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Gossip About
New Governors
Higgins of Rhode Island Buchtel of Colo
rado Stuart of Pennsylvania and
Other Men Who Were Suc
cessful at tho Polls
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iHB elections thla
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fall In the
states whore
governors were
chosen have brought
several new men to
the front In politics
One of these Is
James H HIggins
tho boy mayor of
Pawtucket who
was chosen execu
tive of the common
wealth of Rhode Is-
land Ho was tho
Democratic candi
date and Rhode Is-
james li higgins land is usually
counted In tho Republican column
The state went Republican except on
the governorship The Republican can
didate for governor was the present
incumbent of the office George H Ut
ter and Higgins won against him by a
plurality of 1238 His election was
rendered possible by the support he re
ceived from Independents organized as
Lincoln Republicans
When Governor Elect Higgins was
first chosen mayor of Pawtucket four
years ago he was only twenty six
years old and was at that time reput
ed to be the youngest mayor in the
United States At thirty he wins a rep
utation as the youngest governor lie
looks even younger than he is and
when he first went before the electors
five years ago as a candidate for mem
ber of tho Rhode Island assembly he
seemed hardly more than a boy At
the first rally in which he participated
he was greeted with cries of Whose
kid are you But he showed the vot
ers that in spite of his youthful appear
ance he was worthy of their trust and
was nominated the following year for
mayor of Pawtucket being three times
re elected He is a graduate of Brown
university
In Colorado the election resulted in
the choice of the Republican candidate
for governor Chancellor neury A
GOVEKNOB ELECT H A BUCHTEIi
Buchtel of Denver university He Is a
Methodist minister is a native of Ohio
Is about fifty years of age and began
life in the drug business He became
owner of a large wholesale store In
this line of trade but sold it in order
to devote himself to study with the
Intention of entering the ministry He
graduated from De Pauw university
Greencastle Ind in 1872 Some years
ago while stationed In Denver he won
much popularity as a pastor and public
man and although the itinerant sys
tem of the Methodist church took him
east he was recalled in 1900 to become
the head of the University of Denver
He was elected governor by about 12
000 majority Although a minister and
a Methodist he announces that he will
pursue a liberal policy as governor In
regard to such state Issues as pugilistic
contests and regulation of gambling
Smile and push was his motto as a
candidate and when opponents asked
questions he did not care to answer he
responded with eulogies on the climate
of Colorado Dr Buchtel was a mis
sionary in Bulgaria for a short time
after his graduation from De Pauw
In Connecticut the Republican can
didate for governor Rollin S Wood
ruff was elected by a substantial ma
jority over his Democratic opponent
Mayor Charles P Thayer of Norwich
In California where there was a
three cornered contest between candi
dates of the Repub
lican and Democrat
ic parties and the In
dependence league
the Republican nom
inee James Norrls
Gillett won He
is now congressman
from the First Cali
fornia district was
born In Viroqua
Wis in 1SC0 grad
uated from a Wisconsin high school
entered the barand has resided on
the Pacific coast since 1S83
The governor elect of Pennsylvania
Edwin S Stuart Is a book publisher
Born In 1853 he graduated from the
post of errand boy to that of clerk
behind the counter and In due time
was owner of the business He has
been mayor of Philadelphia
Humor From England
Germany aid Austria
F
iIRST Thespian And the audience
my boy you should have seen
them They were glued to their
seats
Second Ditto Ah a good way of
keeping them there Bystander
He Have you really broken off your
engagement with him
She Oh I had to He was getting
too sentimental began to talk to me
about matrimony Pick-Me-Up
Mother-in-law on a visit to her mar
ried daughter I have just found a
bill for 200 marks from the china shop
Have you and Frledrich been quarrel
ing so much Fliegende Blatter
Bridegroom a week after the wed
ding I havent seen anything of your
fathers 1000 mark check yet Ho
promised it didnt he
Bride Yes but he heard that your
father had already given us one and
he knew we shouldnt care to have
duplicate presents Ich Begleite Dich
Youth You are seventy years old
Have you ever enjoyed one happy mo
ment
Old Man Up to now no but I still
hope to do so
Youth And when might that be
Old Man When people stop asking
idiotic questions Bombe
For the Sake of Safety
Mr Smith had looked in at the new
ledger clerks house an evening or two
after he had engaged him at his office
Let me see Mr Tomlin he said
pleasantly you like fishing dont
you
Yes very much said Mr Tomlin
wishing he was at that moment
Had you much- sport when you went
to North Devon last year
I fear I was one of the unfortunate
ones declared Tomlin ruefully for I
only caught one little trout
Ha ha laughed old Mr Smith
Thats just what I expected Not
much good my going there Good
night
John how could you tell such wick
ed stories in that way said the book
keepers wife after the visitor had
gone You know you caught over
twenty fish weighing over five pounds
each and one weighed nearly eleven
pounds
My good woman said John you
dont think I would have my employer
think I was a liar first go off do you
Answers
Tlioronprli Devotion
And could you be contented in a
country place
At your side baroness certainly
Everything rural interests me since I
met you
Is It possible
Have even taken hay fever Lus
tlge Blatter
Enough Said
The widow had just selected a monu
ment for the late lamented
What was his age queried the
stonecutter preparing to make a note
of it
He was just seventy nine answer
ed the widow
And I suppose you will want an ap
propriate epitaph he said
Yes she replied You might add
The good die young Womans
Home Companion
A Bargain Driver
I believe old Grabbittson would give
his soul for money
Yes and hed probably get more
than It- was worth no matter how
small the amount happened to be
Chicago Record Herald
Where the Fault Wan
Patience Does this hat look
on me
funny
Patrice No but you look funny un
der that hat Yonkers Statesman
He Saved Money
Until a few short years ago
No bank account I carried
But Just about that time you know
I thought of getting married
To marry would be very rash
No fellow in his senses
Would do It without ready cash
Laid by to pay expenses
My salary was small and shy
And so its not surprising
That to put by some money T
Began economizing
So I shut off on dainty whets
For appetites was chary
Of flowers and candled violets
Both quite unnecessary
Our weekly tickets to the play
I thought no more of buying
But tucked my little wad away
Bare wants alone supplying
My hoard it grew and grew and grew
Some time indeed it took me
J got enough to wed its true
But then the lady shook me
Chicago News
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Ills Achievement In
und Misfortune In Love
One should not say wireless teleg
raphy now If he wishes to be scien
tific The term adopted by the recent
conference at Berlin on the subject of
such communication is radio telegra1
phy The conference framed an
agreement between all the nations
represented providing for free com
munication between the different sys
tems of radio telegraphy
Dr Lee De Forest the Inventor of
one of the most widely used of these
IjEE DE TOKEST
systems recently read a paper before
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers describing a new wireless
receiver of which he Is the inventor
It is asserted that this receiver is far
more sensitive than any of those in
vented earlier and instead of utilizing
a liquid it employs a sensitive gas
Dr De Forest has been eminently suc
cessful in science but in love he has
been less fortunate He courted his wife
by the radio telegraphic system and
it is said asked the important question
several times by means of the appara
tus in his own house and the instru
ments he set up in the apartment
where lived the young lady he ad
mired She learned to talk by the
wireless system but it was some time
before she used it to say Yes Their
happiness was brief for a short time
ago an application was made for the
dissolution of the marriage
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA
The Forbes llobcrtsons and Their
Portrayal o These Characters
Shakespeare wrote a play about
Antony and Cleopatra but it re
mained for George Bernard Shaw the
English playwright who has had the
hardihood to criticise the Bard of
Avon to write a drama entitled Cae
sar and Cleopatra It is being play
ed at a New York theater by Forbes
Robertson the noted English actor
and his wife Gertrude Elliott sis
ter of Maxine Elliott It is one
of the principal subjects of conversa
tion in theatrical circles both on ac
count of the ability shown by Mr and
Mrs Robertson in the interpretation
of the leading roles and because of the
unconventional way in which the
dramatist has treated the characters
Forbes Robertson is considered the
greatest Hamlet of the English stage
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FOKBES EOBrRTSON AS CAESAB ANI iUS
WIFE AS CLEOPATRA
today His who made his ac
quaintance while playing with Nat
Goodwin and Maxine Elliott in Eng
land is a woman of much cleverness
and beauty One of the noted suc
cesses of the Forbes Robertsons was
The Light That Failed in which Mr
Robertson took the part of Kiplings
hero Dick Heldar and his wife that of
Maisie In the play Heldar an illus
trator and correspondent wooes Maisie
an artist in a studio That is a place
familiar to Mr Robertson for he en
joyed repute as a painter before he
won fame as an actor He once
painted for Henry Irving the wedding
scene in Much Ado About Nothing
It contained portraits of all the lead
ing characters
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Muslin Underwear Sale
Begins Saturday January 5th
We have again succeeded in securing the agents samples
from one of the largest muslin undenwear manufacturers
in the country and having secured them at a discount
we will sell them
For Two Weeks Only-
At the Actual Wholesale Price - -
In this lot of New Spring Underwear there are
Muslin Skirts 2Sc to 960
Muslin Drawers 9c to 2 1 o
Muslin Gowns 45c to 4 50
Muslin Chemise 45c to 2 70
Corset Covers 45c to 2 10
Muslin Combination Suits and Handsome Sets of four pieces
During this Sale you will find Qur store filled with
Bargains From Every Department
We have finished our yearly invoicing and all REMNANTS and ODDS and ENDS are on
display at SACRIFICING PRICES Special reduced prices on all BLANKETS OUT
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Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud
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SYRUP Cures BRONCHITIS
Tmvisrmi
in a Stock Certificate of the
McCook
Building Loan
Association
LEGAL NOTICE
The owners of lots and parcpN of land lyin
and beinij within sewer district number one of
the McCook sewerage sy tem will take notice
that the mayor and council of the city of Mc
Cook in the state of Xebra ka will sit as a board
of equalization beKinninc at the hour of 8
oclock p m on the ith day of January 1D07 at
tho usual place of meeting of the city council in
said city towit In the second story of the Bab
cock building for the purpose of equalizing and
apportioning the costs of the construction of
lateral and district sewers to the real estate ly
ing and being within said sewer district number
one and to levy a special tax on said real estate
to the extent of the benefits to said real property
by reason of such improvements suilicientto pay
the expense thereof
By authority of the mayor and council
Tseal V A Mipdletov
City Clerk
Try Magner Stokes for fresh
salt meats fruit and vegetables
and
No better or safer
investment is open to
you An investment
of 100 per month for
1 20 months will earn
80 nearly 9 percent
compounded annually
Dont delay but
the secretary today
Subscriptions
ceived at any time for
the new stock just
opened
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Frequently each month to home
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WINTER TOURIST RATES
To Colorado California and all the
Southern resorts Personally con
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To Salt Lake City Jan 15 1 6 1 T
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Hardware Implements Feed Grinders
Gasoline Engines Harness
Saddles Buggies Wagons
We can fill your order
for anything
Feed Grinder Exhibit January 24-25-26
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Successors to W T Coleman
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With Us
Farms Ranches Etc
Our office is in the east and
we bring the buyers direct
with the money For par
ticulars address
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