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X3i 'i V A 4 fjf& ? "'""'rrr!r?t'? "" "" V$!?ri lit I I A K. Musings oS the Metropolis News of New York Town Outlined in Brief Form. 1 jit i tt 'fit Gift of Birds to Point Millinery Moral NHW YORK. Mrs. Frank K Hturgls, known in society Jioro nnd In Leu ox, Intends tlio gift of n rnllocllon or raro nnd beautiful birds of paradise which Kim litis JiihL pros( uleil lo tho Aniorlran Museum of Natural History iih a first aid for dislocated mllllnory morals. Sho Ik a member of tlio museum and also n loading spirit In tho Audubon society, wlilcli Is pledged to provont tho daughter of birds for purposes of hat ndornniont. Sovornl of tho rarer bird skins cost $IU0 each un mounted, and there Is not ono not of high Intrinsic worth as well as of scientific value. Thcso birds aro found only In Now Guinea and In n fow Islets off Its const, nnd dcsplto their limited number thoy are hunted remorselessly by "plum ers" employed by wholesale milliners. Tho plumage of tho male birds attains lt dnzzllii; beauty In the mating sea son, nnd tho killing thoroforo Is caus ing tho species to disappear. F.nglnnd lias recently passed a law which goes into effect on January 1, 10l)!t, for bidding tho further Importation of the plumngo of such birds into the United Kingdom. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw EVELYN NESniT THAW Is not suf fering from tho hnrdttp financial condition that Is nllegcd to havo driven her husband into bankruptcy. She was in a real cstnto office on .Mad ison avonuo tho other day hunting for "a nlco country plnco," as sho put It. Shu woro a gown of royal purple, n big-brimmed hnt with a mass of blnck fenthers, hlgh-hoclcd, low-cut shoes which showed stockings to match her gown. "1 would like lo buy a Httlo house on tho Hudson," sho snld, "sotnewhoro near Nordlca'n place. I may want to try my voice." Though worried nt first by Harry Thaw's bankruptcy proceedings, Eve lyn Thaw declared that she believed her own incomo from the shattored forluno of tho slayer of Stanford Whllo is safe. Sho Is spending her rMK Heart of Old Tenderloin District to Go PLANS filed In tho building bureau call for tho rcmovnj of the row of. buildings on tho north' side of West Thlrty-flret street, between Ilroadway. tind Sixth avenue, which was a gonor-' utlon ago tho heart of the old Tender loin district. Tho old row of buildings that formed tho core of the- llfo or tho notorious section between West Thir tieth street and West Thirty-sixth street In tho days wlmn Alexander Williams was "tho Czar of tho Ten doiloln" Is to bo razed to make plneo for an 11-story commercial building, to be constructed for William It. H. Mar tin, a clothing merchant, at a cost of $350,000. It wnB an odd coincidence that tho cottrmnnd in tho old West Thlitleth Ktieot pollco station, which was the Gotham World's Most Cosmopolitan City lllAiw mm THERE is not In nil the world a moro conglonmrato city than Now York, nor ono that hn such a small proportion or old nntlvo slock Ouo or tho smallest groups in the population of tho metropolis is rtom old colonial nncestors which, accord ing to tho most diligent Investigation, does not number moro than .'11,000. Thcio aro but fow nnto-rovolutlon fam ilies roprcsontcd In Now York city, and but compnrntlvoly row from colo nliil New England sottlod here and loft descendants. All told, tho descendants of Ameri cans for two or moro generations do not number moro than 1,200,000 In tho population of Now York, and most of thouo have como from othor parts of tho country, particularly west or tho Empire state Most of tholr nncestors cnir.o hero within rour generations. In order to point the moral mom sharply n placard hits been prepared for the ettse in which the collect Ion Is displayed, which bears a map show Ing how small New (Utltica la and also tho legend: "In vlow of tho limited area they Inhabit, tho into at which the true bltds of paradise aro now being killed for mllllnory put poses renders It prob able that they will soon bo brought to tho verge of extinction. It Is great ly to bo regtetted that these, the most beautiful of feathered dentures, should bo sacrltleed for no moro do nlrnblo end than to gratify a season's fancy." No collection In the wholo Institu tion could be nitiilo more alluring thnn Is tho ono which .Mis. Htttrglo has pre sented. It Is In n well proportioned case of walnut, patterned after those seen In the establishments of Fifth avenue modistes, and tho stuffed birds aro displayed under a soft yel low light. Of the S5 known varieties of birds of paradise IK) are represented in tho 70 specimens Tho collection Is better than any other in the United stales nnd is sur passed only by collections lit London and in Dresden. The varieties aro named largely fiom members of tho royal families of Germany. Tho as Gomblngo was gathered after two years' leseaieh by Frank M. Chnpmnn of the museum stuff, who Is n noted ornithologist ami has achieved remark able results In the mounting of birds. Far from "Broke" $12,000 annunl allowance and tho $50, 000 settled upon her by Thaw without reserve. Purchases of the latest gowns nnd hats nnd liberal weekly gifts of cash sent her mother, .Mrs. Chtules J. Hoi man of Pittsburg, are amazing tho frlonds of the former chorus girl. Tho parent who was charged by lawyers engaged In the Thaw trial with having plotted to sell her dnugh tor and accepting money from Stan ford White, whoso Infatuation for Eve lyn led to his death, is said to receive at least a fourth of tho girl's money. Checks and money orders for amounts running Into tho hundreds havo been sent to her homo In Pitts burg. Evelyn's reckless expenditures have been brought to tho attention of Mrs. William Thaw, mother or tho prisoner, who opposod the award of money to her and Is oven now embarrassed by hor son's Inability to pay her tho thou sands ho borrowed In his fight for freo (loin. It Is declined that only her son's pica that Evelyn needed tho money has provented a piotest from hor. original Tenderloin .station, moved out of tho ancient building that had been used sinco 1809 to the new building di rectly ucross the stteet. Tho block that Is to be raxed within a fow days 1ms boon "closed" for seven years; that Is, it has not been the scono of wild night revels such iih It had up to the tlmo Do very was ousted from tho pollco department. Tho dooniod buildings Include Tom Gould's one-time notorious Sans Soucl, -tlw. Illlink .,1111 1r..,.. II. .1 Tt mu ui.u nun nuwiwi .in IHIUUllllll, HOW merely a drinking parlor, the Star and Garter, the old Emplie tlardon and Phil Mllllguifs wlneroom. Thero aro other places In the row Hint stood the brunt of police raids In spasms of reform that swept the city from tlmo to time and compelled many a commander of tho Tenderloin to go unwillingly to another precinct. Thore waB no cei oniony attending the romov nl of tho police to the now station on tho south side of West Thirtieth streot. a . jyoo.uni) lortllke structure, with iron-barred windows on four of Its live Homy Far more ihaii two thirds or the mm. ulutlnn of New York city, or 11,037,000 or Its Inhabitants, came fium abroad or were born ol torelgn parents. Of ths the Jews lead all, with a popula tion of Oin.OOO. All or these are not f i om one country, but come from sev eral lands, Uussla lending with tho largest number, followed by Germany. Polnnd. Hungary, and other countries! There are mom lilsh hero who came f nun Ireland or who were bom or pnmntH who came from thero than there are people In Dublin, or In other words there am 820.000 or them. Tho Italians come m.xt. with a population of 01 1.000, which Is mom than all tho residents of Naples. The Germans In Now York who came hero from Fnthor land or aro descendants or parents rrom thero number mote than tho pop ulation of Frankfort, for there are 300 000 or them. ir these first and second generations or rorolgners thero nro 7r,000 rrom England and Scotland. 52,000 Hohonil ans, fil.OOO Scandinavians, 02,000 Hun garians, 10,000 French and 115,000 Greeks, Tuiks, Syilans, Chlneso, Jnp aiiese and xoplos from other countries not mentioned. STRANGE ROW . 'SSSxi' - ' iwwvunr vww i -cjt r -" . - - - --.r. ,;. acr? - z. .. . f i j ZMR7zzi&.': iT "Wi. ' lEw. U ' IfA' ' VBl mmBmmiiemmmmm rrom tfrr(n;ri!i,roTlKM,l)j Undernoml .t UmlcrwouJ.N. Y. On the rivers of India the clumsy-looking craft above seen are common sights. The vessel is considerably different from the American row boat; the prow of the craft is open and the oars are long, overlapping each other, and are lashed to upright posts fastened to the sides of the boat. BEARS FEAR MAN. SOME GOOD STORIES UPSET BY CHARLES SHELDON. New York Millionaire Hunter Says Bruins Are Not So Big as Gen erally Supposed, But Skin Can Be Stretched. Spokane, Wash. Charles Sheldon of Now York, millionaire clubman, au thor, mighty hunter nnd a Ynlo man of 1890, has just returned from u hunting expedition In tho interest or science. lie has camped nt the baso and nbove tho timber lino on Mount McKlnley, tho "highest peak In the United States, ior tho last 12 months. DIVORCE COURT ON RIVERSIDE. Judge Parts Wisconsin Pair at Trial Held In Open Air. Appleton, Wis. A half rotted stump of what once was a giant of tho forest served as tho witness stand, whllo all outdoors, with a river view to tho fore and a gentle, sloping hlllsldo to tho rear, was tho courtroom when Judgo John Goodlnnd, who for 12 years has presided over higher judicial matters in the Tenth Wisconsin Ju dicial circuit, gi anted a dlvorco de cree to Mrs. Ada Ebellng from Wil liam Ebellng. Lnto in the afternoon Mrs. Ebellng, ncpompnnled by her attorneys, mado n flying trip in an automobile from Green Hay to Appleton, with a vlow to seeming a divorce. Judgo Goodlnnd was nt his suinmor homo nt Telulah Springs, on the Fox river, a few miles east of Appleton. Undaunted by this condition, they sped to the jurist's home. Tlio at torneys hastily piesented their case and convinced the judge that tho de fendant was willing that tho action go by default, and wlthout-the formality of going to tho courthouso Judgo Good lnnd called a session of court on the river bank. Mrs. Ebellng wns asked a few stereotyped but necessary ques tions nnd tho decree sepurntlng her from the mau whoso wlfo sho bocamo only three months previously was Is sued. WATERMELONS SAVE LIVES. Water Would Have Boiled In Desert, So the Story Goes. Los Angeles, Cal. Stranded In the desert and dying fiom thirst, n large party of Indians woro relieved by an expedition cnrrjlng three wngonlonds of wntermelons. Tho rescuers woro unahlo to carry water, which would have boiled la tho deseit, whore tho thermometers icglstered 120. Tho party, composed of Mojaves and Yitnias, were crossing tho desert nenr tho Needles when their water gave out nnd tholr horses beenmo exhausted. Ono young Indian volunteered to rldo to Needles for aid. Tho officials were puzzled as to tho manner of rellof, however, as they know water would boll or ovaporato as soon as tho desert was reached. Then tho watermelon plan wan hit upon and all of tho Indians were saved oxcopt ono old chler, who ex pired beioro tho relier party came. Girls Indicted for Giggling. Hardlnsvlllo, Ark. Miss Efllo Snow and Miss Mlnnlo Utloy, belles of Har dlnsvlllo, havo been Indicted by tho grand Jury on tho charge of disturbing public worship. They gave bond ror their appearance In court. It Is alleged titnt the girls talked and nlckored as thoy oxclumgcd gos sip In church. Frlonds of the young womon declare that tho girls woro amused by the p penraneo of somo ono In tho congre gation and were unahlo to koop from tittering. Thoy nro highly respected in this community. BOAT OF INDIA .., ss - - Hfll r . mm jt .-ffnWMtaftt-M ( T "" . Mr. Sheldon offered his services to the biological survey of the agricultu ral department five years ago, and sinco that time has given all tho spe cimens or animals and birds ho secured to tho government. Ho says that tho 12 months ho has spent In tho wilderness near McKlnley havo been a most pleasant year. It gavo him opportunity to study nature, which Is his hobby. Ho asks nothing for his work, and docs not even take a set of moose horns or a pelt of nny of the ninny big animals ho has killed. Ho said, among other things, In tho course of a chat the othor day: "I havo klllod about 40 or CO griz zlies, and never havo I seen ono of DESIGNED NEW JnfiLflll k S&Arv 9 r ft. m-j mmmirH . tsk .,, CowrlKlit by Wulilon KawcetU A. C. Vrenn, the man who designed the new American flag which con tains 40 stars. The additional star is added for the new state of Oklahoma which was admitted to the union on July 4 last. Pension Office Commissioner Warner Reports, Show ing Results Since He Took Post. Washington. An Incronsoof 371,089 pensions Issued, with a saving of ?l,3l3,iiiiG out of the reduced appropri ations for the maintenance or tho bu reau during 1905-8, covering Ponslon Commissioner Warner's administra tion, as against tho period of 1901-4, Is announced In n compilation of fig ures given out at tho Interior depart ment. Tho figures nro taken from Commissioner Warner's report, which will bo Issued shortly. Tho statement follows: "From 1001 to 1904, inclusive, thoro woro Issued 510,251 certificates of pen sion. From 1905 to 1908, Inclusive, thero wero Issued, not Including 202, 577 Increases under tho net of April 19, 1908, mado by dlroctlono to pon slons agents, 887,340. This makos an Increnso or 371,089. "From 1901 to 1904, Incluslvo, there was paid as pensions 554,888,977, ami from 1905 to 1908, Incluslvo, $571,391,048, an lucrcaso of 1G,C02, 071. "The operating oxponsos of the bu reau from 1901 to 1904, Incluslvo, wero $15,281,748, and from 1905 to 1908, Inclusive, ;13,077,1G2, u decrease of J2.204.586. "Whllo tho appropriations ror tho maintenance of the bureau h" Seen thorn thnt did not try to get away. I never had any thrilling escapes, nor did a bear ever chargo me. Hears aro afraid of men and 1 havo novcr seen any other kind. That might not Bound llko a good Btory, but tho fact is I havo longed to meet a boar that would havo put up a fight. Then, again, I huvo never killed a bear that measured over C1 feet. 1 havo hoard of bears being larger than that, but 1 havo never seen them. I can tako a hear skin and make It 12 feet long, but that would not only to stretching the skin, hut tho truth, and I profor the truth when It conies to my work. Yes, my work, or Bport, as It may bo called. "I Bpcnt a plcnsant winter In tho Tnnaua, nnd I nm bringing back hun dreds of specimens of mammals from tlio little wood inouso to tho mooso. I havo not any big heads. Thoy nro what wo call maturo heads. In fact, all that I brought down were maturo specimens. Nothing will bo known us to whothor I found any Bpecimons until tho department at Washington examines and compares them. "I got between ten 'and fifteen griz zlies. The largest wns GVi feet long. Wo only measure tho hear from tho tip of tho noso to tho baso of tho tall. And all tho measurements nro mado when tho animal after bolng killed Is laid out on tho level ground. It Is very easy to get a ten or twelve-root pelt out of n six-foot bear, for row skins stretch so easily ns a bear's hide. I could havo mado somo or mlno largo, but proiorred to bo accurate. "Tho mooso and othor mnmmals killed or trapped woro maturo speci mens. I could have killed many ani mals during tho winter, but proierrcd to select only what I thought either big or inhiy good specimens. I got many mountain sheep, but those, too, wero tho same as killed In other parts of Alaska. In fact, I saw no new spe cimens of any kind of animals or birds." When Mr. Sheldon went into tho McKlnley district last July ho char tered a steamer to carry his supplies up tho Knntlshna, and ho then used pack horses to the head of tho Tok lat, where ho established headquar ters. He had "Kid" Cartons, a noted guide of tho Tanana, running between Falrbnnks and his cabin all winter, carrying in supplies and tnklng out pelts and specimens of gamo. During December and January Mr. Sheldon made his way up tho slopes of McKin ley to see what altitudo Bhecp and other gamo ronmed in midwinter. Ho lived abovo timber lino for somo tlmo. AMERICAN FLAG Saves Big Sum. reduced ench year sinco 1901, thoro havo been saved and covered Into tho treasury as unoxpended of such ap propriations sinco that year fl,343, GG0." BIRTH; LAND VALUE RISES $1,000. Each Baby Born In New York Adds Big Sum to Real Estate Worth. Now York. Tho tax department lias sent Its nnuual report to tho mayor. Tho total assessment of real and personal property In this city Is $7,158,190,400. Tho nssessed vnlno of ordinary real estato, excluslvo of spe cial franchises, is ?G,141,500,119, and tho lucrcaso in tho nssessed valuo of ordinary real estato Is 437,490,4G7. Tho lncreaso In tho assessed valuo of ordinary real estato exceeded tho aggregato nssessed valuo of real os tato or tho flvo stati of Florida, Mis sissippi, Oklahoma, Orogon and Wy oming, which have au area moro than eight times as great as tho wholo state of Now York. Tho assossod valuo of real estato in tho city of Now York, it Is assort ed, not only Increases rapidly in the nggrognte, but nt the sumo tlmo In croasos per capita, nnd on tho avor ago tho lncreaso In tho value off Now York land amounts to $1,000 and In taxable real estato to $1,500 for every baby born In tho city. Best Part of It. A Now York woman flrod at o burg lar who was entering her window. Of course, she missed him, but the best pnti of It Is that sho did not kill an innocent passer by. The Open Window. The best part of a modern hotiso In Its windows. To keep these open day and night and to mnko tho nlr lnsldo nppronch as nearly as possible tho air outside should bo tho first busi ness of the housekeeper. Oood Health. Her Discovery. "It's funny how different pcoplo took out of doors," said tho flat dwell or. "Yesterday ns I stood In my neighborhood waiting ror a car a man looked nt me, hair smiled, thon took off his hat. I wondered nt his cheok until I discovered through boiiio sort of mental process that he was my now groccrymnn. It was tho first tlmo I had seen him in his coat and hat." An Uncommon Souvenir. A small grocery on First avonuo has ft souvenir for Wednesday. It Is a tiny paper cornucopia or prepared mustard which tho proprietor, who Is a foreigner, hnnds tho customer with ns much display of courtesy as if It wero a little sliver knife, rork or spoon, nnd which Is nccepted In tho manner In which It is offered. N. Y. Press. Dentists Will Rejoice. Comment Is being mado In tho pub lic press on tho fact that in recent photographs of public porsons most of them aro represented with their mouths open and quantities or teeth showing. As It happens In most of tho cases referred to tho effect Ib very good, but It will not do for tho public generally to havo itself so photo-' graphed. Tyranny of the Servile. It is the nature or somo minds to Insult and tyrannize over Httlo people, this being tho means thoy use to recompenso themselves tor their ox tremo servility and condescension to their superiors slaves and flatterers exact tho sanio taxes on all below them which thoy pay to all abovo them. Henry Fielding. Extends Gutta Percha Supply. Reports received from tho Hlack eea coast and tho Caucasus afilrm that ondeavorB to cultlvato and naturallzo thero tho Indian rubber treo known as "dlchopslB gutta" are proving eminent ly successful. Considering how very restricted is tho geographical distri bution of gutta percha trees, great Im portance Is attached to this discovery. Emigrant Dumping. Britain still regards the colonlos ns dumping ground tor her Irreclaimable criminals. She no longer sends thorn out In convict ships, but when sho Bees a colony recklessly ottering homo nnd sanctuary to nil comers sho releases her Jail birds and covertly packs thorn off to tho new land. Melbourne Age. His Somnolent Influence. "I has been tol'," said Hrotlior Dick ey, "dat my sermons puts rolks tor sleep; but dat's all right. Doy Isn't' doln nny harm whilst dey Is n-slcepln', an' doy'll wako up fast enough w'en do dovll blul's a fire under 'iim!" Atlanta Constitution. What a Doctor Learns. A young doctor thinks a doctor Is About tho greatest thing In tho world, and talks a great deal about the dig nlty of his profession, but an old doc tor has very Httlo to say about tho dignity of his profession, nnd takes no medicine Atchison Globe. Straight Path Always Best. Nations as well as men havo gono down to tho dust in dlsgrnco when thoy fell away f:om tho rectitude of,' morality and tho code or truth. Sub tortugo and dishonesty havo paved tho vay to extinction and oblivion, whllo Integrity and manhood havo upraised tho standard of commonwealths and placed It on tho sun crowned heights of victory. Wonderful Swiss Machine. An automatic machine capablo nt threading 1,000 needles por mlnuto i3 a mechanical marvel of a largo Swiss factory. The operation lncludos pick ing up tho needle, propelling It to tho Biiitablo position, tying a knot, cut ting tho thread and roturnlng tho needlo to Us assigned resting placo. Learn This To-Day. Tho courtesy with which I recelvo a stranger, and tho civility I show him, form tho background on which ho paints iiiy portrait. John Paul Rich tor. Lincoln Directory m&mMaamiammwmmwmmMmmimmumijmmmm Beatrice' Creamery Go. Highest Prices Guaranteed for Cream See Our Agent In Your Town or Write Us Gasoline Engines Our new 4 oyolo motor U iteslgnnd oa poclnlly for farm uud b1io. CUSIIMAN MOTOR CO., LINCOLN, NE3R. A y C.M 1 j.