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Citing: "measly shames," here is one
really worth warbling about. "Honey"
became, in truth, wet to the skin. The
elements seemed to be In a well Ialtl
conspiracy to administer the dousing".
Mr. and Mrs. Alber Moses of Madison
county were the parties who suffered.
Things went against them In spite of
the fact that they had just dutifully
attended church. Driving homeward a
sudden storm arose. It was behind
them, coming forward at a rapid rate.
Not a great distance ahead they sight
ed the barn of a neighbor and made for
it. The buggy shed was open and they
drove directly into it. While in the act
of murmuring their thanks for their
good fortune the storm settled on
them. With one whiff and a twist the
wind lifted the barn straight up and
away, without scathing its guests.
Another gust tipped the buggy over,
and thus the occupants were deprived
of even that shelter. Out in the mud
they rolled while the rain In sheets
enshrouded them. If it wasn't a wet
ting premeditated and determined by
the elements, the disbeliever will have
to advance some unusually cogent rea
soning. cir
Prohibition enthusiasts at Madi
son have just observed a peculiar an
niversaryan unusual conversion. It
was an event of twenty-nine years
ago. A callow saloon man poured his
grog out into the street amid the howl
ing amens of the prohibs, all because
of the labors of a glib temperance lec
turer. Charles Huyler was the name
of the man. Thinking to get a hand
some surplus In a short time he in
vested in a license to dispense booze.
For ten months he passed It out over
his bar. Then came the lecturer. He
painted the torments of the wretched
wife and children of the drinker and
properly photographed the barkeeper.
Iluykr suffered a movement of the
spirit and announced that lie would
go out of business. The town gathered
about him while he broke keg after
keg of liquor and ran the contents In
to the street. With speeches and en
comiums the prohibition people revive
the day right along.
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Nooks and hiding places In the
throats seem strangely present In some
children. One near Fremont moped
and ailed a number of days and finally
a physician was called. He probed
and Investigated in the cavern of the
child's throat and produced a safety
pin. It had been taken into the mouth
of the babe while it played on the floor
of the home and setting started down
It dodged into tht first cove It chanced
upon.
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AU kinds of stories have been related
about animals and fowls equipped with
two heads. Just for a change, the
town of Plymouth has given origin to
a chicken with one head and two
bodies. Unfortunately it did not sur
vive. The carelessness of Its mother
hen shortened its days to less than
one. William Selk Is the man who
claims to have witnessed the hatching
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JOHN H. McCLAY.
John II. McCIay, candidate for the legislature on the republican ticket,
was born In West Liberty, Ohio, October 5. 1S44. AYnen four vears of age
his parents removed to Illinois and in that state he spent his youth. He
enlisted in the Forty-seventh Illinois infantry at the age of sixteen and
spent almost five years In the service of the union.
He entered the war a private and came out a lieutenant In command
of a company of sharpshooters. He participated in all of the principal en
gagements of the west, Including the Missouri campaign of 1S61, the
Shiloh and Corinth campaigns in 1862, Vicksburg campaign. 1S63, the Red
Kiver and Price campaigns In Arkansas and Missouri in 1864, and the Mo
bile campaign In 1SC5. After the close of the war he served as assistant
army quartermaster general, being stationed In Alabama. He was mus
tered out of the civil war service In the spring of 1SG6 and returned to
Peoria, 111., and again entered school.
Mr. McCIay came to Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1S70. For the past thirty
years he has lived in Lancaster county.
In 1S78 he served one term ni county commissioner and was next elect
ed to the office of county clerk and served two terms. Mr. McCIay was
one of the delegates at large for Nebraska to the republican national
convention In 1900.
Mr. McCIay enlisted in the Third Nebraska volunteers in 1S0S. He
was senior major and was afterwards promoted to lieutenant colonel.
For a time he had command of the regiment. He remained in the service
until the Third Nebraska was mustered out.
At the county convention held last week, Mr. McCIay was nominated
for the legislature, and had a handsome following among the delegates.
During his residence here he has made a host of political friends who
will doubtless push his candidacy with vim and vigor.
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JOHN DAVIS.
The subject of this sketch was born March 3, 1850, In Aberdare.
Wales. He came to America with his parents at an early age and settled
in Wisconsin, where young Davis was brought up on a farm. He passed
rapidly through the common schools and took a course at the Spring
Green academy and afterwards graduated with honors at the Madison
business college, receiving a diploma.
His father was a volunteer soldier In the war of 1861, and died from
starvation as a rebel prisoner In Salisbury. N. C, In 1864.
Mr. Davis came to Nebraska in March, 1S71. arriving here on the
attainment of his majority. He settled In Pawnee county.
He taught school In Pawnee and was one of Its brightest and most
successful teachers. He afterwards entered a large mercantile Arm as
bookkeeper and became an expert in that line. In the fall of 18TT he
was elected clerk of Pawnee county, to which position he was re-elected
for a second term, which he served with credit and distinction. He after
wards engaged in the lumber and coal business for ten years. So far Mr.
Davl3 has stamped every act of his life with such energy as to mark it
with success.
Mr. Davis tti early life followed the precepts of a good mother and
became a member of the M. K. church and has creditably filled every
ofllce in the church organization. He was elected a delegate to the
general conference of that church In Chicago, in 1900. He also has been
superintendent of Sunday schools for more than a dozen years. In all
his life he has been a loyal republican and last year Governor Savage
appointed him secretary of the state board of charities and corrections.
He represented the state at the Washington, D. C, national conference
of charities and corrections and Is now in Detroit attending the national
confercnce'thls' year 'In the same capacity.
Mr. Davis has a comfortable home at 2116 F street, where he resides
with his family consisting of a wife and three children.
of the small bird. It happened to be
contained in the smallest egg In the
setting. He noticed it piping through
the shell and thought nothing more
about it for the time being. When
next he found It the hen had crushed
Its life out with her feet, as shown by
a slight mangling of the body. Cov
ered with yellow down and fitted with
a notably large head It was a curious
sight and attracted considerable at
tention In one of the store windows.
Its two bodies were perfectly devel
oped, for the age of the bird. They
were joined at the breast bone. The
beak was Imperfect and but one eye
was In evidence. One of the problems
the gossips tried to decide was w hether
one half of the body would starve
while the other would fatten had the
little thing lived.
In admirably acute sarcasm a resi
dent of Springview in Keya Paha
county advertises In the hope of reach
ing a thief. His idea is that when a
man takes a notion to mutilate his
farm machinery for the sake of an
odd piece or two he would confer a
favor to take the whole thing. He
says: "The party that took a pair of
Hat planter wheels from my planter,
east of my house, may come back and
take the balance of the planter, as It
13 no use to me without the wheels,
and It might possibly stretch his con
science to take the rest without my
consent. (Signed) ANT. POITEVIN."
Speaking of roasts you have not
seen one until you have read the fol
lowingIt would appear that Brann
has been reincarnated In the Battle
Creek Republican: "The vile3t thing
on earth a depraved he, she or It has
appeared for a second time. This
thing sneaks out under cover of dark
ness when decent people are In bed
and bedaubs character besmirching ef
fusions on buildings, windows and
doors. This thing no doubt passes as
a gentleman, but such terms as cop
perhead, bushwhacker, backbiter,
blackmailer, blackguard, etc.. are too
delicate to apply to the case. Some
word designating something more dev
ilish, dirty, despicable and damnable
than the vilest offal of the darkest
recesses of hades Is required and our
dictionary doesn't supply It. The tar
and feather brigade Is waiting and hell
Is yawning for this thing, the missing
link, or something even Inferior to
Darwin's theoretical creation of the
lowest animals."
Not all people who come out of the
blase east are cormorant In their In
stincts. The Stanton Register makes
note of one eastern man of capital
who Is quite the contrary. Eleven
years ago he sold a farm of 160 acres
to a family In the county. A cash
payment of $100 was made at the time
and not a cent since. Nathaniel Gor
don Is the name of the man who made
the sale. He recently learned of the
destitution of the family, six of the
members being children practically
helpless. Straightway he freed them
of the Incubus of debt. Eighty acre.
of the farm were signed to the mother
and the remainder to the children,
without the need of another cent's
payment.
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Rigorous as some people are in re
gard to shirtwaists, a "smart set" In
Hastings defies opinion. It has adopt
ed these garments and only recently
it enjoyed what it denominated a
"shirtwaist ball." They did not order
out people who appeared In coats; they
froze them out. In fact they would
not let them cross the threshold. Their
idea was to show that they could be
as harsh as any bloated hotel land
lord or school teacher In Omaha.
