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Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

Mayor Harrison has formally declined
to be Il candidate for governor of ILL
nois. Carter has undoubtedly caught a
glimpse of the large and keen AK which
Altgeld and his friends have laid away
Con- him
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

N7AAN-lNN 'ENs
It appears that they we're able to drum
up a few drummers out in Nebraska who
had the time to listen to one Of Mr.. BTyan'S
hard luck talks. In other parts of the
country the commercial traveller is too busy
for that sort Of thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

They say you can reach Il mar through
route. That explains why so many po-
litical patriots are shouting for Kitchen
and n free soup house.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

AS few Nebraska men are familiar
with the use of snowsnocs it is likely
that the invasion of Canada by the Ne
braska brigade will be postponed until
SprinC mt least.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16
Views of an ENncrt.
Chicago Chronicle.

Speaking as an undoubted expert, Mr.. John
u. Rockefeller declares that lit is too late
to argue about the advantages of trusts, ."
and that is true. The advantages TO Mr.,
Rockefeller are obvious in the form OF $780,
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

1t would require a syst m as comp'eX
as the trainsheet of n train dispatcher on
one of the great railroads to keep track
Of the South American revolutions.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

Instead of squandcring $4,000 on new
bridges the county board had Oe''er
spend the money on extending the paVea
r0adwayS.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

Bryan's invasion of the enemy's coun-
try is not 50 much II missionary tour as
it is a search after n vice presidential
running mate with Il 1G to l 'barl.'
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

state Of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.;
George l.. Taschuck, secretary OF Ihe Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn;
says that the actual number OF lulI anu
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee. printed during
the month Of December, 1889, was as iol-
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

100000 or such a matter. The trouble 10
that they are not equally obvious to the peo-
pie who have to contribute the coin.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-16

Puck: First Populist-They say bread
in Kimberley is sellin' at 3 shillin's a loaf
Second Populist-It must be asgravatin
to have SIGH a state of affairs an not be
milo TO blame Il on a trust.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

tumbledown brick dwelling Of consid-
cradle size, which, because of it's con-
dition, was sold to him with several
acres of almost worthless mountain
land for $3.50. 1t stands on the top
of the mountain, screened by dense
foliage from servation--though no
observer ever passes that way save
out of curiosity, and the nearest neigh
Dor, Mr.. William Raudabach, lives
mile away. Mr.. John Vanderbilt bears
we'll his more than 60 years. He is
erect and vigorous, nearly six feet
high, and bears striking resemblance
to the old Commodore Vanderbilt, OF
whom he is a relative. He is not
recluse; he goes often to the post
offices of Iron Hill, Wassergras and
Lower Sancon, receiving mail at the
former Office and sending it from the
latter. He buys supplies and pays
cash. He has mortgages on houses In
South Bethlehem and receives rentals
from property in New Brunswick and
Bound Brook, N ]. The former town
is the source of the powerful Wander
bilt family, the early home of the old
commodore.
In his way John Vanderbilt is
kindly man. A great spider has spun
its web across his doorway; he stoops
on entering that it's home may not
be destroyed A few children are his
only friends, chief among these being
Elmer Kunsman, son of a farmer liv-
ing on the only road that approaches
the place. Elmer keeps a careful look
out down the road, and when strang-
ers approach the boy scampers
through the woods to warn Mr. Van
lerbilt
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Samuel Greeley, commission mer-
chant of Chicago, testified before the
National Industrial Commission in
session in that city, that combina-
ton of five wealthy grain men, Of
which Philip d. Armour is the direct
ing genius, control the price of farm
ers' products. 1t is Armour who has
concocted the foremost competition de-
stroying combination in the West. He
can dictate his rate of freight on any
railroad in or out of Chicago. This
combination between railroads and ele-
vator operators has practically killed
competition in the grain market in the
West, and has left its promoters with
a monopoly OF the market. By hoard
ing immense quantities of grain in the
market center it has given rise to the
professional bear speculaSOr. whose
business it is to hammer dawn the
market, and has brought into exist
ence and made safe the bucket shop.
Thus the railroads, who OWL Inany OF
the elevators indirectly, get IN league
with class Of operators who ought
TO he in the penitentiary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
A Double Twister.

whats the matter, old man? Come,
don't sit there looking that way.
Something's happened, but it won't do
you a bit of good to brood over it.
Let's go to some funny show and
laugh that's the best thing to do
whenever any trouble of this kind
strikes a fellow. None of your folks
sick, | hope?" "Oh, no, it's nothing
of that kind, and | suppose I'm fool
to give the matter second thought,
but it's pretty hard to get a knock OF
this kind without showing that you
feel it. You know that girl was tell
ing you about, whose father is the
vice-president of the p, d. & O. rail-
road?" "Oh, yes. The one you met
down east this summer? Sent your
ring back, has she? Well, didn't l tell
you from the first that she would?
And l thought you looked upon the
matter as nothing but little lark,
anyway" Il did. 1t isn't the return
of the ring that has upset me. She
has not only misspelled my last name,
but she hasn't got my initials right on
the box in which the ring was sent!"
Chicago Times-Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Mark Twain, in a recent article,
treats of lies, spoken and unspoken,
declaring that the silent assertion lie
is the more numerous and the less de-
feasible. He recalls Carlyle's state
ment: This gospel is eternal-that
lie shall not live" and says. ITO me
it is plain that he said it in moment
of excitement, when chasing Ameri-
cans out Of his back yard with brick
bats. They used to go there and wor-
ship. At bottom he was probably fond
of them, but he was always able to
conceal it, He kept bricks for them,
but he was not good shot, and it is
a matter of history that when he fired
they lodged, and carried off the brick;
for, as nation, we like relics, and so
long as we get them we do not much
care what the reliquary thinks about
it. l am quite sure that when he told
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
Efficient Postal Servic 0.

The annual report of the third as
sistant postmaster general contains
strong testimony in favor of the hon
esty and efficiency of the postal service,
writes William E. Curtis in the Chi
cago Record. During the past fiscal
year the postmasters of the United
States and their assistants handled
$196, ,544, of which $95,021,3S4 was
receipts from the sale of stamps, boxes,
money orders, etc., and the balance
was disbursed for various expenses.
OF this enormous sum the entire loss
to the government by burglary, fire,
bad debts, embezzlement and all 9TH
er forms Of carelessness and dishon-
esty was only $19,35S. doubt If any
private firm, bank or corporation, or
any institution in the world that re-
ceives and disburses money, can show
so good record, and yet we keep
talking about the inefficiency and cor
ruption of the public service and other
evils of partisan appointments. 1t may
be said, too, that the customs collec-
lions and the business of the internal
revenue office will show similar evil
rlence of honesty and efficiency in our
public service.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

fort in living at place where you can
tell to nicely just when to expect
shower. This is the case at Panama.
where-so says the Churchman's
shower may be looked for every day
at about three o'clock in the after
noon This is the rule all through
the rainy season. The morning is
clear and the evening, after six
O'Clock, is delightful, and except from
three to six nobody ever thinks OF
carving an umbrella. Not SO at Co
Ion, only forty-seven miles away.
There it rains all the time during the
rainy season, and it never rains but II
pours. Water comes down by the
buckettul At Panama the annual
rainfall is in the neighborhood of nine
feet, while that of Colon is twenty
one feet, and it all comes in five
monthc-an average of four feet a
month. 1t is humorously said of Co
lon that there it takes the people all
the rest of the year, after the rainy
season, to get dry. In the dry season
the heat is intense, the mercury rang
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
AN INCUBATOR OSTRICH.
Account 81 trp First Successful Result
OF That Experiment.

Account rf try First Successful Result
OF that Experiment.
Out at TAI ostrich farm there Is an
other Girica'ey and this time it is the
first incubaifSr Matched baby ostrich in
the Unite-f states, says the FlcClda
Times UniI|. and Citizen. For several
years atte:r.,ts have been made at On
aha and Les Angeles to hatch the eggs
of the ostrich, but so far all attempts
have been unsuccessful. The question
of applying moisture has been the one
problem that has troubled all breed
ers and the uncertainty Of the birds
setting has made it necessary to use
the incubator, II it should be proved
possible. Some time ago Mr.. Camp
bell had half a dozen eggs placed In
an incubator, and has been experiment.
ing ever since. When the eggs were
81 days in the incubator he broke two
of them and found perfectly formed
chicks, with feathers on their backs
and rudimentary tail feathers sprout-
ing. The birds were alive and are now
preserved in alcohol at the showroom
of the farm. Encouraged by this ap-
parent success, he has watched the in
cubator, which, in turn, has nursed the
eggs, and just Al days from the time OF
the first experiment, one of the eggs
showed signs of muscular life, and Mr..
Campbell broke the shell. 1mmedi-
ately a claw was stuck though the in
ner skin of the shell, then another, and
finally a whole foot appeared. Mr..
Campbell waited until the afternoon,
when the bird was about halfway out
to force it's way out of the shells inner
lining, and then the incubator baby
ostrich winked an eye, and he was
put back in the incubator to finish the
process of making his entry into the
world alone. That part of the bird
which was visible was perfectly formed
and was covered with feathers. The
foot had claw about a quarter of an
inch long. The young bird is kicker
and was making valiant struggles to
get into business on it's own account.
Mr.. Campbells success in raising this
bird in the incubator Is in the nature
of valuable discovery. Many hun
bred dollars worth of eggs have been
wasted in experiments and If Mr..
Campbell shall succeed in Matching out
the eggs which are now in the incu-
bator the discovery will be worth thou
sands of dollars. 1t has taken AZ days
careful watching. The thermometer
has been kept at 10 degrees and the
moisture has been applied at intervals
as Mr.. Campbell thought best. The
proprietors of the Los Angeles farm
have long ago given up experimenting
with incubators, having had no sue
cess whatever, but Messrs. Pearson &
Taylor of the Jacksonville farm. on
hearing about the q day result men
toned above, Immediately cabled to a
London, England, concern, for an in
cubator of the same style and pattern
as the concern is manufacturing for the
| farms in Cape Colony and large enough
| to hatch seventeen eggs at time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
To Photograph Approaching Storms.

From London has been reported the
possibility of foretelling a rainstorm
by photography. The Hertz waves,
those bearers of electricity on wireless
telegraphs produce marked effect on
the sensitive Photographic plates. F..
G. Glen demonstrated in the rooms of
the Royal Photograph Company of
London that these electric waves could
be utilized to show the approach of a
storm. From experiments it is seen
that lightning is not one continuous
shaft of light, but is composed Of
numberless rows of sparks, that follow
one another in the same track. This
lightning is the cause Of electrical
waves that are spread out from all
sides by each spark. If we use a CO.
herer with the same relation to the
electrical waves that it has in wire
less telegraphy, but of different
shape, and brought before photo
graphic plate by his arrangement, then
the waves of far distant, approaching
storm operate so positively on this film
that the impending storm can be fore.
told with certainty.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
VANDERBILT. HERMIT
MEMBER OF FAMSHyS FAMILY
ON MOUNTAIN PEAK.
Lives In u Lonely Cottage and Has for
His Friends Spiders and Creeping
Things-He Is as Happy as Can he
In His Lonely Home.

Once a year old John Vanderbilt OF
Hexankopf, CAL, comes barefooted
down the mountains to Lower Sancon,
and buys a mess of coarse cornmeal.
This he packs up the steep slope to
his hut, to form his main food supply
for twelvemonth. Cooked with
water in hoe-cakes favored with sas-
safras root, it forms strange enough
fare for wealthy member Of the rich
est family in America.
Old John Vanderbilt went to the
Hexankopf or Witch's Head noun
tain. many years ago and bought a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

offense is one for which the offenders
must receive life sentence. Beyond
his enforced labor and confinement, the
life of such a French exile need not
necessarily be hard one, since mar
riage is permitted on the island be-
tween the male and female prisoners.
Some OF these marriages are extremely
happy, the French authorities assum-
ing contro. of al children and their
education
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

When a French anarchist gets too
active, his government has the habit
of shipping him off to the lonely is
land of New Caledonia, the accom-
panying illustration being from re-
cent photograph of group of these
same French anarchists in exile on the
island. The government rarely sends
to New Caledonia prisoners convicted
for the first time, unless, Of course, the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
Sneaker Henderson's Gavel.

Speaker David B. Henderson's gavel
is made from rosewood brought from
Manila by Capt. Charles V. Mount,
captain of the Shenandoah company
in the Fifty-first regiment. He Sc
cured the wood from the Spanish bat
tleship Reina Christina, Admiral Mon
tejo's flagship. The gavel, which is
now ready. is inlaid with gold. and
each end of the mallet is solid gold.
Speaker Henderson's monogram and
the state and national coats-of-arms,
are inlaid in gold, and in the handle
are As gold stars. Its cost is 5000.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

F'riend-Why do you have such mis-
spelled and ungrammatical signs in
your front window? Sharp Tradesman
People think Pm Ounce, and COM
in to swindle me. Trades booming!~-
Stray Stories.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

ing from eighty to ninety degrees, day
and night. There is little difference
in the temperature after dark, but 1T
is possible to adapt ones self to the
conditions of the place, and there is
a certain fascination about it that, in
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
THE ARMORED TRAIN IN MODERN WAR.

that large one about a lie not being
able to live he had just missed an
American and was over-excited. He
told it about thirty years ago, but it is
alive yet; alive and healthy and hearty
and likely to outlive any fact in his
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
THE HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE.
In Which American Women VIII Go t.

South Africa as Nurses.
The hospital ship Maine, now being
fitted out in London for service in the
South African war, is owned by the
Atlantic Transport Line, of which b.
N. Baker, of Baltimore, is president,
Mr. Baker has given the ship to the
British government free of cost and
he will personally pay the expenses Of
operating the vessel, which amount
to $4,000 per month. A number oil
American women have already sailed
for England to join the Maine and to
work in its service as nurses. The
company will be under the direction
of Miss M. E. Hubbard. Among its
members are Misses Virginia Lude-
kens, Jennie A. Manly, Sarah c. NC
Vean, and Margaret j. Mcpherson,
The last named is native of Mary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

The important part which the ar
nored train is destined to play in the
war of the future has been pretty well
shown by the way in which the rail-
way ironclad has been made use Of
Turing the struggle now going on be-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Pleasure is very seldom found where
1t is sought. Our brightest hlazes OF
gladness are commonly kindlee by uu-
expected sparks.-Johnson.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

shooters, and asid back for a consider
able length Of ti:Le superior force OF
the enemy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

tory. Carlyle was truthful when calm,
but give him Americans enough and
bricks enough and he could have taken
medals himself"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

the case of some people, seems to
make up for the heat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05

Very Wet
There Is a certain amount of COM
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-01-05
MISS M. e. HIBBARD AND THE
MAINE.

land and was in the United States
army service at Fort Hamilton from
September, 1898, to February, 1899.
The surgeons who accompanied these
ladies were Drs. George e. Dodge and
Harry H. Rodman, of New York, and
DR.. Charles H. Weber. of Philadelphia.
The fitting out of the ship is under
the direction of Lady Randolph
Churchill.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-22

A lively experience with twelve
foot striped shark came to Boatmen
Harry johnson and Bob Barnard, re-
lates the San Francisco Chronicle.
Tney were fishing between Mission
Rock and Goat Island when they saw
the shark. 1t followed them persist
emily, and once when it came boldly
up to the boat the boatmen set upon 1t
with oars, stretcher and gaff. A blow
from the big brutes tail came near
capsizing the Whitehall. Barnard
barely escaped being drawn into the
sea through sinking the gaff into the
body of the shark, which set off at a
terrible speed, pulling the boat after
him. 1t was so weak from the blows
and from loss of blood that it was
finally conquered. In the fight the
boatmen broke one oar and stretcher.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-22

Five of the elephants attached to the
circus Of Lord George Sanger escaped
from the large tent in which they had
been hobbled for the night at Dart
ford, England. They were found de-
vouring the contents Of bakers shop,
having smashed a large plate-glass
window in the shop front and eaten all
the bread and pastry they could find
and then beginning to destroy some
bags Of flour. Four of the elephants
Charlie, Edgar, H. R. H. and Mary
were escorted back to the tent, but
Minnie could not be found anywhere.
She subsequently was discovered mile
and half away, quietly sleeping near
a conservatory in a market garden.
She had amused herself by smashing
the windows of the conservatory, de-
stroying quantity Of valuable flowers
and eating big lot Of vegetables.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-22

the carrier can probably sleep as com.
fortably in his saddle as anywhere
else.
The hardships sometimes encount.
cred by the rural carriers are shown
in the photograph of rural carrier in
Northern Ohio returning from trip
when the thermometer was forty de.
grees below zero. Yet, though the
First Assistant Postmaster General
reports that there are several girls
acting as bonded rural carriers, few
instances are recorded of their failing
to make their daily trips, either in
the coolest storms of winter or the
blazing heat of summer.
One question which has received
grave consideration by the Depart
ment is the insecurity and improper
character of the mail boxes put up.
On this subject the First Assistant
Postmaster General says:
In the early days of the service,
when neither Congress nor the Post
office Department, as then organized,
held out any hope that rural free de-
livery would prove more than tran
STORY experiment, extreme careless
ness was manifested as 10 the kind OF
receptacles put up as rural free de-
livery boxes. Tomato cans, cigar
boxes, drainage pipes up ended, soap
boxes and even sections of discarded
stove pipes were used as mail boxes,
and were frequently placed in hedge
rows or other inconvenient spots out
of reach of the carrier.
The Department has entered upon
systematic effort to correct this cou
dition of things, and recommends.
ton is made that the Government pro.
vide uniform boxes and mountain
! them, charging a moderate rental.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-22

This country is learning that ethical
considerations like these are most in
tensely practical, and that study of
such problems is what the country
needs for a truly larger growth. But
figures are deduced in the report to
convince those to whom figures are
the only tangible evidence. So the
report sets forth that whenever the
system has been started properly, it
has been followed by these results:
Increased postal receipts. More
letters are written and received. More
newspapers and magazines are sub
scribed for. So marked is this ad-
vancement that many rural routes al
ready pay for themselves by the addi-
tional business they bring.
Enhancement of the value of farm
lands reached by rural free delivery.
This increase in value has been esti-
mated at as high as $5 an acre in some
States. A.moderate estimate is from
81 to So an acre.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-22
Kaiser,s Great Ring of State.

Whenever the Emperor of Germany
is engaged in an important function,
either imperial or royal, those near
him notice that should he by any
chance take the glove off his left hand
he wears on the middle finger a large
ring--a square, dark-colored stone set
in massive gold.
The story is that the ring is an old
heirloom in the Hohenzollern family,
dating from the time when the ances-
tors of the Kaiser-the Margrafs of
Nuremberg-followed their leaders to
the capture of the Holy Sepulchre
from the Moslems.
Margraf, of Ulrich, who lived in the
thirteenth century, was an adventur.
GUS prince, and it is believed that the
ring which the Kaiser now wears came
into Ulrich's possession after hard
fought battle under the walls of j erusa-
lem. 1t belonged to one of Saladin' s
successors, and in some unexplained
manner it found its way on to the fin
ger of the German Knight.
Some one of the Nuremberg Mar
grafs obliterated the sentence from
the Koran which originally adorned it
and engraved u Latin cross in its
place
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-02-22

The lakes of Central South Africa
are no longer sacred to native canoes
and the roughly constructed sailing
vessels which have formed so import
ant part in the trade with she inter,
ior of Africa. Lake Tanganyika is the
latest point to be invaded with an
iron steamer. Her name is Cecil
Rhodes, -
She was shipped from London td
Chinde to be transported in sections
through the mountains on the eNsl of
this lake, which is the centre of The
chain of lakes of which Victoria
Nyanza is the northeast link.
The importation of this class OF
steamers will, it is thought, facilitate
the trade with the natives of Nasal
land and other countries which the
lakes traverse, and will prove far su-
perior to the previously used Wooden
vessels because of their speed and
durability. The experiment will be
watched with interest here, and il
successful, will revolutionize tht
methods of trade now in vogue IL
Central Africa.