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T1IK NORFOLK WKKKI/V NKWK-.TOURNAlj , FH1DAY , KKHUl'ARY ' 25 , 1010. Sone of Veterans , Cohunbiifl , Nob. , Fob , 18. Special to The NOWB : Tbo twonty-Blxth an nual encampment of tliu Nebraska dlvlnlon , Sons of Veterans , 11. H , A. , WIIH belli In tlilH city. Tlio followlni ; olllcorn wore elected and Installed by I'oKt DIvlHloti Commander Galley UK liiHtnlllng olllcor , assisted by Inspector - tor General W. T. ( llbson of Onmp 82. Loup City , viz : Commander. II. II. Hoed. Columbus ; Honlor vli'o com mander , George A. Eburly , Stiuiton ; dlvlhloii council , II. J. Calloy , Colum- him , .lumen McBoth , Loup City , George F. Wolz , Fremont. Tbo following Htaff olllcers were also Holocted : DlvlHon secretary , C. E. Devlin , ColumbuH ; division troaHiiror , K. 1' . DiiHBoll , CohjmbiiB ; dlvlfilon counBollor , A. 11. Rawllzor , Omaha ; division , cbaplaln , Rev. L. H. DoWolf , Fairmont , Neb. , dlvlHion Inspector , Henry WoHtbrook , Colunibim ; division patriotic ItiHpector , D. Burr Jones , Co himbiiH. Tbo report of the division sccretnry dlflclosed that during the pant year tlio momborBhlr ) of tlio Nebraska ill- vlHlon of Sons of VctenuiB bud more tban doubled and tluit tlio Indications wore tbat during tlio coming year tbo order waH destined to experience a phenomlnal growth. Tbo dlvlulon council after an exami nation of tbr llnuiiccs of tlie order reported them In excellent condition and upon a unanimous vote a donation was made to tbo omvodtnent fund of tbo Memorial university , a university founded and supported by tbo Sons of Veterans U. S. A. and located at Mason City , la. OF COURSE MOTHER GAVE IN. Joseph Ryan and Bride Lack Only His Father's Blessing. New York , Fob. 1M. Forgiven by bis mother , Joseph Hyan , youngest son of Thomas Fortune Ryan , who , a few wooka ago , ran away with and mar ried Mlaa Nannie Morse , a daughter of Alexander Porter Morne , a wealthy Waflhington lawyer , Is with his bride today at bin mother's homo on the outskirts of Richmond , Vn. All that IB needed now IB the blessing of .Mi. Uyan , the father , and It is said that this will bo granted within a Hhort time. The llrst Intimation tbat tbo older Ryan received of his son's runaway marriage was when he received a telegram from young Hyan from Pasadena , Cnl. , stating that ho was short of cash and needed more money. The pair was stopping at the Hotel Greene at that time. A check was received several days later. Immediately upon the receipt of the check , Hyan paid his hotel bill , and with his bride started east , arriving In this city several days ago. It was said that he visited his father , but that ho failed to gain bis father's blessing. The two were married at at. Gregory's church , Baltimore , Jan uary 10 , and left at once for California to spend their honeymoon. The bride was noted in Washington for her beauty. She was a pupil at Georgetown univorb'ity. It was hero that she first met young Hyan. The wedding was sanctioned by the par ents of the girl. Joseph Ryan has jitbt passed his twenty-Iirst birthday anniversary. His engagement to Miss Lillian B. Cral daughter of Mrs. G. F. M. Grail , was announced some months ago. It was canceled later , Mr. Kyan'r youth be Ing given as the cause. San Francisco. Feb. 21. Before 6,000 spectators , James J. Jeffries , who Is to light Jack Johnson on the after noon of July 4 , appeared In the ring at an "athletic carnival" conducted b > Jack Gleason , one of the promoters of the big light , yesterday afternoon It was the first time that Californlans have seen Jeffries since he signified his willingness to fight Johnson. The fight-loving public of the citj where Jeffries won his llrst great bat tie was Impatient to see If ho hai "come back. " From the applause the retired champion received as he wen through his paces it was evident tha the public was satisfied with his con dition. EXERCISE KILLS A BOY. John S. Erwln , Jr. , High School Ath lete , Dies of Chorea. Kansas City Mo. , Feb. 21. "Johnny" Erwln's heart was In his athletic work ; he trained too earnestly ant he died. He was a whole-souled , thorough going , IG-year-old American boy , John S. Erwln , jr. . of 2217 Kast Twenty llrst street. His ambition was to ex eel In high school athletics , and his llrst year at Central high school hat brought him into notice as a promls ing pole vaulter. That was his fav orite "event. " his specialty. A few months ago be began his second year at Central , a bard stu dent , a clever athlete , popular alike with professors and with his mates. And always his ambition was to vault as high as the best , to win a mark for himself and to rolled credit on his school. On a tennis court near his homo young Erwlu practiced In private. Hay after day his record crept up up , till he was clearing the cross bar at four Inches above nine feet. He was realizing bis ambition. His "form" was good. His work was earnest. It was too earnest. % In January came signs of falling health. Symptoms of "chorea , " the dreaded nervous breakdown , appear ed. The last day of the month ho was forced to leave school. A week ago ho was confined to his bed. With the same high' heart and steady courage that had carried him toward his athletic goal , Johnny Er wln fought for his life against the body racking disease that had mas tered his nerves. He was beaten. "Johnny Ervrln * badan average ol good' In the nchool gymnasium work , " V. I. Driver , chief of the athletic Icpartment , tmld thlH morning , "but 10 did not appear to take more tban mllnary Interest In the work here. UH practice seems to have been taken iiiiBtly In private. Excessive training , such an be must have undergone , vould not have been permitted at bo school gymnasium. " The physician who attended young 5rwln said this morning that the boy uid suffered no mechanical Injuries from bin athletic work , his death bnv- ng been caused by a general nervous ireakdown , resulting from overtrain- Why Prices Are High. Norfolk , Neb. , Feb. 18. Editor Vows : Why land and food are dear ? Why should anyone ask so simple a question , and why should congress ( but tbat is a joke ) discuss such a inostlon ? The question Is a local ) no , for there are placoB where land s not dear and where meat cannot m sold at any prices , and whore raln , uid fruit and vegetables rot where j ) ' : hey grow because no one will use or my them. | I Fen every man , woman and child jf all the seinl-stnnliig millions of Uurope a farm can be bought for a few' cents per acre in a healthier and more fertile land than Europe In' Africa. The plains of Tartary , Mongo lia and Siberia , will ) n soil and ell-1 mate nt-nllar to Kansas , Nebraska and tlio Dakotas , would make a wheat and alfalfa Held as largo as the United States and the settled portion of Canada - ada , hut not a single furrow has been turned there , while on the very borders - ors of this vast food garden live the starvlm ; millions of India ana China. Australia could support a pop ulation of 100,000.000 but nine-tenths' of Its soil Is still virgin. Southern1 South America has about the same climate and soil as the United States and would glady give to every land less person In tbo United States a farm free. It was but a few years ago , after the country had been used for 300 years for a cattle pasture , that we dis covered that the Gulf coast of Texas would grow more food products dur ing a larger number of months of the year than any other section of our country , and about tbo same time wo learned that the Canadian north west would grow wheat. The central valley of the continent Is our granary and with a grade of 1 per cent from the Arctic circle to the gulf there Is still no north and south railroad , and It took nearly tfiree centuries to dis cover that crops could be raised on the prairies. The vast tonnage from this region is still going by the long , expensive route to the sea board. We ship our raw wool and cotton to Europe and then tax ourselves by a tariff to get our clothing back so that we can ship more beef across the ocean to pay the bill. A farmer in north Nebraska raises feeders and ships them to Omaha. A neighbor of his goes down on the same train and brings those cattle back and finishes them for market and again ships them to Omaha where they are butchered and the meat shipped back for local consumption. This same transaction is going on all over the country. Wo are annually cutting thousands of acres of young and Immature for ests to make paper , and In turn we throw into the alleys millions of tons of that same paper. In Nebraska wo buy hundreds of thousands of cans of tomatoes , peas , beans and other canned vegetables urown with fertilizers among the rocks of New York and Pennslyvania. Some day we will , probably , send our eggs to Pittsburg to have them polished and put up in a fancy box and sent back for our consumption. We have 100 Items for our national bill of fare and we persistently live on meat , potatoes , bread , butter and coffee * The native of Chicago says , "Chica go Is good enough for me. " The Nebraskan - braskan says the same of his state , and the more gregarious humanity Is and the harder It is to live the bet ter It seems to suit htm. The penalty of nature In all ages for this condi . tion of society has been famines and pestilence , butt ho lesson has never been heeded. If the correspondent of The News i from Plalnvlew happens to read the above it may help him to Illuminate his problem of high prices. J. II. Mackay. New World Swimming Record. Sydney , N. S. W. , Feb. 21 Al Wick- ham of Sydney , yesterday swam fifty yards in 23 3-5 seconds. This Is a new world's record. Wickham held the former record gf 24 3-5 seconds for fifty yards straight away. STATE RESTS IN WILSON CASE. Thirty-six Witnesses Examined In Alns- worth Murder Trial. AInsworth , Neb. , Feb. ID. The state rested after examining thirty-six wit nesses In the trial of Walter Rlfen- berg. alias George Wilson , for the mur der of Jacob Davis , which occurred here on the evening of December 27. Five days' time was consumed In the examination of these witnesses , the most damaging evidence being fur nished by Helen Leads , whom Wilson promised to marry after deserting his wife. wife.First First Lieutenant William R. Rezie- bauson of Troop L , Fourth United States cavalry , stationed at Fort Meade , S. D. , and Professor Thorpe of Crelghton university , Omaha , were Im portant witnesses. The latter testified that the spots on the money found on Wilson at the time of his arrest were blood. The girl's testimony was given with reluctance and only after much cross-questioning. Wilson was a member - ber of Troop L and served as sergeant , but deeortted from 'thti army1 at the same time he left his wife and a babe one day old. , Lieutenant Re/lehaUBcn's Idonl'llca- ' . ' ( Ion was positive , although his testl * inony to tlio effect that Wilson had de serted fiom the army was stricken from the records of tlio court on the ground that It Incriminated him. I Only once has Wilson shown any Intelobt whatever In his c'ibo ' , this oc casion being the appearance of his wlfo In court. Ills face worked con vulsively and for a time It was thought he was on the verge of a breakdown , but he gained his self-control and In a few minutes viewed the proceedings with nonchalonco which has character ized his attitude from the start. FRAZEE TALKS OF JEFFRIES. Theatrical Booster Speaks Well of Boilermaker. Chicago , Feb. 21. Harry Frazee , local thatrical man who had charge of the Jeffrlcs-Gotch tour which closed at HIbbtng , Minn. , and who will take a galaxy of pugilistic stars around tbo world If Jeffries wins from John son on July I , returned to the city yesterday and will Issue a statement today of the receipts taken In by the show. Mr. Frazee asserted the figures 1 would be a big surprise to the pub-1 lie. Ho also said that nothing ever ' attempted In the show business has , equaled It. I I I According to Frazee , Jeffries will arrive In San Francisco tomorrow. night and will start preliminary train ing for the battle by taking a hunt ' Ing trip Into the mountains for about ten days starting Monday. Ho then 1 , will stait training at Monterey , where ! ; he will establish his training quarters , ' for ho says Jeffries surely believes' the light will take place In San Fran- ' clsco , I "Jeffries Is In superb condition , " Fra7.ee said , in talking about the Cnl- 1 ! ifornlan. "Ho could go Into tlio ring I ' In twenty days and whip Johnson just as sure as he will defeat him on July I 4. On this tour Jeffries has not dis- j j sipated n bit , which leads me to bo- Hove all the more that he Is sin cere In his purpose to whip Johnson. I could notice a gradual improvement In his condition every night , and I be- ' Hove I am safe in saying that when 1 he outers the ring on July 4 he will whip Johnson in jig time. "Our tour was a tremendous suc cess. 1 don't believe anything ever at tempted In the show business will I equal the figures which I will publish. , Everywhere we played the houses were packed and at each place Jef fries left a most favorable Impression. I have not changed my plans about the world tour , for I firmly Jeffries will be the winnei. My plans all de pend on whether Nelson or Ketchel Is whipped before the time of starting. "Jeffries firmly believes the fight will take place In San Francisco and will establish training quarters at Mon terey. He will have Bergcr , who will act as manager of the camp ; "Farm er" Burns , and some big men who can hit and stand some of Jeffries' wallops - ! lops in the camp. Gotch and Corbett | will bo there about six weeks before the fight. 1 intend to go out there before - fore that time. " Battle Creek. M. L. Thomson was up to Meadow | Grove Friday looking after his new milling plant , which lie is erecting at that place. Mrs. P. F. Zimmerman visited the latter part of last week with her sis ter , Mrs. Scheer , at Meadow Grove. Mrs. Scheer is seriously ill. Tom Sesler returned Thursday from Clearwater , where lie visited at the homo of his sister , Mrs. John James. L. S. Hamby , who bought John Ho- man's dray business in January , ran j it about three weeks , and last Thursday - ' day quit the business , sold his mule team and harness to George Zimmer man for an even ? 50. Saturday bo moved to Norfolk , where be Is going to work in the roundhouse. Mrs. L. F. Morz has been bedfast for about one week on account of sick ness. ness.Erven Erven Rogers has rented the C. S. Smith house on the corner of Third j and Hale streets , vacated by John Ho- 1' ' man , and will move to town in the ! near future I Saturday a son was welcomed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kiel- dor. Miss Mary Ruslck , who has been studying classical music in a conservatory vatory at Chicago , returned home Sat urday to help her mother , who Is 111. Herman Maas , who has boon clerk ing In a store at Creighton , came home , Sunday and is going with his parents to Montrose , Colo. , next week , where they will locate. ! Hetman Clans , Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hans , Fred Haaso and others attended the Moldenhauer funeral at Norfolk Sunday. William Smith , a jolly Virginia boy , came down from Cherry county Sun day , where ho is holding a G40-acre Kinkaid claim , for a visit with rela tives and friends. There are a lot of people from this vicinity In Cherry county and , according to their talk , they are all satisfied and prosperous , H. M. Reed went to Omaha Sunday toisit a sick friend. From there he will go to Lincoln to attend the state convention of watchmakers and opti cians. Johnnie Werner , the 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Werner , Is be- rlously ill with pneumonia. A. W. Tlllotson , who went to the Til- den hospital about two weeks ago for an operation of the stomach , returned Saturday. He fools very weak yet , ' ut will regain his strength slowly , as bis appetite and digestion have re turned. Miss Nora Hans returned Monday from Rod Wing , Minn. , where she hna been attending a Lutheran college for girls. girls.Mrs. Mrs. W. H. Avery came down from Tlldon Sunday for a couple of days' visit with her mothor-ln-law , Mrs. Rose Avery , and other relatives. Her little Ron , John , accompanied her. The youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Zimmerman has boi'ii sick about one week and under the care of a pliyt-lcliiii. John Blown , who has been 111 with tuberculosis for a long time , died Tues day forenoon at his home eight miles northwest of town , lie leaves six grown chlldn'ii , the youngest K ! years old. His wife died several years ago. He was about f > 6 years old , and a na tive of Ireland. The funeral was hold Thursday morning at 10:110 : from the Catholic church , Father Thomas Walsh olliclatlng. The remains wore laid to rest by the side of bis wife in the Catholic cemetery. That $48 Hog. Gregory 'fimea-Advocatd : The Nor folk News of last evening contained a wrlteup about hogs being eight cents ut that place. The News mustn't think that Norfolk IB the only market town as the Gregory Live Stock association has been paying eight cents for hogs for over a week. The facts are that Gregory has the best hog market In tills section of South Dakota or Ne braska. Peoples Advocate : In Wednesday's edition of The Norfolk Daily News , mention was made of The Sailor Coal & Grain company of that place pur chasing of a farmer living near Nor folk a hog weighing t00 ! pounds for which was paid $18. Further mention was made of the enormous size of the porker and the big price. But that was nothing. On December I ! , 1909 , Wright & Snyder of Ewing pur chased of Mike Rotherham one hog ' weighing 700 pounds , paying at the 1 rate of $7.40 per hundred , amounting to $51.80. Try again Norfolk. If nec essary we can scare up larger ones. Gregory County Contests. Gregory Times-Advocate : The land ollico officials have been busy this week hearing contests. The first of the week the case of George Schwartz vs. John E. Brotsky. Both parties 1 claimed a squatter's right to the land In controversy. Schwartz claimed the entire northwest of 25 , 9G , 74 and 1 Brotsky claimed the west half of the same quarter. According to the test ! mony Brotsky claimed the northeast of 25 , 95 , 74 by squatting , but when he got to Gregory be found that the west half of his land was filed on. He therefore filed on eighty acres of the land that Schwartz claimed and later moved his buildings over onto tlio northwest of 25. After the test ! mony was all taken , Brotsky relln qulshed his right to all the land and Schwartz tiled on the eighty in dls pute. pute.The The case that Is now occupying the attention at the land ofllce , is Ed J. Oxford vs. Walter A. Wood. Oxford claims to have squatted on the north west 2'1 , 97 , 76 and Wood on the one- half northwest and southwest of the northwest of the same quarter. Wood has a filing on the land he claims he squatted on. Stanton Needs School House. Stanon Picket : Stanton needs a new school building ; In fact must have it to accommodate the pupils who are now attending school. That we must have more room no one will deny. But the question is , shall we build a new high school and use the I I old one for the grades or shall wo erect one or more ward schools. Some of our citizens are in favor or one proposition and some tlie other. | Just now a petition is in circulation asking that a $15,000 high school building bo erected , the proposition for $15,000 ! bonds having failed a few weeks ago. It Is to bo hoped that this time the majority will be on the other side , as the problem must bo met In some way and that soon. Rosebudder's Foot Amputated. 1 Trlpp County News : J. A. Barnett , j who is holding down a claim in the ' northwest part of Tripp county , and | whose feet were badly frozen about I a month ago while enroute to his j home from Dallas with a load of freight , was taken to a hospital In , Omaha last Saturday morning by Dr. ' Hofor , where bis left foot was ainpu- i tated at the ankle on Monday. At last I reports the patient was doing well. | Tom Barnett who had his feet frozen i at the same time is faring much bet ter than his father , but will have the misfortune of losing three toes. Again Short of Coal. Humphrey Democrat : The coal scarcity which has been somewhat alleviated by the pleasant weather of late is again forcing itself upon us up here. There is a grievous fault somewhere. The dealers say it is the railroad company. They say that it has taken three weeks to got a car of coal from Missouri Valley. One dealer says that'tho railroad company has "appropriated" three or four cars of coal ho had on the way. With ! the frigid north wind blowing at the ' rate of forty miles per hour and only a little coal on hand and no assurance of any more , these things , we say , are , not conducive to pleasant thought of the guilty ones whoever they are. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. I Holt County Man , Whose People Live at Elgin , Drops From View. Holt County Independent : On Jan uary 31 , Charles Barnhart took n load of wheat to Page , from the F. J. Dishncr ranch near Mlneola and on his return one of his horses fell on the Ice and broke his leg. Ho left the horse at a farm house two miles north of Page and went on home. The next morning ho took a saddle horse and went back to see how the horse was getting along and found the horse dead. Ho loft bis horse at Page and came to this city on the freight. From hero ho wrote hla partner , E. B. Brophy , jointly with him In the lease of the ranch , that ho bd : ; loft the saddle horse In the liv ery barn at Page and for him to go and get him as ho wns going away. Nothing ban been heard of him since that time. lie leaves a wlfo and a lot of stock and gialn. There are three mortgage but not large ones. Ills people live at Elgin and say they have not seen or heard of him. He has done nothing wrong that any one knows of and there does not appear any reason for him to go. From what wo can learn his family lelatlons were pleasant and bis wlfo cannot understand his motive In goIng - Ing away. The whole thing seema to be shrouded In mystery. Again , Mr. Stelnkraus. Boyd County News : The News does not disagree with the gentle man at Plalnvlew who makes reply In The Norfolk Dally Nowa to an item in this paper. Our contention Is that the people In this country should not bo .satisfied with any con dition solely because , as bad or as good as It may bo , It IB yet preferable to the condition of a people In some foreign land , but that the American people should demand what justly be longs to them and carelessly fritter awny the liberties bequeathed to them by the fathers to llrst one trust and then another. Of course , produce must rise with the increase of land values , but when hogs sold as high an $8 per hundred In western Nebraska under Grover Cleveland bacon retail ed at fifteen cents per pound and now hogs are worth about $8 per hun dred and bacon retails at twenty and twenty-two cents per pound and there IB only about half the waste In a packing house today there was at tno time of the Cleveland adminis tration , nor does the retailer make ti larger profit now than formerly. BABIES ARE FED TOO OFTEN. Dyspepsia And How toAvoid It , As Told by New York Specialist. New York , Feb. 19. A champion of the great American doughnut has arisen. Likewise for the great Ameri can Instltulon of pie for breakfast , and hog and hominy whenever there Is the most need for It. So American house wives can now lot that Chicago pro fessor rave that professor , who , only a short time ago , declared that Amer ican cooking was the cause of our be ing essentially a nation of dyspeptics. The man 'who upholds the great American doughnut is Dr. Mark I. Knapp , a specialist in stomach trou bles. Doctor Knapp , who , besides being - ing a specialist , Is the author of a number of treatises on the subject which are used as books of Instruction and reference In this country , and have been translated Into several dif ferent languages gives more logical reasons for Americans being a prey to stomach troubles , especially the dreat dyspepsia. "Before 1 tell you 'why Is dyspep sia , " I want to tell you how it can bo avoided. Begin with the babies Nearly everyone who is suffering from stomach trouble , and thinks it is be cause of something eaten recently , lias been afflicted since his babyhood. The mothers do not know bow to feed their children. They think the only tiling to do every time the baby ories is to stuff a milk bottle into its mouth. Tlio result , if not deatli as Is too often the case is a lifetime of dyspepsia. It the child escapes this disease in baby hood , however , care must not be re laxed. It must extend to the school child , "Which reminds me that one of the gravest faults of the school system is that there is not a sulllcient Intermis sion between the two daily terms Children cannot be expected to hurry home , bolt their food , as they have to then run back to school and bo free from dyspepsia. "If mothers want a nation free from dyspepsia let them feed the babies less , the school children less and soft er and more digestible foods for their luncheons ; and let the school teachers agitate to give a longer time for that luncheon. " COOL ACTOR STOPPED A PANIC A Carelessly Thrown Match Started a Fire on the Belasco Stage. New York , Feb. 19. The coolness of Edmund Breeze , leading man in "Just a Wife , " prevented a fire pariic at the Belasco theater yesterday after noon. In the second act of the play Breeze lights a cigar and throws tht match away. Yesterday it landed on a rug , which was soon smouldering Occupants of the boxes saw It am made hasty exits. Tlio play stoppec abruptly. "Sit down , there is nothing the mat ter , " shouted Breeze , and Frederick c Durton , another actor repeated bin words. But the movement to the doors con tlnued , and suddenly the curtain fell As the lights blazed up , Breeze stepped pod out In front of the footlights. "Thoro is absolutely nothing the matter , " ho cried. Then he pointed tea a man in uniform who was standing In the center aisle. "Do you see the lire cheif ? " ho added. "Do you sup pose he would bo Idle if there was any danger ? " The words of Breeze and the presence once of the fireman calmed the nudl once and most of them returned to their seats. SEED CORN WARNING. Even That Selected and Hung Away Last Fall is In Poor Condition. "In my opinion every ear of corn should bo tested , " says George Copeland - land , regent of the University of Ne braska and himself a big corn grow er. "Tho corn picked early and put In cribs IB In a very dangerous con dition. When wo came to shell corn In my homo county , the shelters found It necessary to pry , the corn loojjo Low Rates -to California arc in effect daily March 1 to April 15 , 1910 Good in tlio comfortable tourist sleepers of the Union Pacific "The Safe Road to Travel" Dustless , perfect track electric hloi'lc signal protection - din ing ear meals and service "Best in the World. " Tor ratt's , Information , ojo , cull on or adilroHM jour Lornl Afront. C. W. LANDERS , Local Agent with crow bars , it was frozen togeth er. None of this corn would do for seed. "That which was picked last fall and hung up for seed Is not safe tin- less it is tested , as It undoubtedly contained too much moisture. It has boon my opinion that corn which re mained in the field would be In the best condition but I may ho mistaken In this and we are going to test every ear of corn before wo plant It. " KIDS' GAMES DON'T CHANGE. Their Favorites Still are "Hide and Seek" and "London Bridge. " Kansas City Star : Youngsters grow up , develop and alter , but their games the livollties of school yards , street corners and vacant lots arc un changeable. A man who knows "kids" has In vestigated. He romped with a half do/.en litle bundles of huskincss In his neighborhood yesterday , parrying shocks both to dignity and loss of breath. He vouches for the state ment that little folks' games never change. Further he reports as fol lows : "The games are precisely the same as when I was small and robust , only maybe n little more rough-and-tumble. Technicalities haven't changed a bit. " 'HIde-and-go-seok' why , I under stand they played it years and years ago in England just as I played It and the way tlie children play It now. Someone Is 'it , ' and everybody else scrambles away to hide ; and then af ter 'It' has counted fifty or sixty era a hundred , everybody is anxious to touch 'its' base before 'it' does. Of course you remember that whoever j | Is caught first has to bo 'It' tlio next time. ' "And 'pussy wants a corner , ' where 'pussy , ' or 'it' again , tries to slip into | i a corner while one hey or girl is changing places vManother. , . Not a fractional change can be found in It. , And 'London bridge is falling down , ' where someone Is caught by the bridge holders and has to pay a penalty or choose to support one of the halves of the bridge In the tug of war that finally results. Can you find any al teration ? i "And all of the varieties of 'tag' ' wood , iron , grass or paper 'tag' how could It be supplemented to make it any more enjoyable ? And 'run , sheep , run * you remember It , of course , don't you ? And 'cheese , ' another sort of 'hide and seek , ' where you can run only while 'It' is counting ten and holding 'its' eyes shut. And 'King , , King Calico , ' another abridgment of 'tag , ' in which the little folks try to run across the street before 'it' tags 'em. And 'Saratoga , ' or 'guess , ' or 'New York , ' as It used to be called when I played It , with the procedure all the same. One 'side' illustrates some process , as picking cherries , for instance , and the other side guesses what they're doing. And as soon as | ' they guess they rush to tag members of the other side and include them in their party. Of course , you know all about it. Didn't you play It the same way twenty , thirty years ago ? I "Grownups have to abridge and re vise their games and sports every year to keep up Interest. They're jaded and satiated. But the 'kids' are more consistent and more sim-1 ply satisfied. They like their games I and there are enough of thorn for a variety. " FIND TRACES OF STOLEN SILK. Wrappers Off the Silk Stolen at Clearwater - water , Are Found. Clearwater Record : Monday forenoon L. Sliortt had occasion to go up on the water tank at the depot to ex amine the water valve in the top of j the tank. There is a little room In' ' tl * top of the tank over the water all floored , making a nice cozy little place , but what surprised him was that there laid the wrappers off of the silk , also the cards that the ribbons and laces were wound on , that were stolen from Snlder's store tlio week before. There were twenty-four silk wrappers , showing that twenty-four FIS Piles All Rec operatic eral anc last a i i/RITB FOR DOOK ON PILRS AND RBI f\ DR. E. R. TARRY , 224 Be < bolts bad been taken. This goes to show that the robbers had taken the stuff there and left it , possibly for several days , or until the matter kind of died down. Then they climbed up and got It and went away nt their leisure. If we could have gotten soum good dogs bore the next day wo would probably have located the goods and later caught the robbors. We woukl fluggest It would bo a good Invefltment for the county to buy a pair of good dogs and thus have them always on the ground when needed. Dakota Hardware Dealers Elect. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Feb. 1 ! ) . The fifth annual convention of the South Dakota Retail Hardware association , which convened here Tuesday has con eluded its work and taken a final adjournment. The dealers who at tended the convention are returning to their homes In different parts of th state. At a business session during the closing hours of the convention tlie following ofllcers were elected for the coming year : President , J. I' Rummel , Sioux Falls ; first vice presi dent , George V. Ay res , Deadwood ; sef end vice president. T. C. DoJean , Planklnton ; secretary , H. E. Johnson , Rcdllnld ; treasurer , B. G. Wattson Chamberlain. Pierre was selected as tbo place for holding the next annual convention In reference to freight rates the ros olutlons adopted say : "Whereas , Wo feel that the rail roads are unjustly discriminating against tlio .shippers of this state anil public in general , In freight rates , and that the service rendered Is inad < - niato and insufficient ; therefore' , IIP it "Resolved , That we call the attention tion of the railroad commissioners to 'these facts that they may use th. ir olllce to give us proper adjuhtmc-nt ' The resolutions deelaie also tbat as dishonest advertising does the great est of Injury , both morally and llnan flally , the members of the association will do all in their power to "discour ago this baneful method of ndvortis ing ; " defend the farmers against ih < charge that they are the cause of tht present increased cost of living , and declare that the system under which his products are handled is more at fault than tlie price paid him ; declare against the enactment of a parcels post law ; declare in favor of a na tional pure paint law ; ask the cooperation - oration of the national ollicers in se curing a standaid form of bill of ladIng - Ing , to be used by all wholesalers , job bers and manufacturers , shoeing the classification and rate of the goods shipped. DAKOTA TRAFFIC WAS CRIPPLED. Milwaukee Line to tTie Hills Hit Hard By Storm. Mitchell , S. D. , Feb. 19. The Jill- waukee road bad an exceptionally dlf ficult time in keeping its road open through to the Black Hills during the recent storm , and from Monday nigTii to tills morning tliore were no trains passing between these points. After tlio storm abated a snowplow was sonf out Wednesday morning , but madf slow progress , owing to the fact thar on entering a drift in a cut a force ol' ' men had to go in first and shovel out enough snow for the engine t < . m.U Ian Impression. So much dirt \\.j- mixed in with the snow that It was dililcult to handle. But little difficulty has been experienced north of her * the service being crippled but one daj FIREBUGS AT ASHTON , S. D. Blaze Causes a Loss of Over Twenty- Five Thousand. Aberdeen , S. D. , Fob. 19. A lire at Ashton destroyed six buildings and caused a loss estimated at between $ 5,000 and SJio.OOO. The blaxo started in the saloon of Joseph Watson. Tlu > establishments burned Include the sa loon , two restaurants , owned by Sol Sussott and Joe Enipsse , a pool hall and a drug store. A line three-stor\ hotel , just completed and nearly ready for occupancy , was also destroyed The lire is believed to have been oi Incendiary origin. ctal Diseases cured without a surgical ] an. No Chloroform , Ether or other gen * casthetic used. CURK GUARANTEED LIFE-TIME. C3TBXAUINAT10N PRBB. CTAL DISEASES WITH TESTIMONIALS i Building. Oman * , Nebraska