TFF. NE"PTfAPFA TNPFPENPENT
November 9, 1899.
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NEWS OF NEBRASKA
HMttnK College Win.
ry - Hastinos, Neb., Nov. 4. Tho Hast
XVings college football team defeated the
. ihigh school team by a score of 11 to .
Archie Hooicr had hU ankle badly
rpraincd, but will be out in a few days.
New Klevatur For Fremont.
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 4. The Omaha
Elevator company is erecting a large
elevator on the site of the one recently
destroyed by fire near the Union Pacific
tracks on Main street. The building
will have 11 bins of a capacity of 30,000
Nebraib IMocenan Convocation.
Colcmbcs, Neb., Nov. 3. Tho annual
convention of the dioceso of Nebraska,
Protestant Episcopal ehnrch, which was
to have convened here yesterday, was
postponed for two weeks and will bo
,bcld in this city Nov. 13, continuing for
four days. ;
Drive linil In Ilater.
AlKSWORTn, Neb., Nov. 6. While
County Treasurer Magill, with his wife,
was out buggy riding, tho tugs became
detached. , Tho horses wore fright
ened and ran away, throwing the
occupants out and seriously injuring
Mrs. Magill.
Iliirelurn Wreck Bafe.
' Stamford, Neb., Nov. 0.-The largo
afe in R. 0. Houlnhan's lumber fflce
was blown open by burglars last night.
Two shots were mado, completely
wrecking the safo, but the burglars
failed to open the steel vault on the
inside, so that the safe is tho only loss.
Lunatic Eai-ape From Sheriff.
Columbus, Nob., Nov. 6. An un
known insane man escaped last even-
ing from the custody of T. A. Leteure,
sheriff of Custer county, and is still at
large. The sheriff was taking his
charge to Norfolk and had a few hours
to wait here, during which the patient
escaped. '
Woman'! Hultrasa Ataoclatlon. ,
Geneva, Nob., (Nov.- ft. The Equal
Suffrage association held a business
meeting today. Tho members elected
as delegates to the Woman's Suffrage
convention to be held in Lincoln the
last of tho month are: Miss flattie
Little, Mrs. Grace A. Flory, Mrs. F. B.
Douisthorpo.
Wright J Olten Jail.
Lincoln, Nov. 6 It is announced in
' this city that A. G. Wright of Cass
county lias received an appointment in
' ; , j the war department through Assistant
Becretary Meiklejohn. The appoint
went, it is said, was bestowed in rccog
, j nit ion of his services in Nebraska. Mr.
Wright was postmaster of the senate
during tho last session of the legislature.
- ' ' ' 1 Jordan Held at Fremont.
Fremont, Nob., Nov. 4. William
Jordan, tho man arrested at Central
City and charged with criminal assault
opon the 6-year-old daughter of Ed
ward Lawsou, was arraigned in county
court yesterday afternoon. He pleaded
not guilty and his preliminary hearing
I ' was fixed for next Thursday. His bond
was placed at 800, which be has been
mablo to secure.
Complete Survey of Near I.lne.
Lincoln, Nov. 4. A party of civil en
pincers in the service of the Burlington
has returned to Lincoln from a month's
work and survey in the Black Hills re
gion in and about Dam out and Elmore,
8. D. They have completed the survey
of a line direct front Dumont to Elmore,
u d stance of eight and half miles, and
in railroad circles it is understood that
this line will be built early in the spring.
Vigilance Committee Organ lies.
Hastings, Neb., Nov. 6. -Horse
thieves have been invading Blaine town
ship during the lost four months and
the farmers in that vicinity have lost
many valuable animals. As no trace of
the 6tolcn horses can be found tho
farmers are of the impression that a
regularly organized band of thieves
exists in this part of the state so they
have organized a protective association
With the intention of running the ma
rauders to earth.
Iowa F.mIIt Beat Nebranka.
Omaha. Nov. 6. The football game
between the Iowa university team and
the Nebraska university 11, played hero
Saturday nt Y. M. C. A. park, was a
decisive victory for the Hawkeye boys.
The score was SO to 0. The Nebraska
team was outclassed at every point.
From start to finish the Iowa boys
played a strong, aggressive game, and
there seemed not to be a time when the
Nebraska players were able to cope
with their antagonists.
Highwayman la a Hotel Yard.
KrsnvHXK, Neb., Nov. 3. Shortly
after the arrival of the pastugcr train
yesterday a daring robbery w-as accom
plished here. W. E. Kimball, a com
mercial traveler had alighted from tho
train and goue to a local hotel. Instead
of going to bed at once he had occasion
to go the yard, whero ho was attacked
by some one who Mruck him two violent
blows with a blunt instrument, knock
ing him down. Kimball was robbed of
about $56 In bills aud silver. Mr. Kim
ball remained unconscious for nearly
half an hour, when the landlord went
in st arch of him. No clue was left by
the robber. i
Bond Klectlnn In Ifantlnir.
Hastings, Neb., Nov. 6. Today the
city of Hastings will hold a special elec
tion to vote upon tho municipal owner
ship of an electric light plant. The
amount of the bonds to be voted for
this purpose is 20,000 aud tho plant is
to bo in connection with the water
works. Twice before were bonds voted
for this samo purpose, but each time
tacro was some legal technicality which
prevented the sale of the bonds. It is
belu vi d thut the proposition will again
m carried regardless of tho fact that a
strong fight is now being waged against
it by some who are unxious to have the
ek-ctrio plant owned by a stock com-
Kehratka Relmbaraed for War ExptniM.
Lincoln, No?. 1. Governor Poynter
has received a check from the federal
government for $14,090, to reimburse
the state for its expense in mobilizing
three regiments for i3 war with Spain.
Holler Mill a Heavy Los.
St. Edwakw, Htib., Nov. 1. A. D.
Warner's roller mill burned down. Tho
fire comYnenced in the top of the mill
and was impossible to control. There
was $5,000 insurance- on the property.
Tho loss is $25,000.
Wmy' Annuitant Held for TrtuL ;
Culbektson, Nub., Nov. 2. James
H. Ross, who shot J. T. Wray on Oct.
80, was given his preliminary hearing
before Justice White yesterday. Ross
was bound over to the district court
under a bond of $1,000.
Eqnal Nnfl'raitMt Confer.
Hastings, Neb.; Nov. 2. An equal
suffrage convention is being held in the
court house of this city under the
auspices of tho National Suffrago asso
ciation. The meetings are interesting
and enthusiastic. Miss Moffatt of Iowa
has charge of the convention.
Miner I Lout In Nebraiika.
Wallace, Ida., Nov. 1. Mrs. Charles
do Ford is here looking for her husband
who left Jopliu, Mo., on July 0, bound
for tho Conur d'Alone mines. From
men who started with him it is loarnod
that ho loft the train at Allianco, Neb.,
since whon nothing has been learned
from him. '
Equal Suffrage Convention.
West Point, Neb., Nov. 2. The Na
tional American Woman's Suffrage as
sociation will hold a convention in this
city on Nov. 23 and 23. The following
noted speakers will be present: Mrs. O.
II. Beldisu of Sioux City, la.; lie v. Ida
Holliu of Illinois aud Mrs. Laura A.
Gregg of Kansas. -
Nebraska Bank In Hood Condition.
Lincoln, Nov. 4. The annual report
of Secretary Hall of the state banking
board has been received from the print
ers. The report is very flattering and
shows that tho number of banks trans
acting business under state jurisdiction
at the clsse of tho period covered by the
report was 893, with a total paid-up
capital of $7,832,023.70.
Kill a Nebnmkn Soldier.
San Francisco, Nov. 2. Charles
Hall, formerly a private in the First Ne
braska voluuteer regiment and more re
cently cook on tho transport Hancock,
was shot and almost instantly killed
Lite last night by O. S. Dodgo, an aged
saloon keeper, at the Litter's place of
business near Hunter's Point. Tho
shooting was tho result of a row over
the payment for driirks.
- Murdered For II In Money.
Calloway, Neb., Nov. 2. Edward
Bird, a merchunt of this place, received
a telegram from Oklahoma today telling
of tho murder and robbery of his
brother, Arthur Bird, in tho territory
Monday. Arthur Bird was a traveling
collector. . He was waylaid in a coun
try district and robbed of $2,000. His
slayer, who is unknown, escaped. Ho
was prominent in Masonic and Pythian
circles aud these lodges will try to cap
turo his murderers.
: ALVIN SAUNDERS IS DEAD.
War Governor of Nebraska and Kx-tena-tor
Tame Away. .
Omaha, Nov. 2. Ex-Governor Alviu
Saunders died yesterday at his home on
Sherman avenue at the ago of 85 years.
He passed away easily and naturally and
his death seemed to (he members of the
family gathered around the bedside as
though ho had merely gone from perfect
consciousness into a gentle sleep. ,
Governor Saunders' death removes
one more of the few survivors whose
lives connect with the early history of
tho middlo west. He was largely in
strumental in the nomination of Abra
ham Lincoln as president. He was
chairman of the Iown delegation to the
national Republican convention held in
Chicago in 1800. While others were
trying to support Seward aud Bates, he
exerted all his efforts in behalf of Lin
coln, who, as a reward, appointed him
governor of the Nebraska territory. The
last signature ever written by Lincoln
was obtained by Governor Saunders
and la tho most highly prized souvenir
in tho possession of the Saunders fam
ily. Governor Saunders late in the aft
ernoon of the day of the assassination
called upon President Lincoln to get his
governor's commission renewed for the
second term. Tho president signed the
commission and remarked that he was
going to the theater in tho evening
with a party of friends. Next morning
Governor Sannders while on his way to
Omaha picked up a morning paper at
Pittsburg and was greatly shocked upon
reading the news of the assassination.
Governor Saunders was closely associ
ated with tho late Senator Harlan of
Iowa, who wan Mrs. Saunders' uncle.
Zlne Mine on Farm Ijiu1.
Maryviiae, Mo., Nov. 6. Hopkins
people aro somewhat excited over tho
; reported discovery of good pay aiuc and
lead ore west of there. Several pieces
of what was suspected to be lead and
eino ore taken from an old quarry west
of tho town were sent to an expert to be
tested, aud he stmt back the report that
they were of extra 11 ue quality. On
Hugh Dodd's farm a g;xnl sizd quan
tity of it has been discovered, auiung
Dtuer a tesi-pouud chunk.
Fatal llunlnrM (Juarrel.
Kaxsas Citt, Nov. 6. Rolla J.
Guorin, uged 30 years, a huckster, was
shot and killed by William Little, all
ot her huckster, at tho former's hoina at
2:30 a.m. Tho mim Wire partners and
had quarreled over business. Little es
caped. . Ix-CnaKreminan Itartie Ilead.
ST. Jukph, Mo., Nov. 3. Former
Congressman Daniel D. liurnes died at
his homo in this citp yesterday. Ha
was a son of tho late Congressman
James N. Bnria-s, succeeding to his
lather's seat in tho house
of represents,
U
JjiUvesiu lsai.
EVACUATE COLENSO
BRITISH FORCES FALL BACK TO
COURT FOR FINAL STAND.
EST-
Boera Said to Have tout Eight Hundred
la Killed, Wounded and Captured In
Engagement t TatUain' Farm Lady
mith I Still Safe.
London, Nov. 7. This morning's
news carries public knowledgo with re
spect to hostilities in South Africa very
little further than the evacuation of
Colenso and Stormberg. Those villages,
taken together with the announcement
that the public must not be disappointed
should the transports not reach their
destination on the ltte of tho public
lists, may, necessitate some change of
date in the army invasion of Natal. It
was expected that the army corps would
land near Cape Town for an invasion of
the Transvaal through the Orange Free
State, but the lauding may now be di
verted to Durban, Natal, whither it is
MAP SHOWIXO COI.ESSO.
frpocted Lieutenant General Buller
will go in a week or two to investigate
the situation for himself. There is also
a possibility of , a movement through
Delagoa bar and the admiralty notice
regarding tho transports simply means,
in all likelihood, that the news of their
movement is to be suppressed.
Stormberg was understood to be the
depot where stores, tents, guns,- ammu
nition and all the commissariat detail
were in process of accumulation. The
stores havo boen removed to Queens
town aud an obvious explanation of
their removal arises out of the Boer ad
vance from Botalawie and Aliwal North,
r.cports that Itosmead and Naauwport
are also to be evacuated seem to corro
borate the idea that General Bailer's
first business will bo to relieve Sir
George Stewart White.
It is believed that the Orange Free
State commanders now have 11,000, men
concentrated against Kimberley and on
theFrco State southern border". Op
posed to them are only 7,000 . British
troops. The towns which lie open to
their attack are Aliwal North, Burghers
dorp, Barley and Moltnno.
A dispatch from Pietermoritzburg,
dated Friday, reported that railway
communication with Ludysmith is sev
ered, the Boers having effected a lodge
ment at Nolthorpe, south of Ludysmith.
Among those invested at Ladysmith
are Colonel Rhodes, brother of Cecil
Rhodes, Sir John Willoughby, and it is
believed, Lr. Jameson, as well as most
of the prons correspondents aud prob
ably the Earl of Ava.
Itrltiitli Ev.'M'tmle CuleniMt.
Ektcoukt, Natal, Nov. 7. Colenso is
now in the hands of the Boers. Before
the evacuation was decided on tho en
emy tried to cut off our outposts. The
Durban Light Infantry, under Lieuten
ant Molynoaux, and a force of Dublin
Fusileers, were sent to the relief of tho
outposts and a brisk fight ensued. Tho
Boers were repulsed, leaving 12 dead.
Twenty Boer horses were killed and
others stampeded.
Tho chief motive for the withdrawal,
however, was that thj long range guns
of the Boers had made the position un
tenable. No orders were received for
retirement. While retirement was in
progress tho Natal volunteers at Fort
Wylio had great difficulty in getting
away their uine-iiounder in tho dark.
They were advised to spike tho gun,
but were exceedingly unwilling to do
this, resolving to make a determined
effort to take it with them. While they
were running the gun on its carriage
down a hill, the ropes broke, and gun
and carriage rushed on, the Litter being
smashed nt the bottom of the incline.
Nothing daunted, tho plucky fellows
undtrtook to carry the weapon itself,
which had not been damaged, and they
got it here safely.
Tho Boers shelled Colenso enmpat
dawn today, being appurcutly unaware
of tho tvacuatiou. They looted tho
stores, but did not harm tho bridges,
saying that they would want tho rail
wa themselves.
The women nnd children hem aro
crowding the traius bound for Pieter
mnritzbnrg and Durban.
never lor Hocrn.
PlRTKimAltlTZBUm, Nov. 7. The
general commanding the lino of com
munication with Maritsbur.? has ar
rived with his stuff at F.t'ourt. Tele
graphic communication north of Est
cuurt is entirely stopped. The natives
report that the &eva rr-eived a crush
ing blow at Ladysmith Thursday.
It is reported that tho Boixs lost 800
in killed, wounded and captured.
Tho British forces at Ludysmith, it
now appears, were engaged twice suc
cessfully on Tluimlay nnd on Friday.'
It is rqioruil that th ' cavulry scored
Leuvily and that the infantry did great
execution with bayonets, the Goriton
Highlanders currying tho principal Boer
position at tho point of tho bayonet.
The Boers lout heavily in killed aud
wouuded nnd a number surrendered.
The featme of yesterday's lighting
was tho great variety of. lioer nuns dis
closed. Tho effe t of the eiulit hours'
artillery fight was terrible, though less
deadly tkui the infantry combat. ,
eOLWErVY ffMlt
V
BAD GLAZE AT KANSAS CITY.
Half a ion Dollar' Worth of Prop,
erty Gme I p In Smoke.
Kansas City, Nov. 6. Half a mil
lion dollars' worth of property was de
stroyed after midnight by fire that
started in Jouos Brothers' big . depart
ment store in North Main and Sixth
streets and spread to half a block of
other buildings in Main and Walnut
streets. Tho aggregate insurance is es
timated at $375,000. Tho heaviest los
ers are Jones Brothers, who estimate
their stock, which was totally de
stroyed, as worth $300,000. It was the
most destructive fire that has ever vis
ited the uptown business district.
The fire started in the building occu
pied by Jones Brothers, at 551-501 Main
street, at shortly after midnight and its
inflammable contents burned with re
markable rapidity. Within 20 minutes
the entire six stories were a mass of
flames and burning embers wore
being carried by a stiff breeza in all di
rections. Twenty minutes later part
of the Main street front wall foil with
a terrific crash. Within a short time
the south wall tottered and fell crash
ing into the Humboldt building, a five
story structure across Sixth street, car
rying dowu port of the latter building.
In a little- more than an hour after the
fire 6tartod the Jones stock was en
tirely destroyed and nothing was left
of its building but tho foundation. In
tho meatime tho lire had spread south
to tho Humboldt building, north to the
Jones annex and Quinn's grocery, all
five-story buildings, and flying embers
had caught the old St. James hotel,
four stories in height, half a block north
on Walnut street, the next street east.
Tho hotel was partially saved but the
walls are bulging out and the building
will have to be torn down. Abso
lutely nothing of the stock of the Em
erich Dry Goods company was saved.
Two stories of the Quinn building were
burned and Quinn's stock was mined.
JEALOUS MAN'S ACT.
Fatally Shoot III Wife, Wound Her
Parent and K1U Himself.
St. Louis. Nov. 6. In a jealous rage
George Barthell, a foreman in the
wholesale house of the Simmons Hard
ware compauy, fatally -hot his wife,
beat his wife's father and mother into
insensibility and then killed himself.
Barthell had been separated from his
wife for four years, and during that
time had mxdn repotted requests that
sho return to him, but to no avaiL
Yesterday Barthell walked iuto the
homo of his wife's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Rohlfiug, in Eighth street,
with a revolver in each hand. Without
saying a word ho fired a shot at his wife.
The ball went Wide aud Mrs. Barthell
flsd from tho room. Rwthell then
brought the butt of one of his weapons
down with "terrific force on old Mr.
Rohlling's head, knocking him insens
ible. Mrs. Kchlfiug endeavored to pro
tect her husband and in the struggle re
ceived a broken nose and blows from
the weapon that also rendered her un
conscious. Tho man then chased his
wife from the house and catching her
at the gate, fired throe shots, two tak
ing effect in the head, making mortal
wounds, and one in the arm. Barthell
stood over his wife's fallen form for an
instant as if to satisfy himself that she
was dead and then blew out his brains.
Allen F.Iected to Congress.
Portland, Me., Nov. 7. Amos T.
Allen has been elected congressman
from tho First Maine district to suc
ceed Thomas B. Reed, by a majority of
4,050, with throe or four small towns to
hear from. These cannot change the
result more tbau 50 votes either way.
, Drej fu Cunaned to III Bed.
Parls, Nov. 6. A dispatch from Car
pentras, department of Vaucluse, to
which place former Captain Dreyfus
went after the conclusion of his trial,
says that Dreyfus is confined to his bed
by illness, the rerult of a culd.
LATEST NEWS OF TRADE.
( uicuiro Grain and Provlnlons.
CniCAoo, Nov. 8. All the grain market
were HtroDg ttxlny. and good advances were
cored, wheat cloHiOg nt advance, corn, ',9
c hinhtx and oatu ' !c higher. Provision
clottud trahstdntiaUy uncUange l. Higher cables
and small world' ithimienta Htarted a buying
movement in wheat, all the more effective on
Bwount of tho break of over 6c in lesx than
nimitli. l'l winn price:
W ii bat Dm- . etc: Jlay, TWVflkt.
Coux-Dee.. 81' 8!4 ; May, 8-;S!?io.
Oat Dec,. 2.",! V! ; Miy. 2Jl!j.
Pome Dw.. 4S.A); Jan.,9.7.Va'J.T7,.
lilK Dec., H HU: Jan.. N.ftVffll.W;,.
La H Dec.. : Jan., H.2714.
Cash quotatiuat: No. 2 red wliuat. WfyWie;
No. 'I spring wheat, OSotTlo; No. A corn, MJiijJ
BJD : N o. 2 outs, 'tic.
Clilraco Live Stock.
CmcAfio. Nov. 6. (Uttle ReeeiuK 15.000:
bet lecf rattle nt ady to 10c hi;-her ; fair kinds
Hteady; runije rattlu trcnir: good to fancy,
$.'.i.W "'; common to medium, 14 Vit...iU;
cows, heifers and bull. 1 7.i4.50; fancy
heifers, .i.50; Texas crassurs, 2.2.VtS8S; Rood
'lexans. M.'iOffli.O.i, caive. I.OO7.7.i. Hokh
Uis-ein;, !K,aiO: Mtronit for butchers an J best
heavies; piu kiiiK an.l light graues htcody ; elos
inu ttwady to ntninj: fair to prime, 4.1U(
.:!7'i: heavy pnckcr;. l&TjMt-UO; mixed, taCV
6.1.; liutcliers, 4.1j$4.a; luiln wemtits, U.Vi
(at.K' j : piles 8..4.iibi Hlieen Iieceipts, 24,
UH); the mni kt t fur Wli heco an L lamb waif
steady todiiy ; sheep, common to cl ok-e, H.uoi
4.110; western ranker. M.MKB4.40; good to prime
IniulM, u.tA o.).tl.i: prime native yearliuga,f4.2S
y.l.7o; range luiiibs. tl(kij...(U
Kansas City Uve Ntnek.
Kansas CitV. Nov. ft. CtMe Rflcoiotx,
8.7W; ile-irable cattle, active, hinhrr. others
steady; honvy native stcera, 5.4A(t..H0; Uitht--i
ik-lits. .i.2ilit j.od; stocker and leaders. (O.M
m !..: tmtrlient' cows and heifers. J3.i0t4.cO;
i-sniiers, t.4Jr,fl.00: fed western steer, HOV
Culiranve Htcer, S.i44.i16 ; Tei.ns. tS.rslt
t;KX Hogs -KuccintH, 6,1M; alow; giKxl de-dir.-tble
steady ;oMieiD 2? 0 lower; heavy and
mixed, M.(ia4.'iA; linht, a.lOi4.(; pl.'s, .'I.7C
laaM, tUusru liceolpta, t.lJ); firm, niif-h:ini'sl;
limbs, $4.79..ue; mnttnas. H.VU!J; suxia
r and feeders, .Mt 2j; cnlls, J UO,JiM
Son 111 lin;ilil Lit Ktaek.
HorTit Omaha. Not. . battle Receipts.
4,fi(l; steady tJ 10c hiRlier; native lieef teers,
tiTO'Rn.oO; wrstern ieers. H.i4 W; Txa
tXfem, l.l.7.4.B.i;cowand hetrurs, tS.2!4-7:
ranners, 2.2i!..10: stoi'krTs and feeders, IS 4U
(il.tu; calves. 44.011 Ort..:bnlls, stairs, etc., $.;.(
(o :)..). Hks K-elpts. 8.W0: eaKier; heavy,
U,.(l.ii4.W, ; mixed. 14 (W4.u2v; Uht, 44 WJ
t4 lll: pins, (H. i0tl.ilU; bulk or tales. M M
i.iri. rhsp Kecclta. 6,'X; stesvly U
'roii(j; yearlmifs. Ui'Hi western not.
Vxis. 4.uKa)4.2&; vock shaen, ltU048U)v; latmiaj.
WHAT THE FAOLK SIGNIFIES.
Why It Was tln,tii w the Emblematlo
Bird of America.
From the Detroit Free Press: In
ancient mythology the eagle was be
lieved to carry the souls of the dying
to their abode on Mount Olympus and
was called the bird of Jove. The eagle
was first taken as a symbol of royal
power by the ancient Etruscans, who
bore Its image upon their standard.
In the year 87 B. C. a silver eagle,
with extended wings, poised on the
top of a spear, with a thunderbolt held
In its claws, was adopted as the mili
tary standard to be borne at the . head
of their legions by the Romans. At
the time of Hadrian a golden eagle
was substituted for the silver one. A
two-headed eagle was 'adopted by the
Byzantine emperors as a symbol of
their control of both the east and the
west. The double-headed eagle of
Russia was adopted on the marriage
of Ivan I. with a Grecian princess of
the eastern empire; that of Austria
was first used when the emperor of
Germany took the title of Roman em
peror. The national standard of Rus
sia bears a black eagle, that of Poland
a white one. Napoleon I. took a gold
en eagle for his standard, modeled of
pure gold and bearing a thunderbolt,
pfter the pattern of the eagle of the
Romans. This standard was disused
under the Bourbons, but was restored
by a decree of Louis Napoleon In 1852.
The eagle was first used on American
coins in 1788, on cents and half-centa
irsued from the Massachusetts mint
It was adopted in the plan of a nation
al coinage as a design upon all gold
coins and on the silver dollar, half
dollar and quarter-dollar. The design
of the eagle was at one time suggested
for the national flag, but was aban
doned. RAILROAD SPIKE AND ITS LUCK
Fortune's Opportunltx Develops Ont of
Man erase for Whittling;.
Opportunity frequently develops
from the most trivial of circumstances.
A striking instance cf this truism is
manifested in the cse cf a man for
merly bereft of the good things of life
and now riding the. crest o financial
prosperity. It all arose from his craze
for whittling. Sitting one day In the
smoker of a Pullman attached to a
western train, he picked up a piece of
wood and began idly fashioning it into
shape. Perhaps because of the Jour
ney, and perhaps, too, from the shape
of the wood. It began to assume the
form of a railroad spike, the kind used
in fastening tho iron rails to the wood
en tics. When the spike was complet
ed the car was still traveling on its for
ward way, so to aild to his occupation
and mako it pass the time away the
owner of the inventive penknife be
gan to tunnel the wooden spike on
each cf its four sides until finished it
looked like a symmetrical implement
with edges resembling the petals of a
flower. "Why don'J you patent that
spike?" quietly asked a prominent rail
road official of the party aa he watched
the development of the stick of wood.
"Don't know, I'm sure. Never thought
of it. Guess it Isn't worth much any
way," replied the whlttler laughingly.
But the idea clung to his memeory
even if at the time he had smiled it
away as incredible. A year later a
friend met him in New York bearing
on bis person unmistakable signs of
the dawn of good fortune. "Yes." he
answered, agreeingly, "I owe it all to
that wooden spike. I took that man's
advice when I reached New York, had
the thing patented and a few weens
later a railroad company paid me
$100,000 for the patent. Queer luck,
wasn't it?"
MANILA PIGS AND CHICKENS.
The Former Will Always Attract a
Crowd.
One of the curious sights to an
American visiting the Chinese and na
tive quarters is the ever-present pig.
but as pigs are not allowed at large
they have an ingenious method of ty
ing the pigs by the ears, says Manila
Freedom. They cut a small hole
through the pig's ears, one-half to an
Inch in diameter; through this hole
they Insert a rope, with a large knot
on one end. This rope securely con
fines the pig's liberties about the prem
ises. sThe same sights are also often
seen on the native boats and even on
the swell launches plying about Manila
bay. Transporting pigs through the
streets of Manila will always attract a
crowd, athough the sight Is a very
common one. The legs of the pig are
securely tied together and the pig Is
then suspended on the long pole rest
ing on the shoulders of two native car
riers. The pig, with his legs up and
head down, makes about as much noise
while In transit as the pig under a
gate in the state of Missouri, and
never fails to hold the crowd. It Is a
very common sight to see a hen or a
rooster staked out In the dooryard of
a native house- Game cocks are pick
eted Just as the plainsman pickets his
pony. A string Is tied to the leg of
the fowl and a small wooden peg is
tied to the other end. When the na
tive makes a visit he carries the fowl
and when he stops to coat the picket
pin Is pushed Into the ground, and Mr.
Chicken is quite at home.
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WOM EN POLICEMEN OF LONDON
yueer Occupation of a Crowd of With
ered Danie.
London has many queer things in
the huge extent of Its area, but none
queerer than its women guardians of
the streets, for London, unknown to
most of iU inhabitants, has a police
force the like of which does not exist
In any other city on earth. In order
to see It work you must get up very
early on Friday morning and visit Co
vent Garden market. There you will
see such a block of traffic and such a.
crowd of angry and unreasonable driv
ers that you will not be surprised at
the Metropolitan police giving up the
duty of keeping order as an impossl-
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Die jod. out siin you lt .-
things come right In the end. and on
looking to And how this is brought
about you will probably be shocked to
discover that Covent Garden has a po
lice force all to itself in the shape of
some hundred or so of old women.
They dart In and out among the cars,
order the drivers to stop, or back their
horses, or move on. They shout and
swear and shake their fists and catch
the horses' beads and, If necessary, shy
turnips or potatoes at the driver. But
they always succeed In having their
own way. But for those women U la
believed that it would be npcessary to
read the riot act every Saturday morn
ing in Covent. Garden. As it Is. the
women police -make a comfortable liv
ing out of their profession, the drivers
giving thern daily tips, while the pro
prietors pay them a fair salary.
The Collecting Mania.
Berlin furn med an extraordinary
exhibition of the collecting mania re
cently. The German postofflces uses
numbers for the months In stamping
letters, and on Sept. 9 collectors de
termined to obtain the usual sequence
of -nines from district office No. 99,
whose stamp on that day would read
99.9.9.99. A mob of over a thousand
persons stood outside the office when
it opened, so that the police had to be
called on to keep It in order and all
available help was sent from the gen
eral postoffice to handle the mail mat
ter. The rush continued during the
day and at night the police had to use
force to disperse the crowd that was
awaiting after the closing hours and
to enable the officials to leave the of
offlce. Sixty thousand places of mail
were stamped during the day.
The Great Kock Island Route ia
placing interchangable books on
sale at all coupon offices west of
the Missouri river, good on
thirty - seven different rail
roads and will be a great advantage
to commercial men and , travelers.'
The net rate is 2c per mile in Kan
sas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
and Indian Territory.
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dmit October 15th.
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