THE OMAHA DAILY 35EE: JIU.VDAT, OTTOHETC 7, 100 NEW ISSUE OF STAMPS COMING TfMldtBt MrKlYay's Fice to Adorn One Popular Denomination. d:pamment PREPARES FOR THE CHANCE Vmcrn thnt Hnte C'nrrlpil the Mnll UurlliK tlir Fifty ciir Mnee Clio t!M r rninriit Knlcrril I the llilnliirsn. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. (Speclftl.) Tlie lthcneaK of President McKlnley'a serene countenance will, In all probability, appear upon one of the postage stamps of the United States within a few months. The Postofllco department contemplates the bringing out of nn entirely new series of postage stamps, probably next spring, nnd It Is not unlikely that tho face of President McKlnley will supersede that of Oeorgo Washington upon the 2-cent denomination. The regular current set of stamps has now been In uso eleven years, since 1800, and the department considers It entirely proper that the old set be re Ircd, Progress Is the watchword of this administration nnd of lh PostoMco department and the new scries will Introduce something new In the domain of stnrrvdom. Since the ottnbllabmcnt of the postal sys tem In tho United States It has been the rule of the department that tho faco of no living man shall appear upon postage stamps and no matter how popular the per sonage this rule has never b'en disre garded. Now, that Mr. McKlnley has passed from this llf ho at onco becomes eligible to a placo upon the postal Issue of the government. That his fRCo sholl ap pear upon one of the stnmps, and that a prominent one, haft already been proposed to tho third assistant postmaster genera'. who Is directly In charge of the Itsuance of postage stamps, nnd the suggestion Is now being officially considered. The great esteem In which the president was held bv the postmaster general and the third as ttstant, their poraonal Inclinations to do him all possible honor, taken In connection with the wove of universal approval from the people that will sweep over tho land to tho department when the matter slnll have come to the public car, leave no doubt of tho ultimate result of the proposition, DrnninlnriMnii Mnstli' l.'seil. The denominations of stamps most largely used In this country nro the 2-cent. 1-ccnt nnd 10-cent. Great numbers of tho C-ccnt are used, but a largo part of them nre for foreign postage. It would be a win nlng guess that the kindly countenance of President McKlnley will adorn the 1 or 2 cent postage stamp In the now series. Following tho decision to glvo Mr. Mc- Klnley's fa.ee n place on one of tho stamps the first act of the department would bo to select a photograph for uso of the en graver.' A number of tho best pictures of tho Into president, representing various po sitions, side view, full front, three-quartern front, etc., would be submitted, and from those probably half n dozen would be se lected for tho preliminary comparison. Tho best artist at tho Bureau of Engraving and Printing would bo Instructed to make re productions of the actual size of proposed stamp, from each of tho photos, which would be submitted to the department, with the border eolccted, surrounding each picture, the Idea being to show precisely how the stamp will look when completed. From theso proofs, or first drawings, It Is likely that three designs will be chosen, und tho engravers at the bureau will then go ahead and makes dies of each, submitting to tho department actually printed proofs of thfc three designs selected, one of which will finally be decided upon. These die proofs will be submitted for Inspection to the postmaster genoral, who will, In turn, doubtless exhibit them at a meeting of the cabinet, asking tho Judgment of the presi dent and cabinet o(llcer3 in the matter. When ono of the three has been fixed upon tho bureau will be requested to mako a plato of the design selected and furnish the department with a full sheet of the stamps, Whon this has been done nnd the final "0. K." of tho postmnster general Is affixed, then the presses will begin to grind out the stnmps In sheets of 100. If tho face of President McKlnley shall auporsedc that of Franklin, which has had placo upon tho 1-ccnt stamp for cxactl) fifty years, It is quite llkoly that Franklin would in turn supcrscdo Daniel Webstor, who has had a placo upon tho 10-ccnt stamp since 1S00. In case Mr. McKlnley should appear on thu 2-ccnt stnnip, Washington might take Franklin s place on tho l-cent and Franklin succeed Wobstor on tho 10 ccnt. Men Heretofore Ilonornl. While the preference seems alwnys to havo been accorded presidents of the United States, yet presidents have been sidetracked for army nnd navy heroes nnd statesmen. Of tho doad presidents tho faces of Wash ington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson. Tay lor, Lincoln, Grant and Garfield have had plnaes upon United States postaga stamps, while those not so honored were both of the Adnmeos, Monroe, Van Iluren, William Henry Harrison. Tyler, Polk, Fillmore, Pierce, lluchanan, Johnson, Hayes, Arthur and Uenjnmtn Harrison. Thuro have been numerous changes dur ing the fifty years since the first real series 'of postage stamps was Issued by this gov ernment, In tho profiles upon stamps, Presidents have been shifted here and there as the department deemed expedient; some havo disappeared altogether, and others temporarily, but there Is on philanthropist and ncholar who has hold his original plnce from tho beginning of the postal service down to this day Benjamin Franklin, Washington follows as a very closo second, ho having lost his plnce upon the 3-cont stamp (then tho somo as our 2-cent Btantp i of today) In 1BG9. for a period of one year, a very primitive locomotive and tender oc cupying the central portion of tho 3-cent atamp, However, even III that scries, Wash ington's profile appeared upon tho 0-ceni stamp. r.'niml of (lie Stump". Prior to 1R4S there wore In tho United States no postage stamps of any sort, Two years beforo that date Great Ilrltaln had been experimenting with some degreo of success, and In 1545 tho postmasters cf Alexandria, Vn niid St. l.ouls. Mo., Issued stamps on their own account. Up to this tlmo It had been tho custom to dispatch mall without prepayment of postage, tho fee, according to weight nnd distance, be ing paid by tho recipient, as a general thing. The postmasters mentioned had printed at their local printing ofllces crude labots, tho first bearing the words, "Alex andria Postofflce, Paid B Cents," the St. Louis stamp representing the figures 5, 10 and :0 cents Just above the picture of two bears atanding with their paws upon the ml of Missouri. In 1346 postmasters in Mlllbury, Masi,, Brattleboro, Vt Haiti wore, Md., New Haven, Conn, and Provi dence, It. I., followed suit. Copies of theso stamps now roll readily at from 125 to 12,000, accordlug to number of copies In ex istence. In 1S47 the United States Issued two stamps of tho value of 5 and 10 cents. The portrait upon the t-eent Is that of Frank lin, after a painting by I.ongocre. The ven erablo statesman and Inventor looks the picture of conteuttnent, his long curia banging down upon his shoulders, a white neckerchief anJ fur cellar about his throat. A reproduction of Stuart's famous paint ing of Washington, within nn ellipse, ap pears upon the 10-ceut denomination, the Nebraska Tho Buffalo Express of the Uh Inst gives the following account of the formal exercises of Nebraska day (Thursday) at the Pan-American exposition. Oftlcers In gold lncc. pretty women and enthusiastic men marked Nebraska's cele bratlon of Its day at the Pan-American exposition yesterday. The western state had many boomers. Its exhibits were decorated specially and It made an excel lent showing. The formal ceremonies of celebration wcro held In tho Temple of Music. Apart from them there was a lot of fun without formality. Tho Nebraskans were mightily proud of the work of one of their fellow men, Henry Rustln, to whom go the honors for tho electrical bfnutlos of tho exposition. The ceremonies ot noon were an hour late In beginning nnd Commissioner Gen erol Weber of tho exposition raised a laugh by saying that this was probably due to the fact that Nebraska time Is sixty min utes later than New York state time. "I guess the distinguished guests forgot to change their watches," ho said. When Mnjor T. S. Clarkson called the meeting to order President Mllburn of the Par.-Amcrlcan exposition and Governor Savage of Nebraska snt beside him on the Temple of Music platform, shivering In tho chilly atmosphere. The members of the governor's staff anil women wcro on tho stage. "Ladles nnd gentlemen," said Major Clarkscn, "thin Is Nebraska day at the Pan American exposition, and we nro gratified to ree so many here, who. In spite of the cold weather, nro no doubt glad nnd willing to hear something of n stntn so youn,t and n state no far west. Nebraska Is a state with a capacity to feed tho world. Wo havo beautiful women and vigorous men In Nebraska. It Is h beautiful state." Miss Mario Hoover played n piano solo, n prelude, by Hnrhmsnloff nnd "Fruel Ingsrauschcn," by Slndlnc President John O. Mllburn welcomed the Nebraskans In n cordial address. He as sured them It was n great pleasure to dlschnigc his duty of greeting tho visitor from tho western stato nnd he expressed tho hope that their visit would bo very pleasant and profitable. It was a great compliment to the exposition, sold Mr. Mllburn, for the governor, his staff and so many citizens of Ncbrnskn to como to Buffalo and by their presence testify to their Interest In tho exposition. The spenker oxprctsed the hope that tho time never will come when expositions shall cease to be held; he declared expositions to bo very helpful In bringing together tho people and afford tho opportunity which raises tho people higher nn a na tion through what they lenrn In witness First Press A leaflet recently Issued by the Nebraska Historical society enumerated a number of "Nebraska Firsts," consisting of political, personal and commercial events marking tho Inception of the hlstorv of the state. Many events of equal moment wero omitted from tho list, not the lrnst of which was the first genuine preis agent cf the bountiful land now within tho borders of tha com monwealth. Pcsnlbly there exists A doubt about his Identity. It Is presumed that Spanish explorers ventured Into what Is now Nebraska over two centuries ago, but falling to find the fabled cities and thi lookhd-for gold on the ndjaeent bushes, turned tearfully from the vista of beauty nature spread befo-e them nnd vanished Into the mitts of tradition, leaving no written record of their thrilled emotions. Centuries later other pathfinders Journeyed over tho western wilderness, but most of them, like Lewis and Clarke, merely followed the Mis sourl river, and described but fow of tho scenes beyond tho river valley. It wan not until 1840 and 1S41 that some of tho charms of Nebraska wero put on record, nnd the nuthor wns the vcnernblo Indian mlsslonnry, Rev. P. J. DcSmct. An old volume of his letters printed In Philadelphia In 1843 eon toltm severnl delightful pen pictures of tho Platte valley In Its virgin state, with the Indian nnd the buffalo for n background. These letters, written In 1841-42, indlcato that the noted missionary first crossed the state, going northwest, to what Is now Montana and Idaho, In 1839, but no details of that Journey nro given. In tho two succeeding years, 1S40-41, he traveled from St. Louis to tho land of tho Flathead In dians and returned each year, and his let ters relato exclusively to theso two Jour neys. His delight on seeing and traversing tho Platto valley on both occasions Is ex pressed with chnrncterlstlc simplicity, nnd his pictures of tho Inndsrapo havo not been surpassed by tho mom modern boomers of Nebraska's charms. U Is Interesting to note that "hailstones os large os hen's ggs" Is not n recent product of the ele ments, nor Is the festlvo cyclone an out cropping of civilization and sottlement, for both were encountered by the pioneer mis sionary. In one of his letters describing his Jour ney of 1840 Father DcSmot says of the Platte valley: "Wo arrived on the 18th of May upon the banks of tho Nebraska, or Big Horn, which Is called by tho French by the less suitable name of the Flat river. It Is one of tho most magnificent rivers of North America. From Its source, which Is hidden nmong tho remotest mountains of this vnst continent, to tho River Missouri, of which It Is n tributnry, It receives a number of torrents, descending from the Rocky mountains: refreshes nnd fertilises Immense valleys, nnd forms at Its mouth the two grent geographical divisions of the upper and lower Missouri. An wo proceeded words, "Ten Cents," nnd two large "Xs" 'rn either lower portion and "U. S. Post- office" on tho upper part, nil In black, com plete the stomp. After twe years' experience It wns found thnt two values wore utterly Inadequate O meet the demands cf the people; In tact the Issuance of postage stnmps seemed to havo given n wonderful stimulus to letter writing, and In ISM what may be termed tho first regular aeries of United States postage stnmps woe leaned. Thero were eight denominations, 1, 3, 5. 10, 12, 24, 30, t0 cents, and Washington's faco was upon five of them. Franklin appeared upon tho l-cent and 30-cent stnmps. and Jefferfn entered the arena upon tho 5-cent starapj. This aerlea continued In use until 1S61. Up to 1856 all stamps had been furnished the public In Imperforate condition,- requiring a knife or scissors to sover them, and copies of the 24, SO and 00-qent stamps, without perforations, unuted, are worth a fortune each. .Int'kson nuil Lincoln. From 1S61 to 1S63 the denominations of 2 nnd 15 cents were added. The full face of Andrew Jackson appears upon tho 2-cent and It Is claimed this Is the poorest stamp from an artistic point of view the United States ever Issued. The face Is very large, covorlng nlmost tho entire stamp and Is printed In black; a most unsightly label. The face of Lincoln Is Imprinted upon the 15-cont' stnmp, being a reproduction from a favorite photograph. This was Lincoln's first appearance upen a postage stamp and since that time no series ot regular postage at the Pan - ing the great Improvements of the age. lo conclusion, Mr Mllburn remarked that a great deal of labor had been expended In building the Pan-American nnd that he hoped the Nebraskans would return to their homes feeling that the work had not only been well don-, but was worth doing. Tho response to President Mllburn's greeting was made by Governor E. P. Sav age of Lincoln, Neb. His address was most cordial and was brief. "I can assure yoti all that It Is a great pleasure to havo the privilege of visiting Buffalo and this magnificent exposition," said the governor. "While Buffalo has had the benefit of the experience ot previous expositions, It l my opinion that the cities which have planned to hold ex positions In the future will havo to look well to their laurels, for Buffalo has lnv' proved on all ever given In the United States. This Is an exposition which merits national approval." Governor Savage th'.'n spoke particularly of his state nnd Its resources. He ex hibited two large cars of torn which he plucked from a car window while speeding through a big cornfield nnd declared It was pretty fair corn for the hot season, Ho spoke of Nebraska's greatness In agri culture; pointed out that the state has no bonded debt; that Its people are prosper ous, hnppy and conunted nnd the people bask In the sunshine of prosperity. Chairman Clarkson silted thnt he had been foiled In his Intention to ask n Ne hraskan who has had much to do with the surcess of the exposition to mnke a speech, but Henry B. Itustln had disappeared from the stage nnd Major Clnrkson contented himself with praising him highly for the wonderful effects of the Illumination. Tho Hon. C. J Bills of Falrbury was lo have mode an nddrcss. but was prevented by a bad cold from speaking, His placo was filled acceptably by Dr. J. H. Bresson, who made n brief, witty Address, which was well received. The final Hildress wns made by General L. W. Colby of Beatrice, who Bpoke enthusiastically of the expo sition, Its grentneas and It beauty. The program was Interspersed with two violin solos excellently played by Miss Silence Dales of Lincoln, who played under the disadvantages of the rold and the con stantly moving people, Her renditions wcro enthusiastically applauded. She played Bruch's concerto In O minor and Wlenlnwskl's Polonaise, Opus 4. Mrs. Frederick Taylor charmingly sang thrco songs, "The Hnrt's Spring," "Slave Song" nnd "In Summer Time." , With Govornor Snvagc's party Is a man of Interesting personality who Is prominent In the affaire of Nebraska nnd the city ot Agent of State up this river, scenes more or less pictur esque opened upon our view. In the middle of tho Nebraska thousands of Islands, under various nspects, presented nearly every form of lovely scenory. I havo neon some of those isles, which, at a distance, might bo taken for flotillas, mingling their full sails with verdant garlands, or festoons of flowers, and as the current flowed rapidly around them they seemed, as It were, flying on the waters, thus completing tho charm ing Illusion, by this apparent motion. The tree which the soil of these Islands pro duces In tho grcntest abundance Is a Bpeclcs of white poplar, called cotton tree; the savages cut It In winter and make of the bark, which appears to have a good taste, food for their horses." Tho following jear he reached the Platte valley, bound northwest, In Juno nnd telll his experiences as follows: "It Is now aft ernoon and we are sitting on the banks of a river, which, It Is said, has not Its equal In tho world. The Indians call It Nebraska or Big Horn; the Canadians give It tho name of La Platte, and Irving designates It as tho most wonderful and useless of rivers. Tho sequel will show that It deserves these vnrlous affixes. It wan to enjoy tho beauty and freshness of Its scenery that wo trav eled more than twenty miles this morning, without breaking our fast, through n wil derness without a slnRlo rivulet to water our Jaded horncs, who must therefore rest where they are till tomorrow. I am far from regretting the delay, as It will give me nn opportunity of commencing a letter which, I know, will interest you. Even on the mounds that run parallel to Its banks, the waters that fall from tho clouds, upon a sandy and porus boII, run down Into i he valleys. But tho prairies that recolve tho overflowing waters ot tho river nro ex tremely fertile, nnd appear beautiful In spring, being onameled with a great va riety of flowers. Tho sight of tho river Itself Is still morn .pleasing: though In spite of all Its beauties, It has, like the most ro markable of Its mounds, received a vulgar name. Thltt proceeds from the custom which some travelers have of applying to objects the names of things with which tboy are well acquainted. They havo called It Platto or Flat river, on account of Its width and shallowness; tho former often extend ing 6,000 feet, whilst Its deptb Is but from threo to five feet, nnd sometimes less. This want of proportion deBtroys Its utility. Ca noes cannot be used to ascend It, and It barges sometimes come down from Fort la Baraee (Laramie) to tho mouth It Is be cause they are ro conotructcd that they may be converted Into sledges and pushed on by tho hands of men, Tho author of 'Astoria has properly defined It 'the most magnifi cent and most useless of rivers.' Abstrac tion made of Its defects, nothing can be more pleasing lhan the perspective which stamps In tho United States has appeared" that he has not stood shoulder to shoulder with Franklin and Washington. In 1808 It was found that certain persons wero removing the canceling Ink by means nf chcmlcnU nnd using the stamps a second time. To obvlato this fraudulent practice It was ordered that all postage stamps bo ( embossed, and for threo years every sheot of stumps was placed under a specially de vised machine which made a littlo square of pln-prlcks a third of on Inch each way upon tho faco of each etamp. When tho stamp was canceled the Ink penetrated theso pln-prlcks to ths back of the paper and prevented the successful cleaning of ; the stamps. 1 First Hrrlra In Colors. ' In 1869 the department Issued Its flrJt I terles of stamps tn two colors, or rather, a I partial aeries. The head ot Franklin ap- pears upon the l-cent; a postman, riding n home going at breakneck speed, la de pleted upon the 2-cent, an old-fashioned, ' wocd-burnlng, funnel-stacked locomotive Is .the central picture of the S-cent; Washing ton's faco Is upon the 6-ccnt; a great eagle, j with outstretched wings, resting upon a hleld, represents ths 10,-cent; an o:ean steamer, badly tossed about, Is the vignette of the 12-cent, The two-color stamps begin I with th 15-cent value, which represents the lauding of Columbus, after n painting In the ' Capitol building In Washington. The pic , tute Is In blue, with border and ornamental . work In light brown. The !4-cent Is a reproduction cf Trumbull's famous palntlna, I j "Declaration of Independence," in Wash- j Am A Buffalo Account of the Antelopers. Omaha. That man Is Colonel Frank E. Moores, mayor of Omaha. Colonel Moores has been connected with the politics of his state for a number of years, holding high official positions nnd fer the last several years he has served as Omaha's chief ex ecutive. It was during his term of office that the Omaha exposition was held and so Colonel Mcorts is able to speak somewhat nttthorltatlvly jn the subject of expositions and their conduct. He says that the expo sition here Is much larger and much more beautiful than the one held In his home city, but Nebraska reserves a certain amount of self-pride In Buffalo's fair from ths fact that Henry Rustln, who created the lighting here, was an Omaha citizen. Colonel Moores is a veteran of the civil nor and during an Interval of seeing the exposition he i elated nn Instance of his first meet ing with the late President McKlnley, which, aside from being Interesting, Illus trates President McKlnlcy's wonderful mcmcry of faces and occurrences, At the battle of Winchester Colonol Moores, then h captain In the Eighth Ohio Volunteers, was ordered to take his company and charge the Star fort on Winchester Heights whero It was believed General Jubal A. Early was In hiding. Captain Moores nnd his men did as they were told, but the wily Karly got away before the fort surrendered to the union forces. After the battle Captain Moort-s was ordered to report with his company to Goncral Croon, who then was commanding a corps In the field. Captain' Moores mounted hla horse nnd stnrted on n gallop for the tent ot General Creole. Almost simultaneous with his arrival an other young officer leaped from his horse and saluted General Crook. Captain Moores told General Crook that he had come to report to him nnd had turned to go when the general called to him. "Walt n mo ment, captain," he said, "let me present Captain McKlnley of General Hayes' bri gade." The two young officers hurriedly saluted, shook hands nnd, mounting, were noon galloping nway In opposite direct Iocs, Thirty-seven years after thnt oc currence, on the same day and almost the same hour, Colonel Frank Moores as mayor of Omaha was called upon to preside a; memorial services following the assassina tion of Captain McKlnley, then president of the United States. ,The two men, In troduced on the flold of battle, did not meet for years after the event referred to above, hut when they did meet Captain McKlnley, then president. remembered both the colonel's name nnd fnco nnd the clrcum stances of the first meeting. "Hello, colonel," ho said, "how Is tho Eighth Ohio, anyway." Beauties of the Platte Valley Sixty Years Ago. It presents to the eye; though besides the pralrlo flowers and the ranunculus. Its banks bear only the eglnntlno and the wild vine, for on account of the fires made In the autumn tho lofty vegetation Is entirely confined to the Islands that stud Its surface. These Islands are to numerous that they havo the appearance of a labyrinth of groves floating on tho wntens. Their ex traordinary position gives an air of youth and beauty to the whole scene. If to this bo added the undulations of the river, the waving of tho verdure, jtho alternations o light nnd shade, tho succession of these Islands varying In form and benuty. nnd tho purity of tho atmosphere, somo Idea may be formed of tho pleasing sensations which the traveler experiences on beholding n scene thnt seems to have started Into ex Istcnco fresh from the hands of the Cre ator. "Fine weather Is common In this tem perate climate. However, It hnppens some times, though but seldom, that tho clouds floating with great rapidity open curronts of air so violent as suddenly to chill the atmosphero nnd produce the most destruc tive hall storms I have seen some hall stones of the size of an egg It Is dan gerous to be abroad during these storms. A Cheyenne Indian was lately struck bv a hailstone and remained senseless for an hour. Once os the storm was raging near us we witnessed n subllmo sight. A spiral abyss seemed to be suddenly formed In the air. Tho clouds followed each other Into It with such velocity that they attracted all objects around them, whilst such clouds as were too largo and too far distant to feel Its Influence turned in nn opposite dlrec tion. Tho nolBc wo beard In the nlr was like that of a tempest. On beholdng tho conflict we fancied that nil the winds had been let looso from the four points of tho compnsB. It Is very probablo that If wo had approached much nearer tho wholo caravan would havo made nn ascension Into the clouds, but the Power that confines the Ben to Its boundaries and said. 'Hither shalt thou come,' watched over our preser vation. The spiral column moved ma jestically toward tho north and lighted on the surface of the Platte. Then nnothor scene was exhibited to our view. The waters, agitated by its powerful notion, began to turn round with frightful nolso nnd were suddenly drawn up to the clouds In n splrnl form. The column appeared to measure a mile In height nnd such was tho violence of tho wind.? which camo down In a a porpendlculnr direction that In the twinkling of nn eye the trees were torn nnd uprooted nnd their houghs scattered In every direction. But what Is violent nues noi last. Artcr a few minutes the frightful visitation ceased. The column, not being able to sustain the weight nt Its base, was dissolved almost ns quickly as It hnd been formed, Soon nfter the sun re. npnenrcd; all was calm and we pursued our journey." Ingtem. The picture Is In purple, border nnu ornamental work In green. Tho 30 cent represents nn eaglo upon a shield, In carmine, upon a background of flags In bluo. Tho portrait of Lincoln, In hlnck, ap pears wunin n background and border of carmine. In the 90-cent. For various rea rons this Berlcs of stamps wos not a sue cess and was superseded n year later. In 1S70, by nn entirely new Bet. In some man ner a sheet of each of the 15-cent, 21-cent ana JU-cent stamps of the 1869 Issue got out with the central picture printed upildo down. Theso stamps are very scarce and n fine copy, unused, will bring clcse to $1,000. Sstutcmnrii uuil Warrljra, With the Issue of 1870 a number of new faces nppear upon stamps, Clay. Webtter. Scott, Hamilton nnd Perry, warriors and statesmen, but not a president. The series comprise: 1 cent, faco of Franklin. 2 cents, Jackson; 3 cents, Washington; 6 conts, Lincoln, 10 cents. Jefferson; 12 cents. Clay; 15 cents, Webster; 24 cents, Scott; 30 cents, Hamilton, 90 cents, Perry. In 1S71, to meet tho demand occasioned by reduction in foreign postage, the 7-cent alue was added and Stanton's face ap peared, the stamp being printed In bright vermilion. In 1R74 ths foreign rate of pcetage was again reduced, this time lo 5 cents, and a former president. Zachary Tay lor, was selected to do the honors on this stamp. The new postal treaty rendered un necessary the 7, 12 and 24 cents stamps and the fares of Stanton, Clay and Scott dis appeared, the first and ast mentioned not to return again. Upon the death ot President Garfield a There's Sold only new design, quite exceptional, was made for the fi-cent stamp nnd Garfield's portrait superseded that of Taylor, who disappeared permanently. In 18S3 the rate for letter postage wos re duced from .1 to 2 cents and Washington and Jackson changed places, the 3-eent ultimo disappearing entirely for the time, nnd Jnckson's face Illumined n new denomina tion, the 4 centH. In 1S77 the 3-cent value was again put Into use and the face of Washington nppenred upon It as well as upon the 2-cnnt value. In lfiSS tho 30 cents was chnnged from blnck to orange, the 00 cents from carmine to purple nnd the 4 cents green to carmine. DriilK" nf Present Sc-rle. In 1800 a series with new designs, denom inations and faces appeared. In thin set Frnnklin and Wnshlngton retain their places upon tho 1 and 2-cent; Jackson takes Washington's place upon tho 3-cent; Lin coln supersedes Jackson on the 4-cent; General Grant, who had died a ehort while previously, took Garfield's place upon tho fi-ccnt, the latter's portrait being trnns fcrred to the 0-cent. An entirely now value, tho 8-cent, wns ndded nnd the grim old warrior, William T. Shermnn. nppenred In tho pcstnl gallery. Webster takes Jef ferson's place on the 10-cent, Clay comes to the fore again on tho lfi-ccnt, Jefferson Is transferred to the f.O-cent, a new denom ination, nnd Perry nppenrs on the Jl value, superseding the old 90-cent. At this point ! two now values have been Inaugurated, tho $2, with the new faco of President Madison, I and tho $!, bearing n good likeness of John , Marshall. 1 'omiiieiiiiirntlvi Issues. ' In 1S03 a eornmcmorutlve Insue, known ns ' the Columblnn scries, from 1 cent to Ju, was printed, snld to bo the finest series of t postugo etnmps ever Issued 1y nny country. , Thero were sixteen designs, all relating to . and descrlptlvo nf the discovery of America by Columbus. In 18!t8 a series especially commemorative of the Trnnsmlssl3lppl Exposition at Omaha was printed. There were nine vol- ues. from 1 cent to J2. No portraits ap peared upon the stnmps, the designs depict ing llfo In tho great northwest. In 1901, beginning with May 1, the beauti ful Pan-American etnmps were placed on sale. These etnmps uro In two colors nnd pronounced by French critics to bo works of art. As wos the enso with tho two-color series In ISfi'J n few sheets of tho 1 nnd 2- cent denominations escaped from the bureau with tho steamboat and train Inverted and these stnmps unused now command from $25 to $50 each. Whether n commemorative scries for the Louisiana Purchase exposition In St. Louis will be Issued ennnot bo snld, However, the department has Indicated Its willingness to consider such a proposition. A number of unique changes In the gen eral now series reforred to nt tho outset nro contcmplnted. In this net the likeness ot President McKlnley will surely appear and George Washington may for the first tlmo slnco his profile had n place upon n postage stnmp be seen full facing Instead of sldo view. "soMivnii.vc i.v his siioi;. It I'riMcil tn He the I'rofcttsor'ii Horned Tom! of n Hnic Vnrlct)'. "Well, sir, here I nm back In Denver, with the finest collection of liznrds that you over saw, perhaps tho finest, in some respects, that is to bo found In this conn try," said Prof. II. B. Woolsoy-Dorrott. Slane professor of zoology In the University of Toronto, to tho Denver Republican. He has been collecting lizards in the deserts of New Mexico and Arlzonn for the last two months. Ills wife has been with hlr most of the time. "Vcs," continued tho professor, "I nn very much pleased with tho results of mj trip, for that Is tho grandest country In tho world for lizards. Lizards nrc mj specialty, you know, and thero cannot bo any other study half so enthralling. I have often wondered, since I havo been there, why you do not ndmlt theso splendid territories to statehood. Places contain ing such lizards should ho admitted at once. I have had n great tlmo collecting them, and lme had tomo rather curious experiences." "Like that time when you dropped tho horned toad In your shoe and then tried to put tho shoe ont" suggested bis wife. "I had hardly Intended to tell that, my dear," ho said gravely. "Oh, I know nil that," laughed Mrs. Woolsey-Dorrett, "but thnt was tho verv funniest thing that happened on (ho whole trip, I will tell It myself. When wo wja In tho middle of the desert, or. I don't know where, we camped In a tent. I stayed In the tent a g;ol deal, while tho professor and hit guide were nut looking for specimens. And that first night the professor came in veiv tired, and put all his specimens that he had rollected In the glass Jars that he took along for them, In n great hurry But when ho had undressed he found that he had left out a horned toad "'Oh, dear, where shall 1 put this'' he grumbled. Then be eald that he would Oyst a feast ahead of every oyster who hasn't tasted erettes in In-er-seal Packages. Price NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY put It in his shoe; nnd tor me to remind him of It In the morning. I was half asleen nt tho time nnd never thought of It ngaln. The professor Is very nbsent-mlnded. This homed tond wns of a queer kind." "Saurosts finggclforma whcclerla." mur mured the tirofessor. "Well," continued his pretty wife, "It was of a kind that hns very sharp horns on Its back. And In the morning I wns nwnkened by the most terrible shouting, nnd opened my eyes to behold tho professor dancing nround the room, with one shoe hnlt on, holding to that foot and for all ho was worth, and yelling. Of course. I knew In n minute what was the matter, and called to him that he had put his foot In on the horned toad. Then I finally stoppci. him und got blm to tnkn his foot out of the shoe. But the poor horned toad was dead." "And It took me two weeks to get an other," said the professor. When suffering from racking cough, take n doso of Foley's Honey nnd Tnr. Tho soreness will be relieved and a warm, grate ful feeling and healing of the parts afiscted will bo experienced. TIIK NKW mOTOX DAM. Mnsslre Structure Protecting w VnrU's Wntcr Snppljr. Tho new Croton dam Is to bo the largest dam ever built by man, reports the Now York Tribune. Its main wall Is 200 feet thick nt the bottom and 1,000 feet long, nnd tho spillway connected with It Is 1,000 foot In length, making n totnl length of masonry of 2,000 feet. The main wall goes 150 feet underground. It narrows ns It rises nnd It will rench n height nf 1R0 feet nbovo ground. From the top to tho founda tions, therefore, tho wall hn a depth of 3C0 feet. If It wero built on the level In tho city It would cover more ground than nn entire city block between Fifth nnd Sixth nvenues nnd would rise nenrly as high ns the tnllest skyscraper. The spillway, now partly completed, Is built on solid rock and on tho outnlde of thn wall n deep trench has been hlnsted out of tho rock a a runaway for tho water that will overflow. Tho main wall will rlso only n few feet nbovo th.i splllwny. The top of tho dam will be 216 feot nbovo tide water and 104 feet above the reservoir In Centrnl park. When the new dnm Is completed It will Incrcnso the area of the Croton lake enor mously. Tho lako will then ho between nineteen and twenty miles long nnd will have a storage capacity of 30,000,000,000 gallons. Tho contract for the new Croton dam was let by the Aqueduct commissioners to Jnmes S. Colemnn In 18S2, and work on the dam has been In progress more thnn eight years. An army of 700 men hns been em ployed most of tho tlmo every summer In cutting, transporting and laying the granite In tho great wall, Last year a strike nt tho dam slopped the work for somo weeks nnd caused tho mllltla to be called out lo keep The Art of Framing Pictures havo reached the highest point of perfection with uh. Constant nttention to the little details in frnmes nnd motildlnfCH, the enreful selection of noveltleH, together with nn unswerving j nuihltion to nlwny frame the picture, whatever It niny lie, in the moat nrtltitlc J milliner jtonHlltle, Is tho secret of our MiereHK. Twenty-seven years beforo the public ns lenders In all that per tnlns to AKT, gives you the nssuranco thnt we will satisfactorily frame your picture and thy price? ALWAYS 1 HIGIIT. A. HOSPE, Music and Art. 1513-1515 Douglas. A Working Man's Shoe made so as to stand the hard wear Inci I dent to hard work a genulno welt solo I that hns no nails tn hurt the foet with broad too and wide foot-form last that makes tho new shoe a comfort box calf uppers of a selected quality tho grcntest I vnluo over offered for $2.50 the onlv 12.50 shoe made that will give so much wear nnd comfort we guarantee every pair of these shoes and recommend them to the men tint must be on their fet most of tho time Our way Is money hick If you want It. Drexel Shoe Co., Omnlin's L'n-to-iUte Shoe House. 141 FAIIMAM STHEKT, Nctt Full Cntnlncna ifoir Ready. lover 5 cents. the pence. It Is expected that the work will require about threo years more. All the grnnlte used In the wnll Is cu' nt a quarry back of I'eeknklll nnd about three miles from the dnm. Every stone it cut to fit a designated plnce In the wall and Is numbered nnd marked before V leaves the quarry. As wns the ense In ths building of Solomon's Temple, no sound nl a hammer Is heard In the building of the great dam. The blocks of granite are car ried to tholr places by mean'; of wire cables strung over tho valley, and tho work ol setting the stones In plnce Is almost noiseless. Tho dam was estimated nt the outset to cost J4,lfi0,fi73, but there hnvo been somo changes In tho plans since the work was begun, nnd It Is expected thnt the dam will cost more thnn .',,n00,000, Three consult ing engineers recontly mnde nn examination to ascertain If tho foundation nt tho south end of the grent wnll were snfo, and were asked to advise the Aqueduct commission If solid masonry should h" subBtltuted for earthen embankment along a portion of the southern side of the reservoir nenr the great wall. Tho engineers have not yet submitted a report. H.XPHIIIMF.XTS WITH lF,CTICIIKS. Go1 eminent Trylius to Comlint the fn 11 .lose Fcnlr. Tho division of entomology of tho De partment of Agriculture has made some ex periments with certain' Insecticide unb alances, especially designed to tost their efficiency ngalnst tho Snn Jose scale, both as to their effect on trees nnd efficiency as destroyers of the scale. They Included work with crude petroleum, refined kerosene, llmo, sulphur nnd snlt wnsh, hot water, Bordeaux wash and kerosene emulsion, nnd n kerosene and limn emulsion. I'rof. Gal loway furnished the last two mixtures, for It wns his request that thesu substancei bo used. An experiment wns also mndo ot the suggestion of Dr. I. O. Howard with n heavy llmo wash or whitewash. For the wnshes containing lime tho period Immedi ately following the applications was un usually favorable, little rain falling for up wurds of two or three weeks. In the uso of crude petroleum nnd kerosene nothing especially new U to be noted except tho fact thnt tho treated troes wero not In nny wny Injured and the effect on the scale was all that could be desired. Tho llmo and salt wath, rather 11 icxpccted for the cost, proved to bo 11 very efficient Insecticide, doubtless owing to tho fact, however, thpt tho wenthrr conditions were exceptionally fn vornble. Tho llmo emulsion Indlcnted good results. Tho Bordeaux nnd oil mixture wni loss fnvornblo and tho whitewash spray, while most promising In nppcarnnco nt the outset was valueless an to results In the outcome After r.xposuro or whun you feel n cold coming on, tnkn n doso of Foley'B Honey and Tar. It never falls to stop n cold If tnken In time. 1BJ