IRRIGATE THE WEST.
GREAT PROJECTS TO RECLAIM
THE DESERT.
Twenty-seven Million Dollars to Be Ex
pended in Constructing Fourteen
Great Irrigation Projects-Through
out Arid Lands of the West.
An appropriation of $27,000,000 of the
reclamation fund for the construction of
fourteen irrigation projects in the arid
West has been decided upon by the Sec
retary of the Interior , who has approved
the plans of the engineers for works in
Arizona , California , Colorado , Idaho ,
Montana , Nebraska , Nevada , New Mexi
co , North Dakota , Oregon , South Da
kota , Utah and Wyoming.
Actual construction has already begun
on the Salt river project in Arizona and
on the Truckee project in Nevada. Each
of these projects involves a construc
tive cost of $3,000,000.
The sum of $2,500,000 is reserved for
the completion of the Uneompahgre project -
' * ject in Montrose and Delta counties of
Colorado on the west side of the main
, ridgc of the Rooky mountains.
In Idaho the sum of $2,000,000 has
been provisionally allotted for the car-
CAl'STOXE OF AJf OUTLET CAXAL.
The World To-day.
rying out of the Miuidako project in
the valley of the Snake river. The area
to be irrigated is about 120,000 acres.
Practically all of the land under this
project belongs to the government. It
is proposed to divide' the lands into
tracts of forty and eighty acres each ,
thus making 1,400 new farms , with
Lomes for 7,000 people.
For California the Secretary has set
aside $3,000,000 for the construction of
an irrigation works on the Colorado river
above Yuma. The irrigable lands in the
Colorado basin consist almost entirely
of long , narrow valleys , ranging from
five to ten feet in elevation above the
stream in low water.
For the completion of the Milk river
project in Montana $1,500,000 has been
apportioned. This project in its entirety
contemplates the storage in St. M : > ry
lakes of the flood waters of St Mary's
river , a tributary of the Saskatchewan
river in Hudson bay drainage.
Owing to the international complica
tions which it is feared would arise , the
Canadians already being users of the
waters of the Milk river , it is probable
that a plan of keeping the waters wholly
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THE DAMAGED UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP MISSOURI.
within the United States will be adopt
ed.
ed.When it was determined that the
Swoetwater reservoir probably could not
be filled , owing to an inadequate water
supply , search was made for other reser
voir sites , and one was found on the
North Platte river about three miles be
low the mouth of Sweetwater river. This
is at the beginning of the canyon through
the Rattlesnake range.
A dam constructed here will be 75 feet
in length at the bottom , 200 feet h'gh
and about 250 feet long at the top. Sur
veys show the superficial area of the res-
en oir thus created to be about 20,000
acres and the capacity 1,050,000 acre
feet. It is probable that it will hold all
the flood and surplus water flowing in
the North Platte river to this point. The
waters thus stored will be used on lauds
in eastern Wyoming , in the Goshen Hole
region south of the North Platte river ,
and in western Nebraska.
The Hondo project in New Mexico is
located on Hondo river , a tributary of
Pecos river in southeastern New Mexico
ice , about twelve miles southwest from
the town of Roswell , in the county of
Chaves. The river is torrential in char
acter and the ordinary summer supply
is already appropriated.
The Buford project , North Dakota , is
located on the west or left bank of Yel
lowstone river and involves a canal
about eighty miles long and covering
flO.OOO acres of land in Montana and
North Dakota. The cost is placed at
$1,650,000.
The Malheur project. Oregon , contem
plates the reclamation of land in eastern
Oregon , near Snake river , in the vicin
ity of the towns of Vale and Ontario.
The Belle Fourche project. South Da
kota , involves the reclamation of lands
in the northeastern part of the Black
Hills , in Butte and Meade counties ,
South Dakota , by the diversion of the
waters of Belle Fourche river and the
storage of its flood waters in basins east
of the town of Belle Fourche. From
reservoirs filled by a large feeder canal
from the river the waters will be dis
tributed to lands in the Belle Fourche
valley , where it is thought at least 90-
000 acres may be reclaimed , about one-
of which is in public ownership.
UNION IS NOW LIKELY.
Presbyterian Chnrch North and South
May Unite.
Of great significance to the adherents
of the Christian faith and of great and
far-reaching importance to the Presby
terian Church is the action of the north
ern . .general assembly at Buffalo in re
moving all barriers against an organic
union of the northern and southern
branches of the church.
The long'deferred step toward unity
was taken in the adoption of a resolution
* Seclariug that the general assembly re
moves all aspersions and charges or any
and every kind made by previous assem
blies reflecting on the Christian charac
ter of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States , and that it is ready at any
time to confer on the subject of closer
relations whenever such conference shall
be agreeable to the general assembly
of the church. Having cleared its rec
ord in this way the northern assembly
instructed its moderator to carry the
"olive branch" immediately to the south
ern assembly , which very promptly ex
pressed its gratification at the action tak
en.
The Presbyterian Church , lik * many
other great organizations , split on the
question of loyalty to the Union at the
breaking out of the Civil War. In May ,
1SG1 , the general assembly , meeting in
Philadelphia , adopted a paper in refer
ence to the Civil War which asserted
the loyalty of the church to the Union
and promised the support of all its
churches and ministers to the federal
government. As a result of this action
the representatives of forty-seven presby
teries , commissioned for that purpose ,
met in Augusta , Ga. , in December , 1SG1 ,
and organized a new assembly , t desig
nated as the "Presbyterian Church in
the Confederate States of America. " The
cause assigned for the separation was
that the church had exceeded her rights
in pronouncing on a political question.
It expressed no sympathy for the Con
federate cause , but emphasized its pure
ly ecclesiastical mission.
With the passing away of the sectional
bitterness engendered by the war the
northern and southern branches of the
church have naturally been drawn closet
together and overtures have been insde
from time to time looking to organic
reunion. Theological differences do not
divide the two great bodies , and past
differences have almost disappeared.
There is also a fair prospect of the
union of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church , with 185,000 communicants ,
with the Presbyterian Church in the
North. It has made an overture for re
union. That church seceded in 1810 be
cause of differences as to the educa
tional qualifications of ministers and also
as to doctrinal questions.
THE DAMAGED MISSOURI.
ittle Evidence of the Recent Explosion
in a Picture.
The most surprising feature of the re
cent explosion on the battleship Missouri ,
in which thirty-four young men lost their
lives , is the fact that the vessel was
not blown to atoms. Looking at the pho
tograph here presented , and which was
taken shortly after the calamity occur
red , one can see little evidence of thfc
disaster. There are broken rails at the
sides , the turret is powder stained and
one of the guns is out of position , but
aside from these things one looks in
vain for evidence of the explosion in the
photograph. The powder used by our
navy is of the smokeless kind. One-half
of a charge is always kept in a sealed
copper cylinder and is seldom removed ,
except for testing. When one consider !
that the brass work of the handling room
of the Missouri was melted by the ter
rific heat it is strange that these copper
cylinders lying in the different maga
zines grouped around the handling room
did not suffer a like fate. In the latter
event it is doubtful if any one on the
ship would have escaped.
Ne-rrs of Minor Note.
Yellow fever has broken out in Vera
Cruz , Mexico.
George Richardson was drowned in
Wea creek at what is known as Potts'
Fork , in Miami County , Kan.
In the third annual debate between the
University of Colorado and the Univer
sity of Kansas the victory was awarded
to Colorado.
A proposition to memorialize Congress
in behalf of Canadian reciprocity was
defeated in the Massachusetts House of
Representatives.
Helen Muchmore , 5 , Cincinnati , Ohio ,
fell into a posthole and drowned in a
few inches of water. She was the daugh
ter of J. .T. Muchmore.
Curtis Jett , who murdered J. B. Mar-
cum in the court house of Breathitt
County , Ky. , has accepted a life sentence
rather than face a new trial.
A gray wolf wandered into the heart
of Kansas City and was killed in a
back yard at 608 Wyandotte street. The
animal was about 8 months old.
Saint A. D. Balcombe , prominent in
State and national politics , for seven
years publisher of the Omaha Republi
can , and for fifty years identified with
the development of the West , died at his
home in Omaha , Neb. , aged 74 years.
Roy Harper , a young man living near
Mutual , O. T. , shot and probably fatally
wounded himself because his fiancee re
fused to marry him. The day for the
wedding had been set , and Harper pro >
cured the marriage license. He went to
the home of his intended bride , but she
had run away , and refused to return
when sent for.
The Fifty-eighth Congress appropri
ated $781,574,629.99. In this amount
is included all the regular annual bills ,
deficiencies , amounts authorized by
special acts , etc. If from this amount
there shall be deducted contributions
to the sinking fund and amounts ap
propriated for deficiencies there will
be left approximately $700,000,000 as
the expenditures authorized for the
operation of the government during
the next fiscal year. Analysis of the
appropriations is interesting. The reg
ular annual appropriations amount tO'
S012,300,9GG.OG ; deficiencies to $26,80.1-
843.93 ; miscellaneous to $1,000,000 ;
permanent appropriations to $141,471-
820. The increases in appropriation
bills of 1905 over 1904 aggregate $28-
516,123.97. Increases of separate bills
are as follows :
Diplomatic $ 51,850.00
District of Columbia . . . - . 2,383,643.00
Fortifications 320,775.78
Indian 907,554.63
Legislative 958,259.50
Military Academy 323,218.17
Navy 30,128,349.51
Postoffice 19,063,449.00
Rivers and harbors , regular bill 8,000,000.00
Deficiencies 5.33G.183.68
Permanent appropriations 8,882,000.00
Total increase $57,364,283.33
Against these are to be placed the
decreases , which arc as follows :
Agriculture $ 76,120.00
Army * * * * * * oio * it _ > i./o
Pensions 1,486,900.00
Sundry civil 24,525,448.76
Miscellaneous 1,941,238.65
Total decrease $28,848,159.36
Net increase 28,516,123.97
A careful study of the figures shows
that the increases in appropriations
for the civil establishment greatly ex
ceed those for the military establish
ment , the military appropriations , as
a matter of fact , showing a decrease
of almost $10,000,000.
The Department of Commerce and
Labor has issued a statement showing
the cost of government of the principal
countries of the world. The statement
is based on statistics of the year 1903 ,
the latest available from foreign coun
tries. It shows the population , the
expenditure and the per capita ex
penditure of each nation treated , with
the result that the cost of our govern
ment is the lowest on the list. From
the data on the statement the following
preparative table is provided :
Per
capita
Countries. PopulaExpend ! - expen-
tion. ture. diture.
New Zealand . . 788,000 $30,241,000 $38.38
Australian Com
monwealth . . . 3,772,000 142,148,000 37.69
United Kingdom.41,961,000 897,790,000 21.39
France 38,902,000695,250,000 17.84
Belgium 6,694,000116,500,000 17.40
Paraguay 636,000 11,007,000 17.30
Austria-IIu-Jgary45,405,000 647,969,000 14.27
ArRCUtina 4,794,000 60,757,000 12,68
Cuba 1,573,000 19,515,000 12.40
Netherlands . . . 5,347,000 61,468,000 11.49
Portugal 5,429,000 62,170.000 11.45
Spain 18,618,000187,8-16,000 10.09
Sweden 5,199,000 49,593,000 JX54
German Emplre.58,549,000 553,222,000 9.45
Canada 5-i57,000 50,759,000 9.30
United States . .80,372,000 640.323,000 7.97
A study of this table shows that the
cost of monarchical forms of govern
ment is more expensive than republi
can. For instance , the per capita east
of Great Britain is $21.39 , wliile the
cost of our government is but $7.97.
Contrary to the popular notion , the
cost of government is much less for
the United States than it is for any
other great nation. While this cost is
at the rate of $21.39 per person for
the United Kingdom , $17.84 fos
France , $14.27 for Austria-Hungary ,
$11.49 for the Netherlands , $9.54 for
Norway-Sweden and $9.45 for the
German Empire , it is only $7.97 for
the United States. These figures are
cited from a report just issued by the
Board of Statistics at Washington ,
and may be presumed to be correct.
Of course , some of the expenditures
of our State governments correspond
to outlays made by the central author
ities in most of the other countries ,
and an allowance should be made on
this account After making all reason
able reductions , however , inthe cost
of such governments as Great Britain ,
France and Germany to render the
comparison with ours fairer , it is clear
that we are in a much better position
as regards the expenditure of our
governmental machine than are the
people of Europe.
In late years the first session of a
Congress has usually lasted long into
the warm weather , even in "Presiden
tial" years. The adjournment of the
Fifty-eighth Congress this year was
unusually early. The Eighth Congress
closed its first session on March 27 ,
1804 , more than a month earlier. But
then , a country of eighty million people
ple has more business for its legisla
tors than a country of six millions.
The total appropriations at the re
cent session of Congress amounted to
$781,574,629.99. Of this total , about
$53,000,000 is for the sinking fund or
for deficiencies in the previous year ,
leaving the amount of expenditures
authorized during the next fiscal
year a little less than $700,000,000.
How closely nations watch one an
other and how quick they are to learn
of one another has been demonstrated
in the United State ? Senate. When
the naval appropriation bill came up ,
the item of expense for the construc
tion of new battleships was opposed
almost wholly on the ground that
Japan , in her present war with Rus
sia , had demonstrated the superiority
of small vessels , like torpedo boats ,
and had. shown the impotence of bat
tleships in modem naval warfare.
GENERAL TYNER IS FREED.
Government Loses Its" Case Against
Former Postal Officials.
Gen. James N. Tyner and his nephew ,
Harrison J. Barrett , tried in Washington
bn a charge of conspiracy growing out
of the recent postal
investigation , were
acquitted after the
jury had been out
only twenty-two
minutes. The ver
dict is regarded as
a serious setback to
the governraeiit's
prosecution the
postal cases , as Gen.
Tyner was one of
the highest officials
indicted and the
JAKES N. TTNEB. government attor
neys had made great efforts to secure
his and Barrett's conviction.
The case was before the court nine
teen days , and the government produced
a great mass of testimony. Gen. Tyiier ,
as Assistant Attorney General for the
Postoffice Department , passed on bond
investment companies and other concerns
which might be barred from the mails.
Barrett , after serving in this branch of
the department , resigned to act as coun
sel for such concerns as might be in
trouble and engage his services. In this
business he practiced before Gen. Tyner ,
and the uncle was charged with having
favored his nephe\v and the latter's cli
ents in his decisions.
Gen. Tyner , who is 78 years old , has
had a long record of public service. He
was a member of Congress from Indiana
from 1SG9 to 1875 and was made Post
master General under Grant after serv
ing as Second and First Assistant Post
master General. He was Assistant At
torney General for the Postoffice De
partment from 1889 to 1893 and was reappointed -
appointed to the same position in 1897.
His service was continuous until the
charges against him forced his resigna
tion a year ago.
SOUTHERN CITY FIRE-SWEPT.
Twenty-eight Blocks in the Heart af
Yazoo , Miss. , Destroyed.
Fire starting at 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning swept through Yazoo City ,
Miss. , burning a strip of buildings
twelve blocks long and three blocks
wide. The burnetd district includes the
whole business section , as well as many
residences. All the banks , business
houses , newspaper offices , the postofflce ,
the court house and the city hall , all
churches and hundreds of residences
were destroyed.
The fire started in Wise Bros ! ' general
merchandise store , in the middle of the
principal business street , and spread in
every direction. The water supply was
poor and the flames were soon beyond
the control of the fire department. The
devastation of the business district is
complete. Twenty-eight blocks were
swept clean by the flames. Of the 200
buildings destroyed fifty were splendid
residences , many of old colonial archi
tecture and occupied by some of the
wealthiest citizens of the South.
The only buildings of consequence di
rectly exposed to the fire which escaped
wr\re the court house and the Fannie J.
Ricks Memorial library and they were
saved only by the sudden shifting of
the wind. The buildings of the four
banks were completely destroyed , but all
money stored in the vaults was saved.
The residence of John Sharp Williams ,
the minority leader in the House of Rep
resentatives , escaped the flames.
The city was placed under martial la-w
as a result of the conflagration. Sev
eral negroes -who were caught in an at
tempt to steal salvrfge have been arrest
ed. Two military companies patrolled
the burned district. The loss is vari
ously estimated at between $1,500,000
and $2.000,000 , and the insurance prob
ably will approximate 50 per cent of the
loss.
BLAST KILLS THIRTEEN.
Boilers of a Towboat Blow Up Near
Louisville , Ivy.
Thirteen persons were killed , three fa
tally injured and sixteen hurt by an ex
plosion of boilers which demolished the
towboat Fred Wilson , off Louisville ,
Ky. , Thursday. The Wilson , was the
property of the Monongahela Coal and
Coke Company and left Pittsburg the
previous Friday with six barges , twelve
canalboats and four flats , bound for
Louisville.
So great was the force of the explo
sion that the Wilson was literally blown
to pieces and her hull sunk in eighteen
feet of water. Two heavy pieces of her
boiler were found almost 500 yards from
the bank and her flag floats from the
top of a tree near Riverview park , where
it was blown with a piece of wreckage.
The Wilson arrived at Louisville at
midnight , had proceeded down the river
and was about to tie up when the ex
plosion occurred. The cause of the acci
dent is not known. Henry Sykes , first
mate , could give no explanation , of the
cause of the explosion. He and Chief
Engineer Walker were the only men on
the boat who escaped injury. Neither
man could give the names of the deck
hands , nor did they know the name of
a passenger who was making the trip
with Captain Price.
The Wilson was built eighteen years
ago and was reconstructed in part last
year. She was valued at $25,000 , and
was insured in the "special insurance , "
which all boats of the coal combine car
ry. Her length was 174 feet ; 30 feet 8
Inches beam.
Koads for Alaska.
The American government has just
taken the first step toward the construc
tion of military roads in Alaska. Upon
the urgent recommendation of the War
Department Congress has appropriated
$25,000 for a survey and estimate of
cost of a wagon road from Valdez to
Fort Egbert , and an additional $25,000
for surveying and locating a military
trail between the Yukon river and Cold-
foot , on the Koyukuk river.
Chicago's Tragic Record.
During April there were 266 cases or
death by violence in Chicago. Of these
6 were murders and 56 suicides ; 30
deaths were caused by railroad acci
dents , either at grade crossings or other
wise , and 7 by accidents on various
street railway lines ; 2 were due to ele
vated railroad accidents and the others
were caused by accidents in mills , falls ,
elevators , , burns , careless handling of
firearms , blood poisoning , electric wires ,
drowning and other causes.
Patronize those who a yertise.
State Superintendent Fowler and Dep
uty McBrien have issued their annual
circular to county superintendents and
principals and it contains an indorsement
of the Nebraska semi-centennial celebra
tion and information of value to the
school teachers and superintendents. The
circular begins with an expression of
gratitude to the superintendents for the.
faithful work done during the year and
closes with the admonition to the teach
ers and superintendents to complete their
work thoroughly in order to make the
way clear for their successors to proceed
with their own plans with little trouble.
The circular holds that the advance
ment of the eighth grade to the high
school should be a clearly defined step
and that to remain in the eighth grade
two years instead of one would be of
vast benefit to the pupils. The superin
tendent also calls attention to the fact
that his ruling and the ruling of the at
torney general and the supreme court of
other states that when a teacher is em
ployed for a given length of time and the
school is closed by the board because of a
prevalence of disease , the district is re
sponsible for the teacher's salary , has
been overruled. According to a recent
decision of the Nebraska supreme court ,
a teacher cannot collect pay on a contract
when the school is closed by order of the
board.
* * *
Secretary Hitchcock , of the interior de-
parment at Washington , appreciating the
necessity of passing upon certain features
of the Kiukaid bill throwing open the
northwest section of Nebraska for settle
ment under the amended homestead laws ,
has turned over to the geological survey
for report that portion of the provisions
of the bill wherein certain lands which ,
in the opinion of the secretary of the
interior , may be reasonably practicable
of irrigation , are exempt from its provi
sions. The director of the survey , Prof.
Wolcott , has commissioned two of his
corps to look over the ground prior to
the date when the bill goes into effect ,
June 28. The Kinkaid bill provides that
the secretary of the interior shall , after
examination , exempt from the provisions
of the law those lands that may be rea
sonably practicable to irrigate by means
of water conducted from natural streams
by gravity , and the' secretary shall , prior
to the date when the law goes into effect ,
designate and exclude from entry lands ,
particularly along the North Platte Riv
er , which , in his opinion , it may be possi
ble to irrigate through operations under
the national irrigation law or by private
enterprise.
* * *
A sample of the new combination car
tridge belts with which the regular army
is now being equipped has been received
at the office of Adjt. Gen. Culver. The
belt is a combination of duck webbing
and wire hooks , patterned something like
a double bandolier. It chief merit is the
combination of broad shoulder straps sup
porting the weight of the belt and haver
sack together with the canteen from the
shoulders. All of the fastenings are made
to slide so that no matter whether the
wearer leans to one side or the other the
weight is eveniuly distributed. Pouches
just large enough to hold five cartridges
in a clip are attached to the best , each
with a flap covering held down by a snap.
The canteen snaps onto the belt , while
the knapsack , which is very large and
roomy , is attached behind. An effort will
be made to secure these new belts for the
guard as soon as the regular army is
supplied. Tlmy urc designed especially
to go with the new Springfield rifles with
which the army is eventually to be equip
ped.
* * *
Commissioner Richards , of the general
land office at Washington. D. C. , will in
a few days detail a special agent to go to
Nebraska to look over the territory in
that state which , under the provisions of
the Kiukaid bill , may be entered upon for.
homestead purposes to the extent of G40
acres per homestead instead of the cus
tomary 160-acre tract as is now provid
ed xmder the general homestead law.
Commissioner Richards says he is mov
ing as rapidly as possible in land mat
ters , but his present force is inadequate
to handle promptly the additional busi
ness which has been placed upon it. "I
expect , " said the commissioner , "to be
in a position to detail one of my best
men in a short while to look over the
territory in western Nebraska covered
by Representative Kinkaid's bill. The
bill does not become effective until June
28 , so there is an abundance of time
within which to accomplish our end of
the provisions. "
* * *
The annual inspection of the Omaha
and Winnebago Indian schools will be
made this year by Inspector James E.
Jenkins , of Iowa. He will in a few days
reach the reservations and begin his in
quiry. The investigation this year will
be of particular interest in view of the
fact that these reservations have recently
been placed under the control of bonded
school superintendents. For many years
the Omahas and Winnebagos were under
the control of an agent. Then came the
change. The agent was made school su
perintendent , but retired , however , after
a few months' service and then it was de
cided by the commissioner of Indian af
fairs to divide the reservation , placing a
bonded superintendent in charge of each.
Inspector Jenkins goes to these reserva
tions to ascertain how the new plan is
working.
* * *
State Superintendent Fowler and Depu
ty McBrien are getting a touch of the
strenuous that comes to persons who oc
cupy these offices once each year. It is
commencement work , and as both have
established reputations as orators , they
are just now in great demand. Each is
booked for three weeks , six nights in a
week , covering the state from one end to
the other.
* * *
A member of the state board of equali
zation said Saturday that the work of
finding the value of railroad property was
beyond doubt a most difficult proposition ,
notwithstanding the enormous amount of
data furnished by the railroads. This
member also said it was his opinion that
the board would finally arrive at a valua
tion upon a basis of the value of
the stocks and bonds , and that there
would be no record of the value of each
item , as the majority of the board had at
first voted.
Was a Stroke of Genius.
Little boys can be reasoned with if
one only knows the way to do it. The
other evening on 330th street two
young ladies were taking an evening ;
stroll when , without warning , a herd
of small boys , about eight in number ,
averaging from 10 to 12 years of age ,
surrounded them and with diabolical
jeers refused to let them pass.
"You're our prisoners , " shouted one.
"An' we ain't never goln' ter let you
pass , " announced another.
They held hands firmly and in spite
of tbe efforts of both young ladles re
sisted the feminine strength.
But not feminine tactics. "All right , "
said one of the girls , "we'll stay with
you as prisoners. But you know the
rule of this game If you play it right
lnd , of course , WP wouldn't play it any
other way Is to make us each kiss the
boy we think Is the prettiest. Now I
think I like "
But there was a scuflle , a yell of
terror , says the New York Times , and
the young ladies were left standing
alone and free with the vanishing
backs of eight small boys tearing mad
ly down the street.
An Illustration.
He What is a so-called summer en
gagement ?
She It's like this : Suppose we were
engaged , and I happened to meet some
other man I liked better. I would pro
ceed to shake you for the new arrival.
That would be a typical summer en
gagement.
He But suppose I happened to meet
some girl I Hired better nud proceeded to
give you the merry toss ?
She Oh , in that case I'd sue you for
breach of promise. See ?
Cure for Backache.
Randolph , Neb. . May 30. Cedar Co.
has seldom heard of a more woirderful
case than that of Mrs. Lucy Nicolls ,
of this place. For a long time Mrs.
Nicolls suffered with very severe pains
in ttie back and almost instantly these
pains left her. She has tried doctors
and everything , but nothing had helped
her till she used Dodd's Kidney Pills.
She says :
"Dodd's Kidney Pills did me so
much good I can't tell , it was so won
derful. My back hurt me all the time.
I doctored and tried everything , but
did not feel any better. I thought my
life was short on earth , but now I feel
like a new person. I used a box of
Dodd's Kidney Pills , and I do not feel
the slightest ache or pain. I can turn
and twist any way without feeling it ,
and I feel so proud of it I cannot hard
ly express my gratitude to Dodd's Kid
ney Pills for what they have done for
me , "
Inopportune Memories.
In the court-room , perhaps more than
anywhere else , one may see how "the
best-laid schemes * * * gang aft
a-gley. " A Western paper tells the
story of a lawyer who had carefully
planned the defense In a case he had
in hand , and was delighted with the
smooth way in which , so far , all his
plans had been moving. There was one
witness still to be examined , an inno
cent-minded old German who had
known the lawyer from boyhood. His
testimony , the lawyer felt , would have
much weight with the jury , but in or
der that there might be no suspicion of
c-ollusion the lawyer deemed it safest
to conceal the fact of the acquaintance.
All went well while the witness was
In the hands of his old-time friend , the
lawyer for the defense , who asked him
such questions as were calculated to
favor his client , but carefully omitted
all which might give any hint of his
close acquaintance with the witness.
But the innocent witness was yet to
be questioned by the opposing counsel.
Their first question was , "Do you know
M r. Carson ? " the defendant's counsel.
"Ya , " answered the old German.
"Do you know him very well ? "
"Ya. "
"Are you on intimate terms with
him ? "
"Ach , ya. I never come up to town
that I do not see Hen-er-y. Why , I used
to vork for Hen-er-y's papa , und many
flime I shpanked Hen-er-y when he vas
not yet five year old. Ain't it , Hen-
er-y ? "
The lawyer for the defense , being an
honest man , nodded his head in agree
ment with this friend of his childhood
flays , but he knew that the force of the
testimony on which he had counted
was considerably weakened.
BOTH JAWS SHOT AWAY.
Still a Successful Business Man.
A man who had both jaws shot
away had trouble eating ordinary food ,
but found a food-drink that supplies
the nutriment needed. He says :
"I have been an invalid since the
siege of Vicksburg , in 1868 , where I
was wounded by a Minie ball passing
through my head and causing the en
tire loss of my jaws. I was a drum
mer boy , and at the time was leading
a skirmish line , carrying a gun. Since
that time I have been awarded the
medal of honor from the Congress of
the United States for gallantry on the
field.
"The consequences of my wound
were dyspepsia in its most aggravated
form , and I finally proved ordinary
coffee was Tery hard on my stomach ,
so I tried Postum and got better. Then
I tried common coffee again and got
worse. I did this several times , and
finally as Postum helped me every
time I continued to use it , and how.
often I think that if the Government
has issued Postum to us in the Army
how much better it would have been
for the solider boys than coffee.
"Coffee constipates me and Postum
does not ; coffee makes me spit up my
food , Postum does not ; coffee keeps me
awake nights , Postum does not There
is no doubt coffee Is too much of a
stimulant for most people and Is the
cause of nearly all the constipation ,
"This is my experience and you are
at liberty to use my name. " Name
given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek ,
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book , "The Road to
