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ward. The following Sunday the
preacher at the other church discoursed
on the manner of the Lord's rebukes to
people who act on the Impulse to
slaughter his creatures.
Satan is still in pigs, declares W. O.
Morse of Craig. He is a farmer ahd
was going to town with a wagon load
of swine. Getting rambunctious when
near the berg, one climbed precipitately
out of the wagon, scared the horses
frantic and caused a runaway. Within
teir seconds Mr. Morse was in the air
and a few more seconds saw him on
the ground with a compound fracture
of the leg where the wheels of the
loaded ;wagon had rolled over him.
Oracles and morallzers of Fullerton
are doing a little overtime. They are
rounding up the mischievous element
and cramming it with advice that is
surely worth some while in other
towns, too. The town, it seems, was
in need of an event. To obtain It,
along with a little sauce of excitement,
a group that ought to have been busy,
fastened a cord with a can to the tail
of one of the largest street dogs. It
proceeded at once to hit the pace. Down
the main street it went screaming in
terror at its jangling pursuer. The
result was that a farmer's team ran
away. The streets being crowded at
the time it naturally took a few
wheels along with it. There was no
good reason why it did not cause a
general stampede. What it failed to
do for the teams, however, it did for
the Wise Boys.
He thought he had rheumatism: it
was aneedle. William Branson is the
man. He lives in Genoa. For a long
time he thought he was suffering an
acute case of rheumatism in his arm. ,
Finally he sought out a physician.
That gentleman conducted an examin
ation of the painful member. With a
few swift swishes of his weapon of
annihilation he hewed out a needle,
Mr. Branson was quite surprised.
After some moments of thought he re
membered that he had been told that
as a child he had swallowed a pin. He
then adopted the idea that his in
formers had mistaken a pin for a
needle and that this implement had
been coursing through his muscles all
these years.
Pills for lies Is the- punishment for
lying children urged by the Platts
mouth News. It thinks the teachers
should give the question studious in
vestigation. An eastern physician has
somehow Imparted to the News man
the dea that lies are germinated by
indigestion rather than malice or mis
chief. Hence, if pills are used, the
habit can be corrected easily and with
no expenditure of muscle in the arm
that wields the birch. Corporeal pun
ishment will be done away with and
straightforwardness will be furthered
with perfect ease.
With head foremost in a jar of water
a baby was drowned. It was the one
year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Wheeler of Warnervllle precinct,
near Norfolk. The mother was doing
the washing at the time. She had left
the house for a few moments, with the
baby clinging to a chair in the kitchen.
A Ave gallon Jar of water stood on the
lloor nearby. When the mother re
entered the house there were the little
feet of the babe dangling over the rim
of the Jar while its head was sub
merged. All her best efforts to re
suscitate It during the next three
hours proved fruitless.
In Nebraska flourish two pests. They
need remedy. Who can suggest it?
One is the sparrow and the other is
that audacious red bug which fre
quents box elder trees. The sparrows
have lots of nerve, but with those bugs
it Is purely brass. So far they haven't
struck Lincoln this year but they are
coming from their haunts In due sea
son and it will be soon enough.
W. C. SH1NN.
Mr. Shinn. who lias redeemed the lightning rod business, and tri
umphantly placed the science on the roll of honor, was born In Henry
county, Illinois, In 1870, and came to Nebraska at the age of nine years
with his parents, who settled In Pawnee county, where they still
own 400 acres of the choice land. He was raised on a farm, educated at
Pawnee City, and married to Miss Belva Woods, daughter of Hon L. II.
Woods, who was senator from Pawnee and Richardson counties.
Mr. Shinn embarked in the live stock business and was very success
ful In that line, being one of the men who has brought the Duroc breed
of swine up to their present high standard.
Realizing the manner in which the lightning rod business had been
abused, and having made a study of atmospheric electricity and fourtil
that buildings and lives could be -protected from the ravages of lightning
by scientifically applying good copper conductors, he saw that if a man
would manufacture a good copper cable lightning rod and handle it on
business principles, selling to every person at the same price, and pursu
ing straight, honorable methods, that there could be a good business
worked up along that line.
With this end in view he moved to Lincoln and put in a plant and
for the last three years has been conducting such an Institution. The
business has grown now to Justify his beliefs, as they make about 2.000
feet per day, and the demand is daily growing, as there has never been
any damage where these rods have been applied.
The Insurance companies of Nebraska appreciate his good work and
all endorse his system of roddlng and endeavor to get their patrons to
secure his services.
Mr. Shinn also handles static and X-ray machine and has sold in
the past two years more machines than was in the state before. The
same feature of square dealing is the cause for this.
He 13 a member of several secret societies, among which lie prizes
the Masonic order the highest, being a Knight Templar.
He owns a beautiful home at 2327 P street and his factory is at 201'J
O street. Mr. and Mrs. Shinn are well known socially. Mr. Shinn is do
ing much to promote the commercial welfare of Lincoln.
Screens won't keep them out, patience
can't drive them out; nothing can be
done but to sit them out. They perch
on the side of the house, basking in the
' sunshine, waiting for openings and
then they swarm In. You can't go iiear
them without feeling two or three
dash down your neck, they clamber
into your food and your drink in spite
of you, and you learn from them as
from nothing else, your wretched in
significance. The shade of the box
elder is soothing and comforting at all
times when it need not be shared by
these insects but if they must stay,
too, there seems nothing wiser than a
ruthless destruction of the timber.
Nebraska is good enough for thl3
men anyhow. He Is O. F. Hayden of
Franklin. The strange, misty glamour
that has always surrounded the state
of Washington and Oregon attracted
him among the vast hordes of others
this spring. With his family he de
parted after selling all he possessed.
The other day he returned. His old
friends and neighbors heard of his
coming and prepared for him. At the
station when he arrived was the brass
band and a group of his old friends
who mounted him on their shoulders.
Thus they paraded the main street of
the town while all along the streets
thronged the multitudes who shouted
greetings. Now he is under obliga
tions never again to cuss the state.
Oregon was his mark. He went there
hoping much, as have others who have
made the trip. What he found was of
the most meagre satisfaction. Thous
ands of people have been carted in
from all over the country. Of course
the state Is large but for its developed
resources It has been completely over
run. Land is cheap enough, but work
for hire is dreadfully lacking. Unlike
Mr. Hayden hundreds who are there
stay because they can't get away.
Within forty-eight hours after his re
ception in the old town he sealed his
determination to stay by re-investing
in a home.
Threshers near Norcatur will try oil
In their engines. Coal is costly. Jt
takes money to buy It and power and
bother to keep it near during the trlpi
among the farms. Fancied economy in
tonnage and cost has led them to pur
chase an oil burner for their engine.
If they And that it makes enough
steam they will deem themselves both
fortunate and happy. Other threshers
in the vicinity, also Imbued with the
idea that oil is cheaper than coal in
every respect, will proceed at once to
do likewise if they find their views
conlirmed.
A stage crisis in real life was enacted
in Nebraska City a short time ago. It
was no mimic thriller but was the kind
that give theatricals Inspiration. The
elements were a burning barn, a
screaming babe inside and a terrified
mother outside tearing off the boards
in a frenzied eagerness. The children
had been playing in the barn of Grant
Yates. Of course they got hold of
matches. Hay near by took Are and
blazed up frightfully to the children.
They ran all but the two-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Yates. Him they left
to his fate, owing to no presence of
mind. Of course he began to scream
lustily. The mother saw the smoke
and heard the cries. She did not dis
cover the open door, but tried one that
was shut and failing to make It budge
she tried another end of the building
where some of the boards were loose.
The heat wan blistering the baby us
she rushed In.
A snake has cured Sam Stradley of
the habit of cleaning his yard. His
home Is in Greenwood and he was In
dustriously making for its beauty by
combing out the petty objects that al
ways tend to destroy Its symmetry.
Loose boards were In his way. He
turned one of them over with his hand,
heard a warning rattle and felt the
sting of the reptile's fangs in his
hand. As he rose to hurry for a doc
tor he saw It wriggle away. Treat
ment was given him and he Is no
worse off for the scare. When he came
to punish the snake, however. It wan
not to be found.
Once again the farmers In the vicinity
of Randolph have been buncoed. A
man quoted as bearing the name of
W. G. McKay did the burghers good.
About two hundred of them mourn the
toss of ten dollars each. The man
registereil among them as the agent of
a Chicago grocery Arm. Forming what
he called the Farmers' Trading Asso
ciation he promised payment of 15
cents a dozen for eggs and 20 cents a
pound for butter. All he required was
that each farmer who took advantage
of the offer should hand him $10 as a
membership fee. Due bills redeem
able in cash or goods were paid for the
produce brought In. He had to make
some show of doing his part for a
while. Then when he had raked In
$2,500 In membership fees he suddenly
dissolved the association and evapo
rated. tf-
Guest I have noticed some fresh,
ripe strawberries In the fruit shop.
Host H-m, yes, but at this season I
prefer prunes.
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