ALFA MORTGAGE LIFTER
try of How the Hardy Crop Wai
Brought to This Country.
ERILOUS TEIP TO GET IT
INP Which Ad mlmr to K.trrr
.-re of Land In Kntlre WMltr
ouutryVrot. Hansen
l.ertsres.
Little known anil little grown eight year
siro, alfalfa has become a western staple
rrop, a crop upon which the horded of men
who have sought anil who are seeking
ortune In the still new west may rely
to bring them a mire ami certnln income.
siientiHts along one line and an
other have been thinking, planning, ex
perimenting anil accomplishing result" for
'.he benefit of men. laborer In the a ienoe
of horticulture have not been Idle.
The progress that haa been made by the
"hlrdmen." the men who have devoted
themselves to the Invention of new labor
waving machinery and to the Improvement
of old, and the men who have labored for
better methoda of transportation of prod
ucts of farm anil factory la no greater
than la, In Ita way the progress that has
been made by those who have spent their
yeara In research and experiment to know
how productive soil may be made more
productive, how the valuable farm may
be made even more valuable.
The story of alfalfa, a story that prop
erly can be described by no weaker word
than "wonderful," will be told In all Its
Interesting details at the Omaha Land
Show. Not the least Interesting chapter
of the atory will be that which recites the
experiences of Prof. Niels R. Hansen of
South Dakota In his tours abroad, on the
i., khlsteppes of Siberia, on plulns In Asia,
In other out-of-the-way places In search of
knowledge which would enable him to
nake alfalfa what he believed It should
be a hardy plant, a plant that has within
It power to resist the cold and prosper
when chill northern wind drive over it,
power to live and thrive in the heat of
western summer.
Professor Telia the Story.
How well Prof. Hansen aucceededand
that was well will be told at the show
, by the professor himself; but the visitors
j will not have to take his word for any
thing. Every statement's proof will he
found In the alfalfa exhibit, which will be
one of the largest und most elaborate to
be seen at the show.
The Northwestern railroad, which Ih u."if
lnn the cultivation of the plant along its
JInes. will offer the alfalfa exhibit. The rall-
, road, quick to realize the value of the
comparatively new product of the soil, la
specially anxious that western land own
ers, as well as those who expect to own
Western land, come to know the value of
alfalfa as a regenerator of the soil as well
urn a valuable crop for feeding purposes.
William James of Ikirchester, Neb., will
fe in charge of the exhibit. Mr. James
managed alfalfa exhibits at the National
Corn expoHltton In Omaha, at the Trans
mixslsittit exposition In Omaha, and at
the LoutHanu, Purchase exposition. Ous
Kense, of k-Sar-Hen fame, will be re
sponsible for the mechanical effects In the
huge alfalfa booth.
Prof. Hansen's experiments with a view
producing a hardy alfalfa have resulted
"-!n success w hich scientists and agricultural
experts agree means many dollars of In
creased value for every acre of western
lands.
The history of alfalfa In America dates
hack to the Spanish conquest of Mexico,
when the plant first was brought from
. northern African plains. Yeara later Harrl
t "on Parker, a Kansas civil engineer, saw
the alfalfa fields in Old Mexloo. lie knew
no reason why there should not be similar
fields in the United States In the west and
' in the northwest tu inin i i
The plant grew' and prospered In many
sections. The next great step was taken
hy Prof. Hansen. In 1M7 he was called
bpon by "Tama Jim" Wilson, I'nlted States
secretary of ngrlculture, to go to eastern
EllrnriK N n 't nMtani anl nant..! I
quest of drouth-resisting and cold-renlsttng
- plants. Little further Instruction was given. I
Secretary Wilson knew that Hansen knew
just what to do.
Makes llartl Jonrner.
Much of the wild region which the plant
4 explorer had to 'traverse the heart of Asia
"
, Journey and he knew It.
Hansen hurried to St. Petersburg and
I thence southeastward to Nljul Novgorod,
the BCena of TltlMallt'a vrait annual m I-
--was mninar Vlrirlfl SOU It mritm rw, nlrn fi
Hers he thought he might find the hardy
plants. He did. H flew down the Volga,
east to the Vral mountains, southward a
ways, then east and over the south centrol
Russian plains to Kief, Only a little while
he stopped In Kief; then he was off for
Odessa, whence he went to Transcaucasia,
the "land of .Noah's Ark." that storm
center between Europe and Asia.
Crossing the Caspian sea, he plunged
-.Into the land of the Turkoman. Here he
? knew he wai on the trail of hardy alfalfi.
' With the aid of an Interpreter he was able
to make Inquiries that convinced him he
" iisui. niuvrn, army oixteer. travel
ers were questioned. ' Even horses 'were
approached on the subject." Hansen found
they lived largely on alfalfa. ' Onward
across the Oxus river went the explorer.
He found that for centuries central Asiatic
civilization had existed on alfalfa. What
had sustained a seml-chiliiatl.m In the
east lor so long a time he knew must be
Immeasurably valuable to the people of an
enlightened west. He was still more firmly
convinced that he was on th. trail of an
alfalfa thoroughly hardy a variety Inured
to drouth and cold through thousands of
yeara of natural methods of cross breeding
Th signs still pointed northward and east-
ium, iior me ciiinaiB a.H still more
f severe.
, 1 he man pressed on. stopping only now
and then to ret-t or to question some Turke
stan plowman with camels hitched to crude
Instruments hundreds of years behind
times, according to the view a western
( farmer would take.
Mode Ih n Taraataaa.
A lung Journey was made In a tarantasa.
a crude vehicle like a buckboard. only
worse, it was a ,:M)-iulle Jaunt. The
traveler went along the Tlan-Slian range
of mountains between Turkestan and China
and finally brought up at Kuldja in the
province of 111 In the flowery kingdom. He
bad traced the blue-flowert-d alfalfa to the
very doors of the Chin temples. He was
l.OtD miles from the nearest railroad; he
, had gone months without letters from
home. He was using three Interpreters
wne m uanaiuin v nuiese into Tartar, one
Tartar Into Kusslan, one Itus?latt Into tier
nan. which he could understand
Still they told him alfalfa grew to the
I liotth. lie pressed on and on and on,
j t trough snow and bitter winds, in which
two other Journey era perished always go
ing further north. And everywhere he
went b found alfalfa growing. A part of
the Journey waa a TOO-mlle slcdgo trip over
the Siberian steppes, li.re one niht hia
Tartar guides lost the way and the party
spent the night In the chill wind. Finally,
after a t emtio drive three nights and days
with no stops but to change horses he
leached Omsk, hastened by train to Hremcn
by way of Moscow and took ship for home.
The act result of tli hazardous trip was
the knowledge that there was hardy alfalfa
.rowing la severely cold clliiuttaa. In lati
tudes much higher than It ever had been
known to grow In America, and, also, a
shipment of five cat loads of hardy seeds
to the department of Agriculture at Wash
ington. Other Trips Made,
This was but the first trip. Two more
were made and when they were finished
it was an established fart that hardy al
falfa will grow In almost any clime, espe
cially In those that are cold.
Prof. Hansen and others will tell this
story of alfalfa and the detailed stories
of the other trips at the Omaha land show.
The seeds of the hardy plant will be shown.
The visitors will be told how to cultivate
the alfalfa, how to make the hay.
Besides the plans and seeds of many
varieties of alfalfa will be shown, the M.
C. Peters Milling company having planned
an extensive exhibit. This concern has
helped to upbuild the alfalfa industry by
handling a la-ge part of the alfalfa grown
in the west, making a strong, steady mar
ket for the crops Annually the mill does
a million dollar alfalfa business, supply
ing food In condensed form for the great
dairy companies of the east, which In turn
supply the mllllins of eastern milk and
cieain consumers. '
How the alfalfa is produced cn western
farms will be shown by prof. Hansen and
others. How It is handled from the time
It leaves the western farms until It Is de
livered In the feed barns of eastern dairies
will be shown by the milling company. The
railroad company's experts will show how
alfalfa brings the heaviest Income' and
how Its cultivation costs little more than
that of many products which bring far less
return.
Evolution of Corn
Will Be Subject of
Land Show Display
Collection of William James of Dor
chester Illustrating Type Devel
opment Will Be Seen.
The "civilization" of corn, the evolution
of the grain which means wealth from so
many rlc h western acres, from the scrawny
squaw corn of the aboriginal fields to the
big golden ears seen In the cribs of Ne
braska and Iowa, will be the subject of a
display In the educational department of
the land show.
The display on the evolution of corn will
be made under the direction of William
James, a farmer and student of agricultural
science at Dorchester, Neb. Mr. James
will show specimens of all the breeds of
corn from the progenitor of the maize
family to the best of the grain produced.
The collection has been gathered at great
pains and expense. Many of the specimens
cannot be replaced except by long effort.
Some of the corn types shown in the ex
hibit could only be reproduced by long
breeding processes seeking reversion to
types which are now extinct or occurring
only aa accidental atavistic freak of th
Held.
The earliest corn was an Insignificant
plant bearing tiny ears, each grain encased
In a separate husk. Years of breeding,
some of It by simple chance some by
scientific effort, have been required to
bring corn through the successive steps
which Mr. James, display will ahow to the
land show visitors. Aside from the peculiar
historic Interest which ' attaches to the
evolution exhibit It serves to Impreas on
the farmer the necessity for the choice
of good seed and attention to the breeding
of his corn crops. The pedigree of corn
Is now aa significant to the careful and
successful corn, farmer as the pedigree of
hia cattle and horses.
The evolution exhibit to the student
offers the opportunity for study of the
effects of crossing of the many widely
varying strains of corn. By attention to
the evolution exhibit the silage producer
will be able to determine what kind of
corn la best adapted to hia purpose and
his soil. He need not care whether the
ears grow high above the ground or close
to the roots, but he wants a good generous
free growth. How that may be . attained
In fullest measure can be made a lesson
of the exhibit of Mr. James.
The corn evolution exhibit is known to
many of the farmers who visited the
Omaha Corn exposition. Mr. James' collec
tion was a display which attracted wide
attention at both of the Omaha Corn
shows.
SEEMED HARD TO LAND
Two
liearts with Double
Warily Spar for
(Ipealna-.
Thoughts
an
Do you think it would be well for us to
be serious?" she-asked.
Oood heavens!" I , replied. "Haven't
been serious? Why, I have been making
love to you steadily now for two weeks.
Could anything be more serious than
that?"
She regarded me stolidly.
"It has not hen without Its humorous
aspects," she asserted, "as, for example,
when you asked It I would marry you."
I reflected.
"Perhaps." I said, "It Is Just as well that
you regarded that part of It aa humorous,
You might have felt, you know, that I was
taking advantage of you. It la one thing
to make love. It Is another to marry."
She sighed Incontinently.
"And yet," she observed, not without a
slight touch of Impatience, "you are only
Just perceiving this. It has taken you
all this time to arrive at the truth."
"Will you forgive me." 1 said gently
lou must remember that you are ahead
of nit. in so many things. I perceive my
mistake, of course. Hut it Isn't too late,
yuu know. I can still continue to make
love without any thought of marrying. I
can still do tills, with an ever Increasing
gratitude t you for showing me the way.'
"That Is the point," she declared with a
touch of severity. "There has been too
much of it. 1 know all that you know
about making love, and
"I am learning moie all the time,'
whinpered. "Surely
"I know all that 1 care to know about
what yuu know," she continued, Ignoring
my Interruption, "and I wish to know
something about your knowledge of other
things. How can we continue to be well,
friends if there Is but one thing that you
can talk about?'
"Why should we be friends?"
"You do not wish It?"
'Certainly not."
It suddenly occurred to me that a crisis
bad arisen between us. I saw that It was
all or nothing. I must act.
"it Is this." 1 continued rapidly: "you
are tired of my love-msking. and you wish
to know If there Is anything else that I
can do that will make our company en
durable to each other. No, there la not. I
am hopeless In all other respects. You
know that I cannot make love you have
tested me. Why, In. two weeks' time I
have done nothing but talk. I haven't
cvn kissed you."
At this Instant I took her firmly in iny
arms.
' But this has got to end." I said sternly.
"I am going to now. There! and there!
and there!
She regarded ma faintly.
"I was almost afraid." the whispered,
sinking Into my arms, "that you were im
possible." Ltpptncott'a Magazine.
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RRIGATION WORKS WONDERS
Display at the Land Show of Some of
the Benefits.
BIO SCHEMES AEE EXPLOITED
Colorado Will Take the Lead In Ex
hibiting; Papier Macke Models
Uovrrssirat is Expending
Vast lima In West.
Irrigation Is to be the leading subject of
scenic display and Colorado will be the
state represented principally In this de
partment at the Western I -and Products
show. Recently the president and the
special hoard of army engineers submitted
to the people an approved plan for the
distribution of a 120,000,000 allotment for
Irrigation work, and the great reclamation
service Is Just now uppermost In public
Interest.
Gus Rense, constructing engineer of the
show, haa devised an exhibit showing the
Irrigation methods In their every phase
and an educational program of lectures cn
the subject will complement the mechanl
cal picture. Altogether, Irrigation will be
laid bare and Its secrets will be one or xne
most freely given Incidents of value to the
visiting hosts at the forthcoming show.
Twf investigation by government ex
perts has ferreted out In remarkably com
plete fashion the needs of the country in
the direction of converting arid and aeml-
arld landa Into producing areas of rich
loam, Is shown by the president s report.
Following Is the echedule of apportion
ments Into which the IM.OOO.OOO fund is
made:
Salt River, Arlsona. $4S,010; Yuma Ar -
cona ana caurorma, i,ww. uibuu
lev Colorado. Il.ouu.uuu; I'ncompansrB.
Colorado, l,W0,0OO; Payette-Boise, Idaho,
12.000 000; Milk river. Montana. 11.000.000;
North Platte, Wyoming and Nebraska $1-
000,000; Truckee-Carson, Nevada, ii.ivjvo.
Rio Orande. New Mexico, icxas su -
loo, K6U0.000; Umatilla, Oregon. ..ow;
Ki.muth Oregon, ana uauiornia, ow,v,,
Strawberry Valley, Utah, $2,272,000; Hunny
Hide. Yakima. Wash.. $1,0,000. and Tlelon
Wash., ItKB.OOO.
How Money Waa Raised.
The money for reclamation was raised
through certificates of indebtedness by
order of an act of congress, which also
gave the president power to appoint the
board of army engineers. The board made
an exhaustive Investigation of all the arid
lands of the country and Its report looked
toward distributing the money In such a
way as to accomplish the most good.
Colorado will be given a novel and ef
fective exploitation at the Omaha show,
At the suggestion of Alfred Patek, state
immigration commissioner, John Morrison
of the Field, Fellows A Hlnderllder En
gineerlng company has been employed to'
construct, under the direction of the ex
hibition management, a papier mache re
production of part of the Rocky moun
tains, showing the Irrigated farming re
gions, and a complete model of the big Ir
rigation system.
Pike's Peak la Papier Mache.
Pike's Peak will form the nucleus about
which the acene will be laid, and from
Its peak will be blasoned forth the name.
"Colorado." It will greet all comers in
the big exhibition building and will give
Colorado a notable bit of advertising. In
the Irrigation ditches water will be kept
running, and every possible detail showing
the manner In which Irrigation land is
tilled will be worked out. The scene will
occupy the entire end of the big exhibition
building.
Fred A. Shank, special representative of
the Western Ind Products exhibition.
was In Denver last week on his way east
ward from Los Angeles. He told the
people of Denver things are shaping for
one of the most notable shows of this kind
held In America. Among the notable con
tributions from Colorado will be the Keens
brothers' dry farming exhibit, which has
acquired a world-famed reputation. This
exhibit Is counted upon to give tne most
effective exploitation possible to dry farm
ing. Among the speakers at the show will be
Eugene Orubb of Carbondale. His repu
tstlon as a potato and agricultural exptrt
Is International. His part in the Omaha
exhibition Is being advertised by the man
agement as one of Ita big features.
Mr. Morrison, the ' constructing engineer
who has the Colorado exhibit in charge
under the show management, glvea an ex
tensive description of Its construction and
the purposes shown In It.
"The exhibit of Irrigation work
aald
wi . -. - t " r
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Palatial Commercial Club Building
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P-iz
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w( m is
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SALT LAKE CITY PAID $400,000 FOR THIS HOME.
This is a picture of Salt Lake City's new Commercial club building, the construction of which lias been completed at a
cost of over 1400,000, Including the site and furnishings. '
The Salt Lake Commercial club has a membership of over 1.200 business men of the city. It maintains an active publicity
bureau and Its grill rooms and pool and billiard rooms are not excelled by any similar institution in the west.
Mr. Joy H. Johnson, the president of the club, is a former citizen of Nebraska and is rather proud of the fact that he
worked at one time as an Associated Press telegraph operator for The Omaha Bee.
Mr. Joseph B. Calne, the wide-awake secretary, is a native of Salt Lake City and a former newspaper man. He Is suc
ceeding In welding the forces of Salt Lake City Into a compact and aggressive body, bent on progression and the building here
of what Mr. Harriman said should be one of the three big cities west of the Missouri river.
In the building of the Bait Lake Commercial club there is almost every conceivable convenience from a first-class dining
room to the beautifully furnlahed bed rooms. Upon the walls are hung magnificent oil paintings, the work of Mr. H. L.
A. Culmer, one of the foremost artists of this country and a native of Utah. ,
Mr. Morrison, "probably will give a clearer
and more complete Idea of practical meth
ods than an observer could get from the
actual work on Irrigation projects. Jn
attempting to inspect a piece of land
under Irrigating processes, one Is baffled
by the long distances he Is forced to cover,
and he naturally misses the Impression
of the whole work as a unit. The various
subdivisions of the system are so far apart
In actual operation that one flnda diffi
culty In learning their connection and the
theory upon which they are based. On
the other hand, an inspection of the irriga
tion exhibit will show at a glance all the
Inner workings of irrigation. One can
easily trace the water from its source to
the spreading fields."
Mr. Morrison was recently connected
with the Orchard Mesa project of Colo
rado, in which all the expedients of Irri
gating known to modern science have been
brought forward. The contour of the coun
try madtl such engineering necessities as
flumes, tunnels and trestles to be con
structed. These things copied from the
Orchard Mesa project will play a principal
part in the irrigation exhibit.
Speaking of the Orchard Mesa under
taking. Mr. Morrison had this to say:
"This project is a particularly good illus
tration of the value of irrigation. It shows
where land that formerly had a value of
Z50 without water, Is now worth from
12,000 to K600. with water available.
Fruit growing Is the principal industry,
while truck farming also Is possible of
great success.
Owing to the lift which la necessary
oy me amereni levels on me yi wji, i
water Is made comparatively expensive. 1
The difference In levels there is 126 feet.
We are using 1,400-horse power turbines
for the elevation of the water and for
the generation of electricity to be used In
the plant and other auxiliary purposes.
No use Is made of the water power for
commercial purposes, owing to the law
which prohibit! such use.
"Great irrigation projects in the terri
tory of the interstate canal of Nebraska
and Wyoming also show the great increase
In land values due to Irrigation. Land
which formerly could be had for $2 an
acre now brings $J6 an acre, owing to the
bumper crops which are possible on them
through the adoption of irrigation. . The
water In thla system Is comparatively
cheap because of the fact that It is dis
tributed by gravity, and costs only about
$45 an acre In operation.
"Minnesota presents a striking illustra
tion of Irrigation's value. In . that state,
according to statistics, the wheat yield Is
about thirteen bushels to the acre, whereas
in Irrigated wheat lands the yield runs
up to at least forty bushels to tile acre."
'Ike Uentle Cynic.
A bad man sometime deliver the goods,
goods.
A suit answer may turn away wrain,
but a soft snap Is surer.
Blood will tell, but some people's blood
Is not very communicative.
Things really only coin our way when
we niaKe up our minds to go after them.
Many a woman has shed tnough tear
to Iloat a more worthy ambition.
Many a man has stubbed his toe over lux
own ambition.
Wit la the wine of Intellect which ill
nature turns into vinegar.
'1 he more a man Koum around the less
lie is apt to develop Into a crank.
Manners are like headaches. Home are
natural and some are acquired.
Looking for a nttdle in a haystack is
a needleless - waste oi time.
Fishing for compliments seldom lands a
A man sometimes confesses a weakness
omy to conceal a greater one.
Love is a curious thing. Many a girl
who likes spring lamb marries a black
sheep.
The world Is made up of equal parts of
people who have money and don't know
how to enjoy it and people who haven't
any and do. New York Times.
Thimbles.
The thimble Is a liutch Invention, and
was first brought to Unhand by one John
Lofting, who began its manufacture at
Islington In 1KH6.
Its name was derived from the words
"thumb ' and "bell." Originally It was
called "thuinhell." then "thumble" and
finally "thimble." It is recorded that
thimbles were first worn on the thumb,
but we can scarcely conceive how they
could be ft much service so used
Formerly thimbles were made of brass
and iron only, but now they are shown In
gold, sliver, steel, horn. Ivory and even
glas.
'there is a thimble owned by the queen
of hiam that in vhaprd like a lotus bud.
the royal flower. it Is of gold, thickly
studded with diamonds, and is held to be
the most costly article of the kind In the
world.
In Naples very pretty thimbles composed
of lava from Mount Vesuvius are oi ra
SK.nnllv sold, but rather as curiosities than
as articles of real utility, being, by reusjn
e4J,iiy broken. Harper's Weekly.
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MAN MARRIED FOUR SISTERS
He Wasn't Happy Without Them and
They Waited Their
Tnrn.
To marry four sisters is the experience
of Harry D. Philkill, formerly a resident
of White Hill, N. J., vho now resldee in
Baltimore, Md. He is 68 yeara old, and haa
married Miss Josephine Conroy, seven
years his senior. She Is the fourth bride,
and a sister. to his three other wives now
deceased. Philkill declared after the cere
mony, which was performed by the Rev.
S. C. Cutter, that he felt like a boy of
nineteen.
He waa first married forty years ago,
when he eloped with Miss Marie Conroy.
He waa greatly attached to all four sisters,
and It has been often said that they were
all In love with him. His first wife waa
killed In an accident about aix years later.
He afterward married Miss Anna Conroy,
with whom he lived for a doxen years.
She died of heart disease, while they were
enjoying a trip to the Pacific coast.
Mr. Philkill remained single for two
years, declaring to his friends that he
would never marry. He did not keep this
resolution, however, as he again fell In
love when he came here to visit the Conroy
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The Luther Burbank
Exhibit will show you
the wonder creation
of the man who proposes that all the world's waste places
shall be utilized and all plant life shall be trained to pro
duce better fruits, greater beauty and be more value to
mankind in general
This man would turn the seething desert with ita thorny cactus into a value producing nnd life
giving garden peopled by a prosperous people instead of the death dealing scorpion and rattler
y,a iahaa ihn ciiMna IViol- io
hnca nlnnf vltro lonvns nro f
This man is a scientist, who sees in the future better grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables, all
in new forms, sizes, colors and flavors with more nutrients and less waste and with every inferior
and poisonous quality eliminated and with power to resibt sun, wind, rain, frost and destructive
fungus and insect pests; fruits without pits, seeds or spines; better fiber, coffee, tea, spice, rub
ber, oil, paper and timber trees and sugar starch color and perfume plants.
The Durbank Exhibit at the Omaha Land Show, January 1 to 28, 1011, will be a part of th
Union Pacific Exhibit, and consist of grajes, peas, beans, cherries, asparagus, flowers and com
plete exhibit of spineless cactus Burbank's most wonderful creation. This is the first time that
a collection of Hurbank's creations has ever been exhibited at any show.
25 cents, the general admis
sion price, takes you to ev
ery exhibit, show and lecture
inwm
family, and the graves of his wives, who
are all burled In the family plot.
Miss Lillian Conroy was his next bride.
He wooed and won her during this visit
and she accompanied him to Baltimore as
a bride. .This proved Philkill' longest
venture in matrimony, as the couple lived
together for eighteen years. At the ex
piratlon of that time Mrs. Philkill died of
typhoid fever. Mr. Philkill remained single
two years, but Cupid possibly believed that
he made too good a husband to be without
a wife, the wedding of Miss Josephine Con
roy and the widower being the outcome.
Mr. Philkill is the father of three boys, one
having been born to each of hi first three
wive. New York Herald.
Mortifying: Oversight.
Accompanied by a few of his palace
fuards the aood Caliph Haroun Al Haschid
was making one of his nocturnal rambles
through The street of Bagdad.
Suddenly he atopped.
"Thl look unfamiliar." he said. "Where
are we?"
"Commander of the faithful," they an
swered, "we do not know. It is outside
of our usual run and we have no idea
where we are. You know we have no
signs at the street corners."
"No signs et the corners?" he scowled.
"That must be remedied. When strangers
come to this town I don't want them to
think they are In Chicago."
Hailing a passing taxlcab he left his
lucklesB guards to find their way home as
best they could. Chicago Tribune.
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Insect Display is
in Charge of Prof.
Lawrence Bruner
He Will Explain the Methods and
Hahits of the Various Crop
Destroying Bugs.
One of the most Interesting features of
the western land products show will be an
exhibition of Insects, both resl and papier
mache enlarged reproductions. Prof.
I.uwrence Primer of the chair of blologv
of the Vnlvprslty of Nebraska will be In
charge of this exhibit, which he has
prepared himself
Trof. Pruner has spent his whole life
In the study of Insects, and what he hss
discovered as to their mode of life, their
varieties, their destructive powers over anl
insl and vegetable life end the most ef
fective ways of exterminating them will be
shown In the moKt vivid way In this Insect
display and through lectures by him at the
land show.
Tiof. Hruner Is often railed the Grass
hopper King. He gnlned this title through
his system of exterminating the pests at
the times when they swarmed across the
country leaving barren fields and orchards
in their wake. His system was so effective
it seemed almost a kind of mysticism or
sleight of hand. He prepared huge vata
of mixed chemical with the odd powers
of attracting grasshoppers, which he had
placed on wagons and drawn through the
fields. Grasshoppers Jumped and flew
Into these vats from nil directions and met
(i.n'li quicker than the file that taste
of the liquid In saucers In the shop
window. Some said thiit a more appro
priate title for Prof. Primer would be to
t all him the second Pled Piper of Hamlin.
Rut his exterminating methods for grass
hoppers Is only an example of his knowl
edge of Insects which he nas gaineu
through study since boyhood. Ir- Hruner
was a biologist oorn. lie kmuuto h
technical knowledge of Insects after he had
become older, but his boyhood day spent
In the fields on the farm are principally
responsible for his being at present In the
.. . .... .
chair of biology at tne university oi Ne
braska.
I.uiighablo stories of his hoyhood ad
ventures coincident to his love of Insect
study are often told by those wno anew
him then. He always had a penchant tor
"monkeying" with bug, and this pecu
liarity often got him Into little troubles
when ho was a farm boy. He neglected
his chores frequently to go out behind
the smokehouse and lay near an ant hill
Just to watch the busy little Insect city and
study the faces and figure of Its cltliens,
their commerce and Industry.
Nowadays, as when a boy. Prof. Bruner
delights In the labor of a tumble bug, the
sucking of sap from a plant by the aphis,
or the buzzing of a Hessian fly.
All of this study has enabled Trof.
Bruner to reproduce these insects and to
produce In Interesting style through hi
lecture their various modes of life.
A anakrr filrl's "Yes."
A young Quaker had been for some time
casting diffident glances at a maiden of
the same persuasion, while she. true to the
tenet of her upbringing, had given him
mighty little encouragement. However, on
day the opportunity of placing the matter
upon a more stable footing presented It
self to Beth, and he shyly inquired:
"Martha, dost thou love me?"
"Why, Beth, we are commanded to love
one another," quoth the maiden.
"Ah, Martha, but dost thou feel what
the world calls love?"
"I hardly know what to tell thee, Beth.
I have tried to bestow my love upon all,
but 1 have sometimes thought that thou
wast getting more than thy share. De
troit t Times. ,
Calendar Combinations.
Those person who are curlouly Inter
ested In the sequence of the same number
In dates were writing letter yesterday In
profusion and beginning them thus: "11
11," or "111911." In the first cae they
got a sequence of four ones, and In the
last they had five one out of six figures.
On the 11th of January they can go one
better, and on the 11th of November next
their hearts will be filled with Joy because
they can write 11 11 "11. 11-11-1911. These
persona have not been so happy since
August, twenty-three years ago, when they
were able to write 8 8 1SWJ. Boston Tran
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