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CONVICT'S Rrn * pk *r 1 " BATTLE
FOR FREEDOM.
Record Walk Act •» Africa I* H!»—
How He Re#c ' d F -rc-e Only
to Fall Into It's Hmda of
Hi* Enemies
New* whs received In I.otsdon re
cently of the death of ,1 'seph Ct * s
vlck. '!i while ft dug tin Justice
Ac con i lie-fed mil of tie tne.-t remark
Able walking feats on record, rays the
l.otidon Globe
Creswlek was undergoing a sen
tenet* for forgery la Rhodesia and
while i eit g conveyed from one prison
to another by train (as reported aome
months ago) conceived the Idea of
escaping from his guards. As his
legs were heavily Ironed the task was
by no means an easy one, hut one
night, when the train In which he
was being conveyed was between
Huluwayo and Salisbury and his
guards were asleep Creswlek tpiictly
opened the carriage door and jumped
out. When he reached the ground he
fell but was not badly hurt. During
the remainder of the night he shuffled
along In the dark and at daybreak
could see the railroad In the distance
He decided to walk in a straight line
from It, which he did for several days,
still with his feet shackled
Day after day and night after night
h« rubbed ills Irons with the sharp
est pieces of rock lie could And until
at Inst he was able to throw his man
acles aside After tills Creswlek went
tin With great strides through the un
known country tn which lie found
himself, Ills side object being to get
to some white settlement
Some weeks after his escape the
wanderer had a wonderful piece of
Imk In a hut apparently belonging
to n settler he found a gun and some
ammunition, which under the elrnini
etanccs he did not hesitate to lake
possession of. Willi tin* gun lie
managed to shoot several zebras and
other animals, wl leh provided him
■with ti welcome meal; hut unfor
tunately Ills gun got out of order be
fore his ammunition became exhaust
ed and he had to rely upon fruit for
Ills sustenance
Just when C'reswlck wns coming to
the conclusion that he had been walk
log 'round and 'round without making
much progress lie fell In with some
natives, who gave him certain dlrec
Hons as to how to find "a very long
water," which t’reswlek concluded
must mean the Ulver Congo, and for
several more weeks he continued his
t At mp.
Light months after Ills escape from
the train between Salisbury and Itulu
wayo Crcswick was found hy a party
of Belgians lying In n weak and fever
ish condit ion about two hundred miles
from Leopoldville on the Congo. They
nursed him back to health and
strength. At Bomba, arrayed In all
the glory of a pair of cricket flannels
and a football jersey provided by his
new friends, the fugitive found ship
on which he worked tils passage to
Antwerp. From there he got a ship
to London. That, however, led to his
undoing, for while walking in White
chapel he was recognized by Detective
Inspector Belcher of Scotland Yard,
who arrested him on the charge of es
raping from lawful custody.
He was taken BUhsecpiently to Rho
desia as a fugitive offender, and for
bis escapade he was sentenced to a
further t« rut of six months imprison
merit during vvtileh he died.
Fire Means Free Lunch.
The tlr»> alarm sounded and a
vagrant who had been huddled in a
dark hallway crept out and Joined the
crowd hurrying to the midnight lire
Presently others of his fraternity ap
peared.
"Why do till you JohttnieA always
break your necks to get to a lire?"
said a man who was something of a
fire (lend himself.
The vagrant pointed to a woman
who was i-merging from a nearby
apartment house tarrying a paiI of
steaming coffee.
i ut it *•» tt.t a..,a.\t-i. I., oii'.il "At
every winter fire that gives the fire
men a hard tussle the women of the
neighborhood bring out coffee and
sandwiches to brace them up Some
times the firemen have time to snatch
n bite, sometimes they don't Any
how there is sure to be something left
over, and the women—well, it's a hard
hearted woman that won't give a poor
devil a otip of coffee a night like
this."
The man kept an eye on his candid
derelict, lie got two cups of coffee
and two sandwiches
Favorite Food.
"At the age of TO years a man has
consumed ha tons of food, it is said,"
remarked the lady at the head of the
boarding house table.
"And how many of those tons are
represented by prunes, do you sup
pose?” asked the man with gray
beard and squeaky voice
Anything Familiar to You?
"Why do men climb mountains?"
asks the New York Sun Possibly it's
so that people who don't believe they
ever did can organize a party to go
to the top of the mountain next sum
mer.
Attractive.
"That widow is very attractive.”
"Attractive nothing! She is as ugly
as a mud fence."
I was thinking of the insurance
she collected on the death of her late
husband "—Houston Post
GOT RID OF THE KANGAROOS
Vt'ic cui Sailor Explains How Clr
cui l lancet Adapted Ttiemselves to
Do Him a Great Favor.
"Farming on the Murrumbldgea
river, down No® South Wales way,"
mid the sailor, I was postered to
d* . Iiv kangaroos Every moonlight,
night they'd come and eat my grain
“Well, 1 put wilt some traps, and
ouo night I landed a One Mg kangaroo
that I named Joe. Joe got to be quite
a pet He learned to eat out of my
hand, and when the cold weather
came on, I rigged him up In one of
my old sailor suits blue blouse, Hat
hat and wide legged trousei , all com
plete
“The kangaroos that had kept away
all this time turned up one evening,
a lid just to Bee what would happen, I
fastened a 1 ig dinner bell around Joe's
neck ; ml |i>t him loose
'•(’ling! elang' cling! clung!
Joe made (or his friends like a fire
engine. And in the moonlight he
looked so weird In his loose milt, flying
through the air with great leaps, that
the herd took to Its heels with squeals
of flight.
I .Ike the wind they made off and
Joe clanged after them. They never
troubled my grain no more. In fact,
I never seen thorn again but wunst.
That was a morning two days later
"I was eutln’ breakfast, when past
the house flew that whole herd of
kangaroos, a hundred or more, at a
speed I never have saw equaled by
man, beast or motor car Their
tongues lolled out, their eyes rolled
and their hones fair stuck out of the
skin. They was wrecks. Now and
then they turned their haggard leads
to look back, then lore on at a faster
clip than before. And behind them,
with his clang, clang and Ids loose
blue logs, came Hllllor Joe.
"Well, the hunch disappeared In a
grove of gum trees, and that was the
last I ever heel'd of them. True, I did
see in the paper I he fullering spring
that a mound of kangaroo skeletons
had been found son miles north of my
dugnut, and the skeleton on top of the
mound had a dinner hell around Its
neck. Could it have been Joe'.'" Ex
I change.
Leopold II. and Racine.
Among the many stories told of the
late king of the Ilelgians Is one which
shows ins majesty in a pleasing light.
V Paris society entertainer was at
linisscls and the king, who was in
disposed, sent for her to rend to him
liucine's "Andromache."
Thu lady obeyed the summons with
misgivings, hut she was soon unde
ceived. For two hours the king Lis
tened to the leading. The tender
passages seemed, so the lady says, to
make the least Impression upon ids
majesty but frequent 1} during the
heavier parts he Interrupted the read
ing to observe, "Marine is a power
ful writer,” or a simit ar comment.
Toward the end a court attendant
announced Hip arrival of some vis
itors, wlio had an appointment. The
king turned to the reader and said.
"You finish, if you please madnipoi
solle," and to tile attendant lie ob
served. \sk the ladies to wait. Tell
them the king is engaged with an am
bassador.1’
Royal Red Tape for German Princess.
The feature of the imperial court
season will be the debut of the kais
er's only daughter, the Princess Vic
toria houtse, who was 17 last Septem
ber. is the burden of n dispatch from
Merlin She is not pretty, hut is toll,
slender, graceful and as vivacious as
her father She will he the i etltei of
attention at the court hulls.
The princess will be obliged to
choose her own partners from the
young officers of the crack regiments,
as no civilian is ever allowed to dance
with an imperial princess. Moreover,
the princess must not choose the
same partner more than once nor at
two .successive halls, in order to avoid
gossip.
Tlie officers she ought to choose are
indicated by her ladies-in waiting. The
choice goes by rank and title. Though
the princess tuay lose her heart to
any officer she will not ho permitted
in qeiirv mo* not of loviil birth. Her
first season, bound about with all this
red tape, is likely to prove some
what less happy (hail that of de
butantes who are not of royal state.
Emperor In Role of Good Samaritan.
Kniperor William acted the good Sa
maritan In his walk Thursday after
noon, says a dispatch from Merlin.
While returning to the castle
through the tiergarten afoot, accom
panied by an adjutant, after visiting
the hunting exposition in the zoologl
cal' gardens, his majesty found an un
conscious tnan lying in a lonely spot.
lie immediately knelt and tried to
revive the man, at the same time send
ing his adjutant to fetch a cab. When
tin' vehicle arrived, the emperor and
adjutant lifted the still senseless man
into it, ordering that he be driven to a
hospital.
The emperor continued his walk and
later telephoned to the hospital and
learned that the man had recovered.
He was one of the unemployed and had
fainted from fatigue and hunger. His
majesty ordered that the man he kept
nt the hospital, and promised to help
him find work,
A Slight Mistake.
Vp old gentleman of S-t took to the
altar a very young damsel The
clergyman led the way to the font.
“What do 1 want with the font?"
asked the aged bridegroom.
“Oh I beg your pardon!" answered
the clerical wit. "I thought you
brought the child to be christened.”—
Judge
HERO IS FORGOTTEN
FtW BOSTON FEOPLE V'SIT HOf"
OF PAUL REVERE
Outsider^ L •-r*e'y p’V Tribute to Thl*
Patriot rf RevetuBormry Day*
—Children l.r.-d Tbalr Par
ents to the Place.
Visitor* tn the Paul Revere house
In North annate. <'pened about a year
ago ar a public museum. number rela
thHj few llostoulans, and according
to the custodian the larger number of
Boston people who do go to the tiouBe
are with genets from other place*
whom they are “showing tire sights,”
eays tin Boston Herald
This Is my first visit here," said
a Boston business man one day re
eentlv, on entering the house ”1 am
over lifty, and have lived In Boston
all my life I have always had it in
Wind to come down tills way eome
day. and the only reason I didn't was
because 1 (bought I eotjd come any
day I finally got here through the
interi st of a young son of mine He
caii e tun e from school the other day
bubbling over with Paul Revcre's
ride, that the teacher lmd been read
ing to him He asked question after
question Hint I was not able to an
swi-r 'What did Paul Revcre's house
look like how old was it now?' His
teacher said it was about 100 years
ild whim Paul bought it a fact that
was news to me The teacher also
told him there was an old Hint-lock
fowling piece in the house which was
Paul's own gun, and that youngster
wanted to know just what it looked
like, and how was it different from
other guns. The lad stumped me, so
I said I wouldn't put off this \isit an
other day.”
According to the custodian, this
case Is a parallel of many
“Parents are awakened to the sig
nltUanoe of the place, and its teach
ings when their children begin to ask
questions which they find limy can
not answer \ little later these same
parents will come again, accompanied
hy I heir children, and you may hear
one say proudly, 'Here son, look at
Oils gun, which was once Paul Re
core's, and listen now while dad tells
you all about it.’
"Only a few children come here as
yet," said (he custodian "There is
much here of historic Interest, and
children should be taught more fre
quently about Paul Revere as a mat
ter o'f patriotism. Once in a while a
school teacher brings n delegation of
pupils. Sometimes Sunday school
teachers do the same.
"In many cases foreign children of
the North end can relate more facts
about Paul Revere and his famous
ride and about the old North church
than the children of Boston. 1 know
one bright little American horn Ital
ian hoy to whom Paul Revere is the
most wonderful hero In the world.”
In summer the visiting list at tlm
house is much larger than in the
winter months. The summer attend
ance is largely made up of west
erners
Charles Lamb's Friend.
Who is the most absent-minded man
on record? asks the London Chronicle.
Our bus conductor, poslihiy, if one
knew more about him. might rival
Lamb's friend, Oeorge Dyer. who.
leaviitg Lamb's Islington home at
broad noonday, walked straight Into
the New river He was known to take
up a coni scuttle Instead of his hat.
to walk home with a footman's cock
adc on. and even to leave one of his
shoes under the table and get well
on 1,1s homeward way before discover
He tailed it i
In Bedford square one morning, heard
that tl e family was away in the coun
try, left his name in the visitors' book,
and a few hours later called again
and was astounded to see his own
freshly written name Once when
Proctor breakfasted with him Dyer
forgot tea The omission being noted,
he tilled the teapot with ginger. Proc
tor left as soon as he could to get a
better breakfast at a coffee tavern,
and there Dyer strolled in and asked
him how lip wqj ruffe ipien?ic<-t,,..„ ,,f
having seen him earlier.
Old English Bookkeeping.
Not so many years ago our na
ilotial system of bookkeeping was a!
most as clumsy as the primitive
method of cotinting on fingers, says
the London Chronicle. This was the
exchequer way of keeping accounts
by means of notched sticks of elm
wood called tallies, a plan that strong
ly resembled Robinson Crusoe's mode
of keeping his calendar on the desert
Island. In the reign of George III. an
Inquiry was made by some revolt!
tlonary spirit as to whether pen. ink
and paper could not be substituted,
but tite whole civil service rose
against the Innovation It took many
years to pet the sticks abolished And
when they were privately and confi
dentially burned in a Rtove at the
house of lords in 1S.14 the paneling of
the room caught fire and both houses
were reduced with the tally sticks—
to ashes Such Is the dreadful thing
that happens when the upper cham
ber touches iinniice'
A Lot of Them Have.
The beggar approached the pedes
trian.
"Could you let me have a quarter to
get something to eat?” he asked
piteously.
"I have nothing but a two-dollar
bill, my good man." said the kindly
faced person.
“That's all right, governor," said
the beggar, his face lighting up. “I've
got change for a two spot.”
ASK NATIONS TO SAVE BIRDS.
Ametica to Urge Bird Conservation at'
International Conference.
New York, February 'JllMu- To]
urge the world powers to unite vi
el:ei kflift the commercial butchery !
that is known to be rapidly exter- j
initialing the most valuable bird
peeler, from the face of tie* globe,
a conservative mov -ment of interna-1
tional scope was organized in ibis city
today. At the fifth quinquennial con-:
vcntlon of the International Ornitho-1
logical congress, cChieh will he held!
in iterliu on May ItOlh. an Amerkauj
represeillative from tin- National As-J
(h iation of Audubon societies ha
been instructed to present for the
consideration of the nations a plan;
for uniform protection against tin
army of poaetiers Unit scour the;
earth to supply its great millinery |
markets with tin* plumage of billions;
of the birds,on whose natural autlvlt
ics Hie human race must depend for
agrieulaunil prosperity and sanitary
safety To enlist Mexico ill a trip
artite agreement with the i’nite.i
States and Canada in the interest of
the migratory birds of the North
American continent, a representative
from this countity is ttlso preparing
to appear before the Mexican eon-'
grcss.
Headed by the National unsocia l
Mott of Kish and (lame Commissioners!
'the North American Kish and Maine]
Protective association and the Atnori ’
(tin Ornithologists’ union, as well as
tile National Association of Audubon j
societies, litis campaign of protest
against the rapid destruction of tin* I
.feathered resources of every land
; will In* tarried from this country to
all eivili'.ed nations Testimony from
the foremost agricultural and hygienic
scientists showing the great part
played by tin* insect caters in check
ing crop pests ami by the sea birds
in averting pestilence, is now lie
in prepared as proof of the imme
diate need of their international pto
tectloti. Until the authorities of
every nation join to check the ll-1
legal raids of the scouts for the
millinery markets, who are scouring
the ends of the earth more widely
each year, tin ornithologists de
clare no hop** can in* held out again
st quick and final extinction of tit ■
most useful bird spot ies that inhabit
* \* r.v land.
Details of tin* recent raid of .Jap
: i esc pottelifts upon the bird re*
mves of the l’tilted States about
Hawaii have just been received here
end will be laid before the coming
international conference with the
towing demand for reciprocal bil l
,'toleition among tit ' nations Tut
.ons of of valuable
Pacific Al._ . ceies with the
skins and wings of over 23,000 birds
have been found to be some of the
booty that the revenue cutter Thetis
brought buck with twenty-five suit
Joels of liipitn who had In on landed
on American soil lo put in it year
at killing and mutiliating the tame
flocks mi the. o rmnote islands.'I'lte
value of these bloody trophies in
the wholesale millinery market is esti
mated at some $Hio.oOO, while the
bird life lhat the Japanese destroyed
in taking them is calculated to he
worth to the people of this country ,
at least a million dollars.
“As long as billions of the most ]
economically valued birds of the (
earth may l>e destroyed in some
countries and shipped to tin4 millinery
centers in others, it will be impos- ;
silile to prevent their ultimate ex
Unction." said William Uuteher. pres
ident of the National association to
day. “For instance the bird of par
adise, one of the most striking and
beautiful of Natures creations- is
now on the verge of extinction. The
sale of tin' plumage cannot be check
ed until the tuitions cooperate to
Ibis i ad. This trade in feathers N
the chief cause of the world's alarm
ing loss of its bird resources which
are essential to the health and pros
perity of the human race every
where. Migratory birds know no:
geographical. Hut s And wo do not be-1
licve tic ir existence should be men-1
sued any longer by tile link or the
uniform prob etlve laws we propose
to advocate to the world powi rs."
Dissolution Notice.
Tiie corporation heretofore existing
its tiie mum of the Falls ( ity Park
and Improvement company wherein
John Liehly, W. A. Greenwald, John
Powell. W W Jenna and T. .1. Gist,
nil of Falls f'i'y and state of Nebras
ka. This corporation is dlsoh <-d by
mutual consent.
The affairs of said corporation are
all adjusted and settled.
JOHN EIGHTY,
VV, A. GflEENWALU.
IOHN \V. POWELL,
W \Y. JENNE.
T. .1. GIST.
Subscribi d and sworn to tliis 12th
day of February, I'llO.
John \V. Powell, Notary Public.
Mv commission expires No. 24-' 15.
At The Gehling,
Hypnotism plays a unique part in
that musical melodrama, “The Phan
tom Detective,” a part that lias
t au * d endless discussion by the
believers or incredulous in the won
derful occult art. There are many
who elaint that no person tinder the
influence can ho wrong; others
claim tin y can, and the \illian in
“The Phantom Detective" supplies an
endless topic of discussion by ex
posing in a complete maimer many
of the theories held for and against I
hypnotic influence. Thirty pi ogle at'
in the cast; a chorus of exceptional
talent and good looks, the greatest, it
all quail >ttes, the American News
boys quartette, a cage of real lions
and two tar loads of special seenl-ry,
electrical and mechanical effects at'1
used in “The Phantom Detective, ’
which comes to the (lehling Theater
Thursday, March M. under the man
agement of the Rowland it Clifford
Amusement Co.
No cut. rprise that could under pres
i ni conditions lie Induced* to come
to Pails City could possibly bring
P ROWLAND AND CLIFFORD'S'''"**
»« phantom-detective!
S'V -XnN
1 LAURA PLEADS WITH~THE FIERCE RAJAH*
to our town as much by way of suit !
stunt in 1 income, as a standard high'
grade commercial school, such as
Mr. Darner contemplates organizing.
It is estimated that in three years
the school should have at least 200!
students. Two hundred commercial |
stud nts in one year would leave in 1
Falls City not less than $40,000 in j
hard cash, besides the moral and:
social advantages gained from hav
ing such a large body of live, ener
getic young people among us. We
believe that the proposition made
to the Commercial club by Mr.
Dr met’ Tuesday evening represents,
fro a a strictly economic point of
view, the lies) thing yet offered us.
> .tl he a serious mistake for the
i 1 to p riiiit this matter to lay
.it all. It is a worthy proposition and
M ould bo given the necessary sup
port at onie.
Pioneer of Shorthand Writing.
Phonographic shorthand writing
was the invention of Pitman, in 1S37.
''' ~Lmk!£XSS3f&St2ttEM
! * | 'HIS ad. is directed at the
I man who has all the
business in his line in
this community.
<| Mr. Merchant — You say
you’ve got it all. You’re sell
ing them all they'll buy, any
how. But at the same time
you would like more business.
•I Make this community buy
more.
<jj Advertise strongly, consist
ently, judiciously.
€[j Suppose you can buy a lot
of washtubs cheap; advertise
a big washtub sale in this pa
per. Put in an inviting pic
ture of a washtub where
people can see it the minute
they look at your ad. Talk
strong on washtubs. And
you’ll find every woman in
this vicinity who has been
getting along with a rickety
washtub for years and years
will buy a new cae from you.
tj That’s creative business
power.
g OURj AD. RATES ARE RIGHT
E —GAEL ON US
(l opvi it'jit. t. uy W. V L *
Make Success
In Baking an absolute
certainty by using
Gold Coin
Flour
Don't be satisfied with -just
fairly good flour, but INSIST
upon getting G-O-L-D C-O-l-N
Ask your grocer.
An Up-to-Date Shoe
Repairing Shop
MODERN MACHINERY
JUST INSTALLED
Bring in Your Repairing
H.M.JENNE
SHOE STORE
HARNESS
Best Harness on earth is made a’
Wachtel's. Saddles. Whips, Etc
Everything for the horse. Repair
ing and Oiiing Phone 364.
WACHTEL
A Good 1^ inch Farm Harness 5il
WITH BREECHING
, rf>l Harness Made to Order
and Up Hand and Machine-Sewed Harness. Harness Oiling and General Repairing.
L. B. N ITZEL. Preston, Nebraska
