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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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'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
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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
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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. "
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'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.
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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
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, 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. "
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