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J .t Wept ' . V 8 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. September 26, 1901. feg THE HOMEHAKERS. A Settlement to be located in Idaho on the UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY. At this tltsc there Is a Urge travel wMtwird Ly fcome-aeeker. Every train wtatward bound tat Its quota of men eki2 ost a new location in which the contemplate tniiding their future hem. UihT will find they have been a!!r-4 to auction which will, to say the lat not come up to their expec tations, while other will feel diaap-poinu-4. Much may be said flattering of any country, provided the writer is careful is nut mentioning acy of Its bad features, and is elaborate in en large c oa It- advantage. He may thus have couated himself strictly to fact as far as advantages are con cerned, but by taking no he4 of the !Uadvacugf has painted a picture which prect a most attractive ap pearance. When the reader comes to took at the country described as being an earthly paradise he at once detects it bad features and the contrast with what he had boprd to find Is so great that he is much diss; pointed. Many are today going into sections that have t?e3 glowingly described by able writers who are well paid for their service, bat ho would not for one moment entertain the thought of living there themselves, After the home seeker has spent considerable money for railroad fare and hotel and livery bills la looking at the country for himself he will have gained the knowl cdre others before them have ac quired. He will be poorer, but much miser. Iurieg the past few months the readers cf The Independent have had an opportunity to read a fair and impartial description of all the country Ijiag to the north weit. There was no objert la presenting other than actual fact. The trip deribed was taken for the purpose of finding a suitable location for the Home Makers. After thoroughly Inspecting the states under consideration for our location it was foand best to abandon them and select another which for our members offered better advantages. Yet we would not say that the former are not excellent state to live in. Bat everything con sidered, present and future, our selec tion is better than any other point w could have secured. For some reason the state of Idaho has received very little advertising un til within the past year or so. To a great number of people its wonder ful resources and advantages are wholly unknown. We have received word, that since the articles describing the rich Snake River Valley have been appearing in The Independent a large canr of people have and are contin uing to tUU that section. With but few exceptions all are pleased with the country. Not all will be satisfied with the lnter-mountain country, it is not to be expected, but that does not tak from the resources and richness t the locality. An eastern man who contemplates removing to Nebraska will be told by his neighbors by no means to do so. as somewhere, in some paper, he read cf the terrible blizzards, dlstroctive cyclones, burning hot winds, scorching heat, the all-destroying grahcpper. early forsts, etc., etc.. making Nebraska an nnfit place for hu man habitation. While all these t hi rues hare visited the great state of Ne braska, yet ft Is a very good state to live is if yoa own a good .arm. and as m place of habitation compares roost favorable and exeelis In many respects many eastern states. More than one and a cuarter million of people live within her border, large, thriving cities cover lis rich prairies, hundreds of thousands of cattle, torses and sheep thrlre upon her nntricioas grasses, and thousand of miles of railroads traverse and reach every section of the state. Where all these exist sensi ble men realize that the soil must be productive. In productiveness the same is true of Idaho, only Idaho has not reached the state of development of those cf her s Uter states to the east Idaho's soil Is as rich as that of the prairie states and by applying moisture by artificial means from never-falling water sources is never in danger of crop failures;. Her millions of acres cf free government range, not fit for farming owing to the fact that they lie out cf the irrigation limit, will forever afford cheap pastures for the Socks of her citizens. The vast moun tain regions a yet barely prospected contain all the rich minerals found in acy mountain state of the union. Idaho contains within her borders such a varied combination of resources as few states are able to present. Its people are prosperous and contented. They welcome the new-comer to their grand and growing commonwealth, that he may lend his assistance ia the de velopment of her magnificent resources. Those who take advantage of the op portunities offered at an early date will enjoy its benefits as have the earlier settlors in every state. Idaho Is en ' terlng oa an era of development at present which will continue from this time on until every resource within her limits will ad 3 untold millions to the nation's wealth and Its people be num biered among the happiest and most prosperous. If we were advised of the exact date we would make the announcement and all interested parties could have the opportunity of a personal interview. In making the selection of our loca tion we had hoped to be assisted by a committee of the members themselves, but it was found that every Interested party desired to know just where the location would be. that is, they would Join if they knew where they were go ing. Therefore It became necessary to make a selection which was done. Many hare visited the location and ex pressed themselves as highly pleased with the choice. Some have gone there and represented that the Home Makers Company claims to own the land. We do not own the land and never claimed so. we have contracted with the agent of the owner for the land and when we have secured a sufficient number of members to take up all the alternate tracts, that is one-half of the land, then we will pay for these tracts al lotted to the members with the mem bers" money and deliver to them war ranty deeds, carrying perpetual water rights. There will then be a densely settled community and as population adds value to land our members will, as well as the company, enjoy the ben efits of a heavy advance in the value cf the land. Any one making repre sentation that the company owns the land is uninformed and speaks with out authority. Members and others go ing into the valley will find the ever present contingent of "knockers." iook out for tnese slick people. Keep clear of them. You may become wiser and poorer by being too trustful of these smooth strangers. They will have lands for sale in other sections and will do all kinds of lying about any other section but the one in which they are endeavoring to sell. This warning is given for your benefit, if not heeded, you will have to take the consequences. It Is Immaterial to us where you may go to buy a home and if you can better yourself elsewhere so much to your advantage, but if you desire to see the Home Makers' loca tion don't fall into the hands of "knockers" who will take you over lands which are not the company's se lection, as has been done.- We have responsible men who will show you the land. We had the pleasure of inspecting a carload of potatoes during the past week which came from the immediate vicinity of our settlement location m Idaho. They were indeed as fine a lot of potatoes as ever entered the market of Lincoln, fine, large and smooth. On inquiring the price at the point from which hey were shipped, we found that the market report published some time ago was wrong as applied to potatoes and where it gave the price per 100 pounds it should have read per bushel. We noted the fact several week ago that vegetables were being shipped from the Upper Snake River Valley to the markets of St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago, and now it developes that the citizens of Lincoln are being fed on potatoes grown in the same region. live on, but that this party had lands to sell in Wyoming, which could sim ply not be equalled. 3o there you have it. Members will not for one moment believe that the company whose compensation depends on the prosperity of the settlement would se lect inferior lands. We expecced just such 'nefarious work, in fact, looked for it, and are therefore not disap pointed. If every subscriber for location stock had taken a forty-acre tract our mem bership would now be full and overflowing. There are no iron-clad rules imposed on members as to the time they are to move upon their allottments nor as to Improvements to be made. Members may remove at any time after allott ments have been made. They can con sult their own convenience and cir cumstances We aim to sell to persons only who intend to make their homes on the land and are perfectly well aware that they will do so at the earl iest possible moment. This great home-making enterprise is being conducted under the auspices of the Nebraska Independent, the greatest weekly newspaper in the west. All interested should subscribe and keep in touch with the progress being made. Hand the paper to your friend, he may become Interested. If after a careful reading of our plan of home-making, it meets with your approval, send in your application at once for such amount of location stock as will meet your requirements and means. Send remittance to the INDEPENDENT HOME MAKERS CO. 1245 N st., Lincoln, Neb. FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR MEM BERS. Excursion and freight rates to the proposed Home Makers Settlement, via the Union Pacific Ry. On every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month until further-notice the rate to Idaho Falls will be one fare for the round trip, good for 20 days from date of sale, no stop-over privileges en route. From Lincol . the fare is $32.50. Should you decide to make the trip inform us of the date of departure. Take receipt for ticket purchased and mail it or the form and number of ticket to us. It is of no especial ben efit to us, except will aid in our efforts to secure benefits for our members in transportation and freight when ready to move to the settlement. FREIGHT RATES ON EMIGRANT MOVABLES. From Sioux City, Omaha, Council Bluffs, St. Joseph, Leavenworth or Kansas City, or any point in Nebraska or Kansas to Idaho Falls, 50 cents per 100 lbs., minimum weight 20,000 lbs. All weight in excess of 20,000 lbs. 50 cents per 100 lbs. Will pass one man in charge one way . if car contains live stock. All freight charges must be prepaid. INDEPENDENT HOME MAKERS CO. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 18, 1901. WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE The Company can make no use cf lands elsewhere, in exchange for al lottments in the Home Makers' Settle ment. The terms on which allottments can be secured are alike to all and in fairness to everyone we would not deviate from these terms even if it were possible, which it is not. The energetic man need not hesitate going to Idaho even if he is unable to purchase a home at the present time, because he need not remain idle one day for lack of employment. Every man will tell you this to be the fact, and we are aware of the truthfulness of the assertion. In the mining re gions, the great timber belts, the ranches, on the railroads constructed and under construction and the thriv ing cities opportunities are found at remunerative compensation. We are engaged in locating a large number of agriculturalists in the state of Idaho and our time is quite fully occupied, consequently we are not in a position to conduct an employment agoncy, we only give such parties the facts as they are. they may make the best use there of without fc or charge. At the populist committee the 17th, just preceding the state convention, Mr. De France, secretary of the ways and means committee, presented a full report of what had been done by that committee. At the time the committee began work, the unpaid bills of the populist state committee were, in round numbers, $2,300. A schedule, based on 2 cents for each Poynter vote, had been arranged, showing the amount each county ought to contri bute toward liquidating the debt, tne total for the 90 counties being $2,848. The total receipts to date of last re port were $1,446.20. A number of counties had overpaid their quota, this amounting in all to $189.01. And the balance remaining unpaid amounted to $1,590.81. At that meeting, and later at the state convention, a number of counties paid up in full their balances, and others were pledged to do so in from ten to thirty days. The following re port gives in detail the status of each county as regards the old debt, but has no reference except as mentioned, to contributions toward a new campaign fund. COLLECTIONS. Previously acknowledged $1,446.20 To Saturday night 492.32 WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT We have all along stated that those wLo contemplate joining our Home Makers should not gtt the idea into their minds that they are removing to an earthly -paradise." if they do they will meet with disappointment. They will 2nd the country Just as described, rich and productive, good, healthy cli mate with all the natural resources as presented, but it will require labor and application to build a comfortable borne there as In any other country. We diire to express our apprecia tion to His Excellency the Governor of Idaho, the Hon. F. W. Hunt, for his ex- securing a good industrious class of e-seekers to locate In the great z state of Idaho. The governor as- ef every aseistanre on the A risit from the Hon. J. S. ite commissioner of Jrnml- prosised at aa early dat n Send In your application for such amount of hind as you may desire. There is nothing gained by delay. We want to close the membership at once and not bav the matter take much more time. We desire to make allott ments while the weather is still fine, and In time so those who desire to do so, may remove to the valley this fall. We want everybody that is in terested and wishes to Join the Home Makers to act promptly, and besides help get others to join. Tiy doing so we will be enabled to clear every thing up within a rery short time. ( "We wish it were possible to imbu? every man, but especially every young man. with the desire of naving a home of his own a home to be adhere! to throuch life. Next to the homi itself, an earnest, overruling desire for one would be a great blessing. A man who owns the roof wmch shelters nim. and the soil from whicn he draws his subsistence and few aces are le- quislte for that need not envy nny nabobs great fortune. Horace uree- ley. Don't put any credence In what you may hear derogatory to the Home Makers' location. When you have traced such statements down you will find they are the words of the ever present "knockers." There is a mo tive behind it. The intention is to divert you to other parts. Any amount of misstatements and prevaricating will be resorted to, to accomplish it One party reports that he talked with a man. who had met another, who claimed to have been over the Home Makers location and that It was abso lutely rocky and stony and unfit to Total. 11(610131 SEARLES & SEARLES Main Office Lincoln, Neb. SPECIALISTS IN Nerroua, Chronlo and Private Diseases. WEAK MEN All private diseases and dis orders of men. Treatment by mail ; consultation f ree. Nrphllis cured for life. All forma of female weak ness and Diseases of Wo men. EleciricitYue. Enables ns to guarantee to cure all eases curable of the nose, throat, chest, stomach, lirer, blood, kin and kidney diseases. Lost Manhood, Night Emissions, Hydrocele, Varicocele, Gonorrhea, Gieet, Piles. Fistula and Rectal Ulcers, Diabetes and Bright Disease, 100.00 for a case of CATARRH, RHEUMATISM, D YS PBPSIA r IIF H1JUI8 we cannot cart, if curable. SfriCtlirS & GleBtmet wloaTaor tntting. Consultation FREE. Treatment by mail Call, or adareis wita stasia I Mala Office Drs. Searies & Searles I LINCOLN NEBRASKA $1,938.52 BY COUNTIES. Adams Share of debt, $54; paid $19.97; balance due, $34.03; delegates present pledged payment in a short time. ANTELOPE Share, $35; paid. $52.20; overpayment, $17.20. This coun ty has also paid in $30 toward the new campaign fund. Banner Share, $2; nothing paid. Blaine Share, $2; paid 50c; balance, $1.50. - ' BOONE Share, $36; previously ac knowledged, $28.25; received of D. C. Leach, Loretto, $8; total, $36.25, an overpayment of 25c. BOX BUTTE Share, $13; previously acknowledged, $9.38; received of J. W. Baumgardner, Alliance ,$6; total, $15.38, an overpayment of $2.38. Boyd Share, $19; paid $6; balance due, $13. Delegates present pledged payment in a short time. BROWN Share, $9; previously ac knowledged, 25c; received of Geo. A. Miles. Ainsworth, $8.75; total, $9. Buffalo Share, $52; paid, $5.30; bal ance due, $46.70. Burt Share, $31; paid $10.05; bal ance due, $20.95. Delegates present promised to raise money at coming county convention. BUTLER Share, $51; previously ac knowledged, $18.58; received of F. A. Allen, David City, $32.42; total, $51. Cass Share, $55; previously ac knowledged, $17.75; received of Ell Todd, Union, $5; total, $22.75; balance due, $32.25. Cedar Share $40; paid $2.78; balance due, $37.22. One delegate promised to pay $10 In a few days. Chase Share, $7; paid, 75c; balance due, $6.25. Cherry Share, $17; paid, $9.75; tal ance due,. $7.25. Cheyenne Share, $12; paid, $1.85; balance due, $10.15. Clay Share, $47; paid, $28.18; bal- ance due, $18.82. Delegates present pledged payment in a short time. Colfax Share, $34; paid, $2; bal ance due, $32. Delegates present prom ised payment in a short time. CUMING Share, $44; paid, $65.50; overpayment, $21.50 Custer Share, $52; paid, $41.30; bal ance due, $10.70. Delegates present promised to do their best to wipe out balance. . Dakota Share, $18; paid, $5: bal ance, $13. . DAWES Share, $17; previously ac knowledged, $17; received of M. F. Hay ward, Chadron, $2.50; total, $19.50, an. overpayment of $2.50. Dawson Share, $35; paid, $29.60; balance due, $5.40. Delegates-present promised to see balance paid. Deuel Share, $7; nothing paid. Dixon Share, $27; paid, $2.50; bal ance due, $24.50. Delegates present promised to do their best to wipe out balance. Dodge Share, $63; paid, $3.75; bal ance due, $59.25. Delegates agreed to do their best toward meeting this. DouirlaR Share. $317: nreviouslv ac knowledged, $4.50; received ofreo. A. Magney, Omaha, receipted bill of C. Vincent, $78.33, and cash $54; total, $136.83; balance due, $180.17. Dele gates present stated that they have considerable money pledged that is not yet collected. DUNDY Share, $8; previously ac knowledged, $2; received of C. R. Walker, Benkelman, $10; total, $12, an overpayment of $4. Fillmore Share, $47; paid, $24.75; balance due, $22.25. Delegates pledged balance in a few days. FRANKLIN Share, $27; previously acknowledged, $25.75; received of H. Whitmore, Franklin, $5; total, $30.75; an overpayment of $3.75. Frontier Share, $21; received of J. H. Bayston, Stockville, collection of $13.82; balance due, $7.18, which was promised in a short time. Furnas Share, $33; paid, $12.40; balance dueV $20.60. Gage Store, $64; paid, $4.30; bal ance due, : $59. 70. Delegates present promised payment in about 20 days. Garfield Share, $b; paid, f.Oc; bal ance due, $5.50. Gosper Share, $15; paid, $S.40; bal ance due,"$6.60. Grant Share, $3; nothing paid. GREELEY Share, $22; paid, $22. HALL Share. $44; paid, $44.50; an overpayment of 50c. Hamilton Share, $39; previously ac knowledged, $20.50; received of Den nis McCarthy, of Hamilton precinct, $2 on this account and $2 for new fund; total, $22.50; balance due, $16.50. Dele gates reported their county chairman absent, but promised payment in about three weeks Harlan Share, $24; paid, $17; bal nce due, $7. Delegates pledged pay ment. HAYES Share, $5; paid, $5. Hitchcock Share, $13; paid, $6.50; balance due, $6.50. HOLT Share, $37; previously ac knowledged, $14.23; received of M. F. Harrington, O'Neill, $50; total, $64.2o, an overpayment of $27.25. Hooker Share, $1; nothing paid. HOWARD Share, $32; paid, $47.95, an overpayment of $15.95. Jefferson Share, $39; paid, $15; bal ance due, $24. Delegates reported that amount was raised at their county convention and is in hands of their chairman. JOHNSON Share, $30; previously acknowledged, $10.30; received of Col. W. G. Swan $19.70; total, $30. KEARNEY Share, $28; paid, $62.74, an overpayment of $34.74. Keith Share, $6; paid, $l.9o; bal ance due, $4.05. , Keya Paha Share, $9; previously acknowledged, $4.50; received of A. Pense, Spencer, $1; total, $5.50; bal ance due, $3.50. Kimball Share, $1; paid. 25c; bal ance due. 75c. Knox Share. $40; paid, $12.05; bal ance due, $27.95. , Lancaster Share, $142; paid, $43 05; balance due, $98.95. Delegates asked for and were granted "thirty days." Lincoln Share, $29; paid, $4.30; bal ance due, $24.70. , Logan Share, $3; nothing paid. Loup Share, $4; paid, $3.25; bal ance due, 75c. McPherson Share, $2; paid, 25c; balance due, $1.75. MADISON Share, $42; previously acknowledged, $3.50; received of Hon. Wm. V. Allen $38.50; total, $42. MERRICK Share, $25; previously acknowledged, $21.60; received of E. C. Ewing, ' Central City, $8; total, $29.60, an overpayment of $4.60. Nance Share, $22; paid, $7; balance due, $15. Delegates present promised payment. Nemaha Share. $45; paid, $13.50; balance due, $31.50. Delegates prom ised payment. Nuckolls Share, $38; ' paid, $9.50; balance, $28.50. Delegates promised prompt payment. Otoe Share, $5S; previously ac knowledged, $28.25; received of Tho mas Knox, Bennett, collection of $8; total, $33.25; balance due, $21.75. " Pawnee Share, $28; paid, $9.25; bal ance due, $18.75. Perkins Share, $6; paid, 25c; bal ance due, $5.75. , Phelps Share. $26; paid, $10.10; balance due, $15.90. Delegates reported some money in hands of county com mittee and promised payment PIERCE Share. $23 ; paid, $23. PLATTE Share, $53; previously ac knowledged, $21.75; received of J. C. Byrnes, Columbus, $31.25; total, $53. . POLK Share, $35; previously ac- knowledged, $38.80; received of W. H. Campbell for Platte precinct, $1.25; total, $40.05; an overpayment of $5.05. . Red Willow Share, $23; paid, $8.10f balance due, $14.90. ; Richardson Share, $62; paid, $11.85; balance due, $50.15. . Rock Share, $7 ; paid, 25c : balance due, $6.75. SALINE Share, $51; previously ac knowledged, $25.65; received of G. C. Noble, chairman, Crete, $25.35; total, $51. : Sarpy Share, $26; paid, $8.50; bal ance due, $17.50. Delegates promised payment; . SAUNDERS Share, $70; previously acknowledged, $71.45; received of C. M. Lemar, state committeeman, re ceipted bill of Eric Johnson for $25 and cash $3.80; total, $100.25, an over payment of $30.25. Scotts Bluff Share, $6: paid, $2; balance due, $4. Seward Share, $48; paid, $39.05; bal ance due, $8.95. Delegates reported money in hands of county committee to pay balance. , SHERIDAN Share, $18; previously acknowledged, $3.20; received of Judge W. H. Westover $25; total, $28.20, an overpayment of $10.20. Sherman Share, $18; paid, $14.25; balance due, $3.75. Delegates pledged payment of balance. Sioux Share, $6; nothing paid. Stanton Share, $19; paid, $11; bal ance due, $8. Delegates pledged pay ment. THAYER Share, $38; paid $108.15, an overpayment of $70.15. (Received of C. W. Slagel, Davenport, $21.25, which has been turned into new fund.) Thomas Share, $2; nothing paid. THURSTON Share, $16; paid $16.75, overpayment, 75c. VALLEY Share, $21; previously ac knowledged, $7.70; received of V. O. Johnson $13.30; total,-$21. WASHINGTON Share, $35; paid, $40.61; overpayment, $5.61. Wayne Share, $25; paid, $8.05; bal ance due, $16.95. WEBSTER Share, $34; previously acknowledged, $17.65; paid direct to Treasurer Mahn $16.35; total, $34. WHEELER Share, $5; paid. $6.96 ; overpayment, $1.96, Y"ORK Share, $47; paid, $62.40; overpayment, $15.40. RECAPITULATION. Total shares, 90 counties $2,848.00 Overpaid, 20 counties.. 273.99 Total receipts, 83 counties $1,938.52 Balances due, 59 counties 1,183.47 Amounts pledged, 26 counties. $ 643.83 Amts unpledged, 33 counties. 539.64 20 counties have each contributed more than their share. 11 counties have contributed exact ly their share. v 31 counties are fully paid up or over paid. 59 counties owe still a balance each. 83 counties have contributed some thing. 7 counties have contributed nothing. After applying the recent receipts, the total unpaid debt will be prac tically $800. Educate Your Bowels With. Caecarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. lOo, 85c. If C. C. C. fH. drup"i!t5 refund money- SHOW SKILL OF ANCIENTS. Explorer Finds Specimens of Handiwork Thousands of 'Years Old. The middle-aged man who has ex plored life to weariness and whom novels will no longer stir may find his sensev of mystery and wonder excited anew by the account of discoveries in buried Egypt. Professor Flinders Pe trie, whoJ has devoted his life to ex ploration of the soil and research into the history of that ancient land, com pleted last week a series of highly In structive and suggestive lectures at the Royal institution. Long-buried tombs of ancient kings have been discovered and explored, and, although in nearly ail cases these had been previously pil lagvd in the Roman age, enough ol their contents remains unbroken" or overlooked till now to afford ground for reconstructing, in outline at least, a 'wonderful and unsuspected civiliza tion. When we are shown, for exam ple, specimens of goldsmith's work da ting from 4,750 years before the Chris tian era, which have never been sur passed since in technical skill, working of designs, variety of form and per fection of soldering, we are sobered somewhat in our belief that the proc ess of time means progress and that the present is the best and noblest era of civilization. We are proud, for in stance, of the products of modern steam spinning and weaving. Yet the linen woven 6,000 years ago was finer in thread and closer in web than our finest cambric. Collecting "Corpse Rings." The Dublin Freeman's Journal calls attention to a very novel and some what grewsome development of the collecting fad. A Ballyshannon man has, it states, made a collection of sailors' "corpse rings." Seafaring men of most nations possess in com mon the habit of wearing a thick sil ver ring on the little finger. These rings are engraved inside with the owner's name and port, and serve to identify his body in the event of death by drowning. The collection of "corpse rings" is a fairly large one, and every ring has, it is stated, been obtained from the relations or comrades of the drowned sailor. The fad of a well known statesman, no longer living, for the collection cf false teeth is beaten In its singularity by this phase of the collecting fever. Best Low Priced Hotel in the City. RATES, , $1-00 per day and up. 1516 OSt. LINCOLN, If KB. Hotel Walton i THE AMERICAN MAN. His Physical Condition as - Compared With That of Europeans. The most important, because th most fundamental, of problems con cerning the quality of the American man concerns his physical condition as compared with that of his kindred beyond the sea. As to this point the evidence is so clear that It needs little discussion. It is evident that tha American Indians, a race evidently on the ground for many thousand years before the coming of the Europeans, had found the land . hospitable. For savages they were remarkably well de veloped, and, though unfitted for steady, labor, their bodies were well made and enduring. Taking their place, the north Europeans, represent ing a wide range of local varieties, English, Irish, Highland Scotch, Ger mans, Scandinavians, Normans, French and many other' groups . of old world peoples, have, since : their im plantation a hundred years or more ago, shown that the area of the con tinent from the Rio Grande to the far north is as suited to our kind as is any part of the earth. This is sufficiently proved by4 the; statistics of American soldiers gathered during the civil war; the American white , man of families longest in ' this country, is, "on the av erage, larger than his European kins man, the increase being mainly in tha size of head and chest. It is further indicated by' the endurance of these men in the trials of the soldier's life and by the remarkable percentage of recoveries from wounds. This endur ance of wounds was regarded by the late Dr. Brown-Sequard, as a feature common to all the mammals of this continent, being, as he claimed, on the basis of an extensive experience, as characteristic - of ' American rabbits as of American men. Moreover, the statistics of life-insurance companies doing business in this country appear to Indicate that the expectation of life is greater here than in the old-world. International Monthly. Area of the Sonth. The South includes one-fourth of the total area and one-third of the population of the United States. Its cotton and cottonseed alone gave it an income last year of $545,000,000 the largest value of any single crop in th world. Its corn and its lumber product brought it the snug sum of $300,000. 000. Moreover, the South raises 80 pr cent of all American tobacco, mines 20 per cent of all its coal, pro duces 16 per cent of its Iron, has 30 pr cent of Its total railroad mileage, and a steadily increasing percentage of Its manufacturing. The Invasion of Baddblsm. . The Buddhist outpost recently estab lished in San Francisco Is not all of the invasion, writes a correspondent In the Philadelphia Times. , Already the founder of the mission in this country, Sonoda, is in Berlin. " where on April 7 Japanese officers, legation attaches and travelers joined in the celebration of Buddha's birthday. Nishijima, who came as Sonoda's assistant, is in the interior of California, saving the way to the establishment of missions at Sacramento and Fresno. Ac Sacra mento a temple is about to be erected, the other. "You'll be ruined. Don't $6,000 having been raised already for buying the ground. The Best They Can Do. The French cannot "kick" a man. The best they can do is to give him "a hit with the foot." A Portuguese cannot "wink" at a girl. He must lengthen it out into "closing and opening of the eyes." Most of the In dian languages are stated to have no word to express the Idea of "stealing," and one of the early missionaries who translated the Bible into the Algon quin speech, finding they have no word to express "love," was forced to In vent one. Cantfr In Hot Weather. "It is very difficult in hot weather tc please women who are confirmed candj eaters," says a manufacturer. "Wit chocolates and caramels, particularly, we have to stand a pretty large pecuni ary loss when the thermometer ap proaches the 90 mark. Chocolates b gin to perspire badly then, and a very short exposure gives them an actual case of sunstroke. They have to bi made fresh every day in .order to b sent out of the store at all" Oar Wealth In Animals. In this country last year there was one horse for every five inhabitants (men, women and children), one milch cow for every four inhabitants, one or for every three innabitantS' and oira sneep for every one and two-thirds in habitants,. Including swine with those already mentioned there was a value of farm animals of $300 for every man, Tman and child in the country. To Honor Empress, Not Madman. , Some Austrians' living in Geneva conceived the project of placing a me morial tablet in the Qua! du Leman, where the Empress Elizabeth was as sassinated. The authorities, however, refused their permission on the ground that it would be improper to commem orate the deedof a madman and help to preserve his name. In place of the tablet it is now proposed to erect a chapel In honor of the empress. Largest ( Cheese In World. The largest cheese in the world was in the Pan-American Exposition. -J. It weighs 1.100 pounds, is 26 Inches high, SS inches in diameter and - was made out of 5,500 quarts of milk. . . THE TIME TO LAUGH. SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. It Was a Close Call, but tha Postal Clerk Anticipated the Danger In Time Facts Alter Cases Reason for tha Deed. IT WAS A CLOSE CALL. "I want, sir," be said as he git speech with the chief clerk at the postoffice the other afternoon "I want to repr t to you'that on Novem ber 23 I wi e a letter to my brother in Kalamazoo, . Mich.' T see," replied the official. "In that letter, sir, I Inquired about celery how to prepare the soil, how to grow it, how to bleach the stalks to a milky whiteness." "Yes." "I Inclosed a dollar bill for seeds and asked my brother to respond at once. 4 1 folded that letter up, sir, and directed it and stamped it and mailed it. The days went byl Day after day fled into the past, and no response came. My Kalamazoo brother is not a procrastlnator, sir. On the con trary, he Is chain lightning at an swering letters. Whc fortnight had passed without a re t . I wrote him again." " "And he hadn't received the first?" said the clerk as. he tapped his nose with his pencil. "He had not. My epistle had never been placed in his hands." "And then you came and filed a re port?" . "No, sir. I decided to handle the case myself. I had my brother watch the Kalamazoo postoffice while. I watched this and had a' friend in Washington keep an eye on the post master general. Night after night, sir, I have walked around this build ing at midnight in disguise. By day light or darkness my eyes and ears have been open. It was the same with my brother at Kalamazoo, the same in Washington." "And haven't you struck a clew yet?" was asked. "I have, sir. Yes, sir, up to last night I had a clew leading up to the guilty party and was certain that his punishment could not be long delayed when a strange thing happened. I discovered the letter lying under some papers on my desk. It had not been mailed." . ."All through your own carelessness." "Yes, sir," "And your clew was knocked into a cocked hat." "" t sir." , "A. you have no case against tha Postal Department." "No, sir." "Well?" "Weil, sir, I thought I'd come and tell you about It and say that I had abandoned the case and no one would be arrested, but at the same time, sir at the same time, In the Interest of Justice and integrity" "You feel It your duty to warn us not to do so again," finished the chief clerk as the other hesitated. "That's it exactly and to hope that this, narrow escape may be a lesson to you all the days of your life. That's all, sir, and now I wlsTi you all good day, sir." A REASON FOR IT. There were only four or five mala passengers In the parlor car, and af- ter an all-day ride one of them re marked to another, with whom he had struck up an acquaintance: "I could not fail to observe that the relations between you and the dark faced gentleman were somewhat strained as we played cards together." "Yes, somewhat," was the reply. "Then you have not met before ?" "Well, not exactly, but I recognlzeJ him." "As one about whom you had heard something to his discredit? I see." . "No, it was not that. I simply re cognized him as the man who mar ried my divorced wife." NERVE. Smith (who has forgotten his own umbrella) "Pardon, madam, but might I not be of assistance In carry ing your umbrella?" RUBBING IT IN. "Hiram," said his wife, "I wish you would go out to the shed and get a bucket of coals." "Coals!" muttered Hiram to him self, as he went grumbling to compW with the demand. "Coals! That's hejf way of reminding me that she could afford to spend six months in Eng land every year before she married me!"
