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i.' M m W .1 i We have just received a carload of these very popular cars Columbus Automobile Go. The Real Automobile House Synopsis ef the Proceedlnc of ke "feaara ef Sapervlaera. (Co&tioaed from last week.) the eounty clerk of Platte county, Ne braska, on the 24th day of February. 1910. I then fixed, without delay. Thurs day, the J7th day of March. 1910. at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., at which time the board of supervisors shall meet at the county clerk's office of said county for the purpose of hearing upon the report of the engineer. I also prepared a notice in writing, directed to the land owners affected by the Improvements, setting forth the pendency, substance and prayer of said petition, together with a tabular statement of the apportionment as made by the engineer in his report and delivered the same to the sheriff. who served a copy upon each land owner -aJTected thereby, and mailed a copy to each member of the board of supervisors, at least ten days before the time fixed for said hearing, and 1 herewith submit the report of the en gineer and all papers in connection therewith for your consideration. Respectfully submitted, JOHN GRAF. County Clerk. On motion same was ordered placed on file. Moved by Supervisor Goetz that a special committee be appointed who shall determine whether the required notice has been given upon each land owner and the authorities having con trol of public roads benefited by the improvement of the Carrlg and Jewell drainage ditch. Motion carried and the chair ap pointed as such committee Supervisors Goetz, Clother and Wilson. . Upoa Intermission the following re port was submitted: We, your com mittee, after investigation, hnd that due notice has been given to all par ties benefited by the widening, deep ening and straightening of the Carrig and Jewell ditch, according to law. J. GOETZ, M. E. CLOTHER, DANIEL WILSON. On motion of Supervisor Schwarz same was adopted. Protests of Lost Creek township. Shell Creek township, Patrick Gleason, .'Margaret Gleason and Nellie Gleason. on file with the county clerk, were pre sented and read and, on motion, or dered placed on flla Myron A. Rice, member of the town board of Shell Creak township, was now sworn and testified relative to the roads .in said township. C. J. Carrig. owner of lands bene fited by the improvement and L. F. Gottschalk. engineer, were also sworn and testified relative to the matter. Moved by Supervisor Goetz that the board of supervisors take the entire matter of widening, deepening and straightening of the Carrig and Jew ell ditch under advisement until to-- morrow. Motion carried. On motion of Supervisor Clother the board of supervisors now adjourned until 9 o'clock a. m. tomorrow. Columbus. Nebraska, March 18, 1910. The board of Supervisors, pursuant -to adjournment, met at 9 o'clock a. m. Hon. Louis Schwarz, chairman, and John Graf, clerk. Roll called and following members present: Supervisors Clother, Goetz. Schure. Smith, Wilson and Chairman Schwarz. Absent and excused Supervisor Pe terson. The application of the Bank of Dun can, of Duncan, Nebraska, to be named as depository of county funds, with bond attached, was roperted back as follows: .We. your committee on judiciary, would report that upon careful investi gation we find the within application and bond are in conformity with law and also that the bond is sufficient as to surety therefore, recommend that the application be granted and the bond approved by the board. JOHN GOETZ. On motion same was adopted. The following official bonds were, on motion, .approved by the board: Thomas Werner, justice. Humphrey township. Merius Nelson, constable. Walker '- township. " - Joseph Bender, road overseer, Gran ville township. John Brudney. road overseer. Grand Prairie township. Lorens Enzmenger. road overseer. Shell Creek township. N. J. Hemmer, road overseer. Gran ville township. Elvln J. Hanson, road overseer, Mon roe township. Edward Farmer, road overseer: Mon roe township. W. H. Thomas, road overseer, Joliet township. Anton Rosenthal, road overseer, Jol iet. township. Christ T. Christensen, road overseer; 1 Woodvllle township. The following bills were, on motion, allowed by the board and the clerk di rected to Issue warrants in payment . of same on the consolidated county poor fund: Edgar Webb, overseer, salary. February and March, etc... $103 00 George Happ. shocking corn. county farm 23 CO Henry Hartman, butchering bogs, county farm 3 00 Mrs. Anna Schulz. two cows. county farm 6150 O. W. Viergutz &. Co., lumber. county farm 43 10 Wo. Finnan, labor, county farm 21 4S Casein Brenn, meat, county farm 36 75 W. F. Scbram & Co.. merchan dise, county farm 45 20 Columbus Brick Co., brick, county farm 3 20 George H. Bartels, shelling corn, county farm 4 95 J. C. Moschenross, hay. county farm ...................... a 0 Brunken & Haney. merchan dise, county farm 26 20" Schram & Echols, merchandise for poor 2 20 M. A. Twardowskl, merchan dise for poor 16 00 Brunken & Haney. merchan dise for poor 16 50 Geo. A. Hoagland, coal for poor 3 25 T. B. Hord Grain Co., coal for poor ....................... 1 'O L. W. Weaver & Son, coal for poor 15 Chicago Lumber Co., coal for poor ....................... "' T. B. Hord Grain Co., coal for poor 9 Speice Coal Company, coal for poor 8 L. W. Weaver & Son. coal for 3tr , . . Gray Mercantile Co., merchan dise for poor 6 85 John F. Settje. care of poor.. 30 00 Mrs. Carl Roth, meals for poor 1 00 J. A. Lindbo. medicine for poor 11 00 Browner Bros., livery to poor farm 3 50 Louis Schwarz. condition pow der, county farm 2 00 Louis Held, county treasurer, cash advanced 14 46 The petition of Owen Jones and oth ers for the location of a public road. 40 feet In width, commencing at the northwest corner of section 23, town 19. range 3 west, and running thence east one mile was reported back as follows: We. your committee on roads and bridges, would recommend that the prayer of the petitioners be granted and the clerk directed to proceed ac cording to law. M. E. CLOTHER, JOHW GOETZ. ADAM SMITH. On motion same was adopted. The petition of D. J. Keogh and oth ers for the location of a public road. 40 feet in width, commencing at the northeast corner of section 12, town 19. range 3 west, and running thence due south on the township line one mile, was reported back as follows: We, your committee on roads and bridges, would recommend that the prayer of the petitioners be granted and the clerk directed to proceed ac cording to law. M. E. CLOTHER, JOHN GOETZ, ADAM SMITH. On motion same was adopted. The petition of E. L. Jones and oth ers for the location of a public road. 40 feet in width, commencing at the southeast corner of section 8. town 19, range 3 west, and running thence due north on section line one mile, was re ported back as follows: We, your committee on roads and bridges, would recommend that the prayer of the petitioners be granted and the clerk directed to proceed ac cording to law. M. E. CLOTHER. J. GOETZ. ADAM SMITH. On motion same was adopted. The petition of John Wachal and others for the location of a public road. 40 feet in width, commencing at the northeast corner of the southeast quar ter of the southeast quarter of section 22 town 18. range 1 east, and running thence due north on section line one fourth mile, wm reported back as fol lows: We. your committee on roads and bridges, would recommend that the prayer of the petitioners be granted and the clerk directed to proceed ac cording to law. M. E. CLOTHER. J. GOETZ, aDAM SMITH. On motion same was adopted. The following report was submitted: We, your committee on roads and bridges to whom was referred the pe tition of Anthony Hassebrook and oth ers for the location of a public road, 40 feet in width, commencing at the northwest corner of section 36. town 19. range 2 west, and running thence east on section .ine about 60 rods, thence northeasterly following the meanderings of the creek to a point not to exceed 150 feet of the section line, thence southeasterly following the meanderings of said creek to a point where same Intersects the section line thence running east on section line and terminating at the northeast corner of said section 36, town 19. range 2 west, would recommend that the prayer of the petitioners be granted and the cierk directed to pro ceed according to law. M. E. CLOTHER. J. GOETZ. ADAM SMITil. J. . SCHURE. On motion same was adopted. The petition of Jacob Schmid and others for the location of a public road commencing at the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section 6. town 17. range 2 west, and running thence south on section line to the Loup river was reported back as fol lows: We, your committee on roads and bridges would recommend that the prayer of the petitioners be denied for the reason that the establishment of the proposed road is not considered a public necessity. M. E. CLOTHER. ADAM SMITH. On motion 'same was adopted. The petition of Andrew Hanson and others and the petition of Andrew Pe terson and others remonstrating against the location of a public road In Joliet township petition for by Owen Jones and others, were, on rec ommendation of the committee on roads and bridges, denied By the board. " The following bills were, on motion, allowed and the clerk directed to Issue warrantsin payment of same 'on the county road and county bridge funds: John Bader, account Columbus "' township 9 5 09' Lyman Bray, account Colum bus township 2 00 D. D. Bray, account Columbus township ao John Kotlar. account Colum bus township 7 oft' Arnold Nyffeller, account Ool- umbus township 7 fla Weller Bros., account Grand Prairie township 16 59 Crowell Lumber tt Grain Co.. account Woodvllle township 8 15 i.ye-Schnelder-FowIer Co., ac- count Burrows township.... 35 40 Weller Bros., account Burrows township 39 15 Nye-Schneider-Fowler Co.. ac count Burrows township.... 27 15 Crowell Lumber & Grain Co.. account Creston township.. 82 20 Nye-Schneider-Fowler Co.. ac count Walker township 86 85 Nye-Schnelder-r'owIer Co.. ac count Granville township... 2 65 Arnold Nyffeller. account City of Columbus 16 35 William Nansel, account Mon roe township 1 32 Coffeyville Implement Mfg. Co., account Monroe town ship 68 Chicago Lumber Co.. account Monroe township 6 14 Joseph Keller, account riumpn- rey township 23 10 Wally Kraus. account Humph rey township 2 00 Nebraska Construction Co.. account Butler township.... 1500 00 Standard Bridge Co., account Shell Creek township 29 60 Henry G. Goering. account Shell Creek township 6 00 The following was presented: To the Board of Supervisors: Gentlemen: The undersigned, your committee to whom was referred the matter of superintending the repairing and rebuilding of the Platte river wagon bridge over the Platte river south of the City of Columbus. Ne braska, beg leave to report, that in compliance with the order of this board heretofore made and in accord ance with the duties imposed upon us in supervising and Inspecting said work, material and construction of said bridge, we find that all material has been furnished, all work done and said bridge completed in all respects ac cording to the contract and 'plans and specifications, and we therefore recom mend that the same be accepted. LOUIS SCHWARZ. ADAM SMITH. Supervisors. On motion same was adopted. The following bills for the repair ing and rebuilding of the wagon bridge over the Platte river, south of Columbus, Nebraska, were, on motion, allowed by the board and the clerk di rected to issue warrants in payment of same on the county road 'and bridge funds: Standard Bridge Company, ac-. count City of Columbus $3390 -il Standard Bridge Company, ac count Columbus township... 3390 91 The following report was submitted: Your committee on judiciary to. whom was referred the petition of the freeholders of Columbus township. Platte county. Nebraska, asking this board to submit to the electors of said township a proposition to vote town ship bonds in the sum of $5,000.00 to aid Platte county in the repair of the Platte river wagon bridge, whicn peti tion was accompanied by a bond to indemnify the county against loss should said proposition fall to receive a two-thirds vote of the electors of said township, would report that we find the petition conforms to the re quirements of the statutes: that it contains the signatures of the requi site number of freeholders; that the bond accompanying the petition is cor rect as to form and sufficient as to surety, we. therefore, recommend that said bond be approved and. that the fol lowing notice calling said election be ordered and adopted by this board, to wit: Here follows now the notice of spe cial election to the legal voters of Col umbus township, and concludes as fol lows: We further recommend that the clerk be directed to have the neces sary ballots printed for the use at said election and that he cause the forego ing "Notice of Special Election" pub lished in the Columbus Telegram as provided by law. JOHn GOETZ. J. -. bOHURt:, DANIEL WILSON. On motion of Supervisor Smith same was adopted. On motion the board of supervisors now adjourned until 2 i clock this p. m. Columbus. Nebraska. March 18. 1910. Pursuant to adjournment the board of supervisors reconvened at 2 o'clock p. m. Hon. Louis Schwarz. chairman, and John Graf, clerk. Roll called and following members present. Supervisors Clother, Goetz, Schure, Smith. Wilson and Chairman Schwarz. Absent and excused Supervisor Pe terson. The following resolution was Intro duced in Supervisor Smltu: Whereas, The recent breaking up of the ice in the Platte river resutled in taking out practically all the old wooden portion of the wagon bridge over said stream south of Columbus, connecting Platte, Polk and Butler counties, and thereby depriving the people both north and south of the river of a means of crossing this stream on a thoroughfare which for the past forty years has been an im portant crossing, and Whereas. Recent investigations by this board has established beyond question the futility of attempting to repair this bridge by putting In short spans on wood piling, therefore, be It Resolved. By the board of super visors of Platte county. Nebraska, 1. That an urgent necessity exists for the immediate repairing and re building of said Platte river wagon bridge. 2. That the commissioners of Polk county and the board of supervisors or Butler county be. and they each are hereby notified that a large portion or said wagon bridge has been washed away and travel over same wholly stopped, and that the bridge be re paired and rebuilt forthwith and made passable for public travel. 3. That the above boards of Polk and Butler counties, be and they each are hereby requested to meet the board of. svaarrlaera of Platte county, Ne braska, at1 the south approach to said Platte river wagon bridge, on the 12th day of ApVU. 1910, at 2 o'clock p. m.. for the purpose of jointly agreeing upon a plan and arranging . lor the needfui 'repairing and rebuilding ot said' bridge and the replacing of the rotten wooden spans thereof with per manent steel spans. Provided that If the said boards of Polk, and Butler fall or ref Use . to. meet this board at the 'time aneVpia designated, or fall with in a reasonable time before said date so fixed, to' designate a time and place of meeting more agreeable to them, for making said arrangements for a Joint action regarding said work, then April 13th. 1910, at the hour of two o'clock p. m. In the court room In the court house In Columbus, Nebraska, is hereby fixed as the time and piace for such meeting, and if said boards or either of them, fall to meet at the said time, or fail to join In said joint con tract, the county board of Platte county. Nebraska, (and If either Polk or Butler counties has arraned to join In such contract, such one thereof as has joined) will proceed to adopt a plan and "to advertise for bids for the repairing and rebuilding of said bridge, and will "old such of said counties as has failed or refused to join In said contract liable for such proportions of the costs of making such repairs and rebuilding as above provided, as it ought to pay. not ex ceeding one-hair of the full amount no expended. That a copy of this resolution be served upon the respective county boards of said counties of Polk and Butler by delivering true and certified copies thereof, to the chairman of the respective boards, and also by filing certified copies thereof with the county clerks of each counties. On motion of Supervisor Goetz same was adopted. The following resolution was intro duced by the board: Whereas. Platte county, througn Its board of supervisors, and the Standard Bridge company, of Omaha. Nebraska, entered lntoa Joint contract on the 6ta day of October, 1909. for the repair ing and rebuilding the wagon bridge over the Platte river, soutn of the City of Columbus, connecting the counties ot Platte. Butier and Polk, and Whereas. The said Standard Bridge company has repaired and rebuilt said bridge in accordance with the terms of said contract and has done and per formed all the conditions of said con tract, onr Its tart to be kept and per formed, and said Platte county has kept and performed all the conditions of said contract, on Its part and has duly accepted said bridge so repaired and rebuilt and has paid said Standard Bridge company In iuu for said work, amounting to the sum of $6,780.82. and Whereas, Said Butler and Pol coun ties have each had due and lega. notice of the letting of said contract and' of all the proceedings of this board in re lation thereto. Now, therefore, be it Resolved. That one-iourth of the costs of repairing and rebuilding of said bridge be charged to Butler county, being the sum of $1,695.20, and .one-fourth charged to said Polk coun ty, being the sum of $1,695.20. together with one-fourth of the costs of an pro ceedings made and Incurred in rela tion to said matter to each of said Butler and Polk counties. Be It further ordered that the clerk or this board be and he Is hereby di rected to make and file with each of the boards or Butler and Polk county, a claim for the one-fourth of the total amount of the costs of repairing and rebuilding of said bridgee. together with certified copies of this resolution and the- report of this board accepting said bridge: and that said boards of Butler and Polk counties be requested and required to reimburse Platte county for the amounts due and owing them 'respectively, as hereinbefore stated and paid by said Platte county, for the use and benefit of said Butler and Polk counties. LoulS SCHWARZ, J. GOETZ. ADAM SMITH. J. F. SCHURE. M. E. CLOTHER. DANIEL WILSON. On motion of Supervisor Goetz same was adopted. The'following bills were, on motion, allowed and the clerk directed to Issue warrants in payment of same on the county general fund: Adam Smith, supervisor, ser vices as supervisor $ 51 70 M. E. Clother. supervisor, ser vices as supervisor 55 50 Daniel Wilson, supervisor, ser vices as supervisor 23 20 J. F. Schure .supervisor, ser vices as supervisor 17 20 Louis Schwarz, supervisor. services as supervisor 59 50 John Goetz. supervisor, ser vices as supervisor 28 40 C. A. Peterson, supervisor, ser vices as supervisor 20 00 The following resolution was intro duced: Whereas. The board of supervisors REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TBS- COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK, No. 5180, At Columbus, Nebraska, at the Close of Business, March. 29, 1910. SKSOUBCBS. LoaasaaddJeeoaaU..... ..-. OT Orenlnru. eared sad BMwared. Mj2 U. 8. 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That at this time, the 17th day of March. 1910, at 2 o'clock In the afternoon of said day. the same being the regular adjourned meeting of the board, and also having been called by the county clerlln special session and convened by law to meet and consider the report of the engineer In the mat ter of the widening, deepening and straightening of the Carrig and Jewell drainage ditch, petitioned for by C. J. Carrig. and this time and date being the day fixed by the county clerk for the hearing of the said report of the engineer and the board of supervisors met and proceeded to examine the proofs and flies as to the service of notice upon owners of lands affected by said ditch and from the evidence of proof and returns from the sheriff the Loard finds: That a notice In writing In due form as provided by law was prepared by the county clerk and that the same was duly served by the sher iff or Platte county. Nebraska, upon each and every owner of land af fectedthereby and a copy of same mailed to each member of the board of supervisors having charge of public roads affected by said ditch, at least ten days before the day fixed by the county clerk; and the board further finds that all persons interested in these proceedings have been duly no tified according to law. Be it further Resolved. That the Board of super visors find that It has jurisdiction of the Droceedings before them for the widening, deepening and straightening of the Carrig and Jewell ditch and that we And that the proceedings have in all respects been regular. And the matter coming on rurther to be heard upon the objections and ex ceptions of Lost Creek and Shell Creek townships to the apportionments made to the roads in each of said townships, and the evidence, the board finds that the apportionments to said townships Is unfair and unjust and the same Is hereby reduced to the sum of $1,658.55 to be distributed and ap portioned among said townships and roads at the ratio stated in the pres ent report and the engineer Is hereby ordered to re-apportion said assess ment as above indicated. And it is further found that the assessment against the land of Wm. Bucher. Chas. H. Dack. C. J. Carrig and Henry Gehr Ing, Jr., Is unfair and unjust according to benefits in that it is too low and the said assessments are hereby amended and raised as follows, to wlt: Against the land of Wm. Bucher, described In said report, $300. In addi tion to what is already assessed against It: against the land of chas. IL Dack. described In said report. $200. in addi tion to what is already assessed against it; against the land of C. J. Carrig. described in said report. $300. In addition to the amount already as sessed against It; against the land of Henry Gehrlng. Jr.. described In said report. $200. In addition to the amount already assessed against it. ci.i ol.lltlnn.il assessments to be made against the several tracts owned by said parties In the same proportion as at, present and the engineer Is here by ordered to amend his report to con form to these findings. It Is further found by the board that the assessment against the land oP Patrick Gleason et al. Is In all re spects fair and just according to bene fits, and said apportionment Is hereby approved and confirmed and the objec tions and exceptions filed by the said Patrick Gleason et al. are hereby over ruled. And the matter coming further on to be heard upon the claim of the said Patrick Gleason et al. for dam ages for land taken and Injured by said ditch. It Is hereby found that said damages will amount to $50 and the said Patrick Gleason et al. is hereby allowed $50 In full foe such of their land as is taken and Injured by the construction of said dltcii. It Is further found by the board that said report, profile, plat, schedule and apportionment as above amended, is In all respects fair and just according iu benefits and the same Is hereby in all things approved and confirmed. LOUIS SCllWARZ. JOHN GOETZ. DANIEL WILSON. J. F. CrtURE. ADAM SMITH. M. E. CLOTHER. On motion of Supervisor Schure same was adopted. The following resolution was Intro duced by Supervisor Goetz: Whereas. The report and apportion ments of the engineer in the Carrig and Jewell drainage ditch matter have , hAsnl hv the board amended, and approved and confirmed as so amended. Now, therefore, be It Resolved, by the county board of su pervisors of Platte county. Nebraska, that in case no appeal Is taken from the findings of action of said board, or in case an appeal Is taken upon the filing of the bond by tne petitioners referred to in Section 16. of Article 1. of Chapter 89. of the Complied Stat utes of the State of Nebraska for 1909. that the county clerk of said county be and Is hereby directed to advertise for sealed bids for the construction of said ditch In working sections not less in extent than the number of lineal feet apportioned to each lot or tract of land, public or corporate road or rail road, said advertisement to he In all respects In conformity with the law. That May 3, 1910, at the hour of 2 o'clock In the afternoon. In the court room at the court house In the City of Columbus. Nebraska, be fixed as the time and place of opening said bids, at which time the said board will at tend and may award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder or may reject any and all bids and otherwise proceed according to law. On motion of Supervisor Schure same was adopted. The hoard of supervisors proceeded now to select sixty names from which the jury for the May term of the dis trict court shall be drawn. Moved by Supervisor Clother that the borad of supervisors now adjourn until April 11. 1910. at 2 o'clock p. m. Motion carried. Advertised Letters. Following is a list of unclaimed mail matter remaining in the post office at Columbus, Nebraska, for the period end ing April, 13, 1910: Letters If rs H Callbarg, Charles A Douglas. W L Georhman. George Laut r, Mrs Lizzie May, Harry snub. Cards J Franklin Blakely, Miss Mary Burkland. Miss Delia Clayton. J W Kel ler. A II Marlin, J Welch (transient ) Parties calling for any of the aixivt will please say advertised. Cam. Kramkk, 1 M. Marriage Licenses. William K. Williams, Monroe 27 Anna It. Williams, Monroe 27 OttoE. Obrist, Schuyler .17 Rosa Marti, Switzerland 2K Harry U. Larson. St. Edward 22 Annie J. Peterson, St. Edward 22 Louis C. Cattau, Greston 21' Sophia Robert, Creston -" William B Krisinger, Creston. la... Jf Rosa Lahoda, Lindsay 22 BOILING TO DEATH. Terrible Torture That Was Ones the Law In England. In England daring the reign of Henry VIII. the public mind became greatly excited through several cases of poisoning, and parliament enacted a law making boiling to death the pen alty. This law was on the statute books about sixteen years. It was made retroactive, so as to take In a case that chiefly prompted Its enact mentthat of Richard Rosse, other wise Coke, the bishop of Rochestera cook, who poisoned seventeen persona. two of whom died. Coke was boiiea at Rochester. The Infliction was at tended with peculiar cruelty, as Coke was put into a caldron of cold water and gradually cooked to death. A few years later. In March, 1512, a young woman named Margaret Davy was punished in a similar way on con viction of poisoning. The public was not satisfied as to her guilt, and, not withstanding the comparatively Blow travel of news in those days, the story of Margaret Davy's trial and punish ment soon spread through the king dom and aroused universal horror. Boiling to death remained on the stat ute books, however, as long as Henry reigned, perhaps because the monarch himself had a dread of being poisoned. Immediately after his death parlia ment repealed the law. One of Our Pat Phrases. "Did any of tbe Inhabitants escape with bis lifer inquired tbe man who wants harrowing details. I didn't stop to ascertain," answer ed the man who is harrowingly exact. "It struck me that If anybody escaped without his life there wasn't much use in his escaping anyhow. Washington Star. A Frank Answer. "John Jones. said the magistrate, with severity, "you are charged with habitual drunkenness. What nave you to offer in excuse for your of fense?" "Habitual thirst, .vonr honor. Hard to Deal. Wigg How do yon get along with old Crusty? Don't. yon find him bard to deal with? Wagg As bard as a wornout pack of cards. Philadelphia Record. Prejudice squints when It looks and lias when It talks. Abrantes. SALESMAN," 16. -.. ru. CHEERFULNESS. A Great Asset In Business as Wei as In Society. Cheerfulness will attract more cus tomers, sell more goods, do more busi ness with less wear and tear than al most any other quality, says Orisuu Swett Mardeii in Success .Magazine. Optimism 1 the greatest business get ter, biggest trader, the greatest achiev er in tbe world. Pessimism lias never done any tiling but tear down and de stroy what optimism has built up. In the business otlice. as in society everywhere, the favorite is always the cheerful -erson. tiocd natured. cheer ful people do not waste their vital en ergy as rapidly as tbe grumbler or the too 80ber..too sad people. They work with much less friction. Good c-bcer is a great lubricant. It oils all of life's machinery. There is no other life habit which can give such a prolific return iu happiness aud satisfaction ns that of being cheerful under all circumstances. If the reso lution to cultivate cheerfulness Is strongly made at the very outset It will not be difficult to form the cheer ful habit, and It will be the best pro tection against suffering and disap pointment. Cheerfulness is also a great pro ducer. It adds wonderfully to one's active ability and increases mental and physical power. It makes hosts of friends' and helps us to be interesting and agreeable. EFFECT OF HEAT. Why Standing Before a Hot Fire Makes the Face Red. When one stands before a hot fire the face becomes red. as we all know. This result Is the effect of the action of radiated heat on the nerves con trolling the small blood vessels of the skin. These tiny vessels are normally in a state of moderate contraction. Under exposure to heat tbey relax aud become distended with blood. The same process, under the mysterious connection of the vasomotor nerve system with mental Impressions, pro duces ordinary blusbiug. In regard to exposure to direct heat the reddening of the skin, together with the uucomfortablly warm feel ing accompanying It. may be looked upon as one of the useful little "dan ger signals" with which we are sur rounded. Persons who from auy cause have lost their susceptibility, as is tbe case in some forms of paralysis, may expose a limb to beat until seri ous injury results. Tbe reason that the face cbletly flushes Is that in the ordinary posi tion near a fire It is most directly ex posed to the rays of heat, while most of the body is shielded by clothing: - that the nerves of the face are partic ularly sensitive In this respect aud that tbe skin there is more abundantly furnished with blood vessels. London Standard. A Bill Nya Story. According to tbe Bookman, Bill Nyo once made a short speech at an au thors dinner in London that was much relished by tbe bookmen pres ent, including tbe publishers, at wbotu It was indirectly aimed. "Just a year ago," said Nye, Ml was walking on tLe principal street of In dianapolis when I met a man whoe appearance showed that he was re duced to the very depths of poverty. His clothes were ragged, his face un shaven, his bah long and matted and his feet unshod. As 1 passed him a look of recognition came Into his eye. -Nye, old fellow, don't you know me? Don't you know Abel P. Jones, who was your classmate at college?' -What, Jones! Is It really you? Well, well! What can 1 do for your " 'For heaven's sake, help me. 1 am starving. Lend me half a dollar.' T felt in my pockets. Tbey were empty. I bad no mouey myself. But a bright thought flashed through my mind. -Abel, I can't lend you the-half dollar. I haven't got IL But. look here. I'll tell you what I will do-l'll let you publish my next book.' "Gentlemen, that was Just a year ago, and this month Abel P. Jcnes sent me an invitation to go to Europe with him ha his steam yacht." His Definition. At a London board school tbe teach er bad explained to tbe children tbe meaning of the word "ability. "Now. children. she went on. "what word would express the opposite to ability?" A sharp faced little boy at the end of the end form bobbed up his bead and exclaimed. "Please, teacher, nobil ity Work and Play. "; '"prv--y;"-v r- - j-; J""".,