THE NORTHWESTERN.
HENSCilOTKK 4 OIllflOM. E(l* and Pub*
LOUP CITY. • • NEB.
A penny will buy twenty time* as
much nourishment in the shape of oat
meal as in the form of beef.
Meat has been preserved In a frozen
state for thirty years, and found per
fectly eatable at the end of that time.
Before starting in to lick China sin
gle handed the Kuiser might do well
to make a study of England's tussle
with the Boers.
The showing made by the Duke of
Manchester In the bankruptcy court
renders his marriage to a girl with a
bank account Imperative.
Anger, wrote the great historian,
Clarendon, Is the most Important pas
sion that accompanies the mind of
man; It effects nothing It goes about,
and hurts the man who Is possessed
by It more than the other against
whom It is directed.
Like flakes of snow that fall unper
relved upon the earth, says Jeremy
Taylor, the seemingly unimportant
events of life succeeded one another.
As the snow gathers together, so are
our habits formed. No single flake
that is added to the pile produces a
sensible change; no single action cre
atps, however it may exhibit, a man's
character.
Carbolic ar id, which Is so much used
ns a dressing for wounds and skin
troubles, Is a dangerous remedy. Many
Instances are known In which morti
fication, with consequent loss of fin
gers and toes, has resulted from the
application of cloths moistened in
weak solutions of the drug, and physi
cians are beginning to cry out against
this practice.
The towns of Wheeling and Gaston
in Delaware county, Indiana, were
rivals in the matter of securing a rail
road and Gaston won. The other
night a number of Gastonians started
over to Wheeling with the intention
of Jubilating over their success. Just
outside Wheeling they were met by a
brigade armed with eggs. The defend
ers were as deadly of aim as the Boers
and the Gaston folks took to flight,
but not before nearly each of them
had been profusely decorated.
The inquirer caught her br&ath be
fore this descendant of the Schaufflers
and iAbarees. Persons who do not
believe in foreign misions may prefer
the story of a baby now living with
his mother in the New Jersey state
prison. His father was a criminal.
His mother is a thief, so were his un
cles. grandfather and greatgrandfather.
Physicians think they detect In his
physical form evidences of the thief
and degenerate. “To the fourth gen
eration” has a double suggestiveness
After the "investment syndicates"
collapsed, an unscrupulous New York
er printed an advertisement, signed
“Lawyer,” asking all who had been
swindled by the flve-hundred-and
twenty-per-cent concerns to send him
their names. Fancying that he want
ed to help them in some way, thou
sands of the dupes responded. Where
upon "Lawyer” sold their addresses
to promoters of other fraudulent
schemes, suggesting that such people
would bite at anything! It Is one of
the penalties of a foolish action that
everybody expects the fool to give a
continuous performance.
Japan, which has surprised the west
ern world by its progress in modern
material civilisation, is not behind in
some of the branches of science which
are cultivated rather for themselves
than for their utility In everyday af
fairs. In astronomy, for Instance, the
Japanese are trying to keep abreast
with their Kuropean and American
competitors, and It is announced that
two of the three most recently discov
ered asteroids were found by Mr
Hlrayama of the observ atory of Toklo.
using the distinctively modern method
of photography which has displaced
eye observation in the search for such
faintly luminous objects.
The Crow Indian* of Montana are
emulating the white* In enterprise
and Industry. They have constructed
a system of Irrigation for their farm*,
on which they raise much wheat, have
one flour mill In operation and are
building another In a distant part of
tire reservation They are rich In
flocks aud herd*, and dtapo*e of many
rattle and horses and much farm pro
duce to buyer* More than all, they
have recently entered Into a contract
with the United Mtata* government to
supply the Cheyenue Indiana with
flour ThU U the flrst Instance of a
government contract being awarded to
Indians to “blanketed Indians," at
leaat Of course the frt d- *« nut *tg
nlfy that all Indian* may be taught
to be enterprising, but It due* forbid
u* to think that they are all incapable
f ' >, ./
Ity tbe new Poliak aud Vlrag »>»•
lew of rapid telegraphy, a ironware u?
SJo word* waa rmeally transmitted
bslwewn Iterltn aad Pest In liuagary
tn ulna setwads. or at lb* rat* u| test
words per boar. Tb* message is
written by a p*dat of H*h« reflected
fmm a awlngiag mirror al ib« revolt
lag ead opera a roll of eensltUrd pa
Mr a medifl* *tl«* of «•»* Mure* at
pbabel la used, and the message la pot
IM tb* wire by mean* of a atrip of
perforated paper rwaalag user a
wbsel aad voatrolltag tb* etm'rra ew
Us Id
The Inmates Escape and the Novel
Spcctaolo
CF A “GIRL” HIM FOLLOWS
r»rt* and Flgur** Hrnrlng on (itnrnil
Froapvrlty—Brcrrlnry Huge on Coun
try'* Klnun.e*— HI* An*«rr lo the V ag
aric* of Carl Srhur*.
GENEVA, Neb., Kept. 24. 1900.—
There Is room for much improvement
in the management of the State In
dustrial School for Girls at Geneva.
Particularly Is this true in regard to
affording relief to taxpayers.
So far as the accounts are concerned
Steward Brennan has a mark to his
credit for the accounts of this insti
tution have been kept in better shape
perhaps than those of any other.
The management, however, deserves
to be reckoned with. It is both weak
and extravagant.
Superintendent Weber draws a sal
ary of 91.500, but that does not seem
*o thoroughly appease his appetite. He
has added his wife’s name to the pay
roll us ’’housekeeper’’ at 930 per month.
In addition to this he has two "family
managers" on the pay roll, Annie Pat
terson and FTedelka Willard, who
draw a salary of 9*00 pe year earh.
T. J. Wilson is on the pay roll as
‘‘farmer”*at 930 per month.
W. E. Baher and W. II Kumser are !
on the pay roll as engineers at 9’>0 per i
month each.
Mbhael Martin Is on the pay roll
ap "extra man" at 920 ppr month.
There Is a matron at the institution
and why a '‘housekeeper" Is needed ia
a question that can only l.e explained
by Superintendent. Weber. The only
explanation thus far offend it th.1t It
was occasioned by the desire of Su
perintendent Weber to reap a more
bountiful harvest.
i he record a in the auditors onti-e i
would Indicate that the “housekeep
er's” duties arc to Rome extent tho^r ,
of a tourist. Voucher 1441583 is a 1
voucher drawn in favor of the wife
of the superintendent "for going to 1
Omaha and bringing back Blanche
Green." In this voucher u claim for
hack hire was made and allowed,
though, with the city of Omaha cov
ered with a network of street car lines
it is difficult to determine why a hack
WH3 necessary, unless to use the com
mon everyday street car would not
comport with the dignity of the occa
sion. Street cars are largely used by
the common people. It is true, yet now
and then you will see on them bankers,
capitalists and business men. It Is
perhaps asking too muon to require
state employes, whose bills of this sort
are paid by the taxpayers, to put up
with such primitive accommodations.
EXPENSIVE "RUNAWAYS.”
There Is a painful lacking, in con
nection with the management, in the
way of discipline. The inmates are
given too much freedom, and this re
sults in escapes from the Institution,
with consequent assaults on the treas
ury to pay the expense of capturing
and returning them.
Last April the people hereabouts
were treated to a real exhibition of
"girl” hunt. They had seen "fox”
hunts and "wolf hunts until these
had ceased to be of interest, but it
was a novel experience and attraction
for them to see a "girl” hunt. Three
of the inmates had escaped and Super
intendent Weber threw out a line of
scouts and scoured the whole country
for miles around. Nine s'alwart men
wore engaged to run down three puny
specimens of the opposite sex. The
"runaways” were finally captured and
returned and the state wns presented
with a bill of expense amounting to
$28 for "helping return three runaway
girls." This is the language of the
vouchor. Neither in the lulls rendered
nor in the voucher are the names of
the captives given (see voucher
B48594).
Superintendent Weber has not
been a brilliant success in man
aging this institution. He has
failed to maintain the standard
of discipline and has inaugurated
few. if any, beneficial changes.
A considerable reduction might be
made in the expense of ihe manage
ment, But as that would involve a re
duction in the volume of "loaves and
fishes,” that, under the Poynter ad
ministration, is not to be counted on or
expected.
At Geneva, as at other places where
state Institutions are located, there is
complaint of the manner In which
drags, groceries and supplies are pur
chased It is tiie saute story told over
and over again lu these columns.
FACTS ABOUT PROSPERITY.
OMAHA. Ntb. Sept. 24, 1900 —
Prosperous condition* are In evidence
In every county of Nehru'kit. No one
hut u rank partisan wool I attempt to
insert that such conditions are tran
sitory or unreal. It Is a matter of
■low growth there U inching artl
th ial or uncertain about It Within
four years *he farmers of Nebraska
have been delivered from the bondage
of debt and .hotiKunda of them boast
of a surplus
It I* tru* that ihe requirements of
the lrn|M-tidlng rgntpalgr have rut
gested the fulle*l egpo*tt*an of fact*
I relating to ( hanged rond Ilona In ev
ery (duftty in order that the people of
one county may tie apprised of the
degree of proapriity in • very other
county hut the republican manager*
do not need (« magnify or over state
the tails w hi h In nio*' umi speak
for !helu»*tVcji
Emph (*l« may he given to one all
Impoitani fa • to wit That while the
farmers sre produ mg abundant erupts
and re*riving higher prices therefor
than ever before pat I at the same time
the kmm hant> • and labor lag men In
elite* and t»*n« are all busy, revets
tng higher '(it for shorn r walking
hour* th«M eve* befwt* tad that Iu
demand tar their atvirss rvieeds th*
supply
t s*refi«l Inquiry ia*o the status «*(
things reseeds these coo
I that farmer* sre getting 1) igd
14 rents Nr their earn tnf whirl
th >e Is t la. g* ■uipiust w be' * t
four years ago they g»t but 4 and |«
rents
V. That sleek reisers and farm**'
are getting $5.60 for fat steers, where
as four years ago they got $2.76 and
$3.50. Hogs, four years ago, $2.77;
this year, $5.09.
3. That farmers are buying adjoin
ing acres and are spending hundreds
of thousands of dollars upon improve
ments. Residents of cities and towns
are putting uj new buildings and re
pairing hundreds of old ones. There
1 Is an air of thrift everywhere.
4. That country merchants are sell
ing more goods and gett'ng larger
profits nnd prompter pav for goods
sold than ever before In the history
the state.
6. That mechanics are busy every
where. From towns, largp and small,
come reports of a demand for mechan
ics exceeding the supply. In Omaha
more men are employed at higher
wages and shorter working hours than
was the caso in any previous year
save 1897-8, when the exposition pro
duced a temporary demand for men.
Inquiry among all classes of mechan
ics reveals the fact that the mean av
erage of wage scale is higher, work
day hours shorter and the demand for
men very active. No man who wants
to work need be Idle.
(i, That the Jobbers and wholesale
merchants and manufacturers of Ne
braska arc selling more goods at lar
ger profits than was true of their trade
In the year 1S9G; that of fifty firms
reporting, the Increased volume of bus
iness ranged from 20 to 9.’0 per cent,
nnd that in no case was a decrease of
business reported.
7. That flity jobbing houses, farm
Implement houses, manufacturers, 1
wholaale houses, etc., report a large
Increase In the number of men em- |
ployed. In wages paid and the average
Increase In the number of traveling
men covering Nebraska territory is
nearly 60 per cent.
The paramount question Is: What ;
would any of these classes gain by a
change of government at Wasning
ton?
Ho you want a change?
WHAT THE MECHANIC'S RAY.
In Omaha the change in regard to
wages paid, hours of employment and
number of persons engaged is so grat- 1
ifving that the classes affected will i
gladly do what they can to support in
powar the political party which has
mail* possible tills remarkable im
provement In conditions. The follow
ing reports were obtained from ofli
cials of the various local anions:
Printing Pressmen’* Union—Our
scale of wages In 1896 war $16 to $18
per week for ten hours per day. In
1900 our scale Is the same per diem
for nine hours per day. In 1896 20
per cent of our members were idle all
the time and 40 per cent of those pm
ployed were making but half time
In 1900 all members are employed and
all are making full time—in short, we
are working shorter hours and making
more money than we did in 1896.
Plasterers', Bricklayers’ and Stone
masons' Teniers’ Union—Our scale of
wages in 1896 was 15 to H'/k cents per
houi* for ten hours. In 1900 our scale
Is 24 cents per hour for eight hours,
and we have 50 per cent more men em
ployed than in 1896. ,
Plumbers' Union—Our scale of wages
in 1896 was 45 cents per hour for eight
hours. In 1900 it is 50 cents per hour
for eight hours. Until July 1st we
have had 30 per rent more me* em
ployed than wc had in 1S96.
Painters and Decorators—Our scale
In 1896 was 30 cents per hour. We
had no scale signed up regarding hours
of employment. Our present scale is
35 cents for eight hours, time and a
half for overtime and double time for
Sundays. In 1896 our union had about
fifty members in good standing. In
1898 we had nearly 200 members. This
was owing to the Trans-Mississippi
exposition. Our members are all, or
nearly all, employed at the present
time.
Bricklayers 'Union—In 1896 our scale
of wages was 50 cents per hour for
eight hours, time and a half for over
time and double time for Sundays.
Our scale for 1900 is 50 centH per hour,
with no other changes. Our union
has had about 160 members for the
past five years. There is more work
In our trade in Omaha at the present
time than wo have had in the last ,
eight years.
Carpenters Union—Uur scale or t
wages In 1896 In South Omaha was 25
cents per hour for ten or twlve hours, *
For 1900 it Is 35 cents per hour for ,
eight hours, time and a half for over
time and double time for Sundays. In
Omaha our scale In 1896 wav 30 cents
per hour for eight hours, time and a
half for overtime and double time for
Sundays. In 1900 It Is 40 cents per
hour and no other change*. More
than double the number t re now em
ployed in our trade than In 1896, al
though there are a great many car
penters idle at present. This is owing
to the Transmississlppi Exposition,
which brought a great many carpen
ters here wtio have remained.
Horseshoer*’ I nion—Our scale is the
same as it was in 1996 for the same
hours. We have not a* many nten etn
1 ployed as we had in 1K96, tor the rea
| son that there are not as many horses
! in use The bike had made a great
I difference In our trade
Sheet Metal Workers' Fnion—In
! 1896 our scale of wage* w*« 33'* cents,
hut very few men got that amount.
The average were paid illj cent*. The
number of hour* »re the same Our
I scale at pre ettt is 38‘a cent* per hour.
There ate 25 per cent more men em
ployed in our trade now than in 1896.
(‘tinting I’rnaa i»' Union
Our scale of wages in 1896 wait |8 for
sixty hour*, or Is per week for ten
hours per day Now we get |'i i* for
nine hour* tier day. In 1896 we had
thirty men employed, we now have
forty-eight,
k i hln sta* Union Our scale of
wages In 1*96 was from J‘ to to rent*
Iter hour W« were w >rking front
forty tu forty-eight hour* per week
Oar pr* ..-tit ie tie i* 32 rent* per hour
fur nine hour* per day, t r fifty four
hour* jet week All men.tier* of the
mil' ll ate employed and a number are
wornta* titriiktr and get time and a
half In f*«t, our union *u never in
a lo ir* it eii - Mug i ondltlon nod w»
doubt If an Idle marhtnt*i • an tie found
m ikm iha today unless he I* Idle from
• i|u|y#
• ilttivxt tl or r»IK l.l VK MTOCK IN
MfTHir
The ttt< rente of atu. lt 'e rlyli at
Mouth Omaha may be Ink*a a* a Ntr
1 Ulna*ratio* of the chance wrought In
bustne-M generally during the four
yeara the rept*Mi>'an party ha* hot
• barge uf gatiettal ****** ltaring I’m
seven months of 1900 ending July 31st
the cattle receipts were 424,236, we
against 220,324 for a like period In
1896, a gain of 202,9St, or nearly 10b
per cent
The hog receipts for the first seven
months of this year were 1,121,171, as,
against 717,976 for the first seven
months of 1896, a gain of 403,195,
For the period ending July 31st,
1900, there were 597,985 head of sheep
received; for the same period in 1896,
161,841, a gain of 436,144 for 1900.
There has also been a gratifying In
crease of prices during this time.
Hteers, for instance, sold July 31st,
1896, at from $2.75 to $3.70; July 31st,
1900, they brought $5.50. Hogs sold
July 31st, 1896, at $2.77; July 31st,
1900, the price was $5.09. The price
paid for sheep July 31st, 1896, ranged
from $2 to $5.50; July 31st, 1900, the
range was from $4 to $5.45. In the
month of July, 1896, the receipts of
hogs were 97,000; in July, 1900, 179,000
tin round thousands), and the price,
us given above, but little more than
half in 1896 of that In 1900.
THE WHOLESALE TRADE.
Information gained from a large
number of the principal business men
of Omaha through letters of inquiry
and personal interviews discloses the
fact that, without u single exception,
there has been a marked “'expansion"
of business in Nebraska's chief city
during the four years the republican
party has been in charge of national
affairs. In securing this information
no regard whatever was had to politi
cal affiliations, the desire being to j
make the exhibit a perfectly fair one
in every respect. The line of inquiry
covers a comparison of amount of j
business In 1896 with i960; comparison
of the number of employes then and
now, and also of the wages paid. The
replies show, with one exception, that
the lowest increase in amount of bus
iness is 20 per cent, ranging from that
up lo 950 per cent, with .i large pro
portion of instances win re the per
centage of gain was 75 per cent to 100;
the Increase In ’he number of cm- ,
pioyes- ranges from 15 to 200 per cent. :
and the range of Increase In salaries
paid Is from 10 per cent to 53 per cent, j
The increase in a iarge proportion of I
cases Is from 25 to 50 per cent.
WOULD ENDANGER PROSPERITY.
The secretary of the treasury. In his
reply to Mr. Schurz, with reference to
the money question, said. “It yught
to have been apparent to you, as it
no doubt was, that I was speaking of
possibilities of the case under circum
stances and conditions as they now ex
ist, but you proceed to point out how,
at the next session of congress, which
will meet in December, legislation
could be had which would completely
forestall unfriendly action toward the
gold standard, even if Mr. Bryan were j
ele< ted and should cherish the flrm-set
purpose declared by him on September
16, 1896, at Knoxville, Tenn., where he
said: 'If there is any one who believes
that the gold standard Is a good thing
or that it must be maintained, I warn
him not to cast his vote for me, be
cause I promise him it will not be
maintained in this country longer than
I am nble to get rid of it.’
“You rebuke me in polite terms for
sounding a false note of alarm dis
quieting the business community, and
especially when uttered by one in au
thority. I am not at all skilled in con
troversy and have had no practice in
dialectics, but I will lndu'ge in a few
words In the way of rejoinder to your j
criticism.
“In 1896 you are yourself quoted as '
saying. 'The mere apprehension of a
possibility of a substitution by Mr. |
Bryan's election and of the consequent
placing of our country on the silver I
basis has already caused untold mil- j
lions of our securities to be thrown ,
upon the market. Scores of business
orders are recalled, a large number of
manufacturing establishments have re
stricted their operations, enterprise is
already discouraged and nearly para
lyzed. • * • And if these are
the effects of a mere apprehension of
a possibility what would be the ef
fects of the event itself? There is
scarcely an imaginal limit to the de
struction certain to be wrought by the
business disturbance that Mr. Bryan’s
election would cause.’
i am unanie to perceive, conunuen
Mr. Gage, "why tie consequence, in a
minor degree, perhaps, would not en
hue now. which you so forcibly fore
shadowed then. Whpn consequences
so great as these are involved the
forces operating to inaugurate them
should he resisted at every point. Even
the possibility of danger should he
avoided. It is a familiar fact and one
altogether too much In evidence that
an administrative officer, filled with ha
tred and contempt of a particular law,
can, by perverse Ingenuity, practically
nullify its operations."
Referring to Mr. Srhurz's suggestion
that Mr. Bryan's hands could he tied
by the present congress, Mr. Gage said
that <t would require new legislation
by a party whose policy would have
been rejected by the people through
their last expression at the polls, that
the next session of congress will ex
pire March 4, 1901; that *h#> free sil
ver minority would lie Justified by their
constituents in using all the resources
of dilatory procedure to urevent such
legislation and that such legislation
would probably lie Impossible. "Your
remarks seem to show tl at you rely
upon the exercise of power already
I conferred upon the republican party
| to prevent the country from experienc
ing disasters which Mr Bryan will,
; If he ian. bring upon us," *tld the *e<
ret ary "Mav I not suggest that the
; way to secure safety Is not to take
nower from those upon whom vou r»ly
for protection and eonfer It upon
those whose action you may have good
| cau*e to r< sret*
"Hut pvett sd mitt Ins th it songress
1 dating from March 4, lmil. etll not
j Mi gttls to effect any change in our
.present hitsncial legislation what uiav
se fairly r|ie t will lie the rffe. t of
ihe continued agitation of the question
upon business and industry set In wo
lion by a president bent tty on the res
j I lira! urn of free stiver Si the ratio of
|g ta l end elected upon that plat
; form t
You s egg* st that I retract a hat I
' have sn>l In fairness to th* business
j, vmmoaitv ehich should not he unnec
i .t'H< ll«uule*ed M|e tail? by three In
I cutWity In thinking *» I >•** 'hat
I th • she Own nf Mr It yap eould be a
-eat w-iii i to the iimer ul sot
! tadustital in*er* si • of out tountry be
I I 4it*# ,,f |tl# jpi#t|p*## he terlshes and
th* pc>a . he avoid pisscae. I do not
feel at liberty to act upon your sug
gestion. I fed It my duly to at least
wait until after Mr. Bryan himself lias
retracted his statement of 1896. that
'it (the gold standard) will not lie
maintained in this country longer tbun
I am able to get rid of It.'
"Very truly yours,
(Signed.) "LYMAN J. GAGE.”
Local Prosperity.
('BDAIt COUNTY.
' As to the town of Laurel, three
fourths of it has been built in the
last four years and a part of it in the
last two. All the Improvements were
paid for by money earned in business
here in the last four years. The most
notable change is, that it was almost
Impossible to borrow money on any
kind of security during the democratic
times, but now if it becomes known
that Mr. So-and-So wants to borrow
a little money, half a dozen loun
agents will call to see him before
night, each one trying to coax him
to borrow the money of him. Tills
condition of the finance prompted the
Inquiry at the Laurel State bank. E.
H. Gerlng. the cashier, said;
"It Is difficult to express how the
phenomenal prosperity has taken
place in this part of Nebraska. Isuul
values have almost doubled since 1896;
mortgages have been reduced wonder
fully. It is impossible to make a tarin
loan now without inserting a prepay
ment privilege, while in former years
the principal idea was to get the
money regardless of terms. In 1896
our deposits were about $12,000. In th->
depression incident to the silver craze
of that fall they were down to almost
$7,000. Since tl;at time there lias
been a steady increase, entirely from
the savings of our home people, until
now we have over $90,000. Present In
terest rates are much lower, farm loans
can tie placed at 5Vi* per r ’it instead
of from 8 to 10 per cent i.< 1896.
j\ very Slgniucam leaiure oi . nis
prosperity Is the fact .hat Its existence
cannot he attributed wholly to good
crops, for we had good crops before
1897. The largest crops of wheat and
corn ever grown hero either before or
since were in 1895 and 1830 respective
ly. In 1895 wheat sold here at 35 cents,
and in 189b corn sold here as low as
6 cents, and 10 cents was considered
very high. The prices of cattle, horses
and hogs were as low in proportion as
corn. Farmers then sold their crops
as soon as harvested; now, they are
able to hold them until the price is
satisfactory.
Times changed; they have paid off
their mortgages and are now in pros
perous circumstances. Farmers are
loaning money to one another to a
considerable extent now. We have
some instances where farmers are
making regular farm loans to their
neighbors. At the present rate of in
crease in wealth in this part of the
state they will soon be able to take
care of their farm loans without the
aid of money from the east.
Tti«* Elk Aiitl#m.
The biggest pair of elk antlerB in
the world is said to he that which
hang in the office at the Philadelphia
zoo. in height the antlers are above
five feet, and the distance between the
main horns at the widest part cf the
hoop is four feet six Inches. At *heli
base the antlers are fourteen inches
in diameter. “Undoubtedly,” natural
ist to whom they are shown, say.
“these are as big and heavy and per
fect a pair of horns as ever grew."
The elk that carried the huge antlers
was sent from the west to the Acad
emy of Natural Sciences. The skele
ton excelled in weight and size any
that had ever been seen there.
The Trank Settled III* Kill.
Some years ago a man ran up a bill
of $200 in the Tremont house, Chi
cago, and then ran away without set
ting it. The trunk which remained In
his room was unusually heavy, and
when opened after his departure was
found to contain specimens of ore,
brought from the gold and silver
mines of Colorado, where, presuma
bly, he had lost all his money. After
waiting out the legal time Mr. Cage
sent the contents of the trunk to an
assayer. who returned two lilts of
metal valued at more than $100 in
excess of the bill, after deducting his
own fee.
Kertft In Kn(Uii(l.
Kngland has many religions denomi
nations and sects, pnd>ul>ly more than
30o altogether, and the names of some
are amusing. Out of a list of 31!* a
few of the queer ones are: Oiassltes,
Olazebrook, Army, Olury Hand, King
Jesus’ Army, Oi>cn Baptists. Open
Brethren. Partb ular Baptists. Pecul
iar People, Banters. Recreative Relig
ionists, Rational i hrtstians. Sandctna
nians, Worshipers of Qod, Benevolent
Methodists Hunyan Baptists, Countess
of Huntingdon's Conneztlon, Kcclesla
of the Messiah, Follower* of the 1* J
C , Frae (Pace Oospel Christians.
Th* ( «»llitr twlntl'f
Real estate men in New York are
j complaining of a new swindle. A well
dressed man has plucked a score of
i downtown brokers by railing when a
{ ui>■ toiler of the Itrm was out and lew
j Ing a package, whbh he said < on*
> tained collars for the aluteutee In*
* Identally he tallected (3 '>*• Kvery*
| body knows that Is too nun it to iwy
for half a brick wrapped In brown
I paper.
NM 4 ni««
Claims on behalf of negroes who at*
I lege that they were assaulted by pte
! in emeu durtng the recent rate riot*
in New York represent a total of -
i 04M*. whbh the eitv is «<h*d to pay j
; aa a result of the disorder growing
, out of tne murder of t*olbem«u
j Thor pe by the negro roob The claims
: n*e preittttouM * to ssiksir sails
again** Ike city fur th* amounts they
■ re present
■ii »i im0m 1 i ■
Sms giant lisa#'situs*.
It was the rare fortune uf Harriet
j VS ili am Brand, who lately died in
| her tJn l )• « to *«• yiybl general" «
Io# her famby. vtieuding from her
great gr*4* grandfather to her g«*i
>|tya* g*sndawn
The pipe has one advantage over a
woman—tt need not be beautiful.
Am Ton lilting Alien** FnoHtMtT
It is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen s
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At r.U Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25e. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y.
Of course, the new starch trust in
tends 10 stiffen prices.
flout for the Bowel*.
No matter what alls you, headache
to a cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without a gripe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start getting your health bark.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up In.metal boxes, every
tablet has C. C. C. stamped on It. Bo
ware of imitations.
California’s trade with the Philip
pines amoun*« to $2,000,000 a month.
•24.00 PFR WFEK
To men with rig* to introduce our Poultry
Compound among farmer*. Add re** with
•tamp, Acme Mfg. to., Kansas City, Mo.
He who flatters begs.
N*elert of lha h»1r orlags bililnoi. Us*
Tam* kk'a Hair Haijan and «av© jrotir iiulr.
JIiaubucokn*. ill© best cur© for corns. 15cts.
Omaha lias finally come to its cen
sus.
If you have not tried Magnetic Ftarth
try It now. You will men use no other.
OMAHA AMI 1ST. I.Oi l* It. It. CO.
HALF BATES.
ST. LOP IS. Sept. 30th, Oct. 1st, 2nd,
3rd. Ith and 6th.
KANSAS CITY. Sept.. 2!>th. 30th, Get.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and flth. On
Aug. 21st, Sept. 4th and 18th HALF
RATES (PU S $2.00) for round trip
to most all points South. Now Is the
time to take your vacation. All Infor
mation at Omaha & St. Louis it. R.
Office, 1415 Farnam St. (Paxton HO
TEL Block), or write Harry E.
Moores, C. P. & T. A., Omaha, Neb.
Gentleness! more powerful than
Hercules.—Ninon de l’Enclos.
HI nt to llouftttkftApem*
To preserve summer skirts and dresses
use “Faultless Starch." All grocers, 10c.
1 do pity unlearned gentleman on a
rainy day.—Falkland.
Throw physio to the dogs—if you don't want
the dugs but If you »aul guod digesliou chew
liceinuu's Pepsin (Jum.
Life is the art of being well de
ceived.— Haztitt.
Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of *•
a cough cure -J. IV, O limes, 322 Third Ave.,
N., Minneapolis, Minn.. Jau. 6. luoo.
No word is ill spoken if It be not
111 taken.—Proverb. r fr
Mrs. ttinalow's .Soothing Syrup.
/or children teething, soften* the gams, rednees In*
CaunnaUus. allays gam. euros wiu.icu.ic. itucabuttiw
Honesty .s often goaded to ruin.—
Pbaedrus. - *
Hull's Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75a
The first member of the royal fam
ily to ride a cycle waa the duchess
of Albany.
HO! FOR OKLAHOMA!
II,00»).imi srret neir iaihIb t<> omii lo a* ttlement.
Bubsrrlbr for I MF. KIOWA CHIEF,derMrd toInfor
uiatlitu about tbPHC lAinit. fine year. fl.no. tifngla
<*npy. Ilk*. bul»tcrii*ern receive fr**- Hliutrated book
"n * ‘klahnma Morgan’* Manual (210 ('age Settler*’
t•tildej with fine mm tlonal map 41.00. Map25r. All
tboyc, #1.75. A (lure-*• pick J . Morgan, Ferry, O. T.
The Yellow Peril is Just at present
a pale, wasned-out yellow.
RELIABLE SOLICITORS WANTED
at once on ('haulaunua Curds, Kindergarten
names. Standard and Holiday Ik* ks. Most
Ittwral term*. Square treatment. UISc stumps
brings*Holiday on*tit by return mall. Fort J'ear
boru Pub. Co., 4I& Ueartxiru St.. Chicago, 11L
It was originally Intended, presum
ably. to break through the Chinese
wall.
For starching tine linen use Magnetic
Starch.
Better remain poor than acquire
wealth at the expense of your good
name.
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