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Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Tit for Tat

Chicago Journal: Man is so prone to err
that he should reflect a little before draw
ing attention to the mistakes of others.
A professor who prided himself on his cor
rect English heard his wife remark:
II intended to tell Jane to bring a fresN
bucket of water"
You doubtless mean a bucket of fresh
water" corrected the professor. 81 wish
you would pay some little attention to you
rhetoric"
A few moment later he said:
MY dear, that picture would show to
better advantage If you were to hang It
over the clock"
"Ah," she replied, "you doubtless mean
If l were to hang it above the clock. If
were to hang it over the clock, we could
not tell the time. l wish you would be more
careful with your rhetoric, my dear"
And the learned professor became all at
once very interested in his book.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
All He Was

Chicago Tribune: George" demanded
Mrs. Ferguson, with flashing eyes, Fan I the
mistress of this house, or am | not?"
you certainly are" replied Mr.. Fer
guson with alacrity. whats the matter
now?"
1--WE discharged that impudent hired
girl and she refuses to leave. | want you
to go to the kitchen and bundle her out,
neck and croD!'
Settle 1t between yourselves, Laura ="
said Mr.. Ferguson, weakly. Il won't have
anything to do with it. I'm only the mas
ter of the house."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Childhood of Monarch
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CONTINUED from Sixth Page.)
ing the future king of England, but he re-
piled:
II don't care for that. Prince or no
prince, l will have my money"
The farmer had a pitchfork in his hands
and the boys naturally concluded that the
safest thing was to pay, and pay they did
I might give a score of stories about the
kings boyhood, but none of them are DIFF
ferent from those told Of the average boy
all the world over. AS far as l can see the
king was a very ordinary baby and by nc
means an extraordinary boy. For all hi.
wonderful education he has done nothing
to speak of in literature or craftsmanship
and it remains to be seen whether he will
be more than ordinary as a king.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

Dogs for sale of all kinds. Fancy Pig
cons, Belgian Hares and Ferrets. Send
) cents for catalogue.
LAMBS, Box o, Bowers Station. Berks
Co, Pa.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Britain'S Coronation
CONTINUED from Fourth Page.)

lavish in her generosity, and very impulsivo
when her feelings are touched. To the cot
tagers around her Norfolk home she has
been for long years a true fairy godmother.
especially to the old people and little chill
dren. Ever since she came as a bride she
has entertained the school children from
Sandringham and the neighboring parishes
Of the kings estate at the hall on her
birthday. On these occasions she and the
princesses wait on the little guests, and
play with them, and often the queen may
have been seen tying up cake in a child's
handkerchief for it to carry home. She Is
a great advocate for technical education il
the rural districts, and takes a personal in
terest in each Of the girls and boys attend
ing the schools which she has established
at Sandringham, and which she visits al
most daily when at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
A MAGNIFICENT CROP.
Unless All Signs Fail and "a Late
Drouth Comes In to Mar the
Prospects,
NEBRASKA CAN FEED THE WORLD
From the roduc of Her Fertile
FIcIds-The state WAS Never
So attractive.

out in the western Nebraska wheat fields,
in the very midst Of the COW country, farm
ers will harvest this week and next about
forty bushels Of wheat to the acre.
Give us a guarantee Of ten years Of good
crops and Nebraska will pay off the national
debt" So said an experienced and APP
proachable gentleman on the train the other
day. Upon inquiry 1t was found that he Is
"A practical farmer and stock grower, who
has been farming and orcharding in eastern
Nebraska thirty years, coming here when a
boy OF Is. Furthermore, he had a policy
for $500 in
THE BANKERS RESERVE LIFE
and believes not only that Nebraska Is the
greatest state in the union. but that her re-
sources are sufficient backing to secure sue
cess for any legitimate business enterprise.
He believes also in favoring home institu-
lions. But returning to the topic. Ne
braska is harvesting her fall wheat.
within four weeks the whole crop Of small
grain will be in stack or granary.
JAMES u. LATTA, VICE PRESIDENT
OF the Bankers Reserve Life, owns over
$500 acres OF Burt county land, which can
not be bought for $50 per acre. He is a
large grain grower and says the prospect
was never better. In the wheat growing
sections thirty to forty bushels per acre
is assured. The farmers are rich. They
are out of debt, independent. stalwart.
-. u. robson, PRESIDENT
of the Bankers Reserve Life, when organiZ-
ing the company, said: "If we can have
three good crops uS97, 1898, 1890 this in
s%titution will be independent" His hope
was rpaIiZpd and with thosp hummer croDs
came high prices for the product. Hence
the farmer is happy and will aid the field
force OF the company to secure SO, 900, 900 of
new business for 1902.
BANKERS RESERVE LIFE.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
A Good Smile

Chicago Evening Post; He wished to be
poetic, and it seemed to him he had a good
smile. As he leaned toward her he pro-
duced a ring.
my love for you" he said, "is like this
ring, There is no end to It,"
She examined the ring with interest and
then handed it back.
MY love for you she said. 'is also like
the ring. There is no beginning to it,"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Where the Fun Comes In

Brooklyn Eagle: ooh, yes" said the
young housekeeper, 81 keep a complete set
of household account books, and it's more
fun than a little"
Fun" calculated the %neighbor.
Eyes, indeed. I enjoy it so much"
Enjoy WHAT"
why, watching my husband trying to
straighten them out for me, of course. I
get him to do II about once a week"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
King of Millionaire Horsemen.

NinS OF milItOn0tre HOrSemen.
All things considered. the palm must be
awarded, as every one well understands, to
william c.. Whitney MS the %reigning king of
the millionaire horsemcn, while his son,
Harry Payne Whitney, richly deserves the
title OF crown prince. Mr.. Whitney's Long
Island establishment contains 500 acres.
The barns and racing stables, covering five
acres and maintained jointly by himself
and his son, are famous as models of their
kind. The steeplechaslng and other private
equine exhibitions Of one sort and another
held there every fall are highly popular
with those fortunate enough to be invited
to them. Mr.. Whitney's devotion to the
turf. which has recently manifested itself
most strongly at Saratoga, is due mainly
to the keen delight he takes in racing as
n recreation.
As a horseman pure and simple Harry
Payne Whitney undoubtedly is the superior
of his father, deserving as the elder man
Is Of reputation In that line. Nor is this
surprising, since at the age the younger
| was d~evoiing much of his time to the study
Of horses and horsemanship William C.
was bending his energies chiefly along the
lines Of the law, politics and public affairs,
Young Whitney rides superbly and his
string OF hunters" is famous. "Hurri-
cane" on which ne has had himself photo
graphed repeatedly, is his ~fayorite mount
for a stiff "cross- country" canter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
Bottled Beer for
the Home

Is unquestionably Blue Ribbon Beer the
perfect brew. 1t is not brewed and hur-
ried on the market. 1t is perfectly fer
mented and properly aged before leaving
the brewery, therefore perfectly healthful,
palatable, nourishing and no bad after
effects.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.

Client to supply the demand for years. but I
he makes no effort to sell them, as he wants
to leave them as a part Of his estate, be-
lieving they will increase in value faster
than any other kind Of property
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
S%&SS

Business, Shorthand. Typewriting and
English. Day and evening. Students
furnished work for board when desired.
Gregg Shorthand by mail. Send for cata-
logue. New York Life Bulldog, Omaha. " b.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
New York MilliOnaireS
Continued from Third Page.)

harness room as he is of his Concord coach.
It is understood to be the finest harness
room, save one, in America. In 1t hang
practically all the Morgan harnesses ex.
cept those used by the working farm teams,
but the pride Of the room is a round dozen
sets of four-in-hand harness, the finest and
handsomest that money can pay for. One
man is kept busy the year round FURNISH
ing and otherwise caring for these har-
nesses, and he is as proud Of them as his
master possibly can be.
First American Harness Room.
Fine as Mr.. Morgan's harness room Is,
however, Dr. w. Seward Webb's Is the
finer; experts declare IL to be the finest In
America and excelled by only a few In
the whole world. II is one Of the chief
attractions Of Dr.. Webb's great farm at
Sherburne, Vt, and is a really noble
apartment in the famous barn. Two
men constantly guard and minister to the
round hundred sets of four-in-hand harness
kept there. A curious feature Of the room
Is that its contents include no sets OF har-
ress that have ever been in service, the
sole purpose Of the room and all It contains
being display and not use.
Or. webb is the most spectacular Of the
" NV B'i no - u
who ought to know say that he handles the
ribbons awkwardly. He was the first of
the American millionaires to breed hack
ney horses. He hoped to make money a
plenty out Of this business, and his example
led his nother-in-law, II. Nick. Twombly,
and several others to import the high step
ping English horses for breeding purposes.
DR.. Webb has done better at the business
than anybody else. He has given a great
deal of attention to the crossing Of hack
neys with %trotters and thoroughbreds, but
the results, which It was hoped would bring
out the best qualities of both strains TO
the cross, eliminating the weak points al
together, were not satisfactory in any
marked degree.
DR.. Webb's farm Is ten times as big as
MoTgan's and his horses are about ten
times as numerous. but their average Of ex-
c%ellence is not so high. The doctor owns
the finest herd of mules in the world, there
being nearly a hundred of them, not one
Of which is under seventeen hands In
height. There is a well-defned under
standing among the doctors friends that,
while he does not propose the abandon
ment of his Vermont farm, he does intend
to live elsewhere in the winters hereafter.
because of the deep snow and the low win
ter temperatures. This rumOr has 1t that
this plan will be carried into effect as soon
as the doctor can build a suitable house
for himself near Hyde Park, his brother-in-
laws Hudson river country seat.
John Jacob Astor, who went into the
hackney horse breeding along with DIR.
Webb and TwOmbly, is said to be no Judge
of a horse himself, always having his ami
mails chosen by some hired person. Ar
acquaintance of Mr.. Astor says he never
has owned a good horse at all, but that is
an eXaggeration, doubtless.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
China Is Threatened With
Another Uprising Of
Boxers.
CHRISTIANS ARE MASSACRED.
Chinese Authorities Taking Strin.
gent Measures to Put Down
the Rebellion - Situa-
ton Is Serious.

Washington, Sept. lS.-China is on
the verge of another Boxer uprising
which may equal that of 1900, accord
ing TO mail advices received at the State
Department from Minister COnger,
dated last month. The troubles appear
to arise principally from extortionate
taxation, combined with resentment
against the presence of missionaries,
thus justifying the judgment of the De-
partment of Slate, which pointed out to
the powers that the demand for ex-
cessive indemnities would result in Sc
rious interval troubles in China.
Mr.. Conger's first advice bears date
of Aug. 6, from Peking, and he reports
serious anti-foreign riots near Chentu,
in heprovince of See-Ch- Uan, in which
q number Of native Christians had beer
massacred and chspels destroyed. Mr.,
Conger appears to have acted with en-
ergy upon telegraphic complaints from
Or. Canright an American medical
missionary at Chentu. not only address
ing the Chinese foreign office by letter
but calling there In person to impress
upon the officials the Importance o
immediate and effective action and
finally succeeded in causing the re
moval of the local Chinese officials VIII,
had failed to repress the riots and pre-
serve life and property.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
MERCER RESERVOIR
APPEARS DOOMED.
No Longer Any Doubt That Wa
ter in the Big Pond Is
Disappearing.

State Journal Special
Wapakoneta, Sept. 2l--That the wa
tiers OF the Mercer County reservoir,
also known as the st. Mary's reservoir,
as the largest artificial body
in the world, are strangely and gradu-
ally disappearing is no longer = matter
of doubt, and the remarkable shrinksge
is the cause of much discussion and re-
gret- A dreary expanse Of thick mud
dy waters and myriad Of crooked old
stumps are now the chief scenic feat
ures of what was once one of the most
attractive bodies of water In the coun-
try.
Hundreds Of acres of once submerged
land have been converted into corn
fields. At the east end the water has
receded over q mile from the bulkhead.
Various theories are advocated as tc
the cause Of the disappearance of the
water. One Is to the effect that the
abandoned oil wells, Of which there are
many left unplugged, have sucked the
water into the earth's interior. Others
maiutsin that the droughts of the past
three years have caused the rapid evsp.
oration of the water. Another cause
advanced by scientific Investigators is
that the destruction of the forests has
dried the many streams that once fed
the pond. Perhaps all three theories
are correct
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
Obituary..

Martha McElroy was born in Penn
sylvanis July 8, 1882, and came to Ohio
at the age Of eight years. On July 30,
1854, she was married TO Lewis Shig-
ley. Six children were born to them,
William, Costello. Alonzo, Mary, Corr
and Minnie. In 1880 Costello preceded
his mother to the spirit land.
Mrs. Shigley united with the Baptist
church Feb. 4, 1901, under the ministry
of Rev. Mr.. Taylor.
Her last illness was lung fever. with
which she fingered low for several days
previous TO her death, which occurred
Sept. 16, 1902, aged 10 years, 2 months
and days. Her husband and five
children remain yet little while, until
Beyond the Smiling and the Weep
ing" all may meet again. There are
also two sisters and q brother, Mrs
Marie Hook, Mrs. Isabel Scott and
Amos McElroy.
Mrs. Shigley was faithful and true In
family duties, her one thought being
the comfort aud happiness Of her home
She died in the full confidence Of meet
ing her Redeemer in the Kingdom o
Heaven.
Her funeral service was held in th'
Baptist church, Thursday afternoon
Sept IL, and was In charge Of her pas
tor, Rev. Mr.. Cooper.-DeGrsff Jour
nal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
Roosevelt at Cincinnati.

Presidents day at the Fall Festival
was such day as it should be in honor
of the country's Chief Magistrate. There
never was such attendance at any Fall
Festival or other occasion Superin-
tendent Mathers says it will certainly
be the high-water mark day in. point OF
attendance. From early morning the
visitors were one immense crowd and
probably 20, 900 persons passed through
the gates before o'clock st night.
They were coming by the hundreds as
late as o'clock and If the number
reaches close to $4,000 not much sur
prise win be expressed, but plenty of
qualification. 1t was Roosevelt every
where. The audience in the Music
Hall last night was IS large as could
possibly be, for standing room was no
longer obtainable at 8 o'clock. And
yet, with the thousands packed in the
hall, every corridor, every smaller hall
and Washington Park and the streets
along the canal were thronged. There
Was no handling Of the crowd. To con-
troll the people would have been impos-
sible- They just controlled themselves
and demonstrated what 3 great big-na-
tured thing q crowd of American peo-
pie is. There was nothing to mar the
occasion It will be long time before
such an event is repeated--Commer-
cial Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
A Welcome That Welcomed.

Cincinnati welcomed the President
of the United States yesterday as he
deserved to be welcomed, and sped him
on his way with even greater respect
for her guest than she had upon his
coming. OF the intense earnestness
and patriotic Americanism of Theodore
Roosevelt no man meeting him can have
even q lingering doubt To use the lam
guage of the Lexington (Ky.) Dem
ocrat. he 'fs as plain as an old shoe, {"
impressing himself upon the people
everywhere as an honest upright,
sturdy and intensely earnest American
citizen-the first in the land, but hold
ing his powers as q most sacred trust
He came Is the President of the United
States, and rs the President of the
United States he was received with q
thoroughly sincere welcome, heighten-
ed by his strong and always vigorous
Individuality. In honoring him Cincin-
natl honored herself, and in his enter
tainment there was q uniting of all in
terests, all politics and of all classes to
the President Of all the people. How
he came and where he went, and who
was with him, and what he said and
what he did the local columns tell as
the story should be told. But there
was Q vein of heartiness in the welcome
that can not be told by the types, but
which manifested itself from the mo-
ment of his coming to the moment Of
his going, the one regret being that his
stay was, of necessity, brief. He came
with the good wishes and the respect OF
many. He left with the good wishes
and the respect Of all, politics or no
politics, and may he ever remember the
paths that lead 10 Cincinnati, and the
welcome that will always be his.-Com-
mercial Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
Obituary..

Harriet Ann Watkins, daughter Of
James aud Nancy White Watkins, was
born near Zanes6eld, Ohio. Sept. Is,
1916, and died at the home Of her only
daughter, Mrs. Ann Eliza Gwynn. near
West Mansfield, on the Seth anniver-
sary OF her birth, Sept. Is, 1902.
When II years Of age she removed
with her parents TO an unimproved
farm, largely covered with timber,
about two miles east of New Jerusalem.
Here, in those early days, she became
acquainted with Simon Kenton and
many OF the noted pioneers of that time.
She was married TO Stephen Hartman,
Ian. 16, ls40, with whom she lived 60
years on their farm near North Green
field. She outlived all the members Of
her fathers family and practically all
her early associates. She was the
mother OF four children, William
Henry. who died . prisoner of war,
October, 1864; Ann Eliza, Shepherd F.
and Thomas B., who survive her. Her
descendants number four children,
twelve grandchildren and three great
grandchildren, In all nineteen, fifteen
Of whom are living.
Her early religious training was un-
der the auspices Of the Friends church,
her parents and most Of her relatives
being of that faith. As early as 1888,
two years previous TO her marriage, she
united with the Methodist Episcopal
church, at North Greenfield, and re-
mained member of that society until
her death, "a years later, having out
lived all who were members at the time
she united with the church. Her end
came peacefully. after an illness Of only
about five weeks. The funeral SER
vices were held at the Methodist Epls-
copal church, at North Greenfield,
Sept. 20, conducted by her pastor, Rev.
C. w. Hoffman, of West Mansfield, as
sisted by Rev. Jonah Baldwin.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
Marion Star Scintillations.

Says the Washington Post: "Mr.
Roosevelt was the fireman on the 1900
run, but he proposes to be the engineer
in 1904" And the proposition is so
plausible that people have begun TO
wonder who Is to do the stoking.
And now we are told that typhoid
fever turks in the early oyster. Il is
getting almost impossible to pay any
attention TO medical science and be
happy.
DIR. Norton refers to his opponent,
Mr.. jackson, As "a suspender peddler. I"
The doctor may have TO take hitch In
his, before he gets through with the
campaign.
Peary is coming home presumably to
get fresh start. Starting Is one of
the pleasant features Of northpoling.
Tnirtsen doctors are running for the
legislature out In Kansas. This sug-
gests that old inquiry, whats. the
matter with Kansas"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
Mystery Vanishes.

Zelora Duckwortb, twenty-four years
old, living with his widowed mother,
two brothers and two sisters on the old
billiard farm, in Perry township, now
owned by Samuel L. Wicoff and w. J.
Emmons, suddenly and mysteriously
disappeared from Port Jefferson Satur-
day night. He came to that village
early in the evening, and displayed
roll of money in the barber shop. To
several with whom he talked he laid
out his plans for work on the farm the
coming week. When last seen he was
talking to two young women on the
door steps of the house Of E. L. Harri-
son. His disappearance, for which no
reason could be assigned, created
supicions Of foul play, and the canal
was dragged for his body. No trace OF
him whatever could be obtained after
leaving the two young women, and
Everybody was mystiied. Thursday IL
was learned through an authentic
source that he bad been seen in Lima, 9
msu who knows him having met hin
in that city. The mystery has van
ished, but his conduct is not explained
The family moved on the farm from
Logan county last fall.-Sidney Jour
nal
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-09-23
THE ROUND, ROUND WORLD.
What the Sun Sees as the Earth
Turns Round.

China is having trouble again with
the Boxers in some provinces. They
oppose the taxes, that are assessed TO
pay the indemnities demanded by the
Powers, on account of the recent up
rising, and are opposed TO missionaries
and foreigners generally. The Govern
ment is making an honest effort to sup
press the uprising and MS forces have
defeated the Boxers in several engage
meuts.
Prussia is threatening trouble with
England about her officers collecting
customs Ia right granted by China) in
Manchuria.
Australia is suffering from terrible
drought that has lasted several years
and has caused the loss of millions of
sheep. This ought to affect the wool
market, sooner or later.
The ever present drought In India,
Is decreasing. owing to the fall of rain
in some provinces.
The Prince Of Siam, the heir to the
throne, is now visiting the United
States. The King has always been
friendly toward Americans.
| The British Governments will assess
the Boer colonies of South Africa
$500. .OOO, 900 to help pay the expences ol
the war. But the tax will not be levied
for several years, in order to give farm
ing, mining and business, q chance u
pick up.
The King Of Spain is showing q good
deal Of independence for q kid, anl
Spain is getting on close terms will
France.
The Queen Of Belgium is dead, aut
there Is trouble between the King an,
his daughter, the King compelling tn,
Princess to leave the palace.
An apostolic delegate to the Philip
pines was consecrated with great cere
mony, at Rome, Sunday.
The Gar and Czarina, of.Russia, ar
disappointed, that their boys are al
girls. They want an heir TO the throne
The civil wars in Colombia and Ven
ezuels are still on. The. .Governmen
seems, however, to have the advantsg'
of the insurgents, in both countries.
Mount Pelee and the Tilman insur
rection in South Carolina seem TO hav
quieted down.
. Lord Salisbury, the great Englis
Ex-Premier, is seriously i'll.