Henry C. Smith
LANDS & LOANS
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240 acres well improved, miles from Depot in Kas. Good spring Best of terms. Will take
40 acres as part payment, balance long time at low interest.
200 acres 1)4 miics from depot, Richardson county. Nebraska Good buildings and land V, ill
take 40 or 80 acres as part payment
160 acres upland, 1 mile from depot. Richardson county. Nebraska. 112.000.
160 acres Johnson county. Nebraska. 80 rods to church and school. Best of terms. Might rent.
107 acres near Brownville, Nebraska
80 acres )*-mile from Falls City high school.
640 acres. $8,000 improvements Also 640 acres adjoining. Will take 160acres a> part payment.
Fine running water. A No 1 opportunity.
Money to loan. 1
IT SMOOTHES LIFE'S WAY
DR MORSMANS INTERESTING
TALK ON TALC
From the Bowels of the Earth to
My Lady's Boudoir Used
for Many Purposes,
Talcum, called variously, "Talc.''
'"soapstone," "French (hulk." and
"st.atlte," is a native m mnesium
illicate, and i -. mined Ilk*- rock Of
i lie crude talc as it comes from the
iiiiid s fifty lo seventy-five thousand
!, ns is marketed annually. As it
comes from the mines it is impure,
being contaminated with lime salts
limestone and aluminum. It is
used for many purposes, and its purl
fication depends upon the purpose for
which it is used. The Talcum pond
er for toilet purposes, sold in the
drug store requires the greatest rare.
The ordinary powdered Talcum of
commerce, which Is pure and reason
ably fine, is re ground and repeated
ly washed and then boiled like flour
Is bolted at the flouring mills. It
used <o lie "levigated:" that is, mix
ed with water the light floating par
ticles poured off and dried, the hea
vy particles, which settled to the
bottom, re-ground.
It is necessary that it should lie
extremely fine. The powder is per
fumed with volatile oils and put In
to cans or bottles for the trade..
Powdered boric add thoracic add),
is usually combined with it to ren
der it antiseptic, and lints completed
it may become "Colgate's," "Men
liens" or any other, according to the
name on the label.
It is an exceedingly useful toilet
art! le and for almiided and irritated
skin or sensitive skin and perspira
tion gulls, it gives comfort and Is
soothing and healing Uven in some
skin diseases, such as eczema, net
tle rash and hives it gives quick,
temporary relief. It Is a good tem
porary application for poison ivy and
insect bites until something can lie
obtained more effective.
For the infant's toilet it is very
necessary and nothing takes Its
place. Lycapodium has been used
for Ibis purpose, but it isn't ns good,
and costs more. It has various other
domestic uses If your gloves are a
little light, put Talcum on your
hand If your shoes go on hard, use
Talcum If your feet perspire or
burn, use Talcum; it is an ingredi
ent in every foot-ease preparation
that is made
And Talcum is cheap It is the
manufacturer who makes it dear. The
little package like Colgates and Men
nitiR iH too small for the price. The
can costs more titan the Talcum.
All the advertised brands are too
small. It takes lots of advertising
and costs a mint of money to make
the public believe that Colgates or
Mermen's or Hunttol is ‘the ( best
ever." The purchaser pins his faith
to Colgate's or to Mermens' or to
Ranitol according to the advertising
mutter tie has read. There isn't
difference enough between them to
make a cat. laugh. They are the
same peas in different pods; very
good, hut high priced.. Magazine
advertising comes high; It makes
them sell, but it doesn't make the
contents of tin' can any better.
Many mothers think It necessary
to buy a special powder for infants,
because that Idea is elaborated up
on in some advertisements, it isn't
necessary. There is no difference
in them except the picture of the fat
baby on the can. The phrases "borat
od," "specially prepared," "infant
powder," "unusual quality," and the
liki do not mean much. It is a mat
ter of labeling I to rated means that
it contains horacic acid (boric acid),
and no manufacturer would think of
pulling up a Talcum powder for toil
e( use now without boric acid. be
cause it Is such an excellent addition
and costs so little.
The retail denier cannot very well
put up his own Talcum. The pow
dered tale that he hoys in bulk is
not fine enough for this purpose and
ho Isn’t prepared to mill it, so he
! has to sell what the manufacturers
put out. lie will have to stock most
I of the staple advertised articles, for
i lie will have repeated calls for
them lie will not stock all of them,
for some that are extensively and
expensively advertised have little
sale, except ill certain localith It
Is up to him to get a good value for
his trade. I
Talcum has very man) uses. The
tailor markes his patterns on cloth
with a piece of "French chalk." The
housekeeper uses a "soapstone” grid
dle for buckwheat cakes and a heat
ed soapstone bar is good for cold
feet The pharmacist uses it in his
laboratory; it aids him In making
solutions of oils or gums and has
many uses in various manufacturing
processes.
It is an ingredient in all the foot
ease powders; in many, of the face
powders, in the perspiration powd
ers, and in some of the surgical
powders that are used for dressing
wounds. It has no value in this
latter case except as a diluent to
weaken the effect of something else.
A. /YiORSMAN, In. I).
Norsman Drug Co.
A visit to tile l,oo Vinegar works
will dispel a grouchy humor. There
is much work to he done be
fore the plant will have received Its
finishing touches. The plant is a
credit to the city and reflects favor
ably upon the good sense and fore
sight of its promoters The product
is strictly hygenlc and complies ful
ly with all the requirements of the
Pure Food and Drug Act.
Miss Fay Sanford came down from
Humboldt, where she attends school,
with tiie debaters Friday night On
Saturday she went to Verdon for a
visit to her sister. Mrs. Frank Hen
nett.
Miss Laura Naylor went to Omaha
Friday night for a short visit, with
friends. She returned home Monday
morning
Mrs Thomas Naylor was called
to Lexington Tuesday, by the illness
of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth lluett.
Mrs. Mary Berry and daughter,Miss
I.Iu 1 in. of Atchison arrived Tuesday
for a visit with their many relatives.
George King was up front St. .foe
Wednesday to see his mother, Mrs.
, lien King, who lias been very ill.
Mr and Mrs E W. Cummings of
I Dawson attended tin* D. of I. initia
j tion and dance Friday night.
Mrs Ellen King, who has been ser
iously ill for the past week. is im
! proving slowly
Miss Grace Bucher returned last
i Saturday from a visit with friends
in Omaha.
j Losi A Fox-terriei pup. witli col
lar on (V A. Heck.
i
FANTASTIC STONE ON GRAVE.
remarkable Memorial Erected by
Father in Memory of Daughter
He Idolized.
In nil the oemetories of the world
here probably exists no more fantao
ir conception than in the rural grave
turd of Pleasant Ridge, in Kngland.
To i he memory of a daughter whom
Ip idolized, Hannibal Clark, •
wealth" but simple-minded farmer,
on cied this remarkable shaft of gran
ite Ho was so affected by her death
that he survived but a short time
alter lie hnd made provision for the
•■reet.ion of the monument. Not only
did he stipulate what he wished en
g lived concerning his daughter, but
' o concerning his wife and himself,
it was the freakish desire of the fa
th-r to place upon the monument a
replica of all thnt the girl loved on
earth. He left instructions that no
cvppna© he spared to 1:1 cribe t 'On
the stone a miniature t lection of
tie objects upon which -la lavished
It affections, in oh- 1 thereto,
the stonemasons chi ■ 1 in hold re
lid no fewer than lil" . ■ ols Near
ly every inch oi spa. i taken up
wit*' these queer iig i • They in
dude a house, fence', plow, grain,
cradle, rooster, hen,' 1 > key, cow,
ho>'- ■' side saddle pair of scissors,
i! hie, violin, copies of lev ■ letters,
qwI, fish, etc. everything that aper
taint'd to the farm domestic life and
outdoor pleasure- urn., where possi
ble, reproduced upon this monument.
Stony Meteorites.
Stony meteorites, according to I’rof.
William M. Pickering, who favors a
theory promulgated by Prof. Chamber
lin, may have had their origin in the
earth as by-products of the catas
trophe which split the moon off from
our globe. The fact that they could
not get cosmically very far away from
us accounts for them dropping in on
us occasionally when so inclined. “In
support of this view of their terres
trial origin, we have the fact that 29
terrestrial elements, including helium,
have so far been recognized in meteo
rites. ten of them being non-metalllc.
No new elements have been found.
The six which occur most frequently
In the earth's rrust. named in the or
der of their abundance, are oxygen,
silican, aluminum, iron, calcium and
magnesium. The eight most common
ly found in the stony meteorites are
; these six. besides nickel and sulphur.”
George McDowell and daughter,
Gertrude were shopping hero Thurs
day.
SHOW SKILL OF GARDENERS
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Dwarfed Trees Product of the Knowl
edge and Patience of the
Japanese.
These charming dwarl'ted tree* are*
entirely a product of the patience and
skill of Japanese gardeners, says a
writer in St. Nicholas. The dwarfing
of these is kept a secret by 'hem and
has as yet never been found out or
imitated to such a marvelous degree
by any other nation While there are
dwarf fruit trees grown in Kurope,
especially In Germany and Holland, no
such tiny specimens have ever been
produced there. The trees which are
used for dwarfing by the Japanese em
brace all varieties of conifers, such as
pines, cedars, cryptomerias, junipers,
many evergreens, such as ilex, citrua
trifoliata, etc.; some Hoovering plants
like azaleas, maples; also some fruit
trees, such as oranges and plums,
w’hich blossom and bear the most tiny
fruits to perfection. It is claimed for
some specimens of cedars that they
are over 500 years old These very
ancient trees are handed down from
father to son in some families, regard
ed as priceless heirlooms. It Is to be
regretted that so many of these beau
tiful dwarfed trees are lost through ig
norance of the attention Ihey require,
J he danger lies in overcare more than
’n neglect. Too many people imagine
that these pretty foreigners need spe
cial attention and coddling, when, on
the contrary, a great deal of fresh air,
a reasonable amount of water and not
too much warmth are he elder re
quirements. They are all hardy, and
too much warmth In overheated rooms
is sure to kill them.
Welcoming Her.
“I’m glad you've dropped in, Mrs.
Irons.” said Mrs. Lapsling, cordially
greeting the visitor. “This has been
a dreary day for me and a call from
a friend is like an Osiris in the des
ert.”
Diarrhoea should be cured with
out loss of time and by a medicine
which like Chamberlain’s,Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy not only
cures promptly but produces no un
pleasant after effects. II never fails
and is pleasant and safe to take.
Sold by all druggists.
Mrs. .1. L. IJalbey of Shubert, who
visited last week at the home of 1L
C. Davis, returned to her home Sat
urday.
8S NOT A MILITARY EMBLEM.
r««h ion of Wearing Cockade Origliw
ated in Strings That Served
a Usef I Purpose.
The cockade o. Vitiated simply in
Ole knei of ribbons or strings by
which the br«n'd flaps of tlie seven
te entii rt’innry round liat were
"cocked" or drawn up to the brim ia
fine weather, and tints originated the
three-cornered hat. as well as the
cocked hat of later times. There was
nothing specially military about the
usage, as the ignorant assert. The
■ante strings survive iu the loops of
the hats of bishops and other ecclesi
astical dignitaries in Great Britain;
In the strings of the hats worn by
F“rench cures and Spanish and Italian
padres and in the cords which are still
seen on the bats of some livery ser
vants.
It naturally became the custom for
.military men to "< ork" their hat; !i
the livery color of the prince they
served, and as the Hanoverian color
was the convenient one til black, the
"black cockade" became associated in
the minds of the people with military
uniform. In an old Scotch song of
Shiraniuir, citing Woodward's herald
ry, we read of "the red coat lads with
black cockades," and a knot of white
ribbons was naturally chosen as the
badge of their opponents. When the
old use of the strings was forgotteo,
the knot, in the form of a rosette of
ribbon, survived, jast as did the but
tons on the backs of our coats, which
were intended to fasten back the flaps
in riding or marching.- -"Justice of the
Peace."
.
Preachers Not Overpaid.
In England the early Methodlsl
preacher, when away from home, was
expected to get his food from his con
gregation, and when at home was al
lowed 38 cents a day, with the stipu
lation that the acceptance of an invi
tation to dine led to a due deduction,
llis wife was allowed 86 cents a week,
with a further concession of live dol
lars a quarter for each child. At the
Itiisrol conference of 1752, however, a
definite salary was fixed. For the fu
ture the preacher was able to call $60
a year his very own.
Strayed.
floan driving horse in good condition
strayed from the pasture. Any one
finding the same or knowing of him
will kindly call up Mrs. Kate Shock,
phone 218 Ii.
Shoes for All Mankind
OUR ENTIRE SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK OF FOOTWEAR IS NOW AT YOUR DISPOSAL
Owing to the extreme early spring our shipments have been late in reaching us, but we are now glad to announce that we have just received our ENTIRE
SP v* N(i AND SUMMER STOCK OF FOOTWEAR, and are able to show you a greater variety of styles, and offer you better real money saving values than
ever before. You will wear good shoes this spring, and we are in a position to supply your wants. OUR STORE WANTS YOUR BUSINESS this season,
and we are making inducements in every department which you cannot afford to pass* by. Our lines in all departments are well selected and full of value.
We can please you if you are one of those people who buy where money goes farthest. In the first place, we want to remind you of the IMPORTANT FACT
We Can Fit You
/»s we carry ALL the widths from the narrowest to
the widest. No matter how soft the leather, or pliable
the sole, a shoe MU5T FIT to be comfortable. If vour
shoe FI 15 WELL it w ill WLAR WELL.
Quality for the Price
or value received, is what you are looking lor. Our
grow th has been conservative, sure and steady, which
is the strongest indication of meritorious merchandise
and business - like methods. ONE PRICE ro ALL.
We are constantly showing the newest creations in
footwear, for young aad old, and anticipate THE COR
RECT STALES for each season. GET THE MAPI I of
looking to us for the new productions in footwear.
The Oxford Family
We call particular attention to our Men’s Line of Ox=
fords. In range of prices and qualities the line cannot
be surpassed. In dull and shiny leathers, tans and
blacks, we can cover the wants of all mankind, young
and old. Our
Young Men’s Oxfords
have all the “snap” possible,"‘Including the high arch,
high toe and low two-eyelet ties, in all good leathers.
Our women’s, misses’ and children’s line of Low' Cuts
includes LVLRYTHINCi THAT’S NOBBY, up-to-date.
These styles are made in a variety of leathers and are
up to the minute in fashion, fit and finish. Our stock
of Pumps now includes all patterns and leathers; sizes
from infants up; at prices to suit all purses.
The Work Shoe Proposition is where we shine. If a man ever wants a real comfortable shoe, it is when he works. We carrv the largest
. ■ ..- -= stock of Men’s Work Shoes of any dealer in Richardson County, and can give you your fit in all leathers, from
heaviest to the lightest, in tans and blacks. We sell the famous Welt-sewed Plow Shoes in all leathers, and the ELK SHOES for men and boys are car
ried in green, pearl, tan brow n and black. No better Shoes made. A trial w ill convince >ou of the worth of every shoe we place on sale. Give us a trial.
Our line of Children's Barefoot Sandals is now complete, having received our final shipment this week. BRING IN THE LITTLE FOLKS and we will do the rest. We carry a full stock Of Tennis Shoes during
the summer, in black and White, at RIGHT PRICES. Headquarters for Rubber Goods. Large stock to select from FIT ALL HEELS. Ball Brand'- line of Rubber Goods None better
H. M. JENNE SHOE STO
AN UP-TO-DATE REPAIR SHOP. ALL. M O D E R N M A C H l N E R Y . WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY HERE
