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judice. and that he was witness in
the case.
Attorney Leek presented an affidavit
obiecting to the sheriff as above
stated and asked for special baitfs.
Judge Duncan stated that he could
appoint special baliff.
c. S. Gary, 5aliff.
Coroner McManus was suggested
bet the prosecution objected. Finally
after an hours discussion Charles S.
Carey was accepted by both sides.
Mr.. Carey was sent for and sworn in
and Instructed by the Judge as to his
duties. He has the authority TO Sc
lect as candidates for the jury
waomsoeyer he may deem competent
according to ais instructions, He
was given a venire for Loo men 10
be returnable this morning at
o'clock and the remainder as fast as
needed. Mr. Carey is invested with
practically the same power as a
sheriff in this case. W. J. McCrite,
of Delta was selected by botl sides
as the second balff.
Curing the afternoon the regular
panel was about exhausted al Of
them being excused for cause with
the exception Of W. H, lawson. Chas.
Fl. Befblug, William Gibson, color
ed Henry Serbian. Claude McRaven
OF Mcclure, and Blaine Caldwell, OF
Thebes. These six will be held for
further questioning. Each side Will
be allowed ~ challenges.
Judge Duncan said that as the Sc.
lection OF the jury would take a
long time he would hold night SEES
sions of the court during that tine,
from 7::30 to 10 o'clock. The lays
sessions will be, in the morning to
liz, afternoon 1870 to 8.
Work Of Grand Jury.
The grand jury after being in SEES
sion from Monday morning until II
a. m yesterday, having worked on
five criminal cases, returned the fol
lowing true bills:
John ONeal, burglar and lerceny
Titus Mahem, assault with intent
to kill
Mrry Duncan, ENLIGHTENMENT.
Jack Richardson, larceny
In the case OF Harry Hall not a
true bin was found Hall is the man
who was arrested at Carbonate by
an Illinois Central special officer
charged with having robbed a LADY
at the Cairo station OF monty and
her ticket some weeks ago.
TIL jury inspected the Jail as is
Ithe custom and made the following
REPORT: $$
/ We, tht grand jury, beg to report
that we have examined the Jail and
find 1T TO be in AS clearly and san
itary condition as is possible TO ma n.
/ tain In the. present quarters.
| We would respectfully Suggest
the great need Of a larger and better
| jail in which to confine the prisoners
AMI recommend that proper steps be
| taken by the authorities toward this
end at the earliest possible date.
After delivering this report and the
indictments to the court the jury was
discharged,
The court cited three of the or mi
nal cases to thecounty court ami
1 1000, 900 gold in London for Shfp-
the Mayhem case was continued nn
Itl after tne riot cases have beer
disposed OF.
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The innocent seldom find an uneasy
pillow Cowper. -.
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that ancient Rome or Babylon has CIV
en-, even through the medium Of lic-
ton. Shanghai Mercury.
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A straight line Is shortest in morals
~ well as In geometry. Iahei.
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FoR sHERiFF.

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
Prof. s. q. Colt authorizes his an
n6uncement as a candidate for Conn-
" Superintendent Of schools OF Alex
anier county, subject to the Republi-
can primaries, Sept. Is. 1916
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New York, July 12.--lnto the slum
life and the crowded east side dis,
triets of New York policemen and,
members of the water department.
acting under the orders of Mayor Gay.
nor, are making an effort to relieve
the condition OF the poor children by
giving them daily. baths. The swell
tering weather conditions have been
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-10-05
TURNER'S AMBITION.
Tho Great Painter Achieved Il by
Years Of Self Sacrifice.

Tho Great Painter Achieved Il by
Years Of Self Sacrifice.
Turner could not bear to sell q IA
vOrite painting. He was always mel
ancholy after such n transaction. 81
lost one of my children this week." he
would sadly exclaim. At meeting Mt
Somerset House 1t was decided to pur-
chase his two great pictures. the
Rise" and the Fall of Carthage" for
the National gallery. A Mr.. Griffiths
was commissioned to offer $1,000 for
them. "a noble Offer" said the paint
er. n noble offer: but. no. I cannot
part with them. Impossible" Mr..
Grifiiths. greatly disappointed. took his
leave. Turner ran after him. '"Tell
those gentlemen" he said. that the
nation will most likely have the pic
lures after ALL" Long before this
Turner had matured a purpose which
continued to be his dominant idea
while life lasted. This was to be-
queath to his country a Turner gal
lery Of pictures and to amass 100000
to build and endow an. asylum for de-
cayed artists. 1t was for this great
object that he denied himself all pleas
ures that cost money. an luxuries. His
resolve. once made. could not be shak-
en-. On one occasion he was offered
100000 for the art treasures locked
up in the ''len" Give me the key
Of the house. Mr.. Turner" said n Liv-
erpool merchant, land here is the
money" mo. thank you" replied
Turner. Il have refused a better Of
fer" And that was true. By his will
he bequeathed $4,000 to found an
asylum for poor artists born in Eng
land and n magnificent art collection
to his country. This latter bequest
was. however. coupled with the con-
dition that his rise and Fall of
Carthage" should be hung in. the Ma
tional gallery between ClauGe's Sea
port" and "NIin."-LomlOn Geaphic.
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Grew 1oo Tell.

Il recall a case Of genuine bone
Medicines. mixed with enthusiasm.
that cost u great many people q bunch
Of money" said an oil operator. 1T
was during the time when q big strike
meant q drop in the price Of oil. The
foreman Of drill crew had been in
structed by the employers to use q
code In the event of oil being found.
II 1t was u big flow he was to wire.
Pine trees grow tall II. ON the other
hand. the flow was small, Pine trees
grow small was to be the code mes
sage. The drill struck q gusher. and
the following message was sent by the
ivory topped individual: Pine trees
grow tall ~ hell. and she Is flowing
all over the derrick Of course there
were u numbe: Of men about the ex-
change who could understand teleg-
raphy. and the consequence was that
the price Of oil dropped about s. q
barrel in q few minuteA"-LOuisville
Times
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CHICKEN RACES.
The Ridiculous Hen Derby" Insti.
tuted bv Sir John Astlav.


1t is said that the browning triumph
of Sir John Ashley, that inventor of
absurd contests. whose forte 1t was to
arrange races between animals which
nature apparently had made most un-
suitable for the purpose. was the in
stitution Of the only races that ever
took place between chickens.
The story is that the idea came to
Sir John during visit to a friend who
kept large number Of hens. He no
ticed how rapidly the chickens used to
scurry to their mother when food was
thrown to her. This furnished the in
genious Sir John with a clever notion,
and at mess, he then being quartered
at Windsor. he accordingly unfOlded
to his brother officers his plans for a
great chicken race.
He bought from q farmer q hen and
a brood of chickens. Each officer WAS
to choose a chicken and mark 1t with
a ribbon. SO that he could easily recOS
nize it, The chickens were to be placed
about fifty yards away from their
mother, and whichever Of them reached
her first in answer to her cackle when
food was thrown to her was to be ad-
judged the winner
And SO this ridiculous hen Derby"
came off in the barracks at Windsor
and was witnessed by nearly the whole
brigade of guards. who Travelled down
from London especially to see IT.
The race was such a success that It
was arranged to repeat it the follow
ing week. 1t might possibly have be-
come regular institution and rae
ing stable of chickens might have been
added to the attractions ut Windsor
had not Sir Johns chicken won on
each occasion with such ease rs to
cause suspicion in the minds Of his
competitors. Indeed, it was found. it
is said. that i'm both races SIR John had
selected Il sturdy young cOckerel who
was much too speedy for his sisters.
When victory was a certainty for one
particular competitor the contest, Of
course. lost interest, and so the chicken
races ut Windsor came to q sudden
end-New York Herald.
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THE FIRST WINDMILLS.
Could Work Only When the Wind
Blew From . Certain Point.

Could Work Only When the Wind
Blew From . Certain Point.
Windmills are said to have been in
trOduced into England by the knights
Of st. John. who observed them In use
among the Saracens In the Crusades.
but how long they had been in ex-
istence before this 1t Is not possible to
ascertain. A water mill was built in
Bohemia In the year 718. for an old
mentions It. going on to say
that before that time all the mills in
Bohemia were windmills set upon the
summit of hills"
For hundreds of years windmills
were among the most important ad-
juncts Of industry. yet they hardly
changed from the rude aud primitive
design Of earliest days. They were
fixed in one position. and so could only
be worked when the wind blew from
q certain quarter. while the four sails
Boosted No Stats or checking apparatus
Of any kind. which must have been
most announcement Mt times.
The first idea Of arranging a mill 80
that It could he worked ''whene'er the
wind did blow was that of lettering
an ordinary mill In the middle Of
pond by means Of ropes. When the
wind shifted the ropes were lOosed
and the mill dragged around until the
sails were caught by the wind. and It
was then again tethered as before.
Later on u great pole. which was
worked on the principle of a turntable.
was affixed to the mill. Not until 1900
did Holland. the land Of windmills.
Introduce u movable dome carrying
the sail axle. The dome ran on rollers
and was shifted around by means Of
the pole mentioned above. These an
Gent mills were often Of massive build.
being made Of brick or stone. and later
entirely Of wood.-LOndon Globe.
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A PIGS SQUEAL.
Il Played . Momentous Part In Amer.
can History.

k Played . Momentous Part In Amer.
can History.
The war between this country and
England in 1872 was caused by one
vote. and. stranger still. the small mar
gin came from a pig getting its head
stuck in n rail fence. 1t was Rhode
Island fence AT that. but built much
like Virginia worm fence.
They were having an election of
members of the legislature in Rhode
Island. One Federalist put of going
to the election and left himself just
time enough to get there before the
polls closed. Just as he got on his
horse and started for town he heard Il
pig squeal. He looked around and
saw that. the pig had its head damned
into that old rail fence. and anybody
who knows anything about hogs
knows that the hogs would have eaten
that pig up II 1t hadn't been rescued.
The farmer stopped long enough to
iiberate the pig. and when he got to
the polls they were closed. He was
too late.
The result was that Democratic
member of the legislature was elected
from that district by one vote. and he
would not have been elected ii that
Federal had got there on time. In
the legislature a Democratic United
States senator was elected by one vote.
and that Democratic legislator who
had been elected by one vote voted
for him.
In the United States senate they
voted for the war of 1912 by one vote.
and that Rhode Island Democratic
senator who had been elected because
that pig was caught in the fence voted
for the war Of 1S12.-Popular Maya.
zine.
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Ths First univsr.is,es.

To ex i'r,-.'s.'ly the date Ut the rise
Of the iir>i universities n Impossible
for the reason that they were not
founded. but grew. They were stArted
By u few able men who had something
they wished To teach and youths
wished to learn. Gradually the free.
voluntary center Of learning became
the organized affair We know ~ the
university. Among the earliest OF
these centers of learning were Saler-
no. Naples and Bologna. Italy being
the FIRST land to experience the literary
revival We may say That Salerno
university was fairly established BY
the year lOGO! the University of BO-
logua BY llOO and the University Of
Naples BY the year 1900 The Uni
versity of Paris. which owes its ex-
istence to the genius Of Abelard. was
founded about the same time.-New
York American.
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THE MANTlLLA.
4 Spanish Woman Answers the ouse.
ton, "Nvhy Do You Wear It7"

4 Spanish Woman Answers the Quoo.
ton. "Wfhy Do You Wear lt7"
The write. once asked Of q well
known lady Of the Spanish aristocracy
who was seated In the box Of the pres
ident Of cOrrida In Madrid. why do
you wear mantilla:'' and the fair
duchess replied: because we all wear
a mantilla ut a bulifight or at any
truly Spanish function. It Is the prop
er thing to do. and We do IT,
A little later as I strolled among q
group Of aiicionados ventured to ask
a woman Of the people over whose
head and shoulders was also thrown q
mantilla why all Spanish women. to
whatever class they belonged. wore
this national headsear. II 1t may be
called thus.
This woman was sitting In the open
air. and ! was thinking that a large
straw hat would have protected her
better from the burning rays Of the
sun and been quite as picturesque.
She replied In that droning. warm tone
SO typical Of the Spanish: well. I hap
pened to have often thought Of this.
and ! think the reason why We all
wear the mantilIa Is because We Span
ish women are most careful about our
hair. We think the chief charms Of a
woman are her eyes and her hair.
And. rs you may see. we all have
splendid. thick. lustrOus hair. and We
are supposed to have. many Of us. fas-
eyes. Now. why should we
hide our deliberately arranged hair un-
der hat and conceal our eyes In the
shade cast BY the brim Of a hat?'
No doubt this woman was right. Pa
risiaD elegance to the Spanish women
Of the upper classes may have its at
fractions. but they. rs their less fortu-
nate compatriots. all agree that beau
tiful hair and expressive eyes are more
-" And both Of these
may be cultivated.-London Mail.
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THE PONY EXPRESS.
Fearless Riders and the Dangers and
Hasdshirs They Faced.


Hasdshirs They Faced.
Perhaps the most picturesque figure
on the old trail was the pony express
rider The overland stage proved too
slow for mail and express In its flight
from the Missouri and the Pacific.
True. It had cut down the months Of
the old OK team to twenty-five days.
and still there was clamOr that the
east and west be brought closer to-
gether. and 1t was done. The pony
cut the time to ten days.
Those who were personally acquaint-
ed with the famous pony express Of
those days could never forget the in
trcpid rider who braved all peril. for
getful of self. intent only on the
speedy delivery Of his precious mo-
chila to the next hardy hOrseman.
Hard and fast he rode over mountain
and plain. across scorchins desert and
icy snow. through sunshine and rain.
past friend. away from foe. to the
final achicvement-the safe delivery
of Ills charge.
Forty fearless hOrscmen i'm saddle
riding west. rs many more riding east
and this novel but useful enterprise
was in motion. For two years the
pony express carried messages Of bust
ness and love across 1000 miles Of
western mountains and plains. over
a country peOpled with hostile race.
destitute Of cultivation or develop
ment. through a region wild. desOlate
and little known.
1t was in 1850 that the pony express
was established. The route. briefly
stated. was due west from st. Joseph
to Fort Kearney up the Platte to
Julesburg. thence. by Fort Laramie
and Fort Bridger. to Salt Lake City.
thence to Camp Floyd. Ruby valley.
the Humboldt. Carson City, Placer
vile and Folsom. to Sacramento and
San Francisco by boat.
The intention Of the pony express
was to carry letters only and not more
than ten pounds ut trip. It was de-
cided that the safest and easiest mode
Of carrying the mail was to make four
pockets, one in each corner Of the mo-
chila. a covering made Of heavy leath-
er for the saddles and generally used
by the expert Mexican and Spanish
riders. The mochila was transferred
from pony to pony and went through
from St Joseph to San Francisco. the
pockets containing the mail being lock-
ed and opened only at military posts
en- route and at Salt Lake City. These
precious letters were wrapped in oiled
silk to protect them. but even this pre-
caution sometimes failed. Rivers had
to be crossed: horse and rider swan
tosether.-W. G. jenkins In National
Magazine
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CAUGHT q Tartar.

Senator Theodore e. Burton Of Ohio,
who Is a bachelor and has never been
ensnared by the wiles of women, tells
a story Of young lady and a judge Of
his acquaintance. The former was q
witness In the latter's court. The pros
ecuting attorney had repeatedly put to
her questions which she persistently
evaded under the plea that she did not
comprehend his meaning, whereup0n
his honor undertook to bring out the
proper responses. Leaning over, he
said in kindly and fatherly manner:
young woman. why Is 1t that you
insist in refusing to understand the
questions of counsel? You are q per-
son Of charm, grace, beauty and more
than average intelligence and
Thank you. your honor" interrupt
ed the young woman. III 1t were not
for the fact. judge. that l am under
oath I would return the compliment"
National Monthly.
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THE OPIUM HABIT.
sts Effects rs Described by Bill Nys In
His Memoirs.

sts Effects rs Described by Bill Nys In
His Memoirs.
I have always had horror of OPT
ates Of all kinds. They are SO seductive
and so still i'm their operations. They
steal through the blood like wolf ON
the trail and they seize on the heart
with their white fangs till 1t IS still
forever.
Up the Laramie there is cluster OF
ranches ut the base Of the Medicine
Bow. near the north end Of Sheep
mountain. Well. a young man whom
We will call Curtis lived at one Of
these ranches years ago. and, though
a quiet. nd-your-Own-business fel-
low who had absolutely no enemies
among his companions, he had the
misfortune to incur the wrath Of a
tramp sheephertler. who waylaid Cur
tbs one afternoon and shot him dead
rs he sat in his buggy. Curtis wasn't
armed.
A rancher came into town and tele-
graphed to Curtis father, and then
half a dozen citizens went out to help
capture the herder. who had fed to
the foothills.
They didn't get back till toward day
break. but they brought the herler
with them. I saw him in the gray of
the morning, lying In a coarse gray
blanket on the floor Of the engine
house. He was dead.
! asked. rs a reporter, how he came
to his death and they told me.
"opium'' The murderer had taken
poison when he found that escape was
impossible.
was present at the inquest SO that
I could report the case. There was
very little testimony, but all the evil
dcnce seemed to point to the fact that
life was extinct. and verdict of death
by his own hand was rendered.
1t was the first opium work had
ever seen. and it aroused my curiosity.
Death by opium. 1t seems. leaves n
dark ring around the neck. did
not know this before. People who die
by opium also tie their hands together
before they die. This is one Of the
eccentricities Of opium poisoning that
I have never seen laid down in the
books. bequeath 1t to medical
science. Whenever 1 run up against a
new scientific discovery just hand It
right over to the public without cost.
Ever since the above incident have
been very apprchensive about people
who seem to he likely to form the
opium habit. It is one Of the most
deadly narcotics. especially in a new
country.
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The Aslmat That Fell.

Eoquelaure. the defOrmed jester Of
Louis XIV. contrived to get out Of
many q scrape by his ready wit. One
day he went to the king to ask his par
don for having struck Oh the helmet Of
one Of his sentinels who had failed to
give him the military salute. Louis.
who knew his man. wondered that
ROQuelaure should crave bis pardon
for so venial an o6ense and said to
him, This Is a serious matter. Rogue
laure, but will pardon you this time. :"
1t afterward turned out that the SOL
dier's head was in the helmet and fell
with It to the ground.-Argonaut.
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Intoxicated by 1oboece

Giving evidence against q man on a
charge Of disOrderly conduct Mt Bow
street police court. a constable said
that the accused behaved In a very
violent and disorderly manner in Lei
eester square on Tuesday evening. He
quarreled with q cabman. and eventu-
ally the witness took him into Gus
tody. believing him to be drunk. At
the police station the prisoner denied
that he had been drinking. and the
doctor who examined him reported
that he had chewed tobacco to such an
extent that It had had the same effect
upon him as alcOhOl.-Pall Mall t;a-
zette
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The "Stina" Of Death.

The sting Of death physically IS moth
ing: q man who has lost consciousness
in the water, a man who has been IN
der an anaesthetic, man stunned In
an accident-these have been in effect
dead. and yet they know nothing Of
death. In speaking of 1t the most
glaring contradictions pass quite nat
urally for axiOms. 1t is the gentle
hand" but 1t is also the "grisly ter
ror" It is ''beautiful' and wonder
full" but It is also 'terrible."-London
Spectator.
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To Tame Him.

$50 you're going to introduce base
ball among the prisoners? don't ap-
prove. What will become of disci-
pline?"
IF a man gets too Obstreperous." re-
piled the warden confidently. well
make him umpire" - Philadelphia
Ledger
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The hippocratic face II q condition
Of the human face produced BY death.
long illness. excessive hunger and the
like. The nose Is pinched, the temples
hollow, the eyes sunken. the ears cold
and retracted. the skin Of the forehead
dry. the complexion livid and the lips
relaxed with cold. This appearance Is
30 named from having been accurately
described by Hippocrates. the father
Of medicine.-New York American.
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Rettsr Dad'Than Editor.

Judge-HOw do you earn your liv-
Ing? Prisoner-By writing. your hon.
or. Judge-And wha1 do sou write
ior?' Would you minditellilE. Us: Pris-
oner-Not at all. lwrite for money
GomJhome-Judge'stLibrary.
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voey Thorough.

New YOrk's collector Of customs
vas talking about smuggling.
Smuggling must cease" he said
We'll make It cease. If we have to be
as strict and thorough as the French
customs officer. This strict officer.
standing on the pier. frowned on a
tourist with q swollen cheek.
what have you got thereY' he said.
pointing to the swelling.
IAN abscess. SIR was the reply.
"'Well.' said the officer impatiently.
open II. please "-WashingtOn Star.
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One Thing Umheolsoss.

Standing over the shattered remains
Of their last Dresden china statuette.
the exasperated mistress said to the
awkward servant:
rs there anything you haven't
broken since you have been with me-?
Yes. num-" replied the servant. II
have yet to break me record for de-
structive ness."-Baltimore American.
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Entirely Different.

Its all very well before q girls
married for her to get flower in her
hair" remarked the observer Of events
and things. but it's an entirely differ
ent matter II. after she's married. she
gets her hair I'm 1our."
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Co0aei00eo.

In the commission Of evil another Is
but one witness against thee: thou art
q thousand against myself. Another
thou mayest avOid-thyself thou canst
not.-Quaries.