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COMMON BRICK FOUND BEST.
Recult of Test Made In Chicago Is
Announced.
Washington.—Common brick has
proved itself the victor over, many
newer and more fashionable building
materials In a severe fire test conduct
ed by the geological survey at Chi
cago. Two samples of brick were sub
jected to severe heat, one taken from
an old foundation and the other prac
tically new. The older brick stood the
test better.
The natural building stones be
haved the worst of all the material'
tested. The almost complete destruc
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Just the thing to go with all kinds of
fresh or stewed fruit, either as a delicate
sauce to pour over the fruit or as a blanc
mange or pudding to serve with it.
Before another meal drop postal for
Ortglnal Recipes and
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and learn what a practical cooking aid Kings
lord's Oswego Corn Starch really is. Its many
uses will surprise you.
For making custards, blanc manges, ices, puddings
—all dishes that depend for goodness upon corn
starch quality—Kingsford's has been chosen by
best cooks for three generations.
Grocers—pound packages—ioc
T. K1NGSFORD & SON, Oswego, N. Y.
Nittontl Starch Co., Successors
Two Perish in Explosion.
Paris, May 23.—Two persons lost
their lives and 42 were burned or oth
erwise injured as the result of an ex
plosion in the grinding room of the
Say Sugar refinery shortly after work
started Friday. The refinery occupies
a big seven-story building near the
Orleans railroad depot. The force of
the explosion was tremendous.
Druggists Mustn't Sell Liquors.
Rockford, 111., May 23.—Owners of
drug stores in Rockford have been
ordered to stop the sale of intoxicating
liquors, either by prescription or oth
erwise. This comes as a result of the
recenC local option law and subsequent
failure of the council to provide an
ordinance regulating the sale of
liquors by druggists.
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Andrew Smith, of Cresco, Iowa
has been thoroughly schooled in the science of erect-^
ing Lightening Rods according to the DODD &
STRUTHERS system, and who is hereby authorized
to countersign in the following territory, viz: Cresco
and tributary trade, our guarantee,,, issued fo/^ther
protection of our customers.
There are Hany Imitations
of our rod on the market, but insist on getting the A
genuine. Purchaser must see that the goods are
marked with our registered trade mark,
Dodd & Struthers, Des Moines, la.
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PRICES——
Gold Filling $1.50 up
Silver Filling.. 75c
Cement Filling 75c
Gold Crowns....$5.00 up
Porcelain Crowns $5.00
Bridge Work $5 a tooth
Plates .........$7.50
Sophy#5 Kravonift.
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SOPHY
Her approach was perceived by a tall
and pretty girl who lay in the meadow
gross and munched a blade of it which
bordered the path under the elm trees.
"What a demure little witch she
looks!" laughed Julia Robins, who was
much in the mood for laughter that
day, greeting with re
sponsive gleam of the
eyes the sunlight which
fell in speckles of radi
ance through the leaves
above. It was a sum
mer day, and summer
was in her heart too.
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GROUCH had gone to lay
a bunch of flowers on her fa
ther's grave. From the first Mrs.
Brownlow had taught her this
pious rite, and Mrs. Brownlow's dep
uty, the gardener's wife, in whose cot
tage Sophy lived, had seen to its punc
tual performance every week. Things
went by law and rule at the hall, for
the squire was a man of active raind
and ample leisure. His household code
was a marvel of intricacy and minute
ness. Sophy's coming and staying had
developed a multitude of new clauses,
under whose benevolent yet strict op
eration her youthful mind had been
trained in the way in which Mr. Brown
low was of opinion that It should go.
Sophy's face, then, wore a grave and
responsible air as she -returned with
steps of decorous slowness from the
sacred precincts. Yet the outer man
ner was automatic—the result of seven
years' practice. Within, her mind was
busy. The day was one of mark in
her life. She had been told ber des
tined future and was wondering how
she would like it
Yet not for the common
cause with young maid
ens. It was no non-
,1*'sense about lovemaking.
Then sat down, Z.
beside her.
Lofty ambition was In
the case today.
"Sophy Grouch! Sophy Grouch!" she
cried in a high, merry voice.
Sophy raised her eyes, but her steps
did not Quicken. With the same meas
ured paces of her lanky, lean little legs
she came up to where Julia lay.
"Wliy don't you say just 'Sophy?'"
she asked. "I'm the only Sophy in the
village."
"Sophy Grouch! Sophy Grouch!"
Julia repeated teasingly.
The mark on Sophy's left cheek grew
redder. Julia laughed mockingly. So
phy looked down on her, still very
grave.
"You do look pretty today," she ob
served—"and happy."
"Yes, yes! So I tease you, don't I?
But I like to see you hang out your
danger signal."
She held out her arms to the little
girl. Sophy came and kissed her, then
sat down beside her.
"Forgive?"
"Yes," said Sophy. "Do you think it's
a very awful name?"
"Oh, you'll change it some day,"
smiled Julia, speaking more truth than
St»e knew. "Listen! Mother's con
sented, consented, consented! I'm to
go and live with Uncle Edward in Lon
don—London, Sophy, and learn elocu
tion,"
"Learn what?"
"El-o-cu-tiou, which means how to
talk so that people can hear you ever
so far off."
"To shout?"
"No. Don't be stupid. To—to be
heard plainly without shouting. To le
heard in a theater! Did you ever see
a theater?"
"No. Only a circus. I haven't seen
much."
"And then—the stage! I'm to be an
actress! Fancy mother consenting at
last! An actress instead of a govern
ess! Isn't it glorious?"- She paused a
moment, then added, with a self con
scious laugh, "Basil's awfully angry,
though."
"Why should he be angry?" asked
Sophy. Her own anger was gone. She
was plucking daisies and sticking them
here and there in her friend's golden
hair. They were great friends, this
pair, and Sophy was very proud of the
friendship. Julia was grown up, the
beauty of the village, and—a lady!
Now, Sophy was by no means any one
of these things.
"Oh, you wouldn't understand," laugh
ed Julia, with a blush.
"Does he want to keep company with
you—and won't you do it?"
"Only servants keep company, So
phy."
"Oh!" said Sophy obviously making a
mental note of the information.
"But he's very silly about it. I've
just said 'Goodby' to him—you know
he goes up to Cambridge tomorrow—
and he did say a lot ef silly things."
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A tall young man sat swinging his legs
pn the gate.
She suddenly caught hold of Sophy and
kissed her half a dozen times. "It's a
wonderful thing that's happened. I'm
BO tremendously happy!" She set her
little friend free with a last kiss and a
playful pinch.
Neither caress nor pinch disturbed
Sophy's composure. She sat down on
the grass.
"Something's happened to me, too,
today," she announced.
"Has It, Tots? What is It?" asked
Julia, smiling Indulgently. The great
events la other lives are thus sufficient
ly acknowledged.
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"I've left school, and I'm going to
leave Mrs. James' and go and live at
the hall and be taught to help cook, and
when I'm grown up I'm going to be
cook." She spoka slowly and weightily,
her eyes fixed on Julia's face.
"Well, I call It a shame!" cried Julia
in generous indignation. "Ob, of course
it would be all right if they'd treated
you properly—I mean, as if they'd
meant that from the beginning. But
they haven't You've lived with Mrs.
James, I know, but you've been In and
out of the hall all the time, having tea
in the drawing room and fruit at des
sert, and—and so on. And you look like
a little lady and talk like one—almost.
I think it's a shame not to give you a
better chance. Cook!"
"Don't you think it might be rather
nice to be a cook—a good cook?"
"No, I don't," answered the budding
Mrs. Siddons decisively.
"People always talk a great dea!
about the cook," pleaded Sophy. "Mr.
and Mrs. Brownlow are always talking
about the cook—and the rector talks
about his cook, too—not always very
kindly, though."
"No, it's a shame, and I don't believe
it'll happen."
"Yes, it will. Mrs. Brownlow settled
It today."
"There are other people in the world
besides Mrs. Brownlow."
Sophy was not exactly surprised at
this dictum, but evidently it gave her
thought. Her long delayed "Yes"
showed that as plainly as her "Oh" had
a little while before marked her appre
ciation of the social limits of "keeping
company." "But she can settle it all
the same," she persisted.
"For the time she can," Julia ad
mitted. "Oh, I wonder what'U be my
first part, Tots!" She threw her pretty
head back on the grass, closing her
eyes. A. smile of radiant anticipation
hovered about her lips. The little girl
rose and stood looking at her friend—
the friend of whom she was so proud.
"You'll look very, very pretty," she
said, with sober gravity.
Julia's smile broadened, but her lips
remained 'shut Sophy looked at her
for a moment longer, and, without for
mal farewell, resumed her progress
down the avenue. It was hard on tea
time, and Mrs. James was a stickler
for punctuality.
Yet Sophy's march was interrupted
once more. A tall young man sat
swinging his legs on the gate that led
from the avenue into the road. The
sturdy boy who had run home In ter
ror on the night Enoch Grouch died
had grown into a tall, good looking
young fellow. He was clad in what is
nowadays called a blazer and check
trousers and smoked a large meer
schaum pipe. Ills expression was
gloomy. The gate was shut aud he
was on the top of it. Sophy approach
ed him with some signs of nervousness.
When he saw her he greeted her mood
i'y.
"You can't come through," he said
firmly.
'Tlease, Mr. Basil, I must. I shall be
late for tea."
"I won't let you through. There!"
Sophy looked despairful. "May I
climb over?"
"No!" said Basil firmly, but a smile
began to twitch about his lips.
Quick now, as ever, to see the joint
in a man's armor, Sophy smiled too.
"If you'd let me through I'd give you
a kiss," she said, offering the only thing
.. she had to give
in all the world.
"You would,
ijfPI would you? But
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I hate kisses.
In fact, I hate
girls all around,
big and little."
"You don't
hate Julia, do
you
"Yes, worst
of all."
"Oh!" said So-
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the recording,
registering
"Oh!"—because
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"Now you can go
through," he said.
Julia had given
quite another impression, and Sophy
sought to reconcile these opposltes.
The young man jumped down from
the gate, with a healthy laugh at him
self and at her, caught her up in his
arms and gave her a smacking kiss.
"That's toll," he said. "Now you can
go through, missy."
"Thank you, Mr. Basil. It's not very
hard to get through, is it?"
He set her down with a laugh, a
laugh with a note of surprise in it.
Her last words had sounded odd from
a child. But Sophy's eyes were quite
grave. She was probably recording the
practical value of a kiss.
"You shall tell me whether you think
the'same about that in a few years'
time," he said, laughing again.
"When I'm grown up?" she asked,
with a slow, puzzled smile.
"Perhaps," said he, assuming gravity
anew.
"And cook?" she asked, with a curi
ously interrogative air, anxious appar
ently to see what he, in his turn, would
think of her destiny.
"Cook? You're going to be a cook?"
"The cook," she amended—"the cook
at the hall."
"I'll come and pa^ your dinners." He
laughed, yet looked a trifle compassion
ate. Sophy's quick eyes tracked his
feelings.
"?ou don't tljink it's nice to be a
cook, either?" she asked.
"Ob, yes splendid! The cook's a
sort of queen,1".said he.
"The cook a sort of queen? Ia she?"
Sophy's eyes were profoundly thought
ful.
"And I should be very proud to kiss
a queen—a "sort of queen—because I
shall be only a poor sawbones."
"Sawbones?"
"A surgeon—a doctor, you know—
with a red lamp, like Dr. Beaton of
-Brentwood."
Bbe looked at him for a moroant
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"Are you really going awaiy?" she ask
ed abruptly.
"Yes, for a bit—tomorrow."
Sophy's manner expanded into a
calm graclousness. .."I'm very sorry,"
she sakl.
"Thank you."
"You amuse me." Js§
"The deuce I do!" laughed Basil Wil
liamson.
She raised her eyes sloftly to his.
"You'll be friends, anyhow, won't
you?"
"To cook or queen.'' hp said, and
heartiness shone tlirou :!i his raillery.
Sophy nodded her head gravely, seal
ing the bargain. A bargain It was.
(To be continued)^,
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RELIC OF MISSOURI'S INFANCY
DOWN.
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Big Log House at Kirksville, Built In
1827 by John W. Thrasher, Wat
Hewn from the Primeval
Forest. SSFS
Kirksville, Mo.—The hand of prog*
ress was laid upon one of the old land
marks of north Missouri a few days
ago when the big log house belonging
to Nelson Bronson, whose grandson
now attends school in Kirksville, was
torn to the ground to make room for a
modern farmhouse.
The house was about 30 miles east
of Kirksville in Knox, county. It was
an immense structure of the pioneer
type built of oak and walnut logB and
was more than 60 feet long. There
were two large rooms, with the con
ventional hall between. From this hall
arose a narrow stairway leading to
the two upper rooms.
The house was covered with oak
clapboards, which at the time of its
destruction were covered with the
moss of decades. -The huge chimneys
at either end were made of brick,
which were burned on the farm near
by.
The fireplaces were about six feet
Wide and were provided with cranes,
pot hooks, spits and dog irons. The
rooms had once been whitewashed
over the bare logs and chinks. The
floors were of split puncheon.
This interesting structure was erect
ed in 1827 by John W. Thrasher. When
the logs were hewn from the pri
meval forests the state of Missouri
was six years old. The fourth gov
ernor of the state, the resolute John
Miller, who said, "I'll try, sir," was
serving his first term.
St. Louis was a quiet little river
town no larger than Kirksville Kan
sas City was a hamlet on the Kaw St.
Joseph a trading post Jefferson City
a house on a hill, and Kirksville a den
of coyotes.
Most of the history of the state has
been made since this house was built.
The greatest event and one in which
the old house figured largely was the
civil war. During the dark days there
were three or four men killed in the
house and under the tall black locust
trees which stood in the yard, casting
a gloom over the structure. Ever
after that the old place was held in
superstitious regard by the neighbors,
who swore that it was "hanted."
Sheeted figures were frequently seen
by passers-by, it was asserted, dang
ling from the limbs of the black lo
custs, and whenever a new tenant
moved in he stayed only two nights.
Measured footsteps, as of soldiers,
could be heard, they declared, at the
dead hours of night, and low moans
and sighs frightened the sleepers out
of their nightmares. The Thrasher
house was known for miles around
as the place where the spirits as
sembled and held their weird meet
ings.
Its destruction recently is to be re
gretted because of its real and tradi
tional history, and because it was one
of the last of its kind.
Giant Skeleton Is Found.-'"
Lebanon, O.—When digging into a
gravel bank on his farm near Stubb
town, this county, John Watkins dis
covered the burial ground of Miami
Indians. The skeleton of a huge
woman was unearthed. It measured
seven feet and five inches in length.
About her neck were ropes of pearls
and in her tomb other .articles of
value.
Much excitement was aroused
among the farmers in the vicinity, and
further excavations brought to light
many other skeletons of this extinct
race. Some were found in sitting po
sitions and some on their faces. Wat
kinB will try to interest the State Ar
chaeological society in his find
Vast Retort,
mmma—You don't know anything!
Daughter—No!
Mamma—You can't cook nor sew.
Daughter—No, alas!
Mamma—You can't talk, play the
piano, recite, write, make yourself
agreeable in society, dancMt, sii of
{.moke cigarettes.
lighter—No, I know nothing of
theae things.
Mamma—Then what are you going
to do with yourself?
Daughter—I—I guess I'll lust hftY?
get married!—Cleveland ^ea^er-
Trout. Stops Organ Notes,
Bangor, Pa.—When Organist Prltch
ard of St. John's church tried to play
the big pipe organ it was found that
the water motor at the instrument re
fused to work.
Investigation revealed the cause in
the shape of a six-inch live trout stop
•lag up the pipe.
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Don't think that piles can't be cured.
Thousands of obstinate cases have been
cured by Doan's Ointment. 50 cents
at any drug store.
DES MOINES
Two Cent Fare Operation.
Des Moines.—An increase of $363,
522 In passenger earnings and an in
crease of |1,167,366 in gross earnings
has been reported to the executive
council by the ten railroad companies
who own 9,372 of the 9,824 miles Of
road in Iowa, comparing the receipts
of 1907 with those of 1906.
The report for 1907 takes in six
months during which the 2-cent fare
law was in operation. More than 31
per cent of the Increase in gross earn
ings was due to the passenger de
partments of the ten companies.
The net earnings of the companies,
however, decreased |3,256.237 in 1097
as compared with 1906. The only way
In which the 2-cent fare law can be
held responsible for this decrease is
in charging against it the increase In
operating expenses.
The Burlington railroad company
was the last of the trunk lines to
turn in the report. The companies
which have yet to report are short
and their totals will not materially
swell the figures here given for the
ten roads included in this summary.
The following tables show the gross
earnings, the net earnings and the
passenger earnings in 1907 and 1906
of the ten railroad systems represent
ing 95 per cent of the total mileage
in the state:
Passenger Earnings.
Company— 1907. 3,906.
Burlington .. $10,886,342 $10,055,624
Hock Island.. 13.730,325 13,945,689
Northwestern 16,290,281 14,636,209
Milwaukee ... 13,860,482 13,594,147
Ilinols Central 5,139,583 4,656,674
Great Western 3,531,588 5,434,346
Iowa Central 2,199,476 2,131,822
Wabash 1,122,404-" 1,143,591
M. & St. L. .. 1,215,324 1,231,790
Iowa Falls .. 227,393 205,610
Total ....$68,203,368
Net Earnings.
Ic«ms of Interest Froih Oar CotrreafKWdmC
at the State Capital.
$67,036,002
Company— 1907. 1906.
Burlington ... .$ 3,077,070 $2,870,633
Rock Island 3,781,070 5,135,107
Northwestern 4,191,803 3,768,857
Milwaukee .. 4,309,651 5,431,384
Illinois Central 746,422 1,087,289
Great Western 334,375 1,333,609
Iowa Central 708,921 670,877
Wabash ... 194,077 263,418
489,143 524,487
Iowa Falls .. 72,042 75,156
Total .. $17,904,580 $21,160,817
Gross Earnings.
Company— 1907. 1906.
Burlington ... $ 2,761,889 $ 2,635,070
Rock Island .. 3,998,333 3,718,252
Northwestern 3,729,122 3,576,111
Milwaukee .. 2,480,064 2,582,222
Illnois Central 1,304,871 1,218,799
Great Western 953,061 911,126
Iowa Central 406,882 393,190
Wabash 263,233 276,676
M. & St. L. 57,260 53,314
Total $16,260,985 $15,897,463
During an electric storm the 146
foot steeple on the Catholic church at
Elkader was struck and the wood
work ignited. The first was put out
before doing serious damage.
George C. Brown, a young farmer
living near Nevada, met with a violent
death while working around a corn
shelter. He was near the shelter
when in some manner he came in
contact with the large belt. He was
thrown several feet into the air and
fell, striking his head on a small
stone on the ground just at the base
of the brain.
Full Vote In the Register.
It Is the intention of Secretary of
State Hayward to include the vote
of the parties of the state on their
candidates for United States senator
In the next Official Register, by pre
cincts, and he is sending out the fol
lowing letter to the county auditors,
in pursuance of that plan:
"The primary election for the nomi
nation of partisan candidates for
state, district county and township
officers will be held on Tuesday,
June 2, 1908. This is the first time
in the history of the state that such
an election has been held and the
precinct returns of the vote cast for
the head of the different tickets will
be of great importance to the voters
of the state. It is my desire to col
lect such precinct returns for publica
tion In the next Issue of the Official
Register and for that purpose I asfc
you to enter on this blank the vote
for the candidate United States
senator in each precinct in your
county as shown by the official can
vass by your board of supervisors
and mall It to me immediately after
the canvass is completed. TW» re
turn to be of benefit t$ the voters of
the state should, fee Hecurate and I
woul$ especially ask that after mak
ing it up that you compare the en
tries and the totals with the official
returns.". &
Damaged by Floods,
On application of the state board
of control, the executive council, ap
propriated $500 from the providential
contingent fund for the aid of the in
stitution for deaf and dumb at Coun
cil Bluffs on account of the recent
serious damage from the flood. The
crops of the institution were ruined.
l"he board o'f control will not be
able tQ do much to counteract the
damage with the small sum given by
the state.
Code Supplements to Junk Pile.
Twelve tons of worthless coplot ok
the first supplement to tbe code have
been sold for old paper, by tbe exe
cutive council under an aot of tbe
Thirtieth general assembly,
There were 3,443 copies in tbe allot
ment to the junk pile and tbe state
still has 1,500 copies on hand, trat
they, also, are worthless except for
files, the second supplement to tbe
code, which embodies all that Is
hx
the first supplement, having been
suel several months ago.
The first supplement was author
ized by the fioijs. revision law of 1887,
*ames h. Trewm Demg at tne fie&a
of It. The supplement was published
under authority of an act of tie
Twenty-ointh general assembly drawn
by Mr. Trewin and passed on his re* {\j
commendation and was compiled by
a commission of wttioh he was chair- .a
man and of which Senator W. P. Tr
Whipple of Benton county, Claude R,
Porter of Centervtlle, and others wer6
members. The act provided for the ^Im
printing of 15,000 copies. Bernard
Murphy printed them and Howard
Tedford bound them. It is from this
15,000 copies that the 3,443 were sent fjt
to the junk pile and.the 1,500 copies
were preserved.
This disposition of the supplement
was recommended by Curator Small
of the law library, Curator Harlan of
the historical department and State
The sheep bindings from the covers
of tt a books were stripped off and
turn*
1 over to the board of oontrol
for ie at the bindery which the state fsk:
operates at the reformatory at Ana
mosa. ys
The Trewin code supplements made ViJ*
up about one-half of the old docu
ments which have been relegated to
the Junk pile by the authorities re-
cently. They all brought from 37 to
40 cents per 100 pounds.
Referendum Vote on Tax Remission.
The referendum feature of the Dea
Moines plan law will receive its first
trial at the next general election in
November.
Governor Invited to Speak.
Gov. Cummins has been Invited to
speak at the Marquette olub reeej^
tion to the delegates to tbe republi
can national convention on June 18
In Chicago. The east, the west, and
the city of Chicago will be represent*
ed on the programme. Former Gor-J
Frank S. Black of New York will bo
the speaker for the east, Gov. Albert
B. Cummins will represent the weBt,
and Congressman Henry S. Boutell
of Chicago Will represent that slty»
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Librarian Brigham, under the law of
the Thirtieth ganeral assembly. 'c
The last legislature cut down the
number of copies of the supplement Xt(''
to be published from 15,000 to 12,000
the 3,000 reduction being about th8
number of the first supplement which
have become utterly worthle'&B and
sent to the Junk pile.
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Carries Drug Case Up. ", 3s
The state anti-saloon league:
through its attorney, M. S. Odle, haa
taken the Loper drug store case up ,'jji
to the supreme court. The league
alleges that the judge made a wrong
ruling when the twenty-seven re
quests which did not state for what
purpose liquor was used was not
granted as evidence. The league
claims that it would never have
gained any of the cas.es In the state
If this was not granted as evidence V'
and alleges that the requests are
seldom printed with the determining "i
clause in them, but are written in aa
a dodge to the mulct law. ,,
The league has gone In for a state
war. As a result permanent lnjune-'
tlons have been granted against the
Duncombe hotel and eight druggist* •,
at Fort Dodge for illegal sales of
liquor, one saloon enjoined at Bea-
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con. Five contempt cases will come fejK
up at Ottumwa May 25, and the
Grundy county mulct petition ot con* *v£*
sent was taken up to
cour May 8.
the supreme
The question to be submitted 13 ''"fyp
whether the city shall continue the *, ''JV
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submitted Is
the city shall continue the
policy of remitting taxes of manu
facturing concerns In order to In
duce them to locate In Des Moines. rp!
It will also be left to the vote™ V"'"
to say whether the city hall carry
out existing contracts relieving cer
tain companies from taxation for a
certain period of years.
The new council has been wrestling
with these two questions ever since
it assumed office. Corporation Coun
sel Baily advised the members that '-J
there is great doubt as to the legality'
of certain contracts for remitting _•
taxes. At a conference following a
council meeting it was definitely de
cided to leave the matter to a refer
endum vote.
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Insulting Post Card Dean. 1
John Benz of Dexter will pay near
ly $40 for the fun of writing a postal
card to Mabel Vogel taunting het
with the fact that she had been jilt-'
ed by his brother. The message wan
written without regard to the postal ,s
regulation and Bens was arrested.
Judge MoPherson fined him $20 and «v'if
costs when he pleaded guilty. The |f .v^ff
costs will amount to nearly as much
as the fiqe.
Thinks It Saved His Life?
Lester M. Nelson, of Naples, Maine, 1
says in a recent letter: "I have used
Dr. King's New Discovery many years,
for coughs and colds, and I think it
saved my life. I have found it a re
liable remedy for throat and lung com
plaints, and would no more be without
a bottle than I would be without food."
For nearly forty years New Discovery
has stood at the head of throat and lung
remedies. As a preventative of pneu
monia, and healer of weak lungs it has
no eaual. Sold under guarantee at P.
A. Clemmer's drug store. 50c and $1.00
Trial bottle free. T.
Every Woman Will Be Interested.
If you have pains in the back, Uri
nary, Bladderor Kidney trouble, and
want a certain, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's AUS
TRALIAN LEAF, It is a safe and never
failing regulator. At Druggists or byT
mail 50 cts. Sample package FREE.
Address, The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy,
N. Y. 72w4
Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, la-Jis-x
borers rely on Dr. Thomas' Eclectnc.
Oil. Takes the sting out of cuts, burnsj
or bruises at once. Pain cannot stav^''
where it ia .used.
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