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10 THE CXMAUA DAILY BETS : .STXDAY , ITKHIU'AK V 11 , 1 ! > 0 < > . SHORT STORIES OF THE DAY Widespread Influence of a Handsome Portrait Frintod in The Illustrated Bee. NATIVES OF THE HILLS OF OLD KENTUCKY Srrrfinl < ilH'f Ml luit | CHUN n llrlvf Scnunlliin . II. Krnl In tinllnlc of 11 .Mtilll-MIMIniinirr .l IXcllr Oiirr n llritUi'itllin. Thnt the Influence ol the publicity of a handsome portrait printed In The Illustrated HOP intends to Iran mis feV people wet of lo Known by developments In thu case wherein tlio original bccamo nt once the recipient of varloim lottora from numerous niltnlrcrs nnxlous to make her acquaintance. The Hcu printed ono of lh < e letters not long ago from an enthusiastic cultivator of llio fair sex residing at Attica , Ind. , which publica tion has brought out this protest from the Ledger , the local Attica paper : The 1/odgcr would naturally have no re marks to make about thin letter , for wo Hrf where the young man Is right If tin ; Klrl wan a "Htunnor. " Hut then It Is not patronising home Industry and wo rail him down on Unit si-ore. If we can In tiny way nsHlsU ihn Attica young women In whining the niltnlri'llon of tills amorous yniiiK man wo .shall be < lcllehtc.il lo do f > o n n < 1 Hhnll take mViifliiro In publishing thu portrait * of any who wish to enler tile race against the Omaha beauty. The hint IB a good ono. What Is the mat ter with the Omaha men that they do not plow their own Held ? v I "H will be hard to convince the average ! Kcntueklan away from homo that If Ooebel I was shot by a nattvo Kcntucklnn It was not ' done by an nntl-Hoohcl democrat , " said a ! man from the "dark and bloody ground" j yodtcrdny. ' "Outside of the larger cltlc ? , where the Influx of Immigrants has destroyed loal | traditions , there have been but few murders on account of partisan politics , and you will remember that tlio last murders In Frank- I fort which caused such widespread comment were the result of a quarrel among mem bers of the same party. "The character of the native of the hills , of Kentucky Is a peculiar one. Murder Is ' not looked upon with the same degree of horror as by people of other parts of the country and the punishment mctcd out for the killing of an enemy Is regarded 'by the people of other stairs as entirely Inadequate to the gravity of the crime : and yet under conditions peculiarly Kentucklan the pun ishment Is generally Justified by the facts. Hero In Xebraaka H Is a perfect self-defense if the accused proves that the victim of hla < bullet had threatened his life and that ho i had knowledge of the threat , coupled with 1 the knowledge that the man making the 1 threat was a person who would carry out his expressed Intentions. Well. In Kentucky it Is always taken for granted that when ever persons come to blows and no ono Is killed at the time that each party has threatened to kill the other at wight , nnd this conclusion Is warranted by the fact that 1 no such encounter was ever known to result olhorwlsc In the stale. So when the sur vivor of u subsequent encounter Is placed on trial for murder he always has this assump tion In the minds of the Jury In his favor. "This condition Is the result of years of local tradltlonn and training. The original 1 settlem of Kentucky were men of the strong | liand ; men who fought Indians with Daniel Boone and who had the disregard for law | that marked Dick Johnson , the popular hero I _ of the Kentucky fireside who is credited i with the killing ot the famous Indian chief j Tecuinneh. and who married ono of his negro J slaves mid afterward offered any white man I -who would marry either of his daughters a j buHhel measure full of silver dollars. Xot ; that ho found any takers among native Ken- j tunklans. but ho 'gloried In his spunk' In i ecttlng at defiance the social laws which ' denied n man a right to do as he pleased. , "Tho descendants of these pioneers have lived for 100 yearn In n land considered in accessible to railroads and other Influences of civilization. Somp bright minds have I been produced who have made Kentucky famous In the union , but the largo majority care little nbout what Is going on In the world at large. Confined in the small area of their native hills they take Interest only in local and family affairs. They could toll you very little about the war against the Boers or even that In the Philippines , but they can toll you the Christian name ot their ancestor who first settled In the coun try , and In many Instances of all of his descendants ; nnd that Is the reason for so many of the murders , accounts of which fill the columns of the papers , for these men remember and hand down from generation to generation the story of how these pioneers neers wreaked vengeance upon their ene mies when butter law was not at hand until they como to believe that theirs was the only manly way of punishing crimes com mitted against the person , and that the man who falls to wipe out an Insult with blood is a degenerate son. I know of two cases where men have been forced by their own families to leave the state because they re fused lo declare- their Intention of killing those who hfld injured them , nnd are now exiles from homo because they would not bo bound by the traditions of their race. Asldo from their belief In the law of re- VCIIRO tbceo Kontucklans are good neigh bors and friends , and many a man has been defended by them even to the taking of life for no other rcapon than that ho was in thu company of a friend when trouble arose. In my opinion there Is only ono solution to thp question o' Kentucky murders and feuds , and that IH the advent of civilizing Influ ences and the breaking up of what might bo properly termed 'tribal' Influences. " During the recent cold snap the proprietor of a certain hoarding and rooming house on Went Farnnm direct wns sorely prcrae-i for a means of hettln ? the upstair * rooms. The current of air rushing upward from the furn ace seemed to lrs > j all warmth by the time It reached the BC-aond floor , and the roomers wrro "kicking. " Something had to be done. The proprietor went to the basement and piled on coal until the furnace was red ; then , climbing the stairs to the second floor , held his hand over the hall register. A faint , tiokly breath of tepid air arose. This would tir-vpr do. With monkey-wrench and screwdriver he took off the reglst6r to let moro heat pnss up. One-thirty o'clock. In the dining room on the first floor a dozen hoarders were sealed about the long table , waiting for the mld- dny meal. Ily each plalo reposed n dish of cranberry aauce. The big bunches of celery Iroked temptingly fresh and crisp , whllo from the kitchen floated the odor of roast turkey and wage. The boarders were hungry and impatiently nwaltod thp advent ef the hlrcrl girl with the steaming bird. But the hired girl was upstair * . "KverytliltiK comes lo him who waits , " re marked the Insurance agent. Scarcely were'the ' words spoken when there was a craoh , n rattle of falling debris and the crackle of splintering laths. Instlctivoly every eye was directed up ward toward the center of disturbance. Then , In the smallest fraction of n second , every uyo was clcscd with hands , napkins and handkerchiefs prcased over them. The dust from falling plaster 1 peculiarly Irritating to the sensitive eyeball. Hut In that Infinitely short space of time the boarders had caught a glimpse of oame- thlng long , dark and shapely dangling down ward from the celling something that term inated In a No.I shoe. Three minutes later all hands turned In to help clear away the wreck. The Insur ance agent got n coal scuttle , the window trimmer wielded the broom , the dry goods clerk hold the dustpan while the landlady whisked the things off the table and pre pared to set it anew. "Well , I never ! " said the landlord , emerg ing from the basement. "Who did that ? " "You ! " snapped his wife. "You had no business to take that register off. " The hired girl didn't come down for dinner that day. She said she wasn't feeling well. Residents ot Omaha who know W. II. Kent , a newspaper reporter who worked hero away back In the 'SO's , will understand this story better than those who never had the pleasure of acquaintance with the er ratic , but clever Mr. Kent. In the summer of 189f > Kent wns employed on a St. Joseph newspaper. He received a letter from a pros perous brother In Indiana extending him an Invitation to make ono moro visit to ths old home. The Invitation was accompanied by a draft for $ .10 and a railroad pass from St. Joseph to Crawfordsvllle. Kent got as far as Chicago on his way to Indiana , and he might have gone further without Incident , but for the fact that ho met his old friend , William Llghtfoot Visscher , n well known poetic genius who has played engagements In all the larger cities of the country. Kent spent his $50 In renewing acquaintance with Visscher. Vlsscher was also liberal with his funds as long as they lasted. After they were broke they dicussed ways and means for recuperation. At that time Visscher was a space writer on the Chicago papers. "Why don't you write a story about my Alaska railroad ? " Kent asked. Hwas , a happy thought. Visscher knew that Kent was the originator of a scheme by which the world was to be encircled by a railroad crossing Bering strait , and connect ing Siberia with Alaska , extending through Russia and Into the heart of Europe. ' So Visscher wrote the story. He sold it to ono of the Chicago morning papers. It made two columns andrfi half. It was a good story , but the funny part ot It was that the introduc tory paragraph read something like this : AV. II. Kent , a multi-millionaire of St. Jopepb , Mo. , Is at the Auditorium Annex , enroutoi to New York , where be goes to confer with Wall street magnates with ref erence to the building of a railroad around the world , connecting- way of Bering straits. Krom New York 01 r. Kent will go to St. Petersburg- confer with the. czar of Ilusshi , ns itbo Russian government is deeply Interested In his project. And so the story ran , whllo at that very blessed moment Kent , whom Visscher pic tured as a imultl-mlllonaire , was anxiously waiting for Visscher to rise the price of a. drink , a supper and a bed. It was true , however , Kent was the originator of the Russian railroad scheme , dlsplte the fact that ex-Governor ( Jllpln of Colorado was so accredited. Kent figured out the plan and was for several years during his residence In Omaha In comunlcatlon 'With the Russian authorities. Somebody once wrote an alleged Joke to the effect that there may bo plenty of civil engineers , but no civil brakomcn. This joke doesn't always hold good , and ono instance of departure is the cato of Judge Lee Ks- tolle. Many of his friends and admirers who observe the graceful manner in which he fills his pasltlon on the district bench arc not aware that the judge once twisted freight brakes on a railroad and that ho could jump from car to car as easily as ho now wheels about in his revolving chair back of the bench. Yet , that Is a fuel , for Judge Kftollo says so himself. Away back in the latter CD's it was Lee Kstello , brake- man. 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Tin Tea Kettle. . 15c Mckrl Silvrr Ton /1 Patent Medicines as found and prices. our price only PMon8 , < * lOc ; ) per net in any Btore west of Chi Wild Rosr , DPoorateJ , Vase Tcncber's Hlblc , lentbcr , cover , with CofTee Pot ROGERS UUO.-V Solid fg \ , Index , usual price $2.f 0 , Jour O > 4 lower Uimp S-lnch Covered Pail 5c Nlckfl Silver TableSpoons P Our cago. prices are our price Jl ' Spoons , set - Now line of embossed Stand Lamps per than the lowest and are pcwlntf Xo. 2 burner with Tcstamcntfl , cloth bound , regular Galvanized Water Pail 19c MamifaclurcO by the well known not of the "one day only" cnRi-nved chimneys , ppo- price L'oc , Bennett's 1S47 Rogers Urcs. , each spoon clul nt . price : Flour Sifter 9c "Rostra llroa. Nickel Silver. " tluar- or "one package to a cus d Ia mp. No. 2 burner , Cloth Bound Books works of leading antced to wtxir n llfclltne. tomer only" kind.Vo are plain chimney authors , usually sold , at 2r.ed ro Asbestos Stove Mats. . . 3c Cream PJHIP silver I'ol- * > Embossed Itntid l.amns , our price , to close out , only. . \JC Ish , inn'dc by 1SIT * l O pleased to furnish ' Potato Parers 4c t-X V > < always new Webster'H School Dictionary , colh ! Rogers Bros - our customers with all they Koni-y alt and Pepper Shakers bound , 320 pngcs , good , clear4 g\ Rogers' Berry Spoon , the adver 8lK > rlnl for ono day only , print , worth 2ic , our price . . . \JC Kgg Beaters 2c 'New Century" 98c want at prices 4-pleco Cream 'Sets , assorted Day Books , stilt board cover , 100 Can 4c pnttorn . Openers H.ittprns tised. leaves , usually sold at e-\ Ladles' Back Combs , 11 Yellow Mixing Howls , large size. . . ' * 7r * , lac. our price CC ) Corn Poppers , Se , r.'c , 15c line whlto stones , California Syrup of lie ; medium slzo. Or ; small size.- only ,30c Figs , TO CLOSE An odd lot. of orange and Valentine Tac.ks do/ lOc ' ' " \ , per dopapers Ladles' Bak Combs , : n . , ' ISerry Howls , c'.ear white crysi"ff Mennen's Talcum .lie tnl ware less than half itrlce.-4 * day , white stones , very > c Powder . . . Sure Death blouse Trap 3c line , only Extra largo nn < l heavy half gallon Feb. M. only hlstorlnc ' . . . .65c Water whllo < Pltcner they last , engraved . band O- . Only two days left lo decide . Coat Hangers , 2 i'oi5c Pompadour torquolso Combs shell. , Imitation " ic iozr" 1'lerco's Golden Medical Now opal White Lilly Herry cide about the valentines Scrub Brushes 3c 12 stones , only Discovery ,73c , Jiowl. only Jewel Hair Clasp , 0 Jewels - / - A I'lercc's Favorite New only opal White Lilly Sauces , you . intend to send. Hatchets I3c els , In i.earls , rubles " * < 3-G fur.w and make your selections and amethysts " .73c to Prescription . 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Crystal Muss with handles per pound BUTTER , 5G You could do no better In places only STICK CAXUY. only cotton tube , ebony wood , where you pay double the price Table Tumblers , set of six , tflr1 . per pound \ . , .12c handle , sale price charged here. only tut. ( M10COUATK CKEA.MS. 15c BENNETT'S GILT only ' , per pound EDGE BUTTER , 30c .liiNt received n nhiiimiMit < > l n ' blown thin engraved YOL'H IMIENCUII'TIOXS Crystal O/tr1 A\ * BXGMSI1 WAIA'UTS , per pound K VjC TO IIHXXETT'S. set of six DA1KS , per pound "c ami 12'ao per pound l ( c Sn Your name and address on a postal card will bring you our new spring catalog , out about March 15th. 15th and Capitol Ave. 15th and CapitoS Ave , Jefferson City , the capital of Missouri , was ils headquarters. It is uald that Judge Es- ello could set the brakes as quickly as any nan on the road and he entered Into the details of his work with the same energy and enthusiasm that afterwards character- zed his career In the law , The judge quit railroading because he liad long had Incllna- lon for the legal profession , but he declares he has n warm spot In hla heart for train- nen and especially the men who twist the brakes. "It's too late to make any objection now , " said the conductor of the Pullman on the ast train as It rolled into the depot , "but would like to know just how you managed to get that dog Into the car without being observed. " The wcoian addressed smiled one of those sweet smiles which only a woman vho has scored a notable triumph can , and > estowlns n look of disdain on the con- luctor , swept out of the car without even replying. The small dog which she held In icr arms looked as contented and thoroughly at home 33 though he had spent his entire Ife on a Pullman and wns totally oblivious o the fact , that dogs are strictly barred from the comforts of palace car service. "I have been In the business a good many ycnrs , " said the conductor , "and I have lattered myself that It takes a pretty smart ono to get ahead of mo llko that. I never lad a suspicion there was a dog in the car null just a few miles after leaving the last stopping rolnt. 1 was passing the stateroom ami the , < leer was open. It was supposed to IT occupied by two women and I noticed that a chain was hanging down beside ono of them , the other onrt concealed beneath the folds of her dreps. I was a little curious and when I came back 1 glanced Into the ptntcroom , From beneath the dress the nose of n dog was protruding. 1 didn't say a word , Hit I would llko lo know how the woman worked It to get that dog In the car. I congratulate nysclf , however , that the dog was satisfied with the service and slept well. " W. V. Porter , secretary of state , Is ono of the moHt unique and original characters ever noted In the political arena of Xc- jiar-ka. Mr. Porter Is a populist but those who have ever had the pleasure of seeing ilm knew that nt a glance. He was in Omalm n few dayti ago as a witness In the namlamus proceedings against Albyn Prank. \ftei- Secretary Porter had given hlu tcstl- nony , he had tcvoral hours' leisure hanging icavlly upon Ills hands , but did not dare leave the court room because ( hero was a possibility that ho would be recalled to the wltncaa stand. His way of killing time waste to go to the rear of the court room , throw : iU vallEO < in the end of n seat , cover it with Ills overcoat to lend eoftncss and then stretch his long , Llncolnesquo form out for quiet siesta. The court ballitf looked at him H3 much as If to say : "Well , I don't < no\v about that but then , he's secretary of state. " Mr. Porter , despite his erratic'poli tics. Is accredited with being ono of the brainiest men In tl'e state , and ho has n way of his own for doing everything. EVENTS IN WHIS7 CIRCLES WOIHIMI'H Mulil < < lnOniiilui AVlllsl L'luhViliiiNilny i\i-iilnu : Toin-nry til Lincoln , Five tables were occupied nt the rooms of the Omaha Whist club on Wodncodny night , the women friends of the members be ing the guctitH of the evening. While the players did not devote themselves to the details of the game with their usual single ness of purpose the stores were , on the whole , creditable and a number of striking situation ! ) oLcurrod. The score for the even ing waa a follows : XOItTII AXD SOUTH. Mrs. HrlnkiT iinJ 'Mr ' * . Coutmit 171 Mr. and Mis. Wallare 170 Mr I'outant nnd Mrs. I.lmey. ! ' . MS Mr. Uuvlx ami Mrs Potter WS Mr. Haveratlek nml Minn Olnturf JiJ BAST AXO WEST. Mr. nnd Mrs. UflU'l ; 164 Mr llfth nnd Mr * . ( Marl ; ICO Mr. Orr utul Mr * . OK.ICII US .Mr Hoult < T iiml Mr . Martin 150 Mr. IVttiT ur > 4 Mr * . iMvis 131 Omaha waa well represented In the tour nament of the Central Whist league on Fri day and Saturday , at Lincoln , a large dele gation from the Omaha Whist club attending In a body. Among the Omaha players were Messrs. Garner , Hedlck , Calm , Morsman , Scrlbner and a number of others comprising the cream of the local whisters. The Omaha contingent had put In faithful practice work and expected to make a creditable showing. The session was ono of the most Important ever engaged In in the west and about twenty clubs were represented. Among the teams entered were the following : Dos Moines ( two clubs ) , Sioux City ( two clubs ) , Council Bluffs , Sioux Falls , Kansas City , Lincoln , Cedar Rapids , Denlson , Chariton , Centorville , Deadwood , Hot Springs , Kearney and Omaha ( two clubs ) . Deadwood , Hot Springs and Kearney have been added to the membership since the convention at Omaha onu year ago. The prize hung up for the victors consists of the Richards trophy , a handcome loving cup. The prize has twice been captured by thu DCS Moines team nnd according to the terms of the contest will become the perma nent possession of the lownns If It is se cured once more. Unusual Interest , there fore , centers about the present contest. The American whist team of Boston , con sisting of II. II. Ward , captain ; C. S. Street , E. C. Fletcher and II. Jones , defeated the Athenaeum team of Toronto , Canada , In Buf falo last week by n score of 317 to 314 , the American team winning by three tricks. The contest was for the American Whist League challenge trophy. The Athenaeum players were H. J. Colcman , T. I ) . Richards , J. C. Frazer and George C. Beggar , captain. Seven hours were devoted to the gumo. The contest - test was umpired by E. L. Emlth of Albany. Thy challenge trophy can only bo retained after a club has won'lt twenty times. The previous cup was 'on by the Hamilton club of Philadelphia. The next game will bit played at Boston between teams from the American Whist club nnd the Baltimore Whist club. f IN THE WHEELING WORLD , f The good roads bill drafted by the Leagiu of American Wheelmen has been introduced In the ocnato and house of rpprcientutlvcu by Pennsylvania members. It appropriates the sum of $ . " . ,000,000 Tor the Improvement , of public highways. There Is no Indication yet what the- fate of the bill will be , but that It will encounter a rocky road , If not a Sploiikop , Is fairly certain. Even If con gress should appropriate the money , the question of where the roadi should be built would provoke a content that would drive the comnilEtiioiiLT.s Into an asylum. The Xew York state division of the League of Anicr'rnn ' Wheelmen has mimed Ueorgo 1C. Hldwrll , collector of customs for the port of Xc-w York , ua lt candidate for president of the League of American Whcol- mm. and its officers liitlmato that other plates will support Mr. Bldwell , The ofll- clals of the Ktuto division are not certain that Mr. Bldwell will rntcr the Held , but If his mime Is prraontcd at the national as sembly to bo Jield In I'hlladolpllla next week and ho Is unanimously chcscn president , It lo expected that ho will accept. The question or dropping race ccntrol will como up ot the League of American Wheelmen - men assembly next -\erk. Former Prcdldent Potter will introduce ; < ! iirndincnln to entirely cllmlnato refere-mo to racing In the consti tution and by-laws of the league. Another amendment will bo introduced looking to the rotcntJcn of amateur racing only. This pro posed half-way measure , however , la very distasteful to League of American Wheelmen members In this part of thecountry. . Hy these it U confidently believed that Mr. Pot- ter'n amendments will bo carried by the re quired two-thirds vote. With racing out of Us way. the league will turn Ub attention with rp --t l vigor to building up Us inembiThl- ' . -arlng for the rights of cyclists and agitating and securing the improvement of the public highways and the building of cycle paths. These arc i- : true interests , from which its attention luij been more or less diverted by the squabble over race control. Organized action In favor of good roail Is growing steadily in the east. The latent recruits to the movement are the makers and builders of automoblloj , comprising quite an army of energetic boomers as en thusiastic as the bicycle fans were flvo years ago. Representatives of the new and thu old forces came together In Xew Yorlc City last week and mapped out a plan ot campaign. Among the speakers at UK- meet ing was General Roy V. Stone , chief of the roads division of the Interior department. General Stone advocated the establishment oi postal savings banks and the investment of the funds In county bonds Issued for road Improvement exclusively. "The campaign for postal savings banks , " said General Stone , "Is already half won. Another grand undertaking which I would recommend. " The progress of good roads in Xcnv Jersey was detailed by Henry I. Rndd , commis sioner of highways of that stata "Slnco ISM , " said he , "tho state hun appropriated and spent Jl'.L'OO.OOO and built about -HO miles of hard road. Last year the appro priation was $130,000 and the number of ir.llcs built was 115. The zctil of the people of Xew Jersey for good roads Is now greater than over. It Is now possible for bicycles and automobiles to travel over nearly l.OOU miles of good roads. State aid Is nccnisary for the establishment of good roads. " The movement IK gradually expanding westward , though not as rapidly as it should. As It involves a largo drain on. public treasuries for first cost anil for re pairs , a campaign of education must bo procecutcd first , to demonstrate that the liiVcBtmcnt pays. The slump In tlio popularity of wheel riding In Philadelphia Is strikingly shown by the report of the park guard of that city for ISO ! ) . The statement Is made that but 7Sr > ,300 bicycles entered Falrmounl > park last year , being loew by 327,228 than the llRUiTB for the previous year. What those who have abandoned the bicycle have sub stituted in its place Is only partly shown in the report. There was an Increase of 200,000 pedestrians over the previous year. A good many who have abandoned the wheel have doubtless taken to walking ; a few have taken to horseback , the Increase In rqiicu- trluns numbering 3,282. Others have taken to driving , the increase of carriages reaching - ing 23,001. Kddlo Cannon Bald , formerly of Buffalo , but now of London , England , Is buck on his native heath for a visit and tells of hla future plana. Bnld waa once the champion bicyclist of the world , but now Is the quasi- partncr of Ted Sloan on thu running turf. "Xo , 1 will never ride as 'n ' on American sell , " eald Bald. "Last seaKon I knew before - fore I started tialnlng that it would bo use less for mo do train , but I trained and worked hard. I could not get down to con dition. The result waa two or three races and then I quit. There Is not enough money in America and what little racing I do will bo In Paris. J have had good contract offered mo and I will accept them. I will tiQver bo Keen In competition again. My efforts in Paris will bo confined to match ruccB. Zimmerman fa to cross the water and a race between Zimmerman and jnypelf Is possible. Blatch races are the third In Paria. and they draw i-nmonso crowds. A good inatKU race rider ran roln money. "There U moro money In tlio horses for mo thun bicycling. 1 will stay In this coun try until March 1 , when Slcan and J will leave for Newmarket , England , where I have a country house. I will train at Now- market during the spring and summer and keep In good condition. In the early fall 1 will move to Paris and start riding In match nicen. You can positively ntuto that I will never again race In this country. Match I aces across the water will bo my forUi when the runners do not occupy tny atten tion. " PRESENT CONDITION IN CUBA Unless Oaref'il , Iinorant Investors Almost Sure to Eo Fleece.5. REAL ESTATE SHARKS FIND VICTIMS Oiiinlia .linn Iti'turnt'il from ( inn of C : < - Aiitlllt-N Toll * UIMV lie Finds llllHiltt'HN IUHl ClINtOlllN Oil Hie iHluiul. H. F. Hake , an old resident of Omaha , who has returned from a visit to Cuba , was speaking the other day In regard to the Itland und his observations there. "Cuba today , " said he , "is a good place for investment by men who depend upon their own judgment and who watch their own investments , but prospectlvo investors should beware of the man who Is promoting a company or who Is locating colonies. Kariy after the Spanish war u number of Amer icans went to the island and purchased land for a song which was dear at the. price nnd started companies for the purpose of colonizing nizing the lands. The native Cubans were not backward In peeing the profits to bo de rived and sonio of thuni have gene into the bounces. "Ono of these companlro was organized by two men , J. M. Ban-Is and u man named Johnson , who purchased a tract of land known as the Ortcv. grant , on an Island near thu Isle of Pines , and called by tlii'co men by the fcamo. name. These men succi'edcd In getting themselves Interviewed and an Interview appeared In The Bee. under a Wellington date JnKt .May. Mr. Harris told of the beauty of the Isle of I'In OH and thu richness of thu vegetation. Ho uald that a line of steamers plied between tlu Island of Cuba and Xow ( Serena , a port on thn Island. I spent two weeks on the Inland. Unfortu nately the Isle of Plmti , 'which ' contains the port of Xew Gerona , Is not the Island which Bnrriii and Johnson have for sale. Their Isle of Plneu Is a swampy tract of land with out port or town. Much of it Is below the sen level and oil of the valuable timber which can Ho brought to the market has bctfn cut nnd sold long ago. The other Isle of Pines Is a good enough place , but little , if any , of it IH for nale. "A few days before I left Havana I wan offered n tract of i',000 ' acres of land fifty mllt'H from the city for | 10,000. 1 wont out to look at It. It was represented as being covered with rich timber and HO It was , but so rocky nnd InactcK&lblo was It that the timber could not bo reached , and this IH a sample of the land that is being offered by unprincipled promoters to American Bct- tlcre. Just before I wtartcl homo I met an American from Puerto Principe , who said that together with several famlllcH ho had purchased hind from ono of the colonization companies , and uhcn they came to nettle on It they found that It wan worlhlets. He further bald that sonuv of the colonists ware destitute and had applied to the American military authorities for uttsltitanco. "There Is no occasion for such misrepre sentation , as land In Cuba Is cheap , and when it can bo cultivated at all will produce - duce anything. Ono man this year will uko $5,000 off ono acre of tobacco land , and un developed land of the eamo appearance In the same neighborhood can be bought for $20 per acre. Good land can bo bought at $ " > to $20 per aero. Sen your land before you buy It and you will make no mistake. Condition "f tin * riiliiniH. "Tho American people have a mistaken Idea of the condition of the native Cubans. j-on.P . of them nro ntlll rich , and during my may In the Island I did not ( ire ono portion suffering from hunger , though In the largo cities , where many have crowded to live upon the generotity of the Americans , there maybe bo some suffcTlns. hut In the country there Is no occasion for any. An acre of Cuban neil will BUataln a family. At one place where I stopped I counted llfU-en varieties of marketable vegetable * growing at one time , and aside from tobacco all were edible. The system ot employment of farm laborers Is such that no one need titan c. The owner of the plantation does not farm the land himself , but leases It to the tllk-t of the eoll. The proprietor advances all necessary seed and farm Implements , and at the request of the cropper will advama him food until the crop is harvested. When the harvest comes the crop Is turned over to the planter , who sells the product of thu entire plantation and after deducting the vnluii of the advance turns over HIP re mainder to the man who farmed the land. In addition to the land upon which the prin cipal crop is grown , ouch owner of a planta tion must provide the cropper with enough land , without rent , to raise vegetables for himself and family , M > you FCC the lot of the poor Cuban Is not a hard one , compared \\ilh the condition of similar classen In other countries. "While Cuban toil brings surprising rc- eiilte , the Introduction of American methods will greatly Increiise them. Almost all of the plowing IH done with wooden plows. The land has to bo Irrigated and generally this is done by hand. At one place 1 vlnltcd I saw n Cuban drawing water out M an eighty-foot well for Irrigation pui-pcncs. The bucket ho used was n five-gallon tin ran. attached to the end of n rope , to the other end of which wns attached an ox. There ) was no pulley , but the rope ran over a pole , the ox backing up until the liuckot was filled and then pulling it to the surface. ThM w.itcr was poured Into a tank until a .suf ficient quantity was secured , when the man carried * It In uprlnklcrs ami poured It over the growing tobacco. Aiii-lcnt UrtlHiilx. "These Cubans are wedded to their anc'ent ' methods , and a utory Is vouched fcr by Senor Canovas , one of 'Havana's ' loading brokers , which well Illustrate : ] their methods. Kvrr since the Spaniard ! ! flint enslave. ! thu natives the laborers have carried heavy lou'.s upon their heads. .Some time ago the UnU < il Slates government sent a lot of raad-nmkln : machinery to a remote part of the Island and the work of repairing n piece of road was entrusted to a native under Aiiicrli.ni Bfpervlalon. The natives started to wurK nnd ran the whorl-scraper until It was Illicit A force of men then mounted thn hrrijirr and began lo shove ! the earth Into the whei'l- barrowH. When the first wheelbarrow was filled two natives m-lzrd It and placed It upon the head of a third , who carried It away. "I llko Cuba and think that It IB henlthj. I am more afraid of typhoid fn\or th.in of yellow fever on the Island , for I believe that If an American Is temperate' and exercises ordinary care ho will bo safe. The natlvn and the Aenc'n- have no Idea , of cleaiillnebs cnns who frequrnt the tmtlvo quarters ara most liable to the distune. " IniliiirlliiK Hi-lKliiii lliir < - , Several liuinlrf'il IlrlKlnn harow Imvn been shipped Ini" I'hu.iK'1. presumably for lin-i-'i- Ing piiriitit.i- < Tli"i i hnrpH are cold by KiiKllxli pmiitry ili-iili-rs as n hiilmtltiitu fur c-hlrken and turkey. Mrs. } j. 3M. Idol , Winston , N. 0. , writes ; "Cancer in hoivditnry in our family , my fiulier , niptor , and iiunt having died from thisdrcmlfiil diseuHis. J was thoroughly alarmed , therefore , when a malignant Gnn- cof apjioaiTtl on my Bide , and at enco KoiiKltt the treatment > f the best physiuinns. They were nimble X to do tiny good , however , us ( he Cancer continued to jjrow worse and spread. I then tried S. 6. H. , which forced the dineaKu out , nnd cured mo permnnontly " ( Swift'ti Specific ; 1 * tlio only hone foi Calmer ; it cures the most malignant i cases , Our treatise on Cancer sent frco i by the Swift Ppuuiiic Co. , Atlanta , Ua.