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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
NENSY NOTES OF INTEREST

In an Interview with the premier
of Holland at The Hague, the Amer
lean minister, Mr. Beaupre, gave as
surance that the United States would
interpose no objection to any punish
ment which the Dutch nation might
inflict upon Venezuela short of ac-
tual occupation. They might estab-
lish blockade with the sympathy
and full approval of Washington.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11

The abandoned farms of several
of the New England States present,
no doubt, a gloomy picture to some
persons, and yet, so far as future
growth is concerned, there is more
hope in the fact that these farms
are not worked than here would
be If all the available land in the six
New England States were cultivated
to the limit If it's productive power.
The farms which have been abal-
doned are to tn culture of New Eng
land what the land which has never
been brought under cultivation il
to some of the states Of the west. AT
some time in the future they will be
occupied and titled, for the demand
for land will force them into use
Neglected now, they are never-the
less a source of future wealth ant
production. New England as a whole
has long way to go before ii
reaches in density the population thu
condition of some countries in Eu
rope today. To become gloomy il
rejecting upon its future is to ig
more what may be learned from tn
history and example of other pros
porous and yet more densely popu
lated parts of the world.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11

Fifty years ago the first ocean
cable was laid. Now two span the
Atlantic. Marconi is sending wire
less messages across the Atlantic ev-
cry day, and De Forest believes that
from the lofty Metropolitan tower in
New York he will soon be able to
say: Hello! Is this the Eiffel
tower, PARISH" Who can predict
what wonders in telegraphy will be
developed in the coming fifty years?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11

A preliminary analysis of the re-
port of the conference of officers at
the Naval War College at Newport
shows that in futurethe armor belt
OF the larger ships will be extended
below the water line, but that the
belt will not be raised above it's
present position. Those in process
OF construction will be armored as
heretofore prescribed. The confer
ence has decided to abandon the
military masts and to adopt the 90
foot fire control towers of steel re-
Gently tested at Hampton Roads.
The principal guns of the second
battery will be 5-inch instead of six.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
The Snow People.
IOriSinal.I

ItFiSinal,
\ blizzard on the plainS-I have
seen one; / never wish 10 see another.
All day that terrible whirl Of snow If
it had ceased occasionally to give the
brain a rest. ii would not have been
so hard 10 bear, but it never ceased.
We saw only ourselves: there was
nothing else to see but the boundiess
plain. and that was shut from our
vision by the snow. We We're prepared
for the storm. having wagons tents
and the where withal to make hot cot
fee. and should have considered our
selves we'll off We would have been
had it not been for that terrible. never
ceasing whirl
The next morning the storm abated
and we moved Oh. About noon we
came upon sight to freeze the mar
row in our bones six heaps of snow,
body underneath each, The remains
Of campfire in the center We
brushed the snow from the heaps and
The woman was wrapped in all the
blankets that the party had possessed
l put pocket mirror to the mouth Of
each person. and the woman alone re-
sponded, showing 4 faint film on the
glass We poured whisky down her
throat and chafed her, She opened
her eyes and in short time could
speak to us. but we waited till the
next day for her story:
We had horses and a wagon.
don't know where the horses are now.
When we saw the storm coming we
thought the first thing to do was to
get tirewood but since there was none
we broke up the wagon
Il don't remember much of what hap
pened All | know is that now and
again my husband came to me with a
blanket closed my eyes to shut out
my brain sick. but they wouldn't let
ne keep them closed, They kept shak-
ing ne 10 keep me awake | saw
them putting on the fire the pieces OF
the wagon. but they used them spar
ingly.
presently | saw Il flock OF white
wolves circlin@ around us. and it seem
ed that the mon were keeping up the
fire 10 prevent their closing in and de-
v0uring us Occasionally one of the
men Wonld seize :; iirebrand and hurl
Ii ut wolf They were circling. al
ways circlin@. to tire onr brains
tyaaSel my eyes again. and when
opened them The wolves were gone
but something far more terrible had
takea their places. Snow people were
whirling where the wolves had whirl-
ed Oh how cold they looked out of
their dreadful eyes. They instead OF
the wolves were now trying to tire US.
Every now and again one of the
snow people would try to seize one
Of our men, but he would take up a
frebrand. and that was enough The
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
AN ERA OF INVENTION.
The Wonderful Things Accomplished
From 1876 to 1896.


A careful study of the history of me-
chanical progress convinces me that
the inventive age attained the prime Of
its splendid career in the years inclu-
siye Of 1876 and 1896 and that in that
wonderful period the world witnessed
the conception and practical develop
ment Of a larger number of valuable
devices than any preceding era; also
that it is decidedly improbable that
any future generation will approach
its record. Before our optimistic
friends scott at this rather dismal pre-
diction I will ask them to name some
really great invention or discovery
which has been announced since 1896.
He may name scores of little devices,
but if he will look into the facts he
will likely find that all of them are
based on the superb series of funda-
mental inventions and discoveries
which marked 1866.
Suppose that those years were strick-
en- out of mechanical and scientific ad-
vancement. What would the world be
denied? The telephone, electric lights,
both arc and incandescent; gas lights
Of high intensity and economy, cleo
tric railroads, wireless telegraphy, du-
pick and multiple telegraph, the type
writer, electric heating, all the in
Vulnerable forms of electric bells and
signaling, automobiles, bicycles, motor
cycles, motor boats, typesetting ma
chimes, the photograph, high speed ele-
vatOrs, scientific cold storage and re-
frigeration, steel buildings which have
revolutiOnized our cities-the list is far
from complete, but those who are not
properly impressed with this list may
reflect that 1896 also added such
lesser inventions and systems as cable
railroads (now discarded), cameras and
all sorts of Photographic material suit
able for popular use, air brakes, safe
ty couplings, safety razors, smoke con-
sinners, pneumatic tubes, electric pho
Biography, moving picture machines, the
wonders of modern dentistry and the
bewildering assortment of breakfast
foods.
1t will be urged that the principles
Of such inventions as the telephone,
electric light, typewriter and other
epoch making devices were known in
advance of 1876. Admitted, but what
OF it? We now know the principle OF
extracting heat and power directly
from coal without com bustion and the
consequent waste, but this fact will
not detract from the credit of the man
solved. None of the things I have
enumerated was in practical operation
In 1876.-Frederick Upham Adams in
Appleton's.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16

snow man would withdraw. / saw
one of our men stagger away from the
fire A snow woman took him and
pressed her lips tight to his. Then
she opened her arms. and he fell frozen
stiff
after that the snow people circled
nearer saw our men come and stand
around me. You may think it was to
protect me from the wind and the
drift No: it was to keep off the snow
people was sitting by the fire, so
that the men incloSed both me and the
fire, fancied the snow people want
cd me. for they We're all looking at
me out of their icy eyes and reckoning
to me- There were four Of our men
around me. and each seized a firebrand
and advanced Il few PAGES back to
back The snow people could not
stand the heat of The brands and fled
With 4 shrek.
$50 wild, so weird, so terrible, was
the shrek that closed my eyes and
put my hands to my ears. When
looked again the men had lowered the
brands, and the snow people were
whirling more frantic than ever.
a horrible old snow hag beckoned
to one of the men, leering at him. He
went toward her, She seized him, and
l saw him whirled off up into the sky.
Another woman sang a beautiful song
no such heavenly melody have ever
heard-fiXing her eyes on one of the
men who were left. He, too, sue
cumbed and went toward her. She
folded him in an embrace, and I saw
that he had been frozen. Another of
the fire to bring some spokes to burn.
4 snow man seized him, touched his
heart with his icy finger, and he fell.
like the rest. without bending joint.
From this time the snow people seem.
ed changed. They were no longer hor-
rible. They were beautiful. The mems
apparel seemed to glisten like icicles in
the sun: the women's dresses trailed
far behind them, each myriad Of
snowflakes. l saw now only one of our
men. He came to me and threw a
blanket over me. He was my husband.
Then he stopped and kissed me- saw
him soon after, standing by the fire.
which was now nearly out The snow
people were watching it, and knew
that when the last ember died the end
would come. Nearer they came till
could feel their breaths on my face,
though it seemed to me that I had been
in 4 fever and they were cooling me.
Then l saw them gather around NV
husband, and he fell into their arms.
This is all | remember till felt
something warm in my throat and,
opening my eyes, l saw you people
standing over me-"
It was plain that we had snatched
the woman from death by freezing.
We took her with US and eventually
gave her up 70 her trends Whether
her brain recn'- cred from the effects Of
her dreadf'. experience l have never
earned F. A mitchell.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16

The Theosophical society was found
ed In New York city on Nov. II. 1870.
by Nine. BlavatSky and Colonel Henry
S. Olcott, but its headquarters We're re-
moved in 1870 to Adyar. Madras. In
dia. Its object is threefold--to form {,
nucleus Of the universal brotherhood
of mankind. to encourage the study OF
comparative religion, philosophy and
science and the unexplained laws and
phenomena Of nature and man.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
The Wicked Husband.

"Why does man lie to his wife?"
asks a woman writer Dear me. does
he?-Duluth Herald.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16

A moral, sensible, we'll bred man will
not insult me. No other can.-Cowper.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
THE LAST is THE BEST
story season Opens, with Every
PrOmise of a Bumper
Crop.

Nathan Rosenste Elm Of st. Paul in August
last borrowed a bamboo pole and the price
Of a rowboat from doc" Rutledge and
went fishing in Lake Bemidji. Rosensteln
caught seven sunfish and a perch, and
was about to quit when an pick
erel made a dash at his bait.
Rosenstein had Just placed his pipe be-
tween his teeth and was exploring his
trousers pocket for a match. The sudden
ness Of the strike startled him. and he
ierked his pole with his free hand, while
involuntariIy Juggling at the other to get
1t free from the pocket. All would have
gone we'll but for the pocket flap, which
caught his hand and held II for a second.
Another vicious tug freed the fork manipu-
lator, but as 1t came loose a so gold piece
slipped out OF the pocket and rolled over
board into the clear waite err. The big pick
ereI wrenched free from the hook. swung
under the boat. the great jaws opened. and
the coin disappeared.
A few days ago Rasenstein was again on
AXE Bemldjl. Trolling back toward the
dock In the evening felt a strike, and, after
a furious ten minute battle, landed an
enormous p~lckereL II looked familiar. but
VIII en- he reach the dock and began to strip
his catch what was his surprise or splitting
IL to find not only the SO gold piece lost
last fall but IS cents IN silver coins and
pennies, interest at the legal rate.-st- Paul
Dispatch.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
PASS THE PRIZE. PLEASE
Cleveland Man Distances Omaha and
South Omaha in Size of
Family.

Hats off to Patrick Sammon!
He Is the father Of the largest family In
Cleveland. He is the proud parent Of
twenty-three children, twelve boys and
eleven girls. And yet he is not content
That's a pretty big family 10 bring up"
he said the other day. but there can't be
too many Of 'em to suit me-"
What does Mrs. Sammon say?' / asked
innocently.
Sammon's brow wrinkled. Wait till l
finish me work and I'll tell you," he re-
piled, and without paying any more atten-
ton TO me he proceeded to oil the engine
at the pumping station Just west OF the
Lake Shore bridge over the Cupahoga.
For ten minutes he squirred oil into various
cups and holes, and wiped the shiny parts
with waste. Then he went into his little
office" washed his face, combed his hair
and beard and called me in.
What dis you ask me?" he questioned.
II asked you what Mrs. sammon had to
say about the family
You'd better ask her; l never did"
You believe in having lots of children
! asked. 1t was a foolish question TO ask
a man who was the father of twenty-three
children.
Il don't have to believe in IL. They just
came" he answered.
Blu l wanted them he added. II Xix
to have the house full Of children all the
time, They're the best company you car
have"
(Which do you prefer, boys or girls?'
1T never made any difference to me
What's the use OF wanting a boy or girl
anyway? You have TO take what you get
Boys are just as good as girls, and girli
are Just as good as boys. At any rate
they always were in my family "-clevelanC
| Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS = SEALED
city clerk OF David City, Neb., up to 8
o'clock p. m, July Sth, 1908, for furnishing
material and labor and installing a sewer
and specifications are on file and may be
seen at the office of the city clerk and at
the office OF the engineers. 1915 First Ma
tional Bank building, Chicago, III. Each
bid must be accompanied with a certified
check of 10 per cent of the amount Of the
bid as a guaranty that the bidder will en-
bond II awarded the contract. The city
reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
For further information address w. s.
Engineers. J1i-21-8
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
RIGID DISCIPLINE IN BERLIN
Germans Not Only obey Rules, but
Are Not Happy without
Them.

The Berliners, and the rest of the Ger
mans, are the most governed people on
earth. They like 1t and howl for more.
They have restrictions of all kinds placed
on the order of their daily lives, but they
are used to II. Indeed. they have ar
rived at a sort of mental state in which
they look to the authorities to tell them
what to do, and how to do it, In every
contingency. "Verboteni' is the German
word that has the greatest vogue, so far
as / was able to see. Forbidden stares
them in the face everywhere. They are
regulated in all sorts OF ways, down to
the manner they shall conduct themselves
IN their houses. There is a certain time
for beating rugs, a certain time for play
ing the piano, a certain time for everything
else. You can move your household goods
only in a certain way. You cannot shake
a dust rag out of a window. You cannot
do this and you cannot do that, and, they
told me, after you once get accustomed
10 It, it Is a comfortable way to live. 1t
absolvea you from thought II you know
what hours there are for doing your work
and how you must do 1t. If a cab knocks
you down in the street, you are arrested
for obstructing the traffic. Your place is
on the sidewalk.
Every Berliner does exactly what he Is
expected to do. and you must do the same.
As an example Of how well trained they
are: They are not obliged to have guards
on the underground trains in Berlin. The
Berlin folks know they are expected to shut
the doors and they shut them. If you OBJ
serve their regulations you are not dis
turbed. but II you violate one Of them you
instantly get into more kinds of trouble
than you ha dimagined could exist. All
than you had imagined could exist. All
line, and you can be happy, II the resula-
lions allow the kind OF happiness that
agrees with y~ou.-Samuel G. Blythe in
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

"A pair OF running Shoes" said the seedy
looking stranger.
The salesman promptly brought the shoes
and fitted them.
The stranger stood W. He moved toward
the door In order TO get g good light on
his purchase.
DO you warrant them?"
I'VE do."
II never buy anything" said the stranger,
without giving II an actual test"
So saying he ran through the doorway
and down the crowded street at a tre-
mendous rate.
And the salesman feels quite certain that
he will not see him again.-cleyeiand Plain
Daaiar.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

LANpsEEKERs

LANDSEEKERs.
Brazos valley crops pay 80 TO 100 per cent
on cost OF Ian per year. The Brazos
valley holds the Texas cotton record. We
can show the best corn In Texas. We
can show the richest soil and prettiest
land In Texas. Abundant rainfall. Level
land. Lowest freight rates. Only IS miles
from Houston the Chicago of the South"
70 my office at Rosenberg. so to 1000
acre tracts. Price S1b to s25 per acre.
Illustrated list free. Hiland p. Lock-
wood, Owner. S6 San Antonio. Texas.
(aO)-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

FOR SALE OR ExCHANGE-ieo acres
good land in Gregory county, s. D., near
N.6o0, 6 per cent, 4 years. Might take
store OF residence in good Nebraska town
worth N,6oo. as part pay balance cash
and time. Describe you property fIly.
Box S2, Avon, s.. D.. (0)-4sl TX
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

WEBSTER sTA.-1sTR a WEBSTER.
Chicago, Sc. Paul, Minneapolis a
Leave. Arrive.
Twin City Passenger. III $50 am b $40 pm
Sioux City Passenger. a 1906 pm a10:50 am
Emerson Local .......,.c s:45 am c SOS nm
Missouri
Auburn Local ...........b $3.50 pm b11;S am
a Daily. b Daily except Sunday. c Sum
day only. d daily except Saturday. 9 Daily
except Monday,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Ann Robinson ct al. to Charles NJ.
Cook, lot IA, Paulsen's addition. 1,4W
Flora Stemm to Eliza A. Billings, lot
16 and part lot Is, block l, Creston
A. s. Billings and wife to Flora
Stemm, lot 16 and part Is, block l,
Creston addition .....,...".:;.. 1
County treasurer to Samuel Finlay-
son, lot /, block 8. Clifton Hill ;...,.. ......
Mollle Kicker, part lot 2, block 20,
e. ". Smiths addition ............. 400
G.. Sam Rogers and wife to Security
Investment Co., part lot 4, block 3,
Improvement Association addition e. 100
Agnes Mimanek to Joseph ]. Kaspar,
part lot u, block "a. South Omaha,
and lot Q, block is, LIST addition to
South Omaha, and part lot SO, Hart
mans addition .......""..".. 1000
Guy L. Clarke and wife to William
II. Wilder, part lots 4, 5. 6 block 9,
Baker Place ...""..".::,""":.;.. 2
William r. Paul and wife TO John
F. Larson, part lot II, block 10,
Parker's addition ....:".,."...,, 2,62S
Brown L. Grove and wife to George
w. Ghellhart, lots 5 and 6, block 8,
Halcyon Heights ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 400
County treasurer to Continental Trust
Co, part lots 5 and 6, block 2,
SANG to same, lot s., block i, seiby's
Same to same, lots / and 2, block s.
A. s. Patrick's addition ............. ....,.
Hastings & Heyden to Thomas and
Edna M. Sweptson, lot 3, Home
Ella Jones and husband to Edwin
Truman. lots 10, IA, and part Is,
block Is, Scully's addition .......... l
McCague Investment Co, to z. L.
Colombo, part lot 4, block 253,
Omaha Observation-Disclosures. 2,5Oo
Total .$l6,0s0
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
Land at Taft

on the Gulf Coast OF Texas cannot be
equalled; join our next excursion, Tuesday,
June l6. and you will be convinced OF this
taet, For full particulars, cali on or ad-
HASTINGS 4 HEHDEN, Land Dept.
s20 s. nth st. Omaha. Neb.
CeN-M4a "a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
south Dakota.
WELL BASIN

we have over thirty quarter sections
lying in northern Faulk and southern Ed
monds counties, in the famous a~rtesian
well basin of South Dakota. Prices from
90 to SO per acre. For further particu-
WARD, GUERNSEY & KENDERDINE.
Carlyle, S. d.
CeN-MAS0 Iax
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
REAL ESTATE
California.
Canada.
CANADALANDS

We will run excursions for land seekers
70 all points IN Saskatchewan, where We
are offering for sale the choicest lands In
western Canada at right prices and easy
terms. leaving 81. Paul evegy "wednesday
afternoon IN June. Fare for round trip ~
fare refunded to all buyers. Prospects
were never better for q bumper crop in
Canada. Go with US n see II grow.
STEWART q MATHEWS CO.. Ltd).
800 Jackson st.. St. Paul. Minn.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

a. % OR iO AcREs-Good land; $50 per
acre. Willis Hawkins. Springfield No;
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
An Actual Test.

Ever try The Bee Want Ad Columns3 II
not. d. so. and get satisfactory results.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
WESTERN NEBRASKA

I have practiced medicine for Is years in
western Nebraska and spent nearly 8 years
as register and receiver of the U. S. land
office at Sidney, Cheyenne Co, Neb. !
can tell you where to get good lands and
ranches at the right price. You can find
me at c.. r. Glover s. Sons office. 60l-2-S
n. Y. Life Bldg, Omaha, Neb., 9 to IL a.
M, 3 to s p. m, Come In and talk the
matter over with me. Yours truly,
DIR. r. d. HARRIS.
(&)-M51S 20
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

Ed ACRES GREELEY (coLo) LAND,
In the great potato and sugar beet dts
trict, and will grow almost any crop. To
come undeF new ditch now building;
water by fall; will be worth then 80 TO
500 an acre. Frank X. Miller, SIS South
pearl st.. Denver, Colo. C@D-A3A AK
WANTED - We have several thousand
acres OF good Colorado n for sale; We
want good. live agents to represent as.
Nsh. CA0-Aeee
BIG MONEY IN FARM LANDs-In the
new Henryiyn irrigation district. Just or
canned, - miles from DenVer, on the
main line OF the Burlir gton r.. X. Price
SIS 70 SIS per acre. When under irrlga-
ton will be worth 500 20 Sp per acre.
Water costs Is per acre TO be paid IN
20 years. The Farmers MortGage \ Loan
Co, Denver, Colo. OO)-41 AK
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

FoR SALE AND TRADE-4s0 acres OF
choice farm land in Northeast Nebraska;
100 acres broke, balance in hay, and pas
ture; good S-room house; barn for six
teen head horses; corn cribs and other
outbuildings. Price, $3.50 per acre; will
take 5000 or 5000 in good stock of cloth
ing or dry goods. This Is one of the best
stock farms In the state of Nebraska.
Write or call on ]. W. Hodges, West
Point, Neb. (2)-M503 lax
SPLENDID INVESTMENT.
geo acres on Lawrence Fork creek in Chey-
enne county. Nebraska, only IA miles from
Bridgeport, for $50 an acre.
HICKS REAL ESTATE CO.. Omaha.
(10)-546 lax
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
WANTED-To RENT

ROOM and board, with lunch, in west part
city, by young man. Address W-652, care
Bee. (26)-M515 lax
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

WILL PAY CASH for an insurance bust
C&)-M3S6 is
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

WILL pay cash for a fire insurance bust
ness in Omaha. Address A 653, Bee.
(25)-555 ID
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

WANTED to buy an addressing machine,
also letter duplicating machine; must be
in good order and bargains. Address S
634, care of Bee. (25)-M536 l6X
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

EXPERIENCED ~stenographer; excellent
references. Address ID" Omaha Bee
Council Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

A JAPANESE boy wants work in private
family; waiter only. 7. Fujl, COG N. 18th
ST, (2D-M347 13x
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

BEST price paid for 2-hand furniture. car
pets. stoves. clothing, shoes Tel. Red bS0l
(&)-646
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14
REAL ESTATE WANTED
WANTED-To BUY

HIGHEST prices for d-ha furniture, car
pets. clothes and shoes. Tel. Douglas SyTl
95)-645
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-14

WANTED SITUATION - Homework; IL
need Japanese write X. N, 73 So, 9Th st.
t2D-346 lax