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llzrrison Press-Josrnal CEO. D. CANON, Publisher. r - v . HARRISON, NEBRASKA PROTECTIVE TARIFF. S1CN9 OF, ITS RAPID TECRATIOM. DISIN. The latest Swiss mountain railway project i to connect the Engardlae with the Italian lake by a road over tie Bern i a range. The nan who stole the 100 micro scope from the University of Chicago might have had a curiosity to gee what a 100-pound chunk of ice looked like. Owing to American sanitary work, there was not a single case of yellow fever in Havana at the beginning of April. This had not happened before In the city's history. The Cubans may not like the American government, but it la at least increasing the num ber of Cubans who have an opportu nity to dislike it. Mrs. F. M. Smith of Oakland, Cal., wife of the "borax king," Is going to adopt 100 girls and rear them as her own children. Mrs. Smith's 100 daugh ters will live in ten houses, ten g'frts to each house, on a 35-acre tract ot land near Arbor Villa. Mrs. Smith' home is in Oakland. The first of the ten houses is already being built, and work on the others will begin at once, The Bapabllcan Party It Maw Snaklag to Adopt Policy Fararabla to FTaa Trada (Jmlek Chang af Front Tha Traal Cora. An adjustable wall is made with an ordinary eightpenny nail, with hole In the head, through which passes a curved galvanized wire. The nail is driven Into the studding, and the curved wire laid fiat on the brick, and covered with mortar. Being perfect ly adjustable, if the building sags 01 the sheeting shrinks, the bond will not be broken, but remain -solid and Intact between the brick In the wall. John Pondir, once a power In Wal street and for years one of the "ghostt of the street," died recently In greai poverty. Pondir launched the Sutrc tunnel scheme, and was a great deal in Pacific Mail and Panama railroad stock. At the time of Adolph Sutro'i death Pondir had a suit for $1,000,000 against him. In the days of Goulc and Fisk he was a well known figure at all the theater and in old Del-monico's. King Edward is understood to hoi.: broad views respecting colonial titles and there has been a suggestion that in the process of unifying the British empire the creation of peerages with such titles attached as "Duke of Que bec," "Earl of Montreal," or "Marquis of Toronto," might be useful. The Toronto Globe meeti the Intimation by baying "Might we, in the most loyal and dutiful way, beseech his majesty to spare us? We are doing so nicely as It Is, most gracious sovereign!" ... Clarence Bush went to Harvard uni versity without a dollar, lodged In an attic at a dollar a week, and lived on gruel, milk and water. But he had the material in him of which milllou alres are made, and, after a year's starvation, saw hia opportunity. He managed to get hold of a cow and a churn, and began to peddle butter of his own make on the streets of Cam bridge. While be was studying mathe matics, astronomy and chemistry, he was also learning the business of butter-making, and now he is graduate'! with a salary of $5,000 from a great New York creamery company await ' ing him. The launch of thj ftamer Celtic at Belfast, Ireland, the other day, still further emphasizes the tendency to in crease the dimensions of ocean-going craft. The Celtic is the largest ves sel ever built, not only surpassing the Oceanic and the Kaiser Wilhelm der Orosse, but having a displacement 10, 100 tons greater than the Great East era. Her dimensions are: Length, 681 feet; beam, 75 feet; depth, 44 feet; gross tonnage, 20,880; net, 13,650; dis placement, 33,000. The Celtic Is not designed for speed but as an emigrant carrier, bar capacity being 2,859 pas sengers, besides a crew of 235. Al though the Celtic is too slow to be conspicuous as an "ocean greyhound, her enormous site will make her an object of keen interest, at least until the advent of a greater. The new Bishop of London has al ready given his diocese a glimpse of his sterling democracy. Speaking to aa audience of working men at a neighborhood settlement house In Whitechapel, he said that he had often noticed In coffee-houses the sign, "A good pull-up for cabmen." He intend ed to make the settlement bouse a "good pull-up for bishops." His of fice, he found, required that he keep carriage; but if any of his hearers saw him driving alone he hoped they would gire him a hall; he should be glad to give them a lift Bishop In gram has hem a moat sympathetic and successful worker among the poor and sMertunate of East London, to whom he Is a lam) liar figure and a trusted Mend. The" Bag has recently placed the stamp of roys approval on his work by appointing him dean of the royal chapels. A witness to ocean solitude recently reached Liverpool. A four-masted vessel, which sailed seven months be fore from tan Francisco, entered the Mersey. Once leaving the Golden Oate she has not been spoken. Absolute awsssM sowsralig her through more than half a year, and then she appears ' to an Inquiries and specs la- la far aa human knowledge pt It v as If vessel and crew had stTj4 act of life, and has swallowed O la Kffutaiy far thoas days and rrSa. Tha oeeaa la yet. does not Near the close of the last Congress the chairman of the republican con gressional committee, J. W. Babcock, introduced a bill to abolish the tariff on Iron and steel. This was just after the formation of the steel trust was announced. This apparent lapse of Mr. Babcock from the dogma of pro tection caused considerable talk and he was interviewed by the newspa pers. In one of these interviews he is reported to have said: "It was to forestall similar action by a demo crat" No action was taken by the committee to whom the bill was re ferred, Mr. Babcock evidently did not expect it he was merely playing to the galleries, in fact, his bill did not aooiish the duty on iron and steel, it merely pretended to. It provided for the repeal of the iron schedule, but did not repeal or change section 133, which provides for an ad valorem duty of 45 per cent on iron and steel Rot specifically provided In the act The steel trust would doubtless be quite satisfied with this 45 per cent tariff. Two or three democrats at the first session of the fifty-sixth Congress bad Introduced bills repealing all duties on trust articles, but the committee on ways and means never considered them, the republican majority being opposed to such action. Mr. Babcock, therefore, did not forestall the demo crats, who are fledged by their na- j tional platform against trusts and the Dlngley tariff and will certainly Introduce a bill to that end when the fifty-seventh Congress assembles. I This win again try the ralth of those republicans who feel that the trusts should be curbed. If the steel trust Is to be legislated against why not the sugar trust the tin trust and the hundred and one other trusts and combines. But to do this would require nearly every sched ule or ine tariff law to be reDealed and the whole fabric of protection would be wiped out This would leave the republican party with but Imperialism as a living issue and with the greatest source of Its camnalrn funds cut off without a countervailing fountain to draw from. A large majority at the republican senators and representatives have re-! ceived and are receiving favors from j the trusts, combines and corporations, I many or them are owned by the trusts and relief to the people from them is unlikely and almost impossible. But there are other troubles for the protectionists. The state department and the diplomats have become inter ested In the tariff discussion. The countervailing duties on Russian beet sugar has been met by that country with a large increase of duty on American goods, so that door is clos ing against us. Germany and France are also said to be Intending retalia tory measures and even many of the English politicians are talking- the same way. Then we have the colonial tariff question that must be settled and our new possessions may soon be supply ing us with sugar and some kinds of tobacco. Free sugar from Puerto Rico and the Philippines would cut off the revenue from that source wipe out the American sugar plantations, and free tobacco would ruin the protected Con necticut wrapper grower. The whole tariff is a complicated but frail structure and like the children's house of cards, a finger or a breath will cause a wreck. When you have local politics, loot and diplomacy all tasing a nana and Inherited faith in the doctrine they have taught their ran and file to worship to beware of one cannot envy our republican friends the job of tariff revision they must soon enter upon. ine aemocratic plan of tariff for revenue will have to be adopted soon er or later. marionettes still figuring In congress and as kings, but they were la place simply to carry out the orders of the forld'f rea rujers those who control the concentrated portion of the money supply. Jhe words, "Office of J. ft Morgan k Co." meant, in addition to the great wealth ot the firm itself, the financial support of the house of Rothschild; the approval, if not the ac tive-co-operation of the house of Hoc lie feller; and the direct co-operation of the Carnegie and other great iron in dustries. House of Rothschild and associated industries, one thousand millions. House of Rockefeller and associated banks and Industries, eight hundred and fifty millions. J. P. Morgan ft Co., representing iron Industries and associated banks, eleven hundred and fifty millions. Total, three thousand and four mil lions of dollars. Ot what consequence the German playing at emperor, or the king who re cently read a speech written by minis ters under dictation from the world of finance? Even the czar ot Russia seems a feeble make-believe In the presence of men who control threa thousand millions of dollars and can push the endless buttons which carry their signals Into every sort of mer cantile house, Into every military camp, which cause every court official to stand alert, and can even produce the profoundest movements in the church itself. APPALLING FACTA OUR -1- -du TENANT FARMERS INCREASED. HAVE THE CHEAT REVOLUTION. BamwaJty It tefgaraa by Trait. The opinion of one of the great bus! nets men of the country on the eco nomic revolution that has overtaken the United States Is most interesting ana important, not only for Its au thor's personality and positionbut for its intrinsic Interest and merit Decis ive battles are no longer fought with arms, says John Brisbln Walker In the April cosmopolitan. Attack with wea pons may constitute an incident, but campaigns from the opening of the twentieth century will be fought in the offices of those who control the world's supply of money. That event in the world's history which promises to be most deeply fraught with results to the human race was announced In the New York Jour nals of Sunday, March a, 1901. as a three-column advertisement It was not an affair of parliament or of re gal proclamation. There was no fuss, no ceremony. The average man, the welfare of whose great-great grand children waa to be affected, scarcely noticed this advertisement which read: "Office of J. P. Morgan A Co., 23 Wall street. New York." and began In bold, blaekfaeed type: To the stockholders Federal Steel Company, National Steel Company, National Tube Company,'' Tba Rami 1'arpota of tha Trait. Between the lines of this advertise ment headed "Office of J. P. Morgan ft Co." was to be read a proclamation, thus: "Commercial metropolis of the world, notice to the peoples of all lands and nationalities: "The old competitive system, with its ruinous methods, its countless dupli cations. Its wastefulness of human ef fort and Its relentless business war fares, is hereby abolished, the change to take effect In part immediately, and in whole as rapidly as the details hereafter be worked out "The four great houses controlling the world's visible supply of money, having this day agreed to act In uni son under the scheme of organization outlined by Mr. J. P. Morgan, have in vested themselves with the controlling interest in the three great sources by which the public can be taxed the supply of ores, the working of the same iuto the raw products, and the trans portation of the same. "The business public will perceive at a glance that it will not be properly safe for any individual or known col lection of Individuals to arrogate to themselves the right to antagonize the organization this day created; and notice is hereby given that these com mercial territories must not be tres passed upon or invaded without expec tation that the full authority vested in the organization will be exercised. "The houses engaged In bringing about this organization in the inter ests of the world's economy, have ta ken to themselves such increment as has seemed proper on view of the im portant character of the service ren dered. "Further, the bourses of the world will please take notice that, owing to the immense sums of money now in the hands ot The Organization, It will be possible to force speculation. Tho banding together of the houses of Rothschild, Rockefeller, Morgan and Carnegie, representing the united met al and transportation Interests, leaves no room for competition, and any at tempt in this direction will be met with the fate which should attach to an effort to return to the methods of bar barism. "Finally, It Is our intention ultimate' ly to take In hand the smaller Indus tries and organize them upon a scien tific basis calculated to reduce the waste of human effort to a minimum. LandlordUm la Aarlcoltaral DhtrlcU af A narlc aa Show a by 1 O. Pawara, Cblcf Statistician. Division of Agrlcal Mtf, V. S. Centos Bureaa. SOUNDS FROM OTHER ANVILS. Maw Brand of Fraadom. Toledo Bee: The freedom the Re publican party Is giving to the people of Cuba Is the kind you don't read about In the Declaration of Independ ence, even if you read between the lines. l- Oaa Sanaa Daagar A void ad. Kansas City Times: Mr. McKlnley has selected a good season for his western tour. At the time be passes through the state there will be no danger of a Kansas corn-stalk fall ing across the track and wrecking the train. Tax on Franeblaaa aad larontaa. Philadelphia Record: There seems to be a growing opinion, not confined to the membership of any one party, that the ultimate reliance of the gov ernment must be on a tax on Incomes and franchises and that a law could be so framed as to avoid constitutional objections. Those whose wealth is guaranteed to their possession and en joyment by the government should be willing to psy in proportion to tha value of the guaranty. This momentous statement did not eoaeera itself with princes or even aa- Sed statissnia. Tha world aa tha third day of March, 1N1, had canned to 9a ruled by saeh. True, than were VanaMuMt Daaiaad on Chlaa. Washington Post: Let China be made to pay the expenses of those who actually went to the deliverance of (ho foreigners that and nothing more. We trust that our government will per sist In this just and righteous oours). Anything beyond Is cruel, rapacious and abominable. Why should China be made to pay for Count Von Wilder- see's "punitive expeditions," for In- stance T Tha avowed purpose of the concert had bean achieved long before the German troops arrived upon tho etna There waa no occasion for the expedition! hi auostloa. The Interest aroused in the subject of farm tenure by the census statis tics ot 1880 snd 1890 will without doubt be Increased by those of 1900. No formal reports for the latter year save been given to the public as yet, but the census authorities have pub lished sufficient facts to enable one familiar with farm tenure to make a fairly correct forecast of the condi tions existing in the nation. The facts referred to are found In the bulletins of population by minor civil divisions and in the number of farm schedules returned by the enumerators snd special agents. Tie number of farm schedules Is 5.786,907, which is two to four per cent In excess of the actual number of farms that will be tabulated. The number of farms in 1900 will, there fore, somewhat exceed 5,700,00. In 1S90 the census reported 4,564,691 farms and 4,767,179 farm families. Ac cordingly in ten years from 940,000 to 1,140,000 farms have been added to those enumerated in 1890. North Atlantic Stataa. In the north Atlantic states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu setts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania the farms in 1880 numbered 696,139, and in 1890, 668,569. In the latter year the farm families numbered 660, 407; In 1900 the farms are, approxi mately, 670,000. The figures quoted make it clear that the number of farms in these states, and hence the number of families of farm propri etors that Is, of owners and tenants has not suffered diminution In the last ten years; but while the number of families In these two classes did not become less, the total rural popu lation, including also the families of wage laborers, in nearly all of the states decreased. The decrease has consequently been in families whose heads or chief members gain their support by working foe wages on farms. Such a decrease Indicates a shift ing of farm population. Some famil ies have moved from the country to the city and some have left their na tive states for other sections of the na tion. These removals also have been accompanied by an economic readjust ment among the families remaining. : The net r"i!t of that readjustment Is the rise of a number of families from the position of wage earners in Jfc&O to that of farm owners or ten ants in 1900. Of those thus rising, it is certain that a larger actual and rel ative number have become farm ten ants than have attained to the more independent position of farm owners Under these circumstances it can be declared with a large degree of cer tainty that the actual and relative proportion of farms operated by ten ants in the north Atlantic states will be found when all data are tabulated to be greater than it was ten or twen ty years ago. - The percentage of farms operated by tenants in the states In 1890 was 16; in 1890, 18.4, and we may confidently exnect that in 1S00 it will be in excess of 20, Sooth Atlantis States. In the south Atlantic states Dela ware, Maryland, District of Columbia Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida the schedules returned Indi cate the existence in 1900 of substan uauy s&u,ouu to 960,000 farms. The corresponding number of farms in 1890 was 749,600. At the same time 772,596 farm families were reported The number of farms Increased In ten years between 190.000 and 210,000, or from 24 to 27 per cent Exclusive of cities of 25,000 snd over, the popula tion of these states Increased in the ten years only 18 per cent; but since 1&80 the population in the smaller cit ies and towns has Increased relatively much faster than the agricultural population proper. The percentage of increase of that poulation cannot exceed 13. These facts make It certain that the Increase In the number of farms has been much greater relatively than that of the population engaged In till ing them. The farm proprietors, own ers and tenants as reported have, therefore, Increased faster than the farm families. They have been re crulted in part from the ranks of former families of wage earners. Among the farm families of the south, whoa number Includes very many negroes, fewer relatively than In the north have risen or are rising from wage service to farm ownership, and hence there must be a large relative Increase of tenant-operated farms. la tba "Black Bait." The percentage of farms operated by tenants, which was 36.1 In 1880. rose to 38.5 in 1890, will doubtless be found to have Increased still more In 1900. In that year It will probably exceed 45. This great relative esti mated Increase In farm tensnts Is predicted upon the number of farm schedules and the population. Many of the 200,000 additional farms In these states sre unquestionably small plae cultlvsted by the members of the families of wage-earners, and used by them as homes. Others are small tracts of land, without buildings, tilled by unmarried men or women who work aa wage earners a portion ot the year. If this is not the case then we have a substantial elevation in ten yean of orer 100,000 farm fam- U uuiu i v illzed such a making" duj racts of land lllaa to positions materially above those held by them In 1890. It Is hsrdly probable that such a number of negro families have realized great adVsnce. .But, after allowance for the small tracts of the character mentioned, it is si most certain thst the final figures of the census will show a substantial raise of a large number of former wage earners to a higher industrial station In life, and one of the most prominent Indices of this social uplift Is the relative Increase of tenant-op crated farms. LITTL1 Among tha Fralrta Farmar. In the north central states Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, WIscon Bin, Minnesota, lows, Missouri, Kan sas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota there were reported In 1890 1.978,659 farm families and 1,928, 822 farms. Judging from the schedules the corresponding number of farms In 1900 is substantially 2,190,000 to 2,200, 000. More than one-halt of the In crease of from 200,000 to 275,000 is found In the newly settled parts of the various states, in which the increase keeps pace more or less closely with the reported Increase of farms. The remained of these added farms are lo cated in the older settled sections, In which the rural population Increases more slowly, or Is stationary or de creasing in number. There will, there fore. In these north central states be a greater actual Increase of owners than of tenants, and not the reverse as was the case in the South Atlantic divisions. The Increase of farm owners Is largely confined to the newer sec tions. In the older settled portions a different situation exists. There the relative changes In the population and number of farms give evidence of the uplifting of at least a few families from the position of wage laborers to that of tenants, and hence a relative Increase of tenant-operated farms, the same as In the two specified divisions of states. In 1890 the percentage of tenant-operated farms in the twelve states was 20.5, and in 1850 it was 23.4, The dsta of population and the number of farms give evidence of a percentage in 1900 of more than 26. Whara Growth b Rapid. The settlement of Oklahoma, Indian Territory and the newer parts of Tex as, Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the testimony of farm schedules, adds over 250,000 farms, carved out of the public or unused domain. The schedules also give evidence of a still greater number of new farms In the other south central states Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi produced by the subdivision of the older plantations. In 18&0 the farms in the south central states numbered 1 ,086,772, and the farm families 1,185.- 9.12. In 1900 the farms will approxi mate 1,659,000. A very large proportion of the farms operated by white men in the Indian Territory and on the Indian reservations of Oklahoma will be ad ditions to the tenant-operated class, since it Is very difficult for such mea In this section to become owners. With the exception of the changes due to this anomalous condition of farms on Indian lands, tho situation so far as It relates to farm tenure In the south central Btates, is Intermedi ate between that described In detail for the south Atlantic and north cen tral states. The percentage of tenant operated farms was 36.2 In 1880, 38.4 in 1890, and will probably be over 45 In 1900. Farms of tba Far Wh!. j The farms reported In the western states Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, j New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, I Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Cali fornianumbered In 1S90, 145,878, while the farm families numbered 169,585. The schedules reported Indi cate the probable existence In the same section In 1900 of 245.000, or an Increase In ten years of from 75,000 to 100,000 new farms, all carved out of the public domain. The growth of rural population In these states has nearly kept pace with the Increase In farms, and hence we can In general predict that there will be no great change in the relative number of those operated by tenants. The percentage of such farms in 1880 was 14, and la 1S90, with the settlement of 62,155 new farms. It was only 12.1. In the same year the percentage of farm tenant families was 18.9. With the Urge re ported Increase In the number of farms In 1900 the relative number of tenant-operated farms cannot be greater than 20, and will not be leas than 13 per cent The data of farm population available are not exact enough to make a more definite estl mate. Summing up the foregoing estimates. the conclusion Is reached that of the 940,000 to 1,140.000 farms that were added In the last ten years, substanti ally one-half will be tenant operated. This will be an Increase of from 40 to 60 per cent, or nesrly twice the In crease per cent of the population for the nation, four times that of tha purely agricultural population, and twice that of the farms opersted by their owners. OraatMt laaroaaa Imrbd. It Is an actual and relative increase of tenant-operated farms thst has nev er been equalled since statistics have been collected upon the subject, and yet this unprecedented increase Is predicted on the basis of facts that show not a degradation of the rural population, but an uplifting that has raised not lets than 100,000 families from the position of wage earners to the proprietorship of large tracts of tillable land. FORMIDABLE FLEET BATTLESHIPS BUILT. Ready for Saw Conflict AbU ta Fro tart Ilotu IntaraaU with Ibo Kqnadron AmabUaf with Pomp an J Clrcam taaea la Far East. The man who spends his money Ilka water li supposed to liquidate his debts. One of the most notable surprises of recent years has been the rise of Japan from a condition considered ta be hardly civilized to the position of one of the great powers of the world. In part this is due to the admirable or ganization of her army and the ex ploits of her navy in the war with China. The Japanese fleet was bandied with an audacity and skill that startled professional observers all over the world. The want of a sufficiently nu merous fleet prevented Japan from re taining the fruits ot victory, but ber government at once set to work to create a navy adequate for the pur poses of Japanese policy. The result Is seen in the splendid squadron which Japan will soon have assembled in the far east. At the battle of the Yulu, Sept. 17, 1894, which disposed of the Chinese squadron, the Japanese had 11 vessels aggregating 36,264 tons, against 12 Chinese ships of 34,975 tons and four torpedo boats. The Chinese squadron comprised two armorclads, the Chen Yuen and Ting-Yuen, of 7,430 tons each, superior to any individual vessel of the Japanese squadron, the largest ships in which were three of 4,300 tons; the Matsu-shima, the flagship, the Itsuku-sblma, and the Hashldate. Their inferiority In armor protection was compensated for by their formi dable armament, but they were not able to venture into close quarters with the two Chinese ironclads, and the Matsu-shima was so badly dam aged that the Japanese admiral had to transfer his flag during the action to the Hashldate. The net result of the fighting was that four of the Chi nese ships were sunk and several cap tured, and three Japanese vessels were more or less seriously injured. In the less than seven years that have elapsed since then the Japanese navy has made enormous strides. Its first line is now composed of six battleships, Including four of the most powerful of their class afloat. They are the Shlkl-sblma, HaUiuse, Asahi, and Misa- Ka of 14,900 tons and 14,500 horse pow er, with speed of 18.5 knots. The only thing that can be said against them is that they are furnished with the cow condemned Belleville boilers. The other two battleships are the Yashlma and Fujl-Yama of 12.500 tons, 14,100 horse-power, and 19 knots speed. The six belong to tho English majestic class, but are more modern and have many improvements. Th-y form a compact squadron in themselves su perior to that of any other power In the far eastern seas. The armored cruisers number six and belong to one class in size, being of 9.850 tons, 19,000 horse-power, and 22.07 knots speed. Four of them, like the four great battleships, were built in England, the other two coming from Germany and France. The two latter have Belleville boilers. They all ma neuver with great facility, and are lit tle inferior In fighting value to battle ships. The protected cruisers number 13, ranging from 2,700 to 4,800 tons. with horse-power of from 6,100 to 15,- 000, and from 16.5 to 23 knots speed. Four are of the newest designs, and with their speed and armament form a valuable complement of the preced- ng armored cruiser squadron. Two, the Takasago and Yo-sbimo, are of English build, and the latter by tbe rapidity of her lire did great execution among the Chinese ships at the Yalu. The other two, the Kasagl and Chitose. are of American construction. Of the other protected cruisers tbe only ones of European build are the Idzuml, for merly the Chilean Esmeralda, con structed In England, and the Sal-yen. built In Germany and captured from the Chinese at the same time as the Chen-Yuen, coast defense ship, re named the Chln-ycn. The Japanese have also a numerous destroyer and torpedo-boat flotilla of the most mod ern build, the destroyers being 12 In number. Their gunboats and unpro tected cruisers are now, of course, be hind the age and fit only for coast guard and customs service among the Islands. The great feature of the Jap anese fighting fleet is the equipment of tbe heavier rapid-fire guns In each hip. This Is the result of tbe lesson of the Yalu, where tbe victory was largely due to the shower of projectiles thrown Into the Chinese ships. In the event of Japan's finding herself at war with one of the European powers It Is questonable whether any of tbe squadrons now in the far eaat could make head against tbe fleet tbe Japan ese have created since 1894. Chicago Journal. la Jack Rabbi la. A notable and growing Industry In Nebraska Is tbe trade In Jack rabbits, which are frozen for shipment to the east, where they are sold at fancy prices as Belgian bares. Farmers' boys In the state earn many dollars during the winter In pursuing tbla game, which they sell to tbe packers for about 1.60 a dozen. The price Is small, but the supply ample, and the farmers do themselves a double service by ridding their lands of what often becomes a pest The extent of the In dustry Is Indicated by the shipments, which are In car-load lots. Mada laanaa by Reading Naval. Frank Fleetwood, the 20-year-old son of Jacob Fleetwood of Tipton, lnd has become mentally deranged from the effects of reading novels. A few days since, be became violent snd drove his parents from the bouse. It Is said he read over 1.0M novels.
