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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1910)
. - , ' - . " " . . . . . . . . . - . . . - - - - - - - - - " " " ' " " - - - - - i " / i L , ' . . l f _ _ . . . . , , . ' . , ' ' . . , . j 1 , i . ' ' , I i 1 = h I . . i.i DRIVEN ALMOST CRAZY. . 9 , ; ' f \ , Bakersflold , Cal. , Woman's Awful Suf , 1 ! , feria 9 , r h j - Mrs. H. W Heagy , 1515 L St. / Ba- - fcersfleld , Cal. , says : "Doctors failed I J to help me and I was In despair. The . I i Mdney secretions scalded terribly and . i . 1 , ' :1 , . f ' - , i. : 1 S 1,1 r ; . ! . II I \ , ' . , ' ' dd { . J : . . ' , 1ft U I J. . Y , .i passed too ireeiy. l often staggered as if drunk. I could not lie In bed over half an hour. My side was numb , sight affected , and a tingling sensa- tion covered my t V body. It actually seemed as if I would 1 1 ' _ ' : t ! ' . I was j I' . : . , rtt ; go crazy. ' : ; 1 aved from fatal Bright's disease by II .I . Doan's Kidney Pills and my health Im II' ( . I I : ' proved wonderfully. " j. < . , Remember the name - Doan's. For M I ! ' : t ' , : sale by all dealers. 60 cents a box. 'J ' i i J : . sE i Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. f t i , , /1 f II E . SOMETIMES. ' / ! : ' / [ I - - - - - - I ; , ' , \ Y' p ! I I , r 1 lid' ! , I ! : ' \ , I : ! ! ( I , , , \ I I ! I 'I ( i f \ . I , 1I I . -r , - .i l , r y , t' , I' ! ' , , i ! . I f 1-1 o. . t / ' ! j . i I ij : , d , , I 1:1 \ : I [ rr r ; ; , . _ . - , i . I , . . ' 1 ! 'I i > : ! I fj ' . , ' ' ; : . r ! Ce. . . " QAMCI t.j . Henderson When a man marries i ' : . he keeps his wife in dresses . , hats , f ,1 'shoes ( ' - in fact , everything she needs. What does a wife keep her husband " r . 1 . 1 V ? . ' ' . < j Henpeck ( absently-Hot ) water. i xA 1 ' : LEG A MASS OF HUMOR j' i " ) - - - - r S i ' - / "About seven years ago a small ' t' . abrasion appeared on my right leg . 'Just ' above my ankle. It Irritated me " 1 'so that I began to scratch it , and It I began to spread until my leg from my i " 3 "ankle to the knee was one solid scale like a scab. The irritation was always l .worse at night 'and would not allow ' . me ; to sleep , or my wife either , and it ' jwas completely undermining our i ealth. I lost fifty pounds in weight r iand was almost out of my mind with i i ; pain and chagrin as no matter where The ! irritation came , at work , on the street or in the presence of company , . . & ! would have to scratch it until I had ' the * blood running down into my shoe. . ; . ii simply cannot describe my suffer- 1 ' ing during those seven years. The r II ipain l , mortification , loss of sleep , both ' \ , s ! 'to myself and wife is simply inde- f. ' ccribable on paper and one has to ex : ' perience it to know what it Is. , "I tried all kinds of doctors and rem t \ edies but I might as well have thrown r r . . 1 any money down a sewer. They would ; I I .dry up for a little while and fill me : i ( with , hope only to break out again just : I ias bad if not worse. I had given up I f ! hope [ of ever being cured when I was I : , ( induced by my wife to give the Cutl- J I ' teura Remedies a trial. After taking i ( ( the Cuticura Remedies for a little I ; , while I began to see a change , and { i , after taking a dozen bottles of Cuti i ' cura Resolvent In conjunction with i . the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint : I ! ' . : 1 ment , the trouble had entirely disap j I peared and my leg was as .fine as the : I I ; day I was born. Now after a lapse of , Ii i six months with no signs of a recur i ' rence I feel perfectly safe in extend , I I Ii i . ng to you my heartfelt thanks for the i f I feood the Cuticura Remedies have done ) ' { for me. I shall always recommend 1 'I f { jthem to my friends. W. H. White , \1 \ i J312 , E. Cabot St. , Philadelphia , Pa. , Feb. i -4 and Ap r . - 13. , . 1909. " - ! * - ; ? - < SygJo- , _ . II G.- - ; : > , " - One Side Enough. II Senator William Alden Smith tells 'of ' an Irish justice of the peace out ! 'in ' Michigan. In a trial the evidence : I ) was all : in and the plantiff's attorney ; had ( , made a long and very eloquent . argument " j , when the lawyer acting for the defense arose. ' "What are you doing ? " asked the ljustice . , as the lawyer began. "Going to present our side of the case. " N ' "I don't want to hear both sides ar- I , 'i ' i , ; gued. It has tindency to confuse the I ; i i coort. ' = Washingtonian. 1\ , I ! " * _ II Opinions Aired. II "Were the commencement exer ' ; icises interesting ? " , ! ! "Very. The time was divided be- : ' \twew \ ' advice from public men on the : , ; [ selection of a career and suggestions ' ' I. I i I' from ( graduates on how to run the I ; government. ( - I . ' " ' :1 : . . ' ; r f . Important to fclotners s Examine carefully every bottle of : 'CASTORIA ! , a safe and sure remedy for " ' , infants and children 1 , and s ee that it I Bears the. Li. . , { Signature of < . . . ' lm Use For Over 30 Years. , .1 . , The Kind You Have Always Bought. I , . A woman may or may not try : to avoid muddy crossings ; it all depends "upon her understandings. . . , I I L , . ' ' Pleasant Pellets late Dr. Pierce's . regulate , And invigorate stomach , liver and bowels. I . . Sugar-coated , tiny granules , easy to take. ' . Oo ' not gripe. , . . . ; I Better a nagless wife than a horse- Hess carrilv ; : . ' 1E . i , , - - - - - t , . . : . - - . . ' , . ' , , ' ' . > . < . " . . " . . . \ " - . ' . _ . , _ " ' : - . ' - , 'r . ' . " : : ' . , . T Zelda Dameron . By MEREDITH NICHOLSON [ Copyricht , 1904 , by The Bobbs-Memfl Co. . 9 . CHAPTER , XVI. - ( Continued. ) There was no mistaking the glean' . that lighted the old man's eyes. ' "Who's your purchaser ? " he asked. "I think I've mentioned to you the Patoka Land and Improvement Com pany. We've decided not to confine , our selves to our flat scheme alone. We'rt going to handle big real estate schemes wherever we see anything good enough and big enough to make it worth while That wasn't our Intention at first , bui I've persuaded our people to see It thai way. All the big fortunes In this coun - try have been made in real estate am" the possibilities haven't been exhaust ed yet. If we can hit a fair price , weT take your lots and work them off ir. i ; our own way ; but I shouldn't bother with the thing at all if it weren't thai [ hope to get that creek strip from you. " "Who are in your company ? " asked the old man. His need for cash was great , but he tried to conceal his anx iety , and he was really curious . to know who were behind Balcomb. The promoter reeled off a long llsl of names , most of them unknown tc Dameron , but Balcomb's ready explan ation Imparted stability to. all of them. There were half a dozen country bank ers and a number of men who were or had been State officers. "You seem to have drawn largely on the country , " remarked the old man , dryly. "You are quite right , I did. It's : . easier. There's lots of money in these country banks that's crying for invest ment I know a lot of business houses right here in our Jobbing district that ; go to the country for their loans. These old Marlona bankers have never got over the panic of ' 73. Every time they make a loan they make an enemy. A man whose credit is Al doesn't like to have to go over his past and the his- tory of his wife's relations even unto the third and fourth generation every time he borrows a few thousand dol- Jars. Not much ! " Dameron laughed , a little uneasily , but he laughed. Two years before he would have shuddered at such heresy. "Well , " said Balcomb , rising , "you think over the matter and let me know whether you care to sell. I'll give you one thousand dollars for an option on the creek strip at sixty thousand. I'll ] see you in a few days. " "No ! No ! " The old man's voice rose querulously. Delays were dan- gerous. If Balcomb could do it he must effect the sale at once. "The figure I named yesterday , " be- gan Dameron. " -is out of the question , " said Bal- comb , with finality. "Then nine hundred dollars apiece for ' the block of lots. " "Perfectly absurd. " And Balcomb turned toward the door. The . old man rose and rested against ; his desk heavily. His bent figure was svholly pitiful ; the claw-like fingers on which he leaned trembled so that his thin , worn body shook . "Suppose you name a figure , Mr. Bal- omb ; , " he said , with a pathetic attempt it jauntiness. "I am authorized to close at twenty housand ; cash ; and my commission : omes out of that. We'll say fifteen lundred commission. But I am not inxious to buy at that price - it's quite mmaterial to me. What I want is the ptlon. " "I have better use for th'e money ; res , I can use it to advantage : , " said Dameron , as though he were pondering he matter gravely and seeking to Jca- ify himself. Balcomb took a step toward him. "In other real estate , by the terms & ! . the trust , " he said , smiling in an In- inuating way. "Yes ; yes , of course , " said' ' Dameronv . tastily. "And there's the order of court. " "To be sure-there's an order of ourt required by the terms of the rust. I suppose you wouldn't mind : raiting a little for that. The trust er- lires in a few weeks I prefer to go to 1 he . judge with the whole settlement at nee. " "But you prefer not to go to the udge to ask his approval of this par- icular deed. All right. The abstract leedn't show these requirements .ttorney' will not be particular. Til fix hat for you. " "Yes , you can arrange that , I sup- lose , " said the old man , weakly. He vas trembling now , visibly , and his roice shook. "That will be worth five hundred lore - as special commission and guar- nty that you won't forget , the court's Approval , " said Balcomb , coolly. "N 0 , oh , no ! " wailed the old man. I'm giving It away. You are taking mfair advantage. I am not well-I myself to-day. " am not quite He sank into his chair , breathing lard ; but he recovered instantly and miled at Balcomb with an effort. "I'm not a man to back out when I tave pledged my word , " he said , grand- ly. "A trade's a trade. " And Balcomb jrinned. "Now. one other thing , Mr. Damer- on. , I'll be square with you and tell he truth. I've got to have' the option on the creek strip. My people are not a bit crazy. to buy lots like these , but iur apartment scheme is a big thing , .nd to get your strip of ground out here on the creek bank we're willing to bu ) these lots of yours - just , as the ellow said , to show there's no hard eeling. " "At seventy-five thousand for " -.he : reek : strip. Not a cent less. It's a lart of the trust. It's my daughter's. 1 shall not give it away. There are inly a few weeks more in which I : shall lave any right to sell-and-and I lave had another offer , " he ended , veakly. "Quite likely ; but It Isn't so easy : to ret so much cash on short notice. And here's the difficulty of finding "other eal estate to reinvest the money In , ind the order of court and all that. Balcomb stroked his beard and eyed ill prey. He dropped the suggestion ibout the reinvestment of the pro . " - - ceeds in real estate merely to sho . . . . his acquaintance with the terms of th ( trust. It amused him to remember Ez ra Dameron's old reputation a hai-- ; customer. He was proving , in. Cal- ] comb's own phrase , almost too e rsy. , "We'll call it twenty thousand then : for the block of lots , " said the old man smiling' and rubbing his hands. ' "Very well , " said Balcomb "witl ; two thousand as.my fee in the matter ; and an option to buy' the creek strip at I sixty thousand. " The old man stared at him with n ; sudden malevolent light in his eyes , , but he said with exaggerated dignity : . "Very well , Mr. Balcomb. " Dameron drew from his desk an ab stract of title covering the Roger Mer- riam addition. It was in due form , the work of a well-known title compan Balcomb took it and ran his ey through its crisp pages. So the next afternoon a deed was filed with the county recorder , convey ing the block of lots to the Patoka Land and Improvement Company , Ezr Dameron receiving eighteen thousand dollars as consideration and J. Arthur Balcomb two thousand dollars as com mission. Opportunities to make two thousand so easily were not to be put aside , and Balcomb's conscience trou bled him not at all over the transac tion _ . _ Van 91eve I , thevicejpresldent and I attorney , did" exactly what Balcomb , th ? treasurer , told him to do without question ; and when Balcomb expressed himself as satisfied that the court's ap- proval would be forthcoming shortly when the whole estate was settled , and that weanwhile the deed should be r:1- : corded , Van Cleve readily acquiesced. Balcomb told $ his associates that it was the only way in which Dameron would ] give the option. Balcomb did not , of course , tell his associates that he was accepting a /commission from Dameron ; for there were times when J. Arthur Balcomb's volubility gave way to reticence of the austerest kind. He plumed himself upon at last having secured at sixty thousand dollars an option on the creek strip , where the ideal apartment house was to be built ; and he sent notices to hIs director.3 of a meeting to consider plans - for building. The fact that the company had just bought , through his shrewd agency , something like fifty thousand dollars' worth of lots for twenty thousand would , he told Van Cleve , "look good to the jays , " and it . did. CHAPTER XVII. Copeland , the lawyer who never practiced , reached the Tlppecanoe Club every week-day at exactly thirty min- utes past twelve o'clock. A good fig ure of a man was Copeland. He had steady brown eyes In which a keen hu- mor lurked ; and his hair that had once been black was now white ; but ' he was 3tlll young and the snowy cap over tils dark features was becoming. In a rock coat Copeland would have graced he : Senate .or the President's cabinet able. : He had telephoned Leighton to neet him one day near tfce end of Sep- ember. : "Nothing ? You reject my offer ? " iskcd Copeland. "It's better so at your . . When I in the . " ige. was practice - "That was in the day , " said Morris , 'when a law library In these parts neant the State decisions and a few ' text- : oks. " Copeland continued to speak with haracteristlc : crispness. "I have a customer up In the coun try who- has made the acquaintance of I rour particular friend , Mr. Jack . BalI I omb. : Do you follow me ? " "Your customer must be & man of I arts. Balcombdoes not cultivate peo- ple > unless he sees something : : pretty I rood In them. " I "I believe that is correct. Well , my i ustomer : , whose name is Jennfngs , has . ought some stock In what is known j as the Patoka Land and Improvement : Company , of wMch } Balcomb is treas- ! jrer and' ' one thing and another. There's & lawyer up there in his building- - " "Van CTeve , " suggested Leighton. "That's the chap. His eyes look like , a bowl of elam broth. He's the attor- . tey for the company. The ! reason hei i tolds the job is not difficult to. detep- I nine. His , father Is a banker. down. I iere on. the river somewhereand Is. ' srell-tO'-de. Balcomb , I understand , is caching Van Cleve how things. are' ' Lone in large cities. " "He's a competent teacher. * Go. on. " . "A client of your'office Is also . in the I rame toa certain extent. I ; refer to 2zra Dameron : , that genialj. ; warm- learted impulsive old fossil. They ell me on the quiet that he'sbeen nonkeying with options. He's selling his company the old Roger Merriam roperty > south of town at half' its val- ue and he's given them an option on lis strip of land out here on the creek. lou know Balcomb's scheme. He's go- ing to build an Ideal flat out here at the dge of town - fountains , playing ev- irywhere , roof gardens , native forest rees - it's a delightful psospect Dam- ron's corner is a great place for .it. It nakes no difference , whether the cheme is practicable or not. Balcomb nakes it sound awfully good. It's been written up in the newspapers most se- tuctlvely. It's so good : that only the lect ! can get in. " "I know Balcomb and his habits of bought. How much Is he paying Dameron for that property ? " "Balcomb has an option at sixty housand. Jennings told me that th3 itockholders had already paid in most of their money so that the purchase ould : be made at once. ' The price- is imazingly low. He must be hard up. Salcomb tells Jennings and the rest of hem that he bought these lots merely to be able to get that creek strip ; but s's a bargain and they'll make a good hing out of the lots. But what's the natter with Ezra ? I thought perhaps Jarr's relations with Dameron were iuch that this Information would in- erest you. The property Is part of the Margaret Dameron trusteeship and I lope Miss Dameron will get all Sh ' 8 V , . . ti " - .7 . . = . : .a - _ . - _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ = - _ . - : . . . . . r f entitled to. l believe that's the saoaj curious will that was ever probated ii 1 our county , " Copeland continued , wit ; the exaggerated gravity with which h talked of legal matters. "But thai woman certainly had an extraordlnar faith In her husband. Nobody else i ij ; this township would trust Ezra Darner- on round the corner with a hot base burner. But Mrs. Dameron was a < proud as Lucifer. She was a Men-lam and she must have thought that bj ; ; leaving her property to Ezra in trusl for their daughter she would put a corner-stone under his honor. But th $ trusteeship expires on the first of Octo ber and the old man is selling propert ; at a ridiculous figure to a crook. II looks rather queer , doesn't It ? " "Dameron must have had something ; of his own ; he had his wife's property ! to play with and if he hasn't done well with it ! it's his own fault. I'm sorrji ! that he has fallen into Balcomb'a . hands. " "Oh , well ; you : can't make a sill purse out of a sardine's tail , " observed i Copeland , reflectively. "And I fear that i E : : ra is a sardine. " When Morris reached his office , ha i found a first draft of Margaret Damer on's will , ritten in lead pencil on a faded piece of manila paper" , in Carr' : small regular - hand. Leighton nad come upon it once in cleaning out an old desk , and he had put it among hia own papers as an interesting specimen of Carr's handiwork. He unfolded the sheets now and examined intently the form of the will. The terms were clear and unequivocal ; he noted the change of word and phrase here and there , in > every case an improvement in the . ; n- terest of directness and clarity. . * There , was no question as to the meaning of the will. Real estate was not to be sold except by permission o { the court ; and proceeds were to be reinvested in other realty. There was good sense In . the idea , but had Dameron sold the : . Roger Merriam addition entire to the Patbka { Company ! without referring tha' sale to the court ? The question must be answered , and he went to the court house and asked permission of the recorder to look at the deed from Ezra Dameron , trustee , to the Patoka Land and Improvement Company. It was in the hands of a clerk for transcribing , but Morris was allowed to examine it. It was written in Dameron's hand , and had been copied from a printed form of trustee's deed. The consideration was twenty thousand dollars , the receipt of which . was duly acknowledged. Leighton was a lawyer and he felt a lawyer's disguat with the situation that the case pre sented. Dameron was clearly in seri- . ous need of ready money or he would not be selling Teal estate at a ridicu- lous figure. It was also patent that in . . his necessity he had turned to Balcomb as a man who would not scruple at oblique practices. Morris went the next day to the of- fice of a title company where he was acquainted and waited while the sec- retary made up a list of the property ' . He held by Ezra Dameron , trustee. found ' that the sale of the Roger Mer riam addition , which had Just been re - ported , left the creek property , The Beeches and the Qld Marriam home- stead the- only realty remaining In tho trust. "I thought Mr. Dameron was a hea\ y real estate owner , " remarked Morris. " said "That's a : popular superstition ; the secretary ; "but he's sold it off rap- : Idly during the past two years He > wns nothingpersonally , and he has Deen converting his daughter's prop- jrty very fast. I hope there's nothing fvrong about ifc. " "I don't know Are you sure he hasn't been buying other real estate ? Something of the kind is required by he ; terms of his wife's -will. : ' ' "Not in this county at least. The secretary was silent for a moment. "It voold be a delicious , irony if Ezra were- to- turn up broke , wouldn't it ? " he saidk . jrlnning. "That depends om the point of view , " ' emarked ti [ o rris. ( To be continued. ) . Hammock Cort&e Bal y. ' cradle has A substitute : : for baby's been' ) invented by a. Tennessee man in the form of \ a hammock , adapted , obe - hung over "tha parents' bed. Phis " nammock is so designed that It ombines : perfect comfort far the occu- > ant with perfect safety and is wlth- fu. . easy reach of the1 mother if baby ; f ! , I , , , 41 \ 1 ' Yr1 " -I I BABY'S Hs1S3I0Ci. needs attention. The body portion of the hammock is boat-shaped affair of some flexible material and laces together at the end. A hood shelters the head of the device and a belt passes around it and serves the dou ) ble purpose of keeping the infant from- falling out and keeping his covers on. Ropes are attached to each end of the hammock and their other extrem ities fastened to hooks in the oppo- site walls. Thus suspended the ham- mock swings over the bed in full view of the child's parents , who can rock it as they lie abed and with much , less trouble than it takes to rock the ordinary cradle. When not in use the hammock takes up no more room than the space required to hang it on a hook In the closet. A dog can run as well on three legs as four , which Is about all the credit we are willing to give to a dog. By refusing to listen to secret oat . Is saved unlimited trouble. . / , - . . ' ' . < - - - , - , _ . . - - - . - . - . . . - . . . - - . . - - - - - - - . l . . _ . . " " . t' . - ' , \ , . , ' . , ALL OVER NEBRASKA Awarded Estate of His Father. Johnson County - John Wilson , jr. , is the rightful , heir to the estate left by his father , a fortune in lands and monies estimated to be worth thirty thousand dollars. This was the de cision rendered by Probate Judge James Livingston after a hearing- last ing most of the day. The scene in the court room when the court ren dered the decree was dramatic. Wil son , who throughout the hearing had been probably the most unconcerned man in the room , which was filled with interested persons , broke down as former neighbors pressed around to congratulate him , and he wept. Al though made the undisputed posses sor of a comfortable fortune he de clared he would much rather forfeit the estate if it would permit him to ' once again see his dead father and mother , with whom he parted over thirty years ago following a boyish grievance. The hearing followed a number of adjournments at which it was sought to establish the rightful claimant to the estate of John Wil son , sr. , a pioneer Johnson county resident. John Wilson , jr. , now a man past middle age , a lawyer by profession , of Houston , Texas , left home while a young man , declaring , it is said , at the time , he would never return. His aged par ents sought him for years , but wIth- out success , but never abandoned the hope that he would eventually return and claim his own. The parents both died , the father about five years ago , and he left a will providing that if the long lost son within five years ; returned and satisfactorily established his identity the estate should go to him , other- wise it was bequeathed to three nephews of the testator. Mr. Wil son's wife took the initiative in claim- ing the estate for her husband , mak- ing a trip to Tecumseh and finally in- ducing her husband to come. He has been in Nebraska now several weeks , and in that time former neighbors of the family and his own intimates when a boy claimed to have recogniz- ed in the Houston lawyer the lad who left home years ago. Wilson through- out has seemed indifferent as to the outcome , but was anxious to prove he was not an 'adventurer and bogus claimant. The estate is fully worth $30,000. Injunction Case Decided. Scottsbluff County-The injunction case of the Gering irrigation district against the state board of irrigation was decided in favor of the latter by : Judge Grimes. He held that even though the Gering and Mitchell ditches took their water from ' \ 'y om- ing they had their appropriation from Nebraska and for that reason he dis solved the injunction. Roosevelt Personnel. Douglas County - John L. Kennedy , chairman of the committee which will have charge of the reception of Colon el Roosevelt party which comes to Omaha on September 2 , will comprise William B. Howland , Ernest Hamlin Abbott and Harold J. Howard , all of the Outlook staff ; Frank Harper secretary to Colonel Roosevelt , and the redoubtable 'T. R. " himself. Death From Eating Peaches. Dodge County-George Lorenzen , janitor in charge of the city school building at Fremont during vacation was taken suddenly sick , after eating five peaches- and" was taken to the hospital , where. he died. He had been in his usual health , . but overeating of peaches brought to a head a stomach trouble which took an acute form. Baby Has But One Ear. Washington County A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmidt at Calhoun has no ear on one side of her head and on the other has a perfectly formed ear with , no visible opening. Faifs in Suicide Attempt. Hall County - Mrs. : John Snook , wife of a railroad employe , despairing of her ill health , left home accompan- ied , by two sons , aged 1 1-2 and 9 years , engaged a room at the Altoona roomirfg house and in the presence of the boys drank what she supposed to be carbolic acid. Physicians sav ed her. Drowned in Shallow , Creek. York County-Paul Bernstein , sev : enteen years old , son of William Bernstein , was " drowned in Beaver creek while bathing. With a number of other boys Bernstein , who couldn't swim , ventured into the creek , and stepped into a deep hole. Omaha Man Shot at Eustis. Frontier County-Samuel Richards and C. C. Banks after a trip to Eustis in . a buggy were on the point of start- ing ; home when as Mr. Richards plac ed a rifle into th ° buggy was accident- ally dischared , striking him in the region of the heart. He lived about an hour. His home is in Omaha. Set Fire by Lightning. Fillmore County-During the elec tric storm the house of A. J. Price was struck and set on fire. The fire ' was extinguished with but little dam- ' , age. Nbne of the occupants were m . juredi Farmer Killed by Lightning. Saline County - Ted Kattaa , a young farmer living with bis par- . . ents about two and a half miles south west of Kramer , was killed by light- ning. He was found lying in the fur row where he had been plowing . , r . . . . , . , . . - ; . ' ; ' - . - - - - . - - - . . - . r v : - _ - ' . . . , ' - f ] / - / os ' : ; i ' } 'DER. ' , LIFE TO Lydia E. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound , made from native roots and herbs , contains no narcotics or harm ful drugs , and to-day holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases of any similar medi- cine ; in the country and thousands of voluntary testimonials are on file in the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn , Mass. , from women who have been cured from almost every form of female complaints , inflammation , ul- erationdisplacementsfibroid tumors , Irregularities , periodic pains , backache , indigestion and nervous prostration. Every such suffering woman owes it to aerself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. If yon would like special advice ibout your case write a confiden- tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham , at Lynn , Mass. . Her advice is free , imd always helpful. SIMPLE STATEMENT > OF FACT Mr. Johnson Unable to See Where If ? Any Way He Had "Put His Foot In It. " _ . ' It Is common to deplore the lack ot ; humor in a person. Yet the very want of It may save a certain amount of embarrassment , as was the . case President on a certain occasion with Johnson. "He was one day , " says a writer in Harper's Magazine , "visit- Ing my mother , and a friend , Mrs. Knox , a widow , came in. She had known Mr. Johnson some years be- fore , when he was a member of the legislature , but they had not met since then. : "After mutual recognition , Mr. Johnson said , 'How Is Mr. Knox ? I have not seen him lately. ' . " 'He has been dead six years , ' said Mrs. Knox. ' " 1 thought I hadn't seen him on . the street , ' said Mr. Johnson. "When Mrs. Knox left , my mother r said , laughing , 'That was a funny mis- take of yours about Mr. Knox.'f" . . ' " " 'What mistake did I make ? ' said /'f" Johnson. 'I said I hadn't seen him ori l the street , , and I hadn't. " ' / . A Bernhardt Trick. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt , who is sup- posed . to be something of an artist as well ; as an actress , was recently call- + ed upon in one of her marvelous crea tions ; to enact the role of a sculptor , and to model a certain bust in view of the . # audience. This fairly electrified the ; critics , but when going into rhap- sodies over the technical skill in han dling the clay which Mme. Bernhardt exhibited they showed that they knew little of the artistic tricks of actors and actresses , ; as a matter of fact , she does nothing of the kind. The bust is modeled and baked , and over it is placed damp clay of the same color. This the talented actress merely pulls off , exposing the beautifully modeled head underneath. Game. The Creditor-WIll you pay this bill now , or never ? The Debtor - Mighty nice of you to give me my choice , old scout. I choose never. Y' Convenient For Any Meal ' . Post . ' Toasties Are always ready to serve right from the box with the addition of cream or milk. 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