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- - -.' V s a:; SHIP IS SINKING'. JAPANESE AMEND DISPATCH Or DESTRUCTION Or SEVASTOPOL 8AMAGED BY TORPEDO BOATS Assault Mass by tne FictiHa in Fscs cf a Driving Sncwsmrm. Cairs manc cf tne Tmrt Russian Amy Meets wim a Hearrv Secest-cn. i . C- Ji. is saS arfoar bet is aparently cam- azed. "The partial! v successful tcrpeco a tack an the Sevastopol was mace in tne face of almost msurmountaaie ob stacles, and wntes another inspiring story of the spiendic aravery of a number cf orficers The entire crew of Th 'crzmdo beat destroyers and torpedo boats votea seered tor the attack eocrrruz death 4u their efforts ro aestroy the only eacmz ?frtg-;T Battleship at Port Arthnr Pacini a dnrmz snow atom: and &eavy seas, rb- fionlias sei-arated and afier mdmdcal rmmnuders the sesseis attacked sidipencea;v The decks of the cestroyers and torp-eao beets wre coated with .e and me men sntlered acuteiy from cctd Th Rixssmne resore: to the m--aarae TK-ecaarians o trrotec the Sevastopol. T1jt dropped mrpedo aecs which siueiCec the aows of th warship and the Sevastopol was fu--tkar protected by a socially consrruc ed wooden boom. 'he frasn wots of which was composed of ironbonrc lacs aad cabies and beax- chains in teri&eec end nta-xz.ec From th sirr iac of this Doom h.-uz a aep -urtam made of torjhMo net raen from the s-ankTO tart.mpfc th perpose ot w&iea was to car-r. anc aestroy the torpedoes anc 'heir m-cnanism The Japanese prooaoiy refrained from attempting o en or jump the beam, a pan aemonstraTed by the British ba "a orpdi ooats and Crr stroyers evidently forcd the open toss. wh:ch 'he Raasians aad e: o as to aow ccciinin.catjca with the harbor TJn cornmande- of the Terra Jap mse qcadron rpornns at 1 3u o dock vesterday inornii:?. says Coirrwnciir a: IT 3fi o clock Tues day aihr ana njatnnEmr nnnl 3 o clock Wedne&iay moramr sit tor pedo ttcaxs arc s- "lilly srted ajrp-co oaf constant- a'tempted attacks acsms the Russia- la. .esfc:r Serasco pol. ta-a 'oas dfanse v-see. O'vashn: sne the Tn.' tj-t -ransports Eetaii of ta attafits ar not yar cows However a-ordrng " "Dorts reriTed from tne wk -h xw- a: if o clock tni raemme "i Sevastopol fcw cotnmen'ec T-ir astern and the water wa sa.1 'j -each ta tor pedo o-s asrn Acreage cf Winter W-teat Net Quits WASHINGTON The "rop report is sned by the department of agriculture snrs Setarss tc the chief of the bureau of grar, stirs of th aepartmeat cf emr-ulnn-e indicate tha m nwlv seedec area of winter wheat .3 abcu' 2L155 acres a decrease of I 5 per cant from the area sown m tn- fal. of 1S03. a anally es'.matec The conL tioc cf winter wneat on Deceai'er 1 trss S2-5 aj conipared with 5 5 m 19v. 99 m 192 anc a yar avr are cf S2.J. Th- a az as fompar'ni wtta tzst year .s ss.i r cent. . The newly seeded area 01 wmte r?e is provisional. y estimated at SK." ?er cent of tne area sown m the fall of 13QZ The condinoa of winter rye on E'ecember I was 9"1 5 as compared witn 92 7 on December I 1503 Sa.I a the 'jrrespandag zate ji W1 and 23 the mean cf the December aver azp .! the last ten years ' The percentaze of acreaze srwn to -winter rye this fan as compared with that sown last year is SS 7 th3 aver age condition December 1 Ii?'4. was S.S Ccrresooadinz averaze for 1502 and 1S02 were 02 and 98 1 resp-enveiy iczd the mean of the De-enibe- aver azes of the last ten vears 5n 2 The final estimate of ta cta acr1 aze prodiction and farm va.u-s of 'i prmripe. crop for ; w-.I b .si-ued oa DeceEabe" 2 a: - o .ork p m FORTS ENORMGL'SLY STRONG Japanese -.s Meet- rd. Wcrk tc Dc Y-t. Hadquarers cf m- "i"-i Jarrane Army via Fusan Th1 Jarmn-3- ar' workmg' thei- ajttira3.ro on a sh.'r9 at Pigeon bay on f-otr tiara-. v-t i-v-gjwnc azmns' the Ta.yanjcw Idz hen and Ajitzesaan fcrts The ap--roches Tc the frtftca.-ions a- easv a tae farLs are esortnoosiy stronz oad the near anc-oRcs xr.ll b all the ore d-Siat as ne sappraz o --iDches will have to be d-n1 "n"ocgh fsen ground The naval suns monned ?n 2rt3 Jlet Meter i w .. be aoij to re-er the advance of infaaTy ammst any f me western torts -.ussian Lrzemis Win :ci.-.t ST PETEHSBUaG There is no lonzer any doun tna: the zovem meat rnencs tc commi" itsej; to -&. farms as the resul' ot the liberal azuazsso beztm wnen Pnnce Svmco-p-ilk-Mrrsky made his acven as mm iszer of mtencr The Zemsrroist d and fcr a direct representative bodv me mteres' of me government and to make the laws of the nancn will ; of zenmne sertlere c lis to prevent net be zranted. but some medium m ' me lands from nei- taken np ny peo tre farm of a representative consult ne wno mereiv desired to dispose of ative body wmen can vcice me wisnes them at me earnes possible moment. Cf tne peOSie CirC 'C me SOVt now seems the probanie cutccn Wr.sj: "i tte Ncrmwest. WTNNTPEG Manitooa The Norm west Gram Dealers association, has tsseed the fotlowinz oc tne wneat sr sat3on fcr Manitoba and the norm wst tsmtones to me eicse cf navi-zaaac- Quantities are mve busn eis" Estimated yieic. October 15 5S SiTSy mspected to care. "fl" Kh' in sture at country poets. S.5H.S0 fci transit and net mspected. 4S0 00 coral marketed. 3!.lSo.n0u allow for seed. S.00 fl for country fna 7 SO.fMi" total -n.lS') -X'O saiance to market. I2.357.1S0 l Lauzns at German Alms AlSTEEZLAM Artie.es pubiisnee 1 I-cndcn cencernrns - apprca rcaenmg annexancn cf Holland ov Germany are received here witn tran quHlity and amply deserve the den sicn wnich is neaped trpen them. Ger many's interests would be much better served ty an independent Holland r-a-; by an increase ofrc existing encum trances. But apart from this, what ever Dutch feeHngs. may be about other cctmtnes adhermz to tne Pan- Gerrzan policy, it is tie last tn: Hcllancer wculi dream cf. WILL CLOSE SOON. and Office in MnCeck. Nee.-., to Shut Down. WASHINGTON 3y order cf the secretary of the interior the local land crnce at McCcofc. Nen -soil be closed on January 31 me records on. thai cate to be sent to the land cfiice a: the state capitoi. The oraer aban dcnmz the McCook land ofiice was sent cut by the zenera. land cmcs Tuescay and will have me effect c! z me salaries of F M- Rata bun. rezister and C ceiver The acucn zz W Barnes, re- ien oi h nan le p of Commissioner Rzcnarcs of tne ?en enil land once is acn the lines ol the polnr: mapped out not only by the interior department, oc by statntciy amencment as wei. Th zenerai tat utes prov.ee tnat "s-henever a land omce ceases to b a self- uppon.ng onice. by reason of a settlement and taktnz ap ai public lands wr'iin tne presrnb-Hl district tnat snen land of nee shall d abolishtrc and tne recorcs shall o transterred anc transmitted to -ne state capitoi for permanent nl "This ln-x s ;us " sa.d Commis sioner R-chari ""VT- nave just abandoned a and omc- m rCansa and are catempiarmz' the abandonment ol certa:n of th South DaKota land cf ct; Thes abandonments ar net sc much a.an:r the .'nes of retrenchment. a" aecaaae th- remammz crismes c be cone can mncn mort a. be done tram the state capitoi when th- permanent records are on nle In tne cae of Mc".3k, :t has been some time stnee that onice paid expenses. and : has therefore o n ceemd ad visabi t3 close the onice and send me permanent recorcs to Lincoln. Th- remova. of the recorcs from 31c Coofe ts Lmccin is cone by executive order and tnere u nc stcmncance whatever in xh case It will b- th policy of the arSce to cur cown land oSces wherever they ar unnecessary Personally I oeiieve tnar retrencn ment is a rood thins and :f v can ac complish rhe same results w:tn less of Sees I b-iieve :t ounnt to b done " Joseph Smith cf Lamom la. cc" descendant of th- arirma. Josenn Smth. founder of th- Mormon faith and rveiatcr of the 3ooi of Mcrmon. head cf tne Jcsephites is m "'zszizz 'on for the purpose of s-curms an intervention of the United States m oenaii or ms oret irH-, tnren m where acccromz 'c Fench -n.- Mormons cf th Josephite faitn t;,. ara ant. pr. yzamists are profc h -i from s-eaing xn verts on tha: -jand ji the s-iuth seas He asks fair eat meat tor rus brethren wnn ar1- a mz to mase nerts to the M'-mi-z. faith as representee by the scci- m Iowa. BRYAN DEMOCRACY'S LE'DER ser .- Newlanzs Cuctss Hi n -eference m Jucce ars WASHINGTON The senar- nad unaer ccnsiceranon the nur tooc and PnJippme irovemment bills Lunate on me former was confined tc -aJn attenticn to me rnaaeauacv of me srotection accorded the popi cf the United Smtes azainst impure food anc drazs The discns--.on cf the PhZ.npme bill rela,c sc,- v -c th- r;ies-xm cf the zuaran'-H- rjv - Pn..:pp.n- zorem mnr of tnt- n'Dm t mT,rst in bocas in "Jios iAancs Mr Srracner ;i Wisocnsm adrnz m the criticism. Th- sazzest.cn was mac- ivjf New jmds -ot Nevada, tha- me Philip -me zcrernmn" shcu.u onTi"T me svs -em of ra Iroad urcposeu The leoaie orouzn on' the first raferenc- .n me senate this session tr Jidze Parsers attirnd-3 on the Philippine question, caus-d ny Mr N-wumds quonnz tram 'ertain utterances of William J. 3ryan and Prcs.cenr Roas-v-iir. Mr Foraker mquirec wn n- nad .znored Jucze Parker anc Mr N-wiancs re ?Ld mat M- Bryan for eizn- rears stood as the i-acer of th- Cemocranc pany -OL'PTEEN YEARS -OR ASSASSIN Sascneff Vu-zere- zs V;r ter;ve. Gets C-" Vey Easy mat ar me a. cf Sasone-f as sassin of In-ei-ic- Mrn.ster ven ?l-nve and Sikor"fsKy his acr-mpi.ce wnJe SasoneiT i c no nresen m- apoiozia h- haa wntten m me hospita. ne de livered a speech in h.s ; istificanon. Bom prisoners wer- trussed m ci l. ian ciotaes Sascnefi" wa.ec with a Tine hr- '- nis -x-s anc one mizer havinz been amrru-a'ei as rhe r-su t ' jf woencs re:T t; h" m- boinr ex plosion. He a-s was deaf one of hia ear drams aa-mz -eea smash ed SasoneiT bemz s . an -nvalid was taen ba"iv V.oorz pnson after the -rial Sikortfsky was taken v the St. Peie- and St Pa-i. fo-ress The ef fec cf the appi canon cf Emperor N i-noias maaife-c on he occasion m- -ir Tl h- heir lj the mrcne upon the senTez-s -daces Sasr-je-f erm pena. ser: cdc icr .e -v fenr 'en venr? rena. serv-zce an 1 SiJvDnfsir-" - v: - was -entence-i c -wen'y years - -en "ears penal ser vitnde I- l-t:resr f 5-rtiers WASKTN1ON In order tha act ua. ser.er shcu.d have the public lands Represcnmnve ?.ecer of Kan sas arzefi me president tc use ms m fiuence to secure a cnanze m the nun ac land taws He tcic me preaicent me .aws ouznt tc oe cnanzec ar once N3 decision reacned me matter was -:ilizcine Bill "Sassec. WASHINGTON Tne senate by a vcte cf " to 2S passed me Philippine civil bill. The vote was nrececed oy Tne presentation cf many amencments and a zeneral discussion of mem. as w-il as the prtmsicns of me Dill The discussion was confined quite general ly to tne ments of me measure On seme of me amendments suggested by democratic senators severa. we'-tem republicans votec m the antrmatrve. out Mr MCumber was tne cnlv re publican who voted against the i Ejc-Ccncress-an Wees Dead. MOUNT CLE3EENS Mch. Fcrmei Ccngressman Zczar Weess cf Mcun: Oemens. wnc represented the Serenth Michigan dismct m me Fifty-sixth and Fiftv-s eventn congresses, died here aged 55 years. Oruers Sh:ps n Scztiand. LONDON A dispatch to a new: azency from Glasgow says the Carta- dian Pacific raiimad q? ordered i I In the Czar's Stables "One of the things the observant stranzer may note ra the streets of St. Petersburg and Moscow is the excel lence of the horses," writes Jerome Hart. "Not only the charters of the army ameers and the carnage horses of the rich, but cart horses, cab horses. Groschky horses, even car corses and bus horses, seem to be of good breed and m nne condition. The hcrses wear little harness, which fashion is acmiraaly designed to snow oi a handsome aa' and they are enven wim very limit snaf 2 nits a.tnoush tne Russian ncrses seem full of spirit, these simple bits rcntroi mem. for tney are tncroughly croken. We did not see a wmp on a p vate carriage or a hackn-y cab while we were m Russia. The horses have mte.lisent eyes and seem to be better tramed than ours but tnat 1" not saymn much, for we have more cnousanis of miles cf railways m the United States and more tnocsancs of norse that rake fnsnt at tne thou sands cf railway trains tnan any coun try in th1 worlc "Wo visitec the czar s stables ar PeternCi They are very plain buiid- mis du tney ar filled with nand- sec- ccrses. whcn la Detts Danger in "There ar1- people ' said La Roche-f-ucaaic "who "aouic never nave been m -cv- hac they never heard tai 01 it. " There are people, too. undoubtedly zg would never or "hardly ever" be out of health if they thoczht less about the matter for it is just as pos sible to rase too much care -jf the health as too little, and it probably is every bit as mischievous. We have all heard of the "green yed monster' jealousy who "makes the food he feecs on." The health womer does mucn the same. He or she broods so mournfully over same little symptom or ailment that depres sion of spirits results, and depression is a rruitful parent of both mental and pnysical ills. A medical wnter of eminence said lately tnat 2- "never knew a strict dietanan -aha did net after a time be come a confirmed dyspeptic ' People wnc are arraid to open their wmcows i-st a crar shoulc zve them neuralzia. who are arraid to zc out .f tner is a lirtt- -am cr a little wine or a ..":.e coc Decause try are "so 1- icate ''- T D-come mere sc City Has Found Itself On the ncrtnem and eastern shores of tne great Pacific ocean, its hizn curls gent.y wasnec by the placic waters of the straits of Juan de Fuca. situated on me bold promontory that juts out from Vancouver island mto the straits like the mdex finger of a hand, says the Sunset Magazine. stands a aeautiml city that until the past year or two was almost as un Enown to rhe rest of the world as America was before the visit cf Co mmons. Even tne citizens themselves had not discovered it. They knew mceed that i was all they wished for as a c:"v m which to mase a home They wer never tired of sirtmz cu on tne ciirfs or on some sneltered neach anc watenmz me ever-cnanzmz z uznt en me maznificent Oivmpic ranze cr mountains wnose hoary heacs rear memselves against me SKy as they keep meir etema. vizil over me Mediterranean-like waters of tne straits They knew that mey tney nad ail me outcoor field sports for mernseives and meir chcren tnat meir nearts -could wisn for and their ven.nz sn-ent m leisureiy pacdlmg Few Friends in City Wh..e m New Yrs. ms ttme sa.i me man from Aibama I have d served one nanir if certain peooie ' mt impressec me as ben: ver pecuuar anc a.sc rather paraeic. neard severa. persons actuary coun m- number of peopie mey knew m the whoie town To a man hailmz from a secnen of me country where acquain tances are counted dv me aunureds in teac of the Tens tha methoc of cen sus takmz seemed a remendous busi ness W.rn us it wocid be an impos sible asK o sit down anc maiie a list of me people with whom we have a speaKinz acquamrance. Up here it is no tncs at all. A cousin of mine who moved North two years azo was the first person I saw perform rhe stun .. " Would yon believe " she said thar althouzh I have uved in New York a.l th's time there are ony 1 '- P0 me in own to wnom I cou.c spea& .f I m t mem m me s-ree w-m n -an nz caances of oemg irresre-w as an rncious sranzr After Clash "The iav ; fiznmz was tm-snec bu nct me cay wcrh. ncr m- ca s micz czery nc- me cay a m.sery ayb Frecencs. ?amer m nj cook u ith E-iroai m Mancnnna. cf one of me actions cf me First armv Th- wounc-c were yeT to be aroeznt in ane tne cead and me fuel to burn mem collectec by weary limbs The piunzmg fire of tne Russians azamsr meir Zck. strugziinz mrocgn me rougn fieics and over rougner unnlled slopes, nad caused the division 50 casualties including me ceath of a coicne.. "Late m me afternoon a deluze cf ram wasned the blooc off me grass The fiood of water turned cry beds into casnmz nvniets. The fioci of siangnter also settlmz toward me val .ey passed en by the smzie hospita. tent already conzested at daybreak from me nizhr attack mto me vt laze wnose population was crowdec mtc a few nouses m order mar me wounded mizn- be crowded mto 3th "Pa Et Tabasco Sauce" ' 2-n pa ars et taisasco sane mz "bout it vt A-tsouzn hi.- snnsekent re: In 5-mi- , I irks I al- Aa " d came to tcrwn to see tne s:znis. and pa rmarkd to me e U eat it a banz-tans' hotel an' shnz some stvle." says ne An tnen be "sort 3 enst b-s eye amonz the plates an aiL An says. "That ketenzp "sej" be zood. tne bottle t so sma!I. An" tnen be took a pi-ce o meat and covered it quit- truci. t VChtn pa nrs t tabasco sauce and rase to make his kick. 1 It -J cam"- back, so plain to me. I reka- lect :t well. ! Ha jzt was talkm z&d md calm. H' h'z be mv a yell ed ta cave tne ceStn' by actrm with his nead. "Hr-hooc' -r-hoon Firs' llnrderi zuoan? 2 can't tH aS he sdid. : handsome stables tilled with poor horses. It was weS worth rhe visit to see those rows of fine -' standing- in their stalls, with their sleek, black coats and Ions tails. We .i.-j . t. i j: uiu jiUL atre J. ULMiivii ur ,"-r Liii in Russia. The hcrses stalls were ar-' mals of draft. To this cay the men ranged in groups, as they were driven. 2am their living chiefly as day labor in pairs, in fours and m threes. For srs m the fields now owned by the in Russia the troika' is a common way Mexicans. of driving a trotter m the center The staple product now as of yore with a running horse hitchec on either s the maiae and next to it the maguey side of him. There were openings m Qr agave, the sweet sap of which is the ceiling m the stables down wnich tne grooms and hostlers descended m a hurry when the emperor wanted anvthmg turned out rapidly The; liacl an apparatus arranged as at an strong fiber that can be woven into American fire patrol station. , fabrics. Hence the saying that the -Ehiser William's stables m Berlin agave supplies the people with drink. are far finer than those of Czar Nicno- food and clotmng. , las at Peternof. but the kaiser has The men have uttle ambinou to ex act sucn fine horses as the czar In cei m handicraft. Farriery and car tne impena. carriase house, in audi- pentry are about the only trades they tion to the usual variety of state car- care to take tit?- Ie the cities they nazes there is the venicle that was work as porters earners or peddlers occupied oy Alexancer IL when he iti a small way was blown up by the assassin s bomb in 15S1 The first bomb tnrown shat Tered tne carriaze Alexancer alignt ec unnurr. cn.y to be biown to pieces ov a second boma before he haa gone na.f a cozen seps Health Fads an 1 m time majie themse-ve- a sen-s.r-ve as ho ixus p.anT There are of course certain zeneral rales of nealth whicn every one snouic understand and comply with if they wish to avoid illness such as the dan ger cf breatnmz impure air m unven ulated rooms, of drmking impure wa ter contractmz chills eatmz and ennkmz too much and so rorth. This knowledge nowever. need not mm the care cf the health into a bcznear We can make a "fad"' of our health as of any other useful thmz. We can grow monamanmca. on the value of fresh air or woolen un derdotnmg. and the miscnief or our mania is not tne harm we do our selves as much as the camaze we do otners m turning mem against me ob jtct of cur fad. la: the weannz o: wool, tor m- -tance Have not many people been resolutely set azamsi it oy thoe fad dists wno persist m weanng their rlanne: shirts ostentat:ouiv and wno ma.ntam that their nvzien.c va.ue : i-strcvec if their h.l isness is H3frened dv weannz m-n c ..ars and rirT wth them" (j'leen their ocats and canc"- a.cnz th en chantinz waters or m- zorg" were such that mey haa nc wisn to quar-r-i with me rate ma- hac caasec their lot to be cast m sucn pieasant places Thev knew u snort, that meir iiv-s foilowec mucn th- same hnes as these of their tamers m dd Enziand but mey iid not know that this verv tact lent an espia. interest to their island city and so it was ony when the tourist came a.onz wrth his field giasses and his camera, anc prac tically discovered the city that the p-ople of Victjna became aware of the fact that tny had a city that for .ts charm cf situation, narura. scenery rem aerate climar- and opporrun.ues ror enjovmen was un-urpassed m me wbde wi- w-r c I T "H" lisn m its institutions customs and manner Th 3nnsn soldier sailor. professional man. servant and ausi ness man are everywhere m evmence. Th zardens ar Enziisn. me fiowers are Enzlish the way they do business is Enzlish. ana me way m which they keep every noncay anc pamot.c cele 'iraticn .s lecieedly Enzlish. '. juznrc ar ner iiOW j nappen o such vor c sa.c .. riitr zet ine vour ca. iz st town pem" Th-s is not my ca.hnz iist. said sne Tha consists of an.y six names. The 1-2 are just acquaintances anc inciude the janitor my washerwoman and the boy grocery lamed Willie cown m the "Her admission struck me as really pitifi- Why don t you branch out?' I asued - Branch out' she cried. "On my dear man if yon had lived m New York for a while yon wouldn't say anythmz about branching out. Be sides. I am not alone in my desolation There are lots of other Eotks m this town in the same fix. only worse. They couldn't ze up to the hundred mark tc save their '.res.' "Late"- 1 found that she was riznt. iu a."houzn me nabir of countmg me s acqiain'ance is common -ztuzn . sr. -n.na. - s anz- and c 1-1 -cicz nz "e-x York Herald of Battle r zr'-uzh -vrv coarway you cajzn a znmnse cf prostrate figures anc if wn.te aancazes wim rec spots wmen mace mem .lie wrapped fiazs if Japan "Dnppmz hospiml corps men orouznt m dnppmz burcens covered with blankets or with me matnnz m wnich the -ce and horse fodder of the army are transported. When cark ness came me lanterns of the search ers twinkled m and out of the hilisice. Dawn found them snll at wars col ecnnz stray Russian wounded, who nad lam surTenug a.l niznr m me ram fcr II 5 a year and me glory wmen me Czar's service brings them. In , me bushes, m the cecii ties between tne rocks of many square acres coulc every fallen man be gathered? How many cnes commz faddy tram fever isnly cry l:p and ma.. cymz mto a swoon were unanswered At seme tT r rature time wnen a Chinese peasant stimbies -ver a set of oones the worlc wiL nor be -ne wiser Sa tvj tney beard :is beate war 5: women 'er Tie room. said sccii laniruae mld their souls witn sna-at an aiso zioirs. But pa. n only rarzi'i some, and tnen ae yelled amun '5t5ri srs fce -t tabasco sauce an" told aboct It then. e laid him out apon a board an' fanned aim quite a -B-nile An pa. he sort a zasped at nrst. an" then he tr-ed to smile. An" says "Jest htat a poker now, an' ran it cown mv n-ek. I want so caol on zradnai- JCs better. I ent-ck. " 3ct when h-'d -t me out o" doors, he says. I want to zet ant there blame seamen recne. an' learn just hew it s bet sa I can try it an tne boys wnen vou an" ra tney. too. tank the condiment a mntsd wim "cn-mam come." Boatan Glabe. CONDITION OF THE AZTECS. Survivor of ii p-. ck; i borers in the Fielo. " The Aztecs of old were not cnlv ' reat soldiers, but also dUizent culti- vators of the soil and had acquired consicerable pronciencv in acnculture. says the Southern Workman, although ,, -j - , i-o.j iuu; uu nurses, oitzi cr OLnisr ini- the pnncipal material for the famous Mexican puique aome species are cultivated as vegetables, others for the sake of their leaves, which yield a Like all southern Incians. their complexion is of a ruddy choccate brown, and they are not particularly zood lookmz. Most of the women now have large hands and feet, prob ably the inhentance of generations of bard workers. And they are stronz. In the warecouse of a wine mercnant an Aztec porter was seen to take a cask of claret en his back and carry 1 quite a distance The load certainly weizned not less than -su pouncs anc no white man would have thougnt ol 'irting it. The law requires the people m the ciues to forsake the Indian breech cloth and poncho and assume the reg ulaaon garb of the poor workmz c!as of Mexico the wice loose trousers oJ cotton cloth cr mania, witn jacket tc matcn but rh- breecnclotn is worn outside of tne trousers and thereb" re- 1 paces the civilized suspencers. ICY WATER AND HEALTH. Benefits t e Derives frcm Cclc Eatns ar:c Vigcrcus Running. "A cole bath we mizn as well zei at me srraizn of the thmz is noi really a matter of c:eanlmes so much as a matter cf zettmz me skm Iiven- ed nn anc rn camMan.- nr rpn. next to the surface fuii of blc3d. Ice cold water or scaidmz hot water will Co that, bui" Tepid water no. no ""The skm is almost exactly the ame kind of an excretrnz organ as the lungs The same products seep 'hrouzh the pores as are earned oil in the breath, and the air purifies the biood m the same way 3ur the zrear er pan of the sain is smotherec. up m clothes cay and mzn' What the cold water of the bath dissolves is matter well away And the rubomg ary is pretty nzorous exercise, if you wan to know Any ruobmz is bound tc push me blood alenz toward me hear? and help the circulation, because mere are valves m the veins which prevent the blood tram goinz m any other direcaon than oward the heart Whatever loose fiakes of outer cuaclr are rubbed or! we neecn t worry about plenty mor where they came fom. The exra rood the mcreasec appetite demancs will maste zood tha. rrifirnz loss Everybody s Magazine Ccck's -eelmcs. Mrs. Meilem is one of those morfen sive p-rsons who are continually dreacmz that thev may by some mis ccauce. hun me fee.mzs of others Added to 'his sne has had consider aoie trouble m ze-tmg a suimale cook and does not wish tc oileud her. "John. " sne sail o the man servant en me morning following me party "co you happen to know whemer tnat is I mean, can you fine out with out asking the ciGti. wnether the tin nee salmon was all eaten last mgnt You see. I can t wisn to ask cer be cause sne may nave eaten it, and then sne would feei uncomfortable " accet me zooc sou.. "If you piease. ma am. ' replied the man. "the ne cook nas eaten the tinned salmon, and if you was to say any thmz to her ycu couicu't make her mare uncomforranie man she is." Loncon Tit-Bits Tne Susscriher Knew. i. mazazine eciror seeding an m crease of circulation sent to each of his thirty-five hundred subscribers this query Wha- was the most im- portant ac ot vour lire rifry dollars for me best true answer He receiv ed more than one thousand replies a. but one relannz some narticular d of which the wnter was proud The exception and pnze wmner wa- brief and to the point "3emz :cn Encouraged by the su"ee of h. scheme of advemsmg. our ec:-or sez- out a second query ofie-mz anctre 551 for the best answer Las- mnm you stared what was ia mo-- runcr anr act of your life now - as xha is the most tmportanr act of vn?j- r Th vanery of rplie- w-ji ; ;a tnade several pazc f arc n ii but the wmrer sciemn.r wr. e "??! sreat r.xpress. 3cn d singers. Wber- a- ve m.- dead - hit- zi dea. onzs"" V cer ar" tlw njui vJara-t -x- -r ivty" non: swft wores sourrnt. as :? k Use -ea ti:"s To wiorn rwi: tanczlits n -erzi shins-nr tiirtrnzs rraz: tiiT-i seeniec jTted Eder pnn-a. Thev talked w tn anzsis and wrf nz:- afraid Can ceara cestroy t2oe ecsmsz encrus TMcb mad Tcem harp- Aeoleas f ri anives.' tTben scrn- rrrjir star throws down :ts solemn Izznt Bo tb-sr rr d spirits ee and leara to kno-v Tb -ly-nns tbt planets snx a? en thev zo Movinir alonz their pam of fler--- bzn' tThen tnrouzi: ncr ilun:b-r ocscs --- momous rmr Is it tiie -cfco at the -os tn"v mz New Tors Heraid The Cectcr-s Tjins. A wcrmy Glasgow doctor while en Toymz a hchdav m Arran. took me op portunity a.cuz with a friend to go whiting fishmz. During operations - 1.i irrr' rtn - nw .n..... Mv s . x-vji-vu j "n 'i:e uu inc. was lus Here was a dJemma no sinker no more fishmg- thar day Ha' happy mougut. his fiasiv. nc sooner said than dene. The bottle was fillec with salt water carerally corked, and sent down en its mission. After a few minutes" dtsrva. "Ha" cucth the doctor. "a bite." and up he pulls at racinz speed a fine pair cf whinng. one on each hook. "Ha! doctor, twins mis rme." ex ziaimed ''- ccmpaniGn. "Yes." qucm the doctor "and Drought up en the bcrtle too." Lcn t den Answers. Stucies Malarial Fever. Prof. Rcnaid Pjjss of the UnrversirT 2f Lrrei-pco will, after ms return from Manama, deirrer a senes of lectures -0ji f Ooli-i- versiry of r'enns.-l.ania en "Causes land Ctirs cf Malaria! Fever." Woman Is Heme Body. . "Mrs- Jason-Gause, a demure Utile f Q161" ladir Lyon county." says the KiI13a C1? Journal, -certainly Is nn- Tixled ln heT record for staying at hcme- ae has iust returned frco a V caz?hte:r to Texas- lz " er T81 rlde CI: a c l was tne urst time in nearlv nrrv vears . . - -. she had been outside of Lycn county For twenty-three years she had passed but one nicht away from heme. She is the mother of Prof. Gaase. of the State Normal schooL" TO CTRE Jl COLD I 0E DAT rko LaTirlTe Bratao vjulatae Tibiet. Jl irai (Ki -ETaai ra 3-icey IT :; rsi a care I H". tor3 fcCU!a! ' " )MX- -5c- Vahcci fsr Seasickness. The Bntiah Medical Journal ays "Koepke believes that the different symptoms of seasickness are due to anemia cf the brain, and that validol acts upon this condition by raising the blood pressure. It also mfinences the gastnc disturbances by lowering the sensibility of the nerve ending in the gastric mucous membrance. and is. in deed, both a good zod analeptic stomachic and T-c3llir-3 Kftr.trc. atZG ta ?nru. com ii -i-- ,i,ic.min7i- ra.- , ... jj, Diamcne Ink. So-called diamond ink for wntinz en glass is a compound cf fiucr-c acid and banum Tne latter has no effect, it being simply a white powder to give cgj lO ijie acid. the ink fi-r, be viseti. wim a runber hand stamp, and tt should be allowed to remain fifteen minutes, when the banum will brusn cif. leaving the design en the glass. SPECIAL NOTICE. t-NDOMA Hair Tonic will lend to your nair that soft fiuffy appearance appreciated by people of good taste and refinement Ask Your Barner Send us your name for free treat ment. THE UNDOMA COMPANY Omaha. Nc This is Mcney in Ancles. le way a North Norway ccrrespcuder Most cf me farmers have soid their apples cne dollar whicn reaUy means fcr ex- cnanzmg one dollar for anctner- Thir-ty-eiznt cents for barrels. 12 cents fcr pickmz. 12 cents for packinz. 12 cents ror haulmz to market and ocard cf me help. Lewiston tMe.t Joun T-y One Pacxage. If "Iriani'" Starch " co- not pleas ' you. return : to your deader If it does you get m-third more for me same 3ls-t It w-.. - you saris facuan. and w-J. oz st.cit to me iron. Railrcac -trcugn Csmeterv. The Chinese ot An-Sanz recently sold tc th- East China ra-Ircac the franchise fcr nnninz a branch cf their railroad mrouzn the city cemete . an almost unnearn-of thmz. as me Chi nese have b-iievec it the worst sacn lege to permit a railrcac near the burying places of their cead. Sensisle rscusekeecers will bare Penance Starch, not alone because they zt one-thirC zior tar 'he same money but aso superior quality beca lie at Errierssn's Seller. I believe .n a space and an acre if good zrounc Whoso cuts a straignt path to his own livmz by me heip cf God. in me sun and ram and srovir mz zrain. seems to me a un. versa, working man. He solves the problem of iife. not ror one but fcr aL men cf sound body Emerscn. The Best Results In Starcning can be obtauird on'v by usinz D- mcr'- ror tne same money no joo Have Smaller Races. The chief dinTerence In the heads ci 1 men and of the .o-fer auimais is m the size of the face Man has a very large head and a very small face, and ar'TiaT'- are mare fierce and brum, ex actly as the face is found large and me rest cf the nead sml Cueer Names. Freemantle West AstraTia, has some queer names. The mayor is a Cade, the chief pnn'er is Cant, a ' contractor Thick has just sued a local scup-preservinz company and a man namec OJsnnng Weoo was fined re cently fcr aeepmg an umicensec acg. often tak-s a bow i a : e -K-a rrea nnr.cane zr wam Heaven. Many women are denied the- happiness of children througn oeranssment oi tne generative organs. Mrs. Beyer advises women to use Lydia E Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. "pM Mas. Pary-TiTr- I suzTered with. 5tctnacn ccmplamt fcr years. I fat so had that I cculd net carry my chfldrea cut; five sicntha, then srculc hare a -ciscama-re. The last time I becasie pregnant. 217 husband -ret me to take Lydia Z. PfnVhanTs Vefre table CompotmcL After takm-r the first bottle I was relieved cf the sick ness cf stcmach. and oezan to fed bet ter nz every "way I con tint: ed its use and was enabled to carrr m bah- to i. no-" nave a nice narrr gtri. anc can Tronc netter tnan I ever -r cculc. befcre. I am Lie a nev xccaz." Mas. F3vs: Bn-rrn. zz S. Second St . . .. iiencen, cm. xsocc itr'ri if ar'g'nai sf BBmm Imllsr gnanq jrmuantam SSSBZZ. FEEE MEDICAI. ABTICE TO IVmt hesitate to write to Mrs. Pinkhaxn. Sbe will understand, your case perfectly, and win treat you with kindness. Her ad-rice is free, and the address is Lynn, Xaas. So wrrna erer regretted naTtns' written ner, aad sua helped thousand. W N L', Omana. Nc. 2 tSO PUTNAM later -B3T9 OBI tasttciefari it srjuiite; ana teser colors Stan anr otter . n . - r-'i'Tnti-iit e IVfQtasisfsssji UWISSIN6LE BINOEI STRAIGHTS' CK Tasr pBMcr or aa niK 7a n. . Elevating Cne's Life. I know of no more enccurarinr fact than the unquestionable ability of. a can to elevate his life br a conscious endeavor It is something to be able to 'paint a particular picture or to carTe a 5atae' & so make a few objects beantiral- but it is far more crlcnous to rarvo -h Trrr rh :e very , atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. Thcreau. Some Cents fsr Ysu. Do net be afraid of grriar "ense thing of yourself, or letting yourself our. a little and do net fear that ycur heart will run away with ycur head Do net confound sentiment, with sen nmentalism. and do not hesitate to praise a thing or an act if it is really worth it. You need to do this for your own sake as weU as fcr the sake cf making others happy Excnange, Xencpncn's Historic Hetreat. Next to the retreat from Moscow, the most famous in history is prob ably that cf Xenophon and his 10.000 Greeks from a point in the interior of Asia. 2.4S3 miles from a place cf safety They tied the distance in 213 day and mad a retreat so success fully that the little band reached safe ty without a loss for which the pur suing enemy was responsible. president Arthur sjttravagar.t, The most extravagant president was Arthur who not infrequently gave dinners costing as mucn as $5,000. When he went into the white house he was worth ircbably half a million. His predecessor Garfield, died a poor man. The people raised S200.0u0 for Mrs. Garfield and congress voted her a pension of 53.00" annually. Varnage cf Birrs. It cannot really be doubted that there are vanous species of birds wnose marnazes extend ever a far greater pencd than that merely cf the nesting season Long before the nest ing season begins one sees the gold finches m pairs Icng after it has end' ed one e the blue titmice in pairs. -Land and Water Ccuntmg trse Pulse. How fast is your pulse" You will probably overestimate it m trying to find out most people do. One usual lv counts his 7ilse while talking about me matter and the excitement zi conversation and concentration quickens me pulse from five to twea ty beats. When Y:u Buy Sz3rzr buy I? nance and zoT th "n s far 1(J cents. Juee usei. ajwa s setl A Useful Hint. Coal hat is kept m a dry and ai-r place will burn much !onzer than ma' whicn is kept m a cios- cellar with no ventilation. When ccal is kept m an airless place it zets nd of its zas and the absence cf mis renders it less powerfu. bumec It -t-i Colds. Ccuzis Sere T"ir-at "rr-p. I-zlnea. Waocpmjr Ccr-zn. Brcccs-ss a -Vstina. A crrta-u -urs 'zrf onssinp cs n Ir3.i fias-, aac a scr- tt' s. aiJTazetl tar. s a; ence You w i-e tile excei.e3t "Z" aTi" tailrii.' tie a-st lo-? cja ov 2eait v-r-"nera Lx-r- Jjctses 25 c-sts ai 50 -esis. DID YOU KNOW Ak 70a ess. e. rears Jsar. rrr .SB aiuceT -a-.tn MOIIAKCI CARBIDE FEED ACETYLENE GENEftATOft -an: a-j-rr-i-f . z- -Jze wor;d tzceat"! StBii tar .aii-ocne - aOIf AKCH ACtETYLXJX CAS CO. UX2 racaui Sc OmAk. !iv I noisrr m Don't forget when you 8S.La9B order starch co gret the Si&&zSmdBmrEk I best. Get DEFIANCE. No fcTffM more "elIovv" looking: clothes. 9HBHS I no more cracking: or breaking. X doesn't stick to the iron. It give satis- I I faction or you get vour monev back. The I I cost 15 10 cents for 16 ounces ot tne best I starch made. Of other szzrzhQs vou get but 12 ounces. iNow don't forget. Ji's aj I I your grocers. I nAL?ACTUBED 3Y I I THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., I I OMAHA. NEB- J HAVE YOU A HORSE? WOULD YOU UXH US 70 Q A fH" I SE-ID YOU A iEAUTIFLL fc o7Mr aesr tons'ifJL sAnoti arri rvs h- Of am mTwr mr ic"i mtw can i, 9i rcst mmmof tve mm MfitarnM. est e a -ml r c : U) 31 &a ra td nrara our w. i t utrral Smmamd lillli ZMtmtmm. iaT-r"T-lT ynt't'"H'r-r- ', . i T7 tilTl 7 fT (it .iiiiS 3f Mrs, Wemen's. loya sad Girf Sac:c!le, Stock Saddles, ancri and Hanje Saddles " BCSIUIa AJfS LASZ. tJUN A - 5 C? I331tS rmr uusuu itr Kins aab jtt-t ams haz ar SAnaur. Nl PUCES WILL ASTMBI AU PLEASE TOU. Tb wtU cat mmr rr '. gm okt 1 Frr rrtl lai ran CZ eg m wmazl offer t rtm rrrt k Knfvs rrfl aa& C -o oj zocmz "Kt amn vaa Z yoa it ? zbgz -vtA w w - ! mm oo.ess. SEIRS, ROENGI & FADELESS DYES are. One 10c -tscuoe cators nlK. ot arm cssan tor free 3ooJ 4o io 3e. 3Ieci ma : Calon. Wen Ansvxertng Azvsrtisemema KiRC.y Menticn Tnjs 3aner BEGS' CHERRY COUGH 5V1UJP cares coozhs and csida. 1 J x 1 seBM MASSH. A VICTIM OF LA GRIPPE. Mrs. nennerta S Marsh. Tn? W. 16th Sl. Los Anze.es. Ca P-es.ens. Wcman s Benev. ent Ass a, wntes " suffcml vt-lzs Li grippe far scvem 'fffcs. sad aothisg I could do or LMk& helped me until I rrjec Reruns. "I fe.t a once ma: I had at Ease secured the nght medicine and I kjpc steadily improvnz Within thre weeks I was ru-ly restored, and I an glad that I gave that truly great rem edy a tnaL I wiH never be without: In a letter dated Auzast ZL 1504. Mrs. Marsh say3 "I nave never 7et aard me enicacy of Peruna question Sf "f still use it. I traveled through n.entuCiTy and lennessee three years ears azo. where I found Peruna doing rn? zood work. Mich of It is being nsd. here, also " Hennetta A. S Marsh. Address Dr Harman ?rident cf The Harm a r. Sanitannm. Cclumbca. Ohic -ts your Drazzisi for m free Per Alasmnac tor 1QQ. Importing' Canadian wheat is now a fact. ret ?-r H-s-sanraj 'a Wa.tera .aSi. ar So? Kims at He 0rt -wiek.; jiii ju wie cacSaeE al buisi! jmuwr Tip t vc r.- & r -raeal ' rr- Se SmC tarr iaa- - Jo ac Tar ii si 3rtrr ere? tli .H T-eiil aaoaiaatlr speadll t3mai znot caooin ssil csurcaea. exceeai mirttnic JtlllIlt. 5S y o aforraaUna su ?u?ntenilpnt of "aiai z otv 't'Awa. Tnnih. nr nt utliurzml caaiuZma TeTamras. Azat V v 3rsset. au. Sew TjiX -"uk ir -3er; 700 -r lili fclTerUesea. SEND US A HORSE, ar a cow. emit. celt. a. or rv otSf kind at hide cr skin to b ELined far Rabes. Coacs. RlisIs. Tlrtena. Karnen ani Lire Lth?r. Tie aldri arepi U4 n - a? - - -i a tH Vi. .- t i.ae t iay iic t u. Wrie ir Hl-;pia ur aac lrc sr-e eatar SAYert TA"WIG COW-'AWY. Ws:Nintn 3-.. Oact. M. Da tcin. la. OR. McQREW ?cr 30 arn s.- aul 2 nooeiiUy -f DitiEorE siat 3 T-Jr 3 'aiAaji. Hi- Boom Tr innt b a :e-3.israIy irarC ttmnMciln ax nza. cou t iszi" and eioriifjr ay dfjenb" jig roar -ai- vl Trr"i "ar Fr booKaailraiareaBC-n-. 2t-l-Irla s si piiln jk.'(in 3o ". J2cr Si Siuia ia Str-et. Otaaaa. UNITED . r-T Save 2 on Drugs m -ata o J. MST .N5 H' BB. fT SHBlMA.Vi MccSmi DftL'C CO. Car I6th nd Oodae. Omthi. 2b- F 9 - g mfi. .. v mil ' CO.h.co ua2tr ell aaiT 3uararree S tt ?r-eci JtOiJt" J?l'tr CU Znuimwm. Jtu BSBiBx'SiVBSKiBmjK W HH HH i n i t .r . " . v -. c - - - . .