Just a Dog
**f»«k1 '•* in II— Him von, t*»*> It git 11n> Ingli
To hred sour civ** or the <J>%«ill you die!'*
Jerome K. Jerome, in one of
liis ,ery lew inspired moments,
.tt one time wrote <*! a clog as
follows:
“All! old stanch friend, with
your deep, clear eyes, and
bright, quick glances, that take
in all one has to say before one
has time to speak it, do you
know you are only an animal,
and have no mind? Do uni kntnv
that dull eyed, gin sodden lout,
leaning against the post out
there, is immeasurably your in
tellec tual superior? Do y o u
know that every little minded,
seltish scoundrel, who lives by
cheating and tricking, who nev
er did a gentle deed, or said a
kind word, who never had a
thought that was not mean and
low, or a desire that was not
base, whose1 every action is a
fraud, whose every utterance is
a lie: do you know that these
crawling skulks (and there arc*
millions of them in the* world),
do you know they arc* all as
much superior to you as the sun
is superior to rushlight, you
honorable*, brave hearted, un
seltish dog? They are Men, you
know, and Men are the* great
est, noblest and wisest beings
in the whole vast eternal uni
verse. Any man will tell vou j
that.”
i ou may surmise that this is {
just the story of a dog, and if
you haven't the love ol (iod's
creatures in your heart, you
would better pass to the next
item, for this will not interest
you.
“Queen” was a dainty little
“cocker-spaniel' ol great beauty
and unusual intelligence. “She!
could just learn anything,” they
said, and the pride she showed
as she mastered a trick and
jumped into the arms of her
teacher to be praised, was suf
ficient evidence of that fact.
There was just one thing that
she did not have to learn, and
that was to love* every one of
• iod's living things, no matter
whether it was a strange man
or .1 stray, homeless cat. She
was in our home for two years
and 1 never saw her ill tempered
or out of patience. True, her
superior companions sometimes
scolded and were cross, but
Queen was always the same lov
ing and lovable little dog. Her
first little family came soon af
ter sin* look* u|• her home with
I u.s, and, unfortunately, they all
idied. She was disconsolate for
a while and would whine about
her i«*d and shake the bedding
in hopes of finding just one ol
the little brood she bad been
waiting for. Late in the after
noon she discovered the old cat
and her kittens on the back
porch, and, sick though she was,
she dispossessed the mother cat
by picking her up by the neck
ami dropping her off the land
ing, and when we found her
that night, we saw her snuggled
in the cat’s nest, very happy,
very comfortable, with her lit
tle black arms curled around
lour little white kittens and try
ing to assure herself that the
mother heart can love white
kittens if she can't have black
puppies.
I know you can’t give much
space to a dog, otherwise, 1
could tell you of so many tilings
concerning Queen that are fully
as characteristic as tin* above
incident.
Well, I came home from Hi
awathuon the nipht train Sat
unlay, and the head of the
house told me of a man who had
piven the dop a piece of meat,
and t^iieeii tlmupht he was an
other ot her many friends, and
ate the meat, and then her body
had stiffened and her heart beat
to burstiup and the little dop
was no more.
She told me further that I
would better say a word to her
master, as he was disconsolate,
and I went to bis room and
found a dop collar on his pillow,
lint the boy was pone.
So, quietly, softly, 1 walked
down the back stairway, for I
knew 1 was poinp into the pres
•■nee of one with bis dead. On
the back lawn, with the carpet
and the blankets in which her
body was wrapped thrown aside,
1 found a child in the presence
of his first prent trapedy.
And I wish, oh, how 1 w ish 1
could find the man, ((led save
the mark), created in the imape
of his maker, endowed with a
soul and the hope of the ever
lastinp that is denied a little
dop. who pave her the piece of
meat.
"Tltmitfh (»od is far ami II tvon i* high,
Yet H»* nits, atul waU’lt. s II -* wild things dit\"
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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
FALLS CITY CHAUTAUQUA
JULY 24 h to August 1st
j NATIVES MUCH WROUGHT UP
Strange Action cf Palm Tree Ha*
Stirred the Superstitious Peo
ple of India.
Is if that a plan! is p .-.v-.*i] of
some infernal spirit? Haraset sub
division. fiuvo iiiiic- distant from
Duttapuker. <>n the central district
of the li. H. S. railwavs. i- now be
ing transfornwd into a weird and at
the same time touching scene.
Since a fortnight a date palm,
measuring about o f<■<-t, is being
found to stand erect in the daytime,
hut with the decline of the scorching
rays of the sun prevalent nowadays
the same palm almost I tends to the
ground, so mm li so that its huge
mass of leaves touches the ground
imperceptibly.
This news spread like wildfire
throughout the locality, and the
superstitious people are (locking
everyday to witness the seem*. What
is most astonishing is that the earth
on which if grew is neither loose, nor
is il cracked, by the daily and night
ly coming down and raising of the
palm.
Most of the eye-witnesses, of
which tlu' writer is excluded, are of
fering pttjns to the palm, thinking
that there is a god underneath the
iroe. London Telegraph.
STUDY THIS ON COOL DAY.
How many apples did Adam and
Eve eat ?
Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2, a
total of JO; others say Eve 8 and
Adam 8 also, total 16; Imf if KVe
S and Adam 82, the total will he !)0;
now, if Eve 81 and Adam 12, the
total would be 8'.):!; then if Eve 81
1st and Adam 812, the total would
he 1,02.1; or again. Eve 814 Adam,
Adam 81,2 12 oblige Eve, total 82,
056; though we admit Eve 81 | Adam
Adam if ho 8181242 keep Eve com
pany, total 8,182,056. All wrong.
Eve, when she 81812 many, and
probably felt sorry for it, and Adam,
in order to relieve her grief, 812,
therefore, Adam if lie 81814240-fy
Eve’s depressed spirit, hence both
ate 81,896,864 apples. Baltimore
American.
LET THE TRICOLOR FLY.
The authorities of Alsace-Lorraine
have given proof of a tolerance on
which they can only ho congratu
lated. Thus, ihe Hotel do I'Lnion
at Strasburg has just hoisted a
brand new flag in the French colors
on the occasion of the arrival of the
syndicate of French grocers. Last
year the use of the French Hag had
been authorized in conjunction with
the (lags of Belgium, Italy and
Switzerland, on the occasion of the
international regattas, hut the ap
pearance of the French Hag alone io
celebrate the arrival of a French so
ciety is a new tV-t in Alsace-Lor
raine.
MADE AN IMPRESSION.
Mrs. Hoyle— That snowstorm on
the stage was very realistic.
Mrs. Doyle— Yes, my husband
went out between the acts to borrow
a snow shovel.
HAS BUILT MANY BOATS.
Andy Linton of Vancouver, B. C.,
has built up to date 5,000 boats, and
though he is referred to as the old
est boat builder iti Canada he will
likely add another thousand to his
record before he makes his final
cruise. He docs not build ocean
liners, hut gold prospectors’ boats
and fishing smacks. He has built
about one boat a day for the last
25 years. He has a little sawmill
and a few workmen, but does him
self a large share of the work of get
ting each craft ready for active serv
ice.
OUT OF PRACTICE.
“What do you think of the presi
dential election?”
“Young man.” answered the local
politician, “I’ll have to talk to you
about that later. You see, I was a
delegate to the convention and I
haven’t yet got back to the way of
thinkin’ on my own aeeouut.”—
Washington Star.
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Your nervous system is
uatlire's power house; the
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action of the organs is
weak, and disease (sick
ness) follows. Ur. .Miles’
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because it soothes the
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and gives tile system a
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Try it, and see if you do
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ficial effect.
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ing doctor. Got one of Dr. Miles
books and found that Dr. Miles' Ner
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dose I took 1 got better. I am better
now than I have been for years, and
do nil my own work on the farm
That's wlmt Dr Miles’ Nervine has
done f »r me, and I am glad to recom
mend it to others.”
JOHN JAMBS. Riverton. Nebr.
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price of first bottle (only) If It fails
to benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Special Master s Sale
l\ MR I IKCU1T COURTOP PHR ONI FED
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IIKASKA.
Julia IV Warren, complainant,
vs.
•lames W. Hosford, et al.. defendants in chan
cery.
FOR El-LOS DUE OF MoRTOAOE.
Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance
and by virtue of decrees enter©! in the above
cause on the 23th, day of Novendjer, 1908, and
Vpril ♦». 191/9, 1. (ieo. II. Thtitmnel, Special Mas
ter in Chancery of the Circuit Court of the
I uiteil States for the District of Nebraska, will,
on the 2Mh day of June, 1909, at the hour of 3
o'clock in the afternoon of said day at the west
front door of the Itiehardson ('ounty court house
building, in the City of Falls City. Itiehardson
County, State and District of Nebraska, sell at
public auction for cash, the following described*
property, to-wit: Lot No four (4) in Block No.
six (hi: Lots No. nine, ten, eleven and twelve (9),
•1«». (11) and (12 in Block No. thirty (20) and Lot
No. fourteen It) in Block No. forty-three (421 in
Kulo proper, in the County of Itiehardson, Stab'
of Nebraska.
Geo. II. Thummel,
Special Master in Chancery.
Smyth A Smyth, Solicitors for Complainant.
| First publication May 2S. ’09. 21t2f»]
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Tr. 104—St. Louis Mail and Ex
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x—Daily except Sunday
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Tr. 131 x—Falls City local ar
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