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Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
BETS FORTUNE ON A SHOWER
Kansas wheat King Wagered $780,.
900 to $4,000 that 1t would
Rain, and Won.

Jim" Fike, the Kansas wheat king
bet 10000 during August and September
last year that rain would fall on his
1900 acres of wheat In Northwest Kansas
before the middle Of May. And he has
won almost five to one. and his winnings
may be seven or eight to one. Fike
never had such wheat prospect In fif-
teen years as he has at the present time
IL he has only the average Kansas yield
of wheat he stands to clean up more thar
$50 600 on the one wheat crop. If rains
continue during May and the early part
of June, he stands to beat this by $40, oOt
to $4,000.
For five years Fike has been plunglne
in wheat, and he is now the biggest
winter wheat grower In the country
Three years ago he had 10000 acres OF
winter wheat that averaged eight bushels
an acre, and sowed 1900 acres Of whea,
and lost every cent he had put into it
He did not harvest enough wheat to ge,
seed for the crop that offers so fine
prospect at this time.
Gambling on the weather has beer
Fixes method of chasing the festive dol
lar for years. He was once a Kansas
railroad commissioner elected during
the populist days. He has bet more
than $250,000 In the last ten years that
rain would fall at the proper time and
he never lost entirely until last year
He had a bumper crop on 1900 acres In
1903. and crop that earned him ,00t
In 1908. Since that year he has not had
less than 5000 acres in wheat in any
year. But last year, after the most dis,
astrous season he had ever experienced
Fike was forced to cut down his wheat
acreage just half that of the former
year.
Last summer f'ike put in his wheat
best Russian hard winter wheat seed hi
could get on the Kansas Agricultural
| college farms. He plowed two inches
deeper than ever before. He has four
thirty horsepower steam plowing en-.
gines and two twenty-horsepower gaso.
lene engines to plow his fields. He
plowed five inches instead of the usual
three inches, and used two sets of har.
rows to smooth the ground after each
plow.
Everyone In Kansas has been watch.
ing the rain reports from the western
part of the state. Kansas people are in.
terested In Fike and his weather gam
bling. They want him to win and make
n big killing" Everybody is pulling for
him. There were 80 many calls in the
Topeka newspaper offices as to whether
there had been rain at Colby, where
Fike lives. that the correspondents there
were directed to wire rain stories for
every shower. The Rock Island rail-
way general offices for Kansas directed
its agent at Colby to report specifically
every day or rain, ana the government
weather offices loaned the railway agent
some rain gauges.
Fike is Just like the chap playing the
fare bank. He has worked out his
system and just keeps on gambling sntil
he breaks the bank. Fike has not made
a real killing" since 1903. although he
made lot of money in 1908 and has made
some money each year until 1911. But
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04

white. 7sSssGsc; No. yellow, 73Ya74sc
No. L. 70d7lc; No. white. Tud74c; No |
yellow, 71lsd7Sc. Oats: No. :, new, S2G
SSc; No. , white, old. SIC; new, 3$dS6c
No. l, new. Sic; No. 8 white. old, 46d5Oc
new, 32@34c: No. white. old, 42QI44c
new, S0qS219c; standard. old, 51q5sc; new
S3199S7c.
Rye, No 2, 72@7Sc. Barley, 4SQS2c.
Seed. clover. s10.ooa150o. Timothy, AO@
500.
BUTTER-No market.
EGGS-No market: receipts. 1889 cases.
CHEESE-Steady: daisies, 15AG15Hc;
twins, 14A4l5c; young Americas, 15k@
15lfc; long horns, 15kQ15isc.
TAToES-Irregular; receipts, Is
cars; Illinois, 6SG72e: Kansas and Mis-
souri,, 75G77c.
POULTRY-Alive. weak; turkeys, 12c;
chickens, 13c; springs, 17@19c.
yEAL-Steady at 9g13c.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
CarlOt RecelDts,
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Features of the Trading and Closing
Prices on Board of Trade.


CHICAGO, Aug. 3-Statements that
the edge of foreign demand was dulled
had weakening effect today on the
price Of wheat. The market closed irregu-
lar, Nc lower to 3sGQ1ac up. Later trading
left corn unchanged to Nc lower, oats,
7ac to 13@3sc lower and provisions vary
ing from 10c under to a shade higher.
Although prospects were for much
lighter worlds shipments than a year
ago, no responses came from Europe
in answer to American offers to export
wheat This fact with North Dakota
advices that SO far rust was not hurt
Dread of frost in Canada helped bring
about a show of strength in wheat at
the outset, but seemed to have moth
ing to do with bulge which made
the September option conspicuous near
the close. 4 local short in that future
was covering on liberal scale, but
at the same time was actively resell
ing December. September fiucuated
from 93ss@931ac to 93sc, with last sales,
3sQl5c up at 93c.
An estimate that the hay crop would
be 100000 tors larger than year ago,
eXerted bearish influence on the corn
market. September swung between 66Nc
and 67ag617Sc, closed firm at 673s@D67 &c,
just the same as the night before. Cash
demand was moderate. No. 2 yellow was
quoted at 74D741ac.
Oats reached a new level for the sea-
son. September ranged between 311hc and
52ssc, with the Close Sl&c, fall OF 1sdpa.C
net.
Provisions dragged at the close; pork
and lard were SC to 10c off, but bacon
held unchanged.
Closing quotations on futures were:
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Article Open. High. Low. Close j Yes'y.

Cash quotations were as follows.
FLOUR-Steady; winter patents, saana
4.g straights, s410Q460; spring patents
aaVqaS; straights, Ss0d4.70: bakers,
RYE-No. 2, 7a97Sc
BARLEY-Feed or mixing, 45G50c: fair
to choice mailing, 60975c
SEEDsnoTimothy. &.0O@s.00. Glover.
PRoVISIoNS-Mess pork, $17.75a17 s7,s
Lard On tierces). s10521a Short ribs
Total clearances of wheat and flour
were equal to 116,00O blu. Primary re-
ceipts were 1,4140OO bu., compared with
10SsO0 bu. the corresponding day u year
ago.
Estimated receipts for tomorrow:
Wheat, 101 cars: corn, 24S cars; oats, 24O
cars; hogs, 1900 head.
Chicago Cash Prices-Wheat: No 2
red, sl.01@1, ,0S; No. 8 red, 9Scas1.02; No. .
hard, 94d95c; No hard. 92as31sc: No. /
northern, s105@1.11; No. northern, s1.@
d1.0S; No. 8 northern, s1.02@1.O6; No. Q
spring. s1.00q107; No. 3 spring. 9sc6s1. .06 -:
No. spring, 94cd$1.04; velvet chaff,
Sl.00a1.N; durum. $1.O0@1.0s. Corn: No.
! ., 73lzG741zc; No. white, 751s976Ac; No.
yellow. 749744c: No. 8. 72Ad53c; No. 9
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04

American section. The stock advanced
3 points under vigorous international buy
ing, Favorable crop reports and better
trade advices gave the market good
tone.
There was fair demand for United
States Steel Copper shares and Union
Pacific. Investors paid attention TO the
gilt edged section. where prices gradually
hardened Government purchases ad-
vanced consols quarter Of q point. but
this was lost later under profit taking.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET
Quotations of the Day on Various
Commodfties.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3-FLoUR-Steady
spring patents, sS.1oQ5. 10; winter straights.
ASoq4so: winter patents. A.0a62S;
No. ], $4.leGl2S; winter extras, No. g. $4.W
flour, quiet; fair TO good, 81 2odl4 "; choice
to fancy, A.45a450.
CORNMEAI1- fine white and
yellow, sidSa1.7e; coarse, si.eo@isS; kiln
RYh-ouiet; No. western, 7sc, c. /. t.
BARLEY-Nominal.
.WHEAT-Spot market firm. No: red,
SLOT, c. !. (. track; No. 2 red, $l.0Sks f. O..
b. afloat to arrive; No. northern, new,
Duluth, $l1Sk, I. o. b. afioat. Futures
market closed net unchanged; September
'lessR eoRN-spot ai market 's STEADY; si export,
S21sc, 1. o. b. afloat.
OATS-Spot market steady; standard
white. Gle, on. track; Nos: and ., 6ic;
N No. : nominal; natural white and white
clipped, nominal.
No. :, 81. .ioGi 10; No. 3. socas1oo
HIDEs-steady; Central America, 24%c;
LEATHER--Firm; hemlock firsts, ESQ
&c; seconds, 2aa2sc; thirds, 21q22c; re-
'e; PR;oVIsIoNs-pork. firm; mess, 5000
a5o5o; family. ,aooo@21.oo; short clears,
Sl9.25920.75 Beef, firm; mess, $l5.00ql5, %;
family, $1S.0oQ1S.50; beef hams, $2S.0o9
800. Cut meats, steady; picked bellies,
10 to IA pounds, 81 00G1250; picked hams
$13.o0. Lard. steady; middle west prime,
sl11o; South America, sll.s5; compound,
SS.25Gl850.
BUTTER-Steady; receipts, S.240 tubs.
Creamery, firsts, 2Sfd261tc; seconds, "a
@25c.
state, whole milk, new, white. 15c;
skins, 3laQ121kc.
EGGS-Steady; receipts, $3.50 cases;
fresh gathered, extras, 23G24c; extra
firsts, 2O@22c; firsts, 191ac; western gath
cred, whites, 20@24c.
broilers, Zoe; fowls, 14c; turkeys, 14c.
Dressed, irregular; fresh killed western
broilers. 19da6c; fowls, 141a@17c; turkeys.
16Q17c.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Condition Of Treasury,

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.--At the begin
ming of business today the condition OF
the United States treasury was Work
ing balance In treasury offices, s97.Sl5 1856; I;
in banks and Philippine treasury, $685.
9l5, ,765a total of the general fund. $685.
i2,02; receipts yesterday, s2,29,SlS; dis
bursements, $622, 4o6. The surplus this
fiscal year was s1.l34,077, against deficit
of $l6,1l73S6 at this time last year.
These figures exclude the Panama canal
and public debt transactions.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04

this year he will hit the market in a
way that Kansas will be talking about
it for years. Incidentally there are a.,
lot of other Kansans who wi: Hiaa~-..
lot of money from Their wheat fields
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
SMEAR Market.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-sUGAR-Raw,
steady; .muscovado 8 test. 3.5ec; centrif-
ugal 96 test 4.O5c; molasses 80 test,
$50. Refined, steady; crushed, $500;
granulated. 5.1oc: powdered, SOC
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Kausn. civ live stock Market.

ceipts, 100 head, including so head south
erns; market strong: native steers, $500
s75; southern steers, A76GS6,7S; southern
COWS and heifers, $250GS.60; native cows
and heifers, 50. 25dS. 80; stockers and feed
ers, A25T7, 10: bulls, S3,75G5.00; calves
s5.o0ds7b; western steers. Sb.50Gs.00; west
ern cows. S325Gl600.
HoGs-Receipts, 1900 head; market
strong: bulk of sales, $S,05ds,2o; heavy,
81, ,90QfS. 90. packers and butchers, $S.0otiS. Is
lights, ss.00afs. .25; pigs, $600@7.00
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, none,
market steady; muttons, $3,50aD4.60; lambs.
$e.0047b0, range wethers and yearlings
s3.b0QS00i range ewes, e260ui00.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.-WHEAT-Cash
firm; track, No. red, $lo1@l.O3; No. 2
hard. 93Q95c.
CORN-Lower; track, No. 2, 73c; No.
white, SOC.
OATS-Lower; track, No. 2. 30a3Shc;
No. white, 371sc.
RYE-Unchanged, 761Ac.
Closing prices of futures:
WHEAT-Firm; September, S2Ac; De-
cember, 9SAc.
CORN-Lower; September, 671sQ67asc;
December. 54AQ547sc.
OATS-Lower; September, S0ssc; Decem-
ber, 32c.
FLOUR-steady.: red winter patents,
"a. 75Q5.05; extra fancy and straight, A15
GAGS; hard winter clears, $3.65@3S5.
SEED-Timothy, 5000.
CORNMEAL-$360.
BRAN-Unchanged sacked east track,
SScQs1.O5.
HAY-Birm; timothy, $120oalE06; rrai-
rie, $9.0001258.
PROVISIONS-Pork, higher; jobbing,
slG.5O. Lard. higher; prime steam, SO 209
1890. Dry salt meats, unchanged; boxed
extra shorts, sl0.75 clear ribs, $iG.15; short
clears, s11.oo. Bacon, unchanged boxed
extra shorts, $ll75; clear ribs, Si1.75; short
clears, sl2.00.
POULTRY-Firm; chickens, 12c; springs,
1b@l8c;. turkeys, 16Q30c; ducks, 9kQ12c;
geese, 5d11c.
BUTTER-Steady creamery, 221aQD251ac.
EGGS-Steady, 16c.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Milwaukee Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE,, Aug 3-WHEAT-No.
l northern, $l.11laQ1. .12h; NO. . northern,
81 1.071s@1. .1O1s; No. 2 hard winter, 94Q95c;
September, s3Bc; December, 93ssc.
CORN-No. yellow, 761sy77c; No. 3
white, 7sc; No. 3, 75d751sc; September,
s79sc; December, 5s1zq5Sc.
OATS-Standard, 55c.
ARLEY-Malting, 60gS0c.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Dry Goods Market,

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.--DRY GOODS
The cotton goods markets rule firm, with
the demand broadening. Fruit OF the
loom A bleached goods, which have
been at value, have been advanced to
4Bc Jobbers report more active trade
in cotton goods and dress goods. Mems
in demand.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARK E'r
Demand for Cattle steady---Hogs
Hiuher---sheep slow.

CHICAGO, Aug, 3,-CATTLE-Receip
800 head, Market steady; beeves, So. Io1
s,Sb; Texas steers, s5,0O@7.l0; western
steers, S.S56e79O; stockers and feeders,
$4.O0@S.8o; cows and heifers. $2I5QtS. 40,
calves, s675llo,25.
IIOGS-Receipts, 1900 head Market
generally DC up. light, $7.S0d1s.lS; mixed,
S.SsGls,4O; heavy, $IsOdlS,25; rough, 81, zoo
7i0: pigs, s6,Teas,lo bulk Of sales, $'6Og
SO
SHEEP AND Receipts, 1000
head. Market slow and steady; natives,
s3,Soal4,75; westerns, ssboaAsS; .yearlings,
s4.50a6, ,65i native lambs, A,50a7.75; west
erns, s4e017.S5
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Cotton Market.

;rss NEW c1osad xoRk stsaSg aSg eosng GorroM piS.
August. 1880: September. ps6c; October
12.5lc; November, 12.49c; December, 1255c
January. 1252c: February, 12.5sc; March
12.60c; May, 12.67c. Spot closed quiet
middling uplands, 12.s0c; middling gulf
l3 l5c; sales AZ bales.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
St. Joseph Live stock Market,

ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 3.-CATTLE-R
ceipts, $50 head. Market steady; steers,
s6.5OQ9.s5; cows and heifers, $3.0Og9.0o;
calves, $5.0OQIS.75.
HoGs-Receipts, 4,7oo head. Market 10
higher; top. $780, bulk Of sales, Ss.0O@S.1b
SHEEP AND LAMBS--Receipts, 800
head. Market steady; lambs, s6.75Gp750.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
81. L.ou,. Live stock Market.

sT. LOUIS, Aug. 3.-CATTLE- Re
ceipts, 800 head: including 400. Texans;
market steady; native beef steers, $5,5b
d9.76; COWS and heifers, .$a,0OGsS. rs; stock
ers and feeders, Ss75aS.50 Texas and In
dian steers. ss.0ods.sO; cows and hsifers,
$4.75gs75; calves In carload lots, $3.50
G7.b0.
HOGs-Receipts, 1000 head; market
steady; pigs and lights, s6.b01s.4S; mixed
and butchers, $s.30aS.50; good heavy, SEQ
98.45.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 500
head; market steady; native muttons,
s3 75Q15. IS; lambs, s550q7.75.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Omaha Hay Market,

OMAHA. Aug. S.-HAY-New, No. /.
$11. .000B11. 80; No. 2, sl000711.00; No. 9 $500
Q1ooO. No. midland, $1050g110o; No. Z.
;9 100000; No. 8. sS.0oQs00; No. / low
land, ss.Oo9looo; No. 2, $sooaaoo No. 9,
SO. O0418 00
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Metal Murket.

NEW YORK, Aug. s.-METALs-Mar-
kets were dull and nominal. Lake cop
per, $l7.75; electrolytic, sl775; casting,
$l72Hd17.25. Iron, quiet and unchanged.
steady at s4.soa4 s5l1s. spelter, quiet at
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Wool Market.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. --WOOL-Steady;
territory and western mediums, 20QD24c;
fine mediums. 18G20c: fine. 13Q17c.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Kansas City Grain and Provisions.

KANSAS CITY, Aug 3-WHEAT-
Cash; unchanged to 1c lower No. 2 hard,
S7G9lc; No. 8. s6Gs9c; No. red, 9e997c;
No. 8. SOQ95c.
CORN:-hQ1c lower; No 2 mixed, 7515
g76c; No. 8, 75c; No. 2 white, 79c; No.
3, 7Sc.
OATS-1@2c lower; No. 2 white, 3Sa4Oc;
No, 2 mixed, 35936c.
Closing prices Of futures:
WHEAT-September, S71a9S7ssc; De-
cember, SS1sc; May, 92c.
CORN-September, 67&c; December,
SAC; May, 55B456c.
oATs-september. s2as2lsc; December,
33isc.
RYE-70c.
HAY-Steady; choice timothy, $14.50@
1900; choice prairie, S9.259950
BUTTER-Creamery, 24c; firsts, &c;
seconds, 2Oc; packing stock. 2oc.
EGGS-Extras, 20c; firsts, 1Sc; seconds,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Coffee Market,

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-COFFEE-Market
closed steady, Q to Z points net lower;
sales, 34,250 bags. Spot coffee, No. Z, Rio,
14Bc; Santos, No. 4, l5&c; mild, dull;
Cordova, 1691Sc.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
New York Mining stocks.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Closing quota
Lnndnn Stock Market

LONDON, Aug. 3.-Moderate activity de-
veloped In most directions on the stock
exchange during the week and there was
a general advance in prices.
Canadian Pacific was the feature In the
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Oils and Haain
SAVANNAH.

SAVANNAH, Ga. Aug. S-TURPEN-
TINE-Firm at 43Ad1431ac.
ROSIN-Firm; type F. $685.; type G,
$sT
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04

The weather continues unseasonably
cool throughout the corn and wheat
region. Moderately good rains occurred
in the southern portion and lighter show.
ers were scattered over the northern
portion. L. A. WELSH,
Local Forecaster. Weather Bureau.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Statement of Clearing House Banks.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.--The statement of
the actual condition of clearing house
banks for the week shows that the
banks hold $50. SSS, $50 reserve in excess Of
legal requirements. This is an increase
Of 81. 160 $50 in the proportionate cash re-
serve as compared with last week. The
statement follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-MONEY-On
call, nominal; time loans, steady; sixty
days, 34q9A per cent; ninety-bays, 81
"a per cent; six months, 4A@5 per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPERS per
cent. -
STERLING EXCHANGING with
actual business in bankers bills at $4.S45O
| for sixty-day bills and at S4S6S0 for de-
mand. Commercial bills, &SS%.
! SILVER--Bar, $3.50; Mexican dollars,
| 4Sc.
BONDS-Government, steady; railroad,
| firm.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Peoria Market

PEORIA, Aug. 3.-CoRN-steady: No.
2 yellow. 74c; No. yellow, 73Q7s11c: No.
yellow, 1hc; No. mixed, 73c; No. 4
mixed. 7117c; sample. SIC.
OATS-1hc lower; No. white, 33c;
standard, s2c; No. 3 white. Sl1zc; No. 1
white. 3011Q31c.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
Minneapolis Grain Market.

INNEAPOLIS, Aug. 3-wHEAT--
September, s27c; December. $3.50; May,
s7Tsc. Cash, No. / hard, s1.TA; No.
northern, A.07h: No. Q northern. sl,O53ss;
No 3, $1.01MGl.09x.
FLAX--$1T1A.
BARLEY-45075c.
CoRN-No. 8 yellow, 74d75c.
OATS-No. 8 white, &c.
RYE-No. 2, 65,xg66c.
BRAN-In 100 pond sacks, $19.0071o. so.
FLOUR-First patents, $5.1od5. As; sec
ond patents, A.S5Q510; first clears, $3.50
Q3S5; second clears, s2.5002S0.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
SUNDAY

Receipts and disposition of live stock at
the Union Stock Yards, South omaha, for
twenty -four hours ending at o'clock yes
terdAy.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04

Aggregate cash reserve, -. .$44S. .6Sl, 900
Trust companies reserve with clearing
house members carrying Is per cent re-
serve, s7l, ,4sl.00o.
Summary of state banks and trust COM
panies In Greater New York not reporting
to the New York clearing house:
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04

Corn and Wheat Region Bulletin.
United States Department Of Agricul.
ture, weather bureau bulletin for the
twenty-four hours ending at a. m, 18th
meridian time, Saturday, August 8, 1872:
OMAHA DISTRICT.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
,mp. Rain
DISTRICT AVERAGES.

Minimum temperature for twelve-houl
period ending at s a. m. ssNot included
In averages.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
DAILY AVERAGE,

Trust companies cash reserve. 1894, 200
Aggregate cash reserve. ,$4t9, ,S27 900
Trust companies reserve with clearing
house members carrying % per cent cash
reserve, S2.1S6.00O
Omaha daily bee., 1912-08-04
New York Money Market.

Total sales for the day, 1s4,l 100 shares.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-05
American Diseoverer Finds Lakes
Never Before Seen by
White Man.

New York.-With three lakes and a
large section of northern Korea added
to his conquests as an explorer. Roy
Chapman Andrews. assistant curator
of the American museum. has returned
from trip around the world Mr. An
drews penetrated the north Korean
wilderness as far as the mysterious
three rivers" never before seen by
white men. The rivers proved to be
lakes on the top of a plateau and the
explorer described them as the most
beautiful he had ever seen Their
shores are of volcanic dust and the
water. which is perfectly clear. con-
tains no fish
The Korean journey covered a dis
lance OF 500 miles and during Its en-.
tire length its leader had to rely al
most wholly upon the compass for his
location The main object of the ex
petition was the capture of certain
specimens Of gray whales. needed to
make the collection at the museum
the most complete in the world An
drews caught three varieties. whose
-keletons he shipped to the museum
some time ago
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-10-05
Corn rs Cents the Ear on Bill for u. S. Senators

serving Of one lonely cob of very or.
binary dimensions for the quarter
mentioned In the bill of fare. Next of
the tempting novelties introduced on
the bill was new potatoes, 20 cents"
We'll, WELL" murmured one of the
regulars. "a bowlful OF new potatoes
would certainly be excellent for
lunch" So he gave the order and the
colored emissary returned in due time
and set before him small bowl con-
tanning two potatoes, Of what seemed
to him rather limited cubical con-
tents.
Two potatoes at 10 cents apiece"
he observed. "At that rate they must
be deemed by the management a lux
ury fit only for the paIates OF the
rich"
The restaurant is owned by the sen.
ate and is operated by a manager. II
loses money because the bulk Of the
patronage is limited to a couple of
hours at lunch time. The deficit is
made good by Withdrawals from the
senate fund to meet contingent ex-
penses.
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our boys as far from doubtful places
as we can, but there are many mes
sages that girls could not carry.
$50 far as our patrons are concern
ed. think they would be very well
satisfied with girl messengers. If we
employed girls at> such work they
would, Of course, have to wear a uni
form Of some kind to distinguish them.
and their dress would relieve them of
much embarrassment they might feel
at having to go into mems private Of
fees. But the patrons would not be
embarrassed.
Altogether, girl messenger serv-
ice would be very picturesque. but I'd
hate to have to run one. l have had
some trouble with. boys, but do not
think I'd know how to start with girls,
for should feel at the beginning that
| was attempting the impossible"
Just then one of the swift-footed
Mercuries came running up to the
scene of the interview. He gave a
yellow slip to the interviewer, who
said:
Didn't tell you SO? Our Pittsburg
manager says. in answer to nay note,
that they thought of trying girls about
five years ago. but there's nothing else
to that story"
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Senators Vocal Triumph Is RudeIy interrupted

CERGEANT-AT-ARMS RANDELL and
- his assistants were scurrying about
the senate side Of the capitol just
before the recent adjournment, trying
to complete quorum of the senate.
ind while the senate bells were clang-
ing their summons of senator's to that
ody, the posse was attracted by loud
clnds of sweet melody arising from
senator Bradley's room.
My Old Kentucky Home" and
.Massa's in the Cold. Cold Ground"
and other, airs of the south rang
through the corridors. drowning out
the sound of the senate bell Upon
opening the door of Senator Bradiey's
Office the searchers found Senator
Bradley. basso profundo. Senator
Smith Of South Carolina. tenor robusto.
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no QUEEN or 5RH/n

at height of $4,000 feet June Is it
was 10 degrees below zero.
II found that pemmican, the special
food used by arctic explorers and
made Of beef. tallow and raisins, is of
no value at the high attitudes" said
Prof. Parker. I'VE were soon afflict-
ed with severe cases of Indigestion, as
the food was too heavy, and we were
unable to use a large part OF our
rations. found that at an altitude
of $4,000 feet could not smoke with
out experiencing severe dizziness,
while Mr.. Browne seemed able to
smoke at any height. About the cold
est weather We experienced was at
$4,000 feet. when the temperature fell
to 26 below zero"
Both Prof. Parker and Mr.. Browne
said they had made their last attempt
to reach the top of Mount Mckinley.