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ALPHABET IN NATURAL WOODS __ : E. K. Lambert, a woodsman residing it Elma, Washington, possesses a most inique curiosity. For thrpe years he las been laboring with tireless v.atch lulness to secure each of the letters if the English alphabet from the acci iental growth shapes he could find n the woods. He has two or three ;ach of the letters, and is able to form me first-class and almost perfect lot if twenty-six letters from his complete :ol lection. Three years ago Mr. Lambert found lis first letter A. It was very large, weighing over 100 pounds. He cut it town, but was unable to carry it out if the woods. This letter was a vine naple growth, and so well formed that i person could not detect where the •rose joined the other parts of the letter. This letter was found three miles east of Elina, in a logging tamp, where Lambert was then employed. This discovery gave Lambert the idea, and he then and there determined to find the whole alphabet. As fast as he found a letter thereafter he studied the nature of the tree, and endeavored to ascertain how it grew into fantastic shapes, and investigate also the rela tion of the soil to such growths. This study has been carried so far that Lambert now' considers himself able to tell by merely glancing at a tree whether it is worth while to search among its loots or branches for a letter. In describing his mode of operation in securing letters from tree growths. Lambert says: "If I am looking for a letter in blue huckleberry I go to the swamps where | it grows on decayed logs. There the roots seek for light and moisture and form many peculiar shapes in their search for these nourishing elements. OfttinresI find fliraud alder treesgrow ing from cedar windfalls that were blown down ages ago. Here 1 hunt for N’s. M's and W's. In the tops of flr trees 1 hunt for K's. I go to the vine maple swamps for H. L. A. P, D and 5. I search among the cedar bough? for O. E, F and G. In certain varieties of crab-apple trees I look for X, Z and 6. My R'r come from the barberry and the alders. Wherever shrubbery grows I search for letters, but in such places as I have described I am more apt to find them.” A MISSIONARY’S ROMANCE Miss Ackerman, who is a traveling missionary for the National Woman's Christian Temperance union, and at present in Japan, has announced her •ngagement to a man who, she says, *aved her life. In a-letter just received it the national headquarters of the union Miss Ackerman says she has been “captured heart and hand by a Russian nobleman," and that they are to be married as soon as she finishes the tour she is making. The name of the prospective husband is not given. Miss Ackerman says that some years ago, while she was making temperance lectures in Russia, she was attacked by a mob and would have been killed had it not been for the appearance of the nobleman. An attachment which soon ripened into love sprang up be tween the two at that time. -- , Lead All In Saving* An advertisement in a city newspa per recently asked for information re- | garding a certain depositor in a sav- 1 ings bank. The depositor saw the ad- , vertisement, answered it, and learned that thirty-nine years before he had placed $250 In the bank. Then he had gone to Europe and forgotten the de posit. The sum had increased to more than $2,000 and came to him at a time when the money was greatly needed. Recent statistics concerning the sav ings banks of the world show that the United States leads all other countries, having over two and a third billion dollars so invested, with an average of over $400 to each depositor.— Youth's Companion. I.lvery for Motor Urlvor*. The king is setting an example of smartness by having his new motor car painted exactly like the royal car riages, with the royal coat-of-arm* on each door, and two liveried servants on the box seat. Other motor car own ers are no longer content to have a driver dressed in dark blue with a peaked cap. Lord and Lady de Grey and Lord and Lady Gosford have put their drivers into ordinary livery, while a number of well-known people are giving their coachmen lessons in motor driving.—London Mall. -■»«-» tomn on Slroot Car. ‘‘I've carried some queer things on the front platform," said the motorman of the Market street night car, “but I struck the limit one night last week. You know we are not supposed to ad* here so strictly to the rules after mlcfc night, and carrying freight is apt to be winked at. I must say, though, I don’t quite relish the idea of carry ing a coffin, but this fellow put up such a nice line of talk that I hadn’t the heart to give him the go-by. It was a child's coffin, too—a pretty, white one. He was an undertaker's assistant, and it was a hurry case—some contagious disease, I suppose. I asked him why he didn't use a wagon, and he said he couldn't get at it. At any rate, I car ried the coffin out to Sixtieth street, where the man got off,"—Philadelphia Record. St. Petersburg Needs Dentists. St. Petersburg is slowly becoming a city of toothless people. The Russian capital should he, and eventually will be, removed to Moscow mainly on that account. This, at lrasrt, i3 the opinion of a prominent merchant of the city on the banks of the Neva, who says he has heard much talk along that , line in the last few years. There are | two reasons for this condition. The first, M. Zorokoff gives is the atmos phere of the capital city. The vapor3 that arise from the marshes of the Neva have the effect of producing the decay of the teeth. The second rea son is the scarcity of good dentists. -»♦» Smoking (ioort for Soldier*. An interesting experiment was tried during the recent Swiss military ma neuvers to discover whether smoking was beneficial or injurious to troops on the march. The trial resulted com pletely in favor of smoking. Instead of destroying discipline, it preserved it, ami it was discovered that the troops who had been permitted to smoke en route proved less sensible to fatigue and were fresher and less tried at the finish than their more abstemious comrades. To Tunnel C arlnthlan Alp*. The next great tunnel that will be ■ built is to be the direct route from L’p ! per Austria to Trieste, and it will pierce the Carinthian Alps, in which is the famous Gron Glockner. Though the whole length of the line is only to be 192 miles, the money voted for it is no less than 135,000,000. There will be two big tunnels, one about five and a third and the other about five miles long. As water-power is everywhere plentiful, it was at first intended to run the trains by electric ity; but the decision was finally given in favor of steam. The maximum gra dient will be one in forty, which is the highest for this class of railway. Boy Frightened to Death. Recently at Lewisham, England, an inquest was held on the body of Sidney Harry Smith, aged 12 years. He was playing with a roller towel and placed his head through it. In some way he must have got the towel twisted, for when the servant found him five min utes afterward he was dead. A phys! cian said death was due not to strangu lation. but to the fright caused by the lad finding he could not get his heac loose. -- Cruel Treatment. It may not be generally known that there is cruelty in the keeping of gold fish. Half of such captives die from sheer want of rest. As fish have eyes so formed that they cannot endure the light, in a glass vessel they are in an entirely wrong place, as is evident from the way in which they dash about and go round and round until fairly worn out. American* as Frog-Eaters. It is estimated that the people of the United States eat 2,000,000 frogs year ly. These frogs are sought for In all parts of the country, furnishing a pay ing industry not only for the hunters of them in their natural haunts, but for scores of persons who have frog farms. French I.altnr legislation. A special commission has been ap pointed in France to codify the laws concerning working class legislation. REMARKABLE STROKES IN GOLF To the achieving of remarkable feats in golf there is no end. The other day a modest-looking Scotsman—for some Scotsmen can look modest even when they are playing golf—stepped up with a driver and made a fine drive over a bunker on a golf course near London, the ball going straight into the hole. A correspondent sends us, says the London Express, an account of what is perhaps the strangest golfing feat on record. On a northern links a play er lately made a drive, and owing to i miscalculation the ball struck a bowl der and bounded onto the roof of g cottage situated on the links, finally Remarkable Stroke front a IInu*etop Killing h lliril in Mid-Air linf Drive Into tlie Hole hi One Stroke. The other day a sparrow happened to ; be in full flight across a golf course j in the Midlands just as a player had j j sent Ilia ball on a long drive. The bird ! and the ball came in contact in mld b career; and it is difficult to determine 'j which was the harder hit, sine* both I fell to the ground together. lodging behind the chimney. The play er, being of the pertinacious sort climbed onto the roof, and, sitting astride it. took careful aim, driving th< ball from its biding place, and thereby finishing a long hole In six strokes. [American golf enthusiasts will find it hard to beat this story.] THE MATTER OF IRRIGATION. Communication of Senator Dietrich Regarding Experiment Statione. LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 17.—'The offl rials of the department of labor and industrial statistics are gratified at the work of the real estate dealers in their convention at Fremont, but ex press regret that wider publicity was not given a communication from Sen ator Dietrich, who recommended the organization of an experiment station in connection with the state univer sity for the purpose of investigating and promoting irrigation. It was the intention of the department to have this proposition submitted not only to the convention, but also to the people of the state as well, the hope being to have public interest aroused in such a way as might influence favorable legislation. "The senator explained in his com munication that the federal govern ment would materially assist any ef fort of the kind that might be made by the state," said R. A. Hodge, chief clerk of the department. “His sug gestion was that the convention should take such steps as would influence public sentiment in favor of such a project. Senator Dietrich’s idea con templated the establishment of exper iment stations in different parts of the semi-arid region, all to be under the direction and supervision of the main station at the university.” CHARTER DAY AT UNIVERSITY. Degrees Are Conferred and Alumni Organ is Presented. LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. 17.—The thir ty-third annual charter day was cele brated at the University of Nebraska. The presentation of the alumni organ took place in the chapel. During the afternoon the various departments were opened to visitors and in the ar mory there was an exhibition drill by the Pershing Rifles. A concert by tlie cadet band and an athletic contest In doors closed the afternoon program. At the conclusion of the commence ment ceremonies degrees were confer red upon twenty seven students who had completed the required work for graduation. They represented nearly all departments, the largest number being from the college of literature, science and arts. The commence ment address was by General John C. Black of Chicago, who spoke on the life of Abraham Lincoln. * Barely Escapes Cremation. FAIRBURY. Neb.. Feb. 17.—A bail Fire occurred here about 11 o'clock at night in the residence of William I’. .McPhail. a merchant of the city. Dur ing the brief absence of Mr. McPhail from the house a soft coal stove ex* ploiled, scattering fire all over the room. Mrs. McPhail, who has been a helpless invalid for many years, was the only occupant of the house at the time, and she was unconscious at the time she was rescued and car ried to the home of a neighbor. Her condition at last reports was very crit ical and it is feared she will not re cover. Her injuries, however, are more the result of the nervous shock than directly of the fire. Young Adams Causes Trouble. MINDEN. Neb., Fell. 17.—Because the board of education refused to en dorse the action of Principal Thom sen, in expelling absolutely David Ad ams. a pupil of the High school, for a violation of the rules, the teachers all handed in their resignations, ami there were no classes Wednesday. Under pressure of public opinion the board held a special meeting and ex pelled the young man. Against Levelling of Fences. ALLIANCE, Neb., Feb. 17.—The Ne braska Stock Growers’ association will hold a meeting to adopt resolu tions against the proposed leveling of fences on public lands. It is declared that this would ruin the range coun try. Time will be asked in which to settle the range question by the pro posed leasing laws now fn congress. Gets First Sample of Gold. SUPERIOR, Neb.. Feb. 17.—Captain C. E. Adams has received the first gold from the Plateau mine at Apex, Colo., in which he is interested. The ore assayed a little less than 28 cents to the pound. Held on Murder Charge. SPRINGVIEW. Neb.. Feb. 17.—Jo seph Bomber, the half-breed Indian, who shot and killed William Bellisle December 28, was given a preliminary biaving and held to answer to the charge of murder. Bad Man Receives Beatingg. MULLEN, Neb., Feb. 17.—Barney Myers came to town and proceeded to enliven things at the Red Palar,c sa loon. He ordered the men in the place to set up the drinks and when they declined he drew a revolver. The bartender ordered him to turn over the gun and upon his refusal as saulted him with a heavy steel poker and beat him into unconsciousness. Myers was then taken to a doctor’s of i lice to have his head sewed up. | THE STATE FAIR FOR 1*02. Officers Elected and Class Buperir^ tendenta Chosen, LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 15.—Officer* ■were elected and class superintend ents chosen by the State Board of Ag rlculture to supervise the wor4; of the coming state fair. »he premium list was also revised. It was practically decided to hold evening entertain ments at the fair grounds next fall. The following officers were elected: General superintendent, William Fas ter, Saltillo; superintendent of gates, E. M. Searle jr„ Ogalalla; superin tendent of agricultural hall, J. R. Cantlin, Blair; superintendent of art hall, W. A. Poynter, Lincoln; super intendent of transportation, O. M. Druse, Lincoln; superintendent of for age, Charles Mann, Chadron: superin tendent. of booths, George C. Furnas. Lincoln; superintendent of amphithe ater. A. L. Stillson, York; chiet of po lice, George VV. Overmeior, Kearney. The following class superintendents were named: E. 1,. Vance. Pawnee City, horses and mules; Elijah Filley, Beatrice, cattle; It. M. Wolcott, Ar cher. sheep; L. W. Leonard, Pawnee City, swine; C. M. Llewwellyn, Bea ver City, poultry; L. Morse, Benkle man. farm products; Mrs. G. H. Dev ereux, Omaha, women's textile depart ment; Mrs. F. M. Mall, Lincoln, fine arts; S. C. Bassett, Gibbon, dairy; Charles Fordyre, University Place, ed ucation; E. Newcomb, Friend, bees and honey; W. M. Barger, Hebron, me chanical arts; II. L. Cook, St. Paul, machinery; W. H. Barger. Hebron, in struments; county collective exhibits, W. E. Ewing, Franklin; discretionary, \\. H. Barger; speed, George F. Dick man, Seward. DESPERATE FIGHT FOR MONEY. Farmer Resists Robbers Until Beaten Into Unconsciousness. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Feb. 15.— Thomas H. Varah, a prominent far mer residing five miles southeast of Doniphan, was assaulted and robbed of $65 in his own honip. between 9 and lu o'clock at night. He was alone in the house with his children, the other members of the tamily. includ ing his son-in-law, having gone to a dance a quarter of a mile distant. Varah was awakened by a handker chief over his mouth. He threatened to call his son-in-law, but was inform ed by the robbers that his son-in-law was at the dance, showing that the robbers had been posted. They ordered him to get out of bed and go down stairs. Varah had been at Hastings the day before and in a business transaction had secured $250 in cash. On the way down stairs he took the larger of the rolls of hills and tucked it under his drawers, leav ing only $65 in his trousers’ pocket. All hut this amount was therefore saved. Farmer Killed by a Bull. NORT BEND. Neb., Feb. 15.—A farmer named Fred Ladehoff was kill ed by a bull in his feed yard near this place. His small son saw the animal rolling him along the ground on his horns and ran to tell his mother. When the two arrived at the yard they suc ceeded in driving the animal away, but Mr. Ladehoff was dead. It had been scarcely half an hour since he left, his house. The man's left side was crush ed and ail the ribs broken on that side. His head and face were bruised and his arms broken. In Interest of Old Veterans. HUMBOLDT. Neb., Feb. 15.—Cap tain J. P. (Irinstead of this city, who served two years in the Philippines with the Twenty-second regiment of United States volunteers and who was mustered out last spring and returned home, has gone to Washington to work with a number of his brother of ficers to secure desired changes in the army bill, which they believe discrim inated against a few by reason of the age limit, preventing their getting proper credit and advancement. Raising Angora Goats. CALLAWAY. Neb.. Feb. 15—Morri son Bros., ranchmen, have just enter ed into a now industry, for this por tion of the country, having received seventy head of fine Angora goats, w hich they have placed on their ranch near their place. As the increase of these animals will more than double In a year's time, it is thought they are a paying investment. It is said they are more healthful than either cattle or sheep. Root Returns to Work. WASHINGTON. Feb. 14—Although still suffering with a severe cold, Sec retary Root today resumed liis duties at the war department. Arrests for Theft of Swine. BROKEN BOW, Neb., Feb. 15 — Chris Burhof of Roten Valley, in the southwest part of Custer county, was arrested and lodged in jail by Deputy Sheriff Richardson on the charge of stealing thirteen hogs of James Byler about Christmas. Elisha Furgerson, who is charged with being an associ ate in the theft, was arrested at Kio wa. Wash., and is to be brought here. The hogs were sold at Cozad the morning after they were stolen. THE UVE STOCK MARKET. T Latest Quotations from South Omaha and Kansas City. BOl’TH 0*1 AHA. CATTI,K — Cattle receipts continued heavy, which makes the supply for four days tills week considerably heavier than for the same days of last week, as will be seen from the table of receipt.) given above. There were not so very many beef steers on sale, the bulk of the re ceipts consisting of butcher stock. Buy ers were oof fairly early and mede th® rounds, bidding Just about steady prices. In some cases sellers thought bids were ® little stronger on the better grades. As a result the cattle began moving toward the scales In good season anil the bulk of the offerings was soon disposed of. The better grades of cows and heifers were in good demand, but the market could not he quoted any more than steady. Packers seemed to want what was on wale, but they dill not want to pay any more than they have fur the last several days. There have been u goow many of the medium grades and canners on sale all the week, so that packers are not particularly anxious for supplies of that kind. Bulls were In good demand Where the quality was satisfactory, but the common kinds were neglected. Thu same was true of veal calves and stags. There were quite a few stackers and feeders on sale, but the demand was suf ficient to take w hat was offered at steady prices, where the cattle showed weight and quality, la some places cattle an swering- to that description sold a little stronger. HOGS—The heavy receipts of hogs con tinued. Packers, of course, tried to pound the market, ami they succeeded to quite an extent. The best heavyweight hogs In most cases were not over 5c lower, tint all others were fully a dime lower ‘••id very slow sale at the decline, lie 0 fad, packers would not look at anything ■ but the better weight hog - oit the open ing market, und as a result the market was very slow. The better weights sold largely from $6.10 to 16.25, and as high an JH iu was paid for prime hogs. The medi um weights sold mostly from $5.90 to $6.10, uml the lighter loads went from $5.lib down. SlIKlaP—There were about as many sheep and lambs oit sal)- as arrived yes terday; and the demand eoattnued active, and us a result the offerings changed hands about as fast as they came In. The prices paid were not materially changol, and the market could best be described by calling It active and steady on all desirable grades. The quality of the offerings today was fairly good on the average, so that sellers had no trou ble In disposing of what they had on hand. There were not enough feeders on sale to test the market, but us there was a liberal inquiry for good stuff it Is safo to call tbe market fully steady. KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Best grades, strong to 10 higher; common, steady; choice export and dressed beef steers. t5.S5Jiti.6o: fair to good. $J.S5'p5.65; stoekers and feeders, $3. 50® 6. Ob; western fed steers, $4.75ft 5.75; Texas and Indian steers, t4.4bJ45.60; Texas cows, $2.75. .4.50; native cows, $.1.00® 4.50; heifers, $1.75® 5.25: canners, $2.00..2.90; bulls. $1.00® 4.50; calves, ti.50ftti.75. HOGS- Market opened steady to 5c low er; closed strong! top, $6.50; bulk of sales. $5.75®6.40; heavy. $ti.:!5ftfi.50; mixed pack ers, t6.o0b6.Ki; light, $5.3Oft6.10; pigs, $1.75 ft 6.25. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market active, shade higher; native lambs, $6.00®6.3fi; western lambs. $5.60ft6.25; native wetners, t4.5bft5.10; western wethers, $4.50® 5.0b; yearlings, $5.25ft5.SO; ewes, $3.50ftl.ti0, culls and feeders, $2.00® 4.50. LIBERTY TORCH TO DIE OUT. Congress Fails to Make Appropriation^ for the Light. NEW YORK. Feb. 13— Liberty’s torch is to be put out. The lofty light iu the hand of the bronze goddess, standing on Bedloe's island, in the upper New York bay. that has been allowed to grow steadily dimmer since Bartholdi gave the magnificent statue to the United States, is to be perma nently extinguished. Sentiment, it is said, which has kept the beacon burn ing all these years, can no longer keep it alight and now the govern ment will snuff it for all time. News of the contemplated exting uishment of the torch has been re ceived in the form of a notice to mariners, sent out by the lighthouse board of the treasury department at Washington. It states that on March 1. 1902, the light will be discontinued. Installed on the island to furnish current for the torch there is a pow erful electric plant, hut it is unused. A few lamps of smaller power furnish barely enough illumination so that the beacon can be made out by pass ing mariners. I^ek of a congressional appropriation is said to be the cause for discontinuing the light. Seven Men Killed. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 15.— Seven men were killed and at least fourteen were seriously injured by a huge boulder weighing fifteen tons crushing into the caboose of a work train on the Choctaw. Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, twenty miles west of Little Rock, at 1 o’clock this morning. Nebraska Fruit Wins Medal. CRETE. Neb., Feb. 15.—E. F. Steph ens of this place has received a bronze medal for the exhibit of Nebraska ap ples at the Parish exposition. On one side is the inscription, "Eposi tion. Universelle. Interventionale, 1900. E. F. Stephens.” On the other side, “Republique. Francaise.” Shifts Bleme on Ambassador. LONDON, Feb. 14.—The Associated Press understands that the under sec retary for foreign affairs, Lord Cran liorne, will inform the house of com mons that Lord Pauncefote, the Brit ish ambassador at Washington, acted merely as dean of the diplomatic, cowps in summoning the meeting of April 14. 1898; that he did so at the instigation of other diplomatists amTl' that he acted in those proceedings en tirely on his own initiative.