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Sylvan solitude embraces the life of
a man and his family in the middle of
the Platte river some distance from
Wood river. He has a little island of
nine acres all to himself and has
passed his life there. The waters on all
s'ldes serve to bar out intruders; Rob
inson Crusoe in his halcyon days could
'hardly have enjoyed greater seclusion.
A. J. Donner Is the name of the inhabi
tant of this Island. He has been there
many years. The land became his own
by virtue of a squatter's claim and
with the exception of the little home,
its dooryard trappings and numerous
conspicuous Implements of livelihood
the virgin green of the island has not
been disturbed. A network of paths
leading through It all to the shore are
to be found, of course, but as for plow
and hoe, they have never been carried
across the water. Trapping and fishing
have been followed by Mr. Donner as a
means of living and last winter alone
he harvested about 500 skunks and 200
minks. When not trapping Mr. Donner
is fishing and the catfish he hauls out
of the river are the envy of all who
know him. not only for their size but
for their number. The surplus he sells
at the market price. With his wife
and babies he appears to be leading a
contented life.
Nothing can be better than an an
cient book to give insight into the rich.
V.
This view shows the Manila company's double compartment shaft, ore running $16.80 to the ton, 125
feet from surface, with a cross cut of thirty-five feet. Four shifts of men employed night and day. Ore
on dump ready for milling.
ripe, good old days of old. Such a vol
ume is in the possession of Attorney
Loomis of Fremont. It Is a copy of the
compiled statutes of Great Britain,
printed in 1572. His friends, as well as
himself, take a good deal of interest
in the obsolete laws bearing on witch
craft, swearing and false swearing
and hosts of other misdemeanors of
those days. To laugh on Sunday was
to gravely endanger your chances of
heaven. The girl who wore garish
ribbons on the sacred day was account
ed lost beyond redemption. An infalli
ble test for witchcraft was to throw
the suspected person into a lalce or riv
er. If the victim drowned the conclu
sion was that the wrong person had
been suspected. It was too late, how
ever for apologies, but then that didn't
cut much figure. If the ducked person
survived the flood all doubt of her be
ing a witch was removed and burning
at the stake was next in order. No
instance is recorded where this final
im
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The subject of this illustration and sketch is a" native of Connecticut and
was born In New Haven. At an early age he evinced considerable ability
in handling tools and developed a penchant for mechanic arts. He came
tith his parents to Nebraska twenty-six years ago, passed through the
public schools and graduated from the high school. He has followed the
occupation of a plumber for sixteen years; eight of which he has been
In business for himself. J. C. Cox Is distinctly a Lincoln boy. He grew to
manhood here; learned his trade here and is doing good work along the
line of his chosen calling.
Among the many buildings which bear evidences of his skill may be
mentioned f the Fraternity building, plumbing, heating and gas complete;
Llndell hotel annex, one dozen new bath rooms; Lincoln hotel, plumbing;
Lincoln Safe Deposit building, plumbing, heating and gas; the Central
Granaries building; Dill building, Randolph, Capitol and Central school
buildings, and St. Paul's church. Among the many fine residences in
the city that have received Mr. Cox's painstaking attention are those of
Dr. A. L. Hoover, the Davis flats, H. K. Burket, the Kennard flats, Henry
Mayer, C D. Mullen, and the fine Jakway residence on F street. Nowhere
in these buildings can be seen any but the best that skilled workmanship
can produce. Mr. Cox married a Lancaster county girl and resides at 1S35
G street.
treatment has failed to drive out the
hidden devil. Garments of burial had
to be selected with an eye to the dig
nity of the law. For a person to dress
the corpse of his wife or mother In
anything made or mixed with silk or
linen or anything not woolen was to
Incur the wrath of the magistrates if
they learned of it. Then followed a
fine.
Hail stones have forced a vacation of
at least two weeks on a couple of line
men who wer working near McCook.
While they were toiling in the arms of
telephone poles some distance from the
city a hall storm loomed up on the
horizon. In a few minutes it was pelt
ing them and blocks of Ice that
stabbed cruelly fell upon them. Wil
liam Brown and W. E. Corbin were the
men. They raised their hands to pro
tect their heads and when fusillade was
over these members w.ere bloody and
lacerated In many places to the bone.
Upon reaching the ground they gath
ered up handfuls of their enemies of a
few minutes before and made them do
service in the shape of ice packs to
ease the throbbing pain.
It is time to send detectives of un
usual shrewdness to Nebraska City. A
thief or set of thieves exist in that
city who should be run to earth with
out delay. If not it will soon be too
late to do- any good. Garden sass is
said to be disappearing from the back
yard plots allover the city and no hon
orable people are responsible for it.
People can stand it to have their homes
burglarized, they can endure being held
up and, In fact, cherish such experi
ences to the longest day of their lives;
they can even put up with safe blow
ing. But the limit of their patience Is
reached when a marauder skips with
their lettuce. The town husbandmen
does not plant onions and radishes for
the fun of It.
Fifteen minutes under water Is not
enough to kill some people, one person
at least. He lives at Tecumseh. Ray
Elliott is his name and his age is 10.
Some time ago he was swimming with
his brother In a pond near the farm
of the father. While diving he became
stuck in the mud and was unable to
get loose. The brother hastened for the
father and fifteen minutes later the boy
was rescued. Efforts toward resuscla
tion were begun at once. An hour lat
er signs of life appeared. The work
was resumed with renewed vigor. Five
hours later th boy was able to speak:
It i3 said that now he is as able to re
sume swimming and any other youthly
sport as he was before his experience
with death.
Blushes for its town mantle the face
of the Greeley Leader-Independent. It
is in a state of blazing indignation.
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GOLF GOODS BELOW COST
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