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By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Co.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
The main business houses in Hall
Tile, Tex., -were destroyed by fire.
The losses aggregate $50,000.
The senate passed the consular re
organization bill, which, in amended
form, was reported from the commit
tee on foreign relations.
The attorney general of Missouri
began suit against the Western Union
Telegraph company for the collection
of back taxes amounting to 38,83L33
recently.
The secretary of the interior hasor
ered the leasing of 841,000 acres of
the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache
lands in Oklahoma for agricultural
purposes.
The Cuban house of representatives
adopted unanimously and without dis
cussion the senate bill appropriating
$25,000 for a wedding present to Miss
Alice Roosevelt
The entire plant of the Robes Man:
ufacturing company, Chicago, makers
of picture frames and curtain poles,
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of $150,000.
Father John of Kronstadt, the world
famous religious leader, denies that he
has made extravagant claims to di
vinity, but makes no attempt to reply
to the slanders printed about him.
Representative Burke of South Da
kota introduced a bill authorizing the
secretary of the interior to lease 5,000
acres of the public domain to be used
exclusively as pasture for native buf
falo. Plans for buildings and improve
ments at the naval training station, to
cost $2,000,000, are outlined in the re
port of the commandant, who urges
an Immediate appropriation of $750,
000. When the employes of .the First Na
tional bank of Talihana, I. T., entered
the building the other morning they
found that the safe, which contained
$3,000, had been dynamited and its
contents stolen.
Anthony Matre of St Louis, national
secretary of the American Federation
of Catholic societies, announced that
the national convention of the federa
tion will be held at Buffalo, N. Y., July
29 to 31 of this year.
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale
college was the guest of honor at the
annual dinner of the Yale Alumni as
sociation of Cleveland. Ohio. He re
sponded to the toast "For God, for
Country and for Yale."
A wage increase of approximately 7
per cent in which 1,600 employes par
ticipate, went into effect on the Bos
ton & Maine railroad system. The
change affects the .freight conductors
and freight brakemen.
Announcement was made of the sale
of $20,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds by
the Pennsylvania company to bankers
of New York. The funds from te
sale of the bonds are to be used for
construction and other purposes not
stated.
The supreme court of the United
States refused to grant leave to Leon
ard Imboden and J. A. Hill to file pe
titions for writs of habeas corpus.
They are under sentence to imprison
ment for ten years in the Colorado
penitentiary.
L L. Bruer, a pioneer merchant of
Bancroft la., is believed to have been
lost in the wreck of the Valencia off
Vancouver coast Mr. Bruer had writ
ten his family that he intended to sail
on the ill-fated steamer, and nothing
has since been heard from him.
Steps were taken by James Osborne,
counsel for Norman Hapgood, editor
of Collier's Weekly, in his recent trial
on a charge of criminal libel, to follow
up the disclosures made by witnesses
in the hearing of that case and co-operate
with District Attorney Jerome.
The Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
railroad filed a mortgage with the pro
bate judge of Jefferson county, Ala
bama, for $30,000,000 to the Old Col
ony Trust company of New York for
the purpose of completing the pro
posed line between Birmingham, Ala.,
to Brunswick, Ga., with lines to Mon
tezuma. The coroner's jury which has been
Investigating the wreck of a Santa Fe
passenger' train near Chillicothe, 111.,,
which resulted in four deaths, found
John S. "Smith of the block signal station-
near Chillcothe guilty of gross
carelessness and incompetency. Con
ductor G. F. Weatherwat of the pas
senger train is also censured.
Lieut Gen. Chaffee will be placed
on the retired list of the army at his
own request after about forty-five
years' service. General and Mrs.
Chaffee and Miss Chaffee will leave
Washington for Mexico City, where
they will remain until May 1 next
Later In the summer they will take up
their permanent residence at Los An
geles, Cal.
President Roosevelt received about
.sixty memebrs of Camp A, Wheeler's
.Confederate' cavalry, of Atlanta, Ga. j
A convention, attended by 600 dele
gates from 'various parts of the state,
met at Topeka to consider plans fdr
, holding a semi-centennial exposition
in 1911.
Justice Gould, in criminal court at
Washington, overruled the pleas in
abatement of State Senator George E.
QGreene of New York and W. P. Dore-
mus to 'the indictments charging thepi
-'with conspiring to defraud the govern-
u ment in the furnishing of postofficje
4 supplies.
At a well-attended -meeting, of the
executive council of the American Sp
ciety of International Law, held in
:Hubbard Memorial hall, at Washing
ton, the organization of the society
-was perfected by the election of Jas.
B. Scott solicitor of the department
: -of state, as secretary.
5 .Edinburgh physicians discovered
-the bacillus which causes insanity, and
through it hope to find a -cure for the
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1 ' disease, which may be infectious.
I .The Earl and Countess of Yarmouth
-will sail from London for New York
on the steamer Baltic. The countess
Alice Thaw of Pittsburg.
WESTERN CANADA'S
MARVELOUS CROP RETURNS
Til lacrease In tae crop rataras of
the Canadian West In the past Mvea
years has1 approached, the amarrelou,
and there Is no reason to believe that
a corresponding increase will sot re
sult for many years to come. The in
crease has been particularly noticeable
In what was formerly known as the
Northwest Territories, but which, on
September 1st, 1905, became the prov
inces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
From the official returns we find the
following results in the acreage sown
to wheat oats and barley, in the
years mentioned, and a more favor
able showing cannot be pointed to
in any other country during a like
period.
Wheat Oats. Barley.
1898 307.680 105.077 17.092
1899 363.523 134.938 14,276
1900 412,864 175,439 17.044
1901 504,697 229,439 24,702
1902 625.758 310.367 36.445
1903 837.234 440.662 68.974
1904 965,549 623,634 98,154
The yield has been uniformly good
every year except 1900, when there ap
pears to have been a slump all along
the line. This, however, was more
than compensated for In the following
year, when the bumper crop in wheat,
oats and barley put the returns of all
previous years completely In the shade
and gave an Impetus to settlement In
the west which has prevailed to the
present, as the following table by
bushels will show:
Wheat Oats.
Barley.
449,512
337.521
353,216
795,100
970,417
1.842,824
2,205,434
1898
1899
1900
1901
5,542.478 3,040,307
. .915,623
. 4.028,294
.12.808,447
4.686.038
4.226.152
11.113,066
10,661,295
14.179,705
1902 ..13.956.850
1903 ..16.029.149
1904 ..16,875.537 16.332.551
It will be seen that the number of
acres sown to wheat, oats and barley
In 1898 was 429.749, and that this had
increased in 1904 to 1,587,337. The
total crop in the cereals mentioned
was 9.033,297 bushels in 1898, and in
1904 it had grown to the magnificent
total of 35,413,522. In the year just
closed the "forward movement" in
the agriculture of the west has been
the wonder and envy of the world.
New sections of the country have
been placed under tribute to the plow
and harrow, and the grain area has
been largely increased. This is par
ticularly the case where it has been
demonstrated that "Alberta Red" win
ter wheat may be successfully grown,
and along the lines of the new rail
ways towards the centre of the coun
try, where mixed farming prevails.
The future of the Canadian West
is assured, and for years to come it
is bound to be the land of promise to
the agriculturist of every nation and
of every clime, and the land of oppor
tunity to every settler within its
bounds.
Fullest information can be secured
from any Canadian Government
gent
Women get about as much out of
life as is to be found for the least pos
sible cost to themselves.
FROM PLANT TO CIGAR.
Frank P. Lewis has recently returned
from a trip through the best tobacco sec
tions, looking over the growing fields. He
noted the best crops and engaged them,
and will go later to watch the curing and
packing of same. He also, while there, ex
amined some of his large holdings of old to
bacco and found this to be growing richer
in quality every day. The Lewis Single
Binder factory probably controls more
fancy graded tobacco than any other cigat
factory in the United States. Smokers of
Single Binders have evidently learned this
fact which accounts for the ever increas
ing demand. In spite of the fact that the
factory sends out no traveling salesman tc
boom Its good quality to the trade, the
Single Binder Skies reached seven millior
last year and will exceed eight million ir
1905. The Single Binder sells itself. For
twenty-three months this factory has beer
behind in its orders. Herald-Transcript
South America has about twice the
area and about one-half the popula
tion of the United States.
Many Children are Sickly.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders forChildren,
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's
Home, New York, cure Feverishness, Head
ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis
orders, Break up Colds and Destroy Worms.
At all Druggists',25a Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Only 75 per cent as many children
are born in England now as were
born thirty years ago.
Important fa Motliera
i carefully ever bottle of CA8T0HLL
a safe and sure rcsaedy for inflate sad chUdrea,
Bears the
fUgnatareof
la Um For Over SO Years.
Ste Kiel Yoa Bam Ahnga fioaglt.
The principality of Montonegro is
the only country in Europe which pos
sesses no railways .whatsoever.
Acme Dyspepsia Cure.
Posture core for all diseases of stomach, liver, and
fcswels. Recommended by leading physicians. Tn
are that cares. 100 tablets tl.OO. Send money with
raer to Acme Dyspepsia Cure Co., Ironic,
Mew Jersey.
Jewels on Mahomet's Tomb.
r Mahomet's tomb is covered with
Jewels worth $12,500,000.
Piso'sCare for Consumption is an infallible
aedicine for coughs and colds. N. W. Savtrsu
Ocean Grove. 2?. J., Feb. 17, 1800.
The moon affects the tide and the
ratted.
TO CORE A COLD IX ONE DAT
Take LAXATIVE BBOMO Quinine Tablets. Dm
Ktau refund money if it fall to cure.
E. W.
(SHOVE'S slgaatare la oaesca box. 25c
A woman's adjectives are always
ttrger than her Ideas.
Ring Worn by Charlemagne.
An iron ring worn by Charlemagne
is-preserved with other relics of the
Holy Roman empire in Vienna. Its
intrinsic value cannot be more, than a
penny, but its historical association
makes it one of the most valuable la
all the world.
True Friendship.
The essence of friendship Is entire
ness, a total magnanimity and trust
It must not surmise or provide for in
firmity. It treats its object as a god,
that it may defy both. Emi
see thai It
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The Companionable Girl.
A companionable girl is oae who Is
good company. But what makes ner
After goodness of heart and true
uprightness of character, which al
ways come first, she must be an
agreeable people to be really god and
agreeabl epeople to be really good and
conscientious at heart while having
unpleasant ways, but it is a. thousand
pities not to be pleasant besides.
'"Why can't all good people be nice?"
questioned a vexed young person after
coming in contact with one who was
really good but not gracious.
To be agreeable means to be ready
to agree, to be of the same mind. Yet,
if all people thought exactly the same
thing it would be excessively stupid.
To agree has the better meaning of
to harmonize, and you know that two
colors, quite different from each other,
may go very well together. They
harmonize.
The companionable girl is social. If
she is glum and grumpy, she is a poor
companion. She likes to tell her own
experience, but she does not make it
a point -to keep at it continually and'
never let her neighbor have a chance
to tell hers. A good talker should be
a good listener, and then she will
command listeners the better herself.
The companioable girl ' is sympa
thetic and has tact. If her friend is
in trouble or perplexity she does not
rattle away in a lively fashion about
everything under the sun for which
the other does not care, but adapts
herself to her companion's mood.
There U more Catarrh la this section of the ccoatry
than all other diseases put together, and sntll the lat
few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced It s local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment, prunonnced It Incurable.
Science baa proven Catarrh to be a constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
BaUs Catarrh Care, manufactured by F. J Cheney
6 Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional care on
the market. It Is taken Internally In doses from 10
dropstoateaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Drusrsl6tP. 75c.
Take flail's Family Pills for constlpstloo.
Old Locomotives Retard Traffic.
A German student finds one of the
causes of the inability of the Russian
railroads to handle their traffic is the
antiquity- of their locomotives. The
number of these seems in tolerable
proportion to the traffic, for out of
14,326 locomotives no less than 6,919
are from twenty-four to forty-six years
old.
Athenian Fire Department.
Athens, Greece, has many fine
buildings, but the provisions for fight
ing fires are most inadequate. The
fire brigade consists of men detailed
from the regular army, who, injiddi
tion to clothes and keep, get only 10
cents a week!
Argentina's Gold.
Argentina's stock of gold now
amounts to $81,400,000, against notes
which have been issued at the rate ol
227.27 per cent, in addition to the
$285,000,000 unguaranteed note circu
lation.
Talkers All.
Sometimes Brother Dickey fires a
good text at his congregation. He
said recently: "We talk too much
'bout de wisdom of Solomon and fer
git to have any ourselves." Atlanta
Constitution.
Another Warning.
The tendency is to take too much
exercise rather than loo little. If yoi
pay too much attention to the develop
ment of the body, the intellect and the
sovl suffer. Dr. Kingscote, in Grand
Magazine.
Correct Notion of Graft.
"I des so po' en low down in pock
et," said Brother Williams, "dat some
times, w'en de bailiff come my way,
I almos' wish I wuz one er dez na
tional grabbers?" Atlanta Constitu
tion. Beautiful Words.
There are those who declare that
many a hitherto homely woman is
beautiful !u her weeds, and that it is
easier for her to find a husband than
many a well endowed maiden New
York Herald.
We know a man who says he has
absolutely nothing to be proud of ex
cept that never in his life did he twist
an innocent remark into something
vulgar. That ought to get him into
tbe good place when he dies, though.
"Call" Loan.
A "call" loan is a loan of money
that may be called in by the lender at
any moment "Call money" is money
set aside for the repayment of a call
loan.
Mrs. Ella Goltz of Portsmouth,
swore out a warrant for a circus ele
phant which had eaten her gold
watch and smashed in a brand new
Paris hat
Sometimes we feel that fate has
been hard toward us. It must be nice
to be a heathen and to be converted
and to come to this country and lec
ture about it
We feel sorry for the modern baby.
It has to be raised according to Papa's
Theory, Mamma's Theory, the Nurse's
Theory, the Doctor's Theory, with a
little mixture of Grandma's Method.
Every woman is absolutely sure the
man she gets for a husband will allow
her to do just as she pleases in the
matter of spending the money.
Genuine charity gives no street parade.
NEBRASKA
GOVERNOR MICKEY TALKS
OF THE RAILROAD PASSES
LINCOLN. Aroused by the utter
ances of Governor Deneen, Governor
Mickey declared against the free rail
road pass. He said:
"I am opposed to any of my ap
pointees accepting passes, and I be
lieve my views are well known on
this matter. I have it not, and neither
will I, ask any one of them to return
any pass he may have, however.
"The deputy oil inspectors do not
ride on passes. It has been customary
for a request to be made of the rail
roads for passes for these state em
ployes, who have to do a lot of trav-
eline. but this vear I did not make the
request, and neither did the roads ex
tend the passes. I told the inspectors ln front of his ranch,
that I would not ask for passes for I Frank Svehla, while out hunting In
them, and for them to buy mileage ; tn timber along the banks of the Mis
books and charge them to the state. ! sonrl river south of Plattsmouth, shot
This they did, and they are now riding
on mileage books.
"I do not know how many of my
appointees are riding on passes, and
I have not bothered myself about the
matter. When the republican state
convention went on record against the
pass evil I took that as the sentiment
of the republican party, and I acted
accordingly. I did not think It my
duty to tell anyone else whether he
could ride on a pass or not, and nei
thtefr have I the authority to say that
anyone shall not ride on a pass.
"As far as I am concerned, my ap
pointees know my feelings in this mat
ter, but they are at perfect liberty to
act according to their own judgment
I shall not interfere with them, but if
republican officeholders are consistent,
not a one of them will accept a pass
from a railroad company."
LARGE TREASURY RECEIPTS
FOR JANUARY MONTH
LINCOLN. Receipts at the state
treasury for the month of January will
exceed expenditures by at least $150,
000, according to the report of State
Treasurer Mortensen, just issued. A
balance of the amount mentioned al
ready is shown in the general fund
alone, while other funds will show cor
responding increases in proportion to
their size and importance. The month
is one of the heavy business ones of
the year for the department, and re
ciepts are very heavy. The balance of
cash on hand in the permanent educa
tional funds is very small, indicating
that the funds are. being kept well in
vested by Treasurer Mortensen. Many
bonds and warrants have been pur
chased as investments since the first
of the year. The department also has
retired a large amount of outstanding
general fund warrants, the total ap
proximating $175,000. A block of $73,
000 of the Idaho state bonds recently
purchased for investment of the per
manent school funds Was received and
paid for by the treasurer.
Game Warden's Office Pays.
Game Warden Carter has done a
thrifty business during the past year,
and the fines collected and the fees
paid into his office have paid the ex
penses of the department. The li
censes and fees for the year amount
ed to $5,376, a difference of $3,047 in
favor of the state. The expenses do
not include what was spent at the fish
hatcheries, but this will not amount to
more than $4,000. Last year the li
censes amounted to $5,884. while this
year $6,941 was realized from licenses.
Fines last year amounted to $2,116.
Passenger Leaves Baby Behind.
NORFOLK A woman passenger on
the westbound Northwestern train
running from Chicago to the Black
Hills, left the train for a moment
here, ran to the nearest house, dropped
a package on the dorstep and then re
gained the train. The package was
found to be a tiny baby girl, with dark
blue eyes. It was at the home of Con
ductor Ed Adams and will be kept.
The woman went on west and has not
been found nor heard from since.
Chinese Remember Mickey.
Governor Mickey was the recipient
of a nice Chinese vase, the gift of Tai
Hung and Tuan Fang, the bead of the
Chinese commission now touring
America. With the vase came a let
ter thanking the governor and the peo
ple of Lincoln for the entertainment
given to the commission while in Lin
coln for one day recently.
Horse Thief Confesses
ALMA. Frank Holts, alias Fred
Fields, was arrested here for stealing
two horses from Will Frost of Phelps
county. After putting Holts in the
sweatbox for some time he confessed
where the hcrses were and that he
took them. He was taken to Hoi
drege for trial.
Makes Public Confession.
LEXINGTON. One of the most ex
traordinary revival meetings ever held
in this section is now in progress.
Among those who made public pro
fessions of religion was a young man
who confessed to a long list of crimes
against the state. He told of continu
ous burglaries from grain houses in
Holdrege, Neb., breaking into houses
here, stealing coal from the Burling
ton and other places for whole win
ters through numerous petty stealings,
which he said were so many that he
could not remember them all.
Voice of Custer County Bar.
BROKEN BOW. The committee of
the Custer County Bar associahion.
consisting of C. L Gutterson, N. T.
Gadd. R. A. Moore and Alpha Morgan,
arbitrator, appointed to draft resolu
tions with reference to the bill now
pending in congress to divide the state
of Nebraska Into two judicial districts
made its report The recommenda
tion Is that instead of dividing the
state by the Platte river east and west
it be divided into eastern and western
districts by a line drawn north and
south.
STATE NEWS
OVER THT STATE.
David Edwards of Auburn got his
arm In a buzz saw and was seriously
injured.
The Cass County Teachers' associa
tion will hold a meeting in Louisville
February 10.
At a meeting of the Beatrice Com
mercial club steps were taken to pros
pect for oil and gas.
Houses are so scarce in Wood River
that in some cases two families are
occupying the same structure.
Emil Mewis, a progressive farmer
living north of West Point, sold in the
market two hogs weighing 1,400
pounds.
WiMam Brown, a ranchman living
fifteen miles west of Ogallala, was
- found dead in the South Platte river
and killed a large red fox.
Tbe loss on the Dempster planf,
Beatrice, which was damaged by fire
several days ago was adjusted, the
amount being placed at $5,150.
The American Beet Sugar company
of Grand Island is now busy making
contracts with the farmers for the rais
ing of beets in 1906. The price to be
paid is $5 per ton.
Tbe contest brought against County
Treasurer-elect C. E. Bowlby of Saline
county to test bis eligibility to hold
the office for another term, has been
decided by the county court of Saline
county in favor of Bowlby.
E. Piper, a farmhand from Madison,
and O. T. Bottecher, an ice chopper
from that place, were arrested at Nor
folk and sent back to Madison on the
charge of stealing $57.50 from Philip
Knapp, Piper's employer. Piper ad
mitted his guilt.
The report of the business done at
the Union Pacific depot at Wood River
during the last year shows an in
crease of several thousand dollars over
that of last year. The exports were
152 cars more than last year, while
the imports were just the same.
Sheep men about Wod River have a
lot of sheep ready for the market and
a train of several cars will leave for
market soon. The winter has been
so exceptionally fine that the sheep
have fattened rapidly and are ready for
the market much earlier than usual.
John Stump, who was recently
brought to McCook from St. Louis for
forgery, was convicted and sentenced
in the district court and will serve
two and one-half years in the peniten
tiary for forging three checks on John
F. Helm, a well-to-do farmer of Red
Wilow county.
A wireless telegraph station in Kear
ney is one of the probabilities of the
near future. W. F. Conklin, a repre
sentative of the DeForest Wireless
Telegraph company, has been there for
the purpose of arranging for opening
a station which will be worked in con
junction with a chain of stations which
extend across the continent.
W. H. Mast of Washington, D. C.
connected with the forestry service of
the United States and in charge of the
Dismal river forest reserve in Nebras
ka, spent a day last week at Arbor
Lodge, examining the forestry and par
ticularly the evergreens of the es
tate. Mr. Mast is inspecting the nurs
eries o the middle west for the gov-
ernment
Until the courts decide differently,
sheriffs who charge under 75 cents a
day for feeding prisoners after they
are convicted until they are brought to
the state penitentiary will have their
vouchers cut just 25 cents per day.
and they will not bo allowed railroad
fare unless they file with the auditor
receipts showing that the fare has
bren paid.
James O. Botts of Chadron. who has
lately had trouble with his wife, tried
to shoot himself, but was prevented
by a man standing near knocking the
pistol from Bott's hand. The authori
ties brought the case up before the
Board for the Insane, but sufficient
ground for holding him could not be
found, so he is loose again and privi
leged to kill somebody.
John Moser, for many years a resi
dent of Humboldt, who was sent sev
eral months ago by his implement
company to look after their interests
in Canada, writes now from Argen
tina. South America, where he was
sent in November 'on a similar mis
sion. That is a great wheat country,
and Mr. Moser reports some interest
ing experiences both on the way down
and since arriving there.
The state Board of Equalization and
Assessment held a meeting to discuss
the assessment Every county asses
sor in the stat is under the orders of
the board and a mighty effort is going
to be made by the board this year to
place every dollar's worth of taxable
property in the state on the assess
ment roll. The board ordered the
secretary to formulate some instruc
tions to the county assessors and urge
them to do everything in their power
to uncover hidden property.
Dr. L. W. Stedley, a resident of
South Beatrice, was fined $34.80 in po
lice court for chopping down trees
within the city limits. As quite a num
ber of trees along the streets on out
lying lots have been destroyed lately,
more arrests and fines are likely to
follow.
Tho state banking department has
authorized the following four state
banks to increase their capital stock:
Arapahoe State bank from $15,000 to
$25,000; Bank of Sargent from $10,000
to $12,000; Bank of Ashton from $6,000
to $10,000; Bank of Union from $5,000
to $10,000.
Reports have been received by the
sheriff of Boone county for several
days that an insane man. apparently
a stranger in the county, has been
wandering around in the southern part
of the county. Sheriff Evans made
a search for him but failed to find
him.
News has been received at Platts
mouth of the death of Joseph Dvle,
which occurred at Goldfield. N-. The
deceased was a former resident of
Plattsmouth. He was extensively en
gaged in mining in the west, and at
the time of his death owned twelve
J gold claims In Nevada.
A Country Boy's Opportunities.
The country has many advantages
over his city cousin, even though he is
deprived of many opportunities that
the cit yafords. Success has the follow
ing to say on the above topic:
"In the country, boys dream of the
city and Its great, opportunities. They
see, in their minds,, enormous stores,
vast libraries and reading rooms, great
ppportunlties for self-improvement; ex
cellent day schools and evening
schools, Toung Men's Christian asso
ciation, evening universities, and other
Institutions where seekers after know
ledge may satisfy their longings. In
other words, to the country boy the
great city is a sea of opportunities.
"On the other hand the city-bred
boy, who has breathed this air of op
portunity from childhood, who. has
passed libraries and reading-rooms so
many times that their familiarity and
commonness have taken the edge off
his mental appetite for their contents,
longs for the free air and wider space
of the country.
"If a country boy Is made of the
right stuff, instead of dreaming of
great opportunities in the city, and
longing for access to better libraries
and larger schools, he will try to re
deem himself from the meagerness and
narrowing influences of his surround
ings. Every book will be to him a
precious "luxury, an opportunity to
open a little wider the door of his nar
row life. If he is determined to get
on in the world, the things that seem
to hold him back will be converted
into stepping-stones to higher levels.
Like Lincoln, Garfield. Grant, Greeley,
Burritt, and the long list of our coun
try's great men who had to struggle
against far greater odds, without the
advantages of the country boy of to
day, he will prove himself greater
than his limitations."
Not Yet
An eastern singer, referring to a
trip to the hereafter, says: "I shall
see Shelley and shake hands with
Keats." And truly, that would be a
gieat meetin! But not even to swim
with Shelley in a sea of glory, or to
sit with Keats, crowned, on a cloud,
would we undertake that journey
Atlanta Constitution.
When '-'Vapors' Were.
In the middle ages hysterical sub
jects were regarded sometimes as
saints, but more often as possessed of
devils. It then occurred frequently;
later on they were supposed to be af
fected by "vapors," which gave rise
to these various conditions.
Obligation Rests on All.
It is obligatory upon decent people
to be obliging, an obligation to their
decency bound up in the necessities of
the case. Noblesse oblige is one of
the best motives and sentiments, im
plying that a man's very status as a
man compels him to be obliging.
Warm Baths for Employes.
By utilizing its waste wa.er a large
factory in Austria makes it possible
for all of its 100 employes to indulge
in a daily warm bath.
The latest addition to the London
Museum of Natural History is a col
lection of 200,000 beetles bequeathed
by Alexander Fry.
31
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300 Boxes of Greenbacks
For the most words made
op from these letters
Y - I - O - Grape-Nuts
331 people will earn these prizes
Around the fireside or about the
well-lighted family reading table dur
ing the winter evenincs the children
and grown-ups can play with their
wits and see how many words can be
made.
20 people makine: the greatest num
ber of words will each receive a little
box containing a $10.00 gold piece.
10 people will each win one box con
taining a $5.00 gold piece.
300 people will each win a box con
taining $1.00 in paper money and one
person who makes the highest number
of words over all contestants will re
ceive a box containing $100.00 in gold.
It is really a most fascinating bit of
fun to take up the list evening after
evening and see bow many words can
be added.
A few rules are necessary for abso
lute fair play.
Any word authorized by Webster's
dictionary will be counted, but no
name of person. Both the singular
and plural can be used, as for instance
"grape" and "grapes."
The letters in "Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts"
may be repeated In the same word.
Geographical names authorized by
Webster will be counted.
Arrange the words in alphabetical
classes, all those beginning with A to
gether and those beginning with E to
come under E, etc.
When you are writing down the
words leave some spaces. In the A. E.
and other columns, to fill in later as
new words come to you, for they will
spring into mind every evening.
It is almost certain that some con
testants will tie with others. In such
cases a prize identical in value and
character with that offered in that
class shall be awarded to each. Each
one will be requested to send with the
list of words a plainly written letter
describing the advantages of Grape
Nuts, but the contestant Is not re
quired to purchase a pkcr. These let
ters are not to contain p-atry or fancy
flourishes, but simple; truthful state
ments of fact. For Illustration: A
person may have experienced romo
incipient or chronic ails traceable to
unwise selection of food that failed to
give the body and brain the energy,
health and rower desired. Seeking
better convt'ons. a change in food Is
made " Grape-Nuts and cream used
in p'-'ce of the former diet Suppose
r" quits the meat fried potatoes,
starchy, sticky messes of half-ccoked
oats or wheat and cuts out the coffee.
Try. sa& for breakfast a bit of fruit, a
dish of Grape-Nuts and cream, two
soft-boiled eggs, a slice of hard toast
and a cup of Postum Food Coffee.
Some amateur says: "A man would
faint away on that" but, my dear
triead, we will put dollars to your pea-1
Cabinet
Bating
Powder
complies with
the pare food
laws of all
states. Food pre
pared with it is
free from
Rochcllc Salts.
Lime. Alum
and Ammonia.
The Trust wants you to
pay 45 or 50 cents a pound
for their baking powder
which leaves large quan
tities of Kochelle Sals la
tbe food. Rochelle Salts
is a dangerous cathartic
dnnr.
Rode on Turtle's Back.
In the North Borneo Herald It is re
corded that two English women. Mrs.
McEnroe and Mrs. Darby, recently
paid a visit to the lonely island of
Taganac. Among other adventures
there the two sat up one night to
watch for turtles and at midnight
saw a large one come out of the sea
onto the sands. When it was return
ing to the water first Mrs. Darby and
then Mrs. McEnroe mounted on its
back and rode for some distance.
Infallible Cure for Toothache.
A London physician, at a meeting'
of a medical society, stated that ex
traction of teeth was unnecessary. He
was enabled to cure the most desper
ate cases of toothache, he said, unless
the case was connected with rheumar
tism, by the application of the follow
ing remedy to the diseased tooth:
Alum, reduced to an impalablc pow
der, two drachms: nitrous spirits of
ether, seven drachms; mix and apply
to tooth.
Burglar Was Too Fat.
Guests in a well-known hotel in
Paris heard pit'ful cries for help com
ing from the celllar at 1 o'clock in tho
morning, and the waUers and manager
rushed downstairs. The door was
locked, but they battered it down, and
discovered a very fat burglar held
fast in the ventilator, through which
he had tried to escape. The brick
work had to be knocked down before
he could be extricated.
of Gold
nies that the noon hour will find a
man on our breakfast huskier and
with a stronger heart beat and clearer
working brain than he ever had on
the old diet.
Suppose, if you have never really
made a move for absolutely clean
health that pushes you along each day
with a spring in your step and a re
serve vigor In muscle and brain that
makes the doing of things a pleasure,
you join the army of "plain old com
mon sense" and start in now. Then
after you have been 2 or 3 weeks on
the Grape-Nuts training you write a
statement of how you used to be and
how you are now. The simple facts
will interest others and surprise your
self. We never publish names except
on permission, but we often tell the
facts in the newspapers, and when
requested give the names by private
letter.
There is plenty of time to get per
sonal experience with Grape-Nuts and
write a sensible, truthful letter to be
sent in with the list of words, as the
contest does not close until April 30th.
1906. So start in as soon as you like
to building words, and start in using
Grape-Nuts. Cut this statement out
and keep the letters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts
before you and wien you write your
letter you will have some reason to
write on the subject, "Why I Owe
Grape-Nuts."
Remember, 331 persons will wfn
prizes, which will he awarded in an
exact and Just manner as soon as the
list can be counted after April 30th,
VJdi. Every contestant will be sent a
printed list of names and addresses of
winners on application. In order to
have proof that the prizes are sent as
agreed. " The company is well known '
all over the world for absolute fidelity
to itr agreements and every single one
of the 331 winners may depend on re
ceiving the prize wen.
Many persons might feel It useless
to contest, but when one remembers
the great number of prizes (331)"
the curiosity of seeing how many
words can really be made up evening
after evening and the good, natural
fun and education In tbe competition,
it seems worth tfce trial; there is no
post nothing to lose and a. fine oppor
tunity to win one of the many boxes
of gold or greenbacks.
We make the prediction that some
who win a prize of gold or greenbacks
will also win back health and strength
worth mere to them than a wagon full
of money prizes.
There are no preliminaries, cut out
this statement and go at it. and send
In the list and letter before April 30th.
1906. to Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd., Bat
tle Creek. Mich., and let. your nana
and address be plainly written.
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