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THE STATE IN A NUTSHELL.
C A. Morse of Fremont fell into a
ewer and was quite seriously injured.
A gas Mgbt plant Is being put in at
Banrell.
The International Harvester com
pany has leased a three-story building
and a general agency is to be estab
lished m Hastings.
The large Roman Catholic church,
the corner stone of which was laid
last spring three miles north of Rose
land, has been completed and dedi
cated. At a special election on the propo
sition to vote a levy to build a court
house at Butte, the county seat of?
Boyd county, the proposition was de
feated by a vote of 1.159 to 630.
Rev. Gerhard Rademacher has re
signed the pastorate of the Trinity
German Lutheran church at Fremont,
and- left with his family for Buffalo.
N. Y to remain a year for the bene
fit of his health.
Rev. G. B. Chapman, pastor of the
Christian church of York, has resign
ed, and will engage in evangelistic
work. From there Rev. Chapman
goes to Oklahoma, where he holds a
series of meetings.
G. A. Dunlap, for years in the em
ploy of the Burlington, has resigned
the .position of roadmaster, with head
quarters at Edgemont, S. D., and will
remove to TecumselT with his family.
He will go into business there.
Fred Meyer of Seward county, who
was thrown from his wagon and seri
ously injured a few days ago by his
mule team becoming frightened at an
engine on the Northwestern, died at
his home one mile north of Seward.
At Decatur, Mrs. William Walker,
an Omaha Indian woman whose weight
is 300, in a fit of uncontrollable rage
and jealousy assaulted her husband
with brooms, frying pans and other
Ismplements of war, with intent to do
bodily harm, and she got the worst
of it.
E. D. Cramer, a prominent farmer
who resides in Hanover township.
Gage county, has lost twenty-five head
of hogs from the cholera within the
past few days. Strange as it may
seem, the disease has not made its ap
pearance among any of the hogs own
ed by his neighbors.
State Treasurer Mortensen's month
ly report shows the following amounts
on hand: General fund warrants, $52,
214.22; cash on hand, $1,220.36; cash
on deposit, 282,941.10. The permanent
school fund is all invested and there
are but 2 cents in the permanent uni
versity fund and 7 cents in the agricul
tural endowment fund.
Henry Simms was accidentally shot
near Clarke with a 32-caIiber revolver
In the hands of his brother William.
The Simms live on a farm five miles
west of town, "n examining a revol
ver the gun was discharged, the ball
entering the upper part of the abdo
men and penetrating the liver. The
ahot is likely to" prove fatal.
'The county insanity commission of
Dodge county examined into the case
of Miss Daisy Wilson, a young woman
from Ames, and found that she is so
badly deranged as to necessitate her
being taken to the state hospital for
Insane at Lincoln. Miss Wilson im
agines that she is an actress and is
continually making gestures and
speaking dramatic sentences.
Jacob Bucholz, a farmer residing a
mile west of Gross, aged 38, unmar
vied, hanged himself in his brother's
barn. Hellved with his brother, also
unmarried. No cause for act. The
coroner will hold an inquest.
Henry Jones from north of Red
Cloud was stabbed there a few days
ago by Cloyd Cummings. His con
dition is not thought to be dangerous.
He has a bad gash under one eye and
several stabs in the breast from a
pocketknife. It is said to be the out
come of an old grievance. Cum
mings claims to have acted in self
defense. Frank Benfer, a former saloon keep
er of Plattsmouth, was placed under
arrest on a charge of assault and bat
tery sworn out by Edward Domat, lo
cal agent for the Gund Brewing com
pany. Several weeks ago, while Do
nat was on his way home, he claims
to have been attached by Benfer and
another man and that when he emerg-'
cd from the conflict he was in a badly
bruised and battered condition.
The relatives and friends of W. E.
Bennett of Cambridge are greatly wor
ried over his sudden disappearance.
Mr. Bennett has been in a state of
dementia for some time, imagining
that some one is trying to take bis
life.
A telegram was received in Nebras
ka City announcing the death of
Charles L. DeGrofT, in one of the hos
pitals at Philadelphia, Pa., where he
underwent a surgical operation. He
was for years a resident of Nebraska
City and Otoe county.
Burglars entered the Elba Stat
bank the. other night. Forcing the
outside door and cutting through the
brick vault, they gained entrance to
. the safe. The vault doors were brok
en, the door opened and the safe dam
aged, bat no money was secured.
A new heating plant is being in
stalled In the Fremont Normal school
the former plant proving entirely In
adequate. The main building. Includ
ing the auditorium and both dormi
tories, will be heated with steam from
one central plant
' While Mr. Burbank of Sarpy county
was driving to Springfield his teaxa.
became frieghtened at an automobile
and ran away. The carriage was
overturned, throwing Burbank out,
breaking Ms collarbone and otherwise
braising him.
Danker M. F." Catron of Nebraska
City, who after filing the papers ask
ing a divorce from his wife, left for
Colorado with the intention of staying
away amtil the court had passed on the
writes that he is coming back
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CORN AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
State Commission Wants Fins Sam
ples from Nebraska Growers.
The Nebraska state commission to
the World's Fair at St. Louis, wish
ing to exhibit the finest samples ol
Nebraska-grown corn at the exposition
in 1904, offers a splendid opportunity
to the farmers of Nebraska to entei
into competition for valuable expos!
tion premiums as well as to widely ad
vertise their corn-producing lands.
Any farmer who has grown fine, huge
samples of com is asked to ship at
least twenty-five ears of each variety
by freight to the secretary of the com
mission, Mr. H. G. Shedd, 414 Mc
Cague building, Omaha, Nebraska, no
tifying him of such shipment and send
ing him the bill of lading. All such
collections of corn, If acceptable to
the commission, will be sent to St.
Louis and -entered In the individual
growers' names for the premiums of
fered by the exposition authorities
without expense to the growers. In
preparing ears of corn for such exhi
bition purposes, the following sugges
tions should be followed:
The ear should stand on the stalk
until fully matured. The selection
should be made when husking the en
tire crop, as there is then an opportu
nity to see every ear and compare the
quality. For this purpose a box may
be carried on the rear of the wagon
and desirable ears laid carefully in
this box. The ears should be dried
in a heated room, but the kitchen is
not a good place on account of the
steam. Great care should be taken
not to shell even a single kernel from
the ear.
To ship, wrap each ear separately
in cloth or paper, pack carefully in a
box, stuffing paper in any remaining
space to prevent the ears from shaking
about in transit.
Each box should contain the ship
per's name and address. Ship by
freight to the secretary of the com
mission, 414 McCague building, Oma
ha, Nebraska.
BIG RUSH TO NORTH NEBRASKA.
October Homestead Filings at O'Neill
Land Office Very Large.
O'NEILL October has been a record-breaker
in the number of home
steads taken during one month at the
local land office, there having been 100
homestead filings made, taking nearly
16.000 acres of the public domain in a
single month.
The crops and general conditions
have been so favorable in this part of
the country during recent years that
hundreds of settlers have been com
ing in. In many cases the homestead
ers also buy lands which they con
sider good investments at present
prices.
During the last six months 17,440
acres have been homesteaded in Gar
field county, 14,720 acres in Wheeler
county, 13,820 acres in Holt county,
and 8,640 acres in Loup county. There
is yet left open for homestead approx
imately 140,000 acres in Garfield coun
ty, about 100,000 acres in Wheeler
county, about 138,000 acres in Holt
county and about 198,000 acres is
Loup county.
Death is announced of Jefferson
Smith, publisher of the Fairbury
Times.
Boy is Accidentally Shot
BENKLEMAN A 7-year-old nephew
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lawman, who has
been visiting with them for several
months, was accidentally shot and kill
ed by one of the Lawman children
Monday evening. Mr. Lawman- had
been butchering hogs and had laid
the gun aside and thought nothing
more about it until the report of the
discharge was heard and the lad was
found dead a few minutes afterwards
with his face and head badly mutil
ated. The boy's home was in Chi
cago. Beatrice Man Badly Burned.
BEATRICE Eugene Kelso, a young
man who works for Dr. C. P. Fall,
was quite badly burned about the face
while attempting to start a fire in a
furnace with coal oil, an explosion be
ing the result.
Makes Mistake in Medicine.
M'COOK Little Eva Inglish, young
daughter of Engineer James G. Inglis
of this city, died from a dose of car
bolic acid given her by her mother by
mistako for cough syrup.
No Court House for Butte.
NORFOLK According to a tele
gram from Butte, Boyd county will
have no court house this year. At a
special election, at which it was pro
posed to vote a 3-mill tax for three
years in order to erect a $12,000 build
ing, the vote stood 1,200 for and 600
against The lively interest taken in
the election is shown by the fact that
there are but 2,100 voters in the coun
ty and that 1,800 of these turned out
to vote.
Sheep as Roadmakers,
FREMONT Road Supervisor Mitch
ell of Elkhorn township uses a bunch
of 8,000 shedp being fed on his place
as a road machine. A number of
roads are being graded in the sticky
gumbo soil of that townshio and
Mitchell found It almost impossible to
Dreak up the big lumps. By drivine
the sheep a few times over the roads
tnelr sharp hoofs cut and pack the
sticky solid chunks better than could
be done with a roller.
Insane Man Disappears.
CAMBRIDGE The family of W. E.
Bennett is badly worried over his sud
den disappearance. Mr. Bennett had
been in a state of dementia for some
time and imagined that some one was
trying to take his life.
Rain Helps Wheat.
BEATRICE This section was
visit
say it
.- ueavy rain. Farmers
will beneit the winter wheat,
looks well, in Gage county.
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The Fashionable Hat
Silk beaver hats will be extremely
fashionable this season. The newest
have the surface exactly like that of
men's silk hats. A few have the pile
brushed the wrong way. Some have
a-long, thick nap. These hats are to
be had in fawn color, beige and pastel.
They are trimmed with velvet folds
and ostrich feathers. A stunning
beaver plateau shape is shown at one
of the shops. It Is In pale beige tones
and Is lined with light blue tulle,
shirred so as to form a series of little
puffings with a narrow- band of the
beaver between each line of the shir
ring. The crown is trimmed with a
twisted band of chiffon velvet, the
shade of the beaver, and this is secur
ed with a handsome turquoise buckle.
On the left side of the crown are at
tached two blue ostrich feathers, shad
ed from blue to white, one curving for
ward and the other toward the right
Ladies' Russian Costume.
One of the smartest designs shown
for fall Is the Russian costume. Its
simple lines are most becoming, and
it is one of the very easiest modes to
make. Trimmed
with braid or but
tens, it is the very
essence of good
taste. The waist
has the long shoul
der seams and is
chaped by under
arm seams. The
sleeve may be sim
ply trimmed with
braid and buttons
or it may be slash
ed and show a puff
sleeve of light-col-ered
mull. Swiss
or any preferred material that corre
sponds with the rest of the costume.
The skirt is the circular shaping in
two pieces, with front overlapped in
Russian style. It is fitted by darts,
has an inverted box plait in the back
and may be long or medium sweep.
This mode is suitable for a house
dress, or if made of heavy material
Is an excellent model to follow for a
street gown. Made up in brown voile,
with strappings of brown silk and
white soutache braid, with perhaps a
touch of light blue at the neck, the
effect is most satisfactory and the cost
of such a costume exceedingly small.
If made of blue zibeline, using stitched
bands of cloth for ornamentation, a
most satisfactory street costume will
be the result Wool crash, Melton,
cheviot tweed or light-cloaking are
suitable materials.
Don't fail to add a drop or two of
vanila flavoring to a pot of chocolate.
It is a great improvement
Don't close the oven door. with a
bang when cake is baking; the jar has
spoiled many a fine loaf.
If you heat your knife slightly you
can cut hot bread or cake, as smoothly
as if they were cold.
Don't wonder that corned beef is
tough if put into hot water first nor
that it is too salt if the water is not
changed at least three times while
boiling.
Neuralgia may very often be speed
ily relieved by applying a cloth satu
rated with essence of peppermint to
the seat of pain.
A too rapid boiling ruins the flavor
of any sauce. It must boil up once,
but should never do more than simmer
afterward.
"Delightful" Jackets.
Fascinating bedroom jackets of
cream or pale colored zenana are
daintily finished off with collars of
tucked white muslin trimmed with
lace, and becoming little jacket
wraps in pink, blue, mauve or white,
trimmed with hemstitcned silk frills,
have long ends in front which tie
loosely, like a scarf. The needs of
the juveniles have not been overlook
ed, for there are some sweetly pretty
little dressing gowns for girls of all
ages up to sixteen years, in pale pink
or blue flannel, trimmed with white
frills, which are embroidered with
colored silk to match the flannel, and
another model in soft Pyrenean wool
with a monk's hood and girdle round
the waist can be had in pale blue,
pink or red. These picturesque gar
ments would undoubtedly be a source
of much satisfaction in the nursery
and the hoods certainly add greatly
to their attractions.
Bordeaux Sauce.
One peck of green tomatoes, 2
quarts of onions, 2 quarts of cabbage
(chopped fine), 8 green peppers, 1 cup
of salt, 2 cups of sugar, 1 ounce each
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meric, half an ounce each of doves,
allspice, cinnamon and mace, 2 quarts
of strong vinegar. .Put. the vinegar
and spices, sugar and salt in your ket
tie, let it come to a boil, thea add the
drained tomatoes, onions and cabbage.
Let cook slowly about an hour, then
fill in small jars and seaL It is very
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To Removs Dandruff.
Put ope ounce of flowers of sulphur
.Into one quart of water, agitate often
for several hours, then pour off the
clear liquid, and saturate the head
with it every morning. This does not
produce the extreme dryness some
times occasioned by the continued ase
of borax.
Empire evening gowns will be re-
J vived with added glory.
Even the fairly short skirt, to be
successful, must be full.
'A favorite Paris shade is mushroom,
which will tone with the autumn
browns.
Mixtures of golden brown and mauve
or golden brown and 'green will be
popular.
Oriental buckles and Indian gems
have been pressed into the service of
fashion.
All manner of flat stole pelerines are
fashionable, not to say indispensable,
just now.
The shorter the bolero the more
elaborate the belt which becomes an
important item.
Sable and chinchilla are to reign
this coming winter like the twinkling
gondoliers in the opera.
Take this to your comfort where
you want three summer hats you can
do with one winter one.
Sweaters Are in Favor.
Sweaters will be worn this winter
for all occasions, except when milady
wishes to be very dressy. There is no
more desirable article of dress for all
manner of outdoor sports in cold
weather. They are also useful to wear
under jackets and ulsters during the
zero weather that swoops down upon
us from Medicine Hat once in a while
during the winter. The name, hith
erto, has been against them. The very
word sweater called up visions of a
clumsy, ill-fitting garment, ungraceful
and unbecoming, which made the
finest fig.ire look like the worst and
the worst look worse than ever. Oi
late, however, these blouse sweaters
and vests have been so improved in
appearance that they now are reallj
pretty and as useful as they are be
coming.
Latest Shoulder Adornment.
An empire scarf is quite one of the
best approved shoulder adornments
of the immediate moment Some
there are in chiffon, and crepe de
chine, and mousseline de sole that are
quite delightful. There is a particu
lar art in the disposal of these negli
gee wraps that many aim at but, alas!
how few attain. They should be worn
in degage fashion, slipping off., the
shoulders at the back, and held by the1
arms in correct position in front
Dressy White Waist
Blouse of white mousseline de sole.
The yoke is tucked in fine tucks, and
to th.s the lower
part is shirred and
puffed. Below this
it is made with
groups of tucks,
then shirred and
puffed again at
the bottom.
The yoke is bor
dered with bands
of white satin fag
oted together and
forming points.
These pass over
the shirring and
tne points .are fin
ished with motifs
and pendants of lace. The sleeves arc
made and trimmed to correspond. La
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Elaboration in Order.
It is needless to state that a house
gown may be made as elaborate an
affair as one's individual inclination
may dictate. Materials and trimmings
which would be most unpleasantly con
spicuous if worn outside the home cir
cle may be employed in fashioning the
house gown. One of the shops is
showing a richly embroidered silk gar
ment, a sort of tunic, with a collarless
neck and half-long sleeves. The color
Is dull red. time-faded and a little
stained. The embroidery which trims
this garment is a gorgeous mingling ol
colors, with little bits of mirrors in
troduced in 'the design at frequent in
tervals. This would make a charming
gown if combined, say, with a sun
plaited eolienne skirt of a nearly
matching . shade of red. Chicago
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The Latest in Belts.
The suede belts, wide in the back,
so as to drape prettily around the
waist are the newest thing. Large
silver or gold rags are used to join ;
the back to the straight front pieces.
These belts are in all colors, but with
blue serge the natural suede color is
prettiest In soft kid are some of the
newest belts. They may be drawn
tight around the waist or left straight
for they are broader in the back than
in the front Belts of 'ribbon should
be made on boned frames and broad la
the back.
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Smite and Hustle.
(With apotoelca to fella Wheeler Wil
cox.) Sotfle. aad the world miles with 'you.
"Knock." and you so alone;
Far UM-eheerful grhi will let yon In
Where the kicker Is never known;
3rowl. and the way looks dreary.
Laugh, and the way Is bright:
For a welcome smile brings sunsnine,
while
.A frown shuts out the light
Sigh, and you attain nothing.
Work, and the prise is won:
For the nervy man with backbone can
'By nothing be outdone:
Hustle, and fortune awaits you.
Shirk, and defeat Is sure;
For there's no chance of deliverance
To the chap who can't endure.
Sing, and the world's harmonious.
Grumble, and things go wrong:
And all the time you are out of rhyme.
With the busy, bustling throng;
Kick, and there's trouble brewing.
wnistie. and life is gay;
And the world's In 'tune like a day la
June,
And the clouds all melt away.
Los Angeles Times.
Nonsense.
Nonsense is played by any number
t persons, sitting in a circle, who
make a comical sentence by each fur
nishing one part of speech. One of
the players begins by whispering to
his left hand neighbor an adjective,
and then in turn- the others whisper
in like manner a noun singular, a
verb, an adjective, a number, an
adjective and a noun plural. Each In
order then tells the word whispered
to him, and a sentence Is thus formed,
for instance, "The solemn grasshop
per, ate gleefully 43 infuriated lob
sters." The parts of speech may be
varied to suit the players.
Paper Hat
Cut a roll of crepe paper crosswise,
not lengthwise, asit stretches, into
strips about three inches wide. They
need not be uniform in width, as you
do not notice when braided.
Now you have between 35 and 40
short pieces; stitch four together in
a long string. Tour 35 short pieces
will therefore make about eight long
pieces with several short pieces re-
naming.. Divide these so there will
be four pieces of equal length.
Braid these all into two long and
one short Braid in four, as three
does not make wide enough strands.
Beginning now in what will be the
center of hat make a rosette of the
braided paper. Be sure and don't
gather the braided paper, and then
again don't pull it All of the girls
who have sewed straw will know how
to go at it Sew together the strands
until you nave a large enough hat
Make a piece of the braided paper
large enough to fit the crown of your
head; sew ends together and sew on
to your hat for crown underneath of
course.
Buy 5 cents' worth of bonnet or hat
wire and wire brim and crown. I in
close drawings, so the girls can tell
about where to sew wire and crown.
These hats are of the pancake style,
but can be made with a large crown
if desired.
To trim your hat is very simple.
Bend it into shape desired. A wreath
of rose3 is very pretty, or a large flat
black bow in the center. If any of
the readers do not know how to braid
in four I will endeavor to explain.
The hat can be made larger by add
ing more braided paper. It costs just
about 25 cants in all.
A Game My Wheel and I.
This game may be played by any
number, though only four at a time
can take part, the others acting as
audience until their turns come.
The four occupy four corners of a
room, or space marked out on a lawn.
As large a space as possible should
be chosen. Each player is provided
with a wheel or hoople. At a given
signal all the players start at once
to trundle their wheels. No wheel
must be dropped, or if it is that player
ceases to be a contestant The trun
dling begins at the right, and each
corner must be visited, and so on to
the starting point of each player. He
'who reaches home first Is the prize
winner;1 or after all have tried he
rho gets home in the shortest, time
wins the prize. The hurry and excite
nent of the four wheels visiting at
(he same time causes much merrl
nent Phantom Nocturnal Geese.
Leroy Ferris, a well-known citizen
of Lexington, Ky., Is in receipt of a
remarkable letter from a resident of
the state of Washington, enclosing
a money order for $5. The writer
stated that about thirty years' ago,
while living upon a farm adjoining
that of Mr.- Ferris, he killed two or
three geese belonging to the latter.
No charges had ever been filed against
him, and he did not know whether
he had been under suspicion or not
but of late years he had been seeing
geese in his dreams: They flew around
him constantly during his sleeping
hours and he was forced to send the
money, hoping to get relief from the
horrible nightmare caused by the con-
stant flapping of their wings and the
Incessant hissing from their snake
like throats.
Utilizing a Mud Turtle.
A feature which In Ingenuity equals
that of Solomon, who, tradition says,
threaded aa Intricately, pierced stone
by means of a hair tied to a living
worm, is reported by an engineer.
"A long sewer In a city recently be
came clogged." he says. "The prob
lem of clearing it was solved in this
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shell of a mud turtle; the little animal
was put into the entrance of the sew
er and a stream of water was turned
on. The turtle burrowed his way
through the refuse, was 'watered on'
at each manhole, and emerged victori
ous at the outlet A rope attached to
the twine, a swab and strong arms ac
complished the rest swiftly and econ
omically." The Farmer's Puzzle.
Several weeks ago we gave a prob
lem of the farmer who had a square
plot of ground, of which his house
occupied one-fourth, and who wanted
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three equal parts. This problem was
for very little people. We now give
another problem, in which the farm
er, having the same plot of ground,
wants to divide it into four equal
parts, all of the same shape. This 13
a much harder job. and the solution
will be found marked off on the dia
gram above. If you want to puzzle
any friend who does not already know
this problem draw the figure with the
house only, and see how long it takes
to make the four equal divisions as
shown.
Making Colored Crystals.
A pretty chemical experiment may
be made by putting some warm water
into seven different glass tumblers,
and dissolving in them half an ounce
of the sulphate of iron, copper, zinc,
soda, alumina, magnesia and potash,
respectively.
When they are completely dissolved
pour them all Into a large flat di3b,
and stir the mixture with a glass rod
or a bit of broken glass for a while.
Then put the dish in a warm place,
where it will be perfectly free from
dust, and will not be shaken.
After a certain amount of evapora
tion has taken place the whole will be
gin to shoot out crystals. These will
be of various colors and forms, some
little ones being gathered together
in small groups, the other larger ones
scattered throughout the fluid.
By a little careful study you will
soon be able to distinguish each crys
tal from its peculiar form and color,
thus learning an interesting lesson in
chemistry while making a beautiful
ornament for your room. Be very
careful to keep it from dust
Twirling an Egg.
To execute this little experiment
you need a hard-boiled egg and a
smooth china plate. To be sure that
the experiment is going to be suc
cessful keep the egg in a perpendicu
lar position while it is being boiled.
Place the plate upside down on the
table, allowing it to stand out a lit
tle over the edge .of the table, to be
able to catch it quickly with your
hand. .Place -the egg in the center
oi the plate, and putting the thumb
of the left hand and the index finger
of the right hand on both ends of the
egg, give it a sudden twirl, causing
it to turn around in quick motion. The
egg will gradually stand on one end;
then you grab the plate, and all you
have to do Is to keep the egg in mo
tion, which is not difficult.
Old Counterfeit Coins.
Sixty half dollars, bearing date of
1833, found beneath a rock by school
AUTUMN FLOWER
Directions for Coloring Goldenrod,
Asters, Light Blue
When the goldenrod first begins to
shake out her long yellow plumes by
the roadside and the asters star the
fields, we know just Z3 well as if the
leaves were not turning that fall i3
surely come.
This brilliant coloring has a value
over and above its beauty. The chief
aim of the flowers is not to charm our
eyes, but those of their insect visi
tors. '
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Falls, Me., are believed to be counter
feit money hidden by a gang of conn
terfeiters who operated in the Kills
and Swift river region about forty
years ago. They were good imitations
on the surface, but were made mostly
of alloy, according to a bank official
by whom they were inspected. The
coins were sold by the children at
prices ranging from 25 cents to 2
each. Their find proved a valuable
one, although counterfeit
The Merchants.
A good game is one in which the
players personate merchants, and
each guesses, from the country and
the initial letter of the article, what
bis neighbor has for sale. 'The play
ers being seated in line, the one at
the end begins, for instance: "I am
an English merchant, and sell C "
The next in line must supply the ar
ticle, which may be carpets, china,
cheese, clothing or any production of
England, but must be nothing not
made or grown there, like coffee or
cinnamon. Any one who violates this
rule must pay a forfeit and his turn
passes to the next Whoever names
a correct article then announces in
like manner his own country and the
first letter of what he sells, and the
game goes on thus, as long as the
players choose. It should be played
rapidly.
Paper Snake Is a Lively Toy.
This is a toy that some boys like
and some do not; the description of
how It is made is given for the bene,
fit of those who do like it Get a
piece of stiff paper, and cut out ol
it a circular piece four inches in diam
eter. Then with paint, ink or pencil,
or with a combination of all three,
mark the paper in such a manner
Paper Snake Squirming,
that it shall resemble a snake.
With a small pair of scissors cut
the "snake" out, put a pin through
the dot on the tail, and having driven
the pin into a slender stick of wood,
fix the latter over a stove or the reg
ister, and the heated air that rises
will make the strip of paper revolve
and writhe just like a snake.
If it is not convenient to hang it
over a stove or a register, a gas jet
or a lamp will do equally well.
Basebal Played Indoors.
This is a capital game for indoor
playing, especially on a rainy day,
when something must be provided to
keep the boys from getting cross. And
if the girls are in danger of falling into
that unfortunate state of mind, they
can play it, too.
Get a smooth board, two feet by
three in size, and tack cleats around
three sides of it to serve as a rim. Rulo
off the board into ten sections, as
shown in the accompanying diagram,
and mark the sections as may lie de
sired. The names given them in the
illustration answer every purpose.
The game may be played by any
number of persons, divided into two
sides. The players stand off about six
feet from the open side of the board
the side without rim and toss lead
en disks or pennies at the "field."
Where the disks light is indicated on
a score-card, kept by some one selected
for that purpose.
As in a regular game, each side con
tinues to play until three "outs" are
made. At the close of the game, the
right number of innings having been
played, the prize if one has been of
feredgoes ta the player on the win
ning side who has the best record.
Squirrel Was Crafty.
A Woolwich, Me., man who rowed
across the river a day or two ago was
considerably surprised when he tied
up his boat at the city landing to see
a gray squirrel suddenly jump out of
the boat and disappear on the wharf
The little fellow had evidently been
about the boat when the owner got
aboard and was wise enough to lie low
until across the river.
PICTURE TO PAINT.
Yellow With Green Leaves and Stem;
With Yellow Centers.
The bee, attracted by the showy
coloring, hastens to the flower, seek
ing the nectar stored there for his
delectation. As he sips the sweet
liquid, much of the yellow dust or pol
len clings to his legs and body. When
he visits the next plant some of this
same yellow dust is left upon other
flowers, causing the seeds at the base
ox the florets to ripen; for unless a
S grain of pollen falls upon the tinj
I seed it will never mature.
Actors Hav MHttaw i
Are KiS-jtct to Immealaia CalL
The saltan of Turkey has his owi
way of taking Ms theatrical ilamres
An account of the perfonssscM given
before list was recently nude publis
by one who was long attached to the
palace staff, and it reads like me ex
aggeratlonn of a conUc opera librettist
The power that controls all these
performances Is Artaro Stravolo
knows simply as Artaro, who came
from Naples soae years ago aad set
tled with ais father, mother, sisters
and brothers aad sisters-la-law hi Con
stantinople. He was formerly a dia
lect comedian la Naples.
He is a prime favorite with the sal
tan. The other actors are called tc
the palace to perform not ofteaer than
once a month. Arturo acts at least
weekly.
As the sultan Is very fond of variety
and will rarely consent to witness th
same performance twice It Is neces
sary to provide constant change. To
do this one of the Stravolos Is always
traveling through the European cap
tals at the expense of his patron seek
ing novelties.
All of the sultan's actors must wear
a certain uniform. They have a mili
tary organization. Angelo Is a lieuten
ant; the violinist, Luigi, Is a captain;
the baritone. Gaetano, Is a major, and
the tenor, Nicola, is a general. The
performances take place at no fixed
time, but whenever It appears to the
sultan that he would like to see a
show. Thus the company, like sol
diers. must always be ready to march.
Frequently the director of the or
chestra, Araada Pasha, will be aotb
lied In the middle of the night that
he must come to the palace as quickly
as possible. He learns on arriving
that his majesty desires to hear "Un
Ballo in MascheraV' or some other
opera. As the sultan's wish Is a com
mand, the opera begins within half an
hour.
The sultan sits entirely alone, as a
rule, and if any point In the action of
slther play or opera is not clear ho
halts the performers until it is ex
plained to him.
FERTILE IN HIS EXCUSES.
Reporter Who Was a Genius in Ac
counting far Tardiness.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, when
loseph B. McCulIsgh was its editor,
had as a member of the staff a young
man who was continually late and
showed up each day frcm an hour to
an hour and a half after reporting
time. But he always had aa excuse.
He overslept or they failed to call him
or the cars yere blocked or something
af the kind happened.
Finally McCuIlagh issued an order
that no more excuses would be accept
ed and that unless the young man
came in on time he was to be dis
charged. And the very next day the loiterer
was tardy again by forty-five minutes.
He was sent to Mr. McCuIlagh.
"Well." said McCuIlagh, "you know
what's going to happen to you?"
"I suppose so," the young man re
plied, "but I assure you, Mr. McCuI
lagh. it wasn't my fault."
"You've put in about every possible
excuse," said McCuIlagh, "but before I
Are you I would like.to know, just for
curiosity, what your excuse is."
"It was this way, said the young
man. "I got up early, determined to
get to the office in time. I went into
negro barber shop to be shaved.
When the barber was half through a
band came along and he couldn't re
sist the' impulse to follow it It was
ilmost an hour before he came back
and I had to wait for him."
McCuIlagh chuckled. "Young man,"
be said, "I'll give you another chance.
I want you to. write fiction for the
Sunday paper."
Australian Hemp Crop.
When Charles Lamb used to write
to his old friend, Baron Field, a judge
in Sydney, N. S. W., in the early days.
be invariably asked in a postscript:
"How is the hemp crop out your
way?" These inquiries puzzled the
judge for a long time, till one day an
other judge suggested that they might
have some playful reference to the
large amount of hanging that was go
ing on. mostly through Baron Field's
strong views about the proper punish
ment for bushrangers and kindred
evildoers. No hemp was grown at the
antipodes in those days, when it was
required for home consumption, but
the industry is likely to become an im
portant one now. The government of
New Zealand has encouraged its
growth of late and now it appears that
during the past twelve months hemp
to the value of 13,750,000 has been
produced in that colony.
Heaps of Trouble for the Editor.
No doubt our readers are wondering
why they have not received the Senti
nel during the last three weeks. We
will now explain. On account of drunk
enness and carelessness on the part
of our foreman while we were out ol
cown our press was broken so that
we had to send the parts to Baltimore
for repairs. It has taken three weeks
to get them back and get in shape
to do any printing. For this reason
we simply could not send out the
paper. We regret it very much, but It
was a matter that we could not help.
We now have a new printer and have
the press repaired and hope to visit
Dur readers regularly hereafter. Bear
with us and excuse us for these mis
haps, for you do not know of the
many worries and troubles of a man
who runs a paper. Lagrange (N. C.)
Sentinel.
A Farewell.
My fairest child. I have no sonjr to give
you:
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and
Kray: i r ,
Yet. ere we part, one lesson I can leave
on.
For every day.
I'll teach you how to sine clearer
carol
Than lark's who hails the dawn o're
breezy down.
To earn yourself a purer poet's laurel
Than Shakespear's crown.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be
clever:
Do noble things, not dream them all
day Ion,;:
And so make Life, Death, and that -ast
Foreier
One grand, sweet sonjf.
By Charles Klngsley.
Thiers Kiss.
A magistrate's clerk has been
known to have his tie-pin stolen while
in court, and one in Birmingham a
few years ago lost his coat in this
way; but a more remarkable example,
perhaps, of a thief's cleverness under
the very eyes of the police was that
of the burglar at Clerkenwell. who
managed to conceal two diamond
rings while the police were searching
him and passed one of them to his
' wife in the cells while the police were
looking on. The rings were under his
tongue, and one of them passed from .
his mouth to bis wife s when he was
kissing, her good-by. London Telegraph.
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