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If yon do not wish the Journal ooatianed for another year af ter the time paid for baa expired, job shoald preTioaaly aotif y us to disoontiaue it. CHANGE IN ADDBE88-Whea orderiat a ibamce in the address. subscribers should be aura : h re their old aa well as their saw addrasa. THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Tbe republicans of the state of Nebra Bktt are hereby called to meet in conven tion in tbe city of Lincoln on Tuesday, July 26, at 12 o'clock noon for tbe pur pose of adopting a platform and select ing a state central committee and for tbe transaction of ouch other business as may properly come before the conven tion. The convention shall be made up of delegates chosen by tbe republi cans of tbe respective counties of tbe state at tbe regular delegate county con ventions, in tbe manner provided by law, apportioning one delegate for each 150 votes, or fraction thereof, cast at the 1908 election for O. O. Bell, republican nominee for presidential elector. Said apportionment entitles the several coun ties to the following representation in said convention: $4 AiIhdib IS ;', Antelope 11 1 1 lianner 1 j" Blaine 1 t! Boone 11 i Box Iiotte 4 j Boyd 6 ii Brown 4 Buffalo IV ii Burt IS Butler y I yttc?S I v i vvUHT.. II k t X. IlttBV. . .! Cherry h Cheyenne. 3 '.' Clay W ( Colfax 8 .; Cuming y I Custer 1! -'. Dakota 5 I! Dawes G ') Dawson 1- ,; Deuel I I Dixon 8 E D.uigo lt j DoubIrs. vt g Dund 3 Fillmore 12 i Franklin 7 J Frontier. ' FnrniiH ..... '- j (&K). r li Garfield - 1 Garden - I Gosper .............. 3 I Grant. 1 i Greeley 7 I Hall IS 7 Hamilton U y Harlan...... 7 ; Hayes - ;i Hitchcock 4 i Holt 10 , Hooker 1 '.j Howard 7 f Jefferson 13 Johnson 9 Kearney Keith - KeyaPaha 3 Kimball 1 Knox .. 1- Lancaster Lincoln 10 Ijogan 1 lxup Mcpherson - Madison 14 Merrick 8 Morrill 3 Nemaha. ....... .....11 Xnckolla 10 Otoe 15 a CsW D'M9 I" Perkins 1! Phelps 10 Platta 11 Polk. S Kod Willow 8 Kichardson 14 Hock a Salino 14 Sarpy Saunder lf Scott's Bluff. r Seward l'l Sheridan Sherman olOUX. ............. 3 Stanton Tlieyer 11 Thomas 1 Thureton 0 Valley. 7 Washington 11 Wayne " Webster Wheeler - York IS Total KS3 It is further recommended that no proxies be allowed, and that delegates present from each of tbe respective co unties be authorized to have the full vote of their delegation. In accordance with the rules of tbe republican state committee, credentials of delegates to tbe convention should be filed with the secretary of the state committee at leaBt Ave days before the date of said conven tion. The members of tbe county central committee for each county, who are to conduct tbe 1910 campaign, must be chosen at the delegate county convention which elects delegates to said state con vention, and reports at once to the state committee. (Signed) Clyde Barnard, Sec'y. Myhon L. Leahked, Vice-Obairmau. Dated Lincoln, Neb., Jnne 16,1910. WHERE WAS MULLEN THEN? The last Nebraska legislature is little by little getting into history as a blundering body. Ever since its adjournment evidence of its inaccuracy has been coming out before the public in tbe form of court decisions citing its technical mistakes. Oil Inspector Mullen, chosen by Gov ernor Shallenberger as legal adviser of the session, a faithful worker so far aa he understood the work assigned him, has tried to defend the mismnde laws, charging the courts that set them aside with party bias.- Even Governor Shallenberger him self has tried to make this excuse. But now comes a democratic member of this same legislature, Victor E. Wilson, and filing a complaint before the state railway commission, asking the reduction of freight charges on oil, cites in his complaint that a bill intro duced for this purpose in the last leg islature failed to become a law, after it had passed both houses, through an "inadvertency or mistake." A senate amendment, he says, was omitted from the engrossed bill. The error was not discovered until the bill was approved by the governor and the legislature had adjourned. "Consequently," says Mr. Wilson, "the bill failed to become a law." And this too under the direction of Oil Inspector Mullen, who gave his entire time during the session to the prepar ing of bills and the overseeing .of the legislative work. Sioux City Journal. AN IOWA POPCORN KING. A good many persons might be dis posed to look upon the industry of popcorn as a small business. How ever, there is a lot of popcorn consum ed in the United States and somebody has to raise it else the devotees there of will experience a longfelt want These facta were realized a number of years ago by an Iowa man, A. H. Reuber by name, and he set about making a specialty of popcorn. He planted twenty-five acres to start with and the result was so satisfactory that he steadily increased the size of his crop from year to year. He acquired more land and planted more popcorn and found no trouble in disposing of all he could raise at a good price. Some of Mr. Reuber's neighbors ob served that he seemed to be making a good thing out of his venture and they set about trying it on their own ac count By that time Reuber had es tablished a reputation as a popcorn grower and was receiving more orders than he could fill. So he bought the crops of his neighbors as they matur ed. People kept on getting interested in popcorn until the little town of Odebolt, with a population of 1,000, claims to be the popcorn center of the world. Last year 15,000,000 pounds were produced within a radious of fif teen miles of the town and more of it grown every year. Reuber is popcorn king and Odebolt is headquarters fur popcorn. The average profit of the crop is said to be about 850 to the acre, though there are instances of larger profits be ing made. One farmer near Odebolt received 83,780 for the output of forty acres, and others have done approxi mately as well. In the meantime Mr. Reuber is handling vast quantities of the grain and is encouraging all his farmer friends to raise more of it, as the demand is constantly increasing. Popcorn has now been introduced in Europe, and the people like it For eign orders are piling up at Odebolt and if the excitement keeps up tho whole state of Iowa is likely to catch the infection and go to raising pop corn for the crowned heads, and for the crownless ones at home as well. The farmer who adopts a specialty and devotes thought and energy to it is a level-headed man will more than likely reap the reward of his efforts. There is more money in a field of pop corn well tended thau in a large volume and variety of products which must needs sutler at times for lack of pro per cultivation. To one who would make farming a life vocation there is a good deal in the career of Iowa's pop corn king that may be profitably studied and emulated. Louisville Courier-Journal. RICH MAN IN THE COUNTRY. One of the problems which a gener ation or two hence will have to strug gle with is that of the rich city man iu the country. Today he is welcomed for a number of reasons. His presence attracts other rich men to a locality, for the millionaire likes company, and the price of land goes up in conse quence. He subscribes freely to move ments for road improvement, the dig ging of drainage ditches, where co operation is called for, and often of his own initiative he develops a market for a new and more profitable product. The price of farm land is advancing. It is no longer an easy thing for a farm hand to make a venture into independ ence without capital. The practical farmer is less inclined to let parts of his possession lie idle, because he realizes he would be getting nothing from property of high value and upon which he must pay as high taxes as upon that which is under cultivation. But this moving influence to produc tion does not strike the rich man at all. His income, being from other sources, he can afford to let fields grow up in weeds. A rich owner will park a wood lot and thus keep down all new growth. He will put in meadow the most fallow of soil. In short, his ten dencies, in the majority of instances, to cut down the average production of the section in which he has his country home. Toledo Blade. THE PRIZE FIGHT. Believe what one may about the "battle of the century" and the prize fighting game iu general the fact remains that the gayety of nations has been perceptibly added to. The complete seriousness with which the gentlemen of the sport fraternity have spoken of the fight as hinging the supremacy of the white race is a con tribution to essential humor not to be lightly prized. One has gotten a peep, too, into mental processes of a considerable proportion of the population. Most of these manifestations are hopeful. Some of them are not It is wholly encouraging, for example, that, what ever may be the moral height in other respects of the "fight game" and of those who support it, it is baaed on individual squareness. Nothing kills the standing of a "sport" or a "pug" quicker than to be known as a faker. And gameness is honored. In casting up the accounts let not those qualities be overlooked. They have good cheer in them. How much meaning there is in the indubitably widespread interest in such events as the Jeffries Johnson fight presents a question. The conclusion that this interest proves that the fight ing itself is approved of seems to be somewhat rashly jumped to. It is probable that almost any rightfully forbidden thing would evoke great interest if the rules of society were for once in abeyauee and the event were heralded broadly. Yet people would not approve. If a duel to the death with swords were to be fought a dis approving public would await the happening and follow it with eager concern. At the same time, there is a wholesomely primeval interest in con tests of strength, endurance and grit which gives a basis of fact for the hasty conclusion. People seem to be reaching for a plane for the pugilistic side of athletics which will satisfy this worthy pride in fundamental virtues and yet not encourage the degrading accompani ments of such exhibitions. Perhaps they will reach it Perhaps, on the other hand, to make the boxing game a fighting game will always arouse chiefly brutal instincts. Maybe the game can never have better effects than the Reno "sidelights" provoked. Then it will die out if it is not already dead. Kansas City Star. FATHER'S DAY. "Father's Day" has been inaugu rated in Spokane, Washington, by Rev. Dr. William J. Hindley, pastor of a Congregational church. In found ing it Dr. Hindley said he wanted to give everybody "a chance to speak a few kind words for the 'old man who surely needs sympathy." The few kind words were said last Sunday, and, perhaps, the "old man" felt belter for them. When the movement spreads throughout the country, as the founder and his followers believe it will, papa probably will begin to chirp up and feel that he is appreciated at something approaching his own estimate of his real worth. Mother already has her day and its observance, we hope, brings joy to her dear ild wul, but father has been rather a negligible quantity in the household scheme. It is true he is permitted to provide the money to pay the bills, but what does it profit a man to own a palatial home and supply the table with the fat of theJand if he must adjourn to the cellar or back steps to smoke his pipe or cigar because tobacco smoke is injurious to the lace curtains he did not select, but had to pay for? Nor does it add to the joys of his outcast nicotinous vigil to listen to the strains of "Everyliody Works but Father," as played and sung by the young hopefuls amid the comfortable surroundings from which he has been banished. Surely father needs a little sympathy, and perhaps a little more considera tion. Springfield Union. WHEN GRANT WHITTLED AT A BATTLE'S HEIGHT. This story of when Gen. Ulysses S. Grant whittled at the real crisis of his first great battle in Virginia was told to me by the late Gen. George II. Sharpe, who, iu the last years of the civil war, was a member of Gen. Geo rge H. Meade's staff. Later I received unexpected confirmation of the anec dote from two sources, Gen. Alexander S. Webb and U. S. Grant, Jr. "We all know now," prefaced Gen. Sharpe, "that Grant's real purpose at the battle of the Wilderness, about which my story relates, was to let it be known throughout th North that he iuteuded to hang on to Gen. Lee's army until he captured it. You sure ly must remember how greatly the country was thrilled with his dispatch from the battlefield to President Lin coln: 'I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.' "Well, one of the very critical peri ods of that battle I might say its crisis occurred on the second day, May G, 1864, when Gen. Early was hurled in vigorous attack against the Union right wing, then in command of Gen. Sedgwick, who met his death three days later while planting some guns in an advanced position at Spot sylvania. At the height of this at tack I know that Gen. Meade was greatly disturbed lest Lee should turn our right flank. That done, in all probability we should have been dri ven back over the Rapidan, and the country would have said it was a case of Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg over again. "We were standing in a little group around Meade, oliserving his anxiety, when, casually turning my eyes to wards the place where I bad seen Gen. Grant standing some time before, I failed to locate him. However, I did see a soldier sitting under a tree and whittling a stick, I thought that was a curious attitude for a soldier to take, and I looked again. Then, for the first time, I saw that the man in ques tion was Gt. Grant You Trow, at that tiaM oar Eastern officers were not as familiar with his peculiarties as we became later. This was the first bat tie we had been in with him. "There sat the great general, actual ly whittling on a piece of pine, and ap parently perfectly unconcerned as to the outcome of the attack on Sedgwick or the fortunes of battle any where else along our front I think Meade also must have observed Grant's apparent indifference, for at last he .approached him, and the rest of us went with Meade. As we neared the tree, I noticed 'that Grant wore no unifoim which would distinguish his rank. He had on a privates blouse and thick boots and, so far as I could see, wore no stars. "He looked up as Meade came with in speakiiig distauce and waited pati ently for the latter to speak. I did not catch exactly what Meade said, but I know its purport, Meade inti mating to Grant that he was very ap prehensive that Lee was turning our right, and it seemed to him that re-enforcements should be sent to Sedgwick. "Grant stopped whittling, with the knife blade buried halfway down the wood. 'I don't believe it he said, slowly, quietly and very decisively. Then he began whittling again. "Gen. Meade and the rest of us drew off a few paces, but after a minute or two Meade repeated his anxiety to Grant who once more stopped shaving down the piece of pine just long enough to repeat in the same quiet, determined way: 'I don't believe it' 'But despite this assurance from our commander we still stood around ap prehensively, and Grant, finally noti cing our doubt apparently added a few words to his stock sentence as he whittled away. 'Don't worry about our right' he said. 'Sedgwick is there. No one will be able to turn him; no body can get by him. Besides, Lee can't afford to send re-enforcements from other parts of his army to his left Don't worry, gentlemen.' "I could see that Gen. Meade was not at all convinced, that he was, in fact, beginning to lose his temper you know, he was a quick-tempered man. But just then occurred an ex traordinary accident An officer rode up, saluted Gen. Grant, and the next moment was declaring that he had the honor of reporting for Sedgwick that the right was holding its own and was in no danger. " 'I thought so,' said Grant, quietly, more to himself than to us, as he re sumed whittling. "I think that from that momont we never lost our confidence in the accur acy of Gen. Grant's judgment E. J. Edwards in Globe-Democrat. The "Bull." The origin of tbe word "bull" as the definition of a confused utteruuee is doubtful. Some philologists say it comes from the French boule "fraud" and others tbat It Is derived from the Icelandic bull "nonsense." Many definitions have been attempted, but the best probably Is tbat of Sydney Smith. Writing of the difference be tween wit and "bulls," he says: "Wit discovers real relations tbat are appar ent; 'bulls admit apparent relations that arc not real. Tbe stronger tbe apparent connection and the more com plete tbe real disconnection of the ideas the greater tbe surprise and tbe better tbe bull.' " Where Locks Don't Mattar. Apropos of a titled foreigner's mar riage to a rich and rather plain Ameri can girl a New Yorker said: "The count has no cause to com plain. The ethics of such a marriage as his are but tbe ethics of tbe matri monial agency. "A man called at a matrimonial agency. H'I am Interested.' be said, in tbe young lady who has $230,000 In her own right Could you let roe see her photograph?' "No; that Is not the custom,' the agent replied. 'In any case over $100. 000 tbe photograph Is never asked for.'" Malayan Tree Dwellers. The Sakals. or tree dwellers, of tbe Malay peninsula build their houses Iu forked trees a dozen feet above ground and reach them by means of bamboo ladders, which they draw up when safely boused out of barm's way. The bouse Itself Is a rude kind of shack made of bamboo, and tbe flooring Is lashed together piece by piece and bound securely to tbe tree limbs by rattan. These curious people are rath er small and lighter Iu complexion than tbe Malays, though much uglier. They have no form of religion at ail not even Idols no written language and speak a corrupt form of Malay. Hunting. "Do you enjoy bunting?" -No.- "Perhaps you nave never bad favor able opportunities for enjoying tbe sport What have yon bunted mostly?" "Before I was married I generally bunted for a boarding place. Since then most of my bunting bas been for flats.' Chicago Record-Herald. Putting It Gently. Mr. Henpeck I near tbat young Jones and bis wife are not getting along very well. Mrs. Henpeck (au thoritatively) Jones should never nave married when be did. He was too young to realize tbe step be was tak ing. Mr. Henpeck Yes, I know. But I like tbe boy. We have many things in cesnmon. Grief Is crowned with coaaolatloa. Shakespeare. EUROPEAN MUSIC MASTER tiJajBjBjBJBJBeJBeBBBJBHafleBSJBeBJfl HERR SOBON SCHILDKRET Flute and Piccolo Soloist Aside from being a celebrated solo ist, he is the accomplished director of the ROYAt HUNGARIAN ORCHESTRA ii CHAUTAUQUA SCENE MAKE EARtY PtANS TO ATTEND CHAUTAUQUA Thar Should. Fritz, tbe gardener, was a stolid Ger man who was rarely moved to extraor dinary language. Even tbe most pro vocative occasions only caused him to remark mildly ou his 111 luck. Not long ago be came buck from tbe city in the late evening after a hard day in the market place. lie was sleepy, and. tbe train beliix crowded, tbe baggageman gave him a chair in his roomy car. Finally the train reached Bloomlield. Fritz still slept as it pulled in. aud his friend had to shako him and tell bim where he was. "I tauks you." said Fritz as he rose slowly to his feet. The open door of the car was directly in front of him. Ho walked straight out of it. The baggageman sprang to look aft er bim. Fritz slowly picked himself up from the sand by the side of the track, looked up at the door and 6aid. with no wrath in bis voice: "There should here be some steps." Youth's Companion. A Wonderful Feat. In its review of Pierre de Vassiere's book "Le Mort du itoi" the Neueste Nacbricbten dwells upon the account of tbe last seven minutes of Louis XVI. as described in the book. These were between 10:15, when the king ar rived at the foot of the guillotine, and 1022, "when a shot Ored at the end of the Champs Elysees, no one knows by whom, gave notice tbat the head bad fallen." The review calls attention to tbe statement by the author that tbe king's bands bad been pinioned be hind him by the executioner while Louis was putting on the coat which he was to wear at the end and that when he reached tbe platform of the Instrument of death ho rushed unas sisted to the upright farthest from the stairway, "slapping the face of one of the assistant executioners who tried to stop him." With bands fastened at his back, the reviewer asks. "How did the doomed monarch manage to perform the operation?" Etiquette by Precedent. For example of how men may live and act according to precedent there can be no better reference than to the lord chamberlain's office in London. There in quiet rooms day after day men learned in state etiquette, court dress and royal functions reach down heavy volumes to sec what was done on such and such an occasion. Beau tiful pictures showing with minute ex actness tbe details of the court cos tume under various circumstances are ready to their bands. Is the shah of Persia coming? Is the kaiser soon to arrive? Is the king going to receive tbe monarch of 'Siam? Is one of the royal princesses to be married? When any of these events happens the offi cials at the lord chamberlain's office know exactly what to do. And if some point should crop np which bas not been raised for a century or more they have the faithful official records as to what was done on tbe last like occasion. Eccentricities In Palace. The Russian Empress Anne built a great palace of ice and on occasions when the fancy seized her punished several of her dainty courtiers by com pelling them to pass the night in this great chamber of state, where they were almost frozen to death. The Czar Paul constructed a room formed entirely of huge mirrors where be spent hours walking to and fro In full uniform a singular taste for the ugliest man in Russia. One of tbe native princes of Java cooled bis palace by making a stream fall In a cascade over the gateway. and tbe Indian despot Tippo Sahib Dlaced beside bis dinner table a life size figure of a tiger devouring au English officer, tbe roar of tbe beast and tbe shrieks of the victim being Imitated by bidden machinery. A Guess at It. Teacher (of class In grammar) What do you understand by "parts of speech?" Tommy It's-ifs when a man stutters. Chicago Tribune. FURNITURE We canry the late styles and up-to-date designs in Furniture. - If you are going to fur nish a home, or just add a piece to what you already have, look over our com plete line. Need a Kitchen Cabinet? See the "Springfield." HENRY GASS 21-21-23 West 11th St Malayan Tree Dweller. The Sakals. or tree dwellers, of tbe Malay peninsula build their bouses in forked trees a dozen feet above ground and reach them by means of bamboo ladders, wbicb tbey draw up when safely housed out of barm's way. Tbe house Itself Is a rude kind of shack made of bamboo, and tbe flooring Is lashed together piece by piece and bound securely to tbe tree limbs by rattan. These curious people are rath er small and lighter Iu complexion than the Malays, though much uglier. Tbey have uo form of religion at ail not even idols no written language and speak a corrupt form of Malay. iHIHaWaWawSawlBawiaWalP rJn JbTbIbHbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbIbbbbb Prr'fSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBB J'3Z''KVi4- . - - - - IIfBBIBBBBBBBBBBBJBByBBBa WATCH THE PROGRESS OF FARM DEVELOPMENT IN WYOMING Tha Rtetat Vfl-tveltif - Sfate hi tkt Wast GO WITH ME on one of our personally conducted landseekers' excursions to THE BIG HORN BASIN the first and third Tuesdays of each month, and see what the farmers are doing on these new lands where the Bur lington Railroad is building new lines; where new towns offer splendid business openings in all lines of trade and profession. EXAMINE THESE LANDS PERSONALLY with me. I will help you to pick out the best I am employed by the Burlington Railroad for this very purpose. OUR HOMESEEKERS' TICKET allows you 25 days with stop overs everywhere in homeseekers' territory; ample time to examine the lands and spend a few days fishing in the mountain streams if you like. See the irrigated lands where the ditches are built by the Government and also by private companies, and the Mondell 320-acre FREE home steads all on one trip. SPECIALLY PREPARED WYOMING LITERATURE just off the press. Write for it today. mm wnRKV Magazine Binding I Old Books I I Rebound I I In fact, for anything in tbe book I I binding line bring your work to I I &e I I Journal Office I I Phone 184 I Columbus, Neb. Putting It Gently. Mr. Mmik".u I h.'jir that young .lone aud liN wife are not getting along wry well. Mrs. lleiiieck tau-tborilativ'ly-.lmits should never have married when he did. He was too young le roulize the step be was tak ing. Mr. Henpeck-Yes, I know. But 1 like the boy. We have many things In common. There Is Hope. SpellbiudiT (on the siump-Ientle-men. iu all mr mreer 1 have never been approached with a bribe! Voire From Hie Rear-Cheer up. old man! Your luok may change. Brook lyn Life. D. CLEM DEilVER. GCHtlMl flltut Land SMkars IwfwmaHaii Bureau 1004 Famam StrMt, Omaha, Ntfcr. I