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    20 THE OMAHA "DAILY TVEI3 : RTXDAY 15 , T8fl.
THE GREATEST TAX PAYER
Tobacco Holds the Record in Undo Sam's
Gash Account.
CULTIVATING THE SO-CALLED WEED
VIiiTp mill I intiT Wlml rntnlllliiiiN
UKI'liitil IN Mo-1 SinTi'wsrtill } 1'in-
iluriMl SITUof ( Inrutlory
mill TrlcliM uf llu * Tr
C'MOrlKht , UP * ! , lij tlio K H. Mcriure Co )
Notwithstanding It Li an American ot the
trtiPHi , It pays heavier tribute to foreign
Ininla tlinn to I In ewn Yet Uncle Sam de
rives from It n very pretty penny something
1I1 > n billion dollars In the last tvvcnly-
fic-vpn years I < ater on you shall flnil how It
helps to maintain half the royal powers
that bo
Jonn Xlcnt hml no thought of nil this
when In- sent Into Prance seeds of a curious
American herb They fell Into Rood hands
and the big , ( srciny-ollovv plants , with
huge leaves anil heads of pinky blossom
whleh hprnng from them , were * duly chrls-
tcndoil N'lrotlnim Tnbacum. Tor this was the
herb the rod men smoked In what they called
tnhago Indigenous to the wevstorn hemls- j
phcre. It has oddlj enough , nuvcr been found |
grow Ins wild Nomad trlbcH obtained It b > |
l&aWKvSiik A
barter from those who had n static habita
tion Tlmo cut of wind the A/tecs ha\o
crown a smaller sort with lea\cs that euro
green Instead of } ollow.
Sir Wnltir llalclgh was the first nngllah
tohnrco planter Ho took seed of tobacco
nnd potatoes to bin Irish estate , and found
both well able to lhrl\o there. Hut when
VlrKlnl.i was Bcttled nnd began to send
homo ship 1 ads of the weed , these In
nuthorlt ) thoiiKht It wlso to favor the
colonial Industry Bo b > statute to this
day. It Is forbidden to plant tobacco other
wise than as a specimen or a curiaalt ) any
where within the Ilrltlsh Isles
Tobacco and skins were In largo part the
accepted Virginia curruicy. Thrifty bachel
ors there , tacking wives , secured them by
wending abroid enougb tobacco to pay for
pnssago and outllt and those who con
tributed most liberal ) took choice when the
cargo of brides sailed Into port Church
rates were paid In tobacco and globe lands
either compounded for at so many hundred
weight of It , or rented outright for similar
pay
payTobacco
Tobacco even moro than temperament
made possible the opcnhanded hospitality of
Virginia and Mar } land , and , through their
Inlliienre the whole later south. Tobicco
likewise bred n class of great men , able as
they were willing , to great ! } servo their
countrj without thought of private gain.
Washington was the tjpo of them. Thus
the small seed may be called , after a sort ,
a cradle of llbert } no less than a bulwark of
probity In public sen Ice
roim CLASSPS OF TOHACCO.
Tobacco Is now grown In a do/en states
and parts of states The > early crop Is
about 500,000,000 pounds It may bo roughly
divided Into four Classen Seed leaf , grown
In Connecticut valley , rcnn.sjhanla and
Ohio , bright leaf , peculiar to Virginia and
the Carolina * , White Hurley , n special tjpe
fiom Missouri and nortorn Kentuck > ; ami
shipping leaf the product of a wide ncopo
In Kcntuckj. Tennessee and .Missouri , l > lng
either side of the historic parallel 30 de
grees 30 minutes
Hesldes all this wo Import largely of both
Havana and Sumatra tobacco The best
Sumatra , clamed as "wrappers , " pa > s a
dill } of $2 the pound Ibis Is to protect
the homo crop of seed leaf , put largely to
the same i es Vorj big and beautiful
Is that name seed leaf , with a tine , silky
clastic surface , and \erj small fibers. It
certain ! } ten-pis the ejo hut when It turns
to ashen on the lip , It lacks flavor and
quality It Is grown upon land \erj heav
ily maiiuud and cured cither In open
bheds or bains with movable Rides
The cxticmo range of price for seed leaf
Is from $ S to $00 the 100 pounds. Hven
at the highest llguro though It cannot
claim distinction as the costliest varlet }
of the vvci'd Pai down In Virginia and
the Caiolii-as theto are luck } planters
who bell tlulr crojw sometimes at $1 to { I
the pound. Hut a.s the jleld per acie la
only :00 to lOO pounds against 1 500 to l.SOo
In the CoiicctUut valley the bilanco Is
not after all , eo verj much against the
inoro nnill.crl } region.
Notwtthhtaiidlng , the bright tobacco Is
a might } Interesting product ; planto set
out In thin , sandy soil 'Iho best giuund
for It Indeed , Is an old Held one ex
hausted of virgin fuihncs by growth of
heavj export leaf } ears ago. then thrown
out and allowed to cover Itself with second-
growlh pin * When thej are cleared awa >
ami burned , the eaith about them Ins Just
the right picortlon | of potush , and with the
help of a tahlc.M > oonful of phosphate 01
hone meal , In tlu > hill dlteetl } under the
plant gives a leaf as line as silk , as free
of gum as white paper , and as fiagiant as a
May morning
T11IJ AUT OK Cl'UINC
1'roperly cm oil. the color Is the palest
straw gold Curing Is an art and m > s-
terj requiring Infinite pains it must be
tlonV with lire either In flues or open
trenches The lluo bus prefircncc In that
It saves from the smell of tire , or rather
smoke Hut before tiring the tobacco
must have hung until It has reached a
piopcr stugi' of yellowness
This line and ccutl > blight tobacco Is
largely consumed In America It Is iibed
for plug nnd twist making as well as the
liner brands of chewing tobacco Of course
the bulk of It bells vet } much below Jt
a pound.
Though cigarettes and such small deer
have thu world fora parish , they are manu
factured hugol ) from tobacco grown upon
the sandy lands of the seaboard states
irVhinoiul , Va , and Durham , N C , have
thus a gec'grcphlcal reason for being cen
ters of the Industry. Hut for making "tine
cut , " "straight cut. " "grains" indeed , all
the m > rUd forms of comminuted tobacco
for cither chnwlng or smoking , Hurley's
the favorite lo f.
This partly because of Its mild flavor hut
much more because , like the bright leaf , it
Is alinojt wholly free of gum The knives
lu the half hundred sorts of cutting
marblnc's employed In the factories , though
ground to the ktrnoit possible edge , mutt
changed every minute , even when work-
In * upon Hurley or bright leaf If they had
InitiaJ tried conclusions with tbo heav }
lorm they would bo stopped In less than
ttti rr-on < U In fart no part of the machine
would bebav pro ; rly
Tlie "White Hurley' tobarpo has been
huuwu iiid frrown \ < n than forty years , and
la that trl f pa < o hai conrjucrc-d a
pU'o la the American market.
Some ay It Is a sprout from the eld Yellow
l'ror , ilevcloped by come lndloincrnsy In
the noils and climate of the upper Kentucky
rc'Rlon. However that may be , It Is rertalnl }
a mighty uncommon-locking plant. The
fttalk Is bigger than } our \vrl l one lenf of
It would have nerved Mother 12vo In the
garden. It delights In a rich soli especially
ono fed with Mton limestone but Is
capricious as to the root-hold whereupon It
will bo truly Its burlesque celf. Kven In
the plant bed , It shows a light grccnlih J el-
low- hue which grow * with Its growth and
iitrongthcna with Its strength , until at full
rlpnesfi , th < > field of It seems
rioorcd with pntlnos of bright gold.
Mko thp scol leaf It must bo alr-curcd ,
and unllko It , It IP parked In hoKuheads , not
cases The nnntml jlcld of it has rlten
till It runs between thirl } and lift } thousand
hogsheads. Some jests prices are
pyrotechnic the cream of the crop may fetch
$50 a hundred In others the hulk of fairs are
around 10 cents n pound. The jlelil to the
aero varies quite as much Soli and soat.an
agreeing , the early lain coming an wanted ,
and the latter falling not , It may reach
1 SOO pounds , or , under reverse conditions
fall below COO
smi'i'tNc UAR
These gentlemen , the foreign bit } era , want
i tobacco that Is exactly the reverse of
Uurlo ) In the matter of gum and ccncinl
subxtancc With good reason , too. An
I'liglljthmati pa } s to bin government 70 cents
'or thi > privilege of using a pound of tobacco
which hat , cost him from 3 to 15 cents In
France , Spain , Italy an 1 Austria tobacco li
a B vcrnmont monopol } that Is to s'iy , the
government Is the solo Importer and Mtcs
the pilcc to consumers at Its own pleasure
or necfzslt } Thus It btho.es the nations
over sea Pidi nnd several , to choose that
of leaf that will gain most In weight
by taking up moisture , } ct still remain
marketable.
Hence the spcclil tpe , "shipping leaf , "
as thick almost as leather , oily and viscid
to the touch full-flavored , dark of color
richly mibHtantl.il , and. best of all , to be
bought at a very moderate price. Properly
piepared , too , as "strips" for Instance , It
will take 18 per cent of water without bo-
comlns unmerchantable
It Is the low prlcu of shipping loaf which
accounts for the fact that the vatuo of leaf
tobacco exported In the last fiscal } ear was
less than the amount of tat collected from
Us manufacture In these United States
Disregarding fractions $2 000,000 of our $800-
000,000 of exportb must bo set to tbo credit
of the untouched weud Tor the same
period there were Internal revenue receipts
of nearly MO.000,000. And the low price
at least the growers of It confidently say
so Is due largely to the fact of monopoly.
1 orolgn purchases , save for nngland and
Germany , are made through the government
agents , who hold what are known techni
cally as "regie contracts" These call for
such and such quantities of tobacco of a
guaranteed quality , at a fixed price. Usually
all the contracts are captured by one , or
at most , two big firms , who agree not to
rival each other in the Interior markets.
Orders are given to local brokers for so
many thousand hogsheads nt prices which
allow the contiactors a handsome margin of
profit. And the prices are accepted for the
very good reason that , falling a reglo bucr ,
the laigcr half of export tobacco would have
none.
none.KKOM
KKOM SHKD TIMH TO IIARVCST.
A tobacco seed Is a very little thing to
occasion so great a matter as the tobacco
traflle. What will lie lu } our scooped palm
will produce plants enough to set ton aercs
And no other crop Is at once so picturesque ,
ho troublesome and so entlrel } bcoml the
help of machinery. Thrifty planters sa } .
Indeed , that to raise It In perfection "a man
needs thirteen mouths to the } ear ami no
Suml.i } into the bargain "
To mal.e that comprehensible let us begin
at the beginning otherwise the plant bed
It Is a bit of virgin soil falntl } sloping , with
a southerly or cobterl } ofpusure. In Janu
ary it Is thickly covered with brush and
small logs , which are thin burned to ashes
thus not merel } kllllim out vagrant ncida of
grass and weed , but occultly fiuctlflng
tbo larth Itself. When the burning Is ever
the tolnc o seeds , mixed with asbes , mo
fcovvn evenly over the surraco , which has
been dug and harrowed to liie Jltiest tilth
They are tramped lightly In then the bed
Is rimmed about with plank and covered
with a sheet of sleazy canvass Once upon
a time covering of brush sulllccd , but for
twent } odd } cars past n small bug has de
veloped u cheerful habit of devout Ing the
till } plants just as the } peepid above ground
\\liy , no man knowcth , but this bug will
not abide beneath a oanva a cover So use
of It Is almost unlvetsil. Hesldcs protect
Ing from the hopping pest. It forces the
plants forward , and makes planting possible
from one to three weeks earlier.
This Is a dlutlnct gain. Tobacco will not
ripen In less than four months from setting
ami throughout the region of greatest growth
froat may be reckoned on In the early half
of October. Plants Bet after mid-Juno may
make a fine crop , but those put In the hill
In mid-May are certain to do It soil and
season permitting. The setting Is done lu wet
weather during a light warm ruin , or Just
after a heav.v one Heforo It the land
winch Is the best the planter controls has
been manured , made flne nnd light marked
off In rows each way. and hills drawn up
In the cluck.
Wiedlng , plowing tctapltiR , jcl moro
P owing , nil In the Hut six ncclH after the
Plauu are In the hill Hut tilth Is no bufilcn
at all compared wltb worms and imckers
which como later , and tire In a sort nature's
protective tariff ugaliut overproduction.
A man and mule can tend fully twelve
ocrca of tobacco but the best hand that
over itppiu'd can do no moro than take live
through a period of worms Such worms !
Hlg fat Brcen felloVa three Incbek long at
' ! ) wllh rouni1 h"1" " ' " 1 sl'arl' ' rcil %
dlih honu at the other end. They nre
larvae oj a night-flying lulllcr , which lays
Its eggs all over the loaves When first
hatched the worm Is but a wriggly white
hair but give him n. little time , nnd he
will ent himself to greater things. He mutt
be dcstroed before he docs It , or the crop
will como to nothing. A can't name for him
Is "green hall , " nlgnlfylng that he has left
more holes than would n hall storm In the
tobacco of some unthrifty notil ,
Per by the time he Is In his heyde-y "the
light of the moan In August tobacco leaves
are big nnd broad , mil glistening } c1low-
grccn The plants stand breast high Yet
the upper leaves roach the ground The or
rest of snp brings out suckers from th
leaf-axils Thry must bo broken awa } o
thry will roh the leaves of weight and nub
stance. A tobacco Held frpp of them , Jttr
as It verges to ripeness , Is a sight to rt
member. There Is something icntlcnt abou
the big , rich leafage of It at morning lookei
across the rows at night lifting Itself at a
angle that shall make the dew fall trlekl
down to the toot.
At full rlpciuBs the leaves curl and crls
till the } scorn but half their real size. The
take on a peculiar mottlo.l , grainy surface
too. and ore thick as leather to the touch
Then men come with knives as sharp-edge' '
as the sword of justice silt each stalk dovvt
the middle , cut It from the root ami get the
severed plant upside down on tno hill
When It his wilted it Is hunt ; on oakoi
slicks ami goes to thebarn. . Usually I
Is a log struotute , four siu.iro and Ul
enough to hold five tiers of tobacco stick
well above the lire.
SHIPPING. PIU52INR. Tin : u\r
The floor Is of cirth , deeply trenched.
When the barn U full logs go Into the
trenches. au set on llro and kept burning
day and night until the tobicco above thorn
Is a dry , } ollow-brown nUtllni ; mass. TV o
da } s nnd nights should aunico for thit
anxious days nnd nlyhu they are for all on
the plantation. The most trusted of the
hands attend to the firing but such \ery
little things a spark , a Haw of wind , may
semi a whole } car's Income up In smoke
Small wonder there Is Joy and long relieved
breath when the fires are drawn from under
the last barnful.
Next comes the stripping Moist , warmish
weather Is required for It The stalks go llrsl
to the sorter , who lemovcs the two ground
loaves as well as any worm-eaten or liouse-
hurnt ones , then flings them to another man
who breaks off the good leaves and tics them
Into bundles. The bundles are laid straight
and fair In big bulks , keeping each length
and quality carefully separate. The bulks
are covered and weighed and left undis
turbed until prizing I > CRIIB. | Pressing n
purist would say That same person would
doubtless bo shocked at mention of screw-
prizes and prize-screws. In the tobacco
country the terms need liclther excuse nor
explanation. To question their use , In fact ,
would bo to draw upon jourself suspicion of
being much moro learned than wise. The
screws are of Iron , running In a nut , which
has been fitted Into a fiamo of massy tlm-
, hers. The hogshead Is set underneath and
picked as full as It will hold. Thou u heavy
heading Is laid upon the packing and run
down by moans of screw and blocks until
the flrst filling Is reduced to about one-fifth
of Its original bulk. The lining up and
pricing are ropcate'd until the whole cask Is
full , when It Is headed , thrown out and
rolled aside to await transit to tbo ware
house.
Hach of the gre-at Interior markets Louis
ville. Hlchmond. Cincinnati , St. Louis ,
Henderson , Clarksvllle has from a dozen to
fifty of them. They are big buildings , full
of broad , long spaces. Into and out of which
tobacco rolls In steady stream through bomo
eight months of the } ear The men con
trolling them must have behind them caplMl
running up Into the millions They make
advances to dealers , who In turn help the
plantois dealer and factor alike depending
on the crop for reimbursement Looking at
aiid Into the present complex commercial
machinery ono harks back with satisfaction
to the earlier day , when Richmond an 1
Potc"iiburg weio setting the ot.indard for all
things tobacco-y , warehousing Included.
In the good e-arller tlmo biiors gathered
each morning and went from warehouse to
warehouse , guided \ > y the blowing of a horn ,
which told when and where their prcKonce
was required. And when It catno to buying
thosn guild gentlemen discriminated a full
half-cent on the pound against tobacco which
had been "rolled" In from the back coun
try , ItiMcad of coming by wagon Per In
rolling the hogshead was laid upon the hide ,
a big lion pin vet In a halo In each head ,
then sluflb and crcfti-barH m&do fast to thu
pirn ami two liorncn hitched tamlem In front
When they pulled the hogshead rolled a huso
fcolld wheel Hy I ho time It had gene a
mile It was HO coated with mud and elay
that no water could get through the seams
of It. Notwithstanding somewhat of foreign
tiubntauco crept lu around iho end plus bo-
Over $411,000,000 Paid to Policy Holders
in Fift3r-three Years !
[ 1
RICHARD A. McCURDY , President ,
: E
Who will pay that mortgage
on your home if you die before
it's lifted ?
A life insurance policy will
do it , and the cost to you is
only the annual premium paid
to the company. It is like pay
ing a little extra interest on
your mortgage to insure its re
lease if you die.
The resources of the Mutual
Life of New York exceed the
combined capital of all the na
tional banks of New York City ,
Chicago , Boston , Philadelphia ,
St. Louis , Cincinnati and Balti
more.
A duty delayed is a duty
shirked. Let a man convinced
of responsibility secure adequate
protection and at once.
INSURE NOW
& J IN THE
MUTUAL LIFE.
A Policy of Insurance in the
Mutual Life is the quickest
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clew the clayey cask Itself was III to handle
on shipboard or nnywhere clue. So , as
wagons multiplied , rolling wont out of favor.
Hut old teamsters who liavo tried It over
100-mile' ' Btrctohcs nigh for It jet as the
Jolllejt mode of transit ever Vnnwn.
Heturn we to our warehouses. Sec the
rows and rows of hogshcada there , stripped
each of cask and * waiting Inspection. The
Inspector Is a salaried person , under oath
and likewise bond. Now the warehouses
choose him. though not so long back ho was
n public functionary. He sots his breaking
Iron against the brown impacted maha , three
times , between head and head , and from
each break draws a sample. The drawings ,
tied neatly together and Healed , ore marked
with thu owner's name , the weight and ware
house number of the hogshead , then laid
upon the top of the cask. Prom there the
auctioneer takes thorn , passes them about
among tbo bujero who troop at his heels
and cries each In turn , knocking It out to
the highest bid when It has made the round.
If a cask of tobacco proves not to be up to
the sample drawn the seller of It the ware
house firm Is responsible to the purchaser.
There are tricks In tobacco packing as In all
other trades That Is partly why , In each
of the tobacco stales , there are stringent
laws against a warehouse man being ale a
dealer In or btior of tobacco They have
small need to bn either , since , out of legiti
mate fees and charges , they oo much more
of the mono } the weed brings In than do the
landward folk who 1 car the burden and heat
of the day MAHTHA M'O. WILLIAMS.
The Now Zealand ROV eminent pensions
every worker who has arrived at the age
of Gr If hu has worked twent j-ono jears
In the colony
TOLD our OK COIHT.
Ini'lili'iitM mill
of lluliar. .
Visiting the Infinity of a Ao upon Us
owner lu generally thought just , If the ownei
knew that the canmo character was bad
In an opinion whMi a correspondent calls
u literary classic , jrvportcd In 11 N. Y. S.
It 411 , Iluasoll , ' J. , sa > s that It was de
cided as fr back as 1SSO , In 22 llarb. MG ,
that If ono dog Ikllls another In a contro
versy , "tho owner of the slain dog Is en
titled only to the salvage , conslitlng of thi
ot the deceased. " Uut 03 the prcaeu
The
IS THE COMPANY
IN TWO GENERATIONS 1843-1898
The Mutual Life Insurance Co. , of New York ,
has paid $246,000,000 to its living members.
Has been the benefactor of women mid children
to the extent of $165,000,000.
ad els members in all over
IOWA and NEBRASKA ,
1'IRSr NATIONAL RANK BUILDING , AND LOCUST STllEETS ,
OMAHA. DES MOINES.
Agents Wanted in Every County.
H. S. WINSTON , Special Representative , Omaha.
case Is ono In which a man was attacked
by a dog , the court Indulges the presump
tion that the dog was the aggressor , and
sis that ho must "give wny to the Interests
of man. Whether this be so or not as a
question of pure ethics. It Is so recognized
by man-made law In courts administered by
man. As against the dog , man has the right
of wny. "
"I went Into a country district In Mary
land n few davs ago , to try a case , " said a
Washington attorney to a Washington Star
reporter
"I aopcared for the plaintiff nnd It must
bo confessed that the evidence failed to
establish his claim. I presented the matter
bcforo the justice of the peace In the best
light I knew how , but had \cry little hope
of securing a verdict. ' .My client , when I
finished , whispered to me that he would
say a few words If I was willing , nnd con
sidering the case lost , I consented. It was
the most unique speed- ' over heard and
It won the case. Ho said
" ' 'Squire , I brought this suit and the evi
dence except my own. Is ngalust mo. I
don't ae-cuso any one > of llng. 'squire , but
the witnesses are the most mistaken lot of
fellows I ever saw You know mc , 'squire
Two } pars ago } ou sold mo a horse for
sound that was blind as a bat I made the
trade and stuck to It , and this Is the flrst
tlmo I have mentioned It. When } ou used
to buy grain. } ou stood on the scales when
the empty wagon was weighed , but I never
said a word. Now * , do } ou think I am the
kind of a man to kick up a rumpus nnd sue
a fellow unless ho has done mo wrong ? ' It
took just flvo minutes for the Justice to
dccldo for the plaintiff "
There nre four bosom companions In Jack
sonville the brcker , the dentist , the under
taker and the capitalist states the Plorida
Citizen Where } oit BCO one of them you
will find the rest taking a drink. The un
dertaker and the capitalist admire the dent
ist and the broker because they can tell such
wonderfully clover stories. The broker and
the dentist revere and love the undertaker
and the capitalist because they are such
wonderfully good llstoucrs.
This happy , admiring quartet form an
Idcil round table , and around tins round ta
ble the two listeners often hear good stories
by the dentist and the broker. The dentist
Is an Imaginative sort of n stor-teller , who
manufactures finales to fit Incidents. The
broker It a great reader , n realist and u
philosopher.
One night the broker tel < > ofl a lawsuit In
Alabama. A cracjccr from the mountains
was on trial for ishootlng and wounding a
"nigger" IIe > was arreated , and , having no
money , the Judge appointed the broker to
defend him The broker was not a lawyer
In the legal sense of the word , but the Juduo
who was nn old college-mute of his , said he
was an Idiot because ho wasn't cue ; In otho
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words , that ho was a lawor by Inatlnct.
The broker cross-questioned the wltnetmes
briefly , sending In now and then a sarcastic
and discomfiting trajectorj. When ho came
to make u speech he said'
"Ocntlemen of the jury , I have taken
great pulns to show you that my client was
a respectable citizen Tin witnesses have
asserted on oath , mind you that ho stands
high In his community. "
The defendant was C feet 3 Inches tall ,
and the jury smiled ,
"Ho Htood high In hi * community , and
that Is Milllclent , Now for the law Wo find
In the thirteenth vena of the sixteenth
chapter of Chilly on Pleadings Chilly , gen
tlemen , was ono of the bravest generate in
the confederate army this well establishes
principle of law. "
Here the broker snapa his ccs togethc
nnd adjusts his glasses bolus the book fa
off , elevates his chin and reads :
"No respcctabla whlto man can be guilt ;
of crime. '
"That , gentlemen. Is enough I leave tin
case In } om hands "
Kach Juror changed his quid , looked a
his neighbor , nodded , nnd , without lenv
Ing their scats rendered n loud and em
phatlc verdict of "Xot guilty , " nnd thei
joined In three cheers for the defendant am
his lavvcr.
The undertaker found fault with the stor ;
because nobody In It had been killed.
The dentist remarked that If nil } body deserved
served killing It was the broker.
A very funny story Is told by the Chicago
cage Tlmea-Herald on James I3plcr am
Oi > car Holevv. Loth of whim enjoved a rc-pu
tatlon for wit and humor during their life
time. In one of the tovvnshhlps adjaconl
to Cook county the people elected a new
justice of the peace. He was a man knowi
for his strict application of parliamentary
rules to everything possible , having actec
as president of many small dellbcratlvi
bodies In the township. In fact , ho vvn
regarded In his precinct as the prince o
"pro tcmporcs " His election waa duo ti
this fact , which had brought him popu
larlty. Ho was what the craft called
judge of necessity , "for necessity knows
no law "
Among bis first cases was one of trlfilnr
Importance an assault. Tplcr and Delew
represented the defendant , and a man b )
the name of Smith the prosecution. Hot ) :
sides announced they were ready for trial
Just as the court was about to proceed Mr
Kplor arose and said-
"If } our honor please , I move that thh
case bo dismissed. "
"I second the motion , " quickly put In Mr
Delew-
"It Is moved and seconded that the case
be dismissed , " was put by tbo court.
"Hut , your honor , " quickly Interrupted
Mr Smith , with great surprise at such pro.
cediire.
"Mr Smith , this court has presided ovei
meetings before , and Is thoroughly familial
with parliamentary procedure It needs nc
assistance from } ou In this matter. "
"Hut } our honor "
"I shall flne } ou for contempt , Mr Smith
If } ou continue to disturb this court. "
The court then put the question again ,
adding "All In favor ot the motion will
the" ttplcr and Delew and the prisoner
arose "Thoso opposed will rise. " Smith ami
the prosecutor arose
"Tho motion IH carried bv a vote of .T to
2. and the case Is dlsmlshcd , " declared the
Justice.
A iiii.ATin STOIIV.
I'lii- li-irriliilliiiiM | of n Cir iii of
Olllllllll KIllN Oil lllltllMM'Vll.
"Say. do } ou see that jli'ger standing over
hero by the patrol box ? " abkcd Clinton of
ho druggist
"Yes , vvKit's the matter with him ? Hasn't
mother victim , has ho ? "
"Ho'H the ono that us kids had so much
un with hallow con night. I met him today
s I wa > < coming homo from school , and ho
aid , 'Never mind , } ou } oung rascal , I'll
; et } ou } ot , eo If I don't. ' I wasn't
lolm : "
"What nilf-thlcf have } ou been In now.
lay I ask' "
"Who , mo' I haven't been doing nothing.
, lot of us kids got together hullowten and
or about a couple of hours wo Just "
"Was It you the police were chatting so
hat night' "
"Oh , ho was after a lot of us kids that
Ight. Me and Lou Walker and Art McKln-
y uti'l a lo * of other kids were out for a
mo and sav , but you should have been
eng ! Wei JUKI bad dead loads of fun that
light. I toll you You know that old
Token down wagon In the alloy , back of
Cramer's , don't you ? "
"Do } ou mean that old rattle-trap thai
omobody left there last summer ? "
"That's the ono. It's been a good buggy
loinu day , but It Isn't worth C cents now.
Us kids bought It for 20 cents , and on Hal
loween wo concluded wo'd take It to our
hoiux and see If wo couldn't fix It up and
go riding In It some day. Wo hadn't gene
moro'n half a block with It when this lly
cop camc'S a-snnaklng along , and bcforo wo
could say 'beans , ' there we-ru half a dozen
] \K \ en In citizen clothes surrounding un
jutt Ilka wo tvero a lot of jail birds from
down at Lincoln. I dropped the shafts and
wont a-flylng up the street , with Mr Ooj ,
chaslne mo Ilko a cold wave going thrmiKli
North Dakota , I knew ho darseu't shoot tc
kill , BO I Just kept far enough ahead to wak
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An Installment Policy for
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The true business man acts
promptly. Get our rates at once ,
him sprint good , nnd when wo reached Cen
ter street , nnd I saw his wind was failing
him , I slowed up and allowed him to fasten
his pnws on my collar He brought me down
to the patrol box , where the coppers had the *
rest of the gong , nnd pretty boon along-
comes the patrol wagon and takes us all to
the station. Opcar Grebe was a-crylng Ilko
overthing , nnd said as how he 'hndn t dona
nothlif to bo 'rcste-d for ' hut the } took him
In jtibt the same When the } got us In the
cooler and commenced flshln' In our porkets ,
I asked Captain Hare what wo were In for.
ami ho K.is , 'for stealln' a wagon and ralslu'
Cain ' I told him the wagon belonged to
us , and showed him the receipt for the 20
cents , so they talked the matter over ami
let us go telling us tliev'il krep on o > o on
us , nnd the next tlmo we'd got third daa
on broad and water. When we got to the
barber hhop near Sixteenth end Williams wo
went In and tried to make n dicker for the
barber polo , out on the hldewnlk The bar '
ber said ho didn't want to soil , but I to
him p.i needed one for a hitching post and
wanted that ono , 'cause It was painted ami
wouldn't rot. Ho hummed and hawe-d fern
n long tlmo , but finally let us have It for
35 cents. Us kids got around It and pulled
It up by the roots , and as wo were going
homo with It , who should we run against
but this very same cop Ho scooped tin lu
nnd marched us off to the patrol box anil
gave us another rldo to the station polo anil
all Captain Hare didn't want to let us gu
this time , 'cause ho said wo looked full of
mlsdilef , and It would do us goad to wear a
ball and chain for a couple of weeks but
we asked him to send an of-
flcei to the barber shop nnd we'd prove that
It was all right , and the polo was otir'n.
Officer Kirk marched us up to the barber
shop , where wo proved wo were giving him
straight goods , no he let us go , telling us
we'd better fklp off to btxl and cover tip or
we'd soon bo an the road to the reform
school It was too eirlj to go to bid ci >
we went up to Art McKlnloy's house and
boirowcd their donki1 } I was alia lint ;
the canary down an alley , with the iilnr
bos Eiioaklng along behind , when , ve onro
more fell Into the Htrong aim of the law.
Pa had missed me , and was trailing nu > up
with the cop He enld fib how I was get
ting to bo a 'holy terror' of a hn } nnd ho
couldn't do nothing with me no moro so the
cop said ho'd take a hand In the game >
and KCO If ho couldn't make n bettor boy out
of mo , giving us all another ride down
town at the expense of the elt } Captain
10/u was kinder sutprlsed to see me so
iioon , but ho bald ho louldn't hold mo for
leading a donkey thiongh the < , lrei-l and
so ho max hid u.s nil to the front door and
told us to 'git ' When wo got bilk on out *
icsonatlon again , we played so man } prunkn
on that co ] > that he cummcnrcd to HUH II , i
rat about 10 o'clock , and no nnttor ho\v
much noliio wo made or what devilment \\u
wo.o up to , ho never let on ho lu arc ) IH.
When two colored men commenced fighting
anl ono was trjInn to cirxe the oilier wllli
n rn/or , wo told the cop about It and asked
him , to brace up and run 'em In but hn
thought wo were plnlng another Joke on
him and ho wouldn't bndgr an Imli Sc -
Ing hn wouldn't do nothln' . wo Icliphumd
for the hurry wagon and a enuplo blim
coils , and when they came up nnd arrested
the follows wo told 'em about the nth' ?
top refusing to come whrn we told him
about the fight , and now they've got Mr.
Cop on the carpet and twenty-Hlx to two ha
loses bin star and gets cllsi'li.ir nd from the
force Ho says I'm respoiiHlblo forb ,
ha' Thiro comes pa He's got my Youth u
Companion In hid pocki t and I've got ta
road that continued stor } Lnsl week the *
had a plrjlo down In n well , and I'm jinit
dying to find out If the } pulled him up with
a rope or piled rocks on him If that cop
comes In hero any tlmn and asks about mo (
just tell him } ou know mo ami that I'm thu
only model boy In the wliolo of Donglau
county. Reservoir' " UHUVKNNi ; UOI1.
Iltd.I'lato Snillli'M Wixiloiii , ,
Puck : Ma flays llfo Is snort-as pa alwnju
Is.
Pa sa > n he's for sound money , an' ma najd
that th' kind sh' gotu from him IH nothln *
but sound
I heart ! pa nay once ho wlsht ma 'd get
R newspaper t' d'clure her views on tli *
money qtieistlou In ,
Our house In on th' outskirts of th' town.
I H'POMO U'n th' skirts that kick up u < > mud *
llllBt Wonder why 't Is th' tr.cn that are peen
OH th' dickens nluajii know ' much 'bout
th' money question ?
I dunne what pa meant , but hn said th. '
other day that the kind of ration ma bo
Moved In wax sixteen , words t' hU one
Once whrn I ait pa what ganm ho an <
aomo company was plnyln' he nald poker 1
ait wluro th1 poker was , on' 1m nulcl It ho4
catered hk uuul , What (3Id ( hu uu.au2