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R. a STROTHER, Editor.
FaK. STROTHER, Manager.
COLUMBUS.
NEBRASKA.
India's Curse.
One of the 'great perils of India Is
the danger from serpents and wild
beasts, which annually cause enor
mous loss of life in that part of the
iworld. There is a belief in many
pagan minds which prevents the kill
ing of wild animals, no matter how
'ferocious they may be, and which
leaves undisturbed the most venom
ous snakes. The awful havoc wrought
by serpents is made the subject of
official mention in a report by William
H. Michal, the American consul gen
eral at Calcutta, in which that gentle
jman" says: "The serpent question is
,Etiil a very 'live very serious ques
tion in, India. Snake bites occur fre
quently, itnd they are generally in
flicted by venomous snakes, like the
cobra." Then he relates that last
jyear there were reported 21,797
deaths from snake bite. But it is
(admitted that the statistics are kep
very loosely, and it is believed the
actual fatalities will- exceed the
quoted figures by at least 50 per cent
This sort of thing has gone on indefi
nitely, and for at least 30 years the
'total has averaged as high as that of
1906. Add to this the ravages of
flesh-eating beasts, including the
tigers and lions, many of which be
come "man killers," and some concep
tion may be formed of the result
India is a country of many millions
population, but the census would show
6till greater growth were there some
well-organized effort in the way of
disposing of its noxious wild crea
tures. Plea for Enlisting.
No man who will look carefully
into the work of the army of the navy
can fail to realize that a career in
either branch of our military service
is one to which any man may give
himself with the fullest devotion and
with the highest ideals. Americans,
as a rule, know little about the actual
work of either of these services, and
few realize that when a man enters
the service of the army or of the
navy, whether as officer or as enlist
ed man, he enters a great school, a
school in which is taught not only the
discipline of self-restraint of cleanli
ness, of devotion to duty, but in
which are taught also the elements
of an education, says H. S. Pritchett
in Atlantic. An enlisted man who
enters a regiment of the army, barely
able to read or write, comes out, if he
be a man of ambition and industry,
at the end of three years, in posses
sion of the fundamentals of an Eng
lish education. His officer stands to
him not only in the relation of a mili
tary director, but in the relation also
of a teacher and of a friend. There
is no career open to an American boy,
unless it be that of a teacher, which
offers a larger opportunity than, that
of the army or navy officer to minis
ter to the service of men.
A Consumptive Flood.
The flocking of consumptives from
all parts of the country to the south
west has created problems in the lat
ter region with which the various
states are dealing in different ways.
In Texas the state health officer has
just issued a statement in which he
says that victims of tuberculosis in
its advanced stages will be debarred
from entering or remaining in that
state. He declares that conditions
make such a rule imperative. So
many indigent consumptives have
been pouring in and becoming charges
on the public that the people of cer
tain sections are seriously burdened
in caring for such patients. This in
crease of the pauper population not
only works hardships on taxpayers,
but the scattering throughout the
state of throngs of tuberculosis suffer
ers of all classes causes an inability
to control the spread of the disease.
This is rather hard on health seekers,
but Texas surely cannot be blamed.
Vanishing Forests.
" The old forests of Kentucky - are
vanishing. In all the good farming
regions men saved fine bits of forest
set with old beeches, oaks, ashes,
poplars, hickories, elms and walnuts.
When the undergrowth was taken,
away the grass set about the trees
and grew luxuriantly. Now these
'trees are very old, and many are in
decay. The beech Is an especially fine
tree, and it is worthy of note that
sthere is not one beech to a thousand
old and decaying trees! Some day,
says Our Country, the beech will be
an extinct tree in all the more fertile
and cultivated regions.
Smokers who have been longing to
break themselves of the tobacco habit
will rejoice to know that a French
doctor has invented a fluid called nic
otyl, one drop of which will cause a
man to "have nausea at the mere
thought of tobacco.
By a process of kite flying the
weather men of the country are go
ing to promulgate new rules for
weather forecasting. Prognostication
concerning the weather are usually
a little "up in the air," anyhow.
An Englishman claims to have
gone arpund the world in 40 days and
a few hours, and yet some persons
now living, even if they didn't fight
with Garibaldi, remember when Jules
Verne made up an 80-day story that
was supposed to be just inside the inv
possible.
They say that a Jap wrestler about
to come to-this country weighs 360
pounds. What a target a Japanese
army would make if its soldiers were
astsej&agatylec arcMtsctrae
The State Capital
Matters of Gcacral Iaterest
trom
Nebraska's Seat sf Geverameat
State Levy Seven Mill.
The state board of assessment com
pleted its work, with the exception of
entering a final order, by ordering an
Increase of i5 per cent in the valua
tion of merchandise in Douglas county
and a reduction of 5 per cent on mer
chandise in Lancaster county and
levying a total state tax of 7 mills on
the dollar valuation.
This is the same levy that was
made last year, but under the in
crreased valuation of all property in
the state will produce a larger reve
nue. The 1 mill tax for the redemp
tion of outstanding stale warrants
and the 1 mill tax for the support of
the university are levies required by
law and the board cannot change
them. The levy for the general fund
was increased from 4 mills to 5
mills, making a total of 7 mills. No
levy was made for a school tax. A
section of the statute requires such a
tax, but the legislature sought to re
peal this tax and showed its intention
by repealing a section of the statute
that provides for a tax of that nature
and defines how the tax shall be ex
pended. It was the opinion of the
board that in view of the repealing
act of the legislature and the further
fact that the legislature appropriated
1100,000 for the support of weak
school districts and high schools no
school tax should be levied.
The total assessed valuation of the
state will not be definitely known un
til Secretary Bennett makes compila
tions embodying changes in valaes on
dered by the board. With the excep
tion of the 5 per cent reduction in
merchandise in Lancaster county no
values were decreased by the board,
and many increases were ordered.
The total assessed valuation of the
state before the board equalized was
$328,700,337. On this basis the a.
nual tax for state purposes for the
general fund will be $1,643,500, or $3,
287,000 for the biennium. The legis
lature appropriated $3,358,729 charge
able to the general fund for the bi
ennium, exclusive of items vetoed by
Governor Sheldon. With consider
able revenue from fees and other
sources the general fund levy, it is
confidently expected, will cover the
expenditures authorized by the legis
lature and tor the first time in
many years the state will keep within
its income. At the same time the 7
mill levy will provide $328,700 annu
ally for the wiping out of the state
debt and the same amount annually
for the university, and $50,000 annu
ally for the school district and $50,000
for high schools. -
State Treasurer's Report.
State Treasurer L. G. Brian's re
port for the month of July shows a
balance of $439,175.23 on hand, or
which $433,071.35 is cash on deposit
in state depositories and $5,503.88
cash on hand. The redemption fund,
'derived from a one-mill tax levy,
amounted to $23,109.69 during the
month and about the same amount
was paid out for the redemption of
outstanding state warrants. The to
tal trust funds uninvested. Including
$145,550.22 in the permanent school
fund, is $148,6.80.55. The total state
funds invested in interest bearing se
curities is now $7,672,167.82, an in
crease of $64,332.62 during the month.
These investments comprise $6,635,
137.35 in bonds and $1,037,030.47 in
state warrants.
Jones Owns Traction Stock.
Mr. Jones of the State Journal was
a witness in the suit filed before the
state railway commission by the dtp
to compel the Lincoln Traction com
pany to sell six fares for 25 cents.
'Jones said he owned some stock in
.the traction company, bat it never
.had influenced him in the least when
.writing editorials for his paper. Ha
'said the people who controlled the
.Journal did not own traction stock,
it was brought out that the Citizen's
(Company got power cheaper from the
igas company than the traction com
Ipany could get it
Railroads Stop Discrimination.
The complaint of the poultry dealer
at Aurora that the railroads discrim
inated against him by charging him
local rates when he filled a car with
poultry en route to San Francisco and
allowed the packing companies the
benefit of the through rates, has had
results. All are now charged the
same rate.
Seward Wants Track Scales.
A number of citizens of Seward
have petitioned the state railway com
mission to compelthe railroads enter
ing that town to put in track scales
for the weighing of coal, grain and
merchandise in carload lots, as pro
vided by law.
Checking Up Express Reports.
The state railway commission is go.
ing to investigate on its own account
the finances of the various express
companies doing business in this
state. An expert will be sent out to
check up the receipts and expend,
tures at some of the stations and the
original entries looked into. These
will be used in connection with the
reports filed with the commisison by
j the express companies.. The commis
sion probably will make no order in
I the matter of express rates until this
has been attended to.
Terminal Company Files Statement.
Outstanding bonds amounting to
$1,750,000 at 5 per cent -interest are
listed in the annual report of the Om
aha Bridge and Terminal company
filed with the state railway commis
sion. The company says that the Illi
nois Central operates its trains, but
fails to state the amount of traffic it
has handled during the year, its
roadbed, oae and one-half miles long,
and its bridge across the Missouri
river, are listed at $1,500,000. The ex-
f"Bto cuiu Aca v. iuc viiwav auau
terminal last year were t2a.34e.9fL I
Railroads Turned Down.
The official record of the board of
equalization, much debated, has at
last been adopted.- The state board
disavowed former resolutions intro
duced by the Union Pacific attorneys
and adopted the following, after con
suiting with Attorney General Thomp
son: Whereas, The board having' had un
der consideration and investigation
abstracts of the property assessed for
1-taxation in the several counties in the
state returned to this board, and hav
ing heard all the testimony adduced
by the Union Pacific and Burlington
railroad companies reduced to writ
ing, as well' as other evidence con
sidered by the board and not reduced
to writing, and having knowledge con
cerning the valuation of the different
classes of property within the several
counties of this state, and after hear
ing the argument of counsel and be
ing fully advised in the premises'
therefore be it
Resolved, That the classes of prop
erty designated below in the counties
hereinafter named shall be increased
and decreased by a per centum as fol
lows: Be it further
Resolved, adjudged and ordered by
said board of equalization and assess
ment of the state of Nebraska, That
the classes of property indicated in
the above named counties be increased
and decreased by the percentum here
inbefore named, and that the assess
ments in all counties not increased or
decreased be adjudged to be the
proper, fair, true and equitable assess
ment and equalization in such coun
ties; that the assessments made in
the several counties of this state and
returned to this board by the county
boards of this state, as equalized by
this board and as set forth in this
resolution, is a fair, true and equitable
assessment and equalization of all the
property within this state; and that
the protest, petition and remonstrance
of the Union Pacific Railroad company
be overruled and denied; to i which
the Union Pacific Railroad company
excepts.
The Anti-Bucket Shop Bill.
Attorney General Thompson has
given County Attorney Tyrrell, of
Lancaster county an opinion in re
gard to the meaning of the anti
bucket shop bill. Mr. Tyrrell has re
ceived the opinion, but has not an
nounced what course he intends to
pursue in regard to prosecution of
persons who may be operating in
violation of the law.
The attorney general lays stress on
the terms of the bill which make it
unlawful for any person to keep an of
fice for the pretended buying or sell
ing of grain or stocks or bonds with
out any intention of receiving and
puaying for the propeerty so bought or
without any intention of delivering
the property. This is the offense con
demned by the statute. The tact
that the buyer has the means of Cor
ing does not alter the case if he keeps
a place with the intention stated.
"In my opinion, therefore," says the
attorney general, "it wo.uld be a vio
lation of the act quoted for one hav
ing bona fide connections with the Chi
cago board of trade or a board of like
organization and plan, to carry on
within this state a brokerage commis
sion business, take orders that are
transmitted to the board of trade
without the state, the members of the
board of trade having grain storage
elevators and guarantees and is at all
times prepared to make actual deliv
eries of the commodities contracted
for, which -such a ousiness involves
pretended sales without any intention
of delivery. Otherwise, storage and
delivery facilities could be mere de
vices to evade the law."
Threshing Machine Center.
Lincoln Is a center of the thresh
ing machine industry. This year it
will stand second as a distributing
center for threshing machines in the
United States, being exceeded only by
Minneapolis. Heretofore Kansas City
has been ahead of Lincoln, but the
poor crop in the south has cut down
their sales materially. Conservative
estimates put' the sales of threshing
machines from Lincoln at $1,000,000
this year, and say that this is a drop
from last year. That means that
200 complete outfits and more than
that many separators "will be shipped
from that city this season.
Assessment of Interurban.
Values corresponding with the as
sessments of the various county as
sessors were fixed by the state board
of assessment and equalization on
the interurban railroads of Nebraska.
The Omaha, Lincoln Beatrice road
was valued at about $90,000, the. Om
aha ifc Southern interurban at.'f90.00
and the Sioux City, Crystal Lake 4;
Homer road at $10,000.
First Arrest Under New Law.
County Attorney McCutchan of
Boyd county has reported the arrest
of a butcher of that county charged
with, selling diseased meat This la
the first arrest under the new pure
food law. Food Commisioner Johnson
ordered a vigorous prosecution of the
case. A fine of $100 is provided for
the offense.
Sheldon' and McBrien at Normal.
The visit of Governor Sheldon and
State Superintendent McBrien to the
McCook junior normal school was a
notable event The governor and
state superintendent both addressed
the normal and the third annual grad
uating exercises of the eighth grade
of the Red Willow county schools.
In the evening a reception was ten
dered the governor at the McCooK
commercial club rooms, where hun
dreds of citizens and members of the
junior normal paid their respects to
the chief executive of the state.
Last of Assessors' Reports.
The last of the abstracts of county
assessors has been received and the
grand assessment roil as fixed by the
county assessors is $328,700,337.29. In
1906 it was $313,080,301.02, , making
the increase this year $15,640,036.27.
As the increase in the personal prop
erty assessment is practically $10,000,
000 and the increase in the assess
ment of railroads practically $5,000,
000, it is thought the state board o
equalization will change the returns
of the county assessors very little.
There probably will be some changes.
THE PARABLE 'HE LIKED.
Darky Would Have Had Trouble
Picking It from Sacred Book.
An old darky, anxious to be a min
ister, went to be ordained. He was
questioned thus: "Can you write?"
"No, sah!" "Read?" "No. sah!" How
do you know about the Bible?" "Ma
niece reads it to me!" "Know about
the Ten commandments?" "No, sah!"
The Twenty-third Psalm?" "Neb
ber heard of him, sah!" "Know the
Beatitudes?" "No, sah!" "Well, what
part of the Bible do you like best?"
'Par'bles, sah!" "Can you give us
oner '"Deed, yes, sah!" "Let us
have it, then." "Once w'en the queen
of Sheba was gwine down to Jerusa
lem she- fell among thieves. First"
they passed her by on de oddah side
den dey. come ovah an' dey say unto
'her, 'Fro down Jezebel!' but she
wouldn't fro her down; and again
dey say unto her, 'Fro down Jezebel!'
but she wouldn't fro her down; and
again dey say unto her for de fird
and last time, for I ain't gwine to ax
yo no mo', 'Fro down Jezebel!' and
dey fro'd her down for 70 times and
7, till de remains were 'leven baskets;
and I say unto yo', whose wife was
she at de resurrection?" Bystander.
THE NEW YORK LIFE'S PROGRAM.
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest of Policyholders.
President Kingsley, of the New
York Life Insurance Company, says,
in an address to the policyholders,
that his plan of administration in
volves these points:
"First: Strict economy; second,
the widest, fairest and fullest public
ity; third, the continuance of the New
York Life as a world-wide institution;
fourth, such an amount of new busi
ness under the law as we can secure
while practicing intelligent economy,
and enforcing the idea that the inter
est of the policy-holder is paramount"
The Tell Tale Voice.
"If you want to tell whether or not
the man you are talking to is telling
the truth don't look him in the eyes,"
said a Denver bank teller to some
friends. "It is the voice, when you
don't look at the eyes, that tells you
whether -the other fellow is lying. We
use the system frequently in the bank.
A man will come in to tell us some
business tale. We look at his feet or
his hands or his knees, but never in
his eyes. If he's telling the truth his
voice will be firm and straightforward,
and the absence of your gaze in his
eyes will not affect it But if he's
lying he'll be confused by your ac
tion, and his voice will tremble; he'll
hem and haw, and clear his throat
You may rest assured then that he's
stringing you."
Always in the Way.
Recently a country doctor in the
north of Ireland, a bachelor, who was
locally noted for his brusqueness and
irascibility, was driving along a nor
row lane, or "boreen," when his pas
sage was effectually barred by an old
woman, who was returning from the
bog leading an ass whose panniers
were filled with peats. The woman
led the ass to the side of the lane as
quickly as she could, but not quickly
enough to please the short-tempered
doctor. "Faugh!" he exclaimed, with
a snort of disgust. "Women and asses
are always in the way." "I'm glad ye
have the manners to put yourself
last" said the old woman, calmly.
The doctor drove on without another
word.
All In Cold Storage.
An Oregon attorney, representing
a client whose title to a certain cold
storage plant was under fire, closed
an able argument before the Oregon
supreme court recently with the fol
lowing bit of pathos: "Your honor,'
there is more resting upon your de
cision than this cold storage plant: a
human life is at stake. My client's
life's efforts are in this cold storage;
his life's blood is in this cold storage;
his body and soul are wrapped up
in this cold storage." Law Notes.
Took Exception.
"Remember, brothers!" shouted the
orator of the strenuous life, "I haven't
any use for mollycoddles."
The very' old gentleman who was
sitting in the last row removed his
pipe and retorted:
"Wal, by heck, mister, even if yon
haven't any use for Molly Coddles
yeou needn't to stand thar and talk
.behind her back, seem' that she Is
not present to defend herself."
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.
"When I drank coffee I often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bil
iousness much of the time, but when I
went toNrfsita friend I got in thohabit
of drinking Postum.
"I gave up coffee entirely and the re
sult has been that I have been entire
ly relieved of all my stomach and ner
vous trouble.
"My mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postum now, and with
out coffee in the house for 2 years, we
are all well.
"A neighbor of mine, a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able to do her work and
could not dven mend clothes or do any
thing at all where she would have to
bend forward. If she tried to do a
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest of the day.
"At last I persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did so and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she can now do her work, can
sit for a whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit of pain in her side,
in fact she has got well and it shows
coffee was the cause of the whole trou
ble. "I could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in its place." "There's a Reason."
Look in pkg. for the famous little book,
The Road to WeUviUe."
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A MODEL CITY IN WILDS
GLADSTONE, MICH., A THRIVING
INDIAN COMMUNITY:
Town Owned by Lumber Company Is
Full of Industrious, -Happy Red
skins Who Have a Govern
ment That Is Ideal.
Gladstone, Mich. Few if any com
munities in the lumber districts of the
north country can boast of conditions
more ideal than the village of Xahma,
Delta county. The town possesses an
electric lighting system, a water
works plant, a well-equipped fire de
partment, an opera house, a first class
hotel, schools, churches, wide, well-
graded streets that are lined with ,
shade trees, a natural park of pictur
esque beauty and a fine water front.
Nahma and the country for 40 miles
back are owned by the Bay de Noquet
Lumber company. This concern is
one of the largest and most successful
In the upper peninsula, and it shares
its prosperity with its employes. Dur
ing the busy season the mills of the
POPULATION OF NEW STATE.
More Than 1,000 Census Enumerators
Start Work in Oklahoma.
Washington. The actual work of
enumeration for 'the special census
of Oklahoma and Indian territory has
begun. The wprk is being dose by
1,050 enumerators.
The census bureau here has been
notified by its representatives, who
have been on the ground for some
time making preliminary arrange
ments, that the intermediate details
have been completed and that every
thing is in readiness for receiving the
returns. The compilation and the tab
ulation will be done in Washington.
The constitution convention, which
was reconvened shortly after the pres
ident directed that the census be tak
en, is cooperating with the representa
tives of the government and has ap
pointed a committee for this purpose.
Many errors were found In the new
.boundary, which required a great deal
of hard work to straighten out, and
the Washington officials have been
able to render the local authorities
much valuable assistance in the mat
ter. Several clerks have been sent out
to the proposed state for office work
in connection with the enumeration,
but the enumerators have been se
lected from among the inhabitants.
The supervisors are under strict or
ders from Director North to make a
complete and careful record of every
inhabitant that should properly be
enumerated.
Biggest Kansas Baby.
Kansas City, Mo. A baby boy that
weighed 15 pounds arrived- at the
farm of Cecil Van Berger, near Shaw
nee, in Johnson county, Kansas. It is
the sixth child born to Mrs. Van Ber
ger. None of the others weighed more,
than eight or ten pounds at birth.
"The child is healthy and' well devel
oped," said Dr. E. P. Chace. "It is, I
think, the largest baby in the state of
Kansas, without a doubt" The moth
er is a native of Belgium.
Says We Think
Another Sensational Theory Set Afloat
by Dr. Joseph Simms.
Boston. The scientific world,
through Dr. Joseph Simms, of New
York, who arrived here recently from
Europe, is to be treated to another
sensational theory concerning the seat
of thought in human beings.
"We think with our toes and with
our fingers just as much as we think
with anv nortion of our brain," says
the scientist, who is about to write a J
book. He contends that the heart Has
more to do with the function of think
ing than the brain.
Dr. Simms points out that the brains
of many idiots are large, yet their
hearts are very small, whereas the
brains of many geniuses have been
below the normal, while their hearts
have been abnormal.
"We think literally all over our bod
ies," says the doctor, who has made
a life study of the chemistry of
thought "Thought is in the soul,
which permeates the entire physical
machine tools at Osborne college, the
company employ over 300 men, and
the logging camps use" 400 more. To
transport the timber from forest to
town a private railroad is operated.
It possesses 40 miles of trackage, its
own telegraph systeia and J00 cars
and four locomotives.
Every board of the many millions of
feet of lumber produced is sold on the
dock at Xahma and transported from
there by the purchasers. But little of
the product is moved by rail and the
great portion of it is taken south and
east on vessels. As a consequence the
winter's output accumulates on doz
ens of docks that 'aggregate several
miles of water frontage.
The ships which transport the lum
ber are loaded by Indians, a branch
of the Chippewa tribe, who live at
Xahma. The men are paid 45 cents
an hour for this work. The Indian
village is ruled over by Chief Kissis,
a venerable red man of S4 years. His
habits are perfect, but his example
of right living is not generally follow
ed by his tribesmen. In fact, they are
gluttons, when their financial circum
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BILLION LOST ON CRIMINALS.
Caring for Vicious Costs More Yearly
Than Nation's Wealth Grows.
Washington. "This country spends
$6,000,000,000 annually on the crim
inal, pauper and vicious classes, and
the annual increase of wealth is only
$5,000,000,000. Does not that look as
if the public were bankrupt?"
. This statement was made in a lec
ture by Dr. Charles J. Bushnell, who
is conducting a model public play
ground here. He is a graduate of
Heidelberg university and an 'author
ity on civic matters.
Dr. Bushnell's figures are taken, as
he says, from reliable sources and
represent years of careful study. He
challenges anyone to disprove their
accuracy. He and his wife have made
a special study of what they call the
"social illness" of the United States.
Continuing, Dr. Bushnell said:
"Why, the $6,000,000,000 that this
nation spends every year on its crim
with Our Toes.
being. The brain is a great heat pro
ducer, but it has little to do with the
function of thinking. We think with
our fingers or with our toes whenever
we use them.'
Dr. Simms declares that such world
renowned scientists as Sir William
Hamilton, of Edinburgh University,
and Professor von Hartmann, of Ber
lin, agree with him in his theory.
Fined for Burying Friend.
Danville, 111. Because . he buried
the body of his friend, Jake Jerokibo,
in consecrated ground during the ab
sence of. the priest from the neighbor
hood, Dominiko Journo was fined $10
and costs in a local court and ordered
to remove the body at once. The bur
ial took place In the Catholic cemetery
at Westville, near here.
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One is glad to note that diamonds
have been reduced in price. As yet,
however, the only reduction in meat
is the size of the steaks.
stances permit Big feasts and big
sprees are their chief forms of pleas
ure. After spending in a riotous "jam
boree" the money they have made in
the woods in winter they sober down
and wait for the first boat to come In
Then they work like beavers, and
when the vessel is loaded another
orgle Is held. Hard work and jubilees,
in fact, alternate until navigation
closes in the falL The squaws can im
bibe as much as the bucks when they
get the chance. Chief Kissis has
never taken a drink, ased tobacco or
uttered an oath in his life. He labors
industriously in the endeavor to teach
thrift and sobriety to his followers,
but his efforts thus far have been al
most futile.
The residents of Nahma, instead
of finding life lonely and irksome,
have many amusements.and are a hap
py lot. They have literary and danc
ing clubs, theatrical entertainments,
snow-shoeing and tobogganing during
the winter, while in the summer recre
ation is found in baseball and boating
and picnic parties. The day of the
heavy drinking.- gambling mill worker
is, gone; in his place is to be found
a well-dressed, intelligent man of good
habits.
The government of the village is a
model. There is only one saloon al
lowed to do business of Xahma. and it
is under the supervision of the lumber
company. Gambling is strictly forbid
den. The place closes at nine o'clock
at night and does not open until seven
o'clock in the morning. All electric
lights in the town are extinguished at
9:30 o'clock, and, except when some
sort of entertainment is going on. the
community retires at a healthful hour.
There is one physician in the town, a
man of unusual ability, an he is paid
for his services on the assessment
plan.
ROOSEVELT A HAYING FAKER?
Senator Knox Tells Story on President
to Elks Committee.
Philadelphia. President Roosevelt is
somewhat of a nature faker, according
to Senator Philander C. Knox. Penn
sylvania's presitlential aspirant, who
told this story to the Elks committee
at Valley Forge:
"President Roosavelt," he said, "was
surprised by a Kansas delegation at
Oyster Bay not long ago. The presi
dent appeared, coat and collar off.
trousers hitched by belt, and mopping
his forehead.
" 'Ah, gentlemen, he said, 'delighted
tc see you. delighted, but I'm busy put
ting in my hay. you know. Just come
down to the barn with me and we'll
talk it over while I work."
"Down to the barn hustled delega
tion and president. Mr. Roosevelt
seized a pitchfork, but there was no
hay on the floor.
' 'John, John. shouted the president
to sounds in the hayloft. 'Where's all
the hay?"
" 'I ain't had time to throw it back,
sir. since you threw it up yesterday,
sir, came a man's voice from the loft."
OF CANAL
inal cases equals the amount spent on
all churches, public libraries, the
Young Men's Christian association,
the Salvation Army, public hospitals,
asylums for the insane and all benev
olent institutions. The average fac
tory hand earns $440 a year, while
it is estimated that the average crim
inal costs the public at least $1,200 a
year."
Church Clerk a Character.
Canon Gregory Smith tells the fol
lowing story of a clerk in Hereford
shire, Eng., who flourished half a cen
tury ago:
In the west end gallery of the old
fashioned little church were musicians
with fifes, etc. Sometimes if they
started badly in a hymn, the clerk
would say to the congregation, "Beg
pardon, gents; we'll try again."
Once or twice, being somnolent, on
a hot afternoon he woke up suddenly
with a loud "Amen" in the middle
of the sermon.
IT WAS HIS WIFE.
The conductor was inclined to seek
for sympathy. "Do you see that wom
an on the left hand side of the car, up
near the front?" he asked the thin
man on the back platform. "Yes, I see
her." "The one with the dizzy hat?"
"Yes." "Well, I think she's tryin' to
beat me out of a fare. When i went
in to collect she never looked around.
an' I ain't quite sure that she didn't
pay me before although I'm almost
positive about it She looks to me like
a woman who'd be glad to stir up a
fuss. I can pick 'em out as far as
I can see 'em. You never spot a wom
an with a face like that who isn't
ready to bluff her way anywhere. I
wish to thunder I knew whether she
had paid her fare or not" "I wouldn't
worry about it any more," said the
thin man. "I paid the lady's fare
some time ago she's my wife."'
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recipes for preserves from Mars, but
perhaps we can obtain some valuable
bints on canal diggiag.
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