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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
September 26, 1901.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!"
