Nebraska Newspapers

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CONGRESSMEN SEND A CABLE
CRAM TO HIM.
ftwtarestlsic Naws Notes Concern
ing Events at Our National
Capital.
Wafcfcincton, D. C (Social.) One
4t4 Bwmbers of congress have sent a
caMernua of sympathy to General Piet
ChMje, the captured Bwr commander,
a Ok j town, as a counter move to the
tekKiams of congratulation to the
WM-n from the emperor of Germany
aa4 kln of Italy, reported :n London
dn twa reports.
Tfce cablegram say:
"Membeni of the United States house
f representatives congratulate you and
jour sildiers on your maentnVent dis
play if courage and heroism in your
brave Jijrht for human rights.
Itt-pre&entative Fitzgerald of Massa
cbuaetts, who circulated the message
among the mem hem, says he had n' t
one refusal from those who were asked
to Blirn It. Jn all probability the sttaie
department will be requested to trans
mit It to prevent its suppression by the
isnuKB censor.
.Representative Robinson of Nebraska
distinguished himself in a speech
against the Puerto Kican bill. Although
Be bad only five minute, the impres
Ion made by bis remarks was so favor
aWe that, several members asked for an
extension of time, which was granted
ana ne was listened to with close atten
lion and In concluding his remarks was
warmly congratulated by members on
all sides of him.
ft was the first real chance the quiet
and dignified Xebraskan has had to
show his mettle.
feenate committee on Pacific railroads
reported favorably the bill authorizing
a settlement and adjustment with th
Sioux City & Pacific Hallway company
oi its indebtedness to the United .States
Keiwesentatlve Robinson of Nebraska
Introduced a bill to pension Sarah llar-
Jow of Nebraska.
Congressman Neville has Informed
James Ju Reed of Scotia that his aor.li
cation for pension had been allowed and
be introduced a bill to pension iJenja
min. Longprey.
Senator Allen introduced these peti
tions: ldge of Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen of Omaha, asking: legis
lation favoring the continued govern
ment control of public lands and for
government construction of reservoirs
from seventy-one stockmen of Kush-
ville, asking that government distribu
tion of blackleg vaccine be continued,
and one from the Clearmafters' union o
Lincoln protesting against the admis
sion of Puerto Riean good free of duty.
8. H. Burnham of Lincoln, Neb., is
in the city.
Representative Mercer Introduced a
bHl for an Increase of pension to Sam
uel J. Oliver of Omaha.
Charles E. Clapp of Omaha started
lor borne Wednesday.
A number of. Sioux from the Rosebud
agency, nnder Chief Hollowhorn Bear,
are In the city conferring with officials
of the interior department and mem
bers of the Indian committee in the
bouse and senate in regard to matters
connected with the agency.
"Washington, D. C (Special.) Indian
Inspector McLaughlin has left for a
tour of the South Dakota. Indian agen
cies. The interior department will take no
steps to prosecute Indian Trader ICon
ner of the Omaha reservation on the
charges against him. A telegram has
been received from the inspector, who
fcac been looking into th'i matter, de
claring, that the charges were not sus
tained. Representative Neville tit Nebraska,
appeared before the house committee
on public grounds and buildings and
delivered an argument in favor o a
public building at Kearney.
Today was the severity-first birthday
of Senator Allison of Iowa, and at the
instance of a number of his Dubuque
friends he was presented with a fine
floral piece.
Representative Cousins of Iowa has
been slated for a speech at Pittsburg on
Grant day, which he will deliver it
the date of the Iowa state convention
does not Interfere.
Ir. McChesney, Indian agent at the
Rosebud agency, whose confirmation for
reappointment has been hanging fire,
has been assured that the senate will
be asked to take favorable action.
Representative Cousins of Iowa intro
duced a bill to correct the military rec
ord of James Baldwin.
Korrmeyer Plumbing company of
Lincoln, Neb., has been awarded the
contract for the gas plant for the Kick
poo lad tan school in Kansas.
Judge William Neville went before
the hoOM committee on public lands
and) bull dings and presented an argu
ment la favos of the passage of the bill
introduced by him for a government
bulldlnr at Kearney. He also called at
the department of the interior and re
quested that In compliance with the art
of 1899 certain lands In Cheyenne coun
ty be rcsurveyed.
Senator Allen presented to the senate
a petition from A. P. Rosenburg and
others, asking that the government dis
tribution of Wackieg vaccine be con
tinned. To Increase the pension of Alfred OPe-V-t
of Nebrascka, Is the title of a biil
introduced by Representative Burkett.
Senator Thurston has introduced a
bill carrying out the wishes of citizens
of Thurston county, Neb., and others
Interested In the question of taxing In
dian lands for public improvements.
The bill Is general In Its provisions and
extends Its operations to Indian lands
held in severalty.
ttl. CZJii SEMT SOUTH.
Xhm Boar Ganaral On His Way To
Cap Colony.
fcoodon. -(Special) The war office has
Meal red the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts:
"Paardcberg, Feb. 28. Cronje, with
sis family, left bare yesterday in'charge
at Major Oanaral Prettyman, and under
tkt escort of the City Imperial volun
tas aad mounted infantry.
-JjtXtr tm tba day the remaining pris
bj want la chart of the earl of
I .", aad escorted by the Oloucesten
lilt aaasril Imperial volunteers. The
r mm aa4 aklldrsn ars being ant to
4 w ham 1 ander-nd that great
4 aattofacttoa was felt by tba Boers at
iBjCa rafaaal to accept my offer of
t lartniit to the women and children
t I bi '! ars for the wounded, no of
;"t an saw to oar hospital. Many
it fua t la a terrible plight or want
af art at aa tartar stags.
' l tary-r-l th Boars' laager yes
f " t f aeh strack by the In
f 7 I t7 wfcich tbs po
i .. t-iJ aUasat lanwragaaU
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Lively Times In the Kentucky Leg
islature. Frankfort. Ky. (Special.) The Mc
Churd railroad anti-extortion bill,whlch
Is on the boufce calendar, having al
ready passed the senate, was an issue
In all of the proceedings of that branch
of the legislature today, although the
measure was not reiiorted from the
committee until late In the afternoon.
At the morning session the house took
up the contested election case of Staf
ford, republican, against Letterle. dem
ocrat, from Louisville, and after some
d-bale adopted a minority report, that
allowed Lelterle to retain bis seat. A
strictly party vote was brought out in
this case. The case of Combs, demo
crat, against Harris, republican, from
Madison, was taken up, Mr. LofTerty,
democrat, addressing the house in favor
of Harris, and Mr. Cantrill. democrat,
ef Scott county. In reply to LafTerty,
made some statements which led to an
exciting incident which, but fur the
Intervention of members, would have
resulted in a personal encounter be
tween Mr. Cantrill and Mr. Klai."
Mr. Cantrill charged that the lobby
ists, who were fighting the McCfioid
t ill were also fighting Combs and that
the latter had been approached by op
ponent of the JPChord bill, who told
h'ni that they would seat him provide.!
he niiulil have his case postponed until
after the McChord till was voted on.
Mr. Xlan declared this statement was
unique. Mr. Contrill, angered at the
declaration, left his scat and made a
rush for Mr. Klair and the two would
have been engaged in a personal com
bat but for a dozen members who
crowded between them.
Speaker Trimble amid the disorder
and excitement, declared the house ad
journed and later Klair and Cantrill
reai hed an amicable understanding.
Klair having apologized.
At the afternoon session the Combs
Han is case was again taken up and
when a vote was reached it resulted in
Harris retaining his seat by a vote of
H to 4u. Un this vote fifteen democrats
voted with the republicans in favor of
Harris.
KEHTUXKY CONTEST POSTPONED.
Judges Are Said to Fear Death
Kentucky.
In
Frankfort, Ky. (Special.) The court
of appeals has entered an order post
poniug the argument docket until the
spring term, which begins in April. The
order of the chief justice does not Rive
the reason for this action, but merely
states that the judges will hoid their
consultation at which cases will be
decided as usual, and that the court
II convene on the bench whenever the
occasion demands it. In democratic
iri les'it is said this action was taken
on account of stories that the lives of
two of the judges had been threatened.
The agreed case involving contests
for governor and lieutenant governor
will be argued at Louisville before
Judge Field on a demurrer filed by re
publican Governor Taylor's attorneys
to the petition of Democratic Governor
Beckham.
The two factions of the state govern
ment are proceeding, each in full oper
ation, but with nothing approaching a
clash, pending the litigation over the
offices. The treasury of the democratic
faction of the state government was
replenished today by the payment into
ir of about $i,0HU from officials In Jef
ferson county. The democratic official!"
think the example set by the Jefferson
county officers will be followed by dem
ocratic officers in a majority of counties
where they are in control, and that
in a few days they will have enougli
money to pay current expenses.
EARTHQUAKE III MEXICO.
Croat Damage Done In the South
ern Part of Mexico.
Chicago. III. (.Special.) A special to
the Record from Guadalajara, Mex.,
says: The recent earthquakes which
were felt throughout Southern Mexico,
did much greater damage than was in
dicated by the earlier reports. News
from remote coast and mountain towns
has just reached Guadalajara and sto
ries of great destruction of property and
considerable loss of life are told. The
severe seismic shocks had a remarkable
effect on the sea, causing it to roll In
land and covering the country for a
distance of over a mile from the beach.
This tidal inundation occurred three
times in rapid succession, and every
movable thing In Us path was swept
away.
A number of small coast villages
were destroyed and there was some loss
of life, but no definite information has
been received as to the number of per
sons drowned. This tidal Inundation
was most severe on the Pacific coast,
extending from Acapulco to Manzanillo.
Several of the mountain towns In the
state of Michoacan suffered severely.
The earthquake shocks destroyed a
number of houses In the towns of Os
tula, Coalcoman, Coahuaxara. Aguililla
and Pomaro. Five persons were caught
under falling walls In Pomaro am'
killed.
BIG FAILURES CAUSE DISMAY.
New York. (Special.) R. G. Dun
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
Besides the SSI commercial failures
for $9,931,048. which was reported to
day, there were In February six bank
ing failures for $620,121, and receivers
were appointed for the United Stales
Flour Milling company, with $25,000,000
of stock and $15,000,00 of bonds au
thorized at Its organisation last April,
and for the Third Avenue Railroad
company after Hens for several mil
lions had been placed upon the proper
ty. Unless separated from such events
commercial failures could not be com
pared with benefit. The manufactur
ing failures for $4,227,46 were larger
than in 1TO or 1895, but more than half
the amount was In two classes, four
large lumber and one clothing fallur
making 20 per cent of the whole.
KTfORMOUS CASUALTY LIST.
London. (Special.) Lord Roberts ha.
forwarded an adldtional list of the Brit
ish casualties during the three days'
fighting at Paardeburg, showing twelve
killed, eighty-two wounded aad four
missing, and Including seven officers
aad four Canadian privates wounded.
Th rapidly growing casualty Hats
are being classified as quickly as possi
ble. They show that up to this morning
the total number of casualltles were
12.SM, of which l.$l were added dur
ing th last fortnight, Ten of the elev.
en Scotch regiments last Just about
2,0M, and eight of the Irish regiments
1.00. Then come the Gloucester! and
Northumberland, while of nearly 200
colonials th Royal Canadians lost 121
and1 th Victoria mounted contingent
twtnty-stx. The casaaltlas are class!
aad Ohm: Killed. i.M: wounded, ( tw
1,171 1 disease S3.
RELIEF OF LADYSMITII,
HOW BRITISH COLUMN REACHED
LADYSMITH,
Oundonald's Men Found an Open
ing and Galloped In Butler
and White Meet.
I .i.a. i, n
March i Mrs. Winston
"hurcliill, who accompanied the Lady
niith relief column, says:
During the afternoon of February 24
'he cavahy division pressed forward
in ler General Burn-Mui.i.x-h toward
Sulnano bill, and Lord DuuJmaid in
.hi Cirert'.-jn of Ladsmith. The lasers
-cd en loth with art!.i:iy fr-i.n Bui
.van:.. "About 4 o'llo' k Maj r Cough's reg
.tivnt, which was in the advance,
'our.d th ibises surrounding and coii
'etling Iad swni'.h apparently unottu-
!ied. He rtn.rtel the fact to Lord
Dyr.di.r.a!'!, v. ho d iil-d to ride tlno'
ti.e g.ip with the Light Horse and Cor
' -ts It waa evening uh-n we start
.'1. About an hour of daylight re
trained. We galloped on swiftly in
I'll" f the rough ground up and down
lilU. through scrub and ro'ks and d m
?,a until we could s-e the British guns
lasMng from Wagon HIM. but we went
in f-sier, until theie came a challenge
"rom the scrub: 'Who goes there'."
" "The I -artyxmilh relieving army.' wt
-eplied. and then the tattered, aitnosl
bootless men gathered round cheering.
Keen in th- gloom we could see how
thin and pale they looked, but how
j '.ad they were."
BULLKII GP.KETED BY WHITE.
Ladysmith. (Special ) General i'.ul
't, accompanied by his s:aft arrived
aero at 11. (0 a. in. He entered the
.own unnoticed as mote cavairv was
oming in during the morning. The
tie of his arrival socn spread, how
ever, and General White and his staff
went at once to twelve him. The two
gen.-rals met amid s enes of tremen
dous enthusiasm, and General liu'.ler
had an immense reception. It Is un
derstood that th" Itoery are in full flisht
toward the Free i-'tate and a fllng col
umn or Jjdytimlth troops are put suing
them. The Boers left many wagons,
guns and quantities and provisioiis and
simmunition behind them.
London. (Special.) With no prospect
)f any exciting news coming in from
Ladysmith in the near future, all eyes
turn om-e mote toward Field Marshal
Lord Roberts and his advances Into
the Orange Free State. The critics of
the afternoon newspapers are almost
unanimous In expecting the main stand
of the Boers to occur at Winburg, or
in Its vicinity.
Before Lord Roberts' advance on
Hloemfonteln can become effective the
strong force of Boers already gathered
southwest of Paardeberg must be dis-
perael. The British lack remounts
and the necessity of a thorough trans
port organization may delay a derisive
action In this quarter for several days,
and perhaps weeks. Mafeking now
alone awaits a relief and a forte to ac
complish this Is already on its way.
No more popular event could now oc
cur for Great Britain than th relief of
Colonel Baden-Powell's gallant little
band. It Is believed they are quite able
to hold out till succor arrives.
In Northern Cape Colony the British"
campaign progresses well. The whole
line of the Orange river should shortly
be In their possession. It is suggested
that General White's garrison may be
sent to the sea to recuperate, but this
scarcely seems probable.
AWFUL PLIGHT OF LADYSMITH.
London, March 6. Colonel Ithodes.the
brother of Cecil Rhodes, describing the
entry into Ladysmlth of Lord Dundon
ild and 300 men of the Imperial Light
Horse and Natal Carbineers, February
!S, says In the Times:
"It is imposisble to depict the enthusi
asm of the beleaguered garrison; cheer
upon cheer ran from' pos tot post, and
staff officers, civilians and soldiers soon
fiocked to greet them. The contrast be
tween, the robust troopers of a dozen
battles and the pale, emaciated defend
ers of Ladysmlth was great.
"General White and hlB staff met the
troops In the center of the town. He
was cheered with heartfelt enthusiasm.
He addressed the civilians and thanked
them and the garrison for their magni
ficent support through trials which "we
alone can realize. We could possibly
have hung on for six weeks longer, but
the privations would have been great,
and sicknes sand the paucity of our
ammunition would have limited the
number of assaults we would have been
able to resist.
"We started the siege with 12.000
troops, 2,000 civilians and 4.000 natives.
Between casualties and sickness S,000
soldiers passed through the hospital. It
is impossible to overemphasize the pri
vations of the sick. Since the middle of
January a man once down was prac
tically lost. The reduced rations of the
soldiers Just sufficed for their subsist
ence. Daily thirty old horses and mules
were slaughtered and converted into
soup and sausages. From January 15
to now there have been over 200 deaths
from disease alone. The last fortnight
4a w the majority of the field batteries
unhorsed and the guns permanently
posted in our defenses. The cavalry and
Jrivers were converted Into infantry
ind sent to the trenches. A line of tie.
fenses had been constructed with the
view of a possible final contingency, if
the outer works should be carried.
"Since the Investment the total cas
ualties were: Killed or died of wounds,
H officers and 215 men; died of disease,
S officers and 840 men; wounded. 70 offi
cers and 520 men, exclusive of whlt
civilians an natives."
FIERCE FIGHTING NEAR COLENSO
Colenso Camp, Wednesday, Feb. 2.
,'Delaye-!) The Boers lost heavily dur
ing yesterday's fighting. The lyddite
wrought fearful havoc in the trenches.
Many of the wounded were quite yel
low from the effects of the fumes. Over
t09 prisoners were taken.
Many of them were Hollanders and
a few were genuine Boers. Considera
ble ammunition for rifles fell Into the
hands of the British, as welt as a dam
aged Maxim gun. Boers of 1$ years of
age were among the wounded. The
prisoners had not heard of the surren
der of General Cronje and discredited
II. The majority seemed to be glad to
e raptured. They admit heavy losses,
rhe women remslned with the Boers In
the trenches until three hours before
the British charged.
Two women were found, one dead,
the other fatally wounded. Before she
lied the latter said her husband would
not let her go as she waa such a good
thot. She was only 11 years old.
LAWTCrS SCKEKE l Plf lUPflXES.
Tha Lata General Plannod for a
Polica System.
Washington. D. C (Special.) He
fore his death and after giving much
thought to the subject. General Lawton
had worked out a plan for the main
tenance of order In the Philippines, aft
er the ekise of actual war, which had
been submitted to General Otis, and is
presumably the plan which will com
mend itself to the war department
when the time conies, if it ever does,
to replace the regular troops by other
forces competent to preserve order.
Genera! Lawton'a idea was to create a
force of, native police, whose officers
at first, in all grades, and eventually
as conditions Improve, la the upper
grades alone, shall all be Ameri-ans.
Some such force as this is now success
fully employed in Cuba by General
Wood, under the cognomen of rural
police. Owing to the racial different -m
among the Inhabitants of the Philip
pines, it waa General Law ton's id' a
! that there would be no difficulty in se.
curing police who should be proof
against disloyally in the distric t, apart
fiom those of their nativity, to tilth
they might he assign. -d. That this the
ory v as well founded Is Indicated by
the successful use of the Mucabchc
tribe' by General Lawton himself, unil
by Gt neral Young later on, in his chase
after Aguinaldo in the north of l.i:zt.n.
The natives, by their acquainting e
with the country and the lnriai.il.it. is,
would be of great assistance in run
ning down law-breakers.
because of the similarity of features
and figures of the Tagals the American
troops have had great difficulty in dis
tinguishing one individual from anoth-
tr in telling friend from foe. Indeed,
there is a story in circulation anions
some of the aimy officers who hav
Just returned to Washington from .Ma
nilt that the army actually captured
Aguinaldo in Cavlte province, put him
in Jail for fifteen days as a suspicious
aniigo and then released him. only to
hear tif hU identity aftt-r h had gotten
away. The ability of the Filipino lead
er to make up as a Chinaman, or Chino,
as they are called in the Philippines, Is
said to be remarkable, and only a fellow
native is able to i-tietrate such a dis
guise. OFFICER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Lieutenant Waugh Kills Himself In
the Philippines,
Washington, D. C (Specinl.) Gener
al litis has reported to the war depart
ment that Second Lieutenant John lt.
Waugh, Thirty-ninth Infantry. shot
himself through the henrt while tem
porarily demented trnm extreme ner
vousness on the -7th inst.. at Manila.
John Richard Waugh was the son of
Sam Waugh, cashier of the First Na
tional bank at Plattsmouth. His death
in the Philippines closes a military ca
reer covering a period of live years,
including several months as cadf at
West Point.. Waugh prepared himself
for West Point at Doane college, Crete.
Neb., and entered the national acad
emy after successfully passing the ex
amination In the summer of June, I Ml.
He remained there until January, when
he was compelled to leave on account
of trouble w ith his eyes.
In 1XV3 at the outbreak of the Spanish-American
war he applied for and
secured a place as non-commissioned
officer In the signal corps and was sent
to Puerto Rico, where he remained un
til the army of occupation was with
drawn. He was appointed second lieu
tenant in the Thirty-ninth Infantry and
was one of the first officers to reporl !
at Fort Crook last summer. At the
time he left the post for the Philip
pines he was acting adjutant of tlv
regiment. After lee.ving West Polnl
he w as employed at the Hurling tor.
shops in Plattsmouth and was popular
among a large circle of young friends.
He was born In Plattsmouth in liStS.
PETTI6REW ON MANILA SALOONS.
Wants to Know the Number of Sa
loons Established.
Washington, D. C (Special.) -In th
senate Pettigrew- or South Dakota se
cured the adoption of the following res-
oiutioo.
'That the nreiririent Kt ,......1 n
not Incompatible with public interest
to send the senate a statement of th
number of saloons that have been es-
tflhliHhH In Manila T r i . i- -
occupation of that city by United State
forces; who conducts these saloons, who
are their patrons and what kinds of li
quors are soia. i ne president is also
requested to Inform the senate of (he
number. If any, of saloons run on the
American or English plan In Manila
before we occupied the place. The pres
ident Is also requested to Inform the
senate whether or not it Is within his
power as commanoer-in-chlef of our
militArv fnreea In ,.,i, --.- 1 1 I . .
In Manila and prohibit and prevent th
sale of liquor to our soldiers."
RAILROAD CASES CONTINUED.
Lincoln. Neb. (Special.) The rail
road rate cases set for hearing March
2d before the state board of transixirta-
lion were continued until Mann 13,
pending the disposition of the Injunc
tion case In the federal court. This
postponement was asked for by attor
neys representing the Union Pacific,
Elkhorn and Hock Island railroads. The
iiurlington railroad, having secured a
restraining order preventing the board
of transportation from taking any ac
tion In regard to the reduction of rates
made no appearance. It Is the Inten
tion of the attorneys for the other
roads to delay the considers (ton oi
their cases until after the Injunction
case Is disposed of, as the decision of
the court will probably apply to all
rate cases now In the hands of ihf
board of transportation.
TO FIGHT PAPER TRUST.
Denver, Colo. (Special.) A larg.
number of the Colorado Editorial asso
ciation have left for Ne,w Orleans to
attend the sessions of the National Ed
itorial association. They include the
committee, headed by T. M. Patterson
of the Rocky Mountain News and F. J.
Arkinn of the Cripple Creek Times
Chronicle, which Is to present the na
tional convention resolutions demand
ing the abolition of the duties on paper
and Its component parts, on account
of the paper trust.
RECEJVEll FOR A HiCr CONCERN
New York, March 6. Former Mayor
Hugh J. Orsnt has been appointed re
ceiver of the Third Avenue Knllroad
company by Judge Lacomb? In th
United States circuit court. All Inter
ests concerned which appeared, Includ
ing the holders of M.rwo.ooo In liens
sgreed on Grant. A day will be fUei'
by Judge l4iifnbe about two week'
henee when all persons Interested ma
be heard. Orsnt will then be sppotntt
os permanent receiver.
ataoiTOlM Balt.1' BKK IB-
ftkolr-.lral Bread I ! KereMarllf
Ibe Sutrlliens.
It is commonly supposed thaf whole
meal bread is more nourishing than
ordinary white bread because it con
tains a higher proportion of nitro
genous and mineral substances. Hut,
as we have frequently pointed out, the
nitrogenous value of a given food
is not necessarily indicated by an em
pirical chemical atiajysis. ot all ni
trogenous substances are feeding
stuff's, ami further, it docs not follow
that the quantity of final partaken ol
is the quantity of food assimilated.
J it other winds, eating is not neces
sarily feeding. There arc many Mile
stances continuing u very high profxir
turn or nitrogen which are valueless
as fool stuff-, and on the contrary
there arc many edible materials which
contain a comparatively small projec
tion of nitrogenous substances which,
however, ure eomparaf ively mailable
for noui ishing the organism. We now
know that it is not enough for chemi
cal mily si 10 record merely the pro-M.-(it.ii
of nitrogenous nib-tames; the
nature of these substances must lie de
clared, without which the food value
of a giicn substance cannot be csti
miitcd. It was formerly assumed that whole
meal bread contained more nitrogen
than white bread, but in the light ol
recent sinaylMs this is not true.
Whether or not, however, w hole-me.il
bread is superior as regards its nitro
"(noiis contents it is ceiiainly inferior
as regards its digest ibilit v. This mav
lw nt trihufed in n large measure to
the fact lluit vvhoic-iiieal bread con
tains comparatively large. iinlige-iil,le
end irritating particles of husk.
There seems, however, no rcaoii for
doubting that vv luile-mcal bread would
be much more digestible if the branny
particles were finely coiomiiiiileil. In
scvenil paten! breads the g'-rin of the
v. heat is retained, which mills consid
erably to the nitrogenous value of the
bread, lint the germ of wheat tends
to eveite fermentai ive changes in Ihe
"hpongc" and produce an unpalat
able loaf. Several processes however,
haie been devised which avert tin
possibility of this undesirable effect.
We do not believe that with the im
provements in machinery generally
tin- dietetic value of bread lia pari
passu increased. We still hold that a
more nourishing article, as it is cer
tainly more palatable, the old-f.isli-ionetl
farmhouse loaf, which presents
a gold w hca leu color ml Iter than flic
blanched appearance which seems to
be looked iijkiii as a guarantee of qual
ify in the modern white loaf. Our
own laboratory rp rience, at any rate
shows that probably on account of the
increased emplov incut of roller-mill
ing processes the important mineral
constituents of white brcud have vcrv
materially diminished. When it is
considered that these constituents
play a not unimportant part in supply
ing the I'one-f.trniiiig faclors of the or
caiiism this fact assumes a serious im
portance and may ewii now throw
light iqwin the prevalence of dental de
cay. On the oilier hand, wholemeal
bread and germ bread contain an en
hanced proportion of mineral sails
such as the phosphates of lime and
potash, which are necessary in the
building up of the entire' human
frame. - The Lancet.
IK I Ivll TO I'LF. t.K.
Rut Alter til, ihe Obliging U lle'o t-.f.
oris I'rovrd a Failure.
"Good gracious. Maria, another mil
inery bill? Why on earth von want
so many new ihings I ennt under
stand. Look at mr. I have l.n.l
uothinir new on for the lal tlm-r.
months."
"Hut men are different fo women
and besides,' you surely would not
like your wife to look a fright before
other people?''
Icrtamlv nol. but at the un me
time you might get soniethino- taste
and pretty. Jt seems to me that the
w-omen of the present dav rerf them.
selves with more industry than sense
in their efforts to be beautiful. Their
innant efforts ore simply .outinndish."
"l!ut one must follow the fashion;
you know that, Will."
.Nonsense. Give me t.-istn fl(
Why Maria, you do not look nearly so
pi.-n.v as you run when I first married
you. fifteen years ago.'
'fill, that's because Wo rrr.u-n
older.''
"Oh. no. it isn't thai T i;l.: -..
in the simnle dress of da
You never look so nrettv'nx vnn
then."
"Well, I will do my best o please."
The husband sat down uitl,
per while his wife bustled off to her
boudoir to dress for a drive.
Shortly afterward the voice f,f 1 1,
latter was heard saying: M.re vou
readv, dear?"
"Great Scoff CVclnimetl ll,o I,....
band as he looked ip from his paper.
"What in the name of goodness have
you been doing? Don't vou know
were going out driving?"
Mic wore a vcrv small but a lnr.
chignon, mid ulrangely proportioned
masses of milliiicrv" fro l,i,.l, I,;-
voeubulnrv could fi I, I nn nlti-n.M A
diminutive j .lira sol completed lK. ab
surdity. "I Hill fuilv Irvine in hImim
dear." she quietly rcjilied.
1 o please ine? '
"Yes." was the renlv- "If.
way I dressed fifteen years ngo, when
we were married."
II Was Nearer,
"That lightning was twenty miles
iway." said a young man who was try
ing to allay the fears of a young wo
man. Vet she shuddered. There was
another flash and a loud report about
three seconds later, "That's a good
live miles away," said the cheerful
youth. There was another bluish flare,
quickly followed by a very heavy rum
bling. "A g-ood mile from here. Hint,"
said he, not quite so confidently. Then
there came a flash that Illuminated
the room for two long seconds, and the
report that auccceded the flash almost
instantly wss like the simultaneous
Uncharge of half a dozen 13-inch guns.
"My goodness!" cried the young man,
jumping; tip suddenly; "that was In
the back yard." -
TwS or ! a ir.
The Knri)B ! ""
! al ! rraactore Mlmt.
Ordinary people speak ot gold bul
lion when quantities are mcnlioned,
as so many ounces, except in Han
Francisco, where ihe receipts of gold
bullion at the I'nitcd Slates branch
mint are referred to as do many tons
for certain days. ' H sounds like an
enormous Isoast, bordering on the fab
ulous, yet it is none the less true.
ThP mint i-hovvs it; Ihe bullion was
received, coined and turned over to its
owners. One day in August la s four
tons of the precious metal were receiv
ed at the mint for coinmige, while in
Dctobrr. lwl. the receipt for one day
were six tons. That utcecd-i the re
ceipts of any other mint, aw far as
known, anil so ilo.-s the total coinage
of the San Francisco branch mint rx
ce.il that of any other of recent yesrs,
and is still 1111 the increase. The coin
age of the lat fiscal year, ending June
1 Mi!), according to the report just
completed, was the largest in 1 lie his
tory of the mint. It consisted of 13,
S7:i",:;7j pieces, valued at Si;,s127:.
That coinage lias been exceeded only
in amount in the coinage history of
the government on two occasions.
At the mint in Philadelphia, in the
vear 10I. some $7(1,000,000 was coined,
ami iigain in the same place, in 1S),
-.omcihiiig over STii.OOO.uoo was coined.
Since then California has pushed for
ward, and now holds the front rank
for amounts. The biggest amount
heretofore coined in flic San Franciwn
mint during any calendar year was in
;7, 1.1(1,1 xr,,5Hl. This year the coin
age is expected fo at least approximate
that of iMis. Prior 10 !Mi7, and for th
fifteen years preceding, the coinage at
the San Francisco mint averaged about
I.'.j.oixi.imiO a year. In that year the
amount took a sudden leap and went
up to $4o,04.'.'!l. 'Ihe largest number
of deposits for one month in the his
tory of the mint was in August, IK!)!).
They reached l,3.'.n, aggregating nearly
700,(1(10 ounces, valued at nlsiut $1-,-.'.(MUHMi.
For Ihe three years prior to
that time deposits averaged from 500
to 700 11 month, which wax considered
very gootl business, 'i he heaviest de
posits for one day in that, month ag
gregated four tons of gold.
The dciKisiti for flic month were P.V
and the coinage '.I,00,(I00. lint sin
tons of gold came in one dav. valued
at about $:s,0i).(0(). r,.ltj,)f, ' ,,, at
$".00,000. which is the accepted valua
tion. 'I his li posit consisted largely of
llrit is h sovereigns from Australia,
though there was considerable Klon
dike gold received that day. For the
first I wo months of the current year
the eoinnge was $if),C7'.'.636. as against
the corresponding two months of the
hist fiscal year. siO.6fi7.K14. .Nearly all
the gohl from the Klondike and Cape
Nome hns found its way of late to
San Francisco. Last year 'the gold was
sent from Seattle to Philadelphia for
coinage.
Now that the bulk of the gold pro
duct of the North comes to San Fran
cisco the best record of the output is
obtainable here. On September 1 of
lids year $9,421,433 was deposited from
that section. Since Hint date about
$I.500,000 more has Iwen received at
the San Frnticisco mint, making prac
tically $11,000,000 from the Kiomlb
this season thus far. Judging from
Hie receipts of lust year it is saf-
estimate the total output for the vear
at 814.000,000. , If this can be realized
1 win exceed the output of last year
by $;i.000,000. The average vnh. 0f
Klondike gold Inst year received at the
mint was $15.13 an ounce, although it
ranged from $14.70 to $19.
During the week just passed three
carload of silver have been received
iMbe San I rancisco mint from Philn-d'-lphut.
quite nn unusual thinir. The
.l.ipmcnt of that bullion to thin city
m due to the great demand for !,.
"idiary ,-oin. The large surplus which
lias been kept here lo meet such con
ations and which had been considered
excessive for many years became r,.
haunted. 'Jo ohviafc shipping and re
.li.pping. the government rrawrr.t
vvitli dealers to depoKit siiVPr fn Ha
i rnticlsco and receive t,e correspond
ing amount of bullion in Philadelphia.
All the silver required . .
s,mnpB .Pr'r ' ,huf ,ini hn"
un.Fl o ,"r'' """0"Rh fh
until the past few months, when the
or . ,7 T ,":'"",d for "
Orient completely exhausted the r-
s.n Vr W"r,h n,or "
"'in Francisco than i v .. .
' fn V 'r ,",,i,'P,'" ri''PJ' U,
Ihnin.-fean I rancisco Chronicle.
A fraded Srslr,
Abilene U a t notl,, f ,
snort ru-Ki.'' ,i .-.
', ., . ' l'"'"y women,
and Us leading hustler is fj. H. Patij.
ruoK ,anim" "-nk there,
rilliM fill ritMrtm s...... -
""Chan club, helps run the s.rcct fair,
looks affcr the welfare of any and
"7 ""'ling to l of,, ,7.re"
or benefit ,0 ,e tovvD, and b," bu
not leas t conducts church service, one
Monday i each motltllt ,
l Jv'.rT " Kl,,"p,,PttKn minister.
.1 I f (ll't rSWtl I ll... ..it 1
inor tha kfiiiuiio ir.. ..i . '
Mr. i';,tl:r :,:,""r.A,M,'!ii'n:
'.nieft , ai .:: , . ' ,on .or
iTo ' i r'',u-'"t among cat-
d rciated , U.iirZX
rm,sr)p,e liohling claims' ugl &
mil. i''1 ' XV("linc. 1 few
Abilene, .nd the home
place of f.illett, f . .
-ry .,.,, ,10M, wi, d,i,n7n;nt,.Vble
ah eh wn..!d accommodate only about
cot tnM" ' ll "mil tSJ
parties of .lit,. wta
hat tho -V"- WMn" '
iinorw. 1 viauns were above
I00.M0 should eat at the first table
those wk,.. ..it . ""ie,
irnn j .TL. w're between 110..
000 ond $100,000 st the second table
$ .on 1 .,i ll0i000 at the thM
mill (hose who eti..,. . '
11,000 were , go to the earner grocery
"I eese kin... ... . M
......... vj, d0urnni.
population wis quadrupled
LI1?1?.?'''- 11 'Mr-waH from
14.000 In lifts In SA AAA 1. ... V.
V...HI, T..J . " ' " aao ita
wtilth b4 coomcix frtw la trta
irteiter aresorUon ?