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By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Co.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
News in Brief
Governor Cummins says in an in
terview that he is not at variance
with the president on tariff revision.
The American Cigar company filed a
certificate with the secretary of the
state of New Jersey increasing its
capital stock from 110,000,000 to $20,
000,000. Portugal has concluded treaties of
-commerce with Italy, Switzerland and
Germany, whereby those countries, es
pecially Germany, secures great ad
vantages. The battleship Louisiana consider
ably exceeded her constract require
ment c eighteen knots an hour in a
four hours' endurance run along the
New England coast.
Five thousand people attended the
formal opening of the new Century
speedway held under the auspices of
the Road Drivers and Riders associa
tion at Washington.
The board of trustees of the Car
negie institute has elected Prof. Welch
of Johns Hopkins university, Balti
more, a member of the board in place
of the late John Hay.
The colonial office of Ottawa, On
tario, received a cablegram stating
that Prince Arthur of Connaught, who
is in Japan, will visit Canada on his
return trip to England.
Equity proceedings to prevent the
proposed merger of the Western Life
Indemnity company and the Security
Life and Annuity company were in
stituted in Philadelphia.
The J. J. Hill unleased ore lands on
the western Mesaba range in Minne
sota have been leased to the United
States Steel corporation, the papers be
ing filed at Grand Rapids, Mich.
A membership on the New York
stock exchange was sold for $88,000,
the highest price at which a stock ex
change seat has ever sold. The last
previous high record was $85,000.
An increase of 10 per cent in the
wages of operatives employed by the
American Woolen company was voted
at a meeting of the agents of that
company held in New York city.
In Lodz, Russian Poland, a band of
roughs attacked Jewish shops and resi
dences in Zielczna street Fighting
ensued and twenty persons were
wounded with knives or revolvers.
A degree published in the Journal
Official in Paris lays down new regu
lations whereby colonial officials must
undergo thorough training before their
appointment to responsible positions.
The president of the Mexican sen
ate will confer on President Diaz the
grand cordon of military merit, the
supreme military distinction. After
the ceremony a banquet will be given.
Arthur E. Valois, former counsul in
Paris to the United States consulate
general, who was made a chevalier of
the Legion of Honor in 1901 has been
promoted to be an officer of the legion.
Forty officers of the army and navy,
personal friends of Lieutenant Com
mander John H. Gibbons, the newly
appointed naval attache to the Ameri
can embassy in London, joined him in
a dinner at Washington.
At Brownsville, Pa., four persons
were drowned in the Monongahela
river as the result of the passenger
steamer Rose Hite colliding with the
tow boat, John F. Klein, and sinking
in fourteen feet of water.
Railroad and express company offi
cials deny the report that $90,000 in
gold coin was destroyed in the Over
land limited wreck at Ahsay, Wyo. The
officials admit complete destruction of
300 sacks of Australian mail.
The house committee on insular af
fairs reported favorably the bill of
Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin providing for
the use of 55 per cent of the money
released1 frcm land sales to the Philip
pines for the support of schools.
Independent woolen manufacturers
in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, employing about 5,000 op
eratives, announce that they will fol
low the action of the American Woolen
company, which recently decided to ad
vance the wages of the 30,000 hands
in its thirty mills 10 per cent on Janu
ary 1.
Four school children were drowned
while skating on Kellogg's pond in Am
sterdam, N. Y. A party of ten boys
and girls were skating in a circle, 200
feet from shore when the leader, a
girl, broke through the ice. Before
the children who were following her
could check their speed all had been
plunged into the hole. All but four
of the children were rescued.
The authoritative statement was
made at the war department that upon
the retirement, in September next, of
General Corbin, who will succeed Gen
eral Bates in April next as lieutenant
general of the army, General MacAr
thur, the officer next in line of succes
sion, will be promoted to the grade of
lieutenant general.
Former Sheriff Thomas J. Dunn of
New York, for many years prominent
in the Tammany organization, is dead.
Governor McDonald of Colorado hon
ored the requisition of the governor
of Illinois for Thomas I. Ballantine,
wanted at Pekin, 111., on the charge
of swindling in a mining deal.
A special from Madison, Wis., says:
The assembly refused to reconsider the
bill for a cumulative primary election
plan.
B. F. Chadsey, the Brooklyn lawyer,
who was arrested at Niles, Mich., and
taken back on a charge of larceny,
pleaded guilty to attempted larceny.
James Farren, who settled in Kan
sas fifty years ago and became wealthy,
died at Leavenworth. He was an Odd
Fellow for half a century.
Thomas Ryburn Buchanan, liberal
member of parliament for East Perth
shire, Scotland, is appointed financial
secretary to the war office.
The finance report of the Athletic
association of the University of Penn
sylvania shows a deficit of $6,027 for
the fiscal year.
The American Shipbuilding company
now has orders for thirty large boats
to be delivered for service on the Great
Lakes next season.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS Senator Mitchell Dead
ANNUAL WINTER CORN
AT LINCOLN IN JANUARY
LINCOLN T. I Lyon of the state
experiment farm gives out the follow
ing rules and instructions to prospec
tive exhibitors at the annual winter
corn show to be conducted jointly by
the Nebraska Corn Exhibitors' associa
tion and the state board of agriculture
at Lincoln, January 16 to 19, 1906:
Cash premiums will be awarded to
all exhibits scoring over 70 points.
There are also several valuable corn
planters, cultivators, etc, offered. Each
exhibit shall consist of forty ears of
corn grown by the exhibitor in 1905.
Dent Corn Yellow dent, white dent,
red dent and calico or mixed dent.
Flint Corn Yellow flint, white flint,
red flint and mixed flint.
Under each of the above classes are
the following subclasses: Length of
ear, 12 inches or over; length of ear,
II to 12 inches; length of ear, 9 to 10
Inches; length of ear, 8 to 9 inches;
length of ear, 7 to 8 inches; length
of ear, 6 to 7 inches.
If desired, the exhibitor may send
his corn without designating the class
or subclass. It will be classified by the
committee in charge of the exhibits.
How to select an exhibit of corn:
All the ears in an exhibit should be
uniform in size, shape, color and in
dentation. Don't have some long .and some
short ears.
Don't have some thick and some
thin ears.
Don't have come cylindrical and
some tapering ears.
Don't have some light yellow and
some dark yellow ears.
Don't have some cream white and
some pearl white ears.
Don't have some rought and some
smooth ears.
The shape should be cylindrical or
nearly so. Ears should not swell at
the butt, nor be thicked near the tip
than in the middle.
There should be no white kernels on
a yellow ear. There should be no
kernels showing yellow on a white
ear. The yellow on a white kernel
can be seen only below the cap. The
cobs should be uniformly red or white.
The ears should be well matured,
firm and sound. There should be no
evidence of smut nor any kernels
gnawed by rats nor missing from
the cob.
The tips should not be to tapering
and should be well filled with regular,
uniform kernels. The cob should not
protrude beyond the kernels.
NEBRASKA BANKS
MAKE COOP SHOWING
LINCOLN The bank statement
showing the condition of the state in
stitutions November 9, 1905, indicates
that since the August 25 statement
the loans have increased nearly $4,
000,000. leaving the total at last report
date $41,258,824.26. Notwithstanding
the fact that the November statements
show the greatest slumps in banking
conditions as a general rule, the pres
ent one is nearly up to the standard
of that of August, which topped the
highwater mark in the history of the
state with a total of $50,600,000 in de
posits. The deposits November 9
reached a total of $50,140,707.71. The
increase in loans during the past three
months is regarded as an indication
of a healthy condition in banking cir
cles and holds forth the promise of
better profits.
The banks are carrying a reserve of
34.8 per cent. In August it was over
40 per cent During the year the loans;
Increased $7,749,344.89, while the legal
reserve Increased $5,107,929.28, and
during the year deposits increased
$10,565,524.57, more than 25 per cent.
The number of banks has increased
from 515 to 546 during the year. The
banks have reduced their indebted
ness, a fact witnessed by the decrease
in notes and bills rediscounted and
bills payable from $375,827.03 to $105,
770.33. The consolidated bank statement is
sued recently by Secretary Royse of
the State Banking board makes a
showing which he considers a good in
dex to the prosperity of the state. He
said:
"One remarkable and decidedly flat
tering feature about the report is that
deposits at this time are less than
one-half million of dollars lower than
on August 25, the highwater mark for
the year, since which time loans have
Increased nearly $4,000,000, while the
reserve has decreased about the same
amount."
Only Candidate for Office.
OSCEOLA Congratulations are in
order among the people and all the
patrons of the Osceola postoffice on
the appointment of Samuel G. Phea
sant by the president as postmaster.
Mr. Pheasant was the only candidate
for the office.
Music Teacher Dead.
KEARNEY Prof. F. A. Disraelie
died suddenly at his room in this city.
A carpenter was at work In the room
when Disraelie complained of a se
vere pain in the head. He laid down
on a couch and uttering a jroan, was
dead in a minute.
Drops Dead in School.
YORK Miss Vesta Wiley, a most
estimable and popular woman, and a
member of the junior class of York,
died suddenly in the basement of the
school room, whence she had gone.
Norfolk Couple Said to Be Safe.
NORFOLK A letter from a St
Louis woman has brought assurance
to Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blakely of this
city that their daughter, Mrs. W. S.
Mapes, and her husband, Captain
Mapes, are safe and sound in the Phil
ippines islands, not having been harm
ed by the typhoon.
Injured While Blasting.
OAKLAND Carl Anderson, a Great
Northern laborer, was badly injured in
the face here, by the premature dis
charge of blasting powder.
NEBRASKA BRIEFS
Churches of Albion are engaged In a
united revival service.
The school at Plainview has been
closed on account of diphtheria.
Iowa wants Pat Crowe as soon as
Nebraska gets through with him. .
Four business houses at Creightoc
were destroyed by' fire. Loss, $10,000.
Massachusetts and Idaho state bonds
worth $182,000 were purchased by the
state board.
Miss Vesta Wiley, aged 18 years,
died suddenly in the basement of the
High School building at York. Heart
disease.
Wilson S. Joseph, a veteran of the
civil war and an old resident of Rich
ardson county, died after an illness o
a couple of months.
Town Marshal Crippen of Plainview
is able to walk about town, having
been laid up several weeks as a result
of his stabbing by Carl Liesner.
"The Voice of the Board" is a new
publication by the Grand Island rail
road, designed to advertise the terri
tory through which that road runs.
While playing around the house
2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Crapo of Friend got hold of some
morphine tablets and swallowed so
many that she died.
Emil Roos, a young farmer residing
two miles south of Dunbar, caught his
hand in a corn sheller and had it bad
ly torn. He will lose two fingers and
perhaps the whole hand.
The regular fall term of the Cum
ing county district court will convene
in West Point on December 18. Seven
criminal cases and forty-one civil mat
ters are recorded on the docket
At Sanborn siding, about seventy
miles west of McCook, Engineer R. E.
Tucker, driving a light engine, ran into
the rear of a work train on the sid
ing and was probably fatally injured,
his skull being fractured.
Earl Fairbanks and Bert Luke, the
two youths arrested in Norfolk last
summer after a number of mysterious
fires had alarmed Norfolk, and who
were charged with arson at the time,
were fined $25 each and costs.
At the Omaha Hydraulic Pressed
Brick company's clay banks on the
north of Louisville a cave-in occurred.
Jacob Meyer was caught and killed
and Sam Stribling sustained a broken
leg. Both men have families.
The new town east of Bancroft, in
Cuming county, on the line of the
Great Northern extension, has been
named Farley, after a prominent Ban
croft family, who own considerable
land in the vicinity of the new station.
His stock of sermons, accumulated
from many years of preaching, to
gether with other valuable papers,
such as the findings in long years of
study and research, were lost by Rev.
A. M. Abbott of Elgin, en route to
that city from his recent home in Cin
cinnati, in a fire that destroyed the
Northwestern passenger depot at Nor
folk. He says that the loss is irrepar
able. At Norfolk in a dispute over a few
tons of straw, M. S. Stevenson drew
a revolver at Bristow and fired a bul
let into W. E. Hight The bullet
grazed Hight's coat and made no
wound. Before Stevenson could fire
again Hight caught the revolver hand
and stayed the shot Stevenson then
jumped into his wagon and drove to
his home in the country and from
there left for parts unknown.
Mrs. Nancy Taylor, who has lived in
Tarde Rock for nearly forty years, re
turned home recently from a trip she
made to visit a son at Newcastle, Pa.
While there, several months since, she
was in a street car wreck in that city
in which she suffered a broken thigh,
?nr and shoulder blade. She brought
suit against the street car company,
m which she claimed damages for
."),000. The matter was settled out of
court for $1,100.
Little Mildred Smith, aged 15, has
won a prize of $15 in Rock county for
writing the best essay in that county
on "The Horse." The reward was of
fered by Colonel Torry, a wealthy
ranchman, both for the sake of encour
aging literary effort and to excite sym
pathetic interest in his hobby, the
horse. Miss Smith, when 10 years of
age, wrote a fairy story and poem,
both of which won a prize of $20 from
an eastern magazine.
Warden A. D. Beemer went to
Omaha to consult the officers of the
federal court concerning the recent or
der directing that all federal prisoners
hereafter sentenced in Nebraska shall
be kept at the Nebraska penitentiary.
The state will receive 55 cents a day
for each federal prisoner, the same
amount received from the labor of each
state prisoner's labor. The federal
prisoners cannot be hired by the state
to a contractor, so Warden Beemer con
templates using their labor to conduct
some small factory for the benefit of
the state.
Schinstock Brothers, the well known
live stock dealers of West Point
shipped a carload of fine horses to St.
Louis. They have shipped a carload
every week for the past two months,
which has materially increased the
market price for horses in that local
ity. W. H. Kelligar of Auburn convened
district court in adjourned session at
Tecumseh. Jake Rife of Graf pleaded
guilty to the illegal sale of liquor, and
was fined $200 and costs. R. M. Frost
of Tecumseh pleaded guilty to the
same offense and was fined $100 and
costs. B
There was an enthusiastic gathering
of the farmers and stockmen in Gor
don to attend the farmers' institute.
Dr. J. H. Gain of the state school of
agriculture, spoke on breeding horses,
and handling of horses and, animal
diseases.
Twenty-two Omaha Indians were
made happy at the Omaha agency by
receiving from the agent their right-of-way
damages for the construction
of the Ashland Cut-off railroad now be
ing built through the reservation.
About $20,000 was distributed to the
Indians in amounts running from $20
to $1,200.
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SEfl&70P OHffiZl orQejasear
United States Senator John H.
Mitchell died at Portland, Ore., Dec. 8.
his death having been due to compli
cations which followed the removal of
four teeth by a dentist the day before.
The senator had long been in poor
physical condition.
John Hippie Mitchell was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania,
June 32, 1835. He was reared on a
farm, was educated in the public
schools and at Butler Academy, and
then studied law. In 1860 he went to
California. In the following year he
located at Portland, Ore. He was
elected Republican town counsel in
1861, state senator the next year and
United States senator in 1873. He
failed of re-election to the United
States senate in 1879, but was re
turned in 1885, where he served until
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MET THE DEATH HE DESERVED.
Assassination of Sakharoff Due to His
Brutality.
The news of the assassination of
Lieut-Gen. Sakharoff was preceded by
the most horrible stories of the man
ner in which Sakharoff had been re
pressing the agrarian disorders. He
corralled peasants with Cossacks and
tthen had them beaten with the sol
diers' whips. In so doing Sakharoff
pursued the system adopted by Prince
John Obolensky, former governor-general
of Finland, in suppressing the
agrarian riots in the vicinity of Khar
koff several. years ago.
Prince Obolensky caused the peas
ants to be whipped by relays of Cos
sacks and compelled them in turn to
beat their comrades.
The assassin of Sakharoff has not
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been identified. When arrested the
woman who committed the crime de
clared she had executed a decree of
the terrorists section of the social
revolutionists.
Veterans Feel Their Age.
The passing of the old leaders In
the senate was strikingly emphasized
in a little incident that happened on
the opening day of the session just
before the upper" house was called to
order. Senator Teller met Senator
Allison in the corridor and said: "Mr.
Allison, twenty-nine years ago to-day
I was sworn in as a senator of the
United States. You are the only mem
ber of the body besides myself who
was here then. I also learned to-day
that there is not a single employe of
the senate who was here at that time.
We are getting old, senator; we are
getting old." Tears sprang to the
eyes of both gray-haired veterans.
Elephant's Afternoon Call.
An elephant of a traveling circus
managed to get loose the other day
and went for a walk up Bubbling Well
road, finally entering a garden where
a lady was sitting on a veranda, when
the Intelligent animal broke some
flowers and handed her and then
dropped on his knees. He was evi
dently asking for some refreshments,
but it is not stated whether he ob
tained it or not, the arrival of his
keeper putting an end to the interest
ing situation. Tientsin Times.
Hetty Green's Diamond Investment
Hetty Green keeps about $800,000
worth of diamonds on hand at all
times. She never wears any of them,
but she knows that they Increase in
alue at the rate of 3 per cent a year
and holds them as pi invptrent.
Ketty wears no jewelry at ell. liar
sole possession in this V.ne is a mar
riage ring. The increment on her
diamond hoard this year will be much
larger than in previous years. Dia
monds have gone up nearly 10 per
cent
1897. Failing again in that year to be
re-elected, he was returned again to
the Senate in 1901. During the in
terims he practiced law, having been
a partner of the late United States
Senator J. H. Dolph for several years
and later of Judge A. H. Tanne. His
connection with the conspiracy to de
fraud the government of public do
main wrecked his political influence
abd caused him to enter into a physi
cal decline. The case against him,
which has been appealed to the United
States Supreme Court, will abate by
reason of his death. Mrs. Mitchell is
in Paris, France, where she has spent
a large part of her time since the mar
riage of a daughter, Margaret, to the
Duke of Rochefoucauld. John H. Mit
chell of Minneapolis and Lieutenant
Hiram Mitchell, U. S. A., are sons of
the senator.
tAAWW
TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN LONDON.
Vast Sum of Money Is Needed for
Improvements.
London rebuilt will be the result if
proposed methods for solving the traf
fic problem will be executed. The
principal basis of relief would be two
main avenues, one running east and
west four and three-quarters miles
leng, the other north and south four
and a half miles long, each 140 feet
wide between the house lines and pro
vided with four lines of surface tram
ways and four lines of subway track,
with both local and express service.
The outlay for the whole would be
$100,000,000 or more, and would en
tail in return income-producing ele
ments which would promise profit.
It is suggested by a New Yorker
that a large part of the overcrowding
in transportation is due to the fact
that the long distance and the local
services are not separated to a suf
ficient degree. By providing suitable
express trains, preferably running
underground, but possibly overhead,
and by separating this service entire
ly from the local transport provisions,
it would be possible to run through
trains to extreme outlying suburbs
without the inevitable dejays of local
transport and without mixing or con
fusion between local and express pas
sengers. CLOSE WATCH ON CZAR'S LIFE.
Carefully Picked Men and Women
Make This Their Whole Duty.
One of the most interesting feat
ures of official life in St. Petersburg
is the intricate system by which the
czar's life is safeguarded. Since the
tragic death of the Grand Duke Ser
gius the spy system has become more
complicated than ever, until now there
are whole regiments of officials and
carefully picked men and women
whose duty it is to guard the czar.
These officials are scattered through
the ministry of the interior, the se
cret police and the ministry of war.
The inner circle of the system is the
dreaded "third section" of the secret
police the men who are charged with
the guardianship of the czar's person.
These men are highly educated, are
artists in disguise and possess extra
ordinary knowledge and power. High
officials, nominally their superiors in
rank, dread the vicinity of one of
these men, lest their Tiost innocent
act a call on a friend. journey for
health or pleasure b jstrued into
a sinster act demandij explanation.
Harper's Weekly.
The Horse.
The horse is a useful animal. If it
were not for the horse we could havx?
no horse shows. The horse is nbt so
strong as the ox, but is much quicker.
Horses are of various kinds. There
are bay horses, sorrel horses, gray
norses, black horses, white horses and
horses. Horses are used for drawing
wagons and crowds. A clothesline is
not pretty to look at, but horse clothes
are lovely. If you can't get a horse,
get the clothes. So no more about
horses this time. Chicago Tribune.
Madison's Mint Julep Bet.
Among the trees at the edge of the
lawn, on the right hand side of the
bouse as you face the mountains,
James Madison built an icehouse.
This was in 1809, and it was the first
icehouse in Orange county, Virginia.
Ice in summer! His servants were
incredulous. And he bet his overseer
an iced mint julep on the Fourth of
July, against which the latter
wagered a wild turkey. Of cou.se.
Madison won the turkey. Country
I Life.
DEATH SENTENCE CARRIED OUT.
Mrs. Rogers Dies on Scaffold for Mur
dor of Her HuebaiML
Despite all the desperate appeals
made for a further respite, Mrs. Mary
Mabel Rogers was hanged at Windsor,
Vt, Dec. 8, for the murder of her hus
band. The woman, condemned for a cold
blooded crime that shocked the entire
state, made no confession on the gal
lows. She had previously told her
spiritual advisers it was no use to
tell people about others' shortcomings.
Story of the Woman's Crime.
The crime for which Mrs. Mary
Mabel Rogers was sentenced to death
was the murder of her husband, Mar
cus Rogers, at Bennington. Aug. 13.
1902. At the time the crime was com
mitted Mrs. Rogers was only 19 years
old. She had been separated from her
husband for some time and was desir
ous of marrying a young man named
Maurice Knapp. On the day of the
murder Marcus Rogers went to Ben
nington to visit his wife, and that
night she arranged to meet him in
the woods near the Walloomsac river.
While caressing him she induced him
to allow her to bind his hands, and
while he was powerless she chloro
formed him. In this she was aided by
Leon Perham, a balf-witted boy. who
was the son of the woman with whom
she boarded. Another woman, Estella
Bates, was present.
After chloroforming Rogers, Perham
and Mrs. Rogers rolled the body Into
the river, where it was found the next
day. In order to divert suspicion the
woman wrote a note, to which she
signed her husband's name, giving
the impression that he had committed
suicide.
Immediately after the murder Mrs.
Rogers endeavored to collect her hus
band's life insurance, amounting to
$500, and also made arrangements to
purchase furniture for the house where
she expected to live when she had
married Knapp.
A few days after the murder Mrs.
Rogers, Perham and the Bates woman
were arrested. Perham made a com
plete confession and both he and Mrs.
Rogers were found guilty of murder
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in the first degree. Perham was sen
tenced to imprisonment for life, while
the sentence in Mrs. Rogers case was
death on the gallows.
The date set for the execution was
Feb. 3, 1905. On Feb. 2, after Mrs.
Rogers had received the last rites of
the Catholic church, Gov. Charles J.
Bell granted her a reprieve until June
.2, in order that the claim of her at
torneys to newly discovered evidence
might be heard before the Vermont
Supreme court in an attempt to secure
for the woman a new trial.
On May 17 last the full bench of the
Vermont Supreme court heard the evi
dence on which the petition for a new
trial was based and a little more than
a week later denied the petition.
On June 1 a second reprieve by Gov.
Bell removed the doomed woman from
under the shadow of the scaffold. This
reprieve was granted in order that the
United States Supreme court might
pass upon the constitutionality and
legality of the proceedings governing
the sentence.
The United States Supreme court
was then petitioned for a writ of error
in order that the case might go before
the highest tribunal, but this was de
nied. On June 19 habeas corpus pro
soedings were instituted. Further le
gal activity on the part of the con
demned woman's attorneys resulted in
the case being carried before the Su
preme court of the United States on
an appeal from the rulings of th Ver
mont court. On Nov. 27 last tne unit
ed States Supreme court refused to
stay the sentence of the Vermont
court.
Mrs. Rogers was the first person
sentenced to death in Vermont within
the last thirteen years who was re
fused clemency. The last murderer
executed in the state was Sylvester
Bell, who was hanged in 1892 for
wife murder. The last woman to be
executed was Mrs. Emeline Meeker,
who paid the death penalty at Wind
sor on March 30, 1883. In Vermont all
executions are held at the state prison
and by a peculiarity of the Vermont
law the duty of hanging condemned
murderers devolves upon the sheriff
of Windsor county, regardless of the
section of the state In wmen me
crime was committed.
Papa's Preliminary.
"In choosing bridesmaids," said the
young girl who was about to be mar
ried, reading from her favorite home
paper, "one should take pains to se
lect girls with gracefully poised
heads, who walk well."
Just as her mother was about to
commend this very excellent idea the
old eentleman gave a scornful snort,
and broke Into the conversation.
"We'll have a cake walk as a pre
liminary test.' was all he said. But
it was enough. They refused to speak
to him.
Explanation by the Court
In an appeal from a justice's :ourt
the Justice accompanied the transcript
with the following explanation: "This
affidavit is overrule'! by the court on
the ground of ignoring the court
when requesfcd to wait and hear the
opinion of the court in regard to a
continuance. And with his hat on
Vs head, a cigar In his mouth, the
said James Harvey went out, saying
he did not care what I done with the
case. S. H. Mitchell, Justice bf the
Peace."
BUI
How Are Your Hono Laying Now?
More mea have sailed to shipwreck
In the poultry business than in any
other that one can easily recall, and
yet there is no other business which,
from every consideration of mathe
matics, political economy and biology
ought to pay so well. Portland Ore
gonlan.
Discover Rare Rodents.
The "dyomis," a rodent of a species
supposed to be extinct, has been found
to be common in some parts of Brazil
and the specimen preserved in the mu
seum of Berlin, supposed to be the
only one extant, has depreciated in
value.
Recognizing Opportunity.
"Opportunity," says the old proverb,
"knocks once at every man's door."
The wit who added that when Oppor
tunity called most men were away
from home simply meant that few men
recognizez a success opportunity wheo
it apears.
At a Wedding.
An account in the "Gentlewoman",
of a lieutenant's wedding at Didsbury
contains the passage: "Two subma
rines brought up the rear of the bridal
procession." This must be the most
thorough naval wedding on record.
Words of Wisdom.
Westfield. 111., Dec. ISth (Special)
All who are suffering with Brlght's
Disease, should read carefully the fol
lowing letter from the Rev. G. L. Good
of this place. He says:
"I feel It is my duty to tell you of
the wonderful benefit I have received
from the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills.
I am a Minister of the Gospel, and in
my work, I am frequently exposed to
all weathers. Six years ago. I was laid
up sick. I doctored with a number of
physicians, and finally consulted a
specialist, but without success. They
all told me I had Bright's Disease. I
was in a bad way and almost helpless
when, thank God. I heard of Dodd's
Kidney Pills. They saved my life. I
took sixteen boxes and now I am
cured. The first day 1 took them I felt
relief. When I began I weighed only
one hundred and five pounds, now I
weigh one hundred and sixty-five and
I. am the picture of health. I recom
mend Dodd's Kidney Pills to all my
friends who have Kidney Trouble and
I pray to God that other sufferers
will read these words and be helped
by them:"
British Change In Diet
British people smoke one-third more
tobacco than they did thirty years
ago, eat half as much again of sugar,
and drink 40 per cent more tea. while,
the consumption of intoxicants has
tended to decline.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL ATTl.ICATlONS.as they cannot reach
the feat of the dleae. Catarrh I- a blood or Cunotl
tuiional disease, ami In outer to cure It you iutit take
Internal remedies. Hall' Catarrh Cure U taken In
ternally, ami acts directly on the blood ami mucou
surface-. Hall' Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi
cine. It was prescribed by one of the ben physicians
In tills country foryean and N a regular prescription.
It w eomped of the bet tonic known, combined
with the bet blood purifier, acting directly on tho
muooua gurf.tce. The perfect combination of tea
twofuitredienttN what produce nuch wonderful re
sults In cuilng catarrh. Send for testimonial, free.
K.J. C1IKNKV i CO.. l'rops., Toledo, o
Sold by Inici;lt. price 75c.
Take Hall's Family rills fer constipation.
Ancient Lord Mayor's Coach.
The coach in which the lord mayor
Df London rides on state occasions
has been in use since the year 1757.
A most remarkable offer is that of
Successful Farming, Des Moines. la.,
alsewhere advertised. A splendid
hunting gun. absolutely free if you aro
willing to do a little hustling for sub
scribers, for one of the handsomest
papers in the United States.
Money has power to crush happi
ness only when its roots get in tho
heart. Insist on Getting It
Some grocers say they don't keen
Detiance Starch because they have a.
stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which
they know cannot be sold to a cus
tomer who has once used the It! oz.
pkfj. Deliance Starch for same money.
A woman in politics Is about as
ornamental as a diamond in a mud
puddle.
"I taught thee nothing is a trifle."
Tupper. "Trifles makes perfection,
but perfection is no trifle." Micahael
Angelo.
A (iPAKANTKKI) CHICK FOR l'lf.KS.
Itching. Itltnil. i:icedlii. l'rotntilln Tiles. Druc
Kittx are authorized to refund money If TAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure In 6 to It dos. 50c.
The church is richer for a cent given
with a smile than for a dollar with
a frown.
Lewis' Single Binder costs more than,
other ."o citr.irs. Smokers know whv.
Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 11L
Some women will find heaven a
very dismal place if it has no shoi
windows.
I do not believe Pi3s Cure for Consumption
has an eual for coughs and cold". Join- R
Uoyek, Trinity Springs, Ind.. Feb. 13, 1WJU
Matrimony is a great institution; it
makes a man forget his other trou
bles. Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOkTA.
a safe and cure remedy for infants and children,
and ece that it
Bears tho
Signature of
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In Uae For Over 30 Years.
The Kind Too. Have Always Bought.
Bond"; of matrimony are below par
when kisses are no longer acceptable
dividends.
Mr. Winalnw's oothln- Syrnp.
For children teethlnir, softens tne jrurna, reduces S
flammatton.aHayapitla.cureg wind lullc 25cbjUJ
The cream of society is easily sep
arated from the milk of human kind
ness. More Flexible and Lasting,
won't shake out or blow out; by usin'
Deflance Starch you obtain better re
sults than possible with anv other
brand and one-third more for same
money.
No man with a torpid liver can be a
successful optimist.
No chromos or cheap premiums, but
a better quality and one-third more
of Defiance Starch for the same price
of other starches.
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