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A GIRLISH WHIM.
HAS CAUSED THIS WOMAN HER
SHARE OFQLOOM.
FlMt it Wa onlr a Joke, hut It Orrnr
Into a Determination Now Mm I Old
hihI Without a llunliand hut Maintain
Ureat Intercitlnthe World' HUtory.
DMIRERS of Chas.
Dickens hnvo con
sidered his picture
of "Little Mls3 Hav
ersham" as greatly
overdrawn, but It
remains for the
historic old towu of
Brookvllle, Ind
from Its home on
the Whitewater to
parallel Dickens'
Ideal and surpass It. The strange talo
has been recalled by the flying visit
of the lover of other dayfl to the home
of his childhood, but the hand of time
has borne heavily, nnd but one of all
his youthful friends remains to wel
come him, while his quondam sweet
heart retains her strange seclusion.
Drookvllle sets between tho confluent
streams of the Whitewater rivers, nnd
tho long, low tongue of land at their
Junction was In the palmy days of the
canal boat a busy place, but when the
"freshets" came 'It was submerged and
citizens of the town found nxcltemout
In watching tho muddy water swirl
over the sand bottom. Here on one
such occasion came three pairs of lov
ers. The ladlos sat on a tuoray log,
while the gontlemen went down to the
water to Investigate more fully. In
their absence one remarked that It
would be fun to maintain silence when
their beaux returned. The three agreed,
and carried out the caprice. Tho mat
ter was soon adjusted, however, so
far as two couples were concerned.
With tho third pair the matter hail a
different termination. Hadloy John
son" and Miss Phoebe Meeks, like the
others, were affianced. But Miss Meeks
seemed to allow a strange spell to set
tle over her. From that moment of
that merry Joke she never again spoke
to her lover. Nor was he again accord
ed an Interview. The lady retired to
her room, where sho has since re
mained, and lives today, In her old age.
Her lover pleaded for at least an
explanation of her strange conduct, but
nono was forthcoming, nor nro her
own people able to explain her ac
tions. Mjss Meeks has been an eager
reader, and her mind bus been well
Btored. Sho has maintained a groat
Interest In the current world's history,
and intelligently, nay, even ably, dis
cusses the events of the world's prog
ress. Tho mind seems unusually clear,
nave In this one line. The house stands
on Main street, Its stoop reaching to
tho sidewalk, which her foot has never
touched, and her sisters long and suc
cessfully conducted a general millinery
business. In the last few years Miss
Meeks has retired to her room, und
now denies herself to all visitors.
Her lover married and found a home
In the far west. The wife died, and
twenty-four years ago he returned to
visit his old home. He was welcomed
by his old-tlmo chums and an endeavor
made to effect a meeting between the
erstwhilo lovers, but Miss Meeks would
not consent. And so the years rc"ed
on, he making a place In the world;
sho sitting within her lonely room.
Nearly all whom she knew in active
life are gone Into the groat beyond.
' Whatever it was that caused hor pe
culiar Inactive life the secret has been
kept locked in her own breast and she
will now probably carry It to her
grave. During her life with its lack
of definite purposo, her town has sent
out many noted men and women,
MISS PHOEBE MEEKS.
among them Low Wallace, Joaquin
Mlllor, Gen. P. A. Hackleman, Hear
Admiral Gllsson. Capt. Jamos B. Eads,
olght governors, four Untted States
sonators, and numerous college presl
lents and Judges.
Two Uojr Drowned While C'ouiting,
At Roadlng, Pa., Edward Breasler
and Ellsworth Sands, each 9 years of
ago, were drowned in the Schuylkill
canal, noar tho foot of Penu street.
The boys, disregarding repeated warn
ings, had been coasting down the
banks of tho canal, and crossing from
ono aide to the other on the ice all
afternoon. Just before dark, as they
wore making what they said was to
be their "last trip before supper," the
ico broke beneath tho boys, who were
on tho same sled, and both sank.
Thli Infant Ha Four Kan.
It is reported that a child was re
cently born in Reborsburg. Pa., with
four fully developed ears. If this is
a fact, and thero is no reason to doubt
It, If that child Bhould Hvo It will hear
twice as much ns It will bo able to Bee,
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Florida, of all the states, has the
most water within Its boundaries, 4,440
square miles.
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TOBACCO'S MARTYRS.
Cruel ruiiMhiiienl King Inflict! on
Karljr Smoker.
Small boys struggling with tho after
effects of their first encounter with n
cigar do not h ivu half as bad a time
as some persistent smokers lu tho past
had. Eastern potentates once despoti
cally treated their subjects for Indulg
ing In a smoke. In Persia, where but
recently dire strife for possession of
the tobacco monopoly reigned, Abas I.,
of dread memory, cut off tho lips of
those who smoked and the noses of
thoae who used snuff. On one occasion,
when ho had discovered a man soiling
tobacco, he threw both tho man and
his wares into the Are. The Turks, un
der Armurath IV., were simply pun
ished If they Infringed his edict not to
smoke. Cruel acts were practiced by
Mohammed IV. Sir Edward Sandys of
Pontrefract In his travels In 1G10 says
he saw a Turk, who had been caught
solacing himself with a quiet smoke,
dragged before the tribunal and con
demned to the torturo of having u holo
pierced through his nose and a pipe In
sorted, Then ho was seated on a don
key, backward, and driven through tho
city. Not less cruel were the barbari
ties practiced In Russia under enrly
czars. Any subject caught smoking
was publicly knouted, nnd In some In
stances his nostrils were spilt open. If
guilty of a second offense ho was put to
death. The ambassadors of the duke
of Holsteln, who visited Moscow In
1034, were eye witnesses to a public
whipping of eight meii and one woman
found selling brandy nnd tobacco. By
way of palliating this punishment, It
was stated that numerous houses had
been set on fire In Moscow by smokers.
Killed Iterance He Wa Ilroke.
A young English coal miner, William
Morgan, who supported his aged fath-
er and Invalid brother, was Instantly
killed by Thomas Giddy, his landlord. !
WILLIAM MORGAN.
at Seneca, III., Tuesday morning. Mor
gan resided in u small cottage owned
by Giddy, who called to collect his rent,
and was told that tho month In tho
mlno had been poor, but ho would bo
paid as soon as possible. Giddy began
removing the windows of tho houso,
and, when Morgan offered resistance,
picked up a heavy fishing spear and
thrust It into Ills breast, striking the
heart. Ho then assaulted Morgan's
father, making an ugly but not fatal
wound In tho neck. Giddy coolly re
turned home after the crime, but was
quickly captared.
Queer Sort of a Calf.
Thomas McKlnnoy, a farmer living
In tho town of Union, N. Y has a curi
osity that would prove attractive for
any museum. Last Wcdnesdny his
cow gave birth to a calf which hau
threo legs behind and one in front, the
single limb being of unusual size, and
taperlngi down from the broast. Tho
skin of the animal was smooth, with
out a sign of hair. It lived only a
short time, nnd on being dlssooted it
was found that tho under sldo of the
skin was covered with a fine downy
fur, tho hide having the appearance
of being wrong side out. Mr. McKIn
ney will have the animal stuffed.
Killed III SUter.
After a desperate chase and strug
gle, In which the sheriffs of Johnson,
Emanuel, and Montgomery counties, In
Georgia, woro engaged, George Odum
has been captured. A couple of weeks
since ho shot and killed his sister be
cause she would not receive the atten
tions of a beau whom he had solected
for her. Since that tlmo he Iiub been
hiding out in tho swamps In the upper
part of Montgomery county, holding
tho people in terror, as ho was heavily
armed. Ho Is now in Jail In Swains
boro, securely guarded.
Curlou Kffect of Natural tin.
Jonathan Hoffman, a well-known cit
izen of Elwood, Ind., whose hair was
almost snow white, was engaged In
attending to a gas well which was
broken loose from Its moorings, and
was in the atmosphero of gas for soma
tlmo. Slnco that time his hair has been
growing steadily darker. He Is at a
loss to understand what caused tho
change unless It was his being in tho
gas for so long while fixing tho well,
Didn't Run aud Wa Inttantly Shot.
At Fulton, Ky., Dave Browdor, white,
while drunk, started to leave town at
3 p. m. At tho edge of town he met
two negro boys. Browder had a Win
chester rifle and commanded the boys
to run. Isam Williams, colored, 18
years old, disobeyed. Browder shot
him in the head, killing him Instantly.
Browder escaped. A posse and hounds
started In pursuit.
luuoumla Victim Form Club,
A number of young men afflicted
with sleeplessness have formed the
Midnight Social club of San Francisco.
They meet every night when more far
tunato mortals are sweetly slumber
tog.
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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, MAJWH 26
IN L. J. GAGE'S SHOES.
NEW PRESIDENT OP THE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK.
Aaiuuol M. Nlrkrrnoii, Who Stircred to
the I'oiltlnn of the .Secretary of tho
Trcamirjr I a Hkllfut Financier- III
Career a n Hanker.
AMt'EL M. NICK
ERSON, who has
once more becomo
president of the
First National
Bank of Chicago,
to succeed Lyman
U J. Gage, resigned,
wns born lu Chut
f ham, Mass., in 1830.
He has been a res-
i d e n t of Chicago
since 1857, and during an the time of
his restdenco has been Interested In
banking nnd other enterprises requir
ing capital and lluanrliil training. Mr.
Nlckerson was elected vice-president
of the First National when that bank
was organized In 18G3, nnd was later
made president and continued In that
position until Jnuunry, 1891, when he
resigned and was succeeded by Mr.
Gngo. Since that tlmo ho has trnvolcd
oxtouslvely In this country and abroad,
and made ono tour of tho world.
Whenever he hnB been In Chicago ho
has given his tlmo to tho bank, und
has been chairman of tho discount
committee. Ho will now devoto his
ontlro time to the bank. Mr. Nlckerson
was president of the Chicago city rail
road from 18G4 to 18G7. Ho organized
tho Union Stockyards National Bank,
now the National Live Stock Bank, In
1867, and was president of It for sev
eral years, resigning from that posi
tion and from the presidency of the
street railroad company to devoto his
ontlro time to tho management of tho
First National Bank. Mr. Nlckerson
said recently that ho regretted the ne
cessity of Mr. Gage's resigning, as It
put him back to a placo from which
he had once resigned.
SAM M.
The Ladle of Llangollen.
A writer In tho Century Magazine
brings back to our memories tho ro
mance of the high-born recluses of
Llni.gollen, who passed tholr declining
days together in tho seclusion of the
lovely Deesldo Vale. Lady Eleanor
Butler was tho Instigator of the plan
by which she and her younger com
panion, tho Hon. Sara Ponsonby, es
caped from Dublin society and tho at
tentions of a too persistent wooer to
nature's own solitude. They adopted
an invariable costume consisting of a
heavy dark-blue riding-habit, with
stiffly-starched neck-cloth, and gentle
man's hat and boots and a profusion of
rings and brooches. In 1820, when
Lady Eleanor was past oighty and hor
friend sixty-five, Chas. Mathews, tho
celebrated actor, was playing at Os
westry, twelvo miles from Llangollen,
and tho ladles went to sco him, having
secured seats In ono of tho boxes. Their
appearance so distracted the actor's at
tention that he continued his part with
difficulty. "Though I havo never seon
them," ho says, "I instantaneously
know them. As they aro seated, thero
Is not ono point to distinguish them
from men tho dressing and powdering
of their hair, their well-starched neck
cloths, the upper part of their habits,
which they always wear, oven at a din
ner party, and which aro made precise
ly like men's coats. They looked ex
actly like two respectable superannu
ated old clergymen."
To Train Colored Nurae.
The University Medical college of
New Orleans has determined to estab
lish a training school for negro wom
en aa nurses. The object 1b to supply
well-trained nurses who will serve for
moderate pay. The trained nurses
who are now In Now Orleans are not
numerous onough to meot tho demand,
and they are paid for their services at
a rate which many people who need
them cannot afford.
Algy Suppose you buy stocks, Choi,
ly, and I sell them at tho same time?
Cholly Aw yes? Algy One of us
would make money, doncherknow, and
we could divide the profits. Puck.
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THE KORESHANITES.
A Queer Seel Who Think the WorM II
Hollow,
One of the queerest of religion Is
Koreshanlty, n smnll Chicago sect un
der the leadership of Dr. Cyrus E.
'iced, who bears tho title of Koiesh
The Koieslinnltes bellevo that the uni
verse U a hollow sphere, on tho con
cave part of which we live. The In
terior, which Is eight thousand mllea
across, Is filled with threo belts of nl
niosphcictho air which we breathe,
then hydrogen, thon nhoron. In tho
center of this vast space Is situated
tho sun, which Is about ono hundred
miles lu diameter. Tho Koreshnn sys
tem teaches, however, that the sun Is
hidden from sight by threo atmos
pheres, and that what human beings
sco as the sun Is a focallzallon of the
true sun's energies nt a distance of
1,300 miles from tho earth's surface.
Tho sun aud tho world aro supposed to
constitute a mighty galvanic battery,
which develops millions of cathode
rays that are projected back and forth
on the Inside of tho globe aud flash
out here and there as stars. Each of
the planets Is supposed to be not a
real innterlul globe, but really tho en
orgy of one of the minerals In the
earth's rind focalized In space nnd
mado luminous ns light. There Is a di
vision of the social system of Koresh
anlty Into two distinct general orders,
the prime and superior order being
celibate, the Inferior being marital.
Tho object of tho celibate order is tho
conversion of tho sex energies for tho
higher spiritual, mental and physical
regeneration. Koreshans maintain
that tho dissipation of the sex forces
Is tho cause of mortality, and that Im
mortality will come only through the
purification of the mind and body in
obedience to the principles of collbacy
and chastity Instituted by Koreshanlty.
Tho headquarters of tho society
have, for somo years, been In Chicago,
but Dr. Teed so resonts the humorous
attentions of the newspapers of that
city that he is preparing to establish a
special home for his followers at Es
toro Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The
NICKERSON.
ground plan of tho now Jerusalem, as
It Is to bo called, Is a square containing
3G square miles. Tho slto for the con
struction of the temple is 1,000 feet in
diameter, surrounded by a circular sea,
300 feet wide, tho water to bo supplied
from Estcro bay and Estero river.
Ml llrlmlejr Sheridan.
Miss Emily Brlnsley Sheridan, who
now takes tho part of Mavis Claro In
the dramatized version of Mario Co
relll's "Sorrows of Satan," Is making
her first appearance on tho London
boards since she played with Mm
MISS BRINSLEY SHERIDAN.
Langtry at t'jo Opera Comlquo more
than a year ago. Miss Sheridan is the
daughter of Henry Brlnsloy Sheridan,
M. P., and tho granddaughter of Sir
Richard Perrolt, and was very success
ful as an amateur before sho adopted
the stage as a profession.
One Fair of tllove for Two.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says: Gen.
H. S. Huidokopor and Stato Senator
Francis A. Osbourn are veterans of tho
civil war, in which each lost nn arm;
but, while Gen, Huldokoper is minus
his right arm, Sonator Osbourn mourns
the loss of his left. For years it has
been tho practice of the two veterans
to make one pair of gloves do for both.
Whenevor the general purchases a now
pair he Invariably sends tho right
glovo to the senator, and whon the sen
ator Invests the general will got the
left glove.
laVI
1897.
WILL A MAZE AMERICA
TRANSMISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION
ATiOMAHA NEXT YEAR.
Product of the Went nnd .Smith l'ro
Jeet Will He ItroiiKhl In it MU'ritill
iMiie Something Ahniit I he lrent
, KuternrUe.
wuitwiu I'CUi'i.;
EVERYONE It
ha Is talklti
Trans - Mlssl
nnd Interna
(Omaha Letter.)
Intlmn
talking the
Mississippi
and International
exposition, lead
ing men of the city
und stato hnvo tak
en hold of the pro
ject, with a deter
mination to push It
to BitcccsHful Issue.
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Its scope Is being
gradually unfolded, and tho people of
tho western states aro beginning to
see that It contemplates an exposition
of the wealth, productiveness, and re
sources of the grcnt west, nnd that It
Is not to bo a locnl affair. It was prim
arily designed to display only tho capa
bilities of western states, but, as plans
developed nnd broadened, nn Interna
tional character was given tho enter
prise, and ns such It received recog
nition nt the hands of the United States
congress. Tho net passed by congress
last June, which Immediately received
tho approval of President Cleveland,
pledged $200,000 for tho purposes of n
government exhibit, buildings, and
proper supervision thereof. The act
provides that there shall be exhibited
at tho Trans-MlsBlsslppI exposition by
the government of the United States,
from Its executive departments, tho
Smithsonian Institution, the United
States fish commission, and tho Na
tional museum, such articles and ma-
PRESIDENT WATTLES.
terlals as Illustrate the functions nnd
admlnlstratlvo faculty of tho govern
ment In time of peace, and Its resources
is a war power, tending to demonstrate
tho naturo of our institutions and their
adaptation to tho wants of tho people;
that such exposition shall be national,
as well ns international, In its charac
ter, in which iho people of tho United
States, of Mexico, of the Central and
Southern American states, and of tho
states of the old world, shall be Invited
to participate. Medals, with appropri
ate devices; emblems and Inscriptions,
commemorative of snld Trans-MlsslB-elppl
and International exposition, and
of the uwards to be mado to tho ex
hibitors, will bo prepared at somo mint
of tho United States for tho board of
directors. Articles imported from for
eign countries for tho solo purpose of
exhibition, upon which thero shall bo
a tariff or customs duty, will be ad
mitted freo of payment of duty, cus
toms fees, or chargos. Regulations
governing entries for foreign goods In
tended for exhibit at tho Trans-Missis-
slppl exposition havo boon Issued by
Secretary Carlisle. The regulations uro
almost identical with thoso in forco
during tho Atlanta exposition.
Tho peoplo of Omaha and vicinity
havo subscribed to tho exposition stock
in tho sum of $425,000, and aro re
sponding promptly to calls for assess
ments thereon. Stock subscriptions aro
constantly being made and the board of
manugors is confident that tho citi
zens of Omaha will raise tho total
stock subscriptions to a sum exceed
ing $1,000,000 within tho next few
months. Tho Burlington railroad sub
scribed $30,000. A bond subsidy to be
voted by tho taxpayers of Omaha and
Douglass county, of not less than $500,
000, is in contemplation.
Tho working forces of tho exposition
aro thoroughly organized nnd nro doing
most offectlvo sorvlce. The actlvo
management is In tho hands of nn ex
ecutive committee of Boven mombors.
Erich member of tho executive commit
teo Is the mnnnger of ono of tho seven
departments Into which tho work of
tho exposition Is divided, Theso man
agers were chosen from among tho fifty
directors elected by tho stockholders of
tho oxposltlon. Tho bill beforo tho leg
islature, carrying nn appropriation,
provldos for state commissioners, who
must bo elcctod as members of tho
board of directors, in order that tho
stato may havo a voice In the affairs
of tho exposition. The congressional
act, as a mattor of course, provides for
commissioners who will havo chargo
of tho government exhibit nnd building.
The articles of Incorporation of tho ox
posltlon provldo for u vice-president
for each of tho twenty-four trans-Mis-slsslppl
Btates nnd territories, to bo
appointed by tho governors of tho ro
Bpectlve states Tho vice-presidents
aro as follows:
Resident vlcc-presldont for Nebras
ka. Gov. Alvln Saunders, Omnha; Ar
kansas, Hon. W. G. Vinccnheller, Little
Reck; Minnesota, Hon. Frank H. Pea
vey, Minneapolis; Montana, Hon. W.
II. Sutherlln; North Dakota, Col. C. A.
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Lounsbcrry, Fargo; Iowa, George p,
Wright, Council Illuff, sioiith Dakota,
Thomas H. Wells, Hot Springs; Ne
braska, William Novlllo, North Platte;
Missouri, John Doniphan. St. Joseph;
Kansas, (', A. Fellows, Topcka; Ari
zona, Charles It. Diako, Tuscon; Cali
fornia, George W. Parsons, Los An
geles; TexnR. Gustnv RoyntcrsholTor,
Galveston; Oklnhoma, Eugene Wallaco,
Oklahoma City; Idaho, II. P. Shawhan,
Payetto; Novnda, William J. Wtnlnr
fleld. Reno; Utah, I.011U W. HhurtlllT.
OriIpii City; Colorado. Henry P. Stwlo,
Denver: New Mexico. L. Bradford
Prince, Santa Fo; Oregon. II. H. Cook,
Salem; Alaska. Gov. James Sheakloy,
Sitka.
Tho officers of the exposition nro:
Ourdon W. Wnttles, president; Alvln
Saunders, resident vice-president; Her
man Kountze, treasurer; John A.
Wakefield, Bocrotary. Tho executive
committee Is composed of tho follow
ing: Znchury T. Llndsey, chairman
nnd manager of tho department of
ways and means; Edward Rosewntor,
manager of tho department of pub
licity; Gilbert M. Hitchcock, manager
of tho department of promotion; Froe
mnn P. Klrkeudall, manager of tho de
partment of buildings and grounds;
Edward K. Bruce, manager of tho de
partment of exhibits; Abram L. Reed,
mnungcr of tho department of conces
sions; W. N. Babcock, manager of tho
department of transportation.
Tho plnn for a board of lady man
agers has been approved by the oxocu
tlvo committee It provides for a)
board of twonty-sovon woraon, whlchl
Is to havo chargo of all oducatloanll
mutters and of congresses on phllo-l
sophlcal and scientific subjects. The
board is to bo composed of representa
tives, as follows: Omnha, 11; Couuclli
Bluffs, 2; South Omaha, 2; and oaeh
congressional district of Nebraska, 2.
In tho threo elites named mass meet
ings were held recently, at which thet
women managers wcro selected, Massi
meetings In tho sovoral congressional
districts will In like manner elect repre
sentatives. Tho congressmen aro re
quested to name tho dates and places!
for holding these mass moctlngs.
Plans for a fow unique and highly
attractive features have already beonl
favorably recolvcd by tho promoters
of the exposition, as well as tho pooploi
at large. Ono which has attracted
much nttontlon Is tho proposed silver
palace, which will bo tho central flguro
of tho mineral exhibit. It Is proposed to
set apart u portion of tho grounds for
this exhibit, under tho designation of
"EI Dorado." Tho building will be
about 450 feet square It will be con-',
structcd of metal and will bo silver
plated. Mr. S. S. Bcaman, an eminent.
Chicago architect, has submlttod a'
sketch of tho proposed palace.
In tho mining section thero will be
reproductions of famous mines in min
iature. Tho Mcrcur gold mines of Utah
will bo shown In this way; tho ex
hibit to cover possibly an acre of
ground.
A novol fcaturo of tho exposition wilt
bo tho ethnological exhibit. Represen
tatives of every Indian tribe on the
continent will bo assembled In greater
or less numbers. Tho war Implements,
abodes, varloty of apparel, tho various
ornaments and aboriginal Jowolry with
which tho tribesmen bodeck themselves
will bo shown. Tho wild Apacho of,
tho southwest nnd the soml-clvlllzedi
Indian of tho Five Nations or oT the
reservations will commingle, and the
progress mado by agencies for the civ
ilization of the red men will bo shown.'
Tho exposition managers havo do-1
elded to erect a building to bo devoted
to tho Grand Army of the Republic.)
An extensive collection of war rellcsi
will form n most interesting feature i
of this building. Gen. T. S. Clarkson
of Omaha, commnndcr-ln-chlef of the
Grand Army, says the government,
having becomo Interested In the expo
sition, would gladly furnish all tho
trophies and mementoes of the civil,
war and of preceding wars, which are
embraced lu tho priceless collection In
tho War and Navy museum. Many
states will also bo Induced to lend tholr
collections for this exhibit. ,
The highest aim of, tho promoters of
tho Trans-Mississippi and Internation
al oxposltlon of 1898 Is to show to the
world tho vast extent of wealth and re
VICE-PRESIDENT SAUNDERS.
sources possessed by the states and ter
ritories west of tho Mississippi river.
From this region comes nearly all
tho gold and sliver produced In the
United States, and nearly every min
eral known to commerce Is dug from
Its mountains. Botween tho Mississippi
river and tho Rocky mountains lies tho
granary of America. Cereals of almost
every description aro produced In great
abundance. Tho production of sugar
In tho United States Is confined almost
exclusively to tho states of Louisiana,
Nebraska, Utah nnd California. The
cotton of Loulslann, Texas, Arkansas,
and Indian territory constitutes one
half of tho cotton raised n the United
States, and Its annual value Is com
puted to bo $161,000,000. The timber
of tho Pacific coast states, Missouri, Ar
kansas, Minnesota, and Texas la almost
limitless in extent and variety.
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