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unknown affection around Normal, but
nevertheless many homes thereabouts
have been materially frightened on in
Vulnerable occasions by the bounty from
Fairview. Seemingly, the chief pleasure
in possessing with the Bryans comes
from their ability 10 share with their
neighbors. II ever a latchstring hangs
on the outside II is that al Fairview, for
here the neighbors come and go al will.
Fairviews big kitchen. TO these folks. IS
seemingly. far more attractive than any
art-flled drawing-room. for here they love
10 congreEate and discuss such subjects
as the dairy or pantry mysteries
''W. J." rather enjoys these little gath
erings. too, and. while the women folk
assemble in the kitchen, he always takes
the men off 20 the big barn, where they
talk over crops TO their hearts content.
M Bryan's devotion 20 his wife Is
proverbial and Justly so. too, for she u
! has ever been who has made smooth for
the struggling young lawyer the many
| stormy and rough places in his road 10
/ success That is why Mrs Bryan studied
/ law. Many knotty legal problems have
! been solved by these two in days when
briefs were few and far between. and as
/ a result of the aid thus received those
/ briefs prepared by Mr.. Bryan in the
early days Of his struggles never failed
10 call forth some word Of praise from
4 the turist presiding
Side bv side they have struggled for
many years ard were you 10 ask Mr.
| Bryan to-day 10 what he most attributes
] his success. he VIII unhesitatngly reply;
To the wise counsel and tender love Of
the best woman God ever made
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Creek. and IN the center of the first
parcel was the site selected for the new
Bryan home. Shortly thereafter ten ad-
ditional acres were purchased. and a lit
tie later fifteen acres were added. and
so on. bit by bit. until the present es-
tate consists OF 200 acres. valued at from
500 10 1880 an acre.
Here william Jennings Bryan lives the
life Of farmer He would resent II were
! 10 say that he lives the life OF a coun-
try gentleman. He Is idolized by the
hundred or more tillerS Of the soil who
live about him, and TO them ne Is wv. j.
This they dubbed him when he first came
20 live among them, and this he will
continue 20 be O. them whether he lives
the life of an Antelope Creek farmer or
becomes the President OF the United
States. Men and women alike invaria-
bly, address him as Wv j." and q Is ex-
tremely doubtful! # he would care 10 be
addressed by any other name. Certainly
not so long as he continues 70 make Nor
NAL his home.
The handsome house that adorns Fair
view is q most pretentioys establishment
From an architectural viewpoint II IS
rather nondescript IN style. since Il IS
patterned after the most modern OF city
residences. as well as along the lines OF
a large. roomy. comfortable country home
embodying the best features Of each
Residents Of Normal will tell YOU that il
[ is tho finest house in Nebraska, b'gOsh
and my advice 20 visitor 20 these parts
/ IS 20 accept their word for Il and not
attempt to argue the point
! Prior 20 Mr.. Bryans world-encirclinl
! tour, Fairview's furnishings, decorations
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An Easy One.

From TitBitS
Jones-I say. Smith. you are a good
hand at arithmetic?
smlth-Yes, am considered very good.
Why?
Jones-Well, here is little problem for
YOU. There was a man named Little liv-
ing in Dublin, who had a daughter. Now
she was I'm love with a chap she knew
her pater did not approve Of. so one day
she eloped with him. When the old mar
found out he was very angry. and at once
followed them. Now, then, what time
was 1t?
Smith (angrily)-What time was Il
How on earth do you suppose 1 can tel
your give II up"
Jones (triumphantly)-Why a Littl'
after two Of course
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tour he published a series Of syndicated
letters that made his trip a most profit
able one Thus ii can be seen that
whatever Mr.. Bryan has accumulated
has been done since he reached middle
age, and all has been done by his own
efforts
When the Bryans were residents Of
Lincoln and the future was less rose
ate than II is to-day. Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan often made excursions out into
the country These little excursions
we're inexpensive. and. then, too. dreams
OF the future all centered about some
little spot IN the country where a home
could be builded. and AR BRYAN could
engage In the pursuit closest 10 his
heart To be d successful farmer had
ever been his ambition. and this. unlike
one other ambition. has been realized
one spot always appealed strongly
20 MIR. and Mrs. Bryan, and that was
I'm the vicinity of Antelope Creek. which
s6rted q little settlement known as
NormaL about twelve miles from Lincoln.
Here's where We VIII build our
home mother when we have the
money" was the comment Mr. Bryan
invariably made after reaching this
pretty spot That was many years ago,
and upon each return 10 The modest little
home i'm the muddy little Lincoln street
the Bryan family would gather about
the open fireplace and there build
their castle. That this castle was not
founded on air time has proved for
seven years ago Mr.. Bryan purchased
five acres Of land abutting Antelope
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the various shades OF red. one OF which
might well be assigned 10 each class. Yale
wears blue. Brown IS as sober in it's as
pirations as its name implies. Williams
has taken purple. Hamilton orange, and
Amherst. We believe. yellow"
II is interesting 20 note that one ohjec-
tion raised against the green al this time
was that IL might be taken 20 indicate
that Dartmouth was in sympathy with
the Fcnian movement and the 81. Adams
raid. which had occurred not long before.
Amhersts color Is no longer yellow.
Many years ago it turned 10 the purple
End white. That color has gone 20 the
University of Rochester. which had yet
another in this list, printed I'm 1868 in
"Carmina Collegensia.'
College Colors-As a distinctive mark.
fourteen OF the foregoing colleges have
chosen colors as follows:
Il. Harvard. red; . Yale. blue: 3 Brown,
brown: {. Dartmouth. green. .. Williams
purple. s. Bowdoin. white; 7. Union. ma
genta, S. Hamilton, orange: 2. Amherst
purple and white: 10. Wesleyan. lavender
! II. University of New York. violet; y
Western Reserve, bismarck and purple
| %. Michigan. azure blue and maize; H.
/ Rochester. magenta and white.
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is variously estimated at a figure any
where from 100000 to $4,000. on this
subject. however. Mr. Bryan is mum, III
ways evading it when possible.
How did I get IT." he replied TO a
recent question. why. by dint OF hard,
nerve-racking work-that Is how" Aud
those who know him best declare that
this is true.
Mr. Bryan's sudden leap into affiu-
ence has not spoiled him one whit.
His bitterest enemy must acknowledge
this. The most humble little farmer
living in the vicinity Of the Bryan home
will tell you that 'Neighbor Bryan is
neighbor IN every sense Of the word:
that LIS. Bryan is idolized by every
woman for miles around; that the girls
are splendid women, educated 70 live
lives OF usefulness, and that William
Jennings Bryan. jr.. is "a chip of the
old block, and that's saying a whole
lot"
There can be little or no question
as 20 how Mr. Bryan acquired his for
tune. His various lecture tours. while
arduous in the extreme, have paid him
Handsomely for his trouble. His news
paper the Commoner. has turned out
10 be a veritable gold mine. and, since
he has received the nomination, his IN
come from this source will be quadrg
1 pied. as he expects 10 be able TO boast
| Of a million circulation
! Mr.. Bryan's foreign tour was another
stepping stone to wealth. for while OF
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GUN CARRYING.
Discussed by the International As
sOciatiOn of Police Chiefs.

From the Kansas CITY Journal.
Some practical suggestions have come
from the convention Of the International
Association Of Police Chiefs which de-
serve careful consideration among those
intrusted with the enforcement OF laws.
Perhaps the most important OF the rec
concentrations Is the resolution urging
upon the President, the Congress, the
governors OF the various States and the
Canadian government the enactment of
a uniform law governing the sale and
use OF deadly weapons a few days since
Chief Shippy. Of the Chicago department.
addressed the chiefs convention on the
matter OF the sale and registration of
deadly weapons and he stated that the
system Of licensing dealers. which was
adopted in Chicago. has already been
the means OF capturing several murder
ers through the dealers in revolvers. The
! license In Chicago is merely nominal ana
! there are few requirements or restric-
| tions upon tho sale OF deadly weapons
II was explained by Chief Shippy that
/ this was only the beginning and that IT
was promising of large development. As
men are becoming more and more civil
/ iZed there is less need for the carrying
/ OF weapons of defense
The man. not an officer Of the law who
/ rarries gun" habitually nowadays s. a
| dangerous character. Such restrictions
should be placed on the manufacture and
| sale OF revolvers that Il would be unlaw-
/ full for any man to have one without
proper registration OF the maker. the
number OF the weapon. the dealer. and
the individual purchaser. The man found
with a weapon In his pocket contrary 10
law should be severely punished wher-
ever found. The plan is simple and we
have the chiefs word for IT that It Is
entirely feasible. The growing tendency
| toward paternalism in this country is
manifested in various schemes OF tie
Federal government to regulate the do
lngs OF the citizen. but there appears to
be no general movement toward insuTinR
individual disarmament which is much
more important than tinkeving with rail-
road fares or telling the individual what
he shall eat and drink. The carrying OF
deadly weapons is without justification
save in the defense of life and property
II the government would take the same
trouble in regulating the importation
manufacture, sale. and use of deadly
weapons that 1t does In many other de-
paTtments OF public service II would con
fer benefits on the people of a most val
liable and substantial kind.
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MOROCCO EDITORS REPARTEE
Ass of Asses" and May God De-
stroy You" Frequent,
"Trai itOr" and "Linr" Commonly
Used. While "Inhdel" Ia Even
Worse Than Others.

Some Interesting facts about the news
papers Of Morocco have just been printed
in the Revue du Monde Musuiman. These
journals originally owed their existence
10 European initiative. The foreign rep
resentatives at Fez and Tangier thought
Il necessary to reach the better class OF
the people through newspapers. They
therefore engaged some newspaper men
from Syria. and two papers printed in
Arabic were started in Tangier, FL Saada
in 1904 and Fl Abah In 1906
Both being under European influences.
have supported the Sultan Abdel Aziz
during the pending unpleasantness in Mo
rocco. Their articles against the attempt
ed usurpation Of the Sultan's brother. Mu-
liza Hahd, stirred TO towering rage many
| OF the leading men Of Fez. who had
termed Abdel Aziz out Of his capital
They decided that the great party that
was supporting the claims 10 the throne
| Of Mulai Hahd must have a newspaper
organ Of its own. Type and printing pa
per were hard to get at Fez, but guam
/ tity OF material was at last procured. and
| FL Ta'oun began to appear. a most aston
| lshing newspaper. which made up for It's
meager size with heated and virulent
/
hasted the odious reptile who edits one
OF the rival sheets entities him TO a place
In the front rank Of vituperative journal
ism,
Below are some of the extracts made by
the New York Sun from a recent article IN
FL Tai 'oun. Part Of il has been blue-pen-
ciled as not appropriate for publication in
any language.
"Fez-May God preserve her from all
evil and evildoers, The policy Of hei
enemies is taking the shape Of powder and
ball under the incitement Of the editor OF
miserable newspaper. Who does not
know this man 10 be a yelping dog, a rep
rebate, a lost creature. a traitor TO his
people and his religion? God and the
faithful have branded such men and car
deceive no one except himself.
Curses on you. you traitor and liar
Do you think that Moroccans believe &
word that you say7 Have you ever IL
your life said anything that is true
What YOU have written. you little cur Of
a dog. on the subject of the caid OF Fe;
is absolutely false Have you seen, yol
hog. with what respect and admiration
the English newspapers speak Of him?
IF you were capable OF being fair anC
impartial or Of telling the truth, 1 would
recount TO you the great things that th'
, caid has accomplished on this very day
But It would be paying you too mucl
honor. you little carcass OF pig
The noble mehalla of our Sultan ha
Just triumphed over our enemies, the in
, fdels and put them to rout. May Go,
destroy youl You will be very careful
Z not 10 print the news you will receive.
You say, o ass OF asses. that the emf
: should unite in his person four funda
L mental things-justness. statesmanshir
I courage and descent from the Gorei
E chites. Which of these things DO yo
find In Abdel Azlz? Is il in the name o
D justice that he has made a gift to I'll
Europeans of two cities In the land o
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LOOKING FOR TWISTERS.
Worries and Fears of the Nervous
I'm the Tornado Belt.
From the Atehisor Globe.


From the Atehisor Globe.
In the region where tornadoes are COM
mon. which is a pretty large territory.
nearly every family has one member who
has a highly developed fear OF storms
When warm weather and the cyclone put
IN their appearance the scary one begins
the preparation OF a safe retreat. proba-
bly, IN the cellar under the house. OF if
he happens 70 be a thirty-third degree
member OF the Amalgamated Order OF
Fraidcsts he mas cave lined with re-
enforced concrete constructed somewhere
In the back yard
In his cave or cellar retreat the coward
puts a bed, and IL he has il bad he is apt
70 lay in q stock Of provisions and bar
rel OF water, During the day the other
members Of the family have a good deal
OF fun chatting the coward. but he sets
even at night by disturbing their sleep.
Among other peculidrities OF the cyclone
coward is an optical Illusion which pos
sesses him about tue time the bass begin
10 bite. from then until harvest time
every cloud he sees assumes a funnel
shape and he is sure we are going 20
have a twister. And he never misses a
cloud When he sees one he gets up,
gathers up his clothes and the Insurance
papers and proceeds 20 Try 10 herd the
family TO safety.
II the coward happens to be the man OF
the house he sometimes succeeds in drag
girg the sleeping wife and children 10 the
cellar while he looks out the door until a
gentle summer shower begins 70 fall But
II the coward is the wife she never has
much success with the old man beyond
getting him angry. and because of her
duty to the children she takes them tC
the 'fraid hole. abandoning the husband
to his fate-and sleep
About once In 100000 times the cyclone
coward makes a good bet, and then his
name Is numbered with the survivors
/ But it costs him lot OF good sleep.
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POSTMAsTERING A PROFESSION
Not n Matter of Politics Across the
| Canadian Border.
From the New York sun.

From the New York sun.
Postmasters come and postmasters 20
in the United States. It used 10 be a
political scandal, this turning out os
2ostmasters when the other party got
into power. or even when another fac
ton Of the same party got control OF
the Congressional district
Things are better now, we are told.
Efficiency counts I'm some cases. Blu.
there is still a deal OF shifting around.
In Canada they DO things differently.
When a post-office is established and q
postmaster appointed II is a pretty safe
guess that the Office remains in the same
family. There are many changes of gov
ernment, but officehOlders are seldom dis
turbed.
The result has been that across the
northern border 'postmastering, II ons
may coin the word, has become a pro-
| fession. like the law and medicine. II
| by some mischance a Canadian post
! master should lose his job he would
be hard put to il to know what TO dc
/ for living. for he has been trained to
but one thing
To take an example; When the Do.
| minion OF Canada assumed its present
| political form-the act Of union wal
passed in fS67-the town of Moncton. New
| Brunswick, still had its first postmaster
who had his patent. or whatever docu
ment confirmed him in his Office, direct
| from the Queen Of England. The Do
minion government appointed him post
master, and he was postmaster until his
I, death.
But long before he died he trained
his son TO the business of running
post-ofi1ce, and his son naturally sue
ceeded him. That son IS the presen
postmaster, and he is growing gray II
the service. When he. too, passes on
no doubt some other member OF tb'
family viii take up the work.
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MILK DIET FOR The HORSE
Animals Fed on Lacteal Fluid Can
Be Worked Hard.
One Animal Makes Unusual Growth
on UncOmmonly Used
Forage.

A C. Robinson. In Outing
It is established beyond question that
horse can be brought up and worked
more than ordinary horses on milk.
Ordinary horses take two and one-half
years to reach their full weight develop
ment. and ;heir average gain a day is
less than one pound. Another astonishing
fact. and one of which he is the only living
example. is that the horse Azote had all
his three year-0ld teeth when he was two
years and two months. Il would seem
that the day when the wise ones could
tell the age OF horse by looking IN his
mouth was past Now the ordinary horse
does not reach his fun power, that is,
the maximum Of what ne can do upon
the track. until he is four or five years
old. All the best prizes are offered for
two and three year olds, and as soon as
q horse begins carrying weight FOR age
/ mis- chances for a grand killing are
pretty well over. But suppose by new
method OF feeding a colt could be made
10 gain a year and while IN reality only
three years old have the growth and
strength CT four? With this idea Of rapid
development in view the colt Azote was
bought
] He was taken from his mother when
he was tweuty-siX days old and started
upon dry milk he received one-half a
pound OF the powder mixed with two
quarts Of water every two hours and
/ half or eight times "A day, just like
baby. He drank It from pail in about
minute and that was all there was 10
his feeding. He was weighed every
morning ats o'clock, and as he grew the
quantity Of food was increased in pro-
portion TO his increase in weight After A
time K was found advisable 20 give him
a certain amount of hay not for any pur-
pose OF nutrition. but In order 70 give
bulk 10 the highly concentrated food
upon which he subslsted. He was given
about one-ha1 as much hay as other
! horses receive. This is all he has ever
eaten. a little hay and the milk powder
mixed with water; never any oats or
corn. and in this lies the novelty OF the
experiment Yet when we consider that
one pound Of dry. separated milk contains
as much muscle-making material as five
pounds Of oats or corn and as twelve
pounds OF hay. Il was not so daring after
all: and besides, dry milk is disested 10
the extent Of IS per cent. oats and corn
10 - per cent, ana nay Only % per cent
The advantages Of this last fact are
obvious for besides receiving more nour-
ishment in proportion 20 the bulk II re-
louires only twenty-slX hours for dry
milk 10 pass through the intestines.
whereas ordinary food takes three to
four DAYS. so that there is much less
waste material. and a horse during a
race carries over the course much less
dead weight II is just as II his handicap
had been cut down.
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Illegal French coInnge.

The French government finds itself-or
is authoritatively declared TO be-in the
position or II not exactly "smasher." at
any rate an issuer Of bad money. II has
just minted a 25-centlme piece in nickel,
and Il seems. says Harper's Weekly. that
the law provides that only multiples OF
ten are permissible. Twenty y-centime
pieces would be all right. Twenty-Five
centime pieces are Illegal = committee
specially appointed by the government
has formulated this conclusion, and. tech
nically. 1t is unquestionably correct The
government is now asked what 1t pro-
poses TO do 81 the matter.
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N7zzIzH sNVzNz"N'

William Jennings Bryan has ever been
an optimist. but at the present writing
his optimism surpasses all bounds. as
recent editorial treating Of the late Re
publican national convention. and en-
titled In Full Retreat" amply attests.
This editorial appeared in a recent issue
OF Mr.. Bryan's newspaper the Com
moner. but, not wishing to keep all the
good things TO himself, Mr.. Bryan mag
unanimously gave out the text OF his edi-
torial in advance OF its appearance In
The Commoner. and this was given wide
spread publicity by the daily press. ire
spective of politics.
II is not my purpose. however. to treat
OF William Jennings Bryan. Presidential
aspirant. but rather Of Bryan, the hus-
band. the father. the farmer, and the
most beloved citizen Of Normal, Nebr.. the
little colony that surrounds his beautiful
estate. "Fairview." Until a very few
years ago Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. with
their two daughters and one son. occu-
pied an extremely modest little frame
dwelling I'm an unpretenuous street in
Lincoln. II was just such a house as the
average struggling attorney. with a large
family TO rear and educate, would re-
side in. There was no attempt at dis
play. as the Bryans apparently had no
social axes to grind. They were content
TO live their lives in their own way. sur
rounded by a little coteTie of friends
who were ever glad TO partake OF the
preverbial crust that this most hospitable
little family was wont to share with their
friends. After years OF ceaseless toll,
Mr.. Bryan has reached that point in life
where he can rest easy, we'll knowing
that the future Of those dependent upon
his endeavOTs has been provided for.
Dame Fortune has smiled her broadest
upon Mr. Bryan, and to-day his fortune
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An Episode in Court.

Prom the London Telegraph.
You are charged with snatching a
womans pocketbook.
Il know Il, judge. But ] wouldn' do
such a thing hungry and broke as am. 80
TOO conscientious. I suppose"
"No. l don't pretend that. But why
should ] snatch a woman's pocketbook
What would l want with a couple Of car
tickets, powder rag, and dressmaker's :
address?"
once more a shrewd criminal overshot
his mark. His familiarity with the con-
tents convicted him
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COMEDY.

They parted. with clasps Of hands
And kisses and burning tears.
They met in a foreign land,
After some twenty years
Mt a. acquaintances met,
Smiling. tranqul-eyed-
Not even the least little beat
OF the heart, upon either side.
They chAtted Of this and that,
The nothings that make up life;
She In a Gainsborough hat.
And he in black for his wife.
All. what a comedy this.
Neither was hurt, IL appears;
Yet once she had leaned 70 bis k;Sa.
And Once be bad known her toar1l
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A Pleasure Not to BE Missed.

From Sacred Heart Review.
The teacher of a certain school received
the following note explaining the absence
Of one Of her pupils the day before:
'Plese excooze Henny for absents yes
terday. Him an me got chance OF a
ride to a funeral In a charrige. an 1 LEI
him stay 20 home 8s he had never rode
in a charrige an never went to a fun
neral, nor had many other pleasures. So
plese exeeoze."
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MARTYRDOM.

Soap an water can't bear.
smarts my eyes an mats my hair,
Makes me hOller in the sink
Words nice boys won't even think
Soaps ell right fer waShin' clo'es-
Gotta use il, ! suppose
Waters good fer swirns an sails.
Good fer fish an good fer whales,
But TO 90 an mix the two
As Us fellers hAf 20 do.
Rub Il on oar neck an ears.
Fiji our cyes all full o. tears.
Thsts too mean fer any use
Amt no sense IN such abuse.
Soap an water | can't bear.
smarts my eyes an mats my hair.
Makes me want to run away
Where Just dirty people STAY.
-HArper's MAgN5inG