Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 26, 1891, Page 8

RECLAIMING THE ARID BELT. | Turn on the Water, Nature Will Do the | complete ierigation " Rest. SENATOR WARZEN TALKS ON IRRIGATION. Gigantic 1 ement Scheme I Would Increase the Till- Area Onc«Third—~Pro- 1 Legislation. A T )ie po! Trrigation s in its infancy in the west wonderful agricultural results aces small by artificial moistura foreshadows w achieved on the vast arid re, and northwest when tho waters now goi re applied to the dormant fertility. of The question of f and exe chonsi ¥ been given the Widespread intorc aplished means of hat will be in a compa way »ns of the waste the cuting a comp only recently ves in the west been aroused by means of ¢ this, ¢ with the power of the waest, has made an effective im pression o1 “the powers that be.! United S ate has acknowledged placing ator Francis | ystem has it de st has rivation ivent upled increased poli gation and arid lands, The selection of Senator Warren is every- whero regarded as most appropriate, in viow of tho fact that he has given this subject careful and exhaustive study and has at tended nearly all of the conventions in the west where this topic was considered. ) ator Warren is very legislati will be accomplished before con gress adjourns, Senator Dolph of Oregon has already introdu an irrigation bill; and Senato Dubois of Idaho has another in preparation. Senator Warren introduced one last year, and wi.l again preset it with some Out of (hese measares it 1S ox e hat u satisfactory law can be framed “Fho thing 1o be accomplished,” saia Seu ator Warren in an interview in the Wash. ington Post, “is to securo the consent of con gress to the ceding of the arid lands to the states in trust under certain rgstrictior The conventions which have beSn held av Lveston, 1 1d Omaha reached this conclusion almost ununimously. At Denver there wera prosent representatives from cighteen statos. At Salt Lake about the same numver of states were representod by over S0 delogates, called in_a convention to arid land matters alone, and this con- unanimously declared in favor of ced- ing the lands, I believe that this consent of congress can besecured when the people of the enst fully understand our situatiol > beginning to appreciato it now. r of the prominent eastern papo! E ready giving the question intelligent consid eration, und Iind that the interest in the tion is growing.” “But before vou carf®go ested must you not - show really o suceess “Ihere will be uo difiicalty in proving the absolute suceess of the jrrigating mothod, It has given unquestionably (‘Y(‘l‘lhv t results wherever tried, and we have found also that frmgated lund’ is surprisgely productive Anybody who has looked 1nto. thia matio even most superficially will bear testimony to tho the iizh success of ir on. " “Why should the lauds cd to the states onsid ventio cong that 89 irrigation is inter- i be use the public lands not irrigation bave nearly all been Most of what now remains ciaimed Loforo . homestead possib) Henco the governm hor muke laree appropriutions of v to reclaim these lands, or allow the states to bo the trustees instead of the United States to bring about a reclamu tion, or further settloment of the great wost becomes impracticabl I believe the quickest way and the one surest of success is for tho government to ‘let go’ of tands now useless and for which it declines to appropriate suflicient dovelop- ment money, allowing the states to under- take to utilize and maie valuable such lands as nonproduc and nerative alike to the nation, the soveral states and the nome scekers. The states would chargo settlers for this land only the cost of recl i n, and would seil in restricted acre: to each ow nd orly to actual settlers, ‘urthermore, tho present federal land laws are defective and inapplicaole to th arid recion: each stata can framo the laws suited to its peculiar conditions. Un the present federal inws titleds not guaran- teed with suflicient clearness to warrant the outlay of expense. The nomestead law ofters no aid beeause the homesteader has not sufli cient money to build ditches from our lavge strean and no opportunity of making a velhiood until such diteh e puilt, Com- ot affora to build ditehes on gov- ernment land because there is no adequate security for the investment. The title to the Iand s tho hands of thé government and mdependent title can only bo obtained by actual entry m, who are without means or opportunity of making proof and vrocurinz has boen applied to the t settlo until ditches built, as itis only then that the laml comes productive. Under state coutrol water could bo taken to the lands and water and land disposed of together in small ownership to farmers who would tmme v settle on them and produce erops.’ Hus not the government given the con- trol of the water supply in ncst of the arid states to the states themselves (" Yes,” replied thesenator, it bas, and this is ail the more reason why tho control of the lands shoula be ceded also under proper strictions, The riment has imposed on these states the rospousibitity and expense of supervising the public waters, but it has at the same time retainod sssion of the anly means from which a revenue ¢ rived, numel the land itself. [ k the sentiment of \Wyoming, and [ believe that of the entire arid region. is that this is equaily unjust and unwise. Land and water, being both esso gricultural success, under one supervision, either statd I'ho ad gos of this in point of effectiveness, econoiny, and in satisfaction to the parties attempting reclamation ave too obvious to need further ument, 1 can, bowever, givo u single convincing incident. “In_ Wyoming, to mcet the oxpense ot guarding the rights of tho owners of over threo thousand miles of diteh od ulong thousands of wiles of n water way--over o country larger than New Eug land —we tax less than 10 per cent of tho lauds in tho state. Over 90 per cent vemains m the b ds of the national government and contributes nothing to this or any other of tho stute exponses, At the same time, the measurcments of the state engineer in June, 180, showed that two of the streams of the stato wero cach discharging over 10,000 cubie feet of water per second I'his water # to waste, and is an absolute loss to the stuto and nation, It utitized, it would sufiice for the veclamation of 3,000,000 acres of land It would make 40,000 eighty-acre farms on what now barre worthless waste, ‘These are the possibilities of simply two ¢ the waterways of this one state. For th Past two years we have contemplated theso natural resources with & knowlodyo that our agricultural population along the streams | bave mentioned is not increasin d with the disheartening conviction that there is no prospect of their utilization until we secure asystem ot lund laws suitea to the arid re gion.” “Io you auticipate any objection to in vesting the state with control over these arid lands “1 do not see why any objection should be raised. We have now no adequato means o? setting aside roservoir sites for storage pur poses nor for the protection or utilization of our timber ureas to hold back the winte snows for summer vzater supply. To bring about the changes desired there must bo some instrument for its accomplishment, The question is, which can best ha intrusted with that work, the state or the national authori tiest The staté government is tho proper The government re is burdened with ‘other matters. Comparatively fow members of congress give sorious attention 10 the subject, because not divectly interosted in its proper solution “On the other band, in every and state irrigation is felt to bo & matter of vital con cern, and the people have had muck practical experience. 'They will serutinize closely the laws aud the ofticlals who execute thew, fox they realize that upon both will depend 'iu o large measure the state’'s weifare ana pro gress, The transfer of the control 1o the several states would enable each stato gov ernmont 1o develop its irrization system in accord with local conditions and with tue views aud opinions of different localities, It requiring taken np. ust be settlement is must very best W that | Wyoming, where we Tho | The | its | hopeful that valuable | | receive bill will not enti would stimulate the sta soif-reliance and dependence upon their own rezouirces, and be of far greater service than direct md coming national appropria tion ““What would be the practical results of “No one could begin to estimate them, In iave a <oil and climate acapted 1o the successful production of all crops of the temperate region, with one-thira of ‘tho state underlaid with coal, with oil fields known to be among the largest in_ tho United States, with iron, cooper and soda in abundance aud with precious metals almost everywhere, wo lave now less than one por- son to cach 1,000 square miles of area, The total assessed valuation of the state amounts to but little move than 50 cents to cach acre of land in the state, and this includes citle and towns, \We ple and_more cupital to develop our rGsources, but we can ests oloped. This stute of af- fairs works @ twofold injury to us It draius tho people of monoy which s bo kept at homo and the cost of liviag of those engaged 1n other pursuits besides agriculture. and fact cannot be establistiod mines opencd it the workers therein are com pellod to send long distances for nearly everythingthey eat. To develop onr mines we must have cheap food or the vrice of lab consumes all *“\What is true of \Wyoming is true of other states in tho avid velt,” and when 1 teil you | that this aria les one-third of the whole of the United States, you wiil begin to ippreciate whit an important question ive b wnd states in the fo can got congress to look At this matter as wo see it, thero oaght o bo 1o question abcut securing the n ary focislation.” s of w was o — iding presents, but the 4 box of Hallor's Aus- be said thoughtfully, it's so nice for the haps my hands. Ho said, wo en.t pot any ‘“little chaps’ yet. She said, Why ! John, and John was squelched - ocuiist. - Water Rents Due Jan. 1. Payable at company s office, Beo build- ing. " Fivo per cent discount allowed if piid on or before January 1. Faiture to o consumer to Cullimore, Dr. Boo building discount. Lo Competition tremblos wnen Hayden Bros, open nrices on pianosand organs, ANOTHER STEONG FEATURE, Tz Ber will soon commence the publica- tion of Wakeman's “Letters of T No newspapar writer of the day has a more ap preciative following than Mr. Wakeman. flis journcys made 1 great part on foor, sharing in the common life ot the ' peoplo the countries whick he visits, und securing such tho! ough insight into their manners and customs as could be obtained 1n no other way. Of all the men who aro doing this kind of work today he is unquestionably the best informed and the most pleasing and graceful writer. He 15 & poet. too, and bis prose as well us his verses, which o from time to time contrid- utes to current publications, is full of imag- ery and marked by strong poctie feeling, Ik hirst fourof Mr. Wakeman's lottors of 1502 will teil of a tramp ucross Portugal from Lisbon to Avamonte. Iside pictures of Portuzuese villag homes and everyday provineial life, will be painted with the sure fidehty and charm which bave cha acterized the E letters rocently put lished in this v, Portugal fs a country famous for its pastach: s1de tho boaten lines of travel aud inhabited by a most interesting race of peoplo. After theso letters will como two deserib- in Morocco, and these will be fol lowed by a'lcttor from Gibraltar teiling of » famous fortress and its surroundings. Mujorea and Minorea, the Balearic islands, will next be visited, and then Malta and its people and their 1ifo, manners, customs and superstitions will be descrived. Tbree letters celling of 1talian rambles will follow, acd then forest travel in Galicia, ‘I'his is the northeasternmost provinee of Aus- 1ts” petroleur fiélds, their workings sant workmen and'the home life and of the Polish, Ruthenian und ' peasuutry of tis seldom visited region w be attractive subjects for Mr. Wakeman pon P Roturning to the British islos wan will tell of some of tue me f and places familiac to American roaders Altogether the reader will travel with Mr. Wakeman—and thero could bo no better guide —throngh some of the most intaresting towns and vegions the old world can show. Beg: readers may do this, not us strangers t. but lea ng the secrets of the peo- ple’s lives, as close friends would do, and uing from history and tradition the charm story and sentiment that cluster about ol places where humamty has for so many hundreds of recorded yoars lived and loved aud joyed and suffered and fought and died. - Small in size, great 1n_rosults; DeWitt's LittloBarly Kise Bost pilt for constipa- tion, best for sick headache, bost for sour stomach. ve of nd p Mr. and Wake- wor piano. Sold Neow scale. Now on installments. Wegman tuning dovice Hayden Bros. Ly ¢ eraps of Information. Arabs never eat fish, All treos ave evergreen in the tropics. In Palestine there are now 78,000 Jews., Only three specios of rovtiles exist in nd. The moon is said to move second, Ouly one feet in he +«The av is610 acr It takes 50,000 roses to make an ounce of® attar of roses, [=] Ten per cent of the population of India are widows. There over 9,000 Salvation army. The pope can speak and French perfectly. At the present rate of increase the population of the earth will double itself in 260 years, DeWitt's Little Wisfor dirsp opsi Ir 3,335 feot por American in 261 is over six ht. 6 size of an American farm brass bands in the Eoglish, German Farly Risers: best little o,s0ur stomach, bad breath Lk i iose is Impossible. 1ibli A tlorist ma blue rose 18 among the impossibilities, but, while an ex- planation of this curlous fact may ho equally impossible, he fails to mention a very interesting law which governs the coloring of all flowers. A knowledge of this law would save many flower growers hours of unavailing and foolish hc The law is The th ors, rod never all wp- pear in the same species of flowers; any two may exist, but never the third Thus we have the red and yellow voses, but no bl 1 and blue vorbenas, bul no yellow; yeilow and blue in the vari- ous members of the vic amily (a8 pun for instanee), but no red; red and yellow gludioli, but no Hlue, and so on B Ovords),000 H owo scales nave boen and the demand increasing continualy den&Selleck Co, Chicago, 11, MceGrew, diseases, W hy 2 Blue St. Louis Rey the assertion that kes sie 2 8 sold Bor Dr. pyt Lith & Far, DEATIS, Notices of Mv: Uns or (ex: wiktar this hea b, A7C) cents: each additional line tew cents KING—At Superior, Nob., Deceniher 24, Mys, Annie King, nee Coploy, sistor of Churles and Henry Copley of this clty, PALMER—!n®wmaha, Decombir 24, 1801, Edna A Paluer, agod 1%, ‘at tho residence’ of i Hopkins, 2100 South Eleventh street. Funeral servies ut the residence today st p. m, The ronining bo Interred ut Glenwood MILES—Joln L., aged 47. ut7 o'l \ Friday, Deoeniber 25, 1801, at his residonce 518 8. Yth stroot remains wil bo sent to Davenport Sunday ovenlug. The funeral w the house atd o'clock e I'he In., 1 ieave At Blair hter Neb., December 24, 1801 of Mr. and Mrs. Job years and 4 u i1, Omaha 1 1the ful wl will b d this aftern at 2 o'clock, from st I nenn's cathedral, Luterment it 3k Mury's comotery, Ros. Tanner, Dody wis s by strongthening | THE IN THE CITY OF GONDOLA Graphio Pea Pio'nres of Buautiful Venios and the Lagune, A PARADSZ FOR ARTIST AND POET. los and Works Lito—How salt a Churches Rich in Mar of Art—ilathing at the Poor Live Laxary. Vesior, Nov When we left Ven twvo years ago wo didi't think shovld again veturn to this city by the soa, but the | speil of enchantment was upo We must Mn and wauder among tha silent ts and bathe in the-warm sunshive. od sails of the laguno passed before smod to s tho rich red and orange wings bockouing to us f Yos, wo would visit the Water City and live the doles tur niento existeace churac teristie of its people. we us, stre our mind anit we s azain 1t was with a deen sense of wo found ourselvos once more ¢ At bridge which divides he the bride of thoy Adriatic. In the distanco we could sec the city beautiful us a drcams tno sleudor form of its greon crowned Cam panile standing in strong outline outof a deey blue I'hie ved tower of St onits own little islana, gave back its re flection in the water, whilo a hundred domes and geaceful spires mirrored their shadows in the sea, ‘Truly this is Venice, as we had learned to know and love it. Here were all the dainty gondolas lying waiting at the very No 1onger cab and tired horss wore sox: we have nothing but wator vefore us for a road, and dozens of little boats painted black, rowed by tall, splendid looking mea, who stand at cither end and row with a grace quite out of common. We step from the station into the gondola while a fac:hino follows with the luggage. ‘Tho old boggar holds the bout dy' with a long polo and soon we glide over the water so silently as to vo scarcely couscious of moving. Past rows of marble paluces and splendid churches, rising uoruptly ~ from the water; past the Qtialto with 1ts nobls arch thrown over tho Grand canul, uader gloomy arches conneeting high palaces ou the rarrow canuls, darting around cor. uers, while the gondolier gave his word of warning to those who might b coming in tho opposite direction, past swift moviug gondolas with tucir freight of veauty, Ven women, with the lace veil draped ov the head; past the Peazzetta, with its two tall marble columns und the gold vaulted by- 10 church of St. Murco, and its two flickering lights of olive oil buruing before tho ima the Virgin. ‘Phe Ducat palace and the Bridge of Sighs are now reacted aua We are now rowinz out into the riva degii schiavoni, with its broad csplanade, brillant with gas jots and bun- dreds of Ttalians walking back and fort, oridlingat the cafes. A man-of-war is at anchor Just beyond the yeilow smokestack-of the yacht Matiuma, Jacies Gordon Bennott's pet toy which is at'our side. ‘U'he owner und Lis purty, including his sister, uud many | dies, havo some Neopolitan singers on board, and the serenado is Waftod to us as wo glide past then. Another stroke of the oar lands us atour hotel whers the padrona welcomes us and gives us hearty greetings. The por- wer, looking half brigand, hall savage, with piercea ears and dark eyes and comploxion, telicves us of our bugs, and following bim comes pretty Maria, the muid, in whito cap und apron, wearing immenso Moorist hoop currings, and around her neck a necklace of rose coral beads. These futhful sorvants remembered us and showed all the affection which the Italian can feel for those who nhave been kind o them in tho past. In my preuty room with its frescoed ceiling ani macbie mosaic floor [ soon discovered u bunch ub roses, resting in u vase of old etian glass, I had no nced to sk whose hands had placed tho flow ers there. From former exp 1 liad grown zccustomed to such attentions from the servants, in this lovoly country,and 1 feel always as if' Lam indet her kind-hearted peoplo for t aud friendship which binds me 50 Strong u tie, T'he churehos horo are ricn in - marble: works of art, and in 10 cily can one sce examples of Giovauni Bellini, that matehless painter of the Madonna and o than are 1o be found bere in the academy, and tho various churches. Titian's Assumptio sidered by some eritics Lo bo bis m is in the Belle Arti, and Paul Ver Tiutorette nave also some ¢ of their workin tho same 3 I"ogo's paluce, ‘The urtists of toe'o tiais school were especially strong in coloring, and the richness ot most of their canvases i one of their groat charms. Venice, at ‘this fall scason of tho year, belongs o tho Venetians. Then tuo city is 1ot given over to tie foreign element, who, u month later, will crowd its broad pidzea and swarm its canals. Just now, the only lau- guage heard 1s the soft Venelin dialeet, so musical to the ear, and so harmonious in’ its casy flow: Thereareno barsh sounds, the words are melodious in themsclyes cven when separated. ‘The bathing ut Lido is one of tho great attractions: the steamer which leaves the city at every half hour during the day, for thatisfand, i always sure to be densely crowded with those who go over for the sei baths. “Phe city is now gven over entirely to its own people and 4 bright, choerfil placo it is. AlL through the hours of tho day and even- ing, tho strect crier’s voico is heard stouting his' calls. Some of these commence us a deep, round shrick and aio away 1 @ moan. Men in_ barques row turough the narrow canals with bout loads of watermelons aud smull sugar melons, fizs, bes and veaches, The fruit is fresh and { excellent flayor, and is grown ou the islands near Venice. Pnere are two of these barques which come under my window each duy ata cortain honr u man rests bis oar 1 kuow the voice now and open my blinds, drawn to Kkeep out the sun, and lower my little Tuscan easuro that 0ssing tho spouse from edge of tha station. looking true loyalty o them with id Ihe fruit | sclocted, 1 begin the prc drawing up the vasket and its tempting contents. 1 am becoming quite expert in managing Venetiau ustoms, some of which uro very peculiar, Tho people of the poorer classes do littla cooking av ome; fuel is oxpensive aud the vegotables and fried fish cooked at, the open air kitchens are cheap, so that for a few soldi they can havo a siico of polenta—a sort of mush—a handful of sardines fried in fresh oil, and a sliceof baked squash, A fish which finds great favor with them is found at almost every corner of the streets leading to the Rialto. "1t is & species of dovil fish with many feelers, of . bright red color when boited, and are served in terra cotta bowls lined with vivid green porcelain. They avo said to be good, but to our preju diced tasto they appear anything but uppe. tizing Salt d i't enter into the food of the class of peonle I write of. They naver tasto it, and the nospital for the scrofulous children at Lado 1s filled by those who have not bad this necessary articio in their food. Every ovening I havo noticed a poorly dressed woman, accompanied by two small chilareu, a boy und a girl, g0 10 & point on the river and ean over the edge of the wall and i1l o bottlo with the salt water Becowing lous as to the use made of it, I approached her, with an apology for the question, and nsked what she did with thi w water, Tursing upon e a swoot, sad face, in which traces of boauty were Still visiblo, she ropliod that this was OMAHA DAILY BEE | | m afar, | | | easfor than their | emerging from the hotel the st { nalled, the only way she bad of giving hor children tho taste of salt wich they required. Tho tax levied upon thimi article by the govern ment placed it onsia®ly beyond reach of tho poor. Ts it right, T sk, thata govornmont stould take from Wepoople an artivle nec sary to health | The Wingnd Lionmf St. Mark is no longor upon its tail marblemolumn. 1t has beon re. moved to an underground room, off the court of tho ducal palace, where for fow soldi it muy be seen 1n theibands of the restorer, Tho noble croature does not look so well when seon noar as it does upon its high pedestal In times past it has bocn restored in a clumsy manner, and its body and tail a1e 1n several sections, joined 1n a; most innrtistic fashion The Ttalians worlk slowly, and when 1 told oue of the guards that Venico was incom plete without their Winged Lion, and they ought to nurry and restore it and put it in its place, ho replied: “Oh, yes: wo shall nave it donio In two vears' time,"! A moro polite and nteliizent than the gondolicrs it would not bo possiblo to find. They commonce. to row when ver voung, and the excrcise makes thom strong of arm and of splendid physique. Thoy havo informed thomscives on the history of their city, from its oarliest times to the present J'can give one more intoresting informa: tion thun cun be found in any of the guide books. They have a porfect management over their ‘boats, and nothing could look manner of rowing, stand- that it is tresome work tsof a complete sailor cing, with deep collar of navy bluo sash, tied i o aud o sailor hat with a falling behind, On anger is sig ho air udolu ! No city is lot of men : but I am told v livery cons suit of white du light blue cambric, loose knot at the sige blue band of ribbon in the distance,and ut on sounds with cries of “Gondol Venice will_always be unique. like it, and nono can ever equal ite dreamy charms, Here the post and artist can find ample material for their wors: there is ruin and decay about one, but it is beautiful all the same, and it is Venice. Nernie = pdred Million Dollars will bo spent at the *World’s fair."! Now is the time to secure a hotel, boarding house or other business to make o fortune. Addross James Pearce & Co,, Traders bldg., Chicago. - I one should have asavings ac- count. oW 15 the time to make a start, for 1892, The German Savings bank will soon move into their new banking room on 15th street between Douglas, a very convenient They pay 5 |n-r|-mn interest te new W. ¢ JOLLINS, PAST SPEAKERS Ok THE HO Prederick A, Muhlenborg of Penn: vania Wiclded the Or ginal Gav The first speaker of the vepresentatives was Frederick enberg of Pennsylvanin, All aceounts agree that Mr, Muhlenberg was a worthy man and able presiding oflicer, I'he states which have furnished the speaker stand in this order: Pennsyl- vania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Mass chusetts, North Carolina, Kentucky,South Carolinn, New York, Virginia, Tennes- see, Indiana, Georgi: aine and Ohio, This is the sequence in which the states figure on the list. Miine held the spekership latest, although Ohio comes ter it in the order named. Only four- teen of the fonrty-four states have had sons in the presiding officer’s chair thus Kentucky more than any other state has been honored, having pro- vided the speakers foran term of twenty-two ye time that state had but officials —Cl; John W and Carlisl Clay was vears; Carlisle Tho had the speaker d Virginia, thirteen years; ylvania, elevon: Mussachusetts, Indiana, nine; Maine, eight; New and North Carelina, oach six; nessee, five; New York and South ( lina, ench three; and Connecticut, gi nd Ohio, ch two, This covers the 102 years which huve pissed since the establishment of the government. The youngest speaker at the time of his election was Robert M. I, Huuter of Virginia, who was 30 y of age. Clay was the next youngest, 84, Pennington of New Jersey was the oldest, 62, Seven- teen of the thirty-one speakers were un- der 40, and only five were 50 or up- ward, The average age was 13. Banks was 39: Grow, 38; Colfax, 40; Blaine, 39; Randall and Carlisle each 48, and Reed, 50. Muhlenberg, the first of the spenkers, was 30 when he entered office, 'he seven ex-speakers ljving— Winthrop, Banks, Grow, Blaine, Keifer, Carlisle and Reed. Winthrop is 82 years, Van Houten'sCocoa— “Once tried, used always. house of A. Muhl- - four of tl ite, Linn Boyd in of othe ten; Jor- - Organs from 25> up. terms vden Bros. B sy H —~— Making the Liem Right. Brooklyn Life: **Do I look like a dead man?” This question was shot at the editor of the Bad Lands Buzoo by a man of fer cious aspe \\'hm itered the sanetum in a great hu 8 My !ru-ml I have no time to answer conundrums,’* replied the editor mildly, 1 want to know if I look like a dead persisted the visitor in a louder 1n e. “Itain’t no conundrum ecither.” “Idon’t know that ['m bound to answer the questions of every excited individual | who happens to como in. Il you'll tell me the object of your eall, I'll give the 1 subject soiue consideration.” *Well, sir, your paper announced me dead, and T wint lu know whethgr [ look like & dead man, Why didn’t you say so? No, you don’t look likke u ded man. *Then your paper lied, didn’t it?” he puper scoms to have been mis- informed, if you are the man it |<-1- red to. 1 allow no man to say it lied, Well, 'm the man it referred to, 1 reckon. ' Thera ain’t but one Alkali 1ke in theso diggins. 1'm the terror of tho Bad Lands, I'm a varmint from the Wicked Desert, and when I'm mad I can n. I: the entire press of the United States, nu heur me? *1've never been accusad of deafness,” 1 could chew you up at one mouthful, I'm not blind."”? “If you don’t rmake that paragraph right, DLl jab yer into yer own press and print an i sion of 'yer paper on yor The editor twigged. SWill yer muke that item right?” i veplied the editor, rising from his chair, with i soven- in one hand and i bowie knife in “Yes, I'll muke the pa graph true. Yow'll look like u dend man inexactly five saconds. What's your choice, lead or steel?’ But Alkali lke, the rmint from the Wicked Desert, did not remain long enough to choose; and the item hhsn't been corrected yet s Litule Karly tisers slowly shoot the other. DeWitt's for the liver, - DAPRICE'S (/am Baking Powder. Used in Millions of Homes—40 Years the Slaud;ud. SATURDAY DECEMBER house tion ti caters thouse want photo runni So long, among the who dwell [ in every ci The same their race, wi in Where, great wunts of th s, pressible, K Have remc to the hand to know th Consulta dress with ORS, 11 Nou OMALIL/ T Telopone 1 ot feoh Dridgo Work, Teoth All 1 warraL DOCUTA better than ev: of offices in the el Fourteenth and Douglas streets, where | they will be pleased to welcome old pateons and all new ones who desire 26 y T e, busin in this end of the 1an ours today. has n to the wants of ind towns Next Thursday niaght we close successful year’ a financial standpoint, because we've made some money; gaining friends, because we’ve never made so many before; successful from a business standpoint, because our stock is in the best shape ever found it after Christmas; ess we over ten and cities in the west. it possible for us to build up our business to its portions, we can simply bow our have ever successiul thousand our big exper our re front doors on the ienced. “advertisically, 2arth is better known or ba: Not only has crease in Omaha and immediate vicinity, but our “Mail Order ment” LS most Successful from successful in we no because 1 better reputa- ade shown a wonderful in- Depart= arly doubled its business during the past year, and now gular customers in over a To our friends who have made present mammoth pro= THANKS. to begin right. we take have Next year we intend to do still better; we are nev On January 1st In order to still further reduce our stock (we to count money than goods) we intend to our er satisfied. annual found it much easier We inventory. Gut the Prices on Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Shoes New Years as you never YOU KNOW US:. er our photograph contest closes New Ye: gr ng up to $10 in gold. 0LD FIRM. known nds so0 well, so favorably ick and suffering thou in cvery nook and corner— ty and village in the land. kind-hearted beaefuctors of BUT IN A NEW LOCATION nce of room and they can o minister to the th an abun creased facilities, r befol he afllicted. Belts & Bells The unrivaled. the unapproachable, tho unintimidated, the invincible, the in- INGS OF SPECIALISTS sved from 1409 Douglas street 1some and commodious suite ant new building at Al their at they can be cured of any Nervous, Chronic, on Private Diseases. Call tion free. stamp, BETTS & BEITS, {h Fourteenth Street upon or CORNER DOUGLAT, M - NEB, Or. Bailey (] The Lu\l*‘x: e DENTIST, ird loor Paxton Blook 16th and Farnam Sts, for # Perfoot ovable rs wnd )55, ) tooth, on rubber without bl ust the thing érs, never drop down Extractal Without Pa at rousonablo rates, all Cut tnis out for & suide work SANDALWOUD CAPSULES bed by L and 0nly cApyles prescr 2alir paysicians for the cure of 1 Alschargss from tho Urinary organs dars. $L.80 por vux Al druggless ad- | think you’ve got a good looking boy you’re a “‘chumy 1K SAME The eminent spo geadualo | A froe CLOTH AND Rellable it with A patont dopon o anit ki1 Of th With tho view of Tos or oaroloes at | tions nee weil protocte BURKAU T rotain® practice: and are the o Gbtain patents, | Conduet intery wpecial ex ute rejected - trade neer [ Reyist Render opinions ity of patents. onecute wnd wuits, ete Ifyon ha BUREAT 1 with a briot and you will pursie. A § tlon 1 of a_compll fringing on_your righ Infringoment by BURKEAU for tho matter THE ¥ £ This Burean Omuhi Bee, the P Francisco Examiner quiry (A anc curely packed Corrasponcen Suiiday, 10 n. w, to MEN'S FUR and All Fashionable E¥8end for Fashion Book malled free. JOHNT. SHAYNES GO Palmer Bouse Block. 1914193 State St., Chicago. Bee Burean of Claims OMAHA, NEB. dofent n inventton on ha phot Visot 4t to thy b W rellable OPINION b BEE BUREAU 220 Bee Buildinz, Omahy, Neb. Cut this out and send it with your in- I Furnishing Goods saw prices cut before. 1<t In norvous, chr. o ip. <o Indleate contont trictiy privato. Sond stamp for ro FUR CAPES. OVERCOATS. PLUSH CLOAKS Manufacturers b BY THE those having clalmy CINVENTORS, wi TS attor, for t L upon thy S that atants Woloyin Vi and of %00 g that inven Vg vall) patoats, THLS B Coun ol 10 patoa sparel 1) Nand copyrights. wstoscope and calid- Sringens 1 send THE D aphl thoraot, L )1 the Important featuro 4sury unlors tho invan 1t othors aro 1 eharzad with Jatior t T oro netlng o OF CLAIMS guaranteed by Pross und e Cold Feet N0T WATER B‘r_)vttles. arm b Ar's eve. ttry it. from now till That if you send us a cabinet aph of a boy anywhera from 4 to 18 years of age you are liable to get one of five prizes That you get the photograph back after New Yea if you don’ That {f you 1316 Duugl’\s Street, Omaha, e. blood skin and wrinary dlseasos ndenco Book (Mysteries of Lifo) oply. Dr. J. B, from a sev from cata have not bo this dee Moore,s Tre Lifo Remedy? rands Doy lilted, ako N null and void. 2o This Omiha Be Francisco quiry. oS Cupital sSurplus, Lewls 8. o V. Mcr Patrice, W THR $1.62 repared % The Alon Peafold C Next to FPosto 15th street. T0 WEAK MEN i full particalrs £ A Monmouth, T Moore's Tree of Life afforded almost whilo [ have becn h, since n iy ney and Liver C S pay 10 suTor whe cured by using Moore tin tho ordor ice thatall contra h attorneys BEE BUREAU OF CLAIMS. 220 Be OMAHA,NEBRASKA, Hure the | xuminer Cut this out und send it with Oficers and Diractors John 8. 1L Ttoghes, ¢ S/ philis. steioe Pari| torelnw proferred. Co Otico hiours, § & m, Cvital power. MOORE'S THEE BF LIFE Moore,—While suffering Md. I yos induced to try Catarrh Cure, It immediato rolief; und sufforer for yoars s this remedy I ffocted in any way with inoying disenso. TAN< Rua. 1 positive cure for Kids wnd ull blood dise you can bo iroap £ L nplaint T'rce of INDIAN DEPREDATION GLAIMS Persons who haye lost property from Indian hould file th n Ac and the elalms nre taken up by the v eladms under the Indian. tof Aurch i, 15 The time s i which they are received, s ontered into prior to the At are made Information given and all attonded to by the Building. u 15 gunranteed by the jcer Pross and tho Sa your 1ne THRASKA | Ndll()lldl Bank DEPO ITO OMAHA NEB $400,008% 68,000 Tonry W, Yates, Prosidenty piiias, 1% G Cashiog J. No I lor. BANIK, llh IN 1 Fornar Hufter the o, elae At sougiang AT