, - S. L. Davies went to Omaha
. , tfucsday night.
Judge Wilhite ws in Stella thc
first of the wcek.
Hugh Boyd of Humboldt was
' in , this city oil Sunday.
. Dr. R.P.Robertsdentist
over Kings Pharmacy.
Mrs. Dela Pettit of Verdon was
I ( in this city Monday.
Let every one attend thc pri-
maries tomorrow night.
Hal Stofer was down from Sal-
em , Monday on business.
J. H. Dietrich of Verdon spent
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Monday here on business.
C. B. , mId came down from
Dawson Monday on business.
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. . Dr. A. . Walker left Tuesday
for a business visit to Nebraska ,
City.
S. R. Van Valkenbcrg and
_ . . . . . . family of Rule spent Monday in
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our city. ,1'
Mrs. Emma -rvIo11tang of Reserve -
serve is visiting her sister , Mrs.
Ed. Nolte. '
R. S.1vIolony of Humboldt was
a business visitor here the first
of the week. .
Orra and Mary E. Snyder of
Salem were business visitors here
the first of this week.
On Monday of this week E. N.
Rupert and Joe Harper 9f Shu-
bert were in the city.
Mrs. Frances Martin returned
from Lincoln Sunday where she
spent , several days.
The Journal claims to have laid
in scads and scads of new mat
erial. By the way , who pays the
fright ?
N. C. Johnston returned Tues
day from Superior , Nebraska ,
wHere he attended the funeral of
- ' ' a relative.
Hal Harris and wife went to
Reserve where they will spen4
several days with the latters par-
ents. . '
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Arch Cook and little 'daughter
were Missouri Pacific passenger s
for Stella Tuesday , where they
will visit a few day.
. Mrs. N. B. Judd of Dawson is
spending this week . with hcr
I daughter , Mrs. Geo. Crocker , in i
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this city. I
Steve Miles returned home the
first of the week and will accept
a position in the First National
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bank at this place.
' ' . ' Mrs. Robert Henderson of
' Rule was in this city Tue day
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, and in the afternoon . started for
t Verdon to visit with relatives.
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t / : Mr and Mrs. Frank Knicker-
.r becker of Savannah , : Mo. , arrived
S i here Saturday for a visit with
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their son Louis Knickerbockcr
and family.
. Mr. and Mrs. Cass Moore spent I
, Monday in this city. Mrs. Moore
t has been in poor health for some
It time , but reports that she is im-
t i provmg.
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Elder J. H. Berry of Humboldt
will \ preach at thc Brethren church
next Sunday morning. His subject .
ject win be "Can Christianity as
practised hy the modern church
save the world ? " All are invited.
l\lr. Berry is an aggressive
thinker and interesting as a
speaker. There win be no even-
ing sermon on account of the
union service at the M E. church.
Most every man has an ideal
way in which to spend his declin- i
ing ycars. A reporter heard a ;
busy man say : the first of the weck. I
uWhen I get old I am going to
spend my time in a chair on the
shore , reading books that I have
been to busy to look at , and look-
ing out upon the broad sweep ot
the ocean.
On last Tuesday evening : Mr.
and Mrs. John Lichty entertained
the Brethren Sunday school at
their home at a lawn part ) ' .
Light refreshments were served
and all spent a most pleasant
evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lichty
are splendid entertainers and
about one hundred and fifty
teachers and pupils were present.
l\irs. Elizabeth Quinlin of Stella
and l\lrs. Thomas Beauchamp
of Howe ; were guests of their
brother , George Story the first
of the week. Will Beauchamp
also spent a few days visiting in
this city but left on Tuesday for
Colorado.
If the mother who wrote us the
pathetic lette r about thc slot
machines will kindly send us her .
name we will be very glad to pub-
lish the commuication. We want
this name merely as an evidence
of 'good faith and not for the
purposes of publication. '
If you wish to know what glass-
cs will do for the headache and
nervousness call and have
them fitted by Dr. Hutchison
who will be at Dr.Walker's office
on Saturday May , 57 , He will
not be back again until August.
: Mr. Kruse and wife left Tues-
day for Lyons , Neb. , where the
former has a position in a drug
store. l\Ir. Kruse has been in
Kerr's drug store for the past
several months.
Hiawatha claims to have a
barking dog that talks through
the phone like a man. That's
nothing , we have a talking man
that barks through the phone
like a dog when the girls are slow.
Dr. Emma Lawrence has open-
ed up her office in the second
story of the Jussen building , for
the practice of medicine. Thc
many friends of Miss Lawrence
predict for her a lucrative prac-
tice.
Last Sunday morning at the
Christian church Rev. Cronen-
berger preached on "Repent
ance. " ranUla Leyda and Willie
Firebaugh sang a very pretty
duet.
duet.A.
A. A. Walker of Salem was
on our streets l\londay. '
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ODD INDUSTRIES OF PARIS.
The Members of the Ragpickers' So-
ciety Often Find Rich Prizes
in Their Search.
The ramHsser de suit is the hum
blest member 01' the ragpicker's'
corporation. lie is generally . a
laborer out of work , and collects
whatever he can find and judges
salable , from a scrap of paper or
an orange peel to a dilapidated
stove. Take old boots , for exam-
pIc , says the Pall Mall aZl1tte.
However bad , they have a market
value , for they always contain in
thc instep one sound piece that t
can serve again , and generally
two or three more at the heel and
a1 the back. Old provision tins ,
again , are full of money ; the lead
soldering can be removed and
melted into cakes while the tin
goes to slake ehildren's t.oJs.
There arc about BOOO ( ) of this class
of night birds in Paris. Another
quaint night bird is the "guardian
. " 'l ' he " "
angel. "guardian angel" is II
person attached to the establish.
ments of some mastroquets-Iow
barkcepcrs-und certain public
houses for the purpose of looking
after the safety of drunken cus-
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timers. Hc accompanies them
tQ their himes , defends them in
case of need , as often as not has to
put them in bed , and leaves them
only when they are without the
reach of miscHie He earns about
. 50 cents a daJ' Cases are also on
record where grateful drunkards
have remembered the "angel" tn
their wills. To return the compli-
ment , the "angel" has invested
some of his funds in the purchase
of a barrow , the object of which
is but too obvious. '
An important night bird is the
member of the guild des patter
moui1lces. He deals in tobacco
manufactured from stumps of cigars -
gars and cigarettes picked up in
the street , and holds assizes on thc
'PlaceMaubert , the statue Etienne
Dolet , twice a week at three a. m. ;
on these days the square is called
I the "tn n llrQ" nor uu . f . . n..ra , 11
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We're busy as never be-
fore selling new Spring
Shoes , and our patrons
are enthusiastic in their
praise of the way we've
prepared for their spring
needs.
Particular striking are
the new styles of Men's ,
Women's and Children's
Low and High Cut Shoes.
There is simply no limit
to the Shoe selection we
offer our patrons this
season.
The best advertisement
for our Shoes is the perfect
satisfaction they give , and
our Shoe service this
Spring will be such as to
make us more popular
than ever.
, . rrbe industry is quite renlune'ra
'tire ' on a modest scale , of course ,
and would be even more so were '
it not for thc government ' , which.
stepped in with characteristic
greed and on the grounds of tlh'
monopoly it holds proceeded ht
tax the tobal''o tollectl'd with so
much painstaking 'are.
Nature : has made many kinds of
bombs in the shape of seed pods
which open with great forte and
projects the couteuts to a considerable -
I'able ! distunce. There is a seashell .
shell which explodes with H fOl"
midable noise und suggests a
veritable dJnHll1ite bomb. ,
Not long ago a young lady wandering -
dering ou thc shore of Mobile bens
picked up a handful of shells left
I by the tide. Among them were
, the shells of a small marine snail ,
: the largest of which were not
i more thun a half inch iu diameter.
She dropped them into her pocket
und forgot all about 1l1l'1l1 until
some days afterward she noticed
un unpleasant odor which came
from her wUI'drobe. On taking the
shells from her pocket one of them
dropped on the floor and exploded
. with u sharp noise loud enough
to be heard in an adjoining room.
She tried another with the same
r'esult. The shells were then cx- .
amiued by a scientist , who found
the mouth of each flrnily closed b.r
a membrane of greater 01' less
thickness formed bJ the drying of
tIre allimal's slime. This had Iu'ob-
ably occurred soon after removal
from the moisture of the bpach.
and thc inhabitants of the shell
dying the gases of decomposition
had entirely filled their space. On
exerting a little pressure a loud
explosion was produced , the shell
fragments ring in all directions.
Out of a dozen shells only two
failed to explode. The conditions
most successful in making the experiment -
periment seemed to be removal
from the beach in hot , dry
weather , which caused the slime
to be exuded ill greater quantities
than usual and dried it up rapidly.
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