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YOUR KIDNEYS.
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Weak nnd unhealthy kidneys are rcspon
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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
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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
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traco of it in our family history, send at
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Y who will gladly send you, by mall im
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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.
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"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
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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.
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