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A A. X WORLD-HERALi) IS HONORED BY AN EXPOS v TION DAY-AUG. 2i. EXPOSITION FACTS ATTENDANCE IS STEADIO lftlUIUSASlJlU. j9 twr-? World-Horald Day, "Wednesday, August ii'l, Promises to Bo One ortho Biggest of tho Big layi of tho Grcut Show. Omaha, Aug. 15. The attendance at the Trans-Mississippi exposition, ai shown by tho last reports of the sec retary, Is Increasing at a rapid rate, and the first weeks In August are the largest weeks on record up to date. Up to the 1st of August the total admissions at the exposition footed up C21.03C, of which considerably more than one-half were In the month ol July. The largest day In July was on the 4th, upon which day tho turnstiles showed 44,452 admissions. There were seven other days that exceeded 10,008 admissions each. The average day of the exposition may be said to be at this time about ,000 paid admissions and 3,000 free ad missions. People are apt, however, to get an Incorrect Idea of the admissions by reading the figures, because the free admissions always appear larger than they really are; that Is to say, an employe of the exposition who has a pass, generally uses It several times a day, leaving the grounds for his meals and returning to his work, so that most of the passes are used several times a day and counted upon each occasion. The number of people employed upon the Midway as actors, servants, wait ers or attendants, and the number em ployed lu watching exhibits or selling different articles, foots up about 3.0W. Many of these practically live upon the grounds, however, and do not leave them every day. The operating expenses of the expo sition are about $2,000 a day, but to this, of course, must be added the private expenses of maintaining the attrac tions upon the Midway, caring for ex. hlblts, running restaurants, music halls, boats upon the lagoon and other expenditures of that sort which do not belong to the exposition proper. Upon the Midway there are now some thirty four attractions giving shows constant ly during tho day and evening. It la closely estimated that visitors spend on an average some $3,000 a day upon the Midway. Some of these shows are mere fakes and cheap-John affairs, but most of them are really Interesting and novel. Animal shows especially draw large crowds, and so do tho oriental performances, with the camel rtde3 for grown people, the donkey rides for children and the dancing girls for ev erybody. The Midway Is a noisy place, as In front of each attraction there Is what Is called a speller or barker, who constantly shouts out the virtues of his particular show. ; The Omaha Exposition Is above all things a night show, becaase cf the electric illumination, which Is the finest ever yet held in the world anywhere. The World's Fair not even had as much electrical illumination as this ex position shows to its visitors. Tho Grand Court surrounded by the main exhibit buildings and occupying forty solid acres alone, Is a perfect blaze of light, and the beautiful lagoon, which extends the whole length of the court a distance of half a mile U navigat ed by gondolas and electric launches, which contribute to the fairy-land ap pearance of the scene. WORLD-HERALD DAY. One of the big days of tho present month is expected to be World-Herald Day, which is August 24. The manage ment of the expositlcn, out of regard for the services which the World-Herald has rendered to the enterprise, has designated August 24 as World-Herald Day, and arranged for a large attend ance and fine attractions. On that day bands of music will make both the afternoon and evening attractive In several parts of the grounds, and at 9 o'clock in the evening a grand display of fireworks will be given upon the grounds by special arrangement with the A. I Due Co., besides a great aerial display of rockets representing the cost of hundreds of dollars. Thero will be set plecas In honor of tho World-Herald, giving letters and fig ures In lines of fire In the sky. The World-Herald has Invited tho editors of Nebraska newspapers to lunch with it upon that day and thus celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of the establishment of the Evening World which was later consolidated with the Morning Herald, thus becoming tho World-Herald. The railroad rates for World-Herald day will be especially low. A round trip ticket from any point In Nebraska can be purchased for one fare for th round trip, and admission to the grounds after six o'clock in the even. ing will be only half rate, or 25 cents. The Illinois Steel company has re fused large orders for rails to be de livered within three months, being un able to produce them within the re quired time. The war has created a shipbuilding, boom In the United States, and the Maine shipyards again resound with the sound of the hammer. TOWN L.IFI3 IN POIITO KICO, Something About Undo Snm's Now Possessions. Ponce ranks ns tho second city of tho Island. According to the dispatches General Miles has made the Immediate vicinity his landing plncc nnd bosa of operations. Ponce, by the data fur nished from the department of state, Is situated on the south const of. the Island of Puerto Rllco, on a plnln, about two miles from the seaboard. It Is regularly built, tho central part al most exclusively of brick houses and the suburbs of wood. It is the rcsl-j dence of the military commander and the seat of an olllclnl chamber of com merce. There Is an appellate criminal court, besides other courts; two churches one Protestant, said to ba the only one In the Spanish West ln dlestwo hospitals besides tho military hospitals, a home of refuge for thq old and poor, a perfectly equipped fire deportment, a bank, a theater, thred first-cluss hotels and gas works. Tho city has an Ice machine, nnd there arq 115 vehicles for public conveyance. Thoj Inhabitants, who number nbout 20,OOOj are principally occupied In mercantile! pursuits, but carpenters, bricklayers lolners, shoemakers nnd barbers find good employment. The department o( Ponce counts nbout 40,000 Inhabitants.! Tho chief occupations of the people ara the cultivation of sugar, cocoa, tobacco and oranges and the breeding of cattle, Commercially, Ponce Is tho Becond clts of Importance on the Island. A fina road leads to the port (Playa), where all thq Import and export trade Is transacted. Playa has about 5.000 Inhabitants, and here are situated the custom house, tha ofllce of the captain of the port and all the consular ofilces. The port Is spacious, and will hold vessels of twenty-five feet draft. The climate, on ac count of the sea breezes during the day and the land breezes at night, Is not oppressive, though warm; and, as water for all purposes, Including the fire de partment, Is amply supplied by an aqueduct, It may be paid that the city of Ponce Is perhaps the healthiest placo In the whole Island. In the same class with San Juan and Ponce ranks Mayaguoz, easier for the American tongue than the spelling might Indicate. Ponce Is pronounced, In two sylables. If spelled from hear ing nn American child would probably make it "Pon-sy." This Is the Cuban and West Indian pronunciation gener ally, and will probably be accepted as the American. But the pure Spaniard, with his due regard for tho frequent) "th," will continue to say "Pon-thay'; long after the red and yellow flag baa gone down. Mayaguez Is commonly "May-ah-guez," without particular ac cent on any sylablo. Mayaguez, Ponce and San Juan are three coust points of a triangle embracing the greater part of tho island. Ponce Is a half-way point on the south coast. San Juan prevents the formation of a right-angled tri angle by being on the north coast, considerable cast of a middle line. Naguabo, on the cast side, Is a small town cf o.ily about 2,000 inhabitants' and In the harbor there Is another smaller place, called Playa de Naguaboj or Ucares, with about 1,500. he capita) of the department, Humacao, Is nlno miles from Naguabo, and has 4,000 In habitants the district comprising more than 10,000. Arroyo, in the district of Guayama, the southeastern portion of the Island, Is a small seaport of about 1,200 Inhabi tants. The annual exports to the United States average 7,000 to 10.000 heads of sugar, 2,000 and 5,000 cask3 of molasses, and fifty to 150 casks and barrels of bay rum. Tho oldest town on the Island la Aquada, where Columbus landed on li Is second voyage, and where Ponce de Leon also stopped. It has 2,503 peo ple. The cities and towns mentioned above are the principal seaports of Portu Rico. In the interior of the Island arc some notable communities. Albln ato Is a town of 2.200 people, on the military road between San Juan and Ponce. Anasco Is another Interior town of some Importance, with 4,000 people. Byanmon Is six miles Interior from San Juan, with which It is connected by a railroad. It Is one of the wealth lest communities of Porto Rico, having a population of 2.500. The town hall Is a two-story building, which is an un usual height for the Island. It Is built of masonry. Cauguas is a town of 4,313 people, with telegraph and postofilce connections. ' Carolina has 5,052 population, being inland from San Juan about twenty miles. Like all other Porto Rlcan towns of consequence, Carolina has Its port office and telegraph station. Cauey Is a place of 3,895 people. The division of races at this point is fairly illustrative of the whole Island. There are 2,700 white people and 1,195 colored. Cauey Is one of the principal points on the military road about 100 miles long between San Juan and Ponce. Dorado is a town of 3,985 people, four and a half miles out from San Juan, on the railroad. Santa Isabel, sixteen miles inland from Ponce, has 3,200 Inhabitants. Utuado, with 3,738 people, Is one of the principal towns in the northern part of the island. Villa dc la Vega Baja is a place of 2,531 people on the railroad twenty three miles from San Juan. The chief point of interest Is a church which ii considered one of the finest in the isl and. It hds two towers of harmonious construction, one containing the bell, the other the public clock. Opposite the church Is a fine town hall of ma sonry. Yabucao has 4,178 people, with th1? usual postofilce and telegraph station. ALL ABOUT II12K13D1TY. Natural History Encountered By ft 'lnlkatlvo Trainp. "Tho herdltnry transmission of phy sical and mental traits nnd tendencies from generation to generation In man nnd anlmtrts nnd Insects and every thing that lives Is queer, isn't it?" snld a man with a green patch over one eye as ho dangled his feet over a ditch on tho onion meadows nnd watched tho erratic flight of a dragon fly hunting Insects here nnd thero nnd up nnd down, according to a corre spondent to the New York Sun. A short man chewing a. cigar butt, whoso extinct crater emitted a tre mendous odor, leaned against nn ad jacent tree. They had both alighted from n box car of an Erie freight train, having been Impelled thereto by nn Irate brnkemnn with a club. The short man stroked his chin a moment nnd then. In tones startlngly mild for a man who had braved so fierce a clgnr, said: "Is It? How long has It been going n?" "Always!" replied tho man with the green patch, "why, it was going rn when all the men who think and delve nnd run for office today, all tho fish that swim nnd beasts that wnllc and birds that fly, nnd all tho Insects that flit In the sunbeam and wlgglo In the mud-puddle nnd gyrate nnd gymnas tlcato wherever they goll hnng please where but protoplastic atoms In a chaotic world cons and con3 ago." "Go 'way!" exclaimed the short man. "I want to know'." "Certnlnly," said the man with the green patch. "That dragon fly put me In mind of It. And every time I see a chicken I am reminded of it. Sixty years ago, on my grandfather's farm, at 4 o'clock In the afternoon of July 19, a strange dog rnn In among a flock of chickens, causing them to cackle and flutter and fly In all directions In a state of the utmost alarm. It was only a trifling Incident, nnd wns forgotten almost as quickly as It had occurred. At exactly 4 o'clock on the afternoon of July 19 the next year, however, the c.ilckens began to cackle and flutter and fly in all directions in the same high state of alarm that had marked them when the strange dog so suddenly agitated them Just one year before, exactly to the minute! This time there was no dog. The singular part of this case is that every year since then, promptly at 4 o'clock p. m. of July 19, the chickens on my grandfather's farm are thrown Into the same state of in tense alarm that the dog threw tho chickens Into sixty years before a most striking instance of hereditary transition of both mental and physical tendency In the race of fowls." "And are they the same chickens that the dog scared?" asked the short man, who seemed profoundly Interested. The man with the green patch glared at the short man with hl3 uncovered eye, and, gritting his teeth, exclaimed: "Oh, certainly, and my grandfather, who was only 90 years old at that time the dog scared the chickens, still shells the corn and feeds them, while the dog Is today cheerfully running a churning machine on a neighboring farm." "My, my!" said the short man. "And do dragon flies do It, too?" "Do what?" snapped the man with the patch. "Get scared by dog3 and fly up and cackle, and do it over again at 4 p. m. on the 19th day of every July." The man with the green patch looked out mournfully across the meadows, where men and women and children were weeding the onion fields In the sweltering sun. He hummed a plaintive air and then spoke up wearily: "In my native town there is a pecu liar race of dragon files. Once, some years ago, a common, ordinary dragon fly flew through a window in my native town, into a room where a foolish per son struck at it with a towel and knocked off a portion of one of its wings, disabling it. A friend of mine, who wns something of a genius, was present. He took up tho Injured insect and deftly repaired its shattered wing with tissue paper and mucilage. He tossed the fly out of the window and it took wing. It rose in the air, but flew round and round in a big circle. It couldn't go straight ahead. My friend, the genius, had made one wing heavier than the other In mending It, and that, of ourse, made it Impossible for the poor Insect to fly otherwise than in a circle, no matter If it should fly con tinuously for 1,000 years. While my friend was preparing a long handled scoop net to capture the Insect so he might remedy the defect of the repaired wing, another big dragon fly came fly ing through the same window, and the same foolish person who had hit the first one knocked the second one down. The injury done to this one was much more serious, for the fly's body had been severed close to the shoulder. The big head and shoulders of the poor In sect crawled about In a plteously help less state. My friend the genius turned his attention to this second case and In a mechanical way stuck one end of a wooden toothpick In at the place where the body had been separated. That bit of toothpick happened to be Just the proper weight and balance, and up the dragon fly rose and soared out of the window with the wooden body as gracefully and easily as he had ever soared before. "All this time the dragon fly with the mended wing was describing Its aim less circle in the air. As the insect with the wooden appendage flew out of the window it discovered the other fly and flew along with It In the circle, as If trying to make out what the queer antics meant. It didn't take him long to cipher out the situation, for he flew directly In front of the Insect in its erratic flight, and as it came round in one of its circles, placed the wooden body In Its way. The fly of Unevenly bnlancod wing wasn't a chump, cither, nnd It grabbed the tip of tho toothpick In Its mouth. Away went the Insect with tho wooden body, towing tho othor one with It Btrnlght for home. "Naturally, that made a good ileal of talk in my unlive plncc, but tho Inci dent was soon forgotton. Hut next year, when dragon flies appeared, folks noticed that thero wore two new kinds. One of theso had one wing hcavlor thnn tho other, 'and flew around all day In circles. Tho other kind had a long, slender, pointed body. People were surprised, but when along toward evening they saw the dragon files with tho lontf, slander bodies back tip In front of tho ones that Hew nil day In circles, and tow them away home, I nm drawing It mild when I say that they wore as tounded. Wns there over a clearer, more striking case of hereditary trans mission thnn that?" "My goodness me, no!" exclaimed tho short man, emitting a whiff from his clgnr butt that saddened even tho onion which tho man with tho given patch had plucked nnd was chewing. Then, after a pause, ho said: "Would you as Hot tell mo where your natlvo place is?" "Why, certainly!" said tho man with the patch. "Thanks," said tho short man "Where Is It?" "Out west." said the man with tho patch, and tho short man and his cigar butt went away toward the railroad, while tho man with the patch plucked another onion. Smith Explained It. (New York Sun.) "I wonder whether my hearing has Improved very much of late," said one of two men occupying two chairs In a corner In a quick lunch place. "It seems to me I never used to be able to make out what people were saying In a crowd like this, with so many all talking at once, and the clatter and all." "H'm, strange that," said the other. "I was thinking tho same thing about myself only yesterday. Now, I could hear what that old fellow said Just now away over on the othor side of tho room, and his mouth wns probably full of pie at the time." "So could I," said the first speaker. "He said: 'The Oregon and the Iowa are two of tho ' " " 'Two of the most powerful ships In any navy ' " " 'At the present day.' " "That's right how do you account for it? I guess its something in tho at mosphere, don't you? You know sound travels at the rate " "This seat engaged?" a new comer interrupted. "Hello, Smith! That you?" said both the two together. "No. Sit down there. We were talking about how much our hearing is Improved lately. You're a scientific sort of duck, perhaps you can explain it. Have you noticed It your self?" "Yes," said Smith the scientific, re freshing himself. "Well, by Jingo! Isn't that queer?" said the other two. "How do you ac count for It, Smith?" " "You mean you can make out what nearly every man In here is talking about, don't you?" said Smith. "That's it exactly. And I said it must be something in the atmosphere. You know sound travels at " "Sound travels Just the same way It did this time last year," Smith Inter rupted. "Then you don't think It's anything In tho atmosphere?" "Oh, yes, It's something In the ut mosphere," said tho scientific man, swallowing some coffee. "What do you think it is?" ,j "War." "War? What are you giving us?" "That's it," Smith persisted. "Every body thinking and talking about the same thing. One man says 'Manila;' ten other men, thinking about the war, all recognize tho word. If the man had said 'Manila a year ago nobody but the man he was talking to would have had any clue to what he said. You don't hear more than half what a man says when ho talks to you; you mostly guess, because you and ho are thinking about the same thing. That's psychology." t Two Japancso Women. Two little Japanese women, Mme. Watamabe and Miss Isuda, who came to this country as delegates to the bi ennial convention of the general feder ation of woman's clubs recently con vened in Denver, are now doing Wash ington. Early in September they will go to Boston, where they will be elab orately entertained in October by the New England Woman's Press club. The expenses of these ladles, one of whom Is of noble birth, are paid by the cm press of Japan from her privy purse. Marquis Ito writes that every atten tion shown them is to be considered ns shown to the government. The visitors are interesting to everybody, and are interested in all they see and every body they meet. They ore highly edu cated, and both speak several lan guages. Indeed, Miss Isuda was some years ago a special student at Bryn Mawr college. Mme. Watamabe is a widow. She is a daughter of Baron Watamabe, and, according to the cus tom of her country, resumed her fath er's name upon the death of her hus band. Both of these ladles have taught In the girls' high school at Yokohama, and they expect to carry home reports from this country which will do much to encourage the higher education of women in Japan. The empress is deep ly interested In this subject. New York Sun. . ICING JOSEPH. Giant Polo's DoscontFromltlchos to Poverty. Grappling with death, locked In a deadly embraco never to he loosened, Joseph Illnclsyowskl bargained with a Chicago medical collcgo for his body after tho battle should have endod. Of little benefit to him in tho fow cIonInn days of his life, of no use after, ho valuod his body at $100. Thon, having received tho purchnso price, tho "king of tho Poles" expended tho money In wine, wassail and amusements for him self nnd his friends. Recognized as monarch of tho colony In life, ho ended his reign with tho sturdy fortitude and cnrolessnoss of tho nnclont Polish kings; ho died making merry, defy ing to tho last tho enemy which 'won tho victory, says tho Chlcngo Chroni cle. No more singular personality over lived In Chtulciigo thnn Joseph Hlaels ycwskl. lie came to America a wealthy man. Ho left a big fortune In lands pro ductive nnd remunerative In Gorman Poland. Ho lost heavily hero, and when tho dread consumption laid hold on his glgautlo frame he decided to make as glorious an ondlng as over did monarch of old. Knowing that tho end was near, ho arranged for funds by the Bale of his mortal ronmlns. Then, llko Don Caesar Dc Bazan, he passed his remaining days In song and pleasure. Almost pen niless, the once rich king, still a young man, closed his earthly career with a prodigality and liberality truly royal. Then ho passed peacefully away and wns laid to rest by his subjects. Tho agreement was repudiated and tho body Is now reposing In the earth. Forty-ono years ago tho man whoso memory Is revered by bin countrymen In this city was born In tho village of Pozen, Prussia. He was of good family, well to do lu this world's goods, respect ed by all and with many relntlvcB In their province. Tho boy gave little Indi cation then of the enormous stature which ho was to attain, nor yet of the voyngo to far away America to settle In the land of the free. He obtained u good education In his natlvo land and with a thrift which is one of the at tributes of many of the PoIcb he accu mulated quite a fortune. He became the owner of four large farms In Prussia, which returned a handsome revenue to the glnnt destined to receive the title of king of the Poles in Chicago. Blaclsycwkl came to America ton years ago, bringing with him $10,000, a sum which he believed would enable him to live as he pleased here. Ho com menced his career of royal expenditure, soon learning that even hero a monarch has need of great wealth to maintain his crown nnd prerogatives. His origin al strong box soon becamo exhausted and he began to draw on his resources In Germany. His brothers managed his farms for him, sent him largo sumo of money and vainly urged him to return to the land of his birth. He was king of the Poles In Chicago and would remain faithful to his subjects. His majesty Joseph I. of Chicago was a remarkable man In many ways. The man who can claim six feet of stcturo l looked upon with a certain reverence by him who is half a foot short of that commanding elevation. Josoph Blacls yewskl stood seven feet eight Inches In his stockings, towering above all of his subjects and everybody else In tho city by nearly a foot and u quarter. He was as big of heart as of body and It Is said that much of his fortune wns lost In giving aid and succor to penniless and Improvident countrymen. Like a good king, he required only to be convinced that the needy was a Pole; thrift or un thrlft mattered little with tho monarch. Tho king was a gentleman, ns nil kings should be. He was such by birth, antecedents, habits of life and Instinct. He was a right royal gentleman in his notions of entertainment and speedily won recognition as undisputed ruler of his peoplo In this city. In his veins flowed the blue blood of some of the knights and lords of independent Po land whose fierce valor spilled the best blood of Europe on 'the battlefleld. He came from the race that made It cost tho three big nations who took a strangle hold on the little kingdom of the Soblcskls the best blood of their natural life. Rich himself, it was no wonder that he felt the Impulse to rule with a lavish hand, giving his people reason to applaud their monarch. Habits of Industry gnlned in the old world must have means of expression In this. King thonugh he was, he could not Idly administer the limited business of his kingdom nnd find sufficient em ployment therein. He must have addi tional employment. His enormous stat ure and great strength, despite his meagerness of outline he was very thin made him a desirable acquisition to the police force, and tho king en rolled himself under the banner of the chief of the city's peace officers. But this life, the nearest approach to mili tary discipline offered at the time, was too irksome and he soon wearied of It. He retired from the force and remnlned idle for a time. Four years were passed in police and guard work at Dunning. Then the king decided to establish a family. He mar ried, entered the field ns a coal mer chant and remained in that business until death closed all accounts. But he made no money as a merchant. In fact, it is said that while he paid his bills promptly much of his wares were sent to families in his dominions in need of fuel and lacking the means to procure It. He was a king, and with the exagger ated notions of ancient kings, wated no profit from commercial undertak ings, scorning to contaminate himself with mere trade. But ho was of ines timable value to his poorer subjects. for he never saw suffering without at tempting to relieve it. One year ago dread consumption laid a firm bold on the giant king. His doom wan scaled and human aid could do no more than prolong his llfo a few weeks or months. Realizing this an the disease progressed, he, with senulno kingly prodlgnllty dotermlned to make his passing- nn glorious nn might be. No wnlllngs, no sad faces and downcast eyes should mark the oloslng weeks ot his enrly reign. Lacking funds for tho time Imlng, ho onterod into tho agree ment with tho medical college. Tho col lege gave him 100. Ho promised it his body nfter death. Ten days ngo death released him from nil cares and duties. Ho wan faithful to the last and maintained that tho agreement wan binding. He was cheerful nnd full of spirit in tho face of tho romorHoless enemy. Hut all thlngB havo nn end, nnd with tho exhaustion of the entertainment fund, so singularly procured, tho flickering light of life wont out from tho king's body, leaving only tho remains already sold to tho college. Hut unfortunately for tho hopes of the medicine men, the law Is a flcklo mistress. She long ago decided that nfter a man has no moro use for bin body It bolongs to his relatives and friends. No ngreuiuont made by a liv ing man is binding aftor his death on thoso who hold him In loving remem brance. Even though a red-hnnded. murderer, his body belongs to his sor rowing relntlvos to be laid away In mother earth If they so will, This view of tho situation wns taken by tho widowed queen nnd tho subjects of tho dead king. Tho body wns decently laid away after tho ceremonies of the fun eral had been conducted and maBsco sung for tho repose ot tho soul. Tho funeral a week ago will be long remembered In tho Polish settlement, nenr where tho dead king lived nnd hold his court. He lived at C81 West Seventeenth Btrcet during tho laBt years of his llfo, and thence tho body was reverently carried to St. Albert's church, Seventeenth and Paulina streets, followed by a long concoursa of sorrowing friends nnd subjects. The king's enormous stnturc gave an added feature to the rites. No coffin In tho city waB large enough to receive tho body nnd one of special length must bo made. No hearse was provided with room to receive tho remains. Theso difficulties wcro overcome, however, and a coffin adequate was constructed. Then a hcarso nearly long enough was procured, and tho body, In its last Iioubc, was carefully placed in the hearse. Still tho coffin protruded a foot or more, and tho anxious followers watched it closely on tho last Journey lest accident befell their beloved king. The services In tho Uttlo church were most Impressive, oa was tho duo of him over whose re mains tho words were spoken. Not f only was ho king of the Poles, but he had been a member of tho church and a liberal contributor to all its wants and charities as long as he had tho means to bestow. No such sight as that funeral has been witnessed on the great West Sldo In many years. Tho entire populace In tho realms of tho dead man was pres ent. All reverently and sorrowfully listened to the worflc of the priest aa he said the last words over their king. All reverently followed tho hearso out to St. Stanislaus' cemetery, where tho huge coffin was lowered Into the gravo and the king left to his last sleep. King Joseph was dead and burled. His people mourn sincerely for a num. tvhose hand was ever open to aid the distressed and whose reign was a, blessing to the poor ot his race. Colorado and tho Oregon. It Is not generally known, or If known has been overlooked, that In the Ore gon, which has made such a remark able record as a steaming and fighting ship, there is a very large amount of. metal produced from the mines of Colo rado. The manganese ores that went Into the mixture to form the steel for tho armor plates and other portions of tho big battleship reposed for ages In the hills around Lcndvlllc. The ores of that kind produced In the Leadvllle district are accounted by experts the finest In America for the purpose. But not alone the Oregon, but several other large fighting craft are bearing with them constantly some of the stores of nature that have been extracted from our mountains. The fact gives to us in the Centennial state a feeling of pride and even of partial ownership in the gallant battleship. No portion ot the mixture for the steel ot armor plate Is accounted more Important than the manganese. Therefore the more does the big vessel owe to this state. There Is something In the circum stance besides the gratification that comes from having given to the ma terials that have resulted in such a splendid vessel. That the future build ing of warships in this country both for our own navy and for the fleets of other nations will certainly be much greater than ever before, as a result ot the war, cannot be questioned. The Oregon Is properly accounted in every way satisfactory In construction, In action and in all the qualities that make an effective ship. Add to this the fact that Colorado manganese is the best mined in the country and there can be little doubt that Leadvllle will benefit directly from tho large amount ot ship building, for xo her mines will go the demand for this kind of ore. It will be another factor in the improve ment of that famous camp that was, the wonder of the world twenty year ago. It is not inconceivable that the shipments to the armor plate plants oC the east may reach vast proportions marking practically a miw Industry In. the state. Pueblo Chieftain. "Didn't you feel sorry for poor Mrs. Badger her husband Is In Cuba." "Yes; I sent her a lot of lovely poetry about men who were killed in battle." Detroit. Free Press. . ..s k.