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We do not know how often .the fruit
crop has been killed this spring, bat
will still think the Nebraska apple
crop will be good.
On and after July 1st special de
livery stamps will not be necessary to
insure special delivery. Any ten cents
worth of stamps with the words, "special
delivery" written plainly on the letter
will answer the same purpose. This
is quite an improvement over the pre
sent system.
Postmaster Kramerinforms us that
his request for another city letter
carrier has been turned down. In
spector Grogan reported that while
many persons' here are without city
delivery, their houses are not number
ed and sidewalks and crossings are
wanting. We hope enough- improve:
'naenterwill be made this spring and
summer, so that this fall we will get a
new carrier.
No issue of some of our democratic
newspapers is complete without a
bitter attack .on President Roosevelt.
They remind one of thelittle dog that
bark and bark at the moon, and when
finally the moon disappears, they
imagine they have driven it away.
When Roosevelt shall be out of poli
tices, or when he is-dead and gone, they
will praise him sky high, and will
speak of him as they now do of Lincoln
Grant, Garfield and McEinley.
Columbus needs and needs baly
Bsodern houses to rent. We honestly
believe fifty traveling men and their
families would make this city their
home if they could rent modern houses
at a reasonable rent. The Commer
cial club should endeavor to interest
our property owners. Of course it is
well known by capitalists that renting
out residences is considerable trouble,
and not always profitable, but it al
ways pays to erect housesand sell them
. on the installment plan.
' If W. A. McAllister will consent to
be a candidate for the office of county
judge on the republician ticket this
fall, we feel certain he will have a
clear field for the nomination, and a
fair chance for election in November.
Mr. McAllister is so generally and so
favorably, known all over the county,
his fitness for the position is acknow
ledged by all, his integrity and hon
esty is questioned by none. We shall
be pleased if he accepts the nomina
tion and will do all in our power Jo
assist in electing him. We can truth
fully say the same thing of X L. Shar
xar for sheriff or Bruce Webb, either.
Both of these gentlemen have made a
highly creditable race for this office
before, and are now better known all
over Platte county. If either of them
will take the nomination, we will put
our shoulder to the wheel help in elet
ing them. We want a coomplete and
strong county republician ticket this
fall, and we will do our level best to
elect the whole ticket.
The Chicago Tribune -is one of the
ablest and one of the greatest news
papers in this country. It has always
been a staunch supporter of President
Roosevelt, but it is opposed to his're
noisauation for a third term. Not
that it is afraid of monarchi8m. There
is not' the the slighest fear of mon
archic in this country, but the Tri
bune believes that the people, though
adauring Roose velt would abide by
their tradition and would vote against
thethirdterm. The Tribune has an
able staff correspondent travelling over
, the country to get the sentiment of
the repuUician8 as to their preference
for the next presidential nomination.
Hie reports New York and Pennsyl
vania opposed to Roosevelt, and Iowa
as in favor of Roosevelt for first choice
aadFairbanks for second choice. The
correspondent has not reported about
but we believe condi-
here are about as they are in
The Tribune correspondent
the fight for the republician
will be between Taft and
aad we are inclined to
hint. If Talt should visit
Nebraska so the people
ooaUget am opportunity to know him
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ble candidate the
county ticket this fall is A. E. Priest
of Monroe, the present supervisor for
diairictNo, 4. Until two years ago
he had taken nut aery little active in
terest in county aJairs, and when the
rennbliesns of district No. 4 nossinat-
ed him for supervisor he was
Ira straneer'to a tood asanv in'
county. Bat since his election he has
taken, an active and prominent part in.
the proceedings of the board and
rapidly came to the front Hk demo
cratic colleagues all speak very high
ly of him, and this winter, whan the
different coBBmittees were selected he
was given' the ehairmaaehip of the
judiciary committee, the most impor
tant one of the board. la this re
sponsible position he 'has also made
good, and his thorough knowledge of
county affairs gives his views much
weight with the supervisor. Bnt Mr.
Priest's constituents in his district no
doubt desire that he shall serve an
other term as supervisor and complete
the work he has already began.
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Wisconsin puts a millinnaire in
Spooner's place in the senate, bat un
der different auspice front of the
millionaries who have impressed the
upper hoose. Isaac Stephenson made
a fortune in lumber, and was a promi
nent political figure a generation ago.'
His return to political proniinence
came with his enlistment in the long
struggle against corporation control
of Wisconsin politics with which the
name of LaFollette is closely indent
ified. He gave his name, his personal
efforts, and his finaacial support to
movement.
When Mr. Stephenson announced
his candidancy for the senate he an
nounced a platform of specific princi
ples. He would favor prompt and
thorough revision of the tariff sche
dules; strengthen the interstate com
mence law, including provisions for a
valuation of the railroads; strengthen
and anti-trust laws; favor a constitu
tional amendment providing for di
rect election of senators, advocate fed
eral4 income and inheritance taxes;
would oppose the shipisubsidy and all
other forms of direct government
bounty; and would "continue to aid
loyally inthe cause of reform in Wis
consin, the beneficeni results of which
the people of this commonwealth now
freely acknowledge'
Senator Stephenson's term is only a
year and a half, since he merely serves
out the unexpired portion'of Senator
Spooner's term. He is nearly 78
years old, and will hardly ask for re
nomination for the full term at the
direct primary next year. While he
is in the senate the votes of Wiscon
sin's two representatives will nullify
each other less often than has been the
case in the past year and a half.
State Journal.
Stereliilainff at Aitien.
Albion, Neb., May' 14. About 1
o'clock this morning fire was disco
ed in Fred Brockman's restaurant on
Church street A strong wind was
blowing from the north, and as the
restaurant was surrounded with frame
buildings it seemed for a while as if
the buildings on the entire block would
be swept away. The fire burned rapid
ly, although the fire company was on
the ground in good time, and nothing
could be done to save the restaurant
building standing east of it lately
occupied by Skaggs Bros, as a wall
paperstore. Brockman carried $1,000
on his stock of goods and Mrs. Brow
der carried $1,000 on the building.
The fire company did splendid work
and are being congratulated this morn
ingon their ability to prevent the fire
spreading.
Origin of Mr. and Mrs.
In earlier times the ordinary man
was simply William or John that la
to say, he had only a Christian name
without any kind of "handle' before
it or surname after it Some -means
of distinguishing one John or William
from another John or William became
necessary. Nicknames derived from
a man's trade or his dwelling place or
from some personal peculiarity were
tacked on to his Christian nam
plain John became John Smith.
yet there were no "misters" inthe
land. Some John Smith accumulated
more wealth than the bulk of hia fel
lows, became perhaps, a landed pro
prietor or an employer of hired labor.
Then he began to be called in
Norman-French of the day the
tre" of thla place or that of
workmen or oT those. In time the
"malstre" or "auuster," as It soon
became, got tacked on before' hia
name, and he became Muster Smith
and his wife was Malstress Smith.
Gradually the sense of
lost sight of, and the title
ferred upon any kind by
session of wealth or holding noattioa
of more or
portance.
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Dauber Which of my pictures do
you consider as most true to
Miss Sweetly?
Miss Sweetly That
asan is putting a blanket on a
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Miss Sweetly Because the
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perfectly natural, for the man to
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YEG6IKN WORK
Hw Buraiar Mat Ufca the OW-
A Plnkerton aetecttve says that the
average dttseu has no Idea of the ex
teat of the rales of the yegnmaa, or
tramp vault and safeburgJar, daring
the last are years.
From September IS, 1H, to
the
same date In INC, he says la the
Baaraslac, there were la this country
718 banks attacked bj burglars with
explosives. From these banks $857,
S24 was stoma.
These yegg or hobo burglars are
the successors of the professional
cracksmen who traveled on railroad
tralas, hired conveyances to aad from
the scene of the burglary, carried
tools weighing from S to 76 pounds,
aad after looting a bank generally
lived extravagantly In 'the larger
cities until their asoney was speat
With these the taking of a human life
was an exception to the rule, only oc
curring; when necessary to escape
capture
Detectives were able from the ear
aurks of the old-time professfoaal
burglars' work to decide very quickly
whose particular handiwork it was.
aad could invariably within a abort
time locate them and cause their ar-
The expert bank burglars of old
did not number more than St first
class men ia the United States, while
"Johnny Yegg" gvowa like a mush
room in the night
A common tramp, In asany instan
ces a cripple or peddler, known in the
vernacular of the "yegg" as a "gay
cat" or "locator," selects a suitable
bank to attack, notes the surround
ings, how many policemen or watch
men there are, if any (usually prefer
ring a small town without protection
of any kind), whether there, are
burglar alarms or electric protecttoa
oa vault and safe, routes of retreat
and hiding places to evade pursuers,
all of which he obtains in the guise of
an innocent beggar or peddler of
aeedles, court plaster and small wares,
without his real purpose being sus
pected, and which he reporta to the
leader, or "soup-man.
Without string the exact location of
the proposed burglary the leader la
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to proceed separately to a water tank,
railroad crossing or camp within five
or ten. miles of the place where the
burglary la to occuft One of the band
la delegated to carry nitroglycerin or
dynamite, another fuses, pocket elec
tric lights, detonators; etc. The
darkest night when there is n storm
or no moon, is usually preferred for
the work.
Once at the meeting place agreed
upon, the location of the bank to be
attacked ia divulgedby the leader.
One or two, known ia "soup" or "oil
men" or "insiders,'' use the explosives
on the vault or safe, while the other
two or three, known as "outsiders" or
"strong arm men," remain on the out
aide to frustrate any interference by
dUsens.
As soon as there is the Slightest In
truafoa or indication that the bank of
ficials or dtisens are preparing to
give them battle the burglars open'
fire In every direction. Thla, with the
explosions of nitroglycerin or dyna
mite used in committing the burglary,
usually intimidates the people of .the
entire village from attempting their
capture or preventing attack. -
Escape from the scene of attack is
like the entrance, each burglar usually
departing In a separate direction aad
agreeing to meet in some larger near
by city or In some uninhabited house
or shack, oraX some ' unfrequenied
camp in the mountains or woods saUes
distant so that their capture or iden
tification ia uvarlably dhVcult
They are hi bands and tribes named
after their leader and known by such
Black Billy's gang, Slater's
Billy's gang,. Frisco
Sum's gang or Cal Shorty's tribe.
The Increased operations of these
yegg burglars can be attributed to
the little experience reeuired to at
tack a vault or j safe with-sxptosrres,
as In several hours one j annum can
teach a novice how to use explosives
effectively.
While there are now npprntlmatsly
CM yaggmen with a knowledge of
bank wrecking with explosives, the
actual hands operating can be nar
rowed down to W. Most of these week
la the middle west
During the hut tan years ties "au
thorities have triad to cope with these
bat the trouble m that the
sentence vof the
e burglar has net exceeded six
I six
years' imprisonment., which with
good behavior usually meant retonss
bm sear, and then are Jaw If any cases
at resormatloa. Coast susaUy with
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He
carries " the best make' of
with aumetant rounds of
munition to force escape, and
explosives -if properly .used .to
tab a building in which the attack ia
to.be made and igniting adjoining
buildings to cause connagratioaa re
sulting In some instances in loss of
llfe-v
A strong effort Is being asade to se
cure the passage of laws which would
fix the penalty of the bank burglar
who uses explosives at imprisonment
for a term of not leas than' 25 nor
more than 40 years. Such a law haa
been passed In Maryland. It Is
tfcought that It will settle the
problem.
Meet Nearly Perfect Vacuum.
It was Prof. Dewar's achievement
In liquefying .hydrogen that led to the
discovery of an easy method of ob
taining an almost perfect vacuum,
and that in a single minute.
When a glass tube filled with air
and closed at one end has its open
end dipped into a cup of liquid hy
drogen, the intense cold condenses
the air into' a kind of snow, that set
tles to the bottom. If, then, the upper
part of the tube, from which the sol-.
idlned air has fallen, is removed by
heating and cooling ioff'it becomes
a vacuum chamber so free from air
that It is difficult to force an electric
current through it
The Raining Tree.
The so-called raining tree of the
Canary islands seems to be a special
provision of providence for supplying
the -people with fresh water, which
they would otherwise be without A
heavy mist rises every morning from
the sea and rests on the thick leaves
of the tree, from which it fall In drops
during the remainder of the day until
it 'is exhausted. It is said that the
water from the tree furnishes every
family on one of the islands with all
they need and men are specially em
ployed to collect and distribute it
, Uncle Allen.'
"There ia so much dirt In politics,"
said Uncle Allen Sparks, "that when
you mix unlimited whisky with it you
don't wonder a; the campaign mud."
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THE LAST MOMENTS
WHEN THE SPIRIT CHOMCS THE
EORDEIItAND.
sf a Lifs as Seen -ay
Who lNot a Physician Death
Rattle t
One aftemooa a renertor for the
New York Sun was atttlng in one of
the rooms of the house surgeon f
hospital ia New York city, smoking a
cigar and chatting with the doctor
white the latter busied himself with
looking over seme instruments that
he had taken from a case.
An orderly entered and said: "Doc
tor, I think he is dying now."
"Are his brother and mother herer
asked the house surgeon.
"No, they said they were coming,
but they are not here yet"
"Its a case of aevere operation,''
said the doctor to the reporter. "He
took hia ether ail right and rallied
from the shock, but he haa been
losing ground for two day. Will you
come along with user
The reporter folo wed the physician
Into one of the small rooms devoted
to private patients.
Lying flat on hia back on the nar
row Iron cot was a young num. per
haps a little store than 39. The bed
clothing was In perfect order. The
narrow counterpane waa spread
asaoothly on the cot and folded over,
with the sheet across the patient's
chest '
His arms lay straight on either
aide. His face did not indicate emaci
ation. Hia breathing was irregular,
and there seemed to be a considerable
interval, sometimes longer and some
times shorter, between the end of an
expiration aad the beginning of an
laspiration. The orderly stood at the
foot of the cot
"How long haa he been uncon
sdeusr the physician asked.
"A little more than an hour, re
plied the orderly.
"We amy talk." said the-doctor, "he
won't hear us. But this was spoken
la a low tone, as befitted speaking la
the presence of death.
"Does every person die uncon
scious?" he waa asked.
"Many persona are conscious when
they believe they are dying. They
become unconscious, and they may
or may not regain conacfousness and
Ume It again before death takes place
. "A period of unconsciousness is im
measurable to the subject A second,
a minute, a million years there 'is
no difference so so far as he is con
cerned." "The death rattle." whispered the
orderly.
The intermittent breathing of the
man on the cot had given way to a
sound that was strange to one not ac
customed to hear it a sound so far
from human that it is made but once
In a lifetime, and .that Is when one-is
passing to the other side of the bor
derland of human existence.
"Unearthly" is perhaps the one
word that cornea nearest to 'designat
ing this sound. Because, maybe, of
the silence of the death chamber, it
seems loud to ears not acquainted
with it It seems even loud enough
to be heard through the brick walls
and out In the street
The sound ceases, and the watchers
turn their eyes toward the face of the
physician. It begins again, as if the
dead were awakening.
"They will not come before he
dies," said the doctor.
"Is he likely to regain conscious
ness, even for a moment?" the phy
aician was asked.
"I don't think so," waa the reply.
"May I hold his hand, so that If he
doea be may feel that he la not
alone?"
The physician nodded assent
The man's finger tips seemed very
cold to the warm hand that took them
There waa no sign of permission 01
resistance. The death' rattle contin
ued with' longer lntervala between
the breathings.
For now many nUnutes this con
tinued cannot be told; It seemed an
age. The strange, unearthly sound
ceased, and two faces were turned
toward, that of the physician.
Then there waa a convulsive move
ment of the body on the cot followed
by a Jerk of the head as If from
strangulation. The Jaw of the patieat
fell and hia eyes, which had opened,'
stared at the wait
There had been no sign of response
from the hand of the dying asan.
The orderly stepped to the head of
the cot and with the thumb and a fin
ger of one band pushed down the eye
lids over the sightless eyes.
KMMIS ns uw0X
The exact origin of kissing' the
Book in English courts, though nrad
em, ia obscure. It is not a matter of
legal obligation but seems to be mere
ly acustom dating from the ndddle or
end of the eighteenth century. If s
witness chums to follow the law ac
cording to Coke and to take hia "cor
poral oath" by touching the Book who
shall refuse him his right?
The "kissing" act seems akin in
deed to what the "fancy" call, some
what unpleasantly, a saliva custom,
which In modern western life exists
In very few forms, though many of
the lower classes still "spit" on a
coin for luck.
Caught In n Corner.
'John." said hia wife, "aow
't tell me you mailed the letter
1 gave you thla morulas."
"Of course I did. What makee you
think I dldn'tr
"I didn't give you any."
Tcacher'e Agency.
Teacher Have you any position In
view for ase?
Agent I know one asan who wants
a tutor for his empty-headed son,
' Teacher Well, I think I could fin
the vacancy- Harper'a Weekly.
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STORY OF A DESERTED CAMP.
Mysterious Stranger Cares for Graves
ef Early California Minora.
One of the old residents of Cali
fornia is Jeremiah Van Horn, who is
aow a retired merchant and spends his
time in traveling. He is full of tales
of the state and last night told one of
an old mining camp near Marysville,
"Near the town of Marysville." said
he, "there is an old mining camp, now
deserted. On a hillside lie the bodies
of 50 miners. Their resting places are
fenced in and a few hardy flowers
bloom in the spring, only to dry and
wither in the summer. No name is to
be seen on the rude headboards. But
one man himself as unknown to the
people of the region as the dead men
below knows the secret of the graves.
About Eastertide of each year this
man now aged and somewhat bent.
but with vigor still in his walk ap
pears from out of the mysterious east.
He arrives at Marysville, hires a con
veyance, and visits the graves of three
of the old-timers. There is nothing of
the miner about him. He is prosper
ous and perhaps wealthy. His cloth
ing is of the city cut. His gray beard
is well trimmed and his gold rimmed
glasses hide a pair of shrewd blue
eyes. His business is to look after the
graves. He straightens up the fence,
waters the thirsty plants and when
everything is shipshape spends a half
hour In looking over the valley and
the bills. Then, jumping into his car
riage, he returns to Marysville. takes
the train to San Francisco, and is lost
for apother year in the solitude of civ
ilisation. "Who is he? What tie binds him to
the three men whose bodies long ago
crumbled Into dust? Was he himself
one of the Argonauts, bound by ties
closer than those of blood to the trio
upon whom the winter rains have fall
en for half a century? Great is the
curiosity of the people of Marysville.
They watch him narrowly on his an
nual pilgrimages, and some of the for
ward ones have been made bold to
question him. He has always turned
them away with courtesy and strict
reserve. They do not even know his
name or station, but they mar-el much
over what they believe to be an. ex
ample of brotherly love and affection
that stretches over many decades and
never forgets, the past"
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After an absence of five or six
years, Ephraim returned to the little
town in Maryland where he had been
born and reared. From hia brown
derby hat to his patent leather
he was dressed In the tiptop of
ion. His first call waa ssade on his
brother Bill, a slow, plodding kind ef
darky, who had never even been to
Baltimore.
Ephraim told with great eathi
his experiences in
Washington. New York, Chicago, 8t
Louis. San Francisco, aad other
places. In which he had plied his cull
ing of barber. He wound up rather
softly with:
"Say, Bill, kin you leu' ase two dol
lars?" Bill looked with Just n touch ef
scorn at the fine clothes of the wan
derer and drew a small roll of bills
from his pocket. He peeled on two
i ones, handed them to mo srocner ana
said:
"It's the old story, I see, Eph. A
rolling stone gathers no
Ephraim drew himself up.
ed his coat by the lapels, necked an
imaginary speck of dust from
sleeve, aad replied:
"Yes, Bill, but he gits a
sight o polish.'
Oratory and Its
Grand oratory Is a i
it seems to be dangerous. TJlyi
never talked, and, therefore, never
into trouble on account of his
It Is a good rule for soldiers an
ors. says the Washington Star.
politicians, whose business It Is to
talk and who should study
all of their power both to
and to confuse, often trip aad find it
necessary to Issue a supplsmeat car
rying a key to the first edition. In
this day of banquets
when everybody Is drafted a
smilingly decline, the plea of
vAtion is often made. But the fact re
mains that the dimculty in more fro
quently with the speaker than with
the reporter. The latter, as a rule. Is
practiced in his duty, and has no, ends
to serve but those of accuracy, while
the nnpracttced speaker la MaMe to
say unintended things and regret In
tended things after they have; been
said. . Cold type ia the greatest of. eye
openers. '
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