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10 THE OSIAUA PATLY BEE: SUXDAT, ATTITTj IB, 1!)00. DON'T NEGLECT YOUR KIDNEYS. Weak Kidneys work, By Lifting or a Strain. Pill . ( ' '' Ov It, 1 V ' M I,,1'! lit ' , 11 8 11 ' ! .. J; Will WW air 7aJan.7S5' J) KSSfeia. To Prove What Swamp-Root, the Great Kidney Remedy will do for You, Every Reader of the "Bee" May Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail. It nard n lie ronalricrcil tbnt only urinary nnd lilndtlcr frouulei Trere to lie (rnrril In the kidneys, lint now modern adduce provm that nearly all dlaraaea hnvc their liCKlunlnfr In the disorder of theac moat Important or linns. The kidney (liter and pnrlfy the blood that la their Trorlc. So when your kidneys nrc ivcult or oat of order, yon can understand horr quickly your entire liody la nfTcctcd, and horr every organ aeema to fall to do It duty. If yon nre alck or "feel Iindly," begin taklno; the new dlacorery, Dr. Kilmer's Sivniup-ltoot, liecutisr nn noon na your kldneyn nre well they Trill help nil the oilier (irini to Ileal Hi. A trlnl rrlll convince nny one. The mild nnd Immediate effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot, tbo great kidney remedy, Is soon realized. It stands tho highest for lis wonderful cures of tbo most distressing cases. Swamp-Hoot will not your "whole system right, and tho best proof of this Is a trial. Weak nnd unhealthy kidneys are rcspon sblo for moro sickness and suffering than any other disease, nnd If pormltted to con tlnuo fatal results are sure to follow. Kid ney trouble Irritates tho nerves, makes you dizzy, restless, sleepless nnd Irritable. Makes you pass -water often during tho day, nnd obliges you to get up many times during the- night. Causes puffy or dark circles under tho eyes, rheumatism, gravel, catarrh of tho bladder, pain or dull ncho In tho foack, Joints nnd muscles, makes your head echo nnd back ncbe, causes Indigestion, stomach nnd liver trouble; you got a sal low, yellow completion; makes you fool ns though you had heart troublo; you may havo plenty of ambition, but no strength; got weak nnd wasto nwny. If your water, when allowed to remain undisturbed In a glass or bottlo for twonty four hours, forms a sediment or settling or has a cloudy nppoarance, or If small par ticles float about In it, It Is cvldonco that SOME LIVELY CAMPAIGNING Internting Letter from Charles E. Wood, an Omb Boy, WITH THIRTY-NINTH VOLUNTEER INFANTRY Scontlng Expedition nnd Sklrnilahcs Keep the HoKlment Morlnir Mnn nlllcent Npnnlali Mnnslon Lib eration of l'rlaoncra. Charles 13. Wood, nn ex-member of tho Thurston Rifles, Is now campaigning In tho Philippines as sergoant of Company D, Thirty-ninth infantry, U. S. V., and is mooting with somo lively experience., He is tho eon of Captain John S. Wool of Omaha, and was born In this city. Ho has written to his mother nn Interesting letter, dated San Pablo, Luzon, I'. I., February S, from which tho following extracts nro taken: "I think tho last placo I wrote from was Calumba, soon after wo woro llrcd on on New Year's day. Well, wo wero busy on scouting expeditions until the Sth, when wo received orders to bo ready to march ot S n. m. Wo left Calnmba about an liour later nnd marched through tho hills fifteen miles, part of tho way In mud to our "waists. At dnyllght wo wero In sight of Banta Tomas, whore quite n lively skirmish was in progress. We cnnio up and en gaged tho enemy's right flank. After tho reinforcements came up tho right was rather ono-sldcd, for the niggers cut and run; in fact, they aro much better nt run ning than they nro nt flgnttng. At 9 a. m, wo wero In ponlon uf tho town and tho hoys proceeded to 1111 themselves with oranges, I was on outpost all afternoon and night and wns relieved about 7 a, m. wlth orders to havo my men get break fast at onco and bo reacy to march back to Calnmba and stay thero over night. The next day nt 2 p. m. wo got ordeis to be In Cilamoa proper nt G.30 p. m. Wo did so and remained thero waiting orders until 1 a. m when wo started for SantQ Toma lo Join forces with tho Thirty-eighth In fantry in nn expedition against Llpa, a city f nbout 60,000 Inhabitants, reputed to bo ino of tho richest towns on tho Island. W'o got to Santa Tomns nbout C p. m. nnd waited until 3 a. m. before we moved. We got Into the 'fun' about 11 a. in., but by somo sharp work wo occupied Llpa by 1 n. m. We lost two men one of them a man from Company H, who was killed within four feet of me. Colonel tlullnrd nnd a small detachment rodo on and took Hatanzas nnd captured $20,000 In Spanish money. Wo wero quartered In Llpn (or u few days and had splendid quarters. Company D was In a rhrco-story building, of tho vice president and It was certainly a tine structure. "Every room had several pier-glasses from door to colling nnd any amount ot oil paint ings, statues, etc, In my room was a splen Aid Stelnway piano, nnd as there were sev eral pretty good players in tho battalion we had a flno time for a day or two, "On tho 10th we got marching orders ngalu and marched along nn almost lmpassablo trail through tho mountains nnd (.topped over night at Alumcnus, only to start out again at daylight, and marh to this plice, 6b Tablo. We reitcd over night and Caused by Over ' ' ' A Nil 'A ffl? 5;. vii'i i -i ' ! your kidneys and bladder need lmmedlato nttcntlon. Swamp-Hoot Is the great discovery of the eminent kidney specialist. Dr. Kllmor, and is used In the leading hospitals; recom mended by skillful physicians in their prl vato practice; and Is taken by doctors themselves, who havo kidney ailments, be cause they recognize In it tho greatest and most successful remedy for kidney and bladder troubles that science has ever been ablo to compound. If you have tbo slightest symptoms of kidney or bladder trouble, or if there is a traco of it in our family history, send at onco to Dr. Kilmer & Co., fllnghamton, N. Y who will gladly send you, by mall im mediately, without cost to you. a sample bottlo of Swamp-Hoot nnd a book containing many of tho thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from suffercre cured. Bo suro to say that you read this generous offer in tho Omaha Sunday Dee. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is for salo tho world over at druggists In bot tles of two sizes and two prices fifty cents nnd ono dollar. Remember the name, Swamp-Root, and tho address, Dlnghamton, X. Y. started out again in the morning, this time with orders to tako ono load of provisions nnd two of nmmunltlon. Wo got as far as San Diego hill and found tho Insurgents so strongly Intrenched that It took threo hours' hard lighting to dlslodgo them. It seems al most Impossiblo that It was dono at all, for their position was n particularly strong one. Their main position was on tho brow of a hill, and twenty Americans could havo held It ngalnst u 'nigger' regiment. Tho hill Is very steep, nnd tho road is one curvo nftcr nnother. Wo lost four men and had seven wounded, hut wo slaughteied the 'niggers' und captured soveral officers, and quito a quantity of guns and nmmunltlon. Wo marched on from thero to a cross-roads and camped In tho open air. Tho next morning at daylight wo started for Majoyjay (Ma hi hi). Wo wero to Hank them on the left and to do this wo had to cross n river, the banks of which nro almost perpendicular, so much so that It was necessary to let tho men down thirty feet with ropes, and then n stiff climb up tho other side. From thero In It was through rlco llelds nlmost waist deep In mud and water. This time tho 'niggers' put up Bcarcoly any fight, and wo escorted the wagon train to Santa Cruz. This made I sixty miles wo had marched slnco tho 20th rour days ami the boys were pretty well tired out, but wo nly rested over night when wo wero ordered back to San Pablo twenty-six miles. Wo left twelve men sick In tho hospltnl, nnd I outfit to have bejn there, but every one elso was sick, and I had been acting first sergeant ever slnco wo .'left Llpa, bo I put on a stiff upper Hp and I went ahead, nnd I got through all O K, but ; thoroughly played out. Wo had n flno rest until tho nth, when wo escorted General Swan to Nagcarlang, ton miles, nnd re turned the next day, nnd havo been hero since then, but I hardly expect to stay here for nny length of time, for our colonel Is a fighter, and Major Mulford is always look ing for n chance to fight. I am greatly dls nppolnted In tho lighting abilities of tho Filipinos. They aro arrant cowards, "While nt Llpa we liberated 196 Spanish prisoners who had been held by tbo in surgents. Part of them bad been prisoners for twenty-two months, so they were glad when Undo Sam's boys camo In. Rut, true to their nature, they repaid our kindnojs by furnishing falso Information regarding the movements of tho enemy. "Our campaign to far has all been In new country and our losses havo been rcmork nbly small. At Santa Tomas Captain Baker was slightly wounded and Lieutenant Petlto was shot In the leg. One private from Company K wns shot through tho heart. At Llpa two men were killed one from the Thirty-eighth and ono from Company 11, Thirty-ninth. At San Diego hill we lost four men three from the Thirtieth and ono from tho Tlilrty-nlnth, a corporal In Company 13, whom I knew well, Tho 'niggers' captured a train of pack ponies a week ngo from the Thirtieth Infantry twonty-slx ponies nnd packs but a detach ment from the regiment re:nptured them the next day, took fifty prisoners and killed sixty-four Insurgents, so tholr victory wns shortlived. One of their colonels got toi much 'blnn' a fow nights ago and started to tako tho town here, but ho only got na far ns our outpost, far they mode things so warm for him for a few minutes that he changed his mind, Our major and nve men went out looking lor him the next day, but ho escaped them, They got n lieuten ant, however, for their trouble, and since than things nave been pretty quiet." SHORT STORIES OF THE DAY Judge Baker, Wit of the Bench, Givei an Opinion on law and Whisky, AMUSING MISTAKE IN PRONUNCIATION Two Hi lilhltlona of ".Verve" Cnrelein neaa of Letter Writer Why Mr, Stncy Dliln'l Sln IMiMiaunt Trip In Vlctr. Judgo Daker Is the wit of the district bench. Whllo he Is thoroughly business during court hours, and Is always careful to maintain proper dignity, ho Is tho same companionable entertainer that ho was be foro ho was honored with a Judicial posi tion. In n recent case before Judgo Baker, tho county attorney requested him to withhold decision on a certain motion until tho fol lowing day. "I would llko your honor to sleep upon this question," suggested tho prosecutor. "1 can't learn any law while I'm sleep ing," replied Judgo Baker. Tho opposing counsel to tho county at torney is something of a humorist himself and he broke In with: "That's right, your honor; sleep is a bad thing. That's what is the matter with tho county attorney now." "Well, your honor, I Insist on having this matter delayed until tomorrow," interposed' the county attorney, "for I believe I can find an old law that applies to the Issue in volved." "Well, if you have any old law, bring It on," replied tho court, "for 1 suppose the law is llko whisky, tho older tho better." "I have called to Inquire about the beer- graph," snld a man to Manager Rosenthal of tho Crolghton-Orphcum theater, tho other day. "I am Interested In a summer resort nt Lako Mnnawa and wo want to Introduce tho becrgraph there." "Wo hnvo no beer graft here," said Man ager Rosenthal. "Well, thoy have in Chicago and in St. Louis, nnd at the Orpheum In San Fran cisco." "Yes, the San Francisco Orpheum has a beer graft, but the Omaha house never has had." "Didn't you have motion pictures hero last week?" "Oh, I see," said Rosenthal, "you don't mean beer graft at all, but bl-o-graph. Just a little mistake In pronunciation, that's all." Having come to an understanding the con versation proceeded on an Intelligent basis. Ona day last week a tall, gaunt man, dressed in black and wearing a stovepipe hat and tho air of a crushed tragedian, en tered the box office ot ths Crelghton-Or-pheum theater and, addressing himself to Manager Rosenthal, aatd: "Is tho manager In?" "So, sir, but his eon Is here," replied Hosonthal, who never cracked a smile, hav ing at a glance sized up tho visitor. "Are you his son?" "I am," said Rosenthal. "Well, porhaps you will do aa well as your'fathcr," said the man In black. "Perhaps," was Rosenthal's laconic reply. "I am canvassing for this paper, published In tho Interest of the Fraternal Order of High Muckamucks," explained the agent, as ho unfolded the sheet, "and called to seo If you don't want to advertlso your theater In It." "You'll have to see my father about It." said tho manager, "aa he has charge ot all tho advertising." "When will he be In?" "He's in and out all the time; moetly out. Call any timo; some other time." "Thank you, sir. Good day." "Good day." This calls to mind a somewhat similar In cident that occurred In an Omaha hotel office somo years ago. Al Falrbrother, a news paper man who originally hailed from Ohio, was chatting with a friend, when a stranger passed to nnd fro several times, closely oyolng him. Finally ho stepped up and asked, "Is this Al Falrbrother?" "No, sir," was tho reply. "You look very much llko him." "Is that so? I never saw him," said Fair- brother. "Didn't you come from Ohio?" "No, sir. I never was east of the Mis sissippi river." "Well, that's strange." "What's strango? My never having been east of tbo Mississippi?" "It's strange that you are not Al Fair- brother. You certainly nro his double. Ex cuso me, sir, for my Intrusion." "Certainly, sir." And tho stranger walked away, somewhat mystified. Fnlrbrothor's companion thought this n remarkable exhibition of nervo nnd asked for on explanation. "I knew that duffer back In Ohio years ago," said Falrbrother, "and havo no uso for him. So I gave him tho frozen hand. He doesn't know now that I nm Al Fnlrbrother." The carelcssnoss of tho average letter writer furnishes unending nmusemcnt nnd troublo for the postofTlce nnd railway mail clerks. Each day brlntB to tho desk of tho superintendent of malls a number of letters which cannot be delivered because of de fective addresses, whllo letters mailed with out stamps are so common as to excite no comment, Tuesday morning a business man called upon Superintendent Cramer and asked that tho authorities return to him a letter placed by him In tho mall box a few moments before. As Is customary ho was asked to wrlto tbo address as written upon the let ter ho desired. "That Is Just why I want to get the let ter back," he responded. "I cannot re member -whether I addressed It to Kansas or Missouri and I want to seo tho letter to find out." Ho then described tho letter ns well as bo could and tho superintendent told him that when the lotter camo to tho ofllco It would be directed to tho correct address, At tho tlmo the business man was talk ing thero was lying upon tho table a let ter addressed to "Mrs. JJllla Brown, C3 Franklin av." This letter had been sent to Franklin, Neb., by mUtake and had como back to tho starting point. "This letter will go to the dead letter office," said Mr. Cramer, "as there nro too many Franklin avenues In the country which might have that number," and tho superintendent took a book from tho table containing a street directory of all tho cities of tho United States. This directory In many cases gave all the numbers found upon tbo streets given, but In somo In stanced thero wero no numbers given and forty times Franklin avenue, appeared with out numbers attached. "Many times," said Mr. Cramer, "we send letters to their proper destination where only the namo and street numbers are given, but this Is where tho namo Is con lined to but ono or two towns, and the num ber Indicates which town Is Intended, nut what do you think of this?" "This" was an envolopo of a well known business house addrrssed to "Mr. William Walllck, Iowa," "And this Is only ono day ot the 365 das In which these things oc cur." said Mr. Cramer. A turnituro van backed up to the walk In front of a rather pretentious dwelling on South Thlrty-tlrst street and stalwart men in hickory eblrts began loudlng It with household goods. At tbo tailboard of the vehicle, pencil and notebook in band, stood Ho was listing the articles they passed him. Had one been Imnuden CnOUCh (fl Innb nt'Af 1,1 olfMl Mn nnn nn,,l.l havo seen, interlarded with an Inventory of """ ueuaicnus and tames, tnese entries; Ono upright platio, Ono violin In box. Ono clarionet In leather case. Ono banjo. Having taken on Its load tho van was driven to a vacant dwelling on tho extreme north sldo of town, nearly two miles dis tant, whero tho cargo was discharged. Such a spectacle ns tho foregoing is not uncommon for tho month of April, but tho causes, of which It wos tho effect, were less ordinary. They were conceived and executed by n genius In strategy. Mr. Brown, lessee and occupant of the houso on Thirty-first street, had sublet a part of It to Mrs. Stacy and her four mar riageable daughters. Tho daughters wero musically Inclined. That is, they had a tasto for music without tho ability to pro duco it. Though a piano, violin, clarionet nnd banjo constituted their battery of of fensive weapons, they couldn't got enough harmony out of it to sootbo tho savngo breast, worth a cent. They hadn't even M bowing acquaintance with their Instruments. They lacked tho first Instinct of tho faculty divine, but were robust girls withal, and when their beaux called of nn evening there would bo sounds arising from tho Brown mntislon llko unto tho tumult of rams' horns beforo which fell tho solid walls of Jericho. This, In course of time, becamo odious to Mr. nnd Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown especially was of a sensitively poised temperament, nnd tho sweet bells out of time had a ten dency to disturb Its equilibrium. "Wo must send them away," she said to him ono morning. "I don't see how we can," ho answered. "Their rent is paid in advance, nnd they hnvo a written contract." "Then wo must move." This with the nlr of a martyr. But they didn't move. Mr. Brown sat up Into ono night thinking out a plan, and a fow days later his wlfo went to visit her mother, who lives In an Illinois town. As Mr. Brown returned from the station whero ho had bade his wlfo good-byo he bi ought with him two friends, young busi ness men, who wero nsked to make them selves nt home. Then, nbout dusk, a de livery wagon drove up tho nlley and from It several bulky packages were borne Into tbo houso by way of tho kitchen. Tho neighbors who saw these things looked wise much wiser than they had occasion to look. Tho evening woro away without Incident of note. Thero was tho usual program ot marrow bones and cleavers In tho Stacy apartments, but by midnight nil was quiet. Ono o'clock. One-thirty. A womnn living flvo doors away raised her bedroom window to listen. "Tbo Stacys aro keeping It up late to night," she remarked, as she withdrew her head. But those living nearer knew better. Tbo lmmedlato neighbors knew that never could tho Stacyau quartet hope to produco such a bedlam of discord as then rattled the case ments and shrieked through tho halls of tho Brown mansion. Tho host and his guests wero standing to their guns. Armed with cornet, drum and the qulck-flrlng piccolo, nono attempted to accommodate his pace to that of tho others, but each with serene In dlffcrcnco to the achievements of his com panions practiced the selection of bis In dividual choice, and all in different keys It wns nn Indoor charivari, car-splitting nnd soul-terrlfylng. Threo nights In succession the neighbors calked their windows against this pande monium, and then, on the morning ot tho fourth day, tho furniture van .backed up to the door, and Mr. Brown telegraphed for bis wlfo to return. One Omaha mani has n ipleasant two months' trip In contemplation, with full pay for tho period. On Monday Albert E. lnnls will lenvo Omaha for Europe, where he goes as buyer for an Omaha optical house, with Instructions to purchase goods. Ho first goes to Germany, whero in some of tho small hamlets of Alsaco ho will pur chaso from tho makers 10,000 glass eyes, nnd this shipment will bo tho lnrgest im portation of theso nrtlcles ever purchased by an American houso for ono store. From Germany Mr. Innls will go to France, where ho will buy other optical goods direct from tho manufacturers; and from thence to England nnd Holland, whero yet other goods will bo secured. The attraction on the trip Is that tho European manufacturers nrc always as anxious to sell as their American cousins, and a buyer of largo orders will llvo llko a king acnong them. Tho cost of his entertainment will bo charged up In tho ex penso accounts of tho manuiacturcrs. Mr. Innls' itinerary includes a visit to tho Paris exposition at tho close ot his business trip. LAHOU AMI lXDl'STHY. New York machinists won nn eight months' strike for tho nine-hour day. California workmen nrc 'becoming alarmed at tho stendlly increasing number of Jnpancso Immigrants. Nino of the Fall Hlver cotton mills de clared quarterly dividends lust week and In every enso huvo ono tho rato was In creased over last year. Davenport & Treuey of Greenwich. Conn., tho largest plnno pinto manufacturers In tho country, voluntarily raised tho wages of their employes 30 cents a day. The New York socialist labor party hns secured a permit from the city authorities for tho uso of Union Sdituro plaza for .May 1 for n mass meeting to eelebrute tho In ternational Labor day. A purudo will pre cede tho meeting.' Tho contract for furnishing tho 11.000 chairs to bo used at the republican con vention has been awarded to a western firm, which bus ngrced to take back tho chairs after the convention at about one-third their cost. Tho whole cost of the conven tion hall Is expected to lie about WO.OOO. The report of M. Gucnther, United States consul at Frankfort, will not lo reassuring to tho hopeful peoplo who havo looked for ward to un end of human bloodshed. "Krupp at present has 41.750 workmen em ployed Itv making wnr materlnls. Shipyards aro building ut Kiel, where 3,000 men aro already employed, with a certainty that this force will bo doubled before long." 1 Indianapolis Is t0 havo a co-operntlve de partment store. Stock Is to bo sold on tho nstallment as well as tho paid-up plan. Tho small payments nre .. cents a wl-ck. All stockholders nro entitled to a rebnto of 2 per cent a month on purchases, which may be applied to the payment for stock or on dividends. It is cnleuliited that this re bute will amount to 25 nts a week to tho majority of customors A firm of cigar mnnuafacturcrs. In whoso twelvo factories 2,000 union nnd nonunion hands nro on strlko, lias suddenly discov ered an opening for pugilists, now- that tho Lewis nntl-prlzo lighting law has been passed. Tho plan Is to employ them as 'bouncers" during labor strikes. Morris Urown, secretary of New York Clgarmnk ers' union No. Ill, has reported to tho Cen tral Federated union that Kerbs, Werthclm & Schlffer have employed a prize tighter known as Bill Bennett to act as "bouncer" for tho strikers' pickets. Tho fiscal year which ends Juno 30, 1900, Is expected to show tho highest value rec ords yet n-ached by American manufac tures, a fact duo In large part to the con struction of the Trans-Siberian railroad, upon work for which 32,000 American me chanics of tho high-wages class nro nt pres ent I'inploypd, This means the direct sup port of 100,000 peoplo. In tho year noted tho value cf manufactures exported Is esti mated at 1100,000,000, compared with $350,000, 000 In the calendar year 1S9:. which showed a unln of 25 per cent over 1S0S. A New England cotton manufacturer who has Just returned from a visit to the south says: "I do not think the northern cotton mill owners need worry about southern competition. Tho south can novpr como up to tlio north, even In the manufacture of cheap goods. Wo havp tho best men In tho country working In tho northern mills. At llrst tho mill owners hnd to bo content with practically unskilled help, We havo since secured tho best operators this or any other country can produco and nro turning out tho best kind of work, Now, tho bouthern mill owners will hnvo to ex perience tho same hardship which con fronted the northerner when he tlrst went Into buslnehs. It will tuko a great many years before the southern mills can be brought to the stale of perfection whero thev will bo able to successfully competo with the mills of New England. tho driver. as, t ACIU'C fMF ni?M CAVhC t XlLXlJlin U UULULM umiij Land Titlei nnd Minincr Frlrilees Consid ered at Washington! PLANS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE Vnrlona Qumdoiin ltnlnril liy the Dis covery of Cold nl Cnpe Nome Coat of I, nnd Ulllcca In .Mnnkii. WASHINGTON. April 13. (Speclal.)-So much Intercut attaches to Alaskan matters that Information concerning tho manage ment of public Innds there will bo attrac tive reading for the public. Since discovery of gold on the Leach of Capo Nome tho general land ofllco has reeclved continual applications from pretended discoverers, In ventors and schemers In general for ox elusive rights and privileges connected with beach mining nnd deep sea dredging. Offers havo been mado to construct a railway niong ino tieach as far ns It can bo mined It cranted exclusive privilege. Commissioner Hermann cf the land bureau ! has had many such nroDOBltlons. but him respectfully declined to entertain them. An for rights to mine tho beach sands, nil havo been declined on tho ground that tlrre Is no nuthorlty In existing law to dispose of beach diggings. Tho question Is not entirely new to him, ns thero nro extenslvo bench grounds on tno southern Oregon coast where gold Is round richly mixed with tldo sands near his own home. But southern Oregon bench mines aro strongly mixed with black sand. or Iron sand, nnd no practicable method haa been invented for separating tho iron sand from the flno gold, ns tho beach gold Is nno n3 nour, nut tho Capo Nome beach has no block sand and the gold Is easily separated. As tho government holds all lands between high and low water In trust for future states congress will legislate to grant temporary privileges, pending statehood and regulations minora' meetings may establish In the mom- ume. As for mining by dredging tho sands unuer tno nigh seas within the three-mile limit thero Is disagreement In congress, ns it is a serious question If It Is within the power of tho government to convey rights uia. can conflict with navigation and fish eries. PrivllPKM tirnnled. ii commissioner of tho general land office has declined to consider applications ior oeacn or deep sea mining, but tho sec rctary of war has granted such nrlvlleBoa. Many havo been granted within tho last few weeks on claim that tho War department Jias a ngm to mnKo theso grants, but they "in not do exclusive. As under tho law nny miner would bo a trespasser, tho department gives Its sanc tion to legauzo their work. Tho Interior department and general land office iccog nlzes the validity of miners' meetings nnd regulations passed there, ns confirmed by ex perience for half a century In mining dis tricts of our country. complaints havo been mndo that mining ciuims navo ouon been located by attorney, which has been greatly abused. For In stance, a Boston man may havo filed by at torney valuable locations and held for a leng time. There have been Instances whero entire gulches havo been thus appropriated, with no ownership visible or present. Com missioner Hormann decides ogalnst this as Illegal and congress Is recommended to leg islate that personal presence Is necessary to establish title. Mr. Hermann has been consulted by Judgo Tracey of the houso public lands committee as to tho advisa bility of legalizing miners' meetings for regulating claims to mines on Capo Nomo boach or elsowherc, which he strongly rec ommends. I.nnd Ofllcea In Alnaka. There have been threo land offlce in Alaska until lately, but two were found to be practically useless, as thero was no Important business and expenses were enor mous. Peavy. that was discontinued, was on tho Koynkuk, 250 miles south of the Arctic circle. Circle, also discontinued, Is near tho International lino. Rampart, that was retained, Is on the Yukon, and will as sumo tho business expected to have been transacted nt Clrclo and Peavy. Tho new ofllco Is located at St. Michaels, though great effort was mado to secure It at Cape Nomo. Tho commissioner recognized that when tho Nomo sands should be worked out there might not be any business of Importance pertaining to Capo Nomo, while St. Michaels will always bo a commercial port, whero vessels must discharge cargo and trado exist. Commissioner Hermann predicts that the coming mining excitement will bo when prospectors shall find tholr way to tho coasts of Siberia, across the Bering sea, northwest from tho mouth of tho Yukon. His informa tion Is that gold shipments from Cape Nomo to tho mints havo aggregated $2,000,000 within tho year Blnco tho beach diggings wero discovered, and that amounts carried away by minora and Individuals should In crease tho total to $4,000,000. Tho land laws of tho United States are not yet fully extended to Alaska, but con gress will soon net on the question of Its needs. Tho mineral land law Is In operation there nnd homesteads can bo located to tho extent of eighty acres; provision has been mado for trading needs, manufactures, town slto3 and right of wny for certain purposes. IN THE WHEELING WORLD. Omaha wheelmen who have grumbled and growled nt the municipal law requiring lamps at night can possess tholr souls In peace. Tho lights nro out nnd a Inrge as sortment of lamps aro laid on the shelf, VVo shall seo presently whether tho re moval of tho so-called "restriction" will revive tho popularity of wheeling In this vicinity. That the blcyclo has declined is as conspicuous here ns In other parts of tho country. Not more than half the peo ple affected by tho crazo in 1895-6 uso the blcyclo now. In this connection it Is Instructive to noto tho results of nn Investigation of mu nicipal regulations mado by tho Cycling Ga zette. Moro cities require tho boll than tho lamp on bicycles, tho number requiring the first being thirty-seven and the second twenty-eight. Chicago requires both. Iluf falo requires ,v" boll only, basing its ac tion on the mind that ringing tho boll Is a better warning to pedestrians than lamplight. Kansas City and Detroit have no regulations. Pittsburg and Philadelphia aro tho only cities besides Chicago that aro Just enough to require ull vehicles, ns well as bicycles, to carry lights. Two unique regulations that aro not unrcasonablo are found in Washington, whero handlebars dropped extraordinarily low aro forbidden, and In Columbus, where riding "In zigzag fashion" s tabooed, Tho Chicago Tribune notes that railroad men thereabouts are congratulating them selves on tho decline of cycling as a fash- Innablo fad. They confess that In the last four or flvo years tho passion for bicycle touring has seriously curtailed tholr re ceipts, especially in their summer resort traffic. The gonoral parsengor agent of a largo Chicago-Wisconsin system says the wheel has been costing his lino thousands of dollars every season, hut ho bollevcs that there will bo less country touring on wheels this summer and that his road will no longer bo troubled with empty tralus from this cause. "This official," comments the Tribune, COMBINED -OF THE GREAT Under the ntiPiilces of the Progressive Medical Association of Philadelphia, legally in corporated under the laws of tho state. $100,000.00 CAPITAL Guarantees Your Honest, Faithful and Successful Treatment, A largo staff of the most eminent and skillful specialists In tho world, en eh of whom Is it graduato of tho best Medical Co lieges, and hai devoted u lifetime to his particular specialty guarantees positive an d permanent euro In all cases accepted. Why the Medical Specialist Often Fails. .T.'Jf nTr.JK0 KTcat fundamental sys terns which make up the human body the NERVOUS SYSTEM und the MUSCULAR SYSTEM, each having 't' distinct ftinVt 19J1!. to Perform, yet both must work toget her In hnrmony to preservo life and health I.lther of these systems Is liable to certain diseases. Medical treatment is moro ef fective In diseases of the muscular system, whllo electrical treatment is moro belie llelul In diseases of the nervous system. Them nre very few diseases of the nrrvoni fnty,,, iit,i j-uuiivi ui 111 I f I Ul'tuillll u U 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1,1 1 tU Willi Ureases Ol IPO lllUSCll- lar system, or vice versn, and become nerv o-muscular In their nature; thus both elec trical und medical treatment i.re required to effect a cure. You can readily under stand why our combined ELECTRO-MEDICAL TREATMENT, ns administered by tho nble Specialists of this Institute Will cured or even benefitted by tin. nine: medical you cannot plainly see the advantages In to you at once. WARNIfJai rTl' llf'S ro cautioned that certain medical specialists, halng .IMIimilU learned of our great success, nro attempting to copy our Electro Medical treatment. Don t be deceived. Our successful combined Klectro-Medlcal treat Omalm,nNeb. NOTl'TIl E NlMHEli' 'C'r lc,"c"' "Htltulc, J30S Farnnm Street, THE 20TH CENTURY TREATMENT. It lins saved thousand of men and women from a life of despair, misery and woo to which they were rust drifting through neglect, or falluro of all other treat- UlClilH (O Ctll Oi SPECIAL SIO OFFER The Electro-Medical specialist of th Is Institute, who has mndo n lito study of special diseases of men, nnd is master In his chosen Held, will accept for cure, dur ing tho month of April only, for a nominal fco ot $10, all of the following DISEASES OF MEN Private Diseases, Syphilitic lllood I'ol Hydrocele, Xervo-Sexunl Debility 11 On account of this very liberal offer and tho fact that the doctor's timo Is greatly tnxed by many apnllcants who are nvalling themselves of this grnnd opportunity to ue uuri'u, imueiii.f wnu iiiiinv uy man are scrlptlon of their complaint In order to avoid delay and Insure lmmedlato att Tlie Electro-Medical Specialists Of this Institute by their spcclnl combined many wonuermi cures in discuses or tno XOHi:, TIIHOAT AM) I.ITMSS, UY 13, BAH, II12AD, I1KAHT, STOMACH AMI 1IOVVELS, I.IVI3H, ICIDMIVS, It II KUMATINM, (.'A'l'AIt llll, PARALYSIS, PILES, ETC. ALL DISEASES PECiri.lAH TO W..MI3N. Lecnl Contract clvell to nil nntlnntft tnlinlH fnr nnr nfrenmontu Tin n.l li.cllnlA If you cannot call today, wrlto and describe mall. References Heat IlniiUn nnd LciiiIIiir Huslneaa Men In This City. CONSULTATION FREE. OFFICE HOURS From H n. m. o fl p. m. Sunday, 10 n. m. lo 1! STATE ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 1308 Farnam Street, (Near 13th) Omaha, Neb. "is probably correct In his belief that the 'blcyclo us a fad has died,' but It 1b also probubly true that there will bo moro wheels in use this summer than ever be fore. Blcyclo stores aro already crowded with anxious customers seeking repairs for their old mounts or buying now wheels. The wheel has lost nono of Its popularity, but its voguo has shifted to another social class. Apparently it Is no longer so much tho thing' In fasblonablo circles to ride tho wheel. Perhaps tho automobile Is to bo tho new fad among tho comparatively wealthy. Tho crazo for blcyclo clubs and for century runB has also abated, and tho humped-back scorchor has lost whatever casto ho may onco have had. Country tour- ng among men In the social swim has probably abated, nnd the railroad tranie managers aro right In Biirmlblng( that their moneyed patrens aro again In a mood to pay carfare. Nevertheless, it would be an error to lmaglno that thero will bo less wheel riding than before. Tho wheol has come tu atny and tho change has only placed It on a moro solid and legitimate basis. Tho peoplo who nro now r dine or preparing to rmo tho wheel are doing so not becauso a fad of fashion has decreed It, but becauso they find pleasure, health or profit In so doing." Tho racing season this year will open earlier than usual, and there will bo moro district circuits In different bectlono of tho country than havo been known heretofore. Tho situation, according to tho New York Sun, can bo generally described by dividing tho country Into six circuits, with April 10 na the opening 'lay. This Is Hunker Hill day and tho New England circuit will begin thero. The tracks that will start in tho New England district aro at Ilrockton, Kail River, Charlca River park, Waltham, Now Bedford and probably Lynn and Springfield. On April 2'J tho Chester Park track at Cin cinnati will open with a match raco nnd the Fountnln Kerry track at Louisville will begin operations on the eamo day with a card of threo profession?! and three amateur events and a motor cycle race. In the April number of tho L. A. W. Bul letin Sterling Elliott pronouncm his vale dictory ns publisher of tho official organ of tho big cycling organization. Ho will not bid on tho specifications for tho new official organ. In the course of his farowoll editorial ho reviews his connec tion with tho Lcaguo ot American Wheelmen J und pays his respects to somo people wao havo bjn moro or less prominent In wheel ing circles, national or otherwise. Among other.thlngs be says: "In'lSOO I was president of thei organiza tion on a salary of nothing nnd devoted my entire tlmo to tho paper and tho presidency. Tho gain In membership that year was 89 per cent though, posnlbly, this was a mere coincidence. During tho latter half of my term It was discovered that iho publlahor of tho L. A. W. Rullotln should not 'b an officer of tbo organization, ns ho was llabln to have) too much real Interest In lis suc cess. However, I went ahead and laid plans for 1897. In tho prize membership contest I put up and delivered $1,000 worth of prizes, benldcs dovotlng over one pago of space for fifty-two Issues and tho time of ono clork for a year. I contracted for and obtained an average of ono pago of spaco In 6,000,000 trade catalogues and theso schemes, to gether with tho $100 death benollt, which was widely advertised and which I paid seven times, held up the membership through 1807." Touching a matter that has caused somo comment and which produced rumors of a suit against the leaguo Mr. Elliott says; "About January 1, 1900, Mr. Hull of Now York, whciie disinterested philanthropy on othor occasions will long be remembered by a grateful constituency, mado a rormal pro test to President Kcenan against tho do livery to mo of any moro of the- quarters which subscribers had been sending In with TREATMENT UC CURATIVE POWERS, promptly Cllm diseases, wllleh rnnnt l specialist or electrical treatment alone. If mis ircuimeni wo sianu ready to provo it son, nil nil Ituplure, riot nrc, Varicocele, Allien n .1 ANNiiclntcit Dlaenaea. oxiierirn in nnrinsn inn nn ivifii n of the Different.Departments Electro-Medical treatment are making your trouble. Successful treatment by p. in. directions to the secretary to pay to the pub lisher of tho official organ (sco official appli cation blanks). This caused a 'holdup' oi all money received sinco tho last of De cember and it Is still held up, notwith standing tho fact that we received the names, entered them on our Hats ami sent to them the January, February, March and April numbers." Ono of the most rcmarkablo evidences of tho confldenco .now existing Is tho number ot now tracks that arc to bo opened. Theso nro located nt Wnshlngton, Atlantic City, Cleveland, Des Moines, Kort Wayne, Syra cuse, Albany, Saratogn, New Haven and probably ono at Springfield. Theso aro ull coliseum tracks, mostly six or eight lops lu slzo nnd designed to suit night racing. Nearly all will begin operations on May so. Sunday rnccs nnd night meets will bo a dis tinguishing characteristic of tho 1900 sea son. There will nlso bo a Now York stato cir cuit, Including Syracuse, lluffalo, Albany, Saratoga and Erie, nil night meetB. In tho Atlantic coast cities, Washington, Haiti - more, Atlantic City, Philadelphia. Newai'K and Now York will arrange a nonconlllctlii'; schedulo and hold their riders together. All of theso will hold night meets except Now York. There will bo a trlstato circuit, tak ing In IjOuIhvIIIo, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kort Wayne, Terra Hauto and somo smaller cities. Theso will run partly on Sunday and partly nt night. In tho middlo west, Chi cago, with threo tracks, Milwaukee, Ot tumwa, Dos Moines and boiho smaller ones, will operato n circuit, whllo thero will ha two small circuits formed, one between Salt Lako City, Denver nnd Reno, tho other a Btrlctly local affair In Minnesota. Thero nro nbout 400 professionals, ojvl D.000 amatcurB waiting to cngago In tho game. One of tho features of tho spring is tho return of same of the old cplebrltlot who wero thought to bo "out of It," includ ing Raid, Michael, Stnrbuck and Johnny Johnson. There nro now ready to compete, so far ns known, forty motor teams and twenty-five followers of motor pace, nnd the motor machines may bo counted upon as a constant fcaturo from the beginning to the end ot tho season. Among tho amateurs who hnvo gono or will go over this spring to tho professional class nrc: Kramer, Rutz, Haus man, Kesul, Coodwln, John Nelson, Everett Ryan and Ray Duer. The grand circuit of the National Cyclist association will start nt St. Paul July 5, 6, nnd 7, go to Mllwnukeo nnd then work east ward. Thorn will bo n supplementary cir cuit on the Pacific coast In tho fall. ft 77 99 English Folk Lore "When a cat coughs In tho house It fa a sign of slckncrs In tho family; It's a sign that tho houso-folks "II bo bavin' colds; but then colds Is at tho bottom of all sickness." Keep off tbo Colds and you keop off slck ncts; tbo uso of "Seventy-seven" will do this. It restores tho chocked circulation (In dicated by a chill or Bhlvor), starts tho blood couiuing through tho veins nnd to breaks up tho Cold, 77" consists of a small vial ot pleasant pollcts, Just Ills the vest pocket; at drug i.torcH or mulled on ro'olpt of price, 25c. Dr. Humphreys' Hook of Diseases sent free. Ho sure to got HUMPHREYS'