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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07
THE SHOTE WAS THERE.
Why One Old Farmer Thinks He
Would Make n Good Detective.

"Guess | wouldn't have much trou-
bic gittin on the 'tective staff In De
troit eff | wanted ter make appercla-
tion,' and the old farmer kicked Il log
in the open fireplace so that he could
see his neighbors better They were
assembled to hear him tell all about 1t.
When missed that shote outen the
pen. next mornin it jest came ter me
sudden as lightnin that It had been
stole by that ther George Washington
Peppervlle what had been workin fur
me. He knowed the dog. so 1t wouldn't
bother him none. and he was the pow.
erfulest man fur fresh pork | ever
see. So goes inter town and tells the
head man CT the tectiyes. and he puts
couple of fellers on the job. and they
reports that they was no shote about
Pepperville's shanty. and they was no.
case agin him. ! lowed | might b.,
follerin the wrong track. but | kim
home here aud sot my own stakes. and
! was to Pepperyilles afore sunup.
"'Wash,' | says. why didn't you
keep that hog when you had him:
Wasn't he fat 'nough yit ter suit you:
"'Who you talkin tor he muttered
III hab de law on you eff you make
me any mo- trouble bout dat hawg'
Now. WASH says |, don't git your
dander up. That there shote kim
home in the night and went ter squeal-
in ter git inter the pen. put ole Ras-
tus on the scent, and he landed me
right here
Dog gone dat Rastus,' he shouted,
I'll fay dat dog alibep
"And he sprung ter the middle of the
room and ripped up the floorin, and
there was the shote. Wash would
have jumped on me, but jest kivered
him with that ole muzzle loadin pistol
of mine and tole him ter go gentlelike.
''Well, sir. he begged and whined so
I let him off. him agreein ter tote the
pig home in bag and ter chop wood
fur me three days fur my trouble
Detroit Free Press.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07
BOTTOMS LAST YEAR.
The Way He Spent 1t Preparing For
His Death.

"Billy Bolton, the Lansingburg brew
er, was very rich man and one with
host of friends" said an UP state man
to the New York Sun. Ills brewery
in Lansingburg was a profitable con-
cern, and he practically owned about
all the saloons in that town.
Zone day after a consultation his ply
sicians told him that he had Bright's
disease and that he surely would not
live more than year. Billy took their
word for it and made up his mind to
make the fur fly while life was left.
lie had never Travelled much, and SO he
decided to go around the world.
HE took with him congenial friend
and plenty of money, and away they
went. They left trail of fire and ash
as through all the capitals of Europe
and the queer and strange places of
Asia and Africa. After nine months
they came back, and Bolton brought
with him the most marvellous collection
of souvenirs and presents that any
man not professional collector ever
brought into this country. The duties
amounted to $4,000.
ARRIVED in Lansingburg, Billy hired
the town hall, sent his packing boxes
filled with these oriental and European
treasures up to the hall and had them
all taken out and put on exhibition as
though for church fair. Upon each
article he marked the name of some
friend whom he wished to remember
with a gift. There were hundreds In
this category, but Billy had presents
for them ALL
"On the day appointed for the pres
entation he invited his army of friends
to the town hail. To each he turned
over the present selected for him, and
amid the cheers of his grateful and ad-
miring fellow townsmen the hall was
stripped of its beautiful things.
when the last present had been
placed in the hands of its recipient,
Billy went back to his home and lay
down to die. Within the year his ply
slcians' prophecy came true, and the
town gave him the finest funeral that
any man ever had"
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07

earthly bastile. Mount Carroll is high,
but the Jail is several pegs higher.
Around the town winds the Wauka-
rusa River. One may step aside from
a main street and look down q sheer
descent of several hundred feet into the
lazy stream. One of the streets ended
at the brink of this steep bank. The
city fathers thought 1t would be q
good idea to blockade the avenue by
erecting town building on the edge
of the jagged palisade. 1t would not
only serve to keep careless people
from pitching over the brink, but could
be utilized as a Jail, in which trivial
offenders could be held.
1t SO happened, however, that the
structure was made to block up the
premises of citizen. The big box-like
affair presented q broadside to the
citizens front door. 1t was SO near
that an imprisoned tobacco fiend could
from an open window expectorate over
on the stoop floor. The town was
threatened with damage suit If 1t did
not take the thing away forthwith.
There was only one thing to do, and
that was to move the Jail over the
precipice and set 1t on stilts. About
fifty feet below Is rocky ledge fifteen
feet wide. A framework of props was
set on this ledge, and this was sur
mounted by the window grated box.
From one of the windows to the muddy
Waukarusa is a downlook capable of
appalling the heart Of the most hard
ened hobo In the land. 1t is con-
stant fear that the high winds, which
have a habit of prevailing In Mount
Carroll, will move the structure from
its equilibrium and topple 1t over into
the abyss. The fimsy contrivance, set
up there on pegs, looks as though a
single blast of old boreas would unset
tie it. or still worse, a twister take 1t
up and whirl 1t off the earth.
The unique excuse for Jail and its
terrifying location has served the town
we'll Until the expected takes place
and the shaky box tumbles down the
cliff no observing rambling Rufus will
risk being shut up in 1t for single
night.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07
EeIf FnrniIinr

Bennet Burleigh related pleasant
ttory in the London Telegraph. The
incident. which happened in his sight
and hearing. was as follows: Two Off
GERS. total strangers. new arrivals
from up country. rather lonely and
bored. were awaiting luncheon. The
elder having proposed that they should
sit together mutual friendliness de-
veloped so rapidly that at last one
said to the other do you know, |
rather like you aud there's something
about you that seems familiar, as If
we had met befC-e? I'm Major 8. Of
the Blanks" Indeed. Are you?
thought so. And I'm Lieutenant 8. of
IS staff, just joined-your youngest
brotherr'
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07
OLDEST JAIL IN ILLINOIS.
Tram ps Give the Carroll County BastIe
Wide Berth.

Tram ps Give the Carroll County BastIe
Wide Berth.
No hobo who has ever visited the
town of Mount Carroll, Ill, has been
known to venture within a mile of it
again. This fact Is owing to the loca-
ton rather than the condition of the
town jail. Once a tramp catches sight
of 1t he would no sooner linger within
Its shadow than would crow light
upon madeup figure in a corn field.
Indeed, the eontriyance Is made to
serve the purpose of a tramp scare.
The Wandering Willie who for single
night has lodged in the Mount Carroll
Jail has carried away with him suffi-
cient terrors to keep him out of the
county during the remainder of his
wandering life. 1t comes nearer being
a ealaboose In the clouds than any
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07
The Heaviest railroad Train.

A locomotive Of the Pennsylvania
Railway recently drew a train about
three-quarters Of a mile long, made up
of 1S0 loaded coal cars, from Altoona
to Harrisburg, 182 miles, In twelve
hours. The weight of the train behind
the tender was 5,212 tons, the locomo.
tive weighing 104 tons. This Is said to
have been the heaviest train ever
moved long distance by single loco
motive.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07

A soft answer sometimes turns away
talk.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07

The inhabitants Of Palmyra get all
heir salt by dipping buckets into the
leighboring salt lake and allowing the
water to evaporate.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07
Germany's Growing Sugar Trade.

In thirty years, Germany, from being
little more than self-sustalning. has be-
come the largest sugar exporting coun-
try.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07

A woman has greater love for her
children than their father has: She
will let them tear pages out of the best
book in the house, and he won't.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-06-07

A woman's heart, like the moon,
should have but one man in it.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
HI GRIP EPIDEMIC.
The Disease More Prevalent than Ever
and quite a. fatal. The best treatment.

The grip has surprised the doctors
and health authorities this season BY
its rapid spread and by some noveI
symptoms. While 1t spares nobody
IL is proving especially dangerous to
middle'aged and elderly persons. In
many cases either a fatal onset OF
pneumonia, or a complete breakdown
OF health and strength, is apt to fol,
low an attack of grip.
The wise course for all is prevention.
BY wearing a BeDson's Porous Plaster
on the chest and back you protect the
lungs from cold and chill and with
ordinary care) you are safe from grip.
For those who are slready suffering
from grip, or the usual winter coughs
and colds, Benson's Porous Plastsrs are
a sure and speedy relief aud cure.
Highly medicinal and scientific.
Refuse limitations and substitutes.
Only the genuine are effective. Ex.
anime when you buy, Seabury &
johnson, Manufacturing Chemists,
New York.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Low Rates, West and Northwest.

Al q time of year when thousand
will take advantages OF them, the Burl
ington Route makes sweeping reduct
ions in it's rates to the West aud North
west-to Utah, Montana, Washington
Oregon and British Columbia.
Dates: February IL, 10 and 26
March 8, IL, 10 and 26. April 2, 8, II
90 and 80. Rates are shown below:
To Ogden, Salt Lake, Butte, Helena
Anaconda, and Missoula: 823.
To all points OF the Northern Pacific
Ry. west of M~issoula. including Spo
kane, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, as
we'll as Vancouver, and Victoria, b. G,
s25.
To all points on the Spokane Falls q
Northern Ry. and the Washington 4
Columbia River r. r. e25.
Never has the Pacific Northwes,
been as prosperous as now. Labor Il
on constant demand and wages are
high. The money making opportuui'
ties are beyond number-in mines,
lumber, merchandising, farming, fruit
Rising, fishing, and all the other IN.
dustries of a great and growing count.
~. Literature on request-free. j.
FRANCIS, Genl Passenger Agent Oma-a,
Nebr.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Epworth Leaguers

Send me your name aud address and
l will mail you about April /. beauti'
fully illustrated folder Civ ng full infor.
nation about the spe cial rates aud
train service TO California via the Bur-
lington Route, at the time OF the
Epworth League meeting at San Fran.
cisco in July. The folder will enlighten
you on every point in connection with
the trip to San Francisco-cost Of
tickets; how to make the trip most
cheaply and comfortably; what there
is to see on the way. and why your
tickets should read via the Burlington
Route. The round trip rate-open Ia
everyone-from Omaha To San Fran
cisco via the Burlington Route is S45
Tickets are good by way of Denver aud
Salt Lake City,. Francis, General
Passenger Agent, Burlington Route,
Omaha, Neb.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Deafness Canast Be Cured.

oy local application as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con.
dition Of thel mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
'hfianed you have a rumbliug sound or
imperfect hearing, and it is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result. and un.
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases ont of ten ARE
caused by catarrh, which is nothing
but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for
any cas- OF Deafness Caused by cat.
srrh) that cannot be cured BY Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Halls family pills are the best.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

While they are accumulating knowledge
on the profound sciences, are often so
ignorant of their own natures that they
allow local disease to fasten on them to
the ruin Of the general health. Back
ache, headache, nervousness, point to a
disordered or diseased local condition
which should have prompt attention.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription may
be relied upon as a perfect regulator. 1t
stops e~nfeebling drains. heals infamma-
ton and liberation, and cures female
weakness. II makes Weak zOomen strong
and sick nDoHen UeU.
There is no alcohol in "Favorite Pre-
scription" and 1t Is entirely free from
opium. cocaine and all other narcotics.
uYour letter just received" writes Miss Rose
Kilicther. Of q West Sharpnack St, German
town, Philadelphia, Penna "Words fail 10
express how thankful I am TO you for your
advice. ! must confess that for the length oil
time ! have been using your medicine have
found II to he the most wonderful and best
remedy for female trouble that I ever have
tried Sorry ! did not know of your Favorite
Prescription years ago.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt of ~ one
cent stamps TO pay expense OF mailing
only. Address DIR. r. V. Pierce. Buff
falo, N. Y.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Public Sale.

will sell at public auction on my
farm 4 miles south and 3 miles east of
Red Cloud, Nebraska, on Tuesday,
March l9th, commencing at 10 O'Clock
an, the following property, to.wit:
Nine horses, described as follows; s
brood mares, 2 geldings. 1 two-year.ol old
colt. Thirty.three head Of cattle, de.
scribed as follows: IL milk cows in
milk or will be fresh soon, 8 twc-year.
old heifers in calf; 1 two.year old bull
4 o~ne'year.old steers; 8 one.year.old
heifers, 8 calves. Eleven head Of hogs,
to.wit: 2 brood SO US, . young Chester
White boars, 7 shoats. The following
implements: Sweep, feed mill, disc
and seeder combined, Buckeye mower
hay rake, 10 inch riding pillow, Ohio
c%ultivator, lister and sundry small tools
TERMS OF SALE:-All sums under
90 cash; on oil sums of so or over 8
credit OF ten months will be given, pur.
chaser giving bankable note with 8 pei
cent interest from date; 8 per cent dis,
count for cash on $40 or over.
X, j. SKEEN. Owner.
j. ID. FULTON, Auctioneer.
ID. j. MYERS, Clerk.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

described as follows: mich tcows' D
ong yearling steers, 2 heifers and ]
red polled bull 2 years old in spring
Seventy head of hogs, averaging about
us pounds. Some sows in pig. One
team of good work horses. Two sets
of work harness, l good wagon,
buggy and u single harness. Also
the following farm machinery: One
stirring pillow and lister, l drag, l stalk
cutter, / c%ultivator, l McCormick
mower, / hay rake, Some hay and
millet, several hundred feet of 10 IT.
fencing, lot of fence posts and abou
1000 bushels Of old ear corn; will make
good seed.
TERMS Oh SALE;-All sums under
el0 cash; on all sums OF 90 or over a
credit OF ten months will be given, pur.
chaser giving bsnkable note with 8 per
cent interest from date; 8 per cent dis
count for cash on go 0r over. No
property to be removed until settled
for.
Jos. MCCLELLAHD.
Col. g. L.. WINFREY, Auctioneer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

Another sample Of fusion reform is
found in the claim of j. b. Meserve for
$1,000. premium paid on his guaranty
bond This, In spite Of the fact that
he never explained where he kept the
permanent school fund deposited, and
has never turned over the interest from
this source to the state treasury. And
now an Investigation of the evenu
stamps on his bond shows that the
premium paid was only $500, unless
the government was defrauded in the
matter of stamp duties.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

We have hanging up in our sanctum
a plain black band Of generous dimen.
sions, which appears too small for a
belt and too large for a sleeve holder.
The article was found on the street,
and in case the owner comes in and
proves property the same will be
turned over without the customary fee
for advertising.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

Several towns have put in claims to
cover the expense OF small pox sieges
during the past two years, but the fact
that there is small pox scattered all
yer the state at the present time is
likely to prevent the allowance Of any
Of tn 80 claims, inssmuch as it would
invite a hundred similar claims from
other localities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

Between fusion Encouragement aud
u serious fire the state is likely to spend
a good deal Of money on the peniten.
tiary. 1t will be remembered that the
sham reform officials made their cam.
paign cry in 1893 that they had "made
the penitentiary self supporting" Yet
they asked for aud secured from he
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

There are to many 10 this world
who will not cast their bread upon the
water unless they are assured before
hand that it will come back in a few
days a full.grown sandwich, all
trimmed with ham, buttered and rolled
up in a warranty deed for one.half OF
the earth and a mortgage on the other
half.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
What Shall We Have for Dessert,

This question arises in the family
every day. Let us answer it today.
Try J-ll-O, a delicious dessert. Pre-.
pared in two minutes. No baking! add
hot waier and set to cool. Flavors:-
Lemon, orange raspberry and straw.
berry. Al your grocers, 10 cts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

There are . number Of apportion'
nsnt bits under consideration, but
nothing definite has been done. II ID
not likely that the congressional dis
tricts will DO greatly changed, since I,
10 certain that the state will not lose q
representative under the Q congress.
siOnal appoTtionment bill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

A Miss Ache and Mr.. Payne were
married In Arkansas a short time ago.
1t looks like a frying. pan fire jump on
the part of the lddy, rs far as names
are concerned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Keep Your Bowels Strong.

Constipation or diarrhea when
your bowels are out of order. Cas-
carets Candy Cathartic will make
them act naturally. Genuine tablets
stamped c. c. c. Never sold in
bulk. All druggists, Ioc.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

A contributor sends as . story In
which IL the statement that the fair
heroine 'iay upon the floor breathing
out her life In short pants" This will
never do. We can't print such stun as
that. II might sell papers, but We
have . reputation to sustain, and shall
do Il II II breaks the management.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Inflammatory Rheumatism cured in 3 DAVIS

Morton l. Hill OF Lebanon. Ind SAYS: my
wife had infanmatory rheumatism in eyery
muscle aud joint; her suffering WAS terrible and
her holly and Ia &c were swoolen almost beyond
recognition had been In bed for Fix weeks and
a III she tried the Mystic Cure Cor rheumatism
IL gave i'm" ediate relief and she was able IN
walls about IN three days, am sure it saved
Cloud, Men. w"
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Puhlic SALE.

will sell at public auction on ny
farm 2 miles south and 8 miles east VI
Red Cloud, Nebraska. on the river road
known as the George Pope farm, on
Tuesday, March 10th, commencing a,
10 o'clock am, the following prop
erty tO.wit: Thirteen head of cattle,
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

A scientist recently asserted that a
man could double his circulation By
bathing his feet 10 tepid water; and the
editor Of this paper is now having a
tank fitted to the Office stove.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Rheumatism Cured In a Dav

Mystlc cure for rheumatism an, ,oruJota
,fau',y eures IN rom one to three days. I~ac,
wv up"i, the system is remarkable and nys.
ddi. ~ removes a. once the cause and the
sresHy benefits. rs cents. Sold by ii, X. Grice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

There Is a time in almost every
young mans life, says a wise observer,
when b. imagines he really is a warm
number. When he grows older, aud,
by experience. accumulstes . store OF
good, common horse sense, he views
the same class Of boys with disgust.
He msditates on his past, and wonders
10 he ever was such . consounded fool.
A smart Aleck Is about the most
despicable mortal that ever drew
breath, but the law forbids killing
them, aud people have to grin and bear
their presence in the community.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08
Jell-O, the New Dessert,

pleases all the family. Four navors:-
Lemon, orange, raspberry and straw.
berry. Al your gr0ceis, 10 cts Try
it day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

The CHIEF staff works ffty.two
weeks per year; that's labor. Now and
then someone pays for the paper;
that's capital. And once in awhile
some son Of a gun Of a desdbeat runs
up . big bill and vanishes without pay.
ing 1t; that's anarchy. But later on
justice will overtake the last. named
creature, for there Is q place whore he
will get his just deserts; that's hell.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

Spring is here; so is Butler, with a
full line of light and heavy harness al
low prices. Call before you buy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

For the benefit Of the public. par.
ticularly non.subscribsrs and persons
who persist In sending anonymous
communications, the following ID
recommended for their guidance;
"How can I get az article in your
papsr." asks . correspondent. It oil
depends on the article you want to get
In the paper. II the article 10 small iu
bulk, like . hair brush or tea caddy,
spread the paper out upon the Aoor,
and, placing the article in the center,
wrap it up by carefully folding the
edges over 1t and tie 1t with a string
This will keep the article from slipping
out OF the paper. II, on the other
hand, the article is az English bath TUX
or a clothes horse, you better not try
it at all.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

An old tuner was in our Office the
other day, and said when he was a
boy at school be read his lessons some.
thing like this: "See the cow. Is the
cow nice! Yes; the COW a run. Can
the cow run as fast as the horseS" But
the latest up.to. date style Of reading by
the average kid is as follows; zee,
onto the COW. Amt she a butes Sure,
she's a corker. Can the cow get a
move on herself? Can she hum like a
hosss No, she amt in it with a hoss.'
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

In answer to the question, Where is
the state Of mairimony' The Chicago
World says: Well rs near as we can
locate it this happy state is one of the
United" States. II is bounded by
hugging and kissing on one side and
era lies and babies on the other. Its
chief productions are: population,
broomsticks and staying out at night.
II was discovered by Adam and Eve
while trying to find q passage out Of
paradise. The climate 10 rather sultry
until you pass the tropics Of house.
keeping. when squalling weather sets
In without sufficient power to keep oil
hands down. For the principal road
leading TO this state consult the first
pair Of blue eyes you chance to meet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-08

last legislature an appropriation OF
$50, 900 to help run the institution, and
they turn II over to the republicans
with a claim Of over CSC, 900 deficiency.