Itonfaester waiter have organized.
Grand Kaplds baa a reporters' union.
Drover shoemakers now receive $3.50
day.
Albany telepboue linemen receive
$2.75 a day.
New York City bas -50,000 organized
rage workers.
Tbe Master Horsesboers' Union bas
15,008 members.
Spain bas ordered the eight-hour day
for government work.
Morgaavllle, V. Va.. will bave a $1,
KX),000 plate glass plant.
Cleveland's new $4"j,000 labor temple
project Is assuming a definite shape,
Tbe Kuglisb Britannia metal trade
dispute was settled after five months.
Greater New York's G.000 carpenters
won tbe strike for the eight hour day
ind $4.50 a day.
In Austria, 70,000 tulners have won a
nine hour workday. The meu were on
itrike nine months.
Tbe Bank of England employs about
1.000 people, pays a quarter of a mil
lion a year In wages, and 35,000 a year
In pensions.
Mexican labor Is so scarce as to ne- j hereby deflate a a day
NAMES DAY OF THANKSQIVINOL
President laauea Froclaaaatiaa Dmir
dating Nov. 27.
President llooseveft bas issued Us
proclsm uliou daaignating Thursday, Nov.
!7, is a day of thanksgiving. Tbe proc
amstion is as follows:
i "According to the yearly custom of our
ruiir, ii i at iib upon me i-resiaeui ai mis
easou to appoiut a day of foktival and
iLanksgivluf to Uod.
"Over a century and a quarter bas
passed sloes this country took Its place
imoug tbe nstious of tbs eartb, and dur
nf that time we have bad, on the whole,
liore to be thankful for than bas fallen
lo the lot of any other people. Genera
tion after generation bas grown to uau
kood and passed away. Each bas bad
o bear Its peculiar burdens, each to face
is special crises, sod each bas known
reo-rt of gnat tela!,- wbeii - tfc country
was menaced by malice, domestic or for
lign levy, wben tbe band of tbe I-urd
kbs heavy upon it, lo drought or flood or
pestilence, wben in bodily distress und
tnguisb of soul it paid tbe peuslty of
!ully and a forward heart.
"Nevertheless, decade by decade, we
Uti struggled onward and upward; we
low abundantly enjoy material we'll be
ing, and, under the favor of the Must
iligh, we are striviug earuestly to achieve
morul aDd spiritual uplifting. The year
that has just closed has been one of
(eace and of overflowing plenty, llurely
has 0f people enjoyed greater prosperity
than we are now enjoying. For this wo
render heartfelt and solemn thanks to
the Giver of Good; and we seek to praise
bim, not by words only, but by deeds,
by the wsy in which we do our duly to
juraelves and to our fellow meu.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt, President of the United States, do
of general
He. York.
cessltste sending for negroes from Ja- I thanksgiving, 'Jhursday, tue aui oi me
- i roniing rsovemucr, ana ao reCTiu.uu
ithat throughout the land the people cease
jfroiu their ordinary occupations, and n
their several homes and places of wor
ship tender thanks unto Almighty God
! tor the manifold blessings of the past
maica. Tbe latter are guaranteed em
pluynieut for a year.
Tbe American Steel and Wire Com
pany It planning to build a hospital for
tbe treatment of emergency cases on
the grounds of each of Its twenty-two
plants.
Tbe Journeymen Bakers and Con
fectioners' Union of North America bas
12,000 members, distributed In 223 lo
cal unions throughout tbe United
States and Canada.
Tbe National Association of Post
Office Clerks, which held a convention
In Kansas City, again declared its sym
pathy with tbe objects ef the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, but declines
to affiliate.
Tbe laws of Kansas provide that the
tabor unions of the State shall organize
a Ktate ordor, and select the labor com
year.
"In witness whereof I bsve hereunto
et my hand snd caused the seal of tbe
United States to he affixed.
"Done at the city of Waahington this
29th day of October, In the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred snd two,
and of the Independence of tbe United
States the one hundred and twenty-sev
nth.
"THEODORE R008BVELT.
"By the President:
"JOHN HAY, Secretary of State."
CHURCH-GOERS ARE FEWER.
"No better evidence o
industrial and conimereii
activity la needed thai
present inadequate trausporiauuu ik
ties. Every form of railway equipment
from tr,.k to rollius stock, baa been in
. A mnA nrfM-ted during- the last
few years to an extent that appeared al
most aceeslve, yet the natiou'e businesi
bss more than kept psoe. Unseasouabl)
mild wcatl-ar has retsrded retail trad)
at many points, yet the movement oi
goods Is fully sustslned by undiminished
preparation for future salea. Distribu
tioa delayed by high terapersture Is not
lost, while tbe agricultural communitj
will proflt very materially by tbe tarii
neaa of frost, increasing their ability tt
consume tbe produts of factories and
mills." The foregoing is from the Week'
ly Trade Review of R. G. Dun it Co. II
continues :
Labor is more fully employed than at
any recent date, only a few small con
troversies interrupting. Money market
pressure baa been removed, and, although
securities do not respond, legitimate trad
Is not retsrded by quiet apeculation. Earn
lugs of the railways during October thui
far exceed laat year's by 4.0 per ceui,
and tfeosa of 1000 by 12 per cent.
Coka ia atill the vital factor In tht
Iron and steel situation. Not only hss nc
Improvement occurred, but the supply ol
fuel is falling further behind ana me oui
look is alarmina. Pi Iron is in great de
mind, imnorta Dromlainc to continue
large, and aa the higher duty on steel v.ili
not be elected, there is reason to anuti
cata a liberal movement from Germany
The demand for rails is so great thai
large purchases sbroad are being nego
tiated, while practically all railway tup
plies find an eager market.
Failures for the week numbered 232 in
tbe United States, agut 240 last year,
and 22 in Canada, compared with 29.
One to Strife In Business sad Social
Life, Hectare. Dr. Stone.
Chicago people are going to church lesa
nd leaa each vear. This Is the statement
mlssiouer. thus giving the unions the 'mode by the Rev. James 8. Stone, pastor
Drlvtleife of savinr who shall represent of St James Churcn, iass ana uu.
them In so Important a position.
Amerlcsn Flint Glass Workers Un
ion, at Pittsburg, Pa., has gained a de
rided vlctorv In securing from the Mac
beth Evans Glass Company a compro-j itant struggle in the business and social
wise advance for skilled men of tbe , world- "A woman who for a whole week
factories of 7 per cent In wages.
Itreets. Mr. Stone gives five reasons
which in his opinion cause this decrease
In church attendance.
Chief among these five the pastor of
the North Side church says ia tbe con-
Tbe arbitration board of the Chicago
has been atteuding theaters, balls, teas
and numerous other social functions,"
laid tbe Rev. Mr. Stone, "looks forward
City Railway agreed upon a 10 per cent ' t0 Sunday as a day of rest, and she sore
lucrease in wages, a uniform working ly needs it. For the same resson a man
day of nine bours, and pay and one-1 who bas spent six days in any business
. , . ,, u ., , , ' which cslls for his whole sttenuon many
UU.II IW OJ1 n ", . A . l.l, . .nA n
bours. and two holidays a month.
The movement for a strict law
against child labor has been taken up
In earnest in Indiana, and an effort will
be made to push a stringent bill
through the next Legislature. An edu
cational qualification, similar to that
In Massachusetts, Is proposed.
Cattle butchers In all the big packing
centers of the West have secured a
part of bis Sunday In church. The Let
of reasons given by the Rev. Mr. Stone
for the lack of church attidance fol
lows: "Wear and tear of the modern business
and socinl life; reaction from successive
emotionalism; decline in the faith in im
mortality; numerous warring denomina
tions, and lack of something new in the
church.
"Chicago is no exception to the lsck o
It is the same from
rise IU w age auu irujoj .... . ,u . " c,
working day, which marks one of the
most decisive victories that the work
men bave ever secured from the pack
lug firms. The rise In wages Is gen
eral, and affects every man engaged In
cattle killing and dressing, except the
workmen of St. Puul,,Mlun and Sioux
City. Iowa, where the men are pnld by
the week Instead of by the hour, as in ,
Mr. Stone. "It applies to ail eitias anil
towns und is almost as marked in the
tonutry as In the city. I have been ass"d
If it was not due to the criticism heaped
upon the church and the Bible. I do not
think that this is the case. This criticUin
has been Koina on for centuries and it
would not only now begin to affect tho
attendance. Others ask if it is not be
.,.ua it, a tx.ntil tiflve an idea that tile
;hurch is only for the rich. I do not think
. . , . . . m . 1 I !..
Chicago.
Brooklyn Plasterers Union has a rule thnt this is the cose, for in churches that
wl.lrh permits the union to line any urc bunt ana conaucieu u. ; .
bo., plasterer who may be discovered the same state of affairs prevs.la. 1 ho
uok yiHn.r. v d prevails everywhere,
paying members of the union less than . "JJJ Mr one ,ttnmpted t0 ..
the union scale of wages. In a very I t a rem(.,jy for Uie condition. "There
heavy penalty. This rule, It Is told, ' s Duy one y,y t remedy this apparent
bag been of much benefit to the trade, abandonment of tbe church," said he.
and bas been strictly enforced for "It is not in providing music and enter
about two years, during which time. It tnlnment for the people, but in impress-
I, also told, that the treasury oi tue, " '",;' ;"'" : ,1 Vtl ,, .
viuinui is i
'.hat the people can be brought back into
tbe church."
Highly encouraging arc
tbe reports from tbe ludjs
trial field. Manufacturing
comoanlaa have a aood volume of busi
ness and in many Unas are not selling
mure only because tbey cannot niaka
more. Jobbing trade ia satisfsctory on
the whole. A touch of cold weatbel
would be welcomed in tbe Northwest to
draw the farmers from their active work
at borne and turn their attention to fall
requirements. This would liven up re
tail trade, which is reported a little quiet
lu some looalltiaa.
The railroads are doing a business
heavy beyond precedent. We no longei
bear tbe loud complaints, so common at
this time lsst year, wben the situation
was not much worse, of the sesreity ol
cars. With all the new equipment added
since then and with more coming into
use daily, tbe roads are still overtaxed
The grain movement la affected seriously.
But shippers realise tbe situstion better
now and are slower to lodge complaints.
In the Northwest it is believed that th
movement of coarse grains, the heaviest
ever known, bas passed its msxlmum
point and that from tbla time on more
wheat will coma Instead. Country ele
vator stocks are larger than at this tim
last rear, while wheat stocks in Minne
apolis and Duluth are about 10,000,000
buahela less than last year.
ThM-e baa been some slight growth ot
reactionary feeling during tbe week due
to the recent shsrp advance in wheat (.ncl
the fact that a number of bearish Items
are seen in tbe world's ststlstics. The
heavy Russian wheat and rye crops are
dwelt upon as Influences making for ul
timate price depression, as is the law
increase in Msnltoba interior stocks and
the fact thst in four weeks the world's
visible suDolv of wheat increased 35.KO0,
000 bushels, compared with an increase of
9.000.000 bushels in the correspond
lug four weeks last year. Yet the lacta
remain that there is scarcely sny wheat
in store in Minneapolis and the movement
is not besvy, while the flour mills have
been erlndins: St a rata to make new rec
ords in flour production, and outside mill
ers have also been heavy buyers in this
market. The fact that prices are not too
hitrh to do business In competition abroad
wou d seem clear lrora tue continued ex
Dort Inaulry reported from day to day
and the exports ol ,lHJO,di( nusneii
thia week, the lsrzest of any week lor
more than a year.
REBELLIOUS MULE WON.
laieawaSleat Aailasal Would Mat Be
Bouad ky Ceavcntloae,
Once, on a mining expedition, we bad
imoug the mule a strong, rebellious
roung animal tbat was determined to
o where and aa she pleased. Some
times ber fancy took her along tbe
tiigb places above tbe road, sometimes
ihe went down beiow it, then she
ieemed to have loit something and act
id as tbougb she expected to find It in
the woods, but she had decided objec
tion to walking on tbe road and so
save the peon a great deal of trou
ble. Finally there came to me a brilliant
thought I bad a steady old borae and
tbey caught the ambitious mule and
tied bar securely to my b.nrae's tail; it
wasn't considerate to the borse, but It
did tlx tbe mule. She couldn't stop
;onveuieutly and she couldn't get past
Ihe horse, neither could be wander up
to tbe hilltops or climb down among
the gullies, without tskiug tbe horse
oloug, too, but that was inconvenient.
For a time all weut well, but after
awhile we came to a place where the
road went down between pretty steep
banks till It reached a stream of con-
liderable volume. My horse weut
down the trail In a resigned sort of
way, but the mule started along the
bank and wouldn't come into tbe trail;
the result was that presently sbe could
go no farther, and tben came a tug ot
war, to see whether the borse In the
gully could pull tbe mule doyn from
the high bank or whether the mule
could pull the horse's tail out.
I scrambled from the saddle sji fast
as possible, says a writer In Foreatand
Stream, and then tbe animals seemed
to come to an understanding; the borse
hacked up as far as he could, tbe mule
braced her forefeet and hung her head
over tbe bank as far as possible; and
Bo they stood. Presently tbe peons
tame and untied tbem, and I declined
to have tbem done up again; aqd so for
(he rent of tbe way that mule followed
Its own sweet will, "and a 'mule's'
will Is the wind's will," and the
thoughts of a mule are long, long
noughts, lucomprenensiDiy long.
HURRY CAUSES ILLS.
In
union has been enriched by nearly $2,
000 paid for Cues by erring boss plas
terers, and by delinquent members of
tbe union.
Tbe Iron Molders' Union of North
America Is making preparations for the
Inauguration of a general nine hour
work day. At the recent convention
held In Toronto tbe plan was outlined,
and nil unions Instructed to make the
shorter work day the paramount Issue
In future agreements. The different
districts will be called Into conference ,.v.
shortly so that some definite action tutn
may be taken by Jan. 1 next.
IMMENSE POTATO CROP,
Farmers Will Healize More tbaa Fifty
Dollars an Acre.
The harvest of the potato crop in the
Knw valley, Kansas, is Hearing comple
tion, and while the size of the crop will
not be known until the railroads have re
ceived reports as to the number of curs
used in transporting It, It is said to be
one of the largest ever raised In the v.il-
It has been customary for the po-
irrowerii of the vulley to keep for
In the eed all potatoes dug nfter Oct. 1, bemuse
I il.ou flfaa 11 Sal Hi Ik- not lame enough lor
district which comprises me " - , . , ,
unions in Chicago, Clevelnml, Clncln- j f (iU yeip )ril0lk.ny n
natl. Pt IXJtilB. Imlianapoiis, ucinm., f , ,,.,,,, harvested are market-
- .... . ... ,.,111 r.w.t (,1 I . .
snd SlilwaiiKce ueii-Kn- - i " ' bII-.
couferciK-e within the next few weens, 'Chin
end launch Hie nine hour movement.
iir bus bei n nn exceptional ne
f,,r proilm lioii in the Kaw vnlley. I lie
(HUility of til" potatoes has been better
Ulul the ylehl turner man llie nvrr.i;i
vi. nr. On iioine of the farms the yield
inis been u large ns o.V) bin-licls to the
acre. 'i'liis Is extraordinary, but Hie
liverng )Md him l'cn good and the price
I
Potato-Hug Picker,
An Ingenious Miehlgnn farmer bin
Invented a machine that will pick ioi:t-(
to Iiuks all diiy I'mg wit limit rest or
.,irll.tiient. Verllv t ho progress of i,i cents a buhel. This makes an
this new century Is priding forward by j.ome from sin-h a held as mentioned as
leaps find bounds. A machine that high ns $M to the acre.
w ill truint) bl "'"'I '"'l' 'I'-roNf The potato growing area of the Kaw
botato i.nlch from morning 1111 nlglit river valley ex.cn.is irom Argentu.e on
n ti e ho sun without suffering nn- U.e east to I ka on the west. he
in tim not sun y,m ..powers n this section have nn organlza-
stroke or weak back Is a glorious irM iihil iri((Mi() , 1( t,.nl ,.,
tnnph. This mnchlne gather old amlj
pure Northern seed is to be pbmted
1-1 .. ..i (u .r I, a I' .,!,
f.'ien )cnr. i r-'-v.i i " ij'nij
',)hn variety mid conies from the valley
f the Red river in Minnesota.
young polntn bugs nllke; It plucks off
the old striped back veteran ns well a
roiing and ambition potato bugs in a
lush and Vigor of childhood; n alwrt,
bis new HiiUo biig picker I Co, .Dt
ipeetor of JMitnto bug. Uy working
....r..-,iiiiiilv for a few minutes It ran
I . . ...... ...t. imtnln buns for vast audience was
Ai the national convention of the
flhrlstlsn Church, nt the Coliseum, Oma
iia Neb., 14.tSK) persons communed, The
aerfeu wiui im paw
Oblcsgo Cattle, common to prime
$4.00 to $7.20; hogs, shipping grades,
$4.25 to $0.80; sheep, fair to choive, $2.0U
to $3.60; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to
corn. No. 2, 55c to 50c; oata, No. 2, 28c
to 80c; rye, No. 2, 48c to 40c; hay, tim
othy, $8.50 to $18.00; prairie, $0.00 to
$12.50; butter, choice creamery, 2lc
24c; egg,, fresh, 18c to 21c; potatoes,
85c to 45c per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to
$7.25; bogs, choice light, $4.00 to $0.00
sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.75
wheat, No. 2, 70c to 71c; corn, No.
white. 69c to 00c: oata, No. 2 white
81c to 32c.
St Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $7.25; hogs,
$3.50 to $0.75; sheep, $2.50 to $i.H)'
wheat, No. 2, 08c to 00c; corn. No,
boc to 50c i onts, No. 2, 2Sc to 20c; rye
No. 2, 48c to 4!c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $4.50 to $0.00
hogs, $4.00 to $0.K5; sheep, $2.50
$3.25; wheat, No. 2, 74c to 75c; corn, No,
2 mixed, S0c to (11c; oats, No. 2 mil'
20c to 30c: rye. No. 2, 52c to 53c.
I let mil Cuttle, $3.00 to $0.25
$3.(10 to $0.75; sheep, $2.50 to
wheat, No. 2, 7-tc to 70c; corn,
rcllow. (10c to (17c: oats, No. 2
81c to 32c; rye, 52c to 5.'!c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No, 2 northern.
73c to 74c; corn, No. 2, 58c to 5:tc; onls,
No. 2 white, 82c to 33c; rye, No. 1, 5H.J
lo 52c; barley, No. 2, 67c to 5S-; pork,
mess, $10.50.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to
70c; corn. No, 2 mixed, 42c to 4-'tc; mils,
No. 2 mixed, 27c to 2-Sc; clover cod,
prime, $05.
HulTalo Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$.(H to $0.05; lings, fair to prime. $1.isi
to $0.05; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 to
$3.75; lambs, common to choice, $1.(10
to $5.10.
New York Cattle, $1.00 to ?('.!;
hoirs. 13.00 to $0.25: sheep. $.1.00 to
$3.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 77c to 7Hc; tmik
.tm .. ... . v. n l.'t..
JNO, i, 'K)C 10 xic; OSIS, io. nun.-.
H5c to 80c; butter, creamery, 23c to 24c
; nous
$4.1
Nn,
whit
GREAT ISLES OF NORTH.
Cauada's Title to Those ia Arctic I
Questioned.
Canada's title to tbe Immense Island
ureas In the arctic waters norm aim
east of tbe Dominion proper bas late
ly been called In question. These areas
contain tbe precious and otber metals
and some of tbem may yet prove as
valuable as the Yukon Itself.
There are hundreds of islands, some
as large as England and Ireland, says
the San Francisco Bulletin. One of
hem, Baffin Land, la some 1,100 miles
length and 500 miles across at its
widest part Baffin Land Ilea at the
head of the Hudson bay and Is divided
from that enormous and almost unex- I
lored aectlon of Canada known as
Labrador by Hudson strait
There are large Islands In tbe strait
tself between Baffin Land and Labra
dor and some in the northern part of
Hudson bay between tbe main land
and Labrador. Tbe rest of tbe Islands
nre contiguous to northern Canada in
the Arctic ocean.
These waters are frequented by
American whalers, the owners or
Which bave established permanent fish-
ry stations far apart In various dlrcc
lons. The question of sending Cana
dian officials into these unorganized
tarts to form them Into provincial dis
tricts of Canada and exercise regular
jurisdiction over tbem has been fre-
luently mooted of late years and may
hortly be carried into effect.
Attention was called to the subject
at the last Ontario land surveyor's con
vention, says the New York Times.
A recommendation was adopted to
memorialize the Dominion government
to take formal possession of the unor
ganized country on behalf of Great
Britain. It was declared tbat tbe pe
ninsulas and archipelagoes north of
Canada In the Arctic ocean were
known to possess considerable unde
veloped mineral wealth and might be
claimed by some other power.
Near Diseases taal Arm Dae to the
IIpms m Cttr Life.
Ta point to the hurry and stress ot
modern town life as tbe cause of half
the Ills to which flesh to-day is helt
has become alfioat a commonplace Id
aetiologies! diagnosis. Tbe old-fash
loued complaints, says tbe London Lau
cet, might almost excite a medica:
man's pity, so much do they seem to be
crowded out by those active, wide
spread young fellows, neutrltls, neuras
t bents'. and a whole young family of
nervous illness, tbe offspring of tbe
strained existeuce of to-day.
A chain is as strong as its weakest
link, and to-day It appears that the ner
vous system is the weak lluk of tb
organism. Tbe weakness is not nat
ural. It is acquired because the strait
upon this link Is so often almost con
stant and out of proportion to tbe wear
Ing power of tbe material. Whether at
generations advance individual uervoiu
systems will more easily bear the la
bora asked from tbem or not, at anj
rate, it may fairly be assumed tbat Ir
the early days of any new style of lift
the generations born under an old re
glme bave the worst of it.
We may Imagine future generations
perfectly calm among a hundred tele
phones and sleeping swestly though
airships whizz among countless else
trie wires over their heads and a per
lietuat night traffic of motor cars bur
ties past their bedroom windows. A?
yet, It must be sorrowfully confessed
our nervous systems are not so cal
lous. Some of us still start at the tele
phone ring and find the Irregularities
of the Instrument a source of irritatior
and worry.
Fortunately, the very causes of nerve
exhaustion so far as Improved raplditj
of locomotion may be counted one ol
them, provide one Important counter
acting feature of town life at the pres
ent day. We are alluding to the facllltj
with which those whose week days art
spent In city toll may spend the sev
enth in breathing the fresh air anc"
beholding the Innocent Joys of the rus
tic.
Without trains, electric tramways
and motor cars, a wholesome change of
scenery and surroundings would be
scarcely possible In the limited time
available.
We do not wish to underrate for a
moment the value of parks and open
spaces the "city's lungs." For many
theBe afford the only possibility of a
Sunday in at any rate comparatively
fresh air. Those large numbers,
though, who habitually find tbe Sab
bath's rest In a day's wholesome ex
ercise at some little distance from
their work a day center may spare a
moment from the usual condemnatory
attitude toward tbe bustle, rush and
clatter of up-to-date locomotion to
bless the means which enable tbem s
profitably to enjoy the day.
VIkebraska ij
T . Aa.a.aiiAaiaH i
Only an Electric Shock.
Everybody has experienced the queei
little shiver that comes upon one now
ind then without apparent cause. It ii
jcncrally put down as "some one walk
ing over my grave." Actually we are
told it is the effect of electricity. This
;reat power Is constantly being gener
ated everywhere, and when the posl-
Ive and negative parts of the powei
meet, they produce a shock on any liv-
ng thing. There Is a good deal ol
pleetrleity In the air, and when the
human body is made a meeting polnl
the sensation Is liable to be felt about
the region of the spine. Some people
are liable to shocks now and then Id
special parts of them, In the ankle fot
Instance, or very commonly around the
base of the brain. There is no harm
in It, but It shows a rather highly
itrung organization.
Ileils of All Nations.
Considering that a third of our whole
Uvea Is spent In bed, It Is not surprls-
ng that much care, trouble and money
iliould be spent on our sleeping places.
In Englaud the unhealthy feather
bed baa been almost entirely succeeded
by the more hygienic mattress, which
lso Is the rule In America. French
beds are so short tbat the average for
eigner often complains thnt It demands
i special education to fold one's self
up to the right size for them. Many
Norwegian beds are made to pull out
from recesses. In South and Central
America the hammock reigns, and the
Indians of Guiana plait the most beau
:lful hammocks of grass, which they
dye charming colors.
In Japan the bed consists of the matting-covered
floor with a curious wood
en neckrest; a form of bolster tbnt to a
I-'iiropean would be ,i simple Instrtt
iiieiit of torture. The Chinese use low
leilsteads. often elaborately curved,
flith mattresses nnil coverings of lliat-
llng. In winter they sleep In heavy
armcnts wadded with cotlon. No one
s more easily soiled with sleeping ac
commodations than the ii"t-ro; ho, like
j cat, can cuii u und lake his rest
iny where, Modes miuI Fabrics.
Wonderful lleai-il.
A wonderful ln'i- l is worn 1 -y Jean
flonon of Moiitliic ii. I'l'iinri', It Is 10
feet lO'a Inches Ii' lriitli. nml ncnily
Dve feet of It. wl 11 lie stiinils erect
rests on the llooi. The ends of his
mustache bun;: below his wnlst.
A case of smallpox Is repored at
Lelgb. Tbe case is of a mild form.
Burglars entered Beeler Bros, store
at Norfolk and stole $500 worth of
goods
Tbehoiseand buggy stolen from
Harry Fisher at Falls CUy.was found
later at Sterling.
Word has been reeceived that Cliff
Montgomery, an old resident of Ed
gar, has been murdered In the Philippines.
' At Winside. Miss Mamie Elliott
was run down by a train and killed
and Miss Alice Elliott was badly in
jured, but will live.
Near Seward E. Donelson's two-year-old
daughter was run ovei by a
lumber wagon and her life was
crushed ojt.
Gerhard Eorchres, a well known
German farmer, bas disappeared from
Columbus, leaving a number of moth
erless children behind.
Lieutenant George A. Day, a son
of Mi. and Mrs. H. G. Day of Be
atrice, bas been assigned to duty on
the cruiser, Newark.
The new Catholic church at Battle
Creek was dedicated last Sunday. It
is a brick building 37x76 feet and
fitted with mcdern conveniences.
People are charitable after all.
When a man goes from a $50 to a
$100 job his friends blow about It,
but wben be goes back to 140 po
sition nothing Is said.
Virgil Jnohson, of Seward, had bia
arm caught in tbe machinery of a
thresher engine and both bones be
tween the wrist and elbow were brok-
en. ' )
The build! ngoccupied by the Fair
banks, Morse company and th
American Press Association at Oma
ha, was guMted by fire. Eightr
thousand dollars is the loss.
Dorcbster now boasts of ber rural
free delivery mail routes. Route No
I has been in operation for the past
year The two new routes have Just
been opened. In all a rural popula
tion of more than 1,500 Is served by
these three routes.
Carbolic acid was tbe instrument
that James Babbit of North Platte a
Union Pacific employee, selected to
end bis life. He is a young man and
was despondent, but as he tried to
commit suicide at home, his parents
called a physician and bad him saved.
During the abserce of the county
jailor, James Eiema. a prisoner at
West Point, asked Mrs. Jacobs, the
jailor's wife for a glass of water.
Wben she handed it to him through
a partly open cell door he knocked
ber down and escaped.
Too Old for Kids.
Sarcasticus and his wife were going
to the theater.
'Will you please go In and get mj
goats off the dressing table?" said
Mrs. S.
"Your goats?" queried the puzzled
Sarcasticus. "What tangle have you
women got now?"
'I'll show you!" snapped the wife,
ind she sailed away, and soon returned,
putting on her gloves.
'Are those what you mean? Why, I
call those kids."
"I used to," replied Mrs. Sarcasticus,
but they are getting so old I am
ashamed to any longer." Washington
Times.
Maine' Toothpick Town.
Only one characteristic dlBtlnguishei
the little village of Strong, Me., from
the thousands of others that are scat
tered all over New England. This la
the peculiar industry which serves to
jttpport the entire community. Strong
Is famous for nothing but Its tooth
picks, but It is known In the trade as
the place from which come the major
ity of toothpicks that are used In the
United Stntcs.
One of the oldest settlers of the
county died of heart failure. Philip
Thomas, who owned a farm two and
ooe-half miles west of Yutan, was
found dead in Lis bed. There was
only a son of 12 years at home at the
time. Mr. Thomas had been a wid
ower for many years.
The mortgage report for Gage coun
ty for the month of October Is as
follows: Number of farm mortgage
filed. 18; amount, 29,341. Number
of farm mortgages released, 28;
amount, $39,436. Number of city
and town mortgages filed, 26; amount,-
116,641. Number of city and town
mortgages releasd, 22; amount,
$12,815
Falls City was visited by a terrific-
electrical storm last week. A clap of
thunder awakened most every one In
town and much damage was done,
especially in the east part of town,
where window glass in many of the
houses was broken. At one points
portion of the sidewalk was lifted,
ind the current went Into the ground
bursting the water main. Many peo
ple said It was the worst clap of thun
der they ever heard. A hard rain
(ell.
l'.gg Consumption of lOnginnil.
Eggs consumed In England durlns
the past twelve months would, It
.'omputed, fill tipwnrd of 40,000 railway
trucks. Of tlic.se only one-tlilrd were
F.nidlsli. and lu consemienee tin enor
mous sum of money whs sent out o
:he country thnt might be kept at honid
hnd those engaged In rural Indiistr '
been ullve to their opportunities, say
Pearson's Weekly.
Ailttto'
The Hindoos ne
Jeve that Adiin.
Si the side of (c
'Adam's peak," i-
i i.cnve.
! C. ;. I nicse nil be-bin-lei
lu n ca ve
il I'lt.iiu known as
:nl of Ccjion.
A Waterspout's Activity.
The rotation of a waterspout nt tho
surface of the sea has been estimated
t .'i."i4 inlli-H (in hour, or nearly sis
fillc-ft a minute.
lilt ton by a Fly.
After Ilerr Kiistof, a Hungarian po
lice magistrate, was bitten by a Ity,
blood poisoning set In and be died lu
excruciating agony.
A gasoline lamp exploded in Tay
lor's pharmacy at Plalnvlew setting
the store on lire It was saved by the
heroic work of Miss Maud Taylor and
Hugh Grlflln, who carried the gaso
line lamp and two large cans full of
;;asnllno, all on fire out of the store
Into the street.. The explosion took1
place while Hugh Griffith, the Jew.
eler, was pumping air Into the lamp,
and was caused by a leak. Mr.
Srlflin wns severely burned about the
face and bands He saved his life by
rolling In the mud in tbe street.
The daraiiuo to the drug stock is
illght. Mr. Grillin's relatives have
been nt.'tlf'Kid He came to Plalnvlew
from Bancroft a short time ago.
A wreck occurred on the Missouri
Pacific onc-liair mile south of Portal.
An extra collided with a regular
freight train. Both engines were de
molished and live cars wete splin
tered Into kindling wood. Tho en
gineers and firemen of both otiglnei
jumped and escaped injury. One cn
?tneer hurt his leg by Jumping but
ot serlotmlly. It Is not known what
jaused the wreck. It was a head end
jolllslon.
pica iur "; - r.m.nt in 23 minutes.
eggs, western, 20c to 24c
It mesa. juio oi .-..
