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-SaJ-..lR'l S' v' rvjcAKtHTO r l'-aTa i C?olmmlma, WaVbr. aaaassmsmti AsmmfMiM Bk jONass hbbhs SB' :. FEBRUARY 12. t968J ft.'G. STROTHER. Editor F. K. STROTHER. Mmiftr i to what time roar O. Tina JaaflB ahowa that iwsiTad ap to Jan. 1. 1S8S. wnaa pajmasi ca aa a raoaipt. DrtOOMTPnjAMCga-KiwpoMible aabacrfb- an will aoatiaaa to racaiva tab Joaraal bu tea mmriara aouaed by latter to otacoanaaa. tall Mi raaaa maatbapald.If romdoaot Boauaaea Cor aaocaar year a for raato rM 1M AnnKKBB Wfcaa (.sawn wara anoaia aa Benmelicaa State Conventta. it to the call ol the National Committee I December 7. 1907. the Republican Electors Of the State of Nebraska are hereby called to Met is conrention in the city of Omaha on Taaradaj, March 12, 1808. at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of selecting four del agates at large and four alternates to the Repub llaam National Convention, to be held in the city of Chicago, June 16, 1908, for the nomination ef candidates for President and Vice President ef the United States. The bans of representation of the several 4yrttMt ia said state convention, shall be the vote cast for Honorable H. H. Wilson for Presi dential Elector at the general election held November 8, 1901, giving one delegate for each one handled fifty votes and the major fraction therenf so cast for said H. H. Wilson, but each eoaaty to be entitled to at least one delegate. Bald apportionment entitles the several counties to the following representation in the said con- Adama IS Johnson 11 Aatelope". 12 Kearney 8 Blame 1 Keys Paha. 3 ttooae 12 Kimball 1 Box Butte I Knox It Boyd................ 8 Lancaster .......... 51 Browa... ........... 4 Lincoln............ 10 BaCalo 17 Logan 1 Bart H Loup 1 Batler U McPherson 1 vaaaarJ J.O AUUUSOQ 1 fMBaaT... 12 A16IT1CK .. ..... 8 Chase 2 Nance 8 Cherry 7 Xemaha 13 Cacveaaa. 5 Nuckolls 11 Clay H Otoe IT Colfax 8 Pawnee 12 Caariag. 10 Perkins 1 Caster 18 Phelps. 10 Dakota 8 Pierce 7 Dawes 5 Platte 13 Dawaoa 11 Polk 8 DeaeL S BedWiUow Dixoa 10 Richardson. 17 Dodge M Bocfc. S Doaalaa 102 Saline 16 Dandy 3 Sarpy. 7 Filbaom 13 Saanders. 1 Franklin 8 Scotts Bluff 4 ?aTaaaMaT. 4 Ov3V&Tu .. A Faraaa.. 10 Sheridan 4 Gage .t. ............ 29 Sherman........... 5 Gaxfisld-. 3 Sioux 2 Ooapar.... ......... 4 Stanton............ 6 Grant.. ...... ....... 1 Thayer....... 13 Graafey 6 Thomas 1 Hall.. 17 Thurston 5 HaaUltoa 12 Valley 8 Harlan 8 Washington 12 HajB 2 Wayne 10 Hitchcock. 4 Webster 11 Holt. 12 Wheeler 1 .Hooker. l York. 17 Howard 8 ;3eaersoa u Total- V& It ia recommended that no proxies be allowed and that the delegates prraent from each of the respective counties be authorized to cast the full vote of their delegations. Attention ia called to the method provided for by the resolution of the State Committee giving the Republican Electors ia each county where desired, an opportunity to express their prefer. aaee for candidate for President of the United , which plan of expressing said preference t forwarded to each county chairman. Attaatioa is ako called to Section 3 of Rule VI adopted by the said State Committee, providing for the filing of credentials and which rule is as follows: "Credentials of delegates to Conventions Bhall be filed with the Secretary of the State Central Coauaitteeat least five days before the date of aaid Convention," Faraaaat to said call of the National Com mittee and the laws of Nebraska, the several Congressional Committees are instructed to proceed in the usual manner to name a time and place for holding their respective district con ventions for the election of two delegates and two alternates from each of said Congressional Districts, in conformity with the requirements of the call of the National Committee, tbe same basis of representation being used in the several eoaaties aa is herein provided for the State Convention. It ia recommended that the same plans aad date be selected by said Congressional Committees for holding said District Conven tion aa have been selected by this Committee for the 8tate Convention. F. P. CORRiCK. Wm. Hatwaed, Secretary, Chairman. Tiaoola. Nebraska, January 8, 1908. Even the democratic papers now concede the vote of Nebraska for Taft, at the national convention. It is highly gratifiying to see the name of O. L. Baker as one of the signers of the Taft league. He and a whole lot of other democrats do not want to take any chances on Bryan ism aad ten cent corn again. It is an old saying that the world loves a fighter. We used to be a great admirer of Senator Foraker of Ohio. He is a great fighter and a brilliant and able man. We admired him for the stand he took in the Brownville matter, for we do not be lieve that one hundred and fifty peo ple should be severely punished for what, at the most, only twenty-three did. We thought he made a ce in fighting the rate law, but we believe he was honest and sincere about it We think he should have been satisfied to be re-elected senator from Ohio and should have had sense eaough to have fallen in line with the zest of the republicans of his state and supported Ohio's favorite son, Wm. H. Taft, for president. Now he is rapid- ly.diggiag his own political grave and will have to lie in it We are sorry fr it, tkemation will miss him. railroads, but whea ft comes to the tariff question, they are still opposed to protection. We stand firm for pro tection and want American labor to manufacture American goods. We do not want foreign goods imported free of duty, made abroad by pauper labor and our men idle. If the tariff is to be the main issue again, we are glad of it A protective tariff may make some men very rich, but as it - makes these men rich it gives employment to millions of men in this country that consume our grain and our cattle aad our hogs. If we can find a good mar ket for our hogs and oar cattle and our grain, at good prices, we can well afford to pay for the goods we buy. When the panic struck this state last October the Union Pacific railroad had thousands of men employed in putting a double track and double tracking the bridge over the Loup river. The men were laid off because it was said the company had no money, and the rate of interest for borrowing was too high. Now it is admitted money is easy again and the rate of interest normal. It is also admitted that a double track is needed and would be of great advantage to the company, and we sincerely trust that the Union Pacific will resume work on their double track and their Loup bridge early this spring. It is said by many, and believed by seme, that the. railroads and big corporations want to lay off as many men as they possibly can so as to create a nig army of un employed, to make times as hard ss possible, so as to make the American people believe that Roosevelt and Koosevelt policies are responsible tor it We cannot believe that the rail road companies and other corporations can be so short sighted and so unpat riotic. The American people have faith in Roosevelt and Roosevelt poli cies, they know he is honest, they know he stands for a square deal, and the companies and corporations are cutting off their own nose to spite their face if they pursue such a short sighted policy. We hope and expect the Union Pacific to build in the spring the much needed depot and the double track, for Columbus is one of the best business points on their line and is growing all the time. HERE'S IDEAL MODEL CITIZEN. 100 Farms mtawattamiv Gaunt Kan., Lands far Salt Good Farms from $30 ti $50 Pit Acn All of these farms ' are well improved. Raise alfalfa, corn wheat and oats. Address Median & O'Gennell Real Estate Agents REFERENCE Blaine State Bank, Blaine, Kansas, Citizens' State Bank, Frankfort. Kansas, State Bank. Frankfort. Kansas. HAVE MANY NARROW ESCAPES. Yet Cowboys Are Rarely Killed er Injured in Accidents. Now, after the day's work was prac tically over, we had our first accident, says a writer In Outing Magazine. The horse ridden by a young fellow from Dos Cabesas slipped, fell and rolled quite over his rider. At once the an imal lunged to his feet, only to be im mediately seized by the nearest rider. But the Dos Cabesas man lay still, bis arms and legs spread abroad, his head doubled sideways in a horribly suggestive manner. We hopped off. Two men straightened him out, while two more looked carefully over the in dications on the ground. "All- right" sang out one of these, "the horn didn't catch him." He pointed to the indentation left by the pommel. Indeed, five minutes brought the man to his senses. He complained of a very twisted back. Homer sent one of the men in after the bed-wagon, by means of which the sufferer was shortly transported to camp. By the end of the week he was again in the saddle. How men escape from this common accident with Injuries so slight has always puz zled me. The horse rolls completely over his rider, and yet It seems to be the rarest thing in the world for the latter to be either killed or permanent ly Injured. WHEN SMALLPOX WAS COMMON. The Coming Man as Seen by Admir ers of Socialism. To describe an Ideal modem citi zen now is at best to make a guess and a suggestion as to what must be built In reality by the efforts of a thousand minds. But he will be a very different creature from that In different well-behaved business man who passes for a good citizen to-day. He will be neither under the slave tradition nor a rebel, nor a vehement elemental man. Essentially he will be aristocratic; aristocratic not In the sense that he has slaves or class In feriors, because probably he will have nothing of the sort, but aristocratic In the sense that he will feel that the state belongs to him and he to the state. He will probably be a public servant; at any rate he will be a man doing some work In the complicated machinery of the modern community a for a salary and not for speculative gain. Typically he will be a profes sional man. I do not think the Ideal modern citizen can be a person living chiefly by buying for as little aa he can give and selling for as. much aa he can get; Indeed, most of what we idolize as business enterprise, I think he will regard with very considerable contempt But then I am a Socialist and look forward to the time when the economic machinery of the commu nity will not be .a field for private en richment but for public service. Everybody's Magazine. A Century or So Ago Every One Ex pected to Have Disease. "All our ancestors," said a physician, "were pock-marked, and smallpox was a recommendation if you were looking for work. "What I mean Is that you couldn't get a Job If you had not had smallpox. No one' wanted a servant who was li able at any moment to be stricken down with the loathsome disease. Hence" He opened a newspaper volume of 1774. "Hence "help wanted' ads read like this: "Wanted, a man between 20 and 30 years of age, to be footman and under-butier in a great family. He must have bad smallpox in the natural way. Also a woman, middle-aged, to wait upon a young lady of great for tune and fashion. The woman must have had the smallpox In the natural way."' CAN ALWAYS TRUST CHINAMEN. Customs In Celestial Empire Have Made Dishonesty Scarce. Ton soon learn In China that you can trust a Chinaman to carry through anything he agrees to do for you," says Samuel Merwin In Success "When I reached Tat Tuan-fu I handed my Interpreter a Chinese draft for 200 (Mexican), payable to bearer, and told him to go to the bank and bring back the money. I had known John a little more than a week, yet any one who knows China will understand that I was running no appreciable risk. The individual Chinaman ia simply a part of a family, the family Is part of a neighborhood, the neighborhood Is part of a village or district and so on. If John had disappeared with my money after cashing the draft and afterward been caught punishment would have been swift and severe. Very likely he would have lost his head. If the a' thorities had been unable to find John they would have punished his family. Punishment would surely have fallen on somebody. tiros Shot with Water. Shooting a hummingbird with the smallest blrdshot made is out of the question, for the tiniest seeds of lead would destroy his coat The only way In which the bird can be captured for commercial purposes is to -shoot him with a drop of water from a blowgun, or a fine Jet from a small syringe. Skillfully directed, the water stuns him. He falls into a silken net and before he recovers consciousness Is suspended over a cyanide Jar. This must be done quickly, for If be comes to his senses before the cyanide whiff snuffs out his life he Is sure to ruin his plumage in his struggles to escape. Hummingbirds vary in size from speci mens perhaps half as large as a spar row to those scarcely bigger than a bee. The quickest eye cannot follow them in full flight It is only when, though still flying furiously, they are practically motionless over flowers that the best marksmen can bring them to earth. Tawirarses of the two great parties far tbe aext presidential campaign are awt very distinct, except on theques tiosi of tariff The democrats have drapped tbe silver question, imperial arsm aad govenuneat owaership of Mnet Charge to Get Crowd. The Ladies' guild of a certain New York church had planned an evening entertainment and reception, aad asked the rector to make announce ment of It on the Sunday preceding. "This is all right" he said, "but yon must charge admission." "War this la just a social evening, they protested. "We are inviting peo ple." "They wont come," said the rector, "because they will think it fa act worth while. Bat charge, a smsll ad mission and yon will have a good crowd." So the women gave In, aad subsequent events proved the rector waa right Japanese Hotels. Barring the bath, and perhaps the beds, Japanese hotels are delightful. All during your stay in their spot less precincts you are made to feel that you are an honored guest Japan ese etiquette is lavished upon you, and when you depart you are always given a token to remember your visit usually a white, coarse cotton towel with blue pictures printed on it Tou must thank the little maid for this with an elaborate bow when you go, and the chorus of "Sayo Nara" from all the hotel force gathered in the doorway, will seem to have in it not only the regret of good-by, as we Interpret the words, but the deeper feeling which they really mean: "If it must be that we must part" Trav el Magazine. A Servants' Paradise. "Every kitchen has a window with one pane out In the Brazilian town of Rio Grande do Sul," said a cook. "That town Is a servants' paradise. "Servants Uve In their own homes there, as they should everywhere. They come to work at seven In the morning and they quit at seven at night A 12-hour day. Quite long enough. "The paneless window la for the milkman, the baker, the butcher, so that these traders can leave their sup plies they usually come early la a safe place. The Rio Grande servant is, of coarse, not there to receive them. She la fm had at ka . aa PREJUDICE AND TM METER MAN Vienna's Crown of Green. The city of Vienna has recently un dertaken at an estimated expense of 410.000,000, to surround itself with a belt of forests. The existing forests near the city are to be' preserved and others, to gether with broad meadows, are to be established in such a way aa complete ly, to encircle the city. Land is being reserved for the new plantations, which are to be connect ed with the celebrated Prater, which already forms a green border for the Anatrlaa capital oa the east Yoata's "Figures can't lie." but some per sons won't believe that about the gas meter. That la why the gas meter man's Job' is something like a baseball umpire's only worse. There is al ways kicking, A human being who has been read ing gas meters for a dozen -years. comes through the ordeal with the fatalism of Omar-and the cynicism of an old reporter. But his stock of pa tience is truly wonderful. Job would appear to be an impetuous and irrit able man alongside this survivor. "Ma, the gas man has came." That is often the signal for the poor meter man's woes to begin. The lady of the house follows him into the cel lar and the dark corner wherein the meter reposes. She knows the way of the gas men and she is going to watch. "Mrs. Jones, ia the apartment be low, showed me her gas bill yesterday. Do you know what it was?" The meter man said be dldnt "Well, it was SO cents less than mine. How do you account for that?" "She burped less, madam." "Burned less? Why, she bums Just twice what I do. for she has three meals to cook a day and I have only two. And they sit up all hours of the night and we never burn our lights after ten o'clock. I think it is perfect ly disgraceful. ' I'm paying part of hers. That's what it is, and you know it" "111 have the meter tested, madam. If yob wish," he ventured, courteously. She did wish. So the meter was tested, and it was as she said the meter was wrong. But the discs were beating the company instead of the customer. She paid higher bills after ward, but was satisfied. Nobody can be induced to believe the meter. Often, the mistress of the household will lead the meter man triumphantly to the machine, and pointing a finger of scorn, request him to listen. When one listens intently, a faint, a very faint squeak can be heard. This is where the gas goes to, she declares. Either there is a leak or there is a mouse inside. Protests are in vain. Assurances that all meters squeak a little avail naught It has to be taken out and a new one put in. There is the mistress of a large household in the South end who thinks she has scored a triumph over the metei man to this day. It happened at the end of a summer vacation. "What about this?" she demanded, when the man put in an appearance in response to her summons, after she had received a stiff bill. "Look at this gas bill. More than our average, and here the house has been closed. I've been away with the children and George has been alone. He has only burned gas enough to go to bed each night I've caught you at last my friend." v It did loolr queer. And yet the meter man was sure that his reading was correct He tested the meter, and could find nothing wrong. Finally he decided to go to "George" himself. That worthy was a bluff, hearty man, who took agreat Joy in living. He favored the meter man 'with a knowing grin, and proceeded to take a roll from bis pocket "I-er had to do a little entertaining for some friends of mine when my wife was away. I'll pay that bill, and don't you say anything about it" "Sure," replied the meter man. "I used to play some myself once." After awhile, some men get a sort of personal feeling against the gas meter, and the gas meter man. It is like the constant weather kicker, who Is sure that the supply handed out is a personal affront to him. People have been known to smash meters when greatly incensed in this way, and their requests for changes of meters come In frequently. Not long ago a man met the gas meter reader at the door. Under his arm he held his meter, which looked as if it had been wrenched from the wall. "Here's your meter," he said, sternly. Tm going away on business for a couple of weeks, and I don't in tend to have that rotten machine whiz zing away at my expense ail the time I'm gone." There are a great 'many people who try to beat the meters, where the coin meters are used. These are the ma chines in which a quarter is placed and gas is supplied until the amount equivalent to the coin Is consumed. The meter man frequently finds spuri ous coins when, he makes his round to collect or discovers that attempts har been made to employ other than cola of the realm, without success. For the machines are so cunningly contrived that nothing but a whole coin of the proper weight and size and edges will pass into the meter and do the Job. People who are not accustomed, to the use of gas or to meters are the chief objectors. They do not under stand them, and they cannot see bow a machine could fail to beat the cus tomer. One man, of foreign extrac tion, demanded his old meter back after his little old-fashioned Shine had been changed for one of a hewer style. "Tou take out my leetle meter and put In that big box," he observed, sage ly. "Big box makes lots of gas. Leetle box makes leetle gas. I want leetle box again." He got It and paid higher bills, be cause he was aaing more gas, but he waa satisfied. Straight Talks on Patent Medicines The "Roadl" Remedies desert confidence. As U these remedies are CTOtMuixkf cieDJune,meTmiatat ceed or fail together. Tteremustberowea&fiiaksmtb One unworthy remedy would mean dbmStcr to the entire pkafL If you, for example, purchased tbe "Rexau" Cough Cure and were not cured by it, how could we expect you to place any faith thereafter in tbe "Rexall" Dyspepsia Cure or any other member of the "Renal" family? You can understand, therefore, why such anxious care waa given to finding and choosing the remed given. We have admitted none to this circle until our committee of experts had been convinced by mvestigation and test that it was the best remedy known to medical science for the ailment k aimed to relieve. - Who should know better than the leading thousand ouggiatiof this country what are, and what are not; efficient medkanas? Remember, the success of our enterprise depends on the merit of each individual remedy. Our reputation, which is our very btafiiat.m existence is at stake. Can you dourX,tliatm buying a "RexarJTRemo you are buying the best that science and experience can give you? Here are three prominent members of tneuRexjffl"auniy: 4 The famous Rexall "93" Hair Tonic is composed in chief of Resorcin, Beta Naphthol and Pilocarpin. Resorcin is one of the latest and most effective germ-killers discovered by a science, and in connection with Beta Naphthol, which is both germicidal and antiseptic, a combination is formed which not only destroys the germs which rob the hair of its nutriment, but creates a clean and healthy condition of the scalp, which prevents the lodgment and development of new germs. Pilocarpin is a well-known agent for restoring the hair to its natural color, where the loss of color has been due to a dis ease of the scalp. It is not a coloring matter or dye it pro duces its effect by stimulating the scalp and hair follicles to health and active life. This combination of cur atives mixed with alcohol as a stimulant, perfects the most ef fective remedy for hair and scal. troubles known to-day. Per Bottle, 50c. The remarkable success of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is largely due to the new and suc cessful method of manufacture, whereby the well known prop erties of Bismuth Subnitrate and Pepsin have been combined with carminitives and other agents. Bismuth Subnitrate and Pep sin are recognized by the entire medical profession as specifics for acute indigestion or chronic dyspepsia. The Pepsin used is numafac tured under a new process which develops its greatest ef ficiency. Pepsin not only sup plies to the digestive machinery one of the most important ele ments of the digestive fluid, but it seems to exert a tonic influ ence upon the glands which supply all the other elements. The carminitives add prop erties which promptly relieve pains caused by undigested food. The combination of the whole makes a remedy absolutely in valuable to any man or woman suffering from dyspepsia and not only a remedy, but a cure which works by gradually re building and stimulating the glands which perform the di gestive functions. Package, 25c. Anew ideal This preparation awea its ef iciency to the presence of Wild Cherry, Vinegar Squils, Boae set, Horeaouad and Syrup. AD of these have been known for a hundred years as remedies for coughs aad hoarseness. In Rexall Cherry Juice Cough Syrup, all of these remedies have been combined by a pro cess of manufacture that has blended them into a perfect me dicinal harmony whereby the characteristics of each support and reinforce the others. The pathological properties of each ingredient does its own particular work in easing the in flamed membranes, loosening; the phlegm aad setting up a condition of health ia the bron chial and nasal passages. One spoonful will relieve the inflamed membranes and tempo rarily stop the cough. One bot tle will work a' cure. It b ex ceedingly pleasant to the taste children like it. Per Bottle, SSc I Look for this Rexall Guarantee on each package: "This preparation is guaranteed to give satisfaction. If it does not, come back and get your money, ft belongs to you, and we want you to have it" POLLOCK & CO., Druggists The Jkttott Store The Onion In Cooking. The greatest of French cooks, be ing asked to give the secret of hi:; success, answered: "The very founda tion of all cooking is butter and OX ION! I use them in all my sauces and gravies. They have the effect of making a customer come back for more. Butter without onion will drive the customer away after a few days. Boil the onion till it melts or entirely disappears; then add the but ter, and call the mixture stock." Far From It. Former Resident How things have changed here in 20 years! I wouldn't know the town. What has become of Floogus, who used to shave notes and lend money at two per cent a month? Hotel Clerk He's gone to his re ward. Former Resident What! Is he dead? Hotel Clerk Dead? Not on your life! He's president of a trust com-' pany In New York. Fountain Pens Not New. It is a popular fallacy that fountain pens are quite a modern invention. As a matter of fact, an old work of reference published in 1795 contains an illustration of a fountain pen, the appearance of which is very much like those sold at the present time. Its construction, however, was some what elaborate and clumsy, the pen consisting of various pieces of metal, which had to be screwed and ma- screwed before the pen rnnld be The Major's Condition "The major hopes to be out soon." "That's good." "Yes; the rheumatism has changed to his left leg, an' half that leg Is wood one-half havin' been shot off in the war." rerSale. The Kerr eatate.ee 1-4 1-18: mx miles dae north of Mearee. r nddress Mrs. O R. Watta, M i "'. HA1CBANB SFT '" -0UEBS FILLS PI ' v ! T LT. F. . SMITH 1 1 i. i ; K CO. 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