TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Comments and Criticism * Based Upon
the Happening ! * of the Day Histori
cal and News Notes.
The Boer war is now a thing of tbe
past an unpleasant memory.
The most trying time In a woman's
life is when she visits her dressmaker.
King Oscar of Sweden is writing his
memoirs , but there is no Immediate
danger that he will lecture.
When a man thinks he knows It all
he seldom takes time to investigate the
worth of his supposed knowledge.
There Is a fine chance for some
statesman to jump into the arena with
a scheme for the free and unlimited
coinage of Panama hats.
Several scientific gentlemen have
peeked into the crater of Mont Pelee.
But they have not as yet" hit upon a
plan for preventing further eruptions.
Mr. Serefzhjobsky was among those
seriously hurt in a recent railway acci
dent. Concussion of the patronyiuical
embellishment would certainly have
been very serious.
Kdisqri says he can make an auto
mobile that will go fast enough to take
fl man's breath away. Perhaps such
a machine would be a good thing if it
could be put into the hands of the right
people.
Congressman Landis of Indiana has
supplemented ( ieueral Sherman's cele
brated definition of war by saying.
"War is not a Sunday school picnic. ' '
This was to have been inferred , how
ever , from the earlier authoritative
declaration.
Chicago's pretty restaurant cashier
who has inherited $1.000,000 is report
ed to be serene. Here we may see one
of the advantages of being a girl. If
she were a young man all her friends
would be expecting her to celebrate
and let them help.
On a brick wall published by the late
Shalmane er I. of Assyria to com
memorate in burnt clay a series of vic
tories over the Babylonians there was
recently discovered by the explorers a
peculiar mark which none of the
scholars could elucidate , but which a
blacksmith declared to be the print of
the foot of a mule. It will be remem
\ \ bered that Mr. Pickwick made once on
a time a. similarly interesting discov
er v.
Prof. Starr of the University of Chi
cago says the wedding ring is a mere
relic of barbarism. If there is any
thing that lives , moves or has a being ,
animate or inanimate ; or that is to be
found in the heavens above , in the
earth beneath or in the waters under
the earth , that could not have been
made better , or could not now be im
proved upon if turned over into the
hand * of the t'niver > ity of Chicago pro
fessors. It would he difficult to call the
: inic to mind.
Love of self Is the radical passion of
human nature. All advance is an as
cent from the primitive and superficial
self toward the true self whiqh is born
of the union of the soul with truth ,
justice and love. Every worthy form
of individual activity is altruistic. The
money paid is never the equivalent of
the work done , and the laborer , what
ever ho he. must look beyond the price
he gets to the good he does , must inter
fuse good will and the desire to be of
help with all he does , and with all he
receives for what he does , or he will
shrivel into something that appears to
be alive but is really dead.
When you read the matrimonial ad
vertisements and learn that a lonesome
mid hamlmie woman , who possesses a
fortune in her own right , is yearning
for a manly man to care for her and
Hie money , don't you believe it. Don't
even waste a stamp investigating.
Don't be a sucker. Money doesn't grow
on bushe.s. and beauty and sweet dis
position do not fiave to advertise for
husbands. A recent advertisement fol
lows : "Tall , handsome , well-educated ,
wealthy , athletic girl. J1 years , speak
ing several languages , wishes to corre
spond with a matrimonially inclined
gentleman. " Sounds good , doesn't it ?
Not a hint of selfishness. One can al
most .see Diana opening the mail , her
cheeks colored with blushes at the
wholesale offerings of love. The lady of
several languages lived in an Eastern
city. Men in hundreds asked for her
hand. Then * were letters from all the
' big cities : ardent epistles , and ca-h , too.
h.ven an athletic girl could not be ex
pected to walk to Kansas City or Cin
cinnati to meet the man of her choice.
And then the police arrested this .fun ) .
They found a woman of15. . fat. and
not handsome no. not in a thousand
years could she be truthfully called
beautiful. She expostulated in broken
German and English , and the romance
vanished from her case by the time she
reached a cell. ( Jood enough for the
fools who persist in answering such ad
vertisement . Their mushy letters ,
with names appended , should he pub
lished an an example of the sickening
folly of mankind. ( Jood wives are sel-
.1om found in the bargain column.
Some staid persons are objecting be
cause during the debates at the last
:
reneral assembly of the Presbyterian
Church some amusing stories w re told
oy the delegates in alU.Mida.nce. Uuc
ivas concerning a dog light lhat broke
ap a church. The hypercritical aaj * the
llscusslous were fllppaat ami "UTe -
ent. " TLe persons who object to clea1
fun have a wrong conception of Chri
tlanlty. Their idea of religion is th
long-visaged variety. It was Ituskh
who said that these long-faced Chri.
tians ought to backslide into loni
clothes. And that was the Master'
j idea. lie made the little child his objec
lesson and said. "Except ye I ecome .
a little child ye cannot enter the king
dom of heaven. " The child is joyou.
and bubbling over with smiles am
laughter. It is the apotheosis of Chris
tlanity , not only in tills respect but u
others , as simplicity , innocence , teach
ableness , humility , affection. An amus
ing story Is not out of place in the pul
pit If it is apropos. The heart Is some
times caught in the rebound from
hearty laugh. Ministers are uotabl'
good story-tellers , especially when thej
company together. It is no sin to laugh
Mirth Is as sacred as sorrow. Both ar <
natural to the heart. Indeed , it is wel
to beware of the man who does no
laugh. There's something wrong witl
him.
What are the services and skill of r
physician Avorth to a sick millionaire
who believes the physician can main
him well ? Should the millionaire paj
in proportion to his wealth and tin
value he places upon life ? These . rt
old questions with the medical prd'fes
sion. a lid its answers to them were Ion ?
ago embodied in a "code of professiona
ethics , " to which the doctors adhere
with more or less rigidity. This code
which permits the doctor to charge s
rich man more than a poor man for cer
tain kinds of service , is justified on the
theory that life and health are of muct
greater value to the rich man. and
also on the theory that the advances
made in meelical science and practice
would not be possible if it were sus
tained only by the meager seale of fee *
arranged for the purses of the poor , li
the practice of surgery it is obvioiu
that no fixed scale of prices could bt
adopted , for the reason that two case *
calling for surgical operation are rare
ly alike in all their manifestations or ii !
the treatments necessary. Public inter
est in this question is revived by the
suit against the estate of former Sena
tor Chris L. Magee of Pennsylvania foj
ji balance of . $190.070 which Dr. Waltei
C. Browning , of Philadelphia , claims is
due him for professional services. Th <
interesting feature of the case was the
testimony showing the intent of Alage-
to give his physician $1,000,000 , as he
desired "to beat the record of P. A. B
Widener , who haU given his physician
$800,000 for curing him of a case ol
"double pneumonia. " One witness testi-
fied that he heard Magee say that he
wished to live , and that he would makt
the doctor independent in a financial
way. But Magee died. Just how lonu
he lived under the doctor's treatment
was not disclosed in the published tes
timony. Perhaps the medicines prolong
ed his life and perhaps they didn't. Who
is to decide ? Whether they did or not ,
the fact that Magee died is one that
cannot be overlooked. The question is :
Ought a man to pay a million dollars to
a doctor who did not keep him alive ?
The Forbidden Land.
The Secretary of the United States
embassy at Berlin sends to the Nation
alGeographic Magazine an abstract ol
a letter to King Oscar of Sweden from
Sven llediu , describing his mai'ci
across Tibet , the forbidden land.
Disguised as a Buryat and accom
panied only by a Mongolian , he went
south toward the sacred city where no
European is allowed.
One evening they were captured by
native chiefs and forbidden to attempt
escape on penalty of death. But thoy
were well treated , and after an anx
ious interview with the local governor ,
were escorted to the border , thaiiLi'u.
to have escaped so easily.
Joining their caravan , they proceed
ed south again into the unknown coun
try , and again they were stopped by
the Tibetans. Heelin asked them what
they would do if , in spite of them , he
should continue southward.
"We will tii-e upon the caravan. " was
the steady replj' .
Iledin then proceeded westward , ac
companied by the Tibetans , who. con
vinced that he did not intend to pro
fane their holy city , left them to pur
sue their way.
Heulin has taken over four thousand
sketches and photographs , and is pre
paring a book describing his travels.
A Mountain-Climber.
At a reception of the Authors' f'lub
in New York the guest of-honor was
Sir Martin Con way. the explorer and
mountain climber. One man who did
not know the guest asked another :
"Who is here to-night ? "
"Sir Martin Con way. "
"Conway ? Who is he ? I can't place
him. "
/'The mountain climber. "
"Oh. yes ! But what is he doing in
New York ? "
"Merely traveling from climb to
climb. "
Refrigeration for Consumptives.
A Russian medical man proposes to
establish a sanitarium for consump
tives in the polar regions. lie lias ob
served that the members of exploration
parties returning from the polar regions
are always in perfect health , owing to
the purity of the air and complete ab
sence of harmful microbes. In the polar
regions bronchitis , laryngitis , influenza
and other contagions diseases are un
known.
The Bringer of Babes.
"That great matters are not always
the most Important Is evidenced , " re-
iariced the stork , "by the fact that
my frim aud reputation are due solely
to my strict attention to very little
tir.iihS. " Colorado.Springs Gazette.
y a man Is confident thm lies \
tl rijsht. when he Is not
i RUBLES OF HIS OWN
ARRESTED IN OKLAHOMA AND
BROUGHT TO NEBRASKA.
Tecumseh , "Neb. H. W. Lanphere
who until recently was in the gro
cery business in this city , is the vic
tim of unfortunate circumstances if
nothing more. Presumably he was
not doing well in his business , for he
seemed to be running behind finan
cially , and he sold out to Messrs.
Emerick & Sanford of Pawnee City
some teu days ago. In the deal he
carne into possession of an eighty
acre tract of land in Oklahoma and
- > ome $700 or $800 iu cash. He had
several creditors here , the principal
one of whom was Charles M. Cham-
berlain of the Chamberlain banking
house. Mr. Chamberlain claimed to
hold an $800 verbal mortgage against
.
him , made to secure a note , and
to which there are proper witnesses.
After making.his sale of his grocery
stock Mr. Lanphere went to Oklaho
ma without calling on Mr. Chamber-
lain to make a settlement Mr. Cham-
b r ain didn'D consider that very cour
teous and caused a warrant to be is
sued against Mr. Lanphere , charging
him , . with selling mortgaged property.
Sheriff W. H. Cummiugs went down
Lo Kingfisher , Okla. , to serve the doc
ument and returned with Mr. Lan
phere yesterday. Mr. Lanphere was
taken before Justice J. S. Dinsmore ,
and the time for holding his prelimi
nary examination arranged for next
Tuesday The justice put him under
bond in the sura of $1,000 , which was
furnished by Mayor Washington Robb
It is cla med that Mr. Lanphere owes
the jobbing houses. He was consid
_
ered a good citizen , stood well in the
community , and his friends are griev
ed at his stranire actions. He claimed
It is stated , that he did not consider
that he was running away from his
creditors in going to Oklahoma , and
that the trip was necessarily made on
business.
A. M. ROTHSCHILD A SUICIDE.
CHICAGO MERCHANT SHOOTS
HIMSELF IN HIS BATHROOM.
ChicHKO. , A. M. Rothschild , until
two mouths ago the head of the
State street department store fiim of
A. M. Rothschild & Co. , committed
su'icide Monday at his home , Thirty-
seven court and Michigan avenue ,
by shooting himself in the head , the
wound inflicted causing almost in
stant death. Acute insomnia , which
probably caused temporary insanicy ,
is said to be responsible for the deed.
Mr. Rothschld returned from a six
weeks' outing in Minnesota the past
week and seemed improved physic
ally. At no time , it is saidwas his
mental condition such as to cause any
apprehension of self distinction.
Shortly after luncheon this after
noon Mr. Rothschild entered the
.
bathroom of one of the upper floors
of his home and almos. immediately
the servants heard the report of a
revolver. Rushing to the bath room
they t found the merchant lying on
the I floor. A bullet wound in his
forehead showed what had happened.
Mr. Rothschild was still breathing.
A physician was summoned but could
be of no service.
Mr. Rothschild retired from the
management of the big department
store at State and Van Bureen streets
about two months ago on account of
ill health. A constitution ordinaii-
ly robust had been shattered in build-
ing up the business since its opening
seven years ago.
Interested with him arid the prin
cipal owner of the store was Nelson
Morris , his father-in-law.
Mr. Rothschild was born in the
little German village of Nordstetten
fifty-seven years ago. When a child
of five years he came to America ,
and while in his teens went to Dav-
enport , la. , With his two brothers
he established a geneial slore. Iu
I87f he came to Chicago , and irffme-
diately began making a reputation
<
for himself , organizing in 1895 the
department store which now bears
his name. Mr. Rothschild was a di
rector of the world's fair , a former
director of the National bank of the
Republic and a member of the
-Standard Washington park and
Hamilton clubs. He leaves a widow
and one son.
WAR MADE ON GOATS.
Grand Junction , Colo. , On Satur
day night fourteen masked meu ap-
peared on the gtazing ground of the
Angora range association in Pinon
mesawhere about 1,000 goats were
ranging. Three herders who were
in charge of the goats , were bound ,
while the masked men slaughtered
more than 600 of the Hock by shoot
ing and stabbing them.
Mine Owners NO * Blamed
Johnstown. Pa. , The coroner's
jury investigating the rolling mill
mine disaster on the 10th inst , filed
their verdict at 3 p. m. , Monday.
They find that the explosion was
caused by some person or persons , to
the jury unknown , taking into room
No. 2 sixth right heading , where gas
was known to exist , an open lamp ,
using the same in direct violation
of the rules/and regulations of the
Cambria Steel company.
WATCHMEN GO ON A SPREE
ONE FOUND DEAD , ANOTHER DY-
"ING ; AND BUILDING IN FLAMES.
Des Moines , la. , As a , result of
what is believed to be a drunken
spree firemen at an early hour Wed
nesday morning found one man
dead and another dying in the Sto-
uerWall Paper company's building in
South Des Mnines. while trying io
> ut out a fire which destroyed $50,000
worth of property.
B th men are watchmen. The
lead man's name is David Watt ,
light watchman for the Stoner Wall
' .iper company. The dying man's
mine is I. P. Miller , night guard
or the Long Shore mill. It is te-
leved that tbe men secured a quan-
ity of liquor , repaired to the office
f the wall paper company and after
Irinking the liquor went to sleep.
In some manner the building was
set on fire , and before the firemen
ould reach the factory the ilamcs
. tad , gained such headway that it wa < -
, m , possible to save much of the stock
md machinery.
SEND Hin OVER THE RIVER
Tan of Mental irmmlinoe Huntlecl to
Sioux City , la. . A prophet with-
jut power drifted into town Wednes-
lay the representative he said , of the
order of ' 'Heavenly Heck * ' whose
controlling spirit is suposed to be
Che "Great Spitz. " He was led to
the police station , where he told a
; ircle of blue coats he was the lineal
descendent of the prophet Issiah
.ind told the coppers to prepare for
the sac.rament here in November. He
said bis name was Andrew Florida
of Pueblo , Col. , late of the asylum
at Hastings , Neb. The police be-
iieved he had been dumped on Sioux
City by Nebraska authorities and
gave him street car fare across the
river.
Farmer Run Over By a Team ,
Elk Creek. A hog emerging from
a patch of weeds frightened a team
of horses and caused Lee Grove , a
farmer living six miles east of town
In the edge of Nehama county , to
meet with a serious accident Monday
evening. Mr. Grove was hauling
wheat from the field to the stack
and left the team to get a drink of
water when it .became frightened
and ran away. Mr. Grove tried to
intrecept them and was thrown to
the ground and run over. He was
picked up unconscious by his broth
ers , who were doing the stcicking.
Seeing he was badly injured , a phi-
sician from this place was summoned.
ExjKination revealed he had sus
tained internal injuries , a broken col
lar bone , shoulder blade and one rib.
The attending physician has just re
turned from making a call at the
3rove home this morning and is of
the opinion that his patient will re
cover.
Boys Cause Serious Accident.
Grand Island , "Neb. , A Burlington
sectio1 : man by the name uf Wilson
was run ovre by a hand car on the
Belt line south of the city Wednes
day evenrig , and the limb was so
severely fractured that it is feared
Wilson may le > se the leg. A force of
men were engaged on the line. Fur
ther up a number of boys , from fif
teen to twenty years were playing on
the track , taking a tie , placing it en
the track , and running a handcar in
to it. After their play they failed to
.
take the tie away. When the section
men , on two cats , were returning
one of the cart , ran into the tie before
the obstruction was observed. Wil
son was on board the car. He was
knocked off. the following car run
ning over him. Chief of Police Mc-
Cashland has the names of a number
if the boys , for whom the play of
"wrecking" be a serious matter.
SIDE WALK GIVES WAY.
Fifty Chit-ago I'eople TVtke a Header and
Soveraj liijure < l.
Chicago , A sidewalk in front of
448 Halstead street collapsed Wednes
day while it was crowded with men ,
women and cbldren , who were watch
ing a wounded man being carried to
j1 doctor's office. Fifty persons were
hurled ten feet downward. Four
were badly injured , and a dozen
more bruised and shaken as they fell.
Enos Dai ley # who was being carried
into the building , was probably fatal
ly wounded by a pistol shot supposed
to have been inflicted in a brawl near
Thirty-eight and Morgan streets.
Strike at the White House.
Washington , July . ' { ! . The mem-
bets of the brotherhood of electrical
workers' local union 26. who have
been employed on repair work at the
White house , have quit work in or
der to enforce the rules of the union.
The cause of the strike , it is stated ,
Is the refusal of the New York firm
having the contract for electrical
work at the White house , to accept
the local terms of the electrical work
ers' union.
j
MURDERS ENEMY
CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST A
PROMINENT CUBAN.
CAUSES A GREAT SENSATION
ALLEGKD SLAY Bit A LEADEK I >
WAK WITH SPAIN.
RIVER THIEVES CAPTURED
Victim His Former Aide-ile-Camp and
Supposed to .Have Kiiou ledge ot om
Shady Transactious.
New York. World dispatch from
Havana says luat Gen. Pence DeUgc
is under arrest charged with having
assassinated Antonio , a nephew of
Col. Baldomero Acosta.
The arrest has "caused a profound
sensation , as General Uelago is one of
the best known Cubans. He com-
tla
manded the Cuban sharpshooters who
operated against Weyler's black Span
ish j guerillas in the late revolution.
He is now an otlicer of the Cuban ru
ral guards.
General Delago's trial promises to
be sensational , as there is much rays-
tery surrounding the disappearance of
young Acosta from his home six weeks
ago. ' It is said that Colonel Acosta ,
the young man's uncle , obtained pri
vate information that his nephew was
seized by guards under General Dela
go's direction and aferward wa * seen
taken from the police station at night
hadcuffed and between two of Delago's
men.
men.Young Acosta was aide-de-camp to
General Delago during the recent war
and for a long time was his confiden
tial secretary Not long ago charges
were made against Delago by a num
ber of cattle owners in connection
with the operation of cattle thieves.
OFF FOtf HARVEST FIELDS
WORKING MEN I.KAVING KA1VKOAUS
TO < ; ATEIJR GRAIN.
Sioux City , la. The Harvest fields
of the north are offering more lucra
tive employment for laboring men ,
and the railroad companies of the
northwest are finding it a very diffi
cult matter to procure men to do ur
gent work.
Employment agents here have been
asked to get 800 men to repair wash-
outs , relay steel and do resurfacing
for different railroads , and it is im-
p ; ssible to get the men because of the
general rush to the northern harvest
fields. Wages are $2 50 toS3 00 per
day and board in the harvest fields ,
while the railroads only offer $1.75
per day.
DETERMINED TO END HIS LIFE
GAGK COUNTY SUICIDE 1JAI-KKD , BUI
TKIKS AGAIN.
Beatrice , Neb. The circumstances
surrounding the suicide of Frank
Pribble last Tuesday disclosed a de
termination to end his life that issur-
prising. Pribble first went to an
abandoned well in a field of millet ,
where he removed his coat , hat and
rubber boots. These he placed in
the well. He then sat down on the
edge of the opening and fired a
shot from a 32-caIiber revolver into
his head. Instead of killing him the
ball curved around under his jaw and
lodged in his neck on the opposite
side of his head from where it enter-
ec. . The side of bis face was badly
powder buined and the bullet made
a jaggttd-looking wound where it en
tered above his ear. The man must
rune been fearfully tortured with
pain , yet he walked eighty rods to a
pasture where three scrub elm trees
grew. He climbed one tree , crawled
from the limb of it to another tree
and there fixed a rope about his neck
and to the limb. He then jumped
off. His neck was broken. The re
volver cannot he found. When it first
became known that Fribble was dead
and a hurried examination of the
surroundings was made it was
thought he had been murdered , but
subsequent , events proved to the
minds of the coroner's jury that it
was a case of suicide. It was learned
that on several occasions lately he
had spoken of committing suicide.
Pribble was abuut the last man
those who knew him would expect
to commit such an act. Besides b -
ing wealthy he had a fine family and
he was always in the best of humor
and indulged his family in everthiny
they wanted.
President Saves Soldier
San Francisco , . Orders received at
aimy headquarters in this city an
nounce that President Roosevelt has
saved a soldier from hanging.
Guy Stevenson , troopM ISinth cav
alry , was found guilty of criminal
assault and sentenced to death , but
the president has commuted the sen
tence to fifteen years' imprisonment.
Stevenson is now at Alcatraz is-
and , but will go n the United States
penitentiary at Leavenworth , Kas.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
The dates of the Jfl02 Jobnsoo
jounty fnir are September % G to 1 ,
'ncltislve. The premium l&ts will
won be distributed.
The annual Nemaha Baptist asso
ciation meeting will be held in Ster-
ing , commencing August 21 , and
jontinuing four days.
A big tent with 200 seating capaci
ty and : i thousand small tents have
oeen ordered for the G. A. R. reun
ion Hastings the second week iru
September.
The body of Joseph Datel , of North
Bend , who drowned himself in * the
Piatpte river three weeks ago Sunday ,
was found about two miles clown th&
river.
Frank Preble , one of he wealthiest
farmers of Suothern Gage county ,
hanged hmself at his home two and
a half miles southwest of Odell. The
cause is unknown. *
Wheat fields of from twenty-five to
V _ uy-eight bushels per acre are re
ported by fanners who succeeded in
Harvesting : their crops without inju
ry from the rains. Oats are making
a better crop than anticipated.
The Bancroft Independent tele
phone comany has filed articles of
incorporation at West Point. The
capital stock authorized is * 1,5000 ,
This makes two indepnedent com
panies now in existence in that coun
ty
While engaged in a playful tussle
with a couple of friends Peter Ed
wards of Fremont fell over a hictli-
ing post , sustaining serious injuries.
The post struck him in he stomach
with sufficient force to thro f him in
to convulsions.
Frank Dickson of Louisvilte and
A. B. Dickson of Elimvond have
purchased the Weeping Water Lum
ber company of Lindern.an Bros.
Mr. Dickson of Louisville is an old-
timer at the business and known all
over the county.
A Ilitchock county farmer market
ed $1400 worth of hogs that were
raised on alfalfa : another man in
the same locality got three cuttings ?
of hay during the season : an Alma
man sold 81.808 worth of hay off for
ty acres , and anotherSCSI from seven
acres.
Something of a building boom has
stuck West Point. A number of
brick business structures ; ire under
wa > , and County Attorney Hunker-
will soon begin the construction of
another. Is'ew residences are also
springing up in different parts of th
city.
Charles Langstraw , of Salena has-
been bound over to the district court
in the sum of $1,000 for setting
fire to the city jail Larigstraw com-
mitted the crime while drunk. The
charge is a very serious one and the
statutes provides for the severe pun
ishment of peisuns attempting to
burn public property.
Recently II. W. Lanphere of Te-
cumseh sold his grocery store and
stock to Pawnee City people and ! eft
.
for Oklahoma. He failed to settle
with his creditors and one of them ,
under the claim of having a verbal
mortgage on the stock , had Lanphere
,
brought back to answer to the charge
of selling mortgaged property.
The Union Pacific and Elkorn rail
road companies have made arrange
ments for acquiring title to all land
they need lor the new union station
at Fremont without having to rest-rt
to condemnation proceedings , and as
soon as a few defects in the titles
can be fixed up will commence tc
clear the ground.
Frank Pribble , a young farmer wiu
lived three miles south of Odell , was
found dead on his place. He bad
hanged himself. He was one of the
wealthiest Bohemians in the county ,
owning nearly 500 acres of land in
iiie vicinity of his home. No cause
for the act s known unless a brief
illness can be said to have caused a
temporary fit of insanity.
Of the thousand of barrels of oil in
sported by the state inspector and
his assistants during the last few
months not a barrrel has been in
spected that was not tin to govern
ment standards. Before the office of
oil inspector WHS in existence there
was as much bad oil as good sold.
Tsut a bad lot has been shipped in
during the last three months or
more.
The Farmr-r's Home Telephone
company of Shelton has purchased a
witch board to accomodate 100 tele
phones. 100 feet of cable and fifty new-
telephones. The Gibbon Home Tele
phone company has been organized
with sufficient to build a line to Buda
and expects to begin work on the
line in die near future , and is build
ing several short lines in to the conn-
try.
Burwell will vote on a proposition
to issue bonds for a new shoolhouse.