'Pin. ' vnm.'ni.K" i.11.'K i. \ vi.'vvy. .innv.\i ? , I.MMMAV i.'P.iiHi'AHV 11 1010 A Homestead In Holt County. Council IIUiffK. In. , Fob. ft. Kdltor NOWH : Duo who has lived Ilio stronu- OIIM life will llnd homoHtoadlng ( i world of now Intoicuts or a monotonous lion- , 't'llllt ( Icpi'lidH iiion | pant experiences , tlto caul of mind mid the capacity to enjoy tin1 works of ( ! od IIH well IIH tlio works of man. There will lie labor and haiilKhlps to undergo. Uul thuro Will In * ( > oniiutiHatloiiH. | There torpk'co In I lie galleries ol' Rome. One run lot greed blind him to God's pie- InrcH bum : night and morning In the gallery of tliu sky. Can concern him- Hulf with the money niado from hay , corn , milk and buttur and eggs , till nothing will runt thu Jaded nerves but a moving iilctnro Hhow. lint thu Great ArtlHt spreads hlH moving pictures free In the eaBt and west , anil ho wh'- lookH may see. In the country , in this spring and summer , mulody runs riot. It Is free UK air , free an thu Interminable inllun of yellow sunlight. No tlukols art1 required to thlH concert of the blrda , outrlvalllng n hundred bespangled mu sicians , trained by Sousa. Can I'attl outfiliiK the meadow lark ? Can Nor- dlca trill .sweeter than a thniHbV IJIrd music Is fiee , free to the ear thai can h < ; ar. Did yon over attend a spring liTTTli nory opening of the birds ? All In their new suits and new crests with colors more vivid than any consign ment of ladles' hats straight from Par Is ? No yellow-haired blonde of fash Ion can llnd anything In the shop to equal the brilliant crest of the oriole. Its headgear Is moro dar/.llng than a Hash of sunlight and Its style never changes from year to year. iOvon Un common woodpecker has a topknot that makes dull the finest hand-made ponpons In the stores. And the bine- jay , the plohlan aristocrat , the rob ber , the monopolist of the woods , wuars a tuft brilliant and wonderful , above her bine coat and skirts , fringed by the white embroidery on her un derwear. The finest colors adorn the crudest bird-magnate of the woods. lllrd life runs along the same lines as human life. There as clans , tribes , famlles , lovemaking and homemaking ing , separations , alllnlties , weddings. Thu devotion of the mother. The pro tection of the father. There are mon ogamous birds , polygamous birds , help less birds , widow birds and robber birds. You are really among your kind when you are among birds. They sing ( iod's praises , but they do not talk or preach , or gossip , or argue about God's plan of redemption. The trees , too , are like people to those who understand them. If you see nothing in a tree but something to be cut down and sold for a post , the woods will have for you no compan ionship and no message. Trees live and struggle with the winds and the storms for their life. They give us shade , shelter , fuel and beauty. They lift their hands in supplication in the spring , they have buds and shoots and blossoms. In the summer , the luxu- rianeo of leaves and spreading branches. In the winter the bare trees are hung with tuitions of frosted gems . Shame on a petty depredator who cuts a young Nebraska tree for posts ! There is something to do on a homestead stead besides admiring the woods and birds and skies. There are experi ences with storms , wolves , timber thieves , Jealous contestants , that would road like , a story of frontier life in the west. There are the long quiet days and the routine of labor , the need of congenial associates. There/ planting and digging , the hot days when hordes of Insects swoop , down to devour the potatoes , the cu cumbers and melons. There is bar vesting , the chickens to care for , the pigs to feed , the cows to milk , the long and severe winters to endure. There are losses and storms. Hut it is the Land of Caanan , where waters gush from the rocks , to the one who longs not for the llcshpots of city living. . Hosa Hudspeth. STANTON COUNTY DOCTOR TRUST County Society Agrees to Raise Fees to Public March 1. Is it a bad trust an evil comblna tion in restraint of trade for the doe tors of a county to get together and agree to a raise in prices ? That's yet to bo answered. Mean while , however , the people of Stanton county have been notified that , begin nlng March 1 , up goes the cost of the doctor bill , along with the price ot hoof. hoof.Tho The bianion ( jaunty Medical society , at a meeting during the week , adopted a new scale of fees , to become effectIve Ivo March 1. Following are some of the fees they agreed to : Town visits , daytime $ 1.50 Town visits , night 2.00 Country visits , daytime. 50c per mile and 1.00 Country visits , night , 5 per cent extra. Waysldo calls , mileage and 2.0C Simple proscription 5 ( Dressings In olllco , not less than 1.00 Removing foreign body from eye , oar , nose or throat , not loss tlmn 1.00 General anaesthetic , mlloago and 10.00 Consultation , mileage and not loss than 10.00 Night visits to bo these between S n. in. nml G a. in. Hosklns. Tlio dancing club will glvo another datico February 6. Music by Sullivan's orchestra. Miss Alice llecktnan has returned from Meadow Grove , where she has been visiting for several weeks. Tom Green of Center stopped off be tween trains Monday on his way to Sioux City. Dr , Schomel is expected homo from Omaha Monday. A daughter was born to Henry lleli- tner and wife Sunday. AiiKiiht Deck and wife were Omaha visitors the first of thu week. .Mr. and Mr * , otto Umber are tak ing In the HlKhta at Omaha this week. ( lint Kckman was a passenger to visit Ills brothers , Christ and Magnus. Mrs. Radonz , mother of 11. Radon/ , Mrs. William Nil/ and Mrs. August Rlggerl died Tuesday night at2 the1 home of the latter and was burled yesterday In the cemetery northwest of , town. | Scott Deal was In town Monday ! night. Ho was on his way lo Cololi radn. We are sorry to report that Mrs. Charles Schcllenborg was compelled to go back to the hospital In Council Hluffs. The Wllka company gave a good show to a fair-sized audience Thurs-'g day evening. Real Estate Transfers. Real estate transfers for the past week , compiled by Madison County Abstract and Guarantee company , of- lice with Mapes .t Ha/.en : C. A. Randall to John L. Johnson. warranty deed , $30 , east three feet of lol 10. block . " > , Railroad addition , New man Grove. Halvor O. Halvorsen to Christina Larson , warranty deed , $250 , part of out lot li , Railroad addition , Newman Grove. 10. J. Schoreggo to 10. M. Xiosclie. warranty deed , $ .100 , one-half Interest in part of wall on building on east one-third of lot 4. block 1. Koenlg- stein's First addition , Norfolk. I C. S. Smith to Alonzo Andrews , warranty - ranty deed , $1,0,10 , lots 11 and 12 , block 30. Western Town Lot company's First addition. Hattlo Creek. I Henry II. Carson to S. H. Hoosly , warranty deed , $400 , se',4 block 18 , Fritz addition , Madison. I Carl H. Knapp to Adam Gross , war ranty deed , $ G,500 , sVj sw % 18-21-2. M. C. Hasten lo I. Uenton Taylor , warranty deed. 14,500 , lot 11 , block 3 , Norfolk Junction. I John J. O'Shea to John Gunnerson , warranty deed , $1,500 , lot 17 , block 9. Railroad addition , Newman Grove. i Minnie 10. Urown to First National bank , warranty deed , $1,800 , lots li and I , block 1 , Hear & Mathewson's addt- lon , Norfolk. State of Nebraska to John M. Cook , Iced , $592 , wseVi 3G-21-3. Thomas Chilvers to Adam Pilger , ruslee , quit claim deed , $1 , lots 13 and 14 , block 19 , Park addition. Norfolk , i i Carl O. Johnson to Anders A. Ander son , warranty deed , $1,300 , lot 15 , ) lock 18 , Railroad addition , Newman ' jrovo. Mary Nenow to Oscar Hauptli , war- anly deed , $1 , part of lot 8 and sub ot 19 of lot G. Pasewalk's addition. Norfolk. A. R. Walters to F. Elliott , warran- : y deed , $1 , lots 1 and 2. block 1 , King's second subdivision , Norfolk. Elizabeth Herdon to Charles J. Carl son , warranty jjeed , $41G.7.1 , interest n so" , 23-21-3. Charlotte E. Olney and husband to Mae G. Olney , quit claim deed , $1 , | ! one-fourth interest in lot 15 , block 2. ' . Matliowson's Second addition , Norfolk. ' Edwin II. Luikart to estate A. K.1 i Scofiold , warranty deed , $100 , part of j. no'nw'i , ' 19-24-4. Kate E. Wilson to Charles C. Wil son , warranty deed , $1,200 , part of outlet t lot 1 , .Meadow Grove. I I .Minnie Williams to Ernest Fisher 1 warranty deed , $3GOO , s1swVi G-2I5-2. , Rose 1. Sheets to Kate 10. Wilson. ' warranty deed , $1,200 , part of out lot I 1. Meadow Grove. Lantern Out , Man Is Dead. Pilger. Feb. 5' . Special to The News : J. E. Gordon , aged S7 , who slipped and fell on ice while walking lome ; from a meeting Tuesday night , and was paralyzed , died last night at 11 o'clock. Mr. Gordon and his daughter were walking home from the meeting , carry ing a lantern. The lantern wont out and Mr. Gordon slipped in the dark and fell on the Icy road , being com pletely paralyzed by the fall. Ho was highly esteemed in this com nuinlty and his death is a shock to the town. He lived two miles north. WOMEN GAINING IN BEAUTY. Exercise Is Doing It , Says William Chase , an Artist. | ! I New York. Feb. " . William M. ' Chase , a famous artist , was shown the statement today of Prof. Dudley A. Sargent , physical director of Harvard , that women are gaining physically on the men , and may soon be the stronger sex. He said : "There can't' ' ' be any doubt of it In the world. I've been noticing the change for a long time , and the sane habit of exercise . of the present generation is forming' I5 ' a new typo of women , with more physical - , sical perfection , therefore , more , strength , more beauty. j "Yes yes yes , he's right ! Rut he doesn't tell the most important part of It for most women , anyway. That Is , that in gaining In strength , women ! r are also gaining In beauty. American J j women , particularly , are becoming more beautiful every day. I abso lutely mean every word I say when I toll you that in no quarter of the globe nowliero in the world , Is a beauty comparable with that of the athletic American woman of today. " "Then you don't think , with many , that the Intellectual pursuits which naturally follow when women gain added strength take away anything from the delicacy of their beauty ? " ho was asked. "No no no no no ! " exclaimed , Mr. Chaso. "I cannot possibly make , that too strong. Why should a woman who uses her brain become less beauti ful ? It only gives her more soul and soul is the life of beauty. " "What is your Idea of the ideal American typo of beautiful women ? " o"The athletic one by all means , " au swored the artist decidedly , " and they don't como from any particular part of America. " THE WAIST LINE MOVES UP. Latest Paris Fashions Nearly on Nors mal Models Again. Paris. Feb. 7. Patiln ( | In making all bis now KOWIIM full from the waist. The ' waist line has reached the normal line , but Is still two or three Inches too large for a good effect , for the hips ' " are as much pulled In as over. _ The dresses have pieces put on at the belt ' ' , either back , front or side , and are made quite bouffant. Such dresses do not pull from the knees down. That Is ' ! to say , dresses have Iho air of beIng - Ing fearfully light , but It Is ony the lining , for nothing Is more ample than the t moUHsellne and lace put on over the whole. Sometimes these luxurious dresses have lace put on over cashmere do solo or meteor or velvet , whatever the goods happens to bo. Then over the lace Is moussollno of the exact color. The ensemble Is most lovely , and this veiled effect Is given almost everything - thing where lace Is used. Mallne and . blond ' lace show best , for the lace must necessarily bo very light and delicate. , Otherwise , the very line , soft effect Is . lost. This Is an Invention of Paquln which arrived last summer. Plaiting Is seen in many of the new skirls. II Is small and Hat , known as the t "knife" plait. In Iho middle of the l back or front , and pressed quite Mat ' , the effect Is good. It lakes much I I' ' Hie intense plainness off the plain up-and-down > skirls. Tills is the case with walking skirts , for as a rule long 1 skirls seem to have no shape. They ] are probably cut bell-like to the knees , whore they again curve in , to branch I out suddenly below. The only' beauty ( about those skirts is that they twine about a woman as she stands. Sometimes It takes a little time to "unlace" oneself , too , and to step out. The shawl rover has disappeared to give place to a very largo one that well covers the dross. At least it Is so with some of the newest dresses. One sees very few coiors at the dressmakers' parlors these days. Even the best evening frocks are black , no matter what ttio trimming. A pretty black satin afternoon dress Is trimmed - mod with white crystals , the cointuro , the hem about the skirt and the trim ming on the corsage being of the crystals. The effect of this dross was quite simple , and yet it was by no means so. When one considers the numerous bands and lappings that go on the cordage and the pieces that twine about the knees , it is as a rid dle. Very little goods Is used in the dresses , that is sure , but that very .scarcity of material is what renders the cut and draping difficult. All the fashionable bats are posed . half ' on the front of the head , half on the side. They really sit astride of the head. The best are suggestive of the Napoleons , but are larger and the brims are more upstanding. In mes- saline or in black velvet , tied with a pretty veil , the hats are stunning. Hut one must sec to appreciate them. They are simple , both as to decoration - tion and shape , for the shape is noth- .ing but a medium high crown , round , with a brim that stands straight upi all around. ' Some of the new hats of this snape are of seal or seal imitation , and are very elegant. They require little if j any trimming. Nothing is necessary but a short plume , a thick aigrette or j I ' 'Isome ; of the pretty butterfly effects * given in gold or silver braid. Cockades ' j ! i are put on every day hats. Steel roses , trim the black messaline hats perfectly - , fectly and make them as dressy as the wearer could wish. BANK NOTES AND TOP NOTES. Mary -Garden's Income is a Million Francs a Year. New York , Feb. 7. "Speaking of money , I am doing pretty well now. My income this year will be nearly a . million francs. " I Thus spoke Mary Garden , the grand 1 opera singer , yesterday. A million francs is about $200,000. "Do you make all that with your voice ? " the reporter asked. "No , indeed , " said Miss Garden. "I ' make some of It In my speculations on ' the bourse. Hut it's quite a jump in nine years , isn't it ? When 1 first sang j at the Opera Comique I received 50 ' francs ( $50) ) a month , which 1 lived 1 j ! on , too. That was nine years ago. I Imagine ! When I have sung as long as some other singers , you can figure out how rich I shall be. "Coining over from Philadelphia to- day. I read all the papers about' 'Klektra. ' and you can better believe ) that 1 am going lo hear Ihe next per- formaiu-e Monday night. Hammer- ' stein seems to have another success. I telephoned him this morning , and } he said that the lines for the box of- lice company filled the lobby. That is gratifying. " 1 adore Strauss. Ho Is the greatest of them all , but 'Salome' Is enough for me at present. And that reminds I 1me. . I am studying Gorman. Perhaps ! i shall be singing Gorman roles next ' season. "No. I haven't boon asked to sing at' ' Heireuth yet , but I may bo some day 1 ! and 1 want to be ready. Really , 1 can't say what I'm going to do , but I am studying Gorman. Hrunnhilde. Isolde ? Well , perhaps. " School Notes. Chancellor Avery of the state uni versity gave an address Monday morn ing before the high school on the snh- Ject of Gorman schools. It Is a rare privilege to have the chancellor and [ 1 to hear him on a subject with which I ho is so familiar. The American i I schools , he thinks , might well imitate' ' the thoroughness of these In Germany. ! The chancellor is proving himself o' ' bo a man of the people , and ho Is in [ every possible way , trying to put himself - ! self in touch with not only the stu i. dents of the university but also the high school students throughout the state. Miss Ruby Clarke , who takes the German and pedagogy this semester , fame Monday. She Is from the univer sity of Nebraska , although her home Is In northeastern Kansas. The boys of the high school have h en makiiiK a wrestling mat In the basement. | , This Is the llrst step to- uanl a gymnasium. Announcements are out for the mar- ilage of Miss Marguerite Lambart and Ora Cox of Falrbury. The wedding took ( place on Wednesday evening at i ! o'clock at the homo of the bride. They will , after a short trip , make their home in Falrbury. , The twelfth grade are wearing their class pins. The new sanitary drinking fountain has been Installed upon the lower tlonr of the hall of the high school. This enables the pupils to drink with out touching the lips to the drink ing cup. There Is thus no way In which disease may be carried from one pupil to another by means of the common cup. If this fountain is suc cessful it Is probable that the drink- Ing-cup system will be entirely done away with at thu high school. The danger of the public drinking cup Is becoming so well known that Kansas has a law which prohibits the use of it I upon railroads and In hotels. People ple are coming to realize how danger ous to the community it is and how expensive the diseases which may lie spread In this way really are. Recent- ly ' a drinking cup used In the schools of a large town was taken to a laba- ratory for examination. This was at a time when there was no epidemic of disease ; yet then ) were found in tlio deposit inside of the cup numerous particles I of dead skin and among them were thousands of germs of tubercu losis , and a large number of the germs of diphtheria. It would be hard to tell how many children contracted tuberculosis from tills cup , although the disease may not have affected any until years afterward. RURAL CARRIERS MAY FLY. That Will be One Use for the Aero plane , an Expert Says. New York , Feb. 7. The use of aero planes in rural free delivery is advo cated by Wilbur R. Kimball , an in structor in aeronautics in the West Side Y. M. C. A. "The practicability of the aeroplane has been fully demonstrated , " Mr. Kimball said in his opening lecture to his class of would-be fliers , " and within two years "it will be used com mercially to an extent not now dream ed of. Rural free delivery , for ex ample , is subject to great delays on account of storms and bad roads. With the aeroplane , however , the farmers' hard earned free delivery would be above these dilllculties. Ills mail would be dropped in a little pouch from the aeroplane , which would then speed on to the next farm house to deliver its packet. Mail could be collected through an arrange ment by which tlio aerial chauffeur could lower a hook and catch up the packages of mail. "One of these rural free delivery aeroplanes will cover a district ten times as large as that served by the present slow wagon system. Farmers all over this territory have been ' exerting every effort to get to market with their grain before tlio roads become so soft with spring thawing - ; ing , that hauling will be impossible. Every day during the past week when there | was a crust frozen on the roads , wagons poured into Norfolk , filled 'with grain. There wus no attempt to haul during the afternoons , fK'CAiise the aftprnoon sun melted the ice and ' t brought chuck holes in the roads. On days during the preceding week it was impossible to haul more than half a load of grain , because of the holes in the road. One-Fifth ol Corn Still in Field. A Norfolk grain man estimates that .there is still about 20 per coiit of the corn crop in the fields , inaccessible as yet , because of snowdrifts , to the buskers. Meanwhile , however , a great deal of husking has been done during the past few weeks. The snow Is gradually disappearing , melting during the' day and freezing at night , thus going off in the best possible , way so as to avoid Hoods. A Norfolk farmer who brought hay to town yesterday said it is selling at $ l per ton , but that the price would go up when the bottom went out of the roads. Mrs. Minnie Stark has filed suit in the district court of Pierce county against Julius Kuhl for $10,000 dam- for alleged breach of promise. Mrs. Stark was keeping house for Kuhl at Pierce and Kuhl , she claims , promised tu marry her. A short time ago Mrs. Stark came to Norfolk to visit relatives and while she was here Knhl went lo Hosklns where ho mar- ried Miss Gradio Hertz January 21. The bride is 22 years old. Mrs. Stark formerly lived at Iho Junction where two years ago her second husband , Albert Stark , was killed at the Northwestern roundhouse. After his death .Mrs. Stark sued Iho railroad company and a settlement was made in her favor for $1,500. Kuhl is a prominent citizen of Pierce county. At one time ho was vice president of the Farmers State bank of Had'ar. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhl have gene to housekeeping on the Kuhl farm northeast of Pierce. The records of Pierce county show that Kuhl has made a transfer of his real estate to M. Inholder , a banker of Pierce , and to his newly wedded wife. Ho has also transferred his personal property by bill of salo. Mr. Kuhl has been married throe times , It is reported. 11. F. Uarnhart of Norfolk Is acting counsel for Mrs. Stark. Sensation- al developments are promised. Mrs. Stark came here from Ponca. Mr , Stark was killed when a lover on n jack-screw flew around and struck him. MERCHANTS MAY CUT PRICES. Nebraska Retailers to Consider Plan at Meeting In Omaha. MadlHim , Neb. , Feb. 7. Retail mer- bants of Nebraska have called a meeting to consider co-operative moth- > ds for reducing llxed charges ; losses in bad accounts and produce which ire costing a sum annually added to the price of the necessities of life Hid hero alone Is a saving which , the merchants themselves say , will affect the high prices and have a tendency to bring them to lower levels. Fred Dlers ol Madison heads the movement and the meeting will be lield In thirty days In Omaha. More than 2,000 merchants In Nebraska are now being Invited to attend and Oma- ! ia business men will entertain the entire party. Following Is the schedule for saving $ : i,08 ! per annum to the merchants doIng - Ing a business of $50,000 annually , ac cording to Fred Dlers , who , with hlr associates owns a long line of stores : Single handed delivery system by one man , average cost per month..10 Co-operative delivery system 10 Saving for a single merchant.10 Single merchant's average loss per . month on produce of all kinds. . . $50 Co-operative loss per month per merchant 5 Saving per month for each mer chant $ -15 Single merchant's extension of credit loss per month $20 Co-operative loss per month o Saving per month each mer chant $17 Co-operative gain of power In col lecting undesirable accounts per month $10 Individual power vs. co-operative. . I ! Gain per month under co-opora- live $ 7 Loss per merchant by cut and slice prices $50 Under proper trade regulations. . . . 00 Gain per month per merchant.$50 Single handling of eggs , butter , pro duce , through store with extra clerk hire $50 Co-operative exchange as handled at Madison , loss if any 5 Saving $45 Single merchant with premium drawing schemes gives 4 per cent of sales $50 Co-operative system 00 ( Jain under proposed cooperative tive plan $50 Total saving per month for a single merchant , $254 ; saving for one mer chant for one year , $3,048. Tims , according to Mr. Dlers , the merchants of Nebraska are wasting annually a sum which alone adds to the total cost of living in the stale. This Madison merchant , who has been instrumental in working out locally a co-operative plan which makes the sav ing possible , has the names of 2,000 other merchants in the state , every one of whom can save $ : ! ,048 each year or $ tJ,0J,000. ! ) ( This amount is now- wasted and makes an increase in the cost of necessities of life bought from the country merchants. Mr. Diers is not taking into account the thousands of small dealers who do not do a busi ness largo enough In volume to make the saving but bo claims there are 2,000 merchants in the state who do such a business. Under the name of the "Federation 1 of Nebraska Retailers. " these men 1 have been invited to meet in Omaha March S , i ) and 10 and they are to hear from the experts who are Inter ested In the organization , just how the saving can bo made. Wholesalers and jobbers of the state are back of them , and propose to make It if possible a stalewide movement for the elimina tion of waste in handling merchandise , make the profits larger that the consumer sumor need not be compelled to pay not only the legitimate profit , but also for the loss on bad accounts , premium schemes , produce and the many other leaks In every store. FUR COIFS A PARIS VOGUE. Beauty and the Beast Meet in the Latest Hair Arranaetnent. Paris , Feb. 7. Ueauty and the beast meet in the newest arrangements In the dressing of the hair in Paris. The fur coiffure is now the popular thing with the women who keep abreast ol the fashions. It supplements the work of the "rat" and serves to produce a pyramidal effect which attracts attetv tion If nothing else. The use of furs in the coiffure is an outgrowth of their adoption in mill ! nery. In the latter oHlco there Is such a grotesque exaggeration that the millinery linory was put out of court entirely whore rational human beings , blossei : with the sense or proportions , were concerned . Top-heavy fur helmets , hiding the forehead and the eyebrows , and leav ing very little of the coiffure visible , were extensively worn a few weeks ago. To such an extreme were those conceits carried that almost the entire tire upper part of the head was ox c Unfinished. Even the blindest devotees voteos of fashion saw llllle to admire in this and demanded a change. The furs themselves had won point larlty , however , so some genius evolved the fur coiffure. Now It Ik the hair and its decorations whiel play the conspicuous part , while Hit headgear is less In evidence than form erly. These bandeaux are winning , great favor than did Iho helmets. Selling Furnishes Ball. Herman Soiling has furnished $1.00 ball at Fairfax where ho was arrestct ( l by Sheriff McMulIon on complaint o > Gustavo A. R. Werner of Fairfax , win seeks to recover $1,000 damages fo an alleged assault and battery commit ted July 20. Werner claims the as sault was extremely brutal , that hi face was badly bruised , both nasa hones broken and that ho was severe ly cut about the head. An Interesting Diary. . Dr. C. J. Verges ban In his posses sion his father's dally diary , kept con tinuously by his father from the year ISGS up until the time of his death a few years ago. It Is a complelo his tory of the early sellloment of Nor folk , covering a period of forty years , up to the death of the author. It Is written In the Gorman language and records Iho dally temperature , the weather , condition of the roads , crops , business transactions , prices , social af fairs , as well as Illuminating Items and sketches of character regarding the settlers and their vicissitudes during the long years of pioneer days. The state historical society would probably value very highly thhi precious docu ment. THE WHY OF POWDER PUFFS. Dabbing White on the Nose Is a N.itu ral Phenomenon. Chicago , Feb. 7. American women are . only following a common psycho logical phenomenon when they use face powder , according to statements made by Prof. II. G. Weatherly of Indiana university. Ho makes the statement In an article on "Raco and Marriage" In the current number of the American Journal of Sociology. Professor Weathorly declares the women are actuated by the same mo tives as savages who paint their skin black. "Men's Ideals of beauty usually are found In Iho best typo of what they tliemsehes are , and what they find most useful , " he says. "For this rea son , traits which especially charac terize a group are often arllllclally ex aggerated for purpose of ornament. Dark races blacken the skin. Tall races Increase the stature by special footwear. Flat nosed people further flatten the nose. White women use face powder. " Order of Hearing of Final Account. In the matter of the estale of Ira G. Vestorvclt , deceased. In the county ourt of Madison county , Nebraska. Now on the 20th day of January , 910 , came Amelia A. Westcrvclt , John Vcstorvclt and Jeffery Wcstervelt , ox- 3cutors of said estate , and prays for eave to render an account as such ox- cutors. It Is therefore ordered that the 25th lay of February , 1910 , at 1 o'clock p. n. at my olllco In Madison , Nebraska , bo fixed as the time and place for ox- mining and allowing such account. Vnd the heirs of said deceased , and all persons Interested in said estate , are required to appear at the lime and place so designated , and show cause , if such exists , why said account should lot be allowed. It is further ordered that said Ame- la A. Wostervelt , John Westervelt and 'effory Westervelt , executors , give no- Ice to all persons Interested in said estate by causing a copy of this order o be published in the Norfolk Weekly Jews-Journal , a newspaper printed and n general circulation in said county 'or three weeks prior to the day set 'or said hearing. In testimony whereof I have here- into set my band and alllxcd my ofli- cial seal this 20th day of January , A. i. 1910. Win. Hates , ( Seal ) County Judge. Notice of Sheriff's Sale. Hy virtue of an order of sale issued and directed to me by the clerk of the district court of Madison county. Ne braska , upon a decree of foreclosure ondered by tlio district court of Madi son county , Nebraska , on the 4th day ) f November , 19UU , in favor of Napoleon - eon A. Rainbolt for thu sum of $10.80 with interest thereon from November 1 , 190 ! ) , at 7 per cent per annum , and n favor of Napoleon A. Rainbolt for the sum of $54.52 with interest thereon rom November 4 , 1909 , at 7 per cent > er annum , together with $27.25 , costs of suit , and accruing costs , in an ac tion , wherein Napoleon A. Rainbolt Is plaintiff and Justus P. Leaver , et al. , ire defendants , I will offer the prom- sos described in said decree and taken as the property of said defendants , to- wit : Lots eighteen ( IS ) and twenty (20) ( ) in block three ( ! ! ) of Riverside Park addition to the City of Norfolk , Nebraska , and lots six ( f > ) , seven (7) ( ) , seventeen (17) ( ) and nineteen (19) ( ) In block Ihreo ( li ) , lols seven (7) ( ) and eight ( S ) in block six ( ) , lots two (2) ( ) and three (3) ( ) In block eleven (11) ( ) , and lots thirteen (13) ( ) and fourteen (14) ( ) in block thirteen (13) ( ) , all in Riverside Park addition to tlio city of Norfolk , in Madison county , Nebraska , for sale at public auction to tlio highest bidder for cash in hand on the 7th day of March , 1910 , at the hour of 1 o'clock p. m. , at the cast front door of the court house at Madison In said county and state , that being the building wherein the last term of said court was hold , when and whore duo attend ance will bo given by the undersigned. Dated this 25th day of January , 1910. C. S. Smith , Sheriff of Said County. Notice of Sheriff's Sale. Hy virtue of an order of sale is sued and directed to mo by the clerk of the district court of Madison coun ty , Nebraska , upon a decree of fore closure rendered by the district court of Madison county , Nebraska , on the 4th day of November 1909 in favor of Chicago Lumber company of Oma ha for the sum of $731.77 with Inter est thereon from November 4th 1909 , at 7 per cent per annum , and in favor of Coloinan & McGlnnls for the sum of $53.58 with interest thereon from November 4. 1909 , at 7 per coat per annum In favor of King & Hockondorf for the sum of $0.1.30 with Interest thereon from November 4 , 1909 , at 7 per cent per annum , and In favor of 11. L. McCortnick for the sum of $15.50 with Interest thereon from No vember 4 , 1909 , at 7 per cent per an num , and In favor of John 10. Mints- lerman for the sum of $58.07 with In terest thereon from November 4 , 1909 , at 7 per cent per annum , and In favor of T. W. Johnson fur Ihe sum of $2 f > ' ( id with Inteiest tin-icon from No.u < - her 4 , I90t. ! at 7 per cent per annum , together with $ ir > .no. < OMH of milt , ami ac ( ruing costs. In an action , \\lienm Kit uanl Rautenbei'K , ct al. . In plaintiff , and HIM thu Drc\t < en , el al. , aio dcfi n dants , 1 will offer the prenilm's 'ii ' % perilled In said decree and taken as the properly of said defendant ! ) . u > wit : Commencing at Ihe nortlnt corner of the north half of the mmili east quarter of section thirty-live m township twenty-four , north , ranno one , west of the sixth principal met I dlan In Madison county , Nebraska , which shall be the first place of begin ning , running thence east 2,2111.4 foot , which hliall be the place of begin nlng , running thence south to the south line of said north half of said sisi southeast quarter of said section thu sit ty-llve t ; , thence east 405.5 feet mov < i or loss to the southeast corner of saltl north half of said southeast quarter of said section thirty-live , thence dun north to the northeast corner of said southeast quarter of said section thir ty-live , thence due west to tlio plain of beginning , In Madison county , Ne braska , for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash on the 7th day of March. 1910. at ( he hour of I o'clock n. m. , at the east front door of the court house at Madlmm In said county and state , that helm : the building wherein the last term of said court was held , when anil where due attendance will bo given by the undersigned. Dated this 1st day of February , 1910. C. S. Smith , Sheriff of said county. Notice to Bridge Contractors. Public notice Is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the board of county commissioners of Madison county , Nebraska , for the furnishing of all the necessary ma terials and labor for the erection and completion of the following bridges , or so many thereof as shall bo ordered built by the said county commlsslonom during the year beginning March .10 , 1910 , and ending March 29. 1911 : One 16-foot roadway , 70-foot span , steel bridge , with tubular piers , across Hattlo creek , near Battle Crook mill. And such other bridges of like clasn as above , ranging in spans from 50 to 80 feet , as necessity or emergency may require , to bo ordered by said board ot county commissioners , within the pe riod herein specified. One 10-foot roadway , pile and siring -r bridge , approximately 40 feet long. All such other bridges of like class as the bridge last described , as neces sity or emergency may require to lia ordered by said county commissioners within Ihe period herein specified. At the same time and place as hero in specified bids will also bo received by said comity commissioners for a yearly contract , for the repair of all bridges and approaches to bridges which may bo ordered repaired and maintained by said county commission ers during the period above specified. All such bridges and parts of brides to be built in accordance with plans and specifications heretofore adopti-d by said county commissioners and IHK.V on file in the ofllco of county < lerK > ( said county , at Madison , Nebras-ka No bid will IIH considered mile * " it is accompanied by a certified . In . n. for $2,000 , payable to the county < l--ik of Madison county , Nebraska , \\hii li shall be forfeited to the county .if Madison in case the successful bi.ldi r refuses to enter Into a contract if tln < same shall be awarded to him. Su-ii check must be under separate covir that it may bo examined and verified by the county clerk prior to the open ing of said bids. The party receiving the contra..t will be required to give a good and suf ficient bond in such amount as the said county commissioners may designate , conditioned for the faithful perform ance of said contract. Kids and checks will be recehod at any time prior tu 12 o'clock , noon , of February 19 , 19JO. by the county clerk o . Madison county at Madison , Nebraska , and said bids will bo opened at the commissioners' ofllco at Madison , Nebraska , at 1 o'clock i ) . in. , on Mr.rch 1 , 1910. All bids shall be made on bidding sheottj prepared and furnished by the slid county clerk on application. The commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all of said bids. Done by order of the county com missioners of Madison county , at Madison , Nebraska , this 13th day or January. 1910. S. R. McFarland. County Cloik. Estimate cf Expenses. At a mooting of the board ofuntv commissioners of Madison coun.y , N braska. held January 13 , 1910 , theioi. . lowing estimate of expenses of Mudi son county for the year 1910 was pr- pared and on motion adopted. County bridges $2.1.lnii County roads lii.nnu Riprapplng streams 2 onu County Institute ion County printing i- , , . ! County attorney's salary i , 'onn Care of paupers 3noo Fuel , postage and expenses. . . . l.r.oo Hooks , stationery and supplies , l.fmo Election expenses 3.000 Salary assessors and deputies. . 3Mm Soldiers' relief $ „ ( , Poor farm expenses l.oon County superintendent's salary. l.D Salary clerk of the board r. County commissioners' salaries : ' , . Hoiinty on wild animals : , Jailor's foes i r , Janitor's salary and oxponsos. . : > District court , jurors' and coun ty olllcers' fees 7.111.1 . Insanity commission i.jm Aid to agricultural societies. . . . ti" Furniture , repairs to court house , and Insurance l.r-uu Clerk of the district court , sal ary COO Salary of sheriff and assistants. 3.000 S. R. McFarland , County Clerk.