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Evening journal., 1903-09-02
Hatchery For Giants.

The S2,0OO,O0O legacy left by Count
Alfred St. Ouen de Pierrecourt TO his
native city Of Rouen on condition that
provision be made for propagating a
race of giants has finally been dis
posed Of, says the Paris correspondent
OF the New York World The natural
heirs began litigation, which has now
resulted in an agreement that the city
shall spend 100000 in founding an
institute for giants. keeping 100000
In reserve and giving the balance to
the legitimate heirs. 1t is proposed to
maintain In this novel institute score
or more Of giant couples. establishing
workshops for them and conditions IA
vorable for scientists to observe the re-
suit on the progeny OF giant couples.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE
WHICH INTEREST ALL
HARNEsslNe A CANAL.
Thirty Thousand Horse Power 90 be
Geperatcd by Chicago waterway.

Thirty Thousand Horse Power 20 BE
Generated Ly Chicago Waterway.
Plans for putting in harness" the
immense water power Of the Chicago
sanitary canal at its termination in
Loc,rport and Joliet are perfected by
the engineering department of the
drainage board and have received the
approval Of the boards engineering
committee, says a Chicago dispatch.
The plans involve an expenditure Of
50, 100000
In developing the water power Of the
sanitary canal the board of drainage
trustees is carrying out a policy that
has been contemplated since the incep-
ton of the great engineering scheme
designed to give Chicago an adequate
supply of pure water 1t is a sequel to
the successful construction work on
the great drainage channel now con-
Meeting Lake Michigan with the Mis-
sissippi river and the gulf of Mexico.
An extension of the present channel
for mile and one-eighth south Of the
controlling dam at Lockport Is neces-
sary for the utilization of the plan.
For the extension channel a great
excavation two miles long and 40 feet
wide will have TO be made through
hard rock. Midway in this two mile
cut an artificial waterfall will be con
structed. Here the mammoth hydraulic
and electric machinery will catch the
rushing waters as they fall. 1t is in
this fall that the power to be utilized
resides.
Weight and momentum Of the fall
ing waters are the factors that make
the power, which power is TO be
caught, as it were, in its flight con
verted into electrical energy and trans
mitted over wires and through storage
batteries and dynamos for the turning
of giant wheels in factories or for the
lighting OF streets or the lighting and
heating Of residences or other build
ings. That is what has been done will
Niagara's mighty power, and that ii
what the plans just completed are Il
do with the water power Of Chicago:
S45, 100000 drainage canal.
In the development Of the power al
Lockport the feats Of engineering vii
duplicate in many respects the harness
ing of Niagara falls for transmission
Of electric power to sundry points ii
New York and New England and Can
ada.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
THE SUICIDE RECORD.
Hoboken, N. j., Leads the World In
Self Destruction.

HoboEEen, n. j., Leads the World In
Self Destruction.
The current issue OF the Spectator
contains an article by Frederick L.
Hoffman on the Suicide Record For
1902" The data presented are based
upon statistics from ffty-one cities,
having a population of 14.5OO,O0O. It
is shown that, comparing the ten years
from 1892 TO 1901 with the year 1902,
suicide has increased, the rate per 1OO,-
coo population being 10 for the decade
and II for the year 1902.
New York city, boroughs of Manhat-
tan and Bronx, stand fifth on the
list, but show a decrease in 1902,
with a rate of 21 per 100000 for
that year and 21.2 for the decade.
The cities with higher rates than
New York for the longer period are
st. Louis, 25.7; Hoboken, 24.6; Chi
cago, 234, and Oakland, Cal, 22.5. All
these save st. Louis show an increase
for 1902. and Hoboken stands out as
the horrible example in the entire list,
with a rate Of 35.7 for last year. The
borough Of Brooklyn comes ninth in
the general list, with rate Of 1872 for
the ten years and 1913 for 1902. In the
fifty cities included in the general Ia
BILE the totals are 1900 suicides in the
ten years, 1s92-19Ol, and 2,452 in 1902
Figures by nationalities are also In
teresting. BY these it is shown that in
the registration area of the United
States the rate among native Ameri
cans is 6.S per 100000 Of population
against 81 for those Of Irish origin
1913 for those of German origin and 2
for those OF French origin. A table or
the suicide rate Of males aged thirty
five and over for New York city indi
Gates an increase from AS per 100000
Of population in 1881 to 60 in 1901
This is considered by the author al
being Of special Importance to insur
ance interests.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
GLOBE clRcLINe RECORD.
New York Man GirdIes the Earth In
Fffty-four Days.

New York Man Girdlea the Eartn IN
Fffty-four Days.
Henry Frederick, a publisher who
left New York on July on the steam
er Deutschland for a tour around the
world, with the hope Of breaking the
record for the shortest time consumed
In enclrcling the globe, returned to
New York on the New York Central
railroad, says the New York Times.
Mr.. Frederick had been successful in
his endeavor, having made the entire
circuit in ffty-four days, seven hours
and twenty minutes.
MY object in making the trip" he
said, twas to see what was the quick
est time a man could go around the
world IN comfortably The train ride
from Paris to Dalny, China, consum
eighteen days-two days across 1
Yellow sea, two days by rail aero
beautiful Japan. At Yokohama 1
missed my steamer by ten hours and
lost seven days, as / was compelled TO
take q slow boat two days later, which
spent sixteen days on the Pacific.
landed at Victoria and made the Amer
ican continent in a little over four
days. This with the Deutschland's
fast time of six days across the At
lantic made my record Of 4 y-four
days. During that time / slept in but
one hotel, and that in Yokohama. Ev-
cry other night was spent either on a
train or steamer. and ! presume 1t will
be many days before / will miss in my
ears the cIick-click Of the rails or cease
TO feel the motion Of the boat"
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
The summer of 1908.

Il will be a fine thing when the years
have slipped by
And q new generation appears TO the eye.
As happy as happy can be.
To tell. while young hearts are with SYM
pathy warmed
OF the year when the summer got good
and reformed.
The summer Of nineteen-three.
The Eephyrs that used to be parched were
so mild
That they seemed like the sigh OF a COM
forted child
As they swept o'er the biossoming lea,
And the sky overhead as II smiled on the
bay
With a canopied cloud kept the sunshine
away.
The summer OF nineteen-three.
It was like some old rogue who is chang
ing his mind
And resolves to be generous. gentle and
kind.
To atone for a life overfree;
And. though some backslidings occurred
now and then.
II cooled on and tried not TO do It again.
The summer OF nineteen-three.
Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
CLEVELAND ON FISHING.

Ex-President says He Has Only Con-
tempt For Hts Deriders.
Grover Cleveland made merry with
the members and guests Of the Old
Colony club at a clambalSe on Mar
shalrs island the other day. says a
special dispatch from Bourne, Mass,
10 the New York Times. The feature
Of the day was a short humorous ad-
dress he made. Mr. Cleveland said in
part:
"For number Of years have been
honored with membership in the Old
Colony club, but this Is the first time
that l have attended one OF It's clam
bakes Therefore l rise full Of clans,
hot corn and enthusiasm for the vel
fare Of the Old Colony club and zeal
for its interests.
Il hope that the club will persevere
In its efforts toward the unremitting
preservation Of the Buzzards bay fish
cries, and l am willing to take out all
/ the benefits Of the club IN fishing
Within the past few years have been
widely ieered and derided for spending
so much OF my time at fishing. For
those who jeer and deride me / have
only a quiet and unqualified contempt.
/ 20 fishing because l like II, and
hope that / viii continue to go fishing
until as near the end of the chapter as
possible.
Il should like to say right here that
/ am more interested In the protection
Of the fishing at Buzzards bay than
about our hoary headed infant indus.
tries. l care more for these fishing In.
terests than do about the policy OF
the next federal administration. hope
that the Old Colony club will keep up
its fight for the protection Of the fish.
cries. Let there be no relaxations OF
compromise. Keep up the fight un
ceasingly.
Perhaps some Of you are aware that
an interesting event bas recently taken
place in our domestic circle. l am proud
TO say that another future fisherman
has quite lately increased the popula
ton Of Buzzards Bay by one. Now
some people are IN the haDlt OF teinnt
fish stories, and some people, notably 1
well known physician of my acquaint
ance, are accustomed TO weigh theii
catch OF fish on, their own private
scales Although this happy event wa
not the occasion for telling any unusua
yarns, put my FISH scales into requi
sition and weighed my latest cate
honestly, and the tally was an eve
p nine pounds"
Before the merriment had subside
D the presiding officer, Joseph Jefferson
who had kept moving nervously abor
on his seat. rose to a point of ord'
and stated dryly that it was ''qui
natural for the son Of a fisherman
j. be weighed with scales"
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
cntton ainninn rnct.

Preparations are being made to gath
er the cotton ginning statistics Of the
crop of 1908. The census bureau has
sent out 626 field agents. each Of whom
viii make five reports. The reports
will give a complete history Of the cot
ton crcp from the time 1t is harvested.
The first will run up TO Aug. 81. the
second to Oct IS. the third to Nov. IS,
the fourth TO Dec. 13 and the fifth to
the end Of the year. with a careful es-
Innate Of the crop remaining yet to be
ginned.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
A plant DisIn1-d by uo.quitoe..

A consular report to the state depart
ment at Washington says that the
Deutsche Kolonial Zeitung reports the
finding in north Nigeria of a plant
(ocimumviride) two or three Of which
when placed in a room or on a veranda
win remove mosquitoes. The effect is
produced by the odor exhaled. This
resembles thymian and eucalyptus
The natives extract an essence from
the plant that is an excellent substitute
for quinine. 1t is not only equal in its
effects. but it lacks many Of quinine's
disagreeable attributes The Deutsche
Ostafrika Zeitung reports that a great
many natives are familiar with a mos
quito plant, called by them "rumbasi," +"
which has similar properties to the one
above described
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
HlehwAYMAN,s HELPMEEr.
Pretty wife Aids Husband In Hold
mp Enterprises.

up Enterprises.
H. w Haynie and Oracle Haynie. his
wife. have been arrested by city de-
tectivcs. says a Seattle (Wash.) dis
patch. Haynie has confessed to three
highway robberies, none of which was
very profitable, but the police believe
that he and his wife have been working
together. the latter in mans attire.
In such guise she might answer the
description Of a proyerbial short man
with the tall man. who have been
operating here lately. Haynie admits
taking his wife with him on several
excursions. but denies that she took
part In the holdups. Mrs. Haynie is a
pretty woman and well known in Ore
gon.
Haynie was brought up at Forest
Grove and attended Pacific university
at that place the last two years as
medical student. He was married last
March to Miss Grace Walton, a young
stenographer Of Portland. with a wide
circle Of acquaintances.
Miss Walton was, in a way, society
woman. At the Elks' carnival last
year she was a prominent candidate
for queen. missing election by only
very few votes.
A spotted horse was the ciew follow
I'd by the detectives until Haynie was
run TO earth.
Il ought 70 get five years for taking
my wife out on an expedition OF that
kind" said he, "and I ought to get ten
years for hiring that spotted horse.
might just as well have left a plain
trail behind me as to travel with that
spotted horse"
Evening journal., 1903-09-02

The Estate Of Mrs. james c. maine.
Much surprise has followed the an
nouncement Of the value OF the estate
OF Mrs. James G. Blaine, the property
being appraised at S1,o0o,Ooo says a
Bangor (Me) dispatch. 1t is known
that MIR. Blaine was not a wealthy
man. MS wealth is now estimated. 1t
has often been said that the campaign
of 1884 cost Mr.. Blaine 100000 or
more. and at its close be told some Of
his intimates that he was then a poor
man. IL is said in Augusta that Mr..
Blaine cleared about 100000 on his
book Twenty Years Of Congress" and
that he also made some ry profitable
investments in sd. IS. lef estate Is
given in its entirety ID 1rs. Blaines
children
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
New Art Exhibition.

St. Petersburg will have in November
an international exhibition Of indus
trial art for metal or stone products.
The proceeds Of the show will go to a
charitable society. Bulky articles are
not wanted. Each object must have
somes originality in shape or definite
artistic value or be remarkable FOR the
way Of production. Import duties will
be RENTED on articles accepted for the
exhibition.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02
shinhui1ainr on the ooa.t.

At present the total value Of con
tracts under construction at the lead.
ing shipyards on our seacoasts is
S111,3o4,566. representing fourteen
yards. or this total SSs,507,56 rep
resents naval work and $22,797, 900
merchant marine work.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02

Senator German said the other day that
he had no desire TO be President The
Senator Is the kind Of man who doesn Z
-,re Nt. .h.. H. Is teu.,cd Q. not
Evening journal., 1903-09-02

The country which contains more bach
elors than any other in the world is sad
to oe Ceylon; because nearly all the male
inhabitants are cingalese.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02

Thousands Of men never have will Of
their own until after they are dead; and
3 N ,hon il IS frequently disputed.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02

The creases in a discontented womans
face have been well described as fem
mine fret-work.r
Evening journal., 1903-09-02

The consumption OF their smoke is the
crate question for wise Londoners just
uoW.
Evening journal., 1903-09-02

An Indiana editor has attacked the
golden rule. II is usual TO praise it highly,
st least
Evening journal., 1903-09-02

The latest scare from the adulterated
food camp is that imported wines are
"doped" we grow suspicious. Is it
possible that this is conspiracy 10
make US drink American champagne
Guest Gin cheap restaurant) Well
waiter. what have you got2
Waiter-Beefsteak and hsh-but the
| FISH is all out. Whichn you ha-e7
The Columbus journal., 1903-01-07

Farmerq arc getting over tho ides that
farm papers arc edited BY some mah nit
ting up in an olioe in tho city, trying to
tell them how to make farming pay and
that the articles are written by theotists
and dreamers, who know nothing Of tho
needs OF practical farming. That may
have been the case some years ago, but
with q modern farm magazine like tho
Twentieth Century Farmer the editor u
. man who d closely in touch with ill Of
the questions that come up regarding
how to mako farming pay better. The
articles in this paper are all by practical
men and tho farmers who are reading
what they cay find that it pays to keep
posted on the progress which il being
made in their own line OF work. No
doctor would think Of practicing medi-
cine without taking several medical
journals; neither can farmer keep up
with progress in farming unless be takes
Q magazine like The Twentieth Century
Farmer. For example, some Of the con-
tributors whose articles will appear dur
ing the next few issues are: F. D.
Ooburn, secretary Kansas State Board Of
Agriculture; Prot @. F. Curtiss, Iowa
Agricultural college; B. O. Ayleeworth,
president Colorado Agricultural college:
Colonel F. n. Woods, tho noted live
stock auctioneer; Charles f. Bessey, the
great botanist; John Gosling, the noted
beef expert. Frederick W. Taylor, direo-
tor OF agriculture at st. Louis Worlds
fair, and many other we'll known men,
whose ideas are worth dollars to every
progressive farmer and stock raiser.
II you are interested send 25 cents for
three months trial subscription or 81 for
. years subscription, addressed to The
Twentieth Century Farmer, 1885 Farnam
street, Omaha, Neb., or send your name
and address on . postal card asking for
. FREQ sample copy IL You have not look
ed ono over at your neighbor's.
The Columbus journal., 1903-01-07

Tho question Of aOoomuodation
sooms for farmers and their wives while
in town, i one which i being ooosidersd
seriously BY many business ussn and
club women everywhsEs. TAs man i not
put to % great disadyantsUe Ueasvoman;
b he's many places In which to pass The
time, but the woman Who has perhaps
several children che has been compelled
to bring With her, j. not % fortunate;
she u certainly ut times . pitabls object
Perhaps she he's been up since early
morning, worked hard 10 do ths nsoss-
sasy house duties and to prepare for the
trip to town, rode ten or fifteen Mills
and Ill before II O'Clock In oe,3er that
business and shopping may b attended
to in time to return homo before dark.
She can not easily take . lunch for The
family for thsss 10 no place to 70 vhere
they can partaks OF it. To 20 70 . res
taurant or hotel i considered too great
IN expense and country people are loath
to visit their town friends just for tho
meal hour. The usual result Il, they
very likely do without the MONDAY meal.
It IL absolutely essential Tor every city
to have tho country trade and tho towns
that will furnish IN attractive hall or
rest room for the people from the rural
districts, Who will b made to feel that
they arc not in the way, will certainly
have the thanks OF tho country women.
Tho large stores in cities have Of late
years fitted up rest rooms and places foz
lunching which arc open for tho public
benefit, and by the crowded condition.
it 10 plain to understand tho necessity ol
such department. ~
The Columbus journal., 1903-01-07
Platte Center.
from The &gnal.1

Platte Center began tho now year
right BY starting the nav watsrvorks in
tho afternoon. Stand up for Platte
Center.
Blake Haher Who returned from .
trip to Burvell, Neb., Monday reports
much snow in tho sand hill country and
be believes that stock viii suffer much
where no ample provision has been made
for rough feed and shelter.
Next Monday William Bloedofn will
leave for quite IN extended trip through
tho south. He expects to visit st.
Louis, Hot 8prines, New Orleans and
several points Of interest in Georgia,
Florida and other southern states. He
expects to b absent about two months.
Among tho many Columbus visitors
from h~ra during the week are tho fol-
lowing: Ar. and Mn. George Scheidel,
Oscar Nay, Howard Frsvert, n. E.
Cooney, Mn J. J. O'Nsill, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Dress and children, David
Thomas, Mn. N. J. Gentleman and d.
Harms.
M. Hans Christensen, tho efficient
workman in tho employ Of William
Bloedorn, finished Q we'll last week for
Mr.. Hilger Greisen on tho former Bloc
dorm eighty west Of town, and came
very nearly e6ecting an artesian flow OF
water. Tho water at present flows
within three feet OF the surface OF the
ground and Hans thinks that by sinking
it ten to fifteen teet dasper an artesian
Aow would undoubtedly have been the
result Artesian veil boring should be
encouraged in tho Shell Creek valley,
since in numerous instances the water
has risen to within . Tow feet Of the
surface, and IN artesian veil IL worth
5000 to any farm.
The Columbus journal., 1903-01-07
PERSONAL
"a 6n TION

". O. 1larlas i il Bellwood.
John Janing vas IN Osoeols 1ast week,
Walter b Henry vas over from Bell
wood Sunday.
AiD Oors Graves visited in Silver
Greek last week.
Min Anna Hoehen visited in Seward
returning bone Saturday.
Prot. Oanpbsl W. down ftou Hun
phrsy lest wsek 70 witt frieoda.
". J. James and vito vses visiting
relatives hses through tho holidays.
Mis Mary Banish oe Duncan 10 visit
ing her cousin, Nias Mary Bocoviak.
Nias Myrtle Parker Of 0soos hes bssn
visiting her sister, Nm. Judge Sullivan.
Mis Emily Rorsr returned Monday
to Crste where she 10 attending college,
Nh. and Mn. Barkalov Of Denver are
The guests Of Mr.. and Nm. e. II. Cham
bets.
Nm. August Meez and Miss Rosa Gass
visited relatives in Piattsmouth last
Week.
Mr. and Nm. Bills and daughter Of
Fairbury are The guests of Dr. and Nm.
Evans.
lfiss Matte Post returned Monday to
Lincoln where she is attending tho State
University.
George Scott left Saturday for Dee
Aoines where b viii attend . prepare
tory school.
d.. and Nm. Voss spent tho holiday
season With relatives Of Nm. Voea in
Holton, Kansas.
Nm. Nellie Clark Of 0retns returned
homo Friday after visit to her parents.
Judge and Nm. Post.
J. W. James started New Years even
ing for Wayne county where he will
visit friends and relatives.
Ma d. G. Kavanaugh visited Last week
from Monday until Thursday evening
with her brother and friends in Omaha.
AL Rieder Of Council Bluffs came mp
for . holiday visit with his brother
Henry and other friends. Hewill remain
. week or ten daya
Ma Charles Tyler Of Mainland, Nebr.,
viGifAd With hee aiatef Nm. u. & Oebofn
and family last week. Mn. Osborn was
also Q visitor to her daughter in Council
Bluffs, returning homo last Tuesday.
The Columbus journal., 1903-01-07
NEBRASKA ALL RIGHT.

O6cial annual Agu1os q winter wheat
production In the Uo1ted 0tatas 70 the
Gtatitioian of the DlPartnsnt oe AQi-
culture sf Washingtaa, D. q. fEo0 ragu-
hr md special oorEsspon1snta s1pois-
msotsd BY rspoets O. speeiA Asjd agsats,
gives the great state of Nebeasla 1rst
place Over IN otheeo With q total Of
zA972 o6 bushsls, Kansos being Close
second With l301 6S6 tho latter having
0 sdv1ntags a 2 49, 900 in socsaea. In
The pcoductioo oe corn Nobrasks stands
Afth With $50 26a1B bushsls, leading
Kaas0 By 8Q7l46R
Who wouldn't Sand mp for Nebraska!
The Columbus journal., 1903-01-07
THE CLOSING YEAR.

The Omaha Bee very truthfully ~
marks that The year 1902 has contributed
much that y notable and valuable to tho
worlds history. For this nation it has
bssa . pseiod oe progress in Ill diree-
tioos, of growth in power, influence and
prestige. We hsvo had unbounded busi-
nsss prosperity. bountiful harvssts that
hsvs richly rewarded The industry Of
the produoscl, . constant demand for
labor in mill and factory, unprecedented
activity in transportation, heavy invest
nsnts Of capital in industrial enterprises
and marked devslopmsnt Of resources
along Ill lines. In material well-being
no country has over occupied . higher
plane than does ours at this timA
The United States i playing . large
part in tho world and it - doing % in
tho interest Of peace and civilization.
In this second year Of tho twentieth
osntury no other nation has done %
much for tho bettsEmsnt Of mankind.
We have given to an alien people . gov
eminent oe Liberty and Law, With every
assurance OF future caro- for their inter-
ests and welfare. We have assisted in
sGtablishing . now republic, modelled
upon our own political institutions and
which we are pledged to protect in its
independence and aid in ito material do
velopmsnt. We have taught Europe .
fresh lesson in tho interest Of peace in
inducing three Of the powers to submit
TO arbitration thsir claims against . state
Of this hemispheca We have again
shown tho independent countries Of this
part Of tho world that tho United States
u thsir friend, ready ct oil times to pro-
test them from foreign aggressiou, but
requiring Of them tho fuliillment Of their
just obliestiona We have demonstrated
anew that - . nation we love peace and
that 10 dssire to cultivate friendly rels-
tions With Ill other countries.- There 10
no doubt that today tho influence Of the
United States upon international afairs
that touch its interests u greater than
ever before.
The American people viii say farewell
to 1902 With . feeling Of gratitude for
what it gave them in such rich abund-
ance and will welcome 1903 in tho conf
dent expectation, which Ill signs seem
to warrant, that it will contribute no
lem iberally to their prosperity and
happinesa