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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

The where they were talking was III
headquarters Of the Juvenile City League. ~
organization started early in July TO take up
the work begun among the boys by Colonel
Warning when he was Street Cleaning Commits
soner. Already there are 1.2j0 boys enrolled in
the league. Divided into forty-two companies,
the boys really accomplish something at riG3i-z;
the streets in their ne-ghb0rhoCd of the l.o=e
paper and skins that collect in them, and .5-
sfst the Department Of Health by reportiug Ind
animals. The result has on the whole. ben
successful. and in one block the parents have
come to realize the value of the work IF tAa
boys to such an extent that there is hardly any
work for the boys to do The foreman Of the
Street Cleaning Department in this district
ports that il was clean before. one uf
the white wings Irishman. corroboratsI
this testimony when he stopped his work for
moment, and. leaning his broom handle. re-
marked Sure, whin they wOrruk they kape he
strate clane"
sherry" took walk to show the district. and
he seemed to have his eyes open for stray paper
and dead cats.
I've been through my block already" he
said, but they're working down on Forty
ninth-st We go out again this afternoon az ;
o'clock Were goin' to have cans. but We use
barrels now" This said as he led the
way down Tenth-ave.
There's a barrel he announced presently. IS
his eye espiel barrel overlooking with papers
standing the sidewalk. Then he turned down
Forty -ninth-st toward Eleventh-ave. He point
ed across the street toward n group Of six
eight boys. There's some Of the boys" he
announced. They've just been cleaning" ''Shrr-
ry' frowned as his eye fell upon a banana peel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

HOc 1t dds City authorities By Picking Up Paper Reporting
Dcad1l nimaIs

Two boys a few days ago stood leaning
against fat topped desk in a small room on
the ground floor Of No. 90 West Fifty third-st
ut which sat 4 young man. "Weae want to
join" remarked the older. a barefoot boy who
would have satisfied Whttier's description in
regard to the cheek OF tan
DO you know what the duties Of n member
Of the league are" asked the young man at
the desk. His eyes dropped from the bust of
George Washington, that stood on the top Of
the mproviScd bookcase against the wall ON
the opposite side Of the rooIn. to the face of
the boy who was twirling his cap in his hands
a trile nervOusly. The boy evidently had
learned the principles and objects Of the
league" for he replied without hesitation:
sure; it's to pick up papers and snatch dead
cats outen the street"
DO you think you ought TO do this?'
Yes. de city gives lots Of things"
Write your name in this book"
The boy took the pen which was handed him.
and. dipping it in the ink, slowly but in a really
neat hand wrote down the name and address.
Then the pen handed to the smaller boy.
who replied to the question. can you write?'
with an affirmative cd of the head. The public
school system vindicated itself in his case as it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

one Of the three boys who had reported tie
dead cat at this junCtuTe held aIoft section
Of broom handle, in one end of which was stucS
a wire nail. the sharp end out. and remarked:
We've got lot Of sticks with nails i'm EN-
II pick up paper with. We made 'eu ourselves.
Rubbed nails on the sidewalk up near the CIR
stables until the heads came off. Then drove
EN- into the sticks"
The conversation. UntrImmelled by any sense
Of logical sequence. wandered off to the sub
jet Of an excursion to North Brother Island
which. il appeared number OF boys had taken
under the guiiaHce Of an officer of the Beard
OF Health on the previous day. sherry began
to describe what he had seen.
There was the scarlet fever house Lots r
the people wore pink clothes like a woman'5
hat. They're putting u bridge over to BlacS-
wells Island. I don't want to go over there and
carry water like | seen them yesterday. Some
Of them had picks and shoveIs and wore strip 4
suits Say pulled the WHISPERS Of the pie.nan
the boat"
Hot air" laconically commented Mr.. Rooney.
And so the conversation ran On. and it vas
evident that at the bottom of it all was a GER
tain amount of interest in something which they
doing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
4RCHBIsH0P RYAN'S MOTHER,

Archbishop Ryan Of Philadelphia was poor
boy But he was rich in the possession OF a
mother Who. when her son was YET small loiidlS
saw in him much promise 81 future greatness
lis red hair covered d great head, she let GER
tain.
At the ceremony by which Father Ryan was
elevated - the archieriscopacy several years
-.ro an incident occurred which is often related
fy Joseph D. Murphy. now cashier Of the United
states Mint IN PhiladelThia.
u was during the heue3iction when every one
US supposed 10 remain with bowed head Ny.
rr.rrr.v raised his ewes 10 the new Archbishop
r.-4+ e- Dr. did so tn, latter bent down over a
l.-tra old woman who sat near where he was
standing and f0rdly kissed her cheek she
,-lfea5 both hands and softly stroked his red
hair II was his mother.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

had in the case OF the other applicant he did
even better than the older boy.
He had hardly taken his pen from the page or
the book when the door of the little room burst
open, and three more barefoOted boys literally
blew in" Snatching their caps off, they
ranged themselves in front Of the desk. and
one, almost brcathessly. remarked in rs calm
manner possible under the conditions.
"Tenth-ave-dead cat-Fifty -fOUrth-st., 3D." 1t
was gathered from this that dead cat had
been discovered at No. 562 West Fifty-fourth-
ST. near Teuth-ave. The young man at the
desk took out square sheet Of paper and
asked:
What's your namer'
Martin Rooney"
French aren't you?~
"In the night time" replied the boy to this
good naturcd sally. he having by this time re-
covered his breath and being once more in
condition to deal in sharp repartee a condition
which his mind had not lost at any time.
There appeared to be a sort Of rivalry be
tween the boys, for another seated the deep
window seat among a number Of sheets of fly
paper who declared his name to be sherry"
piped up at this point: 81 reported dog
for YOU Yesterday. He was tooken last night.
Make soup out of him. What do you do with
those cats?'' sherry got down and went over
TO the other end of the room, where stood tvs
wooden horses one of which was in a diapi-
dated condition A wide board stood against the
wall I'm going to fix this up and have game
of ping pong this afternoon" He took hold of
one of the horses and endeavored to straichter
il UP. Evidently the apparatus Of the game had
been partially demolished in the course of a
cent game
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

cicnt 10 attain results FAR from encouraging. for
when the committee of medical men and Veter-
iuary surgeons examined the sheep after the
twenty rounds had been discharged il was
found that all of them had been seriously
stunned. The sheep that had been in the tur-
ret While twenty rounds Were discharged WAS
nearly dead. and was found to be suffering from
congestion Of the brain. The animal that had
been in the turret while sixteen rounds were
fr,d was quite dazed and had a slight concus-
sion II the brain. The sheep had evidently suf-
feed a great deal. Their hearts or lungs had
been more or less affected. and Of the whole flock
OF TWO sheep were found after examination TO
be in sound normal condition such as they were
in before the experiments began
in consequence Of those trials with sheep X
has been decided TO make important charges
in the construction Of the turreJs Of Henvi ~
before she is put in commission -hls Is a some
what disappointing conclusion, for II indicates
that the men inside the turrat during an actual
cuEacenent would Re nearly helpless merely
from the shock caused by the discharge u the
go, in, tbair own ttrret &. l. u.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08
ELECTRIC CARS At % MILES
AN HOUR

~ ohtA ~ W run VII u D@N wv ~"
York and Portchester. Ele ctric trains be-
tween Detroit and Bay CITY. 127 miles, at
IA cents per mile, a fve-hour run, leave
each end Of the line once an hour. An
unbroken trolley line of $50 miles from
Bay city. Mich, to gainesville, o., with as
quick service as local steam trains, sew
eral times as frequent and half as ex-
pensive. is an indication Of what is COM
ing. Electric communication from Port
land. Me-, to Boston is established, and IL
is almost possible to ride from Portland,
Me-. to Chicago on electric trolley cars.
Very soon it will be not only possible, but
more or less common.
THE BANKERS RESERVE LIFE
is a part Of this electrical age. It is
young. aggressive, successful. Like the
electric suburban railway it comes directly
into competition with the old established
institutions in life insurance. The steam
roads have spent millions fighting this
electric development. The alien competl-
tors Of Nebraska's favorite company have
likewise devoted effort and money to pre-
vent the Bankers Reserve Life from moving
forward into the place to which It belongs.
u. II. ROBSON, PRESIDENT,
has incurred the hostility Of the aliens be-
cause he has so persistently preached the
gospel Of home life insurance, and because
his company has so successfully exempli-
fed the Importance Of building up at home
those great hduciary institutions. The
home company has fed and fattened upon
the attacks OF malignant competitors Just
az the electric suburban corporations have
prospered in spite OF steam railway oppo.
sitlon.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08

There's only n stonecypher. He pri
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08
Military order 81 the Loyal LeEi"n,
~Atteufioul

Companions will assemble at the under
taking rooms Of Maul-Davis Co, 18th and
Howard streets. on Sunday. March s, at 4
D. m. 20 escort the remains Of Companion
Captain william n. Winden. W. s. A. OF
the Commandcry Of California, to the
Union Railway station.
CAPT A. ALLEE. Commander.
Lieut.. r. b. BRYANT. Recorder.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08

Have Root prlIt g.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08

Member % Omaha camp. No. 100 For
esters in fil uniform arc requested 10 meet
a. tho hall sunday at 90 o. m. 10 attend
The funeral Of Neighbor y. s. Carter, from
his residence. 1iiz South Thirtieth avenue.
a. lao. Members Of other camps 81 Fores-
tiers In uniform are cordially invited TO at
tend. a. ID. STONE. Ven. Consul.
c. H. 7. RIEPEN. clerk.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08
THIS IS THE ELECTRIC AGE.
1arconl's Great Achievement r1arks a
New Era In the Transmission Of
Thought and
10000 MILES OF ELECTRIC ROADS
Already Constructed, Mark n New Era
I'm the Matter of Inter Urban
transportation.

The legislatures may pass laws reducing
railway freight and passenger rates. Con
gress may increase the authority Of the
Interstate Commerce commission. Public
sentiment may worry the railways into
notifications Of tariff schedules, but cleo
tricity, always instantaneous and always
direct. is doing far more than law, public
opinion and commissions can accomplish.
-. ..D-nuLE 1870 IL .n .Lrrna
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08

Mine
Struck II Rich

The Electric Spark Mining
Company, operating the Grace
Darling group of mines in the
Lake Gulch Mining district of
Gilpin County, Colorado, has
proved to be a valuable
property. AT the depth of 2O5
feet drifts were started, both
east and west, and three feet
from the shaft in the east drift
a very valuable pay streak was
found. 1t is at present over IA
inches wide; the vein being
fully three feet wide, it carries
beside large values in gold and
silver, about 33 per cent in lead,
with a fair value in gray cop
per. Most of the stock of the
above company is owned by
Omaha people, who will be
pleased to hear of their good
fortune.
In looking over the mining
map of Gilpin County we find
this property is surrounded by
some of the best mines in the
county.
This is what the Register Call
Of Centr'4 az Colorado, has
to say .DSaA 04ipin County:
The record OF another years production
Of the gold mines Of Gilpin county has
closed. and the figures are but a repeti-
tion Of every year since gold was discov-
cred in this part OF Colorado. II is the
same old story OF a steady production Of
mineral from shafts sunk from fifty to
1000 feet. which will be continued for CEN
turtles TO come.
Our veins OF ore are true assures. formed
by nature In the center of the earth and
forced through the crust in every direction.
and although having been worked for over
foFty-twO years. there is no indication Of
the bottom having been reached.
On the contrary. the ore shows an in
creased value with every foot Of depth
gained. and with machinery and appliances
which are constantly being brought into
use for deep mining the time may never
com when the mines Of Gilpin county will
ever have TO cease operations for want OF
facilities 10 handle their product. or the
values prove too low to be profitable.
W. A. Rogers, secretary OF the cOm,
pany, Informs us they still have a small
block Of treasury stock for sale at "
cents per share, aud anyone looking for
a safe and profitable investment will
10 well To call or write him at the Ne
bTaska Telephone bldg. Omaha. Neh
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08
Attention.!

Members Of Ivy camp No. 2. r. n. Of A..
are requested 10 be present at the funeral
u Neighbor Carter. Sunday. March s. al
} .. m. a. the Park NJ. z. church, Georgia
avenue and Woolworth avenue.
MRS. ANNA PRICE. oracle.
OLGA HOLMAN, Recorder.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08

CARTER-Edward a.. Marcn .. 1903. aged
q years. 10 months and ! day.
Funeral services sunday afternoon, March
e. ~ 3 o'clock 80 HauBnom Park Methodist
Episcopal church. Tweuty-ninth street and
Woodwork avenue. interment at Essex,
Ia. Monday.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08
hay DENs
Great New York Stock Of Silks
On Sale Monday.

THE BIG WHOLESALE STOCK OF SILKS PROM THE n ROTHsCHILD q CO.
NEW YORK, GOES ON SALE MONDAY. This is the most important event. for We
own these fine silks at our hgures,a and will made the most scnsauonaI price, on
HIGH CLASS SILKS. that you have ever seen or heard Of n ROTHSCHTD q co
are we'll known among he trade as handling he and exclusive silk novelties ad
re assure all those who atendh this wonderful silk SALE as a rare et in choice
new SPRING SILKS, at prices that this purchase enables us to make that NJ mer
anywer can duplicate
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08

Genuine imported beer or draught. Ed
Maurer's. 1906 Farnam street.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-15
Her Consolation.

p q Z
James NJ Beck, the attorney Who
came into National promipsncs by his
work in winning the Great Northern
Securities suit, made uae Of humor.
ous anecdote TO introduce an addsaas
at o recent college commenct Aent in
Brooklyn, UnayoidabIe duties hsd
prevented him, Mr. Beck said, from
Masking any bnt the most hurried
preparations for the occasion, and 80
he would commend to the audience
the motto Of good old woman he! had
heard Of. Her pastor came 10 cenGafort
this woman, who had suffered q sad
bereavement. ..
well, my good woman thu pas
tor remarked, in your bitter trial 81
hope you have found some rag Of COM
fort from the Scriptures"
Indeed, l have, dominic was
the confident, though fearful reply.
That's grand, sister, exclaimed
the parson sympathetically. ''but tell
me what passage Of the Word helped
you most"
:'Grin and bear it,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-15
Kansas Corn Crop Less Than One Half
Average. esa =

Topeka, Kan, June 30.-The farm.
ers Of Kausa are confronted with q
kerlous problem. Ordinarily, at this
season Of the year, the corn crop hes
been cultivated two or three times,
and cut Of the way for the wheat har-
vest, which taxes the energies OF the
| rural population.
This year the late and cold spring,
and the excessive rains and Aoods
have SO delayed the planting OF corn
as to neoetsitate its replanting, and
the yield Of this cereal is wholly mat
ter OF chance.
At this time, when every available
man is needed TO save the sixty-mii-
lion -bushel wheat crop, the cornfelds
are suffering for cultivation. In fact,
thousands Of acres have just been re-
planted, and it will be race between
the tender plant and the rank weeds,
for supremacy.
There should be growing in Kansas
now over 100000 acres Of corn,
which, with favorable conditions,
would produce O.0OO, 600 bushels,
but the unfavorable season will reduce
this acreage one-third, and the aver
age yield. one-half. u.
The farmers of Kansas will consider
themselves lucky if they raise 100, 600
600 bushels of corn this year.
There is no division in the opinion
that this years wheat crop will yield
60, 100000 bushels. Grain experts
and elevator men say that this is con-
servative estimate. It all depends
upon the ability of the farmers to
save this crop.
Harvesting is already in progress in
the southern counties and within ten
days the fields throughout the entire
belt will be ready for the reapers.
The appeals to the State Employ
ment Bureau here for men to work in
the harvest are many and urgent.
Word Genes from Mcpherson, Rice,
SuIaer, Rush and Pawnee counties
that unless an. average Of 1000 extra
men for each county can be secured
from other States about half the crop
will rot in the fields.
Telegrams were today sent to St.
Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, and 9th
er cities, urging the authorities there
to inform laboring men OF the necee-
stiles here. Two dollars day and
board are offered TO all men who will
help in the harves here. In some To-
calities this wage will be increased
for good men. Two hundred men
were sent West to-day, and 300 more
from Kansas City will go Sunday.
The 200 students Of Washburn Col
lege here, who are without employ
mens.. have agreed to 60 to Sumner,
SedgewiUk and Reno counties. US
In many eouoties farmers are will
ing to employ two shifts of harvest
ers, and will work night and day while
the moonlight is favorable.i
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-15
Big Florida Rattler.

DR.. +. NJ. Lay, oe Barlow, Fla. .,
who is spending g wilhelm Yorkyiiie,
is showing his friends here the tanned
skin Of diamond back rattlesnakc, a
trophy Of a surveying expedition on
the Catoosahatchee river, In south.
west Florida last year. "
The skin, which was taken of en-.
tire, is beautifully tanned, without q
break from one end to the other.
From the tir Of tho nose to the end
Of the bunch of rattles on its tell, it
measures seven feet and eight inches,
aud across ct the widest place the
measurement is g fraction over ten In.
ches. The skin was taken off by rip
ping che snake from the under side,
and the tanning process completed,
the back shows row of large yellow
ish diamonds running its entire length.
From few inches below the neck to
about the snakes middle there is q
large double diamond and from there
to the end Of the toll the single dia-
monds continue. On the tell there
are thirteen rattles.
DR.. Law killed the snake one even.
ing about sundown. He left camp for
drink and near the water hole he
saw what looked like the head of
turkey sticking up above the low un-
derbrush and swaying from right to
left. On second look he recognized
tie object as the head Of rattlesuake,
and after moments hesitation he
went back to camp after a gun. The
rattler was in the same spot on his re-
turn and he shot it in the head. Be-
fore skinning it, he put it on the scales
and its weight was exactly forty.Gvo
pounds.
There are thousands of rattlesnakes
III Florida, DR.. Law says, and during
his different surveying expeditions he
has learned great deal about them.
He says that the prevalent idea that
rattlesnake always gives warning
with it's rattles before striking it's VIC
tim is fallacious. He rattles only
when calling it's mate, or when he is
angry or disturbed. He is not dispos-
ed to strike without provocasion; but
if.you should happen to step within
reach of him, you are in danger Of be-
ing bit without the slightest warning.
1t he can do 80, however, he will al
ways move away ON your approach,
without rattling, striking or making
his presence known. "But if you
hear the ;ndesoribable whir Of his rat
tie once" says DR.. Law. "you will
never forget it so long as you live
DR.. Law gays that another common
fallacy with regard tc the rattlesnake
is the idea that he has rattle for each
year Of his age. There may be new
rattle every year but they do not
serve as an index to the snakes age,
for the reason that the rattles wear
out and drop off. He showed where
the sixth rattle on the snake in ques-
tion had worn nearly through, indica-
ting that the big snake would have
some day lost the entire bunch below.
The snake that wore the skin DR.. Law
is exhibiting must have been at least
twenty years old andit is quite pos
sible that he had been crawling about
the Catoosahatohee swamps for full
half.c ccp cury.-Yorkville Enquirer
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-15
a Witty Red AIan.

In Travels in New England and
New York." President Dwight, of
Yale college, tells good story of In
dian wit and friendship.
In the early days of Litohfield,
Conn, an Indian called at the tavern
aud asked the landladyc for food,
frankly stating that he had no money
with which to pay for it. She refus-
ed him harshly, but white man who
sat by noted the red mans half.fam.
ished state, and offered to pay for his
supper.
The meal was furnished, and the
Indian, his hunger satisfied, returned
to the fire and told his benefactor q
story.
"You know bible2" said the red.
skin.
The man assented.
"Well," said the Indian, "the Bi.
BILE say God made world, and then he
took him and look at him and sav
He good, very good He made iieb.,
and he took him and look at him and
cay, He good, very good.' Then he
made dry land and water and sun aud
moon and grass and trees, and took him
aud look at him and say, He good,
very good Then he made beasts aud
birds and fishes, and took him aud
laok DC him and say, He gaca, very
good ''5e
s''Then he made man, ard took him
andclook at,him and sale, He good.
very good! Then he made a woman.
and took him and lsss lesssks at him, and he
mo dare say INC such wordl"
This last conclusion was uttered
with meapipg glance at the land
lady.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-15

rEs si afar 81 q, I /. y s.s. 'sisss
sight the ssres be iii q bas!S i be; { /. ss / !! y
4 maze 'ss. any noise when hs stanb,M 81 q y
the stairs. z q. u ~ ~ ~ q
sS;s - 4 hs sn fsss wa s. 20 sitter tb.
timent cg people who fconsplais i 81 I
they neger get uhss they dsse,ss $ ~. J.
20 sive e toshea, ~. 4 & 4; y !
4 maj, syanss 70 k6os il z,
man loves him; . woman VIII, IL i.'s .s' 3
. Our faults ara soon forgottea. &,
known onlyto onrselses. Il s; s