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Show ti n NAIM. K hNUk fN to-da- y, . In England there are 1,000,000 more women than men; In Germany 900,000. Europe may yet he driven to legitimatize polygamy. St Louis grand Jury has Indicted rich man for furnishing money to be used for bribing purpuses. This 1s a startling innovation. Dr. Tarkhurst says that the soul is not necessarily immortal; but may the doctor not be prejudiced by his strenuA A ous wrestlings with Tammany? There Is so much triumphant America In the newspapers nowadays that foreign correspondence reads like the news item of a backwoods newspaper. Laugh and the world laughs with yon, weep and you weep alone, for the world will buy you a half dollar drink when It wouldn't throw you a bone. The Emperor of China has admitted In a practical way that the sovereigns of Europe are his equals; but what does the empress dowager think about it? The original Shamrock has been declared to be the best of Sir Thomas Llptons yachts. Numbers two and three are not even chips of the old block. . Uncle Sam Is accused of bluffing France In the canal negotiations an unwarranted charge, inasmuch as France did the dealing and fixed the limit. The scientists can do the American government a good turn by devising soma plan by which the excavation for the ship canal can be performed by an earthquake. Fiddler Kubelik cleaned up $60,000 during his American tour. He will take the money over to Bohemia and enjoy himself in Europe till he develops a desire for more. Five thousand spectators saw a native Cuban baseball nine beat a visiting Yankee nine by a score of 14 to 2. There need be no concern about the future of Cuba. When the war drums throb no longer and the battle flags are furled, etc., the great navies may still serve a useful purpose In the collection of debts. Shell out or be shelled." . i Give Away Millions it (Special Letter.) practicing giving as the of lift, Andrew UTAH LOQAN. stands ahead of as he the world Probably the American trolley line announced that his in China gets Its cue from the pigtail. years will be to doing the best It will be hard to get the public tfl his many' millions believe the good new when Miss Stone while he lives, not after he dies. ' finally is act free. In practicing giving as an art John We are altogether too flippant about D. Rockefeller also stands at the head as he our great men. The only way to kill of; the list In his particular-way- , ta working hard for more millions, it off Is to kill the provocation. and at the same time giving them Canada has only twelve medical col- away with open but discriminating " her robust hand. leges. which explains wrongheadness on the tariff question. The eyes of the world are upon two the man of Iron and steel these between What Rudyard Kiplings and the man of oil. poetry and Boer bulletB It keeps John Andrew Carnegie has the start of Bull busy dodging verses and reverses. John D. Rockefeller in years of earn- Henceforth wives of applicants for the position of Pittsburg Jailer may have to pass a special civil service examination. X. HYDE, rn iin INDIANS AND SNAKES e Fifty-fourt- h I retl-renc- e -- OLD PLAINSMAN ESCAPE FROM TELLS OF DIRE PERIL AN Eadcarorlnc to Earapc From Their Red Enemies, Two Moo Crawl Into a lieu Of Battleanfckae Ladloroni Ending or tho Adrentara, Well, I see the President has selected my old friend, Judge Baker, to fill the vacancy existing on the Supreme, Bench of New Mexico, remarke ed Bill Llddiard, an scout and plainsman, now liviug in Omaha. Bens a good man for the position 'all right, and I guess hell give as good satisfaction as any man that could be named, but I remember the time when he wouldn't have given 30 cents for his 'chance of holding down that or any other chair. It was about twenty years age, when the Indians were hunting ecalps every other Friday. I happened to be at Chadron at the time, and Ben came to me and wanted me to pilot him through the Bad Lands. I didn't care much about taking the Job, as the Indians were pretty mean Just then and I had some other matters to attend to, but Ben said hed have to make the trip, and he Just couldn't get along without me. He pressed me so hard that a bargain was finally made, and a few days later we struck out from Chadroq, well provisioned and with plenty of presents for the redskins. "A couple of weeks before we started on this trip two men had been up that way and had succeeded In cheating the Indians on a trade for pelts. They got away with their plunder, hut the Indians were as mad as hornets, and vowed theyd kill the first bunch of palefaces they ran across. As Ben and 1 had heard nothing of the trouble we walked right In to the trail, as it were. On the second day out we hadn't seen a sign of an Indian yet, mind you I caught sight of a band of a dozen redskins rounding a bend in the trail, coming towards us, about a mile away. We rode along as unconcerned ss could be and soon met the Indians. Baker thought that a good chance to get on the good aide of them so hs ran his hand down In the saddlebags and fished up a handful of glass beads and some tobacco. " Much heap magnificent; make papoose look purty, said Ben, offering the Indians a lot of the beads. The red devils only grunted, shook their heads, and never once offered to take them. Red man heap tobac, smoke with paleface brother, remarked Baker, offering an old buck a package of Bull Durham. Ugh, wah! Tobac heap bad medicine. was the only answer. "I thought It was mighty funny they wouldn't accept anything from Baker, old-tim- drink much and then half a dozen more nobbed up and wanted me to give them some tobac, bac. Suddenly I heard a noise behind me. I looked around, expecting to find another Indian, and there was Baker, but such a sight you never saw. When he went into that cave with me he had long hair and it was black as tne bottom of a coffee pot, but when he came out, it was as white as the driven snow. "We gave the Indians all the beads and tobac we could scrape up, and then struck out for Chadron, for Ben concluded he didnt want any more Bad Lands In his. From that day to this I've been called Rattlesnake Pete, and to tell you the honest truth I often have to stop and think what my real name Is. It is perfectly proper for China to choose Japan as s model In the pending plan of reorganization, but it la IN DEFENSE OF RUSSELL SAGE. feared that the wobbly gate of the be to swift for will entirely Japanese Illinois Gentleman Avers Hs Has Up to the present time Mr, Carnegie has established 177 libraries In at a total cost of $17,508,000 And It Is due to his comprehensive generosity to say that In a majority oi cases the gifts were bestowed when they were needed. In other cases the., qupplled the lack of generous and self reliant citizenship. thh-countr- r Red Dog heap dry; John W. Gates took an hour off in New York recently and bought $100,000 worth of pictures for his Chicago home. Thus do the trusts stimulate and encourage the higher things of life. that the people of Colombia f fire-wat- Mrs. McKinley's refusal to allow a new hotel at Canton to be named aftei her late husband looks reasonable. Patriotism Is something that ought not to be used for advertising purposes. Now didn't know enough to stay in Chadron! Ouch, I'm hit again! shrieked Baker. Come, let's find a hole and stand em off, I said. I can knock two or three of them over before they can. get us, If thats any consolation. Come on, youre worth a dozen dead men. We found an old cave and In it we went, both of us trying- to get In first. We crept on all fours for, thirty feet or more, during which time we could hear the Indians yelling and whooping outside. I finally caught sight of a fellow standing near, the entrance, and was Just on the joint-osending him to the happy hunting grounds when Baker shouted: Groat Caesar's ghost! What's this thing crawling over my leg? Where are you. Bill?' "I knew In a second that we had crawled Into a den of rattlesnakes, for I could hear em shaking their rattles on all sides of us, so I says to Baker: " Lie down, you big galoot, and play youre dead. Don't you know a rattlesnake wont bother a dead man? How long have you lived In this country, anyway We both lay on the damp floor of the cave for about ten minutes it seemed like six weeks to me with tho snakes crawling all around us and all over us. Finally I could stand it no longer, so I grabbed my rifle and made a break for the mouth of the cave, preferring to die with my boots on, fighting Indians, to staying In there. Just as I stepped outside a big Sioux buck met me face to face. Extending his hand he said: Howcoolah? Indian heap glad to see white brother. Bear Eagle smoke and said: It has not yet been learned whether ultrafashionable New York society invited "Terrible" Terry McGovern In to feel his biceps or to beseech that polished gentleman to feel theirs. have been shooting up the mouth of the canal with a naval battle perhaps the bargain counter price for that piece of goods will be marked down a few more notches. mounds which one sees so frequently In the Bad Lands, reminding one of the pictures of the Pyramids ox Egypt, or the tower of Babylen. or In fact almost anything can he Imagined of them. The hill on which we stood was the highest one anywhere around. I had Just called Bens attention to It. remarking what a fine toboggan slide the sides would makes. I knew the place well, and told Baker the hill was sacred to certain tribes of Indians. There was an old legend about It which the Indians believed. I started to tell the story to Baker, but Just then a couple of shots were fired and I heard a dozen warhoops at the foot of the bill: The .Indiana we had left behind us that morning were coming up the hill, firing their guns and whooping and yelling like mad. Save me. Bill, Im afraid Im a goner! Oh, what a fool I was that L ed brothers pipe. "Just then another Indian came out from behind a rock, extending hia hand While Mr. Marconi la experimenting with little things like ocean signals, Mr. Eaison is devoting his talent to one of the grave problems of government the voting machine. John. following ns.- Freseoty we oam to the summit of one of those peculiar, odd-shap- Mr. Carnegie listbs man to do tened Intently, then abruptly asked how much money was needed. Two hundred thousand dollars," said the friend, somewhat timidly. Mr. Carnegie made a slight gesture of impatience. Is that all?" hs said. Dont bother me with such sums. Tell me where I can epend millions with lasting benefit to the people, and I will listen. In his benefactions the mind of John D. Rockefeller turns to chnrches and educational Institutions. Coming from a close communion Baptist famjly, that church .and Its branches have reaped vap benefits from such affiliation.' As an instance, his gifts of more than $9.0db,'o6o to the Univer-- ' sity of Chicago may' be cited! Again, he promised fonr years ago to duplicate every dollar, raised for church work by the Baptist City Mission of New York. What this alone has amounted to only Mr. Rockefeller knows, as his money has been spread in mission and church work from Harlem to Japan and India. Jin recent years the sums he has given have grown larger and larger, and. he is frequently the unknown donor when Yale, Harvard, Smith, Columbia and such institutions issue reports of endowments, or missionary societies receive unexpected and powerful aid In pushing .Bible teachings in foreign lands. Despite the fact that everything Rockefeller gives Is understood to be without publicity, except In rare Instances, authentic figures have been gathered showing benefactions of more than $13,000,000. This, according to men close to him. Is the smallest pait of what he has done. It is said he has given $5,000,-00alone to foreign missions, but as to figures the beneficiaries are silent His annual checks to organized charity amount to a great sum, but there also he prefers to remain an unknown donor, as with hospitals and such worthy institutions. Regarding Mr. Rockefeller's respecting bis benefactions, the agent of a charitable Institution that was about to Issue a publication went to a vice president of the Standard Oil company and asked his aid In obtaining a list of Rockefellers benefactions. You can get that list only from two sources," said the Standard official, reflectively. Well? said the agent hopefully. Either from John D. Rockefeller or the Recording Angel, and I advise you to try the Recording Angel." It Is rumored ..in faculty circles in the University of Chicago that the Institution will lie.Se recipient of one of the largest gifts ever bestowed for education in this country. John D. Rockefeller Is said to be contemplating a present of $26,000,000 for tbe complete development of all departments in the Midway school according to the plans of its president Dr. Harper has denied that he has any knowledge that Mr. Rockefeller contemplates such a gift, but the rumor is generally believed in Chicago University circles. The great Standard Oil millionaire has the fondest affection for the Chicago institute of learning, and he Is unlikely to falter now that he has done so much. The buildings of the university, built in Gothic style, are among the most beautiful in the country. 0 John U Rockefeller. ing millions and In the giving of them. Men who know say that the final score of both will dazzle the world, when all is said and done. Presumably, despite bis weight of years, the canny Scot" la as alert to affairs and as lightning-likIn decision ss Rockefeller, but he has cast all business aside, and in No. 5 West Fifty-firs- t street. New York, meets men of affairs in the city and committees from other cities and works only to give, give and give. In No. 4 West street, only three blocks sway. Rockefeller spends his leisure time hearing the reports of . a man to whom he pays $10,000 a year to investigate concerns worthy of assistance. Carnegie's early bent was church organs. He began giving them away in the early eighties, and no less than 100 churches in different parts of the country received them. Then he took up libraries, and hasnt dropped them yet, though he grew to university size through many benefactions, to the $10,000,000 endowment for Washington. That greater still is contemplated is only saying what has been proved by bis every step. A careful calculation of all his known benefactions shows them to reach $46,637,852. This is outside of his private gifts, relief for workmen, endowments for hospitals or subscriptions to churches or charitable organizations. A personal friend called on him not long ago, and said he bad a splendid thing to be done, and Carnegie was v felt that he was entitled to the commission upon the duty collected upon these rails. Some of the shipments Sympathetic Nature, Said John C. Fisher, editor of the were consigned to Russell Sage, so he wrote Mr. Sage a letter, explaining the I cannot read Cairo (III.) Citizen: situation, stating that he was a young the stories of Russell Sage which apwith man, a family, etc. No answer feelthe pear in newspapers without ever but the next shipment of ing that the gentleman is misjudged, rails came, came paid duty at that which and that his eccentricities are magniof Cairo. That government officer port this reason: for fied, and was my father, George Fisher, now Away back in the early 70s, per- dead. The to Incident, haps a few years before, a young man makes me believe that Mr.my mind, Sage has was appointed a surveyor of customs a sympathetic nature, which, uany for the port of Cairo. At that time a great many eteel rails were Imported, would have It, has never been discovered. and they were brought up to that point from New Orleans by river, although duty on them was paid at the St. Louis Many an embalmed thought has offic This young government offloer been burled In the waste basket dians looked at me curiously, with their hands hid under their blankets, but refused to accept any presents. When I saw how they acted I knew something was up. and advised Baker to get ready to pull our freight " If we won't get out of this soon, I said, 'we might as well count our beads and map out plans for fording the River Jordan when we get to it Do you really think theres any danger?' inquired Baker, with chattering teeth. I told him I thought we had got ourselves In a nice mess, but advised him to brace up, put on a bold front, and ws'd make a grand bluff to get away. The Indians did not molest us, but I kept my old Winchester handy In case Id have to use It We traveled along until about noon. Baker looking over bis shoulder every few minutes to see if the redskins were Too Many Bachelors Living, The last census showed that there were in the whole country 6,427,767 bachelors against 3,224,494 spinsters, an excess of 68 per cent of bachelors over the unmarried women. Thera was not any state In the Union that did not have more bachelors than single women, even Massachusetts exhibiting a small fractional overplus of unattached males of marriageable age. To account for this situation of affairs it was explained that, the mass of each state being paired off by marriage evenly as between the sexes, only a relatively small fraction of single persons old enough to marry was left over. In most states the male part of this fraction was much In excess of the female part And It must also be remembered that women marry much younger than men. |