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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Cccn nhodss, Big Farm.

About seventeen miles from Bulawayo we
found ourselves in the heart Of a big
farm established by Cecil J. Rhodes. He
bought up nearly all the land between
BulaweyO and the Aatopos hills. including
a strip twenty or thirty miles long. en-
bracing q number Of rich valleys. or.
rather. Impressions In the hills. He built
a dam holding 100000 gallons OF water to
irrigats a part Of this tract and go ar
ranged the lands about this that they form
one OF the paying parts OF his estate.
There is q tenant In charge Of them who
keeps 100 acres In crops OF various kinda
and I understand that be Is now raising
two crops OF corn q year. In addition
there are tens OF thousands OF acres OF
pasture and q part OF this Is now devoted
10 ostriehss. q part 10 cattle and other
parts 70 game ThsFS are even Wild o.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
sister. Are Gentenar1An..

Mrs Anna K Bolton, aged 1O4. Of Alex.
andria' Ind, vigorous In mind and body,
VIII so 70 visit her son. Hiram Bolton OF
Aokomo. After the Kokomo trip abe Will
so unattended to Ford. Kan, to Wait hsr
sister. Mira Eliza Wilson, lie years ODD
The family is noted for its longevity, Mrs.
Bolton being one OF a pair of twins, the
other James Cox Of Quincy, Ill.,, Is still
living. Another sister. Mrs. Nancy Ride
nour Of Brownsburs, is still alive at IOe
years
Mrs Bottoms memory of things far be-
yond the life Of the average person, ana
to them but tradition. is clear. She talks
OF incidents Of the war Of 1914 as familiar
as the average person would speak of the
Spanish war.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

Dosnlng through streams where the
water splashes high into the air, and
crossing bitches where the machine goes
up and down with a jump.
now honking by swamps. frightening the
great black and white herons which live
there; now racing with antelopes over the
plains, and row rushing by Matabele kraAls
where the natives come out and gaze at us
in their half-naked wonder.
These are some Of the incidents of a
ride l took yesterday from here to the
Matopos hills to visit the grave Of Cecil
Rhodes.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

A glass company Of Pittsburg announces
that it has received several orders and will
begin at once to manufacture headstones
of glass to mark graves. A unique feature
Of the new tombstones will be that there
can be blown in the glass a photograph Of
the deceased person.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Lover of Solitude.

I am told that Cecil Rhodes liked to be
alone. While at the government house
he was overrun with callers. When he
came here to the farm those who wished
to see him had to drive eighteen miles
out end then eighteen miles back before
they reached a hotel II they wanted to
stay they had to sleep in the open, for
the huts were only large enough for Mr..
Rhodes himself. Later on he built a hotel
about three miles distant in order that he
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
In the Native Kraals.

We stopped now and then to visit some
Of the native villages, many OF which are
found not far from the roadway. They
are fair types Of the thousands which are
scattered over this country. Let me de-
scribe one. 1t consists of a dozen or so
huts, surrounded by a wall made OF limbs
Of trees tied together and looking not I'M
like one OF the stump fences Of northern
New York. Inside this wall there is an
other shutting off a space In which the
sheep and goats are kept at night and out
side the latter are the homes OF the people.
These are circular mud hutS with walls
about five feet high and thatched roofs
which slope upward In thu form OF a cone.
Each hut has a dooz AZ the front and this
is the only way into the average honA
Let us enter. The floor Is plastered with
cement made OF native mud. 1t IL az
smooth as q school boyAU slate, except at
the center, where a hole as big as a peck
measure has been cut out for the fire. The
cooking Is all done over that hole, the
clay pots resting upon the Goals inside Il.
In a few huts iron kettles are used but,
as in the past most of the cooking IL done
in rude Jars OF clay, made by the nativeA
In one hut that I entered I saw green
corn boiling and in another a half-naked
woman was roasting locustA while her
family squatted about and smacked their
lips, awaiting the feast Very few OF the
huts are more than ten feet In diameter
and some are much lesA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Stories and Quaint Features of Every Day Life

tim was then forced from the branch and
hanged. 1t was impossible to reach the
bird. At first the bird struggled to escape,
but the cord held and its flutters grew
weaker until they finally ended in death"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

hAAODLS LII EOOma
arc in these he spent weeks and months
at a time. One hut was his bed room,
and another HIS kitchen. and the third
might be called his drawing or living
room. They are all still standing. His
living room is open on all sides. and
consists Of merely a matched roof up
held by posts covering a space about forty
feet square. It's walls consist of screens
of mating which may be rolled up and
down to shut out the wind. When Ce-
Gil Rhodes was here, they were usually
up; and, as the huts stand upon a hill he
had a magnificent view on all sides. He
could look over the rich valley in one
direction, and away off at the other see
these mighty hills among which he loved
to wander and where he directed his rest
ing place should be- Right under the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Trip Across Matabeeand and a Visit to the Grave of Cecil Rhode
Copyright 1908 BY Frank q. Carpenter,

for sixty miles over
Matabeieland in an automobile.
Racing at twenty-five miles
an hour over the veldt on roads
so muddy that the wheels often
spin around with catnhin~
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

might have a place to entertain such
guests as he chose. This hotel is now
used by the visitors as a lunching place
on their way to the tomb.
I am told that Mr.. Rhodes would go
off and spend days by himself in the Ma
topos hills. He would take books along
and camp out. At one time he wandered
up to the place where his remains now
lie and got lost. II was some time be-
fore a native appeared and showed him
the way out. In describing the place
to the Matabeles he was told that the
hill on which he was lost YVES known
among them as the mountain OF the
friendly spirit"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Dom Jaahn ana ceciI J. Rhodes.

Dom Ja0hn and Cecil j. Rhodes.
One OF the villages We visited was that
OF a famous native chief who led in the
rebellion which resulted IN the loss Of
Matabeleland to the natives. This was
Dom Jaahn He Is now an old man, but
still has a great respect for the man who
conquered him Indeed. he is afraid OF
Cecil Rhodes' ghost that he win not 20
to his grave for fear his spirit may be
lowering about It. Not long ago the man
agcr OF the Rhodes estate here told Dom
Jaaun that he would give him a horse and
a new saddle and bride II he would travel
over the twenty miles between here and
the Matopes hills and look at the Rhodes
monument The man replied that he did
not want Cecil Rhodes 10 haunt him for
the rest OF his life and that he believed 1t
was best TO let dead men lie. Nevertheless
Dom Jaahn was a famous warrior and dur
ing his prime was much feared. He fought
well. but he gradually came to respect
the English soldiers who conquered him
A short time ago he was asked what he
thought Of Cecil ]. Rhodes and his troops
lie replied:
Those men were men"
After th.s DC stopped 4 moment and pro-
cecdcd.
Those men were men OF men. And"
he conclude. their fathers were men be-
fore tAeLI.'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

TOMB OF CECIL JOHN RHODES.
the great park and gardens which Mr..
Rhodes left in his will az a resort Tor
the people OF Bulawayo. They lie be-
tween the farm and the hills and COM
prise a part Of the latter. The park
covers 5000 acres, and there are fifteen
miles Of roads through It, all trees. More
than 5000 specimens OF plants are Gull
tivated here; and there is .also a large
nursery devoted to the development OF the
forest.
The geological garden is inside a fence
four miles long. It includes every kind Of
animal that will live in Africa, with the
exception of the beasts OF prey, such as
lions and leopards. There are CRATES,
antelopes, Glands and zebras everywhere
TO be seen. The animals are not afraid,
for no shooting is allowed in the vicinity,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Planting HaIr on Bald Heads.

IY should a man worry about
his hair or the lack OF 1T
Nearly every day, says the
New York Press, I receive
letters from men OF women ask
ing for a dandruff cure and a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Forty widows at a Picnic.

When it comes to the unique in the way
OF picnics. one near Berwick, N. j., stands
out brightly. Announced as the second
annual picnic OF the widows Of Berwick.
forty well known widows. ranging In ages
from u 70 u years, responded. all living
examples OF the truism that "'twere
better TO have loved and lost than never
to have loved at all"
Sc great was The success Of the picnic
that 1t was decided to hold 1t again next
year at the same Time and place. No
wtdowers are invited.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Gravestonea OF GIasr

dead wagon ride failed. The Joker will /
asked to pay for the ambulance service.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Grandfather at 81.

Married when Is, a father at 16, and a
grandfather at 81. Isaac Lord and wife of
Honesdale, Wayne county, Pennsylvania.
celebrated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary recently.
They are one Of the lounges couples
In the country who have ever done 80.
Lord is a farmer and general storekeeper,
and the family is one Of the oldest in that
part of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
Rooster MotheTs Mine ohick..

A bantam rooster which Philip Stack
pole Of Rverhead. L l., set upon some
eggs three weeks ago completed his Job
by Matching them all out. The owner OF
the rooster, a son Of former Judge George
+. s~tackpole, is greatly pleased by the
ROSTERS feat.
stackpole discovered that the rooster ap-
peared Jealous OF the hens ability 10
set" Finally the little bird took to a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

hair restorer. The best dandruff cure Is
q bald head. The best hair ~restorer is a
native OF Columbia, at the second or third
fall Of the Chagree river. He uses an awl.
a mRllet and some spice gum. After
punching a hole in the scalp he inserts a
hair. which IL plastered around with the
gum and gently cultivated until 1t takes
firm root. His custom IL to plant three
hairs a day. To plant more would throw
the hairless one into commissions. knew
a man who was thirteen years getting a
new planting OF hair.
o
Find Woman Missing Ten Years.
A posse captured q wild woman In the
thickets Of Gregg county, Texas. She
had been identified as Mrs. Martha Wilkes,
wife OF q young farmer. who disappeared
from her home In Sabine county ten years
ago and has never been heard OF since.
She was then Is years Of age
The woman was mourned as dead and
the husband. after spending all he had in
trying TO find her. dead or alive, left
Texas She is a strange looking Creature,
with three-inch finger malta, and skin
Drowned and tough as leather. chad only
IN a short wooden garment, she carried a
small bag Of nuts, herbs, and roots. She
Is evidently demented and her memory a
blank 1t required the strength OF six man
to restrain her.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

Rhodes Geological Park.
Leaving the farm, we passed through
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-01
Corking Time.

Tit-Bits.
An Irishman entered country inn
and called for a glass Of the best
Irish whiskey. After being supplied
he drank it and was about to walk
out when the following conversation
took place:
Landlord-Here, sir, you haven't
paid for that whisky you ordered.
Irishman-What 5 that you say?
Landlord-I said YOU hadn + pail
for that whisky YOU ordered.
IriShman-Did You pay for it?
Landlord-Of course I did.
Irishman-Well, then. what's the
GOOD Of both Of us paying for 1t?
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-01
MULE KILLS FARMER.
Isaac Durham Falls From tie Animal
and is Stamped to Death Drag
ged Two Hundred Yards.

Pickens, Aug. 29.-Isaa" Durham,
a prominent farmer Of !h.o county
who lives in the Six Mile se:tion, was
killed yesterday evening by mule
hs lad be-: ,'nwins. Tn trying to
alisht from the mule hi~ 'e: became
entangled with one Of tie trace chains
and the mule ran about 200 >*r1s. In
running Mr.. Durham was jerked pn-
der the mule and stamped il Heath
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-01
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
KILLED BY LIGHTNING

Fountain Inn. Aug. 2S.-NIrS. Dave
Sims and her infant daughter v'c:e
struck By lightning and instantly
killed at their home Monday after
noon. Mrs. Sims leaves Il husband
and three small children. Mr.. Sims
is farmer and lives about Two and 4
half miles from Fountain Inn.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-01
stBlind Tom

Henry Watterson in Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16

and younger leaders are now discuss
ing harmony. All but one Of ten West
ern Pennsylvania Republican con-
gressmen We're renominated, Congress-
man Acheson being defeated in the
Twenty-fourth district by John K
Tener, grand exalted ruler Of the Elks.
Senator Penrose will be supported for
reelection by practically all the as
sembly candidates; delegates to the
state convention will instruct for Sen
ator Knox for the presidency, while
the delegates to the Democratic state
convention will probably be successful
in sending uninstructed delegates to
the Denver convention
One of the surprises of the election
is the defeat of Congressman John
Dalzell as delegate to the Repub-
lican national convention, notwith-
standing the fact that he ran ahead of
his opponents in the congressional
FIGHT
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16

only way to secure general and per-
manent good health"
Among many prominent people who
have recently become converted to
Cooper's theory is Mr.. e. M. Howey, Of
47R De Russey Street, Binghamton.
N. Y, who says: II had stomach
trouble for about six years. After eat
ing, [ would become bloated and have
distressed feeling for several hours.
This would be accompanied by heart
burn, and reached the point where I
could not enjoy my meals at all.
Il tried different remedies in an eff
fort to find relief, but without success.
After taking three bottles of Cooper's
New Discovery I am entirely cured.
My stomach does not bother me in the
least, and can eat anything like.
I can cheerfully recommend Mr.. Coop
er's medicine to anyone afflicted with
stomach complaints"
Mr.. Cooper's medicines are making
a remarkable record. We sell them.
e. N. French e Co.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
THANKS HIS FRIENDS.

Although A. Kaiser was not Sc
lected as delegate from the Ninth
congressional district to the republic
can convention at Chicago. he
appreciated the work done in his
behalf by his friends. Prior to the
convention, Mr.. Kaiser said;
1t is indeed source of graft
fication to me that my friends
have created the sentiment they
have in favor of my selection as
a delegate from this district to the
national convention. Endorsements
have been given me which l have
not labored for and it surprises
me somewhat to see the enthusiasm
with which my friends have for
warded my candidacy. Even should
something occur which would de-
feat their efforts, l will be under
great obligations to them for the
loyal work they have done in my
behalf. I look for the convention
tomorrow to be harmonious affair
with nothing but Taft sentiment
in evidence. He is without doubt
the choice of nine-tenths of the
republicans of the district and in
my opinion will be the choice of
the national convention on the first
ballot -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
COURT CAUSES DELAY
Democratic State Convention Of
New York in Session.
JUDGE MODIFIEs INJUNCTION
Mccarren Delegation From Brooklyn
Entitled to Place on the Tenn
porary Roll of the convention-Anti-
Bryan Men Apparently in Control.

New York, April 1 The Demo
cratic state convention, scheduled to
meet at noon in Carnegie hall, did not
get down to business until nearly 2
O'Clock, when it was called to order
by Chairman w. J. Corners of the
state committee and the temporary
organization was perfected by the
election of Thomas Carmody of Penn
yam as chairman, who delivered the
opening address
The convention will elect four dele
gates at large to the national cOnven-
ton at Denver and the leaders have
agreed tentatively upon Alton B. Par
ker, former chief judge of the court
of appeals; William j. Corners, chair
man of the state committee; Charles
F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
and Lewis Nixon. If the present plans
of the leaders obtain the delegates at
large will go uninstructed by the con-
vention.
The convention was delayed by the
efforts of the organization leaders to
vacate the injunction secured by Sen
ator McCarren of Brooklyn restrain
ing the state committee from barring
the McCarren delegates from the tenn
porary roll of the convention. A modi-
: fcation of the order was finally Sc
cured and announced at a brief meet
ing IF the state conmittaa after WIFI ch
the convention proceeded to business.
New York's delegation from the
various congressional districts to the
national convention are also to be
ratified by the convention and prob.
ably will be uninstructed.
After appointment of committees
the convention adjourned for the day.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Case of Murder and Robbery,

Cleveland, April lathe severed
head of a corpse supposed to. be that
of Michael Soboda of Bedford, a
suburb, was washed ashore from the
river, revealing what is thought to
have been a case of murder and rob.
berry. Soboda, with 5000 in cash, left
Bedford five weeks ago for Cleveland,
where he had engaged a ticket for the
old country. He never called for the
ticket and the police surmise that he
was killed and robbed and his body
thrown into the river.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
strike Ties Up Traffic,

Chester, Pa, April 14.-The con.
ductors and motormen and other EN-.
ployes of the Chester Traction com.
pany have struck because their wages
had been cut 10 per cent. Shortly
after the strike was called car was
sent to the city hall for policemen.
On the way the car was stoned by
crowd and every window was broken.
Traffic is tied up.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
GOVERNOR ASSASSlNATED.
Ruthenan Student Kills the Ruler c'
GaIicia Province.

Lemberg, Austria-Hungary, April :
Count Andreas Potocki, the govern.
or of the Austrian Polish province of
Galicia, was assassinated by Ruth
enian student, Mieroslap Sjczynskl by
name, while giving an audience to a
delegation of students. The assassin
fired three shots from a revolver, all
of which took effect. The governor
died soon afterwards, but first asked
his secretary to inform his majesty at
once. Tell him." said the dying man,
II was his most faithful servant"
The assassin did not resist arrest.
When led through the governors ante
chamber he said to the Ruthen1an
peasants who were waiting for an
audience: 81 have done this for you"
The assassin's brother, who had
been informed of the plan to kill the
governor, committed suicide shortly
before the murder.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Would Repeal Church Rule.

Worcester, Mass, April 1l.--By a
vote Of 107 to AZ the New England
Methodist Episcopal conference adopt
ed memorial to the general confer
ence recommending the repeal of the
article forbidding dancing, card play
ing and attending theatrical per-
formances. The conference voted
against memorial calling for the
restoration Of the time limit by which
pastors were allowed to remain only
five years in one pas torate.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
ONLY one WAY TO
RETAIN HEALTH
Young Man with New Theory Says All De-
ponds on Stomach

L. T. Cooper's theory regarding the
human stomach is rapidly becoming a
topic Of universal discussion. Cooper
claims that the human stomach has
become chemically deranged by mod.
ern conditions, and that sickness gen.
orally is the result.
In recent interview, while intro
ducing his medicine in leading city,
Mr.. Cooper said: "There is just one
way, in my opinion, to maintain gen.
eral health, and that is by building up
the digestive organs. The vast ma
Jorlty OF Americans today have weak,
tlabby, distended stomachs. This has
been caused by many generations of
overlooking and lack of exercise. until
today the entire civilized race is af-
fected. This is the true cause of most
OF the Ill health of today. Little can
be done to relieve it until the stomach
is once more brought back to normal
conditions.
I am successful because nv prepa-
ration puts the stomach in sound con-
dltlon, and as maintain this is the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
DOUBLE MURDER ALLEGED
Missouri Man Under Arrest as Result
of Shooting ARRAY.

OF ohootlng array.
Campbell, Mo-, April l Wv. R. Bell
Is under arrest on the charge of hav-
ing shot and killed Ephraim Bridges
and Marion Bridges two miles south
west of here while defending Mrs.
Clara Johnson. Bell was taken to
Kennett, Mo-, at his own request for
safekeeping. Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Rosa
Dawson and fourteen-year-old Sadie
Johnson are also under arrest charged
with being accessories before the fact.
The charges were made against them,
it is said, principally to hold them as
witnesses.
The shooting resulted from a quar-
rel caused by the domestic difficulties
of Mrs. Johnson and her husband,
who, she stated, had left her. The
tragedy occurred on the Bridges farm,
where Bell was employed, and he as
serts he shot in defending Mrs. John
son from harm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
Hawaii Republicans Meet.

Honolulu April l The Republican
territorial convention met here and
elected Representative G. A. Rice
chairman. The platform endorses the
administrations of President Roose-
velt and Governor Freer and services
Of Representative Kuhio, favors tariff
revision, ship subsidies and fortifica-
tons at Honolulu and a naval station
at Pearl harbor. Delegates to the ma
tional convention will go uninstructed
and the unit rule will prevail
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE
Mayor of Chelsea Says $1,000 People
Are Homeless.

Boston. April 14.-The following ap-
peal for assistance, signed by Mayor
Beck and William E. McClintock,
chairman of the relief committee, was
handed to the Associated Press:
eve have been visited by most
terrible catastrophe. One-half the
area of our city has been swept by
fire. Fifteen thousand people are
homeless and S12,OO0,OOO worth of
property has been destroyed. Our
business section is almost wholly
wiped out. We are in sore need. We
have. not lost our courage, but are
applying ourselves with all our ability
to the task before us. But that task
is stupendous and we ask assistance
of all who are benevolently inclined.
He who gives quickly gives double.
Subscriptions may be sent to City
Treasurer Thomas B. Frost"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-04-16
LEAVES CITY BANKRUPT.
Clerk an Alleged Embezzler and Ii
cense Money Cut Off.

Rushford, Mimi, April 1 As the
result of the alleged embezzlement Of
$4,000 by the city clerk and the voting
of no license last week this city is
threatened with bankruptcy. The sa-
loon licenses expire April %, at which
time $4,000 revenue in licenses will be
cut off. The shortage Of City Clerk
Aim, who was arrested and pleaded
guilty, brings the loss of revenue al
most up to $4,000 Neither contin-
gency was anticipated when the tax
levy was made last fall and the city
has not sufficient money for it's needs
and no prospect of getting any until
next winter. The council has not
been able as yet to find a way out of
the dilemma.