tTTE mrrmv tyatlt tike: Sunday; June 12, ioo.
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Lots 9, 10, 11 and 11 block "K." Low'
aaoitlon. at 1.7n enen J T!
t 1. block "U ixivt l aoomoo j.ao
1 v.i k. .i 1 Aflltlnn S
Lot li, block "U" Lowe a addition 4 25
Lot , block "M," Lowe eddltkm. ... .. l.M
West H lot 7, block ' M," Lowe addl
tlon M
North US feet lot . block "N," Lowe
addition
South 24i feei jf north 74H f-et of Jot
e-iock "N," LoweS, addition...,..)
kmth 24 f-et lot , block "N,"
I.nw addition
86
.56
.85
t.10
I 48
1.70
4.25
10.90
.u
.85
t 7. block M. Lowei addition....
m 8, I. lu and 11. block "N." Lowe I
addition, at tote aach
t 12, block is, ixiwe addition....
JXt
t 1. block "O, Low.'i addition....
Its 4 and 7, block "O," Lowe' ad
dition, at 16.10 each
lot 8, block '(J," Lowe addition ...
West 40 feet lot 9. block "O," Lo4 l
addition
West 20 feet lot 10, block "Q." Low a
addition ,
Earn it feet anuth lot 11, block "O1
Ixjwe a addition
North H aouih H lot 12, block ,0,"
Lowe'a addition
South Vi north H lot 12, block "O."
Lowe'a addition
North Vi lot 12, block "O," Lowe'a ad
dition Lot 1, block "P,-' lxwe'e addition...
Lot 2. , 4 and 5, block "P," Lowe
addition, at II. i0 each
Lot 6, block "P," Lowe'a addition....
Lot 7, block "P." Lowe'a addition ...
Lota 8, t, 10 and 11, block '1'," Lowe'a
addition, at 11.70 each
Lot 12, block '1'" Lowe a addition..
Lot 1, block "Q, Lowe'a addition....
Lots 2 and I. block "Q," Lowa'a ad
dition, nt 0. each
Went H lot 4, block "W." Lowe'a ad
dition Wwt Vt lot 8, block "Q," Lowe'a ad
dition Lot 6, block "Q." Lowe'a addition....
Lot 7, block "w," Lowe'a addition....
Lot 8, block "y," Lowe'a addition....
East H lot I, block "Q," Lowe'a ad
dition Went V lot , block "Q," Lowe's ad
dition Lola 10 and 11, block "Q," Lowe'a ad
dition, nt 81.70 each
Lot 12, block "J." Lowe'a addition....
Lot 1, block "it," lOW addition,...
Lota 2. 3, 4 and 6, block "H. ' Lowe'a
addition, at 0.S6 eacn
Lot , block "H," Lowe'a addition
Lot 7, block "-H," Lowe a addition
Lot 12, block "it," Lowe'a addition
Lot 1, block "3" lAimti audition....
Lola 2, S, 4 and 6, biock "ri, ' lowe'a
addition, at 0.(i eacn
Lot 6, block "b," iowe e addition....
Lota 8, 8, 10 and 11. block "b," Lowe'a
addition, nt l.?u each
Lot 12, block "8," 1iwe'i addition...
Lola 1, 2, S, and 6. blok "T," Lowe'a
addition, at tl.i'O each
Lot . block "T," 1xiw4'i addition...
Lota i and 4, block "i;," Lowe'a uddl
tlon. at 1.70 each
.85
.88
5.85
89
25
.86
I 80
5 96
IK
1.70
.86
.So
.88
1.66
1.70
.85
2.40
2.50
6
1.40
1.70
.tK
2.65
(.it!
2.40
5.10
6.80
2.40
I 50
2.55
8.40
Tnn U mirth U,
lt 6. biock "U,"
lwe i addition &i
West H north H
Lowe'a addition
North 7 feet lot. I,
addition
lot 5, bJock "U."
' block '"U," Lowe'a
.86
2 65
1.70
Lot 5, block "V," Lowa'a addition....
Aa U. I ii I A hlivit "V " Ta'A addi
tion K
Lota 6 and 8, block "V." Lowe'a a4il- . .
tlon, at 11.70 each 2.4ft
To cover the coat o( tearing down walla
At Noa. 1403 and 14o6 Dougla atri-et, done
under and In pursuance of the provision
of Bectlon bu of ordinance No. 4i, the
cost thereof being aa follower I
Middle ft lot 1, biock Hit, Clt ..$ 38.70
West Vii tot 1, block 11, City . .0
The "ubuuI scollng-buck process," to
which reiurenc la made la thl notlot, la
aa lollowa: '
One-tlilrd of auch pro rata coat uprn the
ono-slxth part of the whole amount Jot the
f round to be aaaenaed flrat abuttlnaj upon
he atreet line along aatd Improvement;
One-tlfth of auch oro rata coat urn the
aecond one-alxth part of the whole uiuount
of aaid ground next adjacent; '
une-mito oi aucn pro rata coat upvn ine
hlid one-alxth Dart of the whole aJinount
of aald ground next adjacent; and .
inree-ienma ot aaia pro rata cost (upon
the adjacent or remaining one-halt ofl aald
ground. 1
You are further notified that aald pro
posed plana of aaaeaament are now auibject
to the Inspection and examlnalton of i any
ot the ownera of said lota or pieoea ofl real
estate, or of any other person Interested
In aald proposed aanessraeuta. at the ciftlca
of the City Clerk; and that it la proposed
that, unless for good and sufficient eawae it
may be otherwise ordered and determlned,
the cost of aald Improvements, respectively,
hall be assessed on the aeveral lota, parts
of lota and plooea of real estate, aa known
by said proposed plana of assessment.
You, and each of you, are hereby notified
to appear before aald Board of ISquallsa
tlon at the time and place above ApeoMed,
to make any complaint, statement or ob
jection you may desire concernlrar any of
aid proposed levlea and aaaeaafinenta ot
special taxes.
. Omaha, Nebraska, June 7. 1904.
City Clerk.
T
LAJ90H AND IXDHSTRI
I A It Is
1 fianda I
said that thousands oaT faetorr
In Great Britain are leavUna their
f. homes and emigrating to Canadb at tha
rata of more thaa 2,000 a week. k
The Pennsylvania State Federation of
Labor la now atronaer In the alnthraclta
aalhan In the bituminous roal fields, I and has
I iNJliated with It about 200,000 men. I
Jkpan furnishes one-twelfth of 'the raw
pounds, ihe war la not likely to aYrect the
production, aa all
women ai)d glrla.
the work Is Bona by
LO-operavon nas proved a great auccesa
In EnglandA The co-operative aocltWles did
a business In lBoS that aaa-reffated :44t( OJil..
116, and the .net proflta were 249,3oil,000, or
mY per cent tot me snare capital uavoivea.
Thorium, which glvea the light Ifrom a
gas mantis 111 Intensity, was a cAirloslty
twenty years ago, but hundreds of f persons
are now makinar a llvlnr dlwlnlir It In
North Carolina, and the annual ofutput Is
wurin touu.vuj, - 1
Statistics collected In Oermanl' hava
hown that 28 per cent ot the ccldents
caused by machinery used for lliduntrial
fiurpoeea, such aa manufacturing, fvere due
, a defects In the machines and tol laok of
proper safeguards. I
Unique among tha various International
unions In the country la tha Joilrneymen
Barbers' International union, wl'lh head-
Quarters In Boston. The special I Interest
in tnts international lies In the f fcet that,
alncei 1896, there have bean only twlo strikes
Of the local unions that compose ML
An effort will be mads to bring f bill be
fore tha next Pennsylvania legislature, by
which each coal company will be f required
to pay HOD for each man or boy kllfled In or
duui iia mines, t nis wiu provio.i; tns ae
ceased's family with funeral expefises and
wuiny iu mwi iia urgeni neeos.
Iowa drunkards will be forced t
work In
coal mines, according to present
the State Hoard of Control, it 1,
i plans of
pianneti
to buy extensive ooal land at tha
new m-
curtate nospuai near Knoxvllle
tha men aent to the Institution at
nd put
ork to
supply all atata Institutions with
fuel at
actual oust of production
United States Commissioner of KsTluoatlon
W. T. Harris followa up the ladvance
notice of his annual report by alwertlng
ioai tne tangible ercect or educatlcln is ob
served In Increased Incomes. Prranlna with
a nign aonool training average 41,000
v. 1 1 - . - .1. v. T . . ' ,
V JtC" "nl' half as much, and tha Illiterate
... mu.. nun coiniiiun acnuoi
"botMiS9- Tne college graduate a
verages
about 62.000yar-
Ths total nurhar. of workmen
thrown
out of employment In n'at twenttv years
on account 01 airmen is eauutten rati i.n..
!4, and a loss in wages of ovet.50.0U0,0ii0.
More than 127.000 establishments were In
volved. There was an average losa of 248
to each person Involved. New rork rams
first in tha number of strikes and Pennsyl
vania second, tha former having over 10,000
and tha latter having over is.uw truces.
The coul Industries experienced mors
Strikes than any other.,
A Ureat Architect.
One day tha great architect Richardson
was approached by a man who had only
11,600 to spend on a house. Ths difficulties
of ths problem appealed to Richardson so
strongly that hs took hold with seat. It
put him on hla mettle to produce an artistic
result from purely structural conditions.
iut when tha client announced that he
could afford I J, 000 ha waa dismissed with
a wave of the hand. The great man's
Interest was gone Country life In Amer
ica. Told at Last.
"A woman can't keep a aeoret," declares
ths mere man.
"Oh, I don't know," retort tha ftuttery
lady, "I've kept my age a secret sine I
was 24."
"Yes, but one of thess days you'll give
away. In lima you will simply hava to
tell It."
Well. I think that when a women has
kept a secret for tweuty years she oomea
. pretty near knowing bow to keep If
WHAT WOMEN SHOULD EAT
Bootttiin; A!to iboot Wbat woman Had
Bettt t No'. Eat
OBSERVATIONS THAT MAY PROFIT MAN
Ratfcar Called a Creak Than
ta Bala Oae'a Health Throng
th Mlsaaa of tha
Stomach.
Nannette Magruder Pratt contributes to
Health-Culture soms critical observations
on tha eating habits of women. In a
few words shs says her remarks
are directed to women alone, "But the cap
will fit many a man who pokes tun at
women for eating all kinds ot things at
unseaaonabl hour. I bav watched men's
eating habits as well aa women's, and I
have com to th conclualon that It Is a
tie." Continuing she says:
Eating between meals Is on of the great
est evils of ths day, snd should bo on ot
the first steps In health reform.
The stomach needs a rest Just as well aa
we do. Nibble, nibble, nibble; so many
people get Into that awful habit. Eat
your two or three meals a day and stop
there. Clean your teeth beautifully after
each meal. That may help to break tha
habit. Let th stomach have Urn to get
rid of all the food put Into It at meals, and
then drink a lot of water to help clean It
up. Eat nothing else for at least five or
six hour. Your stomach will be duly
grateful, and your health and complexion
be Improved.
Just because a man Invites you out to
dinner, do hot feel that you must order
everything on tha bill of far. Order a
simple, digestible dinner, and let him order
what he like. Bom men ar very cour
teous and nice, and let women have just
what they want. If a woman la a vege
tarian hs will not Insist upon her eating
meat. If she does not car (or win he
will respect her wishes. Then there are
men who act grumpy when a woman does
not fall exactly into their Ideaa of eating
and he wants her to sat what la ordered
regardless of her wishes. That Is selfish
ness, pur and simple. Women are becom
ing mora aocustomed to dining out, and
they should be Independent. - A man
should Invits a woman for her company,
not to stuff her with a lot of Indigestible
tnlngs. If you are on a diet for any rea
son. If you ar trying to reduo your weight.
Improve your health, tell Mm so and ask
him to let you hav Just what you want
If It is only a glass of milk and a shredded
wheat biscuit. It does not pay to eat a big
dinner and feel mean for day after.
Kcelpa (or Clear Complexions.
Receptions hav a good deal to answer
for in tha way of encouraging women to
eat and drink between meals. Just think
how digestion la taxed by Innumerable
cup of tea, ooftee, cake, Ice cream, bon
bons, etc How can a woman enjoy a
simple horn dinner after an afternoon of
indiscriminate eating and drinking?
It you do not Indulge In refreshments,
you ar put down as a crank. Better to be
a crank and possess unbounded health
than to be a "good fellow" and ruin your
digestive organs,
' If a woman wants to hava a good clear
complexion, shs must be out of door
much aa possible, exercise quit vigor
ously, drink two quarts of water a day
(distilled preferred) and eat clean, whole
Some food, avoiding pork, sweetmeata,
stimulants, hot bread, walah rarebit. Iced
drinks, etc
Try eating only fruit for breakfast, noth
ing lssi a raw vegetable salad at noon
with a slice of whole wheat bread toasted.
or a shredded wheat biscuit; fruit and on
cooked vgtabl for supper. 'Try that
diet for a week, drinking plenty of water
between meals and se wbaf an Improve
ment thar will be In your complexion, So
not eat any meat during th summer
months. Eat vegetables, fruit and whole
wheat bread with a bit of flab, or gam
occasionally. Drink plenty of (water and
fruit Juice, but do not drink loe watr, Iced
tea or eoffe. You wlU nay th penalty
If you do.
I hav watched woman eating at summer
resorts, and to me It was a pitiful sight.
Several hav said to me: "I pay a good
price, and I am going to get my money's
worth." All right, go ahead, get your
money's worth and undermine your health.
Whan people return to their home in
the autumn and tall an easy prey to "grip,"
appendicitis, nervous prostration, typhoid
fever, pneumonia, to., they never charge
it to their over-aatlng during th summer.
Children are allowed to gorge themselvt:
during th hot months, and then th poor
dear ar pot wall enough to attend school
during th winter.
Hlata for Vacations.
If summer vacations war health vaca
tions, what a difference there would be
whin offloes, schools, stores and homes
got back their pwn during ths fall. Abste
mious eating, oalioo dresses, hair braided
down on' back, no hat, sleeves rolled
up, all klnda of athietlo games, out In the
open air sixteen hours out of twenty-four,
will put a woman squarely on her feet in
a health way. Stay away from th hotels
at summer resorts. Liv In a tent If you
cannot live In a eottage. Tak a room If
you can, and take one hearty meal a day,
and buy fruit and nuts for th other two
meals.
The woman who eats three meals a day
In th dining car, whll traveling, makes
a serious mistake. When on la closely
confined all day In a car which Is not any
too well ventilated, th stomach should
be gtvq very little to do. On meal In the
dining car 1 sufficient; It is better to eat
that meal at noon, and eat fruit for break
fast and fruit and nut tor supper.
Every time th train stops get off for
a breath of fresh air. Inhal as many deep
breaths as you can.
I tell you the eating houses on tbs va
rious railroads will have a lot to answer
for some day. Have you ever noticed what
they serve at th flrst-claa places, and how
fast men and women eat o a to stow
away as much as posslbl in twenty min
utest Hav you noticed them drinking
one or more glaasea of water with a meal.
and on or two cups of tea or eoffeeT Have
you aeen ths worried look In their' eyes
as they bolted th numerous dishes set
before them, keeping a sharp lookout for
th conductor, so ss not to get leftT Thst
is a dreadful way to eat. Th dining cars
ar much better, for one can eat slowly,
taking plenty of time for maattcation; but
take my advlo and eat as little as possible
while on th cars.
TIos on Traveling? Food.
It is different on a steamer, for on can
tay on deck moat of th tlra and keep
th lungs full of fresh air and walk about.
When husbands ar away from horn
Wives ar too apt to neglect themselves
on ths eating question. They nibble and
pick and liv principally on whit bread
and tea. It is necessary to sat nourishing
food when on eat at all. It I better
to miss a meal entirely than to eat white
bread and wash It down with tea or coffee.
It is often amualng to sea what busi
ness women sat for their lunches. I have
noticed the worst combinations. Coffee,
sandwlchea and pla seem 1o b th favorite
dishes. Whole wheit bread, apple sauce
or any kind ot stewed fruit Is so much
better, and a aoft boiled egg can be added
If one la very hungry. Anything but white
bread sandwiches, coffee and pie. If sand
wiches could b mad of whole whast
bread and chicken, roast beef or tongue
used, they would be all tight. Eat a raw
vegetable salad when you can with th
whole wheat bread or shredded wheat bis
cuits. Don't go to supper after th theater. That
la th worst thing that yon can do. You
need that hour for sleep and your stomach
has slready "put up" for th night.
Peanut ar considered a perfect food,
but trust be thoroughly masticated. Lem
onade Is said to b a most healthful drink.
FANCIES FOR JUNE WEDDINGS
Every-thlBB? Depends Upon Knowing;
How, When and What ftloaal
and Loara.
Oood old Dame Natur doe much to aid
the summer bride In providing settings
and decorations that ar at one exquisite
and Inexpensive. In winter th bridal
decorations suggest luxury and hothouses.
In summer they should breath simplicity,
fields and dales. Hothouse plant ar dis
tinctly out of place, artificial lights abso
lutely obnoxious and heavy food an abomi
nation. A brld who carried a dowry of many
thousands of dollars selected June as her
wedding month, calmly Informing hr fam
ily that shs Intended to depart as far aa
possible from the conventional city and
church wedding", Th Invitation wer
sent cut from the country home, and when
the guests arrived at th village depot. In
stead of conventional omnibuses snd drags
they found awaiting them a number of
hayracks, gay with green and white stream
era. -No gay canopy led to the house from
the entrance, but a bower of greenery,
and Instead of bamboo or matting screens
on the porch, ther wer swaying curtalna
of woodland vines.
No palms or hothouss flowers were In
sight, but in the drawing room an altar had
been Improvised and covered with white
cloth. At th back were massed ferns,
transplanted from woodland dells not n
mile from the house, and tha carpet of the
altar was wrought from field daisies sewed
on coarse netting. This virginal altar on
the cool white and green matting was an
exquisite study In simplicity.
The brld wor th finest of French ba
tiste, trimmed In real Valenciennes, and
carried a ehower bouquet of pure white
rambler rose gathered that morning from
her grandmother's porch. Her bridesmaids
were gowned In palest green organdy and
carried field daisies.
Another city girl, whos wedding oc
curred at her father's country place, could
not yield so much to the law of simplicity,
but she, too, adopted a novelty for carrying
her guests from the depot to tha house.
Her father possesses a fin stable snd
string of horses, and th village livery
could have complemented their private
equipment, but ss a trolley line ran directly
past tha lodge entrance of their home th
brld hired a special trolley car and had It
decorated In green and whit.
When the'clty gueata arrived they found
a oar draped without In streamers of white
ribbon and great bunches of ferns, snd pre
sided over by a motorman and conductor
clad In whit duck. Within, tha ceiling
of the car waa studded with white roses set
In smilax, th window curtains had been
removed and swaying smilax substituted,
great bows of whit ribbon wer tied on
th arms, and a small pillow or cushion of
whit roses snd ferns was hung on th
back of each seat.
Wher th grounds are abaolutely private
an al fresco wedding can b easily man
aged, always providing for a sudden ad
journment Indoors should the weather prove
unpleasant. A wide spreading tree forms
th background for th wedding party,
and chairs should be provided for the
guests. The musicians should be sta
tioned In a secluded corner or summer
house, and th bridal party should be sim
ply dressed.
Wedding refreshments for' "thaa esml
outdoor weddings should be almpte. Heavy
mad dishes should be avoided. As the
guests may hav com some distance, one
warm dish msy be provided, but it should
be delicate, on th line of creamed sweet
breads or chicken in paper cases to match
th decoration scheme. This, with coffee,
a variety of dainty sandwiches and cakes,
Ices snd punch, Is ampls for th summer
wedding feast.
PRATTLO Or THIS YOfJlf GSTBRS.
"Where do we get the most valuable furs
from?" asked, th teacher,
"From the fir tree," answered th small
boy at the foot of the claaa
"Your sister Is a long tlm coming
down," said th young man In the parlor.
"Perhaps she has mad up her mind not to
see me." ,
"Oh, it eln't that," replied her small
brother. "She's making up her face."
Little Ethel bad Just finished celebrating
th fifth anniversary of hr birth.
"My goodness, mamma," she exclaimed,
"how tlm does fly! Just think, yesterday
I was a whole year younger than I am
today."
Harold I S years old en has several
cousins for playmates, but the little folks
ar all girls, and he would very much like
a boy cousin. The other day h was told
that he had a new cousin, Aunt Hattle's
baby girl, x
"What, another girl!" h aatd. "Shucks!
But then It may turn out a boy, after all.
You never know what girl will do."
On afternoon llttl Johhnv happened to
look up and se th moon, and as he hsd
nver aeen It befor In th daytlm he ran
Into th house and exclaimed: "Oh,
mamma, I've got a good Joke on Clod."
"Why, what do you mean, dear?" asked
th astohlshod mother,
"H forgot to take th moon In thl
morning," explained Johnny.
-Th neighbor had been requested by
Eddie's mother to no longer furnish him
with candy, had been her custom, 80 It
happened that on th occaalon of tha next
neighborly call Eddie' disappointment was
great.
At last be remarked: "It seems to m I
smell candy."
Importuned so Indirectly, Mrs. A. pre
sented him with a diminutive portion.
Looking at It long and earnestly, Eddie
was heard to aay: "Could It be poaslbl I
smelled so small a plecef'Llppinoott'a.
Archbishop Rlordan of San Francisco
called on President Roosevelt recently.
Afterward. In talking about calls generally,
the archbishop aald:
"A friend of mine In San Francisco called,
with hla wife, on afternoon, at th house
of an estimable woman. Tha woman's little
daughter answered th bell, and my friend
aald to hen
" 'Won't you pleas tell your mother
that Mr. and Mr. Smith ar herer
" 'Certainly.' said th llttl girl, and she
departed. In a moment she returned.
" 'Well, did you tU your motherr snld
my friend.
" 'Yea' the child answered.
' 'And whst did your mother sayr
" 'Why,' said ths little girl, 'sh said,
"Oh, dear! -New York Trtbun.
Soother Golfers at Work.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, June U.-Klnals n
the championi-hlp matches of the Southern
Golf association were played today, for
the championship tha contest was between
William Hill ani A. It Minim of Danen,
fli ; for the Dixie eup. between C. L.
Nelson of Louisville and H. R. 1'hllllps,
and for the consolation, H. 8. Washburn
and Mr. Withers matched their a kill,
POWEROFTnEnOODOOSHOWN
Strang Dolnri, Fttrt id Whlmi in
Varigu Parts of th Oountry.
FAKIRS WORK THE GAME FOR COIN
Prevalent Notions of Black Art Among
BlaeksaaorsUtloas Aronooel by
Doctor Medical School
Feared.
Th superstitious at South Chattanooga,
Tenn., hav ben frightened by the hoodoo
doctors, on of whom has recently grown
wonderfully In convincing powers, and has
secured a large following.
Among th superstitious he Is believed to
have full knowledge of the black art, and
hi system of securing patients would
more appropriately have been followed In
mediaeval times than In this modern age.
His curative power are said to lie in a
large black spider, while another smaller
but equally black spider Is reserved for
his enemies.
A child was bitten by a dog and the
parents Of the little sufferer called In the
worker of charms. He made several
passes, Introduced the eepider, and extract
ing the poison from the child, declared that
as he did so the dog had a fit and died..
The neighborhood la terrorised by the
mysterious knocking" at nlRht at the doors
of this man's patients. The fakir la said to
be making a small fortune and will proba
bly continue to do so until some of his
patients use a shotgun on him during a
period of these mysterious knocking.
The building of the Missouri state uni
versity medical school at Columbia la re
garded with superstitious fear by the ne
groes of the town. Not one of them. It Is
said, can be Induced to go Into It for any
purpose, even In the daytime.
All th other university buildings have
nevro tsnltora. but no blAck man has ever
I been induced to work In the medical build
ing. Probably If an attempt should be
mad to force a negro to enter It at night
he would give up the ghost on th thresh
old. Th surgical and post-mortem work done
In this building Is the ground of the fear
and the basis of th hoodoo.
Hoodooed House.
Deputy Constable Frank Fenn of Hous
ton, Ttx., went tha other afternoon to exe
cute a writ of forcible ejection against a
negro woman. He took with him two ne
groes who were to carry away the furni
ture. Fenn was absent a few mtnues, and
when he returned his negroes were not to
be teen. He got a glimpse of them about
two blocks away moving at a very swift
gait.
Thinking that perhaps th men had
stolen something, he took after them.
When stopped th negroes said that they
would not work In that house, that It was
hoodooed. Being urged they told htm they
would return If he would go Into a certain
corner of the house and remove the hoodoo,
which he would find tied up to a bag hang
ing from the celling.
The officer found the bag. It contained
bones tied up with kinky wool and hair
pins. The woman said sne could cast a
spell over her enemies with It, because the
bones were those of a b'.ack cat, while th
wool was that shaved from the head of a
negro born on Friday, th thirteenth day
of the month.
The negroea would not return to work
until th officer had taken th bag of bones
about a block away from the house, and
van then they had misgivings as to
whether or not it would be safe to touch
anything In the house.
Ther has been a Strang competition re
cently among ' resident of Sparta, Tenn.
Appreciating the superstitious character of
the negro, who make life a burden to
chicken raisers and watermelon growers,
several enterprising cltlsens have been bid.
ding for privilege of furnishing the spot
on which Henry Oliver, a negro murderer,
shou'd be hanged. '
They realise that If they could hav the
oondemned man executed on their premises
his ghost could easily be Induced to fre
quent the place, to the terror of every
prowling midnight visitor to henroosts,
watermelon patch or woodpile. Accordingly
th owner of a large flock of fowls whloh
has often suffered at th hands of some
African proposed to th herlff to furnish
all necessary material for th scaffold, on
condition that th execution take plac In
his chicken lot.
While debating th propriety of accept
ing this offer the sheriff received one even
more liberal offer from the owner of a lot
upon which for many years watermelons
have been grown. The owner of a large
lumber yard, hearing of the course whloh
these two men had tsken to pre-empt for
private use th ghost of the dead man. not
only offered to furnish free of cost to the
county all material for th erection of
the scaffold and enclosure, but proposed to
erect them and bear all expenses, provided
th sheriff would let the execution take
plaoe in tha middle of the lumber yard.
The sheriff has as yet mad no announce
ment of his decision with reference to the
propositions.
Photos on Window Panes,
A curious phenomenon that has caused
th superstitious no llttl fear is th ap
pearance ot photographic Impression on
th window pan of th Jury room of th
court house at Yorkvllle. Va. One of th
tracing represents a ghostly figure, ap
parently a skeleton, with his bony, ragged
finger clasped tightly around a telescop
poised, mariner like, before the eye. In
fant on discerning som distant objeot.
This Is pronounced by those Informed on
th subject to b nothing less than th
had of Old Blackbird, th pirate chief
who one bad hi headquarter at Temple
Farm, and that even now haunt th vicin
ity of hi old hiding plac.
After receiving a miniature ooffln, Hen
rlette Oraham, a wealthy negro woman of
108 Eraser atreet, Atlanta, Ga., dropped
dead. '
About a month ago Mra. Graham found
the coffin, which waa made of pasteboard,
and which had been left t her front door
during th night. In the coffin waa a let
ter, which aald;
"Someone ha been seeking to kill you
for a long time, and now your day ar
numbered. The person who Is to eauss
your death has paid 1100 tor a recipe with
which to end your life. The writer of thl
not will go to your funeral In a vary few
days."
The woman died four day afterward.
Th police and the coroner are Investigat
ing th affair to find out whether or not
th coffin and letter had anything to do
with the woman's sudden death.
Th Bethel family of 1213 West Broadway,
Louisville. Ky.. believe that they ar all
hoodooed In the right leg. Five member
of th family hav been Injured In this
limb and three of these Injuries hav been
fatal.
The last to suffer was Hugh Bethel, who
fell from a pit of flour sacks and broke
his right leg snd his nose. His Injuries,
however, are minor aa compared with thoae
that hav befallen other member of th
family.
Wen-en C. Bethel, a farmer In Hardin
county, was thrown from a horse, had hi
right leg broken and died during th re.
suiting operation.
Charlea Bethel, whll Inspecting a motor
car at Jacksonville, Fla.. waa run over and
hla right leg cut off. He died from th
Injuries.
William II. Bethel waa caught under an
engine In a wreck near Central City, Ky.
His right leg was cut oft and he. too, died
from the Injuries.
James Bethel lost his right arm by falling
under an engine near Cecilia, Ky. Later
his right leg waa broken In a wrestling
bout with a friend.
Sally Bethel fell out of a cherry tree and.
aa she said, "escaped with a few bruirea
A llttl whll afterward I fell out of a
second-story window and got off with a
sprained ankle the right ankle, too."
The Seven Wblatlera.
"Whinnying horses" have mad their ap
pearanc la part of North Carolina and
Virginia. They ar the most dreadful of
hoodooa, and by many of th negroes ar
called th "Beven Whistlers."
They sail through the air with a peculiar
distressing sound that cannot be distin
guished from.th neighing ot a drov of
young colts. The superstitious among th
peopl ar filled with forebodings and con
sider them th forerunners of death and
disaster.
An aged colored man, Sllar Shellman,
living near Green Bay, Va., says that he
heard them nearly sixty years sgo for the
first time, and that three times sinco then
they have visited the community, and each
time plaguea and disaster hav followed
In their wake.
Among the collier of England th Seven
Whistlers ar always boUeved to preen g
Ills. Th uperstltion. In fact, seama to be
more particularly a miners' notion than
that of the negroes of the south.
If the British miners hear th warning
vole of the Seven Whistlers, bird sent, ss
they say, by Providence, to warn them of
an Impending danger, not a man will de
scend the pit until the following day.
The Morfa colliery In South Wale Is
specially notorious for Its uncanny tradi
tions. The Seven Whistlers wsr heard
there before a great explosion In the '60',
and before another In 1890, when nearly
100 miners wsre entombed.
In December. 1S3S, It is said that they
were heard again, whereupon the men
struck work, and could not be Induced to
resume It until the government Inspector
had made a close examination of the works
and reported ail safe. In July, 1801, an
other Instance of a colliers' strike founded
upon the same superstition occurred In
England.
It la on of th superstitions of th gam
bler that he must relieve distress. But It Is
a popular belief that a hoodoo attends th
free hearted giver In case his money, Im
parted in charity, Is played against him
self. The case of ths noodoo of Whttey
Rupp, one time proprietor of a prosperous
faro bank In Wichita, Kan., I cited by
gamblers In Illustration.
Rupp one afternoon was deacendtng th
stairs which led to th lair of his particular
tiger when a broken down sport, named Bill
Chenault, asked alms. Rupp was In a
good humor; his bank had piled up the
Ingots th night before, h had Jut aten
a comfortable dinner and h paused long
enough to glv Chenault $50.
Chenault, an Inveterate gamester himself,
ate briefly and sparingly and then hastened
back to Rupp's bank with the balance and
began to play. Hod, the dealers known
the source of bis wealth they would have
barred htm.
Chenault won again and again. H than
divided his possessions among several of
his cronies looking on. They were Tom
Arnold, who long dealt monte In El Paso;
Sam Arnold, who was subsequently shot
to death In Oklahoma City, and stveral
other. They blithely shoved th money
about Rupp's layout in a way to Insure th
widest action. Never had such luck at
tended so diminutive a raid.
Rupp was absent only n hoar and twen
ty minutes. Ha cam back to his rooms
and as soon ss he dissevered what was
In progress, with maledictions, stopped the
play ot Chenault and his friends, not, how
ever, until they had rolled their bundle of
plunder up to tha neat outline of 12,700.
His bad luck, Invoked by the treacherous
turning of hla gift against himself by the
unprincipled Chenault, never flagged nor
faltered in It stride until In less than two
months Whltey Rupp. loser over 170,000,
left Wichita ruined. New York Sun.
A . VcTERAN 0F MANY WARS
Amaiing Matrimonial Record of a
oldlor Who ks
Pension.
Aeoording to Commissioner of Pensions
Ware, Peter West of Iowa, soldier, sad
dler, lawyer and farmer, who fought b
Id Mr. War in the Seventh Iowa cav
alry, in a recent application for a pension
on th ground of old age, rheumatism,
diabetes and various other things, admits
that he ha bean married ten times and
divorced eight times. The reason that
his marriages and divorces do not matoh
more closely Is due to the fact that one
Of his wives died befor a legal separation
was obtained. In th records ot the pen
sion bureau ar th names ot many old
comrades who war married two, three,
four, five or bait a dosen times, but Waat's
performance puts them all in th shad.
Comrade West tried to writ all tha. In
formation about his wives In th atngla
line provided for that purpose on the offl
olal blank. H gav It up aa a bad Job,
however, scratched out that part of th
record h bad managed to crowd in and
attached a separate alip of paper with
thl comment:
"Th government whan printing blanks
did not contcmplata for a soldier to hav
o many consort, or they would hav
provided mor spac to the answer re
quired. Hence thl addition."
Mr. West's rmaxkabl matrimonial
record followa;
Eltsa Hubberd, la Waterloo, la,: divoroed
ther 1M3. , ,
Bertha Heirs, married December T, 18SS,
In Independence, la.; olvorced In Waverly,
la.. In U7S.
Emma Dixon, married In Sacramento,
Cal., October 14, itif; divorced January 18,
187. in Iowa City, la.
Elizabeth Bray, married July 4, 1879, In
Wlnnemuooa, Nev. divoroed December 111,
18K1, at same plac.
Frances Wendall, married August 29, 1X83,
at Kye Patoh, Nov.; divorced June 10, l&si,
at Wtnnemucca, Nev.
Mary Pendleton, married November 24,
ISM, at Oakland, Cal.; divoroed December
19, 1890, at Reno, Nev.
Lucy E. Johnson, married December tl,
1S9), at Reo. Nev.; divorced February 13,
U.DA, at Pendelton, Ore.
Mellnda E. Hanley, married July 2, 1897,
at Pendleton. Ore.; died May 17, 193, at
aame place.
Laura F. Bargete, married Auguat t,
18M, at Pendleton, Ore.; divoroed April 4,
im.
Pauline Miller, married October 29, 1899,
at Pendleton, Ore.
The abov record show that th average
period that elapsed between West's di
vorces and marriages was about five
montha In one Instance, however, he waa
In a hurry and cut th Interval down to
twelve days. Deaplt West' wonderful
record he doe not appear to be Interested
In preventing rac aulolda, a h ha only
four children, all of them over It year a of
age. He began marrying at th age or 28
and has kept it up ever sine. Commis
sioner Ware hasn't decided aa yet whether
the much-married West Is entitled to a
pension, but h Is wondering If th nln
widow will attend West' funeral when
th record-holding comrade leave th
marriage bureau snd dlvorc court be
hind him and Join th client majority.
New York Sun.
Commercial Travelers nt Dearer.
DENVER. June 11. About 10 members
of the United Commercial Travelers held
a parade her today and later were enter,
tallied with a variety of sport and amuse,
ments Tlio visitors come from all parte of
the west on this elde of the Missouri river.
The grand council, which Is holding secrwt
sessions, will elect two delegates to tha
national convention to be bald at Columbus,
O., neat fall.
REEP1NG0URRIYERS ATHOME
Prrject to Prev.nt Montana WgUn frost
Flawing Into Oaitds.
ARID MONTANA TO GET W BENEFIT
Immense Irritation Trojeet for Idaho
ting Dam and Canals at aa
Estimated Cost Of
l,3i0,000.
Plans for two huge Irrigation projects
are being prepared by the engineers In
charge of the Irrigation bureau of the In
terior department On contemplate keep
ing th waters of rivers In northern, Mon
tana from wandering off Into Canada In
stead of staying at horn and nourishing
th thirsty plains. Th econd contem
plate a dam and canals In southwestern
Idaho at an estimated cost of 11.200,000.
Tho secretary of th Interior ha tenta
tively approved both projects.
Th Montana project has been talked of
for th last four years, and It Is now In
tended to carry It out.
Careful study of the problem has shown
that It Is feasible to control the water so
that they may be spread over the arid
plain of northwestern Montana east of the
Rocky mountains. Stream measurements
have shown that th supply of water I
ample for th thorough Irrigation of about
160,000 acre.
The average alio ot tha Irrigated farms
In Montana is 100 acres, and thia proposed
Improvement will add about l.WO farms
to the state and Increase the. acreage of Its
Irrigated lands about one-third.
Most of our rivers rising on th eastern
side of th P.ocky mountains carry their
waters Into th Missouri or other tribu
taries of the Mississippi. Two Important
streams, however, rising among or near
tha snows ot th Rockies, some way south
of the International boundary, meot bar
riers of glacial debris after they hav
started on their eastern course and are
turned to the north Into Canada.
lanorlns; Boundary Lines.
One of them is tha St. Mary river,
which enters Alberta and finally reaches
Hudson bay through tha Saskatchewan.
The Canadian Northwest Irrigation com
pany Is now diverting Its waters to the
adjacent dry plains of southern Alberta
and much land is being turned Into fertile
field.
Th other stream I the Milk river, whloh
Is mora patriotic than th St. Mary; for
after circumventing the glacial barrier by
entering Canada and flowing eastward
through parts of Alberta and Asslnlbola,
It turns homeward again and Join th
Missouri.
Ths Canadians as yet have turned vary
little of its waters over their plains, for
ths reason that It flows there between
high and steep bank and can be lifted to
the level of th plain only by expensive
pumping; but they ar awake to th pos
sibility of using th water that now es
capes (them, and plans to this end wer
being made last winter.
Th plan of our government proposes
to carry out was devised by Engineer C.
C. Babb. A canal will be dug tapping the
St. Mary river a short distance below th
chain of St Mary lake Into which th
mountain drainage Is collected.
A large dam at the mouth of th lower
lake will 'turn It Into a storage reservoir
and the canal will carry Its waters east
ward into Spldsr lake, one of th sources
of the north branch of th Milk river.
Bplder lake will also b mad a torag
reservoir nd the mingled water of the
two rivers will then be led along thl
oanal almost due south to th southarn
branch of th Milk, which will be tapped
In Hs turn, and practically all th water
of th two systems will than be led along
the plain som sixty miles to th ast,
turning a wide strip of land on either aid
of It Into fsrtll fields.
Cost nasi Benefits.
Th cost of the whol work 1 eatlmated
at nearly 15,000,000. Th land to b re
claimed la now worthless.
It Is fair to assume that th farm thus
created will, hav th som value as other
Irrigated lands In Montana, or an average
of t8,375 per 100 acre. At this rat th
Increment to th wealth of th tat from
these new agricultural lands will bs 119,000,
000 in land and not less than $10,000,000 In
live stock, or a total of 129,000,000 brought
Into exlsteno by an Irrigation enterprise
costing one-sixth of that sum.
Th yearly Income from Irrigated land
In Montana is about t25 an acre in product
fed to live stock or sold In th market.
The annual Ineom from the new lands Is,
therefor, xpcted to b about eS.7G0.0O0,
or much more than' ths estimated first cost
of th work.
What will ths Canadian say about the
enterprise T They ar already profiting by
som of th water, and ar preparing to
use more of It; but it would cost them mor
than It would us to get th same valu
from tb water, because th Milk river, in
their territory, 1 from twenty to forty feet
below th general surfac level.
Ther 1 no international oommiaslon to
control these llttl rivers, as Is th case
with th great Danube; and no nation ha
ever been known to abrogate th right to
use as much as It plesses of tb water
originating In Its own territory.
Th Idaho Project.
Th Idaho project comprises two feature
a masonry dam In Puyetts river and
work for th diversion of water from
Boise river. Associated with th dam in
Payette rlvr ta a canal on each aid of
th stream, that on the south side con
necting with a larg pumping plant,
Th dam will be 90 feet high, 450 feet
long on top and 126 feet long on th bot
tom. Th capacity of tha reservoir will
be 190,000 acres.
Ths north aid oanal will hav a length
of twenty miles, th south side forty miles.
The estimated eoat of theae work Is tl,
200,000. By means of them 1,000 cubic feet
of water may be diverted every second for
the Irrigation of 150.000 acres of land.
Ths works for the diversion of waters
from the Boise river consists of a dam 10
feet high, 400 feet long on top and 400 feet
on the bottom, constructed of concrete,
ateel and timber. The rapacity of th
reservoir will be 150,000 feet. Two diversion
canals, on on each side of the river, will
have a combined length of 135 mile and a
bottom width varying, from 45 to tO feet.
Th estimated cost of this section of tha
project la 12,000.000. making th coat r.t th
entir project 13.900.000.
An Attractive Field.
No other region of the Umtod tttate pre
ents a mora a Uracil v field for th engi
neer of th reclamation service. Th land
In theae valleys lis at an alavation ranging
from 1,100 to 2.800 fact, and tb climate
I pleasant th year round. Th winter
ar moderate, a th thermometer rarely
fall to ero, and th valley arc protected
from wind. Th summer ar long and
warm, and with th help of Irrigation, pro
mot th moat rapid vegeiaal growth. Th
aoll la rich and productive, adapted to all
the fruit and cereal of th temperate
sone. All deciduous fruits snd berries pro
duce abundantly. Large quantities of ap
ples and prunes are shipped to eastern mar
kets, wher they bring the highest prices.
Bine tha government wltbdniwil wer
adopted under thl project, Intending set
tler hav filed on mor than 11,000 acre.
An especially Interesting feature In con
nection with thl great work I th fact
Lxbat It construction means not only a
i s
vsst Increase In the cultivated area of thl
part of th state, but also the final settle
ment of those vexed question that ar
now continually rising In these valley
from tha effort to make a limited amount
of water do service on what Is practically
n unlimited amount of land. It mesne th
passing of th promoter an.l ditch manipu
lator and th coming ot the Irrigator and
business man. It meajis nlttmttsly Im
proved agricultural coniltKms, better
transportation facilities and Industrie of
very kind. Above, all, It mean home and
living for SSO.Ono people.
SAVED FRONT INSANE FURi
Perllons Adventnro of a Mneman Ir
the nronnda of a Lnnatlo
Aaylnm.
i 1 "
"We all meet with Strang adventure
In thl world. I guess," said an old Uns
man, "but I think I had an experience
that beata many a on. Whll engaged
with th Bell Telephone company, I wa
sent out one day to find the trouble be
tween th office and the Insane hospital
at Indianapolis. 'Shooting trouble' I what
w call It. I followed the flue all the way
out and found the difficulty lay between
a forty-foot pole and the 'phone In th
men' building.
"An attendant escorted me from plaoo to
place, but while I was In the hall examin
ing th telephone he wa called away. I
wss busy with my work when a hand wa
laid on my shoulder and a Vole at my
elbow said:
" 8sy, is that the safe wher you put
my money V
"Astonished, I looked up Into the foe
of an elderly mn, who looked every inch
th gentleman, being neatly and carefully
dressed. For a moment I wa too muoh
urprlsed to answer, for his appearance
at first belled tha Inference I drew from
hi question, but a closer observation re
vealed an unnatural expression In his
eyes, so, remembering where I was, I knew
he waa a maniac. Thinking to humor him,
I said:
" 'Tea, I put It ther; It' a good plac
for It.'
"Quick a flash he caught up a heavy
tool that was standing near and brought
It down with all his might on th tlo
phone, crushing It
" 'Give It to me, quick quick!" he gasped,
but I didn't stop to glv him anything, but
Just started on a run for th door, and
ther met th attendant, who soon quieted
th poor fellow and led him away.
"1 had to mako another trip to the city
for another telephone, and as It wa 1st
by this tlm I didn't go back until th
next day. Whan I got out ther I found
several 'trusties' guarded by their keeper
working In th garden. I saw my friend
of th day befor busy with a large knlf
topping turnips Ha glanced up at me,
and I saw a quick, angry gleam shoot Into
his eyes.
"I had to climb a tre In an Isolated part
Of ths yard to unfasten a wire that had In
some way caught on a limb. I connected
my teat set and called up th wire chief
and explained th case to him, bo with th
work I had don and talking to him twenty
minute must hav passed. I started to
get down, snd when I reached th lower
limb J looked for a place to drop. But I
didn't drop, for there, standing at the foot
of th tree, stood my crasy man, th knlf
still In his hand.
"'Come down!' h yelled. 'I know you.
You are the man that stole my five thou
sand. Glv It up to me or I will kill you,
you thlefl Com down or I will oome
up there and out your heart out?'
"But I didn't come. I scrambled higher
and yelled for help, though none cam.
"The manioc found a heavy board near,
and, placing It against th tree, started to
climb up, but In hi hurry and excitement
he did not place It securely, and when h
was about halfway up It slipped and ha
wnt prwllng to th ground, H got on
hi feet and tried It onoe more. Again
and again he tried It, but It would slip
and throw him. Several times, however,
he came within an Inch of reaching th
lower. limb, from which he could hav
aslly climbed up to wher I wa.
"About thl time another lnmat cam
sauntering along and at onoe took a hand
In th gam and held tha plank for my
friend, who soon mad good headway, and
I saw In a few moments h would reach
ma
"I yelled again, but no ona came. At that
Instant an Idea flashed Into my brain. I
quickly attached the teat set and called
th wir chief at the office.
" 'For heaven' sake, call up the Inaana
hospital and tell them to aend help to ma
or I am a dead man I Ther ar two
lunatic after m. and on of them I
coming tip th tree with a knlf a foot
long! Hurry, hurry, for God' sakel'
"With a surprised exclamation ho out me
out. I looked down and found th man
wa in the tree and wa eomlng to war 1
me, snarling Ilk a wild oat.
"Closer he came, until te was Just bo
low me, whan he seated himself on a larg
Umb and, flourishing th knlf, yelled:
"Look at thl. Ain't It a beaut T Won't
It cut you though? It Is sharp, sharp! I
rill cut you up Ilk a teak!'
"He started toward me, and had on
hand on my foot, and I had Just raised
th other to kick him. whn everal keep
er ruahsd upl two of them climbed tha
tre, and Just s h raised th knlf to
strike they reached him and threw a rope
around him. So Intent waa he on doing
for m that h did not them and wag
easily token.
"It I saf to my that whenever ther
wa work to be don out ther I didn't
go." Cincinnati Enquirr,
Miss Anthony Gotnaj Ahmad.
Carrying lightly her 54 year, Susan B.
ADthony, th woman suffrage leader, sailed
for Europe last Thursday. Sh 1 going to
attend tho quinquennial meeting of th In
ternational council of women, which open
In Berlin on June t, to continue on week,
with an International congress of woman
throughout th week following. There will
be about 150 American women at the conr
ventlon.
Mia Anthony' special object at th con
ference la to ssslst In th formation of an
International woman suffragist association,
her latest plan for broadening the field of
th equal lights movement. Although no
longer the active head of the suffrage,
movement, having been compelled by th
weight of year to relinquish it to younger
shoulders, sh is as keenly Interested In th
reform today as shs was half a century
ago when she first took up tb work.
Sh 1 Just a sanguine thst ths move
ment will eventually be successful sh
ever wa, although she ha given up hop
Of living to se th day when woman will
be on an equal political footing with man.
Thl I Mis Anthony' third trip abroad.
Sh attended th last quinquennial meet
ing In 1899, and In Wi ah spent several
months abroad. On her first visit, while
tn England, she was ths guest of John
Bright and his sisters.
Eight or nine countries hav already
Joined in the agitation for women's rights.
With the support thst the cause now has,
she hopes to launch a great International
organisation that will In time establish
womnn's right to vote.
Miss Anthony Is accompanied by her sis
ter, Mary 8. Anthony, who. although not
so famous es "Aunt Susan," hs been Just
s earnest a worker In th cause.
They will be abroad about two month.
Beautiful religion music by Innes and
hla band and great choru at th AudL
tortum this afternoon.