Crooks Use Comet as an Aid to Theft
. This Is no "dream of the
\ * comet , " nor a comet-gazer's dream.
It Is the thrilling narrative of the
"Tale of the Comet , " by the prince of
comet Unders. who went in search of
It early one morning. The newly dis
covered gazer Is Charles Gorrol , 5G
East Chicago avenue.
Astronomer Gorrel was first discov
ered by two other gazers. Ho then
discovered that Grant park was the
best place to view the Illustrious ,
heavenly , "lit up" Mr. Halley comot.
Then , In the order of events , he paid
, Just $100 currency , ring and watoh
to find the stellar vagrant's location.
Ultimately , marvelous to relate , ho
discovered not Mr. Halley , but mil
lions of unnamed comets , each with
n luminous tall !
It wasn't the telescope that pro
duced the new solar system for Mr.
Gorrel. It was the gentle rap of a
"black-Jack" right at the base of Mr.
Gorrol's medulla oblongata , near the
astronomical gray matter. Ho was
taken from prosaic consciousness to
astral unconsciousness.
The tails of the comets breezed
across hlo face , as they playfully dart
ed across the infinite wastes of his
mental sky. Mr. Gorrel came to and
the dawn hurt his eyes and his head
ached where" the comet producer
B truck.
Air. Gorrel detailed the "Tale of the
Comet" to the police of the central
detail and special policemen wore de
tailed to look for the gentlemen who
showed Mr. Gorrel Uio many comets'
tails.
This Is the story :
"Good morning , friend. Have you
seen the 20,000,000-mllo-talled comet ,
Mr. Halley ? The splendor of the night
makes his luminosity perceptible to
the naked eye ? "
Qorrel looked at the two men , ouo
of whom addressed him.
"Why , no , " answered the Interested
Mr. Gorrel.
"Let us peregrinate In ah easterly
direction and gaze at the luminous
stellar phenomenon , " suggested the
other c nnet gazer.
They peregrinated , Mr. Gorrel said ,
to Grant Park and the lake front and
gazed Into the sky.
"Now , Mr. Gorrel , " counseled one
of the gentlemen , "raise your glim
mering glims to the glimmer of the
stars of the fourth magnitude. Glim
mer earnestly east of north over the
lighthouse. "
Mr. Gorrel did. Mr. Hallcy was not
seen. Ho "gllmmed" more.
"I think I see a small "
Then his voice died out as the
"black Jack" struck a tender brain
spot.
( Dream of Gorrol , to be read with
pathos. )
"I saw above mo , about mo , below
me , within me , millions of Mr. Hal-
ley-Comets. Each had a tail that
reached to the earth. Each tail Happed
in my face , each comet winked ,
blinked at me. They all seemed to
cause a pain on the back of my 1ad. .
I awoke. Good night ! Comets gone ,
also friends. Watch gone , money gone
and stickpin. "
Thus the "Talo of the Comet"
Out of the Nature Fake Department
f (
NRW YORK. That auto-suggestion
should play an important part in
the laying of eggs is a new phase of
[ lien psychology for poultry raisers to
ponder on. Charles N. Wheelwright
of Morris Park , L. I. , has a hen named
13potty , a full grown , comely Plymouth
Rock , that Is now laying eggs no
larger than pigeon eggs.
This egg is no bigger than n falr-
Eized hickory nut. It would take 30
cr 40 such eggs to make a nourishing
omelet.
However , the mere existence of this
egg is not half so interesting as Mr.
Wheelwright's theory of autosuggestion
tion , i by which ho accounts for the
gradual declension in the size of
Bpotty's eggs.
Spotty , for almost a year , has been
moored In a coop In Mr. Wheelwright's
liennery , which adjoins the pigeon
house. Looking out of the coop win
dow Spotty Is able to see the homing
and carrier pigeons disporting them-
Eelvcs. She can also 'see ' the eggs laid
by tbo pigeons and the squabs that
hatch therefrom.
"Seeing these eggs laid by the pig
eons , " says Mr. Wheelwright , "has
hod a gradual effect upon Spotty'a
mind. Her subconscious processes
have worked it out for her that if a
pigeon can lay a small egg and get
away with It what is the use of a
hen laying a larger egg ?
"Of course I am not going to stand
for this sort of diminishing eggs on
Spotty's part. I have removed her
from the vicinity of those pigeons and
If she doesn't turn out a better sized
product of egg she is going into the
soup. "
Frank J. Dedrich , a farmer of Ox
ford , N Y. , has developed a breed of
hen which lays black eggs. He pro
duced this result , ho says , by feeding
the hens with fine coal dust.
The shells have been analyzed and
are found to contain particles of coal
dust.
According to Dedrich , experiments
are now being made to determine the
value of the eggs as fuel.
Duke , the dog that smokes a pipe
to amuse Nassau street crov/ds , has a
rival In Billy , an educated cat owned
by Mrs. E. Godlnez.
Billy does not look any different
from the tramp feline that keeps you
awake at night meowing on your back
fence. But Mrs. Godlnez's pet will
not even associate with the ordinary
cat. Ho is regarded as a member
of the family , takes his meals at the
table and enjoys his cigar afterward.
A pipe is too strong for him , but ho
will puff on a cigar until it is so hot
that he can't hold It any longer without -
out burning his paws.
Woman Still Savage , Says Professor
OSTON. Dr. Max Baff of Clark
college. Worcester , and a member
of the American Medical association ,
has come forth with the statement
that there Is but little to choose be
tween present-day women and uncivi
lized beings from a psychological
etandpolnt.
"Man has outgrown his savage cus
toms of personal adornment with the
progress of civilization , " says Dr.
Baff , "whereas woman has remained
stationary if she has not actually ret
rograded
"Woman delights In feathers , stuffed
bodies of dead birds , oven to the barn
yard fowls tliat lack aesthetic sugges
tion of the forests and bring to mind
only the butcher shop. She hangs bits
of gold and gleaming stones on her
oars , wears rings , bracelets and neck
laces. Savage love of gaudy colors is
another evidence of her lack of ad
vancement. Then , again , she wears
her hair long , arranges it in fantastic
shapes , made even more grotesque by
artificial means. As for painting her
face , that is something that everybody
knows.
"These are the outer symbols of her
savagery , but the physical and psy
chological differences between men
and women are marked. Color blind
ness is rare among women , Just as it
Is rare among savages. Like savages ,
too , they are prone to religious hys
teria. Women are more susceptible
than men as is the simple savage. "
Dr. Baff suggests remedies that
might transform women from sav
agery to some Ecmblanco of clvlllza-
| tlon. He advises cutting their hair as
men do , and wearing loss clothes.
! No Mesquites In Jersey This Year ?
YORK. There will be no mosquitoes
NEW
squitoes in New Jersey this year ,
According to State Entomologist Wil
liam S. Smith. He made the solemn
declaration In Jersey City to Mayor
"Wlttpon that he had examined all the
Bwanips , marshes and mmlholcs In
Hudbon county and finds that the lar
vae of the mosquito have all been do-
Gtroyed.
.Kref since the advent of warmer
weather the boards of health of Hud
son , Bergen and other counties which
mosquitoes have found favorable
for breeding have been treating
swamps and marshes with a prepara
tion of oil which Is represented to bo
sure death to the Immature mosquito
The experts have found that after the
mosquito gets its growth and escapes
from Us swampy birthplace It Is Itn
possible to keep It from breeding.
On the principle that the way to
kill the mosquitoes is to subdue them
before they can ( ly , the swamps ,
marshes and mudholes were liberally
treated with Ihe lethal oil. After giv
ing the stuff ample time to get In Its
work the state entomologist examined
the swampy places and found no sign
of mosquito larvae.
NEBRASKA IN DRIEF.
News Notes of Interest From Varl <
ous Parts of State.
Fire at Albion destroyed two llrory
barns.
Uohllng has organized n depart
ment fb'r fighting fires.
Business men of Callaway have or
ganized n commercial club.
Presbyterians of Fremont will
build a new church this year.
Eighteen young people will gradu
ate from the Tccmnsoh High school
this year. .
Hon. W. J. Bryan made speeches In
Nebraska City and Omaha favorable
to county option.
The residence of M. D. Moycr of
Wymoro was destroyed by lire , the
loss being $1,500.
The project of building and equip
ping a suitable auditorium at West
Point is again being agitated.
Farmer Boies , living near Battle
Creek , had his leg broken in two
places while moving a house.
A party of prominent Fnlrburyltos
left for Washington to attend the
world's Sundary school convention.
Omaha sent out a "booster train"
with 150 prominent business men for
a ten days trip through Nebraska ,
Iowa and South Dakota.
Democrats of Southwestern Ne
braska had an open air meeting and
banquet at Beaver City. Dov. Shall-
enbcrgor was prsent
The new storage hquso at Hold-
rego to take the place of burned
structures will probably not bo
erected till late In the fall.
A series of small burglaries have
taken place In Seward county with
out the authorities havcing been able
to trace the crooks.
The population of the state reform
school at Kearney was given a boost
when seven boys were committed to
the Institution In one week.
Two boys arrested for burglaries
In Boomer confessed their transgres
sions and will bo tried at the Sep
tember court. Being under ago they
will probably be sent to the state In
dustrial school.
J. B. King bought an automobile at
Fairbury , giving a check for $2,500
for the same. His paper proved to
bo no good , but before this was dis
covered he left town minus the auto
mobile.
Seine Tlrello , an Italian , while huntIng -
Ing In the vicinity of Edgar , accident
ally shot himself. The wound Is In
the head and will probably provo
fatal.
fatal.Mayor
Mayor Rutherford of Beatrice has
instructed the chief of police to see
to It that violators of the anti-treat-
ing law are prosecuted. Beatrice has
an antl-treating law which forbids
saloonkeepers or their employes
treating or knowingly permitting
treating In their places of business.
Ezra Duntz , the seventeen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dunt/s
of Wymore , was taken to Chicago to
take treatment at the Pasteur Insti
tute. Ho was blten by a dog that
showed symptoms of being mad.
Several persons were Injured by
the falling of a section of seats at a
tent show performing in York. Mrs.
J. W. Cox received a broken bone in
one of her feet.
John Heybrock of Stanton county ,
adjudged Insane , escaped and wan
dered away. No trace of him has
been found. It is feared ho may com
mit suicide.
The Alma Interstate fair will beheld
held this year , September 13 , 14 , 15
and 1C. The chantauqua will besln
July 14 , and over 700 season tickets
are already sold for the session.
At Beatrice J. W. White was fined
$100 and costs by Judge Ellis for
shortchanging Bert Welndenhammcr ,
a local grocer.
The DCS Molnes Iron & Construc
tion Co. , of Des Molnes Is complet
ing the water works at Creighton.
One hundred homes have been
erected in Crawford the last year.
The prospects for this year are even
better than last season. The com
mon complaint Is a lack of carpent
ers to do the work.
Owing to the activity of the Civic
league , the number of saloons per
mitted to operate In Crawford has
been limited to four , and the license
raised from $1,000 to $1,500.
After two years of the dry regime ,
Auburn has restored the saloon. Two
places have opened In South Auburn.
It is expected that six places will bo
open ultimately.
Some time past someone has been
giving the Missouri Pacific employes
at Nebraska City considerable trouble
by smashing the switch lights along
the track In the southern part of the
city. AH efforts to capture the mis
crcants have thus far failed.
At a special election O'Neill voted
$16,000 bonds for the purpose of In
stalling a sewerage system.The ma
jorlty for the bonds was 129. The
town will do much building during
the year.
Mrs. Rosa Wllcox of Hall county
was arrested In Denver whether si o
had fled with Paul Jessen , who had
been In the employ of her husband ,
Her hubby knows no reason why she
loft him.
The section foreman of the Burling
ton at Beaver City was surprised to
find 'that Instead of fourteen feet of
water In the supply tank for locomo
tives that there was but six feet , and
a small lake had formed around the
foundation. A woodi ccker had
picked a hole through which the
water had escaped.
At the special election held In Val
entine to determine whether or not
the city \vlll give the state forty acres
of land on which to erect their buildIng -
Ing for the state experimental farm
stations there , the vote was very
light. stadlnK 140 ( or a 8 against.
A MINISTER'S
CONSTIPATION
Rev. Kemp Tells of Hlo Digestive
Troubles and How Ho Overcame
Them You Can Do So Free.
The Inclt of exorcise In n minister's llfo
makes liltn very pro no to constipation
but for that matter , most everybody U
constipated now and than. It Is the na-
11 o n a I dlsorilpr.
Many ft 1 r o a U y
know that n sura
wny to cure con *
ctlpatlon and oth
er Btomnch , liver
and bowel trou
bles IB with Dr.
Caldwotl'o Syrup
I'epsln , which
church p o o p 1 n
have been buying
for twenty ycnrs.
Rev. U. A. kemp
of HIsliiR Bun.
Ind. , Secretary of
the Indiana Con
ference of the
Methodist Hplsco-
pal Church , cays
in part :
"For years I Dr. W. B. Caldwell
hnvo been a victim
Look for thin picture -
tim of constipation turo on the pucliuio
but I have never
found anything to equal Dr , Cnldwell's
Syrup I'cpsln. I also had Indication
and heart trouble. I can certainly recom
mend It. "
It can be bought of any druggist at 60
cents or $1 a bottle. If there IB anything
about your case that you don't under
stand , write to the doctor. If you have
never used tills rcmcdv and would HUe
to try It , send your addreso and a free ,
emmpla bottle will bo forwarded to your
homo. Address Dr. W. H. Cnldwcll , 101
Caldwcll nidfj. , Montlcello , III.
BROKE HER UP.
Mrs. L. I. Terary Mrs. Wise baa
Given up her club.
Mrs. Izlt Soc Why ?
Mrs. L. I. Terary Every tlmo she
went to a meeting her husband moved
the furniture In the parlor all around ,
A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE.
Hardships of Army Life Brought On a
Severe Case of Kidney Trouble.
\
II. N. Camp , 1350
Delaware St. , Den
ver , Colo. , says : "Dur
ing the Spanish-Amer
ican war , I contract
ed a severe kidney
trouble. After re
turning homo , I was
under a physician's
care for months , but
grew gradually worse.
Finally I got so bad
I could not hold the
urlno at all. I also
had Intense suffer
ing from back pains.
Doan's Kidney Pills
made improvement
from the first , and
coon I .was well and
strong. "
Remember the name Doan's.
For Bale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co.Buffalo , N. Y.
A Quick Cat.
Some years ago the proprietor of a
hotel In southern New Hampshire told
the following story : Ho said that
when he was a boy he had occasion
to go Into the garret of his house one
morning and that the family cut followed -
lowed him up the stairs. One of the
windows was open , and when they en
tered the garret a frightened mouse
Jumped out of the window , and the
cat , Jumping after It , caught It In mid
air and , whirling round , Jumped back
again into the same window.
High Finance.
Knicker Why did you pay $40.53
for that hat ?
Mrs. Knicker I had to do It to
make my check book balance.
Pa's Conclusion.
"What Is an old adage , pa ? "
"Generally speaking , an old chest
nut , my son. "
IIr . TVInnloir * * Footnlnff flyrnp.
t iublnir. u > fti > niUiuiiiiuariYjDO ilti-
Ho that dies pays old debts.
Shakespeare.
For the Crltlco.
Crcston Clark , whoso untimely
death at Ashovlllo robbed America of
a serious and capable actor , was
somewhat Impatient of criticism , Tea
a Philadelphia critic ho once said :
"You chaps are unwilling to accept
a man for what ho is. You want to
change him to your own tasto. But
each of you has n different tasto. To
whoso Inclination , then , la ho to
bond ?
"No , no ! Take the artist for what
ho Is. That is the right critical atti
tude. Don't bo llko the farm urchin
I once saw an urchin who , no ho
stoned a frog to death , repeated se
verely :
" Til 1'arn ye to bo a toad. ' "
Appreciation.
"That successful poker player cer
tainly paid a tribute to his winning
game when ho selected his handsome
homo. "
"How DO ? "
"Don't you know ho built It on n
bluff ? "
CUT THIS OUT
Ami mult to the A , II. Ixnvln Mcdlclna Co , ,
St. Louis , Mo , , and they will eend you frro
n 10 dav treatment of NATURE'S U13ME-
UY ( NFt tablota ) Guaranteed for Rheu
matism , Constipation , Slclc Headache , TJv-
or. Kidney and Ulood Diseases. Sold by
all DrUKG'1'ts. Hotter than I'llln for Uvor
Hlo. It's free to you. Write today.
An Instance.
"Tho rubber industry ought to bo
able to solve one financial problem. "
"What problem ? "
"That of elastic currency. "
I love everything that Is old ; old
friends ; old times ; old manners ; old
books. Goldsmith.
The man who plants a ladder never
knows what will come up.
FAMOUS DOCTOR'S
PRESCRIPTION.
JPYSPEPS
DAISY FLY KILLER : .
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Clciuiiri mil ( routine * tfc * hita
I'rmnotet tainrUnl growth.
Never FalU to llnstore Orwr
Hnlr to ltd Youthful Color.
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W. N. U. , LINCOLN , NO. 22-1910.
When shown positive and reliable proof that a certain
remedy had cured numerous cases of female ills , wouldn't
any sensible woman conclude that the same remedy would
also benefit her if suffering with the same trouble ?
Here are two letters which prove the efficiency of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Fltchvlllo , Ohio. "My daughter\vns nil run
clown , suffered from pains in her side , hciui and
limbs , and could Avulk but a short distance at a
time. She came very near having nervous
prostration , had bcffim to cough a good deal ,
and seemed melancholy by spells. She tried
two doctors but got llttlo.holp. Slnco talcing
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ,
Blood Purifier and Liver Pills Bho has im
proved so much that she feels and looks like
another girl. " Mrs. O. Cole , Fitclivillo , Ohio.
Irasburg , Vermont. "I feel it my duty to
say a few words in praise of your medicine. When I hegau
taking it I had been very sick with kidney and bladder trou
bles and nervous prostration. I am now taking the sixth bottle
tle of Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and find myself
greatly improved. My friends who call to sco mo Jiavo noticed
a great change. " Mrs. A. n. Sauborn , Irasburg , Vermont.
We will pay a handsome reward to any person who will
prove to us that these letters are not genuine and truthful
or that either of these women were paid in any way for
their testimonials , or that the letters are published without
their permission , or that the original letter from each did
not come to us entirely unsolicited.
What more proof can any one ask ?
For 30 years Lydia E. Plnlcham's Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman docs justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made exclusively from roots and herbs , and
has thousands ot cures to its credit.
rsj rSe Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
Mf F to write her for advice. She has
guided thousands to health free of charge.
Address Mrs. I'inkham , Lynn , Muss *
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Afraid of Ghosts
Many people are afraid of ghosts. Pew people
ore afraid of germs. Yet the ghost is a fancy and
the germ is o fact. If the germ could be magnified
to a size equal to its terrors it would appear more
terrible than any fire-breathing dragon , Germs
can't be avoided. They arc in the air we breathe ,
the water wo drink.
The germ can only prosper when the condition
of the system gives it free scope to establish it *
self and develop. V/licn there in a deficiency of
vital farce , languor , restlessness , a salluvr check ,
a hollow eye , when the appetite is poor and the
Bleep is broken , it is time to guard against the germ. You can
fortify the body against all germs by the use of Dr. Picrce's Gold
en Medical Discovery. It increases the vital power , cleanses the
system of clogging impurities , enriches the blood , puts the storn-
och and organs of digestion and nutrition in working condition , to
that the germ finds no weak or tainted spot in which to breed.
"Golden Medical Discovery" contcin * no alcohol , whisky or
habit-forming drugs , All its ingredients printed on its outside
wrapper. It is not a secret nostrum but a medicine OP KNOWN
COMPOSITION and with u record of 40 years of caret. Accept no
substitute there is nothing " just as good. " Acl ; your neighbors.
taking liquid physic or big or littlf
pills , that which makes you worsa
instead of curing. Cathartics don't
cure they irritate and weaken the
bowels. CASCARETS make the
bowels strong , tone the muscles so
they crawl and work when they
do this they are healthy , producing
right results. * *
CASCARHTS toe I hoi for week's
treatment. AUditicgisl * , Diggest seller
in the world. Million boxed a mouth.
of thil paper de-
liring to buy
anything ftdver-
t5 ed in Hi columnt ihoulo mtUl upon
having what ttiry ailc ( or , refining aU
lubfiltutci or imitadoot.
II uinn ml wi '
ulU UJTDB U Thompson's Eye Water