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Postmasters have been notified ibut
shortly before February 12 1909 the
department will issue a 2 cent postage
stamp of special design to commem
orate the one hundredth anniversary of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln
This stamp is of the size and shape
of the regular issue of postage stamps
color red The subject is a profile
within an ellipse on end of the head
of Lincoln from Saint Gaudons statue
A spray of laurel loaves appears on
either side of the ellipse Above the
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anniversary 1809 Fob 12 1909 with
the denomination in words Two
Cente beneath They are to bo placed
on sale February 12
No other denomination than 2 cent
will be supplied in the special Lincoln
issue
John Cashen Auctioneer
Indianola Nebr Dates booked at Mc
Cook National bank
Typewriter ribbons papers etc for
Bale at The Tribune office
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The Flower Is Aggressive In Spite of
Its Boasted Modesty
The common wild violet affords one
of the most remarkable Illustrations of
the care and apparent forethought of
nature in preserving n species As ev
erybody knows the violet grows In the
shade In pastures woods and fields
where the grass Is abundant and long
It comes up early In the spring and
flowers at u time when the grass Is
most abundant and succulent Of
course It is liable to be cut down by
the scythe but much more likely is it
to be bitten off by grazing animals
The violets that come in the spring
either do not seed at all or very spar
ingly so that if the plant relied on its
spring flowers for seed It would prob
ably perish off the earth in a very few
years
But in the late fall the plant bears
another crop of blossoms that are nev
er seen save by the professional bota
nist They are very small utterly in
slgniflcant in appearance and grow
either just at or below the surface of
the grouud These are the flowers
which produce the seeds for the next
season The flowers on long stems
blooming in spring are only for show
the hidden flowers are for use and the
number of seeds they bear may be
judged from the ease with which a
wild violet bed spreads
When the seeds are ripe the pod ex
plodes scattering them to a consider
able distance often to ten or twelve
feet from the parent plant so that in
spite of its boasted modesty the violet
not only takes care of itself but be
comes a troublesome aggressor St
Louis Globe Democrat
SWOONED AT THE BELL
Odd Effect of One Cure Through the
Subliminal Consciousness
A very well known oculist tells of
one case where healing through the
subliminal consciousness was really a
source of embarrassment to the physi
cian who was responsible for it Sev
eral years ago when the eye specialist
he knows about ears and throats too
was studying in Vienna a youug girl
was brought to the hospital to be treat
ed for some nervous disorder Hypno
tismor suggestion as oue is asked to
call it these days was used aud she
was brought under his influence by
the ringing of a bell After a few
treatments she went to sleep or into
the unconscious and receptive state as
soon as she heard the bell She was
speedily cured and left the hospital
Next day she was brought unconscious
loused and sent away ihe day after
that she was brought in again Indeed
for some time scarcely a day passed
when she wasnt carried in limp anil
unconscious She became a positive
nuisance to the great neurologist that
had hypnotized her and he finally sent
persons to watch her It was found
that on her way to work she passed n
certain church aud usually was at the
door at the moment during the cele
bration of the mass when the bell rang
At its tinkle she calmly curled up and
went to sleep It was necessary to
suggest to her the next time she was
brought to the hospital that no bell in
the world could have any effect on her
except the one rung in the hospital by
the neurologist After that she went
about the city quite unaffected by the
bells and the neurologist drew a breath
of relief Washington LTerald
Just a Way They Have
Inhabitants of the Isle of Wicht
speak of going to England when they
leave their own fragment of the king
dom A patriotic Cornishman also
goes to England when he crosses the
Tamar Similarly inhabitants of the
Balkan peninsula talk of going to Eu
rope when they leave their own cor
ner of the continent in curious con
trast with the peoplcof Great Britain
who regard themselves as both of and
in Europe and it is only the conti
nent that they visit There is an old
story of a Scottish minister who pray
ed for a blessing upon the inhabitants
of Great and Little Cumbrae islands
in the Firth of Clyde and the adjacent
islands of Great Britain and Ireland
Massachusetts people speak of goiim
down east when they start for the
Maine coast Chicago News
Parcel Wrappers
Tho hardest thing to wrap up said
a shipping clerk is a violin A depart
ment store will often test a new wrap
per by giving him a violin to do up If
he passes that test he is all right
Abroad bags and striug being ex
pensive are rarely used and the young
groceryman must be able to wrap po
tatoes flour and all sorts of things in
heets of paper alone lie gets a kind
of knack He lays his flour or beans
in a square of paper doubles the paper
over and with an end in each hand
swings the parcel round and round
Like magic then it is done up and
you can carry it safely quite a hundred
yards or so provided 3 ou are careful
Overstocked
Hubby was evidently worried and
wifey was trying to cheer him up
Cheer up John and dont worry
she said It doesnt do any good to
borrow trouble
Borrow trouble echoed her hus
band Great Caesars ghost I aint
borrowing trouble Ive got it to lend
Chicago News
Criminal
Young Mother Im sorry Mr Top
floor if babys crying annoyed you
Hes been cutting his teeth Top
floor a crusty bachelor Thats it
The idea of letting a young child have
a knife to play with Boston Tran
script
Solitude can be delightful only to the
Inherent Leszczynaki
Their Methods Depicted on tho Old
Tomb3 of Egypt
In an address delivered before the
Royal Geographical society Captain
H G Lyons director general of the
survey department of Egypt told of
the work of ancient Egyptian survey
ors At every period of ancient
Egyptian history he said the laud
was measured and recorded with con
siderable accuracy Property was
dealt in regularly aud an elaborate
system of registration was maintain
ed No map of landed property in
ancient Egypt has come dowu to us
but on the tomb walls we meet with
representations of land measurers at
work Their methods of laud meas
urement are represented on the walls
of the tomb of one Menna at Sheik
Abd el Quran in Thebes a land over
seer and inspector of the boundary
stones of Amon
In the scene depicted are shown
two chainmen measuring a field of
corn with a long cord on which are
knots or marks at intervals which
seem to be about four or five cubits
in length Each also carries a spare
cord coiled upon his arm Beside them
walk three officials who carry writ
ing materials and who are accompa
nied by a small boy carrying writing
materials and a bag in which are
probably documents and plans refer
ring to the property An old man and
two boys also accompany the survey
ors and a peasant brings a loaf of
bread and a bunch of green corn
A similar scene is pictured on the
walls of a tomb belonging to a cer
tain Amenhotep also at Sheik AM el
Qurna Here only one man accom
panies the chainmen each of whom
as usual carries a spare cord The
figures are larger than in the tomb of
Menna and though they are now
much damaged it is possible to see
clearly that the cord terminated in a
rams head
A MAN OF ACTION
He Got Out of His Tight Corner With
Flying Colors
He was a husband who when he left
home for a week or so on a business
trip invariably took with him a photo
of his wife and in the letters that he
wrote to her he always made a great
point of this portrait and dwelt upon
the fact that the sight of it was the
only thing that kept his spirits up
when he was far away from her
One day however he left the home
and forgot to take the portrait with
him But he was not going to let a
little thing like that worry him
Down he sat and penned his cus
tomary amorous epistle In which the
portrait played its usual part It ws
not until the letter was posted that lit
remembered that the portrait had been
left at home in a conspicuous place
where his wife could not fail to dis
cover it
The fat was indeed in the fire but
he was a man of action and deter
mined to get out of his tight corner
somehow ne remembered the shop
where the photo had been taken and
promptly wired there for another
copy which he had put into a beauti
ful frame especially adapted for trav
eling
On his return home his wife handed
out the freezing mixture to begin
with and then dissolved in unquench
able tears When under cross exam
ination she admitted that the cause of
her grief was his cruel deception he
produced the newly acquired photo
and then asked her in a hurt voice
how she could possibly have suspected
him of working off mere tarradiddle
on his little wife Now York Mail
The Eternal Ferrininc
A photographer was called upon not
long ago to make some pictures of an
old lady of seven years or so but of
surprising agility and quickness of per
ception The picture man was there
fore somewhat surprised to find that
no words of address could induce the
old lady to speak until after the opera
tion was completed Then she put her
in rors into her mouth whence she
withdrew several wads of paper
You wouldnt have me photograph
ed with my cheeks falling in would
you she asked the photographer I
just stuTed some paper in my mouth to
fill out Harpers Weekly
Susoicious
The pers6n who on examining a
homemade henhouse remarked that
it looked as if some fellow had built
it himself has a kindred spirit in a
delightfully simple old lady noted for
her naive comments In a street car
not lomr ago she noticed a man ear
ryin a shotgun and a blanket roll
Look at him she whispered to her
companion He looks as if he were
going to spend the night somewhere
Youths Companion
The Contrast
The elderly bride regarded in the
mirror her wreath of orange blos
soms her gown of ivory satin and old
Valenciennes and her long rope of per
fect pearls
Theres only one trouble about tine
clothes she murmured They make
ones face look so shabby New York
Press
His Proof
Judge You have not yet established
the prisoners insanity Attorney But
your honor we mean to introduce wit
nesses to show that the prisoner habit
ually argues politics with women
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The Call of Companionship
You often hear a lonesome child
say I want some one to play with
Elderly people often become lonesome
and want some one to play with but
are afraid to say so Atchison Globe
When You Buy Oysters
Dont Pay For Water
Why should you get a pint of water
with every quart of Oysters Water is
cheap bloats and bleaches the oyster
spoils its natural flavor
You have never known how good
oysters cart be unless you have bad
Sealshipt
Oysters
They are shucked into air tight steel
ans and shipped direct from the beds
icked with ice around the container not
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D C MARSH
The genuine Sealshipt Oysters are always sold from a
White Porcelain Display Case bearing the Sealshipt trade
mark in blue This is for your protection look for it
The Sealshipt Carrier System is patented Infringe
ments will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
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Advertising isnt magic There is no clement of
the black art about it In its best and highest form
it is plain talk banc talk selling talk Its results are
in proportion to the merit of the subject advertised
and the ability with which the advertising is done
There are two great enemies to advertising
profit and both of them are caused by ignorance of the
real functions and workings of publicity
The one is to advertise promises which will not be
fulfilled because all that advertising can do when it
accomplishes most is to influence the reader of your
copy to investigate your claims
you promise ihe earth and deliver ihe moon ad
reerlising ilU not pay you
If yea draw men and women to your store on
pretense and fail to make good advertising will have
harmed you because it has only drawn attention to the
fact that you arc to be avoided
It is as unjust to charge idvertising with failure
under these conditions as it would be for your neighbor
to rob a bank and find yourself indicted for his misdeed
In brief cdveriiscd dishonesty is even more profitless
than unexploited deception
The other great error in advertising is to expect
more out of advertising than there is in it
Advertising is seed which a merchant plants in ihe
confidence of ihe community He must allow time for
it to grow Every successful advertiser has to be
patient The time that it takes to arrive at results
rests entirely with the ability and determination you
display in the effort But you cannot turn back when
you have traveled half way and declare that the path
is wrong
ou cant advertise for a week and because your
store isnt crowded say it hasnt paid you It takes a
certain period to attract the attention of readers
Everybody doesnt see what you print the first time
it appears More will notice your cop the second day
a great many more at the end of a month
You cannot expect to win the confidence of the
community to the same degree that other men have
obtained it without taking pretty much the same
length of time that they did But you can cut short
the period between your introduction to your reader
and his introduction to your counters by spending nzcre
effort ir preparing your copy and displaying a greater
amount ci convincingness
You mustnt act like the little girl who planted
a garden and came out the vcxt day expecting to find
it in full bloom Her father had to explain to her that
plans require roots and that although she could not
sec what was going on ihe seeds were doing their most
important work just before ihe flowers showed above
ground
So advertising is doing its most important work
before the big results eventuate and to abandon the
money which has been invested just before results
arrive is not only foolish but childish would be
just as logical for -a farmer to abandon his fields because
he could not hardest his corn a week after he planted it
Advertising does not require faith merely com
mon sense If it is begun in doublt and deserted before
normal results can be reasonably looked for the fault
does not lie with the newspaper or with publicity
it rests entirely upon the head of the coward who
rctrcVXtl before he was defeated
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