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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-05-29

Dollar bottle or six for five. Sag
wa. Thank you; thank anybody who
buys our Sagwa."
Jerry's tongue kept repeating, dol
lar bottle, six for a five. Thank you
-Sagwa-thank YOU" But his eyes
were always Oh the girl up in front.
He found himself edging up towards
her; he iingled dollar with the shin
gle nails in his pocket He stood at
last within two rods of her. He
watched the slow succession of people
pass in front of the platform, Some
were buying, some were there out of
curiosity and some were dragged
along by the crowd. He was one of
the curious Ones-or-what would hap
pen if he bought bottle? lie didn't
need it, he wasn't sick. But what
might not happen if he went up close
and bought the medicine. The girl
might look at him and smile as she
had smiled at the others. That would
be worth the dollar. He edged his
way forward. He was within one rod
three yards-twO yards. The man
up in front was speaking his, THANK
you, thank you; we thank everybody"
Somebody else was speaking, too, right
close to Jerry's ear. Two men laughed
coarsely. One said: ''She's pretty
but and the other answered
''She's the old swindler,s wife. She
goes up there to draw the suckers. As
you say-pretty-but.'
They laughed again and Jerry shiv-
cred. He would have given his dollar
now to get to the outside of the crowd
again. But it was too late, He had
already held out his hand to the girl
with the dollar shining in the palm
She reached to take it from him as he
drew back and the dollar rang down
upon the floor at her feet. She laughed
insOlen.ly and in second Jerry was
wild with anger. She was laughing
at him, his awkwardneSs.
He seized the bottle that she gave
him and would have smashed it again
on the platform, but the sound of the
wicked looking mans voice came d.
rectly to him. The rythm of it steadied
him. THANK you; thank you, we thank
everybody that buys our KickapOO In
dian Sagwa". Jerry moved on with
the crowd. He felt the bottle in his
hand-a bottle of Sagwa! What did
he want with Sagwa? He suddenly
laughed. Things did not seem quite
the same as they had fifteen minutes
before. the crowd was there the same,
but he could see their faces plainer.And
the girl, he looked at her; he could see
face palmer too. She was pretty, but,
He walked away sleepily. He was
murmering sarcastically the wicked
looking mans tune, "Thank you,
thank you; we thank everybOdy-Sag-
wa-thank you, we thank everybody"
ANNIE PREY.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-05-29
JERRY'S KICKAPOO GIRL,


Jerry stood on the outside of the
crowd around the KickapOo medicine
show when he saw her first. The
show had been tn town two nights be-
fore. but this was Jerry's first night
He was glad he had come if only for
the novelty of the thing. The
rude platform, the Pickering lights
the wicked looking man up on the
platform fiourishing bottle of Sagwa
in each hand, the loud voice strident
above the mutter of the crowd, the
people moving back and forth restless
", impatient for the auction to stop
and for the acting to begir,-all these
things fascinated Jerry.
But there was one other thing he
saw after awhile that fascinated him
more than ever. He was nineteen
and did not find in the flour and hay
that he handled daily anything to sat
isfy his nineteen-year-old desire for
romance. But the pretty girl face up
on the platform made him think OF all
the heroines in the stories he had
read. She WASH an Indian of course.
The Indians didn't come on until the
acting began. But he called her after
wards his "Kickapoo girl" She was
so pretty and the black dress she wore
so-so-Jerry couldn't express it very
well; he said the dress was like the
girl.
She stood up there by the side of the
wicked looking man. When anybody
wanted to buy bottle of Sagwa she
was the one to give it out to him with
her own slender white hands. jerry
watched her. She smiled sometimes
when she handed the bottles down.
Her smile took Jerry's breath away.
Such red lips; such bright eyes; such
white skin. Her throat looked like
marble rising from the soft, black lace
around her neck And sometimes she
spoke laughingly to the wicked looking
man. Then the mans voice would die
down a moment while he answered
her, to rise the next moment louder
and harsher than ever, enumerating
long list of the incurable diseases that
Sagwa and KickapOo salve would cure.
Jerry's listening ears turned all the
harshness and rasping of the mans
voice to purest melody. His eyes were
on the girl. There was nothing in the
wide world that could seem discOrd to
him at that moment. He felt dreamy
delight in the sirens rythmical re-
frain. THANK you, thank you; We
thank everybody who buys our Kicka-
poo Indian Sagwa-Sagwa-Sagwa.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-05-29

::.SsS ucre campaign buttons Oh mine
with eyes to EN-. so that eff the demand
Ii smaller than the supply I kin soil
EN- to some overhauls factory or some
thing Of that kiEd"-i1ffanAyo.is
Journal
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-05-29

Or send Thsm TO Blind Asylom.
Il think" said the statesman who
didn't have any great hopes, anyway,
that It would be a good plan to rake
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1897-05-29

On Monday the Round Table met
with Mrs. NJ. ID. WEIGH. About eighteen
were present.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
cooklnx by Solar Heat.

The various experiments made with
solar engines by the French in Algeria.
where the sun is never overloaded and
shines with great power, have been at
tended in somoinsiances with marked
success. The beet apparatus is stated
to BE- simple arrangement Of boiler
and concave mirror, the steam generated
being condensed in coiled tube sur
rounded by water, this being intended
merely for .distilling water. But in
India an inventor has contrived some
machines with which moro varied re-
suits are accomplished. One Of these,
says the Philadelphia Record, is what
is termed cooking box, made OF wood
and lined with rejecting mirrors. at
the bottom Of the box being small
copper boiler covered with glass to re-
tain the heat Of the rays concentrated
by the mirrors upon the boiler. In
this contiivance any sort OF food may
be quickly cooked, the result being Q
stew or boil ii the steam is retained, or
IL allowed to. escape it is a bake. The
heat with tins device may be aug
mented indefinitely by increasing the
diameter Of the box.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
MRS. PINKHAM'S VICTORY
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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
Germnny and ChIna.

The foreign office at Pekin says that
when the bandits killed the two mis-.
sonaries it ordered the governor ol
shangtung to arrest the culprits, and
the capture of four Of them was effect.
ed, but meanwhile, indeed only one
day before, the Germans landed troops
and occupied the forts.
The Germans still occupy Kiao Chau,
place Of great strategic and com.
mercial importance, and show no dis.
position to abandon 1t. but, on the con.
trary, appear to have seized upon the
murder Of the missionaries as a pretext
for obtaining and permanently occupy.
ing a very desirable position upon the
Chinese coast, and so clear 10 this de.
termination that China has appealed to
Russia to interfere in her behalf against
Germany. Germany reinforced her
squadron in the Chinese waters on the
heels OF this seizure Of Kiao Chau bay,
and 1t is reported that as long ago as
1895 one Of our warships on the Chinese
coast was applied to by German YES.
sci for charts OF these waters, "and par.
ticularly requested detailed charts Of
the harbof OF Kiao Chau." The Ger.
mans verified these charts, and made
more extended surveys Of the place,
and when "the German naval officers
at that time discussed the probability
Of their occupying that port, the murder
Of German missionaries was not men.
toned"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
Girl Ushers in a church.

Because the members of his church
were negligent in attending Sunday
services and still more SO in contribute
ing to the support of himself and the
church, Rev. Maurice Penfeld Fixes,
pastor OF the First Baptist church at
Trenton, n j., decided to try an limo.
vation to attract people to hear him
preach and their nicklcs and dimes
from their unwilling pockets. He in.
troduced pretty girls as uslers, and Is
more than pleased with the results Of
the first experiment. Mr.. Fixes had
the sagacity to make announcement
Of the fact that the young women
would show folks to their seats and
take up the collection. He was care
ful, too, to pick out six Of the prettiest
girls in his flock, so the church had
more young men in it's pews than had
ever before been seen there. Every
seat in the church was filed long be.
fore services were begun, and it was
necessary to get chairs in the aisles.
As ushers the girls were a grand sue.
cess, but their best services were given
when the time came to take up the col
lection. The innovation doesn't meet
with the approval Of the other preach-
ers, who say that when people are
drawn to church simply for the privi.
lege of looking upon beyy of pretty
girls there in no lasting good to be ex-
pected from it. But Mr.. Fixes says
that he believes in getting people into
his church and he doesn't care how he
does it so long as the means are iegiti-
mate and honest. 1t took a long time
to take up the collection, but when it
was over and the money counted there
was nearly $500 to add to the treasury
OF the church.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
AN OPEN LETTER 70 MOTHERS.

We are asserting In the courts OUT right TO the
exclusive use OF the word "CASToRIA,n and
PITCHER 5 cASroRIA,' as our Trade Mark.
/, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, ofHyannis. Massachusetts,
was the originator of" PITCHERS S cAsroRIA," !"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
facsimile signature Of cHAs. II. FLETCHER ON
every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS 3
cASToRIA" which has been used inthc homes
Of the mothers Of America for over thirty years
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see tina, II is
the kind yoH have aIssays bongAa aud has the
signature Of cHAs. II. FLETcHER on the
wrapper. No one has-authority from me to use
my name except The centaar Company Of which
Chas. II. Fletcher is President.
March 5, iSo7. SAMUEL. PITCHER, ND.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
DEAFNESS cAxNoT BE CURED

BY local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the car There s only one
way 10 cure deafness and that ~ by constitu.
tionai remedies. Deafnesgis caused by an III.
famed condition Of the mucous linltIe OF thn
Eustaehian Tube. Whenthis tuhe IL lnAAned
Ing, and when II is entirely closed, deafness Ii
the result. and unless the Inflammation can he
taken out and this tupc restored 10 its normal
nine cases out Of ten are caused BY CAiarrh
which Is nothing but an innamod condition oil
the mucous surie1et.
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of deafness, (caused bS eatarrh) that Cannot
BIZ cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir.
culsrs; free oyr.,u. -
sold bt druggists, Toe.
PSFamily BILLS are the best.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
xNooKnp our.

II knocks out all calculations Of attend.
ing TO business In the right way for day
when wewake up in the morning sore and
stiff, The disappointment lies in going to
bed all right and waking up all wrong.
There isa short and sure way out oft, Go
TO bed after good rub with st. Jacobs Oil
and you wake up all right, soreness and
stiffness all gone. So sure Is this, that men
70 make sure Of going TO work 10 good tx.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
THE LAST MAN on EARTH

To recklessly experiment upon himself with
hope OF relief Is tho dyspeptic,4 Yet the nos
trums for this malady are rs tue sands OF the
sea, and, presumably, about as aaacious. In-
digestion, that obstinate malady, oven II OF
long perpetuity, Is eventually overcome with
Hostetter's Stomach Ritters, an appetising
tonic and Alternative, which cures constipation,
fever and ague, bilious remittent, rheumatism,
kidney complaint and feebleness.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

An even cubic foot of average soil
was weighed and analysed at Cornell
University. II was found that the soil
in one acre one foot deep weighed
q, ,0S2I6 tons,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

The Greenwich observatory has been
put into telegraph communication with
that of the McGill college, Montreal.
and the signals can be flashed between
the two places, distance Of $500
miles, in three.quarter OF second.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
ROME PRODUCTS AND PURE rooD

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light culored and OF heavy body, Is made from
glucose. 'Tea Garden Dr3ps" is made from
Sugar Cane and ia strictly pure, II is for sale
by frst-class gfocers, in cans only. Manuiac-
tnred by the PACIFIC COAST SYRUP co. All gem
uine TEA Gardsn DfipS" have the manniac-
turer's name Autographed on every can.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

In recent lecture Professor Berg
mann, OF Berlin, stated that in 90
cases Of perforating the skull for epi-
lepsy, he knew Of only one permanent
cure.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

Firelighters are made in Germany
by twisting wood into a rope, cutting
it into short lengths, and dipping the
ends OF the pieces into melted resin.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31
Awful warning.

A Spanish woman kissed her pug
dog and died of hydrophobia last week.
The retributions of Providence for
lack Of sense are often mysterious and
severe. Pomona Progress.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

Lightning rods may be valuable il
large enough and insulated sufficiently
to carry away bolt OF lightning. The
common lightning rod is not Of much
1se.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

liking solomon's Treasure" only Aphrodisincal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary $500 q box, 3
weeks treatment. Mason Chemical Co., r. y. Box
IA Philadelphia, Pa
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

The oyster is one OF the strongest
creatures on earth. The force required
to open an oyster is more than 900
times its weight.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

Only one person in 10 has perfect
eyes, thealarger portion Of defectiysnsss
prevailing among iair-haired people.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

Miss Maud Parks Of Lock Raven,
Baltimore county, Md. wa sitting near
stove when celluloid comb in her
hair caught fire. Somebody present
got bucket Of water and emptied it
over her.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

believe my prompt use Of Piso's Cure
Wallace, Marquette, Kans Dec. Y, 1895.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-12-31

California claims the largest boy in
the world OF his age. His name Is
John Bardin. He is lb years old, six
feet five inches tall, and weighs 22o
pounds.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
FOOTBALL L'SNElN VICTIM
Boy Dies at StOneham, Mass.
From Injuries Received in
the Game.

Stoneharn, Mass, Nov. 1S-This town
is in a state of mind today against ju-
venile foot ball and is likely to prohibit
it altogether.
The death of Eddie Buclzham has
awakened parents to a realization of
the chances their young sons have
been taking.
Arthur Ireland, another widely
known boy of the town, injured his
leg badly in a foot ball scrimmage
a short while ago. and now has water
on the knee. A score or more of other
youngsters fell victims to rough tack
les, and from time to time the gram
mar school has taken on the appear
ance of a miniature hospital. Several
of the boys of the town have hObbled
about for days and attended school on
ly with the aid of crutches- Others
have appeared with bandaged limbs,
and scratches and bruises have been
and are now a common sight.
What makes the aspect of affairs
most serious, is the knowledge that
these boys in nearly every instance
are from 10 to Is years of age and not
as yet out of the grammar grades
The Buckham boy downed with the
ball, a dozen of his fellows piled upon
him, and in the scrimmage he receiv-
ed a kick in the side that caused fatal
internal injuries.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
WILL BE a HARD FIGHT.
Ketcham's Relatives Win Spend More
Money Than the Estate is
w orth if Necessary

Chicago, Nov. 1S-John B. Ketcham's
estate was composed of two-thirds real
estate, in Toledo and Chicago, and
about One-third in bonds and stocks,
which are locked up in the safety de-
pOsit vaults of the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank. His income from this
estate, exclusive of his earnings in bus
mess ventures, was not less than $4,000
a year, so his friends and relatives say.
Before he gave his divorced wife 100000
in improved real estate and $4,000 in
cash last December his income had
been about $25, 900 a year. In addition
to this he continually earned large
sums in outside business ventures,
which were operated entirely apart
from his fixed capital. His relatives
are determined that Mrs. Ketcham, or
Mrs. Wallace, as they choose to call
her at this time shall not touch pen
ny of the estate, and they say they
will fight her through every court in
Illinois and up through the United
States supreme court if necessary to
do so.
George Ketcham. when he came to
Chicago last Monday, consulted num-
Der of personal friends, who had also
known his brother, and he told them
that the family had decided to spend
more money than is represented by
John Ketcham'S estate, to prevent the
widow from receiving dollar. The
Ketcham family is enormously rich,
and its decision to oppose Mrs. Wal
lace by using its wealth, means that
she has a fight on her hands. AS a first
case, George Ketcham yesterday re-
tanned one of the best known detec-
tive agencies in the country to prepare
for him a correct and comprehensive
account of the life history of Mrs.
Wallace Ketcham.
George Ketcham will return from To-
ledO next Monday morning and will
practically make his headquarters in
Chicago until the preliminary skir-
mishes over the will have been fought.
Mr.. Purnell will be on the lookout for it
in the meantime. He said last night
Mrs. Ketcham's lawyers will undertake
it happens to be locked up in the safe
ty deposit vault in which Ketcham'S
papers are now secure.
But the law under which wills are
fled said Mr.. Purneu, is very speci-
fic as to the course of procedure that
must be pursued. It provides that all
persons who are likely to file claims
as heirs shall be given at least three
weeks notice"
John Ketcham's relatives are entitled
to receive this notice and as soon as it
comes into their hands Mr.. Purnel will
appear before Judge KOhlsaat and ask
him to refuse to permit the will to be
fled. The contest will begin then and
there. and if Judge KOhISaat elects to
permit the heirs to introduce their evil
dence to prove that John Ketcham was
insane the mysterious Will that has
only been seen by Mrs Ketcham and
her friends may never be filed, and the
estate will be probated for the benefit
of the heirs
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
STEAMBOAT BURNS.
Josiah Jordan and Family of
Topeka Narrowly Escape

st. Louis. Mo, Nov. 1S.-A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Chester, III. says that
the Anchor line steamer Bluff City, from
New Orleans burned to the waters edge
off there at 9 a. m. today. The hull
then sank to the bottom of the river. All
of the crew and passengers escaped IN
hurt to shore soon after the fire was dis
covered.
The fire started in the engine room and
soon spread over the entire boat A
quantity of powder on board exploded. de-
InOlishing the boat and shattering win
dows in buildings on the shore. A num-
ber of horses and cattle on board jumped
into the river and some of them drowned
as they could not reach land. The steamer
had two barges in tow. These We're
saved from destruction.
A TOPEKA FAMILY ON BOARD.
Chester III, Nov. 1S.-Among the
passengers on board the steamer Bluff
City were Josiah Jordan and family of
Topeka They lost everything ex-
cept the clothing on their backs. Three
horses belonging to Jordan, swan
ashore.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

VIII City Attorney w a. S. Bird order
Sam Edgerton's policy game cash box
cOndscaJed and the money turned into the
city treasury as provided by law? Then.
will Police Judge Atchison honor the or
der? This is the question which has
arisen in the case and which is looked
forward to with considerable anxiety by
certain men who appear to have been in
terested in the policy game which the
police raided Monday night. The box is
one of the ordinary kind with lock on
it. It contains about $50 in cash and it
Is in Chief Steele's possession. The city
ordinance provides that all fixtures and
paraphernaHa used in gambling games
shall be seized when raid is made and
after a conviction the stuff conhscated.
As yet no order has been made in the
case by the police and the cash box is
still in the CHIEFS possession
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
LOVED BY ACTORS.
Pastor of EEThe Little Church
Around the Corner" is Dead.

New York Nov. 18.-Rev. Geo. II.
Houghton, pastor of the Church of the
Transfig figuratiOn, better known as the
Little church around the corner" died
last night.
The circV instance through which the
title was bestowed on the church was
as follows:
George Holland, the actor for many
years member of the old WalIack
company, and father of E. NJ. and Jo-
seph Holland, died on December 20,
1870. In arranging the funeral, Joseph
Jefferson and others called upon Rev.
Mr.. Sabine, pastor of a fashiOnab BILE
him if he would conduct the funeral
services
Ascertaining that Holland was an
actor, the Rev Mr.. Sabine declined to
conduct the funeral service and when
asked by Mr.. Jefferson and his COM
paniOns if he could tell them where
they could get a clergyman, he re-
around the corner" where they do such
things.
The dead actors friends went to that
little church and were received with
kindly consideration by Rev. .Dr. .HOugh-
ton This incident formed a live
theme for talk all over the country,
and it established the little church
around the corner firmly in the affec-
tions of the public as well as the the
atrical profession. Since that time
many prominent actors and actresses
have been buried from that church.
among them Lester Wallack, Dion
BOucicault and Edwin Booth
When the scalp is atrophied, or shiny
bald no preparation will restore the
hair; in all other cases, Halls Hair
Renewer will start a growth.