.1E OMAITA DAILY BEE: SATtTKDAY. AUGUST 22. 1903.
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WESTERN GROWTH HALTKC
Popolatioa Tif ura Show Eist Catcllm Up
on Regies Htarer -Sinking Sun-
CENSUS BUREAU MAKES COMPARISONS
Inmlirttlti Less Inclined to
Kaler Faralic Coontry, Taonch
ootn rilla t'p Rapidly (
Recent Year.
WASHINGTON, Aug. rl.-Ths (Mini
bureau has published a a bulletin a dis
cussion of the Increase of population In
ma united state, aa ahown bjr the censui ,
of 1900.
Th principal result of the study of
these figure are summarized a followa:
The lm-reass In the population of the con
tinental United Staff that la, the United
State exclusive of Alaska and the recent
Inaular accession u 13.046.8Gl. or 20.7 per
cent. Only one country. Argentina, has
ahown by the moat recent figures, a more
rapid rata of growth. The preaent rate cf
growth In continental United States la esti
mated aa double the average rate of Eu
rope. It la nearly equal to that of Canada.
nd exceeds by one-sixth that of Mexico
aaid by one-tenth that of Australia.
'ilia ratea of Increase on the two aides
f the North Atlantic differ much lea
than they did a generation ago. Among the
five main divisions of continental United
States the highest rat of Increaa 1 found
Jn the western division, and the lowest In
the north central. Among the eleven minor
divisions the highest rate of growth is
Sound In the Rocky mountain group of
tates. closely followed by the western
aouth central; the lowest In the northern
out. Atlantic, closely followed by the
west north central.
In the decade, isso to 1909, for the first
tlma In our national history, the southern
state Increased faster than the northern.
East of the Mississippi, however, the north
ern state as a group, have grown In the
last ten years somewhat more rapidly than
the southern, but west of that river the
Kouthern state have Increased almost two
and ane-half times aa rapidly as the north
am, and It la this fact which makes the
arrowth of the aouth as a whole exceed
that of the north. In the north Atlantic
division the rata of Increase has risen
tesdlly since the civil war. a notable con
trast to the trend In the country aa a
'whole.
The region west of the Mississippi river
Is still Increasing faster than east of it;
but the difference between the rates of
growth In the two regions from 1890 to 1900.
waa little more than ona-flfth of what It
was from 1SS0 to 1X90. The region east of
the Mississippi Increased more rapidly from
lt90 to 1900 than from 1880 to 1890. while
that west of the Mississippi Increased In
the later decade not much more than half
as fast as In the earlier.
The conclusion Is drawn that the In
creased growth of the east and the de
creased growth of the west may both b?
connected with a probable dec! n- In the
current of westward migration. The rates
of Increase In the north and south during
th last twenty yeirs were (Tactically the
aame. But In the character of this growth
.the two regions differ widely, there being
a relatively uniform growth over the whole
aouth, equalized by a balance In the north
between a lower rate of rural growth anj
a higher rate of urban growth. Extensive
but aparaely settled area In t'jy western
parts or Kanaas, erraska and Fouth Ia
Jcota show a decline of pou'atton in the
last ten years, a fact which It Is said may
be connected with the Increase of popu
lation In many agricultural countlea of
' Iowa,; Illinois and adjoining states.
The moat noteworthy result of (he en
tire discussion. It Is stated. U the cumu
lative evidence of the rapid arproaeh t:
quality In the rates of Increase of vi-
rloua parte of th United State. This ap
pears -whether north be compared with
aouth. east with city, or city with country.
-Will Aid. Paper, Wot Railways.
Th decision of th Postoffice department
to allow baggigemasters to act as cus
todians of loose newspaper mail on cer
tain trains ha been misconstrued In som
places as an Intention to per.nl t the In
discriminate swearing into the postal serv
ice of all railway employes, and the de
partment has received a number of pro
test. A specimen of these protest came
today from a postmaster of one of the
large western eltlo and Is aa followa:
Borne days ago some of the newspaper.)
announced that the l"mto(!lco department
was contemplating the In-muiee of orders
the effect of which worli I to make
very train of cars a mall train, and ail
train employes, from conductor do", n,
were to be sworn In as postort-.co empl ye.
Even freight trains and Cieir crws '.ve'e
to be Included. The article stated thai the
principal effect of the proposed order
to protect the railway lit com of xtrikes.
Replying, Second PotmMr Sencral
Bhellenbarger stated the position of the
department as followa:
1 have not seen the newspaper article
to which the above refers, ind on only
ay that It was not Justlfted by anything;
the department ha hi cot-niUlion at
present. The postal lit and ixxulntioiis
already i'-ovlde that eory res-ilrly ticl.ed
tiled trln may be us1 i r t tail purr"".
If the company im willing to a-'ct-l ihe
'compensation provided by U. All ti-c
department has in oniftni-l ttin I t
facilitate If possibly, the n.mtt delivery
of newspaper p kig piArseJ for out
aide delivery.
Trees Ordered to Move.
Inatructions have been given for the
beginning of th movement of troop to
and from th Philippines, which will con
tinue during th autumn and winter. Th
Fourteenth cavalry and th Second bat
talion of th Seventh Infantry will Mil
on Logan on September 6.
Colombia Tax Steaaaere,
Th Department of State has received a
dispatch from the consul at Colon stating
that for the purpose of meeting an expense
incident to the malntalnance of necessary
quarantine and sanitary measures the gov
ernment of Panama has Issued a' decree
temporarily establishing a tax of 100 pesos,
Colombia silver, on every steam or sail
ing veasel of more than 100,000 ton burden
arriving at th ports of Panama or Colon,
this money to be kept as a separate fund
to be expended for sanitary purpose.
CoallaaT Treaties Beady.
Minister Quesada of Cuba today an
nounced to the State department that the
KEEP Y0UJ1
OTOUACD WELL
Ilorsford'i Add Phosphate cure
habitual stoma h weakness, im
prove appetite, digveUoa and nu
trition. It is a splendid touic for
all weak condition. Iusist on
having
Horsford9
Acid
Phosphate
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1GB COflPLt.flLIT WAS PAID JOBS B.
BAIMES this week when tbo re
publicans of Nebraska unanimously"
chose him as their candidate for
supreme Judge. It is sn honor
rarely bestowed on an Individual
to be allowed to go before a state
convention without opposition, but
this honor was given Judtre Barnes.
In the next number of The Illus
trated Bee a One picture of Judge
Barnes will be found on the front
page, and a short account of his
busy and successful life in Nebraska
will accompany it.
K SIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF IOWA spent
a week at C juncil Bluffs in at
tendance on the grand lodge of the
stute which was In session there
several days. Four huDdred
knight of the Uniform Rank were
in camp at the time, and engaged
in a competitive drill. The Bee stuff
photographer made the camp a
visit ami found material for some
spleudid pictures, a double page of
which will be found in the paper
on Sunday.
WORK AND WAGES IN RUSSIA" is the
topic of Frank G. Carpenter's
letter, Mr. Carpenter dealing with
an interesting and little known
phase of Russian industrial activ
ity in his well known style. He
imparts a great deal of informa
tion in a most entertaining manner.
The article is illustrated from pho
tographs made by Carpenter in
Russia.
N
EW SERIAL STORY BEGINS ON SIN-
DAY "The Weary King-," a
modern romance by Richard Voss.
You irtust have this from the first
number. Then there is the Woman's
Department, "The City Beautiful,"
another of the municipal im
provement series; "A Street Car
Conductor's Experience," a graphic
account of the life of a man who
handles the passengers on the trol
ley lines; & lumber of interesting
and timely pictures; the usual crisp
comment, chatty stories and gos
sipy anecdotes, with more than the
usual amount of selected matter and
a complete short story. If you are
not cow a subscriber, you should
leave your order with your news
dealer today.
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Cuban government waa ready to conclude
th formaline connected with the leasing
of the coaling stations In Cuba to the
United Slates. Ratifications were not ex
changed today, but the State department
will probably take action In a few day to
carry the lease Into effect.
Miles' Secretary Presaoted.
Major Samuel Reber, algnal corps general
staff officer, haa been detailed secretary of
the Army War college. He la the son-in-law
of lieutenant General Mile and waa
formerly hi military secretary.
NEW COAST SLEEPER SERVICE
Barllastota Will Pat On Tkroaak
Car from Ckleac ta
tke Pacta.
The Burlington. It I said, will soon put
Into use a new through sleeper service from
Chicago to the Pacific coaat that will afford
as good service over that road to the Pacl
fl from Chicago aa from St. Louis to Port
land. Sleepers are to be run by way of the
Twin Cities so as to connect with th Great
Northers and Northern Pacific and by way
of Omaha to make connection with B. V
M. train hare.
aetkl aa Saved, Anyway.
Senator Henry Heltfeld of Idaho tells
many a good atory of the days when he
was a "cow puncher", on the plain of
Kansas. One day he met a woman who. in
umming up her misfortunes, said: "Tea,
Mr. Heltfeld. It has been a black year with
til. First we' lost our baby, and then
Martha died on us; then the old man him
self died, and then the cow died, too, poor
huaxy! But her hide brought me 14." New
York Preas.
Railroads Are Hestralaed.
WILMINGTON. Del.. Aug. 21. United
State Circuit Judge Bradford today Issued
an order temporarily restraining the I hlia
delphla, Baltimore A Washington Railroad
company, th Delaware Rsllroad company
and the Delaware, War) land & Virginia
Railroad company from interfering with
the property of the Weatern Union Tele
graph company on the right-of-way of
t tit to railroad companirs. The older of
Judge Bradford wll'. remain In force until
the que tion haa been finally decided by
th United Statea aupreme court.
Ckaase at tfce Presidio.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. H.-A change In
command la announced at the Presidio.
Major Charles w. Hoot of th Artillery
corps, commanding there, haa been ordered
to the Atlantic coast. The ?w permanent
eommandsr will be Colonel Charles Morris,
now In command at Forr Moultrie, 8. C.
Merekant Mnrdered la Hla Star.
ARDMORE. I. T.. Aug. XI. R. T. Lynch,
aged M yesra. a merchant of Caddo, In
th Cttoetav Nation, waa murdered In hla
store there last riant by unknown pereons,
who escaped, tiflit shots took efTe.t.
Trier Is no known motive for the crime,
which baa os used much excitement.
Bay Steel fsr Seat Year.
BALTIMORE. Md . Aug. 21 -Th Balti
more A Ohio signed contracts today fur
fcw0 .,n "f etg liv-flve-Pund strel rails
for eetivery. Tne f srnene romps nv
will furni.h M.iVO ton. Cambria l!.fliM and
th Maryland aueel company lu.uuu tuna
YANKEE TROOPS M0HL1ZED
Hwi Comet that Hottil Fleet Eu Sailed
fcr Port' and, Halo.
ARMY PREPARES TO BATTLE IN MiMIC WAR
Navy Mast Strike at Coast Towa
Wklch Hastily Satan) Sol
dier Will Seek to
Defend.
PORTLAND, Me., Aug. a. Theoretically,
a hostile fleet sailed from the tropics today
to attack Portland, and secret service
agents notified the t'nlted States govern
ment of the fact. In this way began the
mimic war in which detachments of" the
United States army and the combined fleet
of tne North Atlantic squadron are to take
part during the next ten days.
The fleet which is supposed to be sailing
towards Portland Is really at anchor off
Rockland, where It will remain for the two
days which would be consumed if it waa
actually approaching from the tropic.
Then the vessels will appear In this harbor
nd commence operation. In th mean
time, prompted by the imaginary news this
forenoon of the advance of the enemy1
ship, th army of defense will aaemble
and prepare Itself for the protection of the
harbor and the city.
The local batteries being the first, natur
al to hear the news of threatening
danger, responded promptly and by noon
all the companies had gone Into camp and
taken up active duties. The First and
Second regiment, which constitute th en
tire state militia, started a soon as noti
fied for Portland and were In camp in good
season. Before Sunday night additional
forces from Massachusetts, Rhode Island
and New Tork wll be here ready to assist
in repulsing the enemy.
Major General Chaffee I to command
the land force. The enemy will be under
Rear Admiral Barker.
War Gam at Psnl.
Rear Admiral Barker ha received sealed
instructions relating to the attack. The
content are unknown to General Chaffee,
In command of the army. According to the
rules for the maneuvers, the Blues, two
squadrons of battleships located at Ouan
tanamo and Culebra, are covered by a
superior allied fleet, or Red and Black,
when the political situation In the United
States is suddenly strained to rupture. A
strong Red fleet. Including torpedo boats,
sails at f p. m. on August 23 from the port
Of "X," holding south with sealed orders.
The Red fleet at "X" will proceed at
once to Portland and seise and hold the
same as a base of operations.
Information of the sailing of the fleet
from "X" is received at Portland six hours
after Its departure. The time required for
the Red fleet to reach Portland is fifty-four
hours. It will be assumed that prior to
the saillnc of the Red fleet from "X" no
channela are mined or obstructed. There
after all enterprises aanrtloned by Inter
national law will be permitted. It is de
slrable that the operations of the fleet
Include all channela of approach to Port
land, embrace a reconnatsance in force
and attempt to destroy the mine fields.
There will be a day attack, night attack,
and. if feasible, the forcing of a passage.
Preparations will be made to resist the
attacks by the fort.
The period of hostilities lasts from mid
night on August 26 to noon on August 29.
The period from midnight August 23 to
midnight August 25 Is to be known aa the
period of preparation.
Rnenay la Reinforced...
ROCKLAND. Me., Aug. Jl.-Rear Ad
miral Barker's fleet of warships was
joined today by four of the torpedo boat
destroyers, Truxon, Vorden, Whipple and
Laurence. The gunboat Topeka, the collier
Marcellu and the United States tug-. Ad
miral.
A semi-official announcement today asys
the Ceet will leave here on Sunday to
begin the war maneuvers.
Rkode Island Defended.
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. a. Tomorrow I
aet for the time for the troop in th va
rious forts In this district to go Into camp
on a war footing and from that time on
for a week drills will be carried on
though a state of war existed.
This Is in conjunction with the Joint war
games off the coast of Maine, and although
it Is not expected that any of the enemy'
ahlps will make their appearance off New
port the troops will be ready to repel any
attack on the land If one Is made.
GOSSIP OF COMMISSION ROW
Old-Faskloned Sweet Potatoes fros
Virginia anal Melons Irons Hor
uoa State.
Lover of sweet potatoes, of the regu
lar old-fashioned sweet potatoes, from
where they have grom-n Just because they
want to ever since the days of Pocahontas
and Captain John Smith, may satlafy
their appetites next week. For unless It
runs off th track, a car load of Virginia
"sweet" will be on th market Monday
morning, and three-bushel barrels will sell
for 13.75. The unusually high price of
home-grown sweet potatoes make the
shipping of them from the Old Dominion
possible, something which has not been
true at this season for several years.
A car of fine cantaloupes from Fayette
vllle, Utah, which arrived Thursday, has
about been cleaned up at $2.50 per crate.
There are, however, plenty of other can
taloupe on the market, and also plenty of
watermelon. The latter are fin and
large, and about the best of them can be
had at 20 cents. A car of California Bart'
lett pears which arrived Thursday mom
lng was cleared up in twenty-four hours at
12.50 per box. Peachea are atlll very stiff,
and the prediction mads a week ago that
they would be below $1 at this time proved
erroneous. In fact, the Santa Clara qual
ily shows a tendency to advance above
the fl mark, and It la now declared that
thoee who Intend putting up peachea this
year may a well buy now, as they will
not probably be any lower.
Of home-grown produce there was a big
market alt along the line, and a perfect
flood of apples. Whether it is because
they are not of a quality to stand packing
or not is not known. But for som reason
applea have been rushed to market the
past week. They sold at all kinds of
prices, one load going at 25 cents a bushel
Corn waa I cent a dosen, an advance of 1
cent over Thuraday. Other prlcea were
Tomatoea, 25 cents a baaket; potatoes, SO
to 75 cents a bushel; green peppers, K
ce.ua a basket; beans, 30 to 25 cent a has
kel; cabbage, 25 to 40 cent a doaen; onions.
75 cents a bushel; grapes, 35 cent
baaket. So many cucumber were on the
market that they sold part of the Urn
at any price offered.
STRUCK BY OMAHA THRIFT
General Beavrr and John M. Dale o
Pcsatrlvssla Gnest of
Cat City.
General James A. Beaver, ex-governor
and aupreme court Justice of Pennaylvania,
Is In th city enroute homeward from an
x tended visit through southern California,
other Pacific coast points and Colorado. He
la accompanied by hla law peruer, Hon.
John M. Dale, of Bellfonte, Pa. General
Beaver waa somewhat Indisposed upon
reaching Omaha, from a change of water
and climate, and has been confined to his
room at the Her Grand while here. Mr. Dale
said of their visit:
"We have had a most enjoyable time and
were particularly delighted with the great
fruit reglou of southern California. Tet 1
must admit that while the California fruits
are unexceptional In appearance and
beauty, the result of irrigation, yet they do
not posses th delicious flavor of our
eastern fruits, nor of the semi-tropical
fruits produced In Florida, where Irriga
tion !' unnecessary.
"This Is my first via It to Omaha, and
you certainly have a very handsome and
progressiva looking city. I like eastern
Nebraska much the beet of any country
we have seen In our travel. It look
more thrifty.
"Oh, yea, you can be aasured that Penn
sylvania will give Jts electoral rot ror
President Roosevelt in 190.
"Trouble still prevails in the anthracite
districts of our state. Arbitration has not
accomplished much as yet. There 1 a
manifest spirit of dissatisfaction among
the miners and strikes are occurring there
constantly. Tou folks out here have not
th remotest Idea of the troublea we en
dured during the prevalence of the big
trlke. We virtually suffered for want of
eoal and It could not be obtained under
any conditions or terms.
The oil production of Pennsylvania Is
reduced to the minimum now and It figures
very little In oil production. A half barrel
of oil from two or three hours pumping Is
the rule In some of the wells now that a
few years ago spouted hundreds of barrels.
The same I true of the exhauetloa of th
natural g well. Gaa I uaed very little
now In the manufactories. Some 1 uaed
In private house for heating purposes, but
that supply Is slowly and surely dimin
ishing.
The Iron Industrie are arrester than ever
and Pennsylvania will always hold Its own
aa th greatest manufacturing common
wealth of the world. Our anthracite and
bituminous coal fields are practically In
exhaustible."'
MOUNTAINS TAKE THEIR TOLL
Monataln Climber la tke Alp Pny
tk Ponnlty of Foolhardy
Exploit.
The fact that 150 men and women have
fallen to their death in th Alp already
this season, with possibly three or four
weeks and several mountains yet to hear
from, will not deter, more s the pity, one
human being from attempting the ascent
of the master summits of Europe another
year. When a man has once heard the
great mountain top a-calllng, "why, he
won't 'eed nothing else." He must go.
Over the mountain tops there Is rest,"
said the great German poet. But In the
heart of the earthly collector of mountain
tops there broods nothing but unrest until
he has accomplished the particular feat of
climbing which his soul cravesor until he
has broken his neck.
A cause of great trouble and sorrow to
the world is that many people are seised
by the overmastering desire to climb great
mountains who are unfit for the work.
The lives of these people are the tax which
the Alps take In toll. There stands Mont
Blanc, its "bald awful head" 16.779 feet
above Chamounl. .Now. 16,779 feet are less
than three miles about the distance from
the Battery to Madison square. Of course.
It is a little steeper; but why should not
an able-bodied man or woman be able
to walk It? Reasoning thus without rea
son, many merely able-bodied men ana
women undertake to climb Mont Blanc
or som other great mountain of th Alps.
and 150 such have-fallen off the steeps and
paid with their fives the penalty cf their
folly this very summer. .
Th fact is that It takes rather more
than an able body, rather, more than an
average able mind,, to climb a great moun
tain. Two mllea up in the air one mile
up In the air may mean great ravines,
cataracts, torrents, flere rock and awful
chaams. One such mile may require the
coolest nerve, the most resolute determina
tion, the most Intrepid bravery, as well
the solldest muscles. Indeed, lives have
often been lost on little cliffs of 500 feet.
and lost from the sheer bodily or nervous
Inability of the climber to stand the test
of a nearly perpendicular rood of distance.
When one gets the hunger for mountain
tops upon him, it Is useless for him to re
sist. Let him climb and be happy. But
by all means let him climb according to
his strength. Let the average man try
old Slide mountain In Ulster county, or
the romantic slopes of Lafayette, or the
breeay westward-looking front of Camel's
Hump. i.nd shun the Ice-falls and blackeued
Jagged rocks of the Alpine sovereign. That
way lies death for all but the strongest
and bravest. New Tork Mall and Express.
BACHELORS ROAR MIGHTILY
Hammond' Hlak Lonesome Re
Effort to Drive Them Into
Matrimony.
Bachelors of Hammond. Ind.. are up In
arm because of Mayor Knott' proclama
tlon that single men In th Indiana town
should marry In order that Industrial peace
might bo attained. The Bachelor' club yes
terday adopted sarcaatie resolutions as I
result, and th mayor Is now th butt for
any number of cynical flings.
"Look back a few years," say th bache
lors, "to the time when you were childless
and wifeless and In no position to take upon
yourself the burden of making and keeping
home."
This Is only one of the caustic bits of ad
vice offered the mayor.
President Frank L. Susemlhl, at the meet
ing of the Bachelors' club recently ap
pointed Dr. J. E. Davis, a young dentist.
and Charles Cormany, an Insurance agent,
to draft resolutions.. The result of their
labors follows:
Whereas. Mayor Armanis T. Knott of
Hammond wishes the manufacturers of thla
city to diacrlmlnate apalnat unmarried men
in their employ in ravor or tne man wnn
home, and
Whereaa. However willing we are at prea
ent to marry we cannot get wives u vi (in
new shots or nats. lor trier are pearia with
out rrice that money cannot buy. and
Whereas. We recognise, that the married
man does hi share In the upbuilding of the
community we look with favor upon the
Idea that we are to lose our Jobs because of
the prestige or tne oeneaict. tnereiore te it
ttesoivea. 1 nai we pr-imon in manurac
turer to csrefully consider Mayor Knott'
nronoeltion before thev tske action uuon It
and dismiss us from their employ, and be It
further
Resolved. That we Implore the bachelor
of Hammond to get a move on themeelve
and do all they can for the mayor. Judge
and iuatlce of th Dears In buvlna licensee
and starting home for themselves, and b
It further
Resolved. That w ask his honor to go
bark a few yeare and rememher the time
When he was childless and wlfele and in
no position to take upon himself the burden
of making and seeping up a home.
In Chicago ther was unanimity of opln
Ion. In every case Mayor Knott' position
was declared untenable. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
How to Do It.
The proprietor of the theater had died
suddenly.
"Of course we must do something to
show our proper rp t." remarked the
treasurer.
"Certainly," returned the manager.
"Shall we close the theater for a night
or two?"
"No-o. Buainea la too good. I guess
we'd better put the chorus In black tights
for about thirty daya." Chicago Past
RUTHS ARE OFTEN FALSE
Danger cf Piscine; Too Much Bsliaoc) oa
Circumstantial Evidence.
HONEST WITNESSES SOMETIMES 0ECEIVED
Men Panlsked for Crime of Wklek
Tkey Were Innocent Cases Skw
lac tk Fallibility of
Bark Erldene.
Consideration of the nature of circumstan
tial evidence and of the principle on which
It Is founded caused one of th moat learned
lawyers of Washington to express himself
very plainly while speaking of a compara
tively recent mysterious murder. He said
that In all cases charitable feelings should
keep; alive all doubts of guilt until fully
proved. He. contends that the fallibility of
circumstantial evidence has not been rare,
even in cases where common sans could
hav no doubt. Where there exist th
moral possibility that th criminal act may
hav been committed by any person th
safest course, according to his observations.
is to give th suspect the benefit of th
doubt
Our people," said the attorney, "should
be guarded In such matters. Every lover of
law wishes th guilty to be punished, but
none wishes th Innocent to suffer. I can
now recall a number of Interesting cases In
which circumstantial evidence played sn Im
portant part, and I want to say that while
medical and sclentlfto assistance hav been
evidently useful In getting down to facts,
they are not always Infallible. A man was
stabbed by another In ths faco; a knlf.
with blade entire, was brought forward as
evidence against the prisoner at the trial;
the surgeon swore that the wound must
have been caused by the Identical knife,
and the prisoner was heavily fined. The
wounded man recovered, but a year after.
ward a fistula farmed In th face, and the
broken point of the real weapon waa dls
charged from the sinus. This was proof
positive that the wound was not mad by
the knife exhibited by th surgeon.
Blood Stains May Mislead.
"Take th question of blood stain a ques
tion which always figures largely In trials
now. These stains hav often been taken
as proof conclusive against the accused.
It is said that the science of chemistry can
ascertain when stains are blood or vegeta
ble, and human blood can be distinguished
from that of animal. A man was accused
of having murdered an uncle, to whom he
was heir. The knife which was brought
In evidence against him was stained with
dark spots declared to be blood. Science
showed that the blade had been used th
day before for cutting a lemon, and as It
had not been wiped the acid acting- on tho
metal had caused the nppearanoe of blood
stain. Nothing is more common than stains
resembling blood, and there are many on
whose person or Instruments such have
been found who would hav met th fat of
murderers had thev aot been living In
times of scientific discoveries. A few years
since a man waa arrested on suspicion of
murder. The collar and upper part of his
shirt were stained with large spots of deep
pinkish color, which appeared like blood
that had been attempted to be washed out,
but none of th color was discharged by
the application of water, and being turned
of a light crimson by smmonia it was
proved not to be blood. The stain waa ac
counted for by Its being shown that the
accused had worn a red handkerchief
around his neck during a rain. Every stain
which resembles blood is not blood.
Might Have Been Marier,
"A very remarkable case was where two
friends went out to Oregon on a hunting
expedition. They slept together one night
at the home of a rettler near Portland.
During the night one of the men was re
newing his chase In his dreams and imagin
ing himself present at the death of a stag
cried out, 'I'll kill him! Til kill him!' Th
other, awakened by the noise, sprang from
the bed and by the light of the moon beheld
the sleeper give several deadly stabs on
the pillow from which his companion and
bosom friend had Just taken his head. Sup
pose a death blow had been given In this
way and It had been shown that the two
men had been known to have quarreled be
fore? Murder In the first degree? Well,
yes.
Many years ago a gentleman visited th
British museum and requested the attend
ant who was with him to permit him to ex
amine a certain old and valuable coin. The
attendant opened the drawer of coins snd
pointing to the coin said that It was th
only one of that stamp. The gentleman
asked If he was sure of that and was told
that he was. The visitor requested leave
to take it In his hand, snd after examining
It closely placed It back In the drawer.
The gentleman had scarcely reached the
street before he was overtaken by the at
tendant, who demanded that he return the
coin. The gentleman told htm that he had
replaced It In th drawer. The attendant
declared that he would be forced to search
him; that the coin was missing and he must
have It. Vehemently the gentleman de
clared that he did not have th coin and
that h would not be searched until a thor
ough examination was mad of th drawer.
With th attendant he returned to the
museum and, the drawer belnf unlocked.
the coin was found In a crack Into which
It had slipped.
Another Hantlne; Case.
But anothar on about hunter: A field
hand waa found dead, with a fearful gash
In his head. It was known that the man who
worked with him was his enemy. It wss
short work making a conviction, and the
poor fellow was jerked to eternity at the
end of a rope. Many years afterward a rich
planter confessed that while out hunting his
hounds had run a rabbit through the field
and the laborer had spoken roughly to him
about trespassing on the grounds. The
planter was on his horse snd cut st the
man with his riding whip, and in dodging
the whip th laborer had fallen, striking
his head on a shovel which stood nar.
Th fall was of sufficient fore to caus
fractured skull, from which Injuries the
poor fellow died. When the planter discov
ered what had been the reault of bla anger
In striking at th man he left the field, and
It was not until on his deathbed that he
made a confession.
"A surgeon well known In society snd In
the medical and surgical world was found
guilty of murdering ills' kitchen maid. She
waa found dead In tbe dining room: s sur
gical Instrument, blood-stained, was found
on the floor, and In a corner of the room
was a shirt completely saturated with
blood. The shirt was marked with th
initals of th surgeon; th surgical Instru
ment was his beyond question; his family
was out of th city; ther was no on homo
sav himself and th maid, and, of course,
everybody believed that he had killed her
There was also a living wltnesa; an elderly
woman, residing Just aero the street, tes
tified st ths coroner's Inquest that she had
been at her window all day and that ah
had seen the surgeon enter th house, pull
down tbe shades of th windows In ths
dining room, and that he had not com
out before dark it waa morning when th
deed body of the maid was discovered.
Hand for Anotker Accident.
"With such evidence ther was nothing to
do but hang th man, and he hanged.
Tear afterward a man confessed that he
was present when the maid accidentally
killed herself, and. bellevir.sr that be would
hav been charged with tne murder, h
left th house and said nothing about It.
UFFALO'j
LiteiA Water
In Gouty, Rheumatic andj&enal
aAifcctionsoX
thi8k pmytloiaws have utcd it pir.oh ally amd in
praotiok;
Dr. Charles B. Narterwdw, Prosuor qSrttryt Mdicl Df?rt,nl,
Vmvtrttty MhJC t "I hay tasrd it with, 4oubte4 advantage, in my own
person." r
Hunter MeGutre, M.D.. U-D.,UUYtMel e4IYetetorcainu:J
Sure fry, Cmvmity Coilegt qf Medtcft Richmond, Vm.; tInndtnt Amer-
Ztftf; M Cuifalo LmimV&ara ZiSlz
Acid Grsvel, and, indeed, id disasee asraUy dspeadsat upon a Uric Acid
Diathesis, it is a remedy of extraordinary potency. I hav prescribed it in cases
of Rheumatic Oout which bad rwaUted tho ordinary sessedies, with wonderfully
good results. I har maed it also in ray own ease, being; a groat sufferer from
this malady, and hav derived mora boaefit from It dsn any other remedy."
Dr. John R. Pmq; Btrmhrkam, AU., fbrmirtr fifissor cf Zoclcy,
BoUny, tic, UniversJy of VirgwUi I am fufly satUled of it groat value in
the trestment of all afectioas dn to a Gouty Diathesis. Indaod, I hsro expe
rienced very decided benefit from its bm ia Ovnt ill mf wo person."
Dr. Algernon S. Garrett, .SW" (jW) tU . Rtsidtnt
Physician, Hot iriJr, Ark.: ,l I hav had excellent result rem this water in
Gout. Rheumatism and that hybrid dlseasa. Rheumatic Ooat, both in my own
person snd in the treatment of patients for Wbo t have prescribed it."
Voluminous medical testimony sent on request. For sal by th general drug
and mineral water trade.
Hotel at Springs Now Opes,
PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRQINIA,
r W A W
Good solicitors to represent" us at state and county
fairs, carnivals and stock shows. To those who are
successful at the work, a permanent position with an
assured good income will be given. Call at Twentieth
Century Farmer booth in new Live Stock Favilion,
State Fair Grounds, Des Moines, or on E. R. McClellan,
Xirkwood Hotel, IK'S Moines, from seven to eight
o'clock P. M.
The man was the maid's sweetheart snd
she had been in the habit or letting him
visit her, entering the house through th
rear yard. He said that on th night In
question he had asked her for a kiss, snd
wha she refused him he attempted to
take It by force', she at the time being en
gaged in cleaning the instruments for her
master. In the struggle she tell to the
floor, the surgical Instrument wfclch she
held in her hand piercing her side, causing
almost Instant death. He tried to stop th
flow of blood with the shirt, but finding
that he could not do so he kissed the fast
dying girl and left." Washington Post.
HOW BIG TREASURES VANISH
Fa-moos Senlptnrea, Palntlnas, Jewels
nnd Cklna that Hav Mystert
onaly Disappeared.
Th greatest treasure In sculpture the
world has over known Is Imperfect, and th
piece missing a right arm would bring the
finder In a king's ransom, so may be termed
treasure In itself. This arm, of course,
belongs to th Venus de Mllo, now In the
Louvre at Paris, snd twenty-eight years
ago it turned up In England, snd was
proved by experts to be the genuine arm
of the Venus. Ths owner, however, refused
to part with It, and concealed It somewhere
lest It should be stolen by thieves. When
he died he left no record ss to where the
arm was hidden, snd from that day to thla
Its resting plaee has remained a mystery.
Somewhere there Is an old bronse drink
ing cup which would easily realise X30.000
if put on the market. It I th famou
bronsa bowl found In Egypt a century and
a half ago, on which wss engraved the an
cient history of the Pharaohs. It was stolen
from an Egyptian tempi in 1739 and brought
to Europe. From that time it miraculously
disappeared, and forty years later the
French government offered 1.800 for Its
discovery, but th famous cup hsd vanished
In all probability forever.
Great pictures have an unhappy knack of
disappearing, snd lucky would be the indi
vidual who same across Sir Joshua Rey
nold's "Countess of Derby," for It would
realise 30.004. This was acknowledged to
be Reynolds' greatest portrait, but not long
after It was painted It disappeared from
the earl of Derby's collection and has never
since been heard of. There are also two
Vandykes and a Rembrandt missing for
which th National gallery would willingly
pay ,000. and no doubt the earl of Crew
would give a four-figure reward to any one
who restored the Cupid cut by some vandal
fiom the picture of a former countess of
Crew and her son, who was painted as the
little sprite.
ifllf a century ago th Italian .govern
ment offered 10,000 to any on who would
rediscover the Florentine chalice. This Is
a goblet of green Venetian glasa, made In
Lthe sixteenth century for the pope, and en
graved with a picture of tha resurrection
Its manufacture Is said to bavs occupied
two years, and th secret of ths glass,
which waa thinner than paper, Is lost. Th
cup was stolen from the Vatican, but no
on cam forward to claim the offered re
ward, and th probabilities are that the
cup has been smashed.
A similar treasure, which vanished in an
equally strange manner, was ths Marsella
vaae of Dresden china. It Is the only piece
of china, missing from the famous Marsella
collection, th value of which is set down
at U,00. and It bears upon It the cross
arrows and a lion's head. A faw years ago
th vase was said to b In the north of
England, and It Is safe to assert that If
any on rediscovers It he can command a
prir running- well Into four figures.
Probably In som lumber room in this
country there is an old sword which, If
the owner only knew It, Is worth a couple
of thousand pounds. It waa th state aword
presented by tbe nation to Edward III, and
at one time the hilt was studded with large
rubies, but these diaappeared long before
the weapon followed them Into obscurity
soms yesrs sgo. Any on of our national
don't miss
THE MAIN CHANCE
THE ICEELEY CURE
Cor. Ith aid Leattewortli Streets.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
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museums would purchase the sword for the
sum mentioned, while It Is not unlikely
that In a public auction room the bidding
would rise even .ilgher. London Mall.
SULTAN OF SULU A SPORT
Llkea to Race Hla Ponlea Agnlnat
T"t so Owned by Atner
Irnn Officer.
After three years of service ss a surgeon
of the United States army In the Philip
pines. Dr. E. R. Tenney of Kansas City,
Kan., has returned to Ills home.
The sultan of Sulu, ss described by Dr.
Tenney, Is hardly the sort of potentate
pictured in comic opera. H 1 a very
ordinary Individual, who Uvea In a very
ordinary way. and does about as all tha
rest of the Sulus do.
"The sultan of Sulu sssumes control ovr
1) t:io Mcros," Dr. Tenney said, "but la
reality he has no control over any but
those who -.hoo-e to follow him. I met th
sultan on several occasions and was treated
very cordially by him. He Is not
a man of great strength of character or
Intelligence, but possesses craft and cun
ning. The greatest roan In tha sultan's
domain is Hajl Butu, the prime minister.
"I visited the sultan in his home at Mla
bon, directly across th Island of Sulu from
the town of Jolo. It Is a very ordinary
house nothing like a great palaos and
only a little better than the average natlv
home. He has four legal wives snd a fin
string of ponies.
"His chief sport is to bring down his
ponies snd race them against th army
officer' ponies, with such side attractions
as spear dances, accompanied by gongs,
tomtoms snd native drums. These are
tha musical Instruments of the Sulus, for
the Sulus are not a musical people like the
Filipinos.
'The sultan sometimes wears European
clothes, and while he entertains his guests
very nicely after his own fashion, he sel
dom gives a feast. The dstos, or feudal
lords, however, sometimes prepare feasts
for their guests of sugars, fried bananas,
rie cakes, heavy and tried In cocoanut oil,
with native chocolate as a beverage. The
Sulus are Mohammedans snd they have no
intoxicating beverages. They chew the
betel nut, which blackens the teeth snd
takes th place of tobacco, and an Impor
tant part of a Sulu'a outfit Is a betel nut
box, borne by a slave. Th women are per
ml ted to chew the betel nut ftr they
are married, and they marry at from 14
to It yesrs of age." Kansas City Star.
Woaaan and Rat In Battle.
Mrs. Irving Shultls of South Canaan,
Conn., had a fight with a rat and waa
badly bitten on ths foot and hand. Th
rat Is dead. For some time past Mrs.
Shultls' chicks have been disappearing
with regularity, and Investigation showed
thst they usually disappeared through a
large rat hole in one corner of the coop.
Th woman set a trap, but tn vain. Up
to date the rat had disposed of sixty of
the 130 chicks owned by Mrs. Shultls.
Mrs Shultls waa conversing with Dea
con Morse when both heard a commotion
In th coop. Mrs. Shultls arrived tn Urns
to so a hug rat running toward a hoi
with hi teth In a chick's wing. Ths
woman set her foot on tha rat's tall,
whereupon It turned and bit her foot. But
she pounded tha rat'a head with her
e'.enched fist. This made the rat let go
th foot and hit her hand. Finally Mrs.
Shultls loosened a stone In the wall and
with it dispatched the rat.
town, ( ndertnker Picked.
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. U.-Th National
Association of Funeral Director today
elected the following officers: President.
Colonel J. M. Connolly cf Charleston. 8.
C: first vice president. L. M. Penwell. To
peka: second vice president, F. W. Alex
snder of Conrsd. Is.; ecretary. H. 1C
Kllpatrlrk of Elmwood, III . re-elected;
treasurer, C. A. Miller of Cincinnati, re
elected. Ttva Oldest, Safest and most
RcllabU Cur for Alcoholism,
Morphia or other Drug Ad
dictions. Tobacco and Ora
ret to Habit. All communica
tion conlideatial,
Warn. R, Burns, rianaref