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drive twenty-five miles t git my flour an
then drive back agin, an / didn't think
TIL team would stand 1t. they had been
poor-fed SO long. Besides. I'd had ter put
up a dollar TO keep tn team over night,
an didn't have none. / hain't had no
aid.'
How do you get along?'
Don't git along. stranger. Who tn h
toll you l got along?"
In the meantime the business men In
the eastern part OF the state, particularly
In the splendid cities of Omaha and Lin
coin. are beginning TO feel the great de-
preston resulting from extraordinary ac-
counts which have plastered the entire
state as a place OF woe. Visitors to the
country have looked from car windows to
see the famine-stricken bodies of the
farmers lying IN the fields and have trod
lightly in the streets of Omaha to keep
from crushing the bodies of babies But
the point should be emphasized that the
grievous condition is confined to a COM
parativeiy narrow section OF the western
part OF the state
Gov. Holcomb said to the writer: 1T
Is true that there Is much misery in the
state. but there is not the universal pri-
walton which has been declared. Crop
failure was unknown until 1890. when the
farmers lost much Of their labor, but at
that time. and in 1898. when a partial loss
was experienced, the eastern9half OF the
state was able TO take care Of the western
half. where the failure was pronounced
This year has been so complete a failure
as TO reduce many 10 extreme poverty,
but do not think that there are more
than 20 per cent in need. Great Irrigation
enterprises that are now being inaugu-
rated will. no doubt eliminate the cause
of failure In large districts of the western
part OF the state. The grain that is pro-
duced and stock that is raised in this
state put II in the front rank Of the great
agricultural commemorative. ! have no
doubt that in a year or two her barns Will
be oyerlowins. / see nothing in the pres
emit ssituation nor In the history of the
state as / have observed 1t for sixteen
years that ought TO discourage those who
contemplate coming here TO make homes.
In the western part OF the state a vast
amount of universal speculation has
caused great losses, hu; that part OF the
country cannot De exeelied for grazing.
and Irrigation will no doubt render it safe
and profitable for agriculture. In the
greater part OF ;ho state the people are
suffering no more than a large percentage
OF the agricultural districts Of ether
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liberal buyers. AS a result. these ~
chandsse is haaped up in wAole~A
warehouses 10 reappear next year =
fresh stock and the latest Style. NJ
York is the headquarters for this ~
of matter. and the only comfort Ia II.
situation is that in 1896 the coet 3
manufacture will be reduced TO al
mum. The poor season is attrshalk
10 the growing lack of sentiment s
American men and women. rpuna
seem 10 take a certain pride In a.
cynical superiority 10 the emotion pse.
larly associated with the distributloa !
valentines.
Another reason for this years ~
en:ine duilness is an impression ~
these missives are not quite In -
form. 1t Is a well-known fact -
New Workers would cease eatia6
mastscation were aseertained to ben
fashionable. But as matter of
valentines are very much the "
in London. being sent by all the We
peers TO their fair acquaintance q
very liberal scale.
AMERICAN MILLIONS IN A ca
MAN TOWN.
One town in Germany has raason Y
rejoice In the rapid rise in value Z
New York real estate. and that t0SAE
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people there came the weight OF shs
grange and sszspezkabse punishment %
nn.1srA. TEey are fearless feIk. eorn-
rEesely American. Tf4ar absolute types
are uow sitting sbous sex Engtsnd din
sser tables. T1ey sunsz.onea their sfre~gsA
fer long war EssA cod ard hunger-
Prosperity was az me distance Of new
crop OF 1896 II was 10 be from August 20
AzgUs.. Between these usorsthz so-oaned
The great white ba-rs@r OF the winter OF
ssss-es II was 8 supreme battle % which
20 look forward /; required the profound
ard logged courage OF the Anserican' PEG
pies wAo have come Into the West 10
carve farms. railroads.. towns. cities II the
heart 81 a w1rss fortified b enoTrnoas
distances.
The Eeaxest were. Of course. she first 20
cry o1t az the pain % *. Farmers, Nor
ally certain OK the success OK the crop.
had ALREADY gone into deot FOR groceries
and supplies The bot winds left thsse
men without CROPS and wszh0as credit.
They were instantly confronted with
want. Tney stoSi for tirse reluctant.
Then family by family they drove away
10 oebsr states where there might be PED
pie wsso would give their great muscular
kaxsis opportunity 10 earn food for their
wives and little children.
Then came the struggle Of the ones who
STOOD fast. They were soon driven 10 bay
BY nature. now the pitg.sfs enemy. They
were sturdy ard daunEsess. When the
cry for help came from sheEr iEss Ii was
70 be the grean from between cienchsd
teeth. Men began 20 offer TO work az the
rate Of = eeats day, bat, presently, in
the towns no one had -sork for them. and
after time barely any one had . cents
q day wsach they dared invest in labor.
Life ia the little towns halted. The vide
roads which had once been SO busy be-
came the dry veins OF the dead land.
Mean whs.e the chill and tempest OF the
Inevitable winter had gathered in the
north ard swept down upon the deyas-
tated country. The praIries taraaed bleak
ard desolate.
The wind was q direct counterpart Of
the summer. IL came down like wolves Of
ice. And then was the t4sne that from
tisis district came THAI first wall, half i'm
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Japan's Impro , ed Position.
Review OF Reviews.

Va iktNle6s.
1t seems 10 us that one of the u,ost cred.
liable acts of the present administration
at Washington City has been the negotia-
ton Of new treaty with Japan, based
upon recognition OF the fact that Japan
has attained the position of a naturely
developed modern power. The treaty pro-
Vides that after tea years more of the
present system of consular Jurisdiction.
the japanese courts shall have the same
authority 10 try eases which concern an
American IN Japan that the United States
courts now have TO try cases which con-
Germ japanese citizen in this country.
Furthermore, Japan will be at liberty 10
arrange her customs dues without being
bound by treaties which limit the rates OF
duty. the treaty provides for the exten-
s'on OF rights under the patent laws OF
each country 10 the citizens or the other
War y terrible thing. and Its Indirect
effects upon the life and Character OF a
nation are always in some respects both
deplorable and exceeding difficult, 10 ont
grow. Nevertheless this particular war
woal1 seem IN great neny ways to he
dressing 70 Japan. So far as her outward
relations are affected. II has brouph,
promptly from various powers a respect
ana recognition which years OF ordinary
diplomacy could not have obtained. As
10 the effect upon tks japanese people
themselves. the war has so completely
demonstrated the superiority Ct The mod
ern and occidental methods over the an
Client and oriental ways that the reaction
ary party Is practically wiped out OF ex-
istence. The uew civilization which japan
had borrowed and only partially asssani
lated has by virtue OF this war been,
made her OWE. Hencesorth TO one can
say that Japan is playing al European
Ways or Initiating Western civilization.
In testing her new paT.oriy She has deyel-
opsd such skill in its use tina. II would
be impossible 70 return 10 the discarded
outfit Of a generation ago.
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A WORTHY PIONEER.
why Old Mole Can Work In the Earth
80 Fast.

WHY Ola MOlG IAN WORN III tftS $500
80 Fast.
w. r. Hornaday N ST. Nicholas.
Place the wriggling and FESTIVE little
creature upon the ground. on spot
where the ground is not unreasonaniy
hard. so that he may have fair chance
for disappearing. and see what he VIII
do. The instant he touches the earth,
down goes his nose, feeling nervously
here and there for a place 10 start his
drill. In about one second he has found
a suitable spot His nose SINKS into
the soil as il 1t were brad awl, and
with a half-borsng and, half-pushing mo-
ton, and In an instant half your mole 5
head Is buried from view. Now watch
sharply, or he will be out of sight be-
fore you see how he doeN 1t. Up comes
his powerful right foot. sliding close
along the side of his head. straight for
ward. edGewise. TO the end OF his nose.
His five-pointed chisel cuts the earth
vertically until 1t reaches as far for
ward as his short reach will let 1t so;
then. with quick motion. he prizes the
earth sdewise from his nose, and so
makes quite an opening. Instantly the
left foot does the same thing on the
other side, and meanwhile the gimlet-
pointed nose has gone right on boring.
In five seconds. by the watch, his body
IL entirely out q sight, and only his
funny little tail can be seen. In three
minutes he will tunnel a foot, II he Is at
all in a hurry 10 get on In the world.
Desiring to learn just hc& much tunnel
Ing a mole can do in a known number Of
hours. We caught a good large specimen.
and Immediately turned 1t loose In the
middle OF a five acre field of clover. The
grass was SO thin and winter-killed that
the ground was practically bare, but rot
loose like the soil of cultivated field.
Five seconds after the mole received its
freedom II had burrowed out OF sight.
This may seem past belief, but the fact
is vouched for by the official timekeeper.
Sticking stake at the starting point. We
retired and left the digger hard at work.
The start was made at II a. m. and the
direction taken was eastward. BY 6 p.
m. the mole had dug twenty-three feet
in zigzag line. but keeping the same
general direction all the time. and with
out digging any side galleries. By IL a.
m. of the following day the tunnel had
been driven thirty-one feet farther, with
numerous side galleries, and four feet
had been added at the end next to the
starting point In another hour ten feet
had been added TO the extremity, making
sixty-eight feet of main line and thirty
six and one-haif feet OF branches, or a
total of iA l-2 feet OF tunnels dug in
twenty-five hours. The bottom of the
tunnels ran along very evenly about four
inches below the surface. Sometimes the
hole was elliptieal In shape. measuring
one and one-haif inches in width By two
inches In height, and sometimes IL was
triangular, measuring two inches each
way. The surface of the ground was
usually cracked about an inch along the
course of the tunnel
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hglsitIc asjec1iy aal s1oltlly ia the ael.s,
thsis backs bumped sgd iu-aei toward
the eyes Of the Wind. shcsT heads near she
groun3. ;ss.r Tanss blowing ovsr tacsr
EYES Ice crus1$ gAesr s0ft noses. TIE
wTster ssSe3 q farmer thIs maovnlnE: III 9w
VII ySuv horses get through tbs WATER
4 Gont kaow." re replied. calmly Il
atn't got nothing 10 give 'ern got 20
tuFn EN- Ga; Aaa lst 'ena Rustic for fhel<-
selves. ~ course IL <fey get eaoaga 20
tive on. &,} right. an Il they soa't they'l
have 10 xsarve."
'sus ssxpposa shere are ) TEX more Big
storms Ake sh3s ane@''
.-s'es3. Scn'g suppose sAevs0 ee horse
iets re4aa here by pScugh3a' tinse then.
TIE people amt COS nesnsn' 70 fees 'ena
ssssAn 81 shs ssstng- \ Aavss'ik rustic Ter
himself "a she saew. an then wszea IN
spring rains oarae he'B - IA TO pisces
unItss re gets gas8 narsin ard fsesln'
Eszs Ne woa't have nsshsa' IN give err
Eiarses are, as a genera sAgag. cheaper
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Pacrse are row shouting that Nebraska
Is 70 become arid In past years when
rataralls were enormous they shouted thar
Nebraska was 10 become q great pond.
The finai quality % these farmers who
have remained in this portion Of the state
is their faith in the ultimate victory of
the land and their industry. They have
determination to wal. Until nature. with
her mystic processes. restores 10 them the
prosperity ard bounty OF former years.
IL a man stays right in this country.
hen ccue out ali right in the end"
Almost any man IN the district wiz
cease speaking OF his woes 10 recise the
beauties of the times when the great ro!l-
ing prairiss are green and golden with the
spieador OF young corn. the streams are
silver in the light OF the sun. and when
from the wide reads and the Issie home
sseaas there arises the soundisss essence
of hymn from the happy and prosperous
people.
But then there row is booming the
eventual catastrophe that would surely
depopuiase the country. These bssieged
farmers are battling with their condition
with an eye 10 the rest and success OF
next August But IL they can procure
no money with which 10 buy seed when
spring comes around, the calamity that
ensues IS an eternal one. as far as they
and their farms here are concerned. Tney
have no resort then but to load their
families in wagons behind their hungry
horses and set out TO conquer these great
distances, which ike walls shut them
from the charitable care OF other ard
more fortunate communities
In the mean time they depend upon their
endurance, their capacity 10 help each
orher. and their s,eadfast and unyielding
courage STEPHEN CRANE
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y
ETY. of the great banking siaouse mas
been lest no loan be issued at ali.
This anxiety, 1t further appears. was
the cause OF the Rolhschild's Willingness
to take large loaA even though 1t was
not expressly redeenlabie in gold.
The principal reason for this eonces-
sion ON the part of the Rothschilds
Is beginning to be understood on Wall
street The house is embarrassed py
the vast accumulation OF gold IN us
vaults It had, indeed, att one time a
fear that the rapid release of this bull
lion would bring down the price or
gold Itself As 1t Is. the mere rumor
of a release of but $a50. 900 OF ii brought
down the rate of exchange. Nathan
Rothschild himself instructed the Bel
monts not TO let the hoan slip. The
simple truth is that the Rothschilds
themselves were caught in a tight
pace. But Ii was a squeeze of a to-
tally unprecedented nature in financial
circles, being due TO some SS00,0Vo.ovo
In gold which they could not get rid OF.
The China loan, IL seems. went to the
Earrings, and the death of the car
postponed the $500, 900, 900. Russian loan.
The German government now uses no
Rothschiid gold in new loans. and the
Bank of France supplies Austria and
Italy,. II WIS to this country, there
fore. that the Rothschilds looked with
hope. and at no time during the furry
would they have hesitated to advance
the government of the United States
$500. 000. 900 in gold at 5 per cent. The
fact that a. half per cent. higher rate
was insisted upon by the Rothschilds
and conceded by us IS bringing Secre-
tary Carlisle in for much adverse criti-
cisn The mere flight of time makes
the Roshschlds richer, but with $780,
900, 900 idle IL has been going at a
snadl's pace to them for many weeks.
Wall street Is just beginning to realize
this and much disgust is expressed be-
cause our government Is likely acta~
ally to free the Rothchilds from this
embarrassment. Disgust is expressed
because the secretary was SO meek with
them. Our government has actually
freed the Rothschilds from embarrass-
ment.
LORD ROSEBERY'S INTEREST.
1t appears now that Engsands prime
minister has from the start been deep
ly interested in the condition of our
finances. This would be in a meas
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are flying all over the metropolis. TheJ
are very fiamboyant, and as poor WaEd
McAllister used to say. you can hear
them coming. On the Monday befxs
Lent all society will be dancing. There
are eleven balls In town that night.
Lent itself viii probably be devutfa
to clothes and rAtrenchment. Socieiy
is cruelty expensive, and Lent IL genff.
ally recognized as a breathing spen
for economy. Thus II is that the n1ofs
fashionable families dismiss many
OF their iarkeys during the forty 05s
and cut off countless little Iuxufia
The Vanderbilts display rare goa
taste In doing the same They are =
rich that people of position eolid q
easily put 10 confusion by their pro1r
gafity, and they CONSIDERABLY refFs1
from liberality that hurts the feeliHe
Of those less favored by Piutus. ~
this circumstance, among many othen
the popularity OF the vanderhNu
among the Knlokerbocksr families -
due. DAVID wECHsi4ER'
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states, L has beea brousa, about as
nanca b. the general national depression
as by local causes
u Is probable tfsat few years wiu see
the farms in the great Platte river valley
wat@rea by irrigation. hat districts that
have not 81 afSauen.e % water Will de-
pend upoa wsnfrn.ias The wells IN this
ssats never tasl during a droa;h They
fuEsish a. abundance % cool and god
water Some farmers plan To build i2sie
storage reservoirs upon the hillccks % the
prairie. T5ey ars made BY simply throw
ing ~ banks % earth and then altowsug
ssstie 70 sranp3e the interiors unsl a
saT2 Su3 wats--sight bottom IS formed
In this manner a farmer viii be indepsats-
cFsi ~ The mos. terrible eroptbx. /
Tsklng re years n groups OF axe. ~.
saiaEs8 was ~ ssz lowest frusn 1856 - 1870
@ssen ne gegsras average was - 81 iaches
TIE general average p. 1881 1889 and 1853
was 2 s inches Rat 1924 sow enters The
costest sata record Of but IsIe inches
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The keystone of The arnl,

In the ei.flce ot health liz xzgor. Which
means not merely muscular energy. h,,f
an active discharge Of the various fnnr-
flons % the body. such al digestion. secre-
ton Of the bic. sane action OF the bowels
the circulation Of the blood. <s.fS.iyp-
more actively ard thorough eonfrgl,sgfas
20 the united performance Of these fgtnc-
tons than the renowned t0ale asgss rap,x
iat0-. Hosss srfer's Stomach Bsffars IT,.
result OK kEs use - a sFsssssY eafr t.,
str-aEf h. together with the agreeaf,Is
Consciousness tfat the tenure OF ~. ~
being stseGg fesness-sssat ofl<. - iayies up
a store OF vitality against the urayoi4tz ~.
4raughts wSnAch old age makes upon ~.
system. The terrifying Influence ~ the
B.iterS constitute Il rsisabse Szfaza:arFS
against malaria. rhezsTfaf5Esn ard xIdre.-
troable. Appetite ard sleep Improve
rssToS2gh Ms use. and il protects me ssys-
TEN from the effects Of cold ara lamp.
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WAI4DOEFTAN. by the heir OH
creates. branch of the house Of A0e
A memorial fountain Is to be nk11
there. and various local heneAe<w
have already been made. The md
AStor is even now a very great Ga
Waldorf. and the small dignitaries II
the place were on the point of orgaAk
ing a festival in honor of the patauA
which was to have been graced by ~
presence of Mr.. Asfor this sprin
But Mrs. Astor's death interfered via
the plan.
The eccentric little Old man M
totes Mr.. Astor's personal belongsap
about and does his best TO be boz
servant is a Waldorfian specinaens
humanity. Indeed there is large ~
tion In Waldorf Claiming TO be III
lated to the house of Aston thrM4
common descent, and the funny Al
Waldorflan seems to have some SnA
notion OF himself. There Is even most
ment In Waldorf TO have the name 4
the place changed TO Astor,
PRE-LENTEN FEVER.
Never did New York society make
such strenuous efforts to crowd feg(iyis
ties into the immediate pre-Lenten ..
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One Honeat Man.

Dear Editor: Please Inform your re-
ers that IL written 10 confidentislly,
mail In a sealed letter, the plan pursuM
by which | was permanently restored
health and manly yigor. after Year,
suffering from nervous weakness, -
losses and weak. shrunken parts.
| have no scheme to exGort Money ffa
any one whomsoever. l was robbed
swiuiisd by the auacks until n<Az4
lost faith IN manhood. but thank heass7
am now well. vigorous and strong. -
anxious To make this certain means
cure Known To ali.
Having nothing To sell or send g. u. -
! want no money. Address James A. H.
rs. Box AZ. Delray, Mich.
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$3.50 % Nebraska II n desert. Ia reality
the sstuasfon 10 serious. but 1t does not
Include the whole state. However. people
feel THAI thirty counties - pain ana deSIi-
tuition ss sufficient
The blot that is laid upon Sfz@ zap OF
the state begins in the north beyond Gus
Ger county II IN tf1ers about fifty niles
vide IL slowly wb5ene xhen sl a south
warxi direcrlon until II crosses the Platte
rsver. where II Ii over hundred miles in
width. The country to the north ard 10
ere wext OF tails blot Is one Of he finest
grazing grounds In the world. ard the
cats1emen tisere are not suffering. Var
satsne is IN this portion which IL exempt.
To the eastward the blot shades on until
one finds moderate crops.
In June. 1854, the bounteoas. prolific
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THE VALENTINE FAILURES

orders are usua,
~ Placed
January.
when last usosl
ended orders -
found TO be a.
appointing. n
does not apply !
the comics. wsIe
went OF IL
great rate. hat
the highly SD
mental vzE<lr
which faxed D.
some mysteriun
ralSsNsa -
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ROSEBERY AND from its finan-
THAT BARREL. cial plight. So
ardent is this desire that his personal
influence would be exerted with the
Rothschilds to have a speedy conces-
sion in the gold stipulation made. The
premier wishes American support In
the Canadian question. He Is anxious
to quiet the annexation fever by the
inauguration of an imperial parliament
to meet Ing London annually. This par
Lament is TO BE- elected by the British
dependencies all over the world: but
Rosebery'S bold idea is to have the
United States send delegates. Thus,
as he believes. would be laid the
foundation of that federation of
all English-speaking nations, the
establishment of which he fondly
hopes viii De the chief of his
claims to the attention of pos
terity. This claim may seem to be
a wild dream, but Rosebery Is dream
Ing IT. Here IS the origin Of the ex-
trene willingness OF the present Brit
ish government 10 do pretty nearly
everything We ask Friendlness to
America is its motto. Hence the non
interference IN Hawaii. and British In
dcrsement of the Monroe doctrine. The
premier has been a little mortified that
his schemes have been colby RECEIVED
over here. and when Uncle Sam took
the Rothschid barrel with it's Rose
berry pendant and politely handed
them back, ne did not conceal his dis
appointment. Things look Brighter
row and Rosebery and the Rothgchild
barrel are returning ioyously together
The episode Of the gold loan makes
Roseb@ry almost power in America.
MRS. DRAYTON,S MOVEMENTS.
Mrs. Coleman Drayton lived very
pleasantly during her divorce court
vicfssitsides last week. She was out
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man OF note, as 81
financier of stand
ing would have
attracted too
much attention.
This agent was
instructed to use
every possible eff
fort TO influence
the issue OF a
large loan. and in
spite of the
alarming state
ments generally
circulated regard
ing the condi-
ton OF the treas
49, r.NlA q rrN}.
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uTe, eSplicaoie IN
view of his rela-
tionship by mar
rage with the
house of Rotls-
child. But finan-
ciers in New
York have other
re a s o n 8 I o r
X n o W | n & that
ord Rosebery is
anxious TO have
our CO u [ r y
speedily released