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Annual Henley Regatta a Scene of Reauty The splendid semi-social function which is held annually at Henley-on the-Thames took on an added interest to Americans this year in consequence of the fact that the two greatest ama teurs of the American continent were there to battle with the oarsmen of Europe for the famous diamond sculls, and that no less tian two eight-oared crews from this side of the Atlantic contested with the great university teams as well as those from Britain's most famous rowing clubs, for the tro phy that up to the present time has never been taken from the oarsmen of the little Island. The attendance of Americans at Henley was greater this year than ever before, for it is a safe conclusion that cosmopolitan crowd than the Henley event. Even without the royal patron age. which has never yet been official ly given it. the nobility, the visiting nabobs, the smart London set and all \ isltors who> can spare the time to do so, swarm to Henley. The regatta lasts three days, and during this period, sober little Henley Is turned topsy turvey by the reveling crowd. Coachloads of people tumble down upon it; deliberate English, vol uble Americans, gesticulating Euro peans and on every countenance there Is the anticipation of good sport ahead, mingled with the necessary grain of uncertainty which makes the Henley event most attractive. As early as you choose to go to the the blue of Yale streaming from tb* parasols and hats of the Americana the paler blue of Eton and Cam bridge, the pink of T.eander, the huoi of Trinity, worn by English men and women, and waved aloft when th< crew comes into sight. Houseboats gay with bright awn ings, flags and bunting/ lie lazily along the shore. Smart little naphthas art banked against them. English and Canadian canoes boh restlessly around between, and rub paint with tubs and family boats. River barges, giddy lit tie skiffs, and standing in the sterr of a punt a girl is craftily using a poU to push herself nearer the hem of the crowd. Elderly Britishers with amusing THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE AT HENLEY. of the many thousands who crossed i the Atlantic to see King Edward crowned there were few who were not found along the banks of the Thames to cheer their countrymen on to vic tory. The Henley course during racing week presents one of the gayest and most brilliant spectacles to be seen tn England during the entire season, and there are none who enjoy the festivi ties more than the light-hearted Americans, who try to forget the de feat of Harvard in '69, Yale in '94, Cornell in '95 and Yale again last year, and who were on hand this summer as usual to trumpet for Old Eli and urge our oarsmen to exert themselves to their best. Next to the Derby, it may be said that no sporting event in England calls out a larger, more formidable or more little strip of Thames, you will find it crowded with pleasure craft. Hardly a hand's breadth of blue water is va cant, and a newcomer wonders how the boats will ever find room to race. Nobody cares to move. Everyone is occupied looking for the crews. The scene is far gayer than any midsum mer American scene. The men are out in flannels, blazers and straw hats, scaning the river with field glasses, waiting impatiently until their favor ite crew pulls evenly down between the cheering line of spectators. Scat tered among them are the American men, in sober coats, watching for their countrymen’s colors, that they may give them rousing cheers. If American colors are popular at home they are triply inspiring when seen floating by at Henley. On every side there is the flaunt of partisan ribbons, anxiety, stand up in their craft and scan the water. The fluttering dra peries of the English women, the smart water costumes of the Ameri- | can girls, add to the lively maze ol i color that fascinates the eyes of those | fortunate enough to occupy seats in the stands and boathouses that over look the scene. When the race is over another sort of gaiety begins. Bands of musicians travel along the bank and station themselves near certain barges which pay them large sums for ex clusive entertainment. The salmon, cucumbers and champagne cup are brought out. The great crowd feasts. The bank is a line of gaiety, music and song. Night fails and gaiety i3 still on the increase. Henley looks around and wonders. There are two days more of it, equally festive. ^VSA(%^^^VVVNA^VV,%A^VNA^VVVVV' Library Building Erected in Memory of Gladstone On the brow of the hill from which Hawarden church commands a mag nified. blrdseye view of the estuary of the Dee and the Cheshire plain, in England, there stands now a new and imposing building which the visitor to Hawarden will be informed is St. Dei niols library, one of the national me morials to the late Mr. Gladstone. The origin and object of the struc Gladstone, who, eminent no less as a theologian than as a statesman, estab lished the foundation for the advance ment of divine learning.” St. Deiniol's library, erected out of the nation’s gratitude to the memory of one of her greatest sons, will thus carry on a work begun by Mr. Glad stone himself. The great statesman after his retirement from tliet strife of brary has led to an increase of the books bequeathed by Mr. Gladstone, and the number of volumes now avail able for students is nearly 35,000. The books arranged by Mr. Gladstone in his own peculiar style, will be trans ferred to the new building when it is ready for their reception, in precisely the same order. The new building, which is costing ture will be found eloquently ex pressed on its foundation stone, the laying of which was one of the last public acts performed by Mr. Glad stone’s distinguished neighbor and friend, the late Duke of Westminster. Cut in the stone is an inscription which reads thus: “In this building, erected to hi? memory by a grateful nation, is pre served the library of William Ewart • / politic* had removed to a temporary iron building near the church thou sands of the theological and classical volumes which composed his famous library at Hawarden Castle. There he arranged them with his own hands, and there they are today (pending their removal to the new library) to be read and studied by students from all parts of the globe. An endowment attached ta the li £10.0(»0, is rapidly approaching conv pletioo. It is built of Heisby stone, and its handsome porch and finely carved turrets and pinnacles, in Gothic style, give it a classical appearance. No date has yet been fixed for the opening ceremony. Put all your eggs in one basket—but watch that basket.—"The Empire of Uusineu " LAKE OKOBOJI. On the Milwaukee Railway. For a short or long vacation this beautiful lake offers a most econo mical. yet delightful outing. Quickly and easily reached from Omaha via the Milwaukee Railway, altitude almost 2 000 feet, air always cool and invigorating. A beautiful, clear deep lake with high shores pic turesquely timbered with hardwood trees. Excellent fishing, boating and bathing. Moderate priced but good hotels. This is a list of advantages not to be equaled. Full information cheerfully furnished at the Milwaukee Railway City office, 1504 Farnam street. F. A. NASH, Gen. Western Agent. Blackberry Crop. All things considered, says Country Life in America, the blackberry has been our most profitable bush fruit. It is a heavy cropper, a fairly reliable ylelder. easily picked, continues many years in profitable fruitfulness, and generally is in good demand. Its dis advantages are softness for long-dis tance shipment, a slight tendency to scald, and a season of fruiting that brings it into direct competition with peaches. However, this real disadvan tage of season often becomes a decided advantage during a short peach crop, which often occurs. It then has the market to Itself without a dangerous competitor. The Record of a Marrying Parson. The sixth annual reunion of the Rev. W. L. Meese Matrimonial asso ciation was belli in Noel's Grove near LaGrange. Ind., on June 18. The members of this association are the hundreds of couples married by Mr. Meese. The latter keeps an accur ate record of the couples he unites, and he claims no other preacher can show an equal number. Of all his marriages it is said that no one has ever been divorced. For a Finger Nail, $200. Franz Muller, a Viennese artist, was very proud of his beautiful nails, which were the envy of many ac quaintances. One of thes was so con sumed with jealousy that he broke one of the beautiful nails, whereupon the bereaved artist sued him for damages. A jury has just awarded him 1,000 crowns, about $200 of American money. Algernon Sartoris as a Soldier. Algernon Sartoris, a grandson of General Ulysses S. Grant, is to enter the army. Young Sartoris is 2S years old, a fine, strapping, athletic fellow. He is ambitious to serve in the foreign branch of the army. He was educated at Oxford university. During the Spanish war he served on the staff of General Fitzhugh Lee as a captain of volunteers. AUDITORIUM STOCK CONTEST. Number of Tickets Sold and Interest in It Increasing Every Day. Interest in the Auditorium Stock Contest, which was opened in Omaha July 1, has increased steadily every day since that time and the project promises to be a great success in ev ery way. The plan adopted for dispos ing of a sufficient amount of the com mon stock of the Omaha Auditorium Company to complete and furnish what will be the largest and handsom est building of its kind in the north west. is very simple. The common stock has been divided into shares of twenty-five cents each, and with each share the* purchaser is given two guesses, one on a special prize and one on a list of 1,001 prizes. The capital prize of $5,000 in gold, contributed by the Defiance Starch Co. of Omaha, Neb., and 1,000 other prizes, ranging in value from $2.50 up to $3,500. contributed by the business men of Omaha, will be awarded im mediately after the election next No vember, but the contest for them has already opened, and will close Octo ber 28, or as much sooner as the shares of stock are sold. The capital prize will be awarded to the person guessing closest to the total vote which will be cast for governor of New York, November 4, 1902, and the othe. prizes to the 1,000 persons mak ing the next closest guesses. The total vote at the last five elections was: 1891. 1,105,085; 1894. 1,275.671; 1896, 1.434,046; 1898, 1.359.190; 1900, 1,556, 520. There will dp seven more special cash prizes, to be awarded the first and fifteenth of each month until Novem ber. and persons buying tickets now have one guess with each share of stock on them as well as on the other prizes. Each special prize will be in cash, and not less than $.';0 nor more than $.j00. The prize, divided into small bills and “changv" will be di vided and put into two sacks without being counted, and the person gues sing nearest the amount in the larger sack will be given the contents of both sacks. The contest is not confined to residents of Omaha or limited to any number of tickets. Anyone desiring further information or tickets should address Omaha Auditorium Co., Omaha, Nebraska. Big Demand for Jockeys. So many of the ablest and most skillful American jockeys aic now rid ing in England and upon the Eu ropean continent that the demand for competent lads in the saddle is now more urgent in this country than at any time since Longfellow and Harry Bassett met in their memorable series of contests. Uncle Sam's Exact Population. The total population of the United States on June 1. 1900, as given by the final results of the twelfth cen sus, is 84,233,069. The Chinese, British and Russian empires are the only countries which have a greater number of inhabitants. They also have a greater area. State Without a Head. For seven hours one day recently the state of New York was without an executive head, Governor Odell and feenator Ellsworth, president pro tem., being in the west, Lieutenant Gov ernor Woodruff in Europe and Speaker Nixon in Ohio. When it comes to cutting remarks the tongue has the sword beat a block. Gra choppers as Admission Tickets. The residents of Ephraim, Utah, the agricultural section of San Pete county, where the crops last y**ar were completely ruined by grasshop pers, have adopted a novel method of exterminating the pest, which is again threatening the crops. A se ries of entertainments have been ar ! ranged, the admission to which is ' one-half bushel of grasshoppers. At | the first entertainment—a dance— | seventy five half bushels o. grass j hoppers were presented to the ticket I man at the door. After tne dance the “hoppers” furnished fuel for a bonfire to properly top off the occa sion. Variety Show on Shipboard. Arrangements are reported to have been made for the introduction of vaudeville entertainments on some of i : the ocean liners. The scheme will | be given a trial on the steamer St. Paul’s next trip out of New York. I The entertainments will be furnished entirely by male talent, according to present plans. Never douui a girl’s veracity when she says she can't sing. It’s ten to ! one she can’t. In one respect the little birds arc [lucky. .heir grandmothers never | spoil them. What Might Have Been. Sonoma, Mich., July 21st.—Mr. De los Hutchins of this place says: "If I could have had Dodd's Kidney Pills 25 years ago I would not now be crip pled as 1 am.” Mr. Hutchins spent from 1861 to 1864 in the swamps of Louisiana as a northern soldier and with the re sult that he contracted Rheumatism which gave him much pain till Mr. Fred Parker, the local druggist, ad vised him to try Dodd’s Kidney Pills. The first two boxes did not seem to help him very much, but Mr. Park er, knowing that Dodd's Kidney Pill3 would eventually cure him. pressed Mr. Hutchins to continue amd by the time four boxes were used the short, sharp, shooting pains which had tor tured his hack, hip, and legs were entirely gone. Mr. Hutchins says: “I can not tell you how much better I am feeling. If it were not for the way my hands, feet, and knees are drawn out of shape 1 would be about as good as ever.” The man who likes to hear himself talk is usually the only one who cares to hear him. 8100 Kowaird 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure non known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease. requires a constitutional'treat ment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting direct ly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength bv building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing its work. The pro prietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer one Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Address !•’. J. CHENEY & CO , Toledo. Of Sold bv druggists 7"n\ Kail's Family Fills are the best — Liberty consists of letting your wife do as you please. Shetland Ponies. Real Shetland ponies, says Country Life in America, are scarcer than most persons imagine. At last ac counts there were only a couple of ’ thousand, roughly speaking, on their native isles, and they are rapidly be ing exported or spoiled by the admix ture of other and larger breeds. There are comparatively few pure Shetlands in this country and many of the ponies offered for sale by dealers as such are really half-breeds or Iceland ponies. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, Notre Dame, Indiana. We call the attention of our reader* to the advertisement of Notre Dam* University, one of the groat educa tional institutions of the West, which appears in another column of this pa per. Those of our readers who may have occasion to look up a college for their sons during the coming year would do well to correspond with the President, who will send them a cata logue free of charge, a„ well as all particulars regarding terms, courses of studies, etc. There is a thorough preparatory school in connection with the Univer sity, in which students of all grades will have every opportunity of pre paring themselves for higher studies. The Commercial Course Intended for young men preparing for business, may be finished in one or two years, according to the ability of the student. ST. EDWARD’S HALL, for boys un der thirteen, is an unique department of the institution. The higher courses are thorough in every respect, and students will find every opportunity of perfecting themselves in any lino of work they may choose to select. Thoroughness in class wrork, exact ness in the care of students, and de votion to the best interests of all, are the distinguishing characteristics of Notre Dame University. Fifty-eight years of active work in the cause of education have made this Institution famous all over the coun try. Fire insurance solicitors should be lightning talkers. GREATLY REDUCED RATES Via WABASH RAILROAD. New York and Return. Atlantic City and Return. From Chicago .$1S.00 From Omaha .$36.1*5 Tickets on sale July 17 and 31; August 7 and 14. Stop-over privileges allowed at De troit and Niagara Falls. Special rates on sale daily to all summer resorts. Stopovers allowed on all tickets at Detroit and Niagara Falls. Ask your nearest ticket agent to route you via the Wabash railroad. For rates, lake trips, and all informa tion, call at Wabash New City Ticket Ofllce, 1601 Farnam St., or address Harry E. Moores, Genl. Agt., Passen ger Dept., Omaha, Neb. A well-bred person is one who doesn't boast about it. IRONING A SHIRT WAIST. Not infrequently a young woman finds it necessary to launder a shirt waist at home for some emergency, when the laundryman or the home ser vant cannot do it. Hence these direc tions for ironing the waist: To iron summer shirt waists so that they will look like new it is needful to have them starched evenly with Defiance starch, then made perfectly smooth and rolled tight in a damp cloth, to be laid away two or three hours. When ironing have a bowl of water and a clean piece of muslin beside the iron ing board. Have your iron hot, but not sufficiently so to scorch, and abso lutely clein. Begin by ironing the back, then the front, sides and the sleeves, followed by the neckband and the cufTs. When wrinkles appear ap ply the damp cloth and remove them. Always iron from the top of the waist to the bottom. If there are plaits in the front iron them downward, after first raising each cne with a blunt knife, and with the edge of the iron follow every line of stitching to give it distinctness. After the shirt waist is ironed it should be well aired by the fire or in the sun before it is folded and put away, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. BROWNELL HALL. A well equipped school for girls. Graduates of Vassar college, Radcllff college, the Woman's college of Baltimore, the university of Nebraska, and the unlvers.ty of Chicago, Include! in the corps of lnst-uctors for 11MJ2-03. Music. art and the , modern languages taught by women of attended residence In European capitals under the Instruction of the best masters. (Jives good, general education anil pre pares for any college open to women. Principal's certificate admits to college. Special attention to the development of individuality and also the development of a sense of social responsibility. Thoroug mess Insisted upon as essential to char acter building. Out-door sports and a lar e. new sunny gymnasium equipped with Swedish apparatus. Physical training daily under the direction of a professional Instructor. Hanpv home life Terms mo ierate. Send for catalogue. Address, Miss Macrae. Principal. Omaha. THERES NO USE ARGUING Defiance Starch ts the very test Starch maiW It's a fact. Hundreds will testify to It d Try It once yourself. V We guarantee satisfaction or cnonty hack. You can’t lose. Defiance Starch b absolutely free from chemicals. Ill makes the clothes look beautiful and will not rot them. I Get it of your grocer. ^ !6 ounces for 10 cent*—one-third more dun [// you get of any other brand. T THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., I OMAHA, MLB. *7