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The custody of the child was given to the mother. At Beatrice, James Ijllio was given bis preliminary hearing on the charge of robbing Thomas Martin on the highway of $7! more than a year ago. He was bound over to the district court. A petition is being circulate in Weston calling fur a special election on the water bond proposition. This ,wili 1 the third election, the first two having been lost by a small ma jority. Earl Mathews returned to Oreaha from Chadron. where he has been sta tioned as deputy United States Mar shal. After serving less Mian a month in that office he tendered his resig nation. Farmers owning land east of Black wood creel: and north of the Republi can river in Hitchcock county met last week to consider the proposition of organizing themselves Into an ir rigation ditch district. Buy your life insurance this year from the Midwest Life of Lincoln. This is an old line company, writing up-to-date policies at lowest safe rates pos sible. No estimutes but clean protec tion for Nebraska homes. This com pany is backed Ijv Nebraska capital and business men and the premiums ' paid to it remain in this state. AVrite the company for information. Mother Superior Leonora and Sis ter Antoinette of O'Neill, represent ing their head houseat Buffalo. N. Y.. returned home to Alliance after mak ing arrangements to take charge cf St. Agnes Catholic academy, now un der course of erection, when com .pleted. Iatcr on they will also as sume charge of the hospital that is to be erected there during the coming year. Forty years ao Mr. Heisel was running a saw-mill in Plattsmouth. where he is now running the Platts mouth flouring mill. A few days ago Colonel IT. C. McMaken found d slab which had been sawed from a Rock elm log, containing the baric, of the tree, which hail become petrified as solidly as a stone. He broke a por tion from the slab and has it in his office. Members of the State Historical so ciety of Nebraska interviewed the governor concerning a method by which the society may avail itself of the appropriation of $25,000 made by the last legislature for a new histor ical society building, provided the city of Lincoln would deed to the state the site of the present market square near the university or land Its equiv alent in value. The county assessor of Hall county has put a number of questions to Secretary Bennett of the State Board of Assessment regarding the assess ment of railroad property for city pur poses. "He wants to know if he must assess the main line or just the branch lines; he asks what is the value of the road: the steel rails, cost cf ballast a mile, and what is the annual per cent of depreciation. At Tecumseh. after being out about two hours the jury in the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Frank A. Taylor charged with perjury brought in a verdict of .acquittal this- after " noon. Taylor, who was vice presi dent of the defunct Chamberlain banking house of that city, was charged with m having contradicted himself in testifying testimony given in two cases which grew out of the bank failure. The first suit under the provisions of the bulk sales law was filed last week in the district court of Lan caster county. The Art Wall Paper company of Chicago is plaintiff. The Yetter Wall Paper company of Oma ha, the Kostka Glass and Paint com pany of Lincoln and E. M. Roberts of Lincoln are defendants. It is al leged that Roberts disposed of $2,000 of his stock contrary to the 'bulk, sales law to the .two defendant companies. A Commercial club has been organ ized at Hay Springs, which promises to be a success from the outset. All of the business men of the city, as well as a large number of others, have joined. Valeria Coad of Lincoln, who claims to be the wife of Mark W. Coad by a common law ceremony, filed affi davits to prove that her husband was worth more than $500,000. Coad de nies her allegations. She charges Coad with non-support and asks a divorce with alimony. Coad lives at Fremont and is well known as .a horseman. Officers of Hastings have in charge W- E. Barnes, the man who passed a worthless check at the Langevin grocery store. It was supposed that the man had made his escape to Grand Island, but Policeman Budnek locat- j ed the man. P. M. Frease. a stockman of North Bend, has written the railroad 'com mission that the man who calls the trains in the Omaha Union station "bellows like a bulL" He declares no one can understand him and then he continues that if information is asked 'of him on the side the chance Is it may be wrong. ROADS BACK PASSHOLDERS. Union Pacific Tells Them to Stand Pal Against NebraskaLaw. Lincoln Pass1 holders, receiving" their transportation through the Un ion Pacific, will have the railroad be hind them If they resist the state ia its prosecutions under the anti-pass law. This is the information that has come to the railroad commission from Platte county, where the county at torney is now determined to begin criminal action under the new law at once. County Attorney Henslep de layed for a time, having received in timations that the passes would be re turned. During the negotiations that took place the attiude of he railroad was made known. Where passes have been held prosecutions will at once be begun. Attorney Edson Rich of Omaha, rep resenting the Union Pacific, sent a let ter to the railroad commissioners in which he made further explanations or the pass situation. In this he says the transportation given surgeons in Nebraska by the Union Pacific is in accordance with continuing contracts .entered with them in 190C and under which the passes are renewed each year. The contracts were made before the enactment of the anti-pass law, hence the claim the transportation is unaffected. Each contract is perpet ual, depending on the pleasure of the road for termination for cause. The road, therefore, claims the right to is sue its surgeons their pasteboards'. Admission to Home Denied. The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings has rejected several appli cations for admission to the Soldiers' home for the reason the applicants were drawing pensions of $20 a month or over $12. The board has other ap plications on file where the old sol dier receives only $12 a month pen sion, and inasmuch as the district court of Hall county has enjoined the beard from taking any part of the pen sion money of the soldiers, the board concluded' to take care of the poor ones first, or those in actual need. Hastings Puts on the Brakes. By a vote of six to one the city council went on record demanding the closing of all of the saloons of the city at 10 o'clock in the evening. The new ordinance will become effective April 13. Several of the councilmen have already gone on record or made public statements to the effect that if it came to a show down they would vote against the granting of saloon license in the spring. Object to Net Weight Clause. Lincoln The suit of the state against Swift & Co. will be appealed to the supreme court of the United States if necessary. This idea was suggested 13 the arguments of the attorneys in the district court. The packing con cern is charged with not branding net weight on ham and bacon packages. The suit was started by Food Com missioner Johnson. Must Pay Policy. Lincoln The supreme court or dered the Supreme Court of Honor, a fraternal order, to pay the heirs of John Eebesta the amount of his policy. The Court of Honor resisted payment, claiming Sebesta had forfeited his rights when he ate heads of matches, resulting in his death. Guard Company Inspected. Broken Bow Company M of the First regiment of Nebraska underwent a hot inspection by Major Davidson, United States inspector. The major pronounced about $2,000 worth of stuff as unserviceable and severely scored the state fpr not furnishing proper equipment. Passes to Be Returned. Columbus The gentlemen about here lawyers, editors and doctors have agreed to turn in their paste boards and mileage to the railroads, and so for the present there will be no prosecutions of them, if they continue faithful to tbe end of the race. OPINION ON SURETIES. Verdict of the Supreme Court on the Question. Lincoln "Sureties on the official bond of a county judge are not liable for money which did not come into the Itossession of their principal by virtue of his office." This is the verdict of the supreme court in the appeal of William W. Stephens, administrator of the estate of one Smith of Friend, from the de cision of the district court freeing the bondsmen of Hosraer H. Hendee. for mer county judge, from obligation to pay $:,o00 to the administrator of the estate. Hendee 'is said to have se cured possession of a certificate of de posit for $3,300 under color of his office and to have obtained the unwitting in dorsement of Stephens. Commissioner Good in his opinion cites a former Ne braska decision as follows: "Where an officer goes outside of the limits of his official duties and without the scope of his official authority, this action, though done under color of office, is not a breach of the bond for the faith ful performance of his duty." Penitentiary Must Cut Expenses. In his report of his investigation at the state penitentiary, which is sup posed to be about self-sustaining, Mr. Fairfield said the average monthly ex penditures for the next fourteen months must be reduced $1,082.25. or there "will be a deficiency of $15,151.46. The monthly expenditures for main tenance for the last six months amounted to $5,012.57. The balance of the appropriation for maintenance at the time the investigation was made, January 29. amounted to $55,024.52. New Fraternal Association. The Canadian .Benevolence, associa tion of Omaha was admitted to do bus iness in Nebraska by the insurance department Dr. W. O. Henry is gen eral president and E. H. Packard gen eral secretary of the new company Membership is limited to members of Evangelical churches. A special bene fit is provided at an expense of $2 a year for those who do not care to take out other benefits. The company will also issue a certificate for sick and funeral benefits. SR&RIMK am aisua iw rm Mm0r Feed your land and it will feed you. Chickens will thrive on a mixture of barley, corn and peas. In building the hog fence see that the corner pests are. strongly braced. Everything, almost, depends upon the manner in which the plowing is done., You cannot starve your soil with out it in turn retaliates and starves you. Corn and oats mixed with clover hay and roots once a day, make a fine feed for the sheep. Upon the male bird depends the greatest share of the quality of chick ens you are raising. Brick for a silo makes a very strong and durable structure and preserves the silage as well as in a frame build ing. Peaty ground can be made to pro duce good crops by thorough drain ing and the application of potassium and lime. Our farmers would do better plow ing if there was the stimulus and in struction of plowing matches. Better plowing means better crops. Why not buy a set of low wheels for your wagon and try them? Twenty eight inches for the front wheels and 32 inches for the rear wheels is about right. If the poultry have a wide range they will probably be able to pick up all the grit they need, but it is a good rule to provide some for them and be on the safe side. v If the yellow peril of the farming districts mustard plant should put in an appearance, try sulphate of iron in the form of a spray. It will kill the mustard without injury to grain crops. Get the colts used to being handled. Do not be afraid of spoiling them by petting. The advice of some farms not to handle the colts for fear of spoiling them is against reason and experience. The incubator lamp should be start ed a day or two before the eggs are introduced to the machine to be cer tain that it is in perfect working or der and that you will be able to main tain the proper temperature. Soil plus season plus seed plus farm er equal corn. Will you work out this equation at from 60 to 100 bushels to the acre this coming season? You can if you will and you will if you are the right kind of a farmer. Do work on the road alongside of jour place this spring. It will im prove the road, improve the appear ance of your place, improve the feelings of those who drive along the highway and will improve your peace of mind. One does not need to raise very many horses to know that they vary as much in disposition and natural abilities as do children. The ex perienced horse raiser can pick the fu ture horse of good qualities as a general rule. Everything planned out for the gar den? Surely you are not going to for get your resolve to have the good things from your own garden for the table this year. Fruit and vegetables are easily raised. Why not have them in abundance? If road dragging is done in the spring when the frost is coming out of the ground and the work is done in the middle of the day while the mud is soft, and this treatment is continued until the settled weather of tbe sum mer comes the road will continue in good condition all summer. When the pigs shows signs of weak ness in the hind quarters, you may judge almost to a certainty that you have been feeding too much corn. Sub stitute for the corn a ration of ground -oats, also give them some vegetables; mix a little lime with their feed and give them enough Glauber salts to open their bowels. Also apply equal parts turpentine, aqua ammonia and sweet oil to back once a day. If they are fleshy it is best to butcher them. Wisconsin has the champion cow. The university agricultural experiment station bas just completed a year's test of the" Holstein cow, Colantha Fourth's Johannah. She produced during the 12 months 27.432.5 pounds of milk and 99S.256 pounds of butter fat. This amount of butter fat is over 16 per cent, higher than any previous production of mutton fat. The produc tion of nearly 1,000 pounds of butter fat during the year is equivalent to about 1,165 pounds of commercial but ter, or considerably over three pounds of butler for every day In the year. Butter fat production of this Holstein cow is as -much as the total production of six common cows on the farms of this and other states in the union. The previous world's record for annual production' of fat has been held for the past two years by the Guernsey cow Yeksasunbeam of the Reitbrock stock farm at Athens, Wis. 4B p J .kirn year. Tee mud eon willnnt.t&n 1 of 'layinc condUi Many farmer grows rick another famer wastes. Frozen silage may be safely fed If It Is thawed out before feeding. Spot then pot the idlers In the flock. - It is the busy hen that Is the layer. Keep the drafts out but let the fresh air into the barn through properly provided ducts. The lucky farmer is the farmer who knows that right methods and hard work produce results. Begin small and go slow is a good rule for one who thinks he can make a fortune in the poultry business. Chaff to scratch in and grit to grind the food after it is found are two ele ments of successful poultry keeping. Where there, are many chickens to be batched it is better to trust to the incubator than to depend upon the bens. " Have It arranged so that the hens can get out when they feel like. They will keep in out of the cold winds and chilly rains. Charcoal is quite essential to the health of the flock. Keep it where they can get at it as well as oyster shells and grit From now on have an eye out for the lice which begin their campaign early and are the most persistent foe of the poultryman. The hen that does not get busy and pay her board bill by filling the egg basket should be made to cash in at the market and square up. Given the right conditions and the right food and your chickens, if they are any good at all, will produce the eggs, and fertile ones as welL One of the most satisfactory solu tions of the farm labor problem to-day is the installing of modern farm ma chinery with tbe gasoline engine to run it. Silage cannot produce tuberculosis in cattle, as has been intimated by some ignorant critics of the silo. Tu berculosis can only be caused by the germ, which never has its origin in vegetable matter. Conditions may help develop the germ, but they do not produce the germ. Unhealthy silage Derhans would aggravate a case of tu berculosis, just as improper food of any kind would provide favorable soil in which the disease would grow. If weeds serve no better purpose than to remind the farmer that it is time to stir the soil they have per formed a good mission, for the turn ing and stirring of the soil increases the amount of soluble elements of fer tility. This fact does not seem to be fully understood by a large proportion of farmers, who consider that plowing is merely an aid in killing off some of the- weeds. Were it not for the fact that our land becomes foul with weeds unless we plow and cultivate we would as a rule raise much smaller crops than we usually do, as many farmers would forget to cultivate as often as they should. Now is the time to treat the seed wheat and seed oats if smut is at all prevalent in your district. One meth od of treatment is to make a solution of 50 gallons of water and one pound of formaldehyde and soak the grain for two hours in this. It has become customary on many farms, however, to pile the oats or other grain to be treated on the barn floor and sprinkle the liquid over them till they are thoroughly soaked, shoveling the grain over till the poison has destroyed the germs. This is easier, and the men that practice it say that it is as effec tive as the other method. The grain, after being coaked, should be dried at once to prevent any harm coming to it. Opinions differ as to the good or ill effects of feeding clover hay to horses. Some contend that it causes heaves and similar throat and lung troubles. And old farmer of long experience who has fed many, hundred tons of clover hay to horses and colts, as well as cat tle and sheep, declares that such hay is much superior, in all respects, to the best timothy or red top hay that can be made. . The city horsemen and teamsters will not buy clover hay, regardless of its comparatively low price, because they are prejudiced against its use. They are paying $10 to $15 per ton for timothy hay, which is usually so ripe that it is only a trifle better than oat straw. And yet the chemist tells us that such hay con tains fully double the quantity of nu trients., that can be found in .the best timothy or upland prairie, hay. The old cow tells about the same story when she fills the milk nail while feed ing on clover hay or pasture. The care which cows get is not al ways the care which the cows ought to have. The government bureau of animal' husbandry is out with these suggestions: Have the herd examined frequently by a skilled veterinarian. Promptly remove any animals sus pected of being in bad health. Never add an animal to the herd until cer tain it is free from disease, especially tuberculosis. Never allow a cow to be excited by hard driving, abuse, loud talking or unnecessary disturbances. Do not unduly expose her to cold or storms. Clean the entire body of the cow daily. Hair in the region of the udder should be kept short. Wipe the adder and surrounding parts with a clean damp cloth before milking. Do not allow any strong flavored feed, such as garlic, cabbage or turnips, to be eaten except -immediately after milking. Salt should always be ac cessible. Radical changes in feed should be made gradually. Have fresh pure water in abundance, easy of access. .. ?4VD 0t0w0m00wi000mm00m0wmmm0'0wwww A SHADOW THEATER. Delightful Entertainment Which You Can Provide far Friends, It Is not difficult to prepare the nec esiary fittings for the shadow theater. The Shadow Theater. To begin with the stage. Either the folding doors between' two rooms would be suitable, or a three-leaf screen with the upper half of the mid dle cut away and placed in a doorway (or, failing this, in the room itself), so arranged' as to hide the stage man ager and reciter from the audience. A Figure 1. transparent tracing cloth or muslin dipped in water and well wrung out must be strained across the opening. A drop or sliding curtain must be ar ranged over the stage, which must be high enough to admit of the operator standing or sitting at the back below. A very narrow ledge runs along the Figure 2. Inside to rest the figures on, so that they nearly touch the transparent sheet. . They are held in the hand by a piece of cardboard or wood glued to the back (see Fig. IV.). If a screen is not available the framework of a shal low box would do, the transparent cloth stretched so as to leave room for the drop curtain In front. The Figures 4 and 5. box should then be suspended by ropes from its four corners and fastened to walls and floor, curtains being thrown over the ropes to hide the operators. A shadow stage is usually about one yard and a quarter wide and one yard high. A piano is placed in the front of the scene where the per former, with back to the audience, takes the place of an orchestra. The figures can be first drawn then pasted on to card board and cut with scissors or knife. But those wishing to go to 'work Fig. III. seriously and have a stock company of lasting, clean-edged shadows should cut them in zinc, as decorators do their stencils. If they are to move they must be jointed as in Fig. IV., which shows how a Gibson girl can be made to trail and sway rhythmically across the stage after the manner of her kind. The limbs are cut off. and a piece of cardboard being added, they are replaced with wire and manipulat ed by means of cotton or string, kept In place by little wire hoops, thus pre venting the string projecting, and be coming visible to the audience. The cardboard clowns sold in toyshops which dance and gesticulate when a string Is pulled would be of great help in understanding the mechanism of our little shadow figures. Tbe arrows pointing to the forearm of Fig. IV. indicate that the arm has WjjWEBEXW5 ryjmM-lMMEwmS ,23sSMMMl3M2aaBBvBSBHnBlBBSBl 'BsbbsPbsP -4 BSfBSSSSSSSV t'AnSSUUU bbbbbbbbbbsbsw .BBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBm ""xjewA"' nssna anuuV. f aJHSSSmaa V - been jointed here, but replaced by knot of elastic, which gives s life-' like springy motion, without requir ing to be manipulated with string. A pretty Dutch scene could he re constructed by taking a similar sub ject as Fig. H. The Mill (Fig. HL) could be fastened to the side of the stage, as shows In diagram to repre sent the middle distance. The sails. If fastened on according to diagram, hare only to be touched to be set Im motion. Subjects similar to Fig. L, representing the fairy tale of the Prin cess of the Geese, will suggest them selves readily to those who are font of telling fairy talerto children. A GIRL OF 1H0. And the Geed Things and Geed Times She Enjoyed. My home was a big, square house set on a lawn that, we would call now a little park. Towards the south were rows of Lombardy poplars and ash trees, and at the west was a stone horse-block, where you went some steps to a broad landing to easily mount your horse. Great-grandfather built the house more than 100 years ago, and now the great halls and square rooms are all the fashion, and we call them colonial. The best place was the garret with its stout beams and rafters. Old 1812 coats and training-day suits hung there, el bowing the flint-lock muskets. Herbs of all sorts, strings of- dried apples, and tables spread with dried huckle berries, were in one, sunny corner, for canned fruit was never heard of in those days. Grandma had a swing put up there for me, and on rainy days I used to read and swing, and live in a little world of my own. There were but few books and no children's magazines, but I had "The Arabian Nights," "Father Bright hopes," "Sketches by Box," who, as I afterwards found out. was Dickens; Fanny Fern's stories; and I imagined the rest, just' as you take a theme and play variations on it. One day I found an old stone lamp and rubbed it for a genie to come, and though he did not then appear he was none the less real. There was a good fairy In grandma, who used to let me into the store rooms, where there was delicious pound cake from the brick oven, currant jelly and pound-for-pound pre serves. Then I would follow her into the "blue buttery," where there was a jar of sugar-gingerbread, and then into "the dungeon," which was a dark closet in an enormous chimney, but being a gloomy place and holding nothing for me. I would back out quicker than I went in. When the "Sabbath day" came, grandma had out the best carriage and we went to meeting. No regis ters in the pews then, and we carried a foot stove. Our pew was back of two old ladies, who always used to look around and smile, and after the minister had preached ever so long, it seemed to me, they would give me a bunch of caraway, which kept me busy until the last hymn. How fine the choir looked as they took the pitch from father's tuning-fork! On the way home I was allowed to drive up Potash hill, the steepest in that region, and as the horses toiled and I held the rein with little wrists twisting, I was Aurora in her chariot. How I did -love the barn, and the haymows, and the cows and the oxen, rolling their great soft eyes and chew ing their cud! One day I went to see 20 little pigs, tumbling over each other into the feeding-trough, and .not long after that one was served at Thanks giving dinner. Grandma had a very long table, with the blue dinner-set that was brought from Liverpool on a sailing shipj no "ocean greyhounds" in those days. At each end of the table was a pewter cover, shining like silver, and big enough for a baby's bathtub, and when the table was filled with everything good and everybody was seated, grand pa asked the blessing and the covers were lifted. Under one was a turkey, just as I expected, but what could be under the other? Nothing less than a little crisp, brown pig, standing in a bed of parsley with a lemon in his mouth. There was a funny old, red school house where I went to school, with benches hacked and battered, and in itials cut everywhere. We little folks sat on a low bench, and the big boys sat directly back of us, on a high one. When they wrote or studied they turned their backs to tbe teacher to face the wall, where there was a desk that ran along one side of the room. When they recited their les sons they turned around again, and sometimes put their dreadful boots on the back of our bench for a foot rest. How I used to shake for fear they might touch my shoulder! There was always something de lightful to do on the farm: horseback riding, haymakers to watch, and then a ride on the hayload; the tapping of the sugar-maple and the setting of tbe buckets; fishing for shiners in a little brook, where the wild roses grew against a mossy wall, with its mica for diamonds and each moss cup a fairy chalice. Grandpa was not strong, and on winter evenings he had his round table by the fire, with milk porridge and sugar cut- from the tall, cone shaped sugar-loaves in the dining room closet. Then the candle and the silver snuffer-tray were brought in. the Bible placed beside them, and as he read I pointed to "keep the place." After the prayer, Joana. the maid, brought in the brass warming pan and filled it with live coals, and grandma- slowly mounted the stairs, saw that my bed was properly warmed, gave me my woolen dolly, tucked me up herself as nobody else- could do. heard the "Now I lay me." and away I went to the Land of Nod. Something Wrong. The little girl had gotten up very early in the morning for the first time. "Oh, mamma!" she exclaimed, re turning from the window, "the sun 's comin' out all right, but God 's forgot ten to turn off the moon." Judge. Could Gladys Spare It? "Sir, I want your daughter's hand." "You may have it with the greatest pleasure, dear. boy, if you'll take the one that's always in my pocket." "4 RnvMnl riOIMVssviVe The Cook "Ton hare sorrowed say savings, you wear my best hst when you go out. and I've only half enough to eat at that, so I'm going to leave Mistress "Why. I toM you that we should treat you as a member of tan family." Just a Hint. Miss Elderly "I painted this trait of myself some weeks ago and.. Cadlings (looking at the picture of a young girl "What n good memory you have!" Its DanneK Nurse "Please, ma'am. I can't find: little Franzi- anywhere. We've looked all over. Mistress "Did you look to see if he's been gathered up by the vacuum cleaner?" It Sharpens His Vision. "Yes. he is near sighted. Says he can't distinguish faces fifty feet away." "I don't believe it. Ever since he has owed me $7 he has no trouble ia recog nizing me clear across the street, and then dodging round the corner." Withdraw Into Thyself. Dost thou too shrink within, with draw into thyself, into thy memories, and there, deep down. In the very depths of the soul turned inward on itself, thy old life, to which thou alone hast the key will be bright again for thee, in all the fragrance,all the fresh, green, and the grace and power of its spring! Ivan Turgenev. When Husbands Tire ef Kissing. ' When a wife discovers that her hus 11 band is tired of having her kiss him she never after that neglects it. She thinks it a sign that she Is a lovely character because she often kisses her husband when he doesn't like it. Men are such cowards that they, never confess that they are tired of kusiag their own wives. Atchison Globe. Freaks ef Clocks. Clocks sometimes stop running for no apparent reason. During an elec tric storm it is not uncommon for them to stop abruptly, only to resume their regular Auctions with as much; accuracy as ever after a certain in terval of time. The interval may be. only for a few moments or it may he for years. Esthetic Side of Cookery. The object of cooking Is not merely hygienic, but esthetic also, for cooking improves the appearance of the food, develops new flavors, and makes it more attractive. A mental process be gins at the sight of pleasing food which reacts on the gastric organs in such a way as to promote digestion. Lancet. Must Please Women. An English periodical says that it is women that make the success of the stage, as they are the great patrons. Where they go the men are bound to follow, and it is necessary, first of all. that a play shall succeed, to make it interesting to the women. The facts prove this to be true in this country as well. A Tennessee Utopia. Hurrah for Big Sandy! No blind tigers', no slums no kinky headed. ne groes! Good churches, good schools good people! Merchants are busy, la borers whistling as they go to school' or play, wives singing as they patch their husbands' 'pants.", Benton County (Tenn.) Star. Time for Memory's Help. And now, when the clouds gather and the rain impends over our forest and our house, permit us not to be cast down let us not lose the savor of past mercies and past pleasures;' but like the voice of a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memory survive in the hours of darkness. Robert Louis Stevenson. Value of Work. Work is the true friend and con soler of man. raises him above all his weakness, purifies and ennobles him. saves him from temptation and helps him to bear his burden through days of sadness, and before which even the deepest griefs give way for a time. To Find Unlucky Days. To find out which days bode evil take the date of the full moon. Count the days before instead of after this date and multiply the number by tbe number of days in the month, and from the result the unlucky days of the months are found. Proverbs and Phrases. Add not fire to fire. Greek. All things are full of God. Cicero. Baltimore Sun. Afflictions are the best blessings im disguise. Longfellow. Omaha Directory Write for our new spring and sum mer style books for men and women. Ready February 15, 1908. - 15th and Farnam Sts. Omaha, Nebraska. HORSES nd MULES Auction every Thursday awl Friday for the entire year E. W. AN8PACH Union Stock Yards,, So. Omaha. Carload Consignments Solicited. THE PAXTON Itooms from $1 up single. ?5c up double. CAPE PRICBS REASONABLE 'Tsskras By having them experimented on bv trav eling fakers. Come to us for Free Exami nation. H. J. PEN FOLD . CO- Leading Scientific Opticians. 1408 Farnam. Omaha. If In Doubt, Buy A JOHN DEERE Do You Drink Coffee way awe wae eaaap, hhuc. Mner-aav reareeeaaakneaaarvSHn COtPbB woafaT fa. 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