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MarriU
bua-
s dMM ia Aadraw Ebner'a
Sataidajaaaalag. aad thera
bif crowd ia
Maad Baimaaia wOolaaibM for
lamia diuaaVlag, and
wkitotaaraiiatthakoMeotC. A.Lin-
Hartaun,wao haa been Kriog
taxm, aoredto Polk
waak and I. & Ebyof
oa thaplaoahavaeat
JtataVa. 3.
MiaaEUaa Sahl, rataraad to Nortk
Baad 8aadaj( aftar a waaka' Visit at tba
koaaaoCMr. aad Mn. Joka Bmakan.
MiaaLoaiaB Saafidd, who is laandna;
tha draai aukiaf trada in Golambna
awaatSaadaj at bona.
Pater Ooapoaa, having reatad hie
farm to hie bora, will aaore into the new
hoata, which he haa joat eomplatad, ia
Mra.J. O. Laaachea aad daugfatar
Aaala, leara 8aUrdaj for (Hdaaberg.
where they will speed the
itiag.
The ballgaaw laat Sandaj between
theSbellGraek Atheleta andthefilaee
raealtedhiaaoore of eight to twelve in
fhTcroCtheAthaletaa. .
t -
Peter tfchautt, aeooaipanied by Dan
Sehroader. left for Speed. Kan last
Friday, atarhrg tha trip overland in a
covered wagoa. Mr. Schnidt owns a
tana aear that place and he goes to,
look after ik
1 ltattlt.1.
Bart Ellia m doing considerable feoo-
this
Xaarly all the farmers oa oar route are
flowing for corn.
W. T. Eraat has been appointed road
ia District L
The aasaU pox qaarantine on tbaBecn
told place haa been raised.
Joseph Schacher, on the eoont; farm,
ahellad aadaaarketed core this week.
Towaahip aaaeaaor 8bert Heibel ia
oat hard at work on oar roate this week.
Harry Brb k vhntiag hie uncle and
aaat, Mr. and Mrs. H, B. Seed, for a
Ed. O. Iioaeka ia karrowing bis fall
wheat to Ioobbb up the sard crast that
haa for seed oa top of the ground.
Mr. aad Mia. Oaaa. Madura of Omaha
came ap to attend the funeral of Mia.
Aaaa Milkea, mother of Mra. Madura.
MABBAUD SOFT COAX
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THE LAZIEST MAN ALIVE.
After 29 Yaara in lad He la Obliged
ta Get Up.
What may well be the world'a rec
ari haa been established by a man
earned Jamea Thompson, who went to
had la 1877 aad did not leave It unto
boat a fortnight ago. "The laziest
man alive was a term applied to him
by -the Largaa guardians, aaya the
Loadoa Telegraph.
Thompson, who Uvea with hia moth
er at Clara, Lurgaa. waa atill a youth
whea he began his long rest He waa
lookad .after by hia mother, and hia
nreaeacc la the house was hardly
known to the villager. He would
have remained la bed for the rest
of aJa llf e ia all probability had not
a crhaa occurred la hia domestic af
fairs. '
Mra. Thompson who la now 89
yaara of age, waa at that time taken
ID. aad hat to be removed to the
TJakm iatrmary. Left helplessly alone,
Thompaom waa compelled to get up.
A eearch waa made for the salt which
ha discarded 19 years ago, bathe waa
able to dreas without assistance.
Two aesghbora were called in, aad
the work of aaaeexlag kirn into the
occupied the three mea a
vaaiac When dressed he waa
ao tired to walk and an ambulance
had to be brought to convey him fo
the Uaioa. He reposed there untU
well enough to leave
whea he followed her
he waa compelled
the guardians refused aa
of the caae came out
tea relieving omeer applied to
for relief for
who haa only occa-
eaergetic
to Aua-
allowed It peace a
of the atory
:; WaskiMth iMchi
O . w
aa tk Diokiaaoa
eewtj laat
FaBartaa awvad
ai.
home. Thai time
to walk, aa
i ana juargaa gaardlaaa
a - . . -
,T- aaaa who -have amlgjislei
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weak. The recital
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r i That Which Prampta. "
'y,-- A man may he aaoyed ap by the
:. aamnaa atato wild eaatre to brave
amy fagaiabla peril; bat he cannot
PX eafealy aaa oae he loves braving the
Vaaaaa pari: aimaly becaaae he cannot
r- '. 'ad Mamt haat that which may.
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; s-aaaaaa..j i "a hh mi i
-W-aaw.lhe aewer tthat ia to overcome it I
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Oar comic papers win coatJaaa for
a time, to represent the countrymen aa
a peraoa with hay Jn his hair, a doable
handful of beard on hia chin, clothing
with many patches aad boota of cow
hide. This blithering bumpkin Is de
picted as baying green goods of city
men, whoso wickedness ia aappoaed to
count as wisdom. Bat the truth is
that the country man of to-day has cat
hia eye teeth upon, ezperieace and
keepa them sharpened oa books aad
aewspapers, for which he haa more
ase and reverence than thoae who have
hourly editions thrust upon them.
The rustic can ao longer remala the
clodhopper of comedy, even If he
would. Those material changea that
we fondly count as progress are as In
escapable among the bills aa they are
in the tenement. The village now has
Ita telephone, its electric light some
times aa many aa two Ita free library,
its high school, its improvement asso
ciation, its, health omeer and ita occa
sional lecturer oa 'cows. aad agricul
ture; whereas the sole center of au
thority, intellectual endeavor aad so
cial activity was formerly the church.
Nor is the farmer distinguishable by
his recent acquisition of band-me-down
clothes, for they are shaped after re
cent patterns and are made of aa good
materials as are other folks'. Indeed,
If he Uvea near one of thoae New Eng
land mills, where ttey weave wooolen
cloth that la three-fourths shoddy the
chances are that he knows better than
the city man what to avoid and geta
better clothes for -leas money. He
drives a shiny carriage, haa a melo
deon if not a piano in the, house,
takes a daily paper as well aa a coun
try weekly and has been to Boston or
New York or Chicago.
Differences between the farmer and
the city man are even leas In respect
of way8 of life and modes of thought
than in these matters of clothing aad
custom. The fanner has broadened
out of late. He haa a concern in the
business of the nation, although he
does not view problems and complexi
ties at close range, having in his farm
enough for his needs and fewer ex
penses than the peraoa who is deep
In society and whose station or calling'
demands a large and constant outgo.
It ia the farmer who for years haa
been receiving the least for bis prod
uct and paying most for his "bought
en" necessities, and It la the farmer
who has been systematically over
looked by the politicians he has helped
to oflce. The material gains 'which
have been forced from capital by trade
unions have roused his. interest, per
haps his envy, and as he broadens and
becomes increasingly worldly minded
his demands and his needs must be
heeded.
The sons of this ruddy-faced and
hearty citizen All the pulpit and the
bench, and they are known on 'change
and they head companies. When he is
chosen to congress, as men of strength
and merit always risk being chosen,
the once bumpkin will have' a voice
in the conduct of affairs.
And this is as it should be. Mea
must be grounded firmly In nature or
they decay,, individually and socially.
An that will lead men back to the
solL to places of strength and health,"
toxalm, to readiness In setf -resource
makea for the endurance of the state
and of the institutes of civilization.
Crime and discontent do not pertain to
the tillage of our fields; envy Is not a
trait of villages; small places have
small vices, it is true, of which tippling
and gossip are the worst, but they are
nurseries of men who take the puce
of those weakened by the life of towns.
And It Isfor these men of red blood
nd free speech that place must be
made. The outward marks that pro
claimed, them country men being lost,
we shall the more freely concede those
merits that qualify them for station.
The bumpkin has passed because bis
age and his country have called to him
to be not a man among cattle, but a
man among men.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Different at Home.
"let," said the congressman who
was home for a day or two on private
business, 1 guess well spend a couple
of billions or so before we finally ad
journ. How much are thoae egga?"
Thirty-two cents," the storekeeper
replied
"Thirty-two cents!" cried the ex
travagant congressman. That'a an
outrage! I've never paid more than
30 cents for eggs and 111 beblamed If
I pay any more bow. Gimme a pound
of codfish."
In the Coming Daya.
Husband. Maria, thia is going to
be a closely contested election, aad
we've got to get everybody out. You'll
have to hurry or you'll be too late. -
Wife. Gracious, John! I can't vote
to-day. There's ao ase la talking
about it I haven't a thing that'a fit
to wear to the polls. Chicago Trib-
The youth of France," aays a Paris
paper, "applauds the Preach law
makers becauae of the bill which waa
recently passed wiping out a vener
able clause In the Code Napoleon."
The new law provides that "a
riage contract may be entered into
tween a man aad a
21 years old," without the consent of
the parents of either. Thia," says the
French writer, la a long atop toward
the equality of man with woman,
woman, arrording to the old law.
fully competent to make a
agreement at 21, bat the man, al
though 'of age' in an other respects at
that time of hia. life, was
watt four yearn if, at 21 hia
refused to consent to his
Chfldrea love their parents jest as
much as they" ever ens," says fee
writer, "bat the abrogation of tha law
shows that the any of
mala over ai
Jeet appMaaMn the
as a had aad a
that the ward 'sab-1 . '
faaafly or, tat nanto . M. - i . .
aaasry aaataT . - TB1E, ! P sasSwmalasSa? I
-
MnBethkituerwho haa joat
through a aavare epeU of grippe, iaahie
toJbeoataad at hia store aUeadiagto
light
B. a Palmer the tailor, deaaa, dyes
aad repaira LabWe aad Gente clothing;
Hats cleaned and rebtooked. Battoaa
made to order. Agaat Germania Dy
Works. Nebraska phone
The regular aerviees of the Congrega
tional church aa followa: Suaday
Behool 9:45 approaching services 11:00
1B.T.P.&C R 7:00 p. my weekly
prayer meeting Thueeday 8:00 p. as. G.
A. Monro, pastor.
Servioesfor n-xtSanday at-Methodist
Epiacopal church: Sunday school
at lSitO o'clock with preaching (services
u taw evening only at 8 o'clock. These
aarvieeaareheldat the Congregational
ehuroh. The Kpworth League meets
with the Christian Endeavor society at
7:00 o'clock. Subject for evening ser
mon will be a discussion of "Harmful
Amnsementa."
Special services will be held in Grace
ehareh on Sunday, April 14, as follows:
Holy communion 730 a. m.; morning
prayer and aermon 11 a. m.; evening
prayer and aermon 8 o'clock"; 8nnday
school 10 a. m. The anBject of the even
ing aermon will be "rUcreatioa." em
bodying the subject assigned. by the
Ministerial association, , "Doubtful
Amusements.'' A special invitation ia
given to young people to be present.
How the "Toilers of the Deep" catch
and prepare the treasures of tha. sea,
from whalea to sardines, ia fuUy repealed
in Lyman H. Howe'a Lifeoraiaarte'he
aeen in Columbus at North opera leaae
oa Thursday, April 25. The
hardships of those who "go dowa to' the
aaa ia.sriips," is illustrated aa, only Mr.
Howe's splendid moving piqtnres can
illustrate it, ' No creature that ever ex
istednone ever known to science ever
exceeded in aizathe largest -whales.
Size is the one thing expected of a whale;
and the aize of the whales shown in these
pietnree more than fulfill all expecta
tkma. They are so vast that each could
readily be miataken for an island. This
ia not only the first picture secured of
thia etrange. adventurous and little
known calling, bat in all probability will
be the laat. The time, expense, patience
and riska incurred are ao great aa to for
bid further attempta. Moreover, since
science haa discovered better substitutes
for all that whales once produced, the
industry is rapidly vanishing. Therefore
no one can afford to miss thia reproduc
tion, not only becauae of ita thrilling
and sensational interest, but beraase it
ia highly improbable that it will ever
again be reproduced.
Baptist Chare. N
Preaching services next Sunday at
11:00 a. m. and 8:00. At 7:00 in the eve
ning the young people will diacuaa meth
ods and wisdom of reading1 and the
pastor will apeak on wise reading and
how to build up a useful library.
Knieterul AMedatiaa.
ThkVweek'a session of the Ministerial
association of Colnmbua waa held in the
library of the Methodist Paraonage.
Four committees reported which, having
still more to do, were continued. The
chief interest of the meeting waa center
ed in n paper by Rev. Munro on Parish
Problema. Large apace was given by
the author of the paper to the problems
which arias from questionable amuse
menu. Moat of the frank and hearty
discussion which paid tribute to the
paper was limited to tins phase of the
miuieter'a work. It ia the unanimous
opinion of the association that the minis
try dare not wink at auch 'amusements
and ought to discharge and hinder them
at every turn. We wish to remind the
pnblio that the subject to be presented
from the various pulpits next Suaday
evening ia that of Qneationable amnse
menta, E. J. Uuchk, Secretary of
Aaaeciation.
We have 190 aoraa of
m-half smile from city lianas for
ia 10 acre tracts.
Elliott, Speiee Oa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 25th
LYMAN H. HOWE
raESSMTaTtlE
GROWNING
Triumph of Realism
JftOVNK PIOT
SPECIAL FEATURES.
RRILa OF WHALUG!
CLWBUe UBTBODIKIf PEAK!
OLYMPIC 0AJIE8 AT ATHKW.
amUFKOH Off MT. YMUYITO!
CABJHVAIj OF NICK. tt! ', '
BttKraejTTJK 1CK Ul NOftWAY!
-"" I IIIBIMM IMIBWMI IIIIIWI
My Dear Son In thia letter I am in
ciosing the 4 you want. I aad. it ta
retting a habit with me to
every time I write to yon. "I wont he
to any that it makea me
know my letters are alwaya welcome,
and, beaWea.,1 don't mind It anyway If,
all the money goes for as good a pur
peie aa; yon' want this. For H Ton
oaght to-be able to get a pretty good
atudent'a lamp. Remember how A.
Lincoln laid la front of the fireplace
and studied, and then think new lucky
you are.
I hope you will really, make this a
atudent'a lamp, because your mother Is
doing without the footwear she wanted
for the baggy thia winter that yon may
have It I have noticed that n student's
lump will give Just as much light for
an amateur poker game aa it will for
the working out of 'algebra problema.
Remember, you're out there to figure
the algebra, and not tkeaate though
both abound la unknown Quantities.
Speaking of unknown quantities, I
waft a little in doubt for a while about
something In your last letter. There,
where yon speak of aeveral "Jungle
birds" being. among the members of
the legislative committee which vis
ited the university. Ton know I never
got a diploma, even from what now
passes for a grammar school. But I've
kept my eyea open out here oa the
farm moat of the time it was daylight,
and I fancy I know a little about
ornithology firsthand. Guess you didn't
know your father had that word in hia
stock. WeU, listen to this I think a
"Jungle, bird" must be a "rare avla."
Speaking seriously, I know you dont
mean any harm, and I understand it,
but others -may not. So maybe it
would be best if you don't try to apply
grotesque namea to farmers, at least
until you've cut your eye teeth. I
know we're called "clod-hoppera" and
"apple knockers" and "hill billies,"
and none of us ain't been hurt yet.
But it don't sound Just right from a
young man of your years.
Just remember that If these "Jungle
birds" weren't pretty smooth fellows
they wouldn't be on legislative commit
tees. And recollect that all the time
you're practicing with the crew, if
you're ever that lucky, that you're just
strengthening your back to thin corn
in vacation, if the boys of that tenant
on the back part of the place, who gen
erally do it, should get sick.
Tour early triumph aa a freshman
haa pleased me. Ton needn't be disap
pointed that you weren't made class
president. None of yon boys knows
anything about each other yet. In two
or three yeara, after they find out what
you're made of, then if yon don't get
elective honore you may begin to ask
yourself questions. In the meantime,'
of course, you will do .your best aa yell
leader of the first-year men as yea
call them. I want yon to put your
heart Into It holler louder, twice as
loud if you can, than any. of thoae
other fellows. tTour early training
calling the hogs from the creek pas
ture will come in handy. Ton are al
ready beginning to appreciate what a
kind father has done for you.
Tour mother and I have talked two
or three times after supper about the
evening clothes you want. Of course,
we want you. to have plenty of clothea
in the evening, in the morning and
afternoon, and at night, too, for that
matter. At first your mother was
kinder in favor of gratifying your high
ambition, but she agrees with me that
that would be going it a little too fast,
even for a young man who ia going to
have an education with all the frills.
My acquaintance with evening clothea
dress suits is the same thing, ain't
it? Is rather limited. I've seen three
or four lecturers who have come to the
hall wear them, and when I've been off
to sell a carload of steers I notice the
waiters around the hotels. I know
you're not going to lecture, or carry
around food, and I know that, perhaps,
there will come times when- you win
need a swallow-tall, but for awhile sup
pose we let her go.
Ton might forget yourself and acci
dentally appear In It before the clock
struck six, and then the family's name
would be disgraced. You'd better wait
until you're more acclimated.
' Remembering the $4 I spoke of at
first, guess 111 sign myself. Without a
Struggle, Tour Father. St Louie Re
public. ODD YARNS OF THE
DODDER DAYS
Bob Thorp, of San Antonio, Tex, ia
one of the few surviving stage drivers,
of (he early days. He is a native of
Columbia, Boone county, Missouri, and
for several yeara drove a mail hack
between Columbia and Jefferson City.
In relating hia experiences recently,
Mr. Thorp said:
"The first regular four and six-horse
stage that I drove ran from Columbia
to Providence on the Missouri riven
Thia was In 1858 and 1859. I next
drove in Arkansas, from Pine Bluff to
Napoleon. Frota there I returned to
Missouri and drove next from Colum
bia to Centralia, Huntsville and Glas
gow. Thia was during the civil war
and In thctlme of the Jayhawkera.
"Oa oae occasion Just as I reached
the place the James and Anderson
crowd captured n train, killing 14 of
the soldiers having charge of It They
ran the train off some distance aad
robbed the passengers. There were 50
of the gang. They went Into camp
near the place to which they took the
train. One hundred rand fifty.mUltla
mea were aeat to capture them. The
militia did act effect their capture. Oa
the contrary,' 88 of the militia were
buried la a single grave.;
"Next I drove for Barton A Sander
aoa from 1888 to 1878, from Fort Scott
to Fanaaa City. I alao drove ahead of
the Missouri, Kaaaas ft Texas railway
when Jt was being constructed in the
Tie, driving ahead of Ka termlaas aa
tfl K reached Sherman. Tex.
. "Was I ever held ap? Yes,
il
COLONIST RATES
In Effect March 1st to April 30th
Go the Mountain Way. Insist that your ticket reads via
Golorado Midland Railway.
THROUGH TOURIST GftRS
ataaj FramcUce
Law rlaejslss
$2250
(Above Sates apply from Miasoori Hirer
eaat of the river slightly higher.)
Aak P.L, PEAKIN& General Agent. 219 & 14th Street.
MOBELL LAW. General Agent, 90S Sheidley Baildlag. Kaaaaa City.
or yonr own local agent on any railroad, or
. M. aPEEaia. General Paeucnget Agent. Denver, Colorado.
MIDaVAHD route
quently held up by the James and
Anderson gangs than by any others. I
was never molested personally. The
robbers always took the valuables of
the passengers and the registered mail
and rifled the express. Sometimes the
Jayhawkers would also rob me of my
horses, leaving the stage standing lone
some in the middle of the road.
"Once when the Jayhawkers held me
up their leader, who was named Ander
son, went throughsthe express bundles.
One of-them contained a pair of very
fine boots and a box of good cigars for
a colonel of a regiment. When Ander
son opened the package and saw its
contents he sat down, pulled off his
own boots and tried the new ones be
longing to the colonel. He emptied the
cigara out of the box and handed the
cigars around, giving me several of
them. He then told me after the rob
bery had been completed to give his
compliments to the colonel.
"Anderson was a picturesque char
acter. I remember one incident that
occurred that impressed me with his
admiration of grit and bravery. On
this occasion a tall, lanky, rawboned
chap was among the passengers. An
derson naked him for hia valuables.
He replied:
"T hain't got none.
"Anderson then asked him where he
was going. He said he waa going to
look for the leader of the Jayhawkers,
a man by the name of Anderson. An
derson asked him 'what he was going
to do with him after he had found him.
The lanky chap said:
" Mine him and his gang.'
"'Could you swim the Missouri
river?
"'I guess so, if I had to.'
"Anderson next asked:
"'Could you kill a man?'
"The would-be recruit replied:
"'Guess so. if I had to.'
"Anderson then spat in the lanky
chap'a face. He had hardly done so
before the lanky one had knocked An
derson down and waa on top of him.
Anderson's gang, who had been snick
ering at the stranger, promptly pulled
him off and Anderson got up, shook
the dirt off him and said:
" 'You'll do; 111 take you.'
"The lanky one asked then:
""Who are your
" 'Oh, I'm only Anderson, the leader
of those Jayhawkera you have just
joined.'
"The stage went on without the
lanky passenger. I heard afterward
he became one of the most daring and
prominent members of the gang.
"On another occasion, just as I got
Into Huntaville, the Jayhawker gang
waa there. They had gone into a num
ber of stores, took what they wanted,
aad had either made the merchanta
opea-their safes, which they rifled, or
had broken the safes opea with a
was a lienor drum-
He
la town whea the Jay-
rohblng the place and
Tha
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CREAMofTARTAW
For Pure Food
Dr PRICE'S
Cream
A' PURE, CREAM OF TARTAR
POWDER MADE FROM GRAPES
$25.00
fftehMU
$20.00
coaueoa poiataaad
thereof. Bale
was about to go mra tne Hotel. They
ordered him to halt and throw up hia
hands. Instead he ran into the hotel.
Just as he entered the hotel door he
was killed.
"During the many times I waa rob
bed there were frequently women on
the stage. None of them waa ever
robbed or molested by the robbers.
The women usually appeared at first
to be very badly frightened, but finally
wound up by laughing and flirting with
the robbers or, chatting with them. I
frequently noticed the women putting
powder on their faces or fixing up their
hair, primping and straightening their
attire while the men were being re
lieved of their valuables."
RAISES CHICKS IN KITCHEN.
Philadelphia Man Haa New and Pay-
ing Industry.
Realizing the demand for early
chickens and knowing that they com
mand good prices, a West Philadelphia
dentist, who ia much Interested in
poultry raising, is trying the novel ex
periment of raising chickens In his
kitchen. He expects to have from 3t
to 40 broilers by the first of June,, and
if they weigh more than two pounds
each by that time there will be a good
market for them at 50 cents per pound.
The doctor, profiting by bis experience
of hut winter, decided to try a new
game thia year. He set several hens
near the furnace In the cellar in Janu
ary, and one hatched out 19 chicks.
As soon as hatched the chickens were
taken to the kitchen and placed ia a
specially constructed cage. He aaya
they need all the room they can have.
About the middle of March the chick
ens can go outside. Aa the doctor haa
not lost a single chicken, ke Is led to
believe that he has found a way to
raise early chickens, and aaya he ex
pects to set every hen he has In the
cellar next winter. He also Intends
to enter the duck and goose business
on a small scale. A grocer who sells
to the best trade has promised to buy
every fowl the doctor raises and pay
the highest prices. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Must Have Bean Sanitary.
Both the medical omeer and the
surveyor of the Tarvin (Chester) rural
district council have condemned a cot
tage at Caldecott Green, near Fhra
don, England, for demolition as la
sanitary. But the tenant, aa old man,
appeared before the council aad told
a remarkable story "in stay of execu
tion." He stated that he was 73 years
old, aad lived ia the cottage with hia
wife and three children. For CO years
there had not been a case of Illness la
his family. Hia father and mother
lived In the cottage before him; his
father died at the age ef M and tha
mother at 89. He did not think that
there coaM he much wrong with tha
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reply to the clerk the old fellow said'
that peroannlly he had never had n
doctor, and the only time a medical
man had been In hia cottage waa when
hia little son had acalded hia leg.
Under the exceptional circumstances
the council decided to adjourn the
matter for further Inquiries to be
The tin ef Untruth.
The absconding treasurer
ob-
aerved looking over the papers.
"Dear me." he renurked, mournful
ly, "how aad that the newspaper nwn
win lie ao. Here's three different
ones that have reported me as ia At
lanta, Denver and Portland at the
same time."
Nevertheless, upon refection he de
cided not to try to set the public right
Speaking ef Hearth.
Cobb Webb. Dr. Bismuth out ta
our town la the greatest health crank
I ever heard of. Why, do yoa know,
he will never bay any sausages until
he has tested every link with a stetho
scope? Webb Cobb. Why does he do that.
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Cobb Webb. To hear whether they
grant or bark.
A Protest
"Poets have always had scanty en
couragement." "Yes." answered the sad-eyed youth
with inky fingers. "The idea seems to
be that poetry ia something everybody
ought to read and nobody ought to
write."
He Pulled Through.
When the doctor came to see him
aad felt of his pulse and looked at
hia tongue, and learned that he was.
over 0 yeara old. he shook kls head
and said there was no hope.
"But I can't die for several years
to come," protested the old
"Sorry, but I can't give yon
a month to live."
"But, doctor, yoa mast, I have
something on my mind, and can't pos
sibly die now."
"Yon can confess it to me said
the man of medicine."
"Well, then. 45 yeara ago I attend
ed a circus aad menagerie. I took
an aversion to the elephant at once,
aad determined to make it hot for
him. I scooped out an apple, filled
the hollow with red pepper and gave
it to him. His. antics for the next
half hour beet the circus la the other
tent.
"Welir said the doctor as the
old aaaa gurgled ia his throat.
"Well, they aay that aa elenhant
remembers such things for 50 yearn'.'
"Yea, I have heard so."
"And the 50 woa't be ap for five
years more, and during that time old
Behemoth ia sure to come around. I
want to he there. I want to see If he
remembers me. I want to nettle this
question of aa elephant's memory for
good and alL"
"Then that's different," answered
the doctor, and he took off his coat
aad pulled the old asan back to health.
Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Qerme After 100 Years.
The ground Is usually germ free at
a depth, of two yards, but living bac
teria brought to the notice of the
Preach academy by Dr. M. Boudom
were derived from a depth of more
man ten yards la earth that had
uaaunurned for nearly 1.890.
Aa old Gallic-Roman grave
Tronasepoi, In Vendee, contained
era! charred corpses, and skeletons of
goats, dogs aad cows. Cultures of
the enveloping duet, a mixture of sand
and water with renulns of antes and
bristles, gave the coll bacillus aad
various species of sphareo bacteria,
and these organisms must have lived
in isolation since the grave waa
Pierce
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