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Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
Denths of "A Day.

FREMONT, Neb,, Dec. 3-(speclal. Paul
Kretsinger died here suddenly last night of
Bright's disease, aged 32 years This sum
mer he went TO kaufman, Germany where
he was born, intending 10 remain there. He
had not served his time in the army before
leaving for this country and was soon placed
under arrest. Through the efforts of the
American consul he was released and re-
turned to Fremont about six weeks ago. He
leaves considerable property, consisting OF
widow and FIVE children survive him. His
father is one of the leading clergymen OF
the Lutheran church in Germany.
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.-Charles Butler,
philanthropist and lawyer, died at his home
ia this city today. Mr.. Butler was born at
Kinderhook Landing, n. Y, in February
1902. His mother was descendant of Oliver
Cromwell.
Butler entered the law office of Martin
Van Buren in his native town. Then he set
tied IL Geneva, N. Y. In 1925 Mr.. Butler
took stage journey across Ohio and Indiana
He closed his trip at little settlement OF
200 inhabitants at the southern end Of Lake
Michigan, and said il would some day be the
largest inland city in America. Two year,
later he sent his brother-in-law, William Og
den 10 make his residence there, aud wheI
nhe village became ahe city OF Chicago Mr.
Ogden was its first mayor. In 1884 Mr.. But
Ter came TO this city and entered upon tn,
practice of law. His philanthropy was far
reaching.
BEATRICE, Neb, Dec. is.-lspeeial Tele
gram)-C. E. Harris. travelling man VIII
removed from Atlantic. Ia, about two mnath
ago. died suddenly last night OF heart failure
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
south Dakota News Notes.

Iceurance rates at Pierre have been raised
20 per cent.
The residents of Two Bit mining camp
want postofice established there.
The announcement OF the suspension OF the
Leather Blade was premature, but it will
probably be discontinued with the close OF
the year.
thousand teachers are expected to at
te2d the convention of the South Dakota
Educational association in Sioux Falls begin
ming the 27th.
Several hundred Mitchell people were dis.
appointed one night last week because Ex.
Senator ingalls, failed to keep his lecture
appointment.
On the Redemption group In Richmond
Hill, Black Hills, M. Eilenberg has drlfted
Into vein of ore running $3.50 in gold ant
25 per cent lead
More than 200 settlers on the Homestead
lands of South Dakota have made contribu
tions TO funG ~ maintain lobby in Wash
ington to look after the free homesteadi
bill.
Deputy Oil Inspector De Woody of Aber
deem has condemned more than / 600 barrels
OF kerosene oil since entering upon hi
duties He recently inspected and coz
demned "a large quantity at Mibank, Web
ster. Britten and other places
The business done at the Aberdeen lant
office for the month OF November exceeded
10 proportions that OF any previous period O
thirty days for year or more past Thert
were fOrty-hye timber culture proofs, EN-
| braelng 1900 acres: twenty-four Homestead
proots, embracing s.i20 acres; thirty-fou
| homestead entries, embracing over 400
acres There were four commuted home
stead proofs, and the eseh receipts for tn
month were s1,034.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Supreme Court Opinions.

PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 1S.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-In the supreme court today opin-
ions were handed down by Conscn in, the fol-
lowing cases: Mlnnehaha National bank of
Sioux Falls against H. C. Toney, Minnehaha
county, reversed; John c. Freemari end Cora
Manser, interyenor against the City OF
Huron, Beadle county, affirmed. The insur-
@nce department has granted permission TO
do business in South Dakota to the Gtens
Falls Fire Insurance company Of Glens
INalle N Y
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
UTAH,s IRRIGATION PROJECT
Many Acres 10 De Made Fruitful by
the Use of Irrigation Ditches.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec 13.-(Special.)-
One of the greatest irrigation projects ever
entered upon has just been launched here
by the signing of a contract with the state
by the Lake Bonneville Water and Power
company. By this contract 250,000 acres Of
land are segregated for irrigation by the
company which in turn undertakes the con-
structlon of a plant that will cost upward
of So, 900 900. 1t will include three great
reservoirs and 72O miles of laterals and
canals. For seventeen miles through Sewer
canyon the main canal will be blasted. For
labor alone 81 500 900 will be expended
within the next two years. Work will be
begun in February on the project The lands
to be irrigated are fertile table lands in
Sewer and Midland counties, but too high
for irrigation by any inexpensive method.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
Judge Passes Sentence.

RAPID CITY, S. D., Dec. 13-(Special)- J.
Saturday. Judge Gardner, presiding at the
Pennington county court passed sentences
upon the following persons: Fred Williams
convicted Of grand larceny, five years In the
pen!tentiary at hard labor; Frederick Rich
ardscn, grand larceny, five years at hard
labor; Gilbert Rock and Paul Faulkner
grand larceny, were each given four years
at hard labor and Earnest Hoover, con.
victed of burglary, was given three years
and six months.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
Coal Vein Near Greeley.

GREELEY, Colo, Dec. 1S.-(Special.)-A
new coal mine has recently been uncovered
near Greeley. About thirty days ago James
Mulllo end Elby Wo,aver. believing there
was coal near bluff eight miles southwest
OF Greeley, sunk a shaft, and after going
down twecty-six feet struck a twenty-six-
inch vein OF fire-leoking coal. II resembles
the Camel variety, burning with a clear
eandle-light fame, and throws out an abun-
dance of heat.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
For a Secretary OF Mininr,

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. lS.-(special.)- y
Chairman Ford of the committee on Mines
and Mining of the Transmississippi CONNER
eiai congress has sent out a call for a meet
ing OF the committee to be held In this city
January % for the purpose OF taking such
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
Found Dend,

MILLER, S. D.. Dec. 13.-(Special Tele-
gram. Am old man named Swab was found
dead southeast of here lgtst night. No par
tIculsrs are learned. though foul play ie
suspected
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14

J. A. Perkins OF Antiquity. o., was for
thirty years needlesSly tortured by physi-
clans for the cure o. eczema He was
quickly cured by using DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve, the famous healing salve for piles and
skin disnAses. MA
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14

The remains win be taken to Iowa for burial
WASHINGTON. Efd 13.-1he War de-
partme1a has beenilhtormed OF the death
today at Butler, Pa. Of Colonel j. c. Mckee,
surEeon- II S. A.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
FROM THE FARTHER WEST

steps as may be deemed advisable toward
securing a national executive department OF
mines and mining. Like committees from
the International Gold Miners association
and the California Miners association are
expected to meet at the same time and place.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14
CnndIdntes Are PLENTY.

, CHEYENNE, Wyo, Dec. 12.-The vacancy
upon the supreme court bench of Wyoming.
olused by the death OF Chief Justice Coma
way, is attracting a large lumber of appli-
cants for the position, which will be filled
by appointment by Governor Richards.
Among the candidates whose claims have
become public are Hon. S. w. Downey OF
Laramie, who has the support OF Albany
county. John +. Chiles OF Sweetwater county
is candidate, hasng his claims upon the
fact that Judge Conaway was from Sweet
water county. From Weston county Judge
Vosburgh is a candidate and from Johnson
county c. H. Parmallee
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14

the state OF Wyoming. The work In the
mires Is being pushed 10 the utmost and
three shifts are being worked constantly.
Thirty dwelling houses have been completed
and occupied. Al the mines two engine
houses. dynamo room. boiler house. black
smith shop doctors office, barn, and steam
heat boiler house have been built The mine
store and boarding house and the company
Offices will be heated by steam. The screens
and other machinery on the surface Of the
miue will be operated by electricity. Be
Fides the company buildings there ore three
saloons. a ge-eral store. two restaurants, a
bakery and nine residences. a big stone
hotel Is being put UP and viii be ready for
occupancy before the close Of winter.
Charged with Robbinr the Mails
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec 1S,-(Special
Telegram.)-T. J. Lilliard, en educated half
breed Indian from Montana, was arrested
here this evening charged with robbiog the
United States mails Lilliard denies his
guilt He admits calling for and receiving
letters at various postoffices in the west ed-
dressed to other names than his own, but
claims to have had authority to do SO, and
| that none Of the letters contained money.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14

Lively Coal Camp.
KEMMERER, Wyo., Dec. 1S.-(Speeial.)-
This is becoming the llyliest coal camp in
Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-14

~ tobh At NAO
into a cancer of
the most malig-
nant type. The
best physicians
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13
Has Little influence.

As Senator Stewart, the p~atriarehal
silver orator and bicycle rider, was
passing through n Of the small parks
in Washington, he met a lady who is
engaged in performing heroic work for
the independence of Cuba. In the
course of a brief conversation the lady
asked the Senator if he did not think
President Mckinley would soon do
something towards terminating the re.
bellion. Receiving a negative reply,
she expressed considerable surprise and
said:
"Wby, it looks to me as if this Ad-
ministration should take some actionl
Everybody has expected great things
from Mi. Mckinley in the direction of
freeing Cuba. You do not mean to
tell me that he has lost all interest in
the matter?n
"No,'' said the Senator, sit is not
that. But, notifying as the confess
sion is, the truth must be told. As a
matter OF plain fact Mr.. Mckinley has
but very little influence with the pre-
sent Administration, apd hence there
is no likelihood of anything definite and
beneficial being done for Cubs.n
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13

Chiefly by its newness and of q GER
tain cosmopolitan aspect, says William
Allen White in the Atlantic, the Kan.
sas town differs from villages else.
where in the United States, and pre-
sents a few interesting variations from
the common type. The largest town
in the commonwealth has hardly forty
thousand inhabitants. Most of the
county-seats in the eastern half of the
state, where the rainfall is copious,
and where crops are bountiful and
regular, contain about three thousand
persons each. The county-seat is in
the strictest sense a country town.
The inhabitants live almost entirely
upon the tributary country. There
are no factories. The money that the
farmers of the county spend for food,
clothing, fuel, and the comforts of the
farm home is the cash capital upon
which the town does its business.
This capital is passed from the grocers
to the clothing merchants, to the
furniture dealers, to the hardware
sellers, and to professional men. In
the older communities of the Eastern
and Middle states, necessity has de.
veloped factories, which convert raw
material into finished products, and
money from the outside world comes
in. But Kansas is yet hardly a gem
Grafton old, and it has not entered the
manufacturing era Of industry.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13

Most men Of genius have been giants
Or dwarfs, or at least have been tall or
short, according to Havelock Ellis.
He does not say, however, that all
giants and dwarfs are geniuses. Mr..
Ellis has looked up the dimensions of
over 800 gifted men, and he finds that
142 were tall, 1876 short and seventy
four Of middle height, which he places
ct between Eve feet four and five feet
nine.
Any one can follow out this line Of
comparison. To take a few familiar
n~smes-Washington and Wellington
were tall, SO we're Sherman and Gus
ter. Napoleon, Grant and Sheridan
were short. Lincoln was the tallest
Of our Presidents, except the first.
Grant probably was as short as any.
General Roberts Is so short as to be
called Little Bobs. And Mcclellan
was called Little Mac.
Another fruitful subject Of inquiry
would be the size of heads of noted
men. General Miles has n Of the
largest and finest shaped heads ever
known, ranking with the celebrated
Uranium of Daniel Webster. On the
other hand, Emerson had one of the
smallest of heads.-New York Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13
Somenciature Of our Navy Yards.

There is something peculiar about
the nomenclature Of the navy yards Of
the United States. For instance, the
New York navy yard is in Brooklyn.
the Portsmouth navy yard is at Kit
tery, Me-, and the Norfolk navy yard
is located OF Portsmouth, Va. As ex-
planned at the Navy Department, the
official designation of these yards by
the names they now bear is due to the
condition Of the postal system ct the
time of their establishment. The pos
tai system was not SO good then as it
is at present, and the yards were
named after the nearest large cities
for the sole purpose Of expediting the
I delivery Of the mails intended for
Them. Even now 1t is said that mail
addressed to the New York navy yard
is delivered to the persons for whom
it istintended earlier than would have
been THE case if it had been addressed
to them at the navy yard, Brooklyn.
This statement is corroborated by Off
GERS who have been stationed at that
| yard, and the same state Of affairs is
said to prevail at the Norfolk and
Portsmouth yards. So far as known
this is tile only reason why the official
nisnomer in the matter of the location
of the Three yards named remains I'M
corrected. Inasmuch, however, as
Brooklyn has been absorbed by New
York, the navy yard in the former
eity may more properly be called the
"N9w York navy yard" than was form
srly the case.-Washington Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13

Joe Henley, the Kansas City wheel
man, who has performed some daring
cycling feats on the high bridge Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail
way, over the Missouri River, set all
his former efforts at naught Sunday af-
ternoon. He rode the eastern outer
edge of the structure on q racing wheel
which had been stripped OF its tires and
handle bars. As an appetizer for this
perilous feat he rode the lofty bridge
and trestle without pedals. A. N.
Davis, H. d. Spellman, Martin Brother
son, James Cummings, G. E. Morri-
son and G. F. Starr were with Henley
and are ready to make affidavit to the
performance kansas City Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13
PEARLS OF

Reckless youth makes rueful age.
Moore.
Cultivation to the mind is as neces-
sary as food to the body.-Cicero.
A life spent worthily should be
measured by deeds, not years.-Sheri-
dan.
Common sense in an uncommon de-
gree is what the world calls wisdom.
-Coleridge.
o, what a tangled web we weave,
when first we practice to deceive
Walter Scott.
The ~earnestness of life is the only
passport to the satisfaction Of life
Theodore Parker.
I hate to see things done by halves.
II it be right, do it boldly-if it be
wrong, leave it undone.-Gilpin.
To persist in doing wrong extenu-
ates not the wrong, but makes it
much more heavy.-Shakespeare.
There is nothing more universally
commended than a fine day; the rea-
son is people can commend it without
envy.-Shenstone.
Inquisitive people are the tunnels
Of conversation; they do not take any
thing for their own use, but merely to
pass it ON to others.-Steele.
To take for granted as truth all that
is alleged against the fame of others,
is a species of credulity that men
would blush at on any other subject.
Jane Porter.
Set it down as q fact to which there
are no exceptions, that we must labor
for all that we have, and that nothing is
worth possessing, or offering to others,
which costs us nothing John Todd,
Intoxicating drinks have produced
evils more deadly, because more con-
tinuous, than all those caused to man
kind by the great historic scourges of
war, famine and pestilence combined.
Gladstone.
Let no mar be sorry that he has
done good, because others have
done evil. If o man has acted right,
he has done well, though alone; if
wrong the sanction of all mankind
will not justify him. Fielding.
The greatest and noblest work in the
world and an effect of the greatest
prudence and cure, is to rear and build
up a man and to form and fashion him
to piety, justice, temperance and all
kinds of honest and worthy actions
Tillotson.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13
rs.. con.

Several men gathered about n horse
zeal the western market In Detroit.
says the Free Press, commenting upon
the prominence Of the beasts ribs and
general lean and lankiness. The AMI.
NAL belonged TO q farmer living near
lYpsilanti, and, it was said, o per.
United grass TO grow under its feet on
the road. The farmer was not pleased
With the remarks and the strong infer
ehces that the poor thing had never
realized the sensation Of corn and oats.
what do you call your horseq"
was asked.
Cyclone; and don't he look it?p re-
Piled the man from the rural districts.
"Cyclonei What . name. He q r
tainly looks as II one had struck him"
That's what happened to him, nv
friend. 1t was just like this. You re-
member the awful breeze we had out
to Ypsilanti about three years ago?
This Teller was q sucking colt at the
time, and was in the barn with two
horses. The cyclone, regular oldhum-
mer, came along and thrashedth barn
on its legs and dropped it nigh onto
100 yards away. After the twister had
raised all the hob. fences and sheds it
could we went out TO look things up.
The two horses were stone dead, and
the colt, would you believe it, was no.
where to be found.
Next day I turned over the hen
coop, which lay in the field half o mile
away. Right in that coop and lying
on the door, which faced down, was
the colt. He commenced kicking when
he heard us, and we took him out in
a hurry. He wasn't scared o bit, 1
tell you, and vas cool as o cucumber.
The neigbbors say they saw the coop
goin' through the air aud the colt af-
ter it. The little Teller caught the
coop and got inside of it to save him
self, that's what he did. That's the
plain truth, and il you don't believe
it ask the colt. Good-day, strangers"
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13
Z E~NcANrApA.r
fascinating Traditions of h Lony elf
which Prof. Libby IL to Try TO Scale.

fascinating Traditions OF the Loffy elf
which Prof. Libby IL to Try to scaic.l
The scheme Of Prof. Libby or
Princeton university to scale the
rock 700 feet high in the Acoma terri
tory in New Mexico, has already been
brought to the notice of the Pathfind'
err readers. In connection with this
coming expedition, which is now en-
route it is interesting to know some
thing about the marvellous history
more properly, tradition-of this ZEN
chanted" rock. "Mesa Encantada" is
rightly named if the and
tradition connected with it be true, as
in part they they must be.
Near the centre Of the plains OF
Acoma-a vast expanse Of wild prairie
land situated west by south Of Al
buquerque, N. NJ, some seyenty-hye
miles, rises a rectangular rock OF red
and gray sand stone, shaped like the
figure 8, with perpendicular sides 700
feet high. This rock is called Mesa
Encantada" enchanted mesa. The
top of this elevated table land covers
an area of about forty acres. From
the top project, horizontally, great
craggy points of rock which make the
summit wholly inaccessible. Yet on
this very top, on that stony tableland
700 feet above their fellow-men, lived
at one time a colony of men, women
and children. Way back in the six
teenth century 1900 village Indians
so the story goes-built their rude
but frugal homes of stone and sun
dried bricks up there and lived safer
from intrusion than if they were in a
walled fortress. But how did they
get there? How, indeed did the prim-
tive Indians reach the top of MESA
Encantada''-a feat that great mod
ern scientists are working hard to
accomplish?
Besides, these people did not only
scale it once. For what could they.
live on up there2 They had gardens
of corn, chill and beans away down IN
the valley far beneath, their cattle
grazed at the great rocks foot. As
cent and descent had to be made every
day, aud made it was. And this is
how it was as wonderful as some an
cient fairy tale. On the east side OF
the great rock mountain they had cut
in the stone for about 800 feet up,
narrow steps. Where the steps
stopped was a landing, and n great
arch, even like a cathedral entrance.
Lo, beholdtas the fairy tale would put
it, the great arch led into the very
depths of the rock itself, whence
another and another flight Of steps
hewn out from the rock, led up and
up to the very top-the plateau itself.
BY this labofioua, hidden path, the
Esopian ascent, those ingenious and
Industrious people overcame the diff
Guilty of the projecting crags.
But safe as these red folks thought
they were up there, n day-as the
story goes-a horrible thing occurred,
and "sMesa Encantada" freed herself
from her burden of humans for ever
unless 70 be sure Prot. Libby con
quers here once again.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13

DIR. James Reidis to Queen Victoria
what DIR. Schweniger has been to
Prince Bismarck. And the keeper of
the monarch's health has even a more
important duty than the keeper Of the
monarch's conscience. AT the same
time Sir James Reid has always had q
much easier patient in the Queen than
his brother physician has had in the
ext Chancellor of Germany. A patient
who, like Prince Bismarck, would
swallow vast quantities of porter and
champagne, sometimes needed careful
~doctoring. The Queen has been en-
lowed by nature with a first rate con-
stitution, Of which she has taken good
care.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13

The State Of New Jersey has had
some experience with farm values, be
cause it invested some OF its Sinking
Funds in farm mortgages: The loans
averaged $40, 900 to each farm and the
State has had to become proprietor of
considerable desirable real estate.
These farms the State rents on shares
half the crop. The State expended on
these farms last year, S|1,317.57, and
received S1,613.24, an averaged profit
of $40. A farmer writing to the Dover
IadeG or the above facts, concludes
that ''the object lesson in which the
State gives to owners of farm property
is that our taxes on a farm valued at
$4,000 should not exceed $40. This
would give the farmers half the crop
and pay taxes with no margin for emer-
gencies. I would suggest that the
State should own all the farms and
lease them out to the farmers for the
crop and exempt from all taxes.n
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13

She was standing alone on the
beach, gazing pensively on the ocean.
A youth approximation paused.
.No," he murmured, l will not dis,
turb the current of her thoughts. She
is communing with the godsl't
Then she saw him and, turning
toward him, said:
81 say. misterl How fur does this
here millpond go, and whar'bouts does
it stop at?'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13

The Bayonne Democrat carries at the
head of its column irregular Newspafe
er-Men'sN Nomination for Governor,
Sheffield Phelps, of Jersey City" If
he takes as his platform EVERY news.
paper shall have the laws to print,n he
will undoubtedly get elected. If every
newspaper man would not advocate
any other where would they be.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-13
DEhIGHTFuL VACATION "TRIP
Tom to the North via Pennsyiya-
mia Railroad,

$3.50 @htA - tAhHg
mia Railroad,
Visiting Watkins Glen, Niagara
Falls, Thousand Islands, Quebec, Mon.
treal, Au Sable Chasm, Lake Chan,
plain and Lake George, Saratoga, aud
the Highlands OF the Hudson. Leave
Philadelphia by special train August
II. The tour will be in charge of one
of the company Tourist agents. An
experienced chsperon viii also accom-
pany the party, having especial charge
Of u~nescorted ladies.
The rate of 500 from New York,
Brooklyn, Newark, Trenton, Philadel-
phia, Harrisburg, Baltimore and Wash.
ington covers railway and boat fare for
the entire round trip, rarlor-car seats,
meals On route, hotel entertainment,
transfer charges, carriage hire-in fact,
every item OF necessary expense.
For detailed itinerary, tickets, or any
additional Information, address -FOUR
list Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany, 1l9o Broadway, New York; $50
Fulton Street, Brooklyn; or Geo. w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadtl.
phia.