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tell by the outline of the steer how many
pounds Of meat he carries. They can't tell
you how the estimate is made. In fact they
don't estimate-they Just know, that's all.
A sweeping glance at a carload and your real
salesman can tell in dollars and cents, or in
hundred weights, what is there, how many are
stockers and feeders, Gamers or finished beef.
The contact of buyer and seller is that of
diamond against diamond, and in that keen
contest neither will lose. Polished by the
working of long experience on the natural gift
that each must have, their perception and ap-
probation of values is unerring.
Where do they come from, these marvel
ously efficient men? Many are men who have
grown up in the yards, a life in that kingdom
of stock transfers. Then there are others
who maybe back home in other days caused
the wiseacres to remark, Bill is a mighty
slick fellow at a swap, but he'll never amount
to a durn.' However, If Bill" has made
good on the cattle market he is drawing a
weekly check that would make months
wages back home look pale. Clad probably
in corduroys, boots, SLOUGH hat and a slicker,
his appearance may not be impressive, but he
is a high-priced expert and a man of attain
ment.
Handling each year the value of perchance
millions of dollars as the buyer for some big
packer or commission mans salesman, his
working mind must not miscalculate. The
head Of any of South Omaha's many big COM
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

As it is the ~stockman's function to turn gram
and grass into beef, it is the commission mans
concern to convert that beef into cold concen-
trated cash for the producer. He is a special
list and must know where best to buy and
where best to sell. The probable demands OF
the packers tomorrow and the capacity OF the
feed lots at some obscure ranch far out IN
wyoming must both alike be at his finger tips.
The commission man is the practical scientist
of the market.
The commission man is the resultant OIL
some sixty or seventy years Of evolution. He
has grown up will the industry as a part OF
that remarkable machine through which the
vast current of live stock finds its way to the
ultimate consumer. Records exist of the
work Of commission men in Scotland seventy
years ago. The occupation arose from the
necessity of a middleman to handle the
product of the stock raisers and with the
growth of the industry the necessity became
more imperative. The commission man grew
to fit the place.
Day after day, year after year, this man
of facts and figures is studying the question
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having been satiated with the records furnished
oy the leader, had ceased 70 r,antfos, .r,,
Aurener interest IN the matter This natur-
any served 10 emoitter his associates more
and more against him as the march r,or, ,,,e.
side OF the Dark Continent to the other nro-
sressed. Sir Henry's companions would IN
deed have been more than human had tyav NO,
expressed feeling Of resentment at the idea
that ne alone was to reap pecuniary benefit ana
all the glory or the dangers and hardships
shared in common. and Of which in some cases
they and not he bore the brunt. How tusti-
ned they were will be seen by the fact that
whereas Stanley himself died rich ma, .
knight Of the Grand Cross Of the Order OF the
Bath and with seat In Parliament, several Of
MS companions breathed their last in the poor
house-Where he commenced his career In
Deed Stanley was the only member Of the ex-
pedit1on to receive any reward for the success
or his enterprise. Not only did the others re-
main without any recognition whatever from
the government or from any of the scientific So
ciettes, but their very names have been forgot
ten. with the exception of that of Major Bartte-
lot, the only man among Stanley's companions
OF sufficient social prominence to be able .
make mis- voice heard and to attract attention
The major was distinguished officer Of the
Scots Guards. with a splendid record of active
SO-sASOs NASA must pOpuAdF III IuS AOnQOn
great world and in his regiment heir to an
ancient baronetcy and son Of the most uni
Versally respected member Of the House Of
Commons. old Sir Walter BartteIot 1t was
Stanley himself who selected him. with the
consent Of the British War Department. to act
as second in command OF the expedition Yet
:before the latter got half way across Africa
Stanley and the major were not on speaking
terms with each other, and on Barttelot being
killed by the natives. under circumstances never
made entirely clear to this day. Stanley went to
the length of intimating that he had got moth
ing but what he deserved. When the expedI-
tion returned to England without BarttelOr
Stanley first Of all pointedly declined To make
any mention whatsoever about the young Of
hcer, leaving people to infer that there was
some mystery in connection with his death
something that would not bear the light Of
day. Pressed for an explanation by the reIa-
tives and many friends Of the major, Stanley
came out with unsupported charges Of such a
character against the dead man-charges af-
fecting his humanity. his honor. nay his very
ctvilization-that instead Of public sentiment
being excited against the young guardsman 1t
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munication 10 insure the safe return OF his
royal chief he started of with his men IN
attempt TO reach the pole on his own account.
carrying with him most oe the provisions which
the duke had relied upon finding on his return.
AS nothing has ever been heard Of the Lieutenant
or Of his two companions it Is assumed that they
perished in the attempt
DIR. Thomas Scott Dedrick, who was surgeon
OF the Peary Arctic expedition Of 1888 70 1902.
abandoned il and took up his residence at Etah
with the Esquimaus on account. IL Is alleged. OF
inordinate jealousy Of the commander and IN
evaporation at the thought that II was he who
would reap all the glory OF the venture. II sue
Cessful. Another member Of Peary's party on
that expedition became embittered and irritable
against his chief wandered away from the main
body. and was never seen again He is supposed
to have met his death by falling down Gre
vase
OF all the Arctic expeditions, however. the ones
most remarkable in connection with the bitter
ness developed among the explorers were those
of De Long and Melville. in 1879. on board tha
Jeannette and of General Greedy. in 1882. on
board the PrOteus To what extent the friction
among the members Of the Jeannette expedition
contributed 10 It's tragic ending will never be
known in its entirety In the case of the Greedy
expedition dissensions broke out from the very
start. and the more critical the situation became
which eliminated IN the execution of one Of the
crew for INSTRUMENTATION and thefts of food thus
reducing still further the mere handful Of sur
vivors of the party rescued by Commander
Schley. on board the Thetis. from Cape Sabine.
EX-ATTACHE
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maneuvring. secured all the glory and rewards
IN connection with the achievement. Observing
sIteF DIS return to France a most I1nzenerous
silence with regard TO his companion. BonvaI-
iot hot tempered. self-made man OF peasant
origin, and native Of the South Of France re
sehted this bitterly. and his irritation against
'he prince was increased hundredfoId when he
recalled 10 mind the repeated occasions on which
ne had saved Henry's life at the risk Of his oyz,
SOiheuliles Dy the exercise Of his extraordinary
physlcal strength The quarrel between the two
culmlnated in a most sensational encounter ar
DNouuI' the French port and colony on the
A'eu sea coast. where BOnvallot was prevented
oANE with the utmost difficulty and by main
-oi0e Hom tnrashing the prince and where hs
denounced him to his face not only as a coward
OUT also as guilty OF the grossest dishonesty IN
Oo'dihlhs credit and reward for the achIeys-
-'.ei'S oi others- Prince Henry never made any
exempt 10 can Bonvaliot to account for these
insults or to clear himself IN the ewes or IN.
French army and navy officers nrass,+ - 49,.
iiiputdIlohs which they contained: and fnss-
niuch as he failed 10 seek redress. either ON 49,.
Aeiu OF honor or in the courts Of law ona -,
nut heIp feeling that there must have been sor-s
N'ita'ion Ior the accusations made AGAINST
lIiih Dy one Of the most famous French az
plorers OF the nineteenth century.
| captain ChannOine son Of the French Os1s-sY
ol that name who Minister OF War IN pa~4z
~' 'he une OF the Dreyfus revision controversy
lhu'inled along with his comrade, Captain vouiI-
io' "hen ne learned that the commander in
tA''eI dt AIglers had sent out favorfte OF hi,
| oNn' Lieutenant Colonel Kolb, to assume m,
command OF their partly completed exploration
ol 'he French SoUdan and TO thus rob them Of
.ne IIul's OF their discoveries and secure for
hiinsen all the credit and the reward for tb,
| successful issue Of what they looked upon as
| thelr own particular enterprise. They shot hin,
as Wen as those members OF their expedition vvho
showed any disposition to follow his lead. ana
were some months later killed in turn by some
/ OF their own native retainers
| one would be disposed to imagine that tha
/ royal rank of Prince Louis OF Italy Duke OF the
] Abruzzt would have placed him above the reach
| OF jealousies of this kind. Yet Lieutenant Out
slni' who had been assigned with couple OF com
| panions TO remain near the base when the last
| and fruitless attempt was made to reach the
| pole across the ice. was so exasperated at the
] notion that the duke would monOpolize the glory
/ Of the discovery of the pole that instead OF re-
manning at his post in charge Of the line Of COM
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Copyright. 1909. by the Brentwood company.l


Commander PearySs discovery OF the North
pole and the controversy which has arisen in
connection with the claims OF Dr. Frederick A.
Cook 20 have reached that goal some months
ahead OF the chief 10 whose teachings he is in
debted for much Of his training in Arctic explo-
ration viii furnish another notable chapter TO
the iong list OF Quarrels between explorers. It
BIDS fair 10 prove extremely dramatic. with the
extraordinary coincidence that DR.. Cooks proc
laYnarion OF his having discovered the North
Pole in 1908 preceded by only a few days Com
msnder Peary's announcement that he and his
companions had planted the Stars and Stripes
on the northernmost point Of the globe in 1909
No one dreams of questioning the statements OF
PeaTy that he has finally attained the aim TO
which. with the sanction OF the United States
government. he has devoted the greater part OF
his naval career. But there is a very wide
spread disposition TO doubt the pretensions OF
pr. Cook. who thus far has been unable TO fur
nish convincing proofs Of his story. unconhrmed
as II is by the evidence Of any companion of
lis own race, and which even II It were true in
every respect would show that he had been
guilty toward Peary OF conduct not only unfair
and unsportsmanlike. but unworthy Of a man
possessed OF a high sense OF honor-in one word,
Of a gentleman.
Perhaps II is unfair to judge an explorer such
as Dr. Cook by ordinary standards Emancipa-
ton from the legal and moral restraints of civil
uzstion is likely 70 influence injuriously char
scters affected by complete change OF manner
Of l6e and OF climatic conditions. It requires a
man OF the most extraordinary strength Of prin-
c1ple, such rs, for instance. Peary, to remain
entirely indifferent TO the demo-alizing nature
OF his surroundings once beyond the borders Of
civilization. where he may feel that his con-
science Is the only obstacle TO deter him from
The preparation OF any shortcomings that may
o6er themselves TO tempt him. Added 10 this
fhsre Is the jealousy which is bound to arise
among those associated IN any work of geo.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

will lend cent on my very best securities even
and If can't get some cash tomorrow l shall be
a ruined man have brought statements and
schedules to show you that what say is true"
Seeing that his visitor was in no condition 10 go
into further details at that time. Mr. Tappan made
him be seated and got him glass OF wine
Now. Mr.. Hartman" said the banker 4 think
! shah be able to give you little hope. We have
had a meeting OF the Clearing House bankers to-
day. and at that meeting a plan OF action
adopted I cannot tell you just what was done for
1 am pledged not to do But YOU may take
my word for IL that II you are solvent-if you have
the securities you say you have-you Will be all
right tomorrow. No don't show your statements
TO me now. but go homo and so TO bed When
YOU rested tomorrow morning get up and so
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70 your Office. without doubt the complications os
to-day win be sJraightened out satisfactorily them
Hartman listened almost as one in a dream:
then. with a clasp OF the hand. he thanked Mr.
Tappan for his words turned and left the house.
That night he got the ten hours sleep advised and
more. too. Next day. when he went TO his Office
an that Mr. TaTpan had said came true.
Perhaps the most dramatic moment in Mr.. Har-
rlman's career that when he stood at the
ships rail last month the end OF his last home
ward voyage. and his indomitabe will made one
last effort 70 prove 20 all America that he was
still the active energetic man he had been all his
life, BY supreme effort ne allowed his picture
70 be taken. and submitted TO his last interview.
In which he declared he was getting well ana
would soon be able % work again.
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to relieve Emin Pacha, was so bent on monopo-
hzing the celebrity and likewise the lucre Do
suiting from the mission under his direction
that he bound down the members of his party
by hard and fast contracts not to publish any
record Of the enterprise. even 10 talk for
publication until a considerable time had elapsed
after their return TO civilization and the public
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

was aroused against himself. Indeed, he never
recovered altogether from the Odium incurred
in making such shameful accusations against
a man whose murder had made it impossible 10
reply TO them and whose entire previous record
was of nature to give them the lie.
oUARRELS COST LAURELs.
Speke and Grant. who. ascending the Nile. dis
covered the great inland sea known as the Vic
toria Nyanza quarreIled so bitterly with each
other as to which of the two was entitled to
the larger share of credit that the British gov
ernment unable on their return to determine
the respective merits of their charges against
each other preferred to refrain from any pub
lie official acknowledgment of their remarkab BILE
services. And the same thing occurred in con-
nection with that other huge sheet Of water in
the interior of Africa known as Lake Tangan-
ytka the credit of the exploration of which be-
longs to Sir Richard Burton and Captain Spoke,
who, however. became so embittered against
each other after reaching the lake that they
parted company in the wastes Of the Dark Con-
tinent and each made his way back 10 the coast
alone
BonvallOt. the famous French explorer of Cen
tral Asia. found no word sufficiently strong TO
express his contempt for the late Prince Henry
of orleans with whom he had travelled through
those regions lying 10 the north of Cochin China
and to the northeast OF British India 1t was
BonvalIot who did all the work and TO whom
belongs all the credit of the geographical and
political results achieved in connection with
years. Yet it was Prince Henry who. by clever
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

out himself In a 1T of delirium tremens. yet the
marquis has never been able to entirely free
himself from the imputation, which is always
recalled whenever there is any mention OF his
name.
Nor can any one forget the case OF Sir Henry
NJ. Stanley and Major Edmund Barttelot. Stan
ley the occasion OF his last trip across Africa,
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A Last Resort For Dinner.

For sheer originality in matters
of food I commend the following
directions, which one of the Pa
risian papers gave to it's subscribers
during the siege of 1870. The sup
plies were getting lower and lower
in the Prussian girt city. Seine
gudgeons would not bite, so the an
glers took to the sewers: "Take 8
long, strong line and a large hook.
Bait with tallow and gently agitate
the rod. In a few minutes a rat
will come and smell the savory NOR
sci. It will be some time before
he decides to swallow it, for his ma
ture is cunning. When he does,
leave him five minutes to mediate
on it, then pull strongly and steadi-
ly. He will make convulsive jumps,
but be calm and do not let his ex-
element gain on you. Draw him
up, ct VOLTA votre diner" London
News.
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Remenyi's Route.

On one of his early concert tours
Of the west, before the famous vio-
linist, Eduard Remenyi, was thor
oughly familiar with the railway
routes of the United States, he in
quired in Chicago concerning the
best way to reach town in Illinois.
&c. B. and o." replied the hotel
clerk without looking up.
Remenyi was quite dazed. But,
says the contributor of the story
to the memoir of the violinist, his
sense of fun carried him through.
''Ah~ he said gravely. "Then l
will go D. A. T.''
It was the clerks turn to be puz-
lied.
"What does that mean?" he said,
looking up this time.
"Well, what did you mean?" de
manded Remenyi.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
Of course"
"Ah! I meant day after tomor.
row."
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Sermon Stealers,

Sermon stealers," said a minis
ter, Fought to be careful. They
ought to read over several times the
sermons that they steal before de-
ivering them.
81 know a young man of twenty
one or twenty-five who preached a
stolen sermon he had not read over,
and in a most impressive part he
found himself declaiming, My
friends, when I first came among
you more than forty years ago these
thin, white locks were thick and
brown and this bent back etc.
"Another sermon stealer, preach
ing in a village of about 100 souls,
said, before he could check himself,
In the teeming streets Of this great
metropolis London Mail.
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A DREAM THAT WON.
RI. True Story That 10 Related ~
Veracious Writer.

RI. True Story That 10 Related ~ .
Vsraeious Writer.
One reason why truth is stranger
than fiction is that makers OF nc
ton generally try to be plausible,
While truth is never hampered BY
anv such consideration. Here, for
instance, is a true story. No rea-
sonably expert fiction writer would
think of concocting SO improbable
yarn. nav
90 we'll call Smith-the Smiths are
all so used to it they probably won't
mind-this Smith dreamed a policy
gic one night not long ago. The
Numbers were so deeply impressed
on his mind that he remembered
them when he awoke and told them
to relative at the breakfast table.
"Give me a quarter" said the
relative, half in fun, 'and will
play the gig today"
Smith tossed a quarter over to
him, and the matter dropped from
his mind.
That afternoon knowing horse
man gave Smith dead straight tip.
It was the surest thing ever and a
good long shot, so Smith borrowed
$50 and lost it on the horse.
That evening on his way home he
passed the cigar store where he
usually stopped. He concluded that,
with only 80 cents in his pocket,
he'd better smoke his pipe after
dinner.
"Give me quarter" said his rela
tive after the evening meal, "and
I'll give you a good cigar"
But Smith went right on filling
up the old pipe.
"Well, give me quarter and !
won't give you good cigar" the
relative insisted.
Owe no quarters to spare"
Smith answered morosely. He was
dreadfully in the dumps. He had
promised to pay the $50 next day
and had no idea how he was going
to raise it.
"Give me a quarter, I tell you"
the relative demanded. 81 must
have il"
ooh, well, if it's as bad as that
And Smith flung the silver piece
across to him.
"There," said the relative, "now
you are entitled to half the win
nings. l put dollar on your dream
gig today, and it won an even hun
dred."
He handed 5000 out to Smith
and the incident was closed. Every
one Of the three numbers he had
dreamed had won.
Now don't tell me that it is a
good story. It isn't. It is merely a
true story. If I hadn't been pre-
vented by facts l could have made
much more plausible yarn of it, but
it wouldn't have been so strange
Brooklyn Eagle. G
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FRUGAL Jamie.

One day while l was lettering in
the doorway of tobacco shop q
Scotchman and his friend entered.
Said Donald, ''Will ye have a
cigar, Jamie ?"
eyes" responded his friend.
Donald then asked the shopman
for two thruppenny cigars, and after
both had lighted up he passed on
about his business.
Jamie, canny Scot, quietly took a
few puffs at his cigar, then slowly
turned toward the tobacconist and
said, "Mester, you sell these five for
shillin', don't you?'
eyes, sir" said the dealer.
"Well," said the Scotchman. at
the same time fumbling in his vest
pocket with thumb and forefnger.
'ehere's sixpence. Civ me t'other
three. "-Lippincott's Magazine.
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Cunning and Skill of the 1.-the ard
Agile Brute.

Cunning and Skill of the 1.-the ard
Agile Brute.
It was dark, and the windy dark
ness was full of the mysterious
noises of the jungle. Ny shikari and
I were huddled silently on a plat
form built in the boughs Of tree
on the edge of the jungle. Below
us the underground was black and
still, for the moon had not yet risen.
Suddenly there was a movement as
though a portion of its blackness
had detached itself from the rest
and begun to creep away. Just at
that moment the moon rose and
revealed to us the 1.-THE body of
panther sinking through the under
growth. A shot rang out, and with
q yelp of pain the panther disap-
peared into the bushes.
With the sunrise we descended
from the platform and began to
examine the panther's trail. The
effect of the shot was shown by the
patches of blood on the ground,
which led us through a couple of
hundred yards of thick jungle.
After crawling on hands and knees
under the brushwood we reached a
narrow nullah. A little beyond
this we came upon the wounded
panther scaling a tree. l fired, but
the range was too long and the shot
proved futile. The disturbance had
the result, however, of startling the
animal into falling from the tree
to the ground.
The shikari and / followed quickly
on its track. It led finally to deep
and thickly wooded nullah, which
had taken the form of a horseshoe.
The panther entered the nullah at
the center of the bend and turned
along the left arm, growing angrily
as it covered the ground in heavy
strides. We kept about twenty yards
from the nullah and skirted it along
the right until the top of the bend
was reached. Here halt was made,
while I approached the nullah, the
panther growing away at the other
end, about 200 yards distant.
Then all was still. The animal
seemed to have vanished. Suddenly
it sprang out right from under my
feet, having doubled back along the
water course, without making the
slightest noise. Caught by surprise
1 fired rapidly and stepped back to
avoid the animals spring and in
so doing fell into the nullah. The
next moment the panther was on
me and had fixed its teeth in my
arm.
Suddenly my little fox terrier
Toby flew at the panther and fixed
itself on its back, tearing hard at
its neck. This diversion caused the
panther to leave me to attack the
dog, and I was able to stagger up
and out of the nullah and run to
where the native crackers were cow
ering.. There I tainted and was car.
ried back to the bungalow bleeding
from fourteen wounds.-Missionary
Price of Central China in Chicago
Tribune.
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BY the Barrel.

She is an English woman and q
new domestic in boarding house.
She was rolling heavy barrel along
the basement hall when o. Of the
boarders passed her.
"What have you there, Annie?"
s"The hash barrel, sir"
sThe what ?"
sThe hash barrel"
"Great Scott! knew we ate q
lot Of it, but I didn't think shs
bought it by the barrel"