TiLfcJ OMAHA SUNDAY ULK: MAY 1," iyu8. I t v I A V X. BSC WILL CONFER TITLE English Monarch Takei Unusual In tereit in Jean Bid. J surros has majty noble eiyals Political rortaaee f Wlaatn Charcfclll Cans ( Lament, tloa t I,ndy "Rulr," Ilia Fond Mamma, IONTJON. Mar lfc (Speclal.)-Of court everybody's tongue la buay wagging over the coming marriage of Jean Reld and Hon. John Hubert Ward, brother of the earl of Dudley. Wo all knew that the latter was paying marked attentlona to tha American heiress, but very few of us" thought that he would win out. You see tie bad ao many rival, possessed of ever to exalted titles and unlimited mon-y. With the exception of tha earl of Iudlcy himself, who la fabulously wealthy, the members of his family have not any too much of the world's goods, -i. know aa a matter of fact that the daughter of the American ambassador could have had her pick of a dozen of the most eligible bach elors In tha United Kingdom." I am keen to hoar What Lord Acheson. lord Dal mehy, son and' heir of Iord Roseberry. snd the youthful 'duke of Lelnster. all of whom have been casting sheops' eyes In tha direction of the fascinating Miss Rcld, aid when they heard the news. Although I cannot say anything de finite on the subject, I hear from the gos sips that the king will confer a title on the prospective bridegroom. His majesty would bs thus not only honoring his per sonal friend, but would be also paying a, pretty compliment to the American am bassador and to his daughter, whom he admires very greatly. For many years the Dudleys have been on terms of the closest friendship With both the king and the queen, and It Is aald that the Hon. John, who Is equerry to the king, is hja closest friend and confidant. What he doesn't know about the king's private affairs Is not worth going out of the way to dis cover. His knowledge of what Is gotnff on about his majesty is said to surpass even that of Lord Knollys, the king's private secretary. There la a further bond of affection be tween the royajl family and the future' hus band of Jean Reld In the person of the dowager countess of . Dudley, the. mother of John Ward. She la an especlnl chum of both tha king' and queen and has a house In Richmond Park for life a gift of the former. Incidentally, she Is still one of tho most beautiful women In Eng lish society. 1 understand . that the king knew how matters stood for soma time past and materially assisted his equerry In his efforts to win the hand of the popu lar American. Ills majesty anX Jean Rcid had a long confidential chat on the sub ject St Blarrlts a couple of weeks ngo. The king Is a great matchmaker and may have had more to do with this one than either you or I can guess. Lady Naylor-Leyland, whom you will per haps remember as Jennie Chamberlain of Cleveland before her marriage. Is having no little trouble with her son. Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland. The fond mother has already mapped out a career' for her offspring. Ever since he was old enuogh to understand she has been cramming him full of politics and ahe Intends that he shall some day bo prime minister. At any rate, she has been leaving no stone unturned towards' that end. But. unfortunately for this American woman's ambitions her 'precocious young ster,' who la but 17,- has Ideas of his own on . the- subject of a career and has defin itely, and determinedly decided upon the army. He hat been Influenced In this by his pal. Prince Edward of Wales,' future kjng of Great Britain who, although ho la now a cadet at the Naval college. Is never theless destined for the army. To add to the poor mother's distracted state of mind, I hear that her second son has hit upon the navy as a career and refuses to relin quish the Idea. It Is not verv long ago that there was considerable speculation as to Lady Naylor. Ley-land's future. Those who pretended to know, said that a certain famous au thor was shortly to become the second husband of the American woman. I don't think there Is very much' foundation for such a story, for since her late husband's death the pretty-widow hasfought shy of man in general. Society has seen precious little of her and It la a great pity, for there are few better houses In London for enter taining than Hyde Park house, her town residence.'- " Wpll, Lady "Randy," did come back from, the continent to fight for her "dear little Winnie" at Manchester. Sad to relate he was defeated In spite of her efforts. I henr that she feels his set-back much more keenly than does her ton and that she broke Into tears on hearing the returns. Winston Churchill, himself, acepted defeat much as his famous father would have done and tried to comfort his mother with a cheery, "Buck up, dear; better luck next time." The strain of campaigning landed Mr. Cornwollts West (otherwise Lady Ran dolph) In bod. Winston, who Is by no means strong, was also done up by the fight. He never spares himself at an elec. ttun and during the strenuous days at Man chester he was compelled to fortify himself with egg flips. I don't know Just how Winston's bank account stands, but I understand that his pay as a cabinet minister will come In handy to keep the wolf from the door, so to speak, for the past ten or twelve years he has worked hard In polltica for the love of the work, yet a man cant be expected to go on like that forever. At this moment, I suppose, he could have his pick of half a dosen heiresses for the mere asking. But "our Winston" Is 'not a marrying man. He says he Is too busy to give the gentler passions a single thou ;ht, I believe he has no Inclination that way, As a matter of fact there Is no doubt that his opinion of matrimony has been colored by the experience of his cousin, the duke f Marlborough, husband of your own Conauelo Vanderbllt- Winston and he ar great chums and the duke's constantly ad. minlitared advice has been: "Winston, old chao. keen your freedom st any price." If It Is really true,, which I doubt, that GRACE GEORGE GROWS GRACEFUL People always laughed at Miss George's Christian name Grace. At 30 she was ft. U and tlrped the Fairbanks at 210 and here Intimates called her "Oracle" and "Dolly" and such other pet names. Sho cff?n thought that she saw a sting In thote terms of endearment and finally decided to turn the scales on her loving friends by springing a surprise on them. Ho she let 11 be known, that she was going awy on a long Journey. She did not budgo from the house for 30 days, but took re ligiously during that month, three times a day and before bedtime, one leaspoonful of the excellent effective Marmots Ire rlpuon. The result was she got down from Jli to 170. She never told her friends what did H. but. credit where it is due. It was the Marmola Prescription: H ounce Uarmola, to ouuee Fluid Extract ( ut are. Aroin.lio and V ounces Byrup Bin. pie, which can be had at any guud UruggUl's for a trifling sum, Nora Lenghorhe has made up her mind no to come to us this season, the number of male hearts In F.nglsnd which will be absolutely disconsolate will. Indeed, be legion. I have never known the coming ff a debutante to be looked forward to with keener Interest than hers. The rumor of her besuty and charm la on every Hp and were she a fslry princess or some, wonderful daughter of a royal house there could not be greater Interest In her ad vent, lirrhsps she realizes what we ex pect of her and "Is afraid of disappointing us. Perhaps It Is but a rsnard that she means to deny us her presence. We are trying to persuade ourselves that such It the caae. For one thing, her sister, Mrs. Wllllsm Waldorf Astor, jr., has taken a house In Brook street, which certainly spells gaiety, and as Mrs. Actor's other sisters who are visiting her for the season are married It does not seem likely that she would go to the trouble of keeping up an extra estab lishment for them when her father-in-law's msnslon In Carlton House Terrace Is al ways at her disposal during the summer months and Cllevedcn also Within motor ing distance. You see, we are determ nd to cling to the Idea that the fair Nora Is coming. I hear from a trustworthy Informant of mine that Mlgnon Nevada, I'the Anirrlcan prima donna, carries about with her at least thirty mascots and that It la to these she ascribes the big success of her recent debut In Rome. Those who-, heard her mother, Emma Nevada, sing when she was at her best and have also heard tho daughter say they pre fer the girl's voice. The latter Is only 18. I met her In Paris a few years ogo with her mother, and though then only about l she gave me fhe Impression of being quite 80. Mother and daughter are devout Ro man Catholics and some used to think that the girl was sure to become a nun. Even now there Is an idea that she may desert the stage for the cloister, despite her great success. The pope has been greatly Interested -In the young prima donna and she has suns to him on several occasions. LADY MARY. LIVE TEDDY BEARS AS PETS London's Smart Women Tint Content with Imitation Variety Onceflo Pop alar. ' LONDON, May 16. (Special.) Live "Teddy Hears" have usurped the monkey, the Pekinese pug, the "Pom" and poodles In tho boudoirs of the "smart" women of the West End. My lady of the English metropolis has not been content with the Imitation kind so beloved, of the. fair sex In the United States, but Insists upon the real thing or nothing. Just at present the proud 'owners of these pets are busy ar ranging Teddy Bear "at homes." How long the erase will last It Is impossible to say, but the little brown animals will prob ably hold sway In fashionable English .drawing rooms for a year of so and then go the way of the countless fads which preceded It. The baby bears which are sold In the London market come from Borneo. The fad Is an expensive one, for not much In the bear line can be obtained under $130. The animals are most popular at about 9 months of age, when they are as big as a medium slsed dog. . They take to the nurs ing bottle like ducks to water and are very fond of being petted. The bear's Immediate predecessor In the affections of the women of the English "smart set" was the monkey. Newport and Fifth avenue yielded to the charms of the ;mpi(lirrjseveral years ago. I believe Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish was directly respon sible for his . popularity., tSVie . assisted In his Introduction to society when she gave the first monkey "at home" at her Newport residence. But London-withstood thefcharms of our ancestor's descendent until a few weeks before", last : Christmas when he made his London debut at one of the big Mayfalr houses and1., captured all hearts. During the holiday, .shopping season the London animal dealers were inundated with orders for all" kinds of monkeys, which their purchasers desired to present to their best friends. Among the members of English society who succumbed to the monkey's charms was Lady Warwick. She had a particularly fine specimen at Warwick castle, where she shows It with great pride to all her visitors to that famous place. Lady Anglesey purchased a marmoset not much larger than a mouse and Lady Moore, who Is a great bird fancier, neglected her feathered friends long enough to put a couple of monkeys through a course of training. Fashions in pets change about as often as tho wind and with as little apparent rhyme and reason. Probably the most ex traordinary vogue of all was that of the toad, which was very popular about a year ago. Hundreds of these slimy reptiles were sold to society women within a few weeks. Some of them were very prettily marked and their Infatuated owners claimed for them that they were not only very clean pets, buf thst they displayed an unsus pected amount of Intelligence. Some of them were even trained to recognise when they were spoken to and would flop to wards their mistresses in a fascinating and graceful way only possible to a toad. Lady Eleanor Wlckham carried the erase so far as to make a numerous collection of Indian toads and to place them on tho branches of the miniature Japanese trees, which she used to decorate her dinner table. " 8nakes are still to be found In many West End drawing rooms and conservatories. The greatest devotee of this particular fad la Undoubtedly Mrs. Arthur Cadogan. She still has snake "at homea" In her mag nificent house In Culford Kardena. She has played with reptiles ever since she was a child snd a well-known naturalist tells me that she has a touch equal to that of the best professional snake charmers. Bomb lime ago she bought a nine-foot Ions: In dian python, a creature with an orange gray skin njarked with black spots. She has become quite .friendly with It and winds It about her neck, waist and arms wun me utmost confidence. The Cat's Lone Fast. Ex-Counollman R. B. Reiterour of Lock Haven. Pa., is proud ut a inkh. . . i.... has Just emerged from an lmprlnonment of twenty-one days, during which time It had neither food nor water, and the family is making every effort to nurse the animal back to strength, as it is a good mouser. y.. xi me em was sleeping on the floor of the barn whera load of hay wai thrown Into the mutr, covering tho feline unknown to the faro-.ur who delivered the At Intervals men working about the barn heard strange iiule not unlike the meow ing of a cat. Councilman I) ..l i ,... .i clued to Identic ate, so. with a fjik began turning over tlie hay until he finally un covered the cat. weak and almost famished put still alive, lie was about to pick It up w.... .V J-l!ii4.(..X U1.X, W.4.U liuo Ulia ,- stlnoa. quickly found water. Philadelphia CallUa Units. The middle-aged 'citizen standing In a crowueu car aiowerea every tune a Merry Widow" hat suvted him. "I tell you." he grumbled to a' fellow passenger, "it isn't light. It s an impost- tlcn." Just then the serrated edge of a lid of more ytnan oraiiaruy enormous width rssoeii nis A jam s at pie. "Confound It." he exclaimed to the 'wearer whose back was turned toward him. "if you were my daughter I d throw that pestl- rerous canwueiM wiruusn me window. The girl under the hat seemed amused "Throw ahead If you want to, dad." she sxkt, -out you u nave to pay for another. and goodness knows you mode fuss enough over the bill for this one." As they left the car he was heard to say something in a suggestive way about not leum Bwiaeiy-ftiiw rora Times. NEW SCHEME TO F1CDT MAN English Women's Freedom League Propoei to Be "Sold TJp." MAff-KADE TAXES AEE REFUSED Goods of Mors Tku Thirty Wernea Householders te Be Sacrificed t Psblle Asctlos as Result. LONDON, May 16. (Special.) Women who want to vote In England have just devised a scheme calculated to give more trouble to the square Inch than any other method of warfare hitherto devised by these enterprising modern amasont. It Is extremely simple In Its methods - and se cures the largest amount of lime-light ef fect for a given outlay of capital and en ergy. . All women In the new movement who own property propose to sacrifice their worldly goods rather than pay taxes under man-made laws In which women have no voice. The affair has already begun to assume serious proportions, owing to the fact that about thirty women house hold ers have refused to pay Income tax and other taxes. Legal proceedings are being Instituted against the, and altogether, there will be some lively times during the next few months. In the forefront of the fighting are the women doctors, and all those who follow a professional career. They have long had standing grievance, owing to the ratrlc- tlona .Imposed upon aTT women In England who attempt to "berak Into" professional careers. Two women doctors have already been ""sold up" at public auction, and within the next few weeks many sales are to oc cur, In which property holdera will Immo late themselves on the altar of political freedom, which, in this Instance, takes the form of the auctioneer's rostrum. Wo m a a Leader's Pleas, Th headquarters of the movement are In a big office building, 18 Buckingham street. Strand, and the Instigator of the scheme Is Mrs. Edith How Martyn, who has al ready spent some months In prison for her strenuous advocacy of women's rights. een recently, by the writer, and asked as to her plans for the Immediate future, she gave an outline of her novel for the forth coming campaign. "We look forward to passive resistance to accomplish a great deal for our cause," said Mrs. Martyn. ."The battle has been opened by the seizure of Dr. Lewln's prop erty In Llsson Grove, London. Dr, Lewln a woman doctor has been prosecuted for refusing to pay taxes on her armorial bear ings. Of course, she has a perfect right to display these Insignia, but that Is not the point. As the law which requires people to pay taxes on armorial bearings was made by men, and as women had no voice In its framing, we protest against that law. When Dr. Lewln was summoned she was ordered to pay a $50 fine or pay this tax. She told tho magistrate at once that she wouldnever pay the tax without force. As a conse quence the sheriff's officers were 'put in possession' at her home, and her goods are to be auctioned off. "Several other women doctors have re fused to pay Income tax. Naturally, pro- feslonal women will be the first to suffer by this passive resistance movement, as they are the ones called upon to discharge direct taxes on their Incomes. Every day new members are Joining; our Women's Freedom league and signifying their will ingness to endure any hardship rather than submit to the injustice under which women at present.. suffer. This movement Is not confined to London, but Is spreading all over .the country. At Glasgow another of our memebrs, Miss Meredithalso a doctor has refused to pay Income tax and will be sold up within the next few weeks. There are also Dr. Elisabeth Weeks of Hackney, Dr. Winifred Patch, Mrs. Des pard, Miss Heyes, Mrs. Sargent Florence, Mrs. Edwards and many others, all of whom are willing to have their property seised and sold. "Mrs. Despard, who is one of our strong est members and a great fighter, Is the sister of General French. Bhe Is the treas urer of the Womens Freedom league. Tronble the Whole Aim. 'Our Idea is to cause aa much trouble as we can until we get men to realize that they have no right to tax us without rep resentation. In a measure, our grievance la the same aa that of the early American colonies we do not Intend to submit to being taxed unles we have a say-so In the taxing. "While passive resistance Is expensive, we regard It as extremely effective." In the first place, immediately ori our refusing to pay taxes, we are summoned In a public police court, and this gives us a chance to express our views before magistrates. They usually hear what we mave to soy,' and some of them, perhaps, sympathize with us. However, they cannot do other wise than administer the man-made laws cs they flng them the consequence being that the sheriff Is directed to distrain upon our goods. "It is only after the bailiff has been put In possession tl at the battle really begins. The goods are taktn off to a public auc tion and sole. One entire organisation will attend these auctions ljr force, and you may d?uend upon it, at me lively scenes will be witnessed. The. fcoods will be sold under iji test. All tli's will help to show that ve are In earnest; and when several hun dred salr-s an tuklng place simultaneously throughout the country, people will realise that we mean business. "If women arc to get anything, s fight to a finish will have to be made for It. Notn'ng has been gained In the past by silent endurance: and now all thla is to be changed. Oui s Is a militant organization and we Intend adopting any means in our power to make our cause a success." "A regular campaign will be followed from now on. In addition to pass.ve resist ance we are to make regular descents upon the Houses of Parliament. Our main ob ject Is to be allowed to plead our cause be fore the bar of the house. We have al ready petitioned for this right, and It has been refused. We intend .keeping up 'wor rvlng tactics' until thla concession is granted. "In addition to the House of Commons campaign our members are delegated to attend police courts and watch all pro ceedlnga. Aa soon aa a woman Is brought In no matter what the charge one of oar delegates will stand up and say. 'I protr against the trial of this woman by min made law. In which women have no part,' or words to that effect. In one or two cases our delegates have already succeeded In making a fairly lengthy speech before the magistrate has realized what was hap pening. With this sort of thing going on all over England in hundreds of police courts you can imagine what the effect will be. "Then, again, one of our members w 11 attend before nominating committees at each bye-election and . protest against each election until our rights are recognized. At Manchester and elsewhere we have found this move to work admirably. So far we have received very courteoua treatment be fore these committees. We Issued cards to all women In the recent bye-elections who, under proper conditions, should have bad a vote, and these women went to the polls and stood up, exhibiting cards bear ing the words; 'Because you arc a woman you may not vote. Legislation without representation la slavery; taxstlon without representation Is tyranny.' We think this made a very good Impression. Many men expressed themselves In our favor. 'What would we do with the vote If we had ItT 'Oh, that's an easy one. We have ex tremely definite Ideas of just what we want. Alms of the Ora-anlaatloas. "Here are the principal objects which all women's rights organizations are striving for today "First Equality before the law. This especially applies to divorce laws, which must be made the same for women as for men. The mother must be given also equal rights with the father In their children. In England, the father Is the only legal par ent The laws of Inheritance favor men entirely. This should not be. v . Second. Equal pay for equal work Is an other measure we shall strongly Insist upon. "Third. Proper recognition for public ser vices;' that Is, the same rewards should be given to women aa to men. For Instance, If Miss Florence Nightingale, or Miss Emily Davis, founder of Olrton college, had been men, they would have received public hon ors long ago. Being women, they are not noticed, except when too late. If at all. 'Fourth. No taxation without represen tation. Carried to Its logical conclusion this, of course, means a, voice In govern ment, for legislation without representa tion Is, as I have said, nothing but slavery. 'The statement has been made that there have been several bad splits In the suf fragette movement. These dissensions have only concerned our private constitution. and have nothing whatever to do with tho general movement. All the various organ izations and there are four principal ones are united as to main causes. -Our Women's Freedom league broke away from the first suffage movement on the question of whether we should run the movement on democratic as opposed to autocratic policy. W rnnnlder that we rjresent the democratic side of the movement. "he suffrage move ment as a whole has no elements of dis cord." A SPECTACLE FOR THE GODS Chinese Woman Clad In Celestial Pantaloons and "Merry Widow" Hat. Chinatown in Los Angeles is In the throes of a social war that bids fair to put the recent tong disturbance far in the dim distance. Not since the time back in the seventies, when Indignant citizens hung a number of the Chinese elite to telegraph poles, has there been such a feeling of sudden death and desolation as now hangs like s blr.ck pall over tho yellow colony. And It all happened because Mrs. Lew Chew, w'fe of Lew Mot, tried to "buck" the ancient and time-honored form or dress held sacred to tho Chinese. In defiance of the laws of heaven and earth, she tried the combination of Chinese pantaloons set off by a "Merry Widow" sailor that would have mode any woman sit up and gasp. Throwing the caution of her race to the wind. Madam Lew Chew marched down Apablasa street with a creation of modern millinery wobbling about on her oily bangs and her tiny little shoes going clickety cllck on the hard paving. The Chinese gamblers took one look and fainted. Lew Mol lawful husband and lord of little Lew Chew, said things. Mrs. Lew Chew broke Into the fashion fever early yesterday -morning. Her hus band Is. a liberal man and Mrs. Lew Is a social leader. Accompanied by her 8-year-old daughter. Lew Lum, Mrs. Lew visited some of the downtown stores. Her daintily embroidered pantaloons flapped lightly against her slender ankles as she walked. Her hair was covered an Inch deep with Chinese hair paste, and several hundred dollars worth of gold "and jewels nestled In . the heavy Jet-black coll at her neck: She; entered a department store and walked about in search of prey; wandered Into the millinery department and was lost. She learned up against a counter and gazed at some monstrous things hung about gazed In wonder. A woman approached and seemed friendly. Mrs. Lew thought she could trust her. She pointed to a magnificent specimen and said, faltorlngly. "What him good foh?" The nice lady took down the enormous thing and placed It on the oily head of the little Celestial lady. Mrs. Lew shied and looked scared. Then she looked at a mirror and in a second, tribal Instinct, racial training and the fear of the seven heavens, the seven hells, her liege lord left her. The rhat was a peach, and no doubt about It It hod several million flowers anchored on top. A gash of green peppers hung on like grim death to the starboard side, while California popples, Arizona hollyhocks and Long Beach lilies clamored for help and yelled for breath. The hat was not a creation, it simply was a shriek. Mrs. Lew cared not. She naid for the Merry Widow. Having broken one vow she cracked another. Bhe selected the next biggest thing In the store and perched It on the head of the protesting and Indig nant Lew Lum. Then they walked out of the store and toward the Chinese settlement. They al most created a riot before they got. there. With the mincing steps she had seen the women of the white race affect, Mrs. Lew toddled down the street. From the rear It looked as if Paul de Longpre'a rose garden was toddling along. The pair reached the corner of Juan and Apablasa streets, where Mrs. Lew has luxu rious apartments. It was with some difficulty that the woman and the hat got Into the door. They approached the spot where eat the liege lord of the house. He had been hitting the pipe ana was seeing things of a pleasant nature. Suddenly a rude vision broke In upon his dreams. He sat up hurriedly and rubbed bstwes AicIdDiSalc The Most Acceptable Gilt for the Graduate is a lip f 'iiw.w.'..''WCTawgirstwr Most acceptable, because as a home furnisher nothing in the home adds more to its beautv and nothing else can take the place of it as an Entertainer and Educator. The refining influences of the Piano are of untold benefit to every member of the family. The greatest number of standard pianos to be shown in the west are to be found in our warerooms. The lowest prices, at alt times, are offered piano buyers. Lower in fact than any other western house can afford to offer. On account of an immense business, the buying in train load lots, and always discounting the factory bills, thereby saving an immense amount of money, enables us to put a price on our Pianos that is from $75.00 to $150.00 less than anywhere near the same quality would be offered by any other dealer. ' , An investigation of the lines carried by the western retail piano dealers will con vince you that Ilay den's qualities are the best and the prices are the lowest. The following pianos are to be found here in all the late designs of cases, and in all kinds of wood: KNABE, SOHMER, CHICKERING BROS., FISHER, ESTEY, STARCK, SCHAEFFER, PRICE & TEEPLE, ANDERSON and FRANKLIN. M si y his eyes with the toe of his slipper. Then he jumped up. , He had not been mistaken. 'This woman, wearing a thing on the top of her head like a bird of ill omen, was his wife. He used language in large slices while the neighbors crowded the door. Mrs. Lew was firm, Sho still has the hat; Lew Lum also hna a hat. Other Chinese women are looking on with envy and 'a meeting of the United League for the Pro tection of Chinese Husbands has been called to debate the question. Six months ago the Chinese women at tempted to put aside pantaloons and wear skirts. The husbands burned the skirts at the stake. They threaten to launch the fury of the hatchet men upon the Merry Widows. Los Angeles Times. CHINAMAN LAID AWAY IN STYLE German Band. Cabs. Laundry Wagon and Much Hlbbon for u. Celestial. A German band fourteen cabs and a laun dry wagon escorted the body of Wong Pong to Fairmont cemetery at Spokane, Wash. There was little ceremony at the under taker's chapel. . In fact, no ceremony was noticeable. Forty of his countrymen gath ered to view the corpse and discuss the evil spirits. The occasion needed only refreshments to resemble an afternoon ten. ITntll a week ago Wong Pong polished collars and operated a. mangle In the laundry establishment of Long Lee at 210 Bernard street Just who was In charge of the obsequies could not bo ascertained. A general In terest was exhibited by every one present. At the proper stoge In the ceremonies a break was made for the carriages, the band struck up a funeral march and the cortege led off the way to the cemetery. Wong Pong having been an American ised Chinaman, the ceremony followed closely on American lines. White glovos adorned the hands of the six pallbearers who deposited the coffin In the hearse. Red and white ribbons decorated each car riage, which Were found upon inquiry to designate the "tong" or society to which Wong Pong belonged. Back of the last carriage came the laundry delivery wagon fade Siaited Hamo. cH b m IB r .o which Wong had driven for several years. In it were his earthly effects, which wore taken to tho cemetery and burned bcsldo the grave, that they might accompany his spirit to whatever Chinese heaven he was destined to enter. Spokane Review. OATS SENT FROM ARGENTINA Cargo Brongbt Into New York that Was Profitable Despite tha Duty. The arrival In-New York of a cargo of oats from Argentina last week is said to bo the rirst Importation of a cereal into this country, except in. the case of some special varieties of grain which are brought In as delicacies. While; of course, grain authorities do not look upon this Incident as of any special significance In relation to the posi tion of the United States as a surplus grain country. It Is expected that shipments of this character will become more and more frequent In the future. Tha oats which were brought In last week were for the uso of a breakfast food manufactory which has a large trade abroad and the firm undoubt edly calculated In its profits the possibility of getting a rebate on the duty of 15 cents per bushel, which is the tariff on oats. Even without a rebate, however. It was said by the commission house which made hte shipment that at 68 cents a bushel In Chicago there was a profit in bringing in oats from the South American republic. Argentina corn, or maize as It is callod In the European trade, IS rapidly taking the same high competitive place with our cereals as Argentina wheat. Maize has been profitably carried from Argentina to Cuba and trade authorities expect that Importations will be made to this country In tho next year there Is a short crop. The remarkable growth of the Argen tina grain area still continues and has a larger possible extension still ahead of It than any other section of the grain belt of either continent. According to statistics prepared by the Dopastment of Agriculture, Argentina and Canada are the only two countries which will rapidly Increase their grain exports. Chile and Uruguay, how ever, are factors In the South American grain trade. The three republics together HH H E last days will be your best chance at this wonderful Jewelry AdcUoh Everything must go this week for the new fixtures and stock installation. Sales 2:00 and 7:30 p. m. Daily T. L COMBS & COMPAtW Established 1888 1520 Douglas St., Omaha June Bride or produced 178.036,000 bushels of wheat In 1907, which was an Increase of 89,513,000 bushels over 1903. It is expected that tha yield of 1908 will double the figures of five years before. Authorities predict that South America will be raising 400,000,000 bushels' -of wheat In the course of the next flvs years and of this amount It Is calculated nearly 325.000,000 KUshels will be available for export. European consumption re quires an average of about 11,000,000 bushels to be Imported weekly. New York Times. MOOSE DRINK AT A PUMP. Maine Nature Story with a Farm er's Ouarnntee of Good Faith. James Tlbbetts of tho Nock road Benton, has been entertaining strange company for several days. Early lust week Mr. Tlbbetts went to the barn and turned out his stock. When ho stepped Into the barnyard a few minutes later to start the water at tho pump he was surprised to find a bull and' a cow moose apparently waiting for tho water. Mr. Tlbbetts went directly to tho pump and began raising water for tho stock. As the water poured from the spout Irto, tho big trough among tho first of the animals to reach It were the strangers. Each moose drank Its quantity and then slowly walked past the farmer to a low place In the fenco where each vaulted over and struck off across the field In the direction of tha woods. 'Every morning since the creatures have appeared In the barnyard when Mr. Tlb betts has turned on the water. The strange part of the affair lies In the fact that the farm is well watered by three small brooks which keep running alj winter and tho Sobastlcook river is but a few Irundred yards away. It is possible the creatures have discovered something in the brooks and in tho rtver which sets their taste going In another direction, for they aro watering regularly at the Tlbbett s pump. The moose have never bothered the cevve or the oxen of the Tlbbetts herd, and Iho latter have never apparently pa'.d ony at-' tentlon to the presence of the summers. ' Kennebec Journal.