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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08
srArrMENr OF CIRCuLArIoN.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George y. Tzschuck, secretary OF The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month Of January, Ie02, wa as FOL
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08
OLD Le.son

The forty-four senators who voted against
the proposition to increase their salaries
merely indicate a desire to remain In public
rtH,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

Chicago Tribune: Josiah" asked Mrs.
Its n place, l suppose" replied Mr..
ChuEwater, looking impatiently up from
his newspaper, where they empty the
water out OF stocks
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08
.pe-And why didn't your

Chicago Post: Life" he asserts oracu-
larry, rs nothing but a great big blum.
Possibly. possibly, - wa the reply, but
as n general thing"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08
FLOATING FUN.

Philadelphia Press: Miss Passay-When
met him at the ball he said he didn't see
how | stood the social wbirl so well. told
him / meant TO give up dancing when ! was
30 md ilE-, .tt1
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

washington Star: 'I don't believe you
could tell the difference between a three
~for-a-quarter cigar and one that costs a
dollar said the man who sneers.
Yes. l could" answered the matter-of-
fact person.
"HowY'
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08
by purchasing It myself"

Chicago Post: Papa" said the small
boy, locking up from his book what Is
"a %curio.' replied the father thought
fully. lis something that costs ten times
what it's worth"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

Net total GALES, .O7O
Net daily average. 81 ~
GEO. b. TZSCHUCk.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn 60
before me this 1st day of February, A. D.,
zoe. N. b. HUNGATE,
(Seai.) Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

Baltimore American: Bobbs-Ragger and
Chewer got into q big argument this morn
ing.
Dobbs-Who got the better Of it,
Bobbs-I did. / left as soon as II started.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

Chicago Post; Look pleasant" said the
photographer
"Weil, I guess not" replied the man.
This is being taken for some distant rela-
tives who threaten to visit us and / want
to look as savage and mean as possible"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

Yonkers Statesman: Sue Brette-I sec
they have named a cigar after your lead
The Manager-well. I hope to gracious II
will draw better than he does!
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

somerville Journal; Mrs. Whyte-Do you
know anything about the people who have
moved In mex door,.
Mrs. Browne-No, Il was dark when the
furniture wagons brought their goods and
they haven't hung out a washing yet"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

larry, is nOtnlnR OOI a great DIX pluhs
Possibly. possibly, . was the reply, but
the blum Is called when you least expect It
as a general thing"
baltimore American: Bobbs-Ragger and
Chewer got into a big argument this morn
Dobbs-who got the better of it,
Bobbs-I did. / left as soon as II started
Chicago Tribune: Josiah" asked Mrs.
Chugwater, what is a bucket shop?".
ITS a place, l suppose replied Mr.
SShuE Nsrspsp looking Sb. i%P9 tSsH sm qP fr tSs
water out OF stocks"
coUTldd teii the differences between a three
for-a-quarter cigar and one that costs a
dc aYs fa cou fse nam answered wSS sn tss matter-of.
fact person.
by purchasing It myself"
Chicago. Post: Papa" said the small
boy, LOCKING up from his book what is
"A %curlo." replied the father thought
fully, SIS something that costs ten times
what it's worth"
Chicago Post; Look pleasant" said the
"Weii, I guess not" replied the man.
tives who threaten to visit us and want
to look as savage and mean as possible
Yonkers Statesman: Sue Brette-I see
they have named a cigar after your lead
ing man. 80
The Manager-Well, I hope to gracious II
will draw better than he does!
somerville Journal; Mrs. Whyte-Do you
know anything about the people who have
moved In next door,.
Mrs. Browne-No, It was dark when the
furniture wagons brought their goods and
they haven't hung out a washing yet"
Detroit Free Press; whats worrying
VIM y" thew asked Of the convalescenf i-
valid.
fully, ito make up my MIND whether I am
at a sanitarium or a sanatortum."
Chicago Tribune: Your vote in favor OF
this measure said the lobbyist, would
be worth millions TO YOU"
Hardly so much as thatr" gasped Sena-
tor .Graphter. his fingers working convul-
sively.
your duty to your countrymen.'
The eager light died out Of the senator's
eyes, and he reiapsed into his former
apathy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08

Detroit Free Press: whats worrying
your" they asked OF the. conyalescent I'm
valid.
II am trying" she answered thought
fully, ito make up my mind whether I am
at a eanitarium or a sanatortum."
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Khaki Is PopuIan

Khaki uniforms are now worn by all the foreign troops in China, except the Russians.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
FIGURES FOR FLY-TfME.
Twelve or Thirteen Generations Pro- duced in a Summer and MiIIfons
 from One Fly.

An exchange quotes distinguished entomologist as saying that single female fly will lay 12o eggs during her life of 10 to IS days, and that of these 90 or 100 will produce other flies, says The Louisville Courier Journal Dur ing a summer 12 or IS generations of these flies will be produced, sopthat millions in one season may be the des- cendants of single fly. Millions" is feeble word to express the number that would be produced under this esti- mate. Putting the first generation at 100, and allowing that half of them are females, the second generation would number 5000, with 2, 2,5oo females. The third generation would number 25o,o00, the fourth 1,25o,ooo, and the fifth o2,5oo,ooo. Continuing the calcu- lation on the same system to the twelfth generation, we shoulG get a grand total of 4,ss2,s 2,s12. 800 ,o0o, 900 ,ooo, or expressed in words, four quintil- lions eight hundred and eighty-two quadrillons, eight hundred and twelve trillions, five hundred billions, a num- Der quite inconceivable. Estimating the population of the earth at d billion and half, this would give 3,e55, ,20s,- 333 1-3 flies to every man, woman, and. child on earth, all the descendants oil one fly in single summer.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

receipts for the first six months were S437, ,319 AGO, more than $20,G00,000 above those of the same period of last year. The extra ordinary receipts were $1o0, 560. .96o, or nearly twice as much as last year, making total of $537,- 8sO,420, against SAC, ,Os3. .730 in 1901.
 w. R. HOLLOWAY.
 Austrian Navy as an Aid to Comm cree. In addition to various other enter prises for increasing Austro-Hungari- an exports, it is of interest to note that the Zenta, one of the vessels of the Acknowledgements navy, lately com missioned for years cruise, has been, in a measure, rendered ayailab ble fog purposes of commercial Investigation. The Zenta will visit the chief ports of Africa, several important island groups. as well as Uruguay. Brazil and
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
The Kuraasi Railway.


 h the year 1900 there occurred an historic siege, dwarfed only by com parison with the greater troubles of Ladysmith aad Nafeking, in South Africa, but none the less threatening to British prestige. Never since Khar- toum has there been such narrow es- cape from a terrible tragedy as the Eiege of Kumessi, when for 13 weeks the governor, his wife, and a handful of Hsusa soldiers were closely invested by horties Of warlfke and yengeful Ashantis. Be the blanae for the oc- eurrenee where it may. the fact re- mains that Sir Frederick and Lady Hodgson and 90 native soldiers maTched with conadenc and in state into the Ashanti capital as the pro verbal fly walks iHte the spiders web. The first English woman to enter Ku- massi, Lady Hodgson, has, I believe, been ths last. Never in even a tropical storm did tke clouds gather and break nere quickly. Ths BautiRous murmur- fngs were barely heard before the long Dane guns Asshsd fsrth Are and slugs, and KunaEai fert end its tiny garrison were besiegsd with s.ooo refugees un- der the wslls of the fort without food or shelter. For nearly hundred years have the Ashantis troubled England, sometimes actively aggressive, some times sullenly defiant. For genera tions they have been a terror to their neighbors, who purchased peace only by tribute to the Ashanti king. Early in the century, in 1924, the Ash antis secured the head Of the then governor of the Gold Coast, the unfortunate Sir Charles McCar- thy, in 1873 Lord WoIseley car ried war and devastation into their country, and in more recent times, in asoo, Sir Francis Scott and Sir William Maxwell again took punitive expedi- ton to Kumassi which resulted with out Ibloodshed in the deportation of King Prempeh to Sierra Leone, whence dt has been necessary to transfer him still further to distant Seychelles. After the 1896 expedition the fort at Kunaassi was built, laborious and costly work in such a remote spot. and when had the pleasure of enjoying in it the hospitality of the genial and tall ented resident. Capt. Donald Stew art, in 1889, little thought that it would so soon be called into use to positively save the head of the gov error of the Gold Coast colony. Such in brisf has been the history of Ashanti, E remote but wealthy portion of the British empire. and the curtain now has fallen, it is hoped, upon the lengthy first act. of which the final xc<ne was narrowing to a degree. The foot1iqhts are now up for the second sc1. in which the former clouds will be zezn to roll away before the advance cf t1at Irresistible peacemaker and 6fzilizer-the iron horse.
 0f the result of the construction of
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
TITLES WERE UP FOR SALE.
French NoSlenun Conferred Knight~ hood and Decorations on Aaa
 Who Would Buy.

Prince de Vitanyal is man of cours age and imagination. He is a young Frenchman, whose real name is La forge, who has just returned to Paris sitter serving six months sentence for un!awfully selling orders of nobil- ity. His history, says the New York Comm ercial Advertiser, is interesting as showing what young man of imag- inatiOn and courage can do. year or so ago he began to negotiate with the vatican for title. Had he, penniless youth, asked for a simple knighthood of St. Gregory he might have had some trouble in getting IL, but his aim was higher than that. He asked for the ti- tie of prince. The papal nuncio said it would cost him $1o,oo0, and he re- quested the nuncio to get the patent. The vatican made him prince and he forgotto pay for the honor, which minor fact, however, has not invalt- dated his title.
 As soon as he got his title he orgaA-- fixed an order of knighthood, which he called the "Order of St. Leon," and be- gan to sell titles for this at a good price to any one who wanted to buy. A decoration is very dear to certain class of Frenchmen, and the prince prospered so much that he contem- plated buying an estate on the Riviera which would place his princedom onNa. secure foundation. About this time the law stepped in and decided that ho had no right to sell the decoration. He was prosecuted and sentenced to serve six months in jail and pay fine of 1000 francs. He paid the fine and served his sentence.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
The Lazy YocaIfaf.

sIsn't that your girl hear sing ing at her work?" inquired the caller.
 "Yes," replied the housekeeper, ''and I'll bet that's all she is doing at At n- philadelnhia Record.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
LIFE OF cHINA's EMPRESS.
TsAe HaNGhter of q Huokxts-, sbe V. Wstl-PFsssrvea and Won
 A@PSaI woxnau

Tsu-Tw. tho empress of China. has lived in period of transition Witb- in the space oS few decades, the stormwind. imprisoned tar ages. burst aver ths tia s-f"rg"ttsn Ia nal of China. wksrs psaes bad fnuua assure harhorags for gsaerations. shattsring erA~ds and customs. hopes and striv. ings> g'ha ssrred city nf hluLdPp, where the mold"ripg renaip. ot ilr fonadsrx of the Msnebn dy1ssty mingle with the liviSg reetS of hardy pine and weeping willow. bereme 6 Russian town. saa ths very capital of the empire was ptewed irto chaos of ruins: but, srais the crash of the old and the onslaught of the new. Tau-Tsi alone endured, keeping her atat on the tottaTing throre and lowing Esither head sor knes. Truly. this woman of fate would seem te lives charmed life and to ba the poGssxsor of soins mys- tic Ariadns clue which Aeips hes thread her way through the wildsring labyrinth which. time and the white race have 70 skillfully woven for her people and herself, writes Edward J. Dillon. ip Success.
 Hardly less strange is the fact that freshness of youth, which, clinging to her still, despite theyears and the w6r- riss that have followed in their train. com bfass with 50 nueh siss that strikes and fasciaates to raise her to place high above that of the sv- craze of her contemporaries. With . frail form. with eyes kssn and stern in repose, but soft and earsssing when the features relax into a smile, voice that singes the soul when uEed in an- ger, yet soothex and xoftsrr, like dull cimers' strains when addressing her friends, she can attune herself to ev- cry mood and touch the we1lsprings of most people who come within the sphere of her personal influence. De- spite her 65 years, years of storm and stress. age has not yet wound his soft white blossoms round the brows-still furrowiegs-of Tsu-Txi. nor bleached the mellow color of hsr cheeks. She Is the allegory of perpetual youth.
 To say that this daughter of an ob- Ecure and penuiless huckxter is . self made womans who, by dint of will power and insight, won her way to . throne whence she m olds the fate of a people of oo,o0o poo, is to convey but faint and far-away idea of the part she has played in carving her own curi- ous career.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Lighthouse on the pes ert.

There is at least one lighthouse in the world that is not placed on any mariners chart. It is away out on the Arizona desert and marks the spot where q well supplies pure, fresh water to travellers. It is the only place where water may be had for AS miles to the eastward, and for at least 30 miles in any other direc- tion. The house" consists of tall cottonwood pole, to the top of which lantern is hoisted every night. The light can be seen for miles across the plain in every direction.-Ch Chicago Chronicle
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

pounds; Greece, 7.a pounds; and Italy,

pounds; Greece, .7.a pounds; and Italy, 6.1 pounds.
 Relatively, sugar is very cheap in the United Kingdom, The retail price there is four to six cents a pound, whereas in sugar-producing Austria, for instance, where only the local prod uct is used, the price is six to eight cents pound, presumably on account of heavy special taxes. .
 It is estimated that the sugar pro- duction of the world has increased eightfold in the past 60 years. In 184a the figures were 1,15o.o00 tons, while now they are about 9,oo0.0oo tons an- nually. The development of the beet sugar industry accounts for much of this increase. That industry has grown from a product of 50,00o tons in 1S4O to 6.0o0.oo0 tons- During the
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Round This Round, Round World
 Bits of r.ly corresyodenco from Many rorelgn points

the railway there can be no shadow Of doubt, swords and executioner's knives will become plowshares, and the mo- notonous thud of the gold-minirg stamp batteries will displace. the spit of the Dane gun and the rattle of the Maxim, the confidence of the Ashantis will be gained, and with that the pros perity of the country is assured.
 In spite of many difficulties we have now reached Obbuassi, the headquar- ters of the Ashanti Gold Fields cor oration-that is, go far as the earth works are concerned. The rails have been laid as far as Offin river, and, un- less anything unforeseen occurs, they should reach Obbuagsi at the end of this year. Within the last three or four months we have been making splendid progress; the rate of con Etruction has been as much as six or seven miles month. The actual con struction of the Kumassi extension was started in May of last year.
 Labor was troublesome at first that is. at the commencement of the extension. Just before the extension from Tarquah was begun, we had come down to 1000 men, and we had to inn port laborers from Lagos, and so got our strength up to 15.ooo. which was ample. At first we could not get na- tives; they were very tinlid about working, but by treating them prop- erly we managed to gain their conf dence, and now we can get as many na- tivesof the Gold Coast colony a we like. The Ashantis. who are excellent work men. are coming to work for us. The regular rate of wages for unskilled la bor is 30 cents day. The na tives, when trained properly make excellent work men On the Lagos railway for in stance, they are emp1uyru as guurus, porters, station masters. and many are to be found in the workshops as me- hanics and artifcers.
 When the railway is quite finished, it will be 126 miles long -Sekondi to Tar guah is 40 miles, and the extension an- other s6 miles. The lineis three-foot six-inch gauge. FRED sHELTORD.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
An Anti-CIinax.

Little John is very fond of following the farmers about their work He came in to dinner, flushed and excited, and the following resulted:
 Where have you been John?'
 t'I've been helping Dave Church thras ash-didn't help much, though didn't do anything but kill rats; didn't kill many rats, either; only killed one, and Traut (the dog) killed that. and that wasn't rat, twas a mouse! !"-N. Y. Times.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
COSTLY SCOTTISH SALMON.
Sportsmen in Scotland Have to Have s& Plenty of Money to Indulge
 Their Taste for Game.

It is said that the sportsmen who go salmon fishing in Scotland pay on an average about $50 in American money for every fish they catch, says the Philadelphia Press.
 Spring is the favorite salmon fishing time in Scotland. Autumn sees the advent of some river sportsmen, but the fishing at that time of yearis never so good as in the spring.
 Some of the best fishings in Scot land are let to clubs of sportsmen, who pay between themselves sometimes so much as $l5,0o0 per season. The sport in snch places, as a rule, is excellent. and fisherman may land go or 30 sal mon in one day.
 Speaking roughly, salmon may be said to be worth anything from $7.5o to $60 per fish.
 When sportsman pays S6,ooo in rent for a preserve and catches not more than dozen fish the cost per head Is considerably higher than the figures quoted
 Such instances are by no means rrare, since bad weather and other adverse circumstances cannot be controlled.
 Deer forests are even more costly than salmon streams or grouse moors.
 Roughly. they range from S6,o0o to S3O,0oo for the season.
 When salmon fishing and grouse shooting. in addition to deer stalking, <are available, the rentreaches figure that the majority of people would re, gard as very handsome fortune.
 The quality of the stags that are to be had is great point in calculating the size of the rent
 Stags are to be shot in some forests during the month of August. but the month of September and the first two weeks of October are tYe best days of the season.
 During exceptionally severe winters the stags become very tame and the keepers feed them in order to save them from starvation.
 The shooting lodges of Scotland vary 2 good deal inscharacter.
 Some of the so-callcd lodges are not much bigger than cottages while others can only be described as palatial
 The rents vary according to the sort of lodge, the locality in which it Is sit nated and, above all, the quantity and the quality of the sport to be ob. tained.
 For the season of three months the rent may be anything between S1,ooC and ten times that sum. The cheaper places are usually in a low-lying part of the country. where grouse are scarce and only small bags are to he secured. The highrented places boast of all kinds of game in great profusion-deer stalking. salmon fishing, beautiful scenery, a large and up-to-date lodge or mansion fitted up with electric light and every modern convenience. The Lazy Vocalist.
 "Isn't that your girl I hear sing. ing at her work?" inquired the caller.
 "Yes," replied the housekeeper ssa 1,d I'll hat 41a+,c all rba ;c d <,sx,~x o {
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Russian Trade in 1902.

The total exports from Russia dur Ing the first six months of 1902 amount ed to $17s.371, ,2sO, of which amount g57s. .660 went to the United States, against ss45, 945 during the same period in 1901. The total import into Russia for the same period was $131, ,o6o, ,So5, of which S11, ,s64,5 gro came from the United States, against S1O,6So,5 1885 for the same period in 1901. It must be re- membered that these figures do not state the entire imports from the United States, asl most goods shipped from the United States to Russia are sent through Germany, England and Denmark, and are credited to those countries.
 According 10 the official accounts of receipts and expenditures of the innr perial Russian finances. the ordinary
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Crime.

Hicks I see Tooter has job in the theater orchestra. I wonder what his pay is?
 Wicks- Give it up.
 ssHaven't you any idea what n cornetist should get?'
 .sSllrel The wages of sin is death" Catholic Standard and Times
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

same period the cane sugar product has increased from 1,1oo.Ooo tons to 3 ,o00,o tons. In 184o beets supplied 4.35 per cent. of the worlds total sugar product; in 1900 67.71 per cent.
 FRANK w MAHIN
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Neckweat.'

Shield bow at SC, Ioc and
 12ac; from 1Oc, 1ec and
 25c. ...
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

At 33c, Corduroy, from goo At 25c, All the 3oc to 45e
 quality
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12

the Argentine Republic. An experi- .nced officer of the Austro- Hungarian consular service has been detailed for luty-with the consent of the marine section of the ministry of war-to ac- company the vessel on her cruise, in order to study the trade conditions of the countries visited and make reports to the government, with the ulterior object of increasing the exports of Acknowledgements products to the dis ricts in question. Although towns may be visited where Austro-Hun- garian consuls are stationed, gem eral survey by competent conner cial specialist cannot fail to be fraught with good results. It will be seen that no special legislative appropriation is necessary to render this kind of conn mercial exploration possible.
 CARL BAILEY HURST.
 National Consumption of SuEar.
 Figures derived from official sources show that the largest national con- sumption of sugar is in the United Kingdom, where it is 91.6 pounds per capita annually The United States comes next, with consumption of 6s.4 pounds per capita, and then Switzer- land, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, each far exceeding the consumption of either France or Germany. The na- tions with the smallest per capita com sumption are Spain, 1b.6 pounds; Tur- kaN. eizbt nonDdss: Rouu1S1ies KS
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-11-21
CONFLICTING STORIES
Regarding the Shooting of Nicholas
AIdanlse by His Wife

Newton, Mass. Nov, 1S.-WhiIe
Nicholas AIdanise lies dying in the
Newton hospital, his wife is in Jail in
Cambridge, held te await the outcome
of the case.
Thee is a mystery in the shooting,
which may never be solved. The
woman, after telling one story, that
the shooting was accidental, has cow
confessed to the police that she shot
her husband in thS bed chamber of an
Italian boarding y use kept by DO
nato StrainCIO.
Meantime, the husband in the los
pital steadfastly maintains that this is
not so, and says he was on his way
home from this same house, and was
passing through the dark and lonely
grove, near Echo bridge, when
stray bullet came whistling through the
air, making a big hole in his chin and
knocking out some of his teeth, and i'm
bedded itself so deeply that it has ct
yet been found.
The woman's case comes up NOV. "a.
Bail was yesterday fixed at $1,000, the
charge being assault with a dangaro is
weapon. If Aldanise dies in the NELL
time, which seems probable, it will be
changed.