^ ^ 240 acres well improved, li miles from Depot in K.is. Good spring Best of terms. Will take
;4jr * - , 40 acres as part payment, balance long time at low interest.
' V: M gg ln| 200 acres l>i mile* from depot, Richardson county. Nebraska. Good buildings and land Will
_ I | | | I I take 40 or 80 acres
IW) acres upland, 1 mile front depot. Richardson county, Nebraska. $12,000
160 acres Johnson county, Nebraska. 80 rods to church and school. Best of terms. Might rent.
BS nm. « sars-a inn, _ __ _ _ 107 acres near Brownville. Nebraska.
l£.lt si ^Jy £j> Jf /n!^* TbSF | si jw iaL-JjSi J _ 640 acres, $8,000 improvements Also 640 acres adjoining. Will take 160acres a- part payment. I
\M,XHS ,/ 4 W ft.,- -Jy [ , 4, N "■ %-T -p Fine running water. A No. 1 opportunity.
Money to loan. I
V _ v V._ J
The County in Genera!
Ihe “Doings” of our Country Friends
and Neighbors.
STELLA
I. \v. Hauls n inrneil from Lincoln,
the tmsi »11 k
J. \v, Vaught was h vi-itor in t (intthn
u few days tins wo k.
W. J, Met fray Went to Fails City
on butint■«* Tuesday.
C. A. l.iu',1 of H1 iih'Tt was a visitor
here the last of the week
Miss Lydia Har-tlor visited relative
ln Nebraska t it,\ the past wie<,
Mrs, Bi's-ie Ha-kelt and litth' son ol
Auburn were here the past week.
W. H. Hogt'efe is having trouble
with his heating plai t .. uold days
Mrs. Clark spent a ft w du\- in I .In
coin the past week with her husband
J, K.Catn, was down from Lin
coin and spent Sunday with Ids family
Walter Shirek ol Watervllle, Neb,
visited Ins brother here the past
week.
H. Harni-of near Humboldt was in
town Monthly w.th a load ol hog- for
the market
K Wheeler, our undertaker, went to
Howe Monday ami took charge of Mrs.
Allen's funeral.
J. Habit went to his home In Dawaon
Sunday He Is moving on the Clark
farm w> *t of 'own
Mrs. M W. .Limes of this place went
to Auburn the last of the week to visit
her mother, who Is III.
J. ,T. Bouike and Miss KHie Ham
were guests at the home of Mae Far
mers S today for dinner.
A number of our farmers are holding
their wheat for $1 a bushel and think
the, can get In February.
K v. and V r~. shirck and Ids brother
Walter, took dinner with A h' Me
.'iniieti huh lamnv naiuruav.
L, It Chaney oarne home from Lin
eoln where he liail been attending the
opening s- salon of tne legislature
I I’la-terp ami wife of west of
town wentio Auiturn to cure for their
daughter Alma.who is ill at that place.
,li»> i inland \\ nt to Omaha tile past |
w ik and returned Saturday. He re
ports a good fall of snow 111 that place
Nl. H. Vutkli venter pa'rt John Chism
>106 05 lor four hogs Tuesday. II- said
that was the highest price he ever p til.
B. Moore arid I, 11 Jenkins ol
Peru went to Falls City the past week
to v s i ir-- Harris who whs hurt «t
that place.
W. 1 . tiritlith shipped u runty ealr
fn Kansas C n with a ear of stock the
past week and It t rought tii per hull i
dretl It weighed Hit) pounds
C A. l.-a-it i a i tl c experience of his
life th- lir-t of the week by having his|
Hiito fret /.« up ini him. He had to take
It to Good tnt s si rip aid hate 51 thawed
cut
VY, .1. Met ray so d his home farm to
lbih.-tt |i ,ii. of i" tth of Hllinholdt ■
Satif-iat ' .'i"0 VIr. Met ray
stttr ow is an i Is.-oly at-r c farm n nth of'
the Muiien f u m.
George B«t , j w- o -* visiting
here from Oklahoma, unde us » visit
the pas wet k Mr. Davis wto n In
left here v-a* a boy now he returns a
grown up young man.
J F. 1 leluucK of north of town will
farm in the west the coining season, lie
having bought a farm near hi* brother
in-law Lou Ultehie. and will leave in a
ft-w wet k* for hi* new location.
Dr. Loveland of the First Methodist
church lectured here Monday night to
a good crowd on the subject Follies of
Fog. Such a lecture has not been
hearu in this part for many dav.
The lee men are getting busy with !
their harvest In this part this week.
The ice is 11 inches thick and if the
weather continues cold the ice houses'
will be tilled with the best lee that has
been harvested for some time.
A peculiar incident is reported to
have taken place Saturday night while 1
H. V. Davis and Warren Beckham
were having a conversation near the
Davis home. A large rock thrown by
some unknown person struck a tele
phone pole right close to Beckham. It.
was a lucky thing that It missed him us
no doubt it was thrown with evil in- ,
tent.
Another case of alfalfa killing stock
took place on the farm of John Jenkins
west of town Sunday. When the storm
came up he turned them into the!
shed and threw down a good supply j
of alfalfa hay. During the night one 1
of the calves eat to much and was
found dead in the morning. This is
two cases where alfalfa ha? killed stock
by over feeding.
SHUBERT
M. T. Hill whs in Kalis City Monday.
Clyde Hill lavishing at Bethany,Mo.
Omer Saylors of Burmin was here
this week.
Chus, llucou of Beatrice was here
last week.
O. W. Speeee was a Slella visitor
la*t we* k
Mr. Chester who ha.> been very sick
is some better.
Henry Montoravie of <1 Heroin wa
in town Friday.
Wesley Clark of Nemaha was a visi
tor here Monday.
Mr, spep'h and family now occupy
the Bacon property.
Dr. Candy of Humboldt was I ere
this week on business.
Chus. Ha per spent one day last week
with relatives at Stella.
Fred Kinton attended the Hall sale
near Verdon Wednesday.
Win. Kuker and Lewis Shulenbcrg
of Barada were here Tuesday.
Mrs. Win. Snelllng is unite sick, but
it is hoped she will soon be well.
M Good loo and wife of Stella wore
the guests of friends here - unday.
Several Odd Follows went to Verdon
Monday night and visited the lodge
there.
Mrs. Ileasoner and children have re
turned from a visit with relatives at
Ashland.
Cuv Hutchings and wife are rejoic
ing over a son which came to gladden
their home Tuesday.
Miss Collins returned to he.’ home at
Peru Monday after enjoying the holi
days here with relatives.
<’ A Lord accompanied his sister
who has been visiting them to Stella
where she took the train Tuesday.
1. Bitter while moving a lead of
his household goods to the Fred Cog
lazier farm out from Salem froze his
face aiul feet unite h.id Tuesday.
I,. K. Barnes who died at his home
111 Salem was laid to rest Sunday at
the Prairie Pnlon cemetery. The
family and relatives have the sympa
thy of the entire community.
Amos Timerman living a few miles
from here, had his horse and buggy
stoic Saturday night from the Stellu
hitch rack. The parties are unknown,
but is hoped will scon be found and
brought to justice.
OHIO
Albert Miller went to Nishmi, Mo.,
1 its-1 Saturday.
Horn to Pheneas Fisher and wife it
boy on January
Braee MeManus spent Sunday with
friends at Yerdon.
Buy Burk spent Sunday in Falls
City with tiis sister.
1C the I ('rook of \ erdon spent last
week in thi# vicinity.
Chester Stump returned home from
Ha-tings last Friday.
Buy Prine and family s|ient one day
recently near Verdon with friends.
Mrs. Dowty is enjoying a visit from
her fa'ber Mr. Smith of Oklahoma.
Charlie and \Villis Coons went to
Dawson Saturday to visittheir brother
Lena Boom came down from Manley
Friday to stay a while with Mrs. K. D.
Shaffer.
Frances Smith und wife moved from
Straussville to a farm near Verdon
this week.
l.dna Shaffer returned home from
Nebraska City Thursday after a few
.lays visit with friends
W. K. Peek went to Lincoln last
week to take up his school work again
after a vacation at home.
Chester Stump and wife and F. S.
Liobty and family spent Friday in
Falls City with relatives.
Marv Prine spent a portion of last
week with her son Guy before leaving
for her new borne in Iowa.
Mike Lichty and wife have sold
their little home and are going to Cal
ifornia in the near future to reside.
Mrs. II. Guilliauss and children re
turned home from Corning, Mo., last
week and they are suffering from a
severe cold at present.
Mr. Eberbardt and family went to
Hampton to spend the holidays with
his parents, and last week Mr. E. re
turned home but the rest remained for
i longer visit.
BARADA
Otis Spiokler was in Shubt rt Satur'
day.
Mrs. Laruendu Haines is in Falls
; City.
Win Prim? of Armour is visiting
relatives hero.
Charles Kelley of Bancroft is visiting
relative* here.
Miss Puttie Lilly was a Shubert visi
| tor on Saturday.
Frank Burgess was over from Mound
I City one day last week.
Orange Mount and family returned
from Dekota this week.
T. C. Hoe and family were up from
Fall* City one day last win k.
Jack Sailors of Palisade has been
visiting at the humo of ills uncle
Olio Lowe returned iast week after a
visit of several weeks at Fr'moot.
Arthur Chee-man of Mound City is
j pruning the lleavis orchard east of
town.
Frank lleavis was up from Falls City
looking after his orchard one day last
week.
Byron Dunn lift last week for Lin
coln where be will enter Cotner uni
versity.
George Feller and wife and Miss
Minnie Burgess are here from Illinois
visiting relatives.
F.d Laukemper moved from Verdon
onto the Slemering farm recently vaca
ted by J. A. Sailors.
X. P. S. C. E. at Big Bethel next
Sunday evening. Special program.
Heading by Miss Alice Yoder.
Mrs. Glist .Torn and mother Mrs.
Lowe returned last week from a visit
with relatives at Fairmont.
Henry Shafer has been employed by
15. J. Dunn for the coming season on
his farm and moved his family thereto
lust week.
Otis Spicklcr made an auto trip to
Sabctha, Kan., on Thursday. His
eousina ttio Misses Davidson who huve
been visiting hero accompanied him to
their home at that place.
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HUMBOLDT
Mrs Fred Hummel is quite sick at
her home.
Mrs. Chris Hummel is visiting rela
tives in Illinois.
F.dna Akers is a guest of Council
Bluffs friends.
A baby girl was born to Frank Ben
j nett and wife Tuesday.
• Mrs Buell has returned fioma visit
with friends at Nebraska City.
Mrs. Will Burness of Los Angeles,
Cali , is here visiting her sister.
George Power is reported to here
coving from an attae.k of typhoid fever.
Cass Wells came down front South
Dakota to attend the funeral of his
' father.
Cora Drake arrived home Friday
from a visit with iter sister at Axtell,
| Kansas.
Mrs. Guv Hummel arrived Saturday
from Canada to attend the funeral of
her father.
Klmer House U left Thursday for St.
Mary, Kansas, to continue his studies1
at the college.
A home talent play entitled From
Hags to Riches will b; staged here in
the near future.
Vern Curl and family who had been
visiting here returned to their home
in Cleburn, Texas
Jay Locke and family, who left here
a year ago for Colorado, are expected
bHek this week and will reside on their
farm northwest of town.
Gus McDougall arrived from Canada
the past week and will remain a couple
of months with relatives, returning in
the spring to his Canadian claim.
A game of basket ball between the
Humboldt and Verdun teams at the
latter place Friday evening resulted in
a score of -‘il to 11 in tavor of the local
players.
Mesdames Cooper and begrist en
tertained at a kenslngton one day the
pust week,complimentary to Mesdames
Hayes lJeyers of Sioux Falls, S, D,,and
Vern Curl of Cltburo, Texas.
Jacob McDougall, a well known resi
dent of this place, who has been in
feeble health for several years, died I
Monday. His son Will was called from '
Atchison the previous day on account |
of his father’s condition.
A business deal was consumated this
week when the O. W. Cass pharmacy
was sold to II. W. Howe, possession be
ing given Friday. Mr. Cass who has
been in business here the past year ex
pects to locate on his farm near River
ton. Neb.
RULO
Virgil Coupe is able to he hark in
school.
Mrs. Plumb of Lee Summit, Mo., is
visiting lc're.
Mrs Wiuterbottorn was on the sick
i list last week.
J. M. Popo's father of Troy visited
! him last week.
Frank Robinson went to Rockport,
Mo., lust week
Mrs, Cunningham was a Falls City
visitor Monday.
Krnest Koeler of Fargo was a visitor
here last week.
George Ward and son were Si. Joe
visitors Sunday.
John Pope and son were St. Joe visi
tors last Friday.
Mrs. Henderson visited with Salem
friends lust week.
John Ryan came down from Preston
Monday on a visit.
Father Sproli was a St. Joe visitor
one dn.\ last week.
Mm. Catieoatid wife spent Sunday
with relatives here.
Homer Kirk was a Rockport visitor
one day last week.
John Griserof Missouri visited here
the Inst of the week.
George Jarrott of Omaha visited
friends here this week.
Levi Vanvaulkinburg of Inman visit
ed friends here last week.
Verne Vastine returned to her school
work in Ashland last week.
John Hinkle and son of Fortescue
were visitors here Saturday'.
Mrs. .lames Kermode visited her
| dung liter in St. .Toe last week.
i Mrs. Henry Brinegar entertained the
| little girls club last Saturday.
, Leonard Simon and family of Pteston
| visited bis parents here Sunday.
Mrs. Morehouse, returned Sunday
I night from a visit in Minnesota.
Ouite a number from here attended
the oance at Preston Friday night.
J. A. Hinkle was on the sick list last
week but is able to be back to work.
Worth Anderson and wife of Hiawa
tha visited his mother here last week.
Mrs. McVey and son came home
from Kansas Saturday, returning Sun
day.
The ice :v,nn have been putting up 12
inch ice on the Missouri river for sev
eral days.
Melvin Rinehart and wife returned
this week to their home at Smith Cen
ter, Katts.
Will Craig returned from Hiawatha
this week where he spent several days
on business.
Mrs. Osburn lias been threatened
with pneumonia but is now on the road
to recovery.
Mrs. Harry Bradford returned to
Wytnore Sunday after a visit with
friends here.
Mrs Lytle and children returned last
week from a visit with relatives at
Maitland, Mo.
Ray Winterbottom arrived Sunday
from Los Angeles, Cali . for a visit
with friends here
Toe Odd Fellow,, installed their
ollieers Wednesday night after which
they enjoyed a feast.
A. D. Larabee and wife returned to
Craig, Mo., Monday after visiting with
friends hero for several days.
The ladies of the Degree of Honor
installed into office all members elect
who were present at their meeting last
Friday night.
Rev. Maze eatne down from Dawson
Sunday but no services were held as
the church had not been cleaned up
after the workmen.
The third room teacher was com
pelled to dismiss her pupils Tuesday
on account of the cold: the high south
wind making it impossible to warm the
room.
Monday morning t li e Burlington
pump man found the water pipes all
frozen and had to send to Wymore for
help. It took all day to get the pipes
going and had a nights pumping to
supply the trains with water.
A Religious Author's Statement
For several years I was afilicted with
Kidney trouble and la.-t winter 1 was
suddenly stricken with a severe pain in
my kidneys and was confined to bed
eight days uuable to get up without
assistance. My urine contained a
thick white sediment and I passed i
same frequently day and night. I com
menced taking Foley's Kidney Rem
edy, and the pain gradually abaled and
finally ceased and my urine became
normal. I cheerfully recommend
Foley's Kidney Remedy. Kerr's
Pharmacy.
Annual Meeting
During the past week theS mth
eastern Nebraska Telphoue Co,,
held their annual meeting and W.
S. Koruer was elected president,
A, E. Ganit, vice president, E. H,
Towle, secretary and J. If. Miles,
treasurer. In addition to the
above named men Gust Duerfeldt,
L'. H. Weaver and Joseph Frede.
! rick were elected as directors, A
Hem-annual dividend of three per
| cent was declared on and also paid
at this time.
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Falls City Lecture Course
The fifth number of the Falls
City Lecture Course will be given
I on Monday evening, Jan. 18 A.
j E. Wiggam who will lecture on
j “Dollars and Sense'' has gained a
j most enviable record as r humor- |
ous yet sensible lecturer. Don't
j fail to bear this real treat. Ad
mission 25 cents.
;-i
FARGO
Leo Winlx, is building a barn.
Mr. Grumps is on tbe sick list.
Chas. Santo was in town last week.
Jake Wright was in town Saturday.
Mrs. R. D. Wagoner is on the sick
list.
Dr. McGallanshang made a call in
this ciiy.
Prank Frederick was a county seat
visitor last week.
Otto Hershberger delivered corn at
Preston Saturday.
Henry Millage attended the Herbster
Kamerer wedding.
Louie Herbster was transacting busi
ness here Saturday.
John Michel hauled cord wood to
Falls City7 last week.
Ruby Wagoner visited her sistir
Mrs. Durfee last week.
Mr. Wissman and son Jake were on
business here Thursday.
Simon and Morris Mandeville were |
shopping here Saturday.
Mr. Davis has been down from Falls
City repairing telephone lines.
Cbadon Harmon caught a fish that
weighed G— pounds last week.
The people here have been busy put
ting up ice since the cold snap.
Deputy Sheriff McFarland was in
this vicinity looking after business
last week.
John Vondersmidt who has been as
sisting Len Walters in his store at
Corning, Mo., is with us again.
Miss Katherine Kamerer and Will
Herbster were married Jan. 7. They
are highly respected and we wish
them much joy and happiness.
VERDON.
G. D Knapp was an Auburn visitor
Friday,
Mrs. Lee returned to Kansas City
Sunday.
Dr. Phillips was a county seat visitor
Wednesday.
George Reimers has been putting up
icc this week.
John Parkhurst was an Omaha visi
tor this week.
Ernest Overton was down from Au
burn Monday.
Mr. Smith returned from his visit in
Indiana Friday.
Julia Fraunfeldter is home from
Falls City this week.
Ed Auxier took a car of cattle to
Kansas City Saturday.
Mrs. Belle Webster of Emporia, Ks.,
is here visiting her sister.
Mrs. Wolfe and daughter Edna mov
ed to Table Rock last week.
Chloe Wilkinson has been suffering
with tonsilitis the past week.
Pete Winienger of Bellville, Kan.,
visited his sister here the past week.
FRANKLIN
Frank Furrow is seriously ill at this
writing.
James Ogle spent Sunday with Henry
Gossman.
Ilallie Brobst spent Sunday with
Raymoud Furrow.
Frank Church and J. W, Dodds saw
ed wood last Friday and Saturday.
George and Mary Snoke visited with
their brother Howard Snoke, Friday
evening.
Mrs. George Kors and two daughters
returned Friday from a visit with rela
tives in Illinois.
The Pine Ridge Literary commenced
again with renewed interest after a two
weeks holiday vacation.
Jessie McDermett. who was called to
her home in Salem, by the sickness of
her mother, has resumed her school
work again.
|l I By l
I ROBERT AMES BENNET
Illustrations by
RAY WALTERS
(Copyright, 1008, by A, C. McClurg A. Co.i
ContinutHl from Pago Three
least does thing •—I'll show him that
t can do things, loo!”
She has'-ned out around the corner
of the cliff to the spot where they had
spent the night. Here site gathered
together ttie coeoanut husks, and seat
ing herself in the shade of the over
hanging ledges began to pick at the
coarse fiber, it was cruel work for
her soft fingers, not yet fully healed
from the thorn wounds. At. times the
pain and an overpowering sense of
injury brought tears to iter eyes; still
more often site dropped the work in
despair of tier awkwardness. Yet al
ways she returned to the task with re
newed energy.
After no little perseverance, she
found how to twist the fiber and plait
it into cord. At best it was slow
work, and she did not see how she
should ever make enough cord for a
fish-line. Yet, as she caught the knack
of the work and her fingers became
more nimble she began to enjoy the
novel pleasure of producing something.
She had quite forgotten to feel Injured,
and was learning to endure with pa
tience the rasping of the fiber between
her fingers, when Winthrope came
clambering around the corner of the
cliff.
"What Is it?" she exclaimed, spring
ing up and hurrying to meet him. He
was white and quivering, and the look
in his eyes filled her with dread.
Her voice shrilled to a scream:
“He’s dead!”
Winthrope shook his head.
"Then lie's hurt!—lie's hurt by that
savage creature, and you've run off
and left hint—”
“No, no. Miss Genevieve, I must in
sist ! The fellow is not even
scrat cited.”
"Then why—?”
"It was tlie horror of it all. It actu
ally made me ill.”
"You frightened me almost to death.
Did the beast chase you?"
“That would have been better, in a
way. Really, it was horrible! I’m
Btill sick over it. Miss Genevieve.”
“But tell me about it. Did you set
fire to the hushes in the cleft, as Mr.
Blake—”
res; alter we nacl fetched what we
could carry of tliat long glass—two big
trusses. It grows 10 or 12 feet tall,
and is now quite dry. Part of It Blake
made into torches, and we fired the
bush all across the foot of the cleft.
Really, one would not have thought
there was that much dry wood in so
green a deli. On either side of the
rill the grass and brush flared like
tinder, and the flames swept up the
cleft far quicker than we had ex
pected. We could hear them crackling
and roaring louder than ever after the
smoke shut out our view.”
“Surely, there is nothing so very
horrible in that.”
"No, oh, no; it was not that. But
the beast—the leopard! At first we
heard one roar; then it was that
dreadful snarling and yelling—most
awful squalling! The wretched thing
came leaping and tumbling down the
path, all singed and blinded. Blake
fired the big truss of grass, and the
brute rolled right Into the flames. It
was shocking—dreadfully shocking!
The wretched creature writhed and
leaped about till it plunged into the
pool. When it sought (o crawl out.
all black and hideous, Blake went up
a’.d killed it with his club—crushed in
its skull— Ugh!”
Miss Leslie gazed at the unnerved
Englishman with calm scrutiny.
“But why should you feel so about
It?” she asked. “Was it not the
beast's life against ours?”
“But so horrible a death!”
"I'm sure Mr. Blake would have pre
ferred to shoot the creature had he
a gun. Having nothing else than fire.
I think it was all very brave of him.
Now we are sure of water and food.
Had we not best be going?”
“It was to fetch you that Blake
sent me.”
Wintlirope spoke with perceptible
stiffness. He was chagrined, not only
by her commendation of Blake, but
by the indifference with which she had
met his agitation.
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