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Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
IN WORkINCNAN'S CONTINENT
Frank G, Carpenter to Begin a New Series
Of Travel Letters.
NEW ZEALAND RUN BY LAB0RlNGnEN
First Letters Arc from This Interest
ing Land of Gold Mines, sheep
Farms md FactOries-Edwnrd
BclIamy Lands of Present.

Next Sunday The Bee will begin the publi-
cation OF a new series OF travel letters by
Frank G. Carpenter. They will cover, all
told, about 10000 miles of out of e-way
journeys through some of the least known
parts OF the globe, including Farther India
Malaysia, the Dutch East Indies, the South
Seas, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand
the Samoan islands and Hawaii.
After leaving China Mr. Carpenter started
out to visit the principal colonies of the
Pacific ocean, to investigate for US how the
great nations of Europe are bearing the
white mans burden" with view to CIV
ing to Uncle Sam some object lessons as
to his management OF the Philippines and
Porto Rico.
The first colony visited was that of the
French in Cochin China, and Farther India,
and then the thriving settlements of John
Bull at the Strait Of Malacca.
From Singapore Mr. Carpenter went to
Java, the leading island OF the colonial en-
pire OF the Dutch in the East Indies, and
from there took ship and travelled TO the
eastward through the vast archipelago
which lies south and east OF the Philip
pines He had the ssistance of the Dutch
governor general of the East Indies and
the colonial officials In his Investigations,
Porneo, Sumatra, the Celebes and other
Islands, the names OF which are compare
lively unknown. He describes the changes
that are going on in New Guinea, the big .
gost island of the world which is now
owned by the Dutch, the English and the
Germans.
From Java his journey was along the
northern coast OF Australia TO Torres
strait through the Coral seas and thence
down inside the Great Barrier reef and on
clear to the bottom Of the Australian con-
tinent,
From Melbourne the capital OF Victoria,
he crossed over to Tasmania, the Van Die
mans land of our Biographies. He shows
how this island. once supposed to be a
desert, has now rich colony owning some
of the finest sheep OF the world, and how
its people are now making fortunes out Of
its gold, silver and other minerals.
From Tasmania Mr., Carpenter went TO
New Zealand and thence sailed for five days
north to look up our possessions in the
Samoan islands, from where, later, he took
ship for our new America in the Hawaiian
islands
This Is the journey in a nutshell, but II
gives no idea OF its extent and interest.
The trip was almost as long as one around
the world II will bring forth more inter
esting information than any recent tour
Of the globe, for the reason that most OF
it is over new paths and in comparatively
unknown countries.
The Australian and New Zealand letters
interest which now exists in those coun-
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

tries. New Zealand has within the past
few months attracted great attention the
world over, Situated away down on the
edge of the south pole, far below the
equator, in the heart of the South Pacific
ocean, It has become the center OF all sorts
of new ideas in labor movements It's
people are attempting to work out in their
own way the problems OF capital and labor.
The country is run by the workingman,
the laborers fixing their hours OF work and
wages, and practically saying how their dis
putes shall be arbtrated with their em-
ployers. The same thing largely prevails
in Australia, and the two countries may be
called the workingmans continent.
Mr. Carpenter has gone through them
with his eyes open He has interviewed
the statesmen, has talked face to face with
the laboring men, and will report things
just as they are. The instructive nature
OF these letters cannot be overestmated
They will be full OF valuable interest, and
no one who wishes to be UP to the times
in current questions can afford TO miss
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
EVERYBODY EATS PEANUTS
Rural Swain and His Freckled Sweetheart
Are Not Alone.
THEIR CITY COUSINS HAVE THE FAD
'h"'s with Commission Men Reveal u
Remarkably Active state of
Traffic In Goobcrs-From
Mansion TO Howell

The peanut, the humble product of tho
wornout soil of Virginia, which everyone
processes to despise and which is generally
accredited with being the peculiar dssipa-
tlOh or the countryman and his sweetheart
plays "A more important part in the economy
OF omaha than is generally believed.
conservative estimate of the "goobers''
handled by Omaha wholesalers places the
amount at 100000 pounds, of which proba-
bly, one-half is consumed annually In the
city.
Just where the story that the consump-
ton OF peanuts Is greater in the country
than In the city originated Is not known,
but local retail dealers assert that it is not
borne out by their experience. One OF tho
centrally located dealers said:
THE peanut trade OF Omaha is as staple
as that of sugar and coffee / have a regu-
larIy established line of trade and can all
most tell each day which OF my customers
VIII call on me, The trade is limited 10 no
class, The newsboys buy them and between
their sales of papers and their shouts con-
tehtedly munich the nuts. Dignifed iudpcs
VIII stop as they pass each morning and Law
IN supply to last them all day. Peanuts
ana watermelons are two of the tbippa
which make the world akin They 20 into
the mansion and the hovel, the rlngsido and
the court room; that Is the peanuts do
Every class and condition OF men patropize
the peanut roaster."
TINS tribute to his stock-in- trade is not
uhmeritcd If one Is 20 believe the reports
OF the dealers The record breaking Sales
OF these nuts are made on HOLIDAYS Tho
highest record made by one dealer in the
city Is $50 pounds which was sold on the
day Of the Ak-Sar-Bon parade. The aver
age sale OF the same dealer will run about
200 pounds week
rms IS the nut with no treatment but
roasting II is one OF the nuts most sug.
ceptlble TO treatment OF all which are han.
dled In America. There are a dozen differ
eht ways Of combining It. In candy and in
each combination thousands OF pounds are
consumed in the city annually. Sailed pea-
| nuts are comparatively modern invention.
| but they have caught the trade and on every
hand they are 10 be found. The latest way
OF serving them Is in the form of sand
wiches combined with some salad dressing.
In this form they so on the tai BILE at lunch
con ana have become one Of the staple
articles Of the up-to-date cuisine.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
CLAY GETS HIS HABITS ON
Accumuiatcs Terra Cotta-Tinted
jag and Lands In
Court.

Date II. Doty appeared before Judge Learn
yesterday morning in police court against
his brother, Clay Doty, charging him
with drunkenness and disturbing the peace
Tho judge allowed the latter to 40 with
what was called light tine-Sl) and costs
but this did not satisfy the brother who was
making the complaint,
lie fingered with the judge. endeavoring
to induce him to issue an order that would
keep the offending brother away from the
family rooms in the Central hotel, The
judge told him that such action was boyona
his powers, but that il any further disturb,
ance occurred to send for the police The
complaint yesterday was that Clay Doty
came home Friday night in drunken conii-
tion, that he kicked in the door of his
mothers room, cursed the entire family and
created a general disturbance.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
MONEY BALM is WANTED
Mechanical BrinGs Heavy Damage suit
Against Railroad Conn
pany.

James d. McManigal has sued the Chi
cago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis a Omaha Rail-
way company for $4,000 damages. He as
serts that he was almost disabled for
life by having rs left foot and ankle
crushed by the falling of an old depot plat %
form AT Pender, upon which he was work
ing for the defendant company. The accl-
dent occurred en- November II, 1899.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
AWAIT STEWART's COMMISSION
hoard of Trustees of the Deaf and
Dumb Institute Are in
Session.

The board OF trustees OF the Deaf and
Dumb institute Is still in session, await
ing the arrival OF the commission OF r. T..
Stewart, appointce OF Governor DIETRICH, in
order TO formally transfer the institution
from the custody of the present superintend-
ent No business was transacted at the
meeting today and nothing will be done
until the commission arrives.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
CENTER FOR SPORTING GOODS
Line OF Trade in Which Omaha Has Won
Distinction.
FOUNDATION LAID IN THE EARLY DAYS
4 Omahn stiil Retains Prestige secured
when II Was the Chief OuthttinE
Point for the Rocky
Mountains.

There has never been much noise about
t. but Omaha is one of the largest distrb-
uting points for sporting goods In the west
aud in the line Of guns and ammunition has
few equals in all OF the cities of the trans
1 1missssippi territory. This is trade which
\ this city has held since the days when the
Union Pacific railroad was the only line TO
the Rocky mountains and beyond. AZ that
time all OF the plainsmen from the Texas
panhandle to Fort Benton carried reyolvers
and rifles sold by Omaha jobbers, and their
other equipments came from this city lhe
development of the country north and
south and the construction OF other lines
of road have carried jobbing houses closer
to the homes of these men, but they stu
depend upon this city for their arms ana
ammunition.
Not only have the old men stayed by the
town, but they have sung the praises OF
Omaha firearms into the ears OF the later
day settlers until Omaha Is famous all over
the west,
AS a result OF this every wholesale house
IN the city carrying hardware also carries
n fun line OF sporting goods, and several
Independent houses have a good trade In
this line,
Volume OF One Firm,
One Omaha establishments loaded and
shipped approximately SEQ 600 shells for the
shotgun last year. the goods going from
New Mexico to Montana, The other shells
loaded ana sent from the city will bring the
total UP TO probaE!y 100000, while more
than twice as many more were sold 10y Job
biug houses already loaded at the factory
10 local dealers. The men who are in a
habit of shooting at traps are very particu-
lar in regard TO the loading Of their shells,
and one oi the Omaha houses has estah-
lished such reputation that IL loads the
shells for almost all of the contests OF any
Importance in the northwest
In the line OF sports outside OF the gun
and rod Omaha has a well established rep
utation its jobbers shipping from the Mis-
sissippi river to the Pacific coast. In re-
cent years there has been a considerable
= falling off in outdoor sports, but the indl-
}, cations for the present year are that there
will be IA revival which will tax the ca
pacities OF the factories Of the country in
some lines, When lawn tennis was the
rage there were established many factories
for the manufacture of racquets. A few
years ago the sport fell into disuse and
many OF the factories were closed An en-
terprising Yankee bought the deserted ma
chinery for a song, and today, with pro-
spccuve revival in lawn tennis and a de-
rand by dealers for larger quantities Of
goods, he finds himself practically the only
manufacturer OF racQuets n the United
States,
sport is Revived.
Last year the revival Of this sport began
In Nebraska and the territory covered by
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03

the forty-nine eggs lay intact in their
cases.
Wrn Dnne. pIpnsc
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
sport Is Revived,

Last year the revival Of this sport began
In Nebraska and the territory covered by
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
Frequent Coughing

lniames the lungs. Foloy's Honey and Tar
stops the coughing and heals the lungs.
The ordinary cough medicines, which are
simply cAIoctorauts, viii not do this, as
they Keep the lungs irritated in throwing
of the phlGgm. Myers Dillon Drug Co.,
Omaha Dlllons drug store, South Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-03
KENNARD'S ORPHAN CHICK
Former Paint and Oil Merchant Trie,
Poultry Raising
INCUBATOR YIELDS A SINGLE BIRL
Hired Girl Mistakes the Box for n Re-
trigeratOr ana Puts nutter in
It-One Chicken from
FIFTY Eggs.

IL is only natural that Frank h. Kennard
should turn his attention to raising chick
ems. When he retired from the paint and
oil business there seemed to be a kind of a
goneness in his scale of being. He would
find himself rising early in the morning
through force of habit, only to remember
when half dressed that he had wrapped the
front yard shrubbery with gunnysacks, and
nothing else remained to be done II grad
ually became apparent to him that the life
of retired merchant was not a glad fes-
tival of song The idleness palled upon
him, and in his extremity he turned to
poultry, even as eX-Prcsident Hayes, eX-
President Tyler. Ex-Governor Fishback of
Arkansas and II. W. Conway, the Omaha
printer, who went down TO Greene county,
Missouri, and started in with a dozen leg
horns. 1t is said that Conway got rich bv
it, while the more distinguished "promot
ers' lost money-but that is another story.
Mr. Kennard subscribed for a lot of poul-
try magazines and then ordered an incu
bator to be sent to his home-1S24 Dodge
street Five gallons of kerosene and fifty
commission house eggs were next added to
the outht. Then he lit the lamp in the
incubator, placed the eggs tenderly In their
plush-ilned pockets, regulated the heat so
the thermometer registered 81 degrees ana
began to calculate on how he would invest
the proceeds Of his new industry.
Mr.. kennnrd In Impatient.
Mr.. Kennard counted his chickens boforo
they We're hatched.
The next twcnty-one days dragged on
leaden heels, The instructions that came
with the incubator said the eggs must he
turned twice a day, presumably TO keen
them from burning, but MIR. Konnard used
to turn them from three to nine times a
day In his enthusiasm he would take
an egg out, hold IT to the light and try
to look through it to see If there was any
evidence Of its quckening into life.
The other members OF the household
looked on with interest but with inperfcct
appreciation, Mrs, Konnard never did
expect 1t to enhance their fortunes, and
after the new hired girl mlstook the incu-
bator for refrigerator and tried to put
three POUNDS OF butter and a veal outlet
into 1t she lost faith in the venture, but
kept her dstrust to herself
On the evening of the twenty first day
Mr. kennard approached the antique OAK
box with a beating heart.
still, small voice within reassured him
and filled him with a great hope.
Pulling out the drawer he saw forty
nine eggs, looking very much as they had
| looked three weeks before, but from the
side OF the hftieth protruded the head OF
little fluffy chicken.
This" he said, lis the advance guard.
Soon others viii come"
But they didn't Three days passed and
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-06-01

Little Grain Grown In NORWAY
Less than one per cent. of the land
in Norway is in use for grain fields.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-06-01
DUG 10 PORT AMSTERDAM.
Exsavsters for Kew cssfoD b~>n
new FORK e~t Down rhpee
Cent~gsss.

The excavations made for b
foundations Of the new custom house
at Bowling Green have laid bare
trace. of masonry which eomPetsnt
historians believe were parts OF ~
old FORT Amsterdam. erected soon
after the Dutch bought the Island OF
Manhattan from the Indians IN 1926
The laborers found masonry Is feet
below the lowest foundations of b
buildings which had occupied b
south side of Bowling Green for b
last century. They were undsr b
Whitehall street roadway and eboYt
so feet south of the building hDe on
Bowling Green where the steamship
Offices used to Be. reports the New
York Sun.
In she process Of removing the or
dianry earth and sand which there
underlies the street . strong AL v1s
discovered. Il Was built of rocks and
bricks and the joints wers OF mortar
made by compounding burned clam
shells with sand Bits of shells were
found all through the mortar. The
bricks had been 30 much dscoSored
in the centuries that Il was bard to
tell what had been their color when
they came from the kiins- The shape.
however. was that OF The Holland
baked brick of which many of the
early buildings of New Amsterdam
were made.
but il was not WITHOUT sorrubors-
ton that the conclusion WAS reached
that the wall was q part OF the Dutch
stronghold. In the center OF the
square on which the new custom
house is to stand wa found o round
ed piece of stone which was recog-
nrzed as undoubtedly a part of the
buttresses Of the ancient fort. It was
at the same depth below the present
street level as the wall. The relative
position of the two has convinced an
tiquarians that the two were part of
the same structure. The old fort
stood, or at least part of IL stood,
until 1870. when the last races above
ground were cleared away 70 make
room for the buildings which have
but recently given way to the new
custom house.
The New York Historical society
has obtained one of the bricks. An
other has ben presented to the Hol-
land society by Cass Gilbert, the
architect of the new custom house.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-06-01

BuilAers Of tks Great BriAges Mus1
he Cool AID G1Ard TAaA
YOOtsla9D.

In clustering weather the business
of a bridge builder is one of the
most hazardous followed by man,
The average man who follows the
occupation is not considered a work.
man of extraordinary intelligence
He must have physical strength, a
level head, nerve and sufficient knowl
edge of mechanics to lend a hand at
rigging derricks or putting up tenn
porary structures. Many of the men
who are engaged in the trade were
sailors. Others had their first les
sons in lofty work as boys when
they carried bolts and tools for the
workmen or laid around" to do
errands and carry messages between
aloft. There are rarely any eleva-
tors for the use of the men who
work on the bridges. They go up in
the morning at eight o'clock, and
IN pleasant days remain there until
their days work is done. At the
noon hour they take their meal near
the boiler or at some sheltered spot,
says an industrial exchange.
To reach a place where his services
are required a man must often walk
over a long space on a hastily i'm
provised plank bridge, and ven when
ly more than a foothold.
That's the time" said the bridge
man, when a man must have his
eyes open and his nerves on tap.
There's no fooling and no skylark-
ing on such a job. Men go about
their work in a solemn manner. and
keep their wits about them We
can't afford to cough or 70 snee7e
like other workmen, but must wait
until We get to a spot where we may
do so without risk, and as to the
funny stories-bridge builders have
no use for them. except when they
have an hour off,"
How can men take such risks as
that man is taking?" said q woman,
looking up at a man who was walk
ing ~leisurely on a narrow metal beam
100 feet from the ground, "and why
doesn't he have a rope about him.
so that if he falls he won't drop
away DOWN."
That's out of our line" said the
foreman. mo man can work with q
rope about his body. All the pre-
cautions we take are tight-ftting
coats. of which the wind can't make
sails, shoes without nails in the soles,
and in wet or winter weather rubber
.Overshoes."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-06-01
LATEST DIETETIC FAD
The uilk Dtet's Popularity II b.
som1ng Widespread
OF mspe va1ss 80 women TAsa CsD-
Q WasAss - tie SD<netsns
Ahssrpeso. OF the Lac
TED Y1~sA-

Milk 10 the latest and most sp-
proved diststsc fad. The woman who
is fair and with 20 staring her in the
face, and who il determined not TO
be fat makes her breakfast and
lunch of milk and fresh fruit She
dimes ON q quarter Of . pound of lean
roast meat, with enough fresh. green
vegetables to make bulk in her in
Sides" as Tommy Atkins would say
The fresh. wholesome beauty of the
Young queen Of Holland il attributed
to her frugal diet of the national milk
and cheese, and the extraordinary
vitality of the aged Roman pontif -
another evidence of what . rigorous
diet will do for even 90 delicate Q man
as Pope Leo has always been
The milk diet IL Of mors vaaus than
many complexion washes. and a. .
means of adding TO or dminAshfng
ones weight it has no equal. ssys the
New York Herald.
The popular superstition 49, milk
is fattening arises from the fset that
many misguided people. d addition
to a heavy meal. drink milk sufficient
for another meal. and complain that
il disagrees with them and increases
their weight. In order 70 derive
benefit from the milk diet q should
get hold of q few fundamental facts
In the first place. ~ pints of pure
milk, or three glasses, coatain. be-
side water. enough food In eoncen-
tra.ed form and properly psopor-
toned to make q meal for On adult
human being. This quantity Of milk.
with the addition of a little fruit IL
the regulation breakfast and lunch
Of the dieter. For dinner . quarter
Of 4 pound of lean roest meat, with
some green vegetable. u allowed. A
pint of milk is the limit, where loss
% flesh is an object; and one glass.
with fruit. for breakfast and the
same for lunch may be regarded as
rather rigorous treatment.
Milk and meat should Dsver be
taken at the same meal. Heavy vege-
tables, like beans and peas. should
be avoided entirely by the equity, but
# by reason of infrmity of appetite
they are INDUCED in, they should take
the place of meat at that meal.
Where the diet 10 adopted because
OF a nervous breakdown. or general
debility, and q gain in flesh 70 most
desirable, a liberal addition of cream
to the stewed fruit " recommended
Sweet butter II also most valuable
for this purpose. Indeed. some ply
sicians go so far a. 70 say that bread
is absolutely valusless except a. a
medium for butter-eating.
Many physicians who advocate the
milk diet find it difficult 70. wean
their patients from heavy breakfasts
and lunches. especially as they are
accustomed to regard milk as q bev-
erage. Best results are to be OBJ
tanned from the undisguised diet, but
where the flesh is too weak conces-
sions are made. breakfast is easily
managed by putting a spoonful of
coffee in each glass of milk. Butter
ard cream may be added freely when
the reduction of weight is not an OBJ
iccf.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-06-01

We have all sorts of faces, all va
~rieties of countenances. that get their
recognized expressions from close ap-
plication to some variety of strain
ing employment. Now we have 1.-THE
whist face" to add TO the list. 1t is
showing itself among the women, and
comes from the whist club habit,
which is rapidly growing. showing its
strength not only at night. but in the
afternoons, and even in the mornings.
associated with tea and waters, choc-
olate and bon-bons. says the New
York Herald.
One expression of the whist face,
though it is sad. and Is told with an
effort, is age. The women may shud-
der at the thought, but the fact re-
mains. Intense thought and daily
racking the memory to remember
what cards have been played cannot
but deepen the face hines and hasten
what heretofore the women have left
FOR time to accomplish without their
permission.
far-away look. accompanied by arched
lines on the forehead. suddenly
changing to an expression of inward
contemplation, associated with q
tightening OF the lips. These express
sions come from an acrobatic mind
under training that consists in leap
ing from the first lead. jump by jump,
over each successive play, to the ulti-
mate effect of the next play that
must be made, while keeping the men,
tai eye on the accepted rules. not neg
lecting to observe and respond to sig
nails.
Nature can recover from this sort
of thing when occasionally INDUCED
in. but when II becomes q habit,
practiced almost daily, and some
tim rs for two or more sessions q day,
the expression becomes fixed, and fol-
the wearer. no matter what her
or occupation may be at the
time.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-06-01

Mrs. Hoon-I cannot for the life
OF me understand why il is that that
stupid. absent-minded Mr.. Boobler is
so popular with all you men7
Mr.. Hoon-Oh, he has such a poor
memory that he ca-not recollect a
good story long enough to repeat it
to anyone else, and, having forgotten
1t, he is just as ready to listen to il
ehe second time as he was at .rst.-