Nebraska Newspapers

    THJS OMAHA DAILY BEE ; SATUKDAY DECEMBER 20 , 1891.
RECLAIMING THE ARID BELT ,
Turn on the Water , Nature Will Do the
Rest.
SENATOR V/AIHEN / TALKS ON IRRIGATION ,
Improvement Solioinc
Willed Would Inuivnso the nil-
r.lilo Awn One-Third I'ro-
poHCd l
Irrluntlon Is In Its lafnncvln the west. The
wonderful agtlculturnl results nocompltshoJ
In n comp trailvcly smnll way by means of
nrtltlrlul molsUiro foicshado.vs what will bo
achieved on the vast ntld regions of the west
nnd northwest when the waters now going to
waste are applied to the dormant fortllltv of
the soil. The question of farming and exe
cuting n comprehensive Irrigation ystem has
only recently been given the attention It deserves -
serves In the west. Widespread interest has
broil aroused i v means of conventions , and
this , coupled with the Increased political
pownr of the uost , has mndo an effective Im
pression on "the powers tint bo. " The
United States senate has acknowledged Its
Importance by placing .Senator Francis 10.
'
Wiinen nt tlio'bond of the committee on Irri
gation and nnd lands.
" The pclccllon of Senator Wnrrcn Is every
where icgardcd us most npnropilntc , In vlow
of the fiict Unit he has given thU subject
careful and exhaustive study and has at
tended nearly all of the conventions In the
west where this topic was considered. Sen
ator \\nrrcn Is very hopeful that valuable
legislation will bo accomplished bofoio con
gress adjourns. Senator Dolph of Oregon
hns already introduced nn Irrigation bill , nnd
Senator Uubois of Idaho has another In
preparation Senator Warren Introduced ono
last year , nnd wi.l again nioscnt It with seine
chnngns. Out of Ihcse mcisuros it is ex
pected that a satisfactory law can be framed.
"Tho thing to Uo accomplished , " said Sen
ator Wnnon In nn interview in the Wash
ington Post , "Is to cruro the consent of coa-
gress to th" ceding of the arid lands lo the
.states In trust under cumin icstilotions.
The conventions which have bcfln held nt
( Jiilveston , Denver and Omaha i cached this
conclusion almost iitmiilinouMy. At Denver
there were present luprosenfattves from
eighteen states. At Salt LaKe about the
Biimn number of states woto roniesented by
over t > ( K ) delegates , c.illed In a convention to
consider arid land matters alone , and this con
vention unanimously dec-lured In favorof ced
ing the lands. I balii'vo that this consent of
congress can bo secured when thepoooleof the
east fully Understand our situation. They
nro beginning to appreciate It now A iium-
bjr of thn inominent o.istern pipers ere al
ready ghlntf the question intelligent consid
eration , md I lind tint the interest in the
cast in Irrigation is growing. "
"Hut before vou catgot ( congress Inter
ested must j on not show that Irrigation U
really u success ! "
"There will bo no dtfileulty in proing the
absolute success of the irrigating method. It
has given unquestionably excellent results
wherever tiled , ando have found also that
Irnirntud land is stirpiisniRly pioductive.
Anybody i\ho has looked into this matter
oven most superficially will bear testimony
to tlio thoiough success of irrigation ' '
"Whv should the lauds bo ceded to the
states ( "
"Jjocauso the public lands not requiting
irricatlon have nearly all been taken up.
Most of what now remains must bo 10-
claimed Lofoio v homestead ( > ettloinoiit is
possible. Hence the government must very
BOOH either iniilto larco nppiopiiatloiis of
money to icclalm thcso lands , or allow the
several states to bo the trustees instead ot
the United States to bring about u icclatna-
tlon , or further settlement of the
great i\ort becomes impiacticable. I
believe the quickest wnv and the ono
suiestof success is for the government to
'lot go' of lands now useless and for which It
declines to appropriate sufliclent develop
ment inonev , allowing the states to under
1 take to ntlll/o and make valuable snob lands
ns are nonproductive and unremunerativo
nllko to the irition. the several states and the
homo seeker * . The status would eluiv'o
hPttlcrs for this land only the cost of rocliium
lion , anu would sell in icstilctcd acreage ti
each owner und 01 Ij to actual settlers.
"Furthcimore , the present federal Inni
laws nio defective and Innppllcaolo to tin
arid ruclon ; ench stnta can best frame the
law * suited to its peculiar conditions Under
the present federal laws title-is not guaran
teed with Mifllclont cloainess to wairant tlic
outlay of expense. The tiomestnad law oner *
no aid because the homesteader has not sjfll-
clent money to build ditches from our large
sticams and no opportunity of making n
livelihood until such ditches nro uuilt. Com
panies cannot afford to build ditches on gov
ernment land because thnio Is no adequate
sccuiity for the investment. The title to the
land Is in the hands of the government nnd
independent title van only bo obtained liv
actual antryinon , who me without means o'r
opportunity of making proof and proem luff
title until water hns boon applied to the
lands. They cannot settle until ditches uio
built , ns it is only then that the land be
comes productive. Under' state control
water could bo taken to the hinds and water
and land disposed of together in snrill
ownership to farmcis who would immedi
ately settle on them nnd produce crops. "
"tins not the goveinmont given the con
trol or tun water supply in most of the arid
states lo the btatcs themselves i"
"Yes , " replied thosondtor"lt has , nnd this
Is all the more icason why the control of the
lands should bo ceded also under proper o-
stilctions. The uovernmont has Imposed 0:1 :
thOM ) states the responsibility and expense
of supervising the public watois , but It has
at the same tlmo letained possession of the
only ine.ins from which a revenue can bo do-
ilvcd , namely , the land Itself , f know that
the sentiment of Wvoinlng , and I believe
that of the entire mid legion , is that this is
equally unjust and unwise. Laud and water ,
being hotU essential to agiiculturnl success ,
should be under ono supervision , either state
or national. The advantages of this In point
of effectiveness , economy , and in satisfaction
to the paitios attempting reclamation aio too
obvious to need fuithor argument. 1 can ,
however , give a hinKloconvincing incident.
"Invomlng , to meet the expense ot
cuardlng the lights of the owners of over
ihieo thousand miles of ditches scattered
nloiig thousands of miles of iintuial water
way over a county ! largoi than New Ung-
laml wo tax less than 10 per cent of the
Innds In the state. Over IK ) percent remains
in tlio bauds of the national goveiiimont and
contributes nothing to this or any other of
the state expenses. At the same time , the
meabuicments of tne state engineer In June ,
1MH ) , showed that two of the stieams of the
state woio each discharging over 10,000
cubic feet of water per second. This water
run. * to waste , and Is nil absolute loss to the
Htuto and nation. If utlli/od , It would sunlco
for the leclamatlon of : t,000OOJ acios of land.
It would mnko 40,000 oieuiy-ncro farms on
what U now a ban mi , worthless waste.
These are the possibilities of simply two of
the watcrwas of this ono state. For the
past two J curs wo have contemplated these
natural lesourcos with a knowledge that our
agricultural population along the stieams I
have mentioned U not Incroaslni ; , und with
the disheartening convlution that then a is no
prospector thulr utilization until wo secuia
a system ot land laws suited to the arid re
gion. "
"Do you anticipate any objection to In
vesting the state with contiol over these mid
lands I"
"I do not see why any objection should bo
raised , Wo have now no iuienu.no means of
setting aside reset rolr sites for storage pur
poses nor for the piotecllon or utilization of
our timber uicns to hold bacu the winter
snow & fur summer water supply. To bring
about the changes desired thcto must botionic
instrument for Its accomplishment. The
question Is , which ran best ha Intrusted with
that , work , the state or the national authorl *
ties I The state govoinment U the proper
agency. The government huro Is buidened
with other mutters , Comparatively fnw
member * of congress glvo soilous attention
to the subject , because not directly interested
in its proper solution.
"On the other hand , In every arid state
Irrigation is felt to bo a mutter of vital con
cern , and the people have bad much practical
nxponcnco. They will scrutinize closely the
laws inul the officials who execute them , for
they realize Unit upon both will depend In n
largo meusuio the state's welfare anu pro
gross. Tim transfer of the control to thu
several states would enable each state gov
eminent to develop Us Irrigation system in
accord with local conditions and with tuo
views uud oplulous of different localities , It
would stimulate the states by strengthening
self-reliance and dependence upon their own
resources , nnd bo of far greater service than
direct md coming from national appropria
tions. "
"What would bo the practical results of
complete Irrigation ! "
"No ono could begin to ontlmato them. In
Wyoming , whore wo have n no\ \ [ and climate
adapted to the successful production of all
crops of the temperate region , with onc-lhiiil
of tlio state underlaid with coal , with oil
Holds known to bo among the largest in the
United States , with Iron , conpor and soda In
abundance and with piccluus metals almost
everywhere , wo have now loss than ono per
son to rach 1,1100 square miles of area. The
total asncsscd valuation of the state amounts
to but little moie than 50 cents to each acre
ol land In the state , nnd this Includes cities
and towns. We need luoro people and inoro
capital to develop our roioureoi , but wo can
not have thcso unless our ngncultui.il Inter
ests nio developed. Tnls stulo of nf-
fairs worln n twofold injury to us.
It drains the people of money which
should bo kept nt homo and In
creases the cost ot living of thojo engaged in
other pursuits bo-ddos ngilculture. M1IU
nnd factoiies cannot bo established nor
in I n 01 opened it the workers therein arc com
pelled to send long distances lor ncaily
everything they cat. To develop our mlnoi
wo must have cheap food or the price of labor
consumes nil.
"What Is true of Wyoming Is true of other
states in the atid belt , and when I tell you
that this arid region Includes one-third of the
whole of the United States , you will begin to
nppicclnto what an important question irri
gation is to thn people nnd states In the far
west. Sutcly , if wo can got congress to look
nt thU matter ns wo see It. them oaght to bo
no question abcut securing the necessary
fueislation. "
Thov had lots of wedding presents , but the
most precious was n box of Hallor's Aus
tralian salvo.
She said thoughtfully , it's so nice for the
llltlo chaps on mv hinds. Ho said , wo
haven.t pot any "littlo chaps" yet. She
said , WhylJohn , nnd John win squelched.
Dr. Culliinoro , oculist. Boo building
\\nlor Hcnts Duo ilnn. 1.
Payable at company's ollico , Boo build
ing. Flvo per cent discount allowed if
paid on or before January 1. Failure to
receive bill will not entitle consumer to
discount.
Competition trembles wnon [ Inyclcn
Bros , open nrieos on i > iuH ; > ; anJ org.ins.
A A uTiiun aiitusa ru.
Tin : BEU will soon eommcico the publica
tion of Nvakcman's "Letters of Travel. " No
newspaper writer of the day has a more np
piecialivo following than Mr. Wakeman.
His journeys are made in great part
on foot , sharing In the common lite
ot the people of the countries which
ho visits , and securing such thor
ough Insitrht into their manners nnd customs
as could be obtained in no other way. Of all
the men who are doing this kind of wort ;
today ho is unquestionably the best Informed
and the most pleasing and graceful writer.
He is a pout , lee , and his prose as well as his
verses , which ho from time lo lime eonliib-
utoa to current publications , is full of imag
ery and marked bv stronc poetic feoliufr.
The llrat four of Mr. Wulcoman's letters of
1WIJ will toll of a tramp ucros * Porlutral from
t lbbon to Avamonlo. Hoa Isido piclures of
I'oi tiiL-urso villages , peasant homos and
everyday provincial life , will be painted with
the same fidelity and ilinrui which have char-
actcrl/cd Iho English loiters recently pub
lished in this country. Portugal Is a country
famous for its pastauhiovmonts and it Is out
side the beaten line * of travel and inhabited
by a most interostinc nco of people.
After those loiters will como two descrlb-
me a week in Morocco , nnd thcso will bo fol
lowed byalitt- ) ! from Ciuialtar telling of
the famous fortress nuct its surroundiiiRs.
Majoica and Minorca , Iho Balearic islands ,
will nexl be visited , and then Malta and its
people and their life , manners , customs and
superstitions will bo doiuribed.
' 1 brce letters tellinc of Italian rambles will
follow , and then foroit travel in Gallcla.
This Is the northoastorumo'it province of Aus-
Irir. Us petroleum fields , their workings
and peasant workmen and the homo life and
customs of the Polish , Uuthenian und Tatras
peasantry of tins seldom visited region will
Uo attractive subjects for Mr. Wakoraan's '
pen
JJoturnlng lo the British isles Mr. Wake-
man will toll ol sotno of tuo men and women
and places familiar to American roaduis.
Altogether the reader will travel with Mr.
U a'ceman ' and theie could bo no boiler
guldo-lhrough some of the most interesting
towns and legions the old woi'd ' can show.
Ilei. readers nuiv do tills , not as strangers
might , but learning the secret * of the pee
ple's lives , ns close friends would do , and
Kulnlng from history nnd tradilion the charmIng -
Ing sloiv mid sentiment that cluster about
the old places where humanity has for so
many hundred ! , of recorded ye irs lived and
loved and joyed and suffered and fought and
died.
Small In size , great in results ; Do Witt's
LlttloHnrly KlsuH. Best pill for constipi-
tlou , best forslek hoadaoho , host for sour
stomach.
_
Wegman piano. Now scale. Now
tuninc dovioo. Sold on indUlliuonU.
Hayden Bros.
' craps of Information.
Arabs never eat llbh.
AH trees are evergreen in the tropics.
In Palestine there tire now 78,000
.lows.
Onlj three species of , routifos exist in
Ireland.
Tlio moon is said to move 31)3 ! ! ) foot per
second ,
Only ono American in 2il ( is over six-
foot in height.
.Tho average sue of an American farm
5hlO ( ! acres.
It takes )0,000 roses lo make an ounce-
of" altar of roses . - C3
Ton nor cent of the population of India
are widows.
There over 9,000 brass bands in the
Salvation army.
The pope can speak English , German
and French perfectly.
At the present rate of increase tlio
population of the earth will double ilbolf
in UGO years. _
DoWlll's Ulilo Knrly Risers. ; bast little
illsforiljr.ii > op > l n.sciir stomach , bad breath
Why P. IJIiio Huso is Impossible.
St. Louis Kopublio : A llonst makes
the assertion that a blue roao is among
tlio Impossibilities , but , wlulo an ex
planation of this curioiH fact may ho
equally impossible , ho fails to mention a
very intoiesting law which governs tlio
coloring of all flowers A knowledge of
tills law would save many llowor growers
hours of unavailing and foolish hope.
The law is simply this : The three col
ors , rod. blue and yellow , never all up.
pear In the s-uno species of llowors ; any
two may exist , but never the third.
Thus wo have tlio red and yellow roses ,
but no blue ; led and blue verbenas , but
no yellow ; yellow and blue in the vari
ous members of the viola family ( as pan-
slcs , for instance- ) , but no rod ; rod and
yellow gladioli , but no \ > luo , and so on.
Ovorii9,03Q ! It owe scales nave boon sold
and the demand Increasing continually. lor !
dcn Solleck Co. Chicago ; 111.
Dr. McGrew , pvt diseases , 1 1th & Far.
nf Jlot Itmtnrlcii unlsrt/ili hcil , 4/t ;
cuifa ; cur/i O'MKfimnl ' Una ten c nU.
KINO At Bnpeilor , Nob. , Du'omhor''l , Mix.
Annie Kin- ) , lieu I'aploy , sUtor of Clmrles and
Henry topluy of this city ,
l'AI.MiU-iAniuliii : ! , December31. IfOI , Ulna
A. Palmer. UK oil 1H , at the resilience of H.
Hopkins. siOOBnuth r.Ievonlh streot. t'umir.il
i > r > leu at thu roMdcneu todav at ! l 11. in. Thu
remain * will be liuurrod ut Ulcnvmod , In
MILKS John ! . , iiROd 17. at T o'clock a.m. ,
I'rlday , December . 1S9I , at hU rosliloncc.
518 s. Jiith btreut. The romulim will busunt
to Davunpnrt. In. . Sunday ovonlng. Thu
funeral will leave the housu ut5 u'ctocK
p. in.
iO S At Illnlr. Neb. . December SI , IHI. ) I.nlu
Itnai. iliuuhter of Mr and Mrr. John M ,
Tanner , mod Hiu.irs and 4 inonlhs. Thu
bo < ly wan briMhl to Omiilni lunt csunliii ; .
un i thu fiinurul will bo huld this afternoon
uti o'clock , f rum bt I'hlloiucnu n cathedral ,
luiurjuv'nt ut ijt. Mury's vi'uet0ry >
IS THE CITY OF GONDOLAS ,
Graphic Pea Pio'nrai of Biautiful Venioj
nnd the Lagune.
A PARAD.SI FOR ARTIST AND POET ,
Chitrolics llluli in M irlilrs nnd Works
ol' Art Untiling at Ijltln How
the Poor li\va \ Salt a
Iitry. .
Vnvicr , Nov. 13. When wo lott Venice
two yoiiri nye wo didn't ttiintt wo should
ngulii return to this city by tlio se.i , but the
spell of cnuh.int.nont was upon ua.Vo must
cotno njaln und w.uulor union. ; the silent
it roots runt b.uho in the w.irm sunshine.
The colored s.ills of the HgUno passed bufoto
our mind ntnl wo sojiuod to see the rich rod
und or.uiKO wings bjuhoulit , ? to us from ular.
Yo * , wo woUld visit n3'aln the Water Oily
nnd llvo the doluo Tarn lento o.xlstonco ubaruu-
UMisitu of Its people.
It was with u ( Icon sense of plonsuro that
wo found ourselves onus inoro crossing the
gro.ii brldtcu whmii divide * her spouse from
tholnldoof thnj Adriatic. In the distance
we could sue the city beautiful in u Uru.nn ;
ttiosloiidor lortn of its irrooii crowned Uam-
p.inllo slanUtiiK 1 strong outline out of a
doci < blue slty. The red tower of Ht. Ucorglo ,
on its own little island , guvo bade its ro-
llcullon in the water , while a hundred domes
and graceful spirts mirrored their shadows
in those. ! . Truly this is Venice , us wo had
Icatued to know and love it. tloro were nil
the dainty gondolas lying waiting at the very
cdKO of the station. No longer the cab and
thed looking horjo wnro aojn : wo uavo
nothing but water ooforo ui for a load , and
do/ens of little boats p liutoJ blaolc. rowed by
tall , splendid looking men , who stand at
cither end und row with a grace quite out of
the common. Wo stop from the station Into
the gondola'whlle a fac hlno follows with
the lugg.igu. The old beggar holds the. bout
steady with a long polo -ind soon wo glldo
over the watar so silently in to oo sea reelv
conscious of moving. Kibt rows of marble
palaces and splendid churches , rising
uoiuptlv from the water ; past
the Klilto with its noble arch
thrown over the Grand caniil ,
under gloomy nrchos connecting high palaces
on the r.uriow canals , darting nrouuu cor
ners , while the gondolier guvo bis word of
warning to those who might bo coming in
the opposite direction , past M\ift moving
gondolas with tuolr freignt of beauty , Vene
tian women , with the lace veil dupjd over
the hold , past the I'oazicttn , with its two
tall marble columns and the gold vaulted bv-
7iiiitino church of St. Marco , nnd its two
Illckering lights of olive oil burning before
the image of the Virgin.
The Ducul palace and the Crldgo of Sl hs
ure now reached ana wo mo now rowinir out
into the nv.i degli schlavonl , with its broad
cspl.mado. brilliant with gas jots und hun
dreds of Italians walking back and forth ,
or Idling at the cafes. A man-of-war is nt
anchor just beyond the yellow smokestaclc-of
the yacht iMahuma , Jutnos Gordon Bennett's
pet toy which is at our side. The owner and
his paity , including hU slstor , und manv la
dies , have some Neojolltan ; singers on board ,
and the seieuado Is wafted to us .is woglido
Dast thc.n. Another stioko of the oar lands
us at our tiotol where the paJiona wclcomo.3
us and gives us heaity greetings. The nor-
tier , looking half brigand , half savage , with
pleicod ears und dark eyes und complexion ,
iclicivcs us of our bags , and following him
comes pretty Maria , the maid , in whlto cap
and apron , wearing immense Moorish hoop j
cuinngs , , and mound her neck a nooKlacj of
lOiotoral bouls. Thcso faithful botvants
romembcied us and showed all the affection
which the Italian can feel for these who
have been kind to them in the past. In my
pretty loom with its fiesrootl culling ami
marbiu mosaic floor I soon discoveioj a bunch
ot fragrant roses , resting in a vase of old
Venetian plam. I had no need to ask
w hose hands had placed the ( low
ers thereFium founcr experience
I had grown accustomed to such attentions
from the servants , in this lovolv countrv.und
1 feel always as if 1 am indebted to Italy and
her kind-hearted people for that true lo'ynltv
and friendship which binds mo to them with
so strong u tie.
The churches hero nro ricn in marbles and
works ot art , and in no city cm ono see finer
examples of Giovanni Holftnl , that matchless
pilnter ot the Madonna and child , than nro
to bo ton ml heio in the academy , and the
vaiious churches. Titian's
Assumption , con-
sideicd by some ertiiis : to bo his masterpiece ,
is in the Hello Artl , nnd Paul Vcioneio and
Tintoretto have also some excellcntexnmplcs
of their work in the same gallery and "the
'
Togo's pnlaco. The artists of tno'old Vcno-
Ua. . school were especially stiong in coloring ,
ami the ilchnoss ot moU of their canvases is
one of their great charms.
Venice , at this fall season ot the year ,
belongs to the Venetians. Then tno city is
not given over to tlio foreign clement , who , u
month later , will crowd its broad iiin/z.i mid
swarm its canals. Just now , the "only lan
guage heaid is the soft Venetian dialect , so
musical to the oar , and so harmonious in its
easy How. Thoicurono harsh sounds , the
words , nro melodious in themselves oven
when scpaiutcd. The bathing at Lido is ono
of the grcut attractions ; the stoumar which
leaves tno citv at every half hour during the
day , for i hat Island , Is alwavs sure to bo
densely ciowdod with those who go over for
tno sea baths.
The city ib now given over entirely to its
own people nnd u bright , cheerful place U Is.
All through the hours of the day and evcw-
Ing , the street crier's voice is heard shouting
Ills calls. Some of these commence
as a deep , round shriek nnd dlo
uway in a moan. Men in uurquej row
thiongli the nariow canals with boatloads of
watci melons nnd small sugar melons , Una ,
ginpos and ueai-bes. The fruit is fresh ami
of excellent flavor , and is grown on the
islands near Venice. Tncro nio two of these
bnrqucs which como under my window each
day at u certain hour and the boatman rests
his oar and gives his pacnliar cry. 1 know
the volco now and open my blinds , drawn to
iteop out the sun , and lower my little Tuscan
basket by means of a long ropo. The fruit
selected , 1 beein the process of drawing up
the basket nnd its tempting contents. I .1111
becoming quite export in managing Venetian
customs , sotno of which iiro very peculiar.
The people of the poorer classes do little
cooking ut homo , fuel is expensive nnd tlio
vegetables and fried llih cooked at the open
air kitchens ara cheap , so that for a few
soldi llio ) ran bavo a slice of polenta a sort
of mush a handful ot sariilnrs fried In
fresh oil , and a sliceoT baked squash. A fl.ih
wblrh llnds great favor with thorn is round
at almost every corner of the streets loading
tn the Hialto. It is a species of duvll Jlsti
with manv feelers , of a blight rod color
when boiled , and nro served In term cotta
bowls lined with vivid green porcelain.
They are bald to be uood , but to our IHOJII-
dlced taste they appear anything but uppo-
tuing.
Salt doesn't enter Into the food of the class
of people I wrllo of. Thtiy nnvor tnsto It ,
und the nospltal for the scrofulous childion
at Lido is tilled by these who have not had
this necessary article In their food livery
oveiung 1 have noticed a poorlv dressed
woman , aci'ompanftHl by two nmnil children ,
n bny and a gill , go to a point on the ilver
nnd lean over the edge of the
wall nnd till u boltlo with the
salt water. liocomlng curious us to the
usu umdoof It , I approachoJ her , with an
apology for the question , and nskod whatsho
did with the sou water. Turning upon mo u
snoot , siul face , In which traces of beauty
woiostill visible , she ropllod that this was
the only wny ho ha > l of giving her children
the taste of soil nrblch they inquired , The
tax levied Upon lhli nrtlr.lo by the govern *
incut placed It onltritly beypnd rcnch of the
poor. Is It right , I task , that a government
should take from ltaicoply an article neces
sary to health I
The Wlngod Llonmf Ht. Mark Is no longer
upon Us tall irmrbleTolumu. It has bcon re
moved to an underground room , off the court
of i ha ducal p.ilueo , , v hero for u few soldi It
irmv bo seen in tboihnnds of the restorer. The
noble creature doai tint look so well when
scon near as It docs upon Its high pedestal.
In times past It had been restored In nclunisv
nmnnor , and Its bortr nnd tnlluio in several
sections , Joined in at most IniuUntie fnMiIon.
The Italians worlc slowly , and when 1 told
ono of the guards that Vonlco was incom
plete without thnlr Winged Lion , nnd they
ought to hurry and restore it and put it In Its
nlnco , ho icplud : "Oh , yes ; wo shall have
it dnno In two yunrV time. "
A morn polite and intelligent lot of men
than the gondollrrs it would not bo possible
to Und. They commence to row when very
young , nnd the e\crelso imutcs thorn strong
of arm nnd of splendid pb.vslquo. Thov hnvo
Informed thomiolvos on the history ot their
city , from Its oaillcst limes to the Ptcsent ,
nnd can give ono inoro Interesting informa
tion than can bo found lu any of the guide
books. They have n perfect management
over their boat" , ufid nothing could look
oaslorthnn tbolr manner of rowing , stand-
ins ; but , I am told that It Is tiresome work.
Their livery consists of n complete sailor
suit of whlto ducking , with deep collar of
light blue cambric , navj blue sash , tied in n
loose knot nt the side , and n sailor hat with a
blue bind of ribbon falling bohlnd. On
cmorclng from the hotrl the stranger Is sig
nalled , in the distancennd at onto the nlr re
sounds with cries of "Gondola ! uomlola ! "
Vonli-o will always bo unique. No city Is
like It , anit none cin over equal its dieamy
charms. Hero the poet and artist can find
ample material for their worn ; theie Is ruin
nnd decay about one , but it is beautiful all
the same , and It Is Venice.
NFTTII : W. COLLINS.
Fl\c Hundred million Dollar *
will bo spent at the "World's fair. " Now is
the 11 mo to secure a hotel , boaidlng house or
other business to make a fortune. Address
James Pcarco & Co. , Traders bldg. , Chicago.
p
Every ono should hnvo a savings tic-
count. Now IB tlio time to make a start
for 1S)2. ! ) The German Savings bank will
soon inovo into their now banking room
on loth street between Farnam nnd
Douglas , n very convenient , location.
They pay 6 par cent interest and appro-
eiuto now accounts.
I'AST SPI2AKUIIS OI < - TIIK HOUtUJ.
PrcdPi'lulc . \ . MulilonliPfi ; of Pennsyl
vania \Vlclil < - < l the Or yinal < Javcl.
The fifjt ppoukor of the house of
lepreaoiitativcs w.ia Frederick A. Mulil-
onberg of Pennsylvania. All accounts
tigreo Unit Mr. Miihlenbcrg was a
worthv man and able presiding nlliuor.
The states which hu\o furnished tlio
speaker stand in this order : Pennsyl
vania , Connecticut , New Jersey , Masba-
clui = ottsNorthCarolinaKontuckvSouth
Carolina , New York , Virginia , Tennes
see , Indiana , Georgia , Maine and Ohio.
This is tlio sequence in which the states
figure on the list. M line held the
spoikership latest , although Ohio comes
after it in the order named. Only four
teen of the fourty-four states have had
sons in the presiding ollicor'b chair thus
far. Kentucky inoro than any other
state has been honored , having pro
vided the speakers for an aggregate
term of twenty-two years. In all this
tlmo that state hud but four of these
oIliciaK Clay , John Wnite , Linn Boyd
and Carlisle. Clay w.is in oflico ten
yoirs ; Carlisle t > ix. The other states
had the speakorshipin the following or
der : Virginia , thirteen yearn ; Penn
sylvania , eleven ; Massachusetts , ten ;
Indiana , nine ; , Maine , eight ; Now Jor-
boy und 'North' Carolina , onoh six ; Ten
nessee , five ; Now 'York and South Carolina - '
lina , each three ; and Connecticut , Geor
gia and Ohio , each two. This covers
the 10U years which have pissed since
the establishinont of tlio government.
The vouncobt spoukcr at the time of
his election was Robert M. T. Hunter of
Virginia , who was I0 ! years of ago. Clay
was the next youngest , 34. Peiiningtou
of New Jersey was the oldest , 02. Seven
teen of the thirty-ono ppoakors were un
der -10 , and only live weio 50 or up
ward. The average age was 13. Banks
was 30 ; Grow , 3b ; Colfiix. JO ; Blaine ,
30 ; R'indall and Carlisle each 43 , und
Reed , 50. Muhlonborg , the first of the
speakers , was 39 when ho entered ollico.
There arc seven ox-speakers living
Winthrop , Banks , Grow , Blainc , Koifor ,
Carlisle and Reed. Winthrop is b2
years. _ _
Van Ilouten'sCocoi "Onco- tiled , used
nlw aj s.
_ _
Organs from $ -D up. Eisy terms
Hayden Bros
Making tin ) Iloin
Brooklyn Life : "Do I look like a dead
man1" ;
This question was shot at the editor of
the Bad Lands Ba/.oo by : i man of fero
cious aspect , who entered the sanctum in
a great hurry. .
"My friend , I have no time lo answer
conundrums , " tepliod the editor mildly.
"I want to know if I look lilco a dead
man ? ' ' persisted tlio visitor in u louder
lono. "It ain't no conundrum either. "
"I don't know that I'm bound to answer
the questions of every excited individual
who happens to como in. If you'll toll
mo the object of your c.ill , I'll give the
subject seine consideration. "
" \Vell , sir , your paper announced mo
dead , and I want to know uhothqi' I look
like a do id man. "
"Why didn't you say soV No , you don't
look like a do d man. "
"Then. your paper lied , didn't it ? "
"Tlio paper seems to h.ivo boon mis
informed , if you are the man it referred
to. 1 allow no man to say it lied. "
"Well , I'm the man it referred to , I
reckon , There ain't but ono Alkali Iko
in these djggin s , I'm the terror of the
B.id Ivinds. I'm a varmint from the
Wicked Dosurt , and when Pin mad I can
licl : the cntii o uress of the United States.
You hoar mo'i" '
"I'vo never boun nccusadof deafness. "
"I could chow vou up at ono mouthful.
Sec ? "
"I'm not blind , "
"If you don't tmako that par.igraph
right , I'll jab yei-lnto yor own press nnd
print an impression of yor paper on yor
carcass. Twigi" "
The editor twigged.
' Will vur malcu Unit item rightV"
"I will , " replied the editor , rising
slowly fiom hh > chair , with a seven-
shooter in ono hand and a bowie knife in
the other. "Yes , I'll nniKo tlio para
graph true. You'll look like a dead man
Inexactly live second * . What's jour
choice , load or stool ? '
But Alkali Ike , tlio varmint from the
Wicked Du-aoi't , did not remain long
enough to choose , and the item hasn't
boon corrected yet.
IJoWltt's Little Karly tllsor * lor the llvor.
Jakin _
'owder ' :
Used in Millions of Koines 40 Years the Standard.
TILI
'f
Next Thursday night we close our big front doors on the most
successful year's business -we have ever experienced. Successful from
a financial standpoint , because we've made some money ; successful in
gaining friends , because we've never made so many before ; successful
from a business standpoint , because our stock is in the b ° st shape wo
ever found it after Christmas ; succe'ssful " aclvertisically , " because no
bouse in this end of the earth is better known or bears a better reputation - .
tion than ours today. Not only has our trade shown a wonderful in
crease in Omaha and immediate vicinity , but our "Mail Order Depart
ment" has nearly doubled its business during the past year , and now
caters to the wants of over ten thousand regular customers in over a
thousand towns and cities in the west. To our friends who have made
it possible for us to build up our business to its present mammoth pro
portions , we can simply bow our before.'f
JL J.
Next year we intend to do still better ; we arc never satisfied. Wg
want to begin right. On January 1st we take our annual in.ventory.
In order to still further reduce our stock ( we have found it much easietf
to count money than goods ) we intend teen
on Suits , Overcoats , Hats. Shoes and Furnishing Goods from now till
New Years as you never saw prices cut before.
\
Remember our photograph contest Closes New Year's eve. That if you ssncl us a cabinet
photograph of a boy anywhere from 4 to 18 years of age you are liable to get one of five prizes
running up to $1O 111 gold. That you get the photograph back after New Years. That If you
think you've got a good looking boy you're a "chump" if you don't try it.
So long , so well , so favorably known
among tlio sick and suffering thousands
who dwell in every nooli and corner
in every city and villngo in the land.
The same kind-hearted benefactors of
their race ,
BUT IN A
NEW LOCATION
Where , with an abundance of room and
greatlyincreabcd facilities , they c.in
bolter than over before minister lo llio
wan Is ol the alllicted.
Tlio unrivaled , the unapproachable , the
unlntimidatod , the invincible , the in-
probsiblo ,
KINGS DP
SPECIALISTS
Have removed from 1109 Douglas btieot
to the handsome and commodious suite |
of olllccs in the elegant now building at j
Fourteenth and Douglas streets , where
Ihoy will bo pleased lo welcome all Ihoir
old pull-ons and all now ones who desire
lo know lhat they can bo cured of any
Nervous , Chronic ,
-OR-
Private Diseases.
Consultation free. Call upon or ad
dress with stamp , ,
DBS. BETTS & BETTS ,
119 South Fourteenth Street ,
CORNER DOUOLA ,
OMAHA , . . . . NEB.
Dr , Bailey S
The i ]
DENTIST ,
Third I'loor I'uvton llloilf , *
Tclcpono lO . 'i. Kith nnd 1'nriiam St .
A. full nut of tiiolh , on rubber , for it IVrfoot
fit. 'icuth without uliiKH or roiuovublo
brldeo worlt , just thu thliu for bliuuri uu-1
public kpuiucri , uuvcr drop down
Tcoth Extracta 1 Without Run
All tlllliiKs at ro.isomMo r.Uqs. ull
warranloJ. Cut tnl oni for u uulue
nnnilTI BANDVI.VVOOD t'Ai'SLi.KS nra tin
Illlllll I A bo.timlonlr cVpiulJ4 preioriboa tit
UUUU I H tajit\ir \ p'iri-laai for the turn of
( > OQOrrhce anil aUcharuji from Ibu uclnsrf
KTecuil Mid > > > / . ( I M mr box. All Ur
1816 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb.
The eminent sppclnliu In nervous , chronic , prlralo , blood skin nnil urinirv illsaaio ) A ro.'iilnr anil
rcKUtcraJgrnilii.tluliiiucillelna nn dlplocati and rartlfloiloi vhoir la still trt > ttln < irltli Ihd Kri > ttuit 11114 *
cess calnrrlt , upcr nnlorrhoen , lost imnhooJ omlnal woiknon ntvht loioi , linpitlonof. HphllU atrlo
turo KOnorrhofi. Klvot , vurlo icolu clc No mercury mod. Vow licit nant f tr I > M of vlt I poifcr 1'arllaf
unnblu to visit MIC niny bu trc.ilud nthriinoby oorraipon lento Mo tlolni or Inilrum inti noit l > r mill or
rxprcti urciircly jiarlcod no m irki to Inillcitu conlonli or soinlnr O 19 poMonil liuorrla proferrt'U. Cou-
siillnUon frco ( orrjsponcanconrlctly prlrnlo lluok ( Mmerlin of I.lfo ) ont frao O Uco hojrj , Ua mi
o p ru bunday , 10 u in , to 12 m Send all up for roplr.
FUR CAPES.
MEN'S FUR
OVERCOATS.
end All Fashionable
CLOTH AND PLUSH CLOAKS
( or Fatblon Book mailed tree.
Reliable Manufacturers
Palmer Homo Block. 191 & 193 Slate St. , Chicago
I'liooriu.i ) jtv run
Bee Bureau of Claims
OM/VHA. , NEB.
K < ] iinl with Hi" Inturosi of ( limn hiving rlalmi
niintnittlinKuvuriiiiiiMit Ittlnlof 1NVI.N t'OUS win
ottun lost * lltu boimllt ot v tin i'ilo Invonll.iii but * tinu
of the lnciiiioloncy ) | ) < ir InitlfiiM'tn or llu utlorno/i
fiiiili | > ) iMl m obtain tliulr iiitunti .Tno nilli'li cirj
timnut IH ) ovcrch'Jl In n n.ilojliu ui npnmit n i
rcllatilo sollo tori to profi.ro iiitunit fur tli i vulnu
of a iMlontilHMicH ; | uroillr.t \ notuntlrulUiun | tlu
euro nnd ikllt of the altorn jjr
Wllhlho vloit of protoi tm.t Inroiiton frun wortli
lo orcnroluHi nltorn ) , nn I nf noilru tlint invun-
tlmn nri'Hcll iirotoclo I by vulll piUnti , THU llili ]
lIUUHAUhn rcliliU'l ' laniMut uicport In p.Uuu
vrnctlcu , nml are tliuiafuro pro
< llltlllll IKltl'lltH ,
Hit'ulitl
ll' l-l'Jl'ftfll
f tfitilii nun-fit tttnl < 'itji-/fl/liti.
Itcinlvi-iiiitnioiiH uvtoHcoiie < nul
it I/ oIKltflltH. .
1'riinff.nti' ( ill I it J fen I
HllitH , t'tl' . , fit" .
If you have an Invorillon on liinil PIIII TIIK IIKK
llUHHAUiiskutcli nt plinlo rniili thcniof , loKollur
with n brlof ilniurlpllmi uf thu Importtiit funluroi
uml you will ho mioi ailvl ol ui to lh ) hu't oii'irio ti
pursuit Moilul * urn nut MIUOU irt iinlaii thu liivu'i-
lloil U of a tuiiiplltiitol ililtlM If ulhor * nro In.
frliiBliuun roiir rluhti , or If ym uri clur/ulivlth
Infrln.'uniunt hr ] othun , miiiniit HID ui Utur to nil ;
IIDItliAL for u roll-ibid OPINION' buforu uctliu on
tllO MIllIKT
TIIIiBliIi HURI-AU OF CLAIMS
'J'JO llco liillliu ! ; , ' , Oiiuhi , Noli.
f TThla Iliircau Is cu irmtuud by llio
Onniliii lli'O , llio Pioneer 1'iuis mill tliu ban
1 laneliLii l.xiiiuliioi
Cut this out and send ilvvith your in
quiry.
Cold Feet
Made warm by
HOT ITU
Bottles.
Too
! l rjunit . . . $ l.Hl (
I itaurt . . . $ l.r > 2
. I'hyuicians pruitu'lii
-i f T.
P TSsi # $ , " ' I'roiiroa ' i
sWk 8 low i"1'01"- '
- ' TtlcAlOO&PcflfflllC
To t to I'ostollloj ,
lotli btruot.
MOORE'S
r
Monmiuth. Ill.Pj'i. ' 11 , ' ) .
Ur. J. H. Moore , While sufTorlnj ?
from a severe cold I was induced to Iry
Mooro's Tree of Life Catarrh Cure. It
afforded almost immediate relief ; and
while 1 have boon a biiltoror for yours
from catarrh , since u-ilnrr ; this remedy I
have not boon affected in any way with ,
till1 } decidolv ' anuoving disease.
Mooic , < * Treuof Ii'fn. ' n | ) sltiva onro for Kiel-
ncy unil I. Ivor Coiniilnhil. unil all lilcio'l dh-
cases Uoos It piy lo sulTor wluin you uau be
ennui by usliii ; Mooiu'd Ticu uf Llfo. thuUruab
I < lfo Itcmuily ?
INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS
who Imvo lost property fiom Inillan
r.mls dhoulil llio lliolr vlulnH under tlio Indian
Dujnolatlon Act of Maroh I , ISJl. The tlmo li
Hmltut ] , uuil the oluinis are tuUen iii by llio
court in thu onlur In whloh tlioy are lo ulvud.
Take Notice tint all contracts entered into
with attorneys prior to the AJt aru made
null nnd void. Information Rlvun und all
ulaliiib uroiniitly uttondcU to by the
Hlili BURH/VU / OF CLAIMS. '
ri'iO / / ( < lltiililliti/ .
OMA.HA. , NBBKA.SKA. ,
tiT" This Iliironn Is uiiarantrcd by tlu
Oniiilia Iko. thu I'loncor 1'russ und I thu Baa ( I
1'iunulsco Kxainlncr.
Cut this out and send It with yourm. jfl
qulry.
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National Bank
r. s nni'o-iTo uv OMAHA NKH
Cupltal
Surplus . OO.OOO
onkon nn < 1 llr ) ctnrllanrrVV V\t8i. I'roililanlt
I.owl. H. lloo.l. Vlcu I'ruililuuli U H. .Vlaurlud. VVl
V. Jlcrie. John a. Colllm. U U CuilUu/.J N , It.
1'ilrlik. VV II. d llnuUu. , C ihlor ,
THIS IKC3N BANK.
lurntr 1U ill n.ll iiiuiiiii nil
llic > ( Iii > *
) oiilliful rror
arlrilecny , vrutlmi wenkm 10 , lost luauh'icil , Ha ,
I ni wnil avalualilu trualM ) ( M& ! ill coutaliilni ! i -
full imrlloular Mr li mm curr , 1'IIHI. of ihnrico.
A H'luii'llil lueilli at work i nhnulil lj > fcailij \ vvrrr II
mnu who U ix-rvniu ntnl ilt'MlllatJ'il. Aililr M. 11
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