where womzv muu.
The Buriat Tribe of Mongolia Ac
cord Them That Privilege.
Some Interesting facta bearing upon
the inods and cuatonii of the Burtats,
by far the moat Important of the Mon
gol tribes inhabiting the steppes of
Mongolia, have been brought to light
by explorers and pleasure-seekers in
that country.
Buriat women hare one privilege
which in not accorded their sisters even
In a country like America. This has to
flo with their possessions. It Is a sin
gular fact that among them all prop
erty rights are vested In the women,
and many of Ihem are extremely-weal-thy
in the commodities that go to make
up wealth in their native land.
The property of Buriat women usual
ly consists of great numbers of homes,
cattle and sheep. One chieftesa was
raid not long ago to possess 40,000
sheep, 10.000 horses and 3.000 horned
cattle. They alito have immense col
lections of valuable furs, and their
dowries are usually paid In these ar
ticles. That of an especially wealthy
fcrlde has been fixed at forty cases of
sables.
In the matter of head dress the
women of the tribe are particularly
vain and they expend exhorbltant sums
keeping abreast of the styles as they
understand them. In this respect they
resemble the women of New Zealand
and Frlsla. although the style of head
drew Is quite different In the two cases.
Equestrian fetes are as popular with
the Burlats today as they have ever
been at any time during the years of
tradition in which the tribe has figured.
For these fetes the women dress In
elaborate costumes, appearing in gala
attire that sets them off to perfection.
The Burlats are the most numerous
of all the Mongol clans, and tbelr
present number probably exceeds 300,
000. When the Russians first invaded
8lberla, at the end of the sixteenth
century they offered a strenuous and
not unsuccessful resistance to th Cos
sack Irmak. In 1631 the Russians be
gan the systematic conquest of this
country by establishing a line of block
houses through it, and In 1661 the oc
cupation of the liurlat country was
completed by the founding of the town
of Orkutsk in the midst of the tribe's
encampments.
According to their traditions a mar
riage Is a gala occasion In every sense
of the word. When a wedding Is to
be solemnized the amazons, a term
used In Its equestrian rather than any
material sense, appear in their elabor
ate headgear, with coral and lade neck
laces and furs, cloaks and petticoats.
Eligible bridegrooms are selected In a
curious way. The event is heralded
far and wide, and on a certain day the
Burlau. togged out in grand style, in
dulge In a chase for the lucky man,
who, when captured, is elected to be
come a benedict Thin Is an old cus
tom, but it is still In vogue among the
children of the "sea of grass," as the
Mongolian steppe Is called.
A GLACIAL MAN'S SKULL.
Skeleton Dug Up in Kansas is In
teresting Find.
St Louis Star: The police museum
at Kansas City Is to be enriched by the
addition of the skull and other frag
mentary bones of a prehistoric man.
The skeleton, which was unfortunately
seriously injured during the excavation
of a tunnel, was undoubtedly that of a
man who lived during the glacial or
great Ice period many thousands of
years ago. Scientists have been led to
believe this because of the peculiar
formation of the skull and It geologic
al environment. That mankind exist
ed during the glacial period has been
well established by discoveries In Eu
rope, and while it has been presumed
that man also lived in America at the
same time, no Indisputable evidence of
the fact has heretofore been obtained.
When the skull was found it was not
thought to have any scientific value.
Several days ago M. M. Ixng, curator
of the Kansas City public museums,
went to the place of discovery and se
cured the fragments of the skeleton
and took them to Kansas City.
From the appearance of the skull
and its position in the earth he is con
vinced it is that of a glacial man. If
thin fart be established It will be the
first proof of the kind found on the
North American cntlnent. After mak
ing a thorough examination of the
bones of this prehistoric man and of
the place where It was found, Curator
Long said:
"I have reached the conclusion that
the skeleton was deposited there during
the glacial perlor, or drift How long
ago the ice period was Is not definitely
known 50,000 years, perhaps perhaps
much longer.
"The evidence is very conclusive that
this was not a burial, or intrusive de
posit, as there was no Indication of any
disturbance of the earth.. The great
depth at which the skeleton was found
precludes any idea of a usual burial,
and the stratification of the earth, both
over and under the skeleton, shows that
the bones lay there while the mass of
soil was deposited over them. Attach
ed to the skull Is a kind of stony form
ation, or cement, such as Is usually
found attached to bones of the masto
don, and quite similar to the formation
fouiid in the Jaws of the mastodon In
the publlrguiiiHoum."
Mr. says that the ground
around Y y'e Bl!,,'ton waH found
shown cotJyrve evidence of the gla
cial formatlolitf
Which Was It.
Youth's Companion: Sir William
MacCormac, the president of tho Royal
College of Surgeons, was an Indefatiga
ble worker. Often to save time when
studying in his laboratory he used to
have a light luncheon served there.
On one occasion bis assistants heard
Mm sigh heavily,' and looking up saw
the doctor glaring at two glass recepta
cles on hi table.
"What Is the matter, doctor" asked
one of the men.
'Nothing In particular," was the re
ply, "only I am uncertain whether I
flra'nk the beef tea or that compound I
have been working on. And on the
whole, I would rather It had been the
beef tea."
Ths Comedy of Pretense.
Eleanor What made you give up so
ciety, Kdmonla?
Edmonla Oh! I got so tired of aeelng
people who are nobody trying to act
omebody .and people who art some
bod acting Ilka nobody. Puck.
USEFUL SOCIETY.
What th International Society of
Arboriculture is Doing.
Boston Transcript: By ths death
of Hon. J. Sterling Morton the Inter
national Society of Arboriculture Is be
reft of its president, and the secretary,
Mr. John P. Brown of Indiana, well
known to tree-lovers In this city and
New England, has Issued a call for the
election of his successor. It Is the pre
sent purpose to bold the election In In
dianapolis, probably the 5th of July.
It strikes us that It will be a matter of
some difficulty to get a large number
of members together for such a pur
posa, becauK the society Is what It
professes to be, international, and they
are scattered all over this and various
other countries. There are about 50
members in Boston alone, and a hun
dred or more In New England. The
European states have many hundreds,
and there are large contingents in both
Canada and Australia.
Not only is its representation a wide
one, but It is a society that does some
thing. Its late president succeeded In
establishing an "arbor day" in most of
the states, for the purpose of awaken
ing a definite Interest in tree-planting,
especially among the rising generation.
Whether the new institution accom
plished as much as he hoped we do not
know, but It has accomplished some
thing, if only to remind the people of
this country once a year of the Impor
tance of arboriculture and fix their at
tention, even if only for a brief period,
on an Interest that is rapidly becom
ing vital. It Is only by steady and or
ganized effort, however, that definite
progress can be made and large results
obtained. There must be knowledge aa
well as seal. As a matter of fact the
knowledge must come first ,and then
zeal is almost sure to follow.
Secretary Brown has been Indefatiga
ble in his labors to promote those In
terests which the society Is organized
to advance. His missionary efforts
have been put forth north, south, east
and west. He has worked to consider
able extent for the society through the
railroads and has awakened an Interest
that is very gratifying. The Illinois
Central has planted 110,000 trees on a
plantation a few miles from New Or
leans, and 21,000 near Kankakee, 111.
The Big Four planted 40.000 trees two
years ago, and they are now strong and
thriving. The Boston & Maine has
planted recently 10,000, and the Boston
& Albany a smaller number. The
Southern Pacific Is about to engage In
the enterprise on a large scale. The
Rio Grande & Western has 65,000 young
trees to its credit in Utah, and the
Michigan Central has established a reg
ular department of tree planting. The
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
road has gone most extensively into the
business, having planted 2, 500.000 trees
In 1,200 acres of land purchased for
that purpose:
Responsible capitalists have author
ized Mr. Brown to purchase and plant
5,000 acres in the West, so that the
movement Is taking on larger propor
tions all the while. As the railroads
run everywhere, their example Is likely
to be contagious. Of course they grow
trees for the benefit of their property.
but if that policy will benefit their
property It will benefit the property of
all other land owners. It does not seem
easy to awaken a lively public Interest
In this subject through direct appeal.
More can be accomplished by object
lessons such as the railroads are giving
to the people. The secretary Is to a
large extent the working factor in the
society, but it Is highly desirable that
a man of high standing In the service
of arboriculture should be selected aa
its president
LONGEVITY OF DOOS.
An Interesting Subject for Lovers of
Canine Race.
Pall Mall Gazette: The age to which
h dog lives In the ordinary course Is
always a somewhat Interesting subject,
especially at the present time, when so
much Is done in the way of breeding
for early maturity. For instance, we
have both collies and fox terriers be
coming bench champions before they
are well out of their puppyhood, but it
is sad to say that in a majority of such
cases the overshown dog afterward
rapidly degenerates or dies an early
death. A enrresnondent writes to the
Field of the death of his fox terrier at
the advanced age of 18 years, having
been born In 1884. He was either a son
or a grandson of Brokenhurst Joe, his
late owner does not know which. This
is, no doubt, a case of unusual longevi
ty; but Instances of dogs living to 14
and 1 5 years are common. Dr. Leeney
recorded tho death of a dog of Lord
Ogllvle's at 23 years old, It arising from
an accident; while Mr. W. L. Littleton
Geach about the same time mentioned
two of his own dogs, one of which was
then living hard on to 20 years old; the
other had Just died when over that age.
The well-known fox terrier IJelgrave
Joe was born July 31. 1868, and died
January 13, 1888, while another aged
terrier was one of a working stamp
which came from George Carter of the
Bedale, born in January, 1880, and died
February 13, 1900. In several of tho
above well-authenticated canes of long
evity death either arose from accident
or was brought about by tho owner
owing to the growing feebleness of the
poor creature. No mean can be struck
as to tho average age of the ordinary
dog, but this might be taken at 10
years as he Is now,
One Way of Treating a Rogue.
It does not change a man's nature
or xplrlt to have auother think better
of him than he Is. At the same time
it Is an appeal 4n the better side of a
man's or a boy's nature when you show
confidence In him. No person wants
to be found worse than he is counted;
and, even if one Is surprised at your
being ready to trust him without any
knowledge of tho fads, ho does not
want to disappoint your good opinion
of him. Many a rogue boy has been
Inspired to a higher standard of con
duct by being trusted with a special
misson, or assigned to the care of oth
ers, by one who was willing to believe
that there was a good side to bis na
tuie. On the other hand, a good way
of making a rogue is to show a person
that you think he Is such. Our shown
estimates of others have a good deal
to do with helping them up or down in
life. Sunday School Times.
Mistakes Will Happen.
"Yon can't alius Jedge by appear-Btar.
BABTLOJTIAN TABLZTS.
Copes of the Inscriptions Published
by the British Mueum.
New York Tribune: A collection of
Babylonia n Inscriptions, of rare value
to Biblical scholars, antiquarians and
rhilologlsts, has just been published by
the British museum. Human history,
ua told by archaeological remains, as
well as by words and pictures, may be
said to reach back from the present
time at least 8.000 years. The fourth
Quarter of this period includes the
Christian era. The Interval between
the latter and Abraham's departure
from Chaldea constitutes the third.
Both fn Egypt and Babylonia the record
goes back 4,000 or 5,000 years more.
Prof. Hllprecbt, talking about his dis
coveries of a year or two ago, said: "I
do cot hesitate, therefore, to date the
founding of the temple of Bel, and the
first settlements In Nippur, somewhere
between 6.000 and 7,000 B. C, possibly
even earlier." Inasmuch as the tablets
which are pictured In the British muse
um publication here referred to rang in
age from a few hundred to about 2,000
years before the Christian era, their lit
erary and historic contents may be re
garded as comparatively modern. There
are two volumes, each containing 50
plates, and each selling for 7s.
These Inscriptions are largely, If not
entirely, from the great library attach
ed to the temple of Nebo, the god of
learning at Borslppa. That temple
was not only the great Chaldean uni
versity of its time, but it was practic
ally the intellectual center of the Ori
ental world. Copies of some of its rec
ordf were deposited In the palace of
Amenophis IV, in Egypt, about the
year the year 1450 B. C, or shortly af
ter the children of Israel left that coun
try. Another evidence of the high
standing of the Borslppa library Is that
what may be called reprints of many
of its most valuable treasures were se
rurfd from the library founded at
Nineveh by Assurbanipal, In 660 B. C.
The inscriptions Just published by the
BrltiBh museum are taken from the
laUcr source, and not from the original
tablets. Although the site of ancient
Borslppa Is believed to have been deter
mined, the rains have not yet been in
vestigated. These reproductions show that about
4,000 years ag the Babylonians had an
elaborate literature, which embraced
history, religion, literature, poetry and
science. Among the most useful of the
works now made available to the stu
dent Is a lexicon npplylng information
regarding the structure and meaning
of the Chaldean language. The Baby
lonian, as distinguished from the As
syrian, creation legends are represent
ed In the British museum publication.
Of special value, as supplying a hither
to missing link, is a fragment of the
tecond tablet of that history.
According to the now completed rec
ord, the work of creation was retarded
by the rebellion of Chaos, or the Cbaot
ls sea. In the Babylonian story she
Is called "the mother of the Brood"
that Is, of her army of serpents, drag
ons and scorpions. The God of heaven
calls In vain for help, until his son,
Marduk, or Merddach, comes to the res
cue and overcomes the powers of dark
ness. The narrative is put in the form
of a hymn, or epic poem, in which the
hero Is spoken of as "the first born,"
"the Great God," "the restorer of the
peace," and "the avenger." In com
menting on this literature, the London
Times says:
"We must remember that these docu
ments embody the theological teaching
of Babylonia and of the greatest theol
ogical college of the Oriental world,
and educated Jews, both during the
time of the captivity and the Pgrslan
rule, must have been in close contact
with its priests, scribes and learned
men and had free access to its school
and libraries. That they did not avail
themselves of this privilege seems
doubtful. Some things the Hebrew
scribes certainly learned. We find these
tablets always arranged in groups num
bered by the first words of the first line
of the opening tablet, the book being
called by that name. This Is the cus
tem in the post-captlvlty Pentateuch.
So also the lines were counted and
noted at the end, and the words under
each root In the lexicons are carefully
counted. Here we have probably the
origin of the scribal attention to min
utiae among the Jews. Students of
Biblical criticism v.-!!! find much in the
literary customs of Babylonia revealed
by these tablets of great value. In
these parts Mr. King gives the texts of
several Interesting legends and poems
relating to early Babylonian kings, In
cluding the great Semitic heroes, Sar
gon and Naram Sin."
Notes vs. Pants.
An Interesting Illustration Is related
of a man in Phlladelphla'who desired to
start in business for himself. He ap
plied to a woolen house and got goods
to the amount of $400. The salesman
asked him what he manufactured.
"I mek pants," he replied.
"How do you want to buy these
goods?"
"The best vey I can," was the anHwor.
"How will you pay for them?"
"Veil. I glf you my note for four
mont's."
"Is your noto good?"
The buyer looked around, winked to
the salesman, and put his finger on bis
nose. "My vrlend," he said, with the
air of ono who Is about to Impart a con
fidence, "If my note vns good, I vould
make notes, not pants."
Would be Safer.
Tlaron What's his business?
Egbert Why, he's a drummer
for
automobiles.
"Oh, they have drummers for those
things, do they? Well, It's a good Idea,
but I think It would bs Much safer If
they had a drummer and a flfer go In
front of each of tho. machines." Yonk
crs Statesman.
He'll Smile To-morrow.
New Yorker (to visiting Englishman)
So the man who advertised to tell you
for a dollar the best way to make the
least money go the farthest has an
swered your letter, eh? What does he
say?
The Englishman (mystified) He
says "buy a penny postal card and write
on It to Rome one In the Philippines,"
Now .how should the aw blooming
people In the Philippines know more
about such financial matters than any
body else? Judge.
'ET ALU MA'S HENS.
The Egg Center of the Pacific Coast
and Its Big Industry.
The town of Petaluma is ruled by
500,000 hens. But for these half-million
of hens the town would never
have been what it now is, and the egg
and poultry-raising industry of Peta
luma would never have hatched, so
to speak, and reached its present im
mense proportions. The hens know
it, and hence there Is no spot in the
place that Is forbidden to them.
They greet the visitor as be steps
from the train, and they cluck to him
as he departs that is, if be doesn't
stay and go Into the poultry business
In this favorable spot, which many
finally do. Twenty-three years ago
there were not more than a hundred
or two chickens to be found in or
around Petaluma. Now more eggs
and poultry are shipped from that
point than from all the other towns
of the state combined, and the poul
try ranches vary in size from a back
yard to a hundred acres or more. No
person having a scrap of land to
spare is without a flock of hens.
The few figures following make the
egg business appear a very much
more dignified occupation than it is
popularly supposed to be: The ship
ments from Petaluma last year were
2.600,000 dozen eggs and 30,000 dozen
of poultry. As high as 14,000 dozen
eggs have been shipped in one day
from the Petaluma market alone.
Petaluma'8 proud position as the
egg center of the Pacific coast is not
the result of accident, but is due to
a combination, namely, right sotl, cool
summers and favorable location,
and the extremely low freight rates
afforded by reason of the competition
betwen water and rail transportation
are other important factors in its de
velopment. The poultry Industry has
been the means of making much oth
erwise worthless land much more
valuable. The big Cotati lancho of
10,000 acres has recently been sub
divided and sold out In small hold
ings. To drive through It now is fo
find a veritable poultry city. The
White Leghorn fowls, among the best
layers known, are kept to nearly the
entire exclusion of other breeds, for
the egg business is really more prom
ising here than the poultry side of
the industry.
It is a pretty sight at the feeding
time of 6,000 to 7,C0O hens on a many
acred ranch. Perhaps the chicken
houses, each with its near-by colony
of 100 or 150 chickens, are scattered
over many acres, sometimes amid the
green of a foothill orchard. There is
a rush and a flutter of a living cloud
of white as the man starts out from
the feed-house with horse and sled,
and makes the round of the tiers of
houses, scattering feed and gathering
the harvest of eggs as he goes. The
length of this strip varies, of course,
with the amount of land occupied, but
the feeding sled sometimes makes a
circuit of a mile.
The hens are fed genet ally only
once a day, with the addition of a
lunch of green feed at night. The sled
Is loaded with four barrels of water,
five sacks of wheat and a mash com
posed of three sacks of coarse mid
dlings and 40 pounds of eltner cut
green bone or ground fresh meat,
which is mixed with skin milk that
has ben allowed to sour. On a big
ranch It takes from 6 a. m. until 11
o'clock to complete the feeding and
watering, and a sufficient quantity is
put out to last 24 hours. Seventy-five
hens are roosted in each house, and
the houses are built on runners.
The colonies are from 400 to 500
fet apart, and the hens, being well
supplied with feed, are content, and
do not wander from one colony to e$i
other. An interesting feature of this
open colony system In that each fowl
knows and goes unerringly to its own
particular colony house for roosting
at night.
In 1900 $20,000 was spent with the
merchants of the town for chicken
feed. This was outside and above the
feed stuff which some of the large
poultry raisers import from San Fran
cisco. Small oyster shells arc bought
In this town of hens by the schooner
load, to furnish the biddies with the
lime wherewith to produce a proper
eggshell. The cost of feeding one hen
well, and strike the happy medium of
success In feeding, is about 65 cents
per year from that to $1. A man
will go Into a store In Petaluma and
buy $500 worth of chicken feed and
pay cash for it as readily, and per
haps more so, thanlie would buy his
wife a silk gown.
The best argument as to profits Is
the fact that everybody In the town
Is In the poultry business In some
form, and they all stay In It and en
large each year. The average profit
per hen Is $1 to $1.50 net per annum.
One man about three miles from Peta
luma has succeeded, by special care,
neatness and good selection of fowls,
in making his hens pay a trifle over
$2 per annum. If the cggshclb were
only as valuable as the eggs, what a
duplicate store of riches would accrue
to many. Tho incubators leave te
hlnd them a vast number of fhella,
which are carted away by the wagon
load for use in the tanneries, ,r arc.
crushed and fed to their near rela
tives, tho chicks. Perhaps tl.e big
gest wagon-load on record was made
by tho shells left by 45,000 chicks
hatched by Incuhntor. Incased In wire
net ting, they resembled case of huge
popcorn. San Francisco Call.
Not a Good Catcher.
Friend You have a lovely home here
!n tho suburbs, but I should think your
husband would dislike catching trains.
Mrs. Suburb Ho does. Ho dislikes
t bo much that h! frequently neglects
ro catch the Inst train homo at night.
New York Weekly.
The Man and His Message.
"Did you see that distinguished-looking
man who came down tho aisle of
the theater and whispered In Mrs. Gld
1 pate's ear?"
"Yes, I saw him."
"He looked like a perfect stranger,
oo."
"Guess he was."
"It's astonishing the way that woman
;oes on. Could you hear what the man
said?"
"Yes, I heard It"
"What did he say?"
' "He aald, 'Madam, please remove
your bat." It wsa the chief usher."
riaveiMel Plain vutr.
THE COLLECTOR WHO XHXW.
Another Collector Who Had Patienoe
and Won by It
"The trouble with you fellowe la you
want things, but you know nothing
about 'em. You come over here and
carry home a lot of truck that a Euro
pean -collector wouldn't give bouse
room, and, when you aee a really good
thing, you don't know it, or you won't
pay a price for it, unless some dealer
makes you. You see, you don't know
that's what's the matter. How can
you? Nobody In America wanted an
tiques before the centennial. If you'd
lived here twenty years, like me, you'd
learn something; you'd find out that
collecting isn't a thing of money, but
knowing something."
We had been walking in Venice down
a narrow calle while the collector was
speaking. "Look at that old brass
scale," he resumed, pointing to a fish
stall In the little outdoor market on
which he had Just emerged. "There's
a gem, not very old, but of the finest
seventeenth century Venetian work.
If you saw that at a New York dealer's,
all cleaned up, you'd give up a good
deal for it; but you'd 'a' passed it by a
dozen times if I hadn't spoken of It. I
nevt pass a tning like that; you can
never tell what you may pick up if
you only know."
We had scarcely reached the stand
when the collector thrust out his hand
with the swiftness of a hawk darting
on Its prey, and swooped upon a little
Jewel box.
"Carnelian! Russian, I should say,
from the Ural mountains. It's not of
great value, but it's a pretty little
thing, if it was cleaned up. It's mine
anyway." To the keeper of the stall:
"Quanto?"
The Venetian slowly uncoiled him
self and came down from the church
steps, where he had been sleeping.
"Does the signore want the pretty
trifle? Tho signore knows its value
Jietter than I, and he'll be generous."
"I'll give you a lira for it; it isn't
worth it, but one mustn't be hard with
the poor."
"I had hoped I should get five!"
"Well, I'll make it two."
"It is the signore's."
"There, you see!" exultlngly chuck
led the collector. "That 's what It Is to
know. An exquisite carnelian Russian
Jewel casket for forty centB. You'd
never have thought of looking among a
lot of rusty old iron for a thing like
that, would ye?"
While speaking he held the box with
a miser's clutch.
He reluctantly handed it to me ae
though fearing I might make a sudden
dash down the calle with his treasure.
"Phew!" said I, contemptuously,
handing the box back to him. "It's not
carnelian at all; it's glass nothing but
glass."
"Glass!" drawing a magnifier from
his waistcoat pocket and mutely exam
ining the purchase. "I'm I'm afraid
it is! "he said sheepishly.
"Of course it is."
"I don't know" sadly. "Yes, it is
glass! you see, it's so dirty. Oh, well;
we all make mistakes at times. Do you
want It" disgust taking the place of
Badness. "You can have it for a quar
ter." "Well, I guess It's worth a quarter."
I think my eyes must have snapped.
"Yes."
And that is how an almost unique ex
ample of the cinque-cento came Into
my collection of Venetian glass. New
York Evening Post
THE PRINCE JTJST GRINNED.
Discouragement of an Exhibition of
Jacobite Loyalty.
Newcastle (England) Chronicle:
Prince Leopold of Bavaria is to repre
sent his brother, th e Regent, at the
coronation an arrangement not very
satisfactory to those harmless lunatics
known as the Thames Valley Legiti
mist league, who had hoped that Prince
Rupert would have been sent on this
errand ,and given them another oppor
tunity of demonstrating their folly.
The last-named prince is the son of
Princess Ludwig, who, according to
the Legitimist, is "Queen Mary of Eng
land and Scotland." When he came to
London on the occasion of the diamond
jubilee, he was met and presented with
a bouquet of white roses by the Thames
Valley Jacobites, who hailed him as
"Prince of Wales." The young prince,
who had a fair sense of humor, re
ceived the grotesque salutation with a
very broad grin, and the folly ended
in a farce.
ARE HOLLAND ESTATES BOGUS t
Number of Inquiries Received About
Them From America.
Minister Newel of The Hague reports
that a very laige number of inquiries
are being received at the legation and
at the consulates at Amsterdam and
Rotterdam as to various Imaginary es
tate in Holland E. G. Kronk, Anneke
Jans, Du Hols, Metzger, Brosius, Fisch
er, Snyder and others more than
twenty in all. The Inquiries come
from all parts of the United States.
Since 1898 the United States minister
and consuls In Holland have received
more than 230 letters from Americans
on the subject. The minister says that
he Is authorized by the authorities at
The Hague to state not only there are
no such estates awaiting distribution,
but that there never have been any
such estates; and one official Is sure,
from tho nature of things and tho
lutch laws, that there never will be
any such estates.
Among the Swift.
"Does nilly Billions get much fun out
of his automobile?"
"I don't believo he does. I never
hear of his being arrested." Washing
ton Star.
All Explained.
Mrs. Twickenham (to Mrs. Sllmson)
Of late we have been having our
meals sent In by various caterers.
Willie Sllmson (to his mother)
Mamma, is that what you meant when
you said that Mrs. Twickenham didn't
know where the next meal was coming
from? Town and Country.
Perhaps It Was.
Mrs. Richmond What lovely
an-
tlque furniture.
Mrs. Bronxborough Yes; and, do
you know, we got it almost as cheap
u If It had been now. Judge.
XEWS OF IITEEEST TO KAW3
Battleship Keel Laid.
Seattle, Wash. The keel of the bat
tleship Nebraska was laid in Moraa
Bros, company's shipyards the Fourth
in the presence of an enormous crowd.
Governor Savage of Nebraska and.
Governor Henry McBrlde of Wash
ington drove the first rivet.
The ceremonies begun at 10 o'clock!
with the firing of a salute to the vis
iting governor of Nebraska, though.
the formal oratorical program was not
opened until half an hour later. The
dlstalnguished guests arrived at the
yards in carriages at 10 o'clock and
tfcsir arrival was the signal for the
Inauguration of the formal ceremonies.
The procession moved from the car
riages in the following order: Robert
Moran, president of the Moran Bros.
company; Josiah Collins and Hon. S.
H. McGraw of the chamber of com
merce commission; Governor Savage
of Nebraska and J. W. Cllse, president
of the chamber of commerce; Gov
ernor McHride! of Washington and
Hon. Thomas J. Burke, master of
ceremonies; members of the staff of
the governor of Washington; Colonel
Alden J. Blethen and Mrs. Savage;
lady members of the chamber of com
merce and invited guests.
The ceremonies were opened by Jo
siah Collins, chairman of the chamber
of commerce committee, who in a few
brief remarks, introduced Judge Burke
master of ceremonies. At the close
of his address Judge Burke introduced
Governor McBrlde of Washington, who
ma'de the address of welcome, to which
Governor Savage replied.
The presentation by the Moran Bros,
company to Governor Savage of a
small piece of steel, the material
punched from the first hole in the first
piece of steel shaped to become a part
of the keel of the battleship under
construction, followed.
Then a section of the battleship Ne
braska was swung into position by th&
great cranes. A red heated rivet was
brought and placed in position, and the
governors of two states, with their
coats oft and their Bhirt sleeves rolled
up above their elbows, by alternate
strokes, flattened the rivet into posi
tion. When this task had been com
pleted amid the enthusiastic cheers of
the crowd and the firing of guns, a
representative of the company ap
peared upon the scene and proceeded
to pay off the distinguished workmen
for the work. To each of the gover
nors he gave a check for 3 cents.
With each of the checks was a
voucher which the recipients will ba
requested to sign.
A Speolal Order.
Lincoln, Neb. A special order on the
death of former department command
ed H. C. Russell was issued today
from the state headquarters of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Mr. Russell enlisted as a private in
Company H, Second Iowa infantry.
April 1, 1861, for the term of three
years; was wounded at Shlloh April 4,
1862, and again in northern Alabama
In March, 1864. He was also prom
inent In the political history of our
state, having served as commissioner
of public lands and buildings as a
member of the house of representa
tives and at the time of his death waa
and at the time of his death was a
member of the visiting and examining
board of soldiers' and sailors' homes
and postmaster at Schuyler, Neb.
Pardon for Three Convicts.
Before leaving for Seattle Governor
Savage ordered the pardon of thre
convicts at the penitentiary. The
prisoners are Barney McGinn, sen
tenced to lite Imprisonment for murder
committed In Omaha eleven years ago,
and Charles H. Tark and Glltner
Wright, sentenced to three years' im
prisonment for an assault on a woman
in Madison county. McGinn's sentence
is commuted to six years and three
months, the time being reckoned from
the day of his incarceration in the
penitentiary. The sentences of Tark
and Wright are commuted to one year,
three months and nineteen days.
Mellor Exhibits Intergrity.
Loup City, Neb. A notable act of
honor was displayed here Monday at
the annual school meeting, when W.
R. Mellor replenished the treasury with
$1,335.29, which amount was deposited
by him as treasurer of the district in
the Sherman County bank and was lost
with the breaking up of the bank In
1SS9. The district took no Judgment
for the amount and the liability has
long since been outlawed. The move
was wholly unexpected by all and has
brought forth many expressions of
pruise.
Murdered For Money.
Madison, Neb. Charles A Hall of
Omaha, a barber by trade, was shot
and killed here this evening by a man
named Alexander, who has been em
ployed on the farm of Scott Crlssman,
south of town. Robbery was th ob
ject, Alexander securing $65 from
Hall's body. The murderer made his
escape. Hall lived about an hour after
he was shot, long enough to give tha
details of the deed.
Delinquent With Premium.
Beatrice, Neb. From present pros
pects Gage county will have no fair
this year, as the money to pay off last
year's premiums has not yet been
raised. The amount required was es
timated by the board In 1W1 and af
terward placed on a tax list and col
lected from the taxpayers. The bill
for 'the amount, $994, was filed shortly
after the fair last year, but was re
jected by the board. Their action was
reconsidered at a later meeting and the
claim was favorably resorted oa.