THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
December 4, ltXM.
Omaha Grain Exchange-Its Purposes Achievements and Possibilities
4'
IG
RAIN la the prlnelpel product ofl
the state of Nebraska. The fees!
estimates place the amount of
grain produced la this state 14
U04 as follows:
, 240 000 000 buehela
tS.000.vOO bushsl
,.n 7u.mv.0u0 bushel
(.000. MO buhl
, i.uO.0OO bushels
Corn .
Wheat
Oata ..
Kye ...
Barley
At present prices this crop la worth on
(ha Omaha market $154.000,0001. Tbla la aj
aum greater than the value of all the gold
and silver produced this year by all thl
mines In the United States. It Is a sunt
equal to 150 per capita, for every man,
woman and child In the state. It la this
vest annual Income from tha farms of
this state that has converted barren
plain within tha last forty years Into a
(Treat garden, that ho replaced the sod
houses of the pioneers with modern dwell
ings, that ha been tha fountain which haa
aupplled Uw commerce for tlie titles and
towns within the state. It haa been truly
aid that, "If you destroy tha farms, tha
gram will grow Ih the streets of the clUea."
Jt Is equally true If tha farmers prosper,
tha el lira will grow and increase In wealth)
and commelrce.
Purposes of tha Eivkasgt.
The Omaha drain exchange was organ
ised for a two-fold purpose. First, to In
crease tha value of the grain proJuctd In
Nebraska, and, second, to enlarge tha
commerce of Omaha. Aa to tha first of
theaa purposes It may be stated as a
fact, which can be proven by statistics.
Including tha government reports of tha
Department of Agriculture, that the pro
ducers of grain In Nebraska have recclvel
la the past from I to 7 cents per bush. -1
less for their grain than producers of o.her
western states similarly 'Situated, but with
nearer home markets. I refer to such
atates aa Kansas, with Its market at
Kansas City, and Minnesota, with Its mar
ket at Minneapolis. Both of these states)
are about equally aa distant from the Chi-'
cago market as Nebraska. Tha effeot of
tha ma, kale at Kansas City and Minne-
A. H. MERCHANT, SECRET ART OMAHA GRAIN EXCHANGE.
ducad In Kansas and Minnesota. Quota
tions frequently -disclose that grain sells
for nearly or quite aa much la these mar
kets aa la Chicago.
It la ear established fact that tha nearer
self-evident fact that a home market adds
to the home value of grain. This fact Is
proven by the effect of tha markets at "Min
neapolis and Kansas City. The Omaha
grain market has already proven equally
anolla haa been to add several cents tier mills or haa been ground into flour at ciop was sold In Chicago. Arguments and
buahel to the farm value of tha grain pro- - Minneapolis and ahlpped back to the place Incidents might be multiplied to prove tha
oi origin in neoraaaa. it la a mis ax en
idea that any large part of our grain la
exported to foreign markets.
Less than 10 per cent of tha grain pro
duced ' In tha United State la exported.
to tha plaoe of production grain tan be The balance, or over 90 per cent. Is either beneficial to the grain producera of Ne-
stored and held until consigned to tha consumed at tha place of production or Drasaa. uaan grain nas soia on mis mar
consumer, the greater the advantage to within our own country. Time was when ket at all tlmea above the Chicago pries
tha producer. The reason la plain. Tha the eastern states furnished the beat mar- less the freight, and at time it has Bold
best market may develop north, south, kot for western grain. Today tha west and here as high oa In Chicago.
west or at home, and tha saving of freight aouth are frequently tha largest and, best
In reconslgnmanta back to the same terrt- customers. Illinois Is tha largest consumer
tory la a large item.- It has frequently of corn of any atata In the union, with Iowa
happened In tha past that grain ahlpped a close second. Last year the beat market
from Nebraska to Chicago or Minneapolis for oata In the United Btatea was at St
bag found Its ultimata mjurkat la low, Louis, rUli a large part ac tha Mabraska
Will Increase Commerce of Omaha.
Aa to the aecond purpose of the Omaha
Grain exchange, to Increase the commerce
of this city. It is evident that cities must
grow by developing tha I jure s tha
territory tributary to them. It would be
Impossible for Omaha to become an Iron
manufacturing center like Pittsburg; It
neither has the Iron nor the coal. Grain
and live stock are tha principal product
Of Its territory. Tha live stock market and
the packing houses at South Omaha have
been tha greatest factors in our past de
velopment. With their advent our city as
sumed the dlirnlty of a metropolis, and
from their business we draw more com
merce than from any other single source.
In the past the grain from our territory
Iias been shipped through or around our
city to flnd a market and to be manufac
tured In other cities, thereby adding to
their commerce that which richtly belong
to us.
What It Means for Omaha.
A grain market means elevators and mills.
It means employment for labor, and busi
ness for brokers and banks. It menjia In
creased value to real estate and addod tax
able property for the city. It means adver
tisement and prestige for Omaha, and, best
of all. It is not a dream nor a fancy. It lie
within our reach. Its development requires
only the utilisation of the resource at
hand by the application of the energy and
capital of our citizens. Its benefits would
be equnlly as great to our city as was the
establishment of the live stork market and
the packing houses at South Omaha.
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A Word to the Wise.
The purposes of the Omaha Grain ex
change appeal to the great army of pro
ducers throughout the state, who will b
benefited If these purposes are realized;
these tollers who constitute the bone and
, sinew of our citizenship are worthy of
consideration at the hands of their serv
ants. These purposes appeal to the citi
zens of Omaha, who are interested in tha
growth and prosperity of this city. No
oorporatlon nor individual, however power
ful, can long ignore the rights of its pa
trons. The people, when once aroused to
realize wrongs Imposed, often go to ex
tremes In righting them. The officers of
the Grain exchange have no desire to dis
turb business conditions nor to interfere
with property rights. It Is not the purpose
of the exchange to promote the Interests
of any railroad by injuring the business of
another. It la our earnest desire that all,
whether great or small, may speedily rec
ognize that the Omaha Grain exchange ha
come to stay, and that business Interests
affected thereby may be peaceably and
fairly adjusted to meet this condition. It
asks no charity nor unfair concessions.
It desires peace, but It I able, willing and
ready to fight for its rights If necessary.
What Has Been Accomplished.
The Omaha Grain exchange commenced
business em JTetoruary 1, thl yeac. it sA
' v, : . tete--l
T36 station. The result of thl victory
mad a grain market at Omaha possible
with aa favorable ratea aa given to other
markets, and a large Increase was added
to tha present and future value of grain
la Nebraska. These results alone hava
Justified tha existence of the Grain ex
change. Whether or not the local ratea
on grain throughout the atate have been
sufficiently reduced is a question which
should be carefully considered by the pro
ducera of the state.
.
Business of the Kzehanae.
Since Its commencement of business,
February 1, up to November J, l'.x.. tl.e
exchange haa Inspected bushels of
grain. There ha been sold on the ex
change 7.779,000 bushels of grain, as fol
lowa: Wheat, 16.465 000 bushels; corn, 5.31?.
000 bushels; oats, J46.5O0 bushels; rye, 43.000
bushels, and barley, 8.000 bushels. The ex.
change has a membership of lu7 and ha
assets In cash, certifies tes of dsposlt, notes
and other property of IS2.BO0. One large
elevator haa been constructed and la ready
for buslnesa. The contract haa been signed
for the Immediate erection of a modern
ateel elevator, with a atoraga capacity cf
1,000.000 bushels, tha plans are being pre
pared for another and still others are
under consideration. Negotiation are pend
ing for the erection of two large mills
and when ample storage elevators are
completed It 1 certain that mill will be
built.
GURDON W. WATTLES. PRESIDENT OMAHA GRAIN EXCHANGE,
once became evident that no business could
be done without a general readjustment
of railroad rates, which would make It
possible to ship grain to Omaha and from
Omaha to other market without a loss of
from 8 to 6 cent per hundred. The fight
was at once begun to abolish this dis
crimination. A suit was commenced in tha
federal court asking the desired relief. Tha
Chicago Great Western railway came' to
our assistance and reduced the ratea on
grain to Chicago and Mississippi river
points and maintained the proportional
from Omaha east so that the sum of the
two locals should hot exceed the through
rates from Nebraska points. After a hard
fought rata war our demand war granted
and ratea were accordingly adjusted by all
the railroads entering this city. Briefly
stated, local ratea on wheat from Omaha
to Chicago were reduced from 21 cent
per hundredweight to 17 oenta par hundred
weight and the' proportional from 21 cent
per hundredweight to 17 cent per hundred
weight. The local ratea on corn were re
duced from 18 cent per hundredweight to
16 cent per hundredweight and tha pro
portional from 18 cent per hundredweight
to U cent per hundredweight. A similar
reduction was made on other grains to
Chicago and on all grain a to other mar
kets. At the same time local ratea from
points tributary to Omaha war reduced
from SM station and through rates Own
Fotar Feasibilities.
Prophesy 1 easy. Hop Is a delight, but
realization only come by labor and ster
nal vigilance. The Omaha Onln exchange
haa not accomplished tha achievement
above enumerated without the loyal sup
port and tha sacrifice of Urns, energy and
capital by many of our public, spirited citi
zens. A grain market with all Its advan
tage to our city will not reach It highest
development without further effort on the
part of our cltlien. It will not be ac
complished In a day nor a year, but the
opportunity la at hand, and, If embraced,
success la assured. Who will aay that
within ten year from now Omaha flour
and cereal may not be marketed in all
part of the world, the aarae aa Omaha
meats are now being sold in the Orient
as well aa the OocIdentT Who will aay
that elevators and mill will not All the
valley and waste place around our city
and bring employment and wealth to double
our present population within the next de
cadeT Such are the possibilities. Such 1
th prize for which w strive.
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Quaint Features of Current Life
Orlarln of All Trouble.
T WAS reserved for Eliza Mowry
B liven, a Connecticut reformer, to
point out tha real aourca of all the
A. 'JafJ evlla which afflict the human race.
.aMfVJ . ,.lf Und, toe raialng tobacco,"
ha aay In a letter to a Norwich paper,
"were divided Into homesteads, all money
pent for tobacco were used to buy and
build home, all time wasted in using to
bacco were employed In Improving their
homes, all laborer could have comforts,
clear heads-, prosperity, health and happU
neaa; no poverty, drunkenness nor crime.
Single tax, aociallsm. prohibition do not
reach tha root. Break your chains by
abolishing tobacco, th demoralizing causa,"
V to th JadaT.
Mrs. Emma H. Schmidt of Chicago ha
applied to Judge Brentano to deolde tha
question of how few hats a man may dole
out to hla faithful wife and yet dodge the
divorce limit, t
Mr. Schmidt appeared in court wearing
an old felt contrlvanoe that had been
pushed and battered and beaten Into diver
hape to meet th caprice of fashion.
Tearfully she told th Judge that her hus
band had bought her only four hata In
eleven years, and none of theaa were etyl
lah or costly hata Thla was at the rat
of one new hat every thirty-three mo n tha
. Novelty la) Conrt Coata.
Mia Florence Rennert of Sheboygan,
Wis., paid the court coat by giving Judge
Osthelder three rousing klase.
Mlaa Rennert I very pretty and some
what emotional. . Rennert' wife caused
hla arrest on the charge of abandonment,
but when the ease was called for trial ah
relented and asked that th case be dis
missed. The Judge desaurreA on the
ground that he would lose hla fee, where
upon Mlaa Rennert aelzed him firmly about
tha neck and . planted three resounding
macka upon hi Judicial countenance.
The case I dismissed." said tb Judge,
blushing aoftly and caressing- his faoe. .
. Th Deadly Hatpin.
After suffering for eight year from a
wound, following th prink of a hat pin,
Jacob I. Dewolf, aged M year, died La
Philadelphia recently.
Th wound waa inflicted by a young
woman, but during. all hi suffering Da
wolf refused to dlscloa her nam.
It waa while attending -a plcalo held by
the Independent Order of fled Men near
Chamounlx, Falnuount Park, eight yaare
ago. ' that Mr Dewolf. while teasing a
young woman In tha party, was a tabbed by
har In the left knee with a long hat pin.
Almost Immediately tha wound! commenced
welling and ahortly after amputation of
tha leg was found neoeaaary. Two more
operation were performed, but they were
of no avail and after almost continuous
suffering Mr. Dewolf paaaed away.
Throughout hi Ulna ha barer blamed th
on who wa responsible for hi trouble,
and it was always his wish that she b
spared all worry over tha sad outcome of
a Jest.
Gossip and Stories About Noted People
Little Stories for Little People
Thrives oat Poison
There la a youn American achieving
fame In England In an unusual way. He
Is showing tha British medical men how
much poison he can eat and drink without
111 effect His menu on a recent occasion
waa parla green, strychnine, blue indigo,
phosphorus and atropine. It waa ail very
simple. Each plate contained its deadly
burden of brilliant green and blue and
white powders. One after the other the
American partook of each, missing none,
but deploring that he had been unable to
secure certain other thing, owing to th
tringency of th law controlling th aale
of ilsona. Medical expert marveled at
th demonstration. , Each dish waa severely
tested, and the admission waa freely made
that enough poison had been swallowed to
kill a regiment of ordinary mortal.
A Cat that Didn't Com Back.
Th suburb of Baltimore ia disturbed and
trustees of the Hiss Methodist Episcopal
church are Indignant because Mrs. Sarah
Rice ha burled her two pet cats In the
church graveyard bealda the temb of her
husband. She ha also planted lllle of
th valley over th resting place of har
defunct feline darling.
On of th church trustees saw a new
mad mound in th churchyard, and a no
interment permit had been Issued, he In
vestigated, . finding that Mra Rica had
burled her cats In her lot.
The board of trustees entered protest.
Mr. Rice Ignored It, simply declaring th
lot belonged to her and ah would burr
who and what, aha pleased In it.
Th law waa Invoked, but when Mra
Rio waa. summoned before a magtatrat
ha dlarolasad tha case, there being no prece
dent to govern him.
.
Talking; Parrot Lost.
"Hooley," a parrot that quote whole
paragraph of Ibsen and Shakespeare and
apeaka English, French and German, the
property of Mr. Grace Fllkin Marix, wife
of the captain of the United State crulaar
Minneapolis, ha disappeared. '
"Hooley la my first and only pet," aald
Mra Marix. "I uaed to think auch thinga
were foolish, but when we came to know
each other he grew almost human. He ,
learned to aay many thinga aboard tha
Minneapolis which wouldn't bear repeating,
but they ahowed h Was smart. I was be
ginning to break him of a few bad habit
by reading 'Much Ado About Nothing out
loud, and he would repeat every word after
me. But 'llooley' had more endearing qual
ities than intellectuality. Before I arose
from bed In tha morning ha would light on
tha nearest chair, laugh awhile, "and then
deeoand to tha coverlet, to lie feet up in the
air and tU Joke."
The Shoemaker Governor.
fZT OVERNOR-ELECT DOUGLAS of
I tv I Massachusetts tried mighty hard
LV?I in his youthful day to shake New
England for good and grow up
with the west At the aga of 1
he chased the star of empire In a prairie
ohoonsr, which took him as far as Iowa,
where he worked Intermittently at hla trade
while trying to gather funda sufficient to
carry him. to California. The spring of
1865 saw him driving a four ox team Into
the city of Denver, after a 660-mile walk be
hind the lumbering beaata from Bellevue,
Neb.
He tired of Denver, and In a few months
drove hla ox team back again to Nebraska,
discontented, disappointed, disgruntled with
the world and with Ufa In general, and
with himself, and his luck In particular.
No sooner had he unhitched hla weary oxen
once mora In Nebraska than be took an
other auddan notion to go wandering again.
Thla time the gold fields of Montana were
the objective point, and to get there it was
necessary to retravers1 tha arid desert that
lay between him and Denver. Hla pro
vision giving out on this second Journey,
and hla funds having entirely disappeared,
he re-entered Denver, again on foot, but
without hla ox team. But the west had lit
tle use for cobblers and Douglas retraced
hi step to Plymouth Rock and started to
bujld up tha fortune vainly sought In th
west
Short, Sharp and Effective.
Surgeon ver Mulen of th navy waa ap
pointed to aerva on tha old Penobscot. He
stood six feet four Inches In his stockings,
and the height of the vessel between decks
waa aomethlng under alx feet. The surgeon
gave some thought to this disparity, and
decided on communicating with the navy
department regarding tha matter. Remem
bering that long letter were not alwaya
given auch prompt attention a their Im
portance seemed to demand, hp addressed
his superior officer In this way: "The Hon
orable the Secretary of the Navy Sir:
Length of aurgeon, alx feet four; height of
wardroom, five feet eight. Respectfully, E.
C. ver Mulen, Assistant Burgeon, U. S. N."
Shortly after the navy department detached
Ver Mulen "until auch time aa a more suit
able ahlp could be found for his assignment"
Did th Male tarvtvet
William II. Taft, secretary of war, weigha
820 pounds. His predecessor in office. Eilhu
Root, tips the scales at only half that fig
ure. When Secretary Taft waa civil gov
ernor of the Philippine hi health was
sadly undermined, lie waa laboring under
great reaponslblllty In govsrnlng tha archi
pelago where condltlona were yet ao dis
turbed aa to give Secretary Root and Preal
dent Rooaevelt much concern. Mr. Root
therefor requeated Judge Taft to keep him
advised by tha new Pacific cable aa to tb
tat of hla health. One day thl message
cam to Mr. Root from Governor Taft at
Benguest, in tha mountalna near Manila:
"Rode ten mile on a mule today. Am
feellna- much better. Taft" Mr. Root
chuckled and doubled with mirth In the
chair which Secretary Taft haa since die
carded a too small. He dictated thla re
ply: "Taft, Benguest Glad to bear It, but
how la the mule? Root"
General Sherman ae a Benefactor.
Helen Sherman Griffith, niece of General
Sherman, say her uncle waa very fond of
attending the theater. He alao objected
strongly, along with the rest of us lesser
mortals who dare not express our real
thoughta to having btbuloua, selfish men
stumble and push over hla knees to get out
between the acts. One evening a young
man with the clothes and voice of a gen
tleman began to crowd hla way to tha aisle
from tha end of a row In which General
Sherman waa sitting.
"I beg a thousand pardons, general," he
said he aa he reached my uncle, "but may I
get by you?"
"Tes," said my uncle, coolly, aa he
straightened his knees behind the young
man, "if you don't come back."
The general enjoyed the reat of the play
In peace and received the heartfelt if un
spoken thanks of every one In tha row.
Last of the Cowhide Boots.
With th coming retirement of Senator
Cockrell of Missouri will go th last pair
of cowhide boots from the senate. When
he first took his seat twenty-nine years ago
he wore his ante-bellum footgear, and he
till clings to It. In the earlier period of
his senatorial career the Mlssourtan's gen-,
era! uppeurance suggested the typical Unci
Sam. Ho wore cowhide boots. He wor
chin whiskers. Ha wore faded broadcloth
made up in frock coat effect. His vest was
cut low and partly unbuttoned.. It exposed
a showy expanse of frilled linen. His trous
ers were baggy and Just a bit short. H
wore a black string tie or none at all. Sen
ator Cockrell Is tall, broad-shouldered, but
a gaunt, lean man. He stoops a little when
he Walk and benda hla head forward, with
a hand spread funaliape behind hla ear,
when he desires to listen.
Harvard's Chief.
Charles Eliot Norton of Cambridge, Mass.,
celebrated his seventy-seventh birthday re
cently. The distinguished senior professor
of Harvard passed the day quietly at his
home, Shady Hill. Prof. Norton is In very
good health. Though he stoops slightly
and hla bair and mustache ure white, noth
ing else In his manner suggests that he
feels the weight of years, lie la engaged
every day In literary work and his mind is
aa keen and analytical aa ever.
Poor Lo Astonished,
' A. P. Murphy, the newly elected repub
lican congressman from the Sixteenth Mis
souri district waa down in t ho' Creek na
tion not long ago attending to aoma law
buelnea. WU11 in BarUaavlll he aaw a
number of Delaware Indiana who were on
their way home from a tribal feaat Wish
ing to obtain some Information regarding
the council, pipe of peace, etc, he ap
proached a full-blooded squaw and said:
"Pony Delaware council smoke," suiting
the action to the word. The woman looked,
at him stolidly for a few moment and then
aid quietly: "What' th matter with th
man? Can't he talk English?" Murphy
beat a hasty retreat
Gratltade and a Question.
Paul Du Chaillu, th one-time African ex
plorer, performed a good Samaritan act on
night in assisting along the street a very
Intoxicated stranger. The man told him
where hi horn waa and after considerable
difficulty Du Chaillu got him to his door.
The bibulous on waa very grateful and.'
wanted to know hla helper'a name, Aa tha
explorer did not particularly car to glv
hla name In full he merely replied that It
waa Paul. "So lt'ah hie Paul, Is It?" hic
coughed the man, and then, after some
moments of apparent thought, Inquired so
licitously: "Shay, ol' man, did y ever get
any hie any ansher to those lo-ong let
ters h y wrote to th' Epheslons?"
What Might Have Been.
Thirty years ago Admiral Rojeatvensky
waa naval attache of the Ruaaian embassy
In London. By his many grace, and es
pecially In waltzing, be turned the heads
of all the marriageable glrla of the English
aristocracy. Whenever be led the cotillon
hla hostess waa simply transported with
Joy. At an evening party not so long ago a
noble dame, who had been a lady In waiting
to Queen Victoria, was heard to murmur
the admiral's name, which she pronounced
with perfect and even melodious ease.
"Ah," she said with a sigh, "I wanted to
marry him."
Beecher'a Ready Wit.
That Henry Ward Beecber waa spared
much embarrassment by hla qulckneaa at
repartee la Uuatratad by the following
atory:
On evening aa be wa In th mldot of
an Impassioned speech aoma on at
tempted to Interrupt him by. suddenly
crowing like a rooster. It wa don to
perfection; a number of people laughed In
spite of themselves, and the speaker'
friends felt that In a moment the who!
effect of tha meeting and of Mr. Beecher'e
thrilling appeals might le lost The ora
tor, however, wa equal to the occasion.
He stopped, .listened , 111 ' . the .crowing
ceaeed, and then,' with a look of surprise.
pulled out hla watah. , .
Morning already," he aald; "my watch
Is only at 10. But there can be no mis
take about It. Th instinct of th lower
aiilmala ar Infallible."
There wa a roar of laughter. Th "lower
animal" In th gallery collapsed, and Mr.
Beecher waa abl to reaum aa if nothing
had occurred.
What a Bow Should ICnow.
VERT successful man, in apeak
tng of what a young man should
know to begin a buslnesa lit in
h right way, summarized th '
iualiflcatlona about a followai
o-uuld be abl to writ a good leglbU
little Bopeep; how glad she Is to find her
lambsklna Sha pata each ona and they
are so glad to find eaoh other. Listen, do
you hear them say, "Baa-baa. Baa-baa?"
Rewarded for nreat Bravery.
Louis P. Gartner, when a small boy, and
hand. while In New Tork City, at one time
To spell all the word that he know stopped a team of runaway horse. In th
how to us.
To writ an ordinary receipt
To apeak and write good English.
To writ a good social or business letter.
To add a column of figures rapidly.
To make out an ordinary account
To deduct 16tt per cant from the face of
the account
To receipt an account when It la paid.
To write an advertisement for the newspaper.
To write an ordinary promissory note.
carriage to which the horses were attached
was a child. The mother of th child de
sired to reward the boy, but he refused th
proffered money. The woman then gave hint
her card, saying that she waa Mra 3. Pier
pont Morgan.
Later th' boy went abroad and became a
trapes performer In a circus. Three year
ago be fell from a trapeze bar and broke
hla back. Mr. Morgan wa In London at
th time, and took a deep Interest In hi
caae, supplying the mean for procuring
To reckon the Interest or the dlacount h"1"! ld poaalble for th young?
man.
Mrs. Morgan went to London and visited
him and paid all hla mother's expense
from Milwaukee to England, so that h
might be with her son. Not long ago Gart
ner waa brought from London to 101 Sev
enth atreet, Milwaukee, hla old home, by
the aid of th Morgana H baa a trained
To tell aomethlng about the great authora, ""TV u . "
atateamen and financiers' of th present l;' ' T "7 V tTl .
Ume ald h will never be abl to alt up again.
If. 'aay. th. successful business man. a '.ttMM wnahh?
, .wi. .. w.v- saved th Morgan child from harm, that
trwuu wsi am ,m, w. ,M hlm hi .w .-
" w ia as' v i a wuty
la g widow, that they shall never suffat
from want
on the note for years, months or daya.
To draw up an ordinary bank check.
To take It to th right plao In the bank
to get th money.
To make neat and correct entries In day.
1 book or cash-book.
To tell th number of yard of carpet
required for the parlor.
haa enough education to make hla way In
the world. Young People's Magazine.
Little Bopeep.
How many of you dear we on know
th story of little Bopeep, how she Iot
her sheep and though aha looked every
where around ahe could not find them?
Do you remember how ah put hr little
Th Clrena Man'a Week Point.
Th circus manager was talking over the
axperlencea of hla leaa prosperous days,
when attachment on tb show were frequent.
head down In her lap and went fast asleep. " w, W,'. "
and dreamed she beard them bleating and 'f'?!1 ' fI,ect bl" from c,rcu
when ah awok she found It waa only a houl1 P f he anlmala. which aeem
dream? Then ahe took bar little crook ,u.ch Ta,u t0, tn ho,r' " " h,
and hunted and hunted until aha found " .t.h.a ,Un' J,e"- h ? h
them , tachea a mighty lion or big elephant th
Let us tell th story together. manager will not make a big allowance
"Little Bopeep lost her sheep m. tor der to r,a,n Poeslon.
And did not know where to find them. But JUB attach tha tent pole and th
f-v t,nm alone and they will com home manager will hopelessly throw up his
Wagging their tails behind tbem." hand.. They are tha moat Indlspensabl
How many would Ilka to play little Bo- p,rt of m clrcu, outflt fltted up th'
w. .in .. v. . . t ' wltn trPe attachment, gearing and
W will Join hand and make a circle. other thinga
w. cross your reel ana w win u sh .Th circua ,lmpy cannot t
down on the floor, each little boy and girl w)thout )u e,, Bn,i 4 cIrcu man "
muat hava a wooly ball for a lambkin, and wU1 ,,. at onc, rathep ,han h
ona little girl ahall be Bopeep. Will some
strong boy find a crook for Bopeep?
You know she lost her sheep, so wa will
hide our lambkins away behind our backs
and alng for Bopeep a ahe walka around
and round trying to find har sheep. How
tired she Is getting? Shall we aU.g aoma
more of tha story?
"Little Bopeep went fast asleep
..... ..-i 4.. ha. id 1 1. tin bleating.
But when she awoke it waa only a dream,
A beautiful dream so fleeting.
Then up she took har little crook
Determined ah would find them,
What waa her Joy t behold thain nigh
Wagging their taue Beniiia ineini
attachment put on them.-
an
New York Sun.
Quickly roll all your UtU ball In t Tork Pre.
Reflections of a Bachelor
It s awful bad luck to dream you aren't
married when you are.
The most expensive thing In the world
la to win a bet, because you hava to cele
brate It.
A mother could tell her daughter lot
about helping out ber lover If aha dared
to give herself away to ber.
A woman call herself an artlstto dreaser
when aba doean't hide th clothes she ha
to wear after b haa bought thnv New
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