so warped that It Interfered seriously with the drafts. At the end of the year the steve was burned out aOlI ready tor the junk hoap. The . purchaser of the stove - then d&er. mlne that ho would secttre another rnnge from the homo dealer. He paid the homq dealer the' prIce he was asked whIch wns about oDlthlrd more thnn the poor range cost , and after a few years the rnnge wns , found to bo as good nlmost as when first bought. This Is ono lIlustrntion ot' how econ. omy wrong Cully practlcall Is ex. lenslvo. It Is not always wIse to seel { the bargnln counters when good articles are wanted. Nelthor Is It n wlso Idea to bu ) ' goods betore you have an oPlortuulty , to carefully ex. I amine them nnll determlno their value. THE pARABLE HE LIKED. I Darky Would Have Had Trouble PIcking It from Sacred Dook. An old dnrk ) ' , nnxlouB to bo n mIn. Ister , , went to he ordaIned. He was Iluestloned thus : "Can you write ? " "No , saill" "Ueadl" "No , sahl" How do you know about the BIble ? " "Ma nleco reads It to mol" "Know about the Ten conllnllndments ? " "No , snh I" " ' ' ' ' . " " . 'I'he 'I'wenty.thlrd Psalm ? "Neb. bel' beard of hIm , sah ! " "Know the lJMtltudes ? " "No , sahl" "Well , whnt Imrt oC the Blblo do you IIko best 1" 'Par'bfes , sah"Can ! you gIve us one ? " " 'Deed , ) 'ell , sah ! " "Let us have It , then : ' "Onco w'en the queen of Sheba was gWlne down to .Terusn. lem she fell nmon1 ; thIeves. FIrst they pafl < > d her by on de oddah sldo den dey come ovah an' dey say unto her , 'Fro down Jezebell' but she wouldn't fro her down : nnd agaIn dc-y Bay unto her , 'Fro down Jezebell' but she wouldn't fro her down : and again dey sny unto her for de fird and last time , for I ain't gwine to ax yo no mo' , 'Fro down Jezebel ! ' and l1ey fro'd her down for 70 times nnd 7 , till de romalns were 'loven bnslwts : opd I sny unto yo' , whoso wIfe was she at do resurrection ? " -Dystnnder. THE NEW YORI < LIFE'S PROGftAM. Economy.PubllcltY' and the'Param unt It , ! rest of Policyholders. PresIdent Klngsloy , of the Now York Life Insurance Company , says , In nn ddress to the pollc'holders , thnt hIs llan of ndmlnlstrntlon In. valves those poInts : "FIrst : Strict economy ; second , the wIdest , faIrest nnd fullest public. Ity : third , the contlnunnce of the New York Life ns a world-wldo Institution : fourth , su h nn amount of new busl. neilS under the Inw as wo can secure whllo prnctlclng Intelligent economy , nnd enforcing the Ideo. thnt the Inter. est of the policy-holder Is paramounL" Too Much Exposure. ElsIe Is 0. laundress of color. She is WQIl pnst ) 'outh , wears 0. pnrennlnl smile nnd sports 0. sIngle front tooth of much promInence. Recently she mIssed one of her visits to 0. patron , and when she next put In an nppear- ance she was sufferIng from a bad cold. When asked how she took such - n serIous cold she snld : "DurIng the recent f stlvitles our club gave a bnll. The gentleman what's pa'ing nttentlon to me Is very parllcular , so I had to go In full even. Ing dress , and I had to leave off a few pIeces , and It got me. " All In Cold Storage. An Oregon attorney , representing 0. cJtQnt whose UUe to 11 , cortaln cold storage plant , was under fire , closed an able nrgument betore the Oregon supreme court recently with the following - lowing bit of pathos : "Your honor , there Is more resting upon your decision - cision than U1ts cold storage plant : a humnn life Is at stnke. My client's lICe's efforts are In thIs cold storage ; hll1 lICe's blood Is In thIs cold storage : his body and 60ul are wrnpped up In thla cold stora/e.-Law / Notes. Took Exception. "Remember , brothers ! " shouted the orator of the strenuous lite , "I I1nveti't any use tor mollycoddles. " The very old gentleman who was sItting In the last row removed his 1)lpe nnd retorted : " 'Vnl , by heck , mister , even If you haven't any use tor Molly Coddles . yeou needn.t to stand thar and talk behInd her back. seeln' thnt she Is not present to defend herself. " DistrIct Densely Populated. The DistrIct of Columbln hns the greatest population a square mile of any section of this country. The fig. ures are slightly more thnn 3,839. In Alaskn there Is only one person to ten square miles. Rhode Islnnd Is second to Washington , with 407 per. sons n square mile. SOAKED IN COFFEE Until Too Stiff to Ben'd Ovrr. ; "When I drnnk coffee I often had slclt headaches , nervousness and bll. lousness 111uch of the time , but when I went to vIsIt 0. frIend I got In the h blt of drlnltlng Postum. "I gnve up coffee entirely nnd the reo sult has been tlmt I have been entire. ly relieved of all my stomach nnd ner. vous . trouble. " 1\Iy mother was just the snmerny. . We all drlnlt Postum now , and wIth. out coffee In the house for 2 yenrs , we are all well. "A neIghbor of mine , a great coffee drlnlwr , was troubled with Imlns In ) tel' sldo for years and \vas an Invalid. She was not nble to do her work 0.1111 could not even mend clothes or do any. thIng at 0.11 where she would ho.ve . to bend forwnrd. rIf she trIed to do 11 , tittle hnrd worlt she would get such lInlns triat she would hnve to lie down for the rest of the da ) ' . "At Inst I persuadcd . her to stop drlnltlng coffeQ and try. Postum Food Coffee and she did so and hns used Postum evcr since : the result hns'been that she can now do her work , cnn sit for a whole dn ) ' and mend and cnn sew on the machlno nnd she never teels the least bIt of pain In hQr sldo , In Cact , she hns got well and It shows coffQO was the cnuse of the whole tI'ou. ble. ble."I -could also tell ) 'OU about severnl other nelshbol's who lU\\'e been cured by qulttln , ; coffee and using Postmn , In Its plnce. " "There's 1Reason. . " Look In pltg. tor the fa1110us lIttle boot" "Tho Head to Well vIII e. " . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 'NEBRASKA POINTERS bTATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON. DENSED FORM. THE PRESS , PULPIT fND , PUBLIC What III GoIng on Here and There That III of I nterest to the Reader. ThroughoLft Nebr&ska. Greeloy county will hold n three days fall' thIs fall. . The Gage county fnlr wl11 be held the last week In September , ThreshIng around I lnwood shown twenty.fivo bushels to the acre. Rovlval meotlngs , with mny con. versIons , nre In progress at DlJlcr. The now flom'lng mill at HoHregl ) Is completed. It has a capaclty of two hundred bnrrols pOl' day. The farmers around Herman are malting It von'lIvely for the tramps who claIm they are hunting worlt. Peter McMahon bns been fnrming In MerrIck county for thIrty yeara knd nOTer In tbnt time hns he lost his crop by hall. ; On petition of theIr clerlts , most or the merchants of Central City have gene Into nn agreement to shut up , shoV at 7 p. m. except on Saturda's.I ' The big agrIcultural show In Sow. II.rd oounty Irs billed for August 27 to 30 , Incluslvo. The Blndo t11lnlts It will be the best tall' ever held In the I county. I A rstable bOlonglng to Prokop Jan- ; ouch of 'Vllbor , In the 1'011,1' of hlsi bottling. worlts , wns completely de. ! strayed by firo. Two v.nluable horses porlshed. AccordIng to the Rnvonna News the' ' whent crop In Duffolo county this yenr I , Is unusually good. . The ylold Is from I fifteen to thirty bushels per acre , ma. , chine measure. The many ' frIends throughout the i I1tate of Hon. Trenmor Cense will r - gret to hear that he 1I0s at his home In Wahoo seriously Ul with what pur.l ports to be typhoid tever. I Colonel T. J. Majors aud Rev. N. fl. Olinger will nddress the old set. , tIers of Burt county at their annual reunion on August 30. The meeting ! . . . fwlll bo held at Polsom parle . The Al1Innco Paclt1ng company has ! been organized with $25,000 capltal,1 all of which has bcen. subscribed. ' Messrs. . Eugene A. Han , Robert ! 'Graham.nnd Jnmos Graham are the , Incorporntors. I I County Superintendent Anna Day of . Gage county has completed her report. to the state superintendent. ' 1'he ( census for thIs year shows 10,2G6 , sclaool children In the county , of whIch , . ,6,190 are mnles and 5,075 arc females , 'rhe Young Men's Christian assocla- . Itlon of Hastings has begun a C Iu. ' /IIalgn / to raise the remaInIng Indebted- Iness on the n w assocIation buildIng , which wns completed several months' ngo. It will not be opened until the balnnce , about $4,000 , Is Ilald. I Congressman -Richmond P. Hobson , ' the hero of the Merrlmac , addressed 0. lnrge audience nt the chnutauqua In : Hnstlngs on the subject , "Peace and 'our No.vy. " He advocnted spending jllfty mUllen doUnrs each year tor ten yenrs for the development of the ; navy. : The ladles of AllIance will arrange : the dlsplny contributed by the farm. ers of Box Butte county for the Burlington - lington crop exhibIt car. ' 1'hey al'c , now at work with ribbons and uhears , ; nnd when the exhibit Is sent to Omaha to be Instnlled In the exhibit car It : wUl present n very tl-ttrnctlvo appearance - ance- Guy Grosjenn nnd W. H. WOO ll dug .a verY' large bono from' creele bed west of Fort CnIhoun , where It had been burled In fourteen feet of soil and It ID supposed to have ben n very Inrge buffalo. Some years ngo Urben , Oaohclan unearthed n ) : orUon of n tooth thnt weighed fifty-six ounces , which was sent to Wpsblngton , a11d otto Frahm found the bead of n fo. mnla mnstodon at the foot of an . Ighty-foot blurt. half . mile north pf the old fort. When the Burlington switchmen at Nobrasleo. City were pushing a train pf cars on n side trncle they were hor. ' 1'lfied to find they had run over a mnn nd hla body lay pnl'UaUy across the tracl { . The coroner \roH cnlJed and ktter takIng chnrgo of the bodY' found ; nothing on It to tell the naInO of the part ) . , but a. union card Issued by the : Brlcltlnyera unIon No. 2& , of D onx Borough , New York. The card showed dues pnld to Angust , } 907 , and bore the nnme of J. E. , Street. A severe han storm occurred In West PoInt and vIcInity. Gnrl.ens ! . ' . . . .ere nlmost destro'ed , mnny wlndowD broken and some trees strlpPod of their foUnge. The storm wns limited In nrell , only a smnU section or farmIng - Ing country west of the river suffering nny damage. Standing graIn In the pnth of the storm "ns beaten Into thu ground and corn stnlls were strIpped of their leaves. About two Inchl's of ball stones covered the ground , some of them much beyond the usual size. The Demvster . ? rllll ManufacturIng company at Bentrlce , dIstributed $2- 600 on profit-sharing cortlficates among Its employes. : M n holding these cortlficates are' entitled to a share of profits bnsod on posItion and tlmo of sorvlce. Dr. J. T ; l\Inthews , of Omaha , whoso certifIcate to prnctlco medlclno was revolted by the state board of h nJth os the result of n cOlDplnlnt that he had caused the death of 1\IIss Edith , , Short by crlmlnnl otleratlon has ap. , i pl'alel to the auprome court from the I dIstrIct court of t ( ncaster county. . TI RED BACKS. The 1ldneys lI1ve a great work to. 4I In keepIng the blood pur ! ) . When they get out of ol'der ' " It cnuses backache , headaches , dizzIness Inng'uor nnd dIstress. Ing urInary tl'oubles. I Keep the Iddncys well and all these sufter. lings will bo saved ) 'ou. 1\1rs. S.A. Moore , proprietor of , n res. taurunt at Water- I vUlo , Mo. , sars : : "De. fore usIng Doan's KIdney Pills I sur. I fered ever'lhlng tram Icldney troubles for n year nnd a half. I had 111\In In the bnck and head , and almost contln. uous In the loIns nnd felt w ary nIl the time. A few doses of Doan's KId. ney Pills brought great relief , and I kept on tnltng ! them tlntll In a ahort time I was cured. I thlnlt Doan's Kid. ' ney Pills are wonderful. " For sale by all denIers. 60 cents 0. box. Foster-l\1I1burn Co. , Duffnlo , N. Y. The Bad Sea. The thIn , palo mnn In the large bnthlng suit , atantllng Imee-deep In the wnter , , sIghed. " 'Vhy , " wo aslted , "are you so sad 1" "Alas , " ho nns\vored , "tho sea is the' grnve of my first wife. " I I Our lips curled superciliously. : "nut ) 'ou married agnln , " we mur. nmrell. "Yes , " saId he , "nnd my second wife won't go , near the water. . " ; . I The Sad Sea. ' The thIn , pale man In the largo 'I bathIng suIt , standIng Imee.dQep 111 tho' wnter , sIghed , \ " 'Vhy. " wo asled , "are you so snd ? " I -'IAlas , " he answered , "the sen. 111 the grave of my first wife. " Our lips curled superciliously. "But you . married again , " we mur- mured. "Yes , " said he , "and my sec nd wife won't go near the water. " Launl1ry worle at home would be much more sntlsfactory If the rIght Starch wore used. In o rder to get the desIred stiffness , It Is usunlly neces. snry to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric Is hidden behInd 0. pnste of varying thlclmess , whIch not only destroys the appearance , but also affects the wear. Ing quality of the goods. This trou. ble can be entirely overcome by usIng Defiance Stnrch , as It can be applied much more thinly because of Its great. er strength thnn other mnltes. Long Time to Sweep. Ever.tlilng , even a magnIficent cburch , must be regarded from the poInt ot vIew of the beholder. A Lon. dOll paper says , that two country gIrls , wllo acted as If they might be enjoyIng - Ing 0. holiday fro l domestic servIce. were observed walkIng down the aIsles of St. I'nul's ' Cathedral. Under the great dome one of them stood and gazed around her with an all' of snch wonder thnt 11 spectator mIght well suppose that she was awestruck by her solemn surroundIngs. But. when she alJoke , the Idea was dlssl. pated. "Oh , Sarah , " she exclaImed , "wouldn't this place taIe a long time to sweep ? " . The Advantage of Reading. I'neg pardon , sir , " sold the wenry hobo ns he stood at the farmhouse door , "but mIght I sleep In your..barn to.nlght ? I hnven't had n roof over my head for ten days. " "I congratulate ) 'OU , " said the kInd. I ) ' farmer. "That Is a splendId thIng. I have just read In one of my ten-cent hmgozlnes that It Is not too much to say that to the dellcato , hlghlystrung , easlly-knocked-up In lvidual 'the ad. vantages of sleeping In the open all" are enormous. Pallid cheeks take on n ruddy hue , colds arc unlmown , nerves are forgotten , and Irrltnbl1lty becomes a phase of the past. A smnll plot and a little pel'severence are the only necessaries and the result - sult Is nssured. You are very wel. come to the use of my potato patch , and my sky Is at your dlsposaJ.- Judge. ! J I = Brain's are Built . , - _ from certain kinds of FOOD - Try Grape-Nuts " "Amerlcn has become a land of nervous - vous emotionalists , h\rgely owing to our sIns agahist the dIetetic health Inws of nature. "Only outdoor exercise In 0. cold cll. 111nto would enable vIgorous IndIviduals - uals of our slecles to dlg st the vlauds forced upon alimentary organs enfeebled - bled by sedentnry occupations , " wrote Dr. Felix Oswald. I Drain worltcrs must hnve dIfferent . I too(1 ( than Inborers , because , brain work \lses U1) IJ rts of the braIn , and nerve centers , while physIcal labor , \lses UI' otherparts , of the body. Grale-Nuts , 0. food tOl' braIn worl.- ers. prepared'by scIentific food'nHt ; S , . Is a purlnntural food made from' ae- i lected Il rts of field' graIns Imown to contain the. nntural phosphate of IJot. ash and oth r clements requIred by 1ho s'stem In rebuilding nnd relmlr. Ing the brain and nerve centers. 'fhls food Is sklllfully coolted nt the fn tory nnd Is ready to bo served' Instantly with cream. At al1 fIrstclnss grocers and made by the Postum Co. , at attle - Creelt , 1\1lch. Read the little health classIc , "Tho Road to 'Vellvllle , " In 11k1s. "There's a ReGon. " . . . , t/JI