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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31

the transparent membrane that eagles draw over
the cornea.,
The bell rang outside Astro the Philosopher be-
came, the instant, Astro the Seer, and dropped
into his professional poise,-cam inert picturesque
in his oriental costume. Vaeska retired to another
the papers for of anything that might be of
to the in his conferences. 1t her duty to
keep abreast with the doings of the day.
FOR sometime she read without interest, making
notes occasionally, and from time to time con-
sultng her card catalogue to look up the condensed
biographies of persons prominent in society," politics.
cut clippings, too, and pasted them in blank book
for Astro to look at his leisure In the last of
the morning papers, her eyes fell on the following
paragraph, and she read it with attention:
No small of gossip has been occasioned during
the last week the little village of Vandyke by the
of supernatural vsations the we'll known Fan
Shave farm the residence of Miss Mildred Fanshawe
the last living representative of prominent old family
the county While all the servants at the farm deny the
sensational reports and Miss Fanshawe absolutely
to be interviewed the stories aoa make the place famous
the vicinity According what be learned
three of the the farm have the Fanshawe
ghost puported to be the spirit of Sally Towers who
we'll known belle of New York in the 1905. Sally
pears SO it is said in the walled garden side of the old
house usually with baby in her Occasionally she
the roof of the dwelling The Society for PSYCHE
cal Research said to be interested and has asked the
privilege of investigating the apParition but Miss Fan
Shave has persiSteny refused them admittance the
premises. which now well guarded from intrusion.
Of Miss Fanshawe, Valeska could find no informa-
ton in her catalogue. But he free
she gave Astro the clipping, and not disap-
pointed in his interest
Its case I'd like to handle he said when he
had read the story. IF Miss Fanshawe does not
apply to me for solution of the mystery, shall
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model of the human eye about which he had been
talking and replaced it shelf in his laboratory,
where it remained, large, livid ball of glass and
porcelain, veined with red.
Its simply wonderful Valeska said, staring at it
hard
Astro laughed and passed into the great studio
for his morning consultations. And yet" he re-
marked. " Helmholtz says, Nature seems to have
packed this organ with mistakes III explain that
Sometime. Most people do think that the body of
is the contamination of the Makers skill and
wisdom. In point of fact it is far from being per-
feet"
DO you mean to say that mems bodies are not
Sc. good as some of the animals bodies?', Vaeska
asked.
Il mean to say that the human machine is imper-
feet. 1t contains much that is unnecessary much
that is not we'll adapted to the struggle for exist
ence.',
Astro now assuming his red slken robe and tur-
ban in preparation for his astral readings seated
himself cross legged on the divan, and took up the
stem of his narghile
Wiedersheim y he continued. "has counted one
hundred and seven SO called vestgial organs; the
remains, that is. of similar but developed
gans that fulfilled useful function in smian
ancestors. Some of them still able to perform
their physioogic functions in less incom-
pete manner some survive merely ancestral
relics; and some are actually harmful to the body.
Take. for instance, superfluous hairs they are no
longer capable of protecting the body from cold
and often do serious harm Wisdom teeth are un-
necessary to man; their powers of mastication are
feeble, and they often cause tumors and diffused
suppuration and dental carries We all know how
unnecessary and how dangerous to health the vermi
form appendix is.
Then there other organs whose powers are
almost completely lost. The little tail disappears
from the embryo before birth; but there remain the
useless muscles of the the unnecessary thirteenth
pair of ribs, the weak and imperfect eleventh and
twelfth pairs of ribs which serve useful physio-
logic purpose the muscles of the toes, and so on
Why, the colon or large intestine the seat of most
diseases of the alimenary tract and the nursery of
arteral scleross, has been pronounced practically
useless by Metchnkoff.. and in London the entire
colon is often removed"
Valeska stared But what are they all there
for, she inquired
II suppose their chief use is to shame our vanity
They are undoubted proof Of animal origin our
descent from the anthropoid apes"
Valeska sighed. Il never like to be reminded of
that"
Well, then of our descent from birds. or reptiles
You have beautiful eyes. my dear but you can't
conceal that little part the which is called
the semunar fold That my dear is but the re-
mains of the third eyelid you possessed as bird -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-03
WHEN ABDUL HUNTS A NEW FLAT.

That is diabolical punishment meted out to Abdul
Iiamd Death, doubtless would have been more merclful.
Wicked the sultan of Turkey has BEEN he is
tied that he has to 90 house hunting and select
home that will please his host of wives.
While the Ydiz Kiosk the official residence the
household had to like it. Maybe Zah dissatisfied
with the dampness of the reception room hall and Fatima
the odd sizes of the and Zuleka would
have real plumbing instead Of the back number system
which consisted in carrying your bath upstairs in tin cup.
Old Abdul could point out that the shack went with the
jobThat they had to live there not belong There
his authority besides The wife who nagged him too much
for bungalow type of dwelling could be sacked literally
sacked and dropped into the bosom of the Bosphorus with
musical, mellow PUNK.
Abdul has to hunt flat, or rather an apartment house
Will wiley (puraD take hand in that? Sure. You know
how it is You make your selection. Then wiley singu-
ar) makes her objection Her taste is lots better Then
you select again. You have 80 days to find a
home You find 80 homes and WHEY finds them too
finds them lacking in something that you, careless and
blindly ignorant, should have known would never,
do
Are you good at multiplying? Multiply 80 times
Abdul's wives. Now YOU know what chance A. Hamid
has for enjoying life from now on.
1t he does find house that suits wfeno small feat
the remainder of the harem will look it over and exer-
else their veto power If he tries to get huffy they will
jump the old despot and give him fits They will pull his
hoary old beard and bend his face with chbook or
seamlik something. They will put arabesques on his
dome of thought And he cannot whip nobby little pearl
bard pants and plug them full Of ead of yore to make
them behave. That pretty little prerogative has been
passed on to the sultan.
Weeks from now a haggard, disreputabe looking old
rnndum of Turk with rings under his eyes, dandmff
his collar and tomato casup stains his vest may be seen
hooflng it through Constannope with bunch of frayed
For Rent clippings i'll his cawlike hands, forIorn glib
berng thing of delison whom the plowng dogs will
not want TO rub against
1t will be Mr. Mr.. Hamd looking for the npossbIe-a
house that will suit his wives.
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hogs throat and into sidemeat de-
velops in the bankruptcy of Clint A.
Bragg, farmer.
The Exchange National bank of
London, O., held a mortgage on a
part of Bragg's chattels, including
80 acres of corn which was raised
last season. The Farmers Bank of
Sedalia held mortgage on other
chattels, including the. live stock,
belonging to Bragg.
Bragg, as ostensible owner of
both corn and live stock, fed the
corn pledged to the London bank
to the horses and cows and pigs
held similarly by the Sedalia bank.
The London financial institution
was left holding the bag All it's
corn had gone to make sausages
and sidemeat for the benefit of the
rival corporation in Sedalia.
The London bank officials made
complaint to Frank M. Krepp, ref
cree in bankruptcy, who found the
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me and see what will happen when
place my finger or digit, in close
contact with the buzz saw"
So saying. she placed her hand
on the edge of the buzz saw. and
10! in twinkling her finger drop
ped off just too neatly for any
thing.
How funny, mother" cried
Oswald, clapping his hands. DO
it some more
NO" said his mother, with an
amused look, Il need the other fin
gers to darn stockings with. We
will now go walk in the park and
feed the swans with the fruit cake
we saved from breakfast
81 know now why | was prudent
in obeying YOU" said Oswald,
thoughtfully. "If | had injured my
self playing with the food chopper
it would have hurt me more than
you"
That Is it." answered Mrs. Gray
son, patting him on the head. II
am glad, my little man, that you
have learned a lesson
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himself for that task, and not hang
back and sulk, as some of your low
and insolent boys would do. Oswald
was an obedfent little chap.
One balmy evening when his
mother and father were at the tea
table, Oswald was out in the kitch-
en- learning how to operate the food
chopper. He was experimenting
with a kitten, to see how small
he could make it. While engaged
in this, his mother called to him:
Oswald, what are you doing?" Il
am playing with the food chopper, y
he replied. Refrain" said his
mother. At first Oswald did not
wish to refrain, but when he OBJ
served that the kitten had ceased
playing, he did also. Then, going
to his mothers side, he pulled his
forelock politely, and said: Moth
er, | have come away from the
food chopper so as not to be tempt
ed to NEEDLE with it," This touch
ing remark of obedience affected
his parents greatly.
On the next day Oswald's mother
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grimly. otherwise he will be TOR
TURED TO DEATH" The agonized
parents left the $500. They would
give much more to get their darling
boy back in their arms again.
Weak and wan, Leo turns up in
lronton, where his grandfather, Ed
Rafferty,, lived.
I've been through an awful
time" he painted 1.-TWO men took
me from school. They hurried me
through town in a closed buggy.
When | tried to holler, one of them
hit me in the stummick, and I
knowed no more.
When | came to. I was in the
mountains in West Virginia. My
kidnapers were stealing horses.
One of the men was tall and very
thin. The other was husky ana
had big mustach like pirate.
They beat me and abused me, and
made me help them steal a whole
lot of horses. Finally l run away
They run after me, but I run fast
erin they did, and | got away.
After a long walk | came to a
town. and the people told me +,
was Ironton, and not West Vir-
ginia at all. | 'membered that
grandpa lived here, and, gee, was
glad"
OF course, a 12-year-old kid can't
think of everything, and when
grandpa and all those detectives
and policemen and papa and mann
ma and everybody kept asking
questions. a fellow can't be expect
ed to get everything told right.
On second thoughts, there
weren't any two men kidnappers,
nor any West Virginia, nor horse
stealing, nor nothing like that. The
ote?--well, with this vertical sys-
TEN of writing they teach at school
now, it's hard for a kid to make
his writing look like a mans. Leo
die the best he could.
The chapter ends In the Mulhern
woodshed, with only Papa Mulhern,
mamma and Leo as spectators.
Gone are the detectives, the head
lines, the pictures, the sympathy,
the excitement Only pain is Left
land promises.
And the neighbors hear it from
1.-THE Kitchens and smile.
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A WORD FROM JOSH WISE.

Debutante-I wonder why Cholly
wears an eyeglass?
Miss Wise-Why, to block up one
eye, so he can just see as much as
he can understand at one time.
The Captain Hams defense will
stick to insanity. Well. see what
it has done for Harry Thaw.
II did not take your name In
vain," remarked the youth, as he
received check from the uncle he
had been named for.
Going to take your girls mother
to the play tonight"
well, l don't know. There are
so many passages in these modern
plays that are hardly fit for elderly
folks to hear"
The Roosevelt party got to it's
destination without any of its bag
gage being stolen. This seems to
be source of much surprise to ex-
perienced tourists.
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4 Br FRED SCHUYLER.

took him for a ride in the carriage.
At the saw mill they alighted.
Now I will tell you why begged
you not to play with the chopper,
said Oswald's mother. with sunny
smile Mark this revolving disk of
bright metal 1t is a buzz saw. 1t
has the appearance of being sta
tionary. or motionless.
Now said she, stand beside
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-03
LEO MUI.HERN BEFORE THE
WOODSHED CHAPTER.

and some cornsilk cigarets, or back
In the cave, And the most fun you
can get out of II is 10 play wild
west show.
But kidnapers--that's the dandy
stunt. It's more fun than being
shot by Indians or being drownded
In. the river like Huck. You can
read about II In the papers, too.
watch me-" said Leo Mulhern,
who could stump any kid on Fifth
avenue In Cincinnati.
All Cincinnati was thrilled by the
bold kidnapping OF poor Leo Null
hern. His pictures were printed in
the papers. Detectives We're hired,
Mothers held their breath and
wouldn't let their own children out
Of sight. Everybody said what a
nice. fine boy Leo was. Wasn't it
terrible?
In a few days came a note from
the kidnapers, short. horrible.
"icaye 5000 In a certain alley ana
your hoy will be restored" 1t read
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COPS AFTER SCORCHER
WITH SQUIRT GUN

HAMMOND, Ind, May 3.-Police
will fix up monster squirt gun for
speeding chauffeurs.
Officers are to telephone ahead of
the approach of scorcher. At a
point on Calumet avenue will be
established water gun with a
three inch nozzle and 100 pounds
pressure to the inch. On the re-
fusal of the chauffer to stop, a
stream will be turned upon him
with a force sufficient to lift him
out of the machine
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THRILLING KIDNAPPING Of LEO
MULHERN, ONLY z YEARS OLD

When a kid gifts to be II or 10,
and puts on long pants, he reads
Nick Carter. and ali about Indians
and cowboys, and pirates. But best
of all is kidnapers
You got to read about the COW
boys and Indians at night when the
folks think you're asleep, or out in
the haymow with the other kids
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OBEDiENT OSWALD.

Once there was a decent, we'll
behaved lad named Oswald. He
was very kind to his parents. and
always did as they desired him to
do. When they told him to go eat
some pie, he would go eat some
pie. When they babe him to get
ready and accompany them to the
circus, he would forthwith prepare
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Mrs. Pat-I say, Pat, did yez git
tn job from Mr.. Eidleman?
Pat-Oi did thot.
Mrs. Pat-An' I'm glad ov thot.
He's a foine man to work for. Ye
can't do too much for him.
Pat-Begorra, I don't intind to,
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SPRINGFIELD, o., May 3.-The
question of whether mortgage on
corn follows the grain down the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-03

Hunting in the dark is the quick
est way to find a thing you are
not looking for.
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Most Of the fun we have in life
isn't the kind We are looking for.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-03

During the reign of peace on
earth most nations are plotting to
secure another piece of it.
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FEEDS MORTGAGED CORN TO MORTGAGED
HOGS AND BALLS UP CREDITORS BADLY

problem too knotty for off-hand de-
cision and asked counsel to submit
briefs
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Constant nagging soon hardens
the softest heart.
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The Spokane Press, SOC a Month.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-06-02
Kearrey waterworks Sold.

Kearney-G. E. Hoffmeister. repre-
senting the American Water company
Of Pittsburg. was in the city Tuesday
comforting with the city council re-
garding the purchase of the water
works system. The council held an
all-day meeting and reached a deci-
sion to-wit: That the American Water
company shall receive for the entire
system and back hydrant rentals due
it the sum Of $4,000. Telegraphic
communications from Pittsburg ac-
cepted the offer. The council then
voted, 6 to 2, in favor of bond cleo
ton. This practically ends the con-
troversy regarding the waterworks
system. Bonds for $780, 900 had been
voted at a previous election for the
purpose Of building a new system.
The amount decided upon to purchase
the system is very little in excess
of the appraisement Of the late An
drew Rosewater.
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it Before / had taken one bottle I
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8 Adrian, Ga.
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Vegetable Compound2
For thirty pears it has been the
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has cured thousands of women who
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II you have the slightest doubt
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table Compeand viii help YOU
write 20 Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
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win b absolutely confidential
AID the advic~ f-ea
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-06-02
TOWN BLOWN away
ZEPHYR, FIFTEEN MILES FRoM
BRENTWOOD, DESTROYED.
MANY FATALITIES RECORDED
Apparently One OF the Most 0estrue'
tive TWlsters That Ever Visited
the Lone Star state.

8rownwood. Tex. tornado OF
great fury struck the little village Of
Zephyr in the eastern portion OF
Brown county at q. m. Sunday morn.
ing and left path Of death and dc.
struction seldom paralleled. The death
list has reached q total of thirty-two
and the number of seriously and IA
tally wounded will reach fifty. A
score are more or less injured.
Nearly fifty houses were entirely
demolished. Lightning struck a lum-
Der yard and started a conflagration
which destroyed one entire business
block. No effort was made to fight
the fire as the care of the dead and
wounded victims demanded all atten-
ton. A section hand rode a handcar
to Brentwood and spread the alarm.
In two hours the Santa Fe railroad
was speeding a special train to the
scene of the storm with nine surgeons
and score of Brentwood citizens.
Hundreds of persons directly in the
storms path saved themselves by
taking refuge in storm cellars. More
than q dozen bodies were horribly mu-
tilated.
County Clerk Thad Cabler and wife
and two children. who had gone to
Zephyr to spend the night. we're killed.
The big stone school building and two
churches were swept from the face Of
the earth
BY daylight sixteen surgeons were
working on the wounded Brentwood
hurried its second relief train at noon
Sunday. loaded with provisions. cloth
ing and necessary articles and forty
nurses.
A special train will leave Zephyr
for Temple. carrying the more seri-
ously injured to the hospital.
The storm swept the earth for only
a short distance. probably less than
q mile. Its fury is considered the
most terrific of any tornado ever ex-
perienced in this section.
The surgeons who formed the first
party o. t Of Brentwood found q desc
late scene awaiting them. The hill
sides at Zephyr were covered with
debris of all kinds and bodies of dead
animals and human beings. The ruins
were dimly lighted by the burning
buildings and the cries of the wound
ed rose above the sound Of the ele-
ments. which threatened . second
storm. A hog roaming through the
debris-stTewn streets was killed while
attempting to devour the body of an
infant. Bodies were found twisted
about trees and in every conceivable
shape. People walked the streets al
most naked. Residences which escaped
the storm were turned into hospitals,
into which we're carried the bodies of
the dead. One house collapsed on q
family Of nine without serious injury
to any of them. Brentwood, with
organized relief work, has the situa-
ton we'll in hand.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-06-02
SUMMARY
Of 4
Weeks EVENTS
Latest News of Interest
Boiled Down for the
Busy Man.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NeW&
Senator Bradley declared the Amer
lean Tobacco Company is responsible
for the crimes of the southern Might
Riders"
Congress will have appropriated
$3.50. 0OO, 900 for the purchase and con.
struction of the isthmian canal If the
estimates for the fiscal year beginning
July /, 1910, are agreed to next win
ter.
Senator Bailey of Texas and w. 5.
Manning, a correspondent of the New
York Times, had a fist fight In the
capitol.
The United States supreme court
adjourned for the summer vacation.
Senator Burrows of Michigan as
sailed the sugar trust for its evasion
of duty payments.
The senate began the consideration
of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill.
A committee of Porto Ricans ar
rived in Washington to ask for citi-
zenship for the islands Inhabitants.
The senate killed the McCumber
amendment to the tariff bill providing
for free lumber
Mrs. Taft is much improved In
health and able to partially attend to
her White House duties, but will not
accompany the president to Pittsburg
or Gettysburg.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-06-02
Land seIi. at Hioh Price,

Central City. Neb.-A big real estate
deal was consummated this week
when Charles McEndreet and ]. w.
vieregg sold the half section owned
by them east Of town on what is
known as the old Hart ranch. and
which was formerly part Of the es-
tate of the late A. o. Smith, for $16,-
900. which, considering that part of
the half section is cut of by the rail-
road. is more than $50 per acre. The
purchasers of the land we're j. L. Hor-
lick and G. A. Wunderlick, both Of
David City.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-06-02
CHURCH DEDICATED
DELEGATIONS FROM 4 STATES
ATTEND CEREMONIES.
happenings OVER the STATE
Whist 70 Going on Here and There
That e Of Interest to the Read
ere Throughout Ne
braska.

Fairbury-An enormous crowd was
In Fairbury Wednesday attending
the dedication Of the $4,000 Catholic
church. Priests were here from Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa
These four states also sent good sized
delegations from among the member.
ship of the church. The church was
crowded to the doors when Father
Nugent of Des Moines began his dedi.
cation sermon Immediately following
the sacred rites of dedication per.
formed by Bishop Bonacum of the
Lincoln diocese.
Father Carey, who Is in charge OF
the local parish, had prepared SOU
venir book telling of the founding and
development Of the Fairbury parish
and facts about Fairbury.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-06-02
Institute New CHAPTER.

Falls City-Mrs. Emeda H. Fuller
Of Tecumseh. the grand conductress
of the Eastern Star of the state, was
here Monday night and organized
Fails City chapter No. 225. Mrs.
Fuller was acting in the capacity of
grand matron. There were twenty
three meTbers initiated into the
chapter and the. following officers
we're chosen: Mrs. E. G. Whitford.
worthy matron; Mrs. lola Davies.
associate matron; E. G. Whitford.
worthy patron: Miss Helen E. Gilman,
secretary; Ralph p. Roberts. treas
urer; Mrs. Alfredo Wilson, con-
ductress: Miss Lizette Pattzman. as
sociate conductress. After the OFF,
GERS we're chosen, Mrs. Fuller gave
an exemplifcation of the work.