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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05

Manager Hurley earnestly requests those who have money to return tick cts to settle up at once so as to make the accounts of the game straight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05
James Staples & Co.
 Bankers and Brokers ts1 state Street Bridgeport. Conn.

FIRE INSURANCE SURETY BONDS REAL ESTATE. !. Bought and Sold on Commission
 Loans Made on Approved
 City Real Estaaf'
 SAFE DEPOSIT VAUITS-yNe re- ceHve deposits subject to check and al. Fgvx interest son balances of $500 ana orer- we will act as Trustees ana Administrators of Estates. px. u0T.zER F. T. STAPLES
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05

Misses Dorothy Smith, IS and Loi Coles. "A recently attended socia given at the Y. M. C.. A.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-05
Hundreds of VaInea

Hundreds of Values
 in fur scarfs, fur nuffs fur setg and pony skin coats at E. H. Dillon e Co.,. 11O5 Main street at prices one-thiri- less than can be found for elsewhersE
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
GETS POWER PLANT
100000 TO BE EXPENDED ON
LoUP RIVER.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items Of interest Gathered from Re.
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form TO Our
Readers.

Under the decision Of the state
board of irrigation, Governor Aldrich
dissenting, II. f. Babcock, backed by
the interests of Doherty, the New
York law magnate. can commence the
construction of a S4,0O0,0O0 power
plant on the Loup river with the point
of diversion ut Genoa on the Loup
river, and c. T. Boggs of Lincoln
backed by Mr.. Moore Of Detroit, can
commence the work Of construction of
$4.OOO00O power plant. with the
point OF diversion of water on the
Loup' river just above Columbus, and
l.. ID. Richards of Fremont. backed by
Kountze Bros, capitalists of Omaha
and New York. can commence the
building of a $3.OOO.OOO power plant at
Fremont.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
Old Landmark Gone,

The Blaine schoolhouse in Mars
Blaine honored years ago by giving
a bell, which still hangs in the belfry.
Is no more. 1t has been converted
into storeroom and moved to an
other site. A good many bright boys
and girls. now old men and women.
graduated from this historical build.
ing. and. no doubt there is a feeling
leaves the foundation it was builded
upon years and years ago.-Kennebec
(Me.) Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

training facilities are limited the navy has turned
out some OF the best men In the boxing world
today.
For example, there are Sailor Burke and Tom
sharkey. both graduates of the navy prizenght-
ers and Sammy Robideau. lightweight champion
OF the navy, who 10 considered one of the best
lightweights In the country either In out Of
the navy
men," says Paymaster BOVINE mot only means
constant work on the part of the officers to mold
them into shape but It also means that Uncle
Sam is just 50 much richer by every man who
leaves the navy after serving his apprenticeship.
He has just so many more to call on in case Of
necessity. for man never forgets the A b c of
the war game once he learns It. So for this
reason, as we'll az because It contributes to the
health and pleasure of the men, nothing they can
get in the way of training Is thrown away on
them.
And. too. the sailors life is a pleasant one
There is lots Of hard work. to be sure, but there
is plenty to eat. clean place to sleep and good
share of recreation. In the matter Of athletics.
as well as In other ways the government does
more for its sailors than any other country.
Where will you nnd It q matter for active educa.
tion and concern 1t IL with us? Certainly not In
the British navy.
"The superiority of the American sailors in
athletics has been demonstrated often. Our men
are satisfied with nothing but the best They
want to be expert-in whatever they undertake;
therefore they train systematically and are fur.
nished with every facility In the way OF equip.
ment they need. This IL provided for from the
canteen profits It ia arranged that the profits of
the ships stores be disposed Of for this pur.
pose. so the men lack nothing in the way of
paraphernalia that will conduce to their success
in athletics"
"As an illustration Of the aptness of the Amer
lean sailor in athletics an officer tells this expe
rience Of his when on the China station The
ship was stationed at Hongkong and one day
group OF American sailors tried to induce some
British sailors to join them in a football game
The latter preferred soccer. Finally, however,
the Brtishers agreed; they would play football
II our men would learn soccer. This was accord.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
They Presented Arms.

Two very charming young ladies
were chatting in tramcar the other
evening.
$50 you've been down to the
camp?" said one.
"Yes; and It's splendid down
there"
Did the soldiers have their armA
with them?"
"Of course they did. You don't
suppose they would leave them at
home, do your"
II shouldn't like to be there when
they were firing. hate firing"
why, silly, they don't fire."
Don't they? What do they do with
their arms. then?"
"Why. they put them round you.
Of course. and it's ever so NICE
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
Nebraska School Fiaures.

1t cost S24 millions of dollars to run
the schools OF Nebraska during the
year which ended on July 8, as dis
closed by the computations made In
the office OF the state superintendent.
Nearly 1000 teachers were employed
and the item of wages alone repre-
Sented an outlay aggregating more
than s5,000,000. County superinten-
dents received s114,000 in salaries.
There are upwards Of 1000 school
districts in Nebraska. and 1855 school
buildings. The total value Of all
school property in the state Is almost
SIS, 100000. II Is encumbered by
bonded Indebtedness in the amount of
s5,OOO,OOO and by other indebtedness
of 100000. The schools Of the state
last year accommodated an enrolment
of over 2Si,00O pupils between the
ages Of and 81.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
Herd 70 Stay In state.

J. W. Gilbert of Friend will rely no
more on the state Of Nebraska to aid
him in preserving some of the rare
big game which once roamed the
western plains and mountains. He
has given his herds to the American
Bison association. which in turn has
provided that they shall be kept
within the state of Nebraska. Thus
MIR. Gilbert has not lost all OF his
original plan that game preserve
should be maintained within the state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
"A DOCTORS SLEEP
Found He Had to Leave or Coffee,

Many persons do not realize that q
bad stomach will cause insomnia.
Coffee and tea drinking being such
an ancient and respectable form Of
habit, few realize that the drug-caf'
feine-contained in coffee and tea. ic
one of the principal causes OF dys!
pepsia and nervous troubles.
Without their usual portion of cof-
fee or tea. the caffeine topers arc
nervous. irritable and fretful. That's
the way with whisky drinker. He
has got to have his dram Ito settle his
nerves"-habit.
To leave on coffee or tea is an easy
matter II you want to try it. because
Postum gives a gentle but natural
support to the nerves and does not
contain any drug--nothing but food.
Physicians know this to be true. AZ
one from Ga. writes:
II have cured myself of long
standing case of Nervous Dyspepsia
by leaving OF coffee and using Post
um." says the doctor.
II also enjoy refreshing sleep, to
which I've been an utter stranger for
20 years.
in treating dyspepsia In its various
types, I find little trouble when l can
induce patients to quit coffee and
adopt Postum"
The DR.. is right and there's
reason" Read the little book. THE
Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
Postum now comes in concentrated,
powder form called Instant Postum.
1t Is prepared by stirring level tea.
spoonful in cup OF hot water. adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum Is convenient;
there's no waste; and the favour is
always uniform. Sold by grocers-50-
cup tin 30 cts, 100-cup tin 80 cts.
A 5-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle Greek.
Mich.--Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
Nebraska = Great Apple state.

Secretary G.. G. Marshall of the
State Horticultural society has com.
pleted a tabulation OF the apple crop
for 1912, the figures being secured
from returns of county assessors and
from reports made by the orchardists
directly to the State Horticultural so.
,ciety. According to this report, the
apple crop Of Nebraska amounts to
$7.37S.S99. being almost twice as much
as the potato crop, which is estimated
at $4,S36.255. The apple crop Is worth
almost one million dollars more than
the combined crops of spring wheat.
barley. speltz and rye, and Is ex.
ceeded in value only by corn, winter
wheat, oats. hay and alfalfa.
This puts Nebraska fairly In the
apple belt and entities her orchard
possibilities to recognition not only
by the resident. but by the prospec'
tive investor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

or something that especially appeais strikeS up
the impulse will move tnem 10 Jake 'u'"
around the deck.
Personally Jack has love Of betting. Gambling
amounts TO q passion with him and at the big
athletic events q considerable sum OF money ID
ant to change hands But Jack doesn't connne
himself to big events. for as one sailor says. ne
bets at the drop Of a hat.
He carries his propensity for wagering to the
possible destination Of the ship whether he
will have salt fresh water In which to wash
his hammock, and thousand and one things be-
side. You see one OF Jacks duties IL to give his
hammock q thorough scrubbing once a fortnight,
and sometimes when the vaporzers that turn salt
water into fresh fail to work he has to use salt
water for the purpose.
Every minute Of Jacks day has correspond
Ing occupation for him. and from reveille when
the bugles Il can't get 'em up" penetrates to
every part of the big battleship. until taps 10
sounded the sailors life is busy one. First OF
to and wash down decks and slick up things gen.
orally. Mess gear comes at 7:15 which interpret
ed means letting down the tables for breakfast
Then comes pipe down" for mess. This is q
long drawn note on the bo's'n's whistle.
Mess lasts half an hour usually and then fol.
lows the call for colors. quarters. prayer and
drill. and before no knows 1t Jacks morning Ia
gone and It is q quarter to twelve. when dinner
time has arrived
Stand BY scrub and wash Clothes" is ths
next order from the bo's'n, and this comes at ter
minutes past one This arduous duty over. there
IL drill until 4:30. when the bo's'n calls pipe
down clothes II dry" for meanwhile Jacks
clothes swinging the line. Now the
smoking lamp" Is lit and for while Jack is
lost In contemplation OF the delicious weed.
Lighting the smoking lamp 10 one OF the Pic
turesque customs that have come down from the
old navy and at this time the men are privileged
to enjoy their pipes and cigars. In earlier years
the smoking lamp. an ordinary copper affair. was
brought up from below decks at stated intervals
during the day. and It was the signal to Smoke
up" but while in more recent years the actual
operation has been abandoned the term remains
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
May Send Patients to Beatrice.

To fit up three wards now vacant at
the Beatrice institute for feeble-mind-
ed and use them for the reception OF
insane patients. who cannot be ac'
commodated at the Lincoln state hos
pital is a project which the board Of
public properties may carry out. The
plan will not be adopted. however. un-
til the superintendents OF the insane
hospitals and the Beatrice institution
have been interviewed as to its feasi
bility.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
Creditors.

"Bliggins says he owes everything
to his wife"
THAT isn't true" replied Dliggins'
father.in-law. His wife quit lending
him anything years ago and then he
started in owing me. Washington
Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
Platinum Thief Arrested.

No doubt now remains that the man
arrested In Baltimore and held for
trial at Pottsville. Pa, on the charge
of stealing valuable platinum vessels
from a manufacturing plant at New
Bethlehem. Pa, Is the same person
who obtained similar goods to the
value OF $3.50 or more from the labora'
tory of the Nebraska state chemist
three months ago, Pictures Of the
thief have been received by Chemist
Redfern. who says positively that ho
10 the man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
Her Ideal.

what is your idea of an ideal hus.
band, Mrs. Muchwed?"
"One who will begin paying you ali.
mony without waiting for the Judge to
name the amount"
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

Constipation causes and seriously agra.
Yates many diseases. II Is thoroughly cured
by DIR. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules. Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
Paid $40 Hunting License.

The state game warden's office has
succeeded in collecting from E. E.
Johnson OF Des Moines. Ia. the sum
OF $40 in payment for nonresident
hunting and fishing license for the
current year. Johnson was IN this
state on a duck shooting expedition
during October He took out q resi-
dents license, costing 81.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

foreign p0fts,
whether on the
China station, In
the Philippines or
Ell Q 9 W h ere, the
American sailor
Q m Q erges trium.
phant. But Jack
has to have the
equipment to begin
with. He m ust
have the spike
nail oes for
baseball and the
up-to.date outfit
that oes with
each sport, but
given that he is
then ready to be.
stow his whole at.
tention on getting
there. and that he
succeeds beautiful.
ly every athleti.
omcer aboard ship
will convice you.
With great pride
they will tell you
how the men un.
der their command
compare profess
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

1t Is difficult for woman to enact
the dual role of soul mate and help
mate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
The Reason.

Mine is a sunny lot" he moaned.
He moaned about it because his lot
was SO sunny he couldn't sell it.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05
AQXIIC Lzzl2Y M
ar 0lTzIe27C2z20

ingly done and the American sal.
lors beat the Britishers at their
own game.
One OF the newest amusements
provided for the sailors Is the
moving picture show, and this
they enjoy hugely. The films are
rented for the most part, though
the navy recently bought set
which Mr.. Edison took depicting
the life of the sailor. This is very
popular. How often exhibitions are
given depends on the weather and
where the ship happens to be. II
in port where the men can get
ashore, there is little need OF spe-
cial recreation. But II on q cruise
or the weather is bad, then the
movies" are given two or three
exhibitions week. Apropos OF
this feature Capt. H. B. Wilson Of
the North Dakota is considering
plan to introduce the Kinemacolor
pictures soon.
Another innovation which Cap.
lalu Nli0Ou 10 oioO ACcPOuotOtC Aos
according to Paymaster Bovine. 10
the setting aside Of one of the gun
compartments on the ship az q
reading and writing room for the
sailors. Though small. 1t Is q
great boon to them. for now they
can write comfortably at desk In.
stead of on their ditty boxes. More
over, there are provided between
thirty and forty magazines with
two or three copies each Of the
daily papers. SO the sailors. when
at leisure, can pass the time read.
ing II they so elect.
"The sailors like dancing" adds
Paymaster Bovine" and though
they may not always take advan.
tage OF the band concerts given
every noon and night. II q popular
air like Great. Big. Beautiful Doll
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

Some people fail to win because 9th,
ers do not lose
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

DR.. Thomas. principal Of the Kear.
ney normal school, will ask the legis'
lature to appropriate a total OF $780,
200 for the support Of that institution
for the next two years. Two years
ago the legislature gave $127,440.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

Governor Aldrich and his secretary
L. B. Fuller. who will practice law
together in Lincoln. have engaged
Office rooms In downtown building
and will open up Immediately, after
retiring from office the first week In
January.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

you CAN CURB CATARRH
by using Coles Carbosnlve. Il il a mose
effective renedS. All druggists. Is and Soc. Adv.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-12-05

T-7ACK at play Is quite rs characteristic
W :: !: 4 i :
| NJ fellow as when back of a 12-inch gun
sending q little pleasantly to hostile
IH foe. Not that he takes his pleasure
kVu seriously; quite the contrary. but he
~ does put the same vim into 1t whether.
in the memorable words OF Fighting
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-05-21
A Rockefeller Fake.

Its a Rockefeller fake" said a
Philad elphia broker, lone of those in.
Vulnerable Rockefeller fakes that float
around the country, but, fake or not
I'll tell it to you. a#G
John D. ESQ the fake runs) got a
very suspicious looking cake by mafi
the other day. He wrapped 1t up In a
newspaper and took 1t to chemist
rs this likely to be poisonedr he
asked. h
"'It certainly looks like poisoned
cake to me- said the chemist. Leave
1t here And he smelled it. then he
tasted and spat out very tiny cur
rant aLeave it here, Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter. In analyze 1t for YOU
How much will the analysis costY
""Ten dollars. SIR
"Johns B. bundled up the cake in
the newspaper again.
"'Humph! he said, as he tucked it
under his arm, ftll be cheaper to try
It on Archbold's cat" ~,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-05-21
0oethe's Birthday,

An amusing story, taken from Bode'l
book on Goethe. appears in q Paris
contemporary. In August, 1878, God
the went to Carlsbad for the cure, AM
placed himself under the care Of d.
Rehbein. One morning when he rose
he requested Charles, his domestic, "a
place a bottle of red wine and q glad
in each of the two windows In the
room. -
Then the poet walked round and
round the apartment, stopping at each
window to drink glass Of wine
When he had nearly empGied the bot
ties the doctor arrived. "Ah," said
Goethe. you are come. Do you know
It is my birthday7' NO." said the
doctor. at Is not your birthday. II
falls tomorrow" ..@--se. 'i1FEt
Only the production Of the almanac
could convince Goethe that he was .
day out in his reckoning. When he
discovered bis mistake he gave vent
to strong expression which Scott
puts in the mouth Of Capt. Manly
Ewart. and. after a long pause. turn
Ing to the doctor. said. Then 1 have
got drunk for nothing"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-05-21
prab China.

Not a single little. Chinese hat with
a button is to be seen in Wuchang to.
day, but such an assortment of caps
upon badly barbered heads-caps OF
ordinary English make and stranger
varieties made from native fabrics
felt hats Of every description. from
the soft green, called Alpine, to Eng.
lands familiar billycock. One coolie
was seen carrying water with his
bamboo over his shoulder glorious in
q silk topper. Nearly all the queues
are gone.
I hear of Chinese gentlemen on all
sides fastening to discard their charm.
ing silk gowns, white socks and pic.
turesque shoes for ordinary prosaic
European dress. begin to fear that
I may never see a gorgeous mandarin
in all his grandeur of robes and UNI
brellas and lovely, buttoned peacock
feathered hat again. 1t seems posi-.
BILE, and even probable, that rnandarins
oh, and the pity of It! they We're SO
beautiful-may become just ordinary
mortals. Fancy mandarin In frock
coat and black silk hat!-Wuchang
correspondent Pail Mall Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-05-21
Raising Calves.

Raising calves gives fair return
with little work and expense. Plant
corn in drills about four feet apart and
thick enough in rows to make q fine
growth. II land is not very fertile, APP
ply from 500 to 1000 pounds Of fertil-
izer to acre. Anyone who has never
tried 1t will be surprised at the amount
of feed it will produce. Sow last OF
May for this section. In August or
even the last of July one can COM
mence to feed April or May calves.
Feed little every day as pasture gets
short about that time. When corn is
not fed green 1t makes fine feed for
winter II cut and cured before 1t is
hurt by the frost. Feed little corn
meal and wheatbran through winter
to keep calves growing. There is a
good demand for your bulls or year
ungs
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-05-21
Poisonous Snuff.

All sorts of odd ways Of being poi
s6ned by lead are recorded in medical
history: The man who regularly took
the first glass of beer each morning In
a saloon, the beer standing over night
in the lead pipe running from the key
to the bar spigot; the maid using the
first glass of water from the tap sup
piled by lead service pipe; the
painter who ate his luncheon every
day with paint-covered hands; the
painter apprentice who slept in the
back room with the paint pals and
white lead kegs. 1t might reasonably
have been expected that the POSSIBLE
tiles in the way of surfeptitious lead
poisoning had been exhausted. Not
80. 1t was recently discovered. after
the death of a woman who had been
suffering from a mysterious case OF
lead poisoning not affecting any other
members Of her family that she was
an inveterate SNUFF taker. The snuff
was examined and found to be badly
contemplated with lead from the foil
in which it was wrapped.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1912-05-21

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