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T- -s Columbus Journal By COLUMBUS JOURNAL Ce, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. News in Brief The Indiana republican convention will be held at Indianapolis April 11 and 12. Mrs. Lucinda Leavltt of Compton, N. H.. 87 years old, is cutting a new set of teeth. A woman holdup artist, who uses snuff to blind her victims, is operating St El Reno, O. T. Fire destroyed the store house of Granite cotton mill No. 2 at Fall River, Mass. The loss Is $125,000. S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian institution, and Known as s scientist throughout the world, died st Aiken. S. C. The French senate and chamber ot deputies both voted a reduction of the International and letter rate from 15 to lu centimes. The state primary bill met defeat in the Iowa senate by a vote of 28 to 21. This ends the fight on this subject for this legislature. An immediate recount of the ballots cast in the municipal election at St. Louis last April will follow the decision of the supreme court Baron Speck von Sternberg, German ambassador to this country, is one of the most popular members of the for eign set in Washington. Charles Ward, a young attorney who went to Los Angeles from Boston six weeks ago, shot himself over the heart in his room at the Hotel Trenton. Samuel S. Howland has given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New, York, a collection of old laces, includ ing twenty-nine pieces of great antiq quity. The courts at Dresden have decided that the three elder sons of Mme. Schumann-Heink, the singer, shall be permitted to accompany her to Amer ica in April. News of the breaking of the terri ble drought which for years has para lyzed. the industries ot Australia, was brought to San Francisco by the steam ship Ventura. Dr. Ott, King Edward's Marienbad physician, has taken the occasion of his return from his visit to England to publicly deny the rumors of the king's ill health. General J. L. Gale, commander of the United Confederate Veterans of Indian Territoy, has selected Miss Floy Mul len sponsor for the New Orleans reun ion April 25, 26 and 27. . The house committee on agriculture decided by a vote of eight to seven not to recommend any appropriation to buy seed for free distribution by the department of agriculture. Representative Curtis of Kansas, a member of the ways and means com mittee, introduced a bill to amend sec tion 4 of the Dingley act which pro vides for reciprocal treaties. At the annual meeting of the trus tees of the Equitable Life Assurance society, held in New York, John M. Beach of the Tefft-Willer Dry Goods corporation, was elected a member of the board. At the collieries controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad company no tices were posted announcing that hereafter until further orders all col lieries would be worked full time on Saturdays. The prosecution of Joseph Leiter, owner of the Zeigler coal mines, on trial at Benton, 111., charged with vio lation of the state mining laws on several different counts, was postponed for one year. Captain Samuel Kuhns, 101 years old, and Mrs. Sarah Jackson Crawford, 100, have just been married at Marys Tille, O., after an intermitting court chip of seventy years. The bride is a relative of Abraham Lincoln. Midshipman John H. Lofland of Iowa and Earl W. Chaffee of Michigan, two of the three midshipmen dismissed from the naval academy for hazing and reinstated by special act of con gress, have tendered their resigna tions from the service. Dr. George Hampl, professor of phil ology and general linguistics in tne .University of Michigan, has accepted the invitation to occupy the chair of Germanic language at Stanford uni versity, which was vacated last sum mer by Dr. Julius Goebel. Franklin C. Jocelyn, well known among lumbermen throughout the mid dle west, died at the Union League club, Chicago, wh re he had been ill since February 22, when he suffered a aroke of apoplexy while attending s banquet given by the club. A general hearing on anti-injunction hills and bills to enable employes to recover from corporations for personal injuries was held by the house commit tee on judiciary. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, and H. R. Fuller were present The Moroccan land and naval forces are simultaneously operating against the Moorish pretender and his French filibustering supporters. A water spout descended upon Na hanoro, island of Madagascar. Feb ruary 21, entirely destroying the vil lage and drowning many persons. Somebody has figured out that upon s salary of $175 a day for 6,000 years Adam would not have so much money as Carnegie now possesses, s detailed statement of the operation of the monetary agreement between the Isthmian canal commission and certain bankers on the isthmus. An Ithaca woman has decided that as a descendant of Sir Francis Drake she will accept a fortune of 120,000,000 he Is said to have left Steps were taken at a meeting of Independent fire brick makers at Pitts burg toward forming a combination with a capital stock of 112,000,000. The City of Mexico has passed an ordinance to close the saloons at 9 p. xo.. About 50 carpenters and 1,000 other men identified with the building trades went on strike at East St Louis, lit, to enforce demands for increased DAZED WITH PAIN. The Suffering of s Citizen of Olym pia,Wash. L. S. Gorham, of 516 East 4th St. Olympla, Wash., says: "Six years ago I got wet and took cold, and was soon flat in bed, suffering tortures with my back. Every move ment caused an agon izing pain, and the persistency of it ex hausted .me, so that for a time I was dazed and stupid. On the advice of a friend I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and soon noticed a change for the better. The kidney secretions had been disordered and irregular, and contained a heavy sediment, but in a week's time the urine was clear and natural again and the passages regular. Gradually the aching and soreness left my back and then the lameness. I used six boxes to make sure of a cure, and the trouble has never returned. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Rubber Prices Go Up. It is thought likely, says the Jour nal of the Society of Arts, that the present year may see a considerable further advance in prices for rubber, but it may be expected that before long the supply will be ample for all demands. Not only are there Immense tracts of rubber which remain un touched in Liberia and elsewhere, but the cultivation of the rubber tree is being rapidly extended. Pests Worry English Farmers. The farmers' clubs of England give a high price for magpies,' jays and other birds that prey on eggs and fledglings. The result is an abnormal number of small birds that damage the crops. At a recent meeting of the board of agriculture in England the experts could not agree as to whether birds, on the whole, did more good than harm. Long Time Building Memorial. The Rev. Henry Francis Lyte whose hymn, "Abide With Me," is one of the most precious to Christian hearts, was vicar of Lower Brixham. Thirty years ago an attempt was made to rebuild the old church as a memorial to him. Some progress was accomplished, and now a final effort Is fiemg made to finish the tower. Had Learned the Words. It was a lecture on health, delivered before a roomful of working girls. The word oxygen had been used. Im mediately one of the girls rattled out glibly: "I know oxygen, hydrogen, ni trogen." "Well, what do you know about them?" asked the nurse. "Oh, I don't know nothin 'about 'em, but we learnt 'em at school,'' was the answer. Caucasus Hospitality. In the southern Caucasus a traveler may still apply for food and shelter in any house and be sure of a welcome and the best available fare. The host takes care personally that nothing is stolen. Yet the same host when the guest has left his home, may follow and rob him after he has gone a few miles. Spade Guineas. The tenant of a Hertfordshire, Eng., farmhouse looking through some old books, found in Dr. Croley's "Sala thial" a penciled note indicating that valuables were 'hidden under an at tic floor. Wrapped in quaint sill dresses of the Georgian period were found forty spade guineas and other coins. ' Most Expensive Thermometer. The most expensive thermometer is in use at the John Hopkins university in the United States. It is valued at $10,000 and is an absolutely perfect In strument The graduations on the glass are so fine that it is necessary to use a miscroscope to read them. Pays for False Advertising. Leo Conn, a merchant of Spandau, Germany, advertised the sale of a stock of goods at less than half cost A buyer proved that more than half the cost price had been charged for an article he had bought and the mer chant was fined 45. A NECESSARY EVIL. Experience of a Minister Who Tried to Think That of Coffee. "A descendant of the Danes, a na tion of coffee drinkers, I used coffee freely till I was 20 years old," writes a clergyman from Iowa. "At that time I was a student at a Biblical Institute, and suddenly became aware of the fact that my nerves had become de moralized, my brain dull and sluggish and that insomnia was fastening its hold upon me. "I was loath to believe that these things came from the coffee I was drinking, but at last was forced to that conclusion, and quit it "I was so accustomed to a hot table beverage and felt the need of it so much, that after abstaining from cof fee for a time and recovering my health, I went back to it I did this several times, but always with disas trous results. I had about made up my mind that coffee was a necessary evil. "About this time a friend told me that I would find Postum Food Cof fee very fine and In rnnny respects away ahead of coffee. So I bought some and, making it very carefully according to the directions, we were delighted to find that he had not ex aggerated in the least From that day to this we have liked it better than the old kind of coffee or anything else in the way of a table drink. "Its use gave me, in a very short time, an increase in strength, clear ness of brain and steadiness of nerves; and sleep, restful and restor ing, came back to me. "I am thankful that we heard of Postum and shall be glad to testify at any time to the good it has done me." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to WellvUle, ia Pkgs. ' WBBSSSSsl frvaUssw ,ySit ssssSfc r c2iz.siL-aj!.x' IMPRESSED WITH : . WESTERN CAUDA. Says Our Prairies Will Be' Filled Up' In Ten Years. L. A. Stockwell of Indianapolis, a United States land man who toad an extensive tour of inspection 'in the west wrote the following artlcle.!nn der date of Jan. 8, for an IajUana pub lication: t V" "States." In this letter I propose to show by extracts from my note book that thousands who have come up here from the "States" have suc ceeded far beyond their most san guine expectations. Mr. N. E. Beaumunk of Brazil, In diana, was earning f 100.00 per month with a coal company. At about the age of 40 he had saved about $3,000. Four years ago he landed near Han ley, Sask. He now owns 480 acres of land. Last fall (1905) he threshed 4,700 bushels of wheat and 3,100 bush els of oats. His wheat alone brought him over $4,000, which would have paid for the acres .that it grew on. He is to-day worth $15,000. This Is Making Money Fast. In Feb. 1902, J. G. Smith & Bra. were weavers in a big cotton mill in Lancashire, England. Coming here they arrived in Wapella, Sask., with only $750.00 between them. They were so "green" and inexperienced that all they could earn the first sum mer was $6.00 per month, and the first winter they had to work for their board. The next year, 1903, they took homesteads, and by working for neigh tors, they got a few acres broken out upon which the next year they raised a few hundred bushels of wheat and oats. They also bought a team and broke out about sixty acres more. In 1905 they threshed 1700 bushels of wheat from it and 1300 bushels of oats. Their success being then as sured they borrowed some money, built a good house, barn and imple ment shed, and bought a cream sepa rator, etc. They now have a dozen cows, some full-blooded pigs and chickens, good teams and implements to match, and are on the high road to prosperity. Here are three cases selected from my note book from among a score of others. One a mine boss, one a farmer, and one a factory operator. With each of them I took tea and listened to their story. "I hoped to better my condition," said one. "I thought in time I might make a home," said another. "I had high expectations," said the other, and all said that "I never dreamed it possible to succeed as I have." Like Arabian Nights. Everywhere, on the trains, at the hotels and in the family I have been told successes that reminded me more of the stories In the Arabian Nights than of this matter-of-fact workaday world. Yields of wheat from 35 to 53 bushels per acre, and of oats of from 60 to 100 bushels, are numerous in every locality and well authenti cated. At Moose Jaw, Lethbridge, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Brandon, Hanley and many intermediate places I saw cattle and young horses fat as our grain-fed animals of the "States" that had never tasted grain, and whose cost to their owners was almost nothing. At Moosomin I saw a train load of 1,400 steers en route to England, that were shaky fat, raised as above stated. If the older genera tion of farmers In Indiana, who have spent their lives In a contest with logs and stumps as did their fathers before them, could see these broad prairies dotted with comfortable homes, large red barns, and straw piles innumerable, and the thriving towns with their towering elevators jammed to the roof with "No. 1 hard," and then remember that four or five years ago these plains were tenantless but for the badger and coyote, they would marvel at the transformation. Then if they followed the crowds as they emerged from the trains and hurried to the land offices, standing in line until their respective turns to be waited on came, and saw with hat rapidity these lands are being taken, they would certainly catch the "disease" and want some of it too. If these lands are beautiful in mid winter, with their long stretches of yellow stubble standing high above the snow, what must they be in sum mer time when covered with growing or ripening grains? Speaking of win ter reminds me that our Hoosier friends shrug their shoulders when they read in the Chicago and Minne apolis dailies of the temperature up here. For that very reason I am here this winter. The Canadian literature, with its pictures, half tones and sta tistics, gives a good idea of her re sources, but thirty or forty degrees below zero sounds dangerous to a Hoozier, who nearly freezes in a tem perature of five above, especially when accompanied by a wind, as it often is, but the fact is, when it is very cold here it is still and the air being dry the cold Is not felt as it is in our lower latitudes, where there is more humidity In the atmosphere. I am 56 and I never saw a finer winter than the one I am spending up here. I arrived in Winnipeg Nov. 9, and have not had the bottoms of my overshoes wet since I entered Canada. Under a cloudless sky I have ridden In sleighs nearly a thousand miles, averaging a drive every other day. Stone masons have not lost a week's time so far this winter. Building of all kinds goes right ahead in every city and hamlet as though winter were never heard of. Information concerning homestead lands in Western Canada can be had from any authorized Canadian Gov ernment Agent whose advertisement appears elsewhere in this paper. Never hit a man when he Is down unless all his friends are down. Statb or Ohio, Citt or Tolxdo, i .. LCCAS COCXTT. ( "" Tkrc J. Cbeskt make aath ttamt be fa tenter partner of the firm of F. J. Chkxet A Co., dutng OBiineM In too City of Toledo, County aad But aforesaid, mad that raid firm will par the turn of ONE HUNDKED DOLLARS for each aad erery case of Cataksh that cannot be cured by the ne of Bau.'b Cataxbh Ccbc FBAKK J. CHEKET. Sworn to before me and aubrcrlbed fa my pre ace, this 6th day of December. A. D. ISM. . - , A, W. GLEASOK, I Zt I KOTAT PCBU& Hall's Catarrh Core to takes. Internally aad acta directly on the blood and mocone aarfacea of the afuem. Send for testimonial, free. F. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, a Sold by all Drnnristt. 13c Take Haifa Fnti- " r-niatlom. AH lazy men have ailment. -rf----'- "" - lr.7&.. fra'igaSfc '-V - .. i...- - .-- - -"'-A!f NEBRASKA STATE NEWS AID IS ASKED FOR THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN The nation has been called on to as- slst 2,00MMH people living in the northern part xA Japan without the necessaries of life. The cause has re ceived the endorsement of the presi dent who has presented the matter to the various governors. Governor Mickey has commended the matter to the people of this state In a circular. The National Red Cross society will act as custodian of the funds collect- ed. Chaplain F. M. Sisson of the First regiment Nebraska National Guards, has been appointed to take charge of the work In Nebraska. He issued the following circular: "Our president regards the suffering of over 2.000,000 people of northern Japan to be of such a serious char-i acter that he has sent out to each of the governors of the states an appeal to the American people for aid to re- lleve these starving people. Governor.' sn of Joseph Forkorny, was adjudged Mickey, in harmony with this appeal, ! insane by the board and sent to the has issued a proclamation calling upon asylum. the people of Nebraska to make gen-1 The J. W. Anderson Grain company erous contributions for these suffering ' of Holdrege has filed articles of lncor Japanese. Certainly this cry for help, j poration with the secretary of s'tate. coming to ns from men who so recent- The capital stock is $50,000 and the ly commanded the admiration of the paid up capital $23,000. world by their endurance and bravery , Mrs. Nevltt of Dorchester, arrived on the battlefield will meet a very lib- jn Beatrice and with the assistance of eral response from all classes of the the officers succeeded in locating her prosperous people of our state. Only i6-year-old daughter, who had run money contributions can be handled . away from home several weeks ago. and these under the direction oi "ine National Red Cross Society. F. M. Sisson. chaplain of the First regiment Nebraska National Guards, has been appointed to take charge of the cause in Nebraska. He will receive an money, and forward to the National Red Cross society, sending a receipt to each Individual contributing to the fund. -His address is F. M. Sisson, 2216 N street. South Omaha. Neb. "May we suggest this worthy cause might be presented by all the superin tendents and teachers in our public schools of the state, thus awakening in the rising gfleneratlon a response to the call of suffering humanity as broad as the world. Will the preachers throughout the state, as well as Sun day school superintendents, present this cause to their congregations at as early a date as possible? "Let civic orders respond as their organizations will allow. "Let every business man talk It and let every Individual do at once what is possible and our great state will stand among its sister states well up to the front NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT WILL NOT PARTICIPATE LINCOLN The Nebraska insurance denartment will not co-operate with the insurance commissioners of Wis consin, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ten nessee in an investigation of the Equit able and Mutual Life companies. Said insurance Commissioner J. L. Pierce: "When It was decided to in vestigate the New York Life I ex plained to the other insurance commis sioners that the Nebraska department would not participate in the other in vestigations. The department has neither the time nor the funds at its disposal to do so. It Is true that the expenses of these investigations are borne by the companies being inspect ed, but the nominal expense is but a small Item. The expense to the New Yqrk Lite of the recent investigation was more than S38.000. This was for the salaries of the examiners, actuaries clerks, etc., and for other incidental expenses. The five insurance commis sioners were allowed a per diem and an expense of $5 per day for the time actually put In by them. The $5 ex pense Item will not cover the actual outlay of a non resident in New York. Brakeman Killed at Gibbon. KEARNEY J. A. Wood. Union Pa cific brakeman, was instantly killed at the stock yards here. The crew was doing some switching at Gibbon where most of the stock was to be picked up and the unrortunate brake man was hanging to the side of a car as the cars came up to the platform or chute in front of the stock yards. Wood appears to have misjudged the space between the platform and the car, for his body struck the former and he was wrenched loose from the car on which he was hanging and thrown under the same. His head was severed. Hog Pens All Taken. Secretary Mellor of the State Board of Agriculture has received a letter from Superintendent Leonard or the swine department of the state fair that with the exception of twenty-one pens all of the pens in the ten swine burns have been engaged. Last year the swine pens were not all engaged untii May 1. Cut Off Man's Leg. GRAND ISLAND While a number of employes of the Herman Tagge farm, nine miles west of this city, were sawing wood with a power saw, the fly wheel burst and Charles Tagge, nephew of Herman Tagge, who had come over from his neighboring home to assist was struck in the leg, breaking through both bones and tearing the muscles in such a manner that the leg had to be amputated above the knee. A smaller piece struck him on the head but did not do much injury. Hard at Work For Coal. FALLS CITY Four prospect holes on the lands of the Pirate Coal com pany, show that the coal varies in thickness from four to five feet over a large enough extent of territory to pay to undertake to mme. Indian Assaulted White Wife. LYuNS Gladys Provo, nee Darling, the white wife of an Indian, Howard Provo, has charged her husband with assault and cruelty. She refused to go with him on the land allotted by the government ... -J,-a,Tim ;... m? i - s - . - - trJLsSL NEBRASKA BRIEFS Formal dedication of the new church at Ashland took place last week. "L" """ "7- ," ff cflV? " th build deDOts Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Moore of Saun ders county, last week celebrated their golden wedding. The Nebraska Telephone comoany has a large force at work installing an entirely new plant at Superior. The Pacific hotel at Norfolk has been sold to J. Harry Foote of Blair. j Mr. Fcote will take charge at once. At Hastings, S. J. Baker was kicked by a horse and so seriously in jured that his recovery is doubtful. The Adams County Abstract com I any of Hastings filed Its articles of Incorporation with the secretary of state. Frank I okorny of Saunders county, aged 32, single, of Chapman precinct, The progressive citizenship of Mc Cook won out in the election held to vote on the proposition to bond the i oitv for sower ntirnnspa Who vnto . stooJ 325 for tQ 94 agangt osition. Henry Theede of Saunders countv has sold eighty acres of land that cost him 2F an acre just twelve years ago at $80 an acre, an increase in value of $3.7F cd acre each year he has held the land. Burglars entered the saloon of John Brothers of Havelock, pried open a money drawer, but found it empty, as Brothers had- taken all the cash home with him. The only things miss ing was a quantity of whisky. Secretary Piper or the .State Board cf Cnarlties and Correction has re turned from a. trip to the Hastings rsyluir and the Industrial school at Kearny and both institutions he re ported are in the best or condition. At the January term of the circuit court of Cass county, Mrs. Edward Daily was awarded a verdict or $1,000 against ten Toluca saloonkeepers, who were found to be guilty or selling li quor illegally to her husbnad. Slayer of wolves have gobbled up $11,000 of the $15,000 appropriated by the legislature as a woir bounty. The claims for bounty continue to pile up in the aud'tor's office, though no more w.ll be paid at present. investigations by Postomce inspec tor Moore at the postomce or Cornlea, Platte county, showed a shortage in the funds amounting to $376.81, and William F. Berg, the postmaster, has been arrested upon a complaint sworn out by the inspector. Ex-Senator C. H. Dietrich of Hast ings notified the authorities that he will give a reward or $100 for the ar rest and conviction of the men who assaulted the Chinese laundryman. Hop Lee, Saturday, kicking and bruis ing him almost beyond recognition. While on his way from Tripola, la., where he attended his father's funeral, to Brunswick, Neb., where he is a harnesmaker, Albert J. Brown blew out the gas at the Hotel Vendome in Sioux City, la., and at last accounts was still unconscious. Land Commissioner Eaton returned frcm Pierce county, where he went to attend a suit in which the state was trying to oust Frank Uuendel irom a riece of school land which 'aid been forfeited to the state. The stata had ieased the land to another parly and the former tenant refused to give possession. The jury tound for the state. Prof. G. W. Sievers of Sturgis, S. D., has been elected to the position of professor or manual and physical training in the State Normal at Peru, Pro. Sievers is a disciple of Yost the famous Michigan coach, under whom he has taken special training in athletics. Prof. Sievers will have charge of the new gymnasium and all the athletic work in the school. Ball playing on Memorial day Is un lawful in Nebraska, according to the Hughes law enacted by the last legis lature, and the managers or the West ern league may encounter trouble in arranging their schedule of games. The law provides that any persons who shall engage in horse racing, ball playing or In any game of sport which may tend to disturb the public peace on May 30, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100 or by Im prisonment not more than thirty days, or both. A condensed milk plant may replace the old Norfolk sugar factory. A sug gestion has been received in a letter from Monroe, Wis., where a condenser is in operation, showing how such a plant could well work In northern Neb raska, and the project is being consid ered by the industrial company. Captain A. H. Hollingworth was re ceiving the congratudatiens of his friends when it was learned that he had been named for postmaster of Be atrice. He is an old Gage county boy, and served in the Philipines during the Spanish-American war as captain of Company c of Beatrice. Assessed value of property in Cum ing county during the last sixteen ypars has increased from $2,124,730, in 1891, to $5,731,708, In 1905. During the same period the taxes have in ert ased from $102,109, in 1891. to $163, 698. in 1905. County Commissioner L. E. Skid more, or Holt county, has appealed to the district court from the decision or the county board In regard to a dalm filed against the county by Treasurer D. J. Cronln for docket fees and cases of sale on tax sales. The case rilses a new point of law in Nebraska and arise out of the scavenger act SWf.L' saaSS2Sis:i --- . , TWO WAYS .OF LOOKING AT IT. "" ?? . ' ' Some Would Say Strength of Charac ter, and Some Obstinacy. Strength of character may he shown in many different ways. Mary Lizzie Carter had a way of her own. "I can just tell you. Mary Lizzie has what I call a real strong charac ter, said one of the young woman's friends to her mother. "She's got de termination and perseverance and a lot of other fine things." "Indeed, how does she show all these splendid traits?" asked the ad mirer's mother, who had been accus tomed to think of Mary Lizzie as a frivolous and selfish young woman. "Why, she wanted to go skating this afternoon, and It just seemed as if everything went wrong," said the admirer. "Her aunt came from Buf falo for just two days and her mother was half sick with a dreadful cold, and her brother Jim was coming for dinner, and 'twas the maid's afternoon out, and her new skating skirt hadn't come home as the dressmaker prom ised. "Now, I should have given up and staid at home, but Mary Lizzie has too strong a character. She sent her aunt off to see the new library with one of the neighbors and put her mother to bed with a hot water bot tle, telephoned Jim not to come until evening, told the maid she could go out to-morrow instead, and borrowed Fanny Ogden's skirt. "That's what I call showing real strength of purpose, don't you, moth er?" Youth's Companion. "JOKE" DROVE OLD MAN INSANE. Prank Played by Thoughtless Youths Has Sad Result B. B. Messer, farmer, 65 years of age, who lives near here, is hopelessly insane, due to an alleged joke played upon him by his grandsons, says a dispatch from Huntington, W. Va. Recently he gave a dinner, to which his children and grandchildren were invited. While at this reunion six of his grandsons, ranging from 16 to 30 years of age, who reside at a dis tance from the Messer homestead, planned, as a joke, that each one should write the old man a letter the following week. Each letter was to express solicitude for his safety, since the writer had dreamed that his grand father had died, and also was to ad jure the old man to take extra care of himself. The letters arrived one by one. On Monday the first was received; Tues day the second; Wednesday and Thursday like letters followed each other with the same dark foreboding. The result was that the old man al lowed the matter to prey upon his mind so heavily that by Saturday he lost his reason and will be confined in an asylum. No Money, No Town. "While you boys are talking about pioneer days, let me relate the history of a Kansas town," said an elderly member of a group at a news depot yesterday. "The start was all there was to it It was a paper town, but it would have been a humdinger if we'd only had $167 cash back in the fifties. I was one of three fellows who, tired of Leavenworth, set out in '57' to find new worlds. On the third day we struck a beautiful spot, with trees and water and everything inviting. " 'Let's start a town here,' said one. And we did. We platted it New York City. Thus far we spent no money. But when it came to booming the place, we found that the printing alone would cost $167. "Where was the town, did you say? asked one. "That's the question. It was the outlet to the Indian hunting grounds, just where the buffalo trail and the grounds met" Duluth News-Tribune. In the Way. A curious "thud" attracted his at tention, and, turning quickly, the gen tleman who had been admiring his pigeons saw one of them fall from the window sill to the walk. He was just in time to see a small boy in the lane drop a catapult and run just in time, too, to catch the culprit. "You young scroundrel!" ejaculated the angry owner of the pigeon. "What do you mean by coming and shooting my birds." "Please, sir, I didn't mean to do it," whined the captive. "I I didn't shoot at the pigeon!" "Come, come," said the gentleman, "don't make matters worse. I saw the bird fall, and if you did not aim at it. how came you to hit It?" "Please, sir," blubbered the boy, "the pigeon got in the way. I I was aiming at the winder!" The Way to Peace. With eager heart and will on lire I fought to win my great desiiv; "Peace shall be mine." I said, hut life Grew bitter in the endless strift. My .soul was weary and my pridi Was wounded deep; to heaven 1 cried: "God grant me peace or I must ale;" The dumb stars glittered no reply. Broken at last. I bowed my head. Forgetting all myself, and said: "Whatever come. His will be don." And in that moment peace was wan. Henry Van Dyke. Rival to Niagara Falls. The hight of the great Victoria falls of the Zambesi river in South Africa, is much more than double that of Niagara Falls, but the average vol ume of water flowing over the African precipice Is so much less than that of the American river that in horsepower the Victoria Falls probably averages only about 15 to 20 per cent as much as the American cataract. Renews Railroad Passes. . Farmer Kulp of Shamokin, who is the owner of the Lewisburg and Buf falo Valley railway, which is about thirty miles long, has gladdened the hearts of his special favorites by re newing their annual passes. This is believed to be the only road in Penn sylvania over which the luxury of a free ride can be enjoyed this year. Philadelphia'Record. Russian Prisoners Starve. Fifty-three Russian released prison ers who refused to go to Vladivostok from Japan.at the end of the war, and made their way to British Columbia, are said to be starving there. -Vfr? kwaBBjlHflBw&P' Health Calumet makes light; digestible, wholesome food; free from Rochelle Salts, Alum or any injuri ous substance. Economy Do not pay 45 or 50 cents for Trust baking powders, which are so compounded as to leave large quantities of .Rochelle Salts in the food. Constant dosing of Rochelle Salts is injurious to health. Animals Fond of Scent. All the cat tribe seem to have a strange partiality to certain scents. A :roublesome lion in Hagenbeck's collec tion is perfectly content when pre sented with a handkerchief soaked in lavender water. Its master can then enter its cage in perfect safety. It sniffs and bites the handkerchief, pur ring all the time. Often as we. gaze into the limpid eyes of a little lad we tremble with fear that he may grow up to be a man whose only claim to public notice will be that 'he changes clothing eight or nine times a day. NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA A Desperately Serious Case Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Brought to the very verge of starva tion by the rejection of all uonrishmeut, her vitality almost destroyed, the re covery of Mrs. J. A. Wyatt, of No. 1189 Seventh street, Des Moines, Iowa, seemed hopeless. Her physicians utterly failed to reach the sent of the difficulty and death must have resulted if she had not pursued nn independent course sug gested by her sister's experience. Mrs. "Wyatt says : "I had pain iu the region of the heart, palpitation and shortness of breath so that I could not walk very fast. My head ached very badly and I was seized with vomiting spells whenever I took any food. A doc tor was called who pronounced the trouble gastritis, bnt ho gave me no re lief. Then I tried a second doctor with out benefit. By this time I had become very weak. I could not keep the most delicate broth on my stomach, and at the end of a month I was scarcely more than skin and bone and was really starv ing to death. "Then I recalled how much benefit my sister had got from Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and decided to take them in place of the doctor's medicine. It proved a wise decision for they helped me as nothing else had done. Soon I could take weak tea and crackers and steadily more nourishment. In two weeks I was able to leave my bed. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were the only thing that checked the vomiting and as soon as that was stopped my other difficulties left me. I have a vigorous appetite now and am able to attend to all the dnties of my home. I praise Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People to all my friends lecanse I am thoroughly convinced of their merit." Dr. Williams'Pink Pills are sold by all druggists and by the Dr. Williams Med icine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Life's outgo makes it:; increase. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar is good quality all the time. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. Origin of Famous Phrase. The phrase which has become trite by its frequent use, "The pen is might ier than the sword," which Lord Lyt tn put in the mouth of Cardinal Riche lieu, was written when the steel pen had barely begun to supplant the quill. His Best Bedroom. An American physician says that while in England he saw a vaulted tomb in a London cemetery which had the following inscription engraved on the door: ' London Gas Companies. The population within the London postal district is supplied with gas by eleven companies, and among them they supply 43,897,099,000 cubic feet of gas to 945,177 consumers. Giving Them Their Due. "I doesn' stan' up foh de trusts," said Uncle Eben, "but I must say dey ain de folks dat made me troubles wif hoss races an policy tickets." Wash ington Star. f The man who has been up against both declares it is easier to live with a woman of temper than one of tem perament. New Orleans Picayune. 'sJ JiJ- . . m Tfiy m S V H r 'fi