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- from town to your farm and you or the town man pay the carrier what ever you aree is right The pro posed postage charge would average much higher than what you would pav under the present system of local delivery Now there is no maximum weight limit for the carrier can take anything ftiryeu hat he is able o carry but it is proposed to limit the weight to eleven founds on- ly This would greatly curtail the delivery privileges now open to every farmer who desires to use them and make delivery cost him more than un der the present method I Here is another side of the ques tion the side seen by your good friends the home merchants Big City merlSnts ofSU kinds to seize the rural par- j post as a delivery outlet through the use of local agents to whom par cels would be shipped in large quan tities by express or freight for de posit in the local postoffice and de livery by rural carriers There is ab solutely no way in which this could be prevented The opportunity thus afforded these mail order houses for the develop ment of a gigantic trust is a most serious menace to the farmers wel fare Every necessary of life could in time be monopolized through the operation of this government postal subsidy taxed against all the people and applied for the sole benefit of the Mail Order Trust Already Wall street sees the trend of events and big business has become interested in fostering and financing the parcels post agitation Its appetite has been stimulated by the results c tne past tew years which have en abled one mail order house to pay an annual dividend of 7 on its many millions of capital and recently to declare a special dividend of 33 1 3 What farmer can ever hope to equal that record The big city merchants pay no tax es of any kind direct or indirect in your community They do not help maintain your schools churches libraries hospitals and other public institutions They do not help you build and maintain good roads They do not givo you credit and they give you neither sympathy nor help when misfortune comes These big city merchants have absolutely no inter est in you excepting to get KoWof jf many of your dollars as they can viA sive as little return therefor as r ile ruruiermore the big city merch s r o not help in any way to main tain and build up the home market for jour products that enables you to get spot cash or its equivalent for anything you have to sell Your loca tion near such a town increases the value of your farm and makes that farm easy to sell at full value when ever you desire You appreciate the fact that the farmer trade keeps up the country towns and that any system such as the parcels post which will divert th farmer trade from the country to the big city will ruin the country town If the country town is ruined the farmers home market will be de stroyed or at least very seriously im paired Property values in the coun try towns would certainly depreciate as store after store was forced out of business and greater burdens of tax ation would be placed upon the farm ers overburdened shoulders Lack of funds raised by taxation would curtail the schools of the country towns The churches now so largely supported by the Jame merchants could no longer supplied with ministers un- farmer members heavily in- their contributions Public Id be destroyed public in- would suffer and public become a thing of the fact is that the inter- armer and the home L They are partners Subscribe for the Tribune - 146 Delicate children can be made strong and vigorous by eating this food daily The only iood ever made com bining Wheat Rice Oats and Barley Just give it a trial Ask your Groce Why the Farmer Should Oppose the Rural Parcels Post j Th advocates of the rural parcels rost claim that this system of andice transportation would enable the farmer to have small packages of merchandist delivered at his mail box quickly and cheaply A No one disputes this but there are two more sides to the Question Here is one Every rural delivery carrier is now authorized to carry merchan dise parcels weighing over four pounds from jour farm to town or in the business of production and dis tributionin the upbuilding and main tenance of the best possible home is one that buys everything the farm er lias to sell at top market prices and sells him everything he needs at fair competitive prices Therefore Mr Farmer stand by j oir home merchants now as you would expect them to stand by you In doing this you are conserving your own best interests Published by request THERES NO RISK If This Medicine Does Not Benefit You Pay Nothing A physician who made a specialty of stomach troubles particularly dys pepsia after years of study perfect ed the formula from which Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are made Our experience with Rexall Dyspep sia Tablets leads us to believe them to be the greatest remedy known for the relief of acute indigestion and chronic dyspepsia Their ingred ients are soothing and healing to the inflamed membranes of the stom ach They are rich in pepsin one of the greatest digestive aids known to medicine The relief they afford is almost immediate Their use with persistency and regularity for a short time brings about a cessation of the pains caused by stomach disorders Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will in sure healthy appetite aid digestion aWl promote nutrition As evidence ofbur sincere faith in Rexall Dys pepsia Tablets we ask you to try them at our risk If they do not give you entire satisfaction we will re turn you the money you paid us for them without question or formality They come in three sizes prices 25 cents 50 cents and 100 Remem ber you can obtain them only at The Rexall Store L W McConnell Terms of District Court 1911 Chase county April 24 and Novem ber 13 Dundy County March 6 and No vember 20 Frontier county March 20 and Oc tober 2 Furnas county February 20 May 29 and October 23 Sosper countyT January Soand September 25 Hayes county March 13 and Sep tember 18 Hitchcock county May 1 and No vember 27 Red Willow county February 6 May 15 and October 9 Robert C Orr district judge A Reliable Cough Medicine Is a valuable family friend Fo leys Honey and Tar fulfills this condition exactly Mrs Charles Kline N 8th St Easton Pa states Several members of my family have been cured of bad coughs and colds by the use of Foleys Honey and Tar and I am never without a bot tle in the house It soothes and loosens up the cold I have always found it a reliable cough cure A McMillen When given as soon as the croupy cough appears Chamberlains Cough Remedy will ward off an attack of croup and prevent all danger and cause of anxiety Thousands of moth ers use it successfully Sold by all druggists fcsU h U Jd Hiiflt POWDER Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Ho Alum No Lime Phosphate SHE SNUBBED MONROE Incident In the Later Life of Mrs Alexander Hamilton A striking incident in the later llf of Mrs AlexiiiuIiM Hamilton who sur vived her lniliin fifty years is tii in the vorl of in mi lau Mclane Hamiltons Intiiiuii Lu of Alexander Hamilton Mrs Hamilton could never forget th behavior of Monroe when be with Muhlenberg and Venables accused Hamilton of tiiiauriul irregularities tu the time of I 111 Ke imids ilicideiil Many years afterward when they were botli aired people Monroe visited her and a j interview occurred which was wie yt by a nephew who was then a lad ol liftcun 1 had he says been ent lo call upon my Aunt Ham ilton oi afternoon I found her in her gar en and was there with her talking hen a maidservant caim from Ile Mouse with a carH It was the card of fI the name an much perturbed aaaMon cHPIBUdij she spoke very lo v4HRli when she was angry roe She read ig the card ce sank and always did What has that man come to see me forV escaped from her Why Aunt Hamilton said I dont you know its Mr Monroe and lies been president and he is vis iting here now in the neighborhood and has been verwuuch made of and invited everywhere and so I suppose he has come to call and pay his re spects to you After a moments he- Itation I will see him she said The maid went back to the house My aunt followed walking rapidly I after her As she entered the parlor Monroe rose She stood in the middle of the room facing him She did not ask him to sit down He bowed and addressing her formally made hei rather a set speech that it was many years since they had met that the lape of time brought its softening in fluences that they both were Hearing the grave when past differences could be forgiven and forgotten in short from hi point of view a very nice conciliatory well turned little spppch She answered still standing and look ing at him Mr Monroe if you have come to tell me that you repent that you are sorry very sorry for the mis representations and the slanders and the stories you circulatpd against my dear husband if you have come to say this I understand it But otherwise no lapse of time no nearness to thp grave makes any difference She stopped speaking Monroe turned took up his hat and left the room In this connection it may be said that the oft repeated story of the meeting of M Hamilton and Aaron Burr many years on an Albany steamboat is a fiction bntit was prob ably suggested by the Monroe Incident Hanged For Stealing Golf Balls Some sharp punishment has lately been meted out to men convictetl of golf ball stealing and one boy was sentenced to six strokes with the birch The offenders however may congratulate themselTes that they- live in a merciful age In 1G37 at an assize in Banff a lad of the town having confessed to steal ing a few trifles including some golf bails was actually hanged for the r fense The indictment ran that was ane lewd liver and boy of ane evill lyiff and conversation and ane daIie romainer fro the kirk in tyme of dyvyne worschip The humane judges ordanit the said Francis to be presentlie tackit and cariet to the fal lows hill of this burgh and bangit ou the gallows thereof to the death London Graphic Want Advertisements London 1693 1 want a young man that can read and write mow and roll a garden use a gun at a deer and understand coun try sports and to wait at table and such like I want a complete young man that will wear livery to wait on a very val uable gentleman but he must know how to play on a violin or a flute I want a genteel footman that can play on the violin to wait on a person of honor If I can meet with a sober man that has a counter tenor voice I can help him to a place worth 30 the year or more From Sampsons History of Advertising Illusions of Life Life is like a beautiful and winding lane on either side bright flowers and beautiful butterflies and tempting fruits which we scarcely pause to ad mire and to taste so eager are we to hasten to an opening which we imag ine will be more beautiful still But by degrees as we advance the trees grow bleak the flowers and butterflies fail the fruits disappear and we find we have arrived to reach a desert waste G A Sala Knew When He Was Well Off Sanitarium Honor So Mrs Pitts field was heie while I was away Nurse- Yes sir She wanted to take her husband home imt lie said he preferred to stay here Doctor- lve suspeiied ihat -a ail along the man is not crazy at alL Puck What He Saved Mr Huhh 1 havent saved a dollai since 1 married you Mrs Hiihi Oli what a fib Youve Jfcgdnearb WBpWe half vou had in the bank Boston Transcript A Matter of Choice Maud Miss Oldum declares that she is single from choice Ethel Thafs true The man she expected to marry chose another Exchange We rarely confess that we deserve what we suffer Quesnel LINCOLNS QUESTION It Stilled lha Storm of Applause For Hs Opponent Douglas Professoi James T McLearv ot ManUato Minn who for fourteen years represented a district ol Ins state in congress told this Lincoln story A friend of mine told me that when a boy he attended with his father one of the famous Lincoln Douglas de bates in Illinois My friends father was a Lincoln man but the place in which that particular debate took place was a Douglas stronghold Douglas spoke tirst and he was frequently interrupted by vociferous applause The cheering and the hand clapping at the end lasted four or five minutes When Lincoln was intro duced the crowd broke out into cheers for Douglas and kept it up for several minutes Lincoln meanwhile waited patiently When at length the enthusiasm had subsided Lincoln extended his long risrlit arm for silence When he had partly got this he said in an impres sive tone What an orator Judrre Douglas is This unexpected tribute to their friend set the audience wild with on thusiasm When this applause had run its course Lincoln extending his hand again this time obtained silence more easily What a fine presence Judge Dou las has exclaimed the speaker ear nestly Again tumultuous applause fol lowed the tribute How well rounded his sentence are How well chosen his language is How apt his illustrations are ending up with What a splendid man Judge Douglas Is Then when the audience had icain become silent at his call Lincoln lean ed forward and said And now my countrymen how many of you can tell me one thing Judge Douglas said My friend told me he searched his own heart for an answer and found none Afterward he asked his fathei If he could remember anything Judge Douglas had said and the latter re membered practically nothing But my friend said to me Impressively pven now half a century later I can recall practically all that Lincoln said Exchange THE USE OF ARSENIC How the Poison Acts When Taken as a Complexion Beautifier You no doubt have observed the lily white complexion of some women These women are sacrificing years of their lives for that beautiful skin by the use of arsenic said a chemist of Manchester England It is a well known fact that thou sands of women in all countries of the VcHd use the poison in small quanti tiesa bleach Jheirsli It is an ef fective means of whitening and clear ing the complexion but the complex ion given by its use has no perma nency unless the absorption of the drug be continued Arsenic as science has long told u Is an accumulative poison When one takes it either by prescription for the i tfiKnug oranafipeTite ofi6TtlTe Ijilflfching of the skin he does not feel any ill effects for several years The effect of the drutr is bracing and makes a person feel like eating It also aids the digestion The average user of the poison takes It in such small quan tities that he does not realize how much of it will accumulate in his sys tem in the course of four or five years Being an accumulative poison it often takes that length of time to see the results of the drug Then the user may complain of not being able to con trol his fingers or toes Subsequently he loses control of his hands and arms Paralysis superinduced by arsenical poisoning is the fearful result Wash ington Post That Was Enough They were talking about the nosey women who knew everybody in the middle of the block Apparently shes got It in for those people who moved away from 35 last week said he What did they do to her Nothing said she except to bor row her opera glasses the day before they moved and keep them till the day after so she couldnt get a chance tc train them on their back room furni ture New York Times What Damp Means Learn to know what damp means especially when used upon polished woodwork Think it means wet and you will be reviling valuable Informa tion as newspaper rubbish Dip cloth in hot water wring it as hare as you can then shake it in the aii and it should have about the righl amount of moisture Exchange The Silver Lining Oh John exclaimed Mrs Short cash who was reading a letter oui son has been expelled from college Isnt It awful Oh I dont know answered Mr Shortcash Perhaps I can pull througt without making an assignment now Chlcago News Getting On How Is your daughter getting along with her vocal lessons Splendidly splendidly Shes got sc now that she can say 1 cant sin witthout my music just beautifully Detroit Free Press Mads It Lean Teacher Now Harold can you tel me what made the tower of Pisa lean Harold Kguess there must have beei a fqcine in the land Exchange 1 MU ITH0V UflTSP Carried to Brutal Extremes In German Army Schools T j ABETS MAIMED AND KILLED The Most Dangerous Punishment Meted Out to Erring Freshmen Is the Gantlet of Fire and the Most Repulsive Is Bacon Swallowing Germany is of all countries the one in which the science of hazing in mil itary schools has attained the greatest development The army plays in the fatherlands life a part the importance ol which can hardly be realized by an untraveled American Military service is compulsory and in time of peace ftioOOO men are kept armed uniformed and drilled To command that huge contingent 80000 commissioned officers are necessary This large oliicer corps has developed customs ethics even a morality of Its own These customs and ethics are imitated at an early age by the boy who aspires to enjoy the veneration which German officers generally re ceive from the populace Imitation in a young man usually means exag geration and some of the little mil itary snobs are on their first day at school a joy tc behold Very soon however the precocious stiffness is taken out of them A harmless though repulsive form of hazing cadets whose appetite verges on gluttony is called bacon swallow ing The plebes to be victimized are lined up on the grounds surrounded by a group of second year men A slice of raw bacon is tied to a piece of string and the plebe whose name is drawn first is made to swallow the unappetizing morsel When the sick ening sensation of the twine tickling his throat threatens to nauseate him the bacon is pulled out The name of another unfortunate is drawn and he is in turn obliged to swallow the ba con the appearance of which has not been improved by the first mans chewing On It goes along the line to the next man and up to the last one and for days and days the sight ol bacon a staple article In German cuisine will if it does not spoil the healthy youngsters appetites at leasl remind them that undue haste in as similating food lacks refinement After a few hours spent in frogs squat the most dignified and snob bish plebes assume the good natured and perfectly chummy attitude which means that they have been tamed Swelled heads are quickly noted and their owners made to sit on the flooi with their chins resting on their knees and their ankles and wrists are bound together A solid stick parsed under the knee joints and forcing the fore arm back prevents them from moving arms or legs and they are left there facing one another in an unnatural cramped and ridiculous position Other forms of hazing are the stom ach dance with or without obstacles finding the keyhole tossing in a ketf aETl star gazing In the stomach dance the cadet is put flat on his stomach on a high table and four tor menters take him by the hands and feet and whirl him around on the table In the case of serious offenses a few hard objects or obstacles are scattered over the table making the uance rather painful Then comes fiuding the keyhole The cadet stands in front of a locker and is blindfolded He has to feel for the keyhole with his forefinger Then an other cadet places his head between the locker and the finger opens his mouth and bites the finger till its own er howls Star gazing consists in being made to watch the stars at night through a coat sleeve held like a telescope by two cadets A third cadet then pours a glass of muddy water in at top of the sleeve When a cadet is guilty of behavior unbecoming to a gentleman disgraces his class by some breach of etiquette or commits some petty theft he is generally sentenced by the holy vehm or court of honor to the rod The penalty is applied ruthless ly a gag being placed in the punished mans mouth to stifle his cries for help Of all the forms of hazing the most brutal perhaps is the gantlet of fire The freshman upon whom that punish ment is to be visited Is kept in a dark room astride a wooden chair to which he is securely fastened In the next room his tormentors are twisting news papers into Imitation torches which at a given signal they light with matches When the torches are burning brightly they form themselves in two lines another signal is sounded the door of the dark room is thrown open and the freshman is ordered to ride between the lines while he is mercilessly lashed with flaming brands However quickly he may run the gantlet by the time he has reached the end of the blazing pathway his hair his eyebrows and lashes have been singed to the skin his eyelids are seared and swollen his lips blistered his uniform hopelessly damaged One of the surgeons in attendance covers up the sores with bandages and sends the singed plebe to the in firmary for a couple of days The of ficial report mentions the explosion of an alcohol lamp or some other acci dent of like nature Not infrequently those boyish pranks have a tragic ending More than once cadets have been crippled for life and there are two cases on record where death was the direct re sult of horseplay carried too far New York Tribune UAVIUlTfJ Tuner of Pianos South McCook Leave orders with C C in Rishels store I carry a complete line oi hair goods Switches pi ana cuns maae irom y combings L M CL1 PHONE 72 Ill W B St UP STJ UPDIKE GRAIN CO handles the followin POPULAR Canyon City Lump Canyon City Nut Maitland Lump Baldwin Lump Sheridan Egg Iowa Lump Rex Lump Pennsylvania Hard These are all coals of highest producing qualities Give us orders they will be filled pn oij and to your satisfaction - j S S GARVEY Manager Phone 169 COAL We now handle the best grades of Colo and Penna coals in connection with our grain business Give us a trial order Phone 262 Real Easterday Walter Hosier Drayman 1 wrm t r V T nil m r rt a v T- Mn promptly and carefully attended to Yoir patronage it earnestly solicitfd Phore black 244 Leave orders at any of the city 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