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PAID FOR HIS FAULT.
Little Girls Idea of the Punishment
Visited on Adam.

In the latest number Of "Heimgar-
ten which has just been published az
Graz, Pastor Rosegger tells this story:
'1 visited a school one day where Bi.
BILE instruction was part OF the daily
course, and in order to test the chill
dren's knowledge asked some ques-
tions. One class OF little girls looked
particularly bright, and I asked the
tallest one: What sin did Adam COM
mit?'
He ate forbidden fruit
Right. Who tempted Adam?
Eve
Not really Eve. but the serpent
And how was Adam punished?'
1.-THE girl hesitated and looked con-
fused. Behind her sat a little eight
year-old, who raised her hand and
said: please pastor, know
Well, tell US; how was Adam pun
ished?'
"'He had to marry Eve. "-Ex-
change
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EASTER
LILIES
(Copyrightl
BY LILLE wIN0ATE

Il low nothin' can't hurt Tobia no
more. Cold -,4ys an looks can't hurt
poor Tobia no more! It's jest two
years to-day sence he died; but I
ha'n't fergot eff others es ought'er re-
member hev.
Wantin' TO trim up the meetin'-
house! Fur nay part, think it'd look
more like grieyin an rememberin' to
lay them air lilies es offerin' O. love
on Tobias grave than to hev 'em q
noddin' an a-swayin' afore the minis
ter distractin his mind on Easter"
But l promised them in the win
ter began the other woman, a de-
spairing look coming into her eyes. EI
won't stay, mother. I'll jest take 'em
over to the meetin house an" give 'em
to Mrs. Lackey, and then TIA come
right back
Mrs. Toon rested her head against
the hard brown back of the old rock
er and closed her eyes as if the
sight Of the woman before her was
more than she could endure.
Her face was as homely and brown
as the old rocker itself. Hard, un-
yielding lines had formed a network
around the mouth and between the
cold, pale eyes that had never looked
with anything but suspicion and Sc
verify upon her daughter-in-Iaw, who
had married her stupid son Tobia out
of gratitude for the home he had
given her. Her son, Tobia, was the only
creature the hard old woman had
ever loved and whose grave lay COW
viii min CHI Of afS
EaSter-tide
The younger woman stood silently
before this august presence, nervously
clasping and unclasping her thin
white hands, from which she had re-
moved her wedding ring a few hours
previously. She felt as she stood
there that she would gladly lay down
her life if she might stay just five min
utes in the little church that lay like
a black patch in silver flood far
down the road.
She must See-her heart beat so
loud she was afraid the statue in the
motiOnleSs chair would hear it. She
took several steps toward the door.
Mrs. Toon suddenly opened her eyes
and sat bolt upright
said, raising her hard old voice till it
cracked in her throat and brought on
a coughing fit. Sarepty suddenly knelt
by her side and took the hard old
hands caressingly between her own.
"Oh, mother" she said, don't you
think I'd better go? l promised, an
I'd like to keep my word; an then
Mrs. Lackey's countin' on 'em So
81 h'ain't got nothin' to say-Pm
like dear Tobia thataway," whimpered
the old woman. Il reckon you'd best
keep your word, though she contin-
ued, ''but hurry along, fur the sun will
soon be down, an don't stay an mingle
in the frolickin'. / never did blieve
in frolickin' myself, an then there's
poor, dear Tobia-'
But Sarepty did not hear; she was
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fast speeding down the road, waited
along by the wind like thistle, she
was SO slight a thing.
She seemed in her somber dress like
q wrath as she sped along the desert
ed road that lay like a silver ribbon
in the gathering gloom. When she
had gone about a quarter of a mile,
she put her hand into her bosom and
drew out bit of looking-glass wrapped
in a piece of paper. She let her shawl
slip from her head onto her shoulders
and, turning her face toward the set
ting sun, held up the glass.
The wind caught her rich brown
hair that seemed too heavy for her
small head and blew it into little ring
brown eyes had hungry, frightened
look and seemed full of unshed tears
She gazed into the glass for several
minutes with a questioning, imploring
look, then with sudden, desperate
movement, she flung it far from her
and sped along.
The unclesed windows of the church,
sending rich, warm radiance out into
the gloom, seemed to Sarepty like the
gateway OF heaven. Some of the beams
fell on the graves that clustered
around the old church. and flooded
with gold one far removed from all
the rest
Sarepty opened the gate and almost
Dew toward that golden grave She
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E. C. Flood young lawyer of Ellis
was in the city on business Friday.

E. c. Flood a young lawyer of Ellis
was in the city on business Friday.
Special every Saturday at Harkness'
Funke's Unique Chocolates 10 cents
per pound. 12-tf
Mrs. E. S. Beach was able to be out
for little auto ride Thursday after
noon after long seige of illness.
The Webster's international Diction-
ary advertised for sale in this paper
was sold to w. w. Bemis this week.
l. M. Yost is getting in a car of
Texas red oats and a car of seed bar
ley. Come in and get your seed. 12-tf
The weather has greatly moderated
the latter part of this week and we
are now enjoying regular Spring wealth
er.
c. A. Shively has sufficiently re-
covered from an attack of the Grippe
to be able to attend to his school duties
again.
j. H. Spratt received the remainder
of his store fixtures this week and his
store is now one Of the finest in this
part of the state.
After two days trial, Kelso, the man
arrested charged with stealing money
from Jos. Basgall grocery, was de-
clared by jury, mot guilty."
Souvenir post cards of the Normal,
showing the new additions which are
being made, are now on sale at Spratt's,
Harkness', Decker's, Kings.
Lewis and William Johnson took
charge of the Carter meat market last
Saturday. Mr.. Carter will remain in
the shop for a while and MIR. Lewis
Johnson will be assisted in the shop by
Hopper Bach.
Peter Johnson has added to his large
land holdings in this county by buying
the half section of Lewis johnson in
Pleasant Hill township. He offers it
forsrent in this weeks ''PREsS."
Charles Stadter was examined by the
Pension Borad here on his application
for an increase of his pension. He is
entirely disabled and the pension com
missioners will no doubt approve the
increase pay.
Wednesday, the 10Th, is the day c.
M. Rand, the man who bought so many
horses in the past two years at this
city, will be here again to buy horses,
mares and mules. Bring them in to
Rand. 1926
At the Republican State Convention
at Topeka, Ellis County is to have four
delegates, and the Democratic State
Convention at Hutchinson gives this
county eight delegates. Few want to
go as there are no railroad passes this
year, and no one from here wants to
go to either National Convention.
Free press., 1908-02-08

Within one block Of depot, square
gold locket. One side small diamond,
other side monogram M. T. G. Finder
please return to M. T. CUMMINGS,
13-1t Beatrice, Nebr.
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Pensions for French Actors

The French Comedie Francaise is
the only theater which pensions its
actors and actresses. After 20 years
Service they are entitled to $1,000 q
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THE EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYED

In bulletin No. rs, just issued by the
government bureau of labor, are given
the results of a study by w. d. P.
Bliss of what is being done for the I'M
employed in European countries.
Three great classes are recognized in
dealing with this problem: the en-
playable, the unemployable and the
vagrant, with those who are incor-
rigible and more or less vicious. All
countries have the employment bu-
reaus. private and public, and many
also employ the method of colonial
ton, and of getting the men back to
the land" of their own countries.
Great Britain, it is reported, does
much to relieve the trade union men
out of work through the benefit sys-
tenn. In the Client system, so-called.
the regular trade union out of work
benefit is supplemented by sums con-
tributed by the municipal or COM
munal, in some cases by the provincial
or general government. Great Brit
ain has also devised many schemes of
temporary relief work. Belgium and
France work along practically the
same lines: France having passed a
law in 1904 making the maintenance
of public labor bureaus compulsory in
all towns of 10000 or more inhabit-
ants, and providing municipal relief
works in the larger cities during the
winter season.
Germany, however, seems to have
taken the lead in facing this problem
in different practical ways. In a recent
year, according to reports, there were
in that country over 400 public en-
ployment bureaus, which found places
that year for some $4,000 persons. In
Germany, Switzerland and German
Austria there is a general system of
home shelters for workingmen
travelling in search of work in all the
larger cities and towns. There work.
ingmen can find lodging for a night
or two for a small sum, or If unable
to pay, by doing a little work in the
morning. These are maintained by
trade unions or religious societies.
With these shelters, especially in
southern Germany. there have been
established smaller relief stations I'M
der government administration or sup
port, many within walking distance of
each other, and all connected by tele-
phone. A workman may go from one
to another of these, and at each point
learn in which direction to look for
work with most hope of success. If
unable to pay for his shelter he must
work in the morning and travel In the
afternoon and the time for stay at any
! one shelter is strictly limited. Prussia
is about to establish a similar system.
Germany and Switzerland deal with
the unemployable through labor col
| onfes.'' These are agricultural. main
tanned almost wholly by private phi
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lanthropy, and any workman unable
to find work can find shelter there so
long as he conforms to the rules of
the colony. He is free to go at any
time, but while there must do the
work assigned to. him. Actual Grim
inals are sent to penal institutions. An
effort is being made, especially in the
Swiss colonies, to grade them more eff
fectively for the different classes of
workmen. All these ways of dealing
with the unemployed problem are
common sense ways. A central body,
to which all subordinate charities and
benevolent institutions and organiza
tons must report regularly, prevents
overlapping and imposition, and en-
ables much more good to be done with
far less monetary expense than is pos
sible through any number of indie
pendent instrumentalities.
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cient ordinance on the city's statute
books against it and the councilmen
and the mayor should not be content
with referring complaints against law
defying motorists to the chief of police.
They should see to it that the chief and
his subordinates become active in en-
forcing the anti-speed ordinance. 1t is
to be admitted that it is not an easy
task for an unmounted policeman to
catch and place under arrest an auto
speed maniac. 1t might be a cheap in
vestment for the council to buy a mo-
tor cycle, put a fearless policeman on
it, and let him keep his eyes open for
the offending motor car operators. The
mere fact that the police were thus
equipped to cope with these law viola
tors at their own game would go a
great ways toward diminishing the
dangerous practices of a few of the
automobile chauffeurs in the city who
appear to think that they have only
minute or two in which to cover as
many miles.
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A Garnet barber also conducts a
shoe store in his barber shop. From
head to foot we will supply your
needs" he advertises.
AS another reason why the proposed
Sandhills road should be built the Gar
den City Telegram says "the cost will
not amount to scarcely anything
After it is all over the Hiawatha
World declares that the man who ran
the fortune wheel, gambling device, at
the recent fair, should have been Jailed.
"a man will make fun of a woman
Carlson of the Lindsborg News. land
in the next breath he will lie about
the size of his salary
Augusta makes the claim of having
the youngest telegraph operator in the
world He is iva Perrin, the Frisco
operator at that place, and confesses
to being 15 years old.
Time must be hanging a trifle heavy
on their hands these days for the
Wichitans are discussing with new zest
the necessity for the construction of
north and south railroad through
Kansas.
Atchisonians feel honored to have in
their midst DR.. w. n. Hambleton, who
is SO years old. and who, according to
one of the papers. "can put up fruit
as we'll as any woman" Recently while
his wife was away on visit he put up
1873 quarts of fruit.
Santa Fe is boastful of the fact THAI
it is not as other towns. Says the
Monitor: I'VE are proud of the order
maintained in Santa Fe, during the
three days of the reunion. We did not
see a drunken man during the time.
This Is as 1t should be-" a., .s-,
There's no doubt about the water
melon social. recently held at Great
Bend for the benefit of the Methodist
Sunday school being a great success
from one standpoint. at least. Sixty
melons were consumed in the first ten
minutes of the activities.
The editor of the Coolidge Enterprise
was making assignments. YOU" he
said to a young reporter. will be the
Jennie Slim reporter. A girl who mar
ries so young, and treats the marriage
relation so lightly. will need a special
reporter to follow her up for the end
of her days"
and wears an $1S suit and a $3.50 hat
says the women are getting too loud
and too extravagant in dress. There s
no sense, he says, in a woman paying
SIS for hat; SIS for hat plume; SIS
to make a dress, a total of $50 to
500 for gown and $500 for an outfit to
strut about in for a few brief weeks.
An excited citizen of Emporia, whose
elm trees are being destroyed, sent one
of the parasites to Prof. Clinker, at
Manhattan, to ascertain If 1t was a Gin
der beetle. The professor dissected the
insect and found 1t to be what is known
forest worm. 1t looks like a cross be-
tween the cabbage snake and a stick
of licorice. The worm is sometimes
called the Peruvian oomph.
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KATY-DID VS.. KArY-DIpNvr.

l wish some sage or philosophic Cid.
With knowledge of the facts, or some
invention,
Would tell US what it was that Katy did
That causes all this eventide convention.
1t must have been some very awful thing.
Some sorry deed of wickedness i'm
mortal.
The way the DANES posterity doth sing
About it every eve around my portal.
At set of sun tn alternatives begin.
Yet bring no evidence to help the trial.
Then tother side for the defense puts in
never ending chorus of denial.
And so it goes. They keep 1t up all night,
All thoughts Of rest or hope of verdict
scorning
With ne'er an end of any kind in sight
When routed from the forum by the
morning.
1t seems to be foolish sort OF row.
It's sad to see so ITIei1iy thousands net
tied,
When. If we know the charge. perhaps
somehow
1t might be compromised or wholly set
tied.
At any rate, I'm full Of charity,
And all the bowling crowd can count
upon it,
Until the charge and proof are brought
I'll not believe that Katy really done 1T.
Judge.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
(From the Atchison Globe.)

(From the Atchison Globe)
Business is usually good in a good
store.
The poorer the band the louder the
drummers play.
In a little country town, the extreme
in fashion always looks fast.
If you want to set a woman crazy,
advertise a good dish pan for 10 cents
A man never accumulates so much
money that 1t gives him the right 70
be lazy.
A kicker is usually one who is not
busily engaged in any business of
his own.
An Atchison man belongs to so many
different benevolent societies that he Is
destitute.
No doubt economy is a great virtue.
but some people have a lot of money
they never have any use for.
A girl who has spent three or four
years in studying music, and can't
play decently, should begin studying
something else.
Nearly all wives>contradict their hus-
bands. When a man tells a story his
wife nearly always says, mo, it wasn't
that way" etc.. and the story is spoilt.
There is nothing so unsatisfactory
as to announce that you have secret
which no inducement can prevail
upon you to reveal, and then have no
one to coax you to break your resolu-
ton. ..,seBS, iii
1t often happens that people think a
woman is going into a decline, when
the real explanation of her sudden
slenderness is that a dressmaker has
been drawing in a straight front COR
set on her.
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QUAKER fluctuations.

From the Philadelphia Record.]
Love is blind, especially to its own
faults.
Many a heavy beard conceals
weak chin.
You can fiatter most people by ask
ing their advice.
It's hard to convince a coal man OF
the error of his weigh.
One way to avoid being dis
appointed in love Is to marry for
money.
When money talks the millionaire
can afford to be a man of few words.
The only way a woman can govern
her husband is not to let him know 1t.
When there is a black sheep in the
family there is a disposition to keep 1t
dark.
The church choir singer may not be
a gambler, and yet he makes his
money by chants.
Blobbs-"He seems rather lacking
in the sense of humor."
Slobbs-"Humor? Why. that fellow
couldn't crack a Joke with a sledge
hammer"
Hoax-''I think the big colleges will
meet with some football surprises
from the smaller ones this year."
Joax-"Which demonstrates that a
little college is dangerous thing"
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More Advice From WI.

Chinese Minister WI Ting-fang, who
left here tonight for Washington. won
Creek during his stay here by his
cheerful and extremely democratic
manner Scarcely had he arrived when
he insisted that he be shown every
thing there was to see about the town
that boasts of its great health indus
tries. An hour after his arrival he
had entered into the spirit of the place
like 10-year-old boy and had asked
even more questions.
MY health is excellent" he said to
later he was giving lecture to about
500 people on How to Live Long"
1--WE pay too little attention today
to the subject of health and the care
of our bodies" he told his audience.
Health Is far more important than
wealth, for what matters how many.
millions a man has If he does not pos
sess the health to enjoy 1t? We de-
vote too much time to acquiring
wealth and too little to the cultiva-
ton of health"
Remarking that four years ago he
was impressed with the fact that he
was living improperly. he continued:
81 was a great sufferer from sciatics
and other complaints. l had always
been very fond of tea and meats.
drank tea, coffee, and wines, and led
a sedentary life. 1 became convinced
that I was doing wrong and gave up
eating meats and all rich foods, includ-
ing coffee, wine, and even tea-the lat
ter with tears in my eyes, because you
all know that tea is the national bev-
erage of my country. I at once began
to be better, and have since been en-
tirely well.
you must remember that the mind
plays an important part in maintain
ing our health and life. Take my
humble advice and get rid of this no.
ton of old age; eliminate it from your
vocabularies; cease to worry and to
fear. Think health and happiness,
think youth. Do not allow any one to
ask How old are your I am quite
willing to say how many years have
passed. for that is only experience, not
age.
You must help me to convert the
world into asking the question differ
emily. Say How many years young
are you?' Think young things. Keep
cheerful. Control your temper. Do
not allow malice or envy to enter your
mind, for they poison the body. Ac-
cept the principle of universal love,
for that is the highest moral doctrine"
Battle Creek dispatch to New York
World.
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THE TIE THAT BINDS.

Every once in a while some enthusi-
astic young magazine contributor
rushes into print to refute with sopho-
moric zeal the old, old charge that the
player folk are undomestic. And as
often the player folk themselves spring
dramatic divorce court sensation
that knocks the enthusiastic young
contributors proofs and illustrations
higher than Gilderoy's kite.
Not so very long ago one Of these
champions of the actors and the
actresses printed a convincing looking
article that seemed to settle the whole
matter. He quoted the marital felicity
Of James K. Hackett and Mary Man
nering, of e. H. Sothern and Virginia
Harmed, of George NJ. Conan and
Ethel Levy. of Nat Goodwin and
Maxine Elliott, and of this one and
that one to prove his point. A sequel
to that article giving the present mat
rimonial status of the shining ex-
amples" would be most interesting.
Mary Mannering is now urging the
courts to free her from Mr.. Hackett.
Virginia Harmed no longer wishes to
play Juliet to Mr.. Sothern's Romeo.
George NJ. Cohan has been divorced
from Miss Levy and has married one
of his chorus girls. And Nat Goodwin
has just secured a divorce from the
fair Maxine, which she did not take
the trouble to contest. And so it goes
down the list. The Shining exam
pies" would now serve to illustrate an
article on the other side Of the ques-
ton. True, there are many happy
couples in stageland. but the theaters
from coast to coast are strewn with
merry grass widows and jovial grass
widowers, and likewise with numerous
wouldbe grasses ready for the judicial
scythe.
The artistic temperament and mari
tai happiness do not seem to go to-
gether. But there is another cause
for stageland divorces. The home is
the basis of happy married life. We'd
ded actors and actresses who spend all
but a month or two of the year far
apart from each other have no real
home life. They are constantly play
ing upon their emotions. Is 1t any
wonder that absence, instead Of max
ing the heart grow fonder, leads to
complications that wreck felicity?
Stage folks are not the only ones
who find nie-separation pathway
to the divorce court. The same condi-
tions are often found in socalled high
society with the same result. 1t Is also
found in humber life. where the oc-
equations of husband and wife keep
them apart The home is one of the
strongest ties that binds.
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A cook is apt to be well versed in the
subject of home rule.
X x
If there's anything more nervous
than a woman it's another one.
X X
Some folks might enjoy a new sensa-
ton by going out and paying cash for
something.
Many curls are so natural that it's
almost impossible to tell them from a
woman's own hair.
X x
A woman may be set down as weak
minded if she doesn't ask her husband
to account for every cent of his salary.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.]

IFrom the Chicago News.]
Running into debt is far easier than
walking out.
It is easier to acquire bad reputa-
ton than 1t is to- lose It.
Some things come to the man who
kicks while he waits.
If you have a secret to keep, lock IL
up and throw away the key.
You may be as good as pie-but lots
of people don't like pie.
The worse the medicine the better
the doctor-so most women think.
Lots of bad people are found in jail
and some worse ones are found out
man can make a woman happy
by telling her that that's the way she
makes him.
No man ever makes as much money
as his wife wants the neighbors to De-
lieve he makes.
If a girl is pretty she doesn't think
it worth while to waste her time
learning to do housework.
To those who have given 1t a
thought It is surprising how very
patient most children are with their
parents.
Some people marry for love and
some for money but in after years
most people wonder what they
married for.