Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1902, Page 5

———. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Oity's Olerical Foroe Prevares Data for Oharter Rovision Committes. L0SS OF OCCUPATION TAX IS FELT! Meant Many Huandreds of Doll Now Something Mast Be Done to spondingly Decrease ¥'s Expenditures, ‘The clerks in the city offices have been eugaged during the last few days in pre- waring data for the use of the charter re- vislon committee in case a call for the e 1a made. the overlap In each fund and the amount now needed to carry on the work of each department. $i0,000. What the city officials want is to find some way in which this overlap may be wiped out, bonds to be fssued for the same. If this is done and the levy slightly increased it i1y thought that the city ean Panage to run along without getting very far into debt. Ten years ago the overlap was about #5,000. Bince that time it has been growing with each administration until now it has Teached ihe figures. mentioned. One cause of this rapld Increase was the cutting off of the occupation tax usually levied upon | liquor dealers. When the license was $500 a year an occupation tax of '$200 wis levied. This latter sum went into the city coffers, while the former went to the school district. Now that there is a license of $1,000, no ioccupation tax is levied, conse- quently in two years the city has been the loser to the extent of $36,000. This loss in revenue now shows up on the red sige of the ledger and it will take an issdb of bonds to wipe it out. Another feature of this overlap fs the talk that if the indebledness which fs worrying the city officials is paid off, a mew rule must be established positively prohibiting the overdrawing of funds under any circumstances. It 18 true that the present charter permits money to be ex- pended in cases of emergency. This is considered to be the filling of Aangerou: washouts, the repaire of streets damaged by storms or the suppression of an epi- demic. O, in other o where the health and lives and property of citizens are Jeopardized. So far this year the city has been practically free from contaglous or infectious diseases, consequently the emers gency expense bills have been kept down to a low amount, New Lodge Instituted. The Tel Jed Sokol of Bohemian Turners Instituted a new lodge at Xoutsky's hall yesterday afternoon. All the thirty mem- bers are women. Joseph Sterba ls presi dent of the new lodge and also occuples the position of physical director. Meet- for physical culture will be held once week. No Charity Funds, It 18 fortunate,” satd Chairman Queenan of the council committee on rity, ye terday, “that we have recefved so few calls for aid this winter. The funds are low and we have no money on hand to pay for fuel and supplies. However, the committee 1s doing the begt it can. One point shows in favor of’South’ Omaha, and that Is that fewer applications for aid have been filed this winter than ever b fore in the history of the city, Inquiry shows that the principal calls are from widows who are trying to support themselves and a family of children. Clity Council Tun The city council ‘a billed for & meeting tonight. 8o far there appears to be little tusitess of importance, but the regular routine will be gome through with. No claims or sglaries will be allowed until the first meeting in January. doing in street repairing, so the session promises to be an exceedingly tame one. Charter Committee Tuesday Night. A meeting of the committee of the wholo ot’the recently appointed charter revision qommittee {8 to be held at the councll chamber on Tuesday evening. It s under- Stood that the subcommittee will not be ready to render a complete report at this time. Progress will be reported and, pro- viding It 18 the desire of those present, Secretary Breen of the subcommittee will &0 over the amendments already consid- ered. The task is rather tiresome and perhaps two weeks more will be con- sumed in declding upbn the amendmdnts to be suggested to the legislature. Today B. Jetter will commence the con- struction of a new ice house at his brewery, Thirtieth and V streets. This bullding will be 100 feet square and twenty-four feet bigh. It will have a capacity of 4,500 tons. The plans hate been drawn for some tim but there has been some delay In securing material. In speaking of the ice cror at the brew- ery pond, Martin Jetter said. last night that the lce was nmow about nine inches thick, and that cutting would commence Wednesday, It is the intention to put up enough ice to supply South Omaha saloon and with this idea in view they have or- ganized, what will be known as the Jetter Tee company. This new company, Ms. Jet- ter said, will be Independent of any of the otber ice compan! Cu Quite a large number of men went to work at Seymour lake yestérday cutting fee for the Cudahy Packing company. Owing to the short notice of the starting of the work, not as many men as expected veported for duty yesterday, but mora are ¥ Cuts lce. The data prepared shows | The total overlap amounts to | There is lttle | pected today. Arrangements have been made at the lake for the feeding and lodg- ing of a large number of men during the fce harvesting season. For the convenience of men who have familics in South Omaha and are working on the fce flelds carry- alls will leave the Cudahy plant e.ich | morning at 6 o'clock for Seymour lake, re- turning in the evening. Magle City Gossip. Henry Clausen is in Vall, la., visiting rel- atives. Thomas Alderson has gone to Chicago to look after business matters. Rev. James Wise, rector of St. Martin's church, will be married Tuesday to Miss Anna Betts of Lincoln Bidney J. Kent will deliver an address to | 1aboring men at Labor temple Wednesday | evening. All laboring men as well as oth- ® are invited to attend. |, Harley, 5-vear-old eon of George 7 Thirty-eighth and L streets, died yeste | afternoon. The body will be forward Gretna for Interment toda. A subscription is being taken up to se- cure suitable burial for Willlam Howald, the friendless young man who died at the home of Mre. Avery, Twenty-ninth and R streets, Saturday, James Schneider, Nineteenth and O streets, fell on the ‘lcy sidewalk on Twen- tleth street Saturday evening and is wuf- fering from a severe cut on the head, be- | #ides u sprained back. General Manager Kenyon of the Unlon Stock Yards company has sent a_check for $0 to Chief Etter of the city fire depart- ment In recognition of the splendid work done by the department at the sheep barn [ fire on Thursday last | .Dr. George Atfcheson of Idaho Springs, Colo, has returned to his home after a | yistt 'of a_couple of days with George W. Masson. Both Dr. Atcheson and Mr. Mas- | son are Interested in the Blue Ribbon Min- ing and Milling company located in Gilpin county, Colorado. QUEEREST OF LAWSUITS, Highwayman Sued by Partner for His Share of Spoils. Perhaps the most remarkablé 'siilt éver brought Is on the records of tifé court of the exchequer In England. It Was filed on October, 3, 1726, and it sots forth very clearly that Johu Everit aad Joseph Wil- llams were highway robbers. In its succinet legal phrases the com- plaint says that the men formed a partner- ship for the purpose of carrying on busi- ness as highwaymen. It was mighty profita- ble, as was shown by the fact that Everit sued Willlams for the equivalent of $5,000, ‘being for moneys wrongfully appropriated to_defendant's private purse.” This was the amount in dispute after the partnership had lasted only a year. Then Everit claimed that he discovered that his partner had not made a fair division of the #poils. The actlon was adjudged to be & gross contempt of court, and the plaintilt was ordered to pay all costs, while the sollc- itors who served the writ were fined. One of the solicitors, a man named Wreathcock, refused to pay the fine and was sent to prison for six months, ! Both plaintiff and defendant to the ac- | tion were subsequently hanged—one at Tyburn and the other at Maidstone. of the Theaters. Jack,” In which Miss Alice Fischer, under the direction of Mr, Hairy B. Harru will be seen for the first time here a | star at the Boyd tonight, Tuesday, Wednes- day matifee and night, is not to be taken as seriously portraying life. It is to be ! enjoyed as pure fun, just as the audiences !have been enjoying it for 100 nights 'n i New York at Wallack's and the Victoria theaters. 1t is clean fun, free from any | coarseness or horseplay, and ulivered with wit. “It is probably a reporter,” someons says when a card is brought. ‘‘No, sir, | says the butler. *‘He says his business is confidential.”” This {8 the style 1a wnich ‘Mrs. Jack' Is written. Miss Pischor, whose Jolly, wholesome personality and anco:anon comic gifts are admirably suited ‘o the role of “Mrs. Jack,” is surrounded by a com- pany of clever comedians. Togsthe: .hese laugh creators infuse such animal spirits into the performance that they give an evening of lively fun. The principal topic of interest at present is the opening of the “Ben Hur" sale of | seats at Boyd's. The big production opens its week's engagement in this city next | Monday evening, and the advance sale will ! begin at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, | when seats for the eight performances will be ready. A great Interest is manifested | locally and it is anticipated that there will | be a great rush for first cholce when -he sale begins. It is, therefore, advisable to apply early. “Ben Hur'has the distinc- | tion of holding the record of attendance in every city where If has been presented, and as this will probably be its enly presenta- tion in Omah it 1s already booked three years ahead in other rerritory—those in this vicinity should not miss this op- portunity of seeing what is considered the | greatest dramatic spectacle on the Amer- iMln stage. Matinees will be given Wednesday and Saturday. Saved Him, Baltimore Sun: “I did one charitable act today," remarked the bald-headed druggist he sat down to dinner. I'm glad to hear it, dea wite. “Tell me all about it | “Ob, there tsn't much to tell,” replied | the pill compller. “One of my elerks | wanted an increase in salary so he could get married, and I refused to give it to him." rejoined his ———— Nate ury Lald Away. NEW YORK, Dee. 28.—Funerpl services for the late Nate Balisbury wee held to- day under the auspices of the Masonic fra. ternity. Rev. Dr. Burrill of Freeport, Il a life-long friend of the dead showman, preached the sermon. A great many the- atrical people were in attendance. N\ ""Hfil?iiilll*!!lll!ln‘lllmlll’?" Nl ;» s { { < T S/ Dark hair, heavy hair, long hair. Look young at sixty. Hair riches, hair pride, hair style. I} / The difference? 7 yer’s / ) Hair Vigor ‘.’ / A genuine hair food. Stops falling of the hair, makes the hair grow, and always re- stores color. SL Al draggists. J.C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS Jupiter Company Pushing Work on Oyanid- ing Plant in Black Tail. SPEARFISH COMPANY BRANCHING OUT Rush (o Finlsh Up Assessment Work Before Close of Year in Order (o Head Of the Jumpers, Claim DEADWOOD, 8. D., Dec. 28.—(Special.)— The grading for th: 150-ton cyanide plant of the Jupiter Mining company, In Blacktall gulch, has been finished and the carpenters and stone masons have begun thelr part of the work. The plant will embrace all the improvements in the wet-crushing process, and (he contract calls for its completion by March 1 mext. Work in the mines of the company has been suspended pending the completion of the plant, only a small force beint employed in them, and that for the purpose of keeping up the timbering and providing against accidental cave-ins in the workiugs. There is an immense amour't of ore exposed in the workings on the ground, and when the cyanide plant is ready to start up there will be plenty of ore on hand to keep it running indefinitely, the company, unlike most of the new ones which have recently built plants in the northern Hills, having purchased ground which had already been developed. The ground included in the company's holdings has been worked for years, and the ore bodies on it thoroughly explored, and the character of the ore and its richness known to & fraction of a cent. The Spearfish Mining company this week sent down from its mill in Johnson gulch another gold brick, the result of a two weeks' run, which weighed $11,445. The mill at the company’s mines Is now run- ning at about its tull capacity, and when it s doing its best it should produce from $16,000 to $20,000 at every semi-monthly cleanup. At the present time there is being trealed in the mill about 6,000 tons of ore a month and the grade is constantly Increasing in value. Another ore body has been encountered in the workings at the mine, the new discovery having been made At a depth of thirty-five feet below the second ore body opened up a few -veeks ago. The new find is from ten to twenty feet in thickness and assays from $3 to $12 a ton. Development work done during the past month shows that the lime floor of the first ore stratum is really the roof o* the second ore body, which shows that the first ore body is really thicker than was at the beginning of operations belleved. These two bre bodies lying below the first have actually more than doubled the ore reserves of the company. The company has been talking of increasing the capacity of Its plant, bringing it up to 500 or 600 tons daily, and during the coming year this im- provement may be made. Working Belle Eldri Aaron Dunn and associates bave started in getting out ore on the Belle Eldridge group of claims in Spruce gulch, a few miles from this city, and are taking out $20 rock at the present time, which is being stored for shipment to Deadwood treatment plants. The ore is being taken from the upper contact, from workings which & few years ago shipped 2,000 tons of ore, which went from $§ to $23 a ton gold. The ore shout at the point where work is now being done is from three to five feet in thickness and of the same grade as that which had been shipped in former years. On the Belle Eldridge group sev- eral good shoots of ore have been exposed on the lower comtact, but as-yetivery little work has been done om them, but it s understood that when the present work in band has been finighed a force of miners will start on their gevelopment. The ore on this group Is a“eyaniding proposition, and if the necessary arrangements can be made with the owners of adjoining ground & treatment plant will be erected the com- ing spring. The ore which has been shipped froia this group of claims, after being hauled In‘wagons over rough trails, has pald a handsome profit, and a plant on the ground should prove to be still more profitable. The same parties own the Mowee group of claims, in the same neighborhood, and have recently begun the develcpment of a nine-foot vein of ore which, besides carry~ Ing gold and silver values of $9, also carries & high percentage of iron and a little zine and lead. This Is a smelting proposition, and the development which' is being done upon It fs for the purpose of testing the values of the ore. The ore occurs on fossil shales, which at that point are about 200 feet above the quartzite. The group 80 has exposed In it several shoots of cyanid- ing ore, but these have not received very much attention in the way of development, the owners thinking that the smelting proposition will prove to be a good thing, and so are putting in all the work on ir. The owners of ground in the same distriet are now busy doing their annual nssessment work, but it is not believed that the dl trict will be bothered by *jumpers, most of the ground has been worked ll of the last summer and fall. The Highland Chlef cyanide plant in the district is work- Ing to Its full capacity on ore from the company's claim, which fs being taken from the quartzite contact. This ‘ore will average better than §$7 u ton, and there apbears to be a lot of it. e Grou, Peaobacot Buys More Grou; The Penobscot Mining company at Garden City has been adding to its already large holdings in the 1da Gray districts, fts latest purchase being the Eagle group of claims, containing 287 acres. The fir ment on the ground was made last Wedne day, when §12,000 cash was pald down to the ownérs of the property, Messrs. Graham, Nolan and associatés. The full purchase price has not been made known, but it s & large sum, for included ip the group are a number of producing claims, claims which have been extensively worked, and from which have been shipped much good ore. The ore on the Eagle group is siliclous, and carries in many instances high gold valyes, the district being looked on as containing the richest siliclous ore bodies in the Black Hills. Some of the ore shoots, which occur in the flat formation, are very large and have been well developed. The recent pur- chase makes the Penobscot company the largest holder of ground in the Ida Gray district, and the only company operating a reduction plant of its own. The new cya- nide mill.of the company has been in bper tion for some time, but it has not been running at its full capacity owing to an inability to secure a sufficient supply of cyanide. The company has plenty of ore in the bins and in its present workings a supply sufficient to keep the present jlant running & Mfetime. It is said that the company contemplates enlarging its mill to 500 tons daily capacity as soon as the weather will permit, the success of the initlal run of the mill warranting the management to make the contemplated im- provement. Doing Assessment Work, Every claim In the northern Hills now has one or more men at work on It, for on mext Thursday the time for doing the nately there was no bloodshed, and this year the owners are more careful. Nearly every claim, however, on which there has been made a showing of ore has been rep- resented, so that there will be very little relocating done, and as it is an unhealthy country for the professional “jumper,” he le, a5 a general thing, a little cautious. There are, however, a number of people who have made a practice of locating ground whether it contained mineral or not, and the ground of these people is In dan- ger, for many of them have made no at- tempt to make a discovery or to do the required amount of work necessary. SOLOMON HAS SAY. He Murmurs Abo! ing and Getting Things. Behold, writes Billy Nesbit in the Chicago Tribune, behold the time of the year is at hand and it is now upon us— When the fair maiden goeth about the streets, looking for two yards of plush and a bale of narrow ribbon. That she may construct a sofa pillow for him that bs called Henry. Yea, surely, my son; and Henry also goeth up and down through the city, seek- ing w place where he may buy diamonds and rubles and things of great price. To bestow them upon the damsel that is called Gertie Now, hearken unto me, and give ear unto the Season of Give my utterances, for of a truth I say that the | © world is full of Henrys and Gerties. Peradventure, Henry bath been slow in coming to the realization of the fact that it is not well for man to be alone. Then doth Gertie garner many strange materfals and make for him a pair of slip- pers and a bathrobe and a cravat box. And in the fullness of time Henry shall use the slippers to hold tobacco, and the bathrobe as a curtain for his window, and the cravat box as a place wherein o place poker checks. For who can fathom the mind of woman when she doeth fancy work? i Verily, she starteth out with a pickle recipe and a perforated pattern and sixteen i1t beads and four yards of watered silk, and behold, she worketh upon it for a fort- night; And at the end of that time she holdeth her work up to the light and voweth that it 1s cute and cunning and too lovely for any us, Which, my son, is correct. For she hath designed it for a hat box. Yen, yea. And the general run of Henrys have but the one hat. My son, this is not swinging the hammer, nor yet bifing anybody, so to speak. Let us not speak all our speaking against woman. Consider Henry for a moment. He goeth into the places of barter and sale and buyeth a plush lined toilet case, or a celluloid photograph frame, or a dia- mond sunburst, the jewels of which are cunningly set in gold from South Carolina, and the dlamonds thereof being made in Wilkesbarre, Pa. And he payeth therefor a king's ransom. (That meaneth, at a time when king's ransoms are on the Macedonian brigand scale.) And he glveth it unto his Gertie, For he fancieth .that she liveth sur- rounded at ajl times by priccless pearls and dazsling diamohds and effulgent emeralds; And that all through her life she should not be permitted to turn her lily white hand over, All this he telleth Gertle, and prayeth that she become his Christmas gift, in ad- dition to the prize puzzles which she hath given unto him. And atter they had paid the preacher and rented the flat, then doth Henry moan and make complaint becausp that he hath to continue paying the installments on the sunburst. DOWIE'S EAT SNAP. t Profits of the Prophet of Zion City, Hlinots, Most remarkable of all the faith healers, prophets of Messiahs, who have rushed to the rescue of a sinful world in the last half century, says the Brooklyn Bagle, i Just how this is brought about hard to explain, because Nature never tells how or why she does anything. All we actually know about Weak Backs is that they become strong and well again when Omega Oil is applied. You may be sure of this much: If you use Omega Oil on your back for a week or two, and it trouble must be something serious indeed. Perhaps the Kidneys are out of order, and then you ought to con- fails to relieve you, the sult the best doctor you know. But before doing anything else, have your back rubbed with Omega Oil at least five minutes every night and morning for a week. 1 had the misfortune to fall very heavily on the avement, causing a severe injury to my back. rhvinz read of the wonderful cures effected by the useof Omega Oil, I purchased three bottles of it and used as directed. I had been suffering four years with a constant pain in my spinal column, but was not benefited by the many remedies tried. 1 was surprised to find that the bruise from the fall ¢isappeared, after using Omega Oil, and the pain which I had suffered from so many years was also removed. 1 would not be without the Ol in Nine times in ten a Weak Back is caused by too much work or too much pleasure or accident. Nine times in ten the proper treatment is a thorough rubbing with Omega Oil. The Oil seems to put strength into a weak back and to drive pain out. is my home. Omega Oil is good for everything a liniment ought to be good for, Mgs. E. J. WARDELL, 221 Sherman St., Jersey City, N. J. son for $20 and bagged a couple of dozen senators before complaints were made. When charged with selling books she holdly denied the accusation and refused to desist until threatened with arrest. A deformed woman, known as “Little Sunshine,” gave the police—and incident- ally the senators—even more trouble than the female book egent. She presumed upon her misfortune to Ignere all the rules of the .senate and house, amd pushed by the doorkeepers on guard at the marble room and committee rooms without hesi- tation. It interfered with har favorite er- clamation was, “How dare you touch me, you brutal man.” She was usually ped- difhg tickets at a dollar each, for a benefit for herself, ators in blocks of ten. admitted that they were helpless before her and could no longer keep her in check. Colonel Ransdell heard of it and declared that he would settle her on her next ap- the Rev. John Alexander Dowle of Nieh pearance. The very next day she arrived, City, 1Il, general overseer of Zion, as he At o e e for| brushed by the senate doorkeeper and B i o e iy Tun. the Bidtarer, I | siisred Banntor. Mason In. the marbls he claims to be the reincarnation of Elfjah the prophet; or, to be more exact, the third reincarnation, for the first Elijah was caught up to heaven in a whirlwind, and the second, John the Baptist was beheaded. He 1s remarkable first for the size of his fortune, for he has accumulated assets es- timated by outsiders at $15,000,000 in ten years on a capital of nothing, He s remarkable for the number of his followers and for his hold upon them. No fewer than 100,000 persons scattered throughout the world profess faith in him. He is remarkable for having succeeded in fonding a model city of 6,000 souls, inhab- room. While Senator Mason was mopping the perspiration from his expansive brow and was protesting that he was a poor man and could not give up $10 for tickets, Colonel Ransdell was sent for. He bore down on the woman with all salls set and fire in his eyes. As he engaged her, Senator Mason made his eseape. A half an hour's wrangle ended by Colonel Rans- dell buying four tickets and “Little Sun- shine” is still doing business at the old stand. The mention of & certain woman's name to Representative Eddy of Minnesota fs enough to send that valiant statesman ited solely by his followers. fiying to his commliitee room, where he He le remurkablo for the perfection of the | gecks safety behind lock and key. Tell organization he has formed. It not only | him that the “Minnesota Blizzard” is in prosecutes missionary work all over the world, but it also conducts a great variety of business enterprise He is remarkable for the fact that every- thing is founded on his own personality, All property Is in hls name, everything is done by his direct orders and everything depends for its existence on him. But most remarkable of all is that method by which he has accomplished this. Starting In as an obscure, penniless faith healer in a little cottage on the south side of Chicago ten years ago, he began preaching to a little band in a cheap hall. Soon he had enough of a following and enough contributions to be able to hire the Auditorium, Chicago's largest and handsomest theater, Sunday services. He has been holding meet- ings there ever gince, haranguing trowds of 5000 people at every meeting. His har- angues are made up chiefly of wild ravings against the Roman Catholic church, the Free Masons, doctors and druggists, and especlally against the newspapers. It seems incredible that a frenzied tirade against newspapers—‘the viper press,” the Rev. John Alexander Dowie calls them—should make a man want to give up his last dollar to the Rev. John Alexander, but it does. Yes, It is a most remarkable tale from the beginning to the present and it s still developing In an extraordinary manner. e t—— Have & Care. Don't fool with a cold; no one can tell what the end may be. Pneumonia, catarrh, chronlc bronchitis and consumption invar- lably result from neglected colds. Nothing can be compared with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for colds and fn- fluenza and by its use the discases may be avoided —— PERSISTENT WOMEN Make the Lives of Government OMicials & Burden. One of the slickest and most persistent operators to baflle the capitol police was a woman who appeared In Washington shortly afier the death of ex-President Harrison and secured permission to ex- hibit in the room of the sergeant ns of the senate a large oll painting of the dead president. Her ostensible reason was to get congress to buy it, relates the cor- for his the capitol and he shows every sign of consternation. The ‘“Minnesota Blizzard is tall, gaunt and determined. She thinks Uncle Sam owes her a pension «nd nothing and pushed them on to sen- | The police finally | but death wiil Representative Eddy and Senator Gallinger are her victims, the former being the mem- ber from her district and the latter chair- man of the senate pension committee, The remove that impression. “Minnesota Blizzard” was a nurse in the civil war and claims that her husband was a soldier; hence she wants two pensions, one as nurse and the other as widow. Sha #o{ a pension as a nurse, and, after dog- ging Bddy and the members of the pen: slon committee for four years, this was in- creased on the distinct understanding and pledge that she would return to Minnesota | and stay there. She paralyzed Eddy the other turning up and exclaiming: with bicod In my eyes. We have got to get rid of that old foesil Evans in the Pension office and have & western man : there who knows a first class blizzard when he sees it. I am entitled to two pensions and I am going to stay here until I get ‘em.” The polige have standing orders to keep the “Minnesota Blizzard" out of the com- mittee rooms of Senator Gallinger ana Representative Eddy, and a blue coated officer may always be seen standing in the vicinity of those rooms. day by | “I am here STRANGE RACE OF PEOPLE, Red Bones Distinet from All Others in the World. “Have you ever heard of a class of people called ‘red bones? " saild Lewis Marshall of Charleston, 8. C., quoted by the Wash- ington Star. They are the most pecullar people in the United States. No one living absolutely knows the race from which they sprang or whence the original set- tlere came. They live very nearly on the boundary between South Carolina and | Georgla, In the northwestern part of the first named state. They are very clannish, mix very little with people not of their race and in a manner are quite thrifty. “In slavery times they owned slaves, visited the several summer resorts of the southern mountains and in a way put on quite a little style. While I have nothing but supposition to guide me, I am of the opinion that they are descendants of the Basques of southers France. They do not lack courage, for a company of them served in Hampton's legion during the late civil war and bore themselves bravely at the first Manassas. Their skin Is of a swarthy red, resembling that of the in- dlan, but at that point all resemblance ceases except It be that they are very hot of temper. 1 have often wondered why the ethnologists of this country bave not etudled these people. Surely a monograph of them would be highly Interesting. OUT OF THE ORDINARY, Among the many human curfos to be seen at Monte Carlo this seuson none attracts more attention than M. Yturbide, an ec- centric millionaire, who shuns Ga light as he would a plague. In his eplendid villg h has placed an enormous elevator, i which his curtained and shuttered carrlage is driven and raised to his heavily draped apartment when he wishes to take a drlve. His rooms are always kept at a Turkish bath temperature, and as_conditions in the gambling rooms of the Casin) are about the same he sometimes ventures there in the evening. Storm cannons are very common in Italy now along the southern slopes of the Alpt where damage from hallstorms during ha vest time ix always imminent, says th Argonaut. ‘They are the invention of Padua firm. They look like a huge mega- phone, and they are set, with thelr wide mouths = gaping skyward, beside little houses that look Itke sentry boxes. When they are fired they boom like “'sure epough" cannons, but instead of a ball or shell, or other aimilar projettile, they emit a ring of smoke which grows larger and larger as it ascends, until ot last, before it breaks, it is big enough to surround a ten-acre fleld, Instead of hatl only rain falls when the guns are used, and damage to crops is pre- vented. McClure’s for January Tells of the thrilling and tragic scenes in The Oil War of 1872 Chapter 111 in the Life Story of the Standard 0il Co. by Ida M. Tarbell Author of *‘Life of Lincol etc, 10 Cents at aay news stand The “Derrick SISO .o The Uprising in the Oil Regions. s” Black List. The Oil Men Ask Leading Questions. Amazing Contracts With the Railroads. Popular Sympathy for the Oil Regions. The Railroads Back Down. Mr. Rockefeller to the Rescue. The Standard Again Buys Oil. The South Improvement Company, alias The Standard Oil Company. 10. 11. 12, Mr Rockefeller Begins All Over Again, Mr. Rockefeller Gets a Rebate. Mr. Rockefeller’s Opinions and Character, The story holds you spell-bound as you read from and ultimate conquest, It page to page of the battles of Giant forces, of stupendous —audacity, relentless perseverance, temporary reverses has all the fascination of a great romance, while being true and vitally im- portant to every thinking SPECIAL OFFER It you want to keep in touch with the entire story of the Standard Ol Compuay, we will man and woman, See in Special Offer and Coupon Mew to Gzt Chapters | and I FREE§@r P — annual assessment work on the ground will bave expired, and anything which carries old 1s now looked upon as valuable, %0 | ators she gradually blossomed into & full the owners are taking no chances of having | blown book agent. The picture was merely their gfound jumped. Last year, or rather | a biind to enable ber to get intrenched in last New Year's, theie were one or two|the bullding. 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