August 15, 190L
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
OEUTSCH PRIZE TRIALS
Former IsTcxtors and Tests of
Dirigible Balloons.
SJLSTGS-BiniOSrS 0TSE2 ACESr3
Cearai 11 a farand bf tko DarSas
tmmmss Savfavator. Wlo la a R
tlarr hy rrofeslos Expert's !
crtitt of tb Canal rarll. of
Uali Tfcat Wa. WrcltcU.
TLe l:tsei x-rize, which M. Eactos
lcct. io La Jut narrowly e-caii-4
dnth la attemptla;: to circle the
ll.rftl towrr la LU d:i:tle balloon.
Li t--ti trying for two.aammeri to
w;a, w st 'rmi 1a ;ian a. i--. mj
tL N-w York Tribute. The conditions
f tli coiitefct were tL-e: TLe aero
naut tLoli rt from Sumner. about
thre ose-half tulles from the Eif
1YI lowr, iske a voysjr around liiat
cw;al slrnctnr asl return to the
j-c'.st of dtiartcre Inside of 20 raln-t;t-.
T0 d It would be ceary
to trsvHI mt tL rate of 11 lallea or
tn'r isa bvur for fall seven vrAU- and
-Z2v&strai tL Une'.l-'.lUj of irojx-l-XlxiC
tr.r.:-s -1 otherwise aaccess
fjiilj r-air;!. U craft- TLe sum to
M. Soto-I.tiSiont ptt LI s!rLip np
iwv-ral t !:-- In tte spring and sum
cer of !'. a a-J cade tLe attempt in-fm-s'lf
that 1. without tunmoalo;
tl v j-3"iz to wiuef the performance.
I'lnzlly Le r-aJf a trial usder official
cnrtiir. Till aa 1b September. But
vstaetsisg west wrong with bis p
I arataf, and Le descended before cora-lUi.i-z
tLe Journey. Ilia first notable
a'-M fbi year wss not made over tbe
huret&er-Eiffel tower course and hence
n bot an attempt to ect:re tbe prize.
Ile iled frosa St. Clocd to the Long
c Latiij race course and simply maueu-r-d
tn tbe sir.
Tbe federal j!aa which tb! daring
yvc &avltor pursue la much like
tLat cf CapLaia lire and llenard of
tLe Fn-cca array la 1S. They eru
;,kTrd a jpas bs; to aut-taia tbeSr ap
varatut az.J bajed !t like a cigar la or
irr to rJt-'-e atraopberlc resistance.
VSL a wrrw prup-ilr. driven by an
ebMc tsutor aaJ storage battery.
Kreb asd Uesard derelo;ed a fpeed
cf H tu'Mn- aa Lour, but thia was xnaln
tii for culy a few ix.iout -
Aiaoir ttce Lo bare followed this
;i lrvn xreet-2rtt was tbe Gertaaa
CVunt t .a Z-M-rila. who trW bia air
' p (T.r LaLe C-jr. -tat.ee last year
l-i a la Jt-!y and October. Tbe enor
t.ocs !re of tbe craft It wai orer 4o0
f.t l ! tL tsic'i own, promS-
dow a .tsry officer and friend of
tLe k'.zz of WcnterDUrj; attracted o
ir.C' h att-Dtia to tLe venture tbat
k -t r--f y saybyiy noticed Santos-D'J-t.-if.
who- work waa really much
t,-. re j rnr..l-:-s. Von Zyilia bad a
t ; L; with a feeble engine, a email
pK-'be tctor. wLHe tLe tbodfat young
rrrsxllij-a ia lari Lad a
amlabed. It attains a ajeed of 150
turn & minute.
"Toe ateerinff derlce ia of Bilk and 1
placed between the ballxn and the
framework abore the propeller. The
balloon Is Inflated with hydrogen, and
In order to maintain at all tiroes a ten
sion on the enrclope that Is to say,
perfect Inflation a compensating bal
loon filled with air Is placed In the in
terior. This Is inflated automatically,
as required, by a small compressor
actuated by the motor, the air being
conducted to .it by tubltg. A. guide
rope Is suspended under tbe frame
work, and with Its aid the necessary
Inclination Is obtained to effect the
movements of ascent and descent.
Such, In brief, are the apparatus and
method employed by M. Santos-Dura
on t."
AUTOMOBILE RACE PLANS.
Plana to Eliminate Daascr to Spec
tator at Jlewport'a Contest.
The members of the city government
of Newport appointed to act In the
matter of the automobile races on Aug.
SO held a meeting the otter night and
received propositions from the National
Automobile Racing association In re
gard to the manner in which the road
races will be held. The association has
agreed to employ at its expense some
SO or 40 special policemen, who will be
placed at intervals along the course to
preTent the possibility of any accident.
There will also be a reserve squad of a
balf dozen men tbat can be called upon
In case of an accident. The city solic
itor has also been Instructed to draw
np a form of agreement, which every
automobllist who starts in the race
must sign, which releases the city from
any expense caused by an accident. If
one refuses to sign this agreement, he
will not be allowed to start
It has been decided to have the races
start and finish In front cf Crossways,
tbe villa of Stuyvesant Fish. Tbe
course will be around tbe drive and
across Carroll avenue, coming out by
Mr. Fish's again. Red danger flags
will be placed at all roads and every
precaution taken to prevent any acci
dent.
Tbe petition sent to the city asking
for permission to hold the races was
beaded by the name of Mrs. Herman
Oelrichs. and she Is being congratu
lated on all sides today, as it has been
called the Oelrichs petition.
MISS BEAL IN DEMAND.
JUST A LITTLE OF YOUR TIME TO CONSIDER SOUE
Husbands Galore For Girl Who
Drew a Lucky Claim.
GETS MANY KOTOS OF LETTEES.
JAPANESE WIFE HIS NURSE.
Sir Edwin Arnold. Blind auid Para.
Iraed. Devotedly Taken Care Of.
Tbe Mumea b brown, velet eyes.
Curtained with satin, aleepily;
Yen wonder if those Hda would riao
Tbe newest, atrangest sir tit to ace.
Bat wfcen aba eta t ten, laugfcs or play
Kcto. Liwa or aamisen.
Jlo Jewel r lea ma with brighter rays
Than Cash frora tbote dark lashes then.
"Tbe Miumec," Sir Edwin Arnold.
The pathetic tenderness and faith-
fulness of the Japanese wife of Sir
Edwin Arnold In his stricken condition
hare caused great comment In social
and literary circles in London, says
tbe New York Evening JournaL Sir
small ship, Edwin bas lost the sight of his eyes.
w a raotor wL'.cb waa relatively
c.n-tL tuore pat-rfeL la certain de
ls :1 prrhar b'. craft was superior.
Vca Ze?pelia was doomed to failure
rrora tL omt. lie made elgbt or ten
c.'.U aa Lour fee a few minute, but
cv-cSJ t. t beat tLe record. He spent a
F J dt-al cf money, costly bis own.
er 1 Las now deSaitely n-tired from tbe
Crl-,L
atitos-rntont is aa engineer by pro
f.tfckfti aud sLotit 2-i years old. Hi
rxin& ootor i a carrel cf ULtaes.
It i de,5i especially by tbe
JIt-r. I a inkier, develop seven borae
iKinrrr ccl weiLa TO pound. Tbe gas-
0- lti taaLa are cigar sbaped. But even
with til beautiful eu!;iaect, la some
r-;rts trst-sled. Santos-Dcmont has
t-vt yet batea tbe record of Krebs and
TL tecidect. wLich resulted so bap
p ly. retiiis one of tbe fate of Herr
1- ilWatLAl. wLo lot Li life ia Aogust,
i";. tbrocgh tbe wreckicg of bis flying
c-artiue. TLat device was practically
a pair of lire wings and meant to sua- '
t'.a Lim wL'.le be slid down an aerial
slope fftta a bouse top cr a cliff. He :
tad ruaue 2,t;0 such C!gLu before bis j
d.-stL.
yotscs EagUibmao, Flicker, who
!:. tart-d Lii'ectLal to wa extent, but
ei? t'ted isueh criiuabty, met a simi
lar fte ;a i'.'j. II ; plan was to start
?.':- tLe j.rizc ar.d r1e very gently
i...rrs toTr-d Lira. Evidently be
c nr.t ta drive Lis aeroplane with a gas
TLe caa.trurtioa cf M. Sacto-Du-n.
; :.:' tiloa is tbus dooely described
ia tLe current ntist-er of Tbe Scleatiuc
& m r.-5 a ;
Tl-e ba!I-o?i proper is cylindrical
f. 1 i er-1 witu s!'t. its eitremi-t:-
bei:-g l-ltted. It ! Ill feet long,
ai it cutlral capacity is ISjSuo feet,
r .:--r- i d t r paau wire fcoise Z$ or 40
f--t Wutr tLe balloon is a l'gi t franie-
ork wLore proile very ruch rm
tU-s tLit of tLe balk-oa pmp-r. Tbe
f ra? terror k Is triasrular in i-ertion and
i formal f ttrt-e loss: pi rf woti.
9nri3 at tbe end sad trengtbeaei by
crj I rrr is and steel wires. This
frmaewor& ss;iorts a four cylinder. 16
fcoreower Eiotor f tLe T'ion-lioutoo
tri, it fteS re-M-rvo'r. tbe shaft and
tLe propelier. Tbe er.ice is placed
veil toward one ecd. aad tbe aeronaut
r! !e la a l:jrtt tssket at tbe other end.
Here be baa ca3er Lis control all of tbe
raaeticery for rcaaeuveticg tbe bal
loca. also tbe ballast aad tbe guide
rof.
Tbe repect!ve poaitlons f tbe vari
ces wetgLzs were determined after
r-ajy rxperirseata. and Its ejs!lSbr1ara
is perf eet- This assures Its borizoo
tal!ty sad as e;cal tetaloa n tbe rus
peJers. This explains wfcy tbe eero
rct is so far separated from bis motor.
TLe pr?p:ier. 14 feet In diameter. Is
eoDpusel of two vanes cf wood and
itetl, cvveced with eiik and bigbly
and as a result of paralysis be cannot
walk a step. Constant and tender In
her devotion to him Is bis little dark
raced wire, who before ner marriage
was Mrs. Watanabe, the widow of a
distinguished officer of the Japanese
army.
The talk ol the town was Sir Edwin's
marriage to his sweet faced wife. He
met her In Yokohama in 1891 when he
was visiting Japan with his daughter
Edith. Their marriage was sudden.
so sudden that Miss Edith was shock
ed. It was explained to her that they
had been wedded by the Japanese
methou rt drinking a cup of tea togeth
er. When tbe daughter asked her fa
ther about the ceremony, which seem
ed to her questionable, be said:
"It is tbe custom of tbe country and
will be as binding on me as would be
& pompous ceremony in a cathedral"
DOG JOINS A LODGE.
Initiated Into the Fraternity of tha
Knlsnta of Pjrthla.
A thoroughbred pet dov? was made a
full C edged Knight of Pythias by
Kearney lodge of Chainbersburg. Pa.,
tbe other evening, says the Philadel
phia Press. . Actor William along.
whose home Is at Chambersburg. took
tbe last degree and requested that his
dog be allowed to walk the narrow
path with him. It was ngreed to, and
tbe Skye terrier made the rounds with
bis master.
As far as Is known be 13 the only
canine Knight of Pythias In tbe world.
Alleared Railroad Manager Offers
Her a Bls Block of Railroad Stocks
aa an In da cement Medical . Stu
dent Want Her to Watt Two Tear.
Yoanar Kansas. Means Business.
Miss Mattie Beal of Wichita, Kan.,
who drew the second choice claim In
the Lawton land district, is receiving
as high as 100 proposals of marriage
dally from all parts of the United
States. In her absence In Oklahoma
her mother and sister open them and
find much amusement In their perusaL
They expressed the other day about
200 of the letters to Miss Beal, who
had not seen any of them owing to the
fact tbat she has been away from borne
practically all the time since bearing
of ber good fortune.
Mrs. Beal allowed a representative of
the Kansas City Times to look over
such of the letters as were not mark
ed "confidential,"- and he noted some
peculiar phases of love sickness. One
man claiming to be a railroad manager
In Michigan gushes forth his love for
Miss Beal in eloquent language and
promises to make ber a present of a
block of railroad stocks worth from
$30,000 to $40,000 If she becomes his
wife. He says bis friends call him
handsome, that be Is a widower, and.
though far advanced In years, he looks
young. He refused to give his name,
but gave her the number of a postofflce
box at a station in the vicinity of De
troit which he said he had rented espe
cially, for her communications to him,
promising that when he should receive
one letter from her he would satisfy
ber as to his identity and position. ;
Tbe senior partner in a Kansas City
manufacturing enterprise tendered
Miss Beal his heart in a very pathetic
manner, saying his last wife had been
a telephone girl, whose brief reign of a
year and a half over bis household
filled bis home with sunshine. She died
about three years ago.
A young man in St. Louis with $4,000
cash and a bouse In Joliet, Ills., worth
$3,000 begs Miss Beal to let him know
whether her heart is not pledged. His
chief recommendation to her outside of
his cash and tenement is that he wears
a No. 6 shoe.
A saloon keeper- at Paris, Tenn.,
would fain win her heart by means of
a photograph and a positive assertion
that while he is 36 years of age he
has never loved a woman and did not
think he ever should until he beard of
ber. He postscribes the fact that he
Is strictly temperate and of a good dis
position. . s
A wealthy Baltimore lady asks her
to appropriate an acre of her claim to
the cultivation of roses as a thanks
offering to fortune.
A Tennessee young man boasts of
having in his veins the best cavalier
blood of tbe south and offers a long
pedigree as an Inducement for her to
wed him.
A young man of Waterbury, Conn.,
asks nothing better than to be her
neighbor and wants her to inform him
how he can secure the claim adjoining
hers. He has the money to pay for it
straight, he says.
A "poor" young man living at Brazil-
ton, Kan., is the only one who so far
has Inclosed stamps for a reply to, his
proposal.
"My proposal to you Is not an idle
fancy or transient passion," says a
young manufacturer of New Trenton,
Ind. "It Is prompted by an Impulse
which I cannot control and impelled
onward by a passion which over
whelms every other consideration. I
have dared to address you with the
hope that fortune, which sometimes
seconds a desperate resolve, may favor
my suit. Pray, madam, do me the fa
vor to consider and approve my pro
posal."
One young man who is attending the
Illinois Medical college at Jacksonville
wants and begs ber to wait two years
for him. He says he will graduate
then and will be in a position to make
her lots of money.
One young man, a Kansan, of course.
says: "You do not know how to farm.
I do. If you marry me, I can furnish
$200 in cash and $350 worth of farming
utensils." It is cold business with tbe
Kansas man.
Midsummer.
Tbe katydid is in the grxm.
The locust in the tree.
led. on by Bight and one by day.
They're sinrinf merrily.
The butterfly sips nectar from.
Tbe cup I every Bowr.
And sweets are gathered by the bet
la rarden. field and bowr.
Tbe berries (leant through tangled vines
Alone the dusty way;
In IVelda the tasaeled rows cf cora
Amid the breexea sway,
ri'sh p in air tbe aable crows
Co by with Capping wing,
And from their coverts in the woods
Tbe timid rabbits spring.
The branches la the orefcar Js droop
Within the passer's reach.
Bores down by ever growing weight
Of apple, pear and peach.
And now and then one Xeares tbs stem
To which it lorg bas dung.
For It bas me Mewed ere its time
Or to its heart waa stung.
Down where the sea forever rolls.
Or on the mountain crest.
Or where the breeces swse? the lake,
Man now ia finding rert.
A vigor new ia in the atep.
And hearts ia rapture, leap.
For there if gladness all ths day,
Aad with tbe night coves sleep.
There's beaoty la tbs lake and sea
And os tbe hill and plain;
The sunshine gilds tbs wood and Bsldst
There's blessing in th rain.
, Tbe charm of nature new ire seen
la all tbeir glorious prime.
Fee there baa come to at again
Tbe aoea of rammer tiaa.
Plttabw-f Otfaoiels-Talsfrapa.
Monument to Missionaries.
A monument will be erected in Ober
lln, O., soon which will be a suitable
memorial to the memory of the mar
tyred missionaries in China, says the
New York World. It will take the form
of an elaborate granite or marble shaft
or a bowlder bearing the names of the
missionaries who lost their lives. The
memorial Is to be paid for by a volun
tary subscription fund. The original
'Oberlln band" sent forth frora Ober-
lin and many retired missionaries, in
cluding Dr. Ament of Mark Twain
fame, have homes In Oberlln.
Tbe Christening: Rlnftr.
The christening ring ia a new fad.
It is a token of love and gratitude pre
seated by a happy benedict to his wife
on the occasion of the baptism of their
first child. George Vanderbilt has the
credit of having started tbe fashion.
and the ring which he gave his wife
Is said to be worth $0,000, having once
been worn by a royal princess, says
tbe Chicago News. The little finger
la the place of the christening ring, and
to be correct It ought to be set with
tie birtbstone of the mother.
-With a View to Submarine War.
Uncle Sam's next new experiment.
says the Boston Globe, Is likely to be In
the line of submarine signaling.
ACTS ABOUT GRAIN
THEY HAY HURT, BUT NEVER YET. DID AN INJUSTICE.
PR
It is not our purpose herein to reit
erate , the claim of "BEST" made by
our hundred competitors without
proof of the claim, or to claim super-
ority by reason of a half century of
existence without explaining why we
have not made money enough to "re
tire on, but wish to convey to the mind
of the reader some idea of the facts
now existing in relation to Grain Drills
now made and for sale.
The "EMPIRE" was the first drill
made with runners. An established
fact. ' - - " ' -
Its popularity forced others to make
drills like it. An apparent fact. '
There are more of them sold now an
nually than drills of any other make.
An unquestionable fact.
There are more of them now used
than all other makes combined
isfactory fact to us.
A et-
It is the greatest success In thj his
tory of grain seeding machinery. A
fact , acknowledged by all save com-
Lpetltors.. ;
THE DEVICE WHICH IS CREATING A REVOLUTION IN GRAIN SOWING SECURES FOR THE SEED AIR AND MOISTURE, AND FOR THE FARM
ERS AN INCREASED YIELDS
Our 30-Shoe Grain Drill.
If
Cd'iO 8 8 0 P O O Q j t& 0 9 8 o
n
I
MM&M Q ft A ft A h n.MiR MM .Aft fliA)
The lightest in draft of all seeding
machinery.
Presses the bottom of the furrow,
causing the moisture to rise and germ
inate the seed. ' '
Does not clog with stubble, weeds
or trash, but presses them into the
ground and passes over. Draws stead
ily through the soil and deposits the
seed at a uniform depth.
The EMPIRE Shoe is the result of
many years experience and careful
study to obtain the most perfect de
vise for forming drill furrows. lt is a
The above cut shows the 20-shoe
drill with chain. This Is the staple
size for three-horse drill. With chain
coverers it is of the same draft as a
fifteen-hoe drill in sowing grain at
the same depth. Made with two poles,
four-inch tire, double neck-yoke, , two
truss-rods and well braced frame.
Shipped with four horse evener and
neck-yoke which can readily be
changed for three horses.
Below we give you a few reasons
why the EMPIRE drill is the best.
Come in and see this drill and we will
show you superior points' the EMPIRE
DRILL has over all others. Can show
you much more than we can say.
It . has tapered axles and the same
gathering of the wheels at the bot
tom and front as a wagon, making it
the lightest draft drill made and re
ducing the draft fully twenty-five per
cent over drills that have straight
axles. The axles never bend nor
twist, are held solid and firm the same
as axles on wagons. - Its wheels will
never wear in and rub the box with
our ' taper axle, like drills will when
their wheels are on straight axles. We
furnish either galvanized or rubber
tubing and it is the only drill in the
world that will sow tbe same amount
of wheat, oats, barley,.:Or rye per acre
with the same gear in equally the same
time -without -making- any change. - It
does not discriminate j between differ
ent grains, but only requires a change
for different quantities. Its motion is
continuous . and positive, its feeding
channel unalterable, its capacity cov
ering the range of all requirements on
the farm, its construction simple, its
accuracy of distribution unerring, and
its reliability lasting and permanent.
This idea has been the hobby for
over fifty years and the work, of the
EMPIRE drill proves that it ap
proaches closely if it is not a realiza
tion of the thought. It must be un
derstood and comprehended that it
does not sow by weight, a bushel of
wheat and a bushel of oats, rye or
barley, vary in this respect, but they
occupy the same space and so far as
measurement goes are alike, and the
peculiar feature Of the EMPIRE is
that it does not discriminate between
those four grains, which vary so great
ly in constitution and weight, but
measures them out of the drill box as
accurately as if done with a sealed
half bushel measure by a skilled
farmer. I '
It is. this peculiarity which distin
guishes it from all other drills and
makes it a FORCED FEED. The vital
principle of a grain drill Is its feeding
device. This element in the EMPIRE
is strictly scientific and the more it is
studied and understood, the more its
advantages are appreciated. It is the
full realization of the force feed idea
and needs no argument to sustain the
claim.
It is reliable because there is no
guess work about it. Of all work on
the farm the planting of seed should
be the most carefully watched and ac
curately done. ' 1 - ,
IT IS AS POSITIVE and as accur
ate as the sealed half bushel as it con
trols and measures the grain.
POSITION DOES NOT EFFECT IT.
It sows the same quantity going up
hill, on the level or down hill.
ITS MOTION .IS SLOW, wear slight,
repair costs small, and will do as
good work after long service as when
new.
IT SOWS wheat, rye, barley, oats,
flax, peas, beans, corn, clover, timothy,
millet, pumpkin and beet seed or any
other seed ever sown.
IS IT WISE to buy a complicated
drill when, one that is simple can be
had and do . the work better? .
HOPPER BOTTOM. The bottom of
the grain box is made of triangular
blocks placed between each of the feed
runs. This helps in sowing and is a
benefit when seeding is finished and
the drill has to be cleaned out.
CUT-OFF VALVES for each run are
placed inside of the box ready for use
when wanted and out of the way when
not needed.
THE ZIG-ZAG is operated by a lever
easily reached from either end and
the shoes can be set even or zig-zagged
from .three to six inches, which is a
big advantage in trashy ground, as
should the shoes occasionally gather
trash under them, instead of raising
up the shoes, take hold of your zig
zag . lever throwing the shoes either
forward or back, causing them to pass
over the obstruction when the drill is
in motion.
perfect trash rider, lighter in draft
than a hoe drill or broadcast seder,
something which works perfectly in
wet as well as dry ground; cuts into
the sod and deposits the seed where
nothing else will work at all. In dry
ground it secures a better . yield . by
pressing the bottoms of the furrows
which forms a perfect seed bed.
Pressure of the ground below the seed
secures for the grain all of the three
important factors HEAT, AIR and
MOISTURE; and with even distribu
tion and not too great depth, the best
possible results will be obtained from
the soil according to its state of fer
tility. NO DEVICE EQUALS THE
EMPIRE "V" SHAPED SHOE FOR
THIS PURPOSE.
The EMPIRE SHOES ARE DUR
ABLE, being formed by two plates of
steel welded at the lower edge with a
third plate of steel between, which
makes a solid shoe lH-inch up from
A single Empire
Shoe with Spring
Attachment for
lifting and Forc
ing It Into the
Ground.
the lower edge, giving it sufficient
width to allow seed to fall to the bot
tom of the furrow and supplying re
serve material to draw out when the
shoe requires sharpening. These
shoes are tempered plow-share steel,
will wear longer and scour better than
the soft, shoes In use on most other
drills.
The EMPIRE has either chain or
pressure wheels for coverers.
Empire Pressure Wheels always fol
low the shoes In a vertical position.
They have no side play and never wear
in the hub. The wheel is indepen
dent of the shoe; raising and falling
of the wheel does not effect the pres
sure on the shoe. Forty pounds pres
sure can be thrown on. each wheel.
The Spring Pressure Device
THEhS IS NO WEIGHT ON THE
HORSES' NECKS.
The pressure spring is one of the
most important features in a shoe
drill. Upon it depends to a great ex
tent the depth at which the grain Is
planted, the surmounting of obstruc
tions by the shoes and the allignmcnt
of the rows.
A purchaser cannot be too particular
In examining the spring pressure de-
virp in nurr hnelno- a 4i11 ChnnU
f.vMwuo ... UUUUiU LliC
iuu ttguix v iuu suuug, lia
ble to break, difficult to repair or In-
capable of adjustment, the drill is apt
to cause worry and trouble to the
dealer and farmer.
REGULAR SIZES.
Shoe Drills 13 to 20 Shoe, 5, 6 and 7 Inches apart.
P r ices.
12-shoe .........$ 65.00
14-shoe 75.00
16-shoe , 85.00
18-shoe 100.00
20-shoe ..? 110.00
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Sum
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Formerly Farmers Supply Assn.
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The Strang:. Proceedinga at the D.ath and
Funeral of the Dowager Empren
of Germany Explained
Everything in connection with the
sickness and death of the Dowager
F.mpress of Germany has been sur
rounded by &ec'recy. The dispatches
have be?n so mixed and contradictory
that every one has been puzzled over
them. Laige masses of troops were
kept cn guard and no one but the Em
peror and bis immediate family was
allowed to get a glimpse of what was
going on. In explanation of these
strange . proceedings the dispatches
now say that the late Dowager Em
press Frederick was married to Count
von Seckendorf In 1896. It is believed
to be true and has caused a great sen
sation, it Is said that the kaiser has
ordereda strict censorship of all tele
grams on this account.
Letters written by the Baroness von
Rosbach, who was formerly one of the
chief ladies in waiting to the empress,
lend color to the story. The baroness
insists that the . empress and Secken
dorf were secretly - married In 1896;
that they lived together as man and
wife; that they had the deepest affec
tion for each other; and that their
marital relations , were as happy as
they could . possibly be under the cir
cumstances. ; The marriage was known . to. the
kaiser, and to all . the empress royal
relatives, but was never officially or
even privately acknowledged. , The
kaiser never allowed his children to j
visit Friedrichshof, and only permitted
Count von Seckendorf to enter his
presence under protest and only then
in his mother's suite.
The Baroness von Rosbach may be
taken as good authprity, for she has
been always intimately - acquainted
with the dowager empress.
She is the principal of the Victoria
college at Hamburg. This institution
was founded by Empress Frederick,
and was one of her pet schemes, the
pupils being constantly under imperial
supervision. Only girls of the highest
rank were admitted to Victoria college.
They were mainly of French, German
and English families. The pupils were
educated entirely according to the
ideas of the empress, who passed only
upon such instruction as she consid
ered suitable for the daughters of per
sons of position or for those who were
likely to acquire rank by marriage.
One . reason why large bodies of
troops are guarding Friedrichshof,
witn instruction to refuse admission
to anybody, iff believed to be due to
the demand of Count von Seckendorf
that he be given the rights of a hus
band to act as chief mourner. He pre
sented a pitiable spectacle of grief
as he made this demand after the em
press death. He insisted that his wife
was only an ex-empress, and there
fore a private person. .'
This demand led to several bitter In
terviews between the kaiser and the
count. The latter was openly defiant,
and threatened to appeal to the laws
of Prussia to protect him against the
emperor's mediaeval1 tyranny. The
Hamburg Dispatch published freely
yesterday, stating that the love letters
of Emperor Frederick had been placed
in the empress coffin just prior to clos
ing it, has been denied. The denial is
believed to have been by command of
Emperor William.
The effort to keep up the fiction that
royalty is something different from
other persons of the human race can
not much longer endure. All the roy
alties of Europe are cousins or more
closely related and they continually
intermarry. This defiance of the laws
of nature will end sooner or later In
their extermination. The whole race
will become barren or reduced to idiots
and imbeciles. The King of Norway
and Sweden is said to be grandfather
to all the young royalties of Europe,'
Just as Queen Victoria was grand
motherthat is, every one of them Is
in some way related to these two per
sons. Even royalty cannot defy the
laws of nature, and nature has it set
down that sooner or later the whole
race will become extinct, just as all
former royal races have. What be
came of the Pharoahs and the
Caesars?
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What is "Nothing."
An old Scottish farmer, being alected
a member, of the local school . board,
visited the school, and tested the In
telligence of the class by his questions.
The first inquiry was:
Noo, boys, can ony o' you tell me
what naething is?'.'
After a moment's silence a small boy
in a back seat arose and replied:
"It's what ye gie me t'other day for
haudin' yer horse!" London Answers.
Easily Earned.
An election petition was being tried,
and a witness was ca lled to . prove
"bribery."
"One of the gentlemen says to me.
'Hodge, you must vote for the tcrles,' "
said the witness.
"And what did you answer to that?"
asked the counsel. v
"Well, says I, How much?' "
"And what did the agent say?"
"He didn't say nothin'. The other
gentleman comes to me, and says, 'You
must vote for the liberals, Hodge. "
"And what did you answer?"
"1 said, "How much?" So he arst me
what t'other gentleman offered, and I
told him 6 shillings."
"And what did the liberal agent do?
"He gave me 10." ,
.Counsel sits down triumphantf and
up starts the other side. , ,,-
nirt vnn vntft for the liberals?"
' ' "No." - " -1 -'r -
"Did you vote for. the torles?"
"No. I ain't got a vote!" London
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