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I Columbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Co. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA J News in Brief The pure food bill was introduced by Senator Hepburn. Senator Lodge introduced a maxi mum and minimum tariff bill. The National Ginners report indi cates a total crop of 9,623,000 bales of cotton, with 8,486,000 bales ginned up to December 1. The general electric company has filed with the secretary of State at Al bany, N. Y., a certificate of increase of capital stock from $48,325,500 to $60,000,000. The Kalmakam of Yenidjo reports that he has found in IakeYenidje the bodies of forty-four Greeks and Bul garians who were killed during the recent fighting. A telegram has been received in London from Saigon, French Indo China, saying that an explosion had taken place on board the British steamer Carlisle in the harbor of Sai gon. Henry Lund, Norwegian consul at San Francisco, received a message from his government authorizing him to send to Roaid Amundsen, the Arc tic explorer, whatever funds he might require. The supreme court of California, in the case of the Western Union Tele graph company against the county of San Joaquin, affirmed the decision de claring the company's franchise as sessable. Representative McNary of Massa chusetts has introduced a bill provid ing for the transfer of the frigate Con stitution to Castle island, Boston har bor, for use as a naval museum. The foreign relations committee of the senate met to consider the treaty between the United States and Cuba for the adjustment of title to the ownership of the Isle of Pines. Two granddaughters of Commodore Charles Stewart, who commanded the Constitution, sent a telegram to the secretary of the navy protesting against using the old frigate for a tar get The correspondents of the London Times at Sofia, Bulgaria, reports that the Bulgarian chief, Tehernoeyeff, and seven members of his band were found drowned in Lake Dolran, in Mace donia. Bostonians are still true to the baked beans. Last year they spent on their favorite diet $6,598,272. Accord ing to wholesale dealers, 68,732 barrels were consumed in tha period and the demand is increasing. Representative Bourke Cockran of New York has introduced a joint reso lution providing for an amendment of the constitution which will make it possible for members of the house to be elected for four years. Thieves entered the Church or St. Lawrence, in the village of Cassilina, Torro, Italy, and tried, with the aid of chisels, to remove from a wall a beau tiful bas relief representing the twelve apostles, the work of Michael Angelo. A bill prohibiting the use of the money of insurance companies in fed eral elections was introduced by Sena tor Culberson. The offense is made a felony, and punishment is fixed at from two to twenty years' imprison ment. Almost simultaneously, Martin and George Hicks, brothers and members of a well known family of Joliet, 111., met sudden death. One succumbed to a hemorrhage and the other died from shock over tho news of his brother's death. The French senate after a long de bate, adopted the bill for the separa tion of church and state by a vote of 181 against 102. The vote was an nounced amid enthusiastic scenes and cries of "Long live the republic!" and "Long live liberty!" The conference of the Farmers Un ion of America at Texarkana. Ark., de cided by a large majority to form a large organization. Discussion of the advisability of establishing a national newspaper organ took up much time, but was not settled. , C. Hanley. who has received a great deal or public notice through connec tions with farmers' co-operative schemes, was indicted by the federal grand jury at St. Paul. Minn., on a charge of using the mails in further ance of a scheme to defraud. The bureau of insular affairs of the war department has been advised that the Philippine commission has de cided that for five years more tho Spanish language shall be the official language of the courts of justice in the Philippines, by the end of which time the commission hopes to be able to hare the English language adopted In its stead. The third International Congress of American Republics will meet in Rio de Janeiro, January 21, 1906. Developments brought to light the fact that two additional lives were lost in the explosion in mine No. 1 at Dia mondville. Wyo., making the tota" twenty-one. Senator Bulkeley has introduced a bill granting a pension of $100 a month to the widow of the late Senator Haw ley. Samuel P. Cohen, manager of the new Montauk theater in Brooklyn, died following an operation for cancer in the throat The president sent to the senate th following nominations: Associate jus tice of the supreme court of the Phil ippines. James F. Tracy, New York; Indian inspector. Frank C. Churchill of New Hampshire; secretary of New Mexico, James M. Raynolds of" New Mexico. The military secretary of the army has been advised of the death at Gen eva, Switzerland, of Brigadier General Morris C. Foote, U. S. A., retired. Very Rev. John B. Morris, vicar gen eral of the diocese of Nashville, Tenn., lias been appointed domestic prelate to pope, withthe title of monslgnor. All Around Athlete. Aid. W. Anker Simmons, of Henley sn-Thames town council, has just ac complished a remarkable feat near the famous reach of the Thames at Hen ley. He walked, ran, cycled, rowed and then swam 200 yards all under eight minutes. As Mr. Simmons is 48 years of age, the feat is all the more noteworthy. Of Course He's Married. There Is a certain fine looking man in Atchison who does not amount to anything. He dresses well, looks well, bas a fine head of hair,, good health, and every thing else desirable, ex cept ability. We oflen wonder that he isn't president but he has a hard time holding a $12 a week job. Atch ison Globe. Light Dumb-Bel Is Best If you use dumb-bells, as the cus tom of many is in these days of strength and figures, don't have them at all heavy; and the same applies to the Indian clubs. It is not weight but exercise of the muscles you want light regular exercise not to over do it one time and neglect it then for a week. x 8nakes Easy to Ship. -Of all the creatures to be seen at zoological gardens, snakes are prob ably the most easy to ship from one country to another. Snakes take very littl eroom, and throughout a long voy age give not the least trouble. They do not require to be fed, nor do they require looking after in any other way. A Lost Art Somehow men and women do not find time to practice the art of walk ing. They are always resorting to vehicles of some sort other than "shoemakers' nags" and thus depriv ing themselves of a most delightful and health-giving exercise. Good Health. r Suicide Among Jews. For fifteen years no suicide of a Jew was recorded in the seven great districts that comprise the most pop ulous part of central London. But of late there have been several cases. Tennessee Praise. Dayton, Tenn., Dec. 11th (Special) Among many prominent residents to praise Dodd's Kidney Pills is Mr. N. R. Roberts of this place. He tells of what they have done for him, and his words will go deep into the hearts of all who are suffering in the same way. He says: "I was a martyr to Kidney Trouble, but Dodd's Kidney Pills completely cured me. I shall always keep them on hand in case there should be any return of the old trouble, but I am thankful to say they did their work so well there has not been the slight est sign of my old complaint coming back. The pain in my back used to be terrible. If I got down I had a hard Job to get straight again. But my back is like a new one now and I can stoop as much as I please. I don't believe there ever was any medicine half so good as Dodd's Kidney Pills." Short, But to the Point. Elizabeth R , when a small girl, was a child of many and lengthy pray ers. Each night she prayed and pray ed for everything under the sun. One evening as she and her small brother, Tom, were getting ready for bed, Eli zabeth said out loud her usual long petition. The little boy listened much impressed, until she had finished, when he knelt down and prayed: "Oh God, give me things, too!" Women in the Armies. Women, disguised as men, have oft en served as soldiers. The following inscription is on a tombstone in the English town of Brighton: "In mem ory of Phoebe Hassel; born 1713, died 1821, aged 108 years. She served for many years as a private soldier in many parts of Europe, and at the bat tle of Fontehoy, fighting bravely, she received a bayonet wound in the left arm." Bonanza Kings. The bonanza kings were: James C. Flood, A. S. O'Brien, John W. Mac kay, and James G. Fair, four men of Irish parentage, who acquired vast for tunes from the gold and silver mines on the Pacific coast They had vari ous imitators and successors, who shared the name, but these four men were the "only original" bonanza kings. No Lack of Attention. It was seven-year-old Tom's first visit to the circus. He annoyed his mother by persistent questions as to what was coming next Finally she said: "Keep your eyes open and you will see for yourself." Huh!" said the Indignant Tom., "I've been here half an hour and I havent winked once yet" Battle of Bennington. The battle of Bennington was fought bout four miles from Bennington, Vt, an a hill that rises from the Walloms soick. Just within the New York state line. Here, Aug. 16, 1877, Gen. Stark defeated the intrenched forces of Lieut Col. Col Baum of the Brunswick dragoons. Rats Terrify Hospital Inmates. At Aeton, England recently, it was officially stated that the nerses at the public hospital were afraid to enter some of the rooms on account of the rats and that "the rodents terrified the patients at night by sitting on their beds." The matter was referred to a committee "with power to act" Annual "Mop" Fair. Dating from mediaeval times, the anaual StratfordonVon "Mop" fair took place recently and eight oxen and twelve pigs were roasted at open fires in the streets in the presence of a record gathering from all parts of the Midlands. From the Rear Platform. An Irish street car conductor call ed out to the passengers standing in the aisle: "Will thlm is front plaze to move up, so that thim behind cn take the places of thim in front, and lave room for thlm who are aayther in front or Behind?" BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBnR a bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbba ,ftK': -; -:--V' ;;;BBBBBB BBl2f' ''IBBBBBBBa BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBV ' v9L9Vr - -KBBBBBBBBBBBBBBm HbbbbbbbbkH? 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"Is this man a maniac?" asked Mr. Fordham, at North London Police court on Saturday. "I don't know," was the reply of an applicant for a summons, "but I understand he is married." London Telegraph. A GUARANTEED CURB FOR PIt.ES. Itching. Blind. Hl-edlntr. Protruding I'lles. Drug gists are authorized to refund money If VAZO OINTMENT fall to cure la 6 to U da). 50c. Ennui. A cold had kept the boy in the house he was fretful and wan and weary. "What shall I bring you," his mother asked, "from the great big stores, my deary?" He looked at the scattered toys around once held dear and vaunted. "Oh, bring me some thing," he petulant, cried, "that I never knew I wanted." Kate M. Cleary in The Sunday Magazine. Barefoot Boots. A New Mexico paper announces the marriage of Miss S. M. Boots to E. Barefoot He now has Boots, but she has become Barefoot. Thus it is seen that in entering into a marriage con tract the v. oman is invariably the loser. But there is no denying that the match was one of an affinity of soles. Los Angeles Times. Two Masters to Be Served. "Can a man serve two masters?" in quired a visiting pastor of a deacon of Trinity church. "He has to, some times," confessed the deacon. "I think not," said the pastor. "You have never had boy twins at your house, have you?" inquired the deacon softly, and the pastor retired in discomfiture. Boston Herald. v Why Japs Are Good Sailors. A Japanese marine officer', kas ex plained why Japan has such good sail ors. Most of her coast vessels are small, but there are a great many of them and almost any man taken from a fishing village has had enough ex perience to enable him to become an efficient sailor in a short time. Water a Real Food. Water is contained in all solid foods, animal and vegetable. It forms the greater part of all liquid foods. It is found in all the secretions of the body, as the bile and gastric juice. From these, and many other facts, scien tists say, we must conclude water to be a real food. Death to His Hopes. A Kansas man called upon a young woman the other night Of the Swed ish man at the door he asked if the lady was at home. On being informed that she was, he inqiured, "Is she en gaged?" and nearly fainted on receiv ing the reply: "Yes, but ay tank he no in town tonight" Petty annoyances make good plumb lines to determine the depth of your religion. A BRAIN WORKER. Must Have the Kind of Food That Nourishes Brain. "I am a literary man whose nervous energy is a great part of ray stock in trade, and ordinarily I have little pa tience with breakfast foods and the extravagant claims made of them. But I cannot withhold my acknowledg ment of the debt that I owe to Grape Nuts food. "I discovered long ago that the very bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not calculated to give one a clear head, the power of sustained, accurate thinking. I always felt heavy and sluggish in mind as well as body after eating the ordinary meal, which diverted the blood from the braid to the digestive apparatus. "I tried foods easy of digestion, but found them usually deficient In nutri ment I experimented with many breakfast foods and they, too, prove J unsatisfactory, till I reached Grape Nnts. And then the problem was solved. "Grape-Nuts agreed with me per fectly from the beginning, satisfying my hunger and supplying the nutri ment that se many other prepared foods lack. "I had not been using it very long before I found that I was turning out aa unusual quantity and quality of work. Continued use has demonstrat ed to my entire satisfaction that Grape-Nuts food contains all the ele ments needed by the brain and nerv ous system of the hard working public writer." Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book. "The Road to Wellrllle." in okas. NEBRASKA HARTLEY BOND CASE IN SUPREME COURT LINCOLN -The supreme court af firmed the decision of the Douglas county district court in the case of the state against the bondsmen of ex- State Treasurer J. S. Bartley. F. N, Prout, representing the state, was at torney general and filed a bill of ex ceptions which the supreme court has quashed and refused to consider. This Is the fifth trial of the case in the su preme court, the decisions being al ternately in favor of the state and the defendants and invariably remanding the case for a new trial. The opinion was prepared by Com missioner Duffie, concurred in by the court, Chief Justice Holcomb not sit ting. The syllabus of the case is as fol lows: A bill of exceptions will be quashed where it is not certified and identified in such manner that this court may know that it is the identical bill al lowed by the trial court and the whole thereof. The statute provides that a bill of exceptions, where the original bill is used, shall be attached to the tran script of the record. Where this court is presented with what purports to be a bill of exceptions, contained in two spearate and detached volumes, neither of which are attached to the transcript and but one volume of which is certified by the clerk of the district court and the contents of this volume show that there was other im portant and material evidence upon which the decision of the case must depend and there is nothing in the cer tificates or in the record itself by which this court can with any cer tainty determine whether the volume not certified or oterwise identified contains the omitted evidence, the b.ll will be quashed. BOOM FOR LIVE STOCK SHOW. Business Men Indicate Desire to Take Hold of the Project. OMAHA Fifty business men of Omaha and South Omaha, including the board of governors of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, the executive commit tee of the Commercial club and live stock commission men, met at the Commercial club rooms and discussed a live stock show for Omaha next winter. The concensus of opinion was that Omaha can and ought to have a suc cessful live stock show next fall or winter. It was determined to hold an other meeting soon to which the pub lic will be invited, and at which the question will be finally decided. A committee was appointed to make a study of conditions necessary to a successful live stock show and to re port at this meeting. It is probable that members of the committee will visit the live stock show which is to be g'ven in Chicago, December 16 to 23. LIFTING MORTGAGES ON SCHOOL LANDS LINCOLN State Treasurer Morten- son said that during the past year holders of school land contracts have been paying the principal at the rate of $1,500 a day, on the average. He regards this fact as an indication that the people living on such lands are anxious to own their own homes, al though the low rate of interest prevail ing and the ease with which money is secured plays a part The interest on these contracts is 6 per cent, under terms of the statutes. TREASURY PAYMENTS HEAVY. Mortenson Hands Out Two Million of State Funds in Past Six Months. LINCOLN The semi-annual report of State Treasurer Mortensen to Gov ernor Mickey shows that during the six months from June 1 to November 29 the treasury paid out $2,008,810.35 of public moneys belonging to various funds, while the receipts during that period totalled ?l,725.17a.78. The dif ference between the outgo and the In come Is accounted for largely by the fact that the permanent school fund cash has been diminshed over $100, 000 in that time, together with the payment during the period of the ex traordinarily heavy temporary school apportionments for June . Falls and Breaks His Neck. NEBRASKA CITY Fritz Radde, aged 65 years, who has been a resi dent of this city for the past twenty years or more, fell into a cellar way on the north of H. L. Hobien's store and broke his neck, dying instantly. Killed by Switch Engine. OXFORD While working In the Burlington yards. Joseph Eckman was run over by a switch engine and sus tained injuries from which he died. Railroad Surveyors In Field. NORFOLK Eastern Keya Paha and Rock counties are aroused about the prospects for a new railroad. It Is supposed to be an independent com pany building to the northwest It will run in a northwesterly direction, from Chambers. In Holt county, cross ing the Northwestern at Newport, thence to Cams and Sprlngvicw. A rorps of surveyors Is In the field be tween Newport and Carns. and mnny regard the road as a certainty. The immense hay business of these coun ties will furnish a large traffic. Temporary Fund Reaches $263,000. The temporary school fund for De cember apportionment amounts to $263,000, in addition to which there is $2,900 due to Hitchcock county from the last apportionments, making the total close to $266."00 for the entire fund. Treasurer Morten pen will cer tify to the state superintendent the amount of the temporary fund avail able for the Decemh-ir apportionment and -the latter official will, within twenty days, as provided in the stat utes, distribute the money among the fthool dlRtrfrts of the state. STATE NEW! NEBRASKA BRIEFS Fred Ruh, of Beatrice, a boy 14 years of age, has ben declared incor rigible and sentenced to the reform school. The boy's parents are both dead. John Mangerson, a well known farm er of Garfield township. Cuming county, while repairing a windmill on his farm fell from a height of twenty feet, breaking his left leg. George Mason, living near Charles ton, York county, met with an accident that nearly deprived him of his eye sight. While shucking corn a part ol a dry blade corn struck him in the eye. The state, through the farm depart ment of the Soldier's Home at Grand Island, is the loser by nearly fl.OOO by hog cholera, 150 of the porkers of the home farm, or half of the herd, having succumbed to the disease. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ross of Chadron, succumbed to scarlet fever within two days. Two died within an hour of each other. They were the entire family of Mr. and Mrs. Ross. Mr. Ross is a locomotive engineer on the Northwestern. Adjutant General Culver has issued an order selecting three expert riflmen from the national guard of the state, fifteen sharpshooters and twenty-two marksmen. The order is a result of the competitions of the past summer when at the various shoots held over the state, the men made tests of their ability. The employes of the Burlington at Plattsmouth will commence on a nine hour working schedule. This order which affects over 700 men, will be in force during the entire winter season. The company is still employing many new men at that point, and the fore men report that there is a demnad for an additional number. Burglars attempted to rob Kuns' general, merchandise store at McCool Junction, and entered the rear of the store. Mr. Harvey Kuns, one of the owners of the store, returning quite late from the country noticed a light. went to the front of the store to make an investigation and discovered four men who immediately left The man found dead alongside the railroad tracks in Dodge county has been identified from papers found on his person as James White, a former resident of Philadelphia. His rela tives were notified by wire. He had been a blacksmith by trade and, judg ing from the papers on his person, had been earning good wages. The cause of his death is still unknown. Attorney General Brown said that the decision in the Tucker jury law case has not affected the special stat ute governing Lancaster, Douglas and Gage counties. There has been some speculation as to the effect of the in validation of the new general act be cause of the fact that the special stat ute is not complete In itself, but re fers to the measure governing the state at large. Governor Mickey has signified his willingness to cummute the sentence of Spencer Nyna, a colored convict sent to the penitentiary on a charge of assault. He was sent up for a year and since then has showed the result of a bad case of consumption. Rela tives from Tennessee have promised to come for him and when they ap pear, the warden has been instructed to let the man have his freedom. Kansas City Dispatch: Z. A. Mac kay of St Joseph and Miss Nellie Mooney of Minden. Neb., came to Kan sas City, after having eloped and be ing married at St Joseph. Miss Mooney left her home in Minden Thursday, ostensibly to visit relatives. She went to Hastings instead, where Mr. Mackay met her and took her to St. Joseph. Mrs. Mackay says she eloped because she wanted to escape the fuss of a big wedding later on. Governor -Mickey said that he would soon issue a statement of the position he takes in regard to an extra session or the legislature at this time. Governor Mickey had not di rectly intimated that he is opposed to an extra session, but those who have conversed with him think his attitude to be against calling the members of the legislature together now to per form any task that was called to their attention while they were in session. Last week was the thirty-first anni versary of the railroad to West Point Trains commenced running on Decem ber 3, 1875. In the Issue of the West Point Republican, for that date coal was quoted at $20 per ton. In an other portion of the same paper it is stated as a notable fact that eleven loads of wheat were marketed in West Point the day before. At this time five Winnebago Indians were being tried in Decatur for the murder of Oscar Gunson, who was killed by Indians on Plum Creek, a few miles north of West Point Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Tillman, well known citizens of south of West Point celebrated their golden wedding last week. They are aged, respectively, 81 and 79. and located In Nebraska thirty-!rht years ago. Sheriff Ilollistcr of Merrick county passed thouzh Fremont with the five men who were arrested at Lincoln for complicity In the Chapman bank rob bery. One of the bunch. John Bark, vas recognized as a man who has heen in that c'ty off and on for some time ard who Ian yeir served a thirty-day te-m In the county Jail as a vagrant and Ju,sieIoui character. Ben Herr. who lives some five miles northeast of Table Rock, sold over '00 bushels of apples from his orchard this fall. Apples have not been a plen tiful crop this year In southeastern Nebraska and this Is the best yield yot reported. Following is the mortgage report for Gage county for the month of Novem ber: Number of farm mortgages filed. 6; amount $10,500;- number of farm mortgages released, 22; amount $32. 226. Number of city mortgages ftd. 25; amount, $84,789; number of city mortgages released, 29; amount $79, 792. ECUADOR. Laborers In That Country Are Prac tically Slaves. Of labor conditions in South Ameri ca, Frank Wiborg, author of "A Com mercial Traveler in South America." says: "Tho large planters of Ecuador complain that they lose a part of their crop every year through inability to get sufficient laborers to harvest It As la most tropical countries, the ques tion of labor is most serious, for among the lower classes the necessi ties of life are so few and so easily obtained that there Is little or nor incentive for steady application. In Ecuador the attempted solution of this is the introduction of the same vicious system which our government found inforce In the Philippines and has since been trying so desperately to root out namely, peonage or debt service. "To gain a hold on the laborer the planter offers him a small loan which he, with characteristic improvidence, eagerly accepts, with the understand ing that he is to enter the service of the planter and pay back the debt lit tle by little. Until it is paid he can not enter the employ of any one else. It is to the advantage of the planter to keep the debt unpaid and it seldom happens that a debt once contracted in thi3 way is ever canceled. More over, the debt always grows, for fines are constantly checked against the la borer's account if he misses a day or breaks a tool until it actually results that the longer he works the more deeply he is in debt "Then the various members of his family are drawn into the employ of the planter for the ostensible purpose of helping to lift the debt and gradu ally they, too, become bound body and soul. The peons are not slaves; this is vigorously asserted on all shies. But they might almost as well be slaves, for even if their bodies are not pur chasable their debts are, and through their debts their services, and a plant er desiring the service of a certain peon can get it by paying the peon's present employer the amount of his in debtedness. This transfer of debt and service is a common practice." CONGESTION IN GREAT CITIES. Conditions Inevitably Must Force Peo ple Back to the Land. A statistician who has thought long and deeply on the subject has reached the conclusion that by the beginning of the twenty-first century the city of New York will have a population of 15.000,000. This esti mate is based upon the ratio of in crease in the last half century. The present population of the metropolis Is 4,000,000, a great part of which is not due to natural increase, but to immigration. New York is congested to a most uncomfortable decree with only 4.000,000 inhabitants. With 15, 000,000 the congestion would be in tolerable unless there were great ex pansion of the city's limits. Long before the beginning of the next cen tury It is probable that the massing of immense numbers of persons in cities will be abandoned for econo mic and sanitary reasons. Perhaps man will have become wise enough by that time to revert to the normal condition of life which prevailed be fore the rush to the cities began in the nineteenth century. Baltimore Sun. Pennsylvania's Wealth. Of all the coal of every kind that was mined in the United States last year, Pennsylvania produced almost half, or over 48 per cent. Of coke it produced 63 per cent, of pig iron more than 46 per cent, of steel over 5C per cent, of steel rails 36 per cent, and of structural Iron and steel more than S7 per cent. Putting all the steel, iron. coal and coke into a huge mountain. Pennsylvania's share would exceed 56 per cent, while all the rest of the United States furnished but 44 per cent. These are the impressive dimensions of this state's material wealth. In tho value of railroad property Pennsyl vania Is also far ahead of any othsr commonwealth. There are so many things In the way of natural resources in which it leads that there can be no doubt that for solid wealth the Key stone state is the real backbone of the Union. Philadelphia Press. A Connemara Valley. Sick little valley, meted out for sadness. Bent thorns which rarely above your Drown floods rke. Brimming full your streams are. brim mine full yot holding Little joyous commerce with the sun and skies. Sadly in the night-time the moon, be sieged by shadows. Over your bare boglands holds her pal lid court: Scarce an evening flower lighting for her pleasure. Scarce a silvery ripple dancing for her sport. In your bareness finding. In your sad ness seeing. Something strangely tender, strangely near my heart. Tet O little valley. little bog-fllled valey. I who linger near you sigh and sigh to part. Turning with reluctance, often I look backwards. Seeing, feeling, counting what hath been Before. Finding In your bareness, seeing In your sadness. That which, having left you. And I nevermore. E. L.. in the London Outlook. No Novice. .The modern suffrage leader turned to her meek little husband with a sus picious frown. "Henry," she snapped, "I believe yon deceived me. I believe you have been married before." "W-what in the world put that In your had?" gasped the frightened husband. "Why, you went through my pocket with such rapidity. No one but a man who had been married before would know where to find his wife's pocket the first night they were mar rledVX - First to See Mikado's Face. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford claims the distinction of belni- the first European wro was allowed, bj invitation, to tr-ze on the faco of the Mikado of Japan. This was in 18CS. Just What He Meant. "That widow!! make a fool of hlrs If he doesn't watch out." "No. I have it on very go! author ity that she Intends to marry him." "That's what I mean." PEONAGE SYSTEM ' ' BBBW AILING WOMEN. ' I Keep the Kidneys Well ana the Kid nsys Will Keep You Well. Sick, suffering, languid women are learning the true cause of bad backs 'and how to cure them. Mrs. W. G. Davis of Groesbeck. Texas, says: "Back aches hurt me so 1 could hardly stand Spells of dizziness " and sick headache: were frequent and the action of the kidneys was irregu lar. Soon after I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills I passed several gravel stones. I got well and the trouble lias not returned. My back is good and strong and my general health better. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. Cause and Effect Pessimism usually conies from 'bad liver." New York Times. AN AWFUL SKIN HUMOR. Covered Head, Neck and Shoulders Suffered Agcny for Twenty-f.ve Years Until Cured by Cuticura. "For twenty-five years I suffered ag ony from a terrible humor, complete ly covering my head, neck and shoul ders, discharging matter of such of fensiveness to sight and smell that I became an object of dread. I con sulted the most able doctors far and near, to no avail. Then I got Cuti cura, and in a surprisingly short time I was completely cured. For this I thank Cuticura, and advise all those suffering from skin humors to get it and end their misery at once. S. P. Keyes. 149 Congress Street, Boston, Mass." Largest Theater Stage. The largest theater stage in the ftrorld is that of the Paris grand jpera, which Is 100 feet wide by near ly 200 feet deep and SO feet high. Stats of Ohio. Citt or Toledo, f .. Leo as Cocwtt. f " Fkaxk J. Ciiksby makes oath that he ! settlor fanner of the firm of F. J. Chkxky Co.. dulnz usfnesa in tDe City of Toledo. County aid Staio aforesaid, and that raid Ann win pay the um or ONE HUNOKED DOI.LAKS for eai-h and etery cane of Catakbh that cannot be cured by tho use ut BiLL'i Catabkh Cvbx. FKAXK J. CIIKNEV. Sworn to before me and iubcrltrd in uiy prea nee. thla Cth day of .December. A. 1. is?. , " . A. W. ULEASOX, I Vt f 'oTAr Prune. Hall's Catarrh Care fs taken Internally and acta directly on the lod and mucous surface of tho system. Send for testimonial, free. F. J. rilENEY CO.. Toledo. O- Sold bv all Pnnrctitts. 75c. Take hall's Family rills for constipation. The Man with a Career. A man with a career can have no time to waste upon his wife or his friends he has to devote himself wholly to his enemies. John Oliver Hobbes. A Great Monarch. Wealthier than any brother sover eign; master of legions, which num ber over a million; lord of more than one-sixth of the surface of the globe, with subjects of many colors and races, amounting to over one hundred and twenty million souls, the Car of all the RusSias will not be invincible until he adopts Pillsbury's Vltos his regular breakfast diet. as The largest crab caught this sea son was in the North sea. It meas ured 2 feet 7 inches across. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks. to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz. one full pound while all other Cold "Water Starches are put up in $i-pound packages, and the price Is the same, 10 cents. 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