T i i I I i il i ( i ' r I:! r.i I? v is m i 1.1 Is J I II r s Eft Columbus Journal STROTHER & STOCKWELL. Pubs. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. FROM MANY POINTS EVENT3 OF THE DAY HELD TO A FEW LINES. DATS EVENTS BOILED DOWN Personal, Political, Foreign and Other Intelligence Interesting to the General Reader. Washington. The immigration commission fa vors -more rigid tests for the admis sion of foreigners to the United States. The Uniteil States supreme court held that the dismissal of counts against F. Augustus lteinze was too hasty. Jack Abernathy. United States mar shal for Oklahoma, an appointee of President Roosevelt, came to Wash ington and handed his resignation to Attorney General Wickersham. Charges have been preferred against the marshal, the nature of which could not be learned. President Taft's recommendation in his annual message to congress rela tive to the guaranteeing of through cotton hills of lading lias stirred up a furore among the cotton interests of the south. They assert that the president's suggested plan would re sult in a heavy tax uion this indus try. General Estrada, the provisional president or Nicaragua, shortly will Issue a decree inviting ail Nlca raguan exiles to return to their coun try. This information reached the state department in a telegram from Thomas P. Moffatt. American consul. Ir. Moffatt said the political situa iion continues to improve. information from an efficient, if not absolutely authoritative, source indi cates that President Taft has deter mined upon two new iniMiibers of the new court of commerce. They are Judge Charles A. Prouty of Vermont and Franklin K. Lane of California, both of whom now are members of the interstate commerce commission. Representative James' A. Tawney of Minnesota, chairman of the appropri ations committee, believes it will be necessary to hold an extra session of congress. "It is doubtful whether even the regular appropriation bill can be passed at this session," said 2Hr. Tawney. He said it will take at least forty-five days to pass the regular appropriation bills. General. Officers of tht .tiucrlcan navy were guests of the lord mayor of London. Two reports are to be submitted to congress on the l'allinger-Pinchot case. Mrs. Mary Raker (I. Eddy, founder of the Christian science church, is dead. Robert Peary says he will not at tempt another expedition lo antartic region. A chauge in Roman Catholic church law has been promulgated by the pope. All the retiring directors were re elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and policyholders of the Equitable Life Assurance society. Vice President Sherman has been chosen chancellor of the board of re gents of the Smithsonian institution. to succeed the late Chief Justice Ful ler. The reichstag passed the second section of the bill establishing labor chambers composed equally of rep resentatives of the employers and of the laborers to settle labor questions. Eugene IL Hurr. of New York, one of the members of Iturr Hros. (inc.), recently raided by federal authorities, was named as co-respondent in a di vorce suit in which the plaintiff, James Harden, was awarded an ab solute divorce from his wife. A. E. Standon. of Chicago, went to the little town of Elsberry. oM.. hunt ed up R- O. Sharp and paid him $000, an amount lie had borrowed twenty three years ago to go into business which proved unsuccessful. The note had long since been destroyed. Census returnr indicate that the United States has a population of about 91.000.000 people. The French chamber of deputies unanimously voted an appropriation of $1,100,000 for the relief of Hood victims. Figures of the Nebraska state rail way commission show that the state has had a healthy growth in trade during the last three years. Representative Champ Clark, pro spective speaker of the house, who presented President Taft with two luscious red apples, also gave two to Speaker Cannon. The population of the state or Marvland is 1.294.450 according to the statistics of the thirteenth census. Captain C. R. T. Moore was ap pointed by Secretary .Meyer com mander of the naval training station at San Francisco. An engine on the Denver &. -uo Grande railroad exploded near Soldier summit, Utah, killing the engineer, fireman and brakeman. The first Alaska overland mail of the vear arrived in Nome from Fair banks. This is a record J or early de livery after the close of navigation in Bering sea. Two counties of Virginia voted is sues of bonds aggregating 51.000.000 for highway improvement. Retire?" exclaimed Senator Till man, repeating an inquiry. "1 shall not retire until they bury me; I have no, idea of quitting the game." The building trades department of the American federation of labor se lected Atlanta, Ga.. as the meeting Place for next year's convention. Colonel Ransdell. sergeant-at-arms the United States senate, placed orers Tnr fn., ..,..- .l,t-, K rto- nit v by lhe senators of Arizona - - uj uie sei Kew Mexico. The total corn product In Ohio this! season was 105,512,245 bushels. Congressman Tawney is said to be opposed to fortification of the canal. It is likely that the holiday recess! of congress will be abbreviated this year. Francis II. Burr, former captain of; the Harvard foot ball tearr, is criti cally ill with typhoid fever in Ilos ton. Jack Abernathy, United States mar. shal for Oklahoma, tendered-his res ignation. Opposition to the proposed new navy was defeated in the Canadian parliament Plans are on foot for an attack on the validity of the two-cent fare law in Iowa and Illinois. Justice V. D. Beard of the Tennes see supreme court dropped dead in a hotel at Nashville. President Taft is conferring with, congressmen on coming appointments to the supreme court. Announcement was made of a gift of $100,000 to the John Hopkins uni versity endowment fund. The Ballinger-Pinchot congression al committee gave the secretary of tlie interior a clean bill. The conservatives made a supreme effort to eliminate the recall from the Arizona constitution, but failed. Balloting thus far in Great Britain shows that in the unionist opposition cannot control the next parliament. With the exception of Latta. the Nebraska delegation favors depriving the speaker of the house of his power. The Peruvian government has no interest in any steamship line to be established between New York and Callao. Eugene R. Cox declares the Chris tian Science church will contnue to run smoothly, notwithstanding the death of Mrs. Eddy. The fourth division of the United States Atlantic Jleet under command of Captain Thomas B. Howard tailed for Gravesend, England. At Passiae. N. J., Charles Jerome Coleman, former millionaire and mus ical celebrity, was found dead in his room, a suicide from gas. First Officer T. Cheethan of the Great Northern liner Minnesota was arrested hj- custom inspectors on a charge of smuggling opium. Mis:; Mary Holbrook. many years a missionao for the American board in China and Japan, died Friday at the home of her brother in East Haven, Conn. Tlie board of directors of the Hock ing Valley Railroad conipan de clared the regular semi-annual divi dent of 2 per cent on the common stock. Senator Stone of Missouri has been appointed to fill the vacancy on the senate committee on finance, created by the death of Senator Daniel of Virginia. Fainting as lie leaned out of nn open window of the Society for Sav ings building ex-Common Pleas Judge Conway W. Noble, sixty-tight years old, of Cleveland. O., fell seven stories to the street below and was killed. United States marshals seized 5,01)0 pounds of "canned eggs" shipped into Chicago. United States District At torney Simms said that a test of one tcaspoonful of the substance showed tlie presence of 34,000,000 bacteria. Senator Elmer J. Burkett of Ne- ; braska. who has been mentioned in connection with the presidency of a national bank in Washington, laughed at the idea that he intended to be come a permanent resident of Wash ington. Four men blew open the Farmers' bank at Garden City, Iowa, with dy namite, getting $1,800. A citizen named Nessna was awakened by the explosion and began firing at the robbers with a shotgun. The rol bcrs escaped. Defects in the administration of the New Orleans customs are to be remedied by the treasury department as the result of criticisms which a federal grand jury made after investi gating the importation of laces and embroidery at that port. .Many farmers through Reno and adjoining counties in Kansas are burning off tneir farms, destroying tlie bunch grass and endeavoring to kill the chinch bugs. It is claimed that 75 per cent of the chinch bugs may be destroyed in this manner. On the eve of the annual meeting of the American Red Cross in Wash ington. President Taft. who is presi dent, received word that New York city has completed its subscription of $500,00o. apportioned to it on tlie basis of 10 cents per capita popula tion for the $2,000,000 endowment fund of the society. Gifts aggregating $1S6,u00 rccently have been made to Columbia univer sity, according to an announcement by the trustees. The giver of $100, 000 is anonymous. Personal. The title held by Mrs. Eddy is ex pected to die with her. Ur. Cook says a man cannot really tell if he has found the north pole. Secretary Dickinson made a report of his recent visit to the Philippines. Benjamin F. Tillman says he has no intention of retiring from the sen ate. Secretary MacVeagh submitted his estimates on what it will require to run the government. The remains of Mrs. M:ry Baker Eddy v ill rest in Mount Auburn cem etery at Cambridge. Mass. Unionists or Great Britain have united on the Balfour referendum issue. A bronze statue in memory of the late Sir Henry Irving was unveiled at London. Governor-elect Euuene N. Fos of Massachusetts announced that his re signation as a representative in con gress would take effect en January 5. Heads of the Cudahy department will remove from Omnhavto Chicago. Alleged violators of the Sherman j antitrust Jaws were mulcted at Sa vannah. Ga. Governor-elect Aldrich of Nebraska has already made a number of ap pointments. With his message out of the way. President Taft is turning his atten tion to vacancies in the supreme court. At the age of 108 years Martha Gammons has been declared to be sane in the Howard county circuit court at Kokomo, Ind. 1011 ON LI PRESIDENT VAIL'S BOLD MOVE MARKS EPOCH IN FINANCE. "Accuracy" Reduced Western Union' Surplus $13,0C0,CC0. "Publicity Inspired Such Confidence That Its Stock Went Up. Are the great financiers of the country beginning to see a new light? Time was, until recently in facL when the men at the head of the big cor porations "kept their business to themselves." as far as the law would allow. Capable men at the head of the big concerns, long realized the weak ness of their position, but what was needed obviously, as in all great re forms, was an unmistakable occasion and a courageous man. The occasion arose in the purchase of the Western Union Telegraph company by the American Telephone and Telegraph company, and the man appeared in Theodore N. Vail. President of the purchasing corporation. It was last December when public announcement was made that the Gould holdings of Western Union had been taken over by the Telephone company. On account of the high esteem ill which the management of tlie tele phone company Is so generally held, great things were predicted as a re sult of the absorption of Wester Union. By the press of the country the "deal" was most favorably com mented on, it being widely pointed out that under the direction of such sen as Theodore N. Vail and his as seriates, the telegraph company was bound soon to work itself into a po sition where it could offer the public far more efiick-nt service than It had ever before been able to offer. But a very few months had elapsed when it became apparent to the new management that a modern and up-to-date appraisal of the company's assets would make possible a far greater degree of efficiency of oper ation. "Here," they said to them selves, "we've bought control of this property and we know it's Immensely valuable, but we don't know just how valuable. These appraisals of real estate and securities owned weie made a long time ago. If we have a complete Inventory made of every thing we've got we can announce the facts to the public, start a new set of books, and begin our responsibility to stockholders right there." How Inventory Was Taken. The most expert accountants and appraisers to be had were put at the task. Their labors lasted over eight months. Their report and Its publi cation by the company marks an ep och in finance. It began by recomnn nding an ad justment of the difference between lhe appraised and book values by a charge of $5,593,09 against sur plus. Hook values of securities held were reduced to market values, bad and doubtful accounts were "charg ed off." an allowance of $2,000,000 was made for "depreciation," another of $500,000 for "reserve." and so on. until the old surplus of $1SG7,000 came down to $5,100,000. It required courage, the publication of this statement to si ockholders, say ing in effect: "The property of your company has been reval ued: the surplus isn't nineteen mill ions, as you have been led to be lieve, but five millions," but It was the truth, and President Vail did not flinch. 'Accuracy and publicity," he doiiarcd. was essential. "The stock holder has a right to know. The shares of this company are scatter ed Irom one end of the Union to the ether. This is more than a private corporation. It is a great national enterprise. The public is entitled to the facts." The report was ordered published forthwith. Financiers cf the old school and speculators generally were aghast. What would happen? Would tlie bottom drop out or Western Union when the shareholders realiz ed that their propetry was worth $1.!.000.000 less than they had sup posed? But the amazing thing happened. The stock went up and stayed up. The public had respond ed to this remarkable display of frankness and confidence; to the new motto. "Accuracy and Publicity." The fnil significance of the action of the new board is stated concisely by Harper's Weekly in ihc-e words: ' 's this policy of publicity and of open-handed dealing with sharehold ers and public the forerunner of a similar movement on the part of oth er big corporations? Certainly it is to be hoped that it is. In the case of these big companies, dependent upon public patronage and doing busi ness under public franchise, can there be any question of tlie right of the people to know? "That right is being recognized. It is recognized now in this epochal act on the part of the telephone and telegraph interests. It is the dawn of a new era in corporation finance." Soothed Boston Babe. The Boston inlant was restless and peevish. Its nurse had crooned "RocI:-a-by. baby, on the tree top. when the wind blows the cradle will rock." a long time in vain. The babe would not fall under its influence Then its fond mother sang to it gen tly: "The vibrating atmosphere causes the soporific receptacle where in the Uabe lies ensconced tooscillate in tiie arboreal apex -." No need to chant further. Instantly soothed, the babe, with a satisfied smile, lei! away in slumber. A Modern Problem. The paragraphers are still keeping in circulation that paragraph about the judge who ruled a man need not support his mother-in-law. What is it. impecuniosity, tight-waddedness or just pure cussedness? Complimentary References. The way El Diario del Hogar talks about us as "giants of the dollar, pig mies of culture and barbarous whites of the north" is almost as bad as Rome of the things we say about each other during a hot campaign. GHT Thorough. "Tcu are an optimist?" -I am," replied Mr. Dustln Stax. "I cot only hope for the best, but I make rractlcal arrangements to get It" Ten Beautiful Christmas Cards Free To oulckly Introduce the btssest and test farm Journal In the West, we make this special 20 day bargain offer: Send 19 cents for trial 3 months subscription and we will Rive you free our collection of If very finest Gold Embossed Christmas post cards. Nebraska Farm Journal. 3U Itarntte Bulldins. Omaha. Neb. Acme of Cautiousness. Seyirour Young Ticer looks like a cautious man. Ashley He is cautious; he's so cau tious that he wouldn't ask the pret tiest girl in all the-world to let him tee her home unless he had learned how far sway she lived. $100 Reward, $100. Tie leaders ot this paper will fee pleased to Matt there M at least ono dreaded abeam mat sneoca fau bcea sbis to cure ta an tta stages, aad that a Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure li the only poaiUte care sow knows to the inert teal fraternity. Catarrh betas a constitutional disease, requires a eonstito tlonal trtatmect. IHUis Catarrh Cure Is takes In ternally, actio directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ot the system, thereby destroytas the foundation ot the disease, and ctTinc the patient atresctb by bulkitnc up the contututlea and astat ine nature In dotnc its work. The proprietor bars so much faith la Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars (or any rasa that It lalla to cure. Send for liat of teiUmonlals- Addms K. J. CHENEY CO- Toledo. O. Sokl br all Drueslsts. 7Sc Take Hall's Family Puis for consftpstica. Saw Only Physical Idea. Ono of his friends once asked Mr. Darwin's gardener about -his master's health, and how be had been lately. "Oh!" he said, "my poor master has been very sadly. 1 often wish he bad something to do. He moons about In the garden, and I have seen him stand doing nothing before a flower for ten minutes at a time. If he only had something to do I real believe he would be better." Significance In Names. In an Illinois town a workingman having been informed that a sixth baby had arrived 'at. his home, ex claimed: "Sufficient." and his neigh bors, referring to his having given that name Sufficient to the new arrival, credited him with originality. The Incident resembles a case nearer home, adds the New York Tribune. A New York family was blessed with nine daughters, when the stork brought a tenth one. It was in the days when the slang term for an oft told story was a "chestnut," and as the baby certainly came under that head she received the name, but for euphony's sake the French for tha word was. employed nd she was called Marron. Benny on Benevolence. Benevolence is a great thing. When you have benevolence you cannot rest until you do something to make other people feel grateful to you. The other day my mamma went up into the attic to find a lot of old clothes to give to poor people who could not afford to buy any clothing for themselves. While she was hunting around she found a gold-headed cane worth $25 that grandpa had put up there 18 years ago, and forgot all about. Thus we see, dear friends, benevolence brings its own reward. Denny. THEIR FATE. Mrs. Crw William, have you ever stopped to think what will become of us when we are old? Mr. Crow Oh! I suppose wee'll wind up as quail on toast at some ta ble d'hote restaurant. YOUR STOMACH FEELS FINE. Dyspepsia, Indiges'.ion, Sourness, Gas and All Stomach Misery Ended In Five Minutes. This harmless preparation will promptly digest anything you eat and overcome a sick, sour, gassy or out-of-order stomach within five minutes. If your meals don't fit comfortably, or what you eat lies like a lump of lead In your stomach, or if you have heartburn.that is a sign of Indigestion. Get from any drug store here in town a 50-cent case of Papc's Diapep sin and take a dose just as soon as you can. There will be no sour ris ings, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or heavy feeling in the stomach. Nausea, Debilitating Headaches, Dizziness or Intestinal griping. This will all go. and, besides, there will be no sour food left over in the stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Pape's Diapepsin is a certain regula tor for out-of-order stomachs, and be sides it takes hold of your food and digests it just the same as if your stomach wasn't there. These large 50-cent cases contain more than sufficient to thoroughly curq any case of Dyspepsia, Indiges tion or any other stomach disorder. Remember, if your stomach feels out of order and uncomfortable now, you can get relief in five minutes by taking a little Diapepsin. Putting in the Time. A gentleman was engaging a gen eral man and telling him what h wanted him to do. "You will have to clean the windows and the boots and the knives and go messages, chop wood, cut short grass, mind the horse and pony. look after the garden and keep the house supplied with vege tables and do any odd job that is re quired and if suitable you will get ten shillings a week." "Is there any clay in the garden?" asked the man. "What makes you ask that?" asked the gentleman. "I was thinking I could make bricks 1b my spare time," said the maa, BBBBBBBsf 1 fBBBBBBBBBBBBBB9VS sfi UNCLE SAM'S FAMILY HAS NINETY-ONE MILLION PEO PLE TO LOOK AFTER. INCREASE OF 20 PER GENT List Completed with Exception of z Few States Where Total Figures Are Lacking. Washington. When announced by the census bureau at noon Saturday the total population of the United States will le show to approximate 31.500,000. This computation covers all the states, except Georgia. Montana. Washington .Wisconsin and Wyoming the figures on most of which Director Durand has decided to withhold un til the total returns for the country at large are announced. The states, so far given, have an iggregate population of 0.",::2,723. is an increase of 20.4 per cent over the aggregate population contained by the same states in 1900. The few states not included in the (imputation had an aggregate popula tion of r.i::9.UU0 in 1900. If they main tain the growth of the other states, their aggregate will be brought up to B.1SG.774. giving a grand total for the I'nited States of 91.849,50". Even if there should be -aa gain at ill. the total would bo 90,302.061. Washington is expected to show an increase of almost 100 per cent and Georgia is counted on to sustain tnc average, but while Wisconsin prob ably will score a gain, it is not be lieved it will reach 20 per cent. There is no doubt that the total will be over 91.0o0.000. The compu tation i-i confined to the United States proper and excludes all posses sions. Tlie population of Georgia. Wiscon sin. Washington and Montana, the only states for which figures have not yet been announced will be made public at 12 o'clock noon, tomorrow, together with the total population of the United States. Thu population of the state of New Jersey is 2,5:17,107. according to the statistics of the thirteenth census to day. This is an increase or 633.49S. or P.4.7 per cent over 1.8S::,6u9 in 1900. The increase from 1S90 to 1900 was 42S.7o, or ."0.4 per cent. The population of the state of Wyo ming is 1 15.905. an increase of 5::.4"4, or 57.7 per cent over 92.5:11 in 1900. Tiie Increase from 1890 to 1900 was '9.976, or 47.9 per cent. The territory of Alaska has 61.356. an Increase of 1.761. or per cent over 6::.592 in 1900. The increase from 1890 to 1900 was ::i,540 or 9S.4 ;icr cent. The city of Honolulu. II. I., has a population of 52.18:;. This is an in crease of 12.877, or 32.S per cent over 39,300 in 1900. The population of Taconia. Wash., is S3.743. according to revised fig ares. This is an Increase of 40.029. or 122 per cent over 37.714 in 1900. Tlie first announcement or Tacoma's population in the thirteenth census credited the city with S2.972 inhabi tants, or 771 less than today's re vised figures. John Cudahy Seriously III. I.os Angeles. John Cudahy. mil iionaire packer, who arrived here rrom Chicago seriously ill. has been confined to his bed all day. Many Triends have sent cards, but are not allowed to see him. CHARLTON BACK TO ITALY. Must Return to the Scene of His Crime. Washington. Secretary Knox to day granted the request of Italy for the surrender of Porter Charleton. charged with the murder of his wife at I.ake Como. The secretary holds that the fact that Italy refuses to sur render its citizens to the United States for trial does not relieve this country from the obligation of the ex tradition treaty to surreuder to Italy fugitives from justice from that country. The question of the sanity or Charlton, it is suggested, is the ror the courts and not for the depart ment of justice: GENERAL COMMITS SUICIDE. Wallace F. Randolph, Former Chief of Coast Artillery. Washington Surrendering, it is be lieved, to a fit of despondency, caused by protracted illness. .Major General Wallace F. Randolph. U. S. A., re tired, veteran of the civil and Spanish wars and former chief of artillery, shot and killed himself in the bath room of his home here. The revolver bullet penetrated the brain and deatli was instantaneous. General Randolph was a native of Pennsylvania. Water Ways Bill. Washington. A total cf $21,S04.Si;i in cash for 1912 appropriations and $9,514,36:?. for contracts authorized for the years subsequent to 1912 is car ried in the rivers and harbors bill re ported to th2 house by the rivers and harbors committee. Miners Entombed. Vancouver. II. C. Sixty miners have been entombed in the Itluebird colliery at Frank. Alberta, as a result of an explosion. Panama Canal Bond Issue. Washington. Machinery was set ir. motion Friday to provide for an Is sue or Panama canal bonds to end a drain upon the working balance of the treasury which now threatens a deficit. Secretary or the Treasury MacVeagh had a hong conference on the subject with Senator Aldrich chairman of the senate committee on finance. It was said that complications had arisen and that further legislation would be necessary if the proposed new securities are to find a market ILL OVEB NEBRASKA Farmer Accidentally Killed. Pawnee County. Jert Hall, a far aier living southwest of Pawnee City. met with" an accident that resulted In ais death. He fell from a horse, frac turing his skull. Wymore to Own Plants. At a special election held in Wy more. the bond proposition of $37, J00 for a new waterworks system carried by a majority of 345, while Jie electric light bonds carried by i majority of 280. Union Pacific Agent Killed. S. E. Turner. Union Pacific station lsent at Devil's Slide station, some aiiles east of Ogden. Utah, was shot ind killed by bandits. The money in :he safe of that station and some val uables of Turner's were taken. Request for Motor Service to Ord. Hall County. An effort is being made to secure a motor car passen ger service from Grand Island to Ord on the Union Pacific's branch, in addition to the present service of two trains a day, one of which is a mixed train. Held for Trial. Buffalo County. Ed Leigh of Shel ton. accused of assault of Id'ell Hens ley, the 8-year-old daughter of his boardiug house keeper, was ar raigned In county court and given preliminary hearing. He pleaded not guilty, but was held for trial. Dead in India. Adams County. A cablegram was received in Hastings announcing the ieath of Mrs. W. Montgomery at Ko lar. India. The Montgomery's were 3ld settlers and pioneers of Adams county and removed to Corona, Cal.. x few years" ago, where Mr. Montgom ery died. Fremont Census Shows Gain. Dodge County. Census Director Hayes of Central City has just given out the iMjpulation of Fremont under the census of 1910. The population of Fremont is 9.115, an Increase of 25 per cent in ten years. Ily the census of 1900 Fremont had a popu lation of 7.241. W. J. Vosburg Is Injured. Buffalo County. W. J. Vosburg. a prominent merchant and club .man af kearney, is confined to his bed un able to move and in great pain iue to concussion of the spine and strains and bruises received by fall ing from a Kearney-Callaway motor Kir. Mortgage Record in Gage. Gage County. The mortgage rec ord of Gage-county for the month of November is as follows: Farm mort gages filed, 10; amount, $15,050. Farm mortgages released, 12; amount. $21,780. City mortgages filed. 25; amount. $13,580. City mortgages released, 18; amount, $11,550. Attacked by a Tramp. Otoe County. Conductor Joy Car bon of the Burlington was attacked by a tramp at Vertlon and had to put up a hard fight before he was able to wrest the dagger from the wouldhe murderer and throw him rrom the train. He has tacked the dagger up in his car as a souvenir of tlie occasion. Went Aqainst Plaintiff. Madison County. The action for $U.00( damages brought by Andrew Nord against Burr Tat't, one of Madi son county's commissioners, was de cided against the plaintiff. This ac tion was for alleged assault on the We of Mr. Nord and resulted in an acquittal of the defendant. Judge Welch instructed tiie jury if they found for the plaintiff that the dam ages should not exceed 1 cent. Testing Brick. Cass County. Chris Bayster se lected a number of brick from each of the three cars shipped to Platts moutii for the paving and took then: to Omaha to be tested. The test con sists of placing them in a rattler and whirling them rapidly for an hour. I'he brick are weighed when they are placed in the rattler and after they are removed. If they lose moro than IS per cent in weight during the process they are rejected. Special Election in Custer. Custer County. The committed appointed to examine into the nu merous petitions asking for a spucia; election for tiie purpo.se of voting :; 1 and : mill levy to build a new court house reported favorably t the county hoard of supervisors. Tht motion was carried without a dissent ing ote and the special election was called for January 9. The board stip ulates if the election carries that the cost of the court house shall not ex ceed $00,000. Another Net Weight Case. Pawnee County. The supreme court issued a writ of habeas corpus returnable January U for Lew Agnew of Pawnee City, who was brought be fore a court in that county charged with selling misbranded packages of National l.isciiit company goods. His case is similar to that of O. J. King and 1$. T. Page in Lincoln and is the third of the group of test cases that have been begun to te?t out the validity of all the different phases of the net weight section of the Ne braska pure food law. Profits for Nebrasksns. Dodge County. News from a reli able authority has readied Fremont that the American-German Coffee company, a big corporation which owns a plantation in Mexico, is to be sold in a few days to an English syndicate. It has been known for some time that the deal has been pending. A large number of Nebras kans. including some thirty or forty residents of Dodge county, are stock holders in the company. They will make a "profit of 300 per cent, it Is said, by the deal. Nebraska Directory All PA FISTULA, Pay whrn Cur.. PIIpX AllKecuirDiH-ascuidwltl.- fJsBiSBBW out a, anrsrtc!' operation and guaranteed to last a lifetime. No ol.loroform or ceneral anirstlieticHtisoU. Exam inutionf res, M.CK.TAMY. 223BteBuane. Cnuha.'Mek. TUFTS DENTAL ROOMS 1517 ImjIIS St., 0WH. DEI. KeUakla Dcatisuyai assnrts Pries. RUBBER GOOBS y mall at cut prices. SscS for t reo catalogo MYERS-DILLON DRUG CO.. Omaha, Nab. DIIDTIIDC CURED in a few days witmoat pain or a sar- ffcal spends. K par aatil cared. Scad lu war tare. 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Red Cross Christtaaa seals data back in their origin to "charity stamps." first used for the soldiers relief funds in Boston in 1862. during the Civil war. After the war. this method of raising money was discon tinued in this country for a genera tion, although it found vogue in Por tugal, Switzerland, Australia. France. Spain. Denmark. Norway. Russia. Sweden and other European coun tries. There are now several hun dred different types of charity stamps used in all parts of the world. Stamps or seals were first used to get money for the antl-tubercuIoBis crusade In Norway and Sweden In 1904. After being used in thesa coun tries for three years, as a direct re sult of the Interest of Jacob Rlls In this movement, the Delaware Anti Tuberculosis association, headed by Miss Emily P. Bissell, and the lied Cross society of Delaware combined In issuing a tuberculosis stamp. So successful was this campaign that nearly $3,000 was realized, and the next year, in 1908, the American Red Cross was Induced to issue a national Red Cross tuberculosis stamp. From this sale. $135,000 wa3 realized, that amount being almost doubled in 150. This year, for the first time, the sale is organized on a comprehensive basis, taking in all parts of the United States. A million for tuber culosis work is confidently expected. Time to Think Over Suicide. He took parts green to commit sui cide. Too big a dose to kill him. Emi nent specialist happened to bo called In. and started to fix him up. "No use." 6ald paris green performer. 'Til do it anyhow after you have done with me." Doctor got mad. "If that's the way you feel about it. you fool." be paid. "I'll not waste my time on you." Paris green performer much aston ished and grieved. "Well." be said. "give me 24 hours to think It over." Doctor gave him 24 hours and went away. At the end of the time parts green performer telephoned: "I've thought It over and want to get well; come and see me some more." Triumph of Optimism. "How are you feeling today, uncle?" asked the robust nephew of bis aged and feeble kinsman. "Pretty well, pretty well!" quavered that incurable optimist, "my rheumatiz Is bothering me a good deal and my erisipilis is worse than it was yester day, I've got a slight headache and I went down to the dentist today and had all but two of my teeth pulled, but thank heaven those two aro op posite each other!" THEY GROW Good Humor and Cheerfulness ?rcm Right Food and Drink. Anything that Interferes with good health is apt to keep cheerfulness and good humor in the background. A Washington lady found that lotting coffee alone made things bright for her. Sho writes: "Four years ago I was practically given up by my doctor and was not ex pected to live long. My nervous sys tem was in a bad condition. "Hut I was young and did not want to die so I began to look about for the cause of my chronic trouble. I used tc have nervous spells which would ex haust me and after each spell it would take me days before I ould sit up in k chair. "I became convinced my trouble was caused by coffee. I decided to stop It end bought some Postura. "The first cup, which I made accord ing to directions, had a soothing !-' feet on my nerves and I liked the taste. For a time I nearly lived on Postum and ate little food besides. I am today a healthy woman. "My family and relatives wonder 1! I am the same person I was four years? ago, when I could do no work on ac count of nervousness. Now I am do ing my own housework, take care of two babies one twenty the other two months old. I am so busy that I hard ly get time to write a letter, yet I do it all with the cheerfulness and good humor that comes from enjoying good health. "I tell my friends it la to Postum I owe my life today." Read "The Road to WellriUe." in pkgs. "There's a Reason. Ever rea the sssts letter? A in BPesws) trass tlsae ts tJsac. They rail of hms tatereat. rewwrwiccav S i