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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 14, 1900. Seward County Where Peace .and Plenty Follow the Plowman's Trail mm 'v'-v .. . o .'v . ? rv'r-.v. ;a' .l.--- I ....', .. V' v '.fM.jr.r-f- j ' ' -v- . l - J. -i Lf. . ,. . . 'Irt ifift i ' iih im ini r'-'i 't iiA i' rrl ,,1 , I BEWARD FLOURING M1LIJJ. N WRITING a sketch of Beward products are live stock, consisting largely county It la not facta merely of hogs and cattle, together with wheat. that we want, but a perception of their significance. It Is an amailng life that greets the of farm lnduatry. There Is a nook or cor stranger In traveling through ner somewhere which ia exactly aulted to this county. The vast variety of fields and orchards, stock range and meadow glvea the county a aubstantlal but strange aspect, and ona is apt to feel that he haa a great deal to learn. Seward county Is located In the southern part of the state, about twenty-five miles west of Lincoln. It comprises an area of about 369,000 acres, 250,000 of which are un der a high stats of cultivation. The county's if i- -'1 Tafts Bring Sweeping Changes to the ABHINGTON, March 13. Next tin in Importance to tha admlnla Jff I trallve change that took place ill v HVOiiiKluii uil jnttiiu v aif the changes In Washington so ciety that accompanied the de parture of Roosevelt and the advent of Taft. These are the things that Wash ington Itself sees most clearly, but to a greater or lesa degree the whole coun try sees them, too, and more and more aa time goea on the social rela tions of the rulers of the country are com ing to have an effect upon the administra tion Itself. This has long been recognised In English politics to have a far reaching effect upon tha conduct of the government. It would not be fair to call It petticoat politics. That Is too small, too narrow, a phrase, but It is something of that general nature. Blnce the Roosnvelrs took possession of the Whit House there have really been three bodies of Washington society. The first has been ths semi-private social life of th Whtte House. The second has been oficlal society, and the third has been Washington society proper. For many years befor the Roosevelts took control the seml-prlvate White House social Ufa had been practically non-existent. Th chronic invalidism of Mrs. Mc Klnley had mad any such thing an im possibility, even had the wife of the mar tyred president had the taste for it. Rut when Mrs. Roosevelt came in all that was Changed. y From that time she led a busy social life that was entirely separate and distinct from the round of official functions which as the first lady in the land it waa her business to direct. Mrs. Roosevelt brought to the White House a high and unassail able position In the fashionable society of New Tork, and In the train of this posi tion there followed the visits of many social leaders from all the largest cities that made the semi-private social life of the White House more brilliant and busy than It has been before for many, many years. Tw Circles of Society. Official Washington society Is the same In Its details year after year.. It is com Ised merely of the entertainments that long years of custom has Imposed upon th female relatives of the chief members of th administration. Washington society proper Is a thing of Itself. It has nothing necessarily to do with the Whit House seml-prlvat functions and si ill less with official social life. It Is composed of old residents of Wash ington and their families people whose ancestors for generations have lived In th nstlonal capital, who are accustomed to look with a superior ' on the govern mental people who come and go from ad ministration to administration. Adminis trations come and administrations go. but th old Washington famlllrs remain through them slL Thus official society Is com posed of a series of temporal Incidents. Washington society proper la an Institu tion and reveres Itself as such. Now the Roosevelts are out and th Tafts ar in and with them com many new important rreonalltles. It will make a bigger difference to Washington, even a ' bigger dlffenenc than to th reat of th country. For Washington love its small talk. It loves to know what the president's wife wears, where she gore and how she spends her time from day to day, who visits bar and for how long and who Is summoned to luncheon or to dinner. Wash ington Is, In fact, pleasantly gossipy. Small things at ojt great pvnons Interest Wash ington a whole lot. The official program has been but a small part of the social II fs of th Whit Ho us auriruj th tenancy cf the tooa- h nTx. .,. Tib "5 . . 'l ". .----s .... j " " - - : i 1 n 1)- oorn, oats and hay. The county afforda an opportunity for nearly every different line the taste of each Individual. The oounty haa aeven good, thrifty towns located on railroads, and tha railroad mile age consists of eighty-five miles. The onunty has 1,000 miles of good public high way that Is passable at all times of the year. The entire valuation of the county. excepting the. railroads, amounts to about $30,000,000, and as there are about JO, 000 peo- pie within Its boundary, It gives about U.TM vv. iAMv BUNCH OP HORSES TO BE SHIPPED velts. In addition to the activities over which Mrs. Roosevelt as hostess has ohlefly had direction President Roosevelt early In his first administration began to give luncheons at which the guests were ex clusively men. In th Invitation lists to these luncheons the president's thirst for Information upon any and all subjects were reflected. Any body who was respectable and who had done anything worth while was eligible for Invitation to ona of these luncheons the author of the latest popular book, a great musician who happened to be In town, celebrated travelers, biologists, statesmen from foreign contrles, poets, orchestra lead ers, muckrakers, field marshals of finance, mining superintendents, bridge builders, railroad builders, anybody who had mixed up In big or Interesting affairs of whatever kind. Mr. Roosevelt had made many new prece dents during his term of office and some of them were social precedents. For ex ample, In past yeara the president of the United Statea had not been auppoaed to be entertained except at the houses of the members of his cabinet. But Mr. Roosevelt went as a guest wherever he pleased and without the slightest hesitation. Only list January he was a guest at the house of Mrs.. Tuckerman, a Washington society woman with no claim of official standing of any kind. There's a tradition that th president of the United States shall not set foot on foreign soli while he Is In office. Foreign rmbasses and ligation ar officially for eign soli, so when Mr. Roosevelt used to go to call on the German Ambassador, Baron Speck von Sternberg, as he frequently did, or on M. Jusserand, the French Ambass ador, there always used to be a lot of peo ple who didn't like It. Mr. 'Roosevelt heard the talk of course, but he evidently con sidered the precedents that he violated as having no basis In good sens. Qalek to Make Consparlsoaa. Washington Is Interested In all the things that go to make up the personality of the president of the United Statea. and the moment President Taft entered the White House it begun to compare him with the lata president and to speculate upon his future. Though the tennis court Is going back to the weeds what Is the loss of tennis will be the gain of golf. The world knows Mr. Tsft for a golfing crank. The new president Is a member of the Chevy Chase club, and there the new president will probably do most of his golf ing. II will travel mostly la motor cars, so that he can got to his golf without loss of time, ss a good car will comfortably maks the distance In twenty minutes from the Whit House. Secretary Knox, th new head cf th State department. Is also aa enthusiastic golfer, and It is a cortslnty that the presi dent and the head of his cabinet will sjx n l rouny hours together swatting the qulnlno pill. General Clarence Edwards, chief of thr bureau of Insular affairs, and Secre tary Balllnger of the Interior department ar slso golfers, and will no doubt oc casionally play out a foursome. There Is one festure of Wsshlnrton life that will sorely miss President Roosevelt, who was exceedlrgly fond of he theater. Mrs. Roosevelt and the other members of the presidentlsl family shared hla fondnes for the drsma. and scarcely a week went by but either the president cr Mra Roose velt, usually both, were to be seen In a ' box at some rne of the Washington plsy housea. President Taft has never shown any fondness for the thester, nor have any of th members of his family, so that It Jooks as If the Wsshlngton theaters would fevrcafur hav to depend fvr their drawing In weaith per capita. There are nlnety four school districts In the county anJ thrre wore M.oxi levied for school purposes. The commercial Interests of the county are handled by fourteen banka. Three of theae banks ara' located In Seward and have a deposit of $l,00n,noo. The vaat Incomes of the county conalat principally In wheat, corn, pork and beef. Last year the county produced 110,000 acrea of corn and 86,000 acrea of wheat, also M.0H) arrea of oats. Its hay crop amnunlrd to 80.000 acrea. The fruit induatry la becoming more and more Im portant every year, aa they have M.nno apple treea. 1,000 pear trees, 43,000 peach trees, $,0no plum treea and 12.flii0 cherry treea; alao 4.SU) arrea of timber. While the entire atate la somewhat backward In the dairy Indus try, Beward county haa 10.000 cowa and ahlps out each year 25A.O00 pounda of but ter and 6H7.0O0 gallona of cream. The ahlp ment of dressed poultry amounts to 137,tioo pounds. But It la In the ahlpment of hoga and beef cattle that the county largely re lies. Last year Seward county sold and ahlpped out 11,000 head of beef cattle, 43.009 head pf hogs, 1,700 horses and 7,000 sheep. The grain shipments amounted to 1.700,000 bushels of corn, about 1,000,000 bushels of wheat and 208.000 bushels of oats. They also shipped the county 1.000 pounds lour and 11,- 1,000 pounds of feed. The first home- itead taken in ths founty was by Louis Moffit, in 1SS5, and from that time forward the county haa had unuaual pros perity not all sunshine, of course, for the dark days were quits apt to come to the pioneer at some time In their early history of development. There Is quite a s p r 1 n k 1 1 ng of Germans scattered through the county, nl they are ranked among Its most thrifty and substantial people. They have i 1 : ' iir FROM BEWARD COUNTT. power exclusively upon the attractions of the performances 'they offer. IVew President No Mollycoddle. In one respect, however, President Taft will be fully aa potent an attraction for the tourist and sightseer as was President Roosevelt. The equestrian exploits of President Roosevelt frequently got Into the newspapers and were always worth reading about. But they were usually performed In th presence of la few eye witnesses. I But the mere appearance of President Taft on horseback constitutes In Itself a pageant. It la a highly moral and re fined entertainment which once seen is seldom or never forgotten. President Tsft won't have to do any stunts on horseback In order to Interest th populace. His mere appearance on horseback constitutes a stunt, especially for the horse. The new president has recently purchaaed a power ful horse that weighs over 1.2C0 pounds and stands over seventeen hands high. This animal carried htm over the country around Hot Springs recently and he thinks very well of the animal. What the horse thinks one can only guess. President Taft will be a more common figure on foot about the streets of Wash ington than ever was Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt was never especially partial to footing it. Mr. Taft is and anybody who has ever tried to keep up with him on a hike knows that he is some walker. His step has all the spring and elaitlclty of youth and haa the reach of Ills great height. He does not walk in the least like a fat man. Changes Made by Mr. Roosevelt. Nobody who knows both Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Roosevelt doubts that with the ad vent of the former to the White House there will be a great change in the con ditions surrounding the social life of the foremost residence In the land. Mrs. Roose velt has been in fact aa well as in name, from a serial point of view, the "first lady in the land." Coming from the social circles of New Tork, In which she had spent so many years, she took up the task that awaited her In Washington with Ideas and training far different from those that have equipped so many presi dents' wives for ths place. Until Mrs. Roosevelt entered the White House th society of that great dwelling had been for many years of the most purely perfunctory and official character. Mrs. Cleveland cared little for society and her husband even less. During President Harrison's incumbency there was no "wife of the president." Mrs. McKlnley was an Invalid. But with Mrs. Roosevelt in the Whit House things took a different turn. During her regime there haa always been a sharp distinction drawn by her between functions of a purely official and obliga tory character receptions and dinners to governmental personages made necessary by custom and the real social life of her self and her family "which ahe cultivated by choice. She has In many ways 'recon structed the social life of the While House and of official society. For one thing she has mad It far mora formal than It ever has been befor at any rate, sine the days when the elegant Virginians wers In power In the early days of the last century. Trala Vinii Brought Ia. It soon became knuwn that Mrs. Roose velt preferred that women should wear gowns with trains wlun they attended mate functions, and In a short time gowns without trains were so rarely seen on these occasions that their wearers were made to feel uncomfortable. The upshot of this was that the train gown came almost univer sally Into vogu for anything partaking of the nature of a public function. Th semi-private entertainments given by Mrs. Roosevelt taav exceeded lu number 5- -5-1 a seminary accommodating loo atudonts, entirely paid for. There has been no bust- thrift and prosperity, and no class of pro ami their regular day school more than 100 ness failures In the city for the last ten pie In thla entire onunty are more entitled scholars. The city owns Its own electrto years. The eight churches, with good and to the credit of thla prosperity than the light plant, costing (26,000, and alao their rx- wb:st side or the square, seward. own water works inai supplies an un- limited amount oi spienam wairr. twin of these plants are on a paying basis, and . " J- m im - and brilliancy those of any president's wife within the memory of present residents of Washington and of these the Invitation lists were so restricted that the scramble to be "among those present" has boeri correspondingly great. A great many out-of-town persons have been among the guests Invited for such occasions. They Included from time to time repre sentatives of the more fashionable sets of New Tork, Boston, Philadelphia and Bal timore and. In fact, of all of the principal cities of the country. These functions were often dlnneia of tasta and magnificence. Often they were teaa and perhaps oftener still they were muslcales. Mrs. Roosevelt is herself very 'fond of good music and haa been In a way a pation of that art. ' At her muslcales the most accomplished and famous musicians of th wt d have exercised their art. In general it Is the verdict that during Mrs. Roosevelt's occupancy of the White house social conditions have been Improved. Invitations have been much more eagerly sought and accepted. T.ie a; rar goments for public funotlons have been more carefully and effectively made. ' Divergent Views on Hospitality. For many years tea and light refresh ment have been served for the mob on such occasions. Mrs. Roosevelt early de clared against this apparently on the theory that It was enough to receive a horde of curious strangers without also -furnishing the hospitality of food for a throng of persons one did hot know per sonally and puibably neve.' would. Just the simple stand up and shake hands re ception was sufficient, according to Mrs. Roosevelt's notion. Mrs. Taft, however, did not hold this view. She persisted In maintaining the tea table as an adjunct of her Wednesday receptions given In the quality of the war secretary's wife. Mrs. Fairbanks, the vice president's wife, and Mra. Bhaw, while Mr. Shaw was secretary of the treasury, were also of Mrs. Tuft's mind, and there Is an lmp.tislon that this difference of opinion had a certain If slight effect on the cordiality of toe social relations existing between the wife of the Incoming president and the wife of the outgoing chiuf execu tive. Mrs. Taft is known generally as a woman (ar less formal than Mrs. Roosevelt ajid far more accessible, and the difference in her character is expected to be very clearly reflected in the changes to take place In the social life of Washington that radiates from tha White House. She is the daughter of Judge Herron of Cin cinnati, and her father's family and that of the new president have been l'f 'nds for many yeara, In fact the president and his wife practically grew up together as children. They became engaged not long after Mr. Taft was graduated from Yale snd before there waa anywhere nearly so much of him as there is at present. Mrs. Tdft spent a year In Cincinnati university but was not graduated. After she left school she spent a year In teaching a class of boys In a Cincinnati private school, as she said she wanted to see what so could do to earn her own living If It ever became nectsrary for her to do t. Mrs. Taft' Maar Arruusllibnriti. In Cincinnati the Tsfts ftsve never had the slightest desire to be considered socially exclusive or smsrt. At the same time they hav always lived like the cultivated and refined people they are, and their home, wherever It has been, has always been the center of much quiet, lute lecliial entertain n.eut. Mrs. Taft. while well educated along many lines, has a strongly musical turn of mind. This Is practical a well as theoret ical. Che is La fact an accuinplisUcd plaulbt ... ..,". i '. J-C-?.--,-.-- FARM 8CENE IN substantial buildings speak well for the moral ana rpusi oua life of the city. Seward, county seat of Seward county, la located almost exactly at county Is tributary to it. The business men of Seward are lacking In on thing, and that is -business Jealousies. If there Is a coun ty seat In the stato whose cftlxens are thoroughly united for Its upbuilding, that city is Sew ard. They have no cliques, no factions Just boosters, that's all. The Com mercial club has sixty-four members, and In the ten years that they have been organized, they have been instrumental In building a new court house, costing $110,000, that Is not only strictly modern, but one of the best to be found In the state. This club haa also established a splendid city park that Is up-tivdate In every respect, and now they have Just begun the erection of a $16,000 city hall, and they are putting a $1,S00 clock In the court house tower. The city also has two good hotels, a mod em flouring mill, with a capacity of 300 barrels a day, operated by water power, and a brick yard with a capacity of 2,000,000 brick a year. In the southwest corner of the county are many flowing wells that are of much value and convenience to a large soupe of country. In this part of the county 160 acres of land that was bought five years ago for $7,500, has Just been sold for $30,000. There is not a board or a plank walk In the city of Beward, and ths streets ure largely paved with brick and kept in first-class condition. The city haa $S,0CO In its general fund. Not only tha city, but the whole county haa an air of Social Circles of Washington and one who keeps in practice. If she de sires she is able to sit down at the piano and play a very considerable program of classical selections. The president's wife waa one of the or ganize! a of the Ladles' Musical ciub In Cin cinnati, from which waa later formed the Cincinnati Orchestra association. Of this Mrs. Taft became president, a position which she occupied for a number of years, and she is still a member of its board of manugers. Mrs. Taft Is of middle height and still possesses a slender and graceful figure. Her hair Is of a lively biown shade, though It is Just beginning to show here and there a touch of gray that Is far from being un becoming. In matters of dress she la as unpretentious as In other ways, but her gowns are all of fashionable cut and well adapted to her per tonal style. In per sonal appearance she will make a presi dent's wife that the country will have every reason to app.ove. As to Intellectual attributes, those who know Mrs. Taft well are a unit in declar ing that never within the recollection of Washlngtonlans of today has there been a woman resident in the White hous t to equal M.s. Taft. She is an excellent conversa tionalist In the small talk manner, but she is something much better and bigger than, that. She 1b able to talk well on any subi Ject of contemporaneous interest. She has always kept In close touch with the pubrlo life of her husband and la probably far Selections Wise William. HEN Justice Uuffum opcnel It 71 court In a small town In south yY I cm Georgia, on morning last weeK, ne CP.nca louuiy, jones against Johnson!" A dignified gentleman came to bar and said: "I am Dr. Jones, ynur honor, the complaining witness. My chick ens were stolen and found In the posses sion of " "One moment, doctor," the Judge Inter rupted. "We must have the difendant at the bar. Jones against Johnson! Jones against Johnson! Is the defendant pres ent? Is William Johnncn In court?" A tall and shambling negro shuffled to the bar, ducked his head, pulled his woolly forelock in token of respect and grinned a propitiatory grin. "Ah's VYUIyum Johns'n, pleaae auh, Jedge," he said. "Ah doan' know nuffin 'bout no 'fendant, suh. Ah'm J' de man wot took de chick'ns." ' "Don't talk like that." the court warned William. "You ought to have a lawyer to speak for you. Where's your lawyer?" "Ah ain' got no lawyer, Jedge " "Very well, then," said hla honor. "I'll assign a lawyer to defend you." "Oh no, suh; no, suh! Pie-e-ease don' do dat!" William begged. "Why not?" asked the Judge. "It won't cost you anything. Why don't you want a lawyer?" "Well, sh'll tell yo'. suh." said William, waving his tattered old hat confldentally. "Hit's Jes' dis-a-way ah wan' tun enjoy dem chick'ns mase'f." Harper's Weekly. Loaded. Judga W. L. Walls of Cody, Wyo., haa a sarcastic burner which has made many culpiita squirm, and among th number was defendant in a recent cattle stealing case who waa trying to explain that It would hav been quit Impossible for him to bring Into town th beef be waa ac- ,i " SEWARD COUNTT. rtnlsh settlement In the southern part of th country, who are ranked among the very best farmers and tnke the lead In raising a high class of heavy draft horses. In short, the poexlMMtles of Seward county ars almost Incalculable. With the Its center, ao that 'ncom'nK more homeseekers to divide. up this thrifty little ,ome of the larger farms will create a de city of 2,500 people rrand for more factories and a larger is of such import- market for the products of Its farms, ance from a com- From the day of Seward county'e or merolal standpoint 8nlsatlon Ita individuality haa been felt that the entire ' -.7- '.. tMm-y- - - ft ' in v rtrr Jl ' ; A"'.?t , "' METHODIST better informed regarding the great gov ernmental problems that President Taft has to fac than many men who wilt occupy not inconsiderable stations In th new ad ministration. Even In politics the president's wife Is shrewdly Versed. She knows where votes come from, where party influence reside and how best to move H, and there is no body who knows luow much the president relies on her advice who doubts that many important questions of politics that have come before him for decision have been held up until Mr. Taft could ask Mrs. Tart how about It. And It isn't merely her "woman's In tuition" that the president values. It's her Judgment as well. Her knowledge of gov ernmental problem haa been largely in creased by the fact that she has been her husband's companion on many of tha now famous foreign travels that he haa under taken. Bhe waa with him on his famous trip anuund the world and she tesided In Manila during most of the time when the 'president was governor of tha Philippines. It was at this time, too, that Mr. Taft acquired a pivtty thorough knowledge of the Spanish language, which she still speaks with fluency, bolng also able to negotiate some of the many native Philip pine dialects with considerable skill. In addition to this she reads and speaks French excellently. Mrs.. Tatt's old-fashioned training la evi dent In maay details of her character be W if. Y . r lf ... Ai l from the Story Teller's Pack cused of having stolen und butchered, owing to th fact that his two park horses were heavily loaded with other things. One horse, he hud told the Jury, was packed with his fur overcoat, mining Im plements, etc. "And what was on the other horse?" In quired the Judge. Preparationa for Roosevelt Trip (Continued from Page One.) compartments. In addition to its capacity for csrrylng twenty-eight pounds of food supplies, this bog Is built to contain a large kettle, a fryingpan with folding handle, a grill with telescoping handle, and a aauoepan capable of boiling a large pud ding or a round of meat. Inside the pan are a flat-lldded kettle, with tea-infuser, and also two neatly-fitting canisters for tea and sugar. The box also contains enamel or aluminium plates and dishes, and a cook's knife, fork and spoon. Very ingenious among expedition Cooking utensils Is a nest of five sauce pans, with lids, one within the other, tha tame handle taking any one of the five. Lord Harmsworth's answers. In a re cent Issue, estimates that apart from his camping and hunting outfit, one man on, a three-months' big-game hunt requires about fifteen "chops." A "chop" Is a box of genersl provisions, such as tinned neat, flour. Jam, bacon, soap, and, in fact, every kind of dry goods. Each "chop" weighs, complete, sixty iounds, and is ona "boy'" load. The medlcln esse, with ita tabloid rem edies and surgical bandage. Is another, very Important Item. Among the contrivances not already mentioned which mak for comfort In big gam shooting ar a combined folding spade and pick for trenching around the tent. In caae of rain; folding metal boot tree, hair clipper and safety rasors. bar bers being scare In Uganda; a portable weighing balance, which enable cue to ... . and recognired in the history of the state and the mlddlo west. Its unique resources. Its picturesque surroundings and fertlls soil hns made Infamous wherever the name of Nebrafka Is known and spoken. Bewnrd, with Its excellent transportation facilities and Its sdjacent wealth of In exhaustible poll, appears to ths farmer and stork grower today, but will appeel to the dairyman of tomorrow. Ths chsracter of the men whom these lnnds and this little city have already attracted give assurance to the atranger that this will bo the center of not only a manufsrturlng Interest, but will develop Into an excellent dslry and stock country In the near future. . .. ,;.',.Lt..-..C v .' t CHURCH, BEWARD. sides that of lack cf ostentation. For ex ample, she has a strong dlsllko'of Sunday entertainments of anything like a formal character, and It Is safe to say that, they will play no purt whatever in the social life the White House. All fae members of tha president's fam ily excepting himself sre Protestant Episco palians. Mrs. Taft and the children when they are in Washington will attend 8t. John's church with regularity, as they hav been doing now for some years. The president himself Is a Unitarian and attends All Souls' church when he gees to church at all. But his attendance has al ways been sporadic and not regular. The country still remembers the extraordinary circumstance that In the course of tin presidential campaign the middle west waa flooded with tens of thousands of circulars demanding of the voters; VAre you going to vote for a man for president of the United States who denies tlte .illvlnlty of Jesus Christ?" Apparently a good many of them did so vote. Miss Helen Taft, tha only daughter of the president and his wife, haf a strong facial likeness to her father, '.while her two brothers, Robert and Charlie,' look more like their mother. The daughter bears her mother's Christian name, how ever, and Is In many ways not unlike her. She Is a rather tall and slender young girl of 18 yeara, with plenty of brown hair and a pair of thoughtful brown eyes. "Well, there was a gallon of whisky there was a gallon of whisky" ' The flus tered defendant could think of nothing else. "I knew a gallon of whisky was a load for a man," said the ludge dryly, ''but I didn't know it was a load for a horse." IjJpplncott's Magaslne. give figures to skeptical friends; a patent pump filter Indlspenslbls where th water Is thick and muddy; a mincing ma chine, an alarm clock, and a walking stick, which at the will of the owner, becomes a stool, upon which he can set himself to wait for big game without undue fatigue. "Mr. Roosevelt will be Just as safe in British East Africa aa lie In Oyster Bay, and probably safer than he .would be here In Chicago." ' , ,. Bo declares Carl Akeley, taxidermist at the Field museum. In reply to the asser tion mad by Prof. Frederick Starr of th University of Chicago, to the effect that the former president, it he persists In hla Intention to explore darkeat Africa in search of big game, "wife never return to the United States allvc.'l Mr. Akeley has been ther twice, his last trip being of a year's duration, from th fall of 1905 till December, 190, and what Is morn he was accompanied on this trip by his wife. "We went through practically th same regions that Mr. Roosevelt will visit," said Mr. Akeley, "and we remained In good health." Mr. Akeley la going to repeat his little pleasure trip Into th "fatal" region again In about six months, and hi wlf will ac company him thla time also. "With tha exercls of a llttl discretion a whit man may pass through even th fever belt la perfect safety," says Mr. Akeley. "Mr. Roosevelt's trip will tak him Into regions comparatively roor dan gerous than those our party was In, but he will not stay long- enough to b fen aoy great dancer." e . ' . . ... .... .. ' , . : . v , 1 : " " . .. ' ; m .... m m l J li in ' 1,1 - isii