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IN ARMOR TIMES
of EiiKliKk War IIorHCM In
tlte Dkj m of Usury VIII
The size of the English war horse
rcheil its maximum In the reign ol
llsiry VIII when the relations of
IsBfX armor to hand guns were anal-
Cpus to those of the early ship ui iuor
osrCcamion There was good reason to
befeve says the London Spectator
Otlsby adding a little to the thickness
fctfthe coat of steel the soft low
aeeQr bullet of the day could be
Jksgtout So it was for a time But
nifas additional weight required a still
Jssr horse to carry It The changer
TbKEto be armored as well as his rider
anEthe collection In the Tower of Lon-
shows the actual weight which it
cssiGd The panoply of Charles Bran-
- An Duke of Suffolk the brother-hi-
3a7ofIIenry VIII still exists That
oftIie horse covers the whole of the
Bind quarters the back of the neck
JErahead muzzle ears shoulders and
2G3Tt It Is exactly like a piece of
fcKffer plating and fastened by rivets
Efe rider sat in a saddle the front
xriTwhlch was a steel shield ten inches
Stoker covering the stomach and thighs
tas the- breastwork on an ironclads
QtEleovers the base of the turret The
Ttattf weight Is eighty pounds fifteen
To this add the weight of the
sitfer armor ninety nine pounds nine
and of the rider himself say
sdiieen stone 224 pounds and the to-
stone twelve pounds
flsif oimces or 404 pounds 8 ounces
T3fifar bears out Holliusheads statement
in the days of Henry VIII who
smrted a noble studderie for breeding
Basses- especially the greatest sort
wdawere kept for burden those
tqe would bear four hundredweight
MAKING OLD OAK
sSre of the Trlclcs of the Cnhlnet
mnkcrV Trade
Tlomwill have to go a long way
a body of men more clev
csr than those cabinetmakers who
goods- to satisfy the desire of the
Untilic for furniture made of old and
zSmcy woods They can transform
rSitewood into all kinds of exotic
saods by means of chemicrls and a
efkanist would be surprised if he were
3 have- the run of one of those facto
zzbs for a day
The manufacture of old oak is one
sfitlf easiest of their processes The
Sardsr moldings panels or whatever
IZfeces are required are made of oak
siliell has just had time to dry
to prevent excessive warping
They are then placed in a dark room
CTthe floor of which and quite close to
tfie furniture to be aged are placed
several bowls plates and so forth of
2quid ammonia The room is then her
iffitrcally closed up and the wood is
fteSfor a month or so according to the
rae which is required The coloration
7t31 extend to a depth of nearly a
qparter of an inch if the room is kept
dcsed for a few months
That is why there Is so much old oak
rniture about Of course a little re
jection would show that it could not
genuine the forests of the middle
ages would not have furnished one half
of it but people do not always reflect
London Graphic
Shoe Buckles
When Evander Berry Wall king of
tEe dudes for twelve years and really
e most inconspicuous man about
tfcwn because he was homely of face
33hT a very bad dresser besides being
rnifier short and blotchy undertook to
reintroduce shoe buckles he made his
3ist big failure as the sartorial dic
tator of our jeunesse doree I think
ilx was poor Al Claggett who said
Why Berry you make a fool of your
s3 Shoe buckles go with long stock
ings and knee pants You cant wear
Tn with socks and trousers They in
terfere with the set of the trousers
around the feet Then of course
got to have a low quartered
aSce Cut it out Berry cut it out
37all immediately quit New York
Sress
Wearing Glasses
Wearing glasses need not be perma
nent If the first hint of derangement
in the eyes is heeded a short time
Sycnt under the direction of an oculist
rui safely tide over the difficulty It
is most restful to close the eyes fre
quently for a few minutes This rest
does them great good Particularly
ikrald this be done in trains and street
cars Many a headache and smarting
gsln may thus be saved Traveling in
jjuhllc conveyances is exceedingly
Sard on the eyes even for those that
ss strong and perfect The gaze
sBsonld be confined to the interior of the
car Looking out of the windows to
Efis rapidly changing scenery is a
great strain Philadelphia Ledger
So Regrets
TETeIIo old man Havent seen any
t2Ing of you since you got married
2Eysr goes it
Thanks fairly well But marriage
fes costly job If you only knew what
ffie dressmakers charge
So 1 suppose you regret it
OB no I married a dressmaker
Heggendorfer Blatter
In After Tears
Smith When Green was courting
Skit young widow a couple of years
sglie declared he couldnt live with
cerfcer Jones And did he marry her
Smith Yes And now he is trying to
jgt a divorce on the grounds that its
Impossible to live with her Exchange
A Suitable Book
Customer hesitatingly I suppose
oa you have some er suitable books
ar a man er about to be married
3fcokseller Certainly sir Here John
aow this gentleman some of our ac
asHBt books largest size
THE FORGOTTEN DEAD
There Are Feiv English Tombstones
Over rrxvo Centuries OIu
Some years ago there was a corre
spondence in the papers the main ar
gument being that there were very few
tombstones in the open tLat Is out
side of a church which could show a
record of over 200 years Doubtless
there are many tombstones of a fai
greater age but most of these are nov
undecipherable from the perishing ma
terial used or have sunk deep into tht
earth in which case there can be smai
doubt as to the inscriptions having be
come obliterated
The oldest record I have come across
was at Godshill churchyard near Vent
nor where the visitor can see legibly
inscribed Annie Garde 1D92 bul
probably some of your readers maj
know of tombstones bearing an earliei
date The most surprising number ol
old tombstones clustered together arc
possibly those grouped at Bonchurch
Isle of Wight these ranging from lGlt
to 1702 In all there are seven having
these dates 1010 1G19 1020 1627
1G46 1G87 1702
So far that is during a three years
search r have found tombstones of tht
seventeenth century at Godsfiill Bon
ehurch Brading and St Lawrenct
Ventnor in the Isle of Wight at Wa
teringbury in Kent where there ar
several in excellent order at Tonbridge
Bristol Ipswich Harwich Southwold
Colwyn Bay old parish churchyard
and at Millbrook near Southampton
I might note that in all I have so fai
found only thirty five tombstones ovei
200 years of age London Standard
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Sir Richard Burtons Translation oi
the Talcs
The Arabian Nights was first In
troduced to Europe by a Frenchman
named Galland and the first English
versions were simply translations oi
his Then a Dr Scott gave a very su
perior edition occasionally corrected
from the Arabic In 1839 however
appeared an English translation entire
ly from the Arabic with copious note
and illustrations It was Edward Wil
liam Lanes a gentleman whose long
residence in Egypt had fully qualified
him for his work This translation
may be said to have held the field un
til the appearance of one by Sir Rich
ard Burton Sir Richard was a daring
and successful traveler who had a re
markable facility in acquiring eastern
languages He performed a pilgrim
age to Mecca disguised as a pilgrim a
feat as difficult as it was daring In
1872 he was appointed to the post of
British consul at Triest Here he
applied his knowledge of Arabic to
making a faithful translation of The
Arabian Nights Entertainments sup
plementing his work with copious notes
and terminal essays which have been
called a mine of curious and diverting
information Its publication caused a
great sensation Details were freely
given that had previously been sup
pressed But the accuracy of the trans
lation as a whole was candidly ac
knowledged and Burton may be cred
ited with having made into the Eng
lish language the finest translation of
these wonderful Arabian tales Lon
don Answers
Saved by a Cipher
The story is told of how a neatlj
constructed cipher saved Sir John Tre
vanions life This cavalier was taken
prisoner and locked up in Colchester
castle to await his execution On the
second day of his confinement the jailei
brought him a letter which as far as
the warder of the castle couldidiscover
was merely a note of condolence from
a friend But the letter had been con
cocted on a cipher to which Sir John
had a clew Every third letter after a
punctuation mark of any kind was to
tell What he made out was this
Panel at east end of chapel slides
On the following evening the prisonei
begged permission to pass a quiet hour
in prayer in the chapel The request
was granted and before the hour had
passed the panel had done its work
and the bird had flown
A Bird Performer
Canaries and other tame birds are
sometimes taught to perform tricks
but it always has been regarded almost
an impossibility to train a wild bird
Andrew Hume the famous Scotch bird
lover trained one of the wildest of
Scotch birds to perform all sorts of
remarkable tricks to jump and keep
time with the skipping rope to per
form on the slack and tight rope climb
an upright rope stand on top of a run
ning carriage draw cards out of a
box mount a ladder and ring a bell
go round a wheeling stair step by
step and fly to its owners head when
called upon
Fame and Fortune
That young physician is working
hard
Yes answered the veteran practi
tioner He Is on the track of a dis
covery that will mean fame and for
tune He is trying to invent a new
name that will make some old ailment
fashionable Washington Star
Barely Rememberedt
I suppose your late uncle didnt fail
to remember you In his will said the
sympathetic friend
You can hardly call it a remembrance-
replied the poor relation It
was more like a faint recollection
Three Years
How long asked the judge of a
vagrant negro have you been without
any means of support
Since my wife died In 1903 suh re
sponded tte darky respectfully LIp
plncotts Magazine
The Sicilian tyrants never devised a
greater punishment than envy Ju
venal
A STRANGE CIPHER
The- Message on the Bridge and the
Fall of Strussburg
The word that Strassburg was ready
to capitulate to the French In 1G81 was
transferred from that city to Paris by
a strange cipher which though not so
rapid as a modern telegraphic message
was as effective
Secret negotiations had been going
on for some time with the magistrates
of Strassburg and one day the French
minister summoned a young man nam
ed De Chamilly and gave him the fol
lowing strange instructions
Start tonight for Basle in Switzer
land which you will reach in three
days On the fourth day at 2 oclock
sharp station yourself on the brldgo
over the Rhine with paper for taking
notes and pen and ink Watch all that
takes place and write down carefully
every detail Do not leave the bridge
for two hours and do not let one thing
that transpires escape your notice
Have horses awaiting you At sharp
4 oclock start for Paris and travel
night and day until you reach It On
the instant of your arrival bring me
your notes
De Chamilly obeyed reached Basle
on the day and hour appointed and
took up his position on the bridge
For a time nothing happened Then
a wagon rolled slowly across the
bridge and presently an old woman
with a basket of herbs followed it An
old man posted by on his horse a cou
ple of children gathered flowti in a
nearby field and 3 oclock chimed from
a neighboring tower Still De Chamil
ly waited and his pen scratched off
each incident as It occurred Four
oclock began chiming and at the first
stroke a tall fellow in yellow breeches
ambled out on the bridge lounged over
the rail and then suddenly taking a
step backward struck three sound
blows on the bridge with a heavy cane
that he carried And De Chamilly not
ed it in his book
The clock ceased striking De Cha
milly turned and vaulted on his horse
Two days later he presented himself tc
the minister
The latter glanced over the notes
When he came to the Incident of the
man with the yellow breeches a gleam
of joy flashed over his face At dawn
a dozen couriers were swinging away
on different routes each with a mes
sage of importance Eight days later
Strassburg was surrounded by French
troops and on Sept 30 its gates were
thrown open in surrender
Evidently the three strokes of tho
stick given by the man on the bridge
were the signal of an intrigue between
the French minister of war and the
magistrates of Strassburg No doubt
the man in the yellow breeches was as
ignorant of the motive of his act as
was De Chamilly of the reason of his
errand Sunday Magazine
Unpopular Street Lamp
It is strange how shy people are of
street lamps said the night watch
man The most unpopular house in
the block is usually the one whoso
front door is on speaking terms with
the lamp post I could understand this
retiring disposition if New Yorks
weather bureau furnished nothing but
June zephyrs the year around and the
population was made up of young cou
ples given to spooning on the front
stoop but when you take into consider
ation the fact that a large percentage
of our numbers consist of staid mar
ried folk whose romantic days are
over and children whose mushy period
is still to come the peculiarity is hard
to explain
Renting agents tell me they fre
quently run up against this prejudice
in letting their houses
Is it opposite a lamp post the
prospective tenant inquires and when
the agent says it is which he has to do
because there is no use lying in a mat
ter of that kind the housekeeper goes
elsewhere beyond the range of a gas
jet Some real estate holders have
even gone so far as to petition the city
to remove certain lamps because they
damaged their property but I never
heard of the municipality acceding to
the request New York Press
Dr Johnson and the Alphabet
Those who are readiest to condemn
as scornful innovations or Ameri
canisms varipus suggestions for an
altered orthography are apt to forget
how arbitrary the greatest of English
dictionary makers occasionally was in
his choice between variant spellings
It was Dr Johnson who added the k
to musick and rhetorick and phys
ick which before his day were more
commonly spelled as we spell them
now Labor and honor and fa
vor irritate many readers who style
them Americanisms But It was Dr
Johnson who Introduced the unneces
sary though perhaps graceful u and
who wrote In addition authour and
errour and governour The last
spelling has only dropped out of the
English Prayer Book in the twentieth
century How many churchgoers have
noticed the change London Specta
tor
A Mathematical Sorcerer
In the sixteenth century when the
Spaniards were endeavoring to estab
lish communications between the scat
tered branches of their monarchy they
invented a complicated cipher which
from time to time was varied in order
to confuse those wh might try to pry
Into the mysteries of their correspond
ence This cipher was composed of
fifty signs and was of great value to
them through the troubles of the LIgue
until Henry IV intercepted some of
the messages and set Vlete a noted
mathematician to deciphering them
Vlete soon found the clew and was
able to follow easily all the variations
that from time to time were made
When the Spanish court found that the
cipher was public property In France
they accused Vlete of being a sorcerer
and In league with the devil
Iff
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Soda Crackers
and
anything you choose milk for instance or alone
At every meal or for a munch between meals when
you feel the need of an appetizing bite to fill up a vacant
corner in the morning when you wake hungry or at
night just before going to bed Soda crackers are so
light and easily digested that they make a perfect food at
times when you could not think of eating anything else
But as in all other things there is a difference in sod
crackers the superlative being
Uneeda Biscuit
a soda cracker so scientifically baked that all the nutri
tive qualities of the wheat are retained and developed
a soda cracker in which all the original goodness is
preserved for you
of Miss Maud Miller
Mrs Ed Curlee and child from
Lincoln are here visiting Mrs
Curlees parents Mr and Mrs
Zac McCullum
Mr and Mrs John B Dunlop
of Ulysses Neb are here looking
after their farm interests and vis
iting with Mr and Mrs John
Dunlop
Mrs Kithcart arrived Tuesday
evening from the eastern part of
the state and went to the home
of her son Mr Barnhart where
she will remain a short time until
Mr Kithcart and their houshold
goods arrive when they will move
onto the Dr Brown farm which
they recently purchased
Miss Leydia Shaffert returned
Wednesday after a two weeks
visit with her parents Mr and
Mrs John Schaffert She is
making her home with Mrs S
G Brown
INDIAN0LA
Election is over All quiet on
the Potomac
Mr Westcamp is the new en
gineer in the Indianola rolling
mills
Mrs James Boldman went
down to Edison Tuesday morn
ing and spent the day
Grandma Millgate is numbered
among the sick ones this week
Rain commenced falling Friday
morning and continued unceas
ingly throughout the day
Mr Hughes moved his house
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BARTLEY
Election passed off nicely with
no angry parties causing trouble
A large vote was polled with the
usual republican majority of East
Valley precinct
Pearl Russell from Hubbell
Neb and family have moved into
the Dutcher property
Mr and Mrs James Baily are
going to Hot Springs Arkansas
for Mr Baileys health
Dr Brown last week received
an apple sent by his father from
Portland Oregon that was
viewed by many and pronounced
the largest apple they ever saw
It was a large red apple with
good shape and weighed 29
ounces
Miss Stella Enlow and Miss
Nellie Richardson came up from
Cambridge Saturday evening and
visited until Monday with Dr
and Mrs Arbogart
S J Rouse has moved into
the property recently purchased
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hold goods into the house va
cated by J Balding and will oc
cupy the same as soon as his
family arrive
C W Dow will soon have his
brick residence completed Work
on his new implement building is
also progressing favorably
Mrs Hamilton and daughter
of McCook came down Sunday
and visited her father A N
Puckett
Dubby1 and Mrs McClung
gave an old fashioned corn husk
ing party to a number of their
young friends Saturday night
We did not hear how many red
ears were found but well wager
there were other red ears than
those found in the corn pile
Roy Mann and sister Mamie
went down to Cambridge Sunday
morning for a short visit with
Daisy and Malissa Deane
David Stonecypher is critically
ill The children have been sent
for at his request as he wants to
see them all once more before he
dies
Mrs Lillian Snyder and little
son were the guests of Indianola
friends last week
Mrs Don Quigleys baby died
Saturday and was buried from
the residence of Taylor Quigley
Sunday afternoon
Mrs Walker Andrews went to
York Friday last on a visit to
relatives She expects to be
gone a week sr two
A cement sidewalk in front of
Hardesty Letts drug store has
just been completed
Edward Vandervort living
southeast of town is very sick
with typhoid fever
Miss Mary Miller who is mak
ing her home in Culbertson came
home Monday morning for a visit
with home folks
Mrs Doc Thompson and
their children of Kansas City
Missouri are visitors in the home
of Elmer Thompson
J C Puckett I S Sheridan
J R Neel and a few others went
to McCook Tuesday night to as
certain news of the election
It arouses energy develops and stim
ulates nervous life arouses the courage
of youth It makes you young again
Thats what Rocky Mountain tea will
do 35 cents tea or tablets
L W McConnell
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take laxative bromo quinine tablets
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure E W Groves signature is on
each box 25c
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BURLINGTON BULLETIN NOV 1906
You Will Always Find Something In
This Bulletin
Round trip to the coast Daily tour
ist rates in effect all wiutor to Pacific
coast destinations with variable routes
Chicago and return One fare plu9
200 for the round trip December 1st
to 4th inclusive for the International
Live Stock Exposition
To the East and South Very low
homeseekers and winter tourist excur
sions through the autumn and winter
to various destinations throughout the
south and southeast
Visit tho old home Low excursion
rates to the old home points in Illinois
Iowa Wisconsin Missouri and other
middle states destinations November
13th and 27th limit thirty days
Homeseekers excursions Frequently
each month to Western Nebraska East
ern Colorado Big Horn Basin dry land
farming destinations or irrigated sec
tions
Dry Land Farming Send for folder
and get hold of a quarter section of
cheap western land before it is too late
Free Kinkaid lands Write D Clem
Deaver Agent Burlingtons Home
seekers Information Bureau at 1004
Farnam St Omaha about getting hold
of a free section of Kinkaid lands now
being restored to the public domain
Consult nearest Burlington Ticket
Agent and see what rates he has avail
able for your proposed tripii9its
G S Scott Agent C B Q Ry
L W Wakeley G P A Omaha
Wanted Man with team and wagon
to sell a full line of medicines extracts
aud spices direct to farmers A paying
business Address with references Dr
Masters Remedies Sheldon Iowa
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have fresh sweet flour and bread
that will build you ud and re
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Our Anchor Brand Flour
is newly ground from best At
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