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' "t WASHINGTON NOTES.
Warning congress that, though the
movement to secure control of the
waterupower of.thecountry is still in
its Infancy, "unlesslt is controlled the
history of the oU-Jndustry will be re
peated in the hydro-electric power in
dustry, with results far more oppres
sive and disastrous for the people,"
President Roosevelt sent a special
message to the house vetoing a bill
that provided for the construction of a
dam across James river, in Stone
county, Missouri, the purpose of the
dam being to get water to create elec
tric power.
An appropriation of $161,018,000 for
pensions was agreed on by the com
mittee on appropriations in the draft
ing of the annual pension appropria
tion bill.
Senator Bacon introduced a resolu
tion declaring that "any and every
public document is subject to the call
or inspection of the senate."
The bill to prohibit the sale of all
intoxicating liquor in Tennessee,
passed the lower house of the general
assembly after having passed the sen
ate. Theodore Burton of Cleveland was
elected by the Ohio legislature to suc
ceed J. B. Foraker as United States
senator.
B. P. Shively will succeed Hemen
way in the United States senate, be
ing chosen by the Democratic mem
bers of the Indiana legislature after a
long struggle.
A bill to extend the franking priv
ilege to Mrs. Graver Cleveland, widow
of the late president of the United
States, was introduced by Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania.
United States Senator Brandegee of
Connecticut was selected to succeed
himself by the Republican caucus of
the state assembly.
Secretary of State Root and Ambas
sador Bryce of Great Britain signed
the "waterway" treaty for the settling
of disputes between the United States
and Canada.
PERSONAL.
President-elect Taft was warmly wel
comed to Atlanta, Ga., and was the
guest of honor at an elaborate ban
quet. J. B. P. Rihehart, former cashier
and vice-president of the Farmers'
and Drovers' National bank of Waynes
burg, Pa., was found guilty of wreck
ing the bank, and was immediately
sentenced to serve 15 years in the
penitentiary.
Elbert L. Morgan, charged with
wrecking the Friendly (W. Va.) First
National bank, was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary.
Rear Admiral Sperry was received
in private audience by the king of
Italy.
Cardenio F. King, formerly a Boston
broker, was sentenced to serve not
less than ten and not more than 14
years at bard labor.
Charles S. Cameron, president of the
Tube City Railroad Company of Pitts
burg, charged with conspiracy and mis
demeanor in attempting to bribe for
mer City Councilman William A. Mar
!in in connection with the passage of
an ordinance granting a franchise to
the Tube City railroad, was found
guilty as indicted.
George Aunger, the oldest member
and president pro tem. of the city
council at Ashtabula. O., was indicted
for alleged solicitation of a bribe of
$1,200.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton
was elected United States senator by
the Ohio legislature.
GENERAL NEWS.
Ten or more persons were killed and
twenty-five or thirty injured in a col
lision at Dotsero, Col., between a pas
nger train and a freight on the Den
ver & Rio Grande railroad.
After reviewing the evidence for 22
hours and taking 15 ballots before all
were agreed, the jury in the trial of
rhornton Jenkins Hains at Flushing.
N. Y found the prisoner not guilty as
a principal with his brother, Capt
Peter C. Hainss, Jr., in the killing of
William E. Annis. It was believed
Capt. Hains would not' be put on trial.
Serious floods were caused by heavy
rains in California and several cities
were threatened with heavy damage.
President Roosevelt rode 98 miles
on horseback in 17 hours, ending in
rain, sleet and darkness, to prove that
his recent order to the army officers
was not too severe.
Patrolman L. A. Smith was killed
and two men and a woman dangerous
ly wounded in an attempted hold-up
of a resort in Omaha, Neb.
Eighteen members of the Marine
Engineers' Beneficial association were
found guilty at Cleveland, O., of hav
ing violated the rules.
A slight earthquake was experi
enced throughout Lombardy, Venetla
and Tuscany. Italy. No damage, other
than by panic was done.
- Mrs. Lizzie Harbin, aged 41. was
shot and killed at her home in Wash
ington by Fdererick J. Kraeuer, who
then killed himself.
Gov. Dawson of West Virginia in
his regular biennial message to the
legislature devoted considerable space
to the matter of revenue for the state.
W. H. Ray, former special deputy
sheriff, was shot and instantly killed
!from ambush at Arcadia mines near
Birmingham, Ala.
i FOR THE
BUSY IN
jjjj Most Important Happen- g
!;! ings of the World 8
8 Toldin Brie . 8
A ceneral strike or nat makers, tnait
may involve some 25,000 workers, was
inaugurated in the 'hat manufacturing
centers of the-country as the resslt of
a decision of the Associated Hat Manu
facturers to discontinue the use of the
union label in the factories represent
ed in 'the association. '
Several children who had beer,
buried in the ruins of Messina for IS
days were rescued.
Mrs. Nathan Sherrard and four chil
dren were burned to death at a lum
ber camp 20 miles from Ashland
Wis.
Cyrus Campbell, 74 years old, a
pioneers resident of -CberryvahVKanL
was burned to death and his; wif
fatally injured in a fire that, destroy e
their home.
President Cortlandt Field Bishoi
of the Aero Club of America has pre
sented $1,000 to the club, to be ,dl
vided into four equal prizes am
awarded to the pilots of the first fou'i
aeroplanes making a continuous flight
of at least one kilometer during the
current year.
Thrilling escapes, many Injuries
and one death accompanied the de
struction by fire of the famous Cope
land hotel in Topeka, Kan. Isaac E
Lambert of Emporia, familiar through
out Kansas as attorney and politician
was burned to death. Fifteen persons
a number of them well known in the
state, were injured. It is likely aL
will recover.
That Rev. John H. Carmichael oi
Rattle Run, Mich., murderer oi
Gideon Browning and later slayer o:
himself, was insane, was proved at
the post-mortem examination of his
body.
Miss Jane Beatrice Mills, daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills, anc
granddaughter of the well-known finan
cier, D. O. Mills, was married to the
eighth earl of Granard in New York.
Two hundred and forty men were
entombed in a coal mine at Veszprim.
Hungary, by an explosion. Forty-five
bodies were recovered
Brig. Gen. Robert M. O'Reilly, who
has been surgeon general of the arm;
for the past seven years, was placed
on the retired list after 45 years serv
ice with the advanced rank of majoi
general.
Jliss Frances Livingston of Boyd.
Wis., who advertised in papers in all
parts of the country for a husband and
received 1,000 proposals of marriage
has chosen Louis Struvanz of Dor
chesetr, Wis.
Harry Keener, ' York county (Pa.)
farmer, confessed that the story 'told
by a girl of this city that he had killed
a man on his farm last July is true
A life sentence was given John
Braziel at Marietta, O., for murdering
Constable D. B. Cook and Dan Sims.
Ship-owners of northern England
representing more than $50,000,000
worth of tonnage took the first steps
toward formation of an international
union of ship-owners.
The National League for Industrial
Education, designed to foster national,
state and local co-operation in the pro
motion of industrial training in
schools, has been organized in New
York with James J. Hill of St. Paul as
honorary president.
The corporation of Harvard college
sent to the overseers of the college
the name of Abbott Lawrence Lowell
professor of the science of govern
ment, as their choice as president oi
the college to succeed President
Charles W. Eliot.
In a fire that completely burned the
residence of Samuel Higgins, general
manager of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad at New
Haven, Conn., yesterday his mother
Mrs. Higgins, lost her life.
Binding, gagging and assaulting
Solomon Loughner, 80 years old, neax
Pittsburg, Pa., and his two sisters, both
of whom are about 80 years old, six
masked robbers secured about $1,500
in cash, ate their supper, and then
disappeared.
More than 100 lives were snuffed out
by an explosion in the mines of the
Lick Branch colliery, near Bluefleld.
W. Va. Just two weeks before. 50
miners were killed In the same mines
by a similar explosion.
Beryl Benjamin Laska, a young at
torney of Denver, was declared not
guilty in Federal Judge Lewis' court
of using the "hypnotic eye" for exer
cising powers of clairvoyancy to influ
ence jurors to hand down verdicts fa
vorable to his clients.
The Turkish government accepted
the Austro-Hungarlan offer of 2,500,
000 Turkish ($10,800,000) indemnity
for the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, thus removing every pos
sibility of war.
John V. Duffy, confidential clerk tc
Martin J. Condon, president of the
American Snuff Company, was arrest
ed in New York charged with forging
his employer's name to 12 checks ag
gregating $3,800.
About $1,000,000 which has laid un
claimed in Massachusetts savings
banks for more than 30 years will be
paid to the treasurer of the common
wealth, through a decision of the su
preme judicial court.
Mrs. Tomas Estrada Palma, widow
of the former president of Cuba, hat
decided to return, to Central Valley
Orange county, N. Y with her chil
dren, there to spend the rest of hei
life.
Joseph Cross, alias Rogers, 38 years
old, who has been In prison most of
the time since he was 14 years old,
committed suicide by hanging ia his
cell at Joliet. 111.
Fire practically destroyed the Peeks
kill Military academy at Peekskill. N.
Y.. causing a loss of $75,000. The 150
students in the place escaped in
safety.
Michael Rucci, aged 12, delivered a
sermon in an East side Catholic
church. New York, taking for his text:
"Behold. I bring you tidings of
great joy." The child composed the
entire sermon and was well received.
OBITUARY.
John C. Beatty. aged 65, of Mount
Vernon, N. Y., said to be a wealthy
land owner, was found dead in a bath
tub at Denver.
Former State Senator Thomas D.
Healey of Iowa died of pneumonia at
Fort Dodge.
Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky, who
commanded the Russian fleet which
Admiral Togo and the Japanese annl
hilated in the battle of the Sea of
Japan, died in St. Petersburg of neu
ralgia of the heart.
DAYS OF TOLERANCE!
PRESIDENT-ELECT TAFT. DIS
CUSSES RELIGIOUS WORK.
WARM PRAISE FOR Y. M. C. A.
Believes he Association Has Brought
About. More Tolerance Than All
Other Agencies.,
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Augusta, Ga.Inutroduced to a big
audience of men; comprisingthe negro
Young Men's Christian association
of this city, Sunday, as the "most
popular and conspicuous citizen of the
United States, America's great states
man, lour uncrowned king, for whom
we wish a successful administration,"
President-elect Taft discussed the
Christian uplift of the Young Men's
Christian association work.
Dr. Walker, known as "Bl2ck Spurg
eon" who introduced Mr. Taft, said the
negroes of Georgia, owned 1,000,000
acres of land in the state and paid
taxes on $20,000,000 worth of prop
erty. This report Mr. Taft regarded as
most encouraging. It gave him an il
lustration for the oft expressed be
lief that the race question must be
settled by the negroes themselves be
coming indispensable to the commun
ity in which they lived. This meant
industry, education and thrift, ac
quired by constant individual effort.
He dwelt at length upon the advan
tage of Young Men's Christian asso
ciation work to bring out this end and
illustrated his point by picturing the
temptations and depression of Ameri
cans in the Philippines and the help
which, the association is rendering
there to afford wholesome ways of en
tertainment for the leisure hours. ,
It was his belief that the Young
Men's Christian association had
brought about in this country more tol
erance between the various religious
denominations. As an example of this
he gave a detailed account of the situ
ation in which the government found
itself with regard to the friar lands in
the Philippines. Concurrence, he said,
had been obtained from a body of
clergymen, representing the various
denominations that no protest would
be made by them when the govern
ment should take up with the pope
the negotiations necessary to acquire
title to these lands. Their purchase
for $7,000,000 he said, had saved what
would have been a bloody revolution
in the Philippines, which would have
cost the country millions more and
many lives.
"Forty years ago," he said, "it would
have been impossible to have obtained
this concurrence. There would have
arisen among the denominations an
objection to it, on the ground that it
was a recognition cf the Roman Cath
olic church contrary to our tra
ditions." After he had described the Young
Men's Christian association work of
the Isthmus of Panama, where four
clubs are running, each under the
direction of an experienced Young
Men's Christian association secretary,
paid by the government, where ten or
a dozen ministers are also employed
by the government with a plan en
dorsed to establish two or three more
clubs, Mr. Taft remarked: "It is
possible "we will be charged with hav
ing filched that money from the
public treasury. But if we have, we
have accomplished a good work with
it
TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN SEATTLE.
W. L. Seeley Kills Wife and Daughter
and Commits Suicide.
Seattle, Wash. W. L. Seeley, an at
torney and former national bank ex
aminer for Illinois under Comptroller
of the Currency Eckles, his wife, Mrs.
Kate M. Seeley, a member of the na
tional society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, and his daught
er. Miss Rene Seeley, a student at the
University of Washington and a mem
ber of the Delta Gamma society, were
found dead in a bath room of their
home in the fashionable Capitol Hill
district Sunday.
The victims had been dead since -the
previous Thursday. The women, each
of whom was clad in night robes, had
been murdered by being struck on the
head, evidently with a hammer. There
was no mark of violence on Seeley.
That Seeley killed his wife's daughter
while insane over financial worries
and then committed suicide is the
theory of the coroner and'the police.
Mr. Bryan Will not Attend.
Tampa, Fla. Word was received
from WL J. Bryan, that he would not
attend the inauguration of President
Gomez in Cuba, but Instead -would exl
tend his visit in Tampa until that
time.
Cuba to Rule Itself.
Havana. January 28. at noon the
Cnuban people will come into their
own for the second time at the hands'
of the American government.
Iroquois Theater Cases.
Chicago. It was made. public here
that after five years of litigation set
tlements. had been made In the cases
of thirty of the deaths caused by the
Iroquois theater fire. It is stated that
$750 a case is to be paid by one of
the firms responsible for the fire in
the theater, prosecutions against the
company in these cases having been
withdrawn from court. In one instance
a man who lost his wife and three
children in the fire, received $750 for
each death. Many other su!ts against
firms are still pending.
Twenty-One Killed, Forty Injured.
Glenwood Springs. Colo. Twenty
one persons were killed and forty in
jured, many of them seriously, in a
head-on collision between westbound
passenger train No. 5 and an east
bound freight train on the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad between Detsero
and Spruce Creek.
Memorial in Senate.
Wasalngtoa. The entire seaaiaa ef
the senate Sautrafey was evete t a
memorial service ffer the late Semator
Wrmam PInfcner White of Maryrsad.i
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES, i
Items of Greater, .or Lesser Impor
tance Oyer the State. "
Near Ainsworth, John Gustafson
fell from a windmill and was badly
injured. ,
The ice harvest is now bing gather
ed all over cue. state. "The crop is ex
cellent. Christ Sorensen of Valley county, .
near Urd, shelled two thousand
bushels of 'corn in one day.
Some one competent to do the work
is about to write a history of Ante
lope county.
Jack McGowan a farmer of Dixon
conty is said to be suffering' with
"lumpy jaw."
The residence property of Postmas
ter JohnShoff, of Grafton, was total
ly destroyed by fire.
It is probable that the Johnson
county agricultural society will sell
the fair grounds.
About thirty Johnson county per
sons took advantage of the excursion
rates south .and are now visiting in
Texas and other states.
Sunday school affairs in Cass coun
ty are shown, to be in a very satis
factory condition t byv .proceedings of
the late association meeting.
Nicholas Thurmau of Cuming
county has been pronounced of un
sound mind and ordered to the asy
lum. John Kaffer, an ex-convict, bound
over for burglary, and Charles O. An
derson, bound over, for forgery, es
caped from county jail at Hastings.
The initial steps have been taken
by the city council of Grand Island
for a lower fire insurance rate in that
city.
Albert Brooker, a young farmer!
living south cV Barneston, was gored
by a vicious bull and so badly injured;
that his recovery is doubtful. i
T. B. Hord of Central City suffered
a paralytic stroke and is in a serious
condition. It is thought, however,
that he will recover.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha has re
ceived word that the famous Liberty
bell will stop in Omaha in June, en
route to the Seattle exposition, to
allow the people to welcome it.
Matt Bozarth, who murdered James
Dyer in Greewood on October 10, by
thrusting the blade of a knife into his
heart, was taken to the penitentiary
to serve a life sentence.
The report of County Recorder
Sphneider of Cass county shows that
during tne year 1908 there was 158
farm mortgages filed, amounting to
the sum of $418,116; released, 213,
amount, $445,117.
Fostonice receipts being considered
a barometer of general business con
ditions, Arlington makes a good show
ing with an increase in receipts for
1908 over those of 1907 of about 10
per cent.
The Nebraska state checker tourna
ment will be held at Hastings, com
mencing on Wednesday, February 3,
1909. The Hastings chess and checker
club will furnish a hall free and give
$25.
Lots of light bogs are being hauled
to market at Arlington because of the
presence of cholera northeast of there
near Dale, Heavy hogs are worth
$5.30, while light hogs bring from
$5.10 to $5.20.
Complaints are heard from many
farmers about Arlington to the effect
that wolves are becoming too numer
ous and many have been killed re
cently in that vicinity. An organized
effort will be made to rid the country
of the beasts.
The creditors and some of the
stockholders of the Fairbury Iron
Works and Windmill Company have
applied for a receiver for the com
pany and the judge of the district
court appointed F. L. Rain receiver.
The property is appraised at $40,000.
Chicago dispatch: An unidenti
fied young man, who was formerly on
the Nebraska university athletic team
and was lately converted, has re
turned to the Victoria hotel a silver
spoon he took while stopping there in
his college days. It cames from
Beatrice.
A valuable horse belonging to Gus
Weidberg, a farmer livin? east of
Fremont, was found in the pasture
near his house with a gunshot wound
in the shoulder and so badly injured
that it was necessary to kill him. It
is supposed that the animal was shot
by some careless hunter.
J. C. Welles, field superintendent
for the ,Fort Collins (Col.) sugar fac
tory, and his wife, were found dead
in bed at their home, about two miles
from Ft 'Collins. Apparently both
had been-'Overcome by coal gas. Be
fore goin; to Fort Collins Mr. Welle
and his wife lived in this state. Both
were about 43 years of age.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Fullerton Elevator
company, was held last week. The
report of the manager last week
showed that the elevator , during the
year 1908, had handled 229.9C2
bushels of grain, the cost of which
amounted to $171,107.33. Also 547
tons of coal had been handled. The
directors whose terms had expired
were re-elected for the ensuing year.
The Mennonites of the vicinity of
Beatrice held their annaual meeting
last week. Anion? other business
matters disposed of arrangements
were made to open an English mis
sion and Sunday school at the Men
nonite church in Beatrice.
, Much exception is taken in Grand
Island to the recommendation of Gov
ernor Sheldon that all new buildings
for soldiers' homes should be erected
at Milford, on the ground of alleged
better sanitary conditions. Governor
Sheldon stated that he based the rec
ommednation upon the death rate at
the two homes in Grand Island.
The Dagget Manufactures comp
any at Kearney has moved its enti
plant to Hastings, where it has secur
ed concessions in the way of free
power and more capital with which t
develop 4ls paten hardware spe
cialities. Thomas B. Parker of Tecumseh
was shot in the back of the head with
a revolver in the hands of a half
witted boy some twenty years ago.
The bullet penetrated the flesh, but
not the skull. Now a sore, resembling
a boil, will form at the place of the
.shot quite frequently, and give Par
leer week pais.
VOLLP BANKING BILL
THE MEASURE. TO BE INTRO-'
DUCED THIS WEEK.
UNDERGONE SOME CHANGES
Author of the Bill Expects that Hit
Production Will Meet with
General Approval.
Senator Volpp of Dodge, chairman
of the senate banking committee, will
introduce the banking bill in the sen
ate early this week. He says the bill,
as originally drawn, has been changed
slightly to conform to the ideas of
Governor Shallenberger and Mr.
Bryan.' He expects his measure to
meet with the approval of the entire
membership. He will make a de
termined effort to have his name on
the bill that is finally passed.
In brief Senator Volpp has altered
his views to the extent that the "im
mediate" portion of the measure shall
mean thirty days and that all losses
sustained by failures shal be paid
within this time limit. He indicates
that this much has been conceded by
the friends of the bank guaranty in
its most radical form and that it is
in effect an immediate payment as this
length of time is needed to ascertain
the condition of any institution after
failure.
He also has much confidence in the
provision for the reinvestment of the
bank guaranty fund in the bank pay
ing it, and fixing the rate of 3 per cent
upon the funds so held. This provis
ion, Senator Volpp thinks, will be
concurred in by the party leaders. It
was recommended in the recent mes
sage of the governor of Oklahoma,
after trial of the Oklahoma plan for
a short time, and the senator believes
will meet with approval by democrats,
as the interest will provide a fund of
about $20,000 a year which, he figures,
will be enough to pay the expenses of
the banking commission.
The commission will be appointed
by the governor and the members will
have authority to levy an additional
fund in case of necessity over and
above the guaranty fund provided in
the bill itself, this being incorporated
in the bill to make it constitutional,
the idea being it will never be neces
sary to make the levy, but when a
plan for absolute insurance is pro
posed, it must be absolute and contain
no limitations as to the amount
raised. Senator Volpp believes in the
guaranty tax advocated by Governor
Shallenberger. which was one-fourth
of 1 per cent on the deposits of the
banks, based on the average for the
last four statements given previous to
the enactment of the law. A tax on
capital stock of new banks will be
imposed.
Taylor After Mortgages.
Taylor of York, has introduced a
bill along the same general line as
that followed by the bill of Noyes of
Cass. It provides that the holder of
real estate involved. He would exempt
to the value of the mortgage and the
amount of such mortgage shall be
deducted from the valuation of the
realestate involved. He would exempt
railroad mortgages from this law. The
taxes on mortgages is to be levied in
the county where the land affected
lies, if the holder of the real estate
pays the tax on the mortgage at the
time he pays his other taxes the re
ceipt for such payment shall constitute
a payment on the loan.
Is Rank Discrimination.
D. M. Nettleton of Clay has intro
duced a bill that will cause a stir be
fore it comes to a final vote. It at
tacks the present system of ratings
employed by the fire insurance com
panies. He would not attack the dif
ferent ratings made on risks that are
different in hazard. He would not re
quire necessarily that residence
houses and business stocks secure the
same rates. But he would prohibit
the discrimination known to be prac
ticed among companies whereby a
man with a large risk is able to secure
better terms than one with a small
risk.
To Catch the Overland.
A bill has been prepared for Intro
duction In the house providing that
all passenger trains running in Ne
braska shall have at. least one coach
in which no extra charge will be made
for seats. This bill is to catch over
land trains in which it is necessary
to purchase a seat in addition to a
ticket.
Initiative and Referendum.
A committee of members of the
house drafted a bill for a constitu
tional amendment providing for the
initiative and referendum. The amend
ment will provide that a per cent of
the people may enact legislation or re
peal legislation enacted by the legis
lature. Want Shorter Trains.
The bill that the combined railroad
organizations have been working for
during the past year was put In by
Sink of Hall" county. It provides that
the size of freight trains shall not ex
ceed fifty cars outside the yard limits.
Train crews shall net be less than an
engineer, a fireman, conductor, two
brakemen. and a flagman. The In
crease in the amount of tonnage that
has been a scheme of railroads to re
duce cost of operation has led to
much objection on the part of railroad
employes.
Kotoue the Youngest Member.
The baby of the session comes from
Richardson-county. He is Otto Ko
toue, who Is only 23 years old and was
graduated from the State university
only a year ago. He is probably the
vouneest man who ever held a seat in
the legislature. Senator Cain was 24 j
when he represented Richardson
county in the house eight years ago.
Mr. Kotoue was born and reared in
Riehardscn county, and is engaged in
the general merchandise business in
Humboldt. He says young men have a
chance in his cownty.
TO APPEAL TO VARIOUS RACES.
Missionaries Provide "Holy Families"
"of Different AspectsP
A colporteur, delivering a New Tear
address before a 'Sunday school, dis
played a number of pictures and
Images of the Holy Family.
"Here is a Holy Family for export to
China', he said.
rThe' children laughed, for the Mary
of the group was a China woman, with'
dwarfed feet and slanting eyes; Jo
seph was an old Chinaman with a
long, thin mustache and a queue; the
sacred infant had the 'flat nose and
oblique eyes of China.
"Here," said the colporteur, "is a
Holy Family for the' Congo people."
The children laughed again. Mary
was now fat and black, with woolly
hair; Joseph was a stalwart black war
rior, a spear in his hand, a girdle of
feathers about his waist; the infant,
too, was black.
"Our Holy Families for missionary
use," the colporteur explained, "are
always made in the likeness of the
people they are to go among.
Those' simple and childlike people
would be estranged by a white Holy
Family. Only this sort shows them
the Deity's real kinship with them
selves." TOLD TO USE CUTICURA.
After Specialist Failed to Cure Her In.
tense Itching Eczema Had Been
Tortured and Disfigured But
Was Soon Cured of Dread Humor.
"I contracted eczema and suffered
intensely for about ten months. At
times I thought I would scratch my
self to pieces. My face and arms were
covered with large red patches, so
that I was ashamed to go out. I was
advised to go to a doctor who was
a specialist in skin diseases, but I
received very little relief. I tried
every known remedy, with the same
results. I thought I would never get bet
ter until a friend of mine told me to try
the Cuticura Remedies. So I tried them,
and after four or five applications of
Cuticura Ointment I was relieved of
my unbearable itching. I used two
sets of the Cuticura Remedies, and I
am completely cured. Miss Barbara
Krai, Highlandtown, Md., Jan. 9, '08."
Potter Bros St Cberr- Coo- Sols Prop, Boetoa.
A SPEEDY ONE.
Miss Tapps Of course, some type
writers are extremely expert.
Clerk Oh, yes. I know of one who
married a rich employer in less than
three months.
A Running Broad Jump.
"One day," related Denny to his
friend Jerry, "when Oi had wandered
too far inland on me shore leave Oi
suddenly found thot there was a great
big haythen, tin feet tall, chasin' me
wid a knife as long as yer ar-rm. Oi
took to me heels an' for 50 miles along
the road we had it nip an' tuck. Thin
Oi turned into the woods an' we run
for one hundred an' twinty miles more,
wid him gainin' on me steadily, owin'
to his knowledge of the counthry.
Finally, just as Oi could feel his hot
breath burnin' on the back of me neck,
we came to a big lake. Wid one great
leap Oi landed safe on the opposite
shore, leavin' me pursuer confounded
and impotent wid rage."
"Faith an' thot was no great jump,"
commented Jerry, "considerin the
runnin' start ye had." Everybody's
Magazine.
How to Knew the Trees.
There is an auctioneer whose "gift
of gab" and native wit draw many
purchasers to his sales, but some
times he is the subject rather than
the cause of amusement.
The man's name is O. A. Kelley. Not
long ago he bad to sell, among other
things, a lot of pine logs, and the day
before thesale he went over them
and marked the end of each log with
his iniUals.
On the day of the auction an Irish
man came along and immediately no
ticed the logs with the letters on them.
"O. A. K.," he read, loud enough
for all round to hear. "Begorra, if 'tis
not just like-rKelley to deceive us into
belaving thim pine logs are oak!"
Springfield Republican.
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW
Proved a Wise, Good Friend.
A young woman. out in la. found a
wise, good friend in her mother-in-law,
jokes notwithstanding. She writes:
"It is two years since we began us
ing Postum in our house. I was great
ly troubled 'with my stomach, complex
Ion was blotchy and yellow. After
meals I often suffered sharp pains and
would have to lie down. My mother
often told me it was the coffee I drank
at meals. But when I'd quit coffee I'd
have a severe headache.
"While visiting my mother-in-law I
remarked that she always made such
good coffee, and asked her to tell me
how. She laughed and told me it was
easy to make good 'coffee' when you
use Postum.
"I began to use Postum as soon as I
got home, and now we have the same
good 'coffee (Postum) every day, and
I have no more trouble. Indigestion Is
a thing of the past, and my complex
ion has cleared up beautifully.
"My grandmother suffered a great
deal with her stomach. Her doctor
told her to leave off coffee. She then
took tea but that was just as bad.
"She finally was induced to try
Postum which she has used for over a
year. She traveled during the winter
over the greater part of Iowa, visiting,
something she had not been able to do
for years. She says she owes her
present good health to Postum."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Well
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A New Omaha Author.
The winter season always produces
an active demand for little story
books whose authors aimed to inter
est and instruct the children. Several
Nebraska writers have essayed the
task of producing such books and
their efforts have met with uncom
mon success. One of theso is Mrs.
Anna Taggart Clark of Omaha who
has just received from the printer, a,
charming little story styled "The Leg
acy of Little Blessing." Without waste
of words and in good English. Mrs.
Clark produced a chronicle of the
daily life of a family of children, re
citing their joys and sorrows, their
triumphs and vicissitudes portraying
the lordly traits of character of the
little ones of the family and especially
of Little Blessing. Dark clouds now
and then put in an appearance to
drive out the domestic sunshine only
for a time, yet there is a tinge of
tragedy in the wandering away of Lit
tle Blessing, who mysteriously disap
peared, every effort to find her prov
ing abortive. The consequent gloom
in the household is told effectively,
giving evidence of literary skill upon
the part of the author. The irrepa
rable loss of the dear one led at
length to a quest among charitable in
stitutions orphanages, for a bright
little girl whose presence in the house
hold mighf, perchance, enable the
heartsick mother to bear up under her
weight of woe. Obviously it was a
most difficult self-imposed task, and the
disconsolate father and mother (Mr.
and Mrs. Sherwood) despaired of find
ing a child at all acceptable. Finally
the matron of the institute told them
of a little girl in the invalid's room,
and with some reluctance, the visitors
went up to see her. Only a glance re
vealed the identity of Little Blessing.
The meeting is most dramatically por
trayed. As is usual in children's story
books, everything ended happily. The
moral of Mrs. Clark's excellent little
story is the invaluable work of rescu
ing homeless children which has been
carried on at the Child Saving insti
tute (which, by the way, is barely men
tioned); the author has intimate
knowledge of the grand work being
done, since her husband. Dr. A. W.
Clark, has been superintendent of the
institute for many years. But the ref
erence to the institute is only inciden
tal. The book is a child's story, pos
sessing the charm of human interest,
recited with unusual clearness and
power. Price, 25 cents a copy; 50 or
more copies, 25 cents each.
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Lay Hold of the Common Good.
If men bate the presumption of those
who claim a reputation to which they
have no right, they equally condemn
the faintheartedness of those who fall
below the glory which is their owa.
Lose, then, the sense of your private
sorrows and lay hold of the common
good! Demosthenes.
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Iron.
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as his own fool-killer there would be
an epidemic of suicides.
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