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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-21
st. Louis Grain aud Provisions

ST, LOUIS, Jan. @.-wHEAT-Firmi No.
2 red cash, elevator, 73Ac. track, 74d75c;
May, 76lkc; July, Use; No. 2 hard. 70d72c.
CORN-Higher; No. 2 cash, 4lhc; track.
42Q43c; May, 4O7sc.
OATS-Higher; No. 2 cash, 35c; track,
36c: May, 357sc; No. 2 white, 361hd37c.
RYE-Quiet at 491RGJOc.
FLOUR-Unchanged; red winter patents,
S.55d3.50; extra fancy and straight, 5000
30; clear, 2.9JG3.O.
SEED-Timotny, steady. S30d3.5O.
CORNMEAL-Steady, $3.50
BRAN-Firm; sacked, east track, S0dS3c.
HAY-Steady; timothy, S10.OOd15.5O; prai-
RE, S7.50Q11.5O.
IRON COTTON TIES-SL.O7h.
BAGGING6 5-l6d7 1-16c.
HEMP TWINE-9c.
PROVISIONS-Pork, higher: jobbing,
standard mess, $17.75. Lard, higher. @.67la.
Dry salt meats (boXed), stronger; extra
shorts, 50; clear ribs, 50; short clears. 1925.
Bacon (boXed), stronger; extra shorts,
5000; clear ribs, $1O.5O; short clears, 311.
MEIALS-Lead: Firm at $3.97k. Spelter:
Strong at A.75.
POULTRY-Quiet; chickens. &c; turkeys,
13c; ducks, 12c; geese, &c.
BUTTER-Easier; 22n2Sc;
dairy, 1Sq22c.
49,
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Articles. Open. High. Low. Close. Yes'y
Cash quotations were as follows:

FLOUR-Cuiet but strong; winter pat
ents, $3.60@S.70; straights. $3.90@3.45: spring
patents, $3.50q3.sO; straights, S3.Oo93.4O
bakers, 81. 35d2.S0.
WHEAT-No. 2 spring. 75@79c; No. 3. 72@
7Sc; No. 2 red, Td7Sc.
OATS-No. 2, s3AdS5c; No. 2 white, 35c;
No. 3 white, 34a35hc.
RYE-No. 2, 51G52c.
BARLEY-Good feeding. 45a4sc; fair to
choice mailing, 50qSSc.
SEEDS-No. 1 fax, S.19; No. l north
western, S1.24: prime timothy, A.25; clover,
contract grade, $9.75@9S5.
PRoVISIONS-Mess pork. per Dbl, $17.95.
Lard, per 100 lbs, 1920. Short ribs sides
Qoose). $S.971469 .22h. Dry sailed shoulders
thoxedl. sS.5OdS. rs; short clear sides Cboxed)
s9.S7hG9.50.
Following were the receipts and ship
v,aptc ~ dOur and grain.
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st. Joseph Live stock Market.

ST. JOSEPH. Jan. N.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 2,OiO head: generally steady; natives,
S3.75q5.75; Texas and westerns, S.2595.OO;
cows and heifers, $2.O0d4.35; veals. $3.0O6p
$50: stockers and feeders, $3.O0d4.40.
HOGS-Receipts, 7,15S head; natives
higher; light and light MIXED, S6.25Q6.55;
medium and heavy, $6.S596.75; pigs, $500
$40; bulk. $6.40q6.621a.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 1910
head; active; top Colorado lambs, S6.25; top
western wethers, $3.50.
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Toledo Grain and Seed.

TOLEDO, Jan. 2o.-wHEAT-Fairly &C
tive and lower; cash and January, 79c;
May, 82hc.
CORN-Dull and steady; January, 46lsci
May, 44Ac.
OATS-Dull and firm; January, 36Hc.
May. 367sc.
RYE-No. 2. 53iAc.
SEEDS-Clover, dull and firm; January
81 .O5; March, 81 10. Prime timothy, S10.9J
Prime alsike, $S.35.
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MinnennoIis Whom. EIour and Bran:

MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 20.-wHEAT-May,
7SAc; July, 7SAQ7S&c; on track. No. ] hard,
nc.
FLOUR-First patents, $4.OCd4. 10; second
patents. $3.S5Q3.9 50; first clears, $2.45; sec
ord clears. 50 .O092 .05.
BRAN-In bulk, $14. 25614 80.
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Dry Goods Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. A.-DRY GOODS
The tone of the market for the general run
of cotton goods Is strengthening. Business
shows a slight Improvement In volume on
home account, out export buying is slow.
Print cloths are unchanged in price but
very difficult 40 buy.
MANCHESTER. Jan. 9O.-DRY GOODS
Cloths. more business doing. Yarns, quiet
and steady.
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Milwaukee Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE,, Jan. @.-wHEAT-Mar-
ket strong; No. 1 northern. S0AdS0Ac; No.
2 northern, 79@s0c; May, 79&c,
RYE-Steady; No. l, 51I5@62c.
BARLEY-Steady; No. 2, &c; sample, 40
d56c.
CORN-May, 44c, sellers.
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CASH. No. 2 mixed, ssaSskc; No. white.
f0c: No. 3, 1914 d40c
oATs-No. 2 white. %hd36c; No. 2 mixed.
55isc.
RYE-No. 2, sc.
HAY-Timothy, $500; prairie. $500.
BUTTER-Creamery, 24d26c: dair~, 21c.
EGGS-Fresh, 1stkc.
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New Yor& Minirx Quototions.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20.-The following are
he closing price, on MINING stocks:
FoFeiRn F%inanciaI.

LONDON, Jan. 2O-With the Tepayments
10 the Bank Of England completed the
tendency OF money rates today was to be
easier. though supplies were plentiful
Discounts were easy. Operators on the
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whisky Market

CHICAGO. Jan. O-wHIsKY-On basis
Of high wines, $3.50.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. s.-wHIsKY-steady.
$50.
PEORIA. Jan. 90-wHIsKY-For finished
goods. NL@
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nuIuth Drain Market.

DULUTH, Jan. 20.-WHEAT-Cash, 77hc;
No. 2 northern, 74Ac; No. l northern, 7Ac;
May, 79Ac; July. 79kc.
OATS-May, 35%c.
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steady beeves, S.5Od5OO; cows, bulls and
mixed, H.50G4.00; stockers and feeders, 0bo
@4.O0; %yearlings and calves, G&GS.7b.
HOGS-Receipts, 400; market, &c higher,
selling S.Sd66o; bulk, S6,O5G640.
SHEEP-Receipts, 800: steady.
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on the Produce exchange today the but
ter market was easy; creameries, I7Q25c:
diaries, 17d23c. Cheese, strong at 13G13ihc.
Eggs, quiet; loss OFF, cases returned, 2312c.
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ans city Grain and ProvIsions.

KANSAS CITY. Jan. sO-WHEAT-May,
70hG 7OLc. july 67kc. Cash: No. 2 hard,
sea@hci No. 8. 65d66c: No. 2 red, esd6slse;
No. 8 61661hc
coRN-JSnuary. SAC; May, SHGSsHc,
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Peoria Market.

PEORIA, Jan. 2O.-CoRN-Steady; No. 3,
A.,
OATs-Dull; No. 8 white, S2hc.
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IRWIN GREEN & COMPANY,

I6of.
GRAIN, PROVISIONS, STOCKS, COTTON.
Omaha Branch. pa Board of Trade. Tel
ephone, 1881.
All orders promptly executed on Chicago
Board of Trade.
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London stock Quotations.

BAR SILVER-Quiet az p S-l6d per ounce.
MONEi-3q3ls per cent. The rate OF
discount I'm the open market for short bills
is 35dG 9-l6 per cent and for three-mOnths'
bills Is 3 3-l6dS l-l6 per cent.
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Sioux City Live stock Market.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Jan. 2~0.-(Special Tele-
observation-disclosures, 1900; market
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
How Royalty Is Protected.

The law is libel, as regards royalty,
is different from that which affects
other people. and In this respect great
er privileges are accorded to reigning
families, at least. by British law. The
rule of English law is that ANY pub
lication tending to degrade or defame"
royal families of this or other coun-
tries may be treated as libels. So
long ago as 1887 Lord George Gordon
was convicted of a libel of this kind
upon Marie Antoinette. In 1901 Vint
was convicted of libeling the Russian
emperor. and later Frenchman
named Peltier got into trouble for an
article abusing Napoleon. who was
then a prisoner on .he island of Elba
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Mad kinu Otto.

ber of black ones who have Deen oe-
prived of their subjects and their lib
erty at the same time for the general
good of the world at large is a good
deal larger First in Importance there
is Prempeh, the bloodthirsty ex-king
of Ashanti. The paternal British gov
ernment walked into his kingdom and
separated him from his subjects. who
were only too willing to undergo the
separation. If the British had not
come soon there would not have been
a great many subjects. Prempeh is now
in close but comfortable captivity at
Seychelles.
For years Prempeh's reign was one
of bloodshed. Hundreds of captives
were sacrificed annually at Kumasi.
his capital, and surrounding countries
were ravaged to secure victims. His
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26

Science of ReauseItatIon.

They We're just concluding a series
of first aid to the injured" lessons in
one of the settlements, and the work
er in charge thought it might be a
good idea to have a written test.
Among other questions she wrote;
How would you restore conscious
ness to a person who had been res
cued from drownlng?" in answer to
this maiden with an affection for
polysyllables wrote: When the re-
suscitation of animation is complete
plump the person on a barrel till be is
thoroughly exhausted"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
stanlex,s Adventurous Life.

Sir Henry NJ. Stanley, the man who
found DR.. Livingstone in central AT
rica little more than twenty.ero
years ago. is now 63 years old. He
came to this country in 1855, landing
as cabin boy in New Orleans. where
a merchant adopted him. While serv-
ing as a Confederate soldier he was
taken prisoner. Then he volunteered
in the Union navy. At the close Of
the civil war he became a reporter on
the New York Herald, which was the
making of him. for the elder Bennett
sent him on several important expe-
ditions. notably the search for Living
stone.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26

genson smokeless ammunition. The
contents were valued at sf.500.000.
The building was a massive structure.
three stories In height. and was erect
ed twenty years ago at a cost of
100000.
The exploding OF the rife ammuni-
ton for two hours maintained a con-
tinuous rattle Of musketry resembling
a battle.
The fire was fought hard until the
conditions became dangerous to life
on account of the large amount of
ammunition in the burning building.
The building then was left to its fate.
and all attention was devoted to saw
ing the rest OF the plant.
The sight of the burning building
furnished a spectacle to thousands of
people who lined the bluffs on both
sides of the Mississippi in the midst
OF which the arsenal lies on a beauti-
tul island. In the end nothing was
left of the immense shop and all It
had contained but mass of glowing
Goals. The fire had burned itself out
destroying one of the governments
finest storehouses and n most valu-
able collection of equipment.
The arsenal had been busy with
large orders recently. working 1900
men and advertising widely for ma
chinists to work on rush orders re-
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Helpless Ducks in norax Lakes.

In Death valley. where the Pacific
Coast Borax company has made huge
lakes for the crystallization of borates
from the waters of the surrounding
marsh. the Piutes catch numbers OF
ducks in a peculiar and highly inter
esting manner. On cold nights the
ducks flying over alight in these vats,
which look like any other ponds. The
borax in the water crystallizes quick.
ly. and IL any of the ducks are at all
quiet they find themselves quite
weighted down with crystals in the
morning. They can then neither dive
nor swim, and fall an easy prey to tho
ever hungry Piute, the demands of
whose stomach overcome his natural
hatred of water. l have known of one
such night netting sixteen ducks. most
of which were big. lat mallards whose
weight added to the binding crystals.
held them down, where the lighter
teal escaped.-Los Angeles Times.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
USE oF HIS EYES.
Cuban Physician Relieves Blindness by
Uee of x-Rays.

A few months ago the world was
startled by the suggestion of an OPP
timistic oculist that the blind might
be made TO see by means of the X
rays. Now 1t appears that these san
gulne hopes have been, at any rate
in part, fulfilled by DR.. Astudillo Of
Havana.
The man who has been cured was
originally a resident of. Madrid. and
was suddenly stricken blind twelve
years ago. Eventually he went to
Cuba, where he came across DR.. AS
tudillo. an ocullst. who invited him
to his house in order to see If any
thing could be done in his case.
After. treatment he became able to
differentiate between black and white
in the daylight and gradually to see
and describe machinery of the appara-
tus, as well as count the flashes of in
candescent lamps in the physicians S
study.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Value of Presence of Mind.

Many years ago the American war
ship Delaware came near laundering
OF the coast of Sardinia while lufing
through heavy squall during a morn
ing watch. The Unauthorized letting
so of the fore sheet" alone saved the
ship from going down with 1.1OO
souls on board. The first lieutenant,
afterward Commodore Thomas w.
Wyman, with difficult climbing sue
ceeded in reaching the quarter deck,
where, snatching the trumpet from
the officer in charge, his first order,
given in a voice heard distinctly fore
and aft. was Keep clear of the paint
work." This command to hundreds
of human begins packed in the lee
scuppers like sardines in box in.
stantly restored them to order and
prevented panic, they naturally feel
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26

look at the place of death" within
that town.
Three other black rulers are com
panions of Prempeh at Seychelles. One
is Mwanga. the ex-king of Uganda,
who possesses a record only second to
that of the Ashanti ruler BY a cur
ious irony of fate, one of the other
captives, now his companion. is Ka.
baregga, once king of Unyoro, who,
when both were ruling. was his great
est enemy. II any one or all of these
three great lonely they can step across
he'road and have friendly chat with
Asibi. the deposed king of Kokufu. a
province of Ashanti This ruler shared
the downfall of Prempeh and went into
captivity with them. 1t is a family
party of kings that the paternal British
government has gathered into harm.
less seclusion at seychelles for the
benefit of mankind in general and
black mankind in particular.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
AntonIshed the Justlce.

Justice of the Peace George F. Sey-
mour sat in his Hoboken office when a
young couple entered carrying with
them the usual and unmistakable evil
dence of desire to be made one. The
justice asked the young mans name.
Richard Mansfield" was the reply.
and his honor stared for a moment as
he reflected that the noted actor must
be much older than this would-be
bridegroom. Then he asked the girls
name. "Maude Adams" she timidly
responded. The justice nearly fell out
OF his chair, but recovered when in
formed that the pair lived in a sub
urb of Hoboken. Then he tied the
knot, pocketed mis- fee and kissed the
bride.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
story with a Moral.

John Mitchell told story recently
in the Clover club of Philadelphia
which was OF a certain grim kumor.
Mr.. Mitchell was in his first suit of
evening dress. He was talking about
the seriousness of life. and his story
bore .ut his view. He said there
we're two sisters. seamstresses. who
lived in a little room and earned their
bread by sewing. They were young
and pretty, but they seldom laughed:
they never wore comely clothes; they
did nothing but sit in stopped atti-
tude, sewing all day and good part
Of the evening. One night, when she
was quite worn out with labor, the
younger said to the older sister: "Oh.
dear, I wish we were both deadi" The
older sisters mouth took on a grim
smile as she returned: BE still and
work hard. Business before pleas,
ure."
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26

ceived from the war department. Most
OF the factory capacity is left intact,
but there is an immense gap opened
in the stores on hand by the work of
the flames. The new small arms plant.
equipped at a cost of several millions
OF dollars and about ready to turn out
the new model of rifles, escaped the
flames.
Mai. S. f. Blunt, commandant at the
arsenal, estimated the loss resulting
from the fire at s1.765 900 and states
that equipment sufficient to supply the
army for three years was destroyed.
The origin of the fire is mystery.
us there was no fire in the shop. no
forge from which spark might have
fallen. while the electric current had
been turned of over three hours be-
fore the first alarm of fire. In accord
ance with the usual custom. also. the
entire building was gone over by the
watchman and everything was seen to
be in order before the doors were
locked for the day.
The building burned was located
apart south OF the shop, a three-story
structure, covering about an acre of
ground.
Reports of casualties when the
walls of the building fell precipitated
a grand rush to the arsenal from the
three cities and though the gates were
closed the crowd rushed across the
railroad and street car bridges or
scaled the railroad track from Fort
Armstrong avenre and ran across lots
to the scene OF the fire.
Gen. Crozier. chief of ordnance at
Washington. received telegraphic re.
port from Maj. S. T.. Blunt. ordnance
department. confirming the press re-
port OF the serious fire at the Rock
Island arsenal Wednesday night and
placing the loss at s1.765,000. The re-
port stated that the fire was confined
TO storehouse A. containing guam
tity of equipments and small arms
ammunition. but no machinery.
Gen. Crozier regrets the disaster.
but is grateful that none of the ma
chinery of the valuable manufacturing
plant at Rock Island was damaged.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26

an actual fact That is, there are kings
in captivity-half a dozen of them,
counting all colors.
When one thinks OF monarchs In
that state one goes back few ages
and pictures the ancient Asiatic kings
in captivity with their eyes put out.
their ears cut off, and other evidences
of conquered condition prominent on
their persons.
These captive kings of modern times
have fallen in with more humane treat
ment. Two are mad. The others are
Africans. and they have been bad
would be bad again If they had the op-
portunity. One of the mad rulers in
Murad, the ex-sultan of Turkey.
Murad was at the head OF the Turk
ish government for few days twenty
five years ago. He was deposed on ac-
count OF his madness. Instead OF get
ting the short shift which usually falls
to the lot of Turkish ruler and can
not hold down his throne. Murad was
confined to the gorgeous palace of
Tshiragan. in Constantnople. He is
practically dead. He Is SO closely
guarded that even idle curiosity con-
cerning him arouses the suspicion of
the spies of Abdul Hamid.
The other is King Otto of Bavaria.
He is confined at Castle Furstenried,
while his kingdom is ruled by a prince
regent He never had been dethroned.
He was just put in prison, and the
people were satisfied without any fur
ther formalities. Once year a gov
1tsrtt, 81 4.
highest dignitaries in the kingdom.
waits on the mad monarch and con
graduates him on his glorious reign"
This takes place on the anniversary of
his birthday.
Those two mad kings are the only
white rulers in captivity. but the num-
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Preslden. Roosevel.s MarksmanshIp

In connection with the recent visit
to Washington of Bill Sewall. the
presidents Maine guide. story is
told of n moose hunt in which they
were companions some years ago.
They were camping in the woods and
one morning Mr. Roosevelt saw a
moose not far from the camp. He
grabbed his rifle and fired. Sewall
came running up and said: You've
got him. How did it happen?" why.
| aimed at his breast and hit the vital
spot, | suppose" was the answer.
We'll, you done fine, anyhow" said
Bill. you shot him in the eye"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
KINGS ARE CAST OUT.
Mon Europe Africa Who Have Been Deposc5
Blood Thirsty Careers Of Savage Black Rul,rs
Brought to End.
<~(%~~O~(

ly in the shape of a British military
expedition, whlch marched into his
country and conquered It. The British
lost heavily. among the dead being
Prince Henry OF Battenberg, who sue
cumbed to the deadly climate. The
Ashanti ruler was clutched and hu-
inflated. He was then sent to Sey-
chelles for confinement with his fam
lily and some OF his attendants. The
sights which were disclosed in Kumasi
when the expedition entered the town
were such as made the white soldiers
sick No British nerves were strong
enough to stand for more than one
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Life of University Men.

Someone said in the hearing of
President Hopkins of Williams college
that university men nowadays have
too many sofa pillows and other lux.
nrieS in their rooms. "oh. yes they
have their luNuries. but they have also
the antidotes." said DIR. Hopkins. II
see these signs of luxury, but | also
see the owners of those pillows out OF,
the board track every day. exercisins
IN disregard of the temperature. And
they are very thinly clad too. Why.
they might az well be in their shirt
tails."
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
WIDE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
Methodist Leaders Dispute over Mem
bership OF Church.

bership Of Church.
There is wide difference OF opin-
ion between two Methodist editors
Editor Thompson of the Northwestern
Christian Advocate. published in Chi
cago. and Editor Buckley of the Chris
tian Advocate, n New iork publica-
ton. At meeting of Methodist
clergymen in the latter city Mr.
Thompson spoke enthusiastically. de-
claring that in the last four years L.
50U,000 converts had been made by
the church. DIR. Buckley disputed the
accuracy of these figures. He declared
tnat statistics showed Methodism to
be actually declining. in some of the
Eastern conferences at any rate. He
believed in looking at the facts. and
he declared 1t was a grieyous mis-
take to take an over optimistic view.
His statements wero vehemently op-
posed by the other persons at the
meeting.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Should Women Work.

Prof. thinner of Berlin. has been In
vestigating the cause of insanity
among women, and has come to the
conclusion that IL women are ad-
mitted into competition with men
the inevitable result will be a tre-
mendous increase of insanity among
the women. He finds that the percent
age of women teachers who become
insane is almost double that of the
men teachers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
WEST USES GOOD ENGLISH.
Only Part of the Country That Gives
"R" Its Value

Only Part of the Country That Gives
"R" Its Value.
That which the rest of the country
accepts as the standard of correct pro.
nunciation. though seldom attaining 1t,
characterizes the speech of the major
ity of the people of the West. Tbs
West is the only section that does not
badly misuse r.
1t is perhaps incorrect to say the
East and South misuse r. They hard
ly use it at all. In the East and many
parts of the South R is. in effect. an
auxiliary vowel except at the begin
ming OF words. 1t merely lengthens
the preceding vowel. Occasionally it,
receives distinct vowel sound, that
of Italian A.
In many parts OF the South 1t is not
heard at all. While the Georgian says
"bofoah," his Alabama neighbors say
"befo'." deposing r from its position
as a vowel. or vowel modifier.
In the West, r is sounded with an
approximation of correctness. Yet
even the Westerners do not give 1t its
full value, as do the Irish and Scotch.
Their strong enunciation OF the letter
sounds harsh to us. yet the letter is
intended to be pronounced and it's use
differentiates words liable to be con-
fused by the ear.
The Anglo-Saxon seems to be doing
his best to depose R. Were it not for
the influence of the Irish and Scotch,
r would not be little more than a
written letter, as silent as initial II to
Spanish Leslie's Weekly
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Can Men Work Too Hard.

President Eliot Of Harvard is of
the opinion that no man can work too
hard. Possibly President Eliot has
never tried IL. Let him go to the
country some day and take note of
some farmer who has gone forth with
his hoe at sunrise every morning and
worked till sunset and is bowed,
broken and rheumatic at forty-five
and dies in the fifties. leaving the
farm he has paid for with hard work
to some young feller" who has cap
tured his daughter with horse and
buggy.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
The Brooklynite.

Ex-Lieut Gov. Woodruff. at the
Lincoln club. Brooklyn, was asked by
quizzing fellow-member II he knew
the reason why the inhabitants Of
their borough were called Brooklyn
ties. ITO be sure l do" promptly re-
piled the genial Tim" with his most
expansive smile. "Because-barring
election daylight is the only time
they are ever there!"-New York
Times.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Power of Birds.

What tremendous power an eagle
exerts when carrying away lamb
that weighs, say, sixty pounds or over!
II you take the weight of the bird al
together, 76 pounds. then it appears
that an eagle can develop more than
two horsepower, and must put a
strain of over LOO pounds on the
muscles of the wings.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-26
Novel Road-Makjnq.

A new road for transport by auto
mobile is being constructed in the
Congo Free State, and at present it
extends 45O kilometres. The method
pursued is simple enough. All that
is done is to drive herd of forty
elephants three or four times over the
track marked out by surveyors. They
level down distractions as efficiently
as steap1 roller.