Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, May 30, 1907, Image 7
DEAD MERCHANT f , HE SOMETIMES , DRIVES TRADE AWAY FROM THE TOVIN. HINDRANCE TO LIVE MERCHANT . Arc aD Much to Be. Feared :10 the I . Competition of the Catalogue Houses-Should De Awak. I ' ened rled. 't . Why'should the 110me merchant bo Imtronlzed Instead of the mall oroor 110U901 The subject -hns been exhausted - hausted almost and from all points of ylow and all sides Ulero Is no yaUd reanon wh ' the merchant at homo should not-excepting two , price and nrtlcles wanted. It Is not the Intention of the wrlt01' to jot d9wn n pleasant fIow of lall- guago or to produce an Interesting bIt of roadlng matter , but mel'ely to state In a few slmplo sentences what I have . and learned of the .I seen conlllotlton between - tween the catalogue houses and the : ' ! 'I.\tI , homo morchants. In the first place no , ono lommunltr : : suffers greatly In thIs competition. That malws the problem I . all the moro difficult In solution. I mean b this that the majority of buyers - ers In no one communIty purchase by mall. The busIness of the mall order house Is scattered over n largo toni- tory , the number of orders coming from any ono communIty compared with the whole Is comparatively small to t110 number of orders In the town. There Is an exception to thIs In a communIty - munIty Wh01'O the home merchants are dead oncs and ask exhorbltant prices. - , . . , , . o or harvest sale or the 1(0 ! : ? nut \Vh \ ) not ? These two storeteepera } are bIt. tel' agnlnst the mall order houses. I wonder why ? 1 talked with the rail. road agents In Umt tltUo city nnd ho saId lots of hardware and furnlturo was shIpped tn. Ho sahl , "One day 1 mado. out an express order for $3.1 to par for n. bill of hal'llwaro. I told the man to go up and BOO 1 ( the merchant couldn't fill the order. ' 110 went but soon came hacle , saying that 'ho dIdn't have half of the stuff on hnnd and that ho wouldn't cut 11. bIt on what ho dId ho. vo. ' " Column after column has been wrItten - ten deploring the fact that the buyer spends her or hIs money nway from homo , that she or ho Is holpln to build up the mall order house to the detrl. ment of the homo 1110rchnnt. 'rho sen. tlment Is good and the cause Is worth ' of the efforts bcln 111ado to stop thla 11111101'tOW : but 110 n1110unt of writing , nnd no amount of homo patriotism will over overcome the bnd effects of the dead morchnnt In the lIttle town. The truth can bo plnlnh' scon. Lot us tU1'l1 back to th ( ' oncr:1.1 StOl'C3 and loole up the proprietor of nn ' one. Ho probablr will be found busy waitIng on a customer , but If not I ho will tell ) 'OU thnt it Is not the cab ! ' lo&ues alone 'tho.t ho fears , but also thilt It Is the lethargy of those twb dealors. The ' are hcIlJlng to drlvo away tro.do from homo. I have wo.T1dored from the subject nnd gotten OYor on the buyers sldo of the fence : bllt IIm't It well nt times to lool { nt the other sldo of thIs pitlo.blo story ? I started to write a few lines on "Why People Should Trade at Homo , " I and have gotten Into the fIeldof "Wh ' the Homo , 1\1erchant Should Indllco 'I I P..coplo to Trade at Home. " It may bo ' , Ifalr to the lItt town to.onco In . to. I . _ . - I II I I I . . . . . , When the - local editor and the . local merchant put their shoulders to the I , . wheel of local progress the town will move , Its industries will thrive , It will prosper. But remember the editor can not do It , all ; he asks and must have the merchant's assistance. " . uuuuu . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To lUustrate. There Is a lIttle city In the central part of Wisconsin. a beautiful - tiful little place , with its shad ' streetn and pleasant homes. It has several general stores owned by live , wide- awake merchants. who are hustllng for business , yet are always lJleasant and ready to visIt with a customer. They 11.1'0 not put out at any time to show goods , taldng down bolt after bolt of cloth and ma'be then not malting oven a five.cent sale. They take that as part of theIr business : they are always wming to send post-haste to the city for any artlclo the ' may not have In stock that Is wanted by a customer : , , theIr stoclts 11.1'0 . up.to"dato and free , from sholf-worn goods. These men , malte the hllmblest customers feel welcome - - como In theIr stores , and particular at. tentlon Is paId to waIting on children , " , 'to giving them even hetter measure and ' . . _ quality than theIr elders vould reo i , celve. And these mon are advertisers. 'Thoir ads in the local papers 11.1'0 . I' changed regularly and show time and \ study. They mcct the mail order man , , 'more ' than half wa ' In slleclal sales and clearing of odds and ends. Hero , Is an Instance where there is no legi. timato excuse for a person sendIng ' away after goods. And the people do , not. Very few articles of general mol" < ; handiso 11.1'0 . shipped Into that city. The buyer and seller are worldng 1n Imrmony to their OW11 betterment and advantage. " But look at the other sIde. The cIty whIch wo have In mInd has one hard. ware and ono furnIture store. Both l1avo faIrly good stoclts for the sIze of theIr clrclo of trudo , but just stop Into either ono of these stores. The proprietor - prietor may bo In the back room or the bacle ) 'ard for all you lenow. but by and by some stir Is heard and lolsllroly ho mo.kos hIs appearance-nelthor store 11as need of a clerli : and probably'wlth some grumbles about bOlng disturbed , , , asks what Is wanted. There might as bo placards In the store announc. , . Ing "Buy whut I've got and Iwep still" : ' and " 'Ve are busy , don't dIsturb us. " , No orrort Is made to show you an artl. cle : nothing Is ever taken down from the shelves unless dIrectly aslted for. NeIther ho.rdwaro nor furnIture mo.n ncts willIng to cet what rou want tr ho does not have It In stock. And agaln- neIther ono of these storefJ bellovo In ad vertlslng. The ) ' mo no SlJaco In tholr homo pupers ; a newcomer would ' never Imow the cltr IJOSSessed such places of business enterprise. Whoever , over heard of a countrr hardware or furnlturo store hayIng a slJeclul so.le , . whllo throw a few shovels full of earthen on the dead merchant , lest he stlnketh and polluteth the rest. EDWARD T. HALE. SOME REMARKABLE HORSES. Wonderful Stories About the Steeds of Famous Men. In his letters to Lord Gmnv11l0 , pub. lIshed by the Royal PhilosophIcal so- cloty , who was also greatly Interested In natural hIstory , Smithson. the founder of the SmithsonIan Institution in America , relates how the horse of Alexander the Great , Bucephalus , would at night , on hearing a blast of the trumpet from the soldIers on guard showing the approach of the enomr , run at great speed to hIs mastor's tent ; l11d with his teeth grab the sloepin I monarch and shalw him until ho sprang Into. the saddle and galloped toward 1 the onemy. I Also that the great Caliph Haroun.ol. Raschid in the eight centmy In marchIng - Ing toward the forces of Queen Irene of Constantlnoplo constantl ' had a number of traIned ArabIan horses ( dl. I rect descendants of the fatuous hors\ owned br Ishmaol 4,000 years ago ) thrown forward as scouts , who from I time to tlmo returned to camp and b ' a peculiar whInny and neigh reported the proxImity of the enemr. But. to como down to the present dar , It is related by 11. rotlred Now England cTergyman , whose sands of Ufe had nearl ' run out , that ono day on leadIng hIs horse down through a lane to a brook for a drinl ( the anImal sUddenly halted and , turnIng Its head round , grabbed t:1' with Its teeth one of Its hInd shoes which had just dropped err , aud , holding It In its mouth with the nails dangling , It baclted up agaInst a stone wall and clapPed It onto Its hoof o.nd with 11. few violent Idcks nailed It on agaIn. Tl e Actor's Complaint. The physlclo.n loolwd grave. "I give 'ou , " ho saId , "but ten more yenrs of work , " . "GrindIng hIs teeth , the actor hissed malevolently : "Curso ) 'OU , why didn't you toll mo thIs before ? Are 'ou aware that you have robbed me of at least sevell tare. well seasons ? " Where the Difference Lies. "What Is grand opom as dIstInct from light OIJOI"l ? " "Oh , ) "OU lll'otcnd to appreclato ono , J but ) 'OU can o.llpreclate the oUlor.w , ' . . ' 4 . COLD IN THE TROPICS I I EXPERIENCE OF FRINCH EXPE.I DITION IN WILDS OF ANDES. . Average HeIght In WhIch Explorers Lived and Worked Wns 13,000 Feet Above Sea Level-Hard to Secure Servants. Parls.-A sclentlnc expedItion which has spent sIx 'enrs In the wUds of the Andes has just returned to l'ranco ; and Col. BourgeoIs , Ita chlof , has glvon some rcmarlmblo details ot Its exporl. ences. It was organIzed to make anew now sot of observations from wblch to verify the length ot 11 , degree on the equo.tor-tho unit upon whIch the F'rench stan ard of mt'asuremont and the motrlc system are based. The slto chosen for the worle was the nolghborhoOlI of Quito , Ecuador. It was so hIgh up In the mountain a tho.t although In the very center of the torrid zone the men lived under arctic conditions. The )11\rty ) consIsted of ten commIssIoned and 27 noncommIssioned officors. With three exceptIons the entlro )1o.rty ) upent the entlro sIx years In the worte. Ono of these who gave up was Commando.nt 1\Iassonot , who preceded Col. Bou 'geola at . the heo.d of the expedItion. Lonellness was ono ot the thIngs the men had to fight hardest agaInst. They llved to a largo extent amid fields of snow and Ico. The country below thorn was often Invlslblo frol11 clouds hanging about the mountaIns. Yet their sItuation dIffered from that of arctic explorers In thIs respect , tho.t they Imow thousands of IJeoplo were within comparatlveh' ellsy reach. The tomptatlon to descend to the seacoast cIties was therefore almost irroslstl. blo at tlmos. at course the men did not spend the whole tlmo In the mountaIns. This would have been almost hnposslblo , beco.uso thor had not merely the vigor of the cold to contend ago.lnst but also the enervating effects of the rarefIed , atmosphere of the mountains. The a..orago holght at which they llved and worked was 13,000 feet above sell. lovol. Cooleing was difficult at that elevation and the proper feeding of the mon was ono of the most difficult problems. Another practical dIfficulty was securing servants and laborers. The natives consented to go Into the h111s only at hIgh pay and on urgent pC\'suasion and they deserted at the l ast provocation. The winters were espec'lally trying. Bands of wolves wandered about the camp and dO" vo.ured the refuse thrown out even to I old leather straps and the wornout saddles of mulcs end : horsos. Notwlthstl nding the obstacles , 74 geodetic stationD were orectod. A chain of geodetic anl1 astronomical ob.I I Dorvations coverIng the entire six I . 'ears WIlS sccured , IncludIng the estab. . lishment of the meridIan of Quito , with the nearest approach to Bclentlfic accuracy that Is possIble. The re. mainlng error , It Is said , Is InfInltosl. mal. ' 1'ho re ult of the observations was not worked out. ThIs is to bo done In Paris now by 1\ corps ot scl. ontlsts , The expedition cost a good deal of n1Qnoy. BesIdes the pay of the members - bers the French government contrib. uted 40,000 francs ( $8,000) ) . The bal. ance of the expenses , about $20,000 , has been subscribed by Prince Roland Bonaparte. While the members of the expedl. tlon confined thomllol vos strictly to theIr mathematical worlt , Dr. Paul Rivet , staff surgeon In the French army , who was detalled as Its medl. cal attendant ; made a remarkable col. lection of photographs of the country and people and brought homo also an Invaluable ethnological gatherIng of natlvo Implements and fabrics. MACHINE FINDS OIL WELLS. Terre Haute Men OrganIzing Company to Sell Device. . Terre Haute , Ind.-Buslnoss men of Terre Haute have formed a $25,000 stock company to put 0. dovlco for locating 011 wells on the markot. Oil well men call it an "oil smeller. " Its owner , Harry Kurtz , of Princeton , Ind" says It w111 toll If there Is 011 oven at a depth of 1,650 feot. 'rho machlno is not disclosed to the pUhlic yet , but Kurtz says ho has been experimenting with It for two years and that It has novel' falled. The pres , once of 011 under the surface of the earth Is made known by an olectrlco.l reaction process. and Kurtz says that with the machlno ho has selected the location for 80 wells , mostly In the 1111. nols' nold , with which It 11:1 : now thought Terre Haute Is connected. The Standard 011 company's repre. sontatlves have leased many thousand acres In thIs part of IndIana , and bIg Independent operators have done 11ke. wIse. Taking advantage of the speculatlvo fever , loco.l promoters have formed companies and are offorlng the stock under flarIng advertlsemonts In the newspapers. Harmless Duels Fad In Paris. Parls.-Pistol duelllng cluhs are the Intest fad of French sporting clubs. When Dr. Dev1110rs last year Introduced the harmless bullet to Parisians It ImmedlatolY "caught on. " Now there are several .clubs , and a tournament Is beIng arranged thIs month In the Tu11l10res Gardens , Mil. . ' drld and Berlin se m 11kely to tollow Buit. The Dovlllerfl bullet can be u3ed In any pIstol. It carries wonderfully IVoll. ' 1'ho due1l1sts wear maslts and gauntlets , but othorwlso the condItions are these of the real duol. - . , , - . . ' . , ' I "p. . . , , . A Meeting of Monarchs. . : II 't\.irn'l' I' : " " ' " ! . - . ' " " - - - = 1W. W"w. : Fr wl . . , . . . . . ff.ll . _ , . _ t. ) r : ' ; ffi ftJ1 ( \ .1..fI'M Photogrnph of King Edwnrd of Ennland anl : : 1 < lno Alfonso of Spain tnlcen at Cartagena on the occasion of the vIsIt of the British ruler and the Queen to meet Alfonso and th.e Queen Dowager. ; : : . -a a : : ; : = ; : ; : ; . . . _ . . .y DUELS IN GERMANY. MORI ! THAN 3,000 CONTESTS DUR. ING YEAR OF 1906. Nulo ! nce Known No Bounds In Unl. versltles In That Cou:1try-Stu. : dents Slightly Injured About Face Try to Retain Scars. Bor11n.-Darones9 Von Esch11ngor , young and romantic , was courted by a student In the University of Luobln. gen , but before consenting to be hIs wife she exacted as a condition that 111'101' to the weddIng day ho must fight a duel and got 11. scarred faco. Among the students In the German unlvorsitles the duellln ! ; nuisance ) mows no bounds and Is Increasing at such a rate that alarm has hegun to be felt by the unlvorsity authol'ities , but the dlfllculty of distinguIshIng be. tween duels carried out as sport and these in satisfaction of honor Is vor ' great. It Is computed that In 1906 moro than 3,000 duels wore fought. Students only s11ghtly wounded In the face talco care to rub vlnogar or some other Irritant Into the wound that the scar mo.y retain a fine , brIght red color. There Is nothing the ordl. nary student is prouder of than these facial adornments. A number of Gorman arlstocrato , with Prlnco Lowen teln and Count Er- bach at their head , ho.vo resolved to begIn a systematic agItation agaInst due111ng among unIversity students and In the army. They are promIsed the support of two of the most Influ. entlal of the rulers of Germany , the kIng of Saxony and the grand duke of South Germany. Although recent edIcts of Emperor WillIam have done much to stop duel. ling In the army , It Is well known tlllit' the practlco sUlI fIourlshes and that the newspapers mention only a very small proportion of the duels which actually are fought. The emperor's real opinIon of du0111ng has often been discussed. 01llcially ho Is opposed to it and moro than once has Issued 0. decree agaInst It , but the ImpressIon IIro\'ails that In his heart ho approves of It as a manly and Imlghtly way or settling ) Joints of honor among 'sol. dlors , especially where the honor of an omcer's wife. . . or daughter Is con. cerned. WIth -a word the emperor could stop the practice , but thIs word ho has not yet uttered , The empress Is a stern oJponont ) of " " " , . _ _ ft---n _ _ - - ' ' - - u - ' - - - ! dlle111n1 ; from the IJolnt of vlow of 1'0-1 IIglon , amI her Imtred of it Is shnred hy eYer ) ' Homan Catho11c ruler In German ' . , HETTY GREEN TO PAY RENT. No Longer Free Private Office In Chemlcai Bank. Now Yorl-I1ott , Green w111 have to pay ofl1co rent In future , No pro. visIon whatever ho.s heon mnclo for her In the now bauldng homo of the Chemical Nntlonal bauk. 101' ; many 'ears the "richest woman In the world , " who Is ono of the lo.rgost stocleholders of the banlt. had a IJrl. vato ol1lco In the old bo.nl ( buildIng rent frey. She w111 now hnvo to con. tent 110rsclf with sharing the hand. some quarters provided for all the women stoelholdors and doposltors on the first floor. Whether or not 1\Irs. Green Is dls. I satlsfIod with thIs arrangement Is not lcnown. ' 1'ho now buildIng Is bum of gran. Ito and marble , only three stories high. It cost $600,000. SIx dlfferont lelnds of marble Imported from Italy have been used In decorating the Intorlor , and figures of Ceros , Boreas , Hellos and Neptune , ropresontlng earth , all' , ' fire and wator. joIn the arches. The doors are of bronze , artistically molded. KAISER'S PHONOGRAPH CLOC . Novel Timepiece Reminds Him of Day's Engagements. Berlln.-It Is not generally known the kaIser possesses the Inost unlquo clock In the world , a so.called phono. gmph clock made by a Gorman In. ventor. The cloclt romlnds the emper. or of busIness and ether engagomonts. When the 1\l1.Isor . , for example , wishes to bo at the chanccUor's house at ten o'clocl ( In the mornIng , ho 61Jeo.l1I Into tll0 phonograph the nIght before. whIch moves a poInter and Is called at the hour Indicated. ' 1'ho phonograllh \ graciously announces : "Your majesty , I It Is now time to call a carriage and : go to Chancellor von Buolow's.lore. ! . : over , when the kaiser Is at breakfast the clocl ( tells him a dozen or moro thIngs whIch ho polm Into the phono. graph the night before so as not to forget thol11. , _ _ " ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ III. _ _ W'U'"w' " ' vv--v G"'tI P'fIU---Vep-/l'llV1J't " Has Only One Bricklayer. Lone Student In School Founded by Andrew Carnegie. Plttsburg. Pa. School of BrIck.I I layIng , Intended to bo one of the most I Importo.nt dOllartmonts of the great I $ lOOOOOO ( technical schools whIch Andrew Cnrnclo : : founded here , h s one ncholar. 'I'he daily routlno which th future knight of the tro'o'el goes through and the stafr of Instructors malntalncd solely for hIm Is causIng much commont. Whorl Mr. Carneglo founded the technical schools ho Insisted that the departments first opened must be these for the lJUrtlosO of teachIng young mon to become export urtlsans , Bricklaying looked as If It might bo pOl1l11ar here , and the school of brIck. la 'lng was the first In commIssIon. While other departments were quick. ly f111ed UJ with scholars the brIck. la 'lng game didn't eom to appenl to Plttsburg's ) 'oung men , but finally nno student apIJlIed. . - After passing the necessary examination - ation Danlol ChIsholm was enrolled and began hIs studlcs at the school aftcr pa'lng hIs fee oC $20 u year. To teach prospectlvo bricklayers there II I had been engaged by the school a pro. I fossor at a salary of $15 11. \ day and I an export bricklayer , who receives six I dollars , or the union wage. Baden's Physique on Wane. Bel'lIn.-Curlous statistics were gleaned In southern Baden in the reo cent enrollment of recruits. In the Llndo.u and Allgan districts out of 604 young men lIable to servlco only 20 were found to ho up to the Ihyslcal standard or the m1l1tary authorities. 'I'ho peasantry of these districts were at ono tllno among the most robust In the el11llre , but owing to the dearness of meat aud mllk theIr physlquo has sunl ( to a dangerously low lovol. Tholl' )1rll1cllJal ) food for years hus been Mtutocs and skImmed millt. I I AllOVER NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES FROM PAPERS AND PRESS DISPATCHES. CONDENSATION OF DOINGS Matters of a Week ao Portrayed by the Press Locally and Tel. egraphlcally. - A now banle. Is nbout to bo opened at IDrady. The city treasure uf 1100.trlco has a balance of $14-100. SChuylor will ralso the sum of $10 , . 000 for n now cIty hnll. Three hulldlnHa were destroyed by fire at F11loy. Losa $ GOOO. , l1xcnvnllons ! for the audItorium at Nollgh has been COmlJlotod. BIshop Scnnnoll confirmed 11. clnsB of olcht.olcht n North l > lutto. Yorlc county larl11ers 11.1'0 . holdIng their whOl\t tor $1 per bushol. Dol\th 10 announced ot 1\Irs. A111son , wlfo of Ho\ ' . Allison at Table Roelc. Senator T11ImIUl of South Co.rolIn\ leotured to n largo audlonco &n & Cnm. brldgo. 1\Irs. John Dovlno of Colfax county , has been declared Insane and sent to the as 'lul11. The Presbytorlan congregation of North 1 > ll\tto hus doclded to build 1\ now church. CaBs county nttorneys w1l1 pro pal'O 11. now I3chedulo ot fees and alao hold a hanquet 1\Iay. 27. Tho."o . were thrpo apIIlIcations for suloon IIconso In Wlnsldo , but only 0110 was grantod. 'rho worle of putUh In n. cOlDlloto Gower S'stOI11 for It'alrbury 10 belu , : ; . vlgornusb' 111'osocutO(1. , Artlclos of the Columbus Racing o.s. soolatlon ho.vo boon fIled In the ol1lco of the county clerk. . Goo. P. IIoy of CumIn ! ; county , wna lJorlously Injllrod by bolng dragged under a disc harrow. Ho w1l1 In tlmo recovor. Dot : IJolsonors hnvo been , oporaUng In Nehraslm CIty with the roault tbo.t 11. number of fine canInes ho.vo lost tholr lIves. AlrondY over ono hundred studonta hl1.vo enrolled for the Nobrnslm unl. vorslty , whIch Is to bo opened In No. braslca CIty. I 'I'ho trial of Bruce Bundy for the murder of H. m. Austin , on Aprll . . thIs 'oar , was commenced In the dIstrict court at Tolcnml1h. Mrs. Gertrude KeIth , travollng with Dr. Franlelln's Modlclno com any , was lutsantly le11l011 b ' lightnIng at the hOl11o of D. O. I nlrd In Hall county. James Loltch , hus been tendered the lJosltlon ot assIstant at the United States cousul at San Salvador. He has taleon the offel' under advlsoment. E. With eo , lIving 11. few mlles west of Stella , was surprised on olng down collar the ether morning to find that his Incubator ho.d burned durln the night. John 'rhoman , a carpenter , fo11 a dls. tanco of twenty feet whllo at work on the barn of Aaron Clanson , southwest of BoatrJco and escaped with slight InjurloB. At n spoclal election hold In IIyan. It was voted 93 for to 8 agaInst usIng the $4,500 urplus now In the county treasury townra building n . eourt house. . , I Mrs. Kolth a member of the Frank. lyn Comedy company. Q. show troupe which lu.B been playing at Orofton , Hall county , was Instnntty killed by beln& "truck by lIghtning. The gra lunUng class of the Falrbury high school this year num1Hlrs thirty. ono mombers-twonty-four stria and seven boys-the lar est claB'IJ ' In the history of the 10cal achoolo. I The county treasurer of Otoo county - ty remlttod to the atuto treasurer $21. . 51G.91 , It belo& ' the amount he has cQl- locted as the states part of the tuxes for the pnst ClUartb1' , duo from that county. Joe Drown and M. n. Pendoll of Seward , county , shipped three car loads of horses to South Om-nba. Forty. olght heo.d of this shIpment sold nt an average of $275 Ir head , 011.0 . animal , a draft geldIng , bringing $400. 'rho complete faculty of the Model 11Igh scbool , to bo conducted upon the campus of the state unlvorslty during this ) 'oar's summer sessIon , has been announced by Professor P. H. Grum. mann , dIrector of tbo college section. The 10-year- daughter of Ens. . ley Crmlchnol , lIvln near Diller , lost onB of , her fingere In a feed grinder. From th Otoo county poor farm was sold $1,016,33 worth of boga. This farm has been more thlln sult.sustaln- In ! : for the past flve or six years. W. W. Roberts , for year ! ! ! 11 proml. ont Insurance man Ilt Norfolk , and lately of Oklahoma , who hnd returned t make that his home. commUted I sulcldo at a roomIng hOWlO , usIng carbollc acid. Domestic. dlmculties cnusod the act. The meless body lay tn bed for several hours before dls. covored. . S. D. H lbor\ hotel keeper of Table Rocl ( , who dlsappoared from his bomo time ago , returned homo , walkln Into town on. foot from the wost. Ha seemed to have no recollection as to whore ho had been during hIs ab lonce. Real estate men In York f port there Is a larger demaRd for cU , real I estate than ever was 1m own In the city of York , and that prices for the last slx years have been advancIng u"tll property that was purchased at that Ume Is worth nt least 100 pOI' cunr more now.