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IE on the cry of hatd timra The
F third annual automobile show,
I which cloned last night at the
Aunitonum, naa pin inai cry 11
the four winds, for, although
the automobile la atlll looked
upon as aomcthliiK of a luxury and some
thing the people could get along without,
the dealers of the west never had such a
succennful meet; More dealers showed more
machine!, the building was better decor
ated, more people attended and mora ma
chines were sold than at any previous show
ever held in Omaha or the west. The doors
of the Auditorium had not been open iiulf
an hour Thursday afternoon before Drutn
mond received a check for a steamer anJ
thus recorded the first sale of the show.
The advantages of the big Auditorium
were never more apparent than at the show
just closed, for with all its space It could
hardly care for the crowds of people who
wished to see the bus carta and look over
the show. Each year more and mora peo
ple have been coming from the surround
ing towns, but this year capped the climax,
for they came from all sections of 'Ne
braska and wentern Iowa. They came to
look over the machines, and some came Just
to see the show. Knough of interest was
to be seen to attract even a man who was
not an owner or even a prospective buyer.
A new feature of the show waa the ad
vent of several of the large Implement
firms Into the automobile business. So
great has become the demand for auto
mobiles In country towns that the larger
Implement firms were practically forced to
add a line of automobiles to their stock.
In choosing this line the Implement men
ought out lines which they considered
especially adapted to the country trade.
Borne had high wheeled machines, bul t
Uk) buggies, which were especially suited
for the country roads which are not sultod
for most low-built cars.
At the first show the dealers were satis-
fled to hang a few flags around tha big
building, but this year they decided to go
Into the, subject of decorations right They
hired a decorator and he, by the use of an
endless amount ot purpl nd white bunt-
fng. transformed the bare walls Into bow-
er of beauty. Palms wsra strewn around
and the lighting schema was the best ever
seen In the Auditorium. While pillars
were all that separated tha booths, and
these lent tone to tha decoration scheme.
Last year the show had half a dozen ex'
hlbltors and th problem was how to scat-
ter the machines around to fill the space,
Thl year the problem was to find room
for all who wished to show.
The exhibitors at tha show and the car
they displayed were: Frank J. Woodward
of Kansas City, with his Plllan and Dela-
haye, runabout and touring car; Goy
Smith. Franklins; John Deere, Mollne and
Columbus: Bergers, Bulck; Van Brunt of
Council Bluffs, Rao; Brick Kuhn. Armar-
Motorcycles and Holsman; Angus Auto-
Gossip and
A Stadr of Hitchcock.
RANK IL HITCHCOCK of Wash-
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Ington who resigned from the
Postofflce partment to as-
slst Secretary Tart in his cam-
caiim. Is a typical insianc
of on class of successful
the executive civil aarvica.
a olwk in th Department
men in
He was
of Agriculture
a few year ago.
and ona day was told that his services were
not needed longer. It meant hunt a new
Job and he was telling a fallow clerk that
he did not know where to look.
where to look.
Y. i M At-
any Influential manor-
"Haven't you
asked the other clerk.
high position
"I don't know a man In
except Mr. Cortelyou,' said Hitchcock.
As a result of the talk Cortelyou was
appealed to, and the president sent word
that his secretary's friend must not ba dis-
turbed. From that time ha was known as
"Cortelyou' man," rnd aa such flourished.
He was promoted In the Department of
Agriculture until h become a division
chief. Mr. Cortelyou mad him chief clerk
y of the new Department of Commero and
' Labor ln 1H, and later took blm to New
Tork aa his right-hand man ln the cam
paign of li!. He was made first assistant
postmaster-general when Cortelyou became
postmaster general, and thl 1 th position
ha resigns to become Taft manager In tha
south.
Mr. Hitchcock la a fiend for work. He
works from twelve to eighteen hours a day,
and accomplishes about as much la that
time as an average man of his position
would in eight hours. He makes work,
works around In a circle, fairly drive
stenographers Into Insomnia, and accom
plishes Utile worth while. Tet hi reputa
tion aa a worker U sending him south
for Taft and may yet land him ln the
cabinet. He would b a good cabinet offi
cer, too, ln tha way that Cortelyou is
familiar with every phase of government
administration, a good hustler, but a poo
counselor.
Mr. Hitchcock Is a Harvard man from
the acadamlo course, six feat two in
height, well proportioned, with a fine face
and a firm Jaw. He ba a warm hand-
shake, a charming smile and a confiding
I f soft, blue ayes that make you
the Automobile in Popularity
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mobile company of Angus, Nob., Fuller
oar; Central Tire and Rubber company ot
Lincoln, Mlchelln tires and rebuilt tlrcsj
Powell Automobile company, with auto
mobile supplies and accessories; Mier Auto
mobile company, Mler car; Karbach, with
Firestone tires; Oldsmobilo company, throe
models of Olds' machines; Omaha Rubber
company, with automobile clothing; Louk
A Hathaway, with Maxwells; Kimball
Automobile company, Btanloys, Stevens
Puryeas and Babcock electrics; Unlnger
Implement company, with Oakland's; Drum- 1
mond Carriage company. White Steamers:
J. J. Derlght, with Stoddard-Daytona and
Fords; Van Brunt of Council Bluffs, with
Pope-Hartford a, and the Pioneer Imple
ment company, with Jacksons.
The occupants of the second French ear
attracted considerable attention at the
show. They had shipped their car on by
freight and took occasion to lay over In
Omaha a few days to sea the American
cars. They were especially Interested In
the exhibition of the touring car, the run
about and the chassis of French-mada
cars, exhibited by Frank l Woodward of
kan-as City. Mr. Woodward wanted to
show his interest In Omaha and did so by
bringing personally three cars to Omaha
and staying throughout the show to exhibit
them. They attracted great Interest, be-'
cause they were the highest priced cars
at the show and also the only cars of
foreign make. Mr. Woodward kept one
of his cars on the outside, that ha might
use It In "seeing OmahaV
What a transition there has been In the
automobile during the last ten yara. Ten
years marks the lenw-h of time .the auto
mobile has . been In use. in Omaha,, and
during that tlraa tha car has passed from
a reoord of on aeoond-hand machine to
nearly 00, some of which are tha highest
priced cars built In America. Before tha
show Omaha could not boast of a foreign
made car. From the time Omaha got to
p tha possessor of four machine there
has been a sort of an organization amongst
the owners.
Twelve people took part In tha initial
run f the Omaha Automobile club. A re-
port of the run says that "as high wind
Interferes with gasoline automobiles, but
twelve were present, although twenty-five
war expected." Taking part In tha run
were Dr. F. N. Connor, A. L Root, J. J.
Derlght, Guy Smith. D. Rlsley, Dr. F. P.
Straub of Fort Crook, Carl Nelber, H. EL
Fredelcksrn, C F. Shoewalter, George Pat-
terson and J. EL TutsaL At tha start this
club prepared to make run every Wednes-
day evening, and as there were soma auto-
mobile enthusiast at Fort Crook, It waa
arranged that tha run should be to that
place, where tha band would play and tha
officers have soma refreshments.
Tha formation of thl olub followed In
the wake of tha old wheal olub. of which
Omaha and Council Bluff had so many
and such good one. Many member of tha
Stories About Noted People
want to buy hi brick without opening tba
aatcheL
Lut WordTiTwaad Ma.
,ntin, of ).. words" of
M(brtltd m,n whicb obtain, many beautl.
ful and startling phrase. Whether they
were really uttered by tha man to whom
tbey have been credited, says tha Berliner
Poet, la another matter. Thu th word
of Augustus, "Th comedy Is at an end
did I play my part well?" are known to
nearly every reader. Tha collection of last
word, of great physician, published by Th.
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tor Mying, "The artery beats-It beat no
mum, ' a. w...
wrote: "Tha night of July . after a vlo-
lent attack of angina pectoris
lent attack of angina pectoris
I wiu die of arterial calcination." Cooper,
Bright and Brodle died with blessings upon
their lips, and Darwin, looking death calmly
ln tha faoa, said: "I really do not fear
death." Loools's last word wer flippant
'All renroir, gentlemen at the autepey we
Will meat again." None of these olasslo
sentanues, however, . Impress one so much
aa did th words of on of th few mortal
who to our knowledge went Into the un
known with mind undlmmed. He was an
old man who had lived a good and full
life. With his last breath he said: "It Is
not yet time I want to ty" that was the
vole of nature.
Ks-Baaatar Stewart's Marat Lssgk.
Ex-Senator William M. Stewart of Ne
vada, who has been ln Washington several
weeks, will probably remain her until
spring. Ha likes th severe winter climate
and at tha advanced age of 83 enjoys noth
ing more than a brisk constitutional down
Pennsylvania avenue. And he can set a
pace for a man half a century younger, too.
He is as hale and hearty as when he first
took his swat In the senate In Pro
ceedings at the senate still Interest hint.
and be Is a familiar figure there, ilia for-
mar colleagues continually ask him bow ha
manages to keep so young, but while the
Nevada statesman and financial expert
knows how to do it himself ha can't Inform
other.
Th other evening tha senator strolled
down into the business section, and dropped
into a iialiautlsa oat sauch frauueatsd by
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first automobile club had been members
ot one or tha other of tha bloycla clubs.
The most noticeable difference was tha
ease with which century runs were made.
In ya olden times of the bicycle oentury
rider, all were not able to finish, and when
thay they wer, touni to be In a state
0f practical exhaustion. With tha auto-
mobile it was found that double century
runa could be made with as muoh ease as
century runa where made awheel.
h. E. Fredricksen made the first century
run out of Omaha In an automobile, scoot-
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for a round trip of 133 miles. It took him , pelllng lever. Tha machine started and
Ix hours to make tha run. Mr. Fredrick-
en became so enthusiastic over the run
that ha announced that he would soon re-
celve a machine that would weigh a whole
ton, patterned after the reoord breaker of
the east. Ha said It would b built law to
the ground and capable of going forty mile
an hour. That was considered the fastest
time! possible on road work, Iwit machine
are tow in use In Omaha which would
hreak a speeaomfcte-r gearei oniy to smy
mile an hour.
The first feat of an automobile in or
around Omaha to gain publicity for the
machine was a hurry run Fredricksen made
sporting and theatrical people. Ha attractab
Immediate attention because of hi dis
tinguished appearance. A friend hailed him
and Invited him to Join a Uttla party.
"No," said th senator, "I haven't time
to stay. I just dropped in for a light lunch.
Walter, bring me a stain of beer and some
llmburger cheese.
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lmpllelty.
Tna 4aab tnl' ssvlta rn mvi AW Ma
is probably paid lees for the time ha con-
sumes than any other recognised writer of
hl. day. h, make, far mora a. a ranch-
oay. rw ir mute a. rainu-
maa than as a wrkar. relate the Book-
man. Ha has a horror of the hampering
luuuim m rr nuuiuia iw kuuiii.
ulatton, save in valuable experiences, and
seems to despise wealth aa ha despises dan-
ger. Once tn a long talk with E. IL Har-
rtman h frankly told that gentleman that
he was richer than he waa
"I knew what you mean," said Mr. Har-
riman. "but I won't fcdmit it. Don't you
think wealth 1 a good thing tor a man?"
"Not great wealth no. Your rich man
renounce too much. I would rather lie
down at night by an old spring I know up
in the Sierras than to own th Waldorf-Astoria-that
la. If I had to live In It."
This story, I know, is hard for the ave
rage city man to understand, but of its
genuineness there Is no doubt. And what
would the bejewelled couple dining osten
tatiously in tha Broadway restaurant make
of this Instance of his simplicity:
Once Mulr im dining with m In a caf
in 8an Francisco We sat down and he
began to tell me a .tory. The waiter came
around several time, but as th story was
such a good one, I .houht I would wait
until it was ended before I gave the order.
Mulr talked and talked, and ln between be
would reach over and break off a piece ot
bread from a French loaf on the table.
This he did a good many times. The story
reminded him of another, and so he talked
and ate bread, until finally, being very hun
gry, I broke In with:
"What shall I order for you. Mr. Mulr?"
"Order?" he repeated to bis abstraction.
"Yes. order to eat"
He looked over at tha last little remain
ing piece of bread an tha plat and said,
as If wskmg from a dream:
"Eat? Why. I've had ail I want-that
bread was bully,'
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to' Blair with H. K. Burket, tha under-
taker. Tha run up was uneventful, but
after Fred had unloaded Burkett he drove
Into tha heart of the city to get a bite to
eat. Tha news spread and soon four-fifths
of the town turned out to see the horseless
carriage. Fred had forgotten to tie tha
horse and tha farmers marveled,
"By gum, this yere's a funny wagon,"
remarked a prominent citizen. "Where do
you suppose ha hitches. his mules?"
"Gee whls. Bill, the bugggys on fire,"
yelled one of them. "Go call tha fire de
partment." He walked close to the ma'
half the assembled crowd grabbed it to
try to stop It. Some pulled from behind
and some pushed from In front, only to be
run over for their pains. Fredrlckson,
hearing the hubbub, rushed from the res-
taurant and started down the street after
his machine, cry ling, "fun back the lever,
pull back the lever." Someone heard him
and pulled it back too far and tha ma-
chine started to back, again running over
u were id me way.
son remarked afterward that tha thought
flashed through his head that ha was glad
he had an undertaker with him.
The citizens of Blair were sore and for
year Fredrlckson sidestepped Blair on
hi automobile runa and advised all other
tourist In borsels carriages to do the
same, for the report spread that the
mayor of the town had Issued a proclaina-
tlon to the citizens Instructing thtiu to
greet tha next new-fangled horseless vehi
cle that tried to enter the town with a
load of buckshot
A year later Fredrlckson was boasting
at Fremont of all the automobiles In
Omaha and this 1 what ha said.- "There
are half a dozen now In use at Omaha.
Mr. Whlttman. the other local dealt r. has
one, a steam carriage, Dr. Anderson has
one propelled by a gasoline engine. C. K.
Clover, Otto Bayesdorfer and I have
steam machines and I have an order from
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vruHiiiieiu. society man lor anoinur. no-
sides these- Colonel Bharp Is having one
built to order ln Omaha."
The cost of the first "mobile" ued In
jne cost or me rirst "mobllo" used In
Omaha was $760, and people hung baek
waiting for the cost price to become less,
um mey wauea in vaui, because instead
of the demand arising for a cheaper ma-
chine the tendency has been upward and
people have been asking for something
butler and better all the time, until lasi
week at the automobile show a machine
was shown the cost ot which was Sti.bOO
and soveral $4,000 and 15,000 machine
were on exhibition.
The Wlnton was the first large machine
to be owned in Omaha and people told
the dealer how foolish he was to spend
his money fur such a high-priced machine,
as he would surely "loose money on that."
How wrong the wise ones were, for the
high-priced machine was sold and tain
year the owners have been trading back
their old machines and taking something
more expensive. D. C. Bradford ha what
is said to be the highest-priced machine
In use ln Omaha and ho is said to have
paid 17,600 for the machine and its trim
ming.. Judge W. I). McHugh recently
purchased a Great Arrow, for which he
paid 16.700.
The transition and demand for lih
priced machines was slow but steady R n
about gave way to touring cars, ani then
llinosine bodies were demanded, unlll at
present several families havs as many as
four machines and all ar put to cons ant
use.
Th first aulomtbile seen In Omaha waa
not owned here, but a loaned by an east
ern firm to tha Boston store, and was run
on the streets of Omaha during the first
exposition,
heard of a
Th next year Fredricksen
man at Geneva who owned a
machine which bad run away and fright-
ened his wife until he did not oare to use
U again, rredxluksaa bled blu.s-ilf t
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Geneva, bought tha machine second-hand
and thus owned tha first machine, tha same
with which he took his ride to Blair.
in mi the Omaha Automobile club was
reorganized, and this time tha members of
the club were: F. N. Connor, Q. W. Pat-
terson, IL E. Fredricksen, John Coltman,
B. I Baldwin, A. I. Root, E. W. Lamer
eaux, J. J. Derlght, F. H. Dorek, C F.
Showalter, O. A. Goodrich, J. N. West
berg, E. a Holland, Dr. Detweller, EL A.
Packard, H. Sharp, O. Baysdorfer, D. Rls
ley, all of Omaha; I A. Casper, H. H. Van
Brunt, J. B. Atkins, Richard Stewart, M.
Wollman. J. Kimball, I P. Madsen, F. U
Chllds, T. B. Laoey. Jr., and Dr. T. B.
Lacey of Council Bluffs and Captain Straub
of Fort Crook.
Although tha Omaha Automobile club is
not vervy active at the present time. It la
ready at tha call of tha officer to go to
the front when help Is needed. Tha Attto-
mobile club, composed as It Is of soma of
the leading citizens, has ever been a strong
factor In Omaha, especially In the matter
0f demanding that the streets be kept In
good condition
The first call for united action which
Carpenter's Letter
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only hallt d0Eell on the Sybil,
and Uley ana th, Ens;Ul,n officers are the
only European. Tha sailors ar half
naked natives, who get wages of about 10
cents a day, and the steward and cooks are
Hindoos who are paid a little mora. The
passengers are two British officials on
their way to serve in Interior Uganda,
German surgeon who Is bound far Mwanza
ln tn, kaiser's territories on the south
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BDOut a carload of beads and brass wire
wlth n1m to buy Ivory and rubber, and a
missionary who is going to Kampala,
and who wll, gt off at Entebbe. In ad-
dltlon to these are myself and son. who
will leave the boat at Entebbe for Uganda,
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native si
guardlns
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K the mall. Tho bags were enr-
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Florence and a soldier with a gun ln his
hRnrt .t.mi. h..i,i th.m hi. .n.i ii..
throughout the vovaae
Cooilas; Toarlst Center.
The prospect is that Lake Victoria will
some day be as well known to the globe
trotter as the great lakes of America. The
expense of coming here Is too high for the
ordinary traveler, nut the man who can
pay the bills can live on these bouts al
most as comfortably as at lioins. i mean
as far us eating and drinking are concerned
and as rer.pects the climate. There Is much
to be desired In the matter of freedom
from cockroaches, rats and other Insects.
I have never teen so many and such wild
animals of the roach kind before. My
cubin has some as large aa mice aod It
seems to me that they come out In the
daytime and look at one while they sharpen
their teeth In order to trouble htm the
better at right. The roaches run through
the dining rooms, and when I put my foot
on cne, as I do whenever It Is possible. It
Kaves a grease spot a large ss my hand
on the floor.
Another Infernal insect is the Jigger. I
don know vUtlr 1 ot mi,' whether on
shore or on ship, but my native boy has
extracted tha eggs of three of these pests
from under my toes during th voyaga
The Jigger Is a little insect which bores a
hole ln one's fleuh, choosing the foot, and
usually places under in toenails, it lay
tbare In the form of little sack
about as big as a pearl shirt button, and
this sack must ba cut out at onca. If not
and th eggs hatch, thay turn into worms
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came to tha Omaha Automobile club was
to oombot an order Issued four years ago
by the Park board to prohibit automobiles
from using tha parks and boulevards of
Omaha. At that time the owner said they
did not car so much about parks, but they
did not want to be kept off the boulevards.
Tha rule was Issued, not because the auto
ists would spoil the driveways, but because
horses were frightened at th machines
and acotdents were quit liable to happen.
It was claimed that several horses had been
frightened until thev had run down the
high embankments along tha boulevard.
It Is different now, as horses are becom
ing used to tha whiz-wagons and pay no
mora attention to them than tbey do to
streets cars.
, Several etretohes of road, between tha
city pavements and the macadamlsed-thor-oughtares
to the country wer for year
unpaved and tha automobtle clubs wet
after the city father and the county com
missioners to see if the gap could not be
filled. The result 1 that autolsts as well
as wagons can now drive to the country
without having to cros a patch of unpaved
road, (Imply because the city and county
could not get together to decide on which
was to pay for the pavement
Discussing the inclination of horse users
to Inquire If gasoline machines are not
superior to electrics, or vice versa. Hay
den Eames, general manager of tha Btude
baker Automobile company, sagely ob
serves: "Now that the great majority of large
scale wagon user are satisfied that tha
horse has got to be superseded by the
power wagon, we are continually hearing
them Inquire If they shall adopt gasoline
or electric machines. Tha two are not
necessarily competitive. Confining our
consideration to large cities. In tha great
majority of cases either one power or tha
other 1 distinctly th most economical
available for any given service. In gen
which eat about through the flesh and
often cause the loss ot the toe. Th In
sect is supposed to have originally com
from South America, but It has already
traveled over this half of Africa and it 1
especially bad about Lake Victoria.
Water poats of File.
A to mosquitoes we have none her on
the luke and practically no file except
the common house fly. The shore ar In
fested with the tsets fly, whose bit cause
llio sleeping sickness; but this lives only
In the swamp and cannot stand the light
of the sun. There are plenty of mosquitoes
of all kinds on land, and there are swarms
of midges In many parts of the lake. I
saw such a swarm this morning. It looked
like a waterspout rising from the surface.
I thought It was ona and was surprised
when the captain told ma that it was com
posed of myriads of these midges, which
are bom in the water and fly up at one
time Into the air. They sweep over the
lake ln great numbers, raining down upon
the boats aa though Jhey were aa much
black pepper. They come In such quanti
ties thst the men sweep them U with
brooms and throw them overboard.
They even get Into the cabins and cover the
dining tables. Tills Is so when the ports are
covered with netting and when every open
spsce Is apparently protected. These flies
are perfectly harmless and they do not
live more then a day.
What One Eats on l.aka Victoria.
Aa in other matters, aa I have said, the
accommodations on the boats axe good. W
have tour or five meals a day, and th
Hindoos cook well. This morning, for in
stance, I was awakened by my black boy
at 7. who brought me a cup of tea and a
cracker. At 1:30 the breakfast bell rang
and I went Into the salon for a substantial
meal of an orange, some fried herring,
bacon and eggs, with marmalade and torst
at the end. The coffee served was grown
about the lake and was poorly made, but
the tea was good. At 1 o'clock we had
a lunch of pea soup, bulled tongue, roust
mutton and chicken curry with rice, end
ing up with a dessert of California canned
apricot and native fruits. W shall have
dinner at I o'clock tonight, and our table
will be lighted by electricity. The meal
will ba about tha sains a th lunch, and
and we shall prooably drink with it a
glas or so of ginger ale, while our English
friends will wash their throats with whisky
snd soda or win and beer, aa they order.
Th cost of such meals is $1.(6 a day, with
extra abaa) to drinks. I Lave bIuxa we
in Omaha
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eral, to accomplish a given amount of
work, fewer driver are required for a
gasoline Installation than electrto, while on
the other hand the maintenance and sta
tion charges are in favor of tha electrlo.
This Is, of course, a rule of tha most gen
eral character, from which thero are In
finite departure to meet the multitude of
varying conditions. In th majority of
cases, the limitations of traffic In cities
throws tha advent aire In economy to tha
electrlo on all installation of any consid
erable size. In some cltle of peculiar
topography, it 1 expedient to use both
type In tha same Installation."
On th other hand, the makers of eleo
trio ear maintain that their oar are far
better adapted for tha use of woman in
running around tha city, aa thay do not
have to stop to crank their machine
after (topping to do a little shopping;, nor
ar tbey subject to as much engine diffi
culty a a gasoline ear. They do not
have to work with gaaolme, but have a
cleaner car to handle when attired In
their good clothes. It Is claimed that tha
electrics require less care and are better
for a man with a small establishment or
one who does not keep his own chauffeur.
Omaha also boast of soma splendidly
equipped garage. As the driver of the
foreign car In the New Tork to Paris
race passed through Omaha, they ona and
all stopped oft here a few days to give
their cars a thorough overhauling, all
uniting In saying that Omaha possessed
tha finest garages to ba found anywhere
west of Chicago.
These garages were adjuncts of tha third
annual automobile show and were decor
ated with flags and bunting in honor of
the event Tha owners Invited all visitors
to the show to visit the garages, where
attendants were on hand to show the vis
itors where the Omaha publlo keep Its
machines and to give those who desired
a ride over tha street ot Omaha.
the wins list and give a tew of tha prices.
A full peg of whiskey and soda costs S
annas or about 25 cents, while a half peg
cost 15 cents. Brandy may ba had at tha
same prices. Tha word "peg" for "drinks"
Is used here on all bills of fare. Tills Is
common throughout India, and It arises
from an old saying that every drink of in
toxicating liquors one takes Is a peg ln his
coffin. It you want a man to take a drink
with you you ask him to come and have a
peg, and there are certain hours ot tha
day which are known as "peg time" or
Imply "pegs."
A for me, I am drinking the water of
the lake. Our missionary on board tell
m that It I perfectly safe, and I know It
tastes as sweet as the waters of Lake Erie.
Islands otlH V lot arts.
As I write we are coming near land.
During a great part of today we have been
out of sight of anything but islands. Vic
toria Nyonza Is X miles wide and STB miles
long, and there are places where one can
travel for a hundred miles or so and not
see land. Here In the north the shores
are bordered with beautiful Islands, some
of which are wooded. Others have grassy
hills along the shores, with hltfi Islands
behind them. Some regions makes one
think of Thousands Islands of the 8t
Lawrence, and many of tha islets would
not to out of place If they were off tha
shores of Ireland or in the English channel.
These places have a settled look, .and
at a distance the country appears Just like
ours, save that It lacks bouses and barns
and has thatched villages instead.
Shores ot Vgaada.
We are now nearlng ths shores of
Uganda. The scenes from the ship sra
more Ilka those of a settled civilized ter
ritory than the heart of the black continent
The landscape reminds ma of that along
our great lukea. Much of ths ground Is
cleared and there are clumps of dark green
woods here and there. In one place there
la what seems to be a series of fields where
the wheat or corn has Just been harvested,
the shocks standing out among tha yellow
stubble. These shocks dot tha country as
regularly as though they were so many
shocks of grain, and a. we passed them I
hud a discussion with a fellow-traveler as
to whether they might ba wheat or corn.
I bet upon the wheat and my friend bet
upon the corn. We left tha question to
the captain, who brought out his glass and
showed us that what w thought war
shocks of grain were really mound of
yellow clay, th boms of whit ants.