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COLUMBUS JOURNAL
8TR0THER A STOCKWELL, Pubs.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA
IHPORTAIIT HEWS
HOTES OFAWEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TQLD IN ITEMIZED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Lines for tho
Perusal off the Busy Man
Latest Personal Infor
mation. Foreign.
Herbert Latham, Count de Lambert
- and Henri Rarman are on the coast
near Calais awaiting favorable weath
er conditions to attempt an aeroplane
flight across the English channel for
a prize of $5,000 offered by a London
paper. French torpedo boats are being
held in readiness to guide the aviators
in the flight and rescue them in case
of need.
The Cuban senate passed the nation
al lottery bill on Tuesday with slight
modifications. The measure now goes
to the conference committee, which
will probably promptly pass it. The
senate presented the budget to the fi
nance committee, and it is expected
that it will be favorably reported in
time for its adoption, and the presi
dent's signature before the adjourn
, ment of the present session of con
gress. Prince von Buelow has authorized
the announcement that he intends
to retire as soon as the pending
finance reform is disposed of.
The University of Paris has an
nounced two donations in the inter
ests of aviation. The first is $100,000
with an annual subvention of $3,000,
from Henri Deutsche-Delameur for the
foundation of a department of techni
cal aeronautics including studies and
researches for the perfection of aerial
apparatus of whatever form, and the
second. $140,000 from Basil Zakaroff,
a Greek resident of Paris, for the foun
dation of a chair of aviation.
Domestic.
Former President Charles W. Eliot
of Harvard University, has been elect
ed president emeritus of the institu
tion. The Nebraska Securities company
has been organized for the purpose of
taking over and financing the Omaha
Independent Telephone company.
John QuincyAdams Ward, the old
est living American sculptor, entered
upon his eightieth year Tuesday, and
was kept busy receiving congratula
tions from many friends and admirers.
Mr. Ward is reported to be in much
better health than he was a year ago.
Two negroes were killed and five
others wounded at Ripley, Okla., over
a crap game.
The report of the national cotton
ginners' association gives the cotton
average up to June 24, as 75.6.
The New York police think it is only
a question of time until Leon Ling, the
Chinese murderer, will be caught.
The Georgia railroad arbitrators de
cided against seniority of white fire
men over negroes. The arbitrators,
however, placed a premium on intelli
gence among firemen, which, it is be
lieved, will ultimately result in the
gradual elimination of all except the
most expert negroes.
A collection of 500 rare coins was
stolen from the Utica (N. Y.) public
library.
Joseph H. Brown was inaugurated
governor of Georgia at noon Saturday.
Joseph Bertucci, alleged black hand
slayer, was sentenced to twenty
years in the penitentiary at Chicago.
Mrs. Howard Gould was granted a
divorce and $36,000 yearly alimony
by a New York court
It is now thought that Leon Ling
is on a steamer bound for San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Albert Pulitzer, wife of the
well known journalist, died in New
York Friday.
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia
suspended from office Chairman D.
G. McLendon of the state railroad
commission because of McLendon'e
recent decision refusing to order the
railroads to reduce rates between
Savannah and Atlanta.
W. H. Haskell, warden of the
Kansas penitentiary, forwarded his
resignation to Governor Stubbs. The
resignation ta"kes effect July 1. No
reason is given. Mr. Haskell's
fourth year as warden would have
expired September 1.
The Austro-American steamship
line will re-establish a service from
New Orleans to Marseilles and other
Mediterranean points. Monthly sail
ings are to be begun the latter part
of July.
Pittsburg, Pa., is in the midst of a
general strike on the street car lines.
Charles Bell, a lineman of Newton,
Kas.. cut his wife's throat and then
slashed his own neck. The woman
will die, but Bell may recover. Mrs.
Bell had deserted her husband be
cause of cruelty.
The street railway strike at Pitts
burg, Pa., has been settled.
Two men in a black automobile
robbed the postoffice at Winona, 111.,
of $200 in currency and about $800
worth of stamps. The interior of the
postoffice was wrecked.
The new Carnegie science building
at Doane college, Crete, Neb., is to
be dedicated Tuesday.
Charles R. Richardson, of Pittsburg,
a broker convicted of conspiracy in
connection with the alleged attempts
cf Charles S. Cameron, president of
the Tube City railroad, to bribe Coun
cilman W. A. Martin, was sentenced
to serve one year and three months
in the western penitentiary
Two baby antelopes, sent by ex-president
Roosevelt to his daughter, Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth were brought
on the steamer Vaderland, arriving
from Antwerp and Dover.
William J. Bryan, Jr., and Miss
Helen Virginia Berger were married
at Grand Lake, Colo., Thursday.
After the lapse of eight months,
digging was resumed on the Gunness
farm in order that it might be settled
positively whether or not any more
victims of Mrs. Bella Gunness lay
buried In the private burial ground
from which ten bodies were taken.
In the airship "East St Louis" made
by W. J. Smith of Edgemont. III.,
Claude M. Seeler made a successful
flight of ten miles.
The funeral of Geo. B. Davy, presi
dent of the Boston national baseball
league, took place at Philadelphia,
Tuesday.
The two-cent fare law has been
declared unconstitutional in Penn
sylvania. Louis Chevrolet won the Cobe enp,
the major event in the automobile
race at Crown Point, Ind., Saturday,
making 395.65 miles in 8:02:44.
C. S. Paine of Lincoln was elected
secretary and treasurer of the Missis
sippi Valley Historical association
which met at St. Louis last week.
With the reception at New Orleans
Tuesday of patients by the negro
Baptist sanitarium, one of the few hos
pitals in the United States for the
treatment of negroes exclusively, and
supported entirely by the members of
the race, was opened. Mayor Behr
man of New Orleans, delivered an
address.
The Great Northern westbound ori
ental limited passenger train was de
railed near Ural, on the Kootenai
river. Thirty passengers were injured,
but none killed. A landslide caused
the accident.
The railway firemen and the west
ern federation of miners propose to
erect a monument in honor of John H.
Murphy, formerly counsel for the or
ganizations who died in Denver re
cently. While attempting to ford the Kaw
creek, four miles north of Boyton,
Okla., Mrs. Rentle, a farmer's wife
and two children were drowned.
Governor Hadley vetoed the bill ap
propriating $3,000 for refitting and fur
nishing the chambers of the court of
appeals in St. Louis.
Washington.
The excess of government disburse
ments over receipts for the fiscal year
to date is $93,173,000.
The government has no thought of
abandoning the proaecution of the,
American Sugar Refining company on
account of any legal question raised
by counsel for the company or for any
other reason.
Owing to a high wind the Wright
brothers did not make their expected
aeroplane flight Monday.
Following full discussion by. the
general board of the navy of the ques
tion of the establishment of a per
manent naval base in the Philippines,
Secretary Meyer soon will take up
the issue with President Taft for final
decision. The permanent location, it
is believed, rests between Manila and
Olongapo.
There is a strong probability that
President Taft will find it necessary
to postpone until next year the Alaska
tour which he had been planning for
next August and September.
Senator Brown, of Nebraska, has
succeeded in having paper and wood
pulp put on the free list in the new
tariff bill.
President Taft's much heralded cor
poration tax plan was presented to
the senate Friday by Mr. Aldrich,
chairman of the finance committee,
and was ordered printed as a com
mittee amendment to the tariff bill.
Conferees on the census bill were
in session but did not come to a full
agreement of the differences on the
bill. The only question which re
mains to be settled is in connection
with the gathering of statistics in the
turpentine districts of the south.
The attorney general directed the
dismissal of the government's suit
against the New York, New Haven
& Hartford and the Boston & Maine
railways and others for violating the
anti-trust laws. The Massachusetts
legislature has expressly authorized
the consideration of those roads.
Imprisonment for life is the pen
alty which Representative Kennedy
of Ohio proposed shall be inflicted
on agents of the black hand, and kid
napers who use the mails of the
United States for their nefarious pur
poses. He introduced in the house
a bill providing such punishment
Major Charles J. Clarks, Twenty
sixth infantry, has been dismissed
from the United States army, having
been found guilty by court-martial on
charges of misconduct in financial
affairs, involving violation of the
sixty-first and sixty-second articles
of war.
The president sent to the senate
the nomination of Samuel G. Morti
mer to be receiver of public moneys
at Bellefourche, S. D.
Before the senate takes up Presi
dent Taft's program for the taxation
of net earnings of corporations, the
leaders will know how every member
intends to vote on the subject The
most careful poll that can be made
will be in the hands of Senator Aid
rich soon
A new counterfeit $10 national bank
note on the Germania National bank
of San Francisco has been discovered,
according to Chief Wilkie of the se
cret service.
The senate turned down the amend
ment for free lumber by the decisive
vote of 24 to 44.
A trip through the straits of Magel
len is in store for the 1,000-ton gun
boat Vicksburg now on her way to
the western Central American coast.
She will not remain there long if con
ditions are quiet, but will proceed on
her long journey around to the east
coast 'for duty in West Indian waters.
Rev. Ulysses Grant B. Pierce, D. D.
pastor of All Soul's Unitarian church
of Washington was designated by a
senate resolution to act as chaplain
until otherwise ordered. Mr. Pierce
is paster of the church which the
president attends and succeeds Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, deceased.
TREASURY IS SHORT
DEFICIT, HOWEVER, NOT AS
. LARGE AS EXPECTED.
AMOUNTS OVER $89,000,000
Estimates Given Last December Indi
cated That It Would Reach
About $114,000,000.
Washington. Treasury officials are
pleased at the present showing of the
government finances. Ordinarily a de
ficit in the government revenues of
$89,811,156, as shown by Thursday's
statement, would not be a matter of
congratulation. Nevertheless, at the
close of the fiscal year 1909, the treas
ury officials express much gratification
that the official estimate of a deficit of
$114,000,000, made last December, has
not been verified and are hopeful for
a continuance of the improvement
which has been especially noted dur
ing the last four months.
Since the December estimates were
submitted to congress, however, the
receipts and expenditures have shown
marked irregularity, and as late as
February last the expenditures were
increasing at such a rapid rate, and
the revenues falling off so sharply,
that it was greatly feared the balance
on the wrong side of the ledger might
by the close of the fiscal year reach
$130,000,000.
But a slight upturn in customs re
ceipts was noted about the middle of
December. Improvement was slow,
however, until about the beginning of
March, when large importations were
made, probably induced in part by the
prospective tariff changes. The re
sult both of improving revenues and
the strong holding down of expendi
tures has resulted in a greatly re
duced deficiency:
The customs receipts for the year
aggregated $301,2o9,863, which is an
increase as compared with last year
of $15,000,000. The internal revenues
produced $246,329,063, a decrease of
about $5,000,000. Miscellaneous re
ceipts from all sources during the
year aggregated $604,432,846, which is
an increase over last year of $3,250,
000. On the side of expenditures, the
total for the year was $694,244,002,
which is an increase over 1908 of
about $37,000,000.
The civil and miscellaneous expend
itures amounted to $164,288,538. an
increase of $5,000,000 over last year.
The War department expenditures
aggregated $164,100,242, an increase of
$40,000,000. The navy account is the
only item in the list to show a de
crease, the figures for the year being
$115,988,869. as against $118,780,233 for
the year 1908.
Pension payments for the year
amounted to $161,689,423, an increase
of about $8,600,000.
The expenditures on account of the
Panama canal were $6,000,000 less
than for last year, being $31,420,286.
It is fully expected that the new
fiscal year will start with a series of
monthly deficiencies, notably for July,
when the new appropriations made by
congress become available. July last
year resulted in a deficiency of $24.
868,000, and this would have been
nearer $30,000,000 had it not been for
the anticipation of about $5,000,000,
representing the last payments to the
government account of the last indebt
edness. In July, 1907, there was a de
ficiency of $10,901,000, and in July,
1906, another of $13,511,000.
HARVARD WINS VARSITY RACE.
Crimson Crew, by Superior Strength
and Endurance, Defeats Yale.
New London. Conn. In a notable
exhibition of rowing by a crew, re
markable for its physical power and
endurance, Harvard defeated Yale in
their annual varsity boat race on the
Thames. The Crimson's crew led from
start to finish and won by six boat
lengths. Harvard's time was 21:50;
Yale's 22:10.
By this victory Harvard won its sec
ond consecutive boat race from Yale
1880 and 1881 has Harvard won two
consecutive races from Yale. Since
races from Yale, including today's,
namely, in 1891, 1899, 1906 and 1908.
Since Wray has been coaching at
Cambridge, Yale and Harvard have
met three times, and the Crimson has
won two races.
Capt Raymond Is Dead.
Des Moines, la. Capt. John C. Ray
mond of the Second cavalry, Ft. Des
Moines, died at Mercy hospital early
Thursday, after lingering between
life and death since he was shot by
Corporal Lisle Crabtree at the army
post here three weeks ago.
Lincoln Pennies Coined.
Philadelphia, Pa. The new Lincoln
pennies coined at the United States
mint in this city are ready for deliv
ery. They are much like the old coin,
except that the Indian is replaced by
a profile of Lincoln.
Revenue Receipts Are Big.
Omaha. Internal revenue receipts
of the Nebraska collection district for
the fiscal year ending June 30, show
substantial increase over the preced
ing year amounting to $313,232.95, of
which nearly $300,000 is for spirits
alone. The receipts for the year from
all sources were $2,437,268.75, while
the receipts from all sources during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908,
were $2,124,035.80. The receipts for
the month of June, 1909, were $222,
309.80. For the month of June, 190S,
they were $2L2,162.38.
Harvest Ripe, Reapers, Scarce.
Topeka. A scarcity of men for har
vesting the wheat crop again threat
ens Kansas, according to the state
ment of W. E. Stevens, assistant claim
agent for the Missouri Pacific. "In
Kansas they have started the harvest
of their wheat," said Mr. Stevens,
"but find they cannot get enough men
to handle the big crop. Kansas has i
trouble nearly every year getting j
hands for the wheat fields, and this
year, with a bigger crop than last sea
son, the fanners are direly perplexed
as how to get men."
I NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items off Interest Taken From Her
and There Over the State.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolfe of Nebraska
City celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary.
At a meeting of the Otoe Poultry
and Pet Stock association it was de
cided to hold the annual show Decem
ber 20-23. A committee has been
appointed.
Carl A. Newman, the fifteen-months-old
child of Mr. and Mrs. Newman,
who live eleven miles southwest of
Mason City, was drowned in a water
ing tank.
,-Three regents from the State uni
versity were at Valentine looking for
a location for an experimental farm
and were very favorably Impressed
with, what they saw.
The park commissioners of Ne:
braska City have received from the
the government- one of the large
Spanish cannons, which will be placed
in the new city park.
Councilman Frank Carson is having
an ordinance drafted by which he pro
poses to send to jail, instead of fining,
all automobilists who violate the speed
ordinance at Nebraska City.
Albert Hester, who lives northwest
of Tecumseh, was thrown from a
mower by a runaway team and one of
the wheels passed over his body, lac
erating his head so badly several
stitches were required to close it
The city council of Humboldt has
decided it does not wish a skating
rink within the city limits and, as a
polite way of getting rid of the one
now located there, raised the license
on skating rinks to $300 per annum.
The Midwest Life of Lincoln wants
a local agent to represent it in every
town in Nebraska. For particulars
write the company. It pays good
commissions.
The largest wheat crop in years is
looked for and predicted in this im
mediate vicinity, says a Wymore dis
patch. Farmers report the largest
.heads they have ever raised. It is
only a question as to whether the
heads will fill out Should they do
so 'the yield will be a record-breaker.
Corn is in fine condition, most of it
having been gone over twice.
A number of small whirlwinds,
formed in to a tornado southeast of
Beaver City and raged over a terri
tory two miles wide and thirty-five
miles long, extending from Beaver
City to Woodruff, Kan. At the Bro
quette ranch, near Duizcs, forty-seven
head of cattle were killed and the
outbuildings were destroyed. Mr. Mil
ler, who lives on the ranch, was saved
by going, to a storm cellar.
A peculiar, accident happened to
Albert Panks,ra farmer living near
Peru. He was riding a horse, and
driving his other horses up from the
pasture, when the horse he was rid
ing stumbled and threw him off. He
landed in a pool of water, and the
horse fell upon him, rendering him
unconscious for a time. When he re
covered his senses he was lying with
his mouth and nose Just out of the
water.
I James Erskine of North Platte kid
naped his own child and is now in
jail, charged with the offense. Some
.time ago a divorce was granted to his
Jwife and certain privileges were given
.to Mr. Erskine in regard to visiting
his little girl. These privileges, it
is charged, were abused, and later the
'decree was modified and he was en
joined from visiting or having any-
thing whatever to do with his child
;at any time. Now he has kidnaped
.the youngster.
On the 26th day of April, 1906, The
Midwest Life was authorized by the
insurance department of this state to
do a general life insurance business
on the level premium, legal reserve
plan. The stockholders are Nebraska
people, associated together to insure
Nebraska people, and thereby to keep
within Nebraska the premiums paid
for their insurance. The business
methods of The Midwest Life are
clean. It sells and always has sold
life insurance as life insurance. Home
office 1007 "O" street, Lincoln. N. Z.
Snell, president Write for an agency.
While loading gravel, George Ridg
ley of Indianola, unearthed a huge
tusk measuring four feet five inches
in length and five inches in diameter
at the larger end. It was found fif
teen feet under ground and about
eight inches was left in the ground
attached to what is supposed to be
the head of a mastodon. It is be
lieved that the whole skeleton is
buned there and excavations will be
be made.
The recent rulings of the Nebras
ka insurance department, through the
auditor of public accounts, the Hon.
S. R. Barton, did not affect The Mid
west Life in the slightest degree. It
had never used "estimates"; sold
"special" or "board contracts"; placed
misleading "statements" on the face
of its policies or elsewhere, as to how
or in what manner its policies were se
cured; or sold "stock, bonds or se
curities" of any insurance or agency
company as an inducement to take
life insurance with it The rulings
against such practices are in harmony
with the position publicly taken by
The Midwest Life ever since its or
ganization. Home office 1007 "O"
street, Lincoln. N. Z. Snell, president
Write for an agency.
A cash deal was closed last week
whereby C. Scow of Prague bought
forty-eight acres of land from Thurlo
Lind of Wahoo, paying $160 per acre.
The land Is outside the corporate
limits of Wahoo and has no improve
ments. The enumeration of Callaway has
just been completed by R. M. Grimest
which shows that the town has a
population of just 812 souls, or ex
actly double the population it had
when the census was taken in 1900.
The growth of the town has practic
ally been made during the last three
years.
County Judge E. Hunter, one of the
pioneer settlers of Wayne county,
who came from Illinois in 1870, and
who is one of the best known and
most highly respected citizens of
Wayne died recently..
W. M. Whalen, private secretary to
Congressman Maguire, was in Tecum
seh looking into the drainage project
matters. A meeting of farmers along
the Nemaha river bottoms, including
the committee which has in charge
the drainage matters there, held a
meeting and by meeting these gentle
men Mr. Whalen became conversant
.with the proposition.
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TEMPORARY INJUNCTION ISSUED
IN SANK GUARANTY CASE.
M UP FOR FINAL DECREE
'-
Counsel for loth Sides Will File
Brief and Circuit Court's Final
Ruling Will Be Made.
A temporary injunction enjoining
the governor and the' other defendants
named in the bank guaranty case was
issued, and restrains the banking
board named under the statute from
taking possession of the books and
papers of the present banking board,
restrains them from interfering with
the-plaintiff banks, .and from enforc
ing any of the provisions of the bank
guranty act and Sam Patterson, who
was appointed by the governor to act
as secretary of the new board, is re
strained from taking charge of the de
partment The order was signed by
Willis Van Devanter, circuit judge,
nnd T. C. Munger, district judge, of
the federal court. No decision on any
of the constitutional questions in
volved was given, and, both parties
consenting it was ordered by the court
that the case be submitted for the
final decree. The demurrer was filed
by the attorneys for the state and the
case is now before the court for a de
cision on the decree. Counsel for the
state was given until July 20 to file a
brief in support of their demurrer and
five days will then be allowed the
counsel for the banks in which to
make their reply. The court will then,
at their convenience, pass upon the
constitutionality of the law, though
Judge Van Devanter stated that a de
cision would be handed down in a
comparatively short time. In case the
circuit court should decide the law un
constitutional the injunction would
be made permanent and the case
would be appealed to the federal su
preme court. In case the circuit
court should hold the law to be con
stitutional, the law might or might
not be enforced pending the hearing
before the federal supreme court. In
the latter case the counsel for the
banks would apply for a writ of super
sedeas, which the court might or
might not grant. If it saw fit to grant
the writ in such a case the effect
would be that while they regarded the
law constitutional it should not be en
forced pending the decision of the
United States supreme court on the
case. It is thought by some lawyers
that should the-circuit court decide in
favor of the constitutionality of the
statute it would refuse to grant the
supersedeas.
Right to Refuse to Buy Hogs.
Has a firm or corporation or individ
ual the right to go into a community
and buy hogs from one farmer and re
fuse to buy hogs belonging to another
farmer? Is such a practice discrimina
tion and against public policy? These
are the questions which a farmer out
near Ainsley has asked the state rail
way commission. He wrote to the
commission that a firm bought his
neighbor's hogs, but refused to buy his
and he desires the commission to is
sue an order prohibiting the firm from
discriminating. In answer to the
queries the commission said it had no
jurisdiction in the matter, but sug
gested that the aggrieved person might
consult a lawyer.
New Freight Rates.
Among the orders issued by the
railway commission were the follow
ing: Permission to the Burlington to
put in a rate of $5 a car on gravel
from Cedar, Creek to Cedar station,
permission to the Burlington to put in
a rate from Sioux City to Omaha on
alcohol, spirits and whisky of 2&.S9
cents per 100 pounds.
Three Wagon Loads of Beer.
The fact that at least three wagon
loads of beer a day are delivered into
Lincoln is disturbing tne excise board
and a meeting has been called to take
steps to prevent the practice. The
beer is brought in from H-velock.
School Money.
Deputy County Treasurer Severin
stated that more money had been paid
out of the county for school purposes
during the month of June than in any
other month in the history of the treas
urer's office.
The Building Record.
The records of the office of the city
engineer show that thirty-four build
ing permits were issued during June
at an estimated value of $171,129. The
month of June, 1909, easily distances
that of June a year ago and May of
the present year.
Fifty-three New Banks.
Opinions differ as to the cause of
the rapid increase in the number of
state banks, but it is a fact that fifty
three banks have been chartered by
the state board since January 1. Only
a few of these are private banks.
Ralston Switching Rate.
The hearing before the state rail
way commission of the Ralston
switching rate case was concluded
last week. The railroads, which are
trying to change the $4 switching rate
to a distance tariff, are having diffi
culty in showing why a rate which
was put in voluntarily in the first
place and has been continued for
years, should be changed whennusl
ness seems likely to be Increased.
The inhabitants of the town claim that
an increased rate would result in the
failure to. build up the place.
Motion to Remand.
A motion to remand the $15,000
damage suit of Calvin B. Painter vs.
the Burlington railroad from the fed
eral to the state court was argued be
fore Judge T. C. Munger. The case
was brought here from Grand Island
by the railroad company. The plain
tiff sues as administrator for the
estate of his father, Lloyd Painter,
who was killed at Grand Island six
months ago by falling through an
open space on a vestibule car plat
form, in the dark. It is claimed that
the trap had been carelessly left open,
THE WRONG OBJECTIVE POINT
Mule's Lack of Consideration- Respon
sible for Ike's Being Late
at His Duty.
An Atlanta merchant has frequent
occasion to rebuke Ike, bis darky por
ter, for his tardiness in reporting for
doty in the morning. Ike is always
ready with a more or less ingenious
excuse.
"Yoa're two hours late, Ike!" ex
claimed the employer one morning.
"This sort of thing must stop! Other
wise, I'm going to fire, you; under
stand." " 'Deed. Mistah Edward." replied Ike.
"it wa'n't man fault dis time! Hon
est! I was kicked by a mule!"
"Kicked by a mule? Well, even If
that were so, it wouldn't delay you for
more than an hour. You'll have to
think of a better excuse than that"
Ike looked aggrieved. "Mistah Ed
ward." he continued solemnly, "it
might have been all right ef dat mule
kicked me in dis direction; but he
didn't he kicked me de odder way!"
Lippincott's.
A HOPEFUL PROSPECT.
He Darling, I don't know what to
;ay to your father.
She Just say: "Mr. Munn, I wish to
narry your daughter" then dodge.
HER FRIENDS WONDER
How Mrs. Kessler Was Rescued from
Almost Certain Death.
Few have lived through such trials
and suffering from kidney disease as
were endured by
Mrs. Caroline Kess
ler of W. Main St,
Paw Paw, Mich. Well
and strong again,
her case is thought
a miracle by her
friends. What Mrs.
Kessler went
through makes a
long story back
ache, rheumatism, dizzy and fainting
spells, urinary disorders, dreadful
bloating of dropsy and finally a com
plete prostration that defied medical
skill and caused her to be given up.
Through the use of DoanV Kidney
Pills Mrs. Kessler is a well woman
and is willing to tell about her case
to anyone who cares to inquire.
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Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
An Irish Bull.
After Boyle Roche's famous bird
comes the County Cork veterinary sur
geon. At the last meeting of the Dun
manvvay rural council a member of
that body complained of the inatten
tion of the official veterinary surgeon.
"There was," the rural councillor ex
plained, "a case of swine fever in this
place recently, and, though 'the doc
tor' got the order to go there, he
never turned up until the following
Tuesday, and even then it was an
other man who came to represent
him."
Criticism should never exasperate
us; on the contrary, it should bene
fit us, and even occasionally amuse
us. Max O'Rell.
Leave It to Him.
A Wichita man was fussing because
of his aching teeth. "Why don't you
go to a dentist?" asked one of his
friends.
"Oh, I haven't got the nerve," was
the reply.
"Xever mind that" replied the
friend, "the dentist will find the nerve
all right." Kansas City Jorunal.
Should Take His Medicine.
"A feller shouldn't stand in the mid
dle of the street to talk pessimism,"
declared the Plunkville philosopher.
"Why not?"
"Fust he says life ain't worth living,
and then jumps when he hears an au-
tomobile honk.
Bucolic Rebuke.
"Pa is scoldin the new gardener
dreadfully."
"The man is such a hayseed."
"I suppose that is the reason pa is
giving him such a raking over."
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Objection to Women Golfers.
"Farmers don't mind renting their
fields to golfers, but they are strongly
opposed to women."
"Why?"
"Because woman golfers are always
losing hairpins and hatpins and stick
pins in the grass. Follow the trail of
a woman's foursome with a pincushion
and I'll guarantee you a cushionful of
pins at the end of the ninth hole."
"But why does the farmer mind
that?"
"Because afterward when his sheep
and cattle graze in those fields they
swallow pins. Pins, I needn't tell you,
are injurious to the health."
Alcohol and Tuberculosis.
The most prominent tuberculosis
specialists in the country agree that
alcohol will not cure consumption. Dr.
S. A. Knopf says: "Alcohol has never
cured and never will cure tuberculosis.
it will either prevent or retard recov
ery." Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago
and Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch. ex-presidents
of the Xational Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis; Dr. Lawrence F. Flick of Phila
delphia and Dr. Edward L. Trudeau of
Saranac Lake, the founder of the anti
tuberculosis movement in this country,
are all of the same opinion.
Why Actors Wear Long Hair.
Why do actors so often wear long
hair? Perhaps this is the reason:
There once was a statute in England
under which actors found wandering
were liable to be branded through the
right ear. The long hair concealed
the decoration and thus the custom
was started.
The real martyr never has time to
enjoy the honor.
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