Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 2, 1891, Page 15

» Y A o ¢ EFrom 1850 to 1 ¥, — he- two at disparity between nerease of population e THE DAWN IS BREAKING!| The American Farmer Stands on the Thresh- old of Unprecedented Prosperity. PRICES OF HIS PRODUCTS ADVANCING. Mr. Erastus A. Benson Argues That Western Producers Will Soon Become the Nabobs of This Country. The question of the food supply of the human race is the question of all others first in importance, Still wo go on eating and wasting food from year to year with scarcely a thought of whence it comes, who produced it or will tho supply &o on forover. The question of how long our (American) food supply will keop pace with our increas- tng population and the foreign demand, may profitably be considored by food producers and food consumers alike. The proud boast that we can feed the world will not much longer be made, 1t will be glory enough in the not vory far distant future (it will come before many who read tnis articie are old) to boast that the United States can foed her own population. Our present enormous food product will b but a bagatelle as compared with what will be required to feed our own population 1n thelifetime of m farms on their own responsibility. socm superfluous to even suggest the v bility of a deficit in food stuffs in the n future in the face of the fact that the past fifteen yoars have witnessed an ever increas- ug deg farm products caused o over production. During the last decado the vy now tilling 1t may ssi- rssion in American farmer has endured hardships sufti it to crush any other class of men. The causes which produced this long depres- 1 be stated in four words: **Ruinous competion; over-production,” and its duru- tion can be predicted with tolerable certainty Sinee 1570 the increaso in our farm products has been enormous and for the most of tho perioa greatly in excess of the requirement The last twenty years huve witnessed moy d brought under the plow in the United Htates than was ever witnessed in haif a century in any other country on earth. - Dup- fng that time enough land 1o make a great empire has been turncd from prairie and forest into fields. The army of farm-scekers extended (s line from Canida to the southern boundry of the country and took up its march sion ¢ through the great west, taking up ovi available piecco of ' land as fa west as crops could be produced with any The moun able considerable degree of cortainty tain valleys where irrigation without too great oxpense, During these two decades 115,000,000 ucres were added to the cultivated felds of tao United States, land enough to make a belt nearly seven and a half miles wide that would reach around the earth at the cquator. From 1570 to 1880 there was added to the whoat area of the world 22,700,000 acres of which the United States contributed over 83 per cent. ‘The increase in our wheat supply for that, decade was greater than the requice- ments of the increase in population of the entire wheat eating world. In 1550 only three-fifths of our wheat product was ro- quired to feed our own population. In the light of these facts can any one wonder that farm products have been seiling at starva- tion pricest 90 tho United States did wot add an acre to the wheat area of tho world. 1f the 19,000,000 added from 1870 to 1850 haa been distributed through the two decades at say, the rate of 1,000,000 acres por punum, the average price of wheat could lnu\l v have fallen below $1 per bushel iu the ocal markets nearest the tarm. There was more wheat sown in 1850 for our 50,000,000 peoplo than was sown in 1560 for our 63,000, 00 people notwithstanding the fact that the Increaso of 13,000,000 in population require the annual product of over 6,000,000 acres of wheat. Duriog the seveuth decade tho wheat producer rushed forward with: rapid stride: takiug at least three steps o the consumer’s two. At the beginning of the eighth decade the wheat producer slackened his pace (in the United States stopped altogether) while the consumer kept on the even tenor of his way; und the real object of this inquiry is to find out their relative positions today and as- certain as nearly as practicable what 1t will be au a given date in the future. During the seventh decado the wheat area of the w creased 15 per cent, while the wheat eating population increased only 10 per cent. During the decade ending 1800 the wheat arca increased only 3 per cent, while the wheat caters mereased 10 per cent. The total increase in population in tho two de- cades was 20 pec cent. The total inereass in eage of wheat was 18 per cant. Taking decades together there seems no the percentago of d of the world's ‘wheat acreage, but when we consider that five-sixtis of the area was added during the first haif of tho two decades, while the in- Ccrease in population was the same iu each, it becomes apparent that there must have béen a great overproduction during the first half of the two decades or there must soon be a _defieit uuless the acroago is speedily in- creased. While there was an increaso fu the wheat area of 3 per cent during the last de- cade there was no increase of product, as the average yield por acro decreased § por cent as comparea with the preceding decade. T am uow speaking of the product of the world. In the United States the acreage from 1885 to 1880 decreused 3.4 and the pro- duct over 6 per cent as compared with the precediog tfive years, During the last half decade tho western district has added to the wheat acreage nearly 3,000,000 acres, whilo older districts show " a 1oss of over 4,000,000 acres. What is of interest to the western farmer 18 to know that most of the land withdravn from the wheat area has not goue iuto corn toswell tho volume of that stuple product. Over 13 per ceutof the same has been planted in cotton. A large portion has been required for hay, fruit and gurdens to supply the rapidly wcreasing city population n the east. Livastus Wyman in a ont article in the Novch American Review tells us how Rochestor, N. Y. was for yoars known as the Flour city on account of its numerous wills’ siwated in the midst of the great what district; but when the milling center was transferred 1,500 miles to the west, they changed the name to the “Flower City” on account of the numer- ous nurse dens that adorn the surrounding co 1t is ostimated that § are required for each unit of population, the eud of the seventh decade the product peached the high water mavk of .16 busbels = «wor pach unit of population, and did not vary reatly ym that until 1585 (except in 1881, he year of the short orop), being #.41 1n ox” cess of tho per capita requirement. In other words (using round nuwbors) only three of each five bushels of wheat produced were required 1or home cousumption. The bal- ance was exported or went to swell the sur- plus. It tho crop of 15 had been up to the wverage, which 1t was uot, the per capita product of whent would huvo Leen only 7.8 ushels, o fal Off of 2.U8 hushels por cap- fta in the last balf of tho docade, and this during the time when the great Dakota tel were being developed. With no new fi of any magnitude to open, it will requir 8 short timo to mako tho still further tion of L2 bushels per capita, wheu o wheat crop will be required for home con- sumption. In the meantime tho export do- nd is likel, 10 1ne 50, In I5TL the duct per capita was .50 bushels, and Wheat soli at an average price of $1.25 bushel 1n tho local market nearest the farims, The reador may ask how these caleulations can be truo and wheat still seil at prices uot greatly above cost of production. 1t is easily answered. ‘The world livas from hand th mouth. 'Ihe ouly question nsked is, What is the visible supply{ As long s the pump re- spouds wo Lever measuro the depth of tho water in_the well. ) enormous surnlus produced from 1875 to 1555 bus made it possi blo to span over the last bait decade and meet any detieit which might occur. If figuces collected from the most trustworthy sources cau bo rolied upon, there was in 1500 a deficit of 05,000,000 1o 75,000,000 bushels in the world's supply of wh Upon the sublect [ quote from . Wood Davis, the Kansas facm- er and statitician, and there is no better au- ority. 1o says: “Tho output of the wheat fields the world, In_years of average yield now clearly insufticient to meot requiremen’s, nud the growing deficit has heretofore been met by drawiug upon reserves accumulated vuring tho carlior part of ke uiuth decade per | | As soon as the patient revives a little HA DAILY BEE, and from the exceedingly large crop ot | 1857-8, and the timo when the curreat deficit shall make itself apparent in a vainful and startling manner depends upon the degree to which such reserves have boen exhausted. There can be no question that with average crops throughout the world prosent supplios aroe insufficient, and yet prices continuo below the cost of production, and the agricultural populations are in an 1mpoverished condition, from which they will emerge as soon as the consumers avaien to the fact that the over- abundant supply to which they have been %0 long accustomed tas coased to exist.” The deficit must make itseif apparent not later than 1502 (and If the famine in Russia and the drouth in India are as widespread as reported. the sur- plus must be greatly diminished, if not wholly exhausted, bofore the crop of 1502 is marketed). All staple crops will follow the advance in wheat. It will not be a gradual rise in prices but will be an advance that will cause a revolution such as has seldom 1f ever come to a class of men. The dawn is breaking for the American farmer and especially for those of the west for there is where the great wheat and corn flelds are and mast_remain. Seven western states Including Nebraska produce on an averago 65 per « rn _crop of the United States. 4 before, the per capita quota in in United States was .50 of an acre and the average price of wheat in_the local market ncarest tho farms was #1.25 per bushel. Then bewan the ruinous competition and over production which lasted for fifteen years. This can not occur again. Th land does not exist to make it possible, It is estimated tuat only 34,000,000 acres of arable land remuin to bo brought under cultivation. The amount of land which can be subjected to irrigation, no matter how much money is expended, is vory limited. The widestrip of level country east of the Rocky mountains has no adequate water supply. Many mountain vatleys will yet be brought under the ditch and many beautiful farms be made where now only sago brush subsists but thoy will be us gar- den patches in the surrounding waste, More startling than tho suggestion of a possible deficit in farm products is the fact that the farm lands of the public domain which were considered almost inexhaustible, aro today exhausted. 1 mean the free lands on which crops can be raised. The increaso in the city population (food consumers) as compared with the farm population (food producers) for the past decade is unpr dented in our history. From preliminary statements issued by the superintendent of census it is doubtful if the rural popalation has increased at all in the last five ye The farm business has been so depressed that few have embarked in it and mauy have for- saken 1t for the city. This will make the rovolution all the ereater when it comes, as come it must. When the eastern urban pop- ulation sees tha unprecedented prosperity on the threshold of "which the farmer now stands, thero will be a rush for the country. This will not hurt or dismay the farmer, Prices of land will have advanced with the prico of crops. The new comer must buy his farm and pay handsomely for it. From the poorest paid laborer in the land the far- mer will find himself the vest paid. The un- requited toiler of the last decade will be the nabob of thenext. And here in tho west it will make botter times for us all. All things being equal the Nebraska farmer will receive more than ms sharo of this prosperity, for the average price of Nebraska farm land is cheaper, quality considered, than in any other state in the union. ERastus A. BENSON, Hat pins como topped with coled sorpeuts in gold. Alumioum opera glasses are an invention with a promise of siccess. A section of a chain studdud with dianonds is the iieading of & new tortoisa stell hair pin. Monkoy skin is liberally employed in the mauufacture of card casés and fancy pocket- books. A-tennis bat in gold, with the n supplied by diamonds, composes a_del brooch. A miniature safe in_gold susvendea from tho centro of a gentleman’s double chain is a recent arrival, A vinaigrotte of erystal is encased in network of filigree gold from which sev small diamonds sparkle. A moonstone ball between a sapphire and aruby is the happy combination seen in & ladies’ ring setting. Shoppers time their movements by small silver. stem-winders oncased in tho clasps of their comn purses. For half-mourning two onyx circles held together by abar of small pearls form a brooch of suitable character. An umbrella handle of silver has beon created to represent a baseball catcher grasp- ing tightly a huge bail iu his uplifted hands. Beautiful silver candelabra assume the form of trees with budding branches, in each of wbich is embedded a candle holder. Fair devotees of the hunt aro appealed to in a riding whip mounted with a threc-inch gold handlo ornamented with a web of bril- liant; Trick match boxes in_silver, by which the contents appear and dissapyear at tho will of the owner, are meeting with approval. An appropriate birthday gift for a gentle- man is a gold-backed mustache brush. ~In an assortment of these articles are some with jewelled ornamentation, ABO, THE BIG FAIR. In tho city of Leipsic, Germany, thirty- four firms have declared their intention of participating in the Columbian exposition. Texas has decided to set apart a spacious room in its oxvosition building for an exhibit by the colored people of the stata. Alabama may be represented in minfature at the exposition by a series of comprehen- sive reliel maps, The auditorium for choral music has been located in the north courtof the manufac- turers building. All of the important trunk lines in the United States have agroed to transport ex- hibits at half the usual rates. This redu tion is mado by the different trafic associa- tions. The Wisconsin state building wiil bo two stories high, with not less than 10,000 feot of floor space exclusive of porches. ‘The wholo structure is to be built of Wisconsin material. George Ward, manager of the Commercial cable compan,y, writos to Chiof Barrett that be will make a'big display at the exposition of cablo instruments. o expects to show a completo repai steamer, illustrating tho method of repairing cablos. “The art department Lias issued its rules for exhibitors, outlining the plan of the art ex- nibit. All works to bo admittea must bo originals, with the exception that casts from original works by modern artists are pluced in the sumo class with original figures and groups in marble. There will be throe sce- tions in the dopartment—an American sec tion: & scction for foreign vountrios that aro represented by @ commission; a section comprising private collectious and the works of artists from countrios not reprosented by a commission. a val How to Treat Sunstroke, It s not wise to carry the suffover from sunstroko far for help, as time is valuable, suys BElizabeth R. Scovil in the August Ladies’ Home Journal, Lay him in a shady place, as cool as is to bo found. Unfasten bands about neck and waist. Steip the clothing off the upper part of the body and shower it with witer, If ica can bo had, erack it, wrap it in cotton and apply it to the head, spine and unler the arms. II not, use wet eloths instead, changing them every fow minutes. In town, ether and a spray can be procured from a druggist, and ‘the forehead and head sprayed. Rupid fanning of the hot surface help: to evaporate the water more quickly, and ean swallow, i and water, can should be 1 brandy, or whisky given, A doctor oo be ut for, but he will come lato if nothing is done in the interval, Sunstroke is a fover caused by heat, and the most urgent noed is to reduce the temperature by cooling the surface of the body in every way vossible. The oxhaustion must be mot by stimulants, — A Mother's Gratitude, My son was in an almost helpless condition with flux when I comwenced using Cham- borlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem- edy. It gave him immediate reliof and I am aure it suved his life. 1 take great pleasnre in recommending it to all. Mus. M. L. Jouxsoy, Everett, Simpson Co., Miss. 25 and 50 ceut bottles for sale by druggists. SOME AWFUL ROCKY YARNS. Union Pacific Engineers Tell a Few Tcugh Ones, SLIDING ON MUD AND ICE, Thrilling Experiences of Jack Dolan, Jim Bowers and Bill Adams—A sight Brakeman's Story— Rail Happenings. Some time ago there was a little story going the rounds of a daring rescue of a child by a locomotive engir says the New York Sun. The child was said to bo playing on the track, and did not hear a passenger train thundering down upon it. The engineer saw the child, butit was too late to stop the train. Quickly reversing his engine and *'giv- ing her air,” the engineer slid through his cab window, along the running board, and down on to the pilot. As the engine approached the child the en- gineer leaped to the ground, ran swiftly ahead and snatehed the child from the track, by his quickness and coolness; averting a frightful accident. To the men who do not know r engineors that story was a surpri ilroad , and they all denounced it is a “fake.” One imaginative gentleman wrote to the Sun about it. He snid that he, too, wnsan enginecr, and that he appreciated the good judzment and the keen eye for news which the Sun showed in printing the stor, He belioved that it was true. He basod his belief on an experience which he had had while pulling a fast mail train over the Rocky mountain di- vision of the Union Pacific. He was coming down through a canon with u heavy train behind him. It had been raining heavily for a long time and the ground was soft and sticky, The track was wet and slippery, and the heavy train was running at a fearful speed, His engine was “doing her best to hold ‘em back,” but in spito of his efforts he began to fear thut the train was going to got ay from him. Just as he wondering what he could do to ch the trethendous speed of the train he shot around a curve and there on the track not a hundred yards ahead of him was a little girl asleep. To stop by or- dinary methods was absolutely impossi- ble. To go on was certain death to tho child. Inthe fraction of a second he had formed his plan, As he says it, “I shouted to Jim, the fireman, to ‘choke her,” and ‘give her the grit,” and then I slid out on the run- ning bourd and ‘down on her nose,’ and i'umpud off. Asshe came by I grabbed hold of a spoke in the driver and socked my heel in the mud, and if you’ll believe it, I stopped that train right there. Broke my right arm in two place though, and knocked every blamed car in the train clean off the track. Buat I saved the child.” %% Engineer Jack Dolan is known to every railroad man between Omaha and Grand Island. One of tho best engi- neers on the road, the ‘‘old reliable” of the division, his Yuriulu- have been thrilling and vavied. A story is told of his vemarkable experiehce with the first train out of Omaha that had been fitted up with air, Dolan’s experiences with the new air brakeled him to have re- markable confidence in himself and in his engine, 0ld53. The first man in the round house board is the first man out usually, and 50 it happened that one day Dolan found himsell ordered out on the pay car. As he said it, he “was on board to haul the ‘grease wagon.” I got ‘forty miles’ and much more as I could make with safety, Icut ’eraway back and pulled her tail clean out, and T tell you, neighbor, she was turnin’ ’emr when we sailed out over the summit. Well you know that when vou come out of the woods down by Papio there’s a bruisi hill to climb and a sharp curve when you strike the level. Over against the hill is a big clay banl. Joslyn was the pay boss then, and ho was ' kind of a particular cuss about gatting along, so I made up my mind to show him what 53 could do. When wo pulled up at Gilmore I jumped down to drop n little fat on her. Joslyn yelled to go ahead beforo I got 'round, and whon L swung up I hooked her up as soon as she got ‘em to turning. Then I gave her grit and opened her up, and wWe got out of Gilmore as if we were going somewhere. When we struck Papio hill we were doing seventy-five miles if we were doing a foot. Just as we hit the curve on the level a rail turned on u and d— mel il wo warn’t aguinst th clay bank in a secoud. It wasn’t any uso to goose hor, but I shut ’er off and gotready to jump. Just then we got to the end of the cluy bank, whero tho track comes in again. When old 53 hit that rail she sort of give a jump, and 'l bo d—d if the old grease wagon and the pay car didn’t slide square back on the track again. I pulled her out aguin, and I don’t believe we lost a minute, and Joslyn never knew he had boen a hundred yards on clay.” *" Dolan told that story on the steps of tho old Pioneer House in the days when it was headquartors for all the Union Pacific engineers who ran into Omaha. Of all the boys who heard it only big Jim Bowers was able to do as well. Bowers was one of the most' cheerful liars on vhe road, and Dolan’s story *‘re- minded” him at once of an experience of his own, *That makes me think of the time I had with No. 97, when I was pulling fast No. 8 west ono day last winte said Bowers, **You remomber just after you leave Elkhorn and got through the i cut there’s a long drop over the big grades down to the Elkhorn river and into Waterloo. Well, this day I'm tell- ing you about, something wus wrong with No. 97's water wor! One of her squirts wouldn't work, and T was fussin’ with it gll the way out to Elkhorn. I had ten conches behind me, and I had to hit her pretty hard to get out over the hill, I was afraid she was going to lay down on me before I could got over, and if she died on that hill I didn’t know what 'd do. 1 bad her wide open all the way up, and when we struck the top of the hill I was so interested watching t squirt to seo if I had got it working L L didn’t think to shut ’er off, and she worked steam half way down to the river. You can bet she was rolling 'em when wo struck the bunch of willows just before you hit the bridg Thut was before they put up the new covered iron bridge. The weathor was frightfully cold, and the ice on the Elkhorn must have six feet th I never found out just what struck us or how it did happen, but the first thing I know just as we got to the end of the bridge I felt old 97 sort of raise off the rails, and the next second we had slid down the bank and were skuting across the viver on the ice. As luck wouid have it, the coupling on the baggage car broke and the h train hung on to the rails. We wore goin sixty miles if we were going an inch, and the way 97 got across the Elkhorn was tremendous. You know there’s a big ditch on the other sidg whore they got the dirt for the apprddch to the bridge. Well, sir, 87 just took up that diteh,and when she struck the topshe jumped squarely on the rafléagain right bohind the last coach of my train, which had just swung by. I #%'her nose down to the coach, and fireman made the coupling, and we gh@ved that vrain into Waterloo, where Iswitched around and got in ahead again. And the funniest thing about it was:thatwhen I left Wa- terloo I looked ardyfid her, and I'll bo hanged 1f that squirbwasn’t working all rizht.” 4 I Old Bill Adam# greeted Bowors's story with a “‘humph.” Then when nons of the other boys spoke up old Bill be “That reminds mo of my ex- nee on a cold day a yoar of two ugo,” he said. I was pulling old 411 then. Iremember we used to call her the 44, sort of 4—11—44, you know. Woll, I was coming in on her'ono beast- ly cold day with a long string of grain loads behind me. Forty-four be. gan to leak badly just aflter I left Ashland, and by the time I got to Raymond Hillshe wouldn't hold plug hate She was worse than seven fish nets, 1 was cold enough to freeze u brass monkey, and my fireman \s making a good many romurks about the origin of the old man who had sent 44 out in such shape. [ got her to going as hard as [ could to run the hill, and whnen we struck the up grade I was giv- ing it to her for all she was worth. She s pounding like the old Nick, and be- we got half way up I was afraid we wouldn’t get over. Well, we got pretty near to the top, when she threw up her tail and lnid down. She was leaking so fast 1 was afraid she wouid die on me, and 1 didn’t dare back off w make another run for the hill. So I whistled off brakes and slid back. It was so cold that there was n streak of ice all along where we had been, formed out the water that 44 had leaked. I noticed that as we slid down, and when we got to the bottom I told my tireman I was going to make a try on” a new schomo. A good wagon road rums avound the foot of Raymond Hill and crosses the track on the other side from where we were. [ put a brace on the rail just where I thought I could jump into the road, and let her go. It was kind of visky, but I thought it was worth trying. Well sir, she struck that brace and went into the road without a quive The brace held, and tho grain loads fol- lowed as slick as greuse. The water that leaied out of 41 wus frozen as soon as it struck the ground and it made a fuir track of ice for the train, and it was the easiest kind of slipping. Old 44 just followed that road us if she’d been train- ed to it, and when we struck the other side of the hill she dropped on to the roils as if she had been looking for them. It was just plain sliding down hill from then on, and when we struck the bottom we had: force enough to shove us in on the elevator side track, and wo stopped just exactly where I wanted to. Couldn’t have done it bet- ter if we'd had four éngines.” Old Bill sighed sadly in remembrance of his great scheme, and the other boys walked silently away and left him dreaming of it. %% “I remember,” said the freight brake- man, “an adventure I once had which came near being my last. We were overrun with tramps during the summer and had to use pretty severe means some- times to get rid of them, Two big,stout fellows, whom [ found in an empty box car, refused to move until, by having hot am turned on them with u hose from the engine, they wére forced to vacate. They mitde threats of gefting even with me, but I thought no more of them. **One cold, rainy night in the follow- ing autumn the train stopped at a way- side tank for water. Going back over the cars releasing the brakes. Icame to aman seated upon a car directly over a creek which, swollen by the rains, had become a rushing torrent. T told him to get off tho train, The sound of my_ voico had a singu- lar offcct upon him, for ho sprang to his feot, and grasping me by the throat, exclaimed: ‘Now, I've got you. You don't remember me, do you, sonny? Well, I haven’t forgotten you, nor the time you drove me from the car with hot steam. That creek, down be- low, is just the place for you,and in you go.” “The top of a freight car, made slip- pery by rain, is not the best place for a life-and-death struggle, and as he was a heavy man, and held my throat with a grip that prevented ouctry, my chances of escape seomed slim. I mado the bost effort possible, but each move brought me nearer the edge of the roof, until it needed but a slight effort upon’ his part to send me whirling into the stream be- low. Seeing this, he braced himself for a finaleffort, Lvents, however, wore in my favor. The car, instead of boing of a common pattern, was fitted with ladders running up the sides noar the center,and I grasped the top rail just in time; for I did so the train started with a jerk. “*Losing his balance, my would be as- sassin plunged forward, and, releasing his grip upon my throat, fell with a splash into the stream below. It was some time before I could regain strength enough to go forward to the engine. By that time the train was miles away, and the fate of my assuilant Inever learned.” S i) Are You Interested ? The following frank statement from J, B! Haro of Trenton, Tex., will be of interest to many of our citize “My little boy was very bad off for two months with diarrha, Wo used various medicines, also called in two doctors, but nothing done him any good until we used Chamberlain's Colie, Cholera and Diarrhaea Remedy, which gave immediate relief and soou cured him. I consider it the best medicine made and can_conscientiously recommend it to all who need a diarrhoea or colic medicine. A LONG TIME BETWEEN DRINKS. = Incidents That Lo Up to the Famous » ayTigs. Evory man in the United States is sup- posed to know what the *‘Governor of North Carolina said to the governor of South Carolina,” but'possibly some do not know when ana atider what circum- stances the famous remark made. Nearly u century azo a_man promin- ent in political affairs in Norte Carolina moved across the border and settled in South Cavolina. He had been there but a short time when hé* committed some small erime or misdemeanor, for which ho was indicted. To! ®scape arrest ho returned to his old haine in North Caro- lina, In due course'df time the gover- nor of South Carolina'issued a requisi- tion on the governor of North Carolina for the tugitive eriminal, The fugitive had rich and influential friends in his native state, and they in- terceded with the governor, until he re- fused to grant the requisition, A long official correspondence followed, ~Prom- inent men in South Carolina told tho governor that he had not beon treated with proper official courtesy by the gov- ernor of North Carolina. The result was that the South Caroli- na governor accompanied by a large par- ty of friends and_advisers, journoye i by slage to Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, for a conference with the gov- evnor about the matter of giving up the criminal. I'he governor of North Carolina o large party of distinguished met the governor of South Caroling sev- al miles from town and e ted them to the governor's mausion with all the with friends, coreniony due such distinguished visi ors, Beforo the object of the visit was sta~ ted the entire party sat down to an elab- orate dinner. After dinner wine waa sorved, and after wine came brandy— the applejack for which the old North state is famous, After many rounds of drinks the de- cantors and glasses were removed, and the governor of South Carolina stated the object of his visit, Ho demanded the surrender of tho _fugitive crimi The governor of North Carolinn r fused. Then followed a long and heated discussion, in which the attorney genc als of the two states took an active part. lly the governor of South Caro- lina grew angry, and rising to his feet, said: ir, you have refused my just de- mand and have offended the dignity of my office and my state. Unless you at once surrender the prisoner 1 will ro- turn to my capital, call out the militia of the state, nd returning with my army I will take the fugitive by force of rnor, what do you s ere turned on the governor h roling, and his answer was iited with breathless interest. The governor rose slowly to his foet and beckoned to a servant who stood some distance aw His beckoning was firm and dignif as ame his position He was slow about unswering, and again the governor of South Carolina demand- ed, “*What do you say “1 say, governor, that it's between drinis. The reply rest d good humor, De canters and glasses were brought out again, and, while the visitors remained, if any one attemipted to refer to the dip- lomatic object of the visit he was cut short by the remark that it wasa long time botween d in'igy When the visiting governor was ready to return home he was escorted to the state line by the governor of North ¢ lina, and they parted the bestof friends, The fugitive was never surrendered. TO HANDLE BAD arms. long time HO\W HORSE: Instructive Points From a New York Exper John Keese of Great Neck, has been contributing a sovies of interesting and instructive articles on horse training to the New York Evening Sun. ilis last and concluding treatise appeared recent- ly, and was entitled *“*Baa Tricks in Horses, and How to Cure Them.” tracts from Mr. Keese’s papor are given as folloy To tr: a hd in any one to mount him, Mr. Keese has > that would not permit this to say: “At the first attempt to go upon his k he made a plunge that took him out of the reach of the would-be rider, or sent him flying if he succeeded in getting partly upon the horse. After all had given up and gone to their work I went to the stable, filled my pockets with oats and began feeding tho hor from my hand on either side; then got a box to stand upon (not too high at first), still feeding }l_'um ]ql_v hand, reaching s carefully over neck as ho began to look for the outs, then leaned upon him, and finally sat u[|) right on his back, causing him to turn his head so he could reach on either side for the oats. Then untying the halter_so he could turn around, he worked his way out of the stable, and in perhaps three-quarters of an hour he would go without the oats, when I put on the saddle and bridle, got on without difficulty, ouly taking care to move slowly and not frighten him, rode threc or four mi wfter win he gave me no more trouble in riding.” In order to stop a runaway the follow- ing method is recommended: “If a single horse attempts to run and you can not pull him in, give a quick, Sudden jerk on one rein, slacking thoe other, and bring his nose around to his shoulder. Then in a like manner with the other rein bring it to the othor side. The pull being sudden and without warning he can not stiffen his neck against it, so that no great strength is required to turn his head from side to side, which will prevent his runaing. Should this fail by excitement in the driver or other use, hold his nose tight to his shoulder and with one rein, which will be likely to throw him down with some risk, but not so much as to let him run.” Pulling horses are quite common, and Mr, Keoso suggests a remedy that is very simple and at the same time very effectual: “For a puller, or one that has the habit of bearing too hard on the bit, start him slowly with a loose reign, talk coaxingly to keep him going slowly as long as you can. When his pace gets too fast pull him 1n gently, whether you have gone a rod or amile, and if he will not go moderately bring him to a stop and leop him thore until ho gets quiet. Then go another rod or mile, but never hold with a heavy hand while driving, for the harder ho is held the more he will pull. If he is restive and nervous at being hitched up and in a hurry to go, back him out and drive in two or three times, then tieand him stand an hour or two, then drive to the door ana tie, leaving him awhile, then drive by to the stable and take him out.” 5 Many horse owners abeminate blind- ers and will not use them, The subject is touched upon by Mr, Keese: “Always study the comfort and cheer- fulness of your horse if you would have him to do his best. Let no part of the harness chafe hurt. Keep the blind ors well opd front so he can seo ing. inis used, see that it is not have it unhooked to rost his neck as soon as he stops. Besides the pain it gives, I have seen the back in- jured and the horse made worthless by the constant use of a short checkrein, Lot a mun hold his head for an hour as a horse must with a short checkroein,” Balking, says the Long Island gent nan, is always the fault of the trainee in whore he 15 going and what 15 cor If a checkr too short, and or drive To cure the evil he says: **A colt in training or a young horse that lately contracted the habit, can bo trained so as to do their best at any lead they can pull, but if unkindly trested, and they have a load boyond their strength they wi | belikely to remember the old trouble and not try, But young and old, good und bad can bo taught to go well'in driving or doing light work, as follows: “Pat the balky horse (youngor old) with a good one, have a strong harness, a good neckyoke to hold them togethor, lenve the checkrein unhooked and around till he will stopand sturt. hitch toa light, strong wugon, wl it will go easily, with plonty of room to turn. Have the wagon cramped to the side of u good horso, get in and start the good horse with a pull toward the other to push him off his feet, und if he jumps or plunges give him a loose rein and let him go his n - way as much as possible till he can be conxed into mod- eration.” In conclusion Mr. Keeso hus this to offer: r the habit of running back- ward t0o fur and too fast in backing out from u shed or in turuing (ns some of these are inclined to do), keep him going back s far as you can, then drive to the same place and back as before, and re- peat till he will come back slowly and stop when you want him to. Nover use a whip or other harsh treatment for auch hore Rubbing on the nose, breathing in his nostrils when he draws in his breath, and talking kindly to him, PAGE A NEW Artificlal toath without pl work. The on'y rolia P requested to 1 te this system, No other office In the it )t Now Y H Sixth Avenue, 1500, Porsons dos AN so0 S| olves, the reach of all, Wo have the WOND TIC for the palnless oxtract ¢ part mens of Prices for rubber for #a OFFIC TELEPHONE, 1088, NO GURR Many years' oxpertonce. N'B roply. AR O sth in the mouth without their dropping while Ing, slnging or when us eep. Ministe spoakers, liwyers and actors ure ALLthis work fully w EXTRA CHARGE for using it. Gold and othor fillings at lowest prices. Dr.ROLAND W. BAILEY, DENTIST S THIRD FLOOR PAXTON 16TH and FARNAM ST DrDOWNS 1818 Douglas Street, Omaha, Neb. ato Disonsos K (Mysteries 4Il‘|.”0l sant fr OCAUNTTOIN; ¥ Or county has tho right, ey know how to minke this patonted work ecured the s)le right trom Dr Thre ork, who pa skmorten, No. ntod it K t of toeth nro roquos Kind of work and judg kind of o within ko e REUL LOCAL ANESTHE- ion of teoth and make NO A full sot of tooth on BLOCK. OMAHA. INI®) R EUAT VAT Is AUl tronting with the manent curs guarantomd for Catareh, A b ness, Night Loss s, Tmpotercy, 8yphills, Steicturo, and all I o K0) for overy oas L undertako and fall Offfes hours— a. m. to 8 p. m. Sunday We Invits Comparison of Quality and Prices of Are You| Modern Hardware BUILDING? e ——— 1118 JAS, MORTON & SON C0. Dodge St., Omaha. have a wonderful effect to calm the tem- por and allay the fears of a horse.” EMERGED Necessit 0 be New York caches M heir Ow, Recorde 'rade man to his trade. A man is either a fool or a physician at forty. Hero are two an- cient adages which suggest . combina- tion, Every trade al physic, This is true. In conversation a few duys ago a Now York surgeon remarked that fow things gave more pain attended with so much danger as some particles of lime dustin the oye. A gentleman standing by quietly remarked: “And such an accident is of daily occurrer is attended with hardly any danger and is easily treated.” “Tlow 0% came chorus of voice “Well, I will tell you. I was brought up to the trade of a plastercr, a ceiling plaster, You may not know that the final lnyer upon a good ceiling is almost pure lim The plas- terer stands upon a platform and lays on tho paste. It falls upon him in every direction, and, especially if he is a new hand, often a spatter falls right into his eye. When he gets accustomed to tho work the eyelids seom to get used to i 100, and seems to ciose automatic: self-defense. Directly such an ac oceurs a fellow workman takes a mouth- ful of water from the nearest pail, and theve is always a pail of water handy, opens the eye as widoas possible and squirts with all his foreo the contents of | his mouth against the eyeball, Thisim- mediately cools the limo and also drives it out of the eye. Simple remedy, isn’t it, und eminently practical. But you sco a man’s eye would be burned out long be- foro he could reach the nearest doc- tor Immediately other gentlemen had something to tell. One was a wine mer- chant. My collarmen have a funny way of stopping bleeding. They think nothing of a cut fingor or hand, or even of a large wound. They run to the near- st spirit cask, or claret if spivits are not handy, and let a fow drops fall on the wound. It acts as an immediato sty ptic. Then a big dusty old cobweb is taken from the nearest bottle or corner of a bin and clapped on tight over the cut or abrasion. Cobwebs ave splendid healing agents.” Suilors,” a loss favori said another, “ar under such circumstances, the o styptic at sea is a bit of unr: eliod tarred rope. On land they will take the quid of tobacco from their cheels, or the lining of their cap, and its But I have seen a such a quid hus effect is astonishing. man wild drunk afte) been tied over a wound. I suppose tho nicotine gets into the blood and acts as an intoxicant.” “Carpenters,” said another gentle- man, “if they cut themselves pick up a handful of fine shavings und clap them onto the wound, and joiners swear by a dab of glue, but one of the quaintest things I over saw used was by an old farmer up in Chester county, He got his hand badly torn by a bit of old wire fence, and 1t bl considerably, With out a thought he stoopad down und dug up a handful of soil, spat on it and worked it quickly into a paste and lnid it on the wound and bound it up with his neckerchief. In an astonishingly short time he was nt work again as if nothing had happened,” oklyn's Piory B 1. ). in smoke and Nlame, joston Globo, the history of ono of the most famous ships of th older navy of these Unitod States will be brought to u clo ‘I'be Brooklyn wn old and worn in long and ho able vico for th fon, is to be destroyed off Hough's | What the fire cannot harm will | bo taken away and sold, passing to half o hundr ignoble uses, It might alnost ne ealled *Old Iron- | sides” of our day, this Brooklyn. One almost wishes for another inaignant ap. peal from Holmes that might stay the work of destruction, i For this was tho second yvessel to pass | the gauntlet of the enemy’s forts at the | pture of Now Orleans, She has a | war record worth reading and worth re- | momboring, even in thess haleyon duys of poace and of the white squadron, - A Remarkable Well, On the farm of Colonel W, | sham, at Henrletta, Tox., there is a re- markable well, [t ususlly containg about eight feet of water, but when the wind blows from the north the well goes dey and romaing until a chunge of wind, when the water again flows in and resumes its normal height., This strango phenomenon has been observed for sov- Wor- | 50 oral months, HOTEL. ToMaeerz, oor 185121l Huendy, i3 51 o most substantially construoted hotel build. ing in Omaha, Several heavy brick firewalls running from basement t roof. All ceilings and floors lined w.th Asbestos fira proof lin- ng, making it impossib'e to burn quick. 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