THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, AVGVST 2S, 1901.
NEBRASKA IN GOOD SHAPE
BvTliigton'a Wtiklj Crop BtjKirt Inditite
No Came for Alarm.
schools openon Tuesday jjjjj) m M CO HIGHER
j Precedent li Kafnl.llahed ami llrlntlte
Thereto One of the Tenchera
IndulRra In Kxnlnnntlon.
GENERAL OUTLOOK IS
I'nrtlnt Yield In This
Mjrr lirnln Than the .Nurninl Unt
put In Leas Favored Soil lie
port from Vnrloua Sections,
Dozsn Dalian a Ttn Need Cansi No Em
prite Bifore End f Winttr.
Nebraska crop conditions arc but little
changed from a week ago, according to the
llurllngton's weekly crop report.
North of Lincoln and east of Grand Inland
and Hastings the condition of late corn Is
much more satisfactory than two weeks
ago, though but alight change has been
noticed during the last week, except that
It li one week nearer maturity. Opinions
are conflicting, but probably one-third of an
average crop is at good an estimate aa can
be made at the present time, taking this
territory a a whole. Numerous local show
ers fell during the week, but no general
rain, I'otatoes aro not a failure, but the
yield will be small. Fall plowing Is pro
gressing and Indications point to a large
acreage of fall wheat. The celery crop Is
good and pastures show Improvement.
Last ot Alma and Holdrrge and south o(
Hasting and Lincoln conditions are much
the same as In the northern division. Ont
thlrd ot an average crop is conrldered a
fair estimate of the corn that will mature.
Karly corn is being cut for fodder and
unites plenty ot rain comes during the
fall to make rough feed late corn will also
be cut to a considerable extent. Panturage
Is In fair condition. Kail plowing Is nearly
rlonc and the acreage ot wheat Is largtr
than last year. Late peaches are proving
a fair crop, but other fruit Is poor. Hay
is selling from $10 to !14 per ton.
Full l'lowlnn tndrr Wnr.
The southwestern part ot the state has
received good showers during the week and
Indications are that the com crop will not
prove a total failure, as feared a few weeks
ago. The amount ot good corn harvested,
however, will be small. Kail plowing is
undr wny and. the wheat acreage will be
large. The pastures are In fine shape and
there is plenty ot rough feed In sight to
winter the stock. The potato crop is a
failure, except wbero Irrigation was used.
Between Alliance and Ravenna, In the
northwest, corn is in good condition. East
ot Ilrokcn Dow the estimated yield is
fifteen bushels to the acre, and there is
The opening of the public school on the
ENC0URA6ING ,flr,t Tuesday In September, Instead of Mon
1 day, establishes a precedent. Among school
patrons and others the question has been
MM Mcnna raised; "How does it happen that Tues-
I day Is selected a opening day why not
Monday, In accordance with time-honored
j custom?'
I Superintendent I'earse Is ready with an
answer. He says the schools couldn t open
Monday because Monday Is Labor day.
That explanation stands, but neverthe
less another story Is afloat and It is rather
Interesting. A veil known teacher says:
"The schools open Tuesday Instead cf
Monday because Superintendent Pearej
wants to hold 'teachers' meeting' Monday, the '
purpose of which Is a general discussion of,
school work and the promulgation ot orders
and rules Heretofore these meetings bae
been held on Saturday preceding the open
ing of schools on Monday and as a rule the
attendance has been very light. The pay
ot the teacherj does not begin until Mod- ;
day and It seems that many of them do
not take enough interest In their work to
aevote one day gratuitously to preliminary
conference. So It came about that this
year the teachers' meeting will be held on
Monday simultaneous with the beginning
EXPERIMENTS WITH THE SOFT PRODUCT
ot the teachers'
bound to appear.
pay and then they are
DETECTIVES PASS IT UP
Local Mentha I'nahlr to Solif the
Myaterlona Story Tulil hj- Mm.
J. II. Olnaaumn.
The mystery of the dark man with the
piercing black eyes, who, for twenty yeara
has persecuted Mrs. J. H. Glarsman, 3120
Corbcy street, has baffled the skill of the
city detectives. It has been entered In the
police archives as one ot the unsolved prob
lems of criminology, and the sleuths have
been called off.
According to the story told by Mrs. Glass
man, and endorsed by ber husband, this un
known roan has been making repeated at
tempts to kidnap ber, though for what mo
tive does not appear. It Is also not clear
why be does not succeed, as she Is alone it
great part of the time. She ays the peise
cutlons began when she was 10 years eld,
and have continued at Irregular Intervals
until now, the last and most determined
attack of all being made Saturday night,
August 1".
Detectives Drummy and Mitchell, who
not much corn planted elsewhere In this part , haVe befn worklnr on ,he cage nad ln
of the stato. The hay crop Is large and the
range and stock are ln good condition be
tween Broken Bow and Alliance. South of
Alliance a good buy crop Is reported, w.th
pastures ln fine shape. Wheat Is threshing
out thirty bushels to the acre on an
average and oats from thirty-five to forty
five bushels.
Tho Missouri Tactile reports the corn
crop along its Nebraska line to have Im
proved much during the last two weeks. To
such an extent, In fact, that many points
will have corn to ship where It was thought
a tew weeks ago that there would not be
enough for home consumption. ,
The Burlington reports showers at several
points In the northwestern part ot the sta'e
Monday night, and .10 of an Inch at Seward.
The Union Pacific reports a local shower
at North Platte.
mind two men living ln Omaha belonging
to the scmt-crlmlnal class who answered
the description of the assailant, so, with
out the knowledge of the suspects, took
Mrs. Glassman and her 7-year-old son to
look at them. Neither was Identified. Mrs
Glassman thought one looked something like
her would-be abductor, but sho couldn't be
certain until she could see his eyes In the
dark
DEMAND A BETTER CROSSING
North Oninhn I'eople Wnnl the Klk
horu Forced Into Improvlnic
It Track.
FLY IN HIS j-OAMING LAGER
Insect Dropa Into Must of Keatlve
Drew unit the Trnnhle Kndi
In Police Court.
In prosecuting John Smollnski on a charge
of assault tho members ot the Redwelskl
family have told In police court how It hap
pened that a social at their home, 2321
Hickory street, Sunday night broke up In
a riot. It seems that after draining his
last glass of beer Smollnski, an Invited
guest, found among the dregs the remains
of a fly, to which he called the attention
ot the others present. This the host re
sented as a breach of table manners.
When the wreckage was being cleared
away after the rough-and-tumble fight
Mrs. Redwelskl's aged mother was round
unconscious on tho floor and It was Inferred
that Smollnski had knocked her down.
Smollnski denied it In court, however, and
as no one had seen him strike the blow
ho was dlscharccd. The aged woman was
too Infirm to appear ln court to testify.
VICTIM OF PICNIC THIEF
Florence Farmer Lo,f nn Anolrnt
Timepiece at the Douarlaa County
Democracy Hlowout.
William Bocttger. a farmer living near
Florence, has complained to the Omaha po
lice that his pockets were picked of a silver
watch while ho was at the Douglas County
Democracy picnic at Bennington last Sun
day. "I was standing in a crowd around
one of tho chuck-a-luck games," he said,
"when a man Jostled against me and nearly
pushed me ovtr. When I recovered my bal
ance I felt for my watch, for I was on the
lookout for pickpockets, and It was gone.
paid S5 for that watch seventeen years no
and I'd give that for It again to get It
back."
At Its meeting Mondar evening the
North Omaha Improvement club decided to
take Immediate and effective action ln
the matter of the crossing of the Elkhorn
tracks over Twenty-fourth street north of
Ames avenue. It was said at the meeting
that the officials of the Elkhorn road had
promised to arrange a meeting with some
ot the members of the club ana a commit
tee from the city council at the crossing
to decide upon what changes would be
satisfactory to the residents of that part
ot the city, but that when the time came
none of the railroad officials was present
and that they have failed to fix any definite
time when they will consider the matter.
It was thereupon decided to request the
city council to peremptorily order the com
pany to bring the crossing to grade or to
make such other change as will be neces
sary to remove what the members profess
to consider a dangerous and unsightly ob
structlon from the street.
Anthrnelte Ilecotura DlaeU Diamonds
Mire HnouKh nn.t Muat Ite Handled
with Orent Core Supply In
Omaha la Itnther Short.
Dealer In anthracite coal ln this city are
looking forward to a decided advance ln that
fuel within the next thirty days and It
was stated that $12 per ton would not be
surprising before the end of the winter.
Said one of the dealers.
Beginning with September 1 the price
ot anthracite coal ln Chicago will be J6 per
ton. The freight from Chicago to Omaha
Is 2.50 per ton, making the price laid down
here JS.S0. The present price asked by local
dealers is $9.50. It casts us CO cents per
ton for drayage, to that we have to stand
all shrinkage, screening and make what
profit we can out of the remaining 60
cents. There Is not a coal dealer in Omaha
that can do It; so we will be forced to ad-
ance prices even should there be no
bange ln the Chicago price, but we have
na assurance that the price ln Chicago will
not advance. The summer price In that
It y Is usually 60 cents per ton lower than
the price In winter, so If the usual cus
tom prevails we are now selling coal for
Just whnt It will cost us delivered at the
house of the consumer In a few weeks.
Morfcnn la In Control.
'The only explanation that can be offered
for this condition Is that a monopoly exists
ln tho handling; of coal. J. P. Morgan con
trols &, per cent of the anthracite coal
mines of the country and practically all
of the coal-hauling roads. Last spring at
his suggestion a scale was adopted and
wholesale dealers in Chicago and at the
head ot the lakes were Instructed to make
no prices on coal delivered to the retail
dealer. These Jobbers have been forced to
live up to their Instructions and It has
been absolutely Impossible by any com
bination to tecure a shading of the cost of
transportation. It was 'buy the coal at the
price offered and pay the freight yourself
at the rate demanded or go without coal.'
The majority ot the Omaha dealers
thought It 'was a bluff and would not bu)
their winter stock early ln the spring,
when they could have secured It at 50 cents
a ton less than the price to be effective In
September, so the opening ot the coal-con
aumlng season finds them without stocks
on hand and a possibility ot a further ad
vance before October.
Coiiounirra tie! Wlae.
"Omaha consumers," he continued, "are
becoming wise on the subject of coal and
during the last few years have done some
experimenting. In more than one case
they have discovered that by careful at
tention to their base burners they can burn
some sorts of soft coal with as much satis
faction as hard coal. I have at this time
letters from people who for several years
have fired their base burners and heated
their houses with Wyoming coal. This
seems to be the only way to beat the an
thracite coal monopoly. Other persons are
getting ready to experiment and If the
claims ot those who have already made the
trial are borne out the winter of 1901 will
see a very considerable change In the coal
trade of Omaha. The experiment Is worth
the trial anyway, for the grade ot soft
coal required costs less than halt as much
as the cost of hard coal will be after the
advance ln price, which is sure to take
placc."
Inquiry among the bituminous coal men
falls to show that the reported combina
tion among Ohio and West Virginia dealers
will have any effect ln Omaha. It It reaches
the Illinois coal fields It will have some
effect, as much coal from this territory is
used in Omaha,
HARVEY HOBART'S TRIAL SET
He Plcarta ot finllty to Charge of
Shooting Trlth Intent to
Wound.
Hartey Hobart, the street car conductor
who on the night ot August 19 shot and
seriously wounded Tony Boehrao, has been
arraigned ln police court, where he pleaded
not rullty. His case was set for hearing
SeDtcmber 9 and he was released under II
500 bonds, his father, John A. Hobart, goln
his surety. In the complaint lionart
charged with shooting with Intent to wound
At his present rate of Improvement
Boehme will be able to appear against Ho
bart on that day.
Win. Finn of Lima, O., obtained extellen
results from the use of Foley's Kidney
Cure. "It relieved my backache and severe
pain over the hips. It toned my system and
cave me new vim and energy. It 1 an
honest and reliable remedy, a sum cur
for all kidney disease."
DIRECTOR SMITH IN COURT
information la Filed Aunluat .Mem
ber of llonrd of llducn
tlnn. Attorney Charle E. Morgan, represent
ing the city council, yesterday afternoon
began proceedings ln behalf ot the Judi
cial y committee of the council against the
Hoard ot Education, taking Hobert Smith,
school director, as the first defendant.
Director Smith hewrd of Attorney Mor
gan's Intention and at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon he arrived at the police station
to surrender. Attorney Morgan was at the
police station with his Information, which
was officially filed shortly after the ap
pointed hour.
Smith was arraigned Immediately and en
tered a pUa ot not guilty. Ihe case wts
set for hearing September 6, before Judge
Gordon ln police court. Cart Herring, at
torney for the school board, was prcsnt
as the legal representative ot Smith. He
denies tnc Jurisdiction of the court In
this case and a motion to that effect will
be argued Tuesday, September 3.
It It stated that no further Information
will be filed until the disposition Is made
ct the Smith case
The charge against Smith it failure to
appear before the Judiciary committee ot
the city council to give testimony ln re
gard to "certain well-defined rumcrs"
touching alleged diversion ot munlciial
fines. An ordinance which the city prose
cutor says covers the case was recently en
acted by the council.
Mr. Morgan says that the filing of the
complaint against Mr. Smith was not de
layed on account of any question as to the
validity of the city ordinance under whUh
the prosecution is to be made, but merely
because the city attorney's force has been
too busy with other matters since the re
turn of Mr. Council to reach this ctee
sooner.
NEW BOORS AND MAGAZINES
Importint Work Transited from the But
sitn of Mizim Gorkv,
POLITICAL LIFE IN WASHINGTON
Wnlter Ilcnnt' Mor; of King Alfred
Life ami llotv to Lite It
lulln MaRrttder'a Slur) ot
Minthcrn Life.
SLIGHT FALL IN POTATOES
Still the Price uf Tulicr la HlKh
KnonKh io CSIve Tlnite of Luxurj
Other Veetnlilea.
The "boom" In potatoes which struck the
Omaha market Monday continues, but vtth
signs of a declino ln prices, as some of tbs
gardeners were offering these tuben at
lower prices yesterday morning to clean up
their stock. The market opened at $1.35,
more than three times the price prevailing ( aged to have a book ln his blouse
"Koma Gordyeeff," '.he first work of
Maxim Gorky to reach the American peo
ple, and which has been awaited with the
greatest Interest tor so long. It at hand at
last, and will be examined with the very
greatest Interest by that vast army of
readers always looking for something new
or novel. While it is impossible to tell In
advance what will be the popular verdict
It Is safe to say that Maxim Gorky will
speedily have a following on this side of
the Atlantic cf a select and discriminating
class of readers, even If he falls to reach
the great mass of readers. Gorky, as
everyone knows, whoie tremendously real
istic and Intensely dramatic stories nre the
literary sensation of the day, not only In
his native Russia, but all over continental
Europe, was only "discovered" by the English-speaking
world last spring and the
newspapers and magazines have been filled
ever since with ctcrles ot his romantic life
and cAreer. "Koma Gordyeeff" was chosen
for Gorky's American debut because It Is
generally regarded as his strongest work.
The title is the name of the hero, it Is a
powerful presentation, frankly realistic, of
the hero's character as developed from
childhood amid Incident and scenes typical
of the merchant class nlong the banks ot
the Volga. It Is full of living, vigorous
men and women; It Is a vivid picture of
active life, tremendous In Its realism
Gorky's translator Is Isabel Klorence Hap
good, an authority on the Russian langugae
and literature, whose translations and
writings have already become familiar to
the public. It will be remembered that
Gorky began to write little more than three
ears ago. Before that he was a tramp ln
the Intervals between Jobs, his Jobs con
sisting of anything that would buy htm
bread and beans, and tunning the gamut
from river boating to sausage peddling.
But Gorky, tramp as he was, always man-
if he
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Round Oak 1 urn.iccs burn anv fctnl i tucl,
give Rrcat heat, and hold fire 11 hours with
wvxxl 84 hours with conl. All of th? fuel -the
gases from the fire and the hlacU scl.. Is
consumed, an economy of fuel itnjojsiblc
without the characteristic principle of
Round OaV. I'urnaccs.
Round Oak
Furnaces
aro very easy of operation and require but
Uttlo attention. They nrotnndc of the best
materials, con
structed by
skllled workmen,
thoroughly In
spected before
shipment- and
gunrantced without
rckorvatlou to give
rntlro satisfaction.
Send for ourrte
furnace booL. ,
Ettatj cl
P. D. BECKWITH,
DoMSglac, Mich.
Mahrr of HrelultS'1 limmi.
IMt, ISr noil arumt
ifmf in thr utWd.
Itan4 Oak Fummn f In
Omaht by Milton Roger & Son
, -iff inoi.c met 9Fj
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fioanil OaU Turnac
TTlib cuter casing rrooTcd.
tit ed "A Sunns
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T1 1
ATIONERYCa
Southerner." and mav be i form must have left, when the ronc'udlnc
briefly described as a charming love story, Installment was reached, that fjw mo
...... . ... " forceful and ratlsfjlng pl-ces of fc 1 n,
the scene of which Is laid for tho most SU(,tnlnpd on a ngn ',cvt., n1 ex0rutcd with
part ln Virginia, although It later shifts
to Philadelphia and New York. The plot
revolves about two principal characters, u
s
one year bko, and then went down to J1.23,
at which the bulk ot the sales wbb made.
Later ln the day potatoes of the same
quality were offered at ?1.15. being sold
readily at that price.
There was a large stock of southern
peaches on the market yesterday morning,
the best of fruit coming In tour-basket
crates from Missouri and selling at $1.25 per
crate. California packed peaches from tho
south ln boxes holding one-third bushel
sold at 85 to W) cents. Arkansas peaches
ln climax baskets sold at 75 cents a basket.
A small consignment of Rocky Kord can
taloupes, small ln slie, but excellent ln
quality, were received and sold at 11.50 a
crate, containing from two to three dozen.
Celery, a Nebraska product. Is selling at
30 cents per bunch, string beans from Ar
kansas at 65 cents per four-basket crate,
native wax beans at 65 cents per basket.
The grape market Is one of those where
Quotations are misleading. Some dealers
sell nothing but select stock and have fixed
price of 18 to 20 centB a basket on their
product. Gardeners and fruit raisers out-
Ide are selling the same variety ot grapes.
but not ln as good condition, at 10 to 12V4
cents per basket.
TEACHERS EXPRESS THANKS
Acknowledgement Made to I'eople
Who Contrlbnted to Succeaa
of Institute.
The following resolutions were adopted
by the county teachers' Institute:
Whereas, It has been the privilege ot the
teachers of Douglas county ,to enjoy an
unusually helpful and practical Institute;
therefore, be It
Resolved, That the thanks ot this as
aemblv be extended to Sunerlntcndent I3od
well for his earnest efforts ln securing for
us such excellent Instructors; to the In
structors. Dr. Krohn. Mr. Waterhouse and
Miss Rozelle, for the Inspiration and help
they have brought to us, especially ln new
methods and along new lines of thought;
to State Superintendent fowler for hli In
teresting lecture; to Mr. LJnlnger for h s
Invitation to visit his rnre and b:nutlful
art collection: to the Board of Kducatl.n
for Its courtesy In giving to us the use of
the High school building.
The resolutions were drawn up by a com
mittee consisting of A. K. Davis, Josephine
McDunn and Mabel Root.
Mr. Daniel Dantz, Ottervllle, la., says
"Have had asthma and a very bad cough
for years, but could get no relief from the
doctors and medicines I tried, until I took
Koley Honey and Tar. It gave lmme
dlato relief and done me more good than all
tho other remedies combined."
Tim Ormsby Returns
Tells ot His Summer Vacation
and the Democratic Reform
Picnic.
With a bundle on the eud ot a stick, his
face bearing the nut-brown trade mark of
a summer vacation, Tim Ormsby sauntered
Into the police station yesterday, said
"hawde" to the desk sergeant and gave the
emergency officer the hlsh hand shake.
"Yes," he said. "I've got a come back to
me like a rubber band. Have any of th'
cockroaches 'round hero been lnqulrln' tor
mo?"
"Where'vo you been, Tim?" asked the
srrgeant.
Up 'round Denver an' Cheyenne, where
Its to rocky all th' housekeepers is gettln'
petrified. It ketches 'em first In the heart
an' 1 goes three days without a handout."
"Been to all the fashionable watering
places, 1 suppose?"
Tim called attention to a rent in his shirt,
beneath whlcft the skin showed a cherry
red sunburn, and asked the sergeont If there
was any culd cream or talcum powder.
"Speakln ot wuterln' places," he re
sumed, rubbing the burn with some melted
tallow, "speakln' of watcrln" places, the
"only place I couldn't get a drluU o' water
wa At a dlmocratlc roundup over here to
Dennlngton last Sunday. It's one o' these
eforro love ftasts where they turns th'
rascals out an' puts so much purity In poli
tics that an angel can't break Into an of
fice with a Jlmmle."
What was It like, Tim:"
"Like a klndergarden."
"A kindergarten:"
"Ye. Krery'ning t ob what d'e call
'em object lc3ous? Yes. that's it. I
learns more 'bout politics out there than
Tom Jufcuon ever kuowed. Everything is
11-lus-trai-ed (How'a that for a warm
onnT) You see. It's a reform picnic an'
they b"il!ves In Sunday closln', so th' first
thing ticy doe in th' mornln Is to cloe
up their shautles down town an come out
to the picnic. Then someoue says they's
a wfll over by th' boniln' alley, so they
get boards n' c1qc tha
"After a while a guy get up on a plat
form an' tells 'em that th' rlno o' th' coun
try Is beln' Juggled by th banks. Th' na
thanul banks, be says, Is controllln' the
volume o' th' currency, or some such rig
marole, an' about this time a chuck-a-luck
geezer over by the mary-go-round sing
out, 'Chuck-a-luck. th' ol' army game, boy
You wins an' I loses!'
" 'Th' nashanul government ought to con
trol th' currency, th' guy on th' platform
goei un, 'nothln' but th' general .govern
ment!' an' the bloke with th' butter bowl
an' dice hollers, 'Put up th' long green,
boy! You can't win with yer money In yer
pockets! Two aces an' a deuce, an' th' ol'
man wins again!'
"I don't get wise to what this mean, no
I goes up to an old party with whiskers
leakln out of his face, nn' asks blra. 'That
means,' he says, 'that th' dlmocrats don't
want no banker a roonkeyln' with th' specie
unless he's th" bauker of a faro game. Now,
this nice gent here with th' chuck-a-luck
has done a lot today about settlln' the cur
rency question. I has fifty slmoleons when
1 comes here, an' I don't know whether to
put It Into a Jersey cow or pay up on my
lit Insurance- policy, but after a few
minutes with him be decides it for me. I
don't do neither, see?'
"An" the party with th' whiskers turns
his pocket wrongstde out,
" "An' you're we to all them gent over
there with th' arrow wblrlln" on a pin?'
he goes on. They's thirty-two of them.
They alt help to settle the money ques
tion. An' them other with th' nlckel-ln-the-tlot
that promUe to pay cah an
don't, an' tbem where you roll th' marble
through th' shingle nail, an' them where
you shakes th' dice an' bets your money cn
th' red, white an" clue? They all settles
the money question. If It wasn't fer them
th' Douglas County Dlroocracy'd have a dent
In It treasury, an' we fellers'd have dough
tnougu to pay off th' hired man.'
"Just then another bloke get up on tht
platform an say th' thine down ln th'
CREIGHT0N COLLEGE FACULTY
Some Chnnuea In the I'eraonnei lor
the Coming Year Are
Announced.
The faculty of Crelghton college has re
turned to the city after tne vacation ot
the members, and Monday afternoon Father
Dowllng, president of tho college, gave a
reception and dinner at Courtland Beach
ln honor of the members. The party went
from tne college at 2 o'clock In carriages.
Arriving at the beach the afternoon was
sDent with boating and battling. At
o'clock dinner was Berved in the pavilion
and the party returned to the city by moou
lleht.
There are some cnanges in tne racuiiy
this year. Father Stritch. from tne si.
Louis university, will hold the position of
professor of sophomores, filled last year by
Prof. Mullens; Prof. Dally, from tne si.
Louis university, wjll be professor of the
second academic, vice Prof. Dlneen; Prof.
Riley from Chicago will be professor of
the third academic, a position created mis
year. Father Dlackman will be professor
of freshmen, the position occupied by
Father Spauldlng last year. Father Spauld-
lnr coes to the St. Louis university.
Prof. Henry has been cnosen pnysicai
director and under his instruction the foot
ball teim will be organized for the roralng
eeason and hold Its first meeting and prac
tice the first of next week.
Seasonable Fashions
Flllipent Islands an' Porter Reeko ought to
be free an' Independent' citizens o' th.se
United States, an' I goes over to a tent
where a gent Is chootln' pictures on
canvas with a dark lantern. The pictures
Is all about the natlfs ot our new poses-1
sions. It shows 'cm naked, stlckln' ih'
heads o' their enemies up before their
bungaloes, an' th' tpleler outsldes says
ladles can't go in.
"Then I hunts up th' party w:h th'
whiskers again, an' he says th' natlfs sure
ought to have th' right of sufcrage, cos
they're so honest you can't buy their votes
with a hatful o' money.
"About this time I gets wise that all th'
dimocratlc principles Is 11-lus-trat-ed right
there on th' ground. One spellbinder rays
th' rich is gettln' richer an tb' poor pconr,
an' Ihe next minute 1 hears that a hoto has
nipped the diamond ot a South Omaha
swell. 'There you are,' SHys tht whiskered
party. 'See how wealth was evensd tp
Th hobo Is 1125 richer, an' the swell li
that much poorer. Watt till he gels his
watch an they'll be cn equal footln'.
"Tbn to show that he's a dlmocrat Ih'
spellbinder climbs down from th' platform
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O'Drlen goes out to buck the roule.te
game."
"The white apron?" asVed the desk
sergeant. "So they had liquor frr rals
there then?"
"For a reform picnic It was very mcls".
A Patsy Wtlsh would say, 'they wsa
slather of humidity In the elr.' "
"It would have been a paradise far Car
rie Nation, Tim?"
"Not on your brass buttons. Carrie's
wise, and a woman that can't swim Is a
fool to turn loose a Johnstown flood. No,
It Carrie was there the spelltlnders'd bor
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lies to th' masthead. '
And Tim, ln bis turn, borrowed a thrrad
and needle of the jailer and made his way
toward the kitchen.
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