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Them goes on the story, maggie knsv
that love had como her way.
But even that kind Of love ID just ~ con-
spicuous by it's absence as the Iovey-dovey,
entwined arms and hand clasping variety.
Not an anectionate poke in the ribs, not .
single slap on the back. not even Jooular
reference to cross eyes or big feet. one OF
the methods by which love Of the primal
sort is shown, can be found on the Market
street pier.
The nearest approach to It is seen at one
end Of the pier, where ruddy haired youth
whose face looks as II a molasses cookie
had exploded over it. grabs the back Of
his coat in timorous fingers, rolls 1t into q
hard ball and with the crooked finger OF
his other hand beokons a maiden with
wispy hair and rumpled shirt waist to come
to him.
She comes, although she has to cross the
width Of the pier to do 30 and is jeered by
two companions for her femininity. They
stand and look at each other for few
minutes, half speechless with the ecstatic
excitement Of the occasion. Then he leads
her to the penny -in-the-slot machine and
extracts bit Of chocolate. She returns
to her companions, munching thoughtfully.
and it is to be presumed designing ways
and means for her wedding. It is not only
the East Sid, boy who is forehanded. The
East Side girl Is not extensively slow in her
methods
An ejaculatory conversation ia over
heard. The speaker is Of the type Of young
woman who is so ugly that she interests.
1t doesn't seem possible that a Divine
thought could have fashioned that dough
like face and placed it on such dumpy
pedestal Of body. Her sleeves are rolled
up, exhibiting muscular arms, not guiltless
Of acquaintance with the daily wash tub.
I'D like" she Is saying in menacing
tone, ito see a man try to kiss me. Let
him try It oncet, jest oncet. Do you know
what I'd do2 I'd punch him in the jaw
She leans back satisfied. She has an
nouncsd her amorous platform and looks
at her companion for approval.
The companion is weak faced and--one
is certain-weak kneed and weak spined,
as well; but there Is a certain girlish pretti-
ness there, and she fushes little at the
older womans remarks and looks furtively
about, as II she feared some one might
be scared away by such an unnecessary
statement.
But there is no one to be frightened.
Lovers are as scarce as hens teeth on the
Market street pier. and such as are there
hide their intentions we'll
As for the dancing on the pier, that,
too, seems to exist only in the imagination.
When the band strikes up @Bedelia' two little
girls in pink ginghams rise and twirl about
furtively. with many a glimpse over their
shoulders to see Il they are being watched;
then, after moments terpsichorean ex-
ercise, they disappear again into the crowd.
That is all the dancing visible.
Most Of the space on the pier is used for
the benches Of the audience. Only small
square is clear, and that is not large enough
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gisIs, usiy girls. plain eirls, shabby sirls.
well sowned girk. patient girls. impatient
girls are there. but the lovew have either
been scared away or else thsy never really
existed Never was there such process
sion Of deserted Ariadnes. Never was
there such q dearth Of Thescuses.
For fear blue coated guardians Of the
peace and the hundreds Of improvised
ohaperons. male and female; for fear the
electric lights shining until It Is as bright
as day: for fear the Watching crowds OF
idlers with nothing to do but scrutinixe
their fellow beings, might not be enough to
prevent the inoipient germ Of love from
taking root and springing into an untimely
growth. the city has paid attendants who
patrol the pier during the hours In which
1t u open to the public. It has also corps
Of life savers, who are there to watch and
prevent accidents from drowning TO un-
wary children, intoxicated visitors or dis
heartened lovers, maybe.
Not under their eagle eyes will love find
q way. Love may laugh at looksmiths,
but not at them. They are there to earn
tho money appropriated for their use;
10 no stealthy hand clasps. And as for
tho ohaste salute upon virgin brows, It
would take gayer Lothario than the East
Side has yet produced to evade those lynx
glances.
The attendants are clothed IN regulation
uniform Of black with white apron. Some
Of them add. to this equipment badge Of
authority In the shape OF long, willowy
stick, which, laid over tho backs Of Of
Tenders, will leave Its mark. One. Of the at
tendants explains her duties:
sWe are here to keep order and in case Of
any violent outbreak to report IL either
to the policemen or to one Of the male at
tendants.
$50 far have seen nothing which would
call for the exercise OF authority. In the
morning the mothers come hero with the
babies and the smaller children. In the
afternoon they usually 60 home and the
older children come after school, or from
their work. On Saturday, the Jewish
holiday, and on Sunday the piers are
crowded; and they are always crowded in
the evening.
aThe young people who como here are
quiet and we'll behaved, and, II they are a
little rough in their talk, or bump up against
you now and then in the crowd, 1t Is no moro
than you could expect OF them. They are
lively. full Of spirits and young-that is
the whole story.
.When the pier was first opened the
people about hero were wild with delight,
and for few days and nights they came
down In mobs and carried on, shouted and
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applause. unless the rapt looks and the
hands clutching other hands may be taken
as . note Of praise. But there have been
operatio performances where the divas
received less real appreciation than the
Market Pier band, playing out Of tune and
little indifferently to its East Side au-
dience. gets every night.
Long lines Of benches extend the length
OF the pier. and on them huddled together
20 that every inch Of space may be utilized,
men, women and children sit quietly for
hours or until the pier is closed, at the early
hour Of 10. II reluctant, they are warned
that they must 60 home.
The crowd is typioally East Side. Few
OF them wear hats, many Of the older women
draw shabby shawls about their shoulders.
But the faces are by no means unpleasing;
for the moment, under the influence of the
open air, the relaxation Of the days tasks
and the music. many Of them are positively
pleasing.
II any one has gone down there expecting
to see love making. there is disappointment
in store After walk through Central
Park and a glance at the lovers benches
conveniently placed in leafy arcades, the
recreation pier.at night seems as chastely in
tolerant Of caresses as January iciole.
The cradle and the grave alone seem to
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dend paying basis by means Of scientific
farming. and selling them at large profit.

dend paying basis by means Of scientific
farming, and selling them at q large profit.
All such men, who are reorganizing and
revolu tionizing the agricultural industry
9, Gubs seIrssn4 resuTrectionists I noted 'resar-
rectionist" is George Payne, who, after
years Of experimenting,h has recentlyieyolyed
discoveries ever made for the fattening
Of stock. Throaghout Nebraska he Is
Most revolutionizing Of all vegetables
ever put into American soil has been the
Importance hardly to be reckoned by one
who has not made it's acquaintance, be-
cause OF it's insistent demand for the settle
ment OF families upon the land. The beet
sugar factory must have have fsgHla;s '. y on1d SId
to be secured by putting upon the land
permanent residents. poor men with fam
lilies, who are willing to make beet raising
business. It Is business In which tho
family man Is at an ADVANTAGE, because
beet field, nor Is It injurious to the child's
health and education. like labor In the
In response to this powerful demand
for the planting Of families on the soil,
sugar beet ranches and factories have
exerted themselves TO the utmost to secure
steady, bona fide settlers. They have
had to give them advantageous leases,
with possibilities Of final ownership, and
a steady market for their products. In
addition, a sugar beet ranch Is usually q
great stock farm as well. cattle or sheep
being fattened from the residuum OF pulp
from the sugar factory.
That is how villages have grown up on
the corporation ranches. Some Of them
have two schoolhouses filed with the
children Of employees and tenants alone.
Four or Ave others near the ranch will re-
oeive scattering delegations from young
sters living on the edge Of the big farm.
II the manager has . wife and children,
they are probably all In the corporation,
and discuss the even exciting subject OF
dividends as eagerly and continuously as
the men. The wife will have ten or twelve
acres Of Strawberries and raspberries In
her kitchen garden, and make $500 an acre
from her Strawberries the second season,
and a. much from her raspberries the third.
As the children grow older they take part
Of her berry patch Oh her hands. and send
their own fruit to market Scientific farm
ing demands just as much knowledge OF
marketing a. Of farming. II ID not trade,
but a business.
That same Eastern visitor will find the
corporation ranchman living In q hand
some modern dwelling, through whose
pipes the ubiquitous Nebraska windmill
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ONE OF THE DARK ooRNEns.
outsiders and they talk little to tho GAL
lery. Says one. poking tho other play
fully in the ribs:
Now, Anne. you've got to be good, else
you can't go to Father Curry's break
neck
Father Curry's which3'
sHis breakneck. You know amt got no
back teeth and can't say that word.'
.Oh, his picnic yer trying to say are
yer?'
sYes, breakneck. It's me teeth.
This subtle wit is accompanied with
would-be coquettish glances. And then
the two veterans cackle louder and louder
and louder until the outsiders are fain TO
betake themselves elsewhere.
That is the sole attempt at merryrnaking
that an evening at Market street pier dis
closed-the only one; and poor, crude. un-
satisfying it Is. It shows at least that Father
Curry's words have made an impression.
The search for lovemakers gets to be an
obsession Think Of taking trip from tho
upper West Side Of New York down to the
extreme limits to look for lovers and not to
find a single couple engaged in that ever
young, ever new camel
Up and down the pier the visitors walk,
peering anxiously into faces. II only
furtiye arm could be found about an equally
furtive waist, II two sticky hands could be
seen in questionable proximity, II some
love sonnet adapted to the simple needs Of
a primitive people, such as:
Tho grass Is green.
Tho violet blue.
The pink Is pretty.
And so arc you.
might be overheard
But a search for the philosophers stone
or for the fountain OF perpetual youth
would be just as successful. Not loverl
Love, like quarrel, takes two, and only
the party OF the first part Is ready and
waiting II need be to break into small bits
Father Curry's commandment. Pretty
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LONELINESS or THE PRAIRIEs.
Treeless Waste without water
Or Human Habitation.
From the Birmin cham Ners.

From the Birmingham Ners.
"Ihad almost as soon be set adrift in small
boat in mid as to be dropped down on
the vast prairie near tho Kansas-C Colorado
State line, said man who is familiar with
the West.
"One cannot realize the loneliness Of the
Western plains until he has crossed them.
There are very few human habitations. com.
paratively little Of the land Is under cultiva-
tion, and water Is scarce and precious COM
modify. In every direction nothing meets
the gaze Of the eye except q trackless. tree
less waste which Ii bounded only by the lower
ing sky. Prairie dogs are tho chief denizens
Of this region. and as the train whirls past they
perch themselves on their hind legs and sit
bolt upright as motionless - statue There
are few houses. but they are at wide inter-
vals The one single advantage that lonely
pedestrian has in that region is that by fol-
lowing the railroad track sufficiently far he
will reach Q town some day. but walking at
this season under the burning prairie sun and
in q wsterless country 10 by NO means pleas
ant.
1t ID positively tiresoms TO the Sye 70 ride
across the prairies In . comfortable Pullman
car surrounded by al the luxuriss Of life.
This being true, II must b next 10 appalling
to have to tramp Over this region without
food or water. efoept what one bess st the
few way stations along the route. have
never been able TO 80 anything picturesque
or inviting about the wide stsetohins plains.-
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HOW OLD JOHN PLAYED POKER.
An Aged Indian With . System That Sur.
rlsed the Lumbermen.
From The Duluth Herald


Kah-be-nung- gway-way, better known as
odd John Smith," is probably the only Indian
in the United States that could be classed
as humorist. John is the wit OF the Chippewa
Nation. and among the white people of north
ern Minnesota is considered the wisest and the
foxiest red in the country. John is some-
where in the neighborhood Of 90 or io0
Johns home, ut the mouth OF Leech River
has long been known as Gamblers Point, :"
for the reason that many desperate contests
at the great national game have been played
in Johns cabin, on the bank Of the river. His
place became famous in the early days. as an
abiding place during the hot months Of sum-
mer for many lumbermen from Minneapolis
Duluth and other places who desired to have
an outing. Their principal occupation while
in the vicinity Of Johns home was poker
playing. In a spirit Of kindness they taught
him 10 play, when they first came. and he used
to sit in the games with them. II his guests
won, they would give the money back to John.
believing that he was unacquainted with the
game and to keep the money would be nothing
short OF robbery. 1t invariably happened
that John was always the winner when the
guests got ready to depart.
1t was some years before the truth Of John 8
knowledge of the, cards became known. 1t
appears that he knew all about poker and had
some original tricks that were sure winn ers.
He possessed an old deerskin tobacco po uch
and when playing would always sit with the
pouch between his knees. When the time
came to all hands, John would evince an
unsuitable desire to smoke and would dive
into the sack and replensh his pipe. lnvaria-
bly,, after filling his pipe he would lay down
the winning hand and take the pot. This
went on for many years. until finally John
could not stand the humorous side Of his little
game, and he told the boys one day how he did
1t. Inside the tobacco pouch was a whole
deck Of cards and when he wanted a good
hand he would I'LL his pipe and incidentally
ia hmm
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pumps q constant water supply; in whose
cellar it's own gas machine furnishes light
ing facilities. He will find up to date
traps and good horses in the stables, per-
haps handsome brake. But, Il he is
lucky, he will have chance to ridb of on
horseback with the manager and his family
TO the spring roundup, Where he can see
the whole process OF rounding up and
branding cattle, or watch the horse breakers
as day after day they proceed steadily
with their task Of breaking three or four
hundred wild range horses.
The wide, rolling Nebraska landscape,
so monotonous at first, grows on one. The
horizon Is 80 immeasurable. Flowers
sweep around in such endless leagues--a
very pean Of spring. At night, as the
men talk, or sing, or smoke, around the
campfire. the wild cattle come as near as
they dare and watch them out Of the dark.
There is such measureless space, such
quiet, such boundless ozone,
that it all sinks softly down and rests the
city racked nerves.
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FARMING IN Big FIGURES.
AGRICULTURE IS NOW AN EXACT
SCIENCE IN NEBRASKA.

A Million Spent on One Ranch's Buildings
Corn Raised by the thousand Acres,
Sheep by the Ten ThOusand-AVillageO on
One Farm-Day OF Small Efforts Gone.
A farm which contains 1893 dwelling
houses and a population OF LOO, which
feeds 1000 cattle and SO 900 sheep In winter.
A farm which raises S,4l1 acres OF corn.
l,l2O Of beets, $50 Of sorghum, S02 Of wheat,
s72 Of barley. peas. alfalfa, oats and millet,
besides 500 acres Of grass land; which
has put 81 ,125, 900 into buildings. and has
an annual payroll Of $l2l .s6s.
These figures from the Standard Cattle
Company Of Ames. Neb., illustrate some
Of the sights that bewilder the Eastern
traveller. This farm Is good example
of the "resurreotionist' ranch in Nebraska.
Much Of the land Of that great agricultural
State, homesteaded after the war by men
with little capital except their two hands,
is being gathered now into vast holdings
conducted by the most scientific methods,
both in farming and business.
The eastern traveller will see many new
and interesting things on one Of these big
corporation ranches. He will see all the
brains and progressive methods used by
the great captains of industry here ap-
piled to the science OF farming. He will
find the manager working hand in hand
with the Government agricultural stations,
experimenting constantly to get the greatest
returns out Of the earth with the smallest
outlay on it.
Scores OF different foods are tried for
the winter feeding OF cattle, and exact
results chronicled. The cost Of every
animal on the great place Is known to a
penny, from its birth to the day It leaves
the ranch. Fertilizing Is reduced to .
science. The composition Of different soils.
the ingredientS required to render them
productive, are known as exactly a. the
different rock formations in d mining
country. A class Of agricultural experts
has grown up. like mining experts.
There are men who make business Of
taking up WORKOUT, run down unpro-
iuctive farms. bringing them up to divi-
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The Market street recreation pier and
the lovemaking thereon have had much
attention directed toward them by the
objections raised by Father Curry. pastor
Of St. James's Church. The parish house
Of Father Curry is on the line Of march
coming to and from the pier, and tho young
people who frequent that place Of amuse-
ment are in his parish, 80 It Is natural that
bis watchful eye should be open for any
Infringement Of the law Of conduct.
fragrant lovemaking by girls and boys
h their teens, dark corners, arms entwined
On homeward ways, dancing in a loose
and shocking manner, an unnatural solem-
nifty as long as he is in evidence and CORE
spondng la1ness when he has gone, are .
few Of the many evils of which the good
father complains.
There are those who call themselves
students Of human nature who will take
. long journey to look at the forbidden.
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mode Of progression, a. the architect of the
steps apparently had In mind only the
number Of children who would tros up and
down.
The pier itself is substantially built, it's
broad platform extending far out into the
river. It Is there for comfort. There Is
little expenditure on ornamentation, but al
night 1t does not show the lack, for the
necklaces Of the two bridges are on either
side. tall buildings outlined with electric
CLEANS, below water filed with boats which
are knitting together the two shores, and
everywhere the refreshing breeze which
Is life saver and life giver which does
more than drugs and hospitals. free medi-
cal service and clinics to dispel disease and
the deadly microbes.
In the centre is a bandstand and, Door "a
the music is, 1t is serving it's purpose.
There is no applause for the bands efforts.
unless the deep silence may be taken as
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The photographer suggested that the
detective might be mixed. He said that he
wasn't any amateur snapshotter, but an
employee Of a commercial photographer
OF Washingto and that he was going to
take the picture according to orders which
were all right
Photograph Of the President coming
out OF church-campaign photograph
make hit with the religious folks-see?'
said the photographer.
@Orders. you say?' inquired the detec-
tive, with a sort Of bored incredulousness
In his tone.
.That's the way understand it. said the
photographer.
The detective pushed his hat back and
scratched his head.
-G'wan.' he said. MAY be orders. but
they weren't passed along
The photographer. with decidedly
aggrieved oountenance. removed the plate
holder. slung the camera over his shoul-
der and walked away, muttering.
A few minutes later Mr.. Roosevelt
emerged from the church. When he
reached the bottom step he raised his high
hat to nobody in particular and stood stock
still
1uub uc bVOSu III Nv AC0oO sOAA CoSSAAeA''
HIS custom has been after emerging from
the church to bolt right forward to the
pavement and then down Fifteenth street
at q treadmill clip.
Mr.. Roosevelt is very nearsighted. 30
that he would not have been able to see
the photographer had the camera man
still been ON the grassy plot surrounding
the poplar
The hedge Of folks who had assembled
on both sides Of the stone walk from the
church steps to the pavement to see the
President emerge from church wondered
why he stood still. with his high hat raised
from his head in his right hand They
hadn't seen the photographer whom the
detective had chased from the grassy plot
Q few moments before.
At the end Of the approximate ten
seconds. Mr.. Roosevelt clspped his hat on
his head and darted jerkily forward to
take up his heel-and-toe sprint for the
White House.
Speculative persons who saw the incident
are now laying . to that the photographer
will again appear on the grassy plot while
the President IL attending church to-mor-
row morning.
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Have No Use for Central"

Zionsrille, Ind, corres pondence indiana polis
Ners
Jack and Mark Booher, brothers. who live
on adjoining farms three miles north Of this
place. are the inventors Of an ingenious tels-
phone system.
Last spring the brothers. whose homes are
phone placed in their houses by the Whites
town Telephone Company. Being on two
different county lines, the brothers found il
inconvenient to be Obliged to cali "centrai'
at Whitestown every time they wished TO
talk to each other. SO they took q few feet
the telephone lhIe wire at the point. where
it. entered the weather boarding OF each
Of the two houses, attaching the other
runs along the highway between the houses
OF the brothers. This completed the circuit
Booher brothers to call each other over the
telephone without the aid Of central al
Whitestown.