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ought to build few cottages, who
would find it a profitable investment,
One Of the best April fool jokes
that could have been perpetrated on
the citizens of Nauvoo would have
been the construction work to com.
mence last Tuesday, April !, for the
interurban line by the company that
raised $4,000 among our citizens a
year ago and promised us a ride on
the cars by July /, 1913. But there's
nothing doing
Chas. E. Bidamon has packed UP
his goods and vacated the Tausch
business house on Mulholland street
j This is a fine business location bur
needs a new business building, the
present one being OF frame and de
caying rapidly. Charles is making
his home near Chicago.
Our citizens should make arrange
ments for the observance of Memoir.
ial day In Nauvoo this year The
Nauvoo post G. A. R. has only eleven
/ members left and they as we'll as
those departed should be honored by
fitting observance of the day this
year for there is no telling how long
they will remain in our midst.
Nauvoo's police court had three
/ offenders last Saturday for peace dis
I turbance and engaging in a trough
! and tumble" The usual fine ant
costs, excepting one OF the offenders
who received an additional fine fol
contempt of court.
Mrs. John Schmidt, Sr., was in Keo
kuk for several days recently on ae
count of her son George being very
Ill with typhoid fever, but his many
friends are glad to know that he il
better now.
! Miss Florence Baxter will soon BIZ
married to a gentleman named Alder
(, Snyder of Kankakee, H. The bride
is one of Nauvoo's fairest and mos
intelligent daughters.
i Next Monday night our council
meets again to talk over things anc
! adjourn.
i Manager Elmert Fisher of the Nau
VOC opera house has the German
measles and Is compelled to stay in
doors. Elmert must have a German
| girl if measles are attached to dill
ferent nationalities
Three more aldermen have slun
their hats in the ring to be kicke'
around on city election day. Virgi
Nicaise will run in the first ward
Leonard Hudson in the second an
Harry Hudson in the third. All thes
candidates are republicans and goo
trio to tie to-
One of Nauyoo's popular and prom
inent young ladies played a crut
t joke on her mother on April Fool
day. She accidentally found a Low
letter that her father had written t
her mother in their halcyon days c
), courtship. This naughty daughte
read the letter to her mother, subst
tuting her own name and that of he
lover. The fond mother raved wit
anger and stamped her foot in DISCUS
forbidding her daughter to have an,
thing further to do with man VIII
would write such nonsensical stuff t
girl. The daughter then gave tn
letter to her mother to read and tn
room suddenly became SO quiet tha
, she could have heard snowfiakes fal
ing in the back yard
Allie Enright Of Sonora TOWNSHIP
has moved to Nauvoo and will driy
e Mary Hudsons huckster wagon.
e The Nauvoo library may be read
9 for business about May /. Donatio
.
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You will look a good while before
you find a better medicine, for coughs
and colds than Chamberlain Cough
Remedy 1t not only gives relief-it
cures. Try it when you have a cough
or cold, and you are certain to be
pleased with the prompt cure which
it will effect. For sale by Wilkinson
& Co. Pharmacy and j. F. Kiedaiscf
& Son.-Adv.
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Bv Or. Charles S. Noble.

Written for the United Press.l
NEW YORK, April 3.-More than
three weeks ago came to New York
with special commission to investi-
gate and report upon the widely
heralded tuberculosis cure of DR..
Frederick Franz Friedman. l came
determined to keep my mind free OF
prejudice, but ! must say in frank
ness that my attitude unavoidably
was that of a skeptic. Now, after
three weeks of almost daily contact
with DR.. Friedman and attendance
at every clinic conducted by him in
New York during that period, and af-
ter many interviews with subjects
treated by him, am making the fol
lowing report to the Seattle people in
terested in my Investigations
| believe that DR. Friedman has
taken the longest stride that yet has
been made in the direction of GER
tain cure for tuberculosis. / believe
that he has a cure for many forms OF
tuberculosis that heretofore have not
lieve his culture will prove especially
efficacious in cases of bone and gland.
ular tuberculosis and expect 1T to be
widely used within the next few
years for immunication. From being
a skeptic / have become hopeful that
time, the only infallible test, will show
that the German savant has produced
real cure for the worlds greatest
scourge tuberculosis. Whatever
shortcomings DR.. Friedman may
have, he is not a faker. He personal
ly is certain he has a cure. Ultimate
y cure for tuberculosis is certain
Dr. Friedman says he has it. an
inclined after seeing his results tt
accept his statement until it is dis
proved
My first interview with Dr. Fried
mann was not reassuring. He wa:
suspicious, resentful OF too close
questioning and resentful of any at
tempt to draw him into scientific
discussion of his discovery or hi!
methods. l attended his first clinic
The country already knows of thu
storm of criticism resulting from
that initial demonstration. Like ever.
other American physician, l wal
stunned by the Germans utter disre
gard of even the elemental dictates o
aseptic surgery. His awkward use o
a none too carefully sterilized hypo
0RrDlin u io f,,1 o nj
apparent lack of technique NATURAL,
heightened the suspicious OF the medi
cal fraternity. The newspapers wer'
loud in their criticism. Save that h
was less nervous. there was littl'
Improvement In the visitors work a
the second clinic; but at the thir'
demonstration there was noticeable
Improvement. and at each succeedin;
clinic DR.. Friedmann's use OF tn
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Rowllnn Tournament.

ROCHESTER, N. Y. April 3.-Wfth
the best bowlers in the country gath
cred for the opening here today OF
the national bowling tournament, pre-
dictions of new worlds records were
plentiful. Secretary M. W. Gage de-
clared that the entry list, comprising
nearly $50 teams, makes the pros
meets for a successful session most
encouraging. The tourney will last
until April o.
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| 81
conditions has been beyond criticism
Still saw little to kindle enthus-
iasm until the end of the first eight
day period and it became possible to
note results. Even then the unanimity
of the optimism of the patients prov
ed nothing, because of the traditional
optimism of consumptives. But as days
went by and the same unbroken train
Iof favorable reports from those treat
ed, continued, it was no longer pos
sible to deny that some wonder was
being worked. Patients weakened by
|night-sweats, racked with coughs and
burned up with afternoon fever, al
most without exception continued to
insist that they had obtained relief.
They backed up their statements by
showing gains in weight, while those
who had been carried to clinics with
swollen and stiffened legs, demonstrat-
ed their improvement by walking
about on the hitherto useless limbs.
! Gradually the doubters ceased to
voice their adverse opinions, but still
skeptical, awaited impatiently the
governments report. The open sus-
picion, almost derision that marked
the newspapers and physicians re.
ception of DR.. Friedman, changed
perceptibly. More interest was shown
in the clinics and some of the high
est ranking men in New Yorks medi-
cal profession found time to attend
them. The climax came at Bellevue
March %, when an uninterrupted
chain of favorable reports from pa
tents. telling of their Improvement
finally eliminated in a round of ap
plause for the formerly derided visitor
You may wonder at the apparent
pleasure and avidity with which the
New York medical fraternity an6
newspapers seized upon the first op
portunity to ridicule DR.. Friedman
The explanation is not difficult.
/ Certainly no crime could be more
despicable than that of man who
would maliciously or even carelessls
hold out promise of cure for tuber
culosis that he could not fulfill. Sc
important matter as an announced
cure for tuberculosis not only justifles
but actually demands skepticism. II
addition DR.. Friedman is unquestion
ably of peculiar mental makeup. He
is far from practical, in commercial
sense, yet he is fully aware of the
wonder he has apparently worked ant
he certainly desires to obtain the
Legitimate rewards of his work ant
years of sacrifice devoted to research
4 work. He has not accepted a dolla1
for his services since he came to New
York, but he expects to realize on his
discovery ultimately. Fourteen years
work bending over microscopes in {
Laboratory have not tended to make
him particularly communicative. Al
the result of these attributes, he wa'
not as frank at first as the newspaper
men and physicians thought genuine
world benefactor should be- The re
suit was a storm of criticism.
But the young doctor was supreme
Ely Indifferent to criticism. Instead
of being broken in spirit or quittint
1.-THE country in a huff, he settled dow
to the task of proving that he has /
cure for tuberculosis. Today he ha
not completely accomplished his oh
ject, but he has gone so far in the at
Z tempt that he has become the mos
: talked of man of the day in tn
worlds highest medical circles.
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wore and knew not where his brother
at once for Dayton and attempt to
locate him and notify his parents in
Nauvoo the result OF his find.
Mrs. VIM. Parker Of Fairfield, Iowa
is visiting her mother and other rela-
tives in Nauvoo.
Erwin Reimbold who has been at
tending business college in Quincy
during the winter has resumed his
/ clerkship In his fathers mammoth
4 hardware store.
Miss Carrie Schmitz OF Chicago is
4 visiting friends and relatives in Nau
VOC and vicinity
Jos. F. Ochner and Archie Weber
! purchased the Montrose hotel build
\ ing and are having it RACED, the ma
| terial hauled to Nauvoo and will even
/ tually use it for building purposes
| The building was of two stories ant
! built of brick and the above gentle
man got it at great bargain of the
water power company.
! Nauvoo's newly organized base bal
club has not yet gone into sprint
4 training. They will probably wait fol
# the Sox and Cubs to vacate their quar-
4 tiers in Florida and California ant
occupy their berths which will place
them in fast company. 1t is doubtful !
they will go through on account Of theil
Easter ball proving small financia
/ success.
Theo Gross who has been very Il
with infammatory rheumatism is nov
slowly convalescing.
| A man that can replace a missnI
button on his trousers ought neye
to marry, said Nauvoo young mar
ried man recently.
There are several Nauyoo men VIII
belong to fraternal orders who neve
attend meetings, In case they di
there won't be anybody belonging t
the order who can identify them
Mrs. Marie Herbert, an aged lady
died at her home in Nauvoo near tn
east end of the city limits last SUI
day evening after being Ill for se1
eral months. She was nearly So year
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q vi dS. Woo iAiSS
ular, had cramps SO
b a d that | would
have to lie down, al
so a distressed feel
ing in lower part of
back, and headache.
My abdomen W a 3
sore and I know |
had organic inham-
nation.
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vepetable
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CRAMPS,
HEADACHE,
BACKACHE:,
Yield TO Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa. / was always
tired and weak and my homework was
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
PHYSICIANS.
DR.. w. p. SHERLOCK

PHYSICIA-1 AND SURGEON
once IS North Fifth street, in the
Howell building.
Office hours--1O TO ~ a. m.s to q
p. M; evenings, TO 8: Sundays, II
to i p. N.
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"I'm her Santa Claus. That's why
I'm dressed this way" shouted the ap-
plicant, furiously, but not forgetting
caution 80 far as to come out into the
light.
You're drunk" said Jeames. adj
vancing into the dark, courageously
intent on fiinging the intruder Off the
porch.
1t was false move. Disreputable
he looked, drunk he might be, but the
unknown was certainly quick. Be-
fore Jeames had fairly got clear OF
the door he had shot past him into
the vestibule. t
The light revealed the full horror
of him, tunic of greasy red cotton
flannel with draggled tufts Of white
along the edges. Red worsted tights,
of which the less said the better. A
pair of yellow oilcloth boots, broken
and muddy, and over his head and
shoulders torn tangle of frowsy
white hair And this hideous travesty
prefigured Santa Claus! Here was
the saint of Christmas, the jovial old
gentleman who brought gifts to all
| and about whose knees the sweet little
children we're to cling while he strok-
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lss ~
OnlyJones' X
A Dau-Bsfore- Hemy Kitchen Webster
Christmas Storu BID Samuel F. Kiser/ and
i'm Three Parts Wilbur -. NesbIt
PART THREE-continued.
,psrash+ by w c. chaprnan


Jabez turned to look, then thought
he wouldn't.
And now" continued Ursula,
they're coming back into the car"
Goodbye" yelled Jabez. The door
stuck as car doors will When the
man in the tan overcoat got it open,
Jabez was gone. Looking eagerly out
of the window Ursula thought she saw
man scuttling like scared cat up =
dark little cross street; she thought
she saw him take a header over an
ash barrel half submerged in an old
snow bank, but she could not be
sure.
Then she turned back and began
gathering up what she could find of
Mrs. Biggs' Christmas dinner. She
was so busy at this and so intent on
ignoring the thirty-two pairs of eyes
which were trying to bore holes in
her, that she was unaware that the
conductor had come in and was stand
ing over her.
Fare, please" he said, coldly
And" he added, 'if that gent that
just skipped out was wild you. you
kin pay for him, too"
Ursula began tumbling over the
things in her lap. 'Im"-in a sort OF
must have left my purse in the auto
mobile"
The conductor was not an amiable
man. 1T makes no odds to the com
p'ny where you left it," he began.
''Ten cents, please, now" But at this
moment a man who had been riding
on the front platform with turkey
came back into the car. Here's your
ten cents" he said, and sat in the va
cant place beside Miss Allen.
Il was taking this bird out to Mrs
Callahans," he observed in his prosaie
way as he tucked 1t between his feet
I'm glad l happened to be on the
same car"
1t was Jones.
I'm glad, too," said Ursula.
We now return to the man who fel
over the ash barrel McAdam, for Il
was indeed he, was not hurt, for the
barrel was covered with heap of las
weeks snow, shoveled up there from
the street, He quickly decided that
for the moment, he was safest wher
he was. He crouched down In tn
snow behind the barrel with listenin
ear" as Shakespeare says, waiting TO
the chase to go by. Two three, fiv
minutes passed and nothing of tn
sort happened. Only the snow, i
which he nestled, slowly melte
around him, became, in fact, uncon
fortably slushy. Perhaps the pur
suit was abandoned, or perhaps ther
was some trick about this apparent in
activity. He would try to find Out
Cautiously he lifted his head an
looked down the street. Nothing t
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be seen at frst but the crowd hurry
ing along the well'lighted avenue
where the cars ran. But when he
looked again he had the doubtful sat
isfactlon of seeing two dim figures
one Enthusiastically in tan oyercoat-
lounging in an entry near the corner.
McAdam sagaciously reflected that
II they remained so cheerfully at this
end of the street 1t must be because
they knew there was no way for him
to get out the other. Perhaps they
would give him up eventually. but In
the meantime How warm and dry
Delaney and Rev. Arthur must be in
the comfortable police station!
Suddenly he Strengthened up.
.'Shucksl" he murmured. tits Christ
mas eve, They'll be glad of q little
peace and good viii on. their own ac'
count. III put It stSong. Say two
hundred apiece" He reached haeE
10 his hip pocket. where his joy-dis
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ed, "and there isn't snow enough to
bother us. We can be off in min
ute"
Reverend Arthur shook hands with
Ursula, walked into the vestibule and
James let him out into the night.
From a window they watched him
as he vaulted the low fence and sped
down the street pursued by volcanic
figure in tan oyercoat.
"Now!" cried Ursula. Now is your
time! oh, don't stop. Good luck.
Merry Christmas to all OF you'll"
They were gone. Jones alone re-
mained at her side-only Jones!
THE END.
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ed their hair and patted their innocent

cheeks.
Upon this blasphemous parody
Jeames sprang with cry of horror
But the parody was more than he bar
gained for, that was evident in less
than five seconds. However, rein
forcements were at hand. Rev. Arthur
rushed to the rescue, and little be-
hind came Delaney
The door stood wide open. The
scuffle was plainly to be seen from
the street, and two men. one in tan
overcoat, were rushing across the
lawn, intent on taking hand of their
own in the affair Altogether 1t was
lively while it lasted. But it was
short.
AS the two men from outside dashed
up the steps the big door swung to
with a click, and Jones, who had
closed it, said, in his quiet way:
Get up. Get up. Don't you know
his voice? It's McAdam."
They scrambled to their feet. 1t is
safe to say that unless they knew his
| voice they could hardly have recog-
| nized him. The disguise by now, at
least. was effective.
They looked at him aghast. Then,
as they heard Ursula's step on the
stairs, Jeames, with, as Shakespeare
says, "one auspicious and one
dropping eye," helped him to his feet.
Jabez pulled off his wig and dropped
it on the floor He tugged impotently
at his beard. THE damned thing
won't come off," he said, with some
thing like a sob. ITS glued on"
Ursula stood before him. Pretty
much everyone else in the house was
there, too, for the sound of the scufle
had been audible all over it, but his
experience Of the last two hours had
reduced him to his element. There
was an epic simplicity about him. He
saw only Ursula.
i've come back" he said. II want
ed to speak to you, so / came back
Come in here" said Ursula. She
led him through the crowd into lit
tie reception room and closed the
door after her.
Jones herded the mob back int
the drawing rooms. Jeames wen
back and opened the door again
looking, except as to his eyes, a
though nothing had happened. Blu
Rev. Arthur and p Wilmering remain
{ cd frozen where they stood and gazet
= at each other
I This is what was happening behin
that closed door,
5 Before you say anything to me
. Mr.. McAdam, want to ask for you
e good wishes" said Ursula.
a my good wishes!" he echoed
She held out her hands and he sa'
that she wore no rings but one sol
k taire brilliant upon third fiuger.
Q 1t was moment before he compr'
8 hended.
$50 my account Is closed out" h
o said. II wasn't in time to cover IN
margins after all"
g TT wasn't a matter of time" sal
t. Ursula, blushing little, but you d
d give me your good wishes, don't YOU
!! "All of EN-" he said, shakin
hands. "Can have cup of Coffee
J! After he had had 1t he felt enoug
,r better to look up his two rivals. +
found them at last, In an obscure &C
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ner OF the great hall. glooinils. he
would have said, watching the festivi-
ties in the drawing room.
There was complex tissue Of emo
tions to be read in his face, but
smile of pure good humor dominated
IL.
He had not asked Ursula which Of
them was the successful one. At the
time he hadn't cared But now he
was puzzled to, as 1t we're, pick the
winner. whichever he was, he
looked exactly as the other must
feel.
Well" said Jabez, with what cheer
fulness he could muster, (which one
of you fellows do congratulated"
"What?" shouted Reverend Arthur.
"What?" echoed Delaney.
Whose ring is it she's wearing?"
demanded Jabez. "One of you ought
to know"
Not l." said Reverend Arthur.
Again echo answered.:
Not l."
And then a sickening silence envel-
oped them. Jabez was merely puzzled,
but the hearts of Reverend Arthur and
| Delaney were like lead in their bos-
oms, the lights were blurred in their
eyes and the knowledge of defeat took
for the time all the Joy out of life.
'Not one of the trio spoke, for there
was nothing more to be said
In the drawing room the tide of fun
was rising steadily. Expectation stood
at tiptoe. 1t was nearly time for the
Christmas tree. For tine moment the
leaders of the merriment had disap-
peared Ursula and Jones were no
where to be seen.
Weren't they though?
Suddenly Jabez laid compelling
hands on the other two. They turned
and followed his look.
There were two figures in the dark
the almost dark recess at the faI
end of the. hall. This was children's
party, but these weren't children.
And then, in a moment, Reverend
Arthur and Mr.. p Wilmering Delan
cey knew where Jones had hung the
mistletoe.
I'm going to get out of this" sale
Wilmering.
Il think l must be going myself,
said Reverend Arthur.
81 can't CO." said Jabez.
"My car is here" said Delaney
I'VE could make dash"
Il never could get out to it," SAT-
Jabez. They're waiting for me ol
the sidewalk"
Possibly" hesitated Reverend Al
thur, 'if ! were to go first-er-
dressed in such manner as to ere
ate a DIVERSION"
Reverend" exclaimed Jabei
you're a brick" He opened doc
that happened to be at hand. II CUES
we can change clothes in here" h
said.
: Five minutes later Jones and u
sula came upon the product of tn
v metamorphosis. First they gaspe
r. with establishment and then howle
r. with delight while the reverend gel
70 tleman wriggled in sheepish emba
!. rassment. But a few words suffice
r. to make clear to them the situatio
=. and then they jumped into the gan
with will, adding touches here an
q there to Reverend Arthur's pi
>, turesque if not handsome costume.
n but you need the wig to make yc
q complete" said Jones. "Here it is
ir Reverend Arthur had put his har
q to the plow. He put on the wig.
&c Delaney returned from nome
tary sortie to the carriage drive. IN
u, man has the motor going" he repol
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Why the Colonel Gave 1t Up.
Colonel" said the beautiful grass
widow, "why is 1t you so strongly OBJ
ject to the exchanging of Christmas
presents?"
'In tell you," he replied, II used
to be as crazy as other people over
the sending of gifts. There was a
girl that I thought q good deal OF in
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8 .

A Warming 70 I! !.!rs.
what was the happiest moment of
your life, dear?" she asked.
'It was when you said yes, darling"
he replied.
She sighed and permitted her cheek
to rest against his breast for long
time. Then she said:
Harry, do you remember that dia-
mond ring we looked at in Blazem's?
l was there yesterday and they had 1t
still. What a splendid Christmas pres
ent 1t would make"
After he had reached the next room
he whispered to himself:
That's always the way. Never
told lie in my life without having
immediate cause to be sorry for it."
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And magic lantern
and a goat that /
can train to
buck,
And mebbe a four
bladed knife, IL
he has one to
spare,
But I've told him
plain and honest
that / don't want
things to wear
I'll try to keep be-
levin till he
comes rOu n d
once more,
But he's got to do
much better than
he ever done be-
fore;
II he brings another
OF what I'd lik
Why, I'll quit believ
minute. the old
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Lucky Givers.
By
S. E. KLSER

With happy hearts some people give y
And never mind the price;
They know the gifts they will receive
Are sure to be as nice.
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Except a cap and overcoat and plated
napkin ring.
I'VE wrote him this year that want
hook -and-ladder truck
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much about book
keepin', seems to
me;
/ asst him fer some
rabbits and a
pair of skates
one year,
And all he left was
nothin' but a lit
tie sister here.
And last year when
I wrote to him I
said I'd like a
sled
And one OF these
here spaniel dogs
that's kind of
brownish red;
But blame the luck,
I didn't git a soli-
tary thing